Cold Ice Burning in the Heart
Chapter 1: Hospital Disappearing Act
(Kierra)
Slowly, and painfully I sat up. I looked around the room studying everything; I came to the conclusion of where I was… a hospital. I shuddered. I hated hospitals more than anything in the world. They only brought death and suffering.
I was bandaged up, and had a needle in my arm that was sending a liquid through my body. 'Probably pain killers,' I thought bitterly shaking my head pulling it out stiffly, and standing up.
"Well their probably looking for me by now. I have to get rid of any evidence that I was here." I mumbled to myself pulling on my black cargo pants that hung off a chair.
My shirt was to bloody and had wholes all in it to wear, and my pants only had a small whole were the bullet went through. The long hospital shirt went down to my knees, and tied in three places on the back, near the neck, mid-back, and my lower back.
"Damn these stupid plastic things," I was trying to pull the bracelet like bandage off of my wrist. "Why do these things have to be so hard to get off?"
After about five minutes of struggling, I gave up on trying to take it off and left the room. I looked around for the lab, and testing room.
I found the testing room, and smirked as I noticed that the room was empty. 'This is going to be too easy.' I opened the door all the way, walked in, and shut the door.
I walked up to one of the computers, and quickly hit a search for any patients that were brought in late last night, or early morning.
"Car crash victims, Server Burns, heart attacks, gun wounds. Guess I should be under that file." Clicking on the file, five pages popped up. One was a completely black page, another white, one with no access, another saying danger, and the last one saying password.
'Ok, I really didn't think they would have passwords on their files. Oh well, I'll just have to try and hack it, I mean it can't be that hard.' I thought as I started my work.
Thirty minutes later, I was ready to smash the computer. 'Damn it! Why does it have to be so hard, I mean this is just a hospital, not the pentagon.'
"Well, I guess I really have to try. What a waste of skills." I sat up straight and started typing rapidly watching as many windows opened and closed. After about thirty seconds, the screen flashed, 'Access Granted'.
"Hmm, I wonder why I didn't just do that in the first place. Oh well I can't complain now." I found my file quickly, and read everything they had gotten about me.
"Damn they got a lot. How the hell did they know my name? Probably blood samples, I'll have to get rid of those." I read the title, Kierra Kitsune/ age 17- in recovery.
I deleted all files that were about me and then crashed the computer, sending viruses to the others in the hospital just in case. After that I left the room to find the lab, where my blood samples and test results would be.
"Hey what are you doing?" I stopped cold, flipping around to come face to face with a nurse. I looked around the hall for a second before replying to her.
"I'm looking for the bathroom. Do you know where it is?" I tried holding my legs close together, trying to make it look like I really had to go.
"Oh, well then follow me, this way, Miss." Her voice sounded fake. She started to walk down the hall, I followed her obediently. We took a lot of turns before she stopped and faced me.
"Here it is. I hope you remembered where your room was. Well I got to go, take care." She waved with a giant smile and walked off disappearing be hide a corner.
After I was completely positive that no one was around, I started walking down the hall again. 'Room 123-Medicine; Room 124-needles; Room 125- Lab; Room 126-drugs-' stopping, I turned back to room 125.
I pushed the door slowly open, and walked in. There were five doctors in the room, all working on something. I looked around and grabbed a hat that was hanging near the door, tucking all of my hair under it except two strands bordering my face that refused to stay hidden.
"Hey! What are you doing in here? You're not allowed in here." One of the doctors stood up while partly telling, and yelling at me. I looked at him then to the other doctors who had also noticed my presence.
Without thinking much, I grabbed an operation knife from a table near me. Holding it out, threateningly towards them. 'This is great, just great. I'm threatening doctors with an operation knife. I would be scared to death of an operation knife.' I thought sarcastically.
"Calm down. Put the knife down you don't want to hurt anyone now. We're not going to hurt you; we're here to help you." One of the doctors spoke to me as he started walking gradually towards me. He was talking slow as if I were stupid or something. That set my temper off.
"No shit, I didn't come here to hurt anyone, and I'm not stupid so talk like a normal human being, and I am calm. And as for you guys hurting me, you couldn't lay a scratch on me even if you tried." My tone was undeniably arrogant.
