Broken But Not Shattered
Chapter Seven: Nightmares and Darkness
"Keavy, come on. You can do it, just put your feet down if you feel like you're gonna fall."
"Tony! Tony! I'm doing it, look no hands." A five-year-old Keavy said to her older brother.
The smile on his face told her he was proud, and she smiled as she raced down the hill in Bay Ridge, a rich neighborhood in Brooklyn. "You're doin' great Keav! Careful!"
"I know, Tony you've gotta stop worryin' 'bout me, I'll be alright."
He smiled, "Okay, I guess someday you've gotta grow up."
Keavy walked her bike to the stoop of their house, she giggled as Tony tickled her. He was smiling; she'd never seen him smile like that in her whole life. Then he frowned, and when he did his whole face seemed to change, and it did. The face was none other than Tommy, who in his hand held a pistol pointed at her head, "Look what you did! You got 'The Fallen Angels' into this, and now I'm gonna get you out!"
Tommy cocked its barrel and Keavy fell to the ground in sheer agony as she felt the bullet penetrate her skin.
She screamed.
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Keavy awoke, her face stained with tears, and sweat soaked her clothes. She felt sick, she wanted to curl up in a ball and die.
When her eyes accustomed to the darkness she saw three heads encircled around her bed.
Magnet was the first to speak, "Chica, what's wrong. You were like screamin' bloody murder."
"Yeah, Mouth you okay? Did a lizard get ya?"
Squid remained quiet; he wanted to find out what haunted this girl.
"It was nothin'. I'm fine; if I needed your help I would've called. And no, why the heck would a lizard be in my bed?"
"Maybe it thought you were another lizard and it was trying to..."
"Shut Up, Magnet!" Squid and Zig said in unison.
"Well since you're ok, I'm goin' back to sleep. Only two more hours 'till diggin' time." Zigzag walked back to his cot.
"Yeah me too. Oh and Keavy if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I just wanna let you know that I'm always here." Magnet said getting too close to her.
Keavy looked at him then socked him in his shoulder, "Well I'll remember that next time I wanna hear an impression of The Taco Bell Dog."
All of D-Tent snickered and Magnet walked shamefully towards his bed.
She breathed a tired sigh and covered herself with the thin, smelly sheets. After awhile of tossing and turning she decided that sleep wasn't the thing for her right now. The images of her nightmare had come back several times to haunt her.
Keavy got up and walked out of the tent, she looked around and seeing no one out she ran towards the dried up lake. She plopped herself on the ground as she had done several times, and lied there thinking. She thought about her dream, Tony, her father's 'business', why she let herself become so cold, and lastly Squid.
"Of all people, him? Why him? Keavy, you're becoming too soft again, remember you told yourself that after the way Tommy treated you, you would never let another guy in?"
"Who you talkin' to, Keav?"
Keavy jumped, then sighed in annoyance when she saw Squid walking towards her, "Can't I get some time alone? Why do you always pop up when I'm alone?"
Squid laughed to himself when he heard her speak, her accent was quite funny. "I saw you walk out here so I decided to follow you."
"Just like you decided to jump in my hole, or what about earlier? You just happened to have an urge to come outside?"
"I wanna know what's wrong."
"Now you're startin' to sound like Pendanski."
"I'm serious, Keav."
"What did you call me?"
"Keav."
"Don't you ever call me that name again! You hear me?!"
Squid said nothing, he just moved towards her and embraced her small body. He smiled when she snuggled up in his chest.
For a moment Keavy liked it for once in years she felt safe and secure, but she knew she couldn't let this happen. She let go of him and said, "You're just like the rest of 'em."
"Keavy, wait!"
But it was too late she took off running. It was still dark out, not yet 2:45 so Keavy couldn't see where she was going. She suddenly felt the ground give out in front of her, she fell into a hole.
"Keavy, you idiot!" She chided herself, "When everything seems to be going right, you always mess it up!"
She was the same height as the hole, five feet. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't make it out.
She sighed in desperation. "Maybe the world would be better off without me, I wish I was dead." Keavy couldn't stop the tears from running down her face, she didn't care, she had given up. This tough New Yorker was broken.
She had made up her mind that this was all a dream, and that maybe if she fell asleep again it would go away. Her nightmare was about to become real. Somewhere in the darkness of the hole, Keavy had felt something brush up against her leg.
She let out a jagged breath, "Squid, is that you? For once in my whole time knowing you, I hope you decide to pop up in this hole."
Silence.
She felt it again, this time it felt like tiny feet were crawling up her leg. Keavy let out a slight shriek and jumped, but the thing hung onto her leg. The last thing she felt was something like a small razor slicing into her skin, she fell to the ground in a small heap.
Blackness surrounded her, she was no longer there.
A/N: Okay well I updated, I'm not expecting any reviews since no one has reviewed except for Nosilla and Trucalifornian! Thanks!
Look at the bottom and click the button that says review, it isn't that hard people!
