A/N: Hello there, newly obsessed about Oni! Lol Yes, this is a major A/U
fic! Lol So yeah. I didn't like the ending, I thought it was curiously
unsatisfactory. and Muro's too cool to become all big and ugly and gross!
Lol anyway, I hope you enjoy this, and review it! ( Bye for now -SamG
Konoko ran down the hall, the guards only paces away it seemed, her legs were beginning to ache and the
wound in her arm stung, she went into one of the doors on her left, and pressed her back up against it,
listening to the guards run past. It was dim in this room, it took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust to
the new lighting, she could make out a table and a person hunched over on it, with their knees held to
their chest and their head bent so their chin was touching the top of their knees. Her hand inched
its way down to her gun, and she flipped on the light. She gasped in shock, Muro lay rolled up on the
table, a dead scientist lay on the floor, blood pooled around his head.
This took a bit for her to take in, here it was, the opportunity she needed, she was supposed to kill him,
but it appeared he was sedated, easier then she would have expected, she kept her guard up, who knows
what sort of game he was playing, she crept closer, her gun held out and loaded in case she would need
to use it. Muro trembled as she got closer, he let out a moan. She sucked in her breath, and she prodded
his back with her gun. "P...please don't h..h...hurt me I'm unarmed" his voice barely a whisper. "Alright,
Muro, what's your game this time?" she said, anger began to boil in her veins. "No..no game, please
don't hurt me...". He seemed harmless, but she prodded him again. "Give up the charade, give me one
reason not to shoot you in the back of your head right now!" the air seemed charged with electricity, anger
was rolling off her in waves. Her short purple hair crackled with it.
"Its the chrysalis..." the door opened
behind her, she spun around, Dr. Griffin entered "That's right, Konoko step away from the table, you
are not
to harm him." A confused look passed over her face. "What?! My order was to kill him!" Muro whimpered
on the table behind her. "Keep it down, Konoko! The Chrysalis malfunctioned, instead of making him
stronger, as it grows it saps his strength away." Griffin walked over to the table "And it's very painful" he
added, rolling Muro onto his back. "We may have to remove the Chrysalis" Konoko's eyes grew larger,
she
couldn't imagine the pain that Muro must be going through, and to loose the Chrysalis and become a
regular human! How humiliating! "So what's to say he isn't faking this? We should kill him now while he's
weak." she said, putting her gun away. "You wouldn't kill your own brother would you?" Konoko stared,
her
heart skipped a beat. "He... He's my brother?" she paled. Griffin rolled his eyes "I'm surprised that you
hadn't already figure this out..." "The ninja.... he was also our brother... he became what we are
supposed to." Muro's rasping voice broke the silence, they both turned to stare at him. "Go to your
quarters Konoko..." Bewildered, Konoko obediently left the room, this was too much...
May 16th
I can't believe this, Muro is my brother? I don't know what to believe anymore, what am I to do? Kill him
my own brother? My own family? Or would I let him get better and have to kill him later? I wish I could
talk to some one who would understand me, but since the loss of Shinatama I have no clue what to do...
Could it be, when my Chrysalis starts to grow more, that I will be weakened as well? Oh, why is this
happening? What should I do?
-Konoko
The door opened easily as she crept in, she was supposed to be sleeping, but she had to get answers!
Konoko clicked on her flashlight, 'Good, they haven't moved him yet' she thought, tapping Muro on the
shoulder, he flinched from her touch, his eyes slowly opening. "Muro, we need to talk." Muro put an arm
up to shield his eyes from the light. "Konoko?" he asked, his voice had
returned slightly, but it was stripped
of its usual malice. "Yes, it's me, I need to ask you some questions." He groaned, and tried to sit up.
"Don't sit up if you can't, I just need to know, what have they done to you?" Konoko asked, turning on the
lights, and flipped her flash light off. "You sh..shouldn't be in here Konoko." She sighed. "I know,
I need to
know if we really are related!" she hissed. Muro nodded "Yes..." Konoko swallowed hard.
