Raina woke up on the floor with a crick in her back, and she sat up, squinting at the light that poured into the black room. Suddenly, all the events that had happened the night before flooded her mind, and she immediately stood to check on her brother. She ran to the room that she had seen Normrak put her brother in, and jerked the door open.
"Alex?" She called, as she went to the bed that he was on. She sat down next to him and saw his chest move up and down with his breathing, and she let out a large sigh of relief. She waited next to him on his bed until he woke up.
"Rain?" She heard his small voice say, tiredly. She jerked her attention to him and away from her thoughts.
"Good morning, Alex." She heard a cold voice say in the doorway. She turned towards Normrak's voice instinctively. Alex sat up, and grabbed his sister tightly.
"You hurt me!" He accused. Normrak chuckled.
"No. You fell asleep and must have had a bad dream."
"I did?" Alex asked. Normrak nodded.
"Yes you did."
Raina stared, shocked that Alex had believed Normrak so easily. Normally, Alex was so stubborn.
"It wasn't a dream." She argued. Normrak shot her a quick murderous glance and she shut up.
"It was." He told Alex. Normrak got on one knee, and motioned for Alex to come to him. Alex looked at his sister as if he were still unsure on whether Normrak was telling the truth. Raina took hold of her brother and held him tightly. Normrak stood and walked over to the two, and Raina tightened her grip.
"Careful Raina, you might give him girl cooties if you keep squeezing him like that." He said with a smirk.
"Rain's not a girl. She's my sissy." Alex said defiantly. Normrak looked taken aback for all but a second then chuckled menacingly. Alex grinned. "I don't like you anymore." Alex told him.
"Oh, you don't?" Normrak said, feigning hurt. "But, I still like you."
Alex looked up at his sister. "I still like him. Shh." He said aloud, and shushed her as if it were a secret. Raina swallowed, and glanced at Normrak, who had taken Alex from her, and set him in his lap. She saw a slight sparkle in his eye that she had never seen before. Alex grinned.
"You really like me?" Alex asked the man.
"Yes I do." He answered. "Do you like me?"
"Yeah!" Alex said, beaming at him. Normrak set Alex down, and watched Alex grab some action figures.
"Please don't hurt him. He doesn't deserve this." Raina said urgently to Normrak.
"He's going to get hurt. Whether physically or emotionally, it doesn't matter. It'll be amusing either way." Normrak said, with an evil glint in his eyes. Raina felt her fists clench in anger to his casual way of referring to Alex's pain. She could only feel hatred towards that creature.
"Damn it." She said. She stood up to get away from him before she got so infuriated that she did something stupid. Normrak caught her back belt loop and pulled her back to the bed. "Let me alone." She hissed.
"Don't order me around for you will surely regret it." Normrak said with a obvious glance to Alex. Raina shot a glare at him but did nothing more. He chuckled, apparently amused at her reaction.
Kander stood in front of a large, two-story house and glanced at the address to make sure he had the right house in front of him. He nodded, after confirming that he was at the correct house and walked up the three steps to the door. There, he took notice of the lion knocker that was bolted in the dead middle, and grinned. He had one similar to this one at his own house.
He quickly knocked on the door, and it was just as quickly answered as if the person who answered it was waiting for him to knock on it the entire time. He smiled at Rina, as she gently pushed him out, looking behind her before closing the door.
"Shh. My sister's sleeping, and if she wakes up, chaos will spread everywhere." She warned.
"Alright, alright." Kander responded with a quick grin. Rina nodded, and they set off. "Where are we going now?" Kander asked.
"To Normrak's house. That's about the only place that I haven't shown you yet." She told him.
"Ah, yes. That's right." He said, suddenly remembering his entire purpose of being here was to rescue Raina. The only thing, or person really, he was thinking of was Rina.
"Don't tell me you forgot your own sister!" Rina exclaimed.
"I…uh no, I didn't forget my sister!" He exclaimed right back. She giggled, and they walked up the street that Normrak's house was on.
"It's that black one right there. You can't miss it. The rest of the houses are brick yellow." She said, pointing at a house that stood awfully out of place. He gave a nod, and smiled at her.
"Could you stay here for a moment while I go get her?" He asked. He didn't want her to find out anything about the Game, or that he and Normrak were vampires.
"Are you sure? I could come with. I've always wanted to know what he's like. He's actually very mysterious." She told him. He shook his head.
"Please?" He said, attempting to make puppy-dog eyes at her.
"Alright, alright." She said, shaking her head at him.
"Great!" He took off towards the house, and ran up to the black door. He was about to knock harshly on the door when he froze. "Do I really want to do this?" He murmured to himself. He glanced over at Rina, and pictured Raina in his head. "There is no way that I'll be able to fall in love with Raina…but Rina…" He lowered his hand, and ran his hand through his hair distractedly. "The Head's counting on me."
He pounded the door severely, and waited for it to be answered.
"Ah, Kander. Nice to see you again." He heard Normrak's voice through the closed door. "And how might you be?"
"Give her back." He ordered.
"I can't do that. I'm so sorry." The sadistic voice continued.
"Open the door.'
"I don't believe I can do that either."
Suddenly, Kander heard a small voice crying in the window to the right. He began to scoot to that window.
"I want to answer the door!" The small voice cried, slightly louder, but still a window away. He walked quickly to the last window to the right of the front door.
"Shh! Damn it, do you want to get us in trouble?" He heard Raina's voice say clearly. The whining continued. "Alex, please."
"But I wanted to get the door!"
"You can get it next time. In the meantime, look at this! Isn't that a Barney doll?" Raina's voice continued.
"Barney! Look Rain!" The small voice said after a small amount of shuffling around.
"Yes, I see. Good job, Alex."
Kander was about to open the window, when he felt a hand pull him back.
"I suppose you found them. You're not exactly as stupid as you look, now are you?" He heard the mocking voice behind him.
"Shut up and give her back, Normrak." He hissed.
"Oh, brave words, Kander, brave words." Normrak hissed back. "Do continue."
Kander responded by punching Normrak in the nose, making him bleed. Normrak responded quickly with his mind, pushing Kander back to the opposite side of the yard. Suddenly, Kander felt a pair of arms come around him, and he saw Rina. He almost cursed under his breath for forgetting that Rina was still watching. He pushed himself up and stood, facing Rina.
"Are you okay?" She asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He assured her. "Let's go."
She nodded, and he wrapped an arm around her waist as the set off. Behind his back, he pushed his middle finger up at Normrak.
