Oh my God, I'm still alive! And look at this, I've even updated this thing! It's been two years. Two fucking years, and I've finally gotten off my lazy ass.

My old writing wasn't anything special, but there's no way I'm up to par now. I haven't even touched MS Word for like...a year and a half. Which means I haven't written crap that whole time, which means I suck worse now than I ever have. So bare with me as I get myself back into this whole writing process.

It was morning now, the rain had finally stopped, and Rei was beginning to understand where she was.

She was pretty much fucked, that was where she was. No food, no money, pain consuming her whole body, and she was still too close to her house to feel safe.

"I have to get up, I have to move," she told herself.

Nothing.

"Move! Move something, anything," she said as she tried to wiggle her toes. They barely responded. Then she tried to move her hands, but they were numb.

Coaxing herself into getting up was proving much harder than she expected.

"Come on, get up. Just a little further, then you can collapse for as long as you need."

Now she just sounded crazy. If someone found her they'd lock her away. She's out in the rain, blood pouring out of her body from just about everywhere, bruises up and down her, her clothes tattered and soaked, and she's talking to herself.

Great way to keep yourself unnoticed.

She knew she had to do something, anything, even if it meant she had to crawl until her body couldn't take it anymore. She didn't expect to make it far before her heart gave up on her, but she wanted to die as far away from that house as she could.

"Okay, come on, do something! Jesus, you've lasted 17 years of that man, and now that you're free you can't even fucking move?"

That caught her arms' attention.

She slowly became aware of the throbbing pain in her hands (and she then began to wish they were numb again).

"If I can feel the pain in them, they must still be working to some degree, right?"

Well, maybe anyway.

She began to move her hands and the realization that her left arm was broken sunk into her, but she fought it and hoisted herself up.

Now, sitting upright, she looked around. She figured she was about a mile and a half from her house. Which meant that as soon as her drunken father woke up he'd be out to find her, and it wouldn't take him long if she didn't move soon.

She looked at her watch.

Of course it wasn't working.

She tapped at it a few times, then shook her arm gently and water came pouring out of it. She took it off and threw it in the dirt, cursing it for not being waterproof.

Rei sighed and closed her eyes, "What the hell am I thinking, anyway? What do I expect to do now? I should have stayed for a few more days and--" The horrors of the night before flashed in her mind. She snapped open her eyes and let out a staggering breath, "N-no, it was good I left. He was going to kill me," she said, tears stinging her eyes.

A few moments of silence, and the horrors slowly started to subside.

Now it was time to get up and the hell away from here.

"Okay, okay, if I can get myself sitting up then I can get myself standing up."

Easier said than done, she'd soon find out.

She pulled her knees up and put her hand on the ground and pushed herself upward. She staggered slightly, steadied herself, then fell face first into a puddle of mud.

"Great."

After several minutes of standing, falling, standing, falling, standing, staggering, and falling, she was finally able to stand without falling down. Although she did look like she was learning to walk all over again. She stumbled, staggered, and tripped, but never did quite fall again.

"Okay, good. Now just walk for about a mile and you've got yourself civilization!"

Not that walking into a town looking like that was a good thing in most circumstances, but hers was a special case and she didn't give a rat's ass if she looked like she'd just crawled out of hell. Especially since she just had.

After walking for what seemed like an eternity, (it had actually been about an hour) she saw a few rooftops.

She grinned, it was pathetic and lopsided, and she knew it, she just didn't care. She had made it.

"Thank you God!" Rei yelled as she began to run towards the town.

The running didn't last long, mind you.

Only moments after she began to run she fell down. This time not face first, but quickly, and quite harshly, on her broken arm. She moaned in pain and spat on the ground, "Shit!"

She sat up and sighed. Her whole body ached and she was shivering. She finally realized it must be close to freezing outside, and she was running around in torn pants and a holy tank top with no shoes to speak of. They were lost sometime during her struggle to get away from her father.

Rei looked at the road she was on, she was so close. She was sure she could make it.

Well, she was hopeful anyway.

She stood up, steadied herself, and began to carefully walk towards the town.

Come on, Rei, you've got this. All you have to do is find someone and tell them what happened. Someone somewhere will give you sympathy.

But before she could elaborate on that thought her head began to spin, and the pain in her body intensified. She stumbled and fell to her knees, letting out a small scream. All the work from walking had finally caught up to her, and she was practically paralyzed. Pain shot through every pore in her body, then she went unconscious.

Luckily for her, three unsuspecting boys were about to take a walk into the woods next to the hotel they were staying at.

"Umm...hey guys," Max said as he grabbed Tyson's sleeve, "I-is that...a girl?"

Tyson peered at the road, quickening his pace, "I think it is, Maxie!"

Kenny shivered and moaned, "Guys, don't! It might be a trap!"

"Kenny, she's in trouble. Come here!" Max yelled as he and Tyson kneeled down next to her.

"Oh my God, what do you think happened?" Tyson said as he looked at her limp body.