"Then why did
you try to kill me? Why did you kill Shinatama?!" a since of urgency entered her voice, she shook his
shoulders. He whimpered, "I had to, Griffin told me to, or he wouldnt give me any more Hypo spray."
"He what?! And what about Shinatama?" she slipped to her knees, her hands resting on the edge of the
operating table. "The hypos are a drug, Griffin thought he could...control people... and I didn't kill your
friend, Griffin did..." Konoko
shook her head. "LIAR!" she screamed. Muro rolled up arms wrapped around
his head, whimpering.
"How does it feel?" she asked quietly if not apologetically. Muro sat up. "Like a thousand cuts all over my body, and having
salt and acid pressed into each one... My skin feels like it's on fire, and my throat feels like they poured cement down it, like some one cracked every single bone in my body and ran me
through a meat grinder. That, Konoko
is how it feels..." she gulped. "It feels like they've opened my ears
and stepped up the hearing, a whisper is like a scream... My eyes feel like they are swollen..." Konoko
shivered in sympathy, she was not used to seeing him like this, without his defenses, and the composure
down. His metalic beauty had slipped, the skin looked tight on his sharp cheek bones, his skin was pale
"Is there anything I can do?" she asked slowly, not sure why she was doing this. "Kill me." he said simply.
Konoko
stumbled back. "W...What?". "Kill me," he said "All they will do is keep me alive an experiment on me."
"Is...Is that what they've been doing to you?" Konoko asked, swallowing.
"They want to remove the Chrysalis,
that would kill me and they know it, just as long as they keep it and put it into another body, they don't
care... Please Konoko, kill me now, or give me your gun." Konoko's eyes began to prickle with unshed
tears, she had never cried in
her life, not once... "No" she whispered. "What?" "No." she replied, beginning to stand, and back out
the door. "Please Konoko!" he cried out, reaching a hand out to her. She shook her
head, tears rolling down her cheek, she turned around and fled from the room.
Her shoulders shook with untamed gasps of breath, her cheeks were wet, and her eyes stung. She drew
in another shuddering breath. 'I shouldn't have gone in there... I shouldn't have gone in... I was told not
to for a reason...' thoughts like these ran through her tired, troubled mind. In her dreams, the image of
her brother, with his hand outstretched begging her to kill him "Please Konoko!". Konoko
sat up, clutching the stiff white
sheets to her chest, a cold sweat all over her body... She got out of bed and then threw on her clothes,
she went down the hall to Griffin's office.
"TELL ME RIGHT NOW! WHEN WERE YOU PLANNING ON
TELLING ME HE WAS MY BROTHER?!" She yelled, the barrel of her gun inches away from Griffin's face.
"TELL ME!!!" She screamed, her hand shaking. Griffin looked at her with bored eyes. "Konoko... Konoko
my dear
it doesn't matter, we take his Crysalis, he goes bye bye, your mission is done and the rest of us are safe
and happy..." Konoko
shook her head. "No... No this changes everything!" Griffin rolled his eyes. "No Konoko
it doesn't change a thing, he's good as dead now." Konoko
narrowed her eyes into dangerous green slits.
"I was down there tonight, and you know what? HE BEGGED ME TO KILL HIM! HE ISN'T STUPID! HE
KNEW YOU WERE USING HIM! AND THE HYPO SPRAYS. very clever Griffin..." She glared at him, the
waves of anger washing off of her. Griffin stood up, and leaned forward, his hands resting on the desk.
"Konoko, put your gun away." "NO!" she screamed. Griffin gently pushed the gun down. "Konoko
this isn't your
mission any more... He's here, no thanks to you I might add..." Konoko
shook her head. "This isn't happening!"
