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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 16:33:36 GMT -5
Katherine stared up into his eyes, her own only half open. She was holding back the tears burning underneath her tough exterior. He had no idea where she'd come from, the people she'd seen, and what those people had done to her. Sighing, she lightly pulled his fingers away from her face with her uninjured arm.
"Don't you get it...? Physical torture means nothing to me..."
She shut her eyes and bit down on her lip. "You're torturing me in the worst way possible by keeping me here..."
I want to see Raul...
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 16:38:21 GMT -5
She was such a confusing girl. "I've done nothing but BE NICE to you since you woke up!" He gritted his teeth. "Goddammit! You're seriously trying to screw with my head, aren't you! I should just kill you now; put you out of your misery! At least then you wouldn't have to be anywhere near me, right?!" Kisshu felt tears sting at his eyes. Goddammit, why did it hurt so much? Why did he have to feel this pain as they rejected him; Katherine....Koneko-chan....
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 16:45:00 GMT -5
Katherine lowered her head. "Kisshu..." She whispered. "If that's really the way that you feel... then please just kill me..." A few tears dripped from her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away, denying the fact that she was, in fact, crying. "Just make sure that Raul doesn't have to see any blood on the corpse during the funeral. He doesn't need to see that... not after everything..."
She cut herself off, looking up to him. "Don't hesitate if that's really how you feel..."
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 17:18:27 GMT -5
Was she begging him for death? "Do I disgust you that much, Katherine, that you would die to escape me?" He whispered. She was so damn absorbed in her brother? Why? And why was he not good enough to hold her attention for even a second. He fought the urge to crush her, to let her blood spill against the hard floor. His mouth began to water at the thought of her pained scream as he killed her. Damn it all....
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 17:21:18 GMT -5
Katherine shook her head. "You misunderstand..." She whispered back. "I disgust myself so much that I wouldn't blame you if you were to reach out and strangle me right now..." He had no idea. If he could see the scars on her back, if he could see the awful memories piledriven into her head by that wretched orphanage, and all of the abusive foster homes... If he could see, he wouldn't be speaking to her in this way.
She was a waste of space. Everyone had made that perfectly clear.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 17:33:37 GMT -5
She disgusted herself? "You're not making any sense!" He growled. "Just take off your clothes so we can get you healed."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 17:41:09 GMT -5
Katherine stared down at the floor for a long time. If that's the way it was going to be, fine. She turned her back to him and grabbed the bottom of her shirt, lifting it upward over her head. As the fabric pulled away, the markings that she had always tried to hide came into view. Yellow spots on her back surrounded by a deep purple, swollen up mostly at the shoulders. One long scar stretched down from her back, going down lower on to her thigh.
She pulled the shirt past her arms and let it fall to the ground.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 17:44:32 GMT -5
Kisshu gazed in shock at the scars that painted her back. Who would dare do such a thing to her? Who would dare harm her like that? Hesitantly at first, he reached out his figertips to trace them, feather light, over the wounds. "Who did this to you, Katherine?" He whispered, his voice shaking with rage. Didn't these humans understand that no one was allowed to hurt her except for him?!
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 17:49:21 GMT -5
Katherine blinked, her eyes growing heavy as the memories flooded back to her. She lifted her hands up to the hook of the bra, releasing it. "When Raul and I were very young, a man broke into our home. He shot our mother and father in the head while Raul and I hid in a closet. The man was arrested, but not after stealing and selling some of our most prized posessions. Raul and I were very poor, and we couldn't afford to be put into a high class orphanage." She shivered as she unhooked the button on her jeans. "We were beaten by them and every family who tried to take us in. That long scar there is from a garage chain..."
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 17:53:40 GMT -5
Kisshu could feel the sorrow rolling off of her in waves. He felt the sudden urge to comfort her, sto hold her close and tell her it would be all right. No wonder she held so tightly to her brother. "Katherine..." He murmured, not knowing what else to say. "...I'm so sorry...."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 17:56:36 GMT -5
Katherine took her shirt from the floor to cover up her bare breasts, looking at him from over her shoulder. "I'm ready..." She exhaled.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 18:00:54 GMT -5
He nodded, leading her from the room to where Pai was setting up the machine. "She's all ready to go in, Pai."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 18:30:54 GMT -5
Pai nodded once, directing Katherine over towards one of the many white machines. These had been the same machines that his kind slept in, himself included, to hold in the youth while waiting out the natural disasters of the Earth...
