Murder
"The unlawful and deliberate killing of a human being."
Somewhere in an empty room a phone rings. On the other end of the line a teenage girl mumbles to herself in silent terror as she waits.
'Please be at home Kai, Please.' A familiar voice cuts her off.
'Hey…' She begins speaking, relieved, but stops again when she hears the rest.
'This is Kai's phone, I'm not here so…' She slams the phone down with an impatient growl. Grabbing angrily for the dog-eared phone book, she knocks it off the table by accident. Bending over quickly to pick it up, her eyes catch a number.
Reaching for the phone she dials and then waits impatiently. Counting out the ring tone. Suddenly it's cut off.
'Hey Zephyr.' Kenny's cheerful voice pipes down the line.
'Kenny do you know where Kai is?' She rushed.
'Uh, Yeah. He should be at Rei's house. I heard they were all training there today. If you run, you might catch him before he leaves.' Zephyr smiled gratefully.
'Thank you so much Kenny, I owe you. Bye.' Kenny was left standing, slightly put out by her quick dismissal; he slowly hung up the phone, murmuring,
'What was so important anyway?'
Zephyr ran. Luckily Rei's house wasn't that far away. She raced through his front gate, paying no attention to the black car cruising past. Leaping up the steps she began frantically knocking on the door, breathing hard. Suddenly the door swung open to reveal Rei. He frowned down at Zephyr.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'Rei,' gasped Zephyr. 'Where's Kai?' Rei looked thoughtfully down at the Beyblade sitting in his hand.
'He was here earlier but…' Zephyr' face dropped. He continued.
'…I think he went up to the cliff.' Zephyr thanked him quickly and turned to go. She stopped when Rei reached out and pulled her to a halt.
'Could you tell me what's so important?' He asked, looking worried. Zephyr looked back at him, A look of despair on her face.
'It's Kai, They're gonna kill him Rei.' With that she pulled away and sprinted off down the road. Rei stared after her in for a second in shock before yelling,
'HEY! Wait for me!' Together the two of them raced up the road. Careening around the corner they started up the hill.
All of a sudden, Zephyr disappeared off the path onto a shortcut. Struggling to keep up, Rei rushed towards the gap in the hedge.
The way was suddenly block by an old lady walking her dog. Rei hopped about with desperate impatience as she moved slowly past.
Finally there was just enough room for him to squeeze by. Zephyr had already disappeared ahead.
Rei raced up the path. A howl of despair reached his ears and he missed a step, crashing to the ground. He winced and jumped up again, fearing the worst. Ignoring his graze and bleeding palms Rei took the last few steps and rounded the corner…and stopped.
Kai's red blood seeped slowly through Zephyr' fingers and spilled onto the cold stony ground. Zephyr was kneeling there with Kai pulled into her arms. Rei watched in shock as Kai whispered to Zephyr and breathed his last. His eyes closed. Zephyr clutched miserably at his lifeless body and rocked him gently. Her eyes were closed in an effort to stem the tears rolling down her cheeks.
Kai was dead.
A bullet lodged in his chest.