Griffin looked amused. "Oh but it is, but now that you" he paused, slipping on some gloves "Know all this,
I can't really have you... Interfering..." Konoko looked confused, suddenly it all made sence, "Oh
I will interfere, you can count on that..." she moved to get her gun back out, but she realized Griffin had
it... He turned the gun around and hit her on the head with it... Her world turned black.
Light and images swam past her. 'Am I dead?' she thought, Konoko felt like she was flying, or sinking, she
couldn't tell. She decided to test out her limbs, when she found she had control, she forced her eyes open
Konoko shut them imediately, it was too bright, groaning, she sat up, rubbing her eyes before she opened
them again. Konoko was in a white room with a tall ceiling, a small window in the middle of the door was dirty
'Oh no...' she thought, she decided to test her legs, she was unsure of how long she had been... Indisposed.
She swung her legs to the side, and stood up, and then toppled over. Now a throbbing pain assualted her
left leg, she cursed and then noticed she wasn't alone. "Muro?" she tested her voice, it seemed barely a
whisper. He leaned over the edge and grinned. She was suprised to see an emotion besides pain on his
deathly pale face. "Hey, you woke up sis..." Konoko nodded. "How long have I been out?" Muro half
shrugged, "I don't know, I feel stronger though." Konoko picked up on a sound of wistfulness in his voice.
"I'm sorry." she said quietly. "For what?" he asked, reaching a hand down to help her up. She gathered all
her strength and pushed up, a pained look crossed her face, then she sat back down. "For, you know...
trying to kill you..." He shrugged again. "You didn't kill me, and besides that may not matter if we don't
get out of here." Konoko bit her lip in thought. "Where are we?" she asked, looking around the plain
white room again. "In an operating room... I was wrong..." Muro let out a long sigh. "Wrong? About
what?" she asked, fearing what he might say next. "We haven't died yet... And they've removed the
chrysalis." Konoko's mouth went dry. "They... They what?" Muro made an apologetic face. "They removed
out chrysalis' if we get out, we'll be lucky." Konoko stared at him, 'is this new strength turning him back
into the old Muro?' she thought, trying to pick up a trace of deceit in his tone. "So... We're normal?" she
asked. "Don't you trust me Konoko?" he returned, laying back down. "Well, yes..." she said slowly. "I
won't hurt you Konoko." he said in a dead serious voice. "I know... Or at least now I do. Muro?" he
raised his eyebrows as response. "I need to know, how fast can you run?" she asked, resting her elbows
on her knees. "I can't run, I've tried a million times, I can only walk." She sighed. "Great, thats gonna
take a while to get you out of here." she shrugged, and made her way to the door, limping slightly.
"Er, you wouldn't have any hypo sprays on you would you?" Muro's voice cut her concentration, she turned
from the window. She looked lost in thought. "No... Why?" He looked crestfallen, then sheepish. "I'm
addicted." she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Great, so you'll be in the state you were in when I
found you in a few more hours." He nodded. "How could you be so stupid?!" she glared at him. "hey, I
wasn't using them like that, only to heal..." Konoko sighed, Muro looked like he was about to say something.
She raised a finger to her lips, and then rose up on her tip toes. "Muro?" she asked, still looking out the
window. "Yes?" he answered. "Are you sure we can't do any of those super human things?" Muro nodded
Konoko cursed. "Because we can get out, the coast is clear!" Muro walked over. "Help!" Konoko said,
rattling the door knob. "Konoko, stop..." She turned to look at him. "What?" a confused look crossed her
face. He pointed at the ventilation grates. Konoko raised an eyebrow. "So?" Muro made an annoyed face.
"Look *closely*" Konoko followed his line of vision, a nearly invisible gas was pouring in through the grates.
