I know I've been off for awhile but you can't blame me much. I'm dealing with laptop mainframes and hard drives blowing up. It's my friend. The problem is why do people who need their computer every second to do anything have the most problems with their computers. I guess it's because we over work them. Poor computers! I'm sorry to you and my computer. This story is reaching the falling actions or ending. I had Solo and Ensemble so I got to show off my awesome flute playing. It's always nice to do.

This is a message to all boys. Why do you enjoy annoying girls who are easily annoyed? I think it's silly. I have 3 guy friends who are my closest friends, I work with them 10hrs. a day for 5 days a week. The guys find it hilarious to make fun of me and play around with me. Is it just a guy thing or is it just my fault with hanging out with these guys who enjoy bothering girls and staying on the computer.

I'm working on my other story. It's called 'Great Expectations and the Perfectionist' it's an Emily and Kai fic. I happen to think they would make a great couple. They would I'm sure. They both think they are the absolute best, they are both smart and can find a weakness it their opponent, they like beyblading and stuff.

Mariah and Ray fic; or 'Mariah's Bond is coming to an end so I'm sorry. I'm writing another beyblade fic so you can catch that and then I plan on either doing a tikari or takumi fic. That is to say TK and Kari or Takuya and Izumi/Zoey. I'd like to know your opinion on that. I'm going to finish off the remaining chapters so I can return to those.

Note for this chapter. The underlay garment as I put is like their pajamas. It is also the same thing as an under shirt and slip. It's a shirt and skirt you would wear under your robe to you couldn't see threw it. It's a slip and under shirt. She already had it on under her robe.

Oh and I'd like to put something in here. Lee is really Mariah's brother; I didn't catch that until I read it on the official site. So them liking each other is like out of the picture now. Unless you believe in ensestry. Now that this is official I'm going to put a few brother sister over protective moments in here. If you have questions ask me in a review.

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Chapter 12: One Man, Two Abuses, One Saved

A month had passed and Ray and Mariah were still settling in. They hadn't thrown their party yet for their wedding but they planned that in 3 weeks. They are happy and beginning to show their happiness for being back into their tribe. They hadn't hit a bump in the road yet and they hadn't needed to solve any problems. They had a traditional white, black and of course pink wedding because that was traditional in China.

"Hey Ray, when did you say that Kevin, London, Lee and Wendi were coming over." Mariah yelled from the top of the stairs. She didn't realize that they had planned a surprise for her. "Huh, I wonder where he went. It's not like him to go off without me or at least without telling me." Mariah wondered around the house trying to see if he had left any notes. He didn't so she checked the backyard and surprise they throwing a surprise party.

I almost fainted and Ray caught me. "I should really be more careful when I throw you a surprise party. One you've been overworking yourself, two we're getting married, and three, we deserve it." Ray kissed me and then he stood me up on my feet.

"You guys should really not scare me like that, I'm going to have a heart attack." Mariah put her hands on her heart. She was breathing really hard and deep breaths. "You should be more careful who you scare." Ray escorted her to their table. She wanted to know how they got everyone here and setup while she was doing chores.

"Maybe you should just get used to it." She sighed.

"Ya, you're right I should but I don't know how I can because it's a surprise. It's almost scary for you guys to show up at my house when I'm just trying to do chores. You guys should make it easier like blind fold me and take me out here." Ray sighed, she would never agree to that.

"Let's just enjoy the party, I mean we're all here. We're all happy and we have gifts for you guys so let's just eat the wonderful food Ray made for everyone." Mariah was being dragged off to the buffet.

Mariah found herself spending most of her time with London and Wendi. They felt somehow eternally grateful to Mariah. They said something about she played a part that taught them to respect girls. "So Mariah, how is all the housework for you? Does you're entire house get dirty a lot? I have to clean the whole about 3 times a month. It's a ton of work but I think that would be the least of my chores at home." London brushed through her hair. He hair was as red and the apples on the tree. Wendi had long black hair braided into a pony tail it gave them both a distinguished look.

"I know our house here gets much dirtier than the one at home. I mean all the cleaning, cooking and all the other things I need to do. It's a handful of work. So what about you Mariah?" Mariah just wanted to cry and Ray noticed that they were confronting her about it. He'd probably get in trouble with everyone because they treated each other like equals.

