Cold Ice Burning in the Heart
Chapter 4: In Big Trouble
Kitchen (of doom)
"Nice excuse. Your only saying that as a cover, aren't you? I know the truth." Tala said staring straight at me. 'Shit! I'm so dead… how the hell did he find out?' everyone's eyes were on me. My hand tightened on the blade of the knife, cutting my hand.
"What truth? Tala tell us now!" Kai asked impatiently. They all waited for Tala to answer Kai's question. He closed his eyes for a second and looked back at me. 'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.' was the only thing going through my mind at that moment.
"You're not sick at all, you're trying to get out of here… thinking up a plan to escape and get as far away from here as possible." He said standing straight. He looked at everyone in the room then back at me. I was shaking somewhat.
"Wait I'm confused! Can't you put all of this in simpler words?" Talina yelled frustrated with all of the tension in the room, waiting to break into hell. Tala looked at her then smirked, and turned his attention back on me.
"How can you guys not see it? From the day she arrived, the condition she was in, the fact we don't know where she goes when she leaves the house, and the fact she knows all those different languages." Tala said causing the tension, and suspense to build up even more in the room.
'So, so, so dead. He knew from the freaking start? Damn I'm never going to get out of this house without having to fight.' I thought getting more nervous with every word he said. Everyone was hanging on his every word. My hand started to bleed more in my pocket as I tightened my grip.
"Damn Tala, would you just say it already!" Nilus said irritated at the red-heads rambling. Everyone at the moment seemed irritated at him for taking so long.
"Seriously it's like you could go on and on but never get to the part we want to hear, like pointless video games, which say everyone's a winner." Max added looking at Tala. Akari nodded her head in agreement with Max. Tala smirked at him.
"Fine I'll get to the point even though you all should pay attention more. Do you want to tell them you're secret or should I?" Tala asked me. I looked at him like he was crazy. 'Why the hell would I want to say it?'
"I guess I'll say it for you then. Kit is…" I waited so tensely for him to say the words. My heart slowing down and my head pounding. "A spy for the special police forces that takes down gangs. Why else wouldn't she be scared to find out that we are a gang." He said. My heart stopped. I looked at him wide eyed, while everyone else looked at me.
"Are you fucking serious?" I yelled while I started to laugh my head off falling on to the floor. "Me? Working for the police? Yea right only when hell freezes over." I said while I kept on laughing. Everyone in the room was staring at me like I had gone insane.
They couldn't tell how relived I was that Tala was wrong, so very wrong. Though he was on the right track, I wasn't being completely truthful. He looked at me, and then the others, he seemed confused as well.
"Ok, now were definitely going to need a group discussion here. We need to sort everything out. And get a camera to tape this. I haven't seen her laugh once since she got here." Masika said still watching me laugh.
"I agree with Masika… I'm getting the camera." Talina said. By the time she got back down stairs I had stopped laughing. Kai grabbed the camera from her hand and crushed it in his grip.
"NOOO!" Masika and Talina yelled at the same time. They both looked sadly at the broken camera on the floor. Kai and Tala both snickered at them. The two girls glared at them meanly.
"That had the picture of your guy's room!" Masika said. Talina nodded her head to what she had said. They were about to go into a long conversation, cough argument cough when Ray interrupted them.
"Hey guys let's do that later right now we need to figure out what's going on." He said standing between them, and nodding at me to sit down. I did, and so did everyone else. I was still a bit shaky, but completely happy that Tala was off somewhat about who I was.
"Ok we'll start with Tala speaking then will let Kit talk. That way we get both sides of the story. Though, I'm still pretty confused myself right now." Max said spinning in his chair. Everyone agreed with his idea, and looked at Tala.
"Hm. Well the day she arrived was just two days after are job at the arbor street festival. The cops were pretty close to catching us, but we got away, some of the special unit members disappeared, seeing as we were in Kaminari's territory. We all know how protective they are with their area (Thunder, a gang name)." he paused for a second.
