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Katie sat on the bus across Fuyumi giggling. She had never really spent a day with her online friend and this was the first that she was able to, but she could not help but find the sight of Fuyumi twitching on the public bus slightly amusing. "Fuyumi, why is it you dislike public buses? They're no different from a school bus."

Fuyumi just pouted at Katie. She really didn't like the idea of someone laughing at her or much less giggle about her nervousness when it came to public buses. It was just something about them that got her twitching like there was no tomorrow. "There is a major difference between the two man. I mean you know people on a school bus, but you don't on a public bus."

Katie just nodded, it was mutual. The two were completely different now that she actually thought about it, the school bus you did indeed know the people on there because you had classes with them sometimes, but on a public bus you never knew if the person you sat next to was a *****, mass murderer, or a robber. So Katie could actually notice the nervousness that Fuyumi displayed.

"That and Machetes make me completely nervous because I'm totally scared of sharp objects piercing my very flesh and instantly killing me" Fuyumi piped up glancing around the bus and shivering when a man gave her a weird look.

Katie glared at the man who quickly turned to face another direction because of the intense glare that Katie was giving him. Katie maybe thirteen years old, but when she glared you felt like you were facing death face on with no chance of escape. She in all proved that appearances were deceiving.

Fuyumi just giggled at Katie who just started laughing. Today was proving to start up in a good manner compared to how the morning went. As they headed to the mall on the bus, Fuyumi's mind wandered on to the brunette boy she had ran into earlier and when she had gotten her key to her room. She admitted that he was attractive, but if he wore glasses then she would have completely fallen head over heels for him. But her promise lingered in her thoughts; after she and her Ex-Girlfriend broke up she had begun to promise herself no more dating. Just going on foreign trips with a group called Explorica, she remembered that just last summer she went to Europe to go see Rome, France and Spain. Traveling was totally worth it more than it was with dating.

"So Fuyumi, since this is your first time actually being here in Ohio. What would you like to go and do? Go see a movie? Or just go window shopping?" Katie asked sensing that Fuyumi was going too far off into Wonderland. She saw Fuyumi shake her head as an indication that she was brought back into reality when Katie had asked the question.

"Dunno. I'd vote to go see a movie, the last time I saw one was when I was hanging out with Cassie and that was months ago" Fuyumi stated shrugging. "What movies are playing right now anyway?" She asked watching the scenery change about as the bus moved quickly down the road.

Katie sighed and began to think about it. To be honest, there really much worth watching anymore considering that Hollywood was being stupid and wanted to try remake things and very much try to create something original or base it off of something. "Dunno, I guess we'll find out when we get there I guess" Katie said shrugging.

Fuyumi nodded in agreement. "Okay I guess we can wait to see" She said with a shrugged smile.


Katie and Fuyumi had exited out of the theater and into the bustling mall. Things were rushed and busy considering Christmas was only in about a week or two and people just wanted to get all their shopping done. Fuyumi hated Christmas only for that reason, but she loved it more than anything when little kids ran about telling their parents what they wanted and what they thought they should get for their siblings or their parents. Mostly when they shouted about Santa and wondered what he got them for Christmas this year.

Now that Fuyumi thought about it. It wouldn't hurt if she got something for her older sister while she was here considering her sister gave her some extra money along with her parents because they had been very cautious about letting her stay in another state alone. Fuyumi thought about getting something for her younger siblings, but when she did all that came to mind was her older sister.

"What's up Fuyumi?" Katie asked noticing Fuyumi in thought.

"I'm thinking about getting Jayme something for Christmas. What do you think?" Fuyumi asked Katie.

Katie shrugged. "What ever floats your boat Fuyumi. She's your sister so it's your call, not mine" Katie said laughing a little.

Fuyumi nodded "Okay. Something for Jayme then"


Jonah drove around the town for a bit before he decided that he wanted to have lunch at the mall. He recalled what they told him about what was in the boxes, he understood that they had to stay sealed. But he felt that whatever in there wasn't exactly Normal if they were so damn cautious about it and wanted him not to open them. But what got him were the marks around the dueled brunette's neck, the whole time he had been thinking about them and wondered where they had come from. He shook his head as his Mustang rounded the curb and into the parking lot of the mall. His stomach growled at him and he knew that eventually his stomach would not shut up until he sped up and got something to eat.

