Chapter 3 captured
The fist collided with the wall and tripped unwittingly a switch under the wallpaper. Before Cold Heart could even think about what she had triggered…
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The door handle went down and a sleepy looking Aoi followed by an older man in blue officer clothes entered the room. While the officer inspected the room Aoi yawned, a yawn which she couldn't hold back anymore, covering her mouth with her hand.
"May I ask a question Miss?" the officer asked while he looked out of the window, down to the gate.
Aoi put her hand down. "Of course officer… uhm…"
"Glaser... Officer Glaser." The officer helped Aoi remembering.
"Ah yes Officer Glaser it's just so late and I had already slept before you ringed the door bell." Aoi bowed lightly in apology.
Officer Glaser studied the young woman before drawing his attention back in the examination of the room. "I'm sorry about it Miss… but did you noticed anything strange before you opened the front door?"
Titling her head a moment up Aoi thought, but couldn't remember anything. "Actually no but then again I really hadn't in mind to look around for anything before I opened the door."
"I see…" he answered, his eyes studying the wall next to the compartment. "…hm… the room is really clean… I don't see anything wrong here."
Aoi looked even more confused at him but thanked him nonetheless for his, like it seemed compliment.
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…the wall revolved around 180 degree and in the next moment she landed face forward on the carpeted ground.
"Argh…"
There she was now, lying on her stomach and propping herself with her arms from the carpet ground a bit up, her eyes wide open starring in utter disbelieve in front of her. Her body was frozen in every motion, her breath caught in her throat.
A light scent of exotic and sweetness lay in the air. Cold Heart recognizes it as the same scent she had smelled the day before. Finally she faced the owner of it, a girl with long chestnut hair which was surrounded by a strange aura.
The room was silent, both girls not making the slightest motion to change it. They gaze looked on each other…
…voices from the other room rang, causing Cold Heart to dare to turn her head for second around hoping that the wall had be turned back in place and that she hadn't leaved any traces. The voices drew louder as if the people from the other room were near the wall.
Cold Hearts gaze turned back up, seeing how the other girl opened slightly her mouth to say something. She couldn't let this happen, no matter what kind of word or sounds the other one wanted to make, she had to avert at all cost. In a second motion the young girl got up and tackled the chestnut haired girl so that both of them landed with a thump down on the bed.
It was quite a surprise for her as the young and rebellious looking girl from yesterday laid in front of her eyes out of the blue. For the first time they looked directly at each other, cold and with a hint of surprise green eyes starring up into red which in return showed an utterly calmness inside them hiding the fact that she was just as surprised for the moment as the girl on the ground.
Something in the disbelieved expression of the younger girl she found somehow funny and even in a way… cute´, even as the girl tackle her and they landed together on the bed.
Lying together with the other girl on the bed was once again one of the few things Cold Heart had not included in her robbery plan. Her left hand was placed on the mouth while her right hand held the dagger which she had taken from her belt, firmly on the throat of the girl under her.
"Don't make a single noise." Cold Heart whispered in a low and dangerous voice.
Cold Heart was a little bit astonished by the calmness the girl showed even under such a treatment, at least the young girl expected to see some kind of fear but nothing like this was there. The chestnut haired girl just nodded, not breaking the eye contact.
On the door tapped someone from outside. "Viola-san are you awake?"
Cold Heart felt her heart skip a beat; she was in pinch. It gave no time to think about a plan, not an escape out of the room. She did the only thing that came in her mind at that moment.
With a frustrated low growl she slowly took her hand away from the mouth of the called Viola-san and gestured to the door. Together they stood up, Cold Heart holding the dagger in her hand, watching the girl in front of her. She was surprised as Viola went to the right side to the closet next to the door.
Before the chestnut haired girl was able to open the closet she felt the dagger for the second time on her, but thankful it weren't on her throat this time.
