A/N - Disclaimer -I dont own Skip Beat!

yeah, so sorry for not updating in a while - theater tech..., but here is a treat, two chapters at once! YAY!

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Chapter 6 – Escape

Kyoko was lost. The last thing she remembered was hearing Ren's voice during her ten minute break of the Box 'R' filming. And pain. She remembered pain. She gasped, but couldn't catch her breath, red filled her vision and she saw bright dots in front of her eyes. The more she tried to calm down and catch her breath, the faster and ran away from her. For some reason it wouldn't stay in her chest. All the air she sucked in wouldn't relieve the oxygen starvation she was feeling. When the pain finally retreated and she was able to breath again, she found herself curled in a ball, warm. But she couldn't figure out where the warm was coming from. She didn't seem to be wrapped in anything. And yet, she was warm, cozy even. Not warm like it was a hot day, but warm like she was nestled in warm blankets.

Kyoko looked around her, but there didn't seem to be anything there. She started to walk. She walked for what felt like hours, and she saw nothing, anywhere. She continued to walk, and just when she was starting to give up hope, she saw a figure in the colorlessness around her. Running towards the familiar form she yelled "Ren!" Ren turned his head to see where his name was coming from. Then he walked away. "Kyoko" she heard. It was Ren's voice. She was sure of it. She kept moving towards it. "REN!" she yelled again.

"Lets go" Ren's voice echoed from everywhere around her at once. "Can't tell." He said. For some reason, what he was saying sounded strangely familiar to her. "Superstitious." the echo continued. Kyoko continued running. And then, she was falling. She fell through nothing, for an unknown amount of time. Finally she hit an alley. However, she hit the asphalt like she was hitting a mattress. The fall didn't hurt, oddly enough she didn't feel anything. She tried to get up, but an unseen force kept her on the ground. Then she was against a wall, held by her throat.

And then she was watching it all happen. She saw herself being held by and invisible hand up against the wall of the studio she had just come out of. She saw another hand come out of nowhere and rip off her necklace and another force a gag in her mouth. Just as she felt the hand on her throat, she felt something in her mouth, even though she thought she had separated from her body. Then she saw herself being thrown down and her clothes torn off by more unseen hands. She felt her standing body the right side of her body being hit by something hard. It was an eerie sight. One moment she was clothed, and then she was naked. The clothes simply tore off of her body and then vanished into nothing. A bag appeared over her head. And while she could still see everything that was happening to her, she also felt an invisible cloth bag being wrapped and tied around her head.

Then something was penetrating her. It was like solid air thrusting itself hard into her without her acceptance. She saw herself writhe fruitlessly against the invisible binds on her arms and legs. The pushing continued, paining her lower belly. And then she felt something wet on her stomach. She watched herself flinch and struggle and felt something bigger enter her. She tried to turn away from watching her own torture, but some invisible force was keeping her planted. She closed her eyes, but she still felt the pain of the thrusts into her. Four more times she felt the pain and thrusts, but she couldn't watch any of it. And then after one last wet stream on her stomach she felt a deep sharp pain on her ribs. She opened her eyes and saw an invisible point being stuck deep into her chest. More points attacked her entire body. She tried to scream, but again, the gag in her mouth smothered her voice.

Her head hit something hard, and then she was in her body again. She got up, suddenly painless once more. The alley had turned into something else. It wasn't a colorless abyss like it was before. This time it was pitch black. She couldn't see anything, but it didn't bother her much. She didn't really think there was much to see. She started to walk again. Then, without knowing the motivation, she reached out her hand. She felt a doorknob. She turned the handle and opened the door.

The was a roar from behind and Kyoko whirled around. The white of the room she had entered blinded Kyoko's so completely it took a full minute for her eyes to adjust to the new lighting. Standing in the stark room was a monstrous creature. There were no arms and his head was comprised of a jaw that was comparable to a Dinosaur's. There were layers upon layers of teeth, sticking out in every direction like a shark's and the body was closer to that of a sperm whale's. The roar was that of a tiger's, it sounded like it was a vicious and frustrated sound, angry and yet terribly sad at the same time. Kyoko stood stock still for a couple of seconds before coming to her senses. She reached for the door behind her, but it was gone.

She scanned the area quickly, and then spotted a door yards away. There was another cry from the creature and Kyoko looked back at it, feeling slightly sorry for the thing. It was mostly fish, so it must not be happy being out of water, she thought. As soon as the idea of water crossed her mind, the room was filled with it. She felt herself choking, unable to breath because of the water in her lungs. "Ren" she screamed in her head. But he wasn't there. No one was there to save her from drowning.

