Shiki was looking out of a window, this time a police car's, and hoping that Rima was unharmed. The police had tracked the call, and located the mobile to be on the outskirts of Lion. Shiki did not know the man's intentions, but he knew he did not like the sound of what was going on, and for the first time years, he felt truly angry.

Rima struggled to break free, as her taxi driver stroked her cheek. She tried to shoot out lightning from her fingertips, but her hands were tied so tightly together that she could not charge them with electricity,

"Mademoiselle, there is no need to fight, I merely want to use you as bait. You are but an 'ostage in my plan." Rima heard him say. She stopped struggling for a moment,

"A hostage? You mean your real target is-"

"Your friend." He finished her sentence for her,

"If its ransom money you want, you won't get it, Shiki will defeat you easily."

"I think he can be persuaded, if I put a knife to your pretty little throat. But it is not money that I am after."

"What is it then?" asked Rima,

"You shall see mon petit." The man laughed, then walked away again, and before closing the door he said, "And you shall see soon. He should be on his way by now."

If Rima was a wolf, she would be growling at him fiercely by now, but she was not, so she glared at him instead. It was a shame she was blindfolded, or the glare would have knocked him out.

The police car pulled up outside an old abandoned health care center. Shiki did not wait till the car engine was turned off; he opened the door, and dashed inside the building, knocking the front doors down with his whip of blood as he went. He ran past the old welcome desk, past all the lockers and changing rooms, and found himself in a gym,

"Rima?" He called, "Where are you?" he continued running, and found a locked storage room. He knocked the door down. The room was pitch black, "Rima are you there?" He asked, peering into the darkness.

Rima suddenly heard a loud crashing sound as the door knocked down, shortly followed by Shiki's voice. She felt herself fill with relief,

"Shiki? I'm here." She said,

"Rima? Thank goodness." Shiki said, and walked into the room, and found the light switch. As he turned it on, the door shut behind him,

"Ah Senri, I got you." Said the taxi driver from the other side of the door, "That room's walls are made of anti-vampire technology. I hate to do this, but really I must. You pose such a threat, that it was necessary to spend years planning your demise, to make sure your return was impossible. I now have you trapped, and there is no way out. You shall slowly rot away in there." He finished speaking, and then began to laugh. As he walked away, they heard his voice slowly turn to that of a woman; but by the time they realized, she was too far away for them to figure out who's voice it was.

Shiki turned to Rima; she was strapped to a long metal board. He walked over to her and eventually managed to untie her. He lifted her off of the board, and held her in his arms tightly. He stroked her hair and lightly kissed her forehead,

"I'll get you out of here." He said determined. Rima blushed slightly. Shiki carefully put Rima down, and then walked over to the door. It was firmly shut, and clearly locked. He tried to knock the door down, but it quickly proved impossible. This made no sense to Shiki, as he had knocked it down in order to get in… why was it so difficult now? There was no keyhole for him to tamper with, and there were no windows or air vents in the storeroom. Shiki wondered what was taking the police so long.

Rima watched as Shiki paced around the storeroom, trying to think of a way out. Her hands were now untied, but if what her kidnapper had said about the room's walls being made out of anti vampire technology was true, lightning would be useless. They both thought about it for a long time,

"Ah." Shiki said eventually, he looked up, "He didn't say anything about the floor or ceiling… but we can't dig our way out, so we'll destroy the ceiling. They both stood in the middle of the room, then Shiki aimed his whip at the ceiling directly above their heads. He jumped up using his almost supernatural strength, and punched through the rubble as it fell. He then jumped up, and over the walls, and landed with poise on the other side of the door,

"Are you alright?" He asked Rima,

"Un, he didn't hurt me." She looked at the floor,

"That's a relief." Shiki looked at her, and smiled slightly,

"But I am concerned with his intentions…" Rima continued, "He said his real target was you. And he seemed to want you dead."

"Hmn, and he would seem to be a she." Shiki thought about how the man's voice had changed as he or rather she left. The two looked at each other, then around the room,

"It's pitch black…" Rima pointed out,

"Yes… I'll try and find the light switch." Shiki felt his way to the walls, and flicked the light switch. Nothing happened, "Ah, they turned of the main power."