He pulled up into a lot and parked his Mustang GT. Sure it wasn't the greatest model to get, but it was his father's and he was sure that his father was smoking something because the model seemed to always have some kind of problem about it. The Mall was crowded with a lot of people, he disliked the holidays because people always seemed to push and shove and yell angrily at each other in hopes that they would get their child or spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend something for Christmas that somebody else got to first.

"Great" Jonah muttered shaking his head. "Just so damn-"Jonah stopped and turned his head to watch a familiar face walk by. It was the girl that he had met at the Hotel who thanked him for her room key. She stood next to a blond with bright green eyes and they were talking freely without any worry about the people around them yelling at each other and almost screaming at each other so that they could hear themselves. He was entirely transfixed by her, she was from what he gathered from last night and this morning that she was kind and caring, while being somewhat clumsy because she never bothered to face where she was going. "Lovely…" he murmured watching her disappear among the crowd and towards a jewelry store. He wanted to follow them, but he felt that it was a little too stalkerish and just decided that he should just get lunch and hurry back to the hotel. After all he needed to check up on his little sister.


Fuyumi and Katie looked around at the Jewelry in the store. They all ranged from sliver to gold and a pale platinum color some had some vibrant colorful stones in them and some with just plain white coloring. Katie was in awe at all that was around them, the Jewelry here was just all too beautiful but somewhat pricey. Katie found it amusing that Fuyumi actually wanted to get her sister a necklace or a ring, from what Katie heard from Fuyumi about her sister was that she was a tough gal who took no Crap from anyone or anything. She never fussed about her appearance and almost supposedly pissed all the time about everything. But seeing Fuyumi wanting to give her sister an object like that really did make Katie laugh on the inside. She would never really know how the two sisters felt about each other, but from the way Fuyumi talked about her sister caringly and vividly. Katie guessed that the two were extremely close, regardless of how others viewed the two.

Fuyumi glanced over at a necklace that sat lonely and by itself compared to the others. It had a small metal rose hanging onto a sliver chain, its petals were two red stones laid down next to each other. It had small green stones to put together its stem and smaller triangle shaped ones to symbolize its thorns. She smiled when she saw a metal tag laid gently next to the stone rose that read 'Remember'. This was it; this was the gift that she wanted to give to her older sister as a Christmas present. Katie giggled when Fuyumi's eyes brightened up when she saw the necklace.


Alicia was awake and wandering around the hotel. She had placed the cart downstairs in the basement and was ready to leave to have her lunch break. She felt like having some Mexican food considering that Chinese food wasn't all that great and really didn't stomach with her well because every time she had it she would just puke it all back up. Which really pissed her off, what bugged Alicia was trying to remember what happened to her when she had gone to clean that room. All she remembered was this Crab-like spider launching itself at her and then everything drew a blank from there.

She shrugged and made her way up the stairs when she stopped dead in her tracks, clutching her chest in pain. She felt a searing pain shoot up through and around her chest; it burned like a thousand suns. Alicia took deep breaths in hopes it would ease the pain, but the pain only got worse. She felt like something was trying to tear its way out of her chest, she felt something bump up against her hand. She stared at herself in confusion, she saw her chest move again and this time she screamed in pain. It ******** hurt, something was trying to tear its way out of her while she tried to relax herself. But it didn't work because it just kept bumping against her chest and through her rib cage. Alicia coughed harshly and painfully, blood spilled its way through her shirt and she stared at her chest in a panicked haze. The pain was immense and blood slowly began oozing its way out of her shirt and out of her mouth, just as quickly as the pain started Blood shot out of her chest and all over the stairway's walls. Alicia screamed loudly and looked at her own chest just in time to see a pale worm-like creature with pale slivery teeth and a small hood with no eyes pop out, it had small limbs and let out a loud screech before taking off and leaving Alicia to fall onto the steps and watch it as it fled, Leaving her to die from shock, lost flesh, and blood loss.