"Look what I built!" Alex said enthusiastically. Raina glanced at the tall, rectangular structure and gave her little brother a smile.
"Good job. That's looks great!" She exclaimed. Alex beamed with pleasure at the praise he received, and went back to playing with the blocks.
"He knows you're here." She heard Normrak's voice in the doorway. "And might you know why?"
"Because you're his only enemy?" She said sarcastically.
"Because you were talking loud enough for him to hear!" Normrak answered, obviously enraged. Raina sat quietly, not wanting to enrage him any more than he already was.
"Sorry…" She mumbled. Alex continued building the blocks on top of one another as Normrak continued to yell. Normrak took slow steps towards Raina, and kicked over the blocks on the way. Alex started crying.
"Alex, shh." Raina said, quickly making her way towards the crying boy. She was stopped suddenly by Normrak who grabbed her arm, forcing her to stand. She unsuccessfully attempted to pull her arm away from him which only caused him to grasp it tighter.
"Do you understand?" Normrak said warningly.
"Yes." She answered in the same low and menacing tone. She gave her arm a jerk, but still wasn't able to get it from his clutches. He gave her a push, shoving her onto the bed and against the wall, then grabbed her brother. The little boy continued crying, and started kicked to get out of his arms. Normrak let his teeth sink into the young boy's neck, only making Alex cry even harder. Raina shook off her dizziness to save her brother, and leaped up.
"Let him down!" She ordered, and poked Normrak's eyes painfully. Normrak let out a grunt of surprise and dropped the boy, who immediately ran out of the room. Raina swallowed, ready for the pain that she knew would quickly follow. True to her instincts, he slammed her up against the wall and held her there by the throat. She struggled frantically, as it became harder to breathe.
"Not so tough now, are you sweetheart?" He hissed through his teeth. She lifted her legs, placing her feet on his stomach and pushed with all the strength she had left with no success in getting him to let go of her neck.
"Oh no, it's not working. Now what will you do?" His sadistic voice cut through her mind. All she could see was black and red dots dancing before her eyes as she continued to struggle.
"Losing sight, a sign of death. What's next, my dear?" She couldn't concentrate on struggling anymore, and fell limp.
"Ah, loss of motion. Of course." The voice cut through her brain once again. Then, a hand let go of her throat as quickly as it had trapped her. She slid to the floor, trying hard to keep her consciousness.
"Now, where is that little boy?"
"Alex…" She mumbled, attempting to stand up. "Leave him alone…"
"You have to speak up, love." Normrak said. She knew he was smirking at her helplessness.
"Leave Alex alone!" She said, slightly louder. She leaned against the wall, trying to get rid of the spots that danced in front of her eyes.
"You're in no condition to order me around, babe."
"Don't call me babe. Call me love, sweetheart, honey, dear, whatever, but don't call me babe." She ordered weakly. He reached out and ran his hand gently down her cheek, knowing very well that it would annoy the heck out of her. She swatted at his hand, and tried to balance without leaning on the wall.
"I'll call you whatever I want to, baby." He told her, and turned on his heel. "Now, I need to find that little brat."
"No!" She mumbled, stumbling towards him. He stood in the doorway, watching amused at her limitation. "I don't care what you do to me. Just leave him alone."
He gave a shrug, turning around to go and fetch Alex. She grabbed his shoulder, stopping him and holding herself up.
"Don't touch me, my dear."
"Leave him alone." She ordered back. He pushed her hand roughly off of his shoulder and fixed her with a cold, unemotional stare.
"You, my dear, are in no condition to order me around." He said. She fell, unable to keep balance any longer. She sat up against the wall, and he walked off, leaving her there alone.
"No…I have to get up." She said to herself, pushing herself up onto her trembling legs. "Norm!" She yelled, unable to yell much more, she only say half of his name. He turned automatically to his name.
"I don't have time for you." He growled. He walked on, ignoring anything else that she might have said.
"You know what the problem with you is?" She yelled after him, sliding down the wall. "You're too weak!"
He turned at the remark, and stood in front of her, kneeling down to her level menacingly.
"Weak. Where is your reasoning behind that remark, my love?" He said, sarcasm dripping from his voice, as usual.
"You only use sarcasm to cover up the fact that you're really too weak to kill anyone that you might know. Some random person plucked from these streets, sure. You can kill him or her. You don't even know their name. But some whose name you do know, you're too weak. You've come close to killing Alex and me, sure. But you always stopped. What's wrong? Don't have the guts to go through with it?" She said boldly, in hopes that he would waste time with her, allowing Alex to safely get out of the house and away from Normrak. Normrak took the bait, and put his head dangerously close to her own.
"I'm not afraid, nor weak." He said, frighteningly calm. "I'll find the brat and kill him, just to prove it, and you won't be able to do a thing about it. Afterwards, I'll take joy in your suffering before I kill you as well. I'll take delight in the pain I will cause you, day after day. You'll wish you were dead long before I actually kill you. Baby, the angst that you have felt before will be nothing compared to the anguish that I will give you."
She swallowed, and carefully pulled her head away from his.
"Your breath stinks." She growled back, not allowing her fear to show through.
"You're scared. I can tell through your eyes. Don't think petty insults such as 'your breath stinks' will get to me. Remember, I hold your life in my hands." He said, and stood up.
"I really need to get her back." Kander said, glancing at Rina. He held his forehead in one of his hands, now looking very stressed.
"We'll get her." Rina told him. He shook his head.
"No, I'll get her. I can't have you get into this."
"Fine. You'll get her. I'll help."
"No. I just need you to stay out of it. Promise me."
"Fine then. I promise." She said, rolling her eyes at him good naturedly. He gave her a quick grin and squeezed her arm slightly.
"Good. Now that that's settled, I need to go back there to get her." He said. She frowned at him.
"That Normrak guy didn't seem so happy to see you last time." Kander almost laughed out loud at the irony of the statement.
"No, he wasn't, but it's okay." Kander assured her. "I have to go. You get into your house, and stay there."
"I'm going, I'm going." She mumbled, as he stopped at her door. "Bye."
"Bye." He answered, and immediately turned, determined to get Raina back. After making sure that Rina was not going to come back outside and that no one was peeking out of any windows, he disappeared to Normrak's house.
Appearing next to Raina herself, he took in her situation and his surroundings immediately. She was laying on the ground, propped up by the wall behind her, almost fully conscious. He let out a breath of relief that she was still alive, and grabbed her, helping her to stand up.
