I Found You

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Chapter Two

Captured

The man didn't take Tohru home. He took her somewhere she's never been or seen. She got to see out the window as he drove her that it was a building. It wasn't one like her mother worked at, fancy and populated. This one was smaller and pretty empty. It didn't look like there were any lights on. She didn't like this building. She didn't like it at all.

"Mister, where is this? My mommy isn't here."

"I know. You're going to be staying with me till we find her."

"You live here?" the small girl asked.

The man didn't reply. She didn't like this man anymore. He wasn't taking her home like he promised. Why was he taking her to this place? She was pretty sure this wasn't close to her home. Fresh tears pricked at her eyes. She had a feeling something bad was going to happen.

The man got out of the car and carried her inside. She was right about the building being dark. The only light in the place was brought in by the sun. He carried her down some stairs and into a room that only had tiny windows towards the top. She heard some noises and looked on the far side of the room seeing two other girls. One was blond girl with short dirty hair and the other was a dark wavy haired, solemn looking girl. Both were huddled together in the floor.

"Girls, I have a friend for you. I'm sure you'll take good care of her." He led her towards them. When they were close enough, she saw that they had a shackle around one ankle. She gasped. Tohru began pulling away from the man, but being only ten years old, she didn't have the strength he did. He grasped her hand tighter and pushed her down towards the floor. Grabbing the extra shackle from the ground, he locked it around her left ankle.

Tohru looked up at the man with tear streaks on her cheeks. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to and I can," he said then walked out of the room.

The little brown headed girl looked over at the other two girls. They were filthy and skinny. The looked terrified and Tohru really didn't blame them. She pulled her knees up to her chest and laid her head on her arms.

"What's your name?" she heard a tiny voice ask.

Looking back at the girls, she saw that they were both watching her. "Honda Tohru. What about you?"

The blond one spoke up first. "My name is Uotani Arisa."

"Hanajima Saki," the dark hair girl said in soft voice. "You were lost from your mother?"

Tohru's eyes widened. "How do you know?"

"You're waves told me. You're very close to her."

Tohru began crying at being reminded of her mother. Saki stood up and went to hug her. "It's ok, Tohru. You'll get to see her again."

"Than-thank you, Hana," Tohru said shortening Saki's name. It was a favorite pastime of her mother's, giving people nicknames.

Days passed for the girls in the basement. They became very close. They had also come to comfort Tohru when it became obvious that she was the captor's favorite. Every time he would come in to give them their "punishment" he would always go for Tohru first and hurt her the longest. After time passed, the two girls also became protective of the newest girl. They learned that the reason the man was doing this to them was because he had lost his daughter that he loved. The details seemed to be that she had gotten lost one day and was later killed in a car accident as she tried to cross the road. To Tohru, it seemed to have been a strange relationship. Why would a father who loved his daughter enjoy punishment? They also figured out that Tohru was the more sought after one because she looked more similarly to his daughter.

A lot of time passed and the girls grew older. They didn't know how much time or even how old they really were anymore. They could guess but with being trapped in a basement with only two small windows it was hard to judge exact passage of years.

The three girls eventually came up with a plan to escape. One day, Sake had found a sturdy small piece of metal that they could try to pick the locks with. I took them longer than it thought they should to learn but finally Arisa caught the trick. She took the time to teach them each out how to do it. When they that they were fast enough and comfortable enough, they decided what day they were going to escape. Arisa wanted to do it while the man was present. The tough, strong minded girl wanted some revenge against the man. Surprising to Tohru, Saki agreed.

"No please. We can't risk getting recaptured," Tohru begged.

"Do you really think that he could take all three of us?" the blond asked.

"I don't know Uo. That's the reason I don't want to risk it. We're not healthy and we have no experience in fighting or defending."

"Hmm, Tohru brings up a pressing point. I believe that I should change my vote," Saki commented.

"Agh, I just don't think I can run away without something to show for it after all this time," Arisa argued.

"I know," Tohru said softly, "but I can't imagine losing you to him again. We'll be free. We'll be able to send someone after him. We'll get our justice."

Arisa softened at Tohru's statement. She didn't understand how this girl had buried her way so deep in to her heart, but she had. This scrawny, brown hair girl could probably get her to do anything she says. "Ok, we'll just run for it."