Chapter 7
Leiko sat at her desk, typing quietly on her keyboard, the small amount of light from her computer screen being the little brightness in the dark room. "You rang?" Mike asked jokingly as he walked up behind her.
Leiko smirked, "As a matter of fact…I did." She replied, reaching into the draw by her side she took out the bagged knife and handed it to him carelessly, eyes still fixed on the screen in front of her.
Mike looked down at the knife, staring at the notes on the bag with some confusion before looking back up at Leiko, more like her back since she still hadn't turned to face him, "Care to shed a little light on the subject?" he asked.
Leiko sighed but started, "There are blood drops on…"
"Could you possibly look at me when you speak to me?" Mike asked, frustrated.
Leiko stared on at the screen, her hand movements on the keyboard stopping suddenly. She turned round on her chair, hands on her lap as she stared up at Mike with eyes that said she was sorry, though she refused to say the words for herself, the sorry was still there and Mike knew it.
"Continue." Mike told her, sitting opposite her on a chair.
Leiko struggled but found her voice soon enough, "The blood drops were thought to be Kai's but they're not. Take one guess on who the blood really belongs to." Leiko told him.
"Its late and I'm really not in the mood for guessing games." Mike told her, his voice emitting how tired he had really been. Leiko lowered her head, eyes staring at the ground and hands tightening slightly on the thin fabric of her dressing gown. Her eyes hardened with anger, lifting her head slightly to look at Mike. His eyes widened and Leiko knew that he had figured it out. "You have got to be fucking kidding me!" Mike almost yelled.
Leiko walked quietly down the hall, she had just walked Mike to the door and she now watched from an upstairs window as his car left the grounds. She sighed, walking to a door and quietly pushing it open. She peeked inside, seeing Gwen asleep in bed. She smiled lightly, the innocent look on her daughters face making her feel much better after that night's events. She shut the door again and continued to walk down the silent hall, opening Kai's bedroom door and looking inside. Lying in bed he lay under the warm covers, sleeping soundly on his side, a hand under his pillow.
Leiko noted a light source, seeing the bathroom light peeking from underneath the door. She tiptoed inside the room, switching off the bathroom light and quickly walking out of the room again and shutting the door behind her.
So all was well that night, so at least now she could finally get some sleep. Not that she really had a choice; Mike had forced her into shutting down her computer and calling it a night. She walked into her room, quietly closing her door and walking over to her desk and pulling out a lighter from off the surface, starting to light all the candles in the dark room, giving the space a light golden glow. She sat at the edge of her bed, hands behind her back for support before lying at the edge. "What a week." she muttered.
She turned on her stomach, crawling to the top of her bed and letting her head drop onto the pillow. She pulled the covers over herself and closed her eyes, sleep overcoming her quickly.
---Next Morning---
Kai walked down stairs into the kitchen, seeing Gwen sitting at the table eating cereal and Mike by the counter, seemingly making coffee. Kai sat down at the table, staring at his hand that was taping the wooden table, gaining Mike's attention. "You need something?" Mike asked, blinking as he looked back at Kai and poured the hot water in his mug.
"Yeah, where's Leiko?" Kai asked, looking up at Mike.
Mike turned back to his coffee, "She had to go down to the office," Mike replied, "She'll be back soon." He added.
"Good." Kai whispered to himself. Getting up, he started walking out the kitchen door again and up the stairs. He stood at the top of the stairs, kneeling down he stared down through the railings, quietly watching Mike walk into the living room and sit on the sofa. He continued to watch as Gwen ran into the room after him, bouncing onto the sofa next to him. He smirked, stood up and walked into the direction of Leiko's room.
He stood outside the door and roughly pushed the door open. He ran inside, shutting the door behind him and taking a deep breath as he leaned against the door. He waited in that position to make sure that no one was coming, he smirked, pushing away from the door, "That was too easy," He whispered. "You'd think she'd keep her door locked or something."
He hit the light switch seeing as Leiko's window was closed and no light shone in the room. He looked around the room, it seemed very normal and nothing seemed out of place, except all the burnt out candles in the room. He shrugged it off and walked over to her desk, shuffling through all the draws for something that could answer all his questions. Unfortunately for him he found nothing that deemed helpful. He walked over to the bedside table, rummaging through it he found books, a diary and beyblade. He picked up the dark red beyblade, the metal feeling cold at the touch. On the bit-chip was the figure of a thin woman, a grey ripped dress covering up her slender frame. Her silvery hair fell over her shoulders, reaching her waist. The woman's hands were by her sides, held out and the look on her pale face clearly showed she was screaming.
