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Chapter 3: A Visit
"What the fuck is this?" an outraged voice rang through the base early the next morning. Naru and Mai jerked into a sitting position still holding each other. An angry man or boy, whatever you prefer, stood in the doorway glaring daggers at the two. "You little slut. The moment you go off to work you go and sleep with another guy. Get up, we're leaving," he ordered, grabbing her arm in a painful grip.
"I'm working! I can't leave!" Mai shouted, pulling against the teen's hand, her eyes growing wide with fear, "How did you know I was here? How did get in here?"
He ignored her questions. "You dare disobey me?" he growled, raising his hand.
It was on the down swing when Naru wrapped talon-like fingers around his wrist. "Keep your hands off my assistant," he snarled at the man.
"Oh, is this your new little fuck buddy? Huh, you whore? Can't believe he's protecting you. He must be pretty desperate," the teen spat at a trembling Mai.
"Looks like you're the desperate one here," said two calm, but annoyed voices from behind the teen. He swiveled around to find Monk and Lin their arms crossed standing side by side.
The teen's face hardened in anger. "Have you screwed them too? You're such a fucking slut. Get over here now," he yelled at Mai who cringed behind Naru.
"That's not the proper way to speak to a young lady," John said, stepping around Lin and Monk.
"You little asshole, how dare you talk to Mai like that!" Ayako screamed from the hallway adding to the cacophony and the cursing. Needless to say, she was helping in no way whatsoever.
"Do you think I give a damn? Slut, get over here now! We're going to the hospital and getting rid of that thing!" the man shouted.
Mai's face went deathly pale. "No. No, you can't make me!" she shrieked, clutching painfully onto Naru's arm.
"Yes I can! You don't want a repeat of yesterday now do you?" he asked in a deadly quiet voice.
Mai's eyes grew wide with fear. The trembling started to rack her body as she whispered, "No, no you can't make me..."
Naru's temper flared as he started to put the pieces together. "You did this to her?" he growled, a gentle hand indicating the bruise on her cheek. The swelling from yesterday had gone down, but it would be an ugly purple for weeks now.
The teen's face turned smug. "Of course I did and much, much more. Who else is going to keep a disobedient woman in line?"
Naru turned his glare on Lin and Monk. "Get him out of here right now," Naru snarled. Monk and Lin didn't need to be told twice. They came in each took one of his arms and dragged him out kicking and screaming.
Mai hiccupped as the door slammed behind the three men. Naru turned to her, wrapping warm comforting arms around her. Ayako stood screaming at the boy even though he was no longer in the room. If John and Yasu hadn't been there to hold her back she'd surely have run off to murder the teen by now. "I swear, if the next guy you date is a dick then I'm going to lock you in a closet and throw away the key," Ayako snarled before storming out of the room.
The room was silent except for Mai's muffled sobs and hiccups into Naru's shirt. Yasu stood in front of the door with his hands on his hips staring out. "Wow, seems like a lot of people are PMS-ing today," he said loud enough that even Mai heard.
The comment incited a giggled, albeit a bit hysterical, out of her. Yasu grinned triumphantly and went about his usual antics for making Mai feel better. This of which included: impersonating every SPR member, serenading Masako, singing horribly, falling over, walking into the window, and reenacting events from previous cases.
All the while Naru held her and thanked his judgment for investing in Yasu and made a mental note to thank him in some way, shape, or form. Preferably non-verbal.
It was only after Monk and Lin had returned that their client came to investigate the commotion. The woman stood in the doorway timidly with her forceful niece behind her staring daggers at Mai who promptly disappeared into the bathroom.
"I'm sorry for my nephew's attitude. I just told him that you were coming this morning. I don't know why he was so angry about you being here," the mousy woman apologized, bowing deeply.
From the depths of the bathroom they heard Mai give a terrified squeak.
"Just make sure he does not disturb us again. If it is possible send him away and if not then keep him far away from this wing," Naru told her coldly, ignoring the niece who was unashamedly checking him out and trying to catch his attention by throwing out her chest and flaunting her curves.
Her reasoning: if he notices my chest he'll leave that flat chested nobody for me.
In reality, she wasn't catching the attention of any male in the room. To them she just looked like she had to pee terribly.
"Yes, of course. I cannot send him away, but I will do my best to keep him out of your way. Thank you for your understanding," she said. Without a second glance she bustled off down the hallway. Her niece on the other hand lingered in the doorway waiting for Naru to acknowledge her presence.
When he gave no indication of noticing her at all and just stared at the monitors she scowled and left.
"Did anyone else think that she should probably go pee soon 'cause she seemed like she really had to go?" Yasu asked the room at large earning nods from all the males around the room.
Masako just sighed. Boys could be so dense, but it was good that they thought she had to pee instead of looking sexy. If they had thought she was sexy Masako didn't know what herself, Mai, Ayako or Madoka would do. The only one with any real chance of competing against a girl like that would probably be Ayako. Now that was just depressing.
"Hey Mai, you can come out now, they're gone," Monk called through the bathroom door. He knocked once to make sure she was still conscious.
"I-I'll be out there in a moment," she called weakly. How Monk didn't notice something was wrong with her, he didn't know. Monk, no scratch that, all the guys could be really dense sometimes.
Naru's eyebrows scrunched together in concern. They smoothed out before anyone could notice, but still got up. He knocked on the bathroom door lightly. "Mai let me in," he told her quietly.
"It's unlocked," she mumbled into the toilet. She wanted to die. She was achy and feeling gross and felt even worse from dry heaving. In her opinion, that was worse than regular puking.
He opened the door just enough to slip in before closing the door behind him. He knew that the others would most likely have their ears pressed up against the door, but he honestly couldn't care less. "Mai, are you alright?" he asked, walking over to her.
"Noooooo," she whined, pressing her head to the edge of the tub, "I feel horrible, and it hurts really bad, and this is only the beginning. Please don't let him near me again." Her voice dropped to a whisper and tears started to pool on the floor where they dropped.
"Of course I won't. He'll have to go through me before he can get anywhere near you," he told her confidently.
She smiled weakly. "And we all know how effective that would be," she said with a smile.
"Exactly," he said.
Her smile widened as that warm, fuzzy feeling started to flood her again. "You're like my knight in shining armor," she said with a half-hearted laugh.
"Like?" he asked with eyebrow.
Before Mai could reply with anything a shrill shriek echoed from downstairs. Everyone was on their feet, even Mai, and was running towards the shriek. What they found was definitely something they were not expecting.
A young girl, around Mai's age, with wavy light brown hair sat cowering on the floor. Slashes and blood decorated her porcelain skin. She held her head with both hands, her knees pulled up to her chest.
Ayako was the first to move. She quickly found a first-aid kit and began patching the girl up. The girl flinched at every touch, even of the soft cotton balls Ayako was using the clean the deep wounds.
Mai was next. After catching her breath she tumbled over to the girl. She crouched beside her, stroking her light brown hair softly. "Do you know what happened? Are you hurt anywhere else?" Mai asked sweetly in a soothing tone.
The girl's wide eyes travelled up to Mai's face and as they reached them tears started to leak from her true blue eyes. "I w-was c-coming in here to get a d-drink. I was g-getting ready t-to leave w-when the door slammed shut in my face," she hiccupped, searching Mai's eyes almost desperately for any indication that Mai believed her, "I was y-yanked b-back by my h-hair and s-slammed to the floor. Then knives started attacking me. They only s-stopped when y-you guys came in."
"Thank you. It's okay now. You'll be taken care of," Mai said, brushing the girl's hair behind her ear. The girl finally left her sobs out, collapsing onto Mai.
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