"London, Wendi, can I borrow Mariah for a few minutes." They both nodded realizing now there was a guy in their presence and they became normal quiet housewives for a moment.

Mariah broke down in Ray's arms. She laid her head on his chest and started crying. Ray took her back into the house and sat next to his poor fiancé on the couch. He just held her, letting her be free to cry. He didn't want her to be unhappy. Kevin, London and Wendi went in to see where the engaged couple had disappeared to. They saw them and went back to the party. "I feel so different, I feel that my life isn't where it should. I should have just agreed to marry Zackary. I feel so sad, I'm a pathetic person and wife…" Ray put his hand over his fiancé's mouth.

"You know that's not how you really feel. You'd rather be dead than have a few problems with understanding other people's problems. I think that's a horrible option you chose." Mariah nodded. "Now, how do you really feel."

"Honestly?" Ray just looked at Mariah with a look that read. You-know-what-I-mean. "I wish I could understand them. I don't want to go threw what they have to go threw I want to see what could have happened to me. I want to trade lives with someone who has in horribly. I don't think I understand completely wonderful you are to me." Ray wanted to laugh but he knew that wouldn't help.

"Is that what you want?" Mariah nodded. "So all you want is to be treated badly so you can appreciate how good you have it." Honestly, Ray thought this was a horrible thing to let her do. "I guess that's final. We'll find some low life in the other tribe and you'll trade with her for two weeks so you can see what she must deal with." Mariah sat up and hugged Ray.

Mariah thought about what this meant. She was going to be beaten, yelled at, threatened, and most likely physically abused. Mariah was shaking and Ray just held her tighter. "I'm scared, Ray." He nodded and whispered in the softest most tender way possible. "I am for you too. I don't want to think about how you'll come back."

"It's not that. I can handle at the problems he gives me but leaving you is going to take so much strength. I'm afraid that I can't do it without you." Mariah hugged Ray as tight as she could and she just let out how much pain she was in.

Ray and Mariah walked out of the room with Ray she was holding her hand very tightly and they were going to make the message. Ray had called the second worse person in the Lintec tribe. Baydin, he was a brute and treated girls like slaves and they were only to be used as tools. He understood two things; he would trade his wife for Mariah for 1 week and 3 days and 4 days for the traveling there and back. She was allowed to keep a new journal, it was small so she could take notes to remember what lessons she had learned.

"Attention everyone, we have a very important announcement to make. I am going to be traded with Amia, Baydin's wife so I can learn what she has to go through. This will happen for 2 weeks then I will come back. This is out of my own choice and Ray oddly enough agreed. I'm going to pack, good-night." Mariah sighed, kissed Ray good-night and walked off into her room. Ray now realized something. He was going to get a lot of questions from his friends about why he would let Mariah do this.

"Why does Mariah want to do this? Does she plan on being kilt on this trip?" Wendi ran to Ray and slapped him. Everyone was surprised this came out of the girl who had barely said a word.

"She wants to understand what she has. She knows she has it wonderful but she was being born into this as she says 'freedom'. She wants to be as she says 'a slave'. I made sure she understood the possible consequences and she understands." Ray understood why Wendi was all worked up. Baydin would surely hurt Mariah and Ray would be scared and weak without Mariah so he just wanted her to learn whatever she needed to learn and return.

Mariah left and now arrived at Baydin's house

"Hello girl, get to work." Baydin threw a box of chores for her to do. They were to scrub and wax all the floors, and do everything anyone could think of to clean the house. She had to clean off every book in the library and every little detail like that.

"Done." She sighed, falling to her knees. She was tired. If Ray was there and he was watching her, she could have done those things, a lot easier.

"Here girl. I still have 6 more boxes to go. Hurry or you can't have dinner." Mariah was now tired and hungry because she was so slow she had to work threw dinner and she got to eat a piece of dried grease bread. It was the piece of break they cut of from the bottom of the loaf because grease had dried on it from the grease paper they used. It tasted horrible and didn't help her health any.

"Good, you're not saying anything, that's good." Mariah stood in the doorway of his room and almost fell down on the floor. "You may come here and rest now." Mariah looked alarmed.