"No, wait." She mumbled to him. "We can't go. I need Alex."
"He took Alex?" He asked, surprised.
"Yes, he took Alex." She grumbled back to him, standing on her own now. "And I'm not leaving without knowing that he's safe. Even if I have to die here."
"You will die here if you keep that up. We have to go. I'll come back immediately and find him. I promise, he will be safe."
"No, I want to see him. I'm not leaving this house until I get him back."
He shook his head at her, a small grin tugging at his lips. She stepped back from him to keep from his reach, and immediately ran through the house.
"Alex!" She called. He followed her quickly, and helped her search through the house unsuccessfully.
"He's not here." She said, and tears rimmed her eyes. She shook her head, and looked at Kander.
"We'll find him." He assured.
"How? He could be anywhere. Anywhere at all." She swallowed, and walked out the door; Kander not far behind.
"Don't worry so much. I'm positive that Normrak has not found him. He's still safe."
"We have to find him." She said, making sure to look in every alley that they passed. "It's hopeless. He could be anywhere. He's just a child!"
"Calm down, Raina. Calm down. Panicking isn't going to help anyone."
"I'll die if I can't find him!" She cried.
"Is that a promise?" They heard the ever-sarcastic voice behind them. Raina turned quickly, only to find that Normrak had already found Alex and that the young boy was in his arms, unconscious.
"No!" She yelled, throwing herself at him. She took Alex immediately from his arms, and cradled the boy. "Alex? Alex? Answer me!"
Tears flowed out of her eyes, and Kander glared at Normrak.
"You killed him." He accused.
"So I did. What's it to you?" Normrak answered, a smirk forever pasted on his lips. Kander threw a hard punch at the man, but Normrak was prepared and easily blocked the punch that Kander had skillfully thrown.
Kander didn't give up and continuously threw attacks at him, failing to hit him each time. Finally, Normrak seemed to get tired of Kander's useless attacks and he punched Kander square in the mouth, forcing Kander back a few steps. Kander retaliated uselessly as Normrak blocked the attacks with nearly no effort. It wasn't long before Normrak was once again bored of Kander and punched the side of his head quickly and powerfully, forcing Kander to lose consciousness.
"Alex!" She mumbled, cradling the young boy against her chest, tears falling freely from her eyes. "Oh, Alex!"
"Shut up, girl." Normrak ordered, pulling her forcefully up by her arm. He pulled the boy's extremely pale body from her arms and disappeared with her before she could grab it again.
"You killed him!" She yelled in tears, in the kitchen where they had appeared. He let go of her arm with a smirk on his face.
"Yes I did." He agreed.
"Oh, God. Alex…" She said, still crying. She ran from the kitchen and out the door. Kander and Raina didn't go far from the house and she immediately spotted the boy's body. She kneeled beside it, holding him closely. Her tears fell into his hair.
"It's all my fault!" She cried. "I can't believe I let him do this to you!"
"Hun, I think you're becoming more of a nuisance than one that I enjoy causing pain." She heard Normrak say. She ignored him and continued crying over her little brother's death. She felt him pick her up and drag her into the house vehemently and painfully. He threw her into the house and watched, amused as she continued to shed tears over her brother's death.
"Please, stop. You're embarrassing yourself." He said with an amused smile. Raina shot a glare at him through her tears and held her brother even closer.
"That's just his body, and you're getting it wet."
She ignored the rest of what he had to say at her and sobbed over the little boy's body once more. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder which held her in place when the body was torn from her arms. Normrak let go of her and disappeared for all but a quick second, returning without her brother's body.
"How could you kill him? He was so young…so innocent!" She screamed at him. He gave out a chuckle.
"Since when did that ever bother me?" He told her with a shrug. "Get over it. It was just a child."
"It was my brother!" She yelled back at him, her tears dried up.
"At least you stopped crying. It was getting very annoying, my dear." He said. "Besides, we still have your sisters and your parents to go through."
"You wouldn't." Her voice was venomous.
"Try me." He answered casually. "I told you that you would feel horrible anguish here, and I'm not one to break my promises. You should snap some time in between your family member's deaths."
"You wouldn't!" She screeched. "My family did nothing to you!"
"And your point is…?" He continued.
"I can't believe this!" She turned and walked quickly out of the room. She walked into the brightly colored room and laid down on the green and blue bed. She let out the rest of her tears onto the pillow.
"It's all my fault." She sobbed.
"So it is." Normrak's voice came through the room.
"Don't you ever shut up?" She growled.
"Depends on the person asking, and you are not even worthy enough to even ask me that question. After all, you let me kill your brother. He would have stayed alive if you hadn't threatened me to leave him alone." He said, guilt pouring into her faster than ever. She wiped the tears from her cheeks and glared at him.
"But, no. You had to go along and tell me that I was too weak to kill the poor, helpless child. You basically told me to kill him." He continued. She stood up, standing directly in front of him. "If only you hadn't done that, he would still be here, laughing and playing with those little blocks in the corner."
With that she threw her fist at him, surprising him so it hit him square in the nose. Blood spurted out and he let it fall down his face and to the floor with an icy glare at her. She backed up, immediately comprehending what she had just done.
"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." She mumbled to herself, backing as far away from him as she could get. "Oh God…"
"That's damn right, 'Oh God'." He said, forcing her into the wall. "No, I won't kill you, but when I'm through with you, you'll damn well wish you were dead."
"Don't hurt me." She squeaked.
"Too late for that, love." He growled, throwing her onto the ground. Her head collided with the solid tile floor, dizzying her. She attempted to get up to run from the man, but his foot soon collided with her ribs, not hard enough to break anything but hard enough to leave a bruise. She curled up, tears freely falling from her eyes, and he kicked her again. He grabbed the front collar of her shirt and forced her up, only to press her against the wall. His hand, connecting with her face, left a bruise on her cheek, and his foot leaving a bruise on her shin.
"Please, stop!" She sobbed. "That's enough! I learned my lesson! I won't do it again! I promise."
"Please, stop? You really think that will make me cease?" He asked, knocking her into the wall again. She had never felt this much physical pain in her life. Never had she been beat. She hadn't even been in a fight all her life.
"It was just a bloody nose! You heal fast enough, I don't. Please, you've done all you need to me!" She cried, and he threw her against the pile of blocks on the hard tile floor.
"You're lucky I know when to stop, my dear." He said, kneeling down her sobbing face. "After all, I don't want to kill you. Yet."