Cold Heart wanted to raise her fist to just knock that girl in front of her k.o., but then again she would have a real problem despise the fact that like it seemed other people waited right now outside and they wouldn't let her just walk out.
"Viola-san?"
Again knock sounds came and Cold Heart could saw out of the corner of her eye how the doorknob pulled slowly down. Viola turned with lifted hands around, causing Cold Heart to eyeing her suspicious.
"One minute please, just let me change into something comfortable." She said, not turning her eyes away from Cold Heart who wondered if she was weary of life or just didn't release in what kind of situation she was. It didn't matter at least not for Cold Heart as she followed the eyes of Viola who looked down on herself.
A faint blush covered the young girls face by the relation of what she hadn't noticed in this entire bustle before. Her coolness came as fast back as she had loosened, letting out a frustrated low growl at the girl who only´ wore at the moment a silk black-red bra with a matching slip.
The two doors of the cabinet opened and gave Cold Heart a good view of the clothes from the girl. But she had no time to marvel at some stupid clothes, she needed to think how to get out of the pinch she was right now.
Cold Heart was deep in thoughts, to deep in them that she didn't really noticed that the older girl had already taken a coat hangar with a crimson dressing gown out and had put it on.
Violas smile widened for a moment as she noticed the unfocused eyes of the young girl next to her who looked inside the drawer at nothing ordained. With an amused glimmer in her eyes she took this chance of inattention and positioned herself silently behind the blue haired girl, pushing her completely off guarded with a little force inside the closet.
Cold Heart was everything else as prepared as she stumbled forward. Immediately she turned around ready to let the girl pay for daring to push…touch …her. Her mouth was half opened and her eyes glared dangerously but she didn't made a sound… she couldn't. A slender finger on her soft lips stopped her, to say anything. Not even that this unknown girl dared to push her from behind, she also dared to touch her in such a way that she just kept quiet. In a single motion she saw the girl stepping to her, felling the warm breath from her tickling her ear, words reaching it, words which were whispered, softly and gently.
With a smile the chestnut haired girl withdrew, closing the doors of the carpet while watching the young girl. Her smile grew just by seeing the dangerous glare. Something in this glare was cold and a little accounting. Like ice… an ice however she found burning, a cold burning ice.
Opening the door Miss Viola saw two people standing outside. "What is it Aoi-san, isn't it a bit late for visitors."
"I'm really sorry Viola-san but this Officer here…" Aoi made a light hand gesture towards the Officer before she turned back to Miss Viola.
The officer took the slight gesture from Aoi to take the speech over, he bowed. "Good evening Miss Viola. I am Officer Carlo Glaser… I am really sorry to bother at such an hour but we got information from someone that an unknown person had sneaked inside this mansion and we think that this person may still be here."
Miss Viola's brows were slightly raised. "And now you want to search for that person?"
The officer nodded while peeking inside the room. "Only if you don't mind of course …could I maybe take a look around?" He asked carefully, watching how Miss Viola stepped aside.
She smiled a smile which Officer Glaser took as courtly gesture. "Of course not…"
Officer Glaser stepped inside, turning the switch from the light on but nothing happened. "The light doesn't seem to work..."
"That's strange, an hour ago the light still had worked… " Miss Viola answered. "…maybe the fuse had been bind out."
"You seem really calm about this Miss." Officer Glaser reasoned out of her answer. He looked at her; his eyes lingered for a moment at her eyes, eyes which held a deep mystery.
Officer Glaser gulped at this sight, for him it were the first time to see such eyes.
"Do I?" Miss Viola asked kindly, bringing him out of his starring. He coughed in his balled hand and he turned away.
"I hadn't meant to sound rude Miss… but shouldn't you at least a bit worry that something may get stolen." He walked around, studying the surroundings.
"There is nothing worth taking…" He heard her say, glancing dumfounded over his shoulder. How could someone who resided in the area of the rich say that they had nothing worth taking? The officer leaved his sarcastic command for himself. The look of the girl was to calm and serious as that he could disagree with her.
