Broken But Not Shattered
Chapter Eight: Running Out Of TimeSquid watched as the silhouette of Keavy ran out of his sight. "No," he told himself, "I'm not gonna follow her, if she doesn't want me, then she won't have me." He buried his face in his hands and cried, cried for the girl he fell for , cried because he was sure he was gonna lose the person who had captured his heart from the day he saw her in the wreck room.
Squid lifted his head out of his hands, "No, I'm not gonna walk out on her like my dad walked out on me." He ran in the direction of Keavy.
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Squid heard his name being called, followed by a quiet scream. It was too dark to see anything so he called her name. "Keavy!
No answer, not even a sound.
"Keavy, where are you?!
Still no answer, but he heard footsteps.
Swallowing the nervous lump in his throat he called, "Who's there?
"Relax Squid, it's me." Said a voice from behind.
Breathing a sigh of relief he said, "Zig, thank the Lord it's you. You gotta help me find her.
"What, did she run again?
"Uh-huh.
"Yeah, I'll help, you sure you know what your doin'? I mean this girl could just pop out of nowhere and land you a kick in the you-know-what's.
"I'm sure, Zig. Just help, kay?
"Okay.
The two boys began shouting Keavy's name. There was still no answer.
"Maybe she went that way," Zigzag said pointing in the other direction.
"I dunno. Let me look over here first I thought I sawÉ" Squid's voice suddenly dropped along with the rest of his body.
"Good goin', Genius. You landed yerself into a hole." He said between laughs "Wait Ôtil I tell the boys Ôbout this!
"Uh, Zig?
"What?
"I think I found her.
"Whaddya mean?
"Oh my gosh! I think she's dead!"
"What?!
"Zig, she's not movin'. Get help." Squid said trying to cover up his tears that wouldn't stop running down his cheeks.
Zigzag ran as fast as his long legs would take him, all the way to D-tent. As he ran inside, Pendanski was about to do his Ôfamily chat'.
"Ricky, I'm glad you decided to show up. Where's Alan?
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Meanwhile in the hole Squid cradled Keavy's head in his lap as he silently lifted a prayer towards the sky.
"Surely it wasn't the fall that made her unconscious", he said looking at her head. He felt it, there was no bump. He ran his hand down to her leg to find the source of what had caused her to black out, he didn't see it but he felt a small cut on her leg. There was no blood, just a slice in her leg.
Looking around the hole he saw what had caused this. A yellow spotted lizard, it looked at him with its beady black eyes without taking its gaze off of Squid.
Seeing her canteen next to her he poured water over the cut to clean it. Then he ripped a piece of his shirt and wrapped it around her leg.
He knew immediately what he had to do, slowly he unwrapped the bandage that was around her leg trying not to draw attention to himself and put his mouth to the wound, he sucked the lizard's poison out. With a disgusted look on his face he spit onto the ground and grabbed the canteen for a rinse. He then poured some more water onto the wound and braced himself to suck the last of the poison out.
"Squid, what the heck are you doin' in there?"
"Careful! I just found her in here unconscious with that thing." He said looking up into the Warden's bright flashlight.
"Oh my gosh! Sir, where's yer gun?
"Right here," Mr. Sir replied holding up his rifle.
"Well what are you waitin' for? Shoot!
Sir aimed is rifle at the lizard, Squid closed his eyes and held Keavy tighter to his chest.
BOOM!
Squid opened one eye and saw the lizard shot in half, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now what the heck is goin' on here? Why are you outta yer tent and why is she with you?
"Well, don't ask questions help me get her outta here!" Squid said lifting the small body of Keavy to the Warden.
"Excuse me?
"I said grab her!" He demanded
"You heard Ôem, Sir. Grab the girl and get her to my cabin. Oh and Squid you'll regret this.
"I already have." He replied coldly.
The Warden walked back to her cabin with Mr. Sir carrying Keavy behind. As they went inside, Keavy's lips had turned blue and she started to go cold.
"Lou?
"What, Sir!
"She's goin' cold.
"Well we have to try somethin', the last thing we want is her father to put a contract out on us. Have you heard what the assumed mobsters do to people?
"No.
"They kill you, but not a quick death no ,they chop you up into little pieces and make y'all fish bait. Then they send all of your pieces to your distant family and relatives and then they kill them too! Do you want that to happen to us?
"Nope," Sir said as he spit a sunflower seed onto the floor of the cabin.
"Now go find Pendanski, he's some sorta doctor or somethin' maybe he'll know what to do.
As Mr. Sir left the cabin to find Pendanski, Squid walked quietly in and sat on a chair next to the sofa where Keavy's limp body lay.
"You say one word Ôbout this, Squid and I'll make you wish you were lyin' in her place, you hear me?!
"I already wish I was in her place.
"Excuse me?
"You heard what I said.
"Excuse me?!" The Warden repeated raising her voice.
