Right Here Waiting

By: esmtz

"Dude, what the hell happened? Where's Cartman?!" Stan asked as Kyle ran back towards him and the others white as a sheet.

"Get back in the car. The bus just took off with Cartman in it!" Kyle yelled.

"Oh Jesus…" Butters said as everyone ran back towards the car and got in and started it up.

"Did he at least see you, Kyle?" Stan asked looking at him worried.

Kyle nodded.

"Yeah and it looked like he was about to head towards me, but some fucked up lady grabbed him and pushed him into the bus!"

"Uh, fellas? What are we gonna do now?" Butters asked sounding very worried.

"We're gonna follow that bus, Butters, and don't even ask if we can take you home. We don't have time for that right now!" Kyle told him as Kenny pushed the gas pedal and they started driving in the direction the bus went in.

After a few minutes they finally spotted the bus not too far from them, but was already starting to leave town.

"Butters, since Stan can't really see over the steering wheel I need your help to make sure that we don't end up hitting any other cars or losing track of that bus." Kyle said keeping his eyes on the bus that was a few cars in front of them.

"Well, alright then, Kyle." Butters replied as he looked out the back passenger side window.

On the bus, Cartman was rubbing his head from having hit his head on the side of the driver's seat.

"Jesus Christ that bitch threw me so hard I wouldn't be surprised if I was bleeding or had a bump!" Cartman said.

"Let me look at it," Ron said.

Cartman turned and showed him where he hit his head.

"Nah, Eric, you're fine. I don't see any bumps or anything." Ron told him.

Cartman sighed and looked down. Ron continued to look at him for a few minutes and was feeling really anxious to know who that guy in the green hat was.

"Hey, Eric, can I ask you something?" Ron asked.

Cartman shrugged.

"Depends on what the question is…"

"Who was that guy that was running towards you before we left? Do you know him?"

Cartman started blushing furiously as the image of Kyle running towards him came into his head.

"Uh, he's nobody. I don't know why he was running in our direction."

"Dude, don't lie. I can tell because one you hesitated and two your whole face just turned red when I mentioned it.

Cartman didn't say anything. Ron just rolled his eyes and looked out the window. After a few minutes Cartman finally replied.

"His name is Kyle, but I always called him Khal just to piss him off."

Ron's eyes went wide as he turned to look at Cartman again.

"That's the dude from your dream?!"

"Yeah…."

After a few seconds Cartman just realized what Ron said and his eyes grew big as he turned to look at Ron. Ron blushed a little.

"Uh…did I mention that you talk in your sleep?"

Cartman felt completely embarrassed now as he covered his burning face with his right hand. He felt Ron put a hand on his shoulder.

"Eric, I don't have anything against you for you know being gay and all…just so you know…"

Cartman opened his right eye slightly to see that Ron was starting to turn red. Cartman put his hand down and sighed still feeling embarrassed.

"Thanks, Ron."

Ron smiled at him as he looked out the window again and was surprised to find that the boy that they were just talking about was in the car next to them.

"Hey, Eric? You might want to check this out…" Ron told him as he and Cartman swapped seats.

"Oh yeah? Wha…." Cartman was shocked as he saw that his friends were driving the car and that both Kyle and Butters were calling out to him from the back seat.

"Cartman, we're coming to get you!" Kyle yelled out.

"Hey, Eric!" Butters smiled waving at him cheerfully.

"Seems like your friends really do care for you if they decided to follow you before you got too far…" Ron said surprised.

Cartman didn't know what to say as he kept looking at Kyle, who was looking back at him. He felt himself heat up, blushing furiously.

'I can't believe….what is Khal doing….I thought he hated me so why…?' Cartman thought to himself.

"You stupid Jew! What the fuck do you guys think you're doing?!" Cartman screamed at him.

Ron's eyes grew wide as he heard Cartman call his friend a Jew.

'I thought he only called me that….or does he call all Jewish people that?'

"What does it look like we're doing fatass? I…we're trying to make sure that you DON'T end up in an adoption center and end up leaving!" Kyle screamed back over the loud noise from the air blushing a little.

"Eric! Hey, Eric! I wanted to tell you that you're my special friend!" Butters smiled his whole face turning red.

Cartman looked totally shocked and slightly horrified. Kyle, however, looked at Butters like he was ready to kill him as his fists clenched tightly and he struggled with himself to keep him from hurting Butters.

Stan just sighed and shook his head.

"Butters, get up here! I need some help please!" Stan yelled.

Butters quickly went to the front to help out Stan with seeing where they were going. Suddenly it started to rain and the wind started coming a little more forcefully. Cartman's eyes grew wide as he knew that his friends were in trouble since they weren't really good at driving and with the weather starting to turn to shit he knew that it wasn't a good idea for them to even be out there at all.

"Khal, listen to me…just forget about me and go home it's too fucking dangerous out there!"

Kyle looked at him in shock and horror but he shook his head in defiance and looked up at him.

"No, Cartman, I'm not going back. Not until you're here safely in the car."

Cartman felt his heart skip a beat as he couldn't believe that Kyle refused to go back home without him.

"Dude, maybe we should…." Stan said as the rain came down really hard.

"NO!" Kyle yelled.

"Khal, I'm not worth dying over!" Cartman yelled at him; eyes wide in fear.

Kyle was about to respond, but all of a sudden a car hit them hard from behind, making them spin out of control and slowly came to a stop on the side of the road.

"KHAL!!!" Cartman screamed watching in horror as the bus continued to drive further away from his friends.

Kyle rubbed his head.

"Ugh…is everyone ok?" Kyle asked.

Butters was shaking in the front passenger seat and Stan just sat in his seat breathing hard.

"Yeah….I think so…" Stan said and looked at Butters, "Butters?"

Butters pointed towards Kenny who was still underneath Stan, but was covered in blood.

"Oh my god, they killed Kenny!" Stan screamed.

"You bastards!" Kyle yelled out.

Suddenly Kyle's eyes went wide as he quickly went to look outside.

"What is it Kyle?" Stan asked.

"Fuck, Stan, WE LOST SIGHT OF CARTMAN!"

Author's note: Another song that I really like and reminds me a lot of this story is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" By Michael McDonald. If you listen to the song you'll probably know what I mean. Anyway….despite what just happened…Kyle is definitely gonna chase after Cartman no matter what even if he's gotta walk to Denver. Of course Stan and Butters will follow him since they now have no way to get back home. Im so glad that you guys are into or getting into my story and it really means a lot to me when you guys review…ill update again soon.