Chapter 2: The Troublemaker

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There he was again, walking in that strange, putrid, desolate place that emanated terror and death

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There he was again, walking in that strange, putrid, desolate place that emanated terror and death. Kenny was there, desperately trying to find a way out when the man appeared again to him, said his sharping words, touched his chest and then he woke up screaming, dripping with sweat. It was the third night in a row that the dream invaded his unconscious, since he had heard the girls hissing like demons at him at Cartman's party.

He usually had time to shrink in fright after he woke up in situations like those that resembled a little like when he returned after death, but the sun had already risen and another week had begun. He had to go to school. Kenny stretched and felt as if, in fact, he had been punched in all of his joints, which was weird. When the dream person, whose face he seemed unable to remember whenever he woke up, touched him, he felt immense pain, almost as if he was being burned alive, and the feeling of unease remained in his body after it was over.

Another abnormal thing was that Karen had not come into his room to call him, as she always did. He got up and walked to the door, finding his little sister in the only bathroom in the house looking at herself in the mirror. Karen had her dark blond, almost brown, hair loose and tried to brush it in a way that she didn't look so... Cute. Kenny leaned against the door, looking at her, who jumped when she saw him. "Oh... Hi Kenny."

"Changing your looks? Thought you were gonna wake me up... It's, like you say 'a whole new week'!" he said imitating her daily enthusiasm, but she just shrugged. She had been acting like that since the end of the previous week. "Hey... What's the matter?"

"It's nothing... Just thought i could do my hair differently today." she put the brush aside and turned to him. "Do you think it looks good?"

Kenny raised an eyebrow, not understanding what was going on, but was sure it wasn't a good thing. "Of course i do. You're beaultiful anyway..." he blocked her way, looking deep into her eyes. "Karen... Has anyone been mean to you? They spoke about your hair?"

"N-No... They said nothing about my hair. I just thought i could change a little, that's all..." she said bending down to pass under his arms. "You should get ready. It's not good to get late in school and... You still wanna pick your friends, right?" she said changing the subject and then went on to the kitchen. Kenny didn't like that at all and he was going to dig into the situation if necessary. If someone was putting Karen down, the person should better start praying.

...

When Kenny stopped the van and honked for Stan and Kyle to come out of the house, Karen picked up her things. "I'll... Get down here, alright? I think i'll take the bus to school today." Kenny looked at her even more confused.

"But Karen..." she leaned in and kissed his cheek.

"Please... Don't ask. I... I swear i'll tell you later." she jumped out of the car just as the two other boys approached. "Bye Kenny... See ya later."

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