"I Ð I mean, yes I hear you." Squid said glancing at Keavy.
"Good. Now go get a wet rag it'll help the fever.
"Fever, are you sure? She's cold.
"Just do it." Lou snapped
Squid walked into the next room and put water onto a torn up rag.
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Flashback
Keavy peeked her head around the corner, she had heard voices coming from the dining room.
"Yeah, so's you see this guy ripped me offa my shipment, and you boys are gonna help me get rid of him, you know what I mean?
"Yeah, Hangman. How mucha the loot you gonna give us?
"Wells I was thinkin' 12 percent.
The seven men at the table stared at Hangman, one spoke up, "Make it twenty and you gotta deal.
Hangman sighed and twiddled his thumbs, "Okay twenty percent, but you dispose of the body.
The seven men at the table all stood up, shook Hangman's hand, and left out the front door.
Keavy couldn't believe what she just heard. "My father just put a Ôcontract' out on someone." , she thought. "He's a murderer.
She ran to the front door to see if maybe she could catch a glimpse of any of the men. Keavy rounded the corner and ran head-on into the man she called Ôfather'.
He grabbed her by the collar of her shirt, "You didn't by any chance hear what was goin' on in the other room, did ya?
She thought for a moment and shook her head.
"Good, Ôcause if ya did, I'd probably have to do ya in." He motioned to his throat and pretended to slice it, then he laughed mockingly.
Keavy quickly glanced out of the front window, the black Lincoln pulled out of her driveway. "AC349, AC349." She repeated the license plate number over to herself.
Three days Later
It was midnight, Keavy found it hard to get to sleep, it was the day this Ôcontract' was to take place. She peeked out of her bedroom window and sure enough there was the black Lincoln with seven men waiting outside, they were dressed in black business suits and had cocked gangster hats on their heads. She heard the front door slam and out came her father dressed the same as the seven other men, except for one little detail, in his hand there was a 357 Revolver.
Keavy knew what she had to do, she grabbed her Nikon digital camera, took a shot of the black Lincoln Towncar and silently crept down the steps towards the backdoor.
She looked to see if the car was still there, it was. The seven men were loading something into the trunk.
Keavy grabbed her key to the garage and opened it.
ÔCrud!" she muttered to herself. For there in the corner was Nero, her father's possessed pitbull who was trained to hate Keavy with a passion. She breathed a sigh of relief he was asleep. She had only one chance to retrieve her motorized scooter and follow the mobsters and then catch them in the act with cold, hard evidence from her digital camera.
"That's it!" she said to herself. She out went of the garage door and back into the kitchen where her mother had the left-over ÔChicken Cacciatore' Nero's favorite. Keavy grabbed the glass dish and darted back through the door to the garage.
As she crept in Nero jumped from his sleep and growled. "Oh Nero, how could you? Look what I've brought, here." She said handing him the dish, satisfied Nero ate the food savoring every bite
. "Then maybe when you're done with it I'll beat you over the head with the glass pan and God will put you outta your misery and you'll die." She added with a smirk on her face.
The headlights of the car shone in the garage window, "Perfect" she thought to herself as she started the scooter.
By the time Keavy had left the garage the black car was down the road. She revved up the engine to the scooter and took off trailing them at a distance.
Two Hours Later
The black car finally came to a stop. Keavy was relieved, she parked her scooter on the street behind the black car. She slowly walked towards the men's voices.
Keavy looked around the corner and saw her father barking orders to the men. "Alright, you three follow me. The rest of ya go Ôround back with ÔJohnny The Jackhammer' and when I give the signal you take out the employees and search for my diamonds.
She took a picture of the men going into the old building. "Wait," she thought "This is where Old Man Mario works." Her heart started to race, "They're gonna kill Old Man Mario!
Keavy didn't know what to do she had to do something. Mario was an innocent old man who loved talking to each of his customers. Without thinking Keavy ran in to the shop and before she could scream a warning gunshots exploded the air. She dove to the ground only to get splattered with blood, not her own but from the old man that lay across the floor. Keav scrambled to help him, but before she could do anything she felt a hand on her throat.
"So's is the new hangout." The voice sneered.
Keavy could barely breathe. Before she could say a word the person dropped his hand and pulled a knife to her throat.
"Say one word, Keav and I'll slit your throat. And I won't lose one bit o' sleep doin' it either." The voice was none other than her father's.
This time she didn't say a word, she didn't even try to breathe. She just sat there covered in blood.
Before she could think more shots broke through. Keavy screamed.
End Of Flashback
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Squid jumped at the sound of Keavy's blood curdling scream. His only thought was, "She's alive!
A/N: Hahahah Cliff Hanger!!! Sorry for not updating my keyboard broke and I finally just got a new one! Hope you liked the chappy, all of your questions will be answered in the next one. Like ÔHow did Keavy live through a Yellow-Spotted-Lizard Bite'? Oh just waitÉ.. Now review!!!!!