So we're getting closer to the climax part of the story (Maybe not very close). Enjoy!
Chapter Six
The gangster were about to do their "thing" toward Cat that just shut herself and cried. One of them grabbed Cat's panties when suddenly his hands got slammed and broke. Quickly, he was punched to the stomach and kicked to the face until his limp and unconscious. The rest of the gangster looked up and saw a black figure with a stick in the hand. The gangster quickly charged the figure while Cat crossed her hands on her chest and dug her face to the ground.
"U son of a b****! U gonna pay!" shouted the leader and draw out his knife. The figure easily dodged some of the attacks and finally disarm him and used the knife to stab the leader's leg. The rest of the gangster was beaten in a few minutes and retreated to a safe place while swearing and threatened the figure.
The figure then walked toward Cat that still laid on the ground with her face dug to the ground to cover herself. "Hey! Get up." said the figure while pushed her shoulder. "Okay..." Cat got up from the ground, but her hand was still cross on her chest, fearing a new possible upcoming threat. "Calm down... I'm the good guy." said the figure. Cat was silent for a moment to thought about few details about the figure, like the heavy and manly sound that should make him a guy, the heavy body build that press her allegation that he's a guy although the dark could make him bigger than he appeared to be. She held on to herself and stand her will to be brave.
"Who are you?" Cat asked the figure. "I'd better be an ignorance for you. It will be dangerous if you know who I am." the figure replied with his heavy voice. "You'd better go home now. They're not the only people that trying to get on you. You understand?". Cat only nodded and pinned on her spot.
The figure then ran out from the alley without any warning. Cat finally moved herself from her spot and ran after the figure. As she get out from the alley, the figure was gone and disappeared in the thin air. Like he's never there, even existed. "Where did he go?" Cat pondered on her mind. She looked around, but nothing can help her to find out where the figure ran. "I'd better go home..." Cat started to leave the place and back to her apartment. She just can't stand for another seconds in the place that almost took purity.
The next morning, Cat was still sleeping on the bed. She's tired after the midnight run and nightmares that happened. She played with fire and she almost hit by it. "Cat... Wake up..." a womanly voice woke her up. "Yeah?" she's still sleepy and yawned very wide. "Sam is calling you. Cmon." said Tori and pulled her hand gently. Cat slowly sat on the bed and got up on her feet. She steadily walked and finally adjusted herself and she normally walked out from the room. She saw Sam that sat on the dining table with a bowl of cereal and a glass of milk. Came toward Sam, Cat hugged Sam from behind. "Good morning Sam!" she greeted her. "Yeah. Now get off from me." Cat released her hug and sat beside her. "So, why do you call me Sam?" Cat asked. "Oh yeah! I need your help to carry the cupboard that I just bought." said Sam and slurred her cereal. "Why don't you ask Tori to help? She's stronger than me." Cat replied her answer with another question. "Tori fell asleep again. Look." Cat glanced to the bed-couch and saw Tori slept back. "Oh... So when we're gonna do it?" said Cat. "Thought you never ask... Cmon!" Sam got up and left her half-finished cereal and walked out from the apartment. Cat followed her from behind and saw a small wooden, but seemingly heavy cupboard. "Alright Cat... Lift it from that side and I lift it from there." Cat followed her order and prepared herself at the edge side of the cupboard while Sam was on the other side. The cupboard was very short, so they need to leaned down and then Cat realised that Sam had a bandage that covered her chest and bloodstain appeared on it. "Ready?" Sam asked. "Yeah." she replied shortly. "One... Two... Three!" They lifted the cupboard together and brought it inside together. Cat was walking backward and worried that she might trip or crash on something, so she lean behind her a few times, but it made her focus gone and loosen her lift. "Don't look behind! You're gonna fall it down! I'll tell you what's behind you." Sam warned her and Cat trusted her that Sam will help her lead.
They made it to the the room and put the cupboard beside Sam's bed. They both sat down on the bed and catching some air. "That's one pretty heavy cupboard!" Cat commented. "Yeah... I never thought it's gonna be that heavy!" Sam joined Cat's comment. After getting a few air, Sam said, "Okay... Let's get back to the kitchen and finish our breakfast." and she got up from the bed. "Hold on Sam!" Cat shouted. Sam turned toward Cat, only to get her T-shirt pulled down and showed her wound. "What happened to you Sam!" Cat raised and really angry to cover her anxiety and worries. "It's nothing Cat! I'm okay!" Sam shouted back to lower Cat's voice. "Oh really? Tell me how did you get it!" Cat still shouted and demanded answer. "Okay Cat! Don't shout! Anyway... I was walking down the street yesterday and someone with bicycle hit me." Sam gave her explanation, but Cat somehow knew that Sam told a lie. "I don't believe you Sam. You're lying." Cat pushed her. "If you don't believe me, it's fine. You wanted an answer... You got it Cat..." Sam was getting annoyed. "Just tell me the truth!" Cat shouted back to Sam. "It's none of your business Cat! It's my wound! Not yours! Don't be so nosey!" Sam flipped out and shout the loudest voice that she every heard from Sam. "I'm outta here!" Sam left Cat at her room to get some air and cooling herself down.
Cat was falling to the bed and dwell the issue. "I know that she's lying! But why she's hiding the truth very hard? What kind of trouble that she got now?" Cat thought deeply about the issue. She surely almost cried after received a loud shout from Sam and it boost her morale down to get deeper on Sam's secret issue. She's afraid that if she gone too far, Sam will leave her and she will be separated from the girl that she love. She never wanted that to happen, but her worries also driven her to seek out the truth and secret from Sam although the possible risk that would happen. "I love you Sam... I don't want to lose you..." said Cat softly. She pulled her pearphone from her pants and started to wrote, "Sam... If you read this, you're gonna know what will I do. I know that you hate people to be nosey about your business. You probably gonna hate someone if they intervene. Because of that, I have to choice. Dig deeper about what's troubling you or lay low and let you by your own that probably gonna get you injured and hurt and I don't want that because... I love you. I don't need to tell you which choice I take because you'll know if you read this. Now I don't care if you gonna hate me after all of this. I don't care if you leave me. I love and care for you... This is for your own good. Maybe I'm weak, dim-witted, and childish... But I'm gonna be strong and tough for you to prove my worth to be with you and maybe help you to settle down in this trouble. I love you Sam and I'm gonna find this thing with or without you.".
Cat got up from the bed and walked out from the room. She's committed to find and seek the truth behind the lies that Sam's hid from her. There's probably danger and hazard along the way, but she just can't let herself linger and lay down without knowing what's going on with Sam. This could be the most extreme and heart beating adventure that she's gonna do. She may toughen herself to be strong, but she didn't know the very truth that lies up ahead.