Disclaimer: Alas, I do not own Ouran.
Haruhi looked around. It was dark so she could barely see anything except outlines. Her hands were tied behind her back and there was a gag in her mouth. She struggled against the bonds on her wrists but they were too well tied. She shook her head and managed to get the gag out from around her mouth. She pushed herself against the wall and managed to stand.
"Sempi?" She whispered into the darkness. There was movement from one corner and she hurried over to it.
"Haruhi?" Tamaki murmured, sitting up. His hands were bound but he had managed to get his gag off too.
"What happened?" She asked.
"We appear to have been kidnapped." Kyoya said sitting up from another corner.
"What do we do?" Haruhi asked.
"Where're the others?" Tamaki asked.
"Here boss. Hikaru and Kaoru." Whispered one of the twins from the other side of one wall.
"Here with Honey." Mori said from the opposite wall.
"Bastards!" Tamaki snapped. There was silence.
"Cowards." Kyoya said at last, breaking the silence. Haruhi was focusing on what they knew. They used knock out gas pumped into the music room so they knew where to look. Their use of gas instead of brute force showing that they favored stealth to altercations. They had hit when no guests were being entertained so they knew their schedules. They had bound and gagged them; the gagging was not done nearly as well as the wrist ties. They were more afraid of escape than noise so, secluded area? No chance of rescue. They had separated them into three groups, fearing being overpowered. Not very many assailants. They must have wanted them alive because it would have been just as easy to kill them with gas. Possibly to use them? But for what purpose?
"If we get back to back we may be able to untie the hand ties." Kyoya said thoughtfully. He made his way over to Tamaki and they managed to free their hands. Tamaki untied Haruhi's hands and she rubbed her wrists. She was sure there would be bruises from her struggling with them.
"Are you scared my little piglet?" Tamaki asked. "You need not fear. Your daddy will take care of you!" He said happily.
"Why are you so happy?" Haruhi snapped at him. There was silence so Haruhi sat down huddled against one of the four walls. She realized she was against the wall next to the twins. She heard them talking quietly, probably not wanting anyone else to hear them.
"Are you okay?" Hikaru asked.
"Yeah. I'm just...nervous. What do you think they want?" Kaoru wondered.
"Well they did take the richest kids in school." Hikaru said.
"And Haruhi." Kaoru added.
"Maybe they needed... leverage? Everyone knows how...overprotective the host club is of her." Hikaru thought aloud.
"If they hurt her..." Kaoru trailed off.
"Yeah." Hikaru agreed. Haruhi shuddered. She never knew how protective they were of her.
"Hikaru?" Tamaki called into the darkness.
"Yeah?" She responded, walking towards the sound of his voice.
"Stay close to me." He ordered.
"Why Sempi?" She questioned.
"Our king just wants to make sure you're safe." Kyoya said.
"Yeah what mommy said." Tamaki said cheerfully. Haruhi cringed. She knew how much Kyoya hated being called mommy.
"I'm fine." She said shortly before returning to the wall. She curled up against its cold hard, unyielding darkness. She leaned against it when she realized it wasn't a wall. It was bars. Like a cell. She pressed herself against it and felt her clothes bunch up, refusing her escape. The layers were not helping. She stripped off her blue blazer and tried again with no more luck than the first time. She got rid of the tie and the white shirt, letting the cold air bight her flesh. She was down to her undershirt, a light blue tank top. She tried again and got her top half through but the bars got caught on her pants. She pushed them off and kicked her shoes off along with them. Suddenly she was in a hall. There was a fire lamps sitting on a wooden table at the end of the hall. She looked down at herself, she was getting really cold. Her light blue tank top and matching boxers. Her bare feet told her the ground was made of cement. "Sempi?" She murmured.
"Haruhi? Where are you?" He mumbled.
"Follow my voice." She snapped back. Suddenly his face was pressed against the bars.
"How did you get out there? What are you wearing?" He asked incredulously.
"I got through the bars." She said rolling her eyes. "I'm going to look around."
"No!" He said urgently.
"Why not?" She asked.
"Don't go alone." He whined.
"I'm the only one who'll fit through the bars. I'll be back soon Sempi." She said before padding off, walking silently with her bare feet.
"Come back." Tamaki hissed urgently. Haruhi got to the end of the hall where the table with the lamp was. She froze, there was a fat man sleeping with his feet propped up on the table. On his belt was a ring of keys. If she could get them, they may open the cells. She snuck over to him and slipped her fingers around the loop. They were fastened onto his belt by a leather cord. She untied it carefully, looking up to make sure he was still sleeping every few seconds. She got them and then backed away slowly, careful not to make any noise. The room was becoming slowly illuminated by the light of the moon shinning through the windows in the cells. Haruhi focused on not making any noise as she got back to the cell she had shared with Kyoya and Tamaki. She held up the keys and smiled. They looked so relieved to see her.
"Who's first?" She whispered. There was a snort from down the hall and suddenly the fat man was on his feet barreling towards her. She threw the keys through the bars to Kyoya, knowing he had a much better catch that Tamaki. "Hurry." She murmured as the man grabbed her around the neck. He flung her against the wall like she weighed nothing. He stalked over to her and put a boot on her chest. She felt like a fish gasping for oxygen. Her vision blurred and then spots began appearing everywhere she looked. Suddenly the boot was gone and she was being helped up. She blinked to clear her vision and gulped air like it was the most delicious thing in the world because it was. As her vision cleared she became aware of Tamaki fending off the fat man as Kyoya unlocked the rest of the cells. She leaned against the wall and watched as Hikaru and Kaoru joined the fight and then Mori and Honey did too but suddenly everything was getting dark again.
"Cover your mouths!" Kyoya ordered. She was going to, she really was, but her arms felt so heavy. She felt herself fall to her knees as the world drifted off to darkness.