A/N: Well, here I am. I don't remember if I said that I'd post 'next week', but if I said: I AM SORRY!

I went camping, and when I came back I just got a terrible cold, man I was bad. After that I had to plan my lessons, cause lil' me is a teachy teacher and didn't have time to post, hehe. Gomen~

But well, now here it is. Three chappies in a row cause three is a charm haha.

Warnings: This chapter contains torture. Only mention, though.


Chapter 04 – After Shock

"Come with me." He Tian said, grabbing Jian Yi's wrist and dragging him.

"Where are we going?" The blond asked, the tears flowing all the way to his chin.

The black haired guy didn't answer, only kept dragging a sad confused Jian Yi through the streets. They took the subway and walked a little more, until He Tian stopped, looking at all the ways. He seemed lost. The blond was going to ask something when the other started moving again, in a very fast pace. After a few minutes they were in front of a small building, both panting. Jian Yi wasn't crying anymore.

"Here we are." The taller said, dragging the smaller through the stairs until they stopped in front of a door with '2B' written on it. He rang the bell and waited for the red haired lady to open the door.

"Oh my, He Tian? What brings you here again?"

"Excuse me, ma'am, can we enter?"

"Sure." She said and gave them space to enter, finally seeing the other boy with swollen eyes.

"I'm Jian Yi." He mumbled, bowing a little.

"Can you call Guan Shan, Mrs. Mo? We really need to talk to him right now."

"Ah, ok." She walked to the boy's room and knocked on the door twice. "Guan Shan, your friends are here."

"Friends?" He asked opening the door. He walked to the living room and jumped a little when saw the two guys sitting on the couch. "He Tian and Jian Yi?" He raised a brow. "Where's Zhan Zheng Xi?" And then Jian Yi started crying again.

"That's why we are here, Redhead." He Tian sighed. "We need your help."

"Huh?" Guan Shan blinked twice.

"Remember those guys you gathered to beat up him?" He pointed to the blond. "We need them."

"It's useless." Redhead said. "They won't help me, or you. Especially after what happened on Saturday."

"I don't get it."

"Those guys are She Li's underlings, all of them. When I asked them for help I was an underling as well. I'm not anymore, though."

"We are so damn fucked, Guan Shan."

"Will you guys tell me what happened?"

"Zhan Xixi." Jian Yi cried.

"Zhan Zheng Xi got kidnapped." He Tian said, and the three of them heard a glass breaking.

"Ma, are you ok?"

"What are you planning, young boy?" She asked leaning on the kitchen counter.

"We need to rescue him, ma'am."

"Are you out of your mind?" The red haired lady said firmly. "Do you think I'm going to let my son risk himself?"

"Ma." Guan Shan walked to the counter and hold his mom's hand. "I owe him. I owe the three of them."

"Guan Shan." She pleaded.

"I sent Zhan Zheng Xi to the hospital a week ago. It's my chance to redeem myself."

"Me and Guan Shan can go there and leave just fine, ma'am, the problem is Jian Yi. The person who took Zhan Zheng Xi wants Jian Yi."

"His mother already knows he got kidnapped?" Guan Shan's mother asked.

"NO!" Jian Yi screamed. "If we tell her…" He talked slowly, trying to calm down his tears. "She will call the police and… They will kill him."

"But we need to tell her something, Mrs. Mo is right. Or else she'll get worried."

"What do we do?" The blond asked.

"A group project?" Redhead said. "They don't know we aren't in the same class, right? And Zhan Zheng Xi's mom knows you two are classmates."

"That was an excellent idea, Don't Close Mountain. I'm proud of you."

"Leave me alone."

"Jian Yi, you gotta call Zhan Zheng Xi's mom."

"What do I say?"

"Say we have a school project due tomorrow."

"She'll ask to talk to Zhan Xixi."

"Tell her he's taking a shower." Redhead said. "That he can't answer the phone because of this."

Jian Yi took his cellphone and called Zhan Zheng Xi's home number. After a couple of rings a young voice was heard. It was his sister. Jian Yi asked her to call her mom, and she did it. When the woman picked up the phone, Jian Yi tried to explain everything without collapsing. He then walked to the counter and gave his phone to Mo's mother.

"She wants to talk to you."

"Hello?" She said hesitant.

"Are you Mrs. Mo?"

"Yes."

