One Day Chapter 7
A/N I do not own KKM and never will unless some unknown uncle dies and bequeaths it to me :)
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Wolfram!
Yuuri raced towards the empty balcony, slipping twice on the cold, stone floor. His heart beating fast in his chest as wide eyes searched the area beyond and below for the young prince. The night outside was clear as stars shone brightly over head, a winter's chill blew in the breeze on an otherwise warm fall night.
Yuuri got to the open balcony, his hands gripping hard, his knuckles going white on the marble railing.
There!
A shadowy figure was near a small service port in the outer wall; it paused a moment and was gone. A fraying rope swung gracefully in the breeze. It hung down from the balcony railing tied off in a skillful sailors knot. Franticly and with little thought Yuuri grasped the rope climbed down and dashed in the direction of the small wooden door. In mere moments—though it felt like a life time—he crossed the empty court yard and reached the opening, passing through it and once again looked around for his quarry.
Wolfram, they have Wolfram.
The one thought repeated endlessly in his head as Yuuri plunged forward, the moon casting deep shadows among the outlying buildings as businesses and houses alike where shut up for the colder nights.
There they are!
The young monarch spotted movement, shadowy figures slipping into a dark alley to his right. Picking up speed he sprinted into the mouth of the dark corridor, the silence of the night being broken by his feet pounding hard and fast against the stone ground.
Wolfram, they have Wolfram!
Breathing hard and pushing himself to move faster, he almost made it to the end of the darkness; a short scruff was his only warning as a voice to his right shouted out from the shadows.
"Now!"
Something hard slammed into Yuuri's side as he was thrown forcefully into the stone building on his left, rebounded and fell hard onto the ground. He gasped aloud as the air was driven hard from his lungs and a sharp pain raced along his shoulder.
"You thought you could fool us? Ahh," a gravelly voice spoke from above him, the face only a blank silhouette against the darkness in the night. A small, silver cloud gathered around his words as bright moonlight penetrated the steam before it was whisked away in the cool wind. "But look whose laughing now!"
Just then the covered face above Yuuri gave a sudden cry in pain as he, too, was thrown violently against the stone building. The man with the mysterious voice managed to stay unsteadily on his feet for a moment after the impact and turn about to face his attacker. Another shadow, black in the darkness, leaped over Yuuri, flying incredibly through the air hitting the man stark on his midriff with a loud thud and clang as one shadow melded with another and both where slammed against the unforgiving stone wall and fell to the ground in a heap.
For a moment the night drew silent, an eerie pause as all movement ceased and the wind itself seemed to die.
Yuuri struggled to breathe deeply as his breath came back to him too slowly.
I have to get up, I have to get up they have Wolfram.
The thoughts rang in his head but his limbs were unresponsive as his lungs burned for oxygen. He watched confusedly, still on the cold ground, as one of the shadow figures separated itself from the pile and slowly rose above him.
Breathe...
One breath, in and out.
The shadow was closer now, unsteady on its feet, wavering, as if the wind itself would dissolve it and blow it away.
Breathe!
Two breaths, in and out.
His body tingled, his limps moving slowly with purpose but the shadow was right above him now. The shape more defined as the moonlight shown around it, casting it in a silver ring.
Wolfram. He had to save Wolfram.
But he was too late, out of time, the shadow would get him.
"Yuuri, you idiot, get up," an unsteady Wolfram scowled crossly. His normally bright blond hair was stained black with soot and a worried expression appeared evident on his face. "Are you hurt? What are you doing here?"
'Wolfram' was all Yuuri could answer as he accepted the boys outstretched hand and was lifted quickly, but gently, to his feet. He winced at the sharpness in his shoulder but quickly drew the prince into a tight hug anyway.
Wolfram...
"I'm fine," he whispered quietly over Wolfram's shoulder. "I,uh...I was coming to save you," Yuuri said, releasing Wolfram and looking up slowly. He smiled brightly and blushed as he released his hand and swept absently at some of the dirt that now covered his once regale uniform.
"So you blindly run down a dark alley?! Where are the guards? Tell me you at least told someone else that you were running off?" Wolfram eyes bore into Yuuri's as the tirade went on.
"Umm, well you see..." Yuuri sheepishly interrupted, rubbing his neck nervously.
"Ahhhh! You didn't, did you? Yuuri, you're a king, you wimp! You can't go running off without telling someone!!" Wolfram rubbed his face with his hands and continued with a softer voice and a small smile he failed to hide from Yuuri, "But thanks."
Yuuri beamed at the compliment but almost immediately went red-faced with a mumbled 'of course.'
There was a short, slightly uncomfortable pause before Wolfram grabbed a hold of his fiancé's arm tightly, his fingers griping hard on the soft fabric and started to half drag the boy back the way they came. "Come on. Now that this plan is ruined we need to get you back to the castle."
