Runes
By Starzki
Chapter 4: Disruption
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Kaname thought that she felt weirdly calm about the whole situation.
Yes, she'd been through so many more as dangerous, or even more dangerous situations, than she was in now, and she guessed that there was a kind of acclimation to violence and intrigue. However, she was beginning to think that she was enjoying herself.
Everything was going off completely according to plan. All of the planning she did at Mithril was coming to fruition. In fact, she had taken the lead on shutting down the building's communication. Using some of the residual whispers from Sophia to understand complex electronic and radio schematics, no information was coming into or leaving that building.
It was the after midnight where they were, so only a skeleton crew inhabited the halls and offices. Kaname followed Sousuke and did whatever she asked. She trusted him more than she trusted any other person in the world. He wouldn't let anyone hurt her if he could help it.
In fact, things were going so well, Sousuke hadn't even needed to kill anyone. The first two offices they'd been in, they'd intimidated the unarmed workers there into surrendering without so much as a peep. They all submitted to being tied up and gagged. Sousuke had knocked out the one person they met in the hall with his gun and Kaname similarly bound him. Kaname felt nothing but grateful to be there, next to Sousuke.
Sousuke slowed down in front of her. His whole posture became more cautious, altering Kaname's bright mood. There was faint murmuring ahead of them. Kaname guessed that the people in the building were just realizing that the phones and internet were down. They had to suspect that something was happening.
A blind corner lurked ahead of them. Sousuke motioned for Kaname to wait and that he would make the turn alone.
Kaname forced herself to keep her calm steady breathing.
Sousuke turned the corner and Kaname's eyes widened as he was suddenly doused in white spray. Sousuke coughed and dropped his guard. He was choking too hard to give Kaname an order, so she just froze. In the span of a fraction of a second, everything had gone to hell.
Two men threw themselves at Sousuke, knocking him to the ground. A fire extinguisher clattered on the linoleum. One of the men held a crackling Taser to Sousuke's face and both were yelling at Kaname in Russian that she didn't understand.
Kaname stood in a moment of indecision. She knew she could run and she knew that she would make it out. But the entire reason she was here was to complete this mission with Sousuke. With communication down, reinforcements wouldn't come until the rendezvous in over two hours. If she ran now, both she and Sousuke would be on their own until then.
Kaname put up her hands, hoping they realized she was unarmed except for zip ties. She trusted Sousuke. No matter what happened, she needed to be with him when he managed to get them out of this situation.
Kaname approached them slowly and allowed the man without the Taser to grab her arm, twist it behind her back, and lead her down the hall.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: Hope that all of you are enjoying reading this. Drop a line and tell me what you think. I'm playing around with the structure of the story and I want to know if it works in any way or is too confusing. Thanks for reading this far!