"They're trying to kill us!" Konoko hissed. Muro nodded, and slammed himself up against the door. Konoko
raced over to the wall, looking around for something to give her a boost, since now she couldn't jump as
high. She turned around about to ask Muro if he could give her a boost, but he had slumped to the ground
shaking. She spotted the tables, 'They have rollers, that would help.' she thought, pushing it over, she
really couldnt help Muro right now. She pushed the tables over, and got on top, she spotted a razor knife,
which hadn't been cleaned yet, blood was still on the blade, she flipped it open and began to unscrew the
grates. Muro was attempting to push himself up, and managed to crawl his way over. "Can you help me?"
she asked, looking down briefly, the gas was now starting to look blue, this was making Konoko nervous.
He shook his head. She had already known the answer, and now began furiously turning the blade, the
grate fell to the floor. "Listen," she said, sitting down on the edge of the table, pulling him up "We will
have to crawl through the gas, since there isn't any protection, you will have to hold your breath." she
shook him, praying he wouldn't loose consciousness. He nodded weakly. And she pulled herself
into the grate
reaching down, he grabbed her
hands and she pulled him in. 'Here we are, this could be the end, crawling
in a death trap...' Konoko thought, blinking furiously, the gas was making her eyes sting.
It seemed like hours later, although Konoko knew it had only been a few minutes, the gas turned deep blue, but she saw the way out. It would be a slight drop, but they would make it, Muro seemed to be hanging in. 'So.tired' she thought. 'Maybe. I can just lay down. for a little while.' but her instincts wouldn't let her, taking another potentially dangerous breath, and pushed with all her might, the window broke, and she fell through, dragging Muro with her.
"Look at her hair, mommy!" "Honey.. Honey get away from there." "Ma'am, are you sure that they were just laying there." "Yes, officer I called you the second I saw them." "Thank you ma'am. the ambulances will be here soon."
Beep...beep..beep. Konoko opened her eyes, the shut them quickly, memories assaulting her, playing behind her eyelids. Swallowing, she took a deep breath, savoring the cleanliness, sighing, she opened her eyes. "Welcome back dear." a kindly woman's voice greeted her. Konoko looked to her left, a woman in nurses clothing stood there, clip board in hand. "Thanks." she said, her voice sounded hoarse. The woman's smile faded as she took a seat next to the bed. "Now, I have some bad news. We had to sedate you, uh you were quite upset when we took you in here." Konoko blinked, her green eyes weren't working properly, her mind buzzed with questions. Things were blurry, and her legs ached. Something was missing though, she knew it. She looked around the room, dazed look plastered on her pale face. "Miss?" the nurse drew her attention back, and she struggled to focus on her. "The male, I presume was your brother." the nurse took a deep breath. 'That's it.. That's what youre missing.' her mind thought wildly. The nurse continued. "We did everything we could. But he died, you see.. In the ambulance on the way here. We are terribly sorry, but we have taken the liberty to pay for a funeral. As you appear to have no way to pay for it." The nurse stared, Konoko's facial expression hadn't changed at all. "Miss? Do your understand what I am saying?" Konoko nodded. "Miss, you should be ready to leave today. We have your things in this bag." She said, standing up holding a bag up and then put it by her head. "Nurse?" Konoko said quietly, just as she was about to leave. "Yes?" Konoko swallowed hard. "Did. Did he say anything?" The nurse bit her lip. "He. He never gained consciousness." Konoko nodded and closed her eyes. She was alone now. Nobody would understand her.
"Muro was an extraordinary boy, I loved him like a son. It is a pity I was not there to bid him farewell. Muro was smart, and a quick learner. He was very." the speaker paused "different, brilliant, beyond his years. And I am very honored to be here to at least remember him." Konoko glared at him, the speaker. 'Griffin. You'll pay. You wonder where I am. You'll find out.' she thought, watching the nearly concealed fear in his old face. She was sitting in the very back of the church. Her hands in her purse, loading a gun. Griffin said a final few words, then walked off the stage and into the hallway. Konoko got up, discreetly, while anybody who was there got up and looked, the mother and her husband and child were there. Some of the nurses, and some TCTF officers. She exited the sanctuary. Unzipping her skirt revealing black jeans, she ran down the hall, her gun loaded, she slowed down and entered the office. Griffin looked up, shock on his face. "Good bye Griffin." she whispered, her lower lip trembling, she pulled the trigger.
