As they traveled down the road, Rin noticed that there weren't actually that many people about. Even the random strangers that seemed to live outside were nowhere to be seen.

Normally this wouldn't have bothered her – it didn't really matter what anyone did as long as they didn't annoy her – but going out rolling was no fun if there was no one to chase.

Her brother seemed to have noticed the same thing, "Ugh, where is everyone? I swear the place wasn't this empty when I was out here earlier…"

"Maybe they guessed you'd be out again and hid. Y'know, so they wouldn't have to see your face."

"Ha ha." He frowned lightly, nudging her with his elbow, "If you're gonna insult me, come up with something witty and clever, ok?"

The girl stuck out her tongue at him, leaning back on the seat, "Why don't we go look at the park or something? It's pretty hot today, maybe everyone's there."

From a distance, it looked like she was wrong. The park area looked as empty as everywhere else had, but as they drew closer it became clear that there was someone there. A small group of people huddled together in a circle, heads down.

Finally.

The twins exchanged a quick glance as they carried on. It wouldn't be long before these people noticed a large vehicle was coming towards them, but hopefully by then they'd be close enough to have to run away.

When they were about two meters away, however, Rin realized that the gathering still hadn't acknowledged the Road roller drawing closer to them. Considering how loud the machine was, it'd be near impossible to not notice it unless you were at least partly deaf – and it wasn't as if they hadn't noticed, because she was sure she'd seen several of them turn to look. They just weren't moving.

One of the people in front looked up and caught her eye, and Rin felt a shiver run down her spine. For what reason, she didn't know, but something didn't feel right. As much as she'd hate to admit it, she was beginning to get a little scared.

She reached out cautiously to grab hold of Len's arm, unable to look away from the stranger in front of her. The Road roller slowed to a halt, less than a meter away from the group.

"Rin…?" Len whispered, slipping his hand into hers, "What now…?"

Finally managing to tear her eyes away, the girl looked towards her brother. He looked about as scared as she felt.

"Don't ask me…" she tried to keep her voice as low as possible whilst still audible over the engine. "I thought you were supposed to be the smart one…"

"We should go home befo-" he froze, looking directly ahead. "Um…"

"What?" Rin turned her head to look and immediately wished she hadn't. The strangers had begun to move closer, identical smirks fixed on their faces. One of them laid a hand on the front of the Road roller and the engine died, spluttering for a second before giving up.

Now, Rin was terrified. Apart from the creepy smiles and engine-stopping tendencies of these people, there was something else that chilled her to the bone, but she couldn't quite work out what it was.

"Keep still…" Len muttered. In the female twin's mind, that wasn't a great idea. The last thing she wanted to do was keep still and let these freaks get her. One of them reached a hand dangerously close to her and she kicked out, successfully knocking it away.

She regretted not listening to her brother when another hand grabbed her ankle, tugging hard. Letting a scream escape from her lips, Rin fell from the seat. The only thing keeping her from being pulled away was Len's hand that was now gripping her wrist so tight if felt as if she'd lose circulation in her hand soon.

"Rin, you idiot, I told you not to mo- ARGH!"

Another hand grabbed on to Len's leg as he stood up. He too was pulled hard and fell, letting go of Rin's wrist. She tried to reach and grab him again but they were being pulled away from each other too fast…

Now she was surrounded by bodies that were way too close, and too tall as they towered over her. As much as she wanted to fight them off, she didn't have the energy. It felt as if she was being drained, becoming too tired to resist, and aching all over. Maybe if she just closed her eyes for a few seconds…

[[ A/N: Well, that was fun. R&R or whatever. 3 ]]