Good Guys and Bad Girls

A Heated Memory

Kai's p.o.v.

We were going to the park when all of a sudden, a strange scent lifted into the air. It smelled like dead corpses that were rotting in Hell. Me and the others looked at each other, shifting expressions.

"Does anyone else smell that?" I asked, obviously knowing the answer.

"Yeah, it smells like Kai burned down a skeleton again. But this time, to a real person and left them in a bag in the sun to rot like a zombie."

"Jay! But seriously, it smells like dead bodies."Lloyd replied as I glanced around, finding that the scent was stronger to the south. He looked the way I was and started walking backwards.

"According to P.I.X.A.L., there seems to be a corpse to the south of the park."

"Hey guys, just like Kenny always dying in South Park, am I right?"

"Jay, this is serious. There is a dead body. A DEAD body and you're making jokes!"

"Sheesh Kai, lighten up." I ignored Jay and focused on the smell. I knew that smell. It was in fact the smell of smoke and corpses. Just like that time...

I was sitting on the Bounty's railing when at that time, I saw fire coming out of an abandoned home, well, I thought it was abandoned. The others were all out doing their own things and Sensei, along with Misako, was on their monthly run to the tea shop, so I knew what I had to do. I jumped off of the Bounty that was set on top of a building and ran to the flames. The scent was horrible! Like rotting meat mixed with a few drops of perfume and charcoal burning on a grill. I can't describe what I saw, but it was worse than you can even imagine. Dead bodies,maybe five or seven sitting there, their heads decapitated and slash marks all over the bodies. They were all sitting up in a line against the wall, a letter carved above where their heads should've been. The letters spelled out "Prepare" in blood. But what made the sight worse, was that my name was on the wall as well with more words. "Tell anyone, you will be like these people, or worse." I didn't know why, but I ran. Ran from the building and ran from the Bounty, without thinking twice.

The next day I returned to the Bounty, the burning house was gone, like it never even existed. There were no burn marks, or construction, just trees planted were the house was. But, there was a note on the tree. "Remember Kai Smith, tell anyone of this, I will see to it personally that you are KILLED LIKE THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT HOUSE!!!!" I threw the note away after tearing it apart. Just as I got onto the Bounty, I smelled the scent of burning flesh again. That was,. before the other got back. When they did, the scent dissipated. Every time I was alone, the smell came back. At the monastery, it was worse. I couldn't even sleep without the scent or sight coming back to me. I wanted to tell Sensei, but I couldn't. I was fear struck.

I just wish that I had read the back of the note before getting rid of it. Who knew that one small mishap was all that it took to create a chain of events that would never end till I did something to provoke it. And I needed answers.