"First kidnapped. Twice in two damn days. Then Alex. Then this." She sobbed to herself. He chuckled, pulling her out of the collapsed pile of blocks and onto the floor.
"As I said before, the angst you have felt before will be nothing compared to the anguish you will feel while you are here and alive."
"Then kill me! Get it over with!" She cried, unable to move because of the pain that she was feeling.
"Ah, I told you that you would want death far before I gave it to you." He said with a satisfied smirk. "And I did promise you that I would take joy in the pain that I would cause you."
"That has to be some kind of mental disorder." She said, tears still running down her face like a waterfall.
"Then it is a disorder that I'm proud to have for it causes me great joy to see those tears run down your face right now." He said, still smirking. She said nothing and tried to deal with the pain that she was feeling inside and out.
"I believe I'll let you think about your pain for a while." He said, standing up. He gave her one more kick to the side, and let the room.
"Oh, God, Kander. Where are you? I'd much rather spend five years with you rather than him." She mumbled to herself, still crying.
"No, I don't believe I'll be pulling a stunt like that again." Kander said, sitting up with a grunt after just becoming conscious since Normrak had punched him out. "But I still need to get Raina."
He looked around and took in his surroundings easily. It was exactly where he had fainted. On the side of a road, in the same neighborhood that Normrak's house was in. He stood up, rubbing his aching head and waited for himself to heal quickly. Soon, he was walking towards the house just as he spotted Normrak standing in the front doorway, watching his every move.
"I don't know what I should do with you, Kander. You always seem to get up when I push you down. Much unlike Raina, I must say." Normrak said with a slight grin.
"What did you do to her?" He demanded. Normrak smiled in delight at the mention of the pain that he had caused her.
"Wouldn't you rather see it than hear me tell about it?" He asked, sarcasm dripping with every word. He turned on his heel and led Kander into his house, taking him to the room that Raina was in. As Kander walked in, he immediately recognized the curled up, bruised figure.
"Raina?" He said, and attempted to go to her. Normrak held out his arm, stopping Kander from reaching her.
"No, Kander." Normrak said. "I said I'd show you. Not let you touch her in any way, shape, or form."
"Damn it, Normrak!" He said, his voice slightly louder than normal. "What did you do to her?"
"She pissed me off. I gave her a taste of what's to come." He said with a casual shrug. "Not that it's any of your business."
"You beat her." He accused.
"And what would you do if I did? We both know that you don't stand a chance in combat." Kander quickly disappeared and appeared next to Raina, trying to find a spot where he might be able to touch her without causing her a lot of pain. Unable to find it in time, Kander felt himself being thrown the other side of the room.
"I told you that you couldn't touch her." Normrak said, standing in between Raina and Kander like he was Raina's guard. "And I would suggest that you get out of my house before I really have to fight you."
Kander scrambled to his feet and clenched his fists at the man blocking him from Raina. He knew that there was no way that he could win, placed in the current position, but he also knew that the Head was counting on him to get Raina back.
"Go on, Kander. Disappear. Go back to your life before Raina and see that girl who likes you so much. Both you and I know that you will not be falling in love with this one any time soon." The mocking voice suggested.
"Give her back." Kander ordered. "I'm not leaving until I get her back."
"Oh, the poor boy. Must still be delusional if he thinks he's actually getting the damn girl back." Normrak said sarcastically. Kander threw an unsuccessful punch at the man, who was ready for the attack. Normrak skillfully blocked it, and gave Kander a quick, powerful punch to the head once more, again knocking him out.
"Such an annoying boy, he is." Normrak said, kicking Kander out of his house.
The Head watched as Normrak put Kander out of his house and into the street.
"The major problem with this now is he needs to do it before she dies." The Head said, with a heaving sigh. The woman next to him nodded, and put her arm around the Head's waist.
"But when it happens…" She trailed off. "Oh, I just wish I could do something for her. I know exactly what she's going through."
"I know, and I'm sorry." The Head told the woman.
"You've said that before, you know." The woman answered. "But still…if only I could do something for the poor dear. She has it very rough right now."
"I realize that, and there's nothing we can do. You know very well that he listens to no one who is weaker than he which makes it a problem since he is the strongest one in the world at this moment."
"Now, get up Raina." Normrak ordered. She laid on the floor, unmoving until he stood directly above her.
"I can't." She mumbled, tears forming in her eyes. He grabbed her arm, making her wince and a few tears fall, and pulled her to her feet. She wobbled, unbalanced, and fell on him, sending them both crashing to the floor with Normrak underneath. She felt her eyes widen as she found herself on top of Normrak on the floor, and she struggled with her muscles to move. Her muscles disobeyed her, and was motionless.
"I didn't think you cared, love." He said, sarcasm once again dripping. "But, luckily, I do not."
He shoved her off of him, and stood up, brushing his clothes off. She stayed on the ground, curled up in pain.
"As I said before, get up." He ordered her once again. She attempted to move, but again he muscles would not obey her.
"I can't." She mumbled. He grabbed her arm again, and pulled her up, holding her up while he was at it.
"Pathetic." He said. "Sweetheart, you really have to work on moving, otherwise you'll be stiff all day. Then it will hurt worse later."
"I can't move." She mumbled again. "Look outside, Normrak. It's nighttime. Can't I get some sleep?"
"Depends on how you treat me, my dear." Normrak took her up and tossed her onto the bed.
"I'm not scared of you." She told him. "I never will be."
"If you want to think that way, then fine." He said with a shrug. "But we both know the truth, love."
She didn't even give up an argument, and closed her eyes.
"Sleep well, my dear. Tomorrow will be another day of glorious pain. That I do promise, and I'm not one to break my promises." He said, and left the room.
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I just finished the chapter! I'm really disliking Normrak right now. *growls* I should do something to him. Something mean.
Ack, I get to go to the dentist AND the eyedoctor on Monday. The dentist will be pulling out one of my teeth and filling in a cavity. Darn cavities. Unfair. My brother never brushes his teeth and he's never had any problems, while on the other hand, I brush my teeth about twice every day, and I still get cavities. Boo.
Er, anywho review please!
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j16writer: Just two chapters (well, three now) and I've already got a faithful reviewer! WHEE! Prepare to punch Normrak upside the head. Alex just died. I'll take revenge. And thanks for the praise on the creative names (though Alex isn't exactly creative...heh). One of my favorite parts of making a story is thinking of creative names. Though, sometimes I can have just a little trouble with creating guy names...eh heh. And you can tell all the friends you want about the story *hinthint* Er, enough of my pointless ramblings. You must forgive me. I do this when I'm in a good mood. Heh.