"No way!" He got up and picked her up and threw her the ground. She slid across the waxed floors and went unconscious across the floor against the metal pole he had thrown her into. He picked up Mariah's unconscious body and threw it onto the hard thin mattress.

Mariah woke up 9 hours later. She couldn't remember what had happened. She remembered doing chores and that was it. She tied her hair back and realized all she was wearing was her underlay garments pajamas. She was in a bed with a crazy abuse ridden, crazy man who was in his thin underlay garments. She wanted to faint. She didn't want to think of what he did to her body why she slept. She wanted to scream. She decided to put in down in her journal. She had tucked it into her robe that laid on a chair across the room. She tied it on her body and took the book and wrote.

Day 2 of 10: Dear Reader,

Baydin is horrible. So far he's done some horrible things in a period of 1 past day. I did 7 boxes of scrolls filled with chores. He fed me the greasy part of the bottom of the bread. I'm hungry and I've received 9 hours of sleep. I was about to collapse asleep on the floor last night but he insisted that I sleep in his bed. I screamed so did something to me and it knocked out. I don't remember how I was knocked out but my head hurts really bad. I just woke up 10 minutes ago and realized I was in my underlay garments and some how he had taken them off me and lain them across the room. I don't want to think about what else he did.

Mariah Kon

Not only was Mariah scared but she was alone in this scary world. She didn't have a cell phone to call for help. It was like being his wife; this is what she wanted, right?

Baydin was about to wake up and all Mariah could do is wait for what would be a horrible, painful, abuse filled day. It was perfect in his sights. Mariah saw things different. She knew she could just leave but she knew that Amia would realize how nice Ray was easily while Mariah would endure this so she too could understand. She hood a scratchy annoying voice call "Girl, go make breakfast."

She made breakfast and did all the other chores. Amazingly she would get to go into their town today. She'd get to shop on her own. The fun part was he would carry a metal stick so she would stay in line with her behavior. He didn't want her to embarrass her. Clearly he was embarrassing himself by smacking his 'wife' in public was not a thing to be embarrassed of.

She argued with people over unreasonable prices but he smacked her for that. She tried to put him on a diet and pick healthy foods but he smacked her for that and said only junk food. She couldn't talk or ask what he wanted or she'd get smacked. What could she do?

Day 3 of 10: Dear Reader,

You know that someone cries when their hurt well crying is considered a weakness here so by crying I'd embarrass him so I'd get hit with the stick again. I get hit for talking, bargaining, helping him eat healthy and agreeing with him. I am covered in bruises and scars that are from his stupid metal stick. I haven't shed a tear or bleed one drop since I got here. I think if I was going to cry I'd do it because I miss Ray.

Mariah Kon

Day five was nothing different to mention. She was smacked around, thrown around, and abused until she just wanted to die. She couldn't die, not now, not here. She couldn't die. She promised herself she wouldn't die for many years. She wanted to but you can't have what you want.

Day 5 of 10: Dear Reader,

How can she stand it? Does she have no principals? I don't think I could stand it any longer. I just want to fall down in the dirt and die. I can't leave Ray though. He would blame himself for my death. I would blame myself; I guess blaming someone else is something we are too mature for. I want to leave. I don't understand what does she have here? Why not run away. Banishment, freedom, and happiness await those outside of this city who run away. What does she have here that she can't leave? I don't understand her. I might never but I will try .Nothing is different and nothing will be different. He has reached his end of evil; I think, I don't know, I hope so. I have little hope but I must use it for the hope that he is done with thinking of new punishments

Mariah Kon

Day 6, Mariah has found a box of Amia's diaries. They are filled with all her experience with him. They were hidden so they wouldn't disrespect him in any way. Mariah had a brilliant idea. She's turn her own entries and Amia's entries into a story called 'One Man, Two Abuses, One Saved'. It wasn't to get in trouble or make money. It was to tell the world of the horror of abuse and how to people living two lives so different.

Day 7 and 8 came and went nothing different happened. She was thrown into walls and onto beds. She was whacked with a stick and abused into the only hope was that she was going to come home and tell everyone. She found this the only thought that would give her the hope to move on and live a normal life. Amia would not unless someone would save her.

Day 9. "Girl, come in here. Would you like something to drink?" She nodded took the drink and drank it. She passed out. It was alveoli, a sleeping herb. He dragged her body into his room and threw her onto her bed. He took off her robe and she lay in her underlay garments.