'The Door!' The door she saw earlier came instantly into her mind. She knew what she must do. That was her mission. Her single objective was to get through that door. She opened her eyes under the water and stared around her, looking. After seconds of agony, she spotted it, still yards away. She tried to swim there, but she knew it was too far. She would drown long before she managed to make it there. Then, suddenly, she felt something under her foot. She was moving fast through the water. She looked around. The monstrous creature, happy to be back in water, was helping her. She nearly gasped in surprise, but her air supply was running out fast, and she didn't have any oxygen left to spare. Her hand touched the cold metal of the doorknob, and she opened it. Water pushed her through into another white room and hit a bed. Then an invisible hand closed the door behind her.

She choked and coughed, trying to eject water from her lungs. Water left, but there was no air to replace it. "REN!" She yelled again, flailing like a fish out of water. The world was going black again, she was going to suffocate on dry land. "REN!" she screamed with all her might.

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Dark had fallen and Ren had nearly dropped off to sleep, his head on Kyoko's hand, when suddenly the hand started to twitch uncontrollably. There was a frantic beeping from the heart monitor beside the bed showing that the rhythmic beats had changed to a quick uncontrollable pace. "Nurse!" he called pushing nurses button anxiously. Four nurses ran into the room, one pushed him to side of the room as they all gathered around Kyoko. Another injected some fluid into the IV in Kyoko's arm. Her heartbeat instantly started to calm down and the twitching stopped. Two different nurses went around to her head and took the pillows away. One of them tilted the girl's head back, and the other gently pulled out the tube that had been helping her breath. They smiled, and then three of the nurses left, taking the machine to help her breath with them.

"Where are they taking that thing?" Ren asked to the remaining nurse who was now checking Kyoko's breathing. He was slightly angry now. "Why did you do that?" There was uneasiness in him, which emanated from the breathing tube being taken out.

"She is breathing on her own." The nurse said. "the tube is hindering her and causing a panic." She finished checking Kyoko's lungs and nodded in satisfaction. "It is still rather ragged but she is breathing on her own." The nurse placed an oxygen tube in her nose, and then left. Ren breathed a sigh of relief. She was breathing. Which must have been a good thing.

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Kyoko awoke, still in the same room. She could breath, but it was hard. She lay down on the bed that she was in and curled up in a ball. "Ren" she sobbed, "Where are you?" She felt someone get into the bed with her and felt big warm arms wrap around her shivering body.

She tried to fight against it, but the strong arms just held her tighter. "shh," said a bodiless voice softly. "Everything is going to be ok."

She wasn't quite sure why, but she knew the voice. It reassured her. She started to relax in the arms holding her. "Ren," she said again softer this time but still crying "I love you." She whispered into the nothingness where she was curled. "Please find me" tears stained the blankets that she suddenly realized were around her. "Please"

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Not five minutes after the tube was removed from her throat, Kyoko curled up into a ball in her bed. Ren was shocked to find that there were tears running down her cheeks. "Ren" came a small voice in the ball, thick with sobs. "Where are you?" Ren couldn't stand it anymore; he got up and climbed into bed with her. He lay on his side and pulled her close to him, his strong arms wrapped around her weeping form.

Kyoko struggled, which confused Ren slightly. Why is she fighting he wondered. He tightened his hold on her. "Shhh," he said softly. "Everything is going to be ok." He felt her start to relax against him and her ball started to uncurl a bit.

"Ren" he heard her say quietly against his chest. "I love you," It was soft, a mere whisper, but he had not imagined it. He had dreamt of hearing her say those words for months, nearly a year. She had said them. She was still unconscious, but she said it. "Please," she continued, he felt his shirt grow damp with her tears, still running freely, "find me. Please" He didn't understand. He had her in his arms. Where was she in her head that made her so turned around?

He settled himself under the covers with her, held her to him. He made sure that he wasn't on her IV when he lay down. He rested his head on the pillows, and shifted his hold on her, keeping a protective hold on her, but not hugging too tightly. He closed his eyes, and within seconds, he was asleep.

A/N - that was a fun chapter to write... it was almost all made up on the spot. none of it was planned. it was almost like it was writing itself at times. ^^

what did you think?

Translations - yeah.. there weren't any in this chapter.

oh, and sorry if i screwed up any medical things...