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"Alex?" She called, as she went to the bed that he was on. She sat down next to him and saw his chest move up and down with his breathing, and she let out a large sigh of relief. She waited next to him on his bed until he woke up.
"Rain?" She heard his small voice say, tiredly. She jerked her attention to him and away from her thoughts.
"Good morning, Alex." She heard a cold voice say in the doorway. She turned towards Normrak's voice instinctively. Alex sat up, and grabbed his sister tightly.
"You hurt me!" He accused. Normrak chuckled.
"No. You fell asleep and must have had a bad dream."
"I did?" Alex asked. Normrak nodded.
"Yes you did."
Raina stared, shocked that Alex had believed Normrak so easily. Normally, Alex was so stubborn.
"It wasn't a dream." She argued. Normrak shot her a quick murderous glance and she shut up.
"It was." He told Alex. Normrak got on one knee, and motioned for Alex to come to him. Alex looked at his sister as if he were still unsure on whether Normrak was telling the truth. Raina took hold of her brother and held him tightly. Normrak stood and walked over to the two, and Raina tightened her grip.
"Careful Raina, you might give him girl cooties if you keep squeezing him like that." He said with a smirk.
"Rain's not a girl. She's my sissy." Alex said defiantly. Normrak looked taken aback for all but a second then chuckled menacingly. Alex grinned. "I don't like you anymore." Alex told him.
"Oh, you don't?" Normrak said, feigning hurt. "But, I still like you."
Alex looked up at his sister. "I still like him. Shh." He said aloud, and shushed her as if it were a secret. Raina swallowed, and glanced at Normrak, who had taken Alex from her, and set him in his lap. She saw a slight sparkle in his eye that she had never seen before. Alex grinned.
"You really like me?" Alex asked the man.
"Yes I do." He answered. "Do you like me?"
"Yeah!" Alex said, beaming at him. Normrak set Alex down, and watched Alex grab some action figures.
"Please don't hurt him. He doesn't deserve this." Raina said urgently to Normrak.
"He's going to get hurt. Whether physically or emotionally, it doesn't matter. It'll be amusing either way." Normrak said, with an evil glint in his eyes. Raina felt her fists clench in anger to his casual way of referring to Alex's pain. She could only feel hatred towards that creature.
"Damn it." She said. She stood up to get away from him before she got so infuriated that she did something stupid. Normrak caught her back belt loop and pulled her back to the bed. "Let me alone." She hissed.
"Don't order me around for you will surely regret it." Normrak said with a obvious glance to Alex. Raina shot a glare at him but did nothing more. He chuckled, apparently amused at her reaction.
Kander stood in front of a large, two-story house and glanced at the address to make sure he had the right house in front of him. He nodded, after confirming that he was at the correct house and walked up the three steps to the door. There, he took notice of the lion knocker that was bolted in the dead middle, and grinned. He had one similar to this one at his own house.
He quickly knocked on the door, and it was just as quickly answered as if the person who answered it was waiting for him to knock on it the entire time. He smiled at Rina, as she gently pushed him out, looking behind her before closing the door.
"Shh. My sister's sleeping, and if she wakes up, chaos will spread everywhere." She warned.
"Alright, alright." Kander responded with a quick grin. Rina nodded, and they set off. "Where are we going now?" Kander asked.
"To Normrak's house. That's about the only place that I haven't shown you yet." She told him.
"Ah, yes. That's right." He said, suddenly remembering his entire purpose of being here was to rescue Raina. The only thing, or person really, he was thinking of was Rina.
"Don't tell me you forgot your own sister!" Rina exclaimed.
"I…uh no, I didn't forget my sister!" He exclaimed right back. She giggled, and they walked up the street that Normrak's house was on.
"It's that black one right there. You can't miss it. The rest of the houses are brick yellow." She said, pointing at a house that stood awfully out of place. He gave a nod, and smiled at her.
"Could you stay here for a moment while I go get her?" He asked. He didn't want her to find out anything about the Game, or that he and Normrak were vampires.
"Are you sure? I could come with. I've always wanted to know what he's like. He's actually very mysterious." She told him. He shook his head.
"Please?" He said, attempting to make puppy-dog eyes at her.
"Alright, alright." She said, shaking her head at him.
"Great!" He took off towards the house, and ran up to the black door. He was about to knock harshly on the door when he froze. "Do I really want to do this?" He murmured to himself. He glanced over at Rina, and pictured Raina in his head. "There is no way that I'll be able to fall in love with Raina…but Rina…" He lowered his hand, and ran his hand through his hair distractedly. "The Head's counting on me."
He pounded the door severely, and waited for it to be answered.
"Ah, Kander. Nice to see you again." He heard Normrak's voice through the closed door. "And how might you be?"
"Give her back." He ordered.
"I can't do that. I'm so sorry." The sadistic voice continued.
"Open the door.'
"I don't believe I can do that either."
Suddenly, Kander heard a small voice crying in the window to the right. He began to scoot to that window.
"I want to answer the door!" The small voice cried, slightly louder, but still a window away. He walked quickly to the last window to the right of the front door.
"Shh! Damn it, do you want to get us in trouble?" He heard Raina's voice say clearly. The whining continued. "Alex, please."
"But I wanted to get the door!"
"You can get it next time. In the meantime, look at this! Isn't that a Barney doll?" Raina's voice continued.
"Barney! Look Rain!" The small voice said after a small amount of shuffling around.
"Yes, I see. Good job, Alex."
Kander was about to open the window, when he felt a hand pull him back.
"I suppose you found them. You're not exactly as stupid as you look, now are you?" He heard the mocking voice behind him.
"Shut up and give her back, Normrak." He hissed.
"Oh, brave words, Kander, brave words." Normrak hissed back. "Do continue."
Kander responded by punching Normrak in the nose, making him bleed. Normrak responded quickly with his mind, pushing Kander back to the opposite side of the yard. Suddenly, Kander felt a pair of arms come around him, and he saw Rina. He almost cursed under his breath for forgetting that Rina was still watching. He pushed himself up and stood, facing Rina.
"Are you okay?" She asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He assured her. "Let's go."
She nodded, and he wrapped an arm around her waist as the set off. Behind his back, he pushed his middle finger up at Normrak.
"Look what I built!" Alex said enthusiastically. Raina glanced at the tall, rectangular structure and gave her little brother a smile.
"Good job. That's looks great!" She exclaimed. Alex beamed with pleasure at the praise he received, and went back to playing with the blocks.