The doctor that had been talking looked down somewhat embarrassed. I smirked at the skittish behavior of the doctors. I glanced at the doctor who was still sitting down at the desk. He seemed rather calm.
"What's with you?" I was pissed at his calmness. My anger problems were such a fatal flaw. He looked at me then closed his eyes while shaking his head. He stood up and walked half way to me.
"You're one of those people who act tough and say they can do bad things, but in truths you're just a weak scared little girl. And that's ok; we're all here to help you. You don't have to pretend like your something you're not." He said with a smile.
I blinked at him, and dropped the knife, starting to laugh. "What the fuck!" I said between laughs. "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!" I continued to laugh, "Me? A weak little girl? Scared? Haha, you've got to be kidding, right?" finally I managed to control my laughter.
His look seemed very confused, and so did the other doctors. I took a couple of deep breaths to calm myself down. I gave the doctors a somewhat appreciative half smile.
"That's the first time in years that I've laughed like that. Anyways I came here on strict business. Where are all my samples, and test results?" I asked standing straight.
"What do you need them for?" a doctor who hadn't said anything before now spoke. I looked at him carelessly.
"I need to get rid of them, what else would I want with them?" I asked looking at the desk near me for what I wanted.
"Well we can't let you have them!" The last doctor spoke now. I looked at him with a grin, a mischievous look in my eyes. I turned completely facing them. I studied their faces, looking back at the doctor who had spoken.
"Oh, really? Are you sure you want to say that to me? Or do you think your tough because I'm a girl and I got serious wounds, which you think make it so I can't fight." I asked holding my anger in.
With quick strides I was grabbing the doctor's arm and flipping it over him causing him to face his colleges, painfully. I grabbed a nearby tool. It was sharp enough to do some damage.
"Ok, obviously we have to do this the hard way. Where are all my files and crap? I don't want to ask again." I started pulling his arm, making him yell a little in pain.
'Damn! I hate it when I have to hurt innocent people. But there not helping much either. Why is it so damn hard for them to tell me what I want to know?'
In the corner of my eyes I saw a folder labeled 'Kierra Kitsune' on the desk the doctor had been sitting at. I let go of the doctor pushing him forward. I grabbed the folder and all the surrounding test tubes and dumped them into the trash can.
"Well that was easy enough. Wasn't it?" I asked throwing a match into the garbage. I watched satisfied, as the papers and bottles burned and cracked. Then I grabbed another folder labeled 'Background'. I made a distasteful face at it.
"I'm going to keep this as a souvenir." I turned around ready to leave. Someone suddenly grabbed my arm. I looked at the doctor who's hand was clinging to my arm. "What? Are you going to stop me, or something?"
I quickly ran down a hall with the doctor's right be hide me. 'Great! They just had to! I mean, I was just joking about them chasing me. These losers really don't know who their messing with.'
I watched as my two friends argued. It was more like one of them arguing though. Ray was trying hard to get Masika to calm down.
Masika has turquoise, curly hair that goes to her mid back, with the first streak on her right only reaching about right below her chin. Her right eye was a dark purple, and her left eye was a sea-blue. She had slightly tanned skin and a sturdy figure yet with curves, and was about 5'6.
"Uh, you guys. I really don't think it matters whose fault it was. I mean it was an accident." I tried telling them but they weren't really paying much attention to me. "Uh, guys?" I tried again.
"If it really doesn't matter then you go tell Kai, and Tala, that you did, Max!" Masika yelled looking at me patiently. She put her hands on her hips, showing her silver ring on her thumb. She also had a silver earring on her right outer ear.
"You know what? That's ok, I'd rather you not," I was kind of scared that she might. She smirked then turned back to Ray. 'Wow, she seems just a bit like a soldier.' She was wearing a pair of black cargo pants, and a sleeveless dark blue shirt, and a black belt.
"If you hadn't have thought of that idea none of this would of happened. It's just like all your other ideas, ending up in disaster," Ray said closing his eyes.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Masika yelled out in anger.
"Nothing it's just that you have some seri..." Ray was cut off from a voice down the hall.
"Move out of the way! I'm coming through," a girl yelled sprinting down the hall, with about five doctors trying to stop her. She ran right pass Ray, Masika, and me.
"Stop, Miss! You can't leave yet! You need to be tested and you're still in recovery!" one of the doctors yelled as he also past us.