"If you say so." He finished his looking around just to come to the conclusion that there weren't any sign for a second person in this room. It gave only one thing he hadn't checked yet… "What is in the closet there?" he asked, pointing at the closet on the right side next to the door.
"My clothes and Nightgowns." Miss Viola answered.
The straight answer from her caused Officer Glaser to blush, he weren't prepared for such an answer. "I…I see."
"You want to take a look?" She said with an innocently tone, watching how Officer Glaser finally stopped studying the closet.
"No… I don't think that the person would hide inside…" making a slight bow he looked at her. "…I am really sorry about this ruckus Miss."
"You don't need to be after all you just did your job Officer Glaser"
He bowed again to her. "I thank you for your kindness and understanding Miss Viola."
A second Officer appeared on the door. "Mr. Glaser, we have finished preliminary searching but couldn't find anyone." The officer said waiting for his superior to give new directive.
"I see, wait at the cars I will be there in a few minutes." Officer Glaser replied and the other officer went away. He was disappointed by the outcome of the investigation, hadn't he been hoped for a better one.
"Well then, Miss Senho, Miss Viola, our work would be done. I wish you a good night."
"For you too, Officer Glaser and I hope you will find that person you're searching for." Miss Viola said and Officer Glaser stopped in his tracks.
"Why do you think I'm searching for a specific person?" he asked carefully studying the smiling chestnut haired girl in front of him.
"I guessed it out of the answers you gave Officer Glaser."
He was confused; did he really have slipped this? It didn't matter because the girl was right in her guessing, sighing he nodded. "Your right Miss... It was just my intuition that this could be the work of someone I know. You really don't need to worry about it."
Miss Viola tilted her head slightly to the side, one hand on her cheek. "You don't seem to like this person…" she said, seeing how his features had hardened by this topic. "…It may none of my business but why don't you tell me how the person looks like so I could inform you if I ever see that person sneak around the mansion."
Her offer seemed to bliss the Officer more than ever as his eyes sparkled for joy. "I'm happy for any help Miss…the person we searching for is actually a girl. She is around 15 years old, long dark blue hair, with green eyes and a half head smaller than you…"
Miss Viola nodded and took a peek at Aoi who had listened too. "I understand." She said.
"Well then Miss Viola I will take my leave and wish you a good night…"
"I wish you a good night too Officer Glaser… Aoi-san, could you please show him the way."
With a short nod Aoi accompany the Officer down to the entrance, leaving Miss Viola alone who closed her door as soon as the two went the stairs down.
She opened the door of the closet and saw two angry looking orbs starring at her. Her eyes went from the eyes and lingered some moments at the shaking fists. Ara don't seem like she likes to be caged´. Turning around she walked to her bed. "You can come out, they left." With a low thump she sat down on her bed.
Cold Heart had of course followed with cocked ears the talk outside the closet the whole time and knew herself that they had left. In her mind she wondered why the other girl had done that she had done. With a step she was out of the closet and with another nearer the girl giving her, a death glare. "Don't think I will thank you." Scoffed Cold Heart.
Miss Viola shook her head and smiled sadly. "I hadn't expected that… but I may and must advise you to leave it here that you are trying to steal."
She had listened to each word of the girl. Of course she had paid caution to her speak, even if she was not interested in it. She could no longer hold the sneer back. Cold Hearts arms were crossed over her chest and her eyes closed for a moment. An evil smirk covering her face, she felt just like laughing about the stupid advise´ she had just received.
"Trying to steal!" her eyes opened and she looked with a challenging sparkle at the girl, a snort escaped her and her arms enfolded as she slowly took another step towards her. "You really have no clue whom you are facing bitch… but let me give you a advice from my side… no one…" just a step that separated the two, just a single step. "…comments me around without fearing the consequences."