"He knows you're here." She heard Normrak's voice in the doorway. "And might you know why?"
"Because you're his only enemy?" She said sarcastically.
"Because you were talking loud enough for him to hear!" Normrak answered, obviously enraged. Raina sat quietly, not wanting to enrage him any more than he already was.
"Sorry…" She mumbled. Alex continued building the blocks on top of one another as Normrak continued to yell. Normrak took slow steps towards Raina, and kicked over the blocks on the way. Alex started crying.
"Alex, shh." Raina said, quickly making her way towards the crying boy. She was stopped suddenly by Normrak who grabbed her arm, forcing her to stand. She unsuccessfully attempted to pull her arm away from him which only caused him to grasp it tighter.
"Do you understand?" Normrak said warningly.
"Yes." She answered in the same low and menacing tone. She gave her arm a jerk, but still wasn't able to get it from his clutches. He gave her a push, shoving her onto the bed and against the wall, then grabbed her brother. The little boy continued crying, and started kicked to get out of his arms. Normrak let his teeth sink into the young boy's neck, only making Alex cry even harder. Raina shook off her dizziness to save her brother, and leaped up.
"Let him down!" She ordered, and poked Normrak's eyes painfully. Normrak let out a grunt of surprise and dropped the boy, who immediately ran out of the room. Raina swallowed, ready for the pain that she knew would quickly follow. True to her instincts, he slammed her up against the wall and held her there by the throat. She struggled frantically, as it became harder to breathe.
"Not so tough now, are you sweetheart?" He hissed through his teeth. She lifted her legs, placing her feet on his stomach and pushed with all the strength she had left with no success in getting him to let go of her neck.
"Oh no, it's not working. Now what will you do?" His sadistic voice cut through her mind. All she could see was black and red dots dancing before her eyes as she continued to struggle.
"Losing sight, a sign of death. What's next, my dear?" She couldn't concentrate on struggling anymore, and fell limp.
"Ah, loss of motion. Of course." The voice cut through her brain once again. Then, a hand let go of her throat as quickly as it had trapped her. She slid to the floor, trying hard to keep her consciousness.
"Now, where is that little boy?"
"Alex…" She mumbled, attempting to stand up. "Leave him alone…"
"You have to speak up, love." Normrak said. She knew he was smirking at her helplessness.
"Leave Alex alone!" She said, slightly louder. She leaned against the wall, trying to get rid of the spots that danced in front of her eyes.
"You're in no condition to order me around, babe."
"Don't call me babe. Call me love, sweetheart, honey, dear, whatever, but don't call me babe." She ordered weakly. He reached out and ran his hand gently down her cheek, knowing very well that it would annoy the heck out of her. She swatted at his hand, and tried to balance without leaning on the wall.
"I'll call you whatever I want to, baby." He told her, and turned on his heel. "Now, I need to find that little brat."
"No!" She mumbled, stumbling towards him. He stood in the doorway, watching amused at her limitation. "I don't care what you do to me. Just leave him alone."
He gave a shrug, turning around to go and fetch Alex. She grabbed his shoulder, stopping him and holding herself up.
"Don't touch me, my dear."
"Leave him alone." She ordered back. He pushed her hand roughly off of his shoulder and fixed her with a cold, unemotional stare.
"You, my dear, are in no condition to order me around." He said. She fell, unable to keep balance any longer. She sat up against the wall, and he walked off, leaving her there alone.
"No…I have to get up." She said to herself, pushing herself up onto her trembling legs. "Norm!" She yelled, unable to yell much more, she only say half of his name. He turned automatically to his name.
"I don't have time for you." He growled. He walked on, ignoring anything else that she might have said.
"You know what the problem with you is?" She yelled after him, sliding down the wall. "You're too weak!"
He turned at the remark, and stood in front of her, kneeling down to her level menacingly.
"Weak. Where is your reasoning behind that remark, my love?" He said, sarcasm dripping from his voice, as usual.
"You only use sarcasm to cover up the fact that you're really too weak to kill anyone that you might know. Some random person plucked from these streets, sure. You can kill him or her. You don't even know their name. But some whose name you do know, you're too weak. You've come close to killing Alex and me, sure. But you always stopped. What's wrong? Don't have the guts to go through with it?" She said boldly, in hopes that he would waste time with her, allowing Alex to safely get out of the house and away from Normrak. Normrak took the bait, and put his head dangerously close to her own.
"I'm not afraid, nor weak." He said, frighteningly calm. "I'll find the brat and kill him, just to prove it, and you won't be able to do a thing about it. Afterwards, I'll take joy in your suffering before I kill you as well. I'll take delight in the pain I will cause you, day after day. You'll wish you were dead long before I actually kill you. Baby, the angst that you have felt before will be nothing compared to the anguish that I will give you."
She swallowed, and carefully pulled her head away from his.
"Your breath stinks." She growled back, not allowing her fear to show through.
"You're scared. I can tell through your eyes. Don't think petty insults such as 'your breath stinks' will get to me. Remember, I hold your life in my hands." He said, and stood up.
"I really need to get her back." Kander said, glancing at Rina. He held his forehead in one of his hands, now looking very stressed.
"We'll get her." Rina told him. He shook his head.
"No, I'll get her. I can't have you get into this."
"Fine. You'll get her. I'll help."
"No. I just need you to stay out of it. Promise me."
"Fine then. I promise." She said, rolling her eyes at him good naturedly. He gave her a quick grin and squeezed her arm slightly.
"Good. Now that that's settled, I need to go back there to get her." He said. She frowned at him.
"That Normrak guy didn't seem so happy to see you last time." Kander almost laughed out loud at the irony of the statement.
"No, he wasn't, but it's okay." Kander assured her. "I have to go. You get into your house, and stay there."
"I'm going, I'm going." She mumbled, as he stopped at her door. "Bye."
"Bye." He answered, and immediately turned, determined to get Raina back. After making sure that Rina was not going to come back outside and that no one was peeking out of any windows, he disappeared to Normrak's house.
Appearing next to Raina herself, he took in her situation and his surroundings immediately. She was laying on the ground, propped up by the wall behind her, almost fully conscious. He let out a breath of relief that she was still alive, and grabbed her, helping her to stand up.
"No, wait." She mumbled to him. "We can't go. I need Alex."
"He took Alex?" He asked, surprised.
"Yes, he took Alex." She grumbled back to him, standing on her own now. "And I'm not leaving without knowing that he's safe. Even if I have to die here."