"I'm Mrs. Zhan. Make sure the boys behave, ok? They can be really hard to handle when they want."

"S-sure." She hung up and gave the phone back to Jian Yi. "Am I an accomplice now?" She shook her head and went to her room.

"Who's this person that wants Jian Yi so much?" Redhead asked.

"Sit." He Tian said. "You won't want to hear that standing." Guan Shan shrugged and sat on the couch.

"I don't know either." Jian Yi looked to Redhead. "I don't know anyone that wants me."

"The people who took Zhan Zheng Xi today are the same that tried to take you last Thursday." The black haired boy sighed deeply. "They are following orders from a big guy."

"Who are they?"

"The Mafia."

"Oi. Are you serious?"

"I wish I wasn't. One of the guys who took Zhan Zheng Xi is my older brother."

Jian Yi looked stunned to He Tian.

"And the big guy is Mr. Jian, Jian Yi's father."

Jian Yi's eyes widened and his mouth opened.

"I've never met my father."

"That's why he said he longed to meet you. Your mother took you away from him when you were a baby."

"How do you know all of this?" Redhead asked.

"I just know."

"How?"

"It doesn't matter how, damn it! I just fucking know!" He Tian glared at Guan Shan, making him stop asking more questions. "We need a plan. Without people we'll hardly be able to leave that place alive."

"You lied to my mother?" Guan Shan hissed.

"Do you think she'd let us do that there if I told her we all are on the verge of death if we go there? She'd call the police, you moron. The last thing we want is the police involved, you know that."

He Tian passed his fingers through his hair, messing it. Jian Yi was moving around the room on an uneasy pace. Guan Shan thumped his foot on the floor. All of them were trying to think of a plan. After a couple of hours Jian Yi couldn't hold anymore and collapsed on the couch, exhausted.

"We are doomed." Redhead exhaled noisily.

"Are you sure you want to come?" He Tian asked. "You don't really need to."

"I already said it once, shithead. I sent him to the fucking hospital, yet Zhan Zheng Xi treats me like nothing ever happened. He even helped me to get out of that mess. I'm in debt with him. I'm in debt with Jian Yi."

"You're also in debt with me, right?"

"I didn't ask you to beat up She Li."

"You said earlier you owed 'the three of them', I heard it."

Guan Shan just ignored the black haired boy.


Jian Yi was the first one to wake up. The sun had just arisen when the boy opened his eyes up. His entire body was stiff; he had slept on the couch. He looked around and saw nobody. The blond stood up and started searching for anyone on that apartment. The door to Guan Shan's room wasn't closed, so Jian Yi could peek inside it. The redhead was asleep on his bed, while He Tian was sleeping sitting beside Mo.

He took a few steps and shook the black haired boy's shoulder. He Tian yawned and started opening his eyelids, seeing Jian Yi right in front of him. He stretched his arms and back and pulled Guan Shan's blanket, seeing the boy curl into a ball.

"What time is it?"

"Ah…" Jian Yi took his cellphone. "Ten past six."

"Jesus fucking Christ, why did you wake up so early?" Why did you wake ME up so early?"

"We still need a plan. I passed out yesterday; I can't remember half the things that happened."

"Everything is going to be ok. Just trust me and Redhead, ok?"

"Shut up already, you two." Guan Shan cussed. "I'm trying to sleep over here." He took his blanket again and covered himself, feeling a slap on his back. "Do you want to die?" He glared at He Tian.

"Come at me." The taller provoked.

"Tch, whatever." Redhead got up and put on his slippers, heading to the bathroom. When he was almost leaving the bedroom, he felt a hand on his shoulder. "What?" Guan Shan asked without turning, he knew it was Jian Yi's hand.

"Can I trust him? Do you guys really thought it through and came up with something?"

"Just as a reminder, I'm still inside the room." He Tian said.

"We did, Jian Yi." He turned his head and looked the blond on the eyes. "We will rescue Zhan Zheng Xi, no matter what costs."

"Thank you." Jian Yi smiled.

Deep inside, Guan Shan knew they were fucked up. Neither he nor He Tian thought of a good plan, and they would literally walk towards their doom. He said that because he knew Jian Yi would go, safe or not, and He Tian convinced him to give the blond hope. The only thing he could do was pray for best, because the odds weren't in their favor.