~*~Fin~*~
Konoko ran down the hall, the guards only paces away it seemed, her legs were beginning to ache and the
wound in her arm stung, she went into one of the doors on her left, and pressed her back up against it,
listening to the guards run past. It was dim in this room, it took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust to
the new lighting, she could make out a table and a person hunched over on it, with their knees held to
their chest and their head bent so their chin was touching the top of their knees. Her hand inched
its way down to her gun, and she flipped on the light. She gasped in shock, Muro lay rolled up on the
table, a dead scientist lay on the floor, blood pooled around his head.
This took a bit for her to take in, here it was, the opportunity she needed, she was supposed to kill him,
but it appeared he was sedated, easier then she would have expected, she kept her guard up, who knows
what sort of game he was playing, she crept closer, her gun held out and loaded in case she would need
to use it. Muro trembled as she got closer, he let out a moan. She sucked in her breath, and she prodded
his back with her gun. "P...please don't h..h...hurt me I'm unarmed" his voice barely a whisper. "Alright,
Muro, what's your game this time?" she said, anger began to boil in her veins. "No..no game, please
don't hurt me...". He seemed harmless, but she prodded him again. "Give up the charade, give me one
reason not to shoot you in the back of your head right now!" the air seemed charged with electricity, anger
was rolling off her in waves. Her short purple hair crackled with it.
"Its the chrysalis..." the door opened
behind her, she spun around, Dr. Griffin entered "That's right, Konoko step away from the table, you
are not
to harm him." A confused look passed over her face. "What?! My order was to kill him!" Muro whimpered
on the table behind her. "Keep it down, Konoko! The Chrysalis malfunctioned, instead of making him
stronger, as it grows it saps his strength away." Griffin walked over to the table "And it's very painful" he
added, rolling Muro onto his back. "We may have to remove the Chrysalis" Konoko's eyes grew larger,
she
couldn't imagine the pain that Muro must be going through, and to loose the Chrysalis and become a
regular human! How humiliating! "So what's to say he isn't faking this? We should kill him now while he's
weak." she said, putting her gun away. "You wouldn't kill your own brother would you?" Konoko stared,
her
heart skipped a beat. "He... He's my brother?" she paled. Griffin rolled his eyes "I'm surprised that you
hadn't already figure this out..." "The ninja.... he was also our brother... he became what we are
supposed to." Muro's rasping voice broke the silence, they both turned to stare at him. "Go to your
quarters Konoko..." Bewildered, Konoko obediently left the room, this was too much...
May 16th
I can't believe this, Muro is my brother? I don't know what to believe anymore, what am I to do? Kill him
my own brother? My own family? Or would I let him get better and have to kill him later? I wish I could
talk to some one who would understand me, but since the loss of Shinatama I have no clue what to do...
Could it be, when my Chrysalis starts to grow more, that I will be weakened as well? Oh, why is this
happening? What should I do?
-Konoko
The door opened easily as she crept in, she was supposed to be sleeping, but she had to get answers!
Konoko clicked on her flashlight, 'Good, they haven't moved him yet' she thought, tapping Muro on the
shoulder, he flinched from her touch, his eyes slowly opening. "Muro, we need to talk." Muro put an arm
up to shield his eyes from the light. "Konoko?" he asked, his voice had
returned slightly, but it was stripped
of its usual malice. "Yes, it's me, I need to ask you some questions." He groaned, and tried to sit up.
"Don't sit up if you can't, I just need to know, what have they done to you?" Konoko asked, turning on the
lights, and flipped her flash light off. "You sh..shouldn't be in here Konoko." She sighed. "I know,
I need to
know if we really are related!" she hissed. Muro nodded "Yes..." Konoko swallowed hard.
