Can't He See the Light?- Kai
They all watched in silence as Rei's eyes opened. He lay in silence for a few seconds, staring at the ceiling. Tyson put
down the basin of water and spoke,
'Rei?'
They watched anxiously as the Neko-gin turned his head. Instead of talking, Rei seemed to get slightly freaked out;
almost panicked. When he sat up and started shaking his head, the others glanced at each other in confusion.
Kai reached out and grabbed Rei's shoulders. He shook him lightly to get his attention and said calmly,
'Rei, what's wrong? Calm down and you'll be okay. just tell us what's wrong.'
For some reason Rei was squinting at Kai as if he couldn't quite see him. Kai frowned, a foreboding chill running
through his body, this looked much more serious than he had anticipated. Rei started muttering, His hands fluttering
aimlessly. Then, to their horror, his voice grew louder until he was shouting and suddenly he was struggling with Kai.
He was surprisingly strong in his panic and Kai had to use all his strength just to push him back down onto the sofa.
Suddenly Rei managed to free his arm and he swung it at Kai, catching him a resounding blow on the head.
'KAI!' called Max. Although Kai had been slightly stunned by the hit, he was still managing to hold desperately onto
Rei with one hand and holding the side of his face with the other.
'I'm Okay.' He gasped, 'Help me hold him down, quick.' The others, unsure of how to help before, now rushed in and
together they managed to push Rei down onto the sofa where they held him as he slowly gave in and started coming
back to his senses. When he had finally collapsed limply into their embrace Max spoke up timidly and the others
could see tears of distress in his eyes.
'Rei? Please, tell us what's wrong. Your scaring us Rei.' Rei sat back and leaned tiredly against the sofa. Kai ,Tyson,
Kenny and Max knelt in a silent circle around him. Rei looked around at each of them before looking down at his
hands. Kai frowned a bit. It had seemed as if Rei's eyes looked somehow different from usual. Kai shook his head
dismissing this thought and listened again as Rei sighed and began talking.
'I…I think I'm going blind.' He whispered in a strangled sob. There was complete silence as Rei looked up directly at
Kai's face. Kai studied Rei's eyes more carefully. He could see now. They were no longer golden. Instead they were
almost red. A deep, dark, blood red.
Kai's eyes widened in shock. He whispered to Kenny, his eyes never leaving Rei's face,
'Kenny, go call an ambulance.' Kenny sat back surprised.
'But Kai, are you sure?'
'RIGHT NOW!' exploded Kai.
Kenny jumped to his feet and ran to the kitchen. He could soon be heard asking frantically for an ambulance. Their
attention was soon drawn back to Rei as the teenager closed his darkening eyes, lay down on the sofa and curled up
so that he was hugging his knees to his chest. His breath seemed to rattle in his chest and his skin looked pale and
clammy.
Kai sighed heavily and stood up. As the team leader and oldest person in the house it was his responsibility to look
after the others. Sometimes though he wished he could just get up and leave them all behind. Instead, he looked
down at Rei who was shivering slightly. Tyson and Max looked up at Kai waiting for instructions.
'Tyson, go get a blanket for Rei. Max, help Rei clean the rest of that blood off his face. Rei…' Kai sank down to his
knees and looked into Rei's reddening eyes. 'Rei…Can you tell me what else is wrong with you?' The other's stopped
what they were doing and turned to listen, hoping that they'd heard the worse. Kenny hurried through the door and
also stopped, confronted by complete silence where all attention was directed at Rei.
Rei spoke quietly.
'it…it just hurts…I'm sorry Kai.' He whispered.
'Its not your fault Rei.' Said Kai sadly, before standing up and walking towards Kenny. He spoke fast,
'Kenny, where did you put that mosquito. I think now would be as good a time as any to find out what it has to do
with Rei.' Kenny smiled weakly. Science was something he was a little more familiar with.
'Follow me.'
Together they both left the room.
