Author's note:
Sorry to keep you waiting so long; I've been rather busy recently - prom and thorpe park etc - and I have to be in the right mood to write decent material. So here it is! Chapter 4! please review! and fave if you enjoyed it x
The two carefully made their way, trying to feel where they were going. They had no idea where the exit was though, and seeing anything was impossible, even with enhanced eyesight as good as theirs. Suddenly, Shiki heard a loud splash,
"Ah. I found the swimming pool." Rima informed him, after resurfacing,
"Here I'll pull you out," Shiki tried to reach out to where her voice was coming from.
"Shiki, I'll pull myself out, you'll fall in too." Rima told him
"I'm not that clumsy." He mumbled a little,
"Since you insist." He felt her take his hand, but he forgot that water makes everything heavier, and stupidly lost his balance.
"Silly." Rima scolded Shiki, who had also fallen into the pool.
"I slipped." Said Shiki. He looked around, wondering how they were going to find an exit, and why the police had still not arrived.
Rima was feeling weak, having been tied up for such a long time, having had no access to any blood for several days. She had no blood tablets with her either. Shiki was swimming to the edge trying to get out again, when he noticed that no one was following him,
"Rima?" he asked
"I'm coming." She replied, but felt her head spinning. She tried to walk towards him, but she was really just too weak. She reached out to him, but felt herself lose her balance, and she fell under. She had had no time to hold her breath, and she was too weak to swim to the surface.
Shiki heard the little splash, as Rima went under, and swam quickly in that direction. He dived under, and felt around the dark water, until he felt her head. He put his arms around her waist, and quickly swam back to the surface. He brushed Rima's hair out of her eyes, and he saw that she was unconscious. He swam with her to the edge of the pool, and lifted her onto the side before climbing out.
He checked her vital signs, and she was fine, except for the fact that she was unconscious, and not breathing. He was about to try to revive her, when Rima opened her eyes. She saw that Shiki's face was an inch from hers,
"Shiki, I need blood, not CPR." She pulled him towards her, and sunk her fangs into his neck. He loved the feel of Rima drinking his blood, and he was glad that she was okay. He sat up, pulling Rima with him, and hugged her to him as she continued to drink. When she had finished, she licked leisurely up his neck, then along his jaw line. She kissed his cheek lightly, and then hugged him back. She rested her head on his shoulder.
The two vampires carefully stood up, and made their way around the pool. They eventually found a wall, and then a door. Shiki opened it, and then looked around. The light pouring in almost blinded him; they had been in the dark for so long. They walked through the door and found themselves in the entrance that Shiki had come through earlier. They cautiously walked out of the building, and looked around.
The sky was getting lighter, as the sun was just coming up from behind the horizon. The police had all gone, and there was no sign of the person, who had locked them up,
"They must have assumed we would never escape." Rima said,
"Yeah." Shiki agreed, "Now how are we going to get back… I came here in one of the police cars." They both thought about this – both of them knowing that calling for another taxi would be foolish.
They walked to a bus stop, and caught the next bus to Paris. When they got there, Shiki took Rima to his apartment,
"First, we need to get my belongings back." Rima told him, "They were all in the taxi, but I have no idea where that is now."
"I'll try the police again." Shiki sighed and left Rima to relax in the apartment while he went to the police station.
The police agreed to look for the taxi, as they needed to track down the driver anyway, and would return Rima's belongings if they found them. Reasonably satisfied, Shiki left the police station, and returned to his apartment. He found Rima asleep on the sofa. He carried her up to his room, and laid her carefully on his bed. He knelt down beside the bed, and leaned on the edge. Before long, he drifted off to sleep too.
When Rima woke up later that morning, she noticed Shiki sleeping with his head resting on the edge of the bed. She figured he must have carried her here. She sat up, and ruffled his hair lightly, before walking downstairs. She phoned the agency, and let them know she had arrived. She then went to wake Shiki,
"Shiki? Wake up, its time to go to work." She shook him lightly by the shoulders,
"I don't wanna…" Shiki muttered, then remembered what had happened, and got up. The two went to the agency, and Rima began her work in the Paris branch with Shiki. She was so glad to have made it, but they were both still concerned with what happened, and who Rima's kidnapper really was.
Several days passed by. The taxi was found amongst a clump of trees not far from the abandoned fitness center, and Rima's belongings were returned to her. The culprit had not been caught yet though, and it was three days after the event, that Shiki received a disturbing letter. He saw the envelope lying on his doormat. He read the letter, which said,
Dearest Senri,
I see you somehow managed to escape my little prison, but no matter, I shall soon put an end to you. Better keep an eye on your friend.