Almost an hour later, Guan Shan's mother woke up. She cooked breakfast and arranged the dinner table for four people, waiting for the three boys to sit there, but none sat. Mrs. Mo then grabbed one by one and dragged them, making each one of them sit at the table.

"I haven't seen you guys eat anything. You need energy, right?" She smiled, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"I don't feel hungry, ma'am." Jian Yi mumbled.

"Just eat it, dumbass. My mom did it for you, shove that thing up your mouth and stop whining."

The blond could only comply. After breakfast each one of them took their belongings and headed for the entrance. Jian Yi left first, being followed by He Tian. Guan Shan took the lunch his mom had prepared for him; one of the rarest times she had done that; and walked away. He stopped by the doorway when he heard his mom call him.

"Guan Shan." She seemed anxious.

"Yes, ma?"

"I love you, son." Mrs. Mo said dearly, holding her tears.

"I love you too, ma." And then he left, and she cried.


They walked a few blocks and took the subway, reaching the school in less than forty minutes. Even though they were early, the three of them changed their shoes and walked to their classes, sitting on their chairs, wishing that day would finish as fast as possible. Four hours seemed like one hundred, and five more like a thousand. It was 5:30PM and they all headed to their lockers one more time.

Jian Yi opened the little door up, seeing an envelope resting above his sneakers. He took the envelope and ripped it open, taking the papers that were inside. The papers were photos. The moment Jian Yi saw the pictures, his vision blurred and he could feel the warm salty taste of tears one more time. His fingers wavered and all the photos fell to the ground with a 'flop' sound.

He Tian turned his head to the blond and saw him stunned, walking towards him afterwards. He kneeled and grabbed the pictures, going through them one by one. There were five in total.

The first one was Zhan Zheng Xi tied up to a chair, unconscious.

The second one was Zhan Zheng Xi tied up to a chair. Mouth and nose bleeding, and a swollen black eye.

The third one was Zhan Zheng Xi tied up to a chair. Hands and feet looking like a mush of meat and blood.

The forth one was Zhan Zheng Xi tied up to a chair, shirtless. His neck, chest and arms were bleeding.

The fifth one was Zhan Zheng Xi hanging upside down. His head was inside a huge bowl of water and blood.

"WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS TO HIM, HE TIAN?" Jian Yi snapped. He howled as loudly as he could. "WHAT DID HE DO TO THEM, HE TIAN? WHAT DID WE DO TO THEM, HE TIAN?" He punched the other on his chest, slowing his hits as his breath calmed down.

He Tian wrapped his arms around Jian Yi, hugging him as he whimpered. Redhead then came, taking the photos from He Tian and looking at them. He looked down and shook his head, patting the blond on the shoulder. He and the black haired knew they sent those pictures to weaken Jian Yi, making it easier to control him.

People around the lockers looked at them weirdly, judging them by their noise and actions. Redhead glared annoyed at each one of them, feeling accomplished when he saw them flinch and run away. He touched He Tian's shoulder lightly, warning him.

"We need to go, or else it'll be too late."

"Guan Shan is right, Jian Yi." He Tian shook the blond a little. "We got to go."

"I want to save Zhan Xixi." Jian Yi whined. "I have to."

With those last words, the three of them left the school, walking down the streets to the nearest bus stop. He Tian still had the last stripe of paper that survived his rage attack on the last day. It had the address written on it, the address to an abandoned building in a periphery area. They entered the bus and remained quiet, waiting for their stop.

When they were in a very isolated part of the town, they left the bus. He Tian was leading the way, being followed by Jian Yi and Guan Shan. They didn't walk much and the big gates to the old factory were seen. The black haired boy pushed it, opening it a little and let the other two guys enter as well. He then closed it, catching up with the blond and the redhead. The building had no doors, so upon getting closer, they could see Zhan Zheng Xi laid down on the floor, practically mangled.

He Tian tried to, but he couldn't hold Jian Yi when he sprinted to his best friend.

"ZHAN XIXI, WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO YOU?"

The first thing the three of them heard was a 'click', and when He Tian and Guan Shan looked around, dozens of guns were pointing at them.

"That's what I call a warm reception." Redhead murmured.


A/N: So... It has finally begun... Downhill, here we are! Now lets just snowball all the way down so we can go up again, and then down one more time HAHA.

I'm awful.

See you guys soon~

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