The chestnut haired girl sighed once again. It didn't seem like the little thief in front of her would take her advice. "I don't comment you my dear. I just…"
The edge of the dagger sliced the air lightly graced her cheek and cut her so off. Because it was enough; Cold Heart simply couldn't stand this shit-chat anymore and ended it as she put slowly her dagger back at her belt. She was angry and calm at the same time but mostly angry. "Tell me how I can get out of here or I will really hurt you, understood!"
It was no request, it were a comment Cold Heart rarely requested something. Because it were easier to just take as to ask and wait.
Miss Viola waited a moment patiently for a moment before she stood up and headed for the door on which she stopped as she felt the tip of the dagger on her back.
"No tricks." Cold Heat hissed and pressed the tip a bit more in Miss Violas back to make her situation more understandable.
"I understand…" she peeked over her shoulder at the girl before turning her gaze back to the door. "…Could you maybe at least stop poking me with the dagger?"
"No…" Cold Heart smirked again; this girl seemed to try to play with her. If the situation weren't so serious she would even laugh about it before kicking the girls' ass.
Miss Viola and Cold Heart went together out of the room and to another room on the end of the floor on the right side.
As Cold Heart closed the door behind her she thought about the awkward silence which lingered in the air. Going to the window which the other girl had opened she remained in the shadow peeking out to the backside of the garden.
"You can climb the water pipe down, it should hold you." Cold Heart remained quite and examines her.
"Lay face down." She said in a calm voice.
Miss Viola blinked before she titled her head slightly to the side that caused Cold Hearts mood to go down again. She growled. "What part did you from lay down´ not understand?" Someone may wonder how long she could hold her patient without freaking out. Normally she would had already freaked out but just then she was about to be the girl did something she didn't expected.
"The floor is hard and cold." She really hadn't expected this and gaped as Miss Viola took a blanket out of the closet and laid it on the floor.
"What do you think you doing?" Cold Heart asked.
"The ground is hard and freezing and I don't want to catch a cold." Miss Viola replied giving Cold Heart a puppy eye look.
Cold Heart rolled with her eyes. "Spoiled brat."
With a swing she put one leg out of the open window and was about to swing her other one out too as she heard a voice from behind. "You should leave it here." She stopped in her tracks, her eyes turned narrowed to the girl on the floor.
"Shut up and don't make me come in again and knock you out." Gripping the water pipe she began to climb down just to let go and jump the last two meters down, landing on her feet.
-In the meantime-
She watched out of the window how the young girl jumped from the wall…not looking back once… and vanished into the shadows of the street. A sigh leaved her as she shook her head but nonetheless the smile never leaving her lips.
Humming a calming melody to herself she put the blanket back into the closet and went out of the room. On the floor she met Aoi whose face paled as soon as she saw her face and she rushed to her. "Viola-san what happened? …you are bleeding."
Slowly her hand reached up to her cheek on which she knew the dagger had graced her. She felt something wet on her fingertips.
"It's really nothing Aoi-san, don't worry. How about we drink some tea in the living room to calm down a bit since it was such an action filled day." Aoi was lead from her friend towards the stairs.
-Outside the mansion-
"Common Carlo there's nobody here!" said the young officer next to Carlo who eyed the house.
"I know that she was here and now be quiet Nick I need to think." Carlo walked to the backside of the house while Nick just shook his head. He didn't understand why his partner made such a ruckus about some false information.
"Really you're so obsessed Carlo. Why don't you tell me why you search her so passionately?"
Carlo scolded his partner with a dead look. "It's none of your business Nick."
In a defending gesture Nick lifted his hands and stepped a step back. "Ok, ok…no need to give me such a look Carlo."
Both walked behind the house but saw nobody there. "See there is no one Carlo. Come on I want to go home my wife is waiting for me."
Carlo walked without a word to the water pipe where he had seen something glimmer in the light of moon. Nick couldn't see what his partner did as Carlo crouched next to the pipe and picked something up.