"Plan?" Yuuri asked confused.
"Of course, plan. You don't think I could take out two sailors just as easily in our room than back there? And why do you think I'm wearing one of your uniforms? Yes, plan." Wolfram looked at Yuuri who noticed for the first time that Wolfram was indeed wearing one of his school uniforms, all black but for a little white. With a sigh Wolf continued on.
"Yozak found out about a supposed plan to kidnap you, but not who was behind it or why. So we planned a little charade of our own. They would kidnap me and I could lead the rest of our group to them but now that you're here, that's out. I need to get you back to the safety of the castle before you do something idiotic."
Wolfram continued to lead Yuuri down the alley the way they had come. They almost made it to the mouth of the ally when Wolfram stopped suddenly, forcing Yuuri to do the same. The moon got overcast by a dark cloud plunging the whole area in darkness. The wind which Yuuri had barely noticed before was blowing a little harder, forcing Yuuri to rub is arms together for warmth.
"Wolfram, what—?"
'Shhhh' was the only reply Yuuri got as his fiancé silenced him. Wolfram ran his hand down to his waist but finding nothing there simply clenched it into a fist. The night seemed colder now and Yuuri looked around expectantly, seeing nothing and wanted nothing more than to return to the warmth of his bed he broke the silence again, "Wolf, it's col—"
"Quite."
But the response was not needed; Yuuri had not been cut off because of Wolfram's interruption but because of the three dark shapes that moved in front of the alleyway, cutting off their way back to the castle.
Without a word Wolfram turned sharply and pushed Yuuri into a run away from the intruders. Their footsteps rang loud in their ears, the sound echoing off the flagstones and rebounding down the alley. A moment passed and there was no response from the shadows, but then a shout rang out that galvanized Yuuri like a gun shot.
"There! Stop them!!"
More foot falls mixed with their own down the alley, filling it with thumping noise that match the beating of their hearts. Wolfram gripped Yuuri's hand harder, forcing him to move faster, speeding up their retreat. They sprang out into the open roadway, just as the moon shook free from the cloud that claimed it, bathing the whole area in a bluish glow. The sudden light forced Yuuri to squint and slow down for a moment as his eyes adjusted to the new radiance.
"Yuuri! Come on," urged Wolfram taking a right down the roadway, the intruders still closing on their trail. "There's an emergency outpost close by, we set it up in case anything went wrong tonight"
They ran on, passing dark buildings on their right and left but seeming to never lose their followers as Wolfram turned down one wide street then another in rabid secession.
Yuuri stumbled a bit as Wolfram took a sudden left down another main street and pulled him along as he tried to slow down.
"It's just up ahead," Wolfram assured Yuuri. Yuuri could hear Wolf's breaths coming a little harder but he himself was gasping to catch his. Even with Conrad's morning walks and sprinting between bases for baseball he wasn't up to much more of this kind of running.
"Here!" Wolfram cried suddenly, turning towered the door. The building looked like every other on the street, a two story stone structure with a small window with faded shutters. The building was situated where three roads met with a small ally running just to the left of the faded door. Getting to the doorway the young price didn't bother to knock but just slammed hard into it which groaned in protest as it swung wide and rebounded with a thud against the wall.
Wolfram stopped in shock, the inside of the house was in ruins. Tables overturned, chairs shattered to bits, some floorboards had been blackened and chaired the walls held reddish stains that any solder knew well; and if the place looked bad, it smelled ten times worse.
"Back!" shouted Wolfram, pushing Yuuri away from the swinging door before he could get a look inside. Glancing behind them the three pursuers had turned to six and where moments from catching up. Turning to continue down the road Wolf paused again. Four shadows were sprinting down toward them in the moon light from that way as well.
"That way too!" shouted Yuuri, pointing down the third road where five shadows quickly approached in the night.
"Shit" replied Wolfram. They both turned around facing down the side line alley. Unable to see anything in the darkness before them they hesitated. The blond headed boy glanced over his shoulder at the approaching figures and with a short pause grasped a hold of Yuuri and took off into the darkness.
The alley was dark; Yuuri had a hard time seeing even wolfram just in front of him, and much narrower then the last one. A man would be hard pressed to walk down this alley two abreast of each other. They saw no doors or windows into the adjacent buildings and the overhang of the roof made it almost impossible to climb over them.
"Humff," grunted Yuuri as he ran into the boy in front of him. Wolfram had stopped abruptly but it did not take long for Yuuri to see why. A stone wall stood tall before them blocking any further progress this direction. Wolfram shuffled Yuuri behind him as he turned around facing the lighted end of the ally, the way they had come, but any escape back that way had already been cut off by the pursuers.
They were trapped and they both knew it.
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A/N Well I did not make it as far as I was going to, you know these things get biger and biger. It's my fist atempt at action hope it came out alright.