The woman's face was pale and her fangs looked as if they were of a vampire. Her eyes were completely blue and were narrowed into thin black slits with dark eyeliner smearing under her eyes, smudged from hot tear. "A banshee?" Kai asked himself. He shook his head, disposing of all his thoughts of the blade and bit-beast and returning his original search. He sat on the chair by the desk and looked around from there, his eye catching site something poking out from under the bed. He walked over to it, pulling out the object to find it was her laptop. He stood up and walked over to the door, locking it and running back to the laptop.
He hit the start button and tapped the laptop impatiently for it to start up, "Shit!" he cursed, seeing the 'Password Needed' on the screen. "Why lock the door when the good stuff is protected?" he reasoned with himself, turning the laptop off and shoving it back under the bed.
He walked out over to the wardrobe and looked through the clothes that hung in there. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary and he moved to the bottom shelf of the wardrobe, looking through the little clothing that lay there before something caught his eye. Lying at the bottom of the pile sat a dark blue jacket, the word 'Forensics' written on the pocket. He pulled it out and opened up the folded material, he turned it over, finding 'Forensics' written in yellow again on the back of it. He threw the jacket onto the bed and continued to rummage through the draws and cupboards but found nothing else of any interest to him.
He rummaged through his pocket, finding a clean piece of gauze he had cut earlier; he ran the cloth over all the handles he had touched. If Leiko was with the forensics team than she would be able to check her stuff for fingerprints, and he obviously didn't want her to figure out he was in there. He picked up the jacket and quietly left the room, running through the hall to get back to his room before anyone noticed him. He dumped it on his chair and lay down on his bed, hands behind his head he stared at the ceiling. So Leiko was a CSI? Well, he wasn't too surprised, he was just pissed off that she lied to him. So now he couldn't even trust her! He trusted her with his blood, he trusted her with his case but she lied to him.
---3 Hours Later---
Kai still lay on his bed; he had woken up just an hour before but was still physically and emotionally exhausted. He gently turned onto his side, burying his aching head into the pillow as he did so. His bedroom door opened and he instantly opened his eyes when Leiko walked in and tightly shut the door behind her. "Ever heard of knocking?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Ever heard of breaking and entering?" Leiko shot back.
"What the hell are you aiming at here?" Kai asked, slowly sitting up, confusion showing on his face, though he knew full well she had found out he was in her room earlier that day.
"You know what I'm going on about!" Leiko yelled, "I'm clearly talking about how you were in my room today." She replied to his still confused look.
"What makes you think I was in there?" Kai asks, remembering how he cleaned his tracks.
Leiko smirked, "When you need to clean stuff up, try to do it right. You cleaned up the prints on my wardrobe and draws but…" she paused there, pulling out a white sheet with a transparent sheet taped over, two fingerprints in black, "You forgot to clean up my laptop." She finished, tossing the fingerprint card to Kai, "A souvenir." She added, starting to walk out the room.
"Missing something?" Kai asked, tossing the fingerprint card onto his bedside table.
Leiko stopped, slowly turning round to look at him again as she crossed her arms, "Yeah as a matter of fact I am. I'm missing my dark blue jacket, have you seen it?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You mean this one?" Kai asked, pulling the jacket out from under his bed.
"Yeah that's the one." Leiko replied, reaching out to grab the jacket, not getting it because Kai pulled it back before her hand even touched the fabric.
Leiko stared down into his eyes, crimson eyes that flared up with both pain and anger, "You lied." Kai told her.
"I didn't lie…I just…didn't tell you the whole truth." Leiko whispered to him.
"That's still a lie." Kai yelled at her, getting off his bed, standing right in front of her.
Leiko sighed, pushing him back onto the bed by his shoulders, "I didn't lie. I knew your curiosity would get the best of you that's why I left my room and wardrobe unlocked." She told him, sitting by his side. "At least that way you would find out by yourself." She added.
"You should have told me sooner!" Kai yelled.
"I know but it wouldn't have been wise." Leiko replied, her voice set into a gentle whisper.
"What the hell could have been so wrong in telling me the truth?" Kai asked, alarm and anger filling his voice.
Leiko shook her head, "You wouldn't understand." She replied, "But now you know so no sense complaining about it now is there?" she asked. Kai didn't reply and just turned away from her, "I didn't think so." She replied, getting up and grabbing her jacket. She hesitated at first, glancing down at her hand she gently set it on his shoulder, giving it a light squeeze she let go and walked out the door.
She tightly closed the door behind her, taking a deep breath as she walked down the hall. Eyes still staring at the ground she walked down the hall to the stairs, suddenly bumping into something hard and staggering back a little as she looked up. "Losing your mind Leiko?" Mike asked with a slight smirk. Leiko rolled her eyes, walking straight past him and up a flight of stairs. Her pace increased when she heard Mike's footsteps behind her and she ran into the only room at the top of the stairs. "You aren't serious are you?" Mike asked, looking around the room at all the training equipment.