"You are getting careless Cold Heart." Carlo said to himself, seeing the opened window in the first floor.
"Did you say something Carlo?" Nick asked watching how his partner stormed past him wearing a crazy smile on her lips. His partner gave him no answer. "Oh I understand again something that is none of my business…" he muttered to himself.
"Nick hurry up or you can go to foot!" Carlo shouted.
"Carlo wait!" with fast steps Nick went back to the police car in which Carlo were already seating.
The motor howled loud as the police car drove away towards the fabric area.
-Old factory-
Natsuki sneaked through the shadows of the streets like she always did. Her destination point was an old abandonee factory where she would meet Reito in few minutes. The excitement, the hammering heartbeat she had before was gone, all of it. And why? Because of an outsider girl who managed to piss her off, touch and confuse her. Even if the first two parts not really counted since she had already shrugged them off. But the confusing part didn't leave; she couldn't get it out of her system. The way that girl had talked to her, the way she had looked at her without any fear, the character, the aura just everything, it were… it were just so confusing and she didn't understand it why. Cold Heart shook her head; she had to get her mind clear.
Going straight to the office of the fabric building she opened the door and went inside noticing the lack of black haired Reito who should be here. The lights were turned off but she could tell that someone was here but it weren't Reito.
Cold Heart tensed, her mind raced. She was out of one pinch and just stepped into the next. It was too late to correct her mistake as the door banged in lock and the lights turned on. She didn't spin around and waited for a moment.
"Waiting for someone?" she knew this voice, how could she not. It was hard to forget a voice that shouted twice a week after someone, disturbing ones work and that for nearly five years.
"What do you want Carl-chan?" finally she turned around, seeing that Carlo blocked the closed door with his body.
Carlo smirked at her wagging with his finger. "Be nice and just give up or I have more to add to your records."
"Fuck off dork or you will end in the hospital again." Cold Heart snarled, getting into a fighting stance.
"I think I spent enough time there thanks to you." Carlo made a careful step forward, he knew her far to long as that she would simply surrender to the police. Not Cold Heart, she never had and never would because that would not be the young girl he knew.
Cold Heart swung her leg up to a powerful kick as soon as the officer was close enough. To her surprise the kick didn't do anything to him and her leg was caught by the angle from Carlo who held it right on his stomach where she had indented to hit him, where she had actually hit him.
"Surprised?" he asked satisfied as he let go of her foot and slapped her face with the backside of his hand. She landed on the floor. It happened all in the spit in a second.
Cold Heart glared up at him, wondering why her kick hadn't done anything. "Tz… what do you want?"
"Nothing special, do you know this?" He smiled and drew a translucent plastic bag out of his pocket.
Natsuki stared at the bag and saw a dagger, her dagger. While Carlo looked interested Cold Heart made a snort. "A dagger… hm interesting Carl-chan but had you mother never told that sharp things not for you hands." She must have lost it after she jumped the pipe down.
"This time I have you and no one will get you out like last time." He grabbed the collar of her black jacket and hoisted her up. He was ready to strike her again; he just waited for her to struggle so he had an excuse to do so. But the blue haired girl didn't, but she smirked at him as if she was looking down on him.
"Carlo what are you doing?" the door behind Carlo opened and a serious looking Nick came in.
"Didn't I tell you to wait in the car? And for your question Nick I taking the housebreaker into captive, or how would you call this? Nick."
Nick blinked a few times as he studied the girl in his partners grip. "This is the housebreaker? Carlo seriously look she is just a child."
Carlo rolled with his eyes. "Just give me the handcuffs newbie."
"I told you not to call me newbie." Nick said quiet annoyed, giving Carlo his handcuffs from his belt.
Roughly Carlo put the handcuff on Cold Heart who glared the whole time at him.
"Listen up Nick don't question and just do as I say." With that said Carlo left Nick alone in the room, bringing Cold Heart out to the car.
Chapter 3 end