"Like hell I'm stopping, and I'm not in recovery either!" she yelled right before she turned the corner. I watched as four of the doctors turned the corner as well. I stopped the fifth one.
"What's that all about? Do you really let patients run around? And what did she do to make all five of you chase her?" I was curious to know what was going on.
"Oh, nothing, it's just that… ummm…. She has serious wounds, and needs to get her rest. That's all, no need to worry," With that said the doctor briskly walked off in the same direction the others had went.
"Is it just me or was that doctor hesitant in telling us what was up? I think he was lying, because the way he said it and the look in his eyes wasn't very convincing," Masika said. "And he was sweating a bit. I think those doctors are hiding something."
"Yea, I think your right. We should go see what's really up. And that girl might need some help," Ray added as am after thought. I nodded, following the two down to the lobby on the first floor.
When we got there the five doctors were at the desk. They looked worn out and were sweating like cows. We walked close enough to them so that we could here there conversation.
"Damn for a girl that should be in recovery because of severe wounds, she sure can run fast. I mean did you see her jump that fence? I couldn't even do that and I'm in shape and one hundred percent healthy." The doctor leaning on desk managed to speak between gasps.
"We don't have any files on her; we don't know who she is." Another said while drinking a cup of water a nurse had brought over.
"Well we know that, she burned the stuff right in front of us, not to mention she was probably the one who crashed the computers and deleted the files." The doctor in the chair growled.
The three of us walked outside after hearing that. Once we got to the car we stopped for a moment. It was one of those weird silences that were uncomfortable. After about a minute Ray unlocked the car and we got in.
"Well I guess she was the bad person, not the doctors. I don't really care about their problems, I'm just glad that they treated my cut. Which, by the way, is your fault." Masika started the argument again.
I shook my head at her as she and Ray went at it. 'She must really like him. She talks the most when she's almost alone with him. She barley talks around other people. I wonder why that girl got rid of all her files.'
"When those idiots get home there so fucking dead!" I heard Kai growl from his spot against the wall. I looked at him from the corner of my eye.
"I know, and I'm going to help you with that. Remember? Those morons should know better. Where did they go?" I asked Kai from my spot on the couch, as I gazed out the window.
"I don't know. I think it was the hospital, cause one of them was stupid enough to get hurt from their own little idea." He said pushing off the wall walking towards the kitchen.
"Hey get me a drink." I yelled over to him. I heard an irritated growl.
"Get your own drink Tala. Can't you see I'm in a bad mood?" he yelled from the kitchen. I got up with a smirk on my face.
"Actually I can't really see you, so I can't see that you're in a bad mood." I said sarcastically as I walked into the kitchen, just to be greeted by a fist.
I ducked, grabbing his arm. He grabbed on and twisted me back. I released his arm kneeling down and standing back up on the side of him, holding a knife steadily to his neck.
"Wow Kai. When your anger or pissed off you suck at fighting. That was way too easy, even for you." I said putting the knife back in one of my pockets. He walked over to the table, sat down, and chugged his coke.
"Look who's angry as hell this lovely morning." A voice came from the door way. A girl with straight dark blond hair, with black streaks, walked in her hair went to about mid back, and she had dark blue eyes.
"Talina, I'm so not in the mood for your shit right now." I backed away when I heard Kai's words. Within a second, four blades were wedged in the wall around Kai's head.
"Don't be arrogant Kai, or you're going to be in pain. If anyone's not in a good mood its me." she grabbed a cup of milk. Kai looked at her.
"Oh and why's that? There's no way you should have a reason for being in a crappy mood." Kai removed the blades from the wall, taking a quick glance at the entire wall. I looked too. There were lots of marks in the wall from knifes.
"Well, I'm mad because they didn't let me in on that plan." Talina said leaning against the door frame. Kai and I both looked at her. She looked at us and gave a half smile. "Uh, maybe I should go get dressed." She dashed out of the room after that.
"Get back here! You wanted to help them? You're just as guilty as the lot of them!" Kai yelled running out of the kitchen. I smirked at their behavior.
'I wonder where Akari and Nilus went this early in the morning.' I looked over at the clock. 'Ok maybe it's not that early.' The clock read 12:03. 'I guess I'll go on a walk, or something.'
A couple of blocks away from the house, I was now coming to a street where the mini stores were. I looked around at the market place, and other small stores. 'Damn there are a lot of people here.'