"I'm very much serious." Leiko replied, crossing her arms and staring at him.
"Is training really that necessary? I mean, I know this guy is a real bad ass but we aren't kids anymore, we can defend ourselves without all this. Besides, we have things like knives and guns this time." Mike pointed out, opening his jacket to show her the gun attached to his belt.
"That's not my point." Leiko said, raising an eyebrow at Mike's childlike persuasions.
"Then what is the point, your majesty?" Mike asked, rolling his eyes at the look on her face.
"Point is that we have to be ready, no matter what happens." Leiko replied, before looking him up and down, "Besides…a little training would do you good." She added, walking off to the back of the room.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mike asked, offended, storming up behind her.
Leiko looked behind her and smiled, "Nah, too easy!" she brushed it off, aggravating Mike more.
"You're such a…" Mike started, Leiko taping her hand over his mouth suddenly.
"Hey honey." Leiko greeted a sweet smile on her face as her Gwen walked up to her.
"Mom…can we go out today?" Gwen asked, voice holding its usual innocence.
Leiko sighed, her hand moving off Mike's mouth as she knelt down on the floor in front of Gwen. "Sweetie, I got to do some more work today." She told Gwen, her voice sounding very disappointed. Suddenly she glanced up at Mike and a thought suddenly running through her mind, "But I'm sure Mike would be more than happy to take you out." She said.
A smile quickly appeared on Gwen's face and she turned to look at Mike. "Will you?" she asked, eyes glistening with happiness.
Mike was about to protest but noticed the look in her eyes, then he looked down at Leiko who had an equally happy look but hers looked more faked and mocking. He turned his attention back to the little girl, "Sure." He replied in defeat.
"Thank you!" Gwen thanked, running out the door and down the stairs.
"You have a sick and twisted mind, Lee. Sick and twisted!" Mike growled, walking out the attic door.
"I love you too." Lee called after him, her smile growing.
Mike stopped when he heard those words, smiling at first but then suddenly shaking his head of the thought. 'Will never happen.' He thought finally.
Leiko laughed and stood up again, walking over to a small window. She tried to look through but found it to be covered with too much dust. She grabbed a piece of cloth from the top of a box and wiped the thick layer of dust off the glass. She threw the cloth beside her, staring outside the window for a few minutes till she saw Mike and Gwen walk to the car. They both sat inside the car and Mike stopped to talk to Gwen, probably asking her where she wanted to go. Leiko watched silently as they drove off the grounds and out of sight.
Leiko shook her head of all her current thoughts and walked over to a large wall where something tall was covered by a thin sheet. She grabbed the sheet by the top, taking a deep breath, suddenly bringing down the cloth to the wooden floors. She stared at her reflection in the mirror, eyes staring into her own. "Long time no see." She said, raising an eyebrow at her reflection.
She sighed, taking in the sight of her form. She pealed her tight denim jacket off her thin form and threw it on the floor to the side of the room. She took a deep breath, lowering her jeans slightly and then gently lifting the hem of her shirt. She shut her eyes, suddenly feeling the need to take another breath. She did so, opening her eyes and staring at the scar on her abdomen. "I hate you for doing this to me." She whispered, "And I'll make you pay for what you've done, I swear it!" she finished. Jerking her shirt back down and picking up the blanket that once covered the mirror. "I can't see this again for a long time." She whispered, throwing the cover over the large mirror.
She walked over to the punching bag that hung from the wall. Within seconds Lee was taking out all her anger and frustration on the punching bag, draining it to nothing but torn shreds of material and stuffing. She fell to the ground in exhaustion, sitting up, legs crossed as she wiped the sweat off her face.
A/N: Gah! So sorry for the short chapter and making it late only makes me feel worse about myself. Sorry for the late updates but I'm having writers block at the moment but I hope to get out of it soon. Well I wanted to ask a few questions bout some things that I wanted your opinion on and please give me your answers in a review:
Who was Leiko talking to when she looked at her in the mirror? Herself, or someone else? If someone else, suggest who it is if you have an idea.
How did Leiko get that scar and who gave it to her? (I'm evil for asking such things eh?)
Is Gwen really Leiko's daughter or is she adopted? (Give a reason why you think that way.) note: in some places Gwen is addressed as 'Leiko's daughter' or 'her daughter' that should not affect you decision as that is there…well not much of a reason, just a trick.
Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter, even if just a little bit. Sorry for asking questions but there are just some things I needed to know. Just to know where you all stand and stuff. See how close you come to figuring things out. Well, Please update soon and I promise to have a chapter up quicker next time.