"Then why did
you try to kill me? Why did you kill Shinatama?!" a since of urgency entered her voice, she shook his
shoulders. He whimpered, "I had to, Griffin told me to, or he wouldnt give me any more Hypo spray."
"He what?! And what about Shinatama?" she slipped to her knees, her hands resting on the edge of the
operating table. "The hypos are a drug, Griffin thought he could...control people... and I didn't kill your
friend, Griffin did..." Konoko
shook her head. "LIAR!" she screamed. Muro rolled up arms wrapped around
his head, whimpering.
"How does it feel?" she asked quietly if not apologetically. Muro sat up. "Like a thousand cuts all over my body, and having
salt and acid pressed into each one... My skin feels like it's on fire, and my throat feels like they poured cement down it, like some one cracked every single bone in my body and ran me
through a meat grinder. That, Konoko
is how it feels..." she gulped. "It feels like they've opened my ears
and stepped up the hearing, a whisper is like a scream... My eyes feel like they are swollen..." Konoko
shivered in sympathy, she was not used to seeing him like this, without his defenses, and the composure
down. His metalic beauty had slipped, the skin looked tight on his sharp cheek bones, his skin was pale
"Is there anything I can do?" she asked slowly, not sure why she was doing this. "Kill me." he said simply.
Konoko
stumbled back. "W...What?". "Kill me," he said "All they will do is keep me alive an experiment on me."
"Is...Is that what they've been doing to you?" Konoko asked, swallowing.
"They want to remove the Chrysalis,
that would kill me and they know it, just as long as they keep it and put it into another body, they don't
care... Please Konoko, kill me now, or give me your gun." Konoko's eyes began to prickle with unshed
tears, she had never cried in
her life, not once... "No" she whispered. "What?" "No." she replied, beginning to stand, and back out
the door. "Please Konoko!" he cried out, reaching a hand out to her. She shook her
head, tears rolling down her cheek, she turned around and fled from the room.
Her shoulders shook with untamed gasps of breath, her cheeks were wet, and her eyes stung. She drew
in another shuddering breath. 'I shouldn't have gone in there... I shouldn't have gone in... I was told not
to for a reason...' thoughts like these ran through her tired, troubled mind. In her dreams, the image of
her brother, with his hand outstretched begging her to kill him "Please Konoko!". Konoko
sat up, clutching the stiff white
sheets to her chest, a cold sweat all over her body... She got out of bed and then threw on her clothes,
she went down the hall to Griffin's office.
"TELL ME RIGHT NOW! WHEN WERE YOU PLANNING ON
TELLING ME HE WAS MY BROTHER?!" She yelled, the barrel of her gun inches away from Griffin's face.
"TELL ME!!!" She screamed, her hand shaking. Griffin looked at her with bored eyes. "Konoko... Konoko
my dear
it doesn't matter, we take his Crysalis, he goes bye bye, your mission is done and the rest of us are safe
and happy..." Konoko
shook her head. "No... No this changes everything!" Griffin rolled his eyes. "No Konoko
it doesn't change a thing, he's good as dead now." Konoko
narrowed her eyes into dangerous green slits.
"I was down there tonight, and you know what? HE BEGGED ME TO KILL HIM! HE ISN'T STUPID! HE
KNEW YOU WERE USING HIM! AND THE HYPO SPRAYS. very clever Griffin..." She glared at him, the
waves of anger washing off of her. Griffin stood up, and leaned forward, his hands resting on the desk.
"Konoko, put your gun away." "NO!" she screamed. Griffin gently pushed the gun down. "Konoko
this isn't your
mission any more... He's here, no thanks to you I might add..." Konoko
shook her head. "This isn't happening!"
Griffin looked amused. "Oh but it is, but now that you" he paused, slipping on some gloves "Know all this,
I can't really have you... Interfering..." Konoko looked confused, suddenly it all made sence, "Oh
I will interfere, you can count on that..." she moved to get her gun back out, but she realized Griffin had
it... He turned the gun around and hit her on the head with it... Her world turned black.