I turned into an alley way, and walked straight down. It was pretty dark, and it was a whole lot quieter then the market place. I was almost to the end of the alley, where I would turn, left or right.
Turning left, I whacked right into someone. I kept my balance, but the girl who had run into me fell. I looked at her. The first thing I noticed was her long golden, silver hair.
"Hey watch where you're going!" She yelled standing up. I looked at her for a second before replying to her.
"You ran into me, so you better keep your trap shut. If anything you should be saying sorry." I said in a cold tone to the girl. She was now glaring at me hard with her dull green eyes. There were silver specks in them, which glowed from the small streams of light in the alley.
"Like hell I'm saying sorry to an arrogant, cocky bastards like you!" she continued to walk straight. I watched as she disappeared down the alley. 'She really shouldn't be walking alone in a dark alley like this. Oh well, serves her right for being bitchy.'
'Why that cocky bastard. I should have hit him, for that arrogant face of his.' I walked out of the alley, and into a market. 'Hm, the money I took from the doctors should be enough.'
I walked into a clothing shop, and changed into another pair of baggy black cargo pants, but with red designs on the side. I also got a red t-shirt that was somewhat baggy. After that I went to the store next door.
"Hi can you cut my hair to a little above mid back. And I would like to dye my hair a brown." After about thirty minutes I looked in the mirror. I had mid-back brown hair. With the tips a golden, silver color.
I pulled my hair in to a mid-high pony tail, leaving two strands bordering my face. I paid and left for one more store. After I was done with the last store I started to wander around.
I let my now light blue eyes look around. I could still somewhat see the silver specks when I saw my reflection, but it wasn't that noticeable. I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going.
"Look out!" a voice yelled. I turned to where the sound was coming from. I saw a cart speeding down the street; I had no time to react at all. It hit me full on.
I fell to the ground and so did the cart. 'What the fuck? Is someone trying to kill me with a shopping cart?' I thought lying on the ground.
"Oww, my fucking head." I groaned now sitting up with my hands on my head. Everything was spinning. After a second or two I could see straight again.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to hit you with a shopping cart!" A girl with waist length dark brown hair was rapidly speaking in a panicked tone. She had purple bangs, and her eyes were interesting. One was blue and one was red.
She was 5'6, wearing somewhat baggy dark blue jeans, and a light blue t-shirt with 'I'm better then you… when it comes to games!' I looked to the side of her, to see a fairly tall guy.
He had strong, stormy Athenian grey eyes, and naturally spiked brownish, blond hair. He was tan and very well built, about 6 feet tall. He was wearing black pants, and a black t-shirt. He had a spiked collar around his neck.
"My friend and I are really sorry about that." He extended his hand, which I completely ignored. I pushed to my feet and stood up straight and looked at the two.
"Please don't sue!" the girl yelled at the top of her lungs. I looked at her like she was crazy, and so did her friend.
"Why would she sue, we didn't really do anything. It was just an accident you know, Akari." The guy said now watching her spaz out.
"But Nilus, she's bleeding!" Akari yelled again. I looked at her and then at myself. My shoulder was bleeding again. All of a sudden she started to panic. (Nai-Loose)
"I can't go to jail! I'm only sixteen! Do you know what they could do to me? Do you? It's this stupid carts fault!" Akari started to go a bit hyper active.
"Uh, I'm really sorry about this; she bought a lot of candy at the shop, and is on a sugar rush right now. Are you ok? You're bleeding a lot." He said now looking at my shoulder.
"Yea, I'll live, I've never felt better." I said sarcastically, holding my arm. Then Akari jumped in front of me, and looked closely at my arm. I thought she was insane.
"Ok, I've got it! She's coming home with us so we can bandage her arm. Then we won't have to worry about anything." She said sticking her arm up in the air. "So, uh, what's your name?"
"My name? Oh, it's Kit." I wasn't lying to them at all. That was my name, or at least my nickname. People did call me that, so I didn't think of it as lying.
"Then let's go. Were walking, so I hope you don't mind." Nilus said while picking up the stuff that had fallen. I followed them without talking.
'Well these two sure are interesting. Oh well I need a new shirt again, and I have to stop the bleeding. They can't be that bad, I mean there are only two of them.' we walked down the street.