Greetings, esteemed reader! Been busy with a Shaman King fic, so I thought I'd do a similar KaRe one. Well, similar in setup. I'm putting Good Old R&R on hold, but I promise I'll finish it! 'Kay, so this song is called Lonely Day, by System of a Down. I wanted to try something not as fluffy, a bit more dramatic perhaps. Anyways, this is dedicated to all my lovely reviewers, and Derek, 'cause I can. /\ /\
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Such a lonely day
And its mine
The most loneliest day of my life
Maybe if he held his breath, the foul smells of the objects around him would cease to be so offensive. Rei tried, but no dice. It was bothersome enough that they had duck-taped his mouth, the chafing was hideous. The car drove on, jostling the poor neko-jin in the trunk terribly. Scowling pensively, he wished Kai was there. With seatbelts. And the police, that'd be nice. That was unlikely, however, because neither Kai nor the neko-jin himself had any clue where he was, other than Australia (hopefully), nor what exactly had happened, though he did remember up to a certain point. But then, he couldn't quite be sure how long it was he was out before he had awoken, confused and disoriented, blindfolded and bound, in what had to be the back of a car, surrounded by the scent of old oil and mildew.
It must have happened on his way back to the hotel room from the store, he decided. Traffic had been hell, so he had decided to walk, as he usually preferred to anyway. In hindsight, probably not the best idea, but then, everything was clearer in hindsight, wasn't it? So clear now, that he should've told Kai he loved him more that morning, should've gotten his cel-phone fixed days ago, should've yielded to his more paranoid side and purchased some mace. (Should've, oh how he should've, but didn't.)
On the way back, however, he must have taken a wrong turn somewhere, because he ended up in an unfamiliar street ending in an alley. When he turned around to leave, he heard something behind him, so he turned his head to look, and then…nothing. Everything went blank. The golden eyed teen sighed shakily as he felt something dig into his side. Who would've guessed this would happen in a run of the mill tourist town in Australia? It wasn't like this was Beijing! More out of stubbornness than the belief it would actually help, Rei pulled at the scratchy nylon rope that clung snugly to his wrists, anger and frustration bubbling over, but doing nothing to quell the fearful panic blooming in his hest and making him nauseas. Was a nice vacation with Kai too much to ask?
Rei was on the verge of screaming, but the shriek of several bullets beat him to it.
The car swerved wildly, rattling the poor boy like a nut in a shell. He heard glass break, and yelling, and squealing rubber sounds of sharp turns and frenzied driving. More shots, and Rei figured it was only a matter of time before he was knocked unconscious or hit. Suddenly, amidst all the metal screeching and gunfire and his own heavy panting, Rei felt what must have been a white hot poker punch through the skin covering one of his left ribs like paper, making his muscles spasm in pain. Losing the ability to breathe for a long set of moments, he held stock still, even as the tumultuous ride became a maelstrom, the vehicle seeming to leave the road. To Rei, it felt like something had taken hold of the entire bloody thing and was thrashing it about like a fish in a crocodile's jaws. At least the blindfold slipped off, though he couldn't see much better. However, every bump caused something to touch (or smash against) his wound, pulling strangled whimpers of pain out of him. Rei felt his face was wet, with either sweat or tears, or maybe even blood. He couldn't tell.
Rei's head made a dull thudding sound as it hit some unknown object in the darkness of the trunk, signaling the back of the car had been rammed by something. The trunk door flew open, and Rei tumbled out of the speeding vehicle just in time to hear the crack of a bullet as it hit what must have been the gas tank, because the car he had previously been borne by was flooded with fire, and Rei could feel the heat surge travel like a wave over his already bruised skin. As he fell, Rei noted hazily that the flaming car was small and green, and that it was a large black truck that had shot at them. Shot him, at least, for sure. But then the sandy ground was flying closer and closer, bringing with it the return to sleepy darkness. Darkness again? But he didn't want to go! It was so lonely there, he couldn't bear it, he just couldn't…
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