"She appeared two days later, near there, around the same time the other missing members started to return. She had wounds which could be from being attacked by the Kaminari gang. She wasn't even one bit scared when she found out we were one of the top gangs in Asia, and she kept leaving the house and returning tired, a couple hours later, and looks as if she is hiding something." He finished his explanations of why he thought I was a cop.
"Well Tala does have a lot of points there. Unless you can give us an explanation for all of those were going to have to make you a prisoner. And you don't want to know what we do to them." Ray said looking straight into my eyes.
'SHIT! I can't tell them the truth to half of all those. They'll find out who I really am, and try to get the freaking reward.' I thought bitterly, trying to think of good excuses that were believable.
"Well it's not like I planned on being near there territory. It's just that it was the closes place to the hospital, that wasn't so damn expensive. The gang thing would never scare me, because I was in a gang before, but it broke apart. I hate cops, so I would never be one, and don't you think I'm a bit young to be a special unit cop" I said finishing my part. They thought for a moment, as I watched impatiently.
"Well she does have a point too if you think about." Akari said still thinking. Talina and Masika nodded in agreement with her. 'Thank god, I'm saved!' I thought happily. The guys were starting to see their point when Kai's voice cut through.
"You might be able to slip through them, but you can't with me. You didn't answer two of the questions Tala had brought up. They're both very important. How you got your wounds, and where and what you do when you leave the house?" he asked looking at me.
"Ohhh yea! I forgot those questions! Well Kit has nothing to hide she can answer your questions." Talina said happily. 'Damn it, I hope I can too.' I looked at them all, regretting even staying for one night here.
"Well I went and looked for the gang corner around here a couple of times. When I found it I entered some of the fighting contest, to win some money." I said looking at them. I had fought while I was at the gang corner, just that no one knows about it.
"Well that answers that question, now all you have is how you got those wounds. They're pretty bad, so it must have been something big." Nilus said waiting with the others for me to answer.
"I can't answer the last question." Kit said gently while looking down at the table. I looked at her interestedly. 'Wow she has courage to be answering all of these questions, without any problems. Humph, she looks cute right now. CRAP, were the hell did that come from?' I thought looking at her.
"Why not? If you don't answer you're going to become our prisoner. Do you want to become our prisoner or something?" Ray asked looking at her like she was crazy. I looked at Kai and he nodded his head. His crimson eyes looked so blank as he stared forward.
"You sure know a lot about gangs, don't you? So you know in any gang when they get a person who won't talk what they do? You'd better answer are question or we'll have to force it out of you." Kai said coldly. She nodded her head, saying she knew what would happen.
"Well I don't care if she didn't answer the last question. She's are friend now, and the answer is obviously personal. Besides she's a great cook, and didn't try to poison us when she made us dinner that one time." Akari said looking at everyone.
"But, she's never made us dinner before." I said confused while looking at her and Max questionably. Max and her both gave half smiles when I said that.
"Well you guys remember that dinner a couple of nights ago, the big dinner, with different foods?" Max asked nervously as he looked at all of us. We all nodded are heads, remembering the meal.
"The one we praised you two for. It was delicious. First time you two cooked something besides sandwiches, or subs." Talina said smiling widely remembering the food. I looked at the two figuring it out already in my mind.
"Well, she kind of made that dinner. We painted her room instead of cooking dinner that night." Akari said somewhat nervous. Everyone looked at the two of them, letting everything they said sink in. Then Masika stood up.
"Are you two serious? We all kept complimenting you none stop after that meal and excused you from choirs the next day." She said looking at the two still. "But that was such a good meal. You cook good food Kit." She added looking at Kit.
"Well I suck at painting, and Akari and Max did such a nice job, so I cooked dinner that night. It wasn't that hard you know. All you have to do is follow the directions on the box." Kit said looking at Akari and Max.
"Akari did most of it. She's very good at drawing. She painted the stars, moon, planets, and the galaxy looking thing." Max said putting a hand behind his head. Akari blushed at the compliment from Max.
"But they got out of choirs! You two are going to be doing extra this week. We don't need the house to start falling apart." Talina said looking at both of them. 'She's always making people do choirs, why doesn't she do any?'
