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Last time-

Bret gave her an apologetic smile before he bushed off the wall to head back towards the gate. Ricki continued walking down the footpath towards her house.

Once Bret was out of site Kai pulled out the cell phone Tala had given him and selected Evi's number on speed dial and pressed the call button.

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Chapter 11

My hero

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Evi nearly jumped through the roof when her cell phone rang. Fumbling through her pockets she found her phone and pulled it out.

"Hello" her voice was weak and shaky, she mentally cursed herself for being weak.

"Evi?" Kai's voice came across the line sounding worried. "Are you alright?"

Evi let out a shaky breath before her throat caught and she let out a soft sob.

"Evi where are you?" Kai's voice held a note of desperation as he heard her voice brake.

Silence was the only thing that filled the line. Evlin wished she could tell Kai where she was so he could come and get her but she couldn't speak.

"Are you still at school?" Kai asked. Evi nodded her head before she realised that Kai couldn't hear her so she tried to tell him but all that came out was a slightly louder sob.

Kai was starting to feel licks of panic welling in his stomach, what if she was in so much trouble that she couldn't tell him? What if she had been kidnapped? Kai didn't know but he had to do something.

Tala sat across the table from his father. Tasmin still had a death grip around Tala's arm so she couldn't be put down when her mother walked into the room.

The woman smiled shyly at Tala from where she stood behind her husband. Tala smiled across at her trying to ease her discomfort.

"Look mummy, his hair is just like mine." Tasmin demonstrated by grabbing one of her pig tails in her chubby little hand and draping it over Tala's forehead. All the adults laughed and Tasmin let out a high pitched giggle. Without even knowing what she had done Tasmin had relieved the tension that had been building in the small room.

"Where are you staying?" Tala's father asked. (A/N- I really suck at this and I can't remember if I already gave Tala's dad a name so from here on in his name will be…….Paul and his step mum will be named Holly)

"I'm staying with Mr and Mrs Smith. They said I could stay as long as I like." Tala told them as he shifted Tasmin onto his lap so she was more comfortable.

"You know you can always stay here don't you." Holly told him looking across at her husband as if to re enforce what she had just said.

"Yes of course." Paul said looking at his wife.

"No, it's fine. I would rather stay with Evlin anyway." Tala told them.

"That's the girl who lives next door isn't it?" Tala and Paul both nodded.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Once again Holly with the questions.

"No, she's just a really good friend who I grew up with. She actually followed me to the abbey when Dad sent me there." Tala mentally cringed when he said that. He hadn't meant to make it sound like that but it was out there now and he might as well see where it would take him.

"Look Tala, I'm sorry." Paul started but his voice trailed away as he tried to think of something profound enough to work.

"It's ok really, anyway I have to go Evi should be home from school with Kai by now." Holly made sounds of protest but Tala had already stood and put Tasmin on the chair he had just vacated. As soon as Tala's hand left her sides Tasmin burst into tears. Tala gave her a pat on the head and a kiss on the cheek before he headed to the door.

Kai was still on the phone to Evi even though she hadn't manages to speak. "Evi I'm coming up to the school now." He paused for a moment. "Okay I'm inside the school if you can make a noise or something and that way I will be able to find you." There was no reply from Evi but he could hear her moving around where ever she was then there was a loud BANG. Kai stopped to listen. "Do it again Evi and I will come and find you."

BANG.

Kai listened again. The sound was coming from the floor above him.

"Kai help me." Evi's voice sobbed through the phone.

"Evi?"

"Kai help!" Evi's voice sobbed again.

"Where are you?" Kai asked worriedly, hoping that she would still be able to answer him.

"Jan- Janitors closet second floor." Evi breathed into the phone before she broke down into tears again.

Kai looked around him wide eyed. How did he get to the second floor. "Evi." Kai asked in a clam voice. "How do I get to the second floor?"

"Entrance, turn left." It wasn't very descriptive and it was a little hard to understand through the sobbing but Kai still managed to know what Evi said.

"Okay. Evi, sweetie I'm coming. I'm going to keep talking to you okay." Evi let out a whimper. " I've gone back to the entrance and now I'm going up the stairs and now I'm on the landing. Do I turn left or right?" there was a silence for a moment and Kai was starting to worry that she was going to answer. "Right."

"Okay, I'm turning right. Can you bang again for me?" there was another moment of silence and then a soft banging noise. I wasn't as loud as before but it kept coming.

Bang, Bang, Bang. The noise floated down the hall to where Kai stood as Evi banged her fist against the closed door. Kai looked around wide eyed until he located the exact location of the banging he dropped the phone and ran flat out to the door and nearly ripped it off it's hinges in his hast to get to Evi.

When the door was ripped open Evi fell out of the closet and onto the cold floor.

"Shit Evi, what happened to you? Are you okay?" Kai knew the last part was a stupid questioned and that she was obviously not okay but it was a natural reflex. Kai dropped to his knees and gathered Evi into his arms. He pulled her close to him and looked down into her face.

"Fuck! Evi!" Kai shock her slightly. "Evi." She shock her again. "Evi open your eyes."

Look I know that that was a really short chappi and I am really sorry but I think that was as gooder place as any to stop. A little dramatic! Anyway because this was such a short chappi I will update in a few days. Please review. I really do love reviews.

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