Title: Losing Sleep
Pairing: Shinya K. / Akane T.
Thick fingers that wrapped around her thin neck tried to choke the life out of her. She struggled against the man's strength as the snow crackled underneath their weight. He continued to spit in her face as he cursed in Russian. She groaned as her breaths shortened. Her hands strained against his bulky arms. Akane could see Kougami and Ginoza fighting against the grunting perpetrators at the corner of her vision. Stars then slowly entered her vision.
Mustering all of her strength, she kneed her opponent in between the groins, and once the tight grip weakened, she connected her right fist to his masked face. Meeting his cheekbones with her knuckles stung sharply despite wearing gloves. Then she grabbed him by his shoulders and flipped him over with her booted feet.
Panting and licking her cut lips, she stood up as the man continued to grovel in pain. Quickly, she ran few feet across the white blanketed ground and seized her pistol covered in white snowflakes. Another man tried to ambush her, but she swooped away from his flailing arms and pistol-whipped him in the head. Her gaze shifted onto the helicopters hovering far above as she heard their approach, the sun bouncing off their metallic plates. Her chestnut-colored eyes widened. One of the riders leaned out the open door, donned in camouflage as white as the snow on the ground, and upon his shoulder, he held a bazooka. It was aimed for the slopes.
Turning on her heels, Akane was about to shout out her warnings to her fellow comrades, but it was too late. The rocket shot out at a blinding speed and exploded upon the impact. Grey smoke rose into the sapphire skies, as birds flew out of the trees. The grunting men stopped as they looked up. The crackling noise was soft at first, then the sound transformed into a roar that washed out the birds' discordant cries, and an enormous cloud began to roll down towards them.
"Derr'mo," one of the Russians' face paled as he whimpered.
With no time to waste, they started to run. Joining them quickly after, Kougami shouted, "Come on!" He mounted the nearby snowmobile, and Akane jumped on from the behind. The snowmobile rumbled to life, vibrating vigorously. Helmets fell off as they started to move.
Then they sped off downhill following after a large vehicle Ginoza rode in along with Yayoi and Kagari. The female inspector clung onto him, her arms encircled his waist. Trees rushed past by, nearly making her faint, so her eyelids fluttered shut.
The rumbling grew louder and louder, and then the last thing Akane could remember was being flung into the air, a harsh crack as her one of her ribs broke when she hit a tree and rolled at a dizzying speed afterwards. Pained cries escaped from her as she tumbled down, sharp branches scratching her face and blinding her eyes.
This is it. I'm going to die, she thought to herself as she was plunged into the darkness.