Chapter 16: The Figure

"It's not your fault he's like that…"

"Just shut up! You don't give a fucking shit about him! You don't know him like I do!"

"That's right. I don't know. But you can't punish yourself for his sickness."

"Shut up!"

I shut my eyes tight and put my hands over my ears, silently crying. "God, just punish me." I begged as tears welled up in my eyes.

"Fuck off Caulder!"

"It's not fair…"

I heard the door open then slam shut.

"King."

"Caulder? What are you doing here? What the fuck is he still doing here?"

"King! No!"

There were screams and then, a gunshot, a sound of shattering glass.

"Get the hell out of here because I swear to god that next time…it won't miss."

There was silence then, I heard the door open and shut.

"It's not fair."

"It's not fair!" Kasumi screamed, hammering away at the wall, wincing each time as she made a larger hole. That whole wall now represents her heart…and this is the hole that's in it. The large fuckin' hole that's going to kill her soon. If it doesn't, she'll do it herself.

"It's not fair." she sobbed, her forehead on the wall, she lowered her bloody hand and cried.
"It's not your fault, you know." Kasumi turned to look at King. He was leaning on the wall, arms folded, eyes focused on the ground. "It's not your fault." he repeated in a chilly tone.

She made a funny noise between a laugh and a snort, "Leave me alone. Go kill Caulder or something." Her voice was just uneven enough to make it obvious she couldn't sound as impersonal and indifferent as she wanted to.
"Yeah. I should leave you alone," King said and when he spoke again, his voice was hard. "Speaking of killing, isn't that what your doing to Spence? Killing him? You know, he's suicidal. If his girlfriend killed herself, he'd do it too."
That was mental slap in the face, that one. "Girlfriend?" she asked, she allowed her mouth curve into a wry smile. "What Girlfriend?"

"Aw, don't play dumb with me." His mouth tightened even more. "I know."
She gave no comment and avoided any further discussion of the subject. She hammered away at the punching bag on the corner, stopping only to catch her breath and to think about the positives. Maybe he'll live. That's right. Maybe. And maybe a monkey will crawl out of my ass.

She looked down at the floor, hands clutched into fists. Patricia's voice echoed in her head…

"God is our saviour."

All the bubbled up inside of her until it all came out. Screw God! She turned around and kicked…

…her foot made contact with the side of someone's face. The man fell to the ground and she aimed a gun at his head, putting her boot on his chest to hold him down. Kasumi smiled sweetly, "Hi, you are now entering hell. Popularity. You." she send a bullet between his eyes and watched the ash swirl and drift around the air. The man…was a vampire.

Instead of decreasing, the number of vampires in the room seemed to double by the minute.
King, Abby, Ashley and Kasumi looked around as the new additions surrounded them, then they glanced at each other. All four breathing heavily. The vampires sneered and they attacked King, Abby, Ashley and Kasumi. Immediately, the four went into defense mode. Abby managed to scramble out of the way as two of the vampires tackled King. Two more came and he soon found himself with his hands full but he still managed to get some punches in.

Abby quickly ashed some vampires, sending an arrow whizzing through their bodies. She cursed after missing one out of twenty and pulled out some silver stakes. It was ass-kickin' time.

And then there was Ashley; she took care of the two vampires attacking her quickly, then she headed straight towards a small group. Kasumi sensed a vampire behind her and elbowed him in the face, he sank to his knees with a howl of pain and she smashed a silver stake right into his skull. He was dead before he hit the ground. "I used all my stakes." Abby yelled over all the screams.

"Well, don't let them know! Jeez, Abby. Have I thought you nothing?" King said sarcastically.
Abby nodded and dodged one of those tackling vampires, she hit him on the back of the head with a gun and he dropped like a sack of potatoes.
Simultaneously, King and Ashley had punched a vampire across the jaw. They looked at each other and smiled, hi-5s for everyone, they grimaced on having done it so hard.

Kasumi grabbed a vampire by the hair and pulled it back before smashing it onto the wall.
"Fuck it." she muttered. Right at this very moment...right at this second...while she's here, enjoying herself, Spence must be in pain right now. She remembered the pitiful sight on seeing him in bed. Just lying there...

"Yeah!"

Abby's war-like cry snapped Kasumi out of her thoughts.

Abby grinned right before she got hit in the face; she stumbled back a little, but she charged back into the melee as the vampire tried to hit her again. This time she blocked the punch delivered a harsh one of her own.
"There are-" She shrieked as she was grabbed around the waist and pulled back. She reflexively balled up her fist and twisted her upper body around, letting her fist slam into the face of the person who grabbed her.
She gasped and winced, "Oh god, King."

King put a hand on his bloody nose, he waved her away with his other hand, shooing her like a fly. She couldn't help but laugh, "Oh sorry."
King glared at her, almost scared that she might do it again, he pointed at her as if saying, 'No! Don't come near me!' and walked away. She couldn't help but chuckle.

"As I was saying…There are too much vampires," Abby repeated as she faced three more vampires with Kasumi and Ashley. The vampires charged the trio, and in what seemed like, harmonized motion, Kasumi, Ashley, and Abby balled up their fists, pulled them back, and let them fly. They hit the three vampires in unison, and all the blood-suckers went stumbling back a few feet before falling unconscious to the floor.

"Oh, finally." Abby said as King sat groaning on the floor, wiping his nose.

"You do realize that you've signed your own death warrant, right?" King asked, his breath a little shaky.

They glanced around the room, it was empty. All except the ashes drifting in the air. Through it all, there was a figure. Kasumi blinked her eyes and it was gone. What was it?

"I could have done something. I could have called someone to have a better look at him. I could have checked by myself--i might've found out he had...lung cancer." Kasumi sniffed, looking over at Spence.

"No, Kas. Cau--" King paused, at a loss of words then he sighed and continued, "Caulder. He said nothing could've been done to prevent this. Not you...not him. No one."

"He's right." Added Abigail, rubbing her back to comfort her, "Don't worry. He'll live. e's a strong one, he'll live."

I hope so, Kasumi thought, I hope your right.
Spence's eyes slowly opened. Kasumi looked him over and beamed, wiping a tear from hereye with theback of her hand.He was awake...and that was all that mattered. She placed the palm of her hand on his forehead and fought to remain calm. His temperature...damn, that was hot!

Kasumi checked him again then removed the tube. His labored breathing was now visible.
"How are you doing?"
He coughed and she rubbed his chest. After a while, he had stopped coughing and relaxed. She embraced him and kissed him on the forehead. "Take it easy."
"I never do. You have...bad news?"
"No." Kasumi smiled sweetly. "Why would you think that?"
He smiled back, "I'm going to die, aren't i?"
"No, of course not." Her smile slowly faded. "Don't talk like that."

"You think it too." Spence said simply, he closed his eyes. "Don't cha? C'mon. Don't lie to me."
"No." she shook her head. "Your not going to die."
"Yes i am."
"NO!" Kasumi had stood up, breathign heavily. Tears rolled down her cheek...she couldn't take it anymore. How can a person be mad at Spence, especially in this condition?

"Your not going to die. I'm won't let you..."
Those words hit Spence like a bolt of lightning. Those were the exact same words he had told a patient once. A patient he had fallen in love with. They preformed a surgery on her and...something went wrong. He was too emotionally attached that he made a mistake...and she died.

Hehad killed her.