Special Sequence- Mariah's Viewpoint

Day 16; "Wake up, please." I know that voice, whose voice is that. Who am I? I need to wake up. This person needs me to wake up, so I guess I should. Come one eyelids open.

"Who are you?" I was scared. This guy was looking at me and I'm barely dressed and very cold. "Do you have something I can cover myself with, whoever you are?" He handed me a few blankets and a robe. It smelled like my mind, oddly enough. He seems very nice and helpful. I know him but who is he. Maybe he's my brother; I think I fell out of a tree. I remember having a brother so this must be him.

"She doesn't remember you Ray. She doesn't remember me either. It's a good think Wendi said he was a murderer, killer and used drugs to commit it. I don't think we would have made it in time. You carried her 6 miles here. She looks cold still." There were two people talking they both sounded familiar. The one who had the blanket was the one called Ray. That name sounds familiar.

"I know, I'm just glad she's not dead. I don't think I could live if she died." Wow, I'm that important that if I died, he would die too. We must have some amazing bond. "I don't think she remembers anything of what happened to her." The one Ray was very close to me. If I died he would die too. That's so sad.

"Mariah, I'm Lee, I'm your brother. You're Mariah. This is a hospital." Hello, I can't remember thinks I'm not stupid. I don't think not remembering things counts as being stupid. "How much can you remember, Mariah?"

"I woke up. You were there and talking about me, very nicely I might add. You two are very nice. The other you call Ray. Hi Ray, Hi Lee." I'm using the little I have learned greatly aren't I.

"So don't remember what happened to you? Or why you're so far from you're home? You don't know anything up until when you woke up, right?" I shook my head, you're not helping me. I think something worse that falling out of a tree happened to me.

"Hey Lee, Hey Ray. I found this book. I think it's mine since I'm Mariah." I held up the little book I had found in my pocket. It was small and adorable. Ray must have recognized what the book meant and grabbed it from me.

He started reading it. "Day 9 of 11. Dear Readers, I'm happy because I get to go home tomorrow. I can't wait to see Ray again. I'm very weak without him so I don't know why I'd make the choice to come here. Why did I come here in the first place? I remember, it's because I wanted to appreciate Ray. Ray has given me all that I have. Lee treated me as his sister and always treated me like a princess. I was raised like that and that's how I thought it was. Lee let me on the team so he could protect me. He didn't like that I feel in love with Ray but he was just being protective. I'm glad he finally let me marry Ray in 2 weeks. Lee finally understood that Ray was going to love me and protect me just like he did. They two were like brothers that weren't really. They were the closest thing I had so they treated me like close relatives. After the torment I've been through I understand how precious they are to me. I've won the war but I've lost many of the battles. He's calling me for a drink so I have to go, I'm so thirsty.- That's all Mariah wrote." I was so confused and not completely understanding. I married Ray, Lee is my brother who protected me like Ray does. I decided to go where I was and went through torment to realize how nice Ray was. I knew Ray was nice. He brought me here, he made sure I wasn't cold. I don't know barely anything about Ray and I see how nice his is. I'm smarter know.

"Hey wait, I remember he gave me something to drink. It tasted like pine trees and wax, yuk. I remember everything going blank then waking up." I did pretty good for remembering. I hope they could figure it out for me.

"He poisoned her with some alcohol or something else. I'm so sorry Mariah. The doctor is going to have to examine a blood sample for chemicals." No, not okay with this. I hate shots. I think everyone does. I shook my head furiously. Lee was right that they needed a blood sample but I didn't' want the shot.

"If we know what he poisoned you with we will learn how to fix your memory. I'm not one to go for worse case scenarios but if this doesn't get stopped. You'll have permanent memory loss and you'll just start losing control of your body and…(long silence)…die." Ray quenched. I think he's being selfish, he's going to die but only if I die. I sighed and nodded.

They got the doctor, he took a blood sample and left.

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Sorry, this is the stupidest place to put a chapter end point. It's a big problem in my story. I know I should have condensed the chapter so it would fit on the limited space I can send in but I'm going to put the finale in this coming chapter and then a epilogue. This is going to be by first finished fic. Awesome.

Marina

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