"You will die here if you keep that up. We have to go. I'll come back immediately and find him. I promise, he will be safe."
"No, I want to see him. I'm not leaving this house until I get him back."
He shook his head at her, a small grin tugging at his lips. She stepped back from him to keep from his reach, and immediately ran through the house.
"Alex!" She called. He followed her quickly, and helped her search through the house unsuccessfully.
"He's not here." She said, and tears rimmed her eyes. She shook her head, and looked at Kander.
"We'll find him." He assured.
"How? He could be anywhere. Anywhere at all." She swallowed, and walked out the door; Kander not far behind.
"Don't worry so much. I'm positive that Normrak has not found him. He's still safe."
"We have to find him." She said, making sure to look in every alley that they passed. "It's hopeless. He could be anywhere. He's just a child!"
"Calm down, Raina. Calm down. Panicking isn't going to help anyone."
"I'll die if I can't find him!" She cried.
"Is that a promise?" They heard the ever-sarcastic voice behind them. Raina turned quickly, only to find that Normrak had already found Alex and that the young boy was in his arms, unconscious.
"No!" She yelled, throwing herself at him. She took Alex immediately from his arms, and cradled the boy. "Alex? Alex? Answer me!"
Tears flowed out of her eyes, and Kander glared at Normrak.
"You killed him." He accused.
"So I did. What's it to you?" Normrak answered, a smirk forever pasted on his lips. Kander threw a hard punch at the man, but Normrak was prepared and easily blocked the punch that Kander had skillfully thrown.
Kander didn't give up and continuously threw attacks at him, failing to hit him each time. Finally, Normrak seemed to get tired of Kander's useless attacks and he punched Kander square in the mouth, forcing Kander back a few steps. Kander retaliated uselessly as Normrak blocked the attacks with nearly no effort. It wasn't long before Normrak was once again bored of Kander and punched the side of his head quickly and powerfully, forcing Kander to lose consciousness.
"Alex!" She mumbled, cradling the young boy against her chest, tears falling freely from her eyes. "Oh, Alex!"
"Shut up, girl." Normrak ordered, pulling her forcefully up by her arm. He pulled the boy's extremely pale body from her arms and disappeared with her before she could grab it again.
"You killed him!" She yelled in tears, in the kitchen where they had appeared. He let go of her arm with a smirk on his face.
"Yes I did." He agreed.
"Oh, God. Alex…" She said, still crying. She ran from the kitchen and out the door. Kander and Raina didn't go far from the house and she immediately spotted the boy's body. She kneeled beside it, holding him closely. Her tears fell into his hair.
"It's all my fault!" She cried. "I can't believe I let him do this to you!"
"Hun, I think you're becoming more of a nuisance than one that I enjoy causing pain." She heard Normrak say. She ignored him and continued crying over her little brother's death. She felt him pick her up and drag her into the house vehemently and painfully. He threw her into the house and watched, amused as she continued to shed tears over her brother's death.
"Please, stop. You're embarrassing yourself." He said with an amused smile. Raina shot a glare at him through her tears and held her brother even closer.
"That's just his body, and you're getting it wet."
She ignored the rest of what he had to say at her and sobbed over the little boy's body once more. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder which held her in place when the body was torn from her arms. Normrak let go of her and disappeared for all but a quick second, returning without her brother's body.
"How could you kill him? He was so young…so innocent!" She screamed at him. He gave out a chuckle.
"Since when did that ever bother me?" He told her with a shrug. "Get over it. It was just a child."
"It was my brother!" She yelled back at him, her tears dried up.
"At least you stopped crying. It was getting very annoying, my dear." He said. "Besides, we still have your sisters and your parents to go through."
"You wouldn't." Her voice was venomous.
"Try me." He answered casually. "I told you that you would feel horrible anguish here, and I'm not one to break my promises. You should snap some time in between your family member's deaths."
"You wouldn't!" She screeched. "My family did nothing to you!"
"And your point is…?" He continued.
"I can't believe this!" She turned and walked quickly out of the room. She walked into the brightly colored room and laid down on the green and blue bed. She let out the rest of her tears onto the pillow.
"It's all my fault." She sobbed.
"So it is." Normrak's voice came through the room.
"Don't you ever shut up?" She growled.
"Depends on the person asking, and you are not even worthy enough to even ask me that question. After all, you let me kill your brother. He would have stayed alive if you hadn't threatened me to leave him alone." He said, guilt pouring into her faster than ever. She wiped the tears from her cheeks and glared at him.
"But, no. You had to go along and tell me that I was too weak to kill the poor, helpless child. You basically told me to kill him." He continued. She stood up, standing directly in front of him. "If only you hadn't done that, he would still be here, laughing and playing with those little blocks in the corner."
With that she threw her fist at him, surprising him so it hit him square in the nose. Blood spurted out and he let it fall down his face and to the floor with an icy glare at her. She backed up, immediately comprehending what she had just done.
"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." She mumbled to herself, backing as far away from him as she could get. "Oh God…"
"That's damn right, 'Oh God'." He said, forcing her into the wall. "No, I won't kill you, but when I'm through with you, you'll damn well wish you were dead."
"Don't hurt me." She squeaked.
"Too late for that, love." He growled, throwing her onto the ground. Her head collided with the solid tile floor, dizzying her. She attempted to get up to run from the man, but his foot soon collided with her ribs, not hard enough to break anything but hard enough to leave a bruise. She curled up, tears freely falling from her eyes, and he kicked her again. He grabbed the front collar of her shirt and forced her up, only to press her against the wall. His hand, connecting with her face, left a bruise on her cheek, and his foot leaving a bruise on her shin.
"Please, stop!" She sobbed. "That's enough! I learned my lesson! I won't do it again! I promise."
"Please, stop? You really think that will make me cease?" He asked, knocking her into the wall again. She had never felt this much physical pain in her life. Never had she been beat. She hadn't even been in a fight all her life.
"It was just a bloody nose! You heal fast enough, I don't. Please, you've done all you need to me!" She cried, and he threw her against the pile of blocks on the hard tile floor.
"You're lucky I know when to stop, my dear." He said, kneeling down her sobbing face. "After all, I don't want to kill you. Yet."
"First kidnapped. Twice in two damn days. Then Alex. Then this." She sobbed to herself. He chuckled, pulling her out of the collapsed pile of blocks and onto the floor.
"As I said before, the angst you have felt before will be nothing compared to the anguish you will feel while you are here and alive."