Katherine kept her arms folded over her breasts as she lied down upon the unfamiliar surface. She shut her eyes, hearing it close over her head. Shivering, she let herself fall into a slumber to wait it out. Already, her arm was feeling better.
"Give it an hour and she'll be fine."
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 19:00:32 GMT -5
Kisshu sat outside the room Katherine was in, waiting impatiently. Other humans had done such a thing? What disgusting beings they were. How could they fight each other over such trivial matters? His people would never fight against each other like that. Wars were so stupid; they merely divided a race. But even outside of war the humans injure and abuse each other? Kisshu would never toy with Katherine the way he did had she been one of his people. Had she not been human, to harm her would never have crossed his mind. It was Deep Blue who brought these new concepts of hatred and cruelty to his people. It was Deep Blue corrupting them...but they needed him.
Kisshu sighed. Katherine's treatment should be done soon.
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 19:07:37 GMT -5
Katherine awoke about an hour later, sitting up as the pod opened up. She moved her arm around, smiling. However, when she glanced down at the rest of her body, she had to sigh. Maybe the programming effected what was healed and what wasn't, because the markings were still there. They were lighter in shade, but still there.
"Can somebody bring me clothes?!" She called out.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 19:26:39 GMT -5
"Can somebody bring me clothes?!" Kisshu's ears perked up. He stood for the first time since leaving the room, walking to get her her clothes for her and returning. He went into the room, seeing her sitting up with her arm still crossed over her chest. He extended his hand with her clothes to her.
"Feeling any better?" He asked her.
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 20:12:27 GMT -5
"Yes... I feel much better..." She said, quietly. A sigh escaped her silken lips as she pulled her shirt up over her head without the bra. "Thank you so much... I don't know how I can repay you..."
She felt it nessicary to be nice... after all, he'd seen the scars, and had lightened up ever since.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 20:34:12 GMT -5
Kisshu ran his hand gently through her hair. here was no reason to torture her any longer. He was just as terrible as the other humans that had harmed her. "I'll take you back to your brother now then."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 20:36:25 GMT -5
Katherine looked up to him quickly, her green eyes suddenly bright and full of happiness. "Really?!" She gasped out. She stood up and threw her arms around his waist. "Thank you! Thank you, thank you!!"
Every time someone had taken her home like this, it required running away to get back to her brother. Not this time...
"Thank you... Thank you..."
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 20:44:07 GMT -5
Kisshu was shocked as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "It's alright." He stroked her head. "I see now why you need him. I...." Was he really going to apologize to her? Yes...yes he would. "I'm sorry."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 20:59:26 GMT -5
Katherine spoke softly, slightly distilled by the feeling of his hands combing through her hair. It felt unusual, but very nice... His touch wasn't as rough as Raul's, his hands were nowhere near as large. There was almost a sort of gentleness to it all now...
"Thank you..." She exhaled into his shirt. "Please, please tell me how I can repay you. I want to make it up to you for acting like such a brat... Even though you were a bully to me, first..."
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 21:05:04 GMT -5
He shook his head. What a fool he had been. "Just keep living." He told her. "You're a special human. You're not like the rest. Just keep living. And think of me sometimes." He would never hurt her or play his games with her again. "Come now; I think he's probably worried about you quite enough for one lifetime."
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 21:12:29 GMT -5
Katherine's eyes grew soft. She linked her arm into his in a sisterly way. "Can we take the long way?"
In other words, she didn't want to teleport there. She wanted to walk with him and discuss a few things that had always peaked her curiousity, and allow him to ask questions as well.
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Post by Kylie M. Caboose (Kyichu) on Jan 31, 2009 21:17:33 GMT -5
Kisshu blinked in shock, but nodded. "Alright. If that's what you'd like." He started them on their way. As her arm was linked with his, he decided to take his chances and linked their fingers as well.
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Post by Izzy-Lark on Jan 31, 2009 21:23:20 GMT -5
Katherine shyly held on to his hand, her free one stuffed into one of her jean pockets. It was dark outside, so there would be no fear of anybody seeing him without any sort of disguise, and it made holding hands with him easier. He couldn't see how red she was getting. This was just a friendly gesture, though, nothing special.
"Why are you here?" She asked him.
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