"Ok, before we get off topic, what should we do with Kit? I mean she's been lying to us, and she won't answer the last question." Nilus said looking at everyone waiting for a suggestion.
"Let's take a vote! You either vote that she becomes are prisoner, or she doesn't." Masika suggested to everyone. I looked at her and nodded my head. It was a good idea, for once.
"Ok I vote she not become our prisoner." Akari said raising her hand.
"Me too." Max said as well. 'Two votes for her to stay, just six more to go.' I thought with a grin as I watched everyone around the table.
"I vote she doesn't become a prisoner also." Masika said smiling brightly towards Kit. Talina smirked and everyone looked at her. 'What the hell does she have planned now?' I thought keeping an eye on her.
(Third person)
"Well now I know what Ray's going to vote for. I mean I don't think he would want to disagree with Masika. Probably be too afraid that he would ruin their relationship." She said looking at her two red faced friends. Both of them were looking at the floor hard.
"How longs that been going on?" Kai asked looking at them as well, there faces got redder as everyone waited to here Talina's answer. She looked to be thinking for a moment. Then her eyes got bright and she looked back at Kai.
"I'm pretty sure for about three months now. If I'm correct it started when we were up at the mountains. Now don't you think there a cute couple?" Talina said with a smirk. Ray and Masika stared at her wide eye.
"How do you know all of that information, its private! We haven't told anyone, and yet you know everything in pure detail." Masika said sitting down again. Talina smirked.
"I'm a spy, remember?" she said in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Any other couples we don't know about?" Nilus asked rubbing the bridge of his nose. Talina took out a small book, and cleared her throat. She started to read from it.
"Max is so sweet, not to mention hot. I wonder if he likes me! I really like him a lot. He has one fine a..."
"NOOOOO!" Akari had jumped right across the table and grabbed the book from her hands. Max's face was twice as red as Ray's and Masika's combined, along with Akari's.
"Well you shouldn't keep a diary. I mean you're a professional at what you do. And you should definitely know better than to hide it in such a noticeable spot." Talina said ignoring Akari's glare.
"Noticeable? Are you serious? I hid it under the floor boards, under my bed, under a bunch of boxes in my room. You call that noticeable?" Akari yelled while glaring holes into Talina.
"Yes, I mean what kind of hiding place is that?" She asked with a smirk. Everyone shook their heads at Talina's logic. "And before I forget I vote Kit not be a prisoner too."
"That makes it me, Ray, Max, Akari, and Talina. Five votes, so far." Masika said.
"So, Kai, Tala, what do you two vote for?" Nilus asked standing up.
"Well it's kind of obvious." Kai said walking out of the room.
"She's not a prisoner." Tala said walking out of the room too. Everyone else jumped in joy, except Kit who sat there relived beyond reason.
"Well today sure was interesting." Ray said wrapping his arms around Masika's waist.
"So are you two a couple now?" Masika asked looking at Max and Akari. They both turned red in the face. While the four of them started to talk, Kit slipped out of the room.
"Well I do like Akari a lot too." Max said looking down, as Akari blushed again. He took her hand and held it gently. He smiled down at her as she smiled back at him.
"I guess that's a yes to your guy's question." Akari said brightly.
"See I helped you all come out of the dark." They all turned to the fridge where Talina was eating a cookie.
"You'd better start running." Masika said looking at her friend. After that was said Talina sprinted off with her four friends after her.
Next Day: Early morning
"See what you guys did? Now she's leaving 'because she thinks we don't trust her." Talina said looking at all of the guy's.
"I'm leaving because my friends are probably wondering what happened to me." Kit said.
"It's going to be quieter without you, and Kai and Tala are going to start being pain in the asses again." Akari said.
"I'm right here you know." Tala's voice came from right behind Akari. She jumped forward. Masika looked around.
"Speaking of Kai, where is he?" She asked.
Tick, Tick, Tick.
"What' that sound?" Max asked looking at the front door. Ray reached for the door handle.
"Don't open the door! Get outside through the back door now!" Kai yelled as he quickly jumped seven steps away from the ground. Everyone looked at him questioningly.
BOOM! Rang through the house.