Light and images swam past her. 'Am I dead?' she thought, Konoko felt like she was flying, or sinking, she
couldn't tell. She decided to test out her limbs, when she found she had control, she forced her eyes open
Konoko shut them imediately, it was too bright, groaning, she sat up, rubbing her eyes before she opened
them again. Konoko was in a white room with a tall ceiling, a small window in the middle of the door was dirty
'Oh no...' she thought, she decided to test her legs, she was unsure of how long she had been... Indisposed.
She swung her legs to the side, and stood up, and then toppled over. Now a throbbing pain assualted her
left leg, she cursed and then noticed she wasn't alone. "Muro?" she tested her voice, it seemed barely a
whisper. He leaned over the edge and grinned. She was suprised to see an emotion besides pain on his
deathly pale face. "Hey, you woke up sis..." Konoko nodded. "How long have I been out?" Muro half
shrugged, "I don't know, I feel stronger though." Konoko picked up on a sound of wistfulness in his voice.
"I'm sorry." she said quietly. "For what?" he asked, reaching a hand down to help her up. She gathered all
her strength and pushed up, a pained look crossed her face, then she sat back down. "For, you know...
trying to kill you..." He shrugged again. "You didn't kill me, and besides that may not matter if we don't
get out of here." Konoko bit her lip in thought. "Where are we?" she asked, looking around the plain
white room again. "In an operating room... I was wrong..." Muro let out a long sigh. "Wrong? About
what?" she asked, fearing what he might say next. "We haven't died yet... And they've removed the
chrysalis." Konoko's mouth went dry. "They... They what?" Muro made an apologetic face. "They removed
out chrysalis' if we get out, we'll be lucky." Konoko stared at him, 'is this new strength turning him back
into the old Muro?' she thought, trying to pick up a trace of deceit in his tone. "So... We're normal?" she
asked. "Don't you trust me Konoko?" he returned, laying back down. "Well, yes..." she said slowly. "I
won't hurt you Konoko." he said in a dead serious voice. "I know... Or at least now I do. Muro?" he
raised his eyebrows as response. "I need to know, how fast can you run?" she asked, resting her elbows
on her knees. "I can't run, I've tried a million times, I can only walk." She sighed. "Great, thats gonna
take a while to get you out of here." she shrugged, and made her way to the door, limping slightly.
"Er, you wouldn't have any hypo sprays on you would you?" Muro's voice cut her concentration, she turned
from the window. She looked lost in thought. "No... Why?" He looked crestfallen, then sheepish. "I'm
addicted." she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Great, so you'll be in the state you were in when I
found you in a few more hours." He nodded. "How could you be so stupid?!" she glared at him. "hey, I
wasn't using them like that, only to heal..." Konoko sighed, Muro looked like he was about to say something.
She raised a finger to her lips, and then rose up on her tip toes. "Muro?" she asked, still looking out the
window. "Yes?" he answered. "Are you sure we can't do any of those super human things?" Muro nodded
Konoko cursed. "Because we can get out, the coast is clear!" Muro walked over. "Help!" Konoko said,
rattling the door knob. "Konoko, stop..." She turned to look at him. "What?" a confused look crossed her
face. He pointed at the ventilation grates. Konoko raised an eyebrow. "So?" Muro made an annoyed face.
"Look *closely*" Konoko followed his line of vision, a nearly invisible gas was pouring in through the grates.
"They're trying to kill us!" Konoko hissed. Muro nodded, and slammed himself up against the door. Konoko
raced over to the wall, looking around for something to give her a boost, since now she couldn't jump as
high. She turned around about to ask Muro if he could give her a boost, but he had slumped to the ground
shaking. She spotted the tables, 'They have rollers, that would help.' she thought, pushing it over, she
really couldnt help Muro right now. She pushed the tables over, and got on top, she spotted a razor knife,
which hadn't been cleaned yet, blood was still on the blade, she flipped it open and began to unscrew the
grates. Muro was attempting to push himself up, and managed to crawl his way over. "Can you help me?"
she asked, looking down briefly, the gas was now starting to look blue, this was making Konoko nervous.