"Then kill me! Get it over with!" She cried, unable to move because of the pain that she was feeling.
"Ah, I told you that you would want death far before I gave it to you." He said with a satisfied smirk. "And I did promise you that I would take joy in the pain that I would cause you."
"That has to be some kind of mental disorder." She said, tears still running down her face like a waterfall.
"Then it is a disorder that I'm proud to have for it causes me great joy to see those tears run down your face right now." He said, still smirking. She said nothing and tried to deal with the pain that she was feeling inside and out.
"I believe I'll let you think about your pain for a while." He said, standing up. He gave her one more kick to the side, and let the room.
"Oh, God, Kander. Where are you? I'd much rather spend five years with you rather than him." She mumbled to herself, still crying.
"No, I don't believe I'll be pulling a stunt like that again." Kander said, sitting up with a grunt after just becoming conscious since Normrak had punched him out. "But I still need to get Raina."
He looked around and took in his surroundings easily. It was exactly where he had fainted. On the side of a road, in the same neighborhood that Normrak's house was in. He stood up, rubbing his aching head and waited for himself to heal quickly. Soon, he was walking towards the house just as he spotted Normrak standing in the front doorway, watching his every move.
"I don't know what I should do with you, Kander. You always seem to get up when I push you down. Much unlike Raina, I must say." Normrak said with a slight grin.
"What did you do to her?" He demanded. Normrak smiled in delight at the mention of the pain that he had caused her.
"Wouldn't you rather see it than hear me tell about it?" He asked, sarcasm dripping with every word. He turned on his heel and led Kander into his house, taking him to the room that Raina was in. As Kander walked in, he immediately recognized the curled up, bruised figure.
"Raina?" He said, and attempted to go to her. Normrak held out his arm, stopping Kander from reaching her.
"No, Kander." Normrak said. "I said I'd show you. Not let you touch her in any way, shape, or form."
"Damn it, Normrak!" He said, his voice slightly louder than normal. "What did you do to her?"
"She pissed me off. I gave her a taste of what's to come." He said with a casual shrug. "Not that it's any of your business."
"You beat her." He accused.
"And what would you do if I did? We both know that you don't stand a chance in combat." Kander quickly disappeared and appeared next to Raina, trying to find a spot where he might be able to touch her without causing her a lot of pain. Unable to find it in time, Kander felt himself being thrown the other side of the room.
"I told you that you couldn't touch her." Normrak said, standing in between Raina and Kander like he was Raina's guard. "And I would suggest that you get out of my house before I really have to fight you."
Kander scrambled to his feet and clenched his fists at the man blocking him from Raina. He knew that there was no way that he could win, placed in the current position, but he also knew that the Head was counting on him to get Raina back.
"Go on, Kander. Disappear. Go back to your life before Raina and see that girl who likes you so much. Both you and I know that you will not be falling in love with this one any time soon." The mocking voice suggested.
"Give her back." Kander ordered. "I'm not leaving until I get her back."
"Oh, the poor boy. Must still be delusional if he thinks he's actually getting the damn girl back." Normrak said sarcastically. Kander threw an unsuccessful punch at the man, who was ready for the attack. Normrak skillfully blocked it, and gave Kander a quick, powerful punch to the head once more, again knocking him out.
"Such an annoying boy, he is." Normrak said, kicking Kander out of his house.
The Head watched as Normrak put Kander out of his house and into the street.
"The major problem with this now is he needs to do it before she dies." The Head said, with a heaving sigh. The woman next to him nodded, and put her arm around the Head's waist.
"But when it happens…" She trailed off. "Oh, I just wish I could do something for her. I know exactly what she's going through."
"I know, and I'm sorry." The Head told the woman.
"You've said that before, you know." The woman answered. "But still…if only I could do something for the poor dear. She has it very rough right now."
"I realize that, and there's nothing we can do. You know very well that he listens to no one who is weaker than he which makes it a problem since he is the strongest one in the world at this moment."
"Now, get up Raina." Normrak ordered. She laid on the floor, unmoving until he stood directly above her.
"I can't." She mumbled, tears forming in her eyes. He grabbed her arm, making her wince and a few tears fall, and pulled her to her feet. She wobbled, unbalanced, and fell on him, sending them both crashing to the floor with Normrak underneath. She felt her eyes widen as she found herself on top of Normrak on the floor, and she struggled with her muscles to move. Her muscles disobeyed her, and was motionless.
"I didn't think you cared, love." He said, sarcasm once again dripping. "But, luckily, I do not."
He shoved her off of him, and stood up, brushing his clothes off. She stayed on the ground, curled up in pain.
"As I said before, get up." He ordered her once again. She attempted to move, but again he muscles would not obey her.
"I can't." She mumbled. He grabbed her arm again, and pulled her up, holding her up while he was at it.
"Pathetic." He said. "Sweetheart, you really have to work on moving, otherwise you'll be stiff all day. Then it will hurt worse later."
"I can't move." She mumbled again. "Look outside, Normrak. It's nighttime. Can't I get some sleep?"
"Depends on how you treat me, my dear." Normrak took her up and tossed her onto the bed.
"I'm not scared of you." She told him. "I never will be."
"If you want to think that way, then fine." He said with a shrug. "But we both know the truth, love."
She didn't even give up an argument, and closed her eyes.
"Sleep well, my dear. Tomorrow will be another day of glorious pain. That I do promise, and I'm not one to break my promises." He said, and left the room.
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I just finished the chapter! I'm really disliking Normrak right now. *growls* I should do something to him. Something mean.
Ack, I get to go to the dentist AND the eyedoctor on Monday. The dentist will be pulling out one of my teeth and filling in a cavity. Darn cavities. Unfair. My brother never brushes his teeth and he's never had any problems, while on the other hand, I brush my teeth about twice every day, and I still get cavities. Boo.
Er, anywho review please!
!!TO MY REVIEWERS!!!
j16writer: Just two chapters (well, three now) and I've already got a faithful reviewer! WHEE! Prepare to punch Normrak upside the head. Alex just died. I'll take revenge. And thanks for the praise on the creative names (though Alex isn't exactly creative...heh). One of my favorite parts of making a story is thinking of creative names. Though, sometimes I can have just a little trouble with creating guy names...eh heh. And you can tell all the friends you want about the story *hinthint* Er, enough of my pointless ramblings. You must forgive me. I do this when I'm in a good mood. Heh.
Gnat10886: I'm keeping an eye out. Update soon! Your stories are great! Heh.