Chapter Two: Trouble in the Truck
"Hands in the air!" He barks at me.
I raise my hands slowly in the air. When you're in a life or death situation like this, you should do whatever the big man with a gun tells you to do.
"What should we do with her?" said a man behind me.
"Do what you wish." Said the "Boss", "All I want, is Shane."
Shane. Where have I heard that name before? I think. I don't have much time to ponder because I'm being tied up and blindfolded. I wonder why they haven't taken my book bag which had money and the miso soup in it. Oh well, I hope they don't take it.
I feel myself being thrown into the trunk of some sort of vehicle, a pickup truck? Probably.
I'm getting really scared now. I wonder how Len's doing with that fever of his.
I feel another lump next to me. I'm guessing it's Shane. I lean over (which is really hard to do when you're blindfolded), and tap Shane's shoulder with both hands, since they're tied together. "Hey, are you okay?" I ask him. No response.
"I said, are you okay?" I practically shout into what I think is his ear. Is he stirring? Yes! "Hey! Kid?"
"Ow! Kill me why don't you?" Says Shane. "Ah? Where are we? What's going on, man?"
"I don't know!" I cry. "I'm scared! They said that they want a boy named Shane, which is obviously you, and they took me just 'cuz I was protecting you!" That's when I break down and start bawling.
"Well, then let's escape. Hey, I'm not restrained, guess they expected me to stay unconscious the entire trip. What morons." He leans in and unties my blindfold. I blink several times, trying desperately to get used to the light.
"Damn it!" I hear Shane saying behind me.
"What's up?" I ask.
"I can't get this stupid rope untied!" He sighs, obviously exasperated.
A sinking feeling goes through my stomach. I may never get out of this alive! I think to myself. "Hey, where are we?" I ask him.
"Right in front of a boarding school."
Yes! I think. They took us in the direction I want to go. "Shane," I say. "We need to jump, now."
"But you're still tied up! You'll never make it!" Shane yells.
"I said JUMP!" I scream.
Shane gets up, grabs me, and jumps right out of the pickup truck. Unfortunately, like he said, he couldn't hold on to me, so I do a little flip in the air, land flat on my back, and fall unconscious.
I'm laughing. My life is one big smile. My dad is sitting right next to me, building me a little sandcastle. Len is playing soccer with his friend Miku a few feet away from us. Miku shoots a goal and the ball hits daddy's sandcastle, the silence erupts in laughter. I tackle Len as Miku laughs and tries to save him. We all get covered in the soft white sand. Mom comes back with the picnic food and asks why we suddenly turned into ghosts. The laughter comes again. I want to stay here forever…
"Hey, Kid!"
I start to stir. My eyes finally adjust to the brightness of the principal's office. I'm sitting in a chair, Shane's face is really close to mine and he's screaming, "Hey, Kid!" over and over again.
"Ow! Kill me why don't you?" I retort while smiling. I realize that I'm not tied up anymore, so I reach up to Shane and hug him.
"Ah? What the hell? Kid, I don't know you! Get off!"
The principal walks in. "That was quite a spill you took there." He said. "I saw the whole thing from my office. This nice lad was trying to help you, but he wasn't that strong, so I had people come and help him out." He goes to his desk and types something in his computer, "What's your name, sweetheart?"
"Kagamine." I say.
"Len or Rin?" He asks.
"Rin, sir." I say.
"What about you, young man?" He asks Shane.
"Ryodan."
"Ryodan… Do you go to this school?" Asks the principal.
"No sir. I don't go to any school, now." Says Shane.
"And why not?"
"Because the "Sentō gurūpu" destroyed my school, and everyone inside it."
Chapter End