Chapter Seven: Nightmares and Darkness
"Keavy, come on. You can do it, just put your feet down if you feel like you're gonna fall."
"Tony! Tony! I'm doing it, look no hands." A five-year-old Keavy said to her older brother.
The smile on his face told her he was proud, and she smiled as she raced down the hill in Bay Ridge, a rich neighborhood in Brooklyn. "You're doin' great Keav! Careful!"
"I know, Tony you've gotta stop worryin' 'bout me, I'll be alright."
He smiled, "Okay, I guess someday you've gotta grow up."
Keavy walked her bike to the stoop of their house, she giggled as Tony tickled her. He was smiling; she'd never seen him smile like that in her whole life. Then he frowned, and when he did his whole face seemed to change, and it did. The face was none other than Tommy, who in his hand held a pistol pointed at her head, "Look what you did! You got 'The Fallen Angels' into this, and now I'm gonna get you out!"
Tommy cocked its barrel and Keavy fell to the ground in sheer agony as she felt the bullet penetrate her skin.
She screamed.
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Keavy awoke, her face stained with tears, and sweat soaked her clothes. She felt sick, she wanted to curl up in a ball and die.
When her eyes accustomed to the darkness she saw three heads encircled around her bed.
Magnet was the first to speak, "Chica, what's wrong. You were like screamin' bloody murder."
"Yeah, Mouth you okay? Did a lizard get ya?"
Squid remained quiet; he wanted to find out what haunted this girl.
"It was nothin'. I'm fine; if I needed your help I would've called. And no, why the heck would a lizard be in my bed?"
"Maybe it thought you were another lizard and it was trying to..."
"Shut Up, Magnet!" Squid and Zig said in unison.
"Well since you're ok, I'm goin' back to sleep. Only two more hours 'till diggin' time." Zigzag walked back to his cot.
"Yeah me too. Oh and Keavy if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I just wanna let you know that I'm always here." Magnet said getting too close to her.
Keavy looked at him then socked him in his shoulder, "Well I'll remember that next time I wanna hear an impression of The Taco Bell Dog."
All of D-Tent snickered and Magnet walked shamefully towards his bed.
She breathed a tired sigh and covered herself with the thin, smelly sheets. After awhile of tossing and turning she decided that sleep wasn't the thing for her right now. The images of her nightmare had come back several times to haunt her.
Keavy got up and walked out of the tent, she looked around and seeing no one out she ran towards the dried up lake. She plopped herself on the ground as she had done several times, and lied there thinking. She thought about her dream, Tony, her father's 'business', why she let herself become so cold, and lastly Squid.
"Of all people, him? Why him? Keavy, you're becoming too soft again, remember you told yourself that after the way Tommy treated you, you would never let another guy in?"
"Who you talkin' to, Keav?"
Keavy jumped, then sighed in annoyance when she saw Squid walking towards her, "Can't I get some time alone? Why do you always pop up when I'm alone?"
Squid laughed to himself when he heard her speak, her accent was quite funny. "I saw you walk out here so I decided to follow you."
"Just like you decided to jump in my hole, or what about earlier? You just happened to have an urge to come outside?"
"I wanna know what's wrong."
"Now you're startin' to sound like Pendanski."
"I'm serious, Keav."
"What did you call me?"
"Keav."
"Don't you ever call me that name again! You hear me?!"
Squid said nothing, he just moved towards her and embraced her small body. He smiled when she snuggled up in his chest.
For a moment Keavy liked it for once in years she felt safe and secure, but she knew she couldn't let this happen. She let go of him and said, "You're just like the rest of 'em."
"Keavy, wait!"
But it was too late she took off running. It was still dark out, not yet 2:45 so Keavy couldn't see where she was going. She suddenly felt the ground give out in front of her, she fell into a hole.
"Keavy, you idiot!" She chided herself, "When everything seems to be going right, you always mess it up!"
She was the same height as the hole, five feet. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't make it out.
She sighed in desperation. "Maybe the world would be better off without me, I wish I was dead." Keavy couldn't stop the tears from running down her face, she didn't care, she had given up. This tough New Yorker was broken.
She had made up her mind that this was all a dream, and that maybe if she fell asleep again it would go away. Her nightmare was about to become real. Somewhere in the darkness of the hole, Keavy had felt something brush up against her leg.
She let out a jagged breath, "Squid, is that you? For once in my whole time knowing you, I hope you decide to pop up in this hole."
Silence.
She felt it again, this time it felt like tiny feet were crawling up her leg. Keavy let out a slight shriek and jumped, but the thing hung onto her leg. The last thing she felt was something like a small razor slicing into her skin, she fell to the ground in a small heap.
Blackness surrounded her, she was no longer there.
A/N: Okay well I updated, I'm not expecting any reviews since no one has reviewed except for Nosilla and Trucalifornian! Thanks!
Look at the bottom and click the button that says review, it isn't that hard people!