"I don't know, but we've got to help her," Max murmured.

"Guys, come on, I don't like this at all--" Kenny stopped as he looked at her. Then he screamed and jumped back, "Is she still alive?"

Max glared at Kenny, "Yes, but she won't be much longer if we don't help her. Come on Tyson, help me get her up."

Tyson nodded and they picked her up. She was surprisingly light, and they easily got her back to their hotel room.

They got her in a bed and covered her with every blanket they could get.

"There, now let's just hope she wakes up," Tyson said as he gazed at her.

She was small, fragile looking, and very pale. She had black hair that landed slightly below her shoulders. Her neck was swollen, and he swore he saw glass in it. Her face was red, one eye was swollen almost completely shut, and her cheeks were both stained with blood.

"What could have happened?" Max asked.

Tyson shook his head sadly. He didn't want to think about, "Come on, let's leave her alone for a while."

Max and Kenny nodded and the boys headed out, closing the door behind them.

Upon leaving the room they noticed Ray walking down the hall.

"Ray!" Max yelled and motioned for him to come join them.

Ray smiled, "Hey guys, what's up?"

"There's a dead girl in there!" Kenny screeched.

Ray's eyebrow raised, "Uhh...what?"

Tyson sighed, "She's not dead," a pause, "yet anyway. We found her out in the woods."

"Why didn't you take her to a hospital?"

"Well...the closest one isn't all that close, and we figured she needed to get somewhere warm really soon."

Ray nodded, "But...why not a doctor?"

"We tried. Vacation," Max said, rolling his eyes.

"Can I see her?" Ray asked.

"Sure."

Ray walked to the bed and gazed at her, "Wow. It's good you guys found her. It looks like she wouldn't have lasted much longer." Ray said as he put a hand to her forehead, "She's really hot. She has to be running a temperature."

"What do we do?" Max asked in a panicked voice.

"I don't know. You guys should find Kai. He's good with this kind of stuff...I think."

Tyson huffed, "Yeah right. He's off doing God knows what in who knows where."

As if by magic, when Tyson said that they all noticed Kai go walking past the room.

Tyson ran out and grabbed his arm, "Kai, dude, come here! We found this girl and--"

Kai turned to Tyson, "Why are you touching me?"

"Well, uhh..t-this girl and..."

"Get your hand off."

"Right. Sorry," Tyson removed his hand, "But Kai, we found this girl and she's really hurt. You've got to come look at her."

"I have enough trouble watching over you guys. I won't play babysitter for some girl that you don't even know."

"But Kaaaaaaaaaai, she's really hurt. Please help her, I'm afraid she might die if we don't do something!"

Kai sighed and slowly walked into the room, "Where the hell did you find this thing?" he said as he walked towards the bed.

"Kai! Don't say that! Look at the poor girl." Max squealed.

"I am looking, and I'd say she's about done in."

"Do something!"

"What the hell am I supposed to do?"

"I don't know, anything! Don't just let her lay there and die!" Tyson pleaded.

(A/N: Okay guys, I know shit about this kind of doctor stuff, so I'm making it up. All I know is that temperatures are bad, swollen necks embedded with glass are bad, and she's not in good shape. So all this crap down here with him being Dr.Kai, it's shit. So don't think I know what I'm talking about or anything.)

"As long as it'll make you shut up," Kai said. He put his hand on her forehead, "She's definitely got a temperature," he looked at the bed and arched his eyebrow, "Why are there eight blankets on here?"

"She seemed cold, so..." Max began.

"Shut up and get them off. She only needs one."

Max nodded and started pulling blankets off the bed.

"Now, Tyson, get a washcloth and wet it, make it lukewarm, then bring it here," Kai looked at Ray, "Go see if they've got any medicine anywhere."

Ray nodded, "Right."

"And Kenny."

"Yes?"

"Get the hell out of here. You'll only be in the way," Kai said coldly.

Kenny sighed, "Fine, fine, but you'll need me later!" and he sulked out.

"Here's the towel," Tyson said, handing it to Kai.

"Now you two leave as well," Kai said, rolling the towel up and placing it across her forehead, "There's not much else to do besides giving her some painkillers, letting her rest, and hoping she'll wake up."

Tyson and Max both took one last look at the unknown girl and left.

Kai sighed, "Whoever you are, you better be pretty fucking grateful." Kai said rather harshly.

Yay! It's over, you don't have to read anymore crap for now! So anyway, tell me how much you think it sucks/doesn't suck. Oh yeah, also tell me if Rei is just the most annoying person ever or not. 'Cause if she is I'll have no problem killing her off in the next chapter and letting the story be finished. ) I know she's all "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry for breathing" kind of girl right now, but she's not like that all the time. It's like..hey, I'm all polite and perfect to hide stuff blah blah...you know, same old same old. So she'll get better, but she could still be annoying as hell, so tell me if you think she should just die in a horrible and gruesome way.

I'll shut up now, I'm sorry for babbling.