A/N: Okay....this is one of those chapters that moves pretty quickly, so I would advise to read it twice (like maybe today, then again another day) or pay really close attention. I'm sorry for the randomness in all this, it's the second to last chapter...so...here it is.

Chapter Eleven: A Time to Kill, and A Time to Heal

December 5, Early Morning

Wally groaned as he looked around. Where was he? How long had he been down here? He glanced at his watch. It had been about ten minutes since he'd fallen. What had he landed on? He looked down. He was on a mattress. Stupid Delightful Children. He'd fallen in a prison cell, the same one they'd locked him in. The bed had broken when he fell on it, collapsed. Wally couldn't believe his luck.

He got up feeling sore. He had to get back to Kuki and Mr. Sanban. He ran upstairs. He couldn't see very well. He decided to walk. Quickly walk. He found his way back to the brainwashing room but there was no one there. He decided to follow the fallen bodies that lay down the hallway. He used the bodies as a way to find Kuki and Mr. Sanban. He saw a light near the hallway when suddenly someone screamed. Kuki!

There was a crash. Glass shattered. Wally felt his heart skip a beat. Was Kuki being thrown out a window?! He ran when suddenly an explosion ripped through the house, throwing him back about five feet. He sat up as quickly as possible to see what had happened...

Early Morning

Kuki realized she had to get out. The Delightful Children had killed Wally, and now they were calling for back-up. Mr. Sanban grabbed Kuki's hand and ran. The Delightful Children smiled at the two as they ran down the hallway, on their way out of the house. They were blocked at first by a group of men.

Mr. Sanban knocked them all down in less than a minute. He looked at Kuki and grinned, "I'm the one who trained these guys." he said. Kuki didn't even try to smile. She just looked down at the fallen men and started running again. After two more run-ins with groups of the Delightful Children's henchmen, Mr. Sanban and Kuki saw the front door. They started down the stairs when the Delightful Children stood in front of the door, holding a...bomb.

"You can't do this!" Kuki cried. The Delightful Children smiled.

"Oh, yes we can, dear sister. We can do anything we want. It's our house, remember?" they smiled as they threw the bomb at Kuki. She caught the bomb. "You have five seconds." they said. Kuki screamed and threw the bomb. It went through the window, the glass shattered, flying back at Kuki and Mr. Sanban. The bomb blew up. The two were thrown back against the wall as glass shattered and flew toward them, the wood flying backward. Kuki stole a glance. She couldn't see the Delightful Children.

Had they escaped? She looked at her father, Mr. Sanban. A piece of glass was in his leg, just above his knee. They looked at each other and hugged one another. A yell broke them apart. Kuki knew that yell. She turned with amazement as a dusty Wally came running toward her. Her eyes grew wide as she yelled out his name.

"You're alive!" she screamed and ran up to him and threw her arms around him. Wally put his hand around her waist and pulled her toward him, then held her as close as he could get her. He never wanted to leave Kuki although he knew that he had to let her go back home.

"I thought you'd been thrown through the window." he gasped as he smelled her hair. It smelled of smoke and blueberries. She used blueberry shampoo. Kuki laughed and hugged him until her dad cleared his throat.

Kuki stared out at where her father pointed. Laying among the rubble, were five burnt and bloody bodies. Tears sprang to Kuki's eyes. She could see the sadness in her father's face. Although they had tried to kill Kuki, she felt a bond...they had been brothers and sisters. She bit her lip, then suddenly realized something.

"Mom is going to wonder where I am!" she yelled, snapping her head back up.

"Same with me." said Wally.

Mr. Sanban shook his head grinning. "I don't think either of you are going to be in too much trouble when your parents find out what happened to you." he said, laughing. Kuki smiled and looked up at Wally. Somehow, she knew things were going to be alright...for awhile anyway...

A/N: This is NOT the end of this story. Repeat: NOT the end of this story. I know it seems like it, but it's not. One more chapter to go. So there. lol. I hope you all like this one even though it is also very short...I really am sorry that I seem to find it impossible to make things longer...lol...I seem to have the long author's note down though...