He shook his head. She had already known the answer, and now began furiously turning the blade, the
grate fell to the floor. "Listen," she said, sitting down on the edge of the table, pulling him up "We will
have to crawl through the gas, since there isn't any protection, you will have to hold your breath." she
shook him, praying he wouldn't loose consciousness. He nodded weakly. And she pulled herself
into the grate
reaching down, he grabbed her
hands and she pulled him in. 'Here we are, this could be the end, crawling
in a death trap...' Konoko thought, blinking furiously, the gas was making her eyes sting.
It seemed like hours later, although Konoko knew it had only been a few minutes, the gas turned deep blue, but she saw the way out. It would be a slight drop, but they would make it, Muro seemed to be hanging in. 'So.tired' she thought. 'Maybe. I can just lay down. for a little while.' but her instincts wouldn't let her, taking another potentially dangerous breath, and pushed with all her might, the window broke, and she fell through, dragging Muro with her.
"Look at her hair, mommy!" "Honey.. Honey get away from there." "Ma'am, are you sure that they were just laying there." "Yes, officer I called you the second I saw them." "Thank you ma'am. the ambulances will be here soon."
Beep...beep..beep. Konoko opened her eyes, the shut them quickly, memories assaulting her, playing behind her eyelids. Swallowing, she took a deep breath, savoring the cleanliness, sighing, she opened her eyes. "Welcome back dear." a kindly woman's voice greeted her. Konoko looked to her left, a woman in nurses clothing stood there, clip board in hand. "Thanks." she said, her voice sounded hoarse. The woman's smile faded as she took a seat next to the bed. "Now, I have some bad news. We had to sedate you, uh you were quite upset when we took you in here." Konoko blinked, her green eyes weren't working properly, her mind buzzed with questions. Things were blurry, and her legs ached. Something was missing though, she knew it. She looked around the room, dazed look plastered on her pale face. "Miss?" the nurse drew her attention back, and she struggled to focus on her. "The male, I presume was your brother." the nurse took a deep breath. 'That's it.. That's what youre missing.' her mind thought wildly. The nurse continued. "We did everything we could. But he died, you see.. In the ambulance on the way here. We are terribly sorry, but we have taken the liberty to pay for a funeral. As you appear to have no way to pay for it." The nurse stared, Konoko's facial expression hadn't changed at all. "Miss? Do your understand what I am saying?" Konoko nodded. "Miss, you should be ready to leave today. We have your things in this bag." She said, standing up holding a bag up and then put it by her head. "Nurse?" Konoko said quietly, just as she was about to leave. "Yes?" Konoko swallowed hard. "Did. Did he say anything?" The nurse bit her lip. "He. He never gained consciousness." Konoko nodded and closed her eyes. She was alone now. Nobody would understand her.
"Muro was an extraordinary boy, I loved him like a son. It is a pity I was not there to bid him farewell. Muro was smart, and a quick learner. He was very." the speaker paused "different, brilliant, beyond his years. And I am very honored to be here to at least remember him." Konoko glared at him, the speaker. 'Griffin. You'll pay. You wonder where I am. You'll find out.' she thought, watching the nearly concealed fear in his old face. She was sitting in the very back of the church. Her hands in her purse, loading a gun. Griffin said a final few words, then walked off the stage and into the hallway. Konoko got up, discreetly, while anybody who was there got up and looked, the mother and her husband and child were there. Some of the nurses, and some TCTF officers. She exited the sanctuary. Unzipping her skirt revealing black jeans, she ran down the hall, her gun loaded, she slowed down and entered the office. Griffin looked up, shock on his face. "Good bye Griffin." she whispered, her lower lip trembling, she pulled the trigger.
~*~Fin~*~