Emery walked calmly out of her room in new clothes and grabbed a hairbrush, trying to get the knots out of her hair as she walked to the rest of their unexpected, and somewhat unwanted, guests. Tamaki and Honey smiled politely and Mori nodded at her in greeting. Crashing sounds were heard from Coby's room, but the other three females just ignored it while Kaoru and Hikaru cried out in pain and ran from her room, heading straight to the front door and dragging the rest of the group behind them. Coby came from her room, her bat dragging on the ground behind her as she followed them with a blank face, which caused everyone to shutter.
"See you at school!" Nicky called after them.
"Bye! See you later!" Alexa waved.
Alexa ran off to the room at the end of the hall, beside Nicky's, and got dressed while Nicky finished brushing her teeth and the two sisters grabbed everyone's books, stuffing them in the right bags before collecting them up and heading out the door with the other two close behind. Emery locked the door and they were off to school. By the time they got to school it was 7:18 and they ran up the many stairs to Music Room 1, where a note was hanging on the door.
Host Club 5,
We are in the basement for the photo shoot. Please come down by 7:30, if possible,
so we can get it done and over with. We already have the equipment and many
outfits down there.
Hurry,
Ouran Host Club
Alexa groaned. "No! That means more stairs!"
Nicky whined. "But I hate stairs! These people are rich, so why don't they have, like, elevators or something?!"
Coby snorted. "Just shut up and move, or else we'll never get there!"
Slowly they made their way to the stairs again and Emery, Alexa, and Nicky trudged unhappily down them while Coby ran, nearly running into walls and doors as she tried to slow down for a corner. They were almost to the main floor when Coby tripped and rolled down the stairs before face planting at the bottom with a moan of pain. Nicky and Alexