To the End of Time and Space

Prologue

She walks down the battered and broken road with bloodied hands and clothes with a stride that is undoubtedly the walk of accomplishment. The moans behind her becoming softer and quieter with each passing of her step; whether it was from the distance she was putting between them or the life draining from his body, she couldn’t tell. What she did know though was that she could hopefully live in peace this time and get back to her semi- normal life she held before all of this happened. Maybe, just maybe she could live again with her family and friends and not have them worry about her anymore, maybe.

 She stepped out onto the street and looked to the payphone that sat across it and calmly walked toward it. Crazy running would not help her in this part of town, especially this town.  Prague was not a nice city at night rumors told her and she was not going to find out.  She slid open the creaky red paint chipped door and stepped inside away from the wind. It howled behind her as closed the door as almost as to say “Come back; I won’t hurt you.” She laughed out aloud and said to no one in particular “Not going to happen.”

She forcefully grabbed the slimy grease covered phone she knew had to have a disease if not a thousand on it and vehemently pushed a dollar worth of quarters in the slot and rapidly punched in a number she knew would always pick up even if just for her.

“Hello?” came the sound of his groggy voice that made her heart swell with tears she wish she could let loose on his soft white cotton shirt that she knew he was wearing, but she would never tell him that.

“…Hey” That one word was all that was needed to start the hailstorm of phrases being thrown at her.

 “KALE! WHERE ARE YOU? THE MEDIA IS SERCHING EVERYWHERE! THAT IS NOT INCLUDING YOUR FAMILY!  DON’T YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED SICK I….. THEY WERE? HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO US KALE?”

 “I know… Je mi líto… I couldn’t stay there and do nothing though Dante! What else was I supposed to do? Let them win?” Silence was all she heard until through the phone she heard his feet hit the floor and him cross his room to his closet and then he spoke without answering her question.

“Where are you?”

She sighed in relief for him not giving up on her. “Prague.”

“Prague? As in The Czech Republic? Oh Kale you have got to be kidding me, but whatever. Are far are you from the airport there? No, you know what? Better question will you be safe getting there?” She heard worry spike his voice as he asked about her safety.

“Yes and thank you for asking and I can get to the airport in about 15 minutes.” Then, even though she knew, but she wanted to make sure, she asked “Why?”

“Because, you don’t think you can just call me at 5:00 in the morning and say you are in Prague and I won’t come and get you?” Kale didn’t reply but she did smile. “Ok now that that is settled I will be there in about an hour. Sit tight.”

“Wait Dante!”

“What?”

“I really do mean it, thank you.”

 “You’re welcome; and Kale, be safe.” The line went dead.

 Kale could feel her hot salty tears slide down her face as she took in the night. She had accomplished her mission. A mission everyone had deemed impossible. She had finally avenged her older sister by taking what he had taken from her, his life. She slide open the payphone door again and stepped once more into the crisp, cool air of The Czech Republic. She was done and she was going home. “Home” she felt like Dorothy from the old book her mother read to her as a child, The Wizard of Oz.

Kale smiled to herself as she clicked her heels together, and feeling the need her own father felt as a child, she ran. She ran into the night. She ran to the airport. She ran straight into Dante’s arms as he caught her with tears streaming down her smooth heart shaped face. Kale had finally, finally, run home.

*** Author's Note- Hey guys and gals! So I have been working on this story for quite a while and will be uploading a new chapter hopefully everyday. and for those of you who are wondering "Je mi líto" means I'm sorry in Czech and you will find out why later, and also the song that I have put along with this chapter is 'Runaway' by Linkin Park I feel this is the perfect song for when Kale is running and trying to figure out the mystery behind the whole mess that was left behind for her too fix. So now I bid you goodbye and have great day.