Friday, November 11, 2005

The Rage Cage 3:18 am --Kida’s room-- Kida: (asleep) Zzzzz... mmm.... (in her dream) Kida: (floating through nothingness) ........ “...kida...” Kida: Nya? (looks around) “...kida...kida...” Kida: Who’s there? ???: Kida.... little Kida.... listen to me.... Kida: Who are you? ???: My identity is not important.... but your father is.... to all of us.... Kida: What are you talking about? ???: He’s in trouble Kida.... you must help him.... Kida: Trouble? My dream... ???: Yes Kida.... I’m afraid I’m responsible for your nightmares.... but you had to know.... you’re the only one who can help him.... Kida: How? What do I do? ???: ....You’ll know what to do.... he needs you the most out of anybody now...... Kida: Why me?...... Hello? Hello?! Where are you?! Come back! Kida: (wakes up) Huh? (sits up, looks around) ........ (closes her eyes and fold her hands) Dear Jesus, please be with my daddy.... 10:00 am Aisha: (waking up) Mm. (looks at Justin) Justin: (lying with his back towards Aisha) Aisha: (leans over Justin) Morning, sweetie. Justin: *groan* Mmm. Uhhhh. Aisha: Hmm. I know what’ll wake him up. (kisses his cheek) Justin: (pulls the covers over his head) Grrrrrr. Aisha: Oh? Playing hard to get, huh? (hugs him) Justin: Lay off. (shakes her off) Aisha: Nya? Justin, what’s wrong? Did you have a rough night? Justin: ..... mm-hm. Aisha: Another nightmare? Justin: ..... no. (sits up) It’s nothing like that. Just... restless. (stretches his arms) Aah! (winces in pain and holds his right shoulder) Aisha: ........ Justin: Uh.... Must’ve slept on my arm wrong, too. Aisha: You gonna be alright? Justin: I’ll be fine. Don’t worry. later... Justin: (at the computer, typing) “... Thus, in conclusion, 12oz Mouse and Squidbillies suck dragon balls.” Kida: (in the doorway) Daddy? Justin: Kida-chan. What is it? Kida: (smiles big, then runs toward Justin and gives him a huge hug) Justin: Oof! What... Kida: I love you daddy. I love you so much. Justin: (smiles) I love you too, Kida. What brought this up? Kida: Nothing. (kisses his cheek, then lets go) I just want you to have a great day! (leaves) Justin: (calling back) If you’re trying to get a raise in your allowance... “BZZZZZ” Justin: Whoa! (pulls out his cell phone, flips it open) Moshi moshi! (a hologram of Yuki appears) Yuki-chan! Konnichiwah! Yuki: Konnichiwah, Artukei. How are you doing? Justin: Fine. Just fine. How about you? What’s up over there? Yuki: Oh, nothing much. How are you? Justin: ... You already asked me. Yuki: Oh... right... umm..... (looks down) Justin: Yuki, what’s up? Is something wrong? Yuki: I just.... wanted to make sure you were OK. Justin: Why? Yuki: ........ Justin: Yuki? Yuki: *deep breath* I don’t want to worry you, but... I’ve been having dreams lately. Justin: Oh, dammit! Not her too! Yuki: Terrible dreams. And I’ve seen the news from Metrolex. Justin: Uhhh! Yuki: I just wanted to know if everything’s alright. Justin: Everything’s fine, Yuki. I’m OK. Yuki: Are you sure? Justin: Yes. You don’t need to worry. Yuki: But... Justin: What!? Yeah? Yuki: It’s just that.... ever since my first boyfriend died, I... I swore that I would do all I could to help the ones I love. Justin: ..... Yuki,... (smiles) thank you. I deeply appreciate your concern. And rest assured, if anything were wrong, I would be sure to tell you. Yuki: You would? Justin: Hai. So don’t worry yourself so much. Kay? Yuki: (nods) OK. Justin: Good. Good-bye. Yuki: I.... I love you, Artukei. Justin: I love you too, Yuki-chan. Yuki: (hangs up) Justin: (closes his phone, rolls his eyes) *groan* later... --the living room-- Justin: (watching TV) TV: It’s been two weeks since the terrorizing of 6th street, and the Metrolex Police Dept is still unable to indentify the creature that attacked. Eye-witness descriptions range from a lunatic mad-man to a large animal. But the testimonies of currently the only two people to have encountered the creature have lead many to believe that it was a bit of both and has become the most crucial piece of evidence in the investigation. High school students Jason Klein and Brittany Swanson were out... Aisha: (in the doorway) Purram? Justin: (quickly turns the TV off) Hmm? Aisha: Are you OK? Justin: .... I’m fine. Aisha: (shakes her head) No you’re not. I’ve seen it in you. I’ve seen it grow day by day. Ever since Ravage... Justin: *sigh* (gets up) Can we please not talk about him? Aisha: You always dodge the issue everytime I so much as mention his name. Justin, you can’t just forget about the past and pretend it never happened! Justin: Don’t you say that. I haven’t forgotten a damn thing. I’ve learned from my past and I’ll never make the same mistakes again. I’ve moved on. Why can’t everybody else? Everywhere I go, he’s all I hear about. And why do you want to talk about him all the time if you hate him so much? Aisha: I’m just concerned about you. You’re changing, Justin. I don’t know what it is but... you’re different somehow. Justin: I’ve told you before. There’s... nothing... to... worry... about. (leaves) later... Justin: (laying on the bed) ........ Kida: (peeking in) Daddy? Justin: Hmm. Kida: Are you alright? Justin: (sits up) God! Would everyone please just stop worrying about me!?! Kida: !! 0.0 !! Justin: I’m FINE!! Kida: (tearing up) Justin: .... k... Kida. I didn’t mean... Kida: (runs away) Justin: (gets up) Kida!....... *sigh* that night... Aisha: (sound asleep) Zzzzz... Justin: (wide awake, tossing and turning, finally sits up) ..... Bah! (gets up, goes into the bathroom, turns on the light and gets a drink of water) *sigh* ...... (stares at himself in the mirror for a while) ........ (smiles devilishly) .... What the hell. --outside-- Justin: (in sweatpants and a white undershirt, looks around, then leaps up into the air and flies out of the neighborhood, he keeps flying until he comes to some woods at the very edge of the city, he lands in the middle of the woods and looks around) I know we were just here last night. (closes his eyes and transforms into...) Ravage: But I couldn’t stay away.

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