I open my eyes and gasp like I was suffocating. I turn my head and see Katy on the floor unconscious. I look around the room to make sure that Dylan wasn't in there. I grab a small pole that was sitting at the end of the bed. I walk around the house to make sure that Dylan was gone. I almost hit Howard with the pole. "Randy!? What are you doing out of here? Where's Katy?"
I grab his arm, "Quick, follow me!" We run into the guest room where Katy was still laying down on the ground. Howard and I run over to her. I hold her in my arms trying to wake her up. "Who did this to her? And why?"
"It's a long story; I'll explain to you later. Right now we need to figure out a way to wake Katy up." I lay Katy on the bed and cover her up. "Howard, stay here with her. I'll go get a cold rag." I run to get the cold rag and swoop back into the room. I put the rag over her forehead. "This should cool her down." While we wait for Katy to wake up, I explain to Howard how I think I might know who did this Katy.
"Wait. This means that Katy was keeping something from you; she was keeping a secret from you Cunningham." Howard was right; Katy did keep this a secret. But why? Why didn't she tell me earlier? I'm sure that she has an explanation.
"I know bro, but I'm sure she has a reason why she didn't tell me about it. I trust Katy Howard she's hasn't doubted me yet; she's not going to doubt me now." Howard just looks at the ground with a concerned look on his face.
Suddenly, I see Katy move. I look at her and her eyes widen. "Leave him alone! Randy wake up!" She was terrified and confused. I calm her down when she realizes that I am okay. She falls into my arms, begins to cry, and doesn't let go of me. "Oh Randy, I was so scared; I thought he was going to kill you." I rub her back and comfort her.
"Katy, it's okay. You're safe now don't worry." I sit her up so I can see her face, "Now Katy, I need you to tell me, do you know who he was?"
She rubs her tears away with her sleeve, "No I don't know who could've figured out where I lived. You and Howard are the only people that know where I live. And…." She stops talking and is frozen. She didn't want to say the third persons name. I could tell.
"Katy, I know about Dylan. Why didn't you ever tell me about him and what he did to you?" I glance over at Howard; he gets up and walks out of the room. "I told you that you could tell me anything Katy."
She has a guilty look on her face, "I didn't tell you about him Randy because he was a time in my life that I wanted to forget about. It was a really traumatic time in my life Randy. I couldn't sleep at night; I had to go to court to go on the stand. It was scary; I almost committed suicide because I couldn't take anymore of being afraid that he would come back to kill me. I just didn't want to bring those memories back Randy. I'm sorry I didn't tell you." I put my hand on her shoulder. She glances up at me still with a guilty face.
"It's okay Katy; the important thing is that I'm out of the Nomicon now, we're all safe, and nobody got hurt." She frowns at me. "What's wrong?"
"Well, I don't think that last part is 100% accurate."
"What do you mean Katy?"
She slowly begins to sob; she puts her head down and covers her face with her hands, "I think he, I think he…" I scoot over to her and put an arm around her.
"It's okay Katy, you can tell me."
"I think he put something inside my body."
"What do you mean you think he put something inside you Katy?"
She lifts up her face; "I think that he put some kind of poison in me. I think he did it for revenge for a way to kill me without waking you up." I'm surprised he didn't kill me while I was asleep since he knew I was Katy's boyfriend.
"Don't worry Katy, we'll figure everything out."
She looks up at me, "Randy, he knows that you're the ninja. And I'm pretty sure that he's not a big fan of him."
"It's nothing I can't handle. Besides, everything is going to be going back to normal very soon. I'm out of the Nomicon and I'm going to be coming up with a plan to take the Sorcerer. Just relax Katy, I've got everything under control."
She gives me a look, "Promise?"
I smile at her, "Promise." I got keep this promise to Katy. I don't want to be stuck in this life anymore. Being under control of the Sorcerer; it just doesn't work. I want things to go back to normal; where the ninja is known as an 800-year-old protector, where I'm known as the shoob-tastic dweeb who's just trying to survive high school. I don't care if I was known as the dweeb; I'd rather be a dweeb than be dead.
She hugs me, "Thank you Randy. And also, promise me that you wont get killed in the process for me. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you."
"Okay I promise that I wont get myself killed Katy."