Chapter 2, yay! :)
Chapter 2
It was evening, right before finishing time, when Kai and Hal took the opportunity to have a closer look at the storeroom. Kai lingered with an experiment, which wasn't that hard, because he had his problems dealing with it anyway. When Murokami offered his help, he refused.
"Thanks, but Makoto-kun can help me. Call it a day", Kai said looking at Hal, who made an accordingly moody face.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then", Murokami dissmissed, surpressing an diabolic grin. The experiment would start soon and he was anxious, to see it's outcome.
Kai and Hal waited an hour after Murokami left, before they set out for the storeroom. Luckily nobody came across, everyone has left and so they reached the main floor unseen. They halted and faced an inconspicuous door and after an inviting look, Hal pushed the handle down. To his surprise, the door opened easily, without any security or alarm system. Strange.
"Somethings off. We schould be careful" Hal went ahead, Kai followed him with an anxious face into the dark room.
Hal switched the brought flash lamp on. The light beam illuminated the large cellar room, whose left side was used as a stock, long tables stood on the other side and on one of them was a shut off computer. Next to it a cage with labor rats, which cheeped, as they entered the room.
"You check the computer, while I take a look around and take some samples", Hal whispered.
Kai sat at the table and switched the computer on, while Hal tried to took some samples of suspicious substances as unobtrusive as possible; he found nothing but ordinary chemicals. Damn, there must be something!
The informant spoke about strange red pills, that contained strictly secret ingredients, but the pills were nowhere to see. Had the colleague made a mistake?
Hal sighed frustrated. "Have you found something?" Frowning he turned to the brunette, who typed at the keyboard., highly concentrated
"I'm trying to crack the password", Kai explained quietly and sighed, when once again the message, to enter the right password, occured.
"Damn!", Hal cursed angrily and started to pace up and down in worry.
Why'd it seem just like they had suspected Kai's and Hal's investigation and eliminated all suspicious evidences? This meant, they'd been found out.
"Shit! Kai, they fooled us! They know anything!", Hal shouted furiously, when at this very moment a door opened and several figures appeared. Murokami, three musclemen and Prof. Masanobu encircled the two young men.
"Oh my, it took you a while to realize, that we already found you out. What a shame, right Mr. Matori?", the Professor mocked in Hal's direction, who clenched his fists angrily, cursing his stupidity.
Kai's sudden scream caused Hal to spin around, seeing the furiosly struggling Kai got tied by one of the musclemen. This moment of distraction was fatal; right at this moment he felt a brutal hit at his head, making his vision blur. He heard Kai's horrified scream, before he blacked out.
Terrified Kai watched Hal collapsing, blood drpping on the ground.
"What will you do with us?", he asked, gritting his teeth, still struggling against the strict grip of the men behind him.
Professor Masanobu looked at him with a ill glint in his eyes, giving Kai the creep.
"You'll see soon enough"
Kai puzzled over the meaning of these words, as a sharp smelling cloth was pressed against his mouth and nose.
He gasped for air, only inhaling the stinging smell. His sight blurred and the last thing he saw, was the other musclemen shouldering the blond. Then he passed out.
When Kai came to his senses, he laid on the floor, hands unbraced. He felt dizzy with an odd taste in his mouth. He got up and freezed, at the sight right before him. The labor was empty, up to the boards and tables and the Professor and his men were gone. Damn, they'd escaped with all evidences!
Hal! Abruptly the events came into his mind and he began to search the room panicked. Suddenly steps appeared behind him.
Frightened he spun around and moaned in relief, as he recognized Hal entering the room. Swaying he made his way to Kai, his face a grimace of pain. The brunette catched him, as his knees gave in and helped him lay down.
"Hal are you okay? Of cause not, you need an ambulence..." Kai sobbed, pulled off his Undershirt ripped it into stripes and bandged Hal's head. The fabric got instantly red. Kai put his sweater back on pressing one hand against the wound, murmuring concerned. With the other hand, he gave Hal's cheek soft slaps, to keep the blond awake.
"Kai... are you okay?", Hal asked, his face pain-twisted. He began to slide his hands over Kai's body, in search for wounds.
"I'm okay, they didn't harm me. Now let me call the ambulance!"
Kai's voice was full of determination and hastily he dialed the number of the hospital.
"Why did they spare you and left us here? That makes no sense!"
The blond turned his head and hissed , as a sharp pain ran through his head.
"Shit! They've taken everything and escaped!"
Kai had ended his call and looked around too, when he suddenly noticed a white piece of paper on one of the tables. He helped Hal to sit and leant him against a cupboard, before he went over and took the paper.
"What's written on it?", Hal asked, while he fingered the bandage over the wound; the spot was wet of blood.
Kai stood there motionless, staring at the words, that seem to dance scornfully before his eyes.
Take good care of the gift that I gave you. We'll see each other again, when the experiment succeeds.
Kai's hands began to shake and with wobbling knees he went over to Hal, who looked at him alarmed. Without a word the brunette gave him the note and the blond read it, frowning. His eyes widened and he looked up to Kai, clueless and with a scared expression.
"What does this mean?", he asked toneless; he heard the hoot of the siren as if through thick mist.
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling about it" Hal embraced the brunette until the arrival of the ambulence and police.
"Shit! Shit! They took us for idiots!" Kajiyama cursed indignantly, banging his fist on Masatakas desk. Kai winced startled, hiding behind a grimly looking Hal. "They saw through us easily and cosed us along until we walked into their trap" Masataka drumed his fingers angrily on the desk.
"I just wonder that they spared you two. Especially that note bothers me. It looks they're misused for an experiment, whatever this means" The Director looked at the note darkly.
"The police is searching for Prof. Masanobu and his men, but they're smarter, than we thought"
"Hal, you stay at home and rest", Masataka ordered strictly. The blond was about to protest, but Kai's hand on his shoulder stopped him from doing so. They dismissed politely, Masataka wished Hal a quick recovery and they left the office.
"Let's go home" Hal ran a hand over his face tiredly, still trying to catch up with the events of today."But I'll drive!", Kai insisted and Hal didn't argue. They drove to Hal's house, where they both went to sleep immediatly, exhausted from that totally gone wrong day.
I hope that you liked this chapter. Let me know what you think! Constructive critisism would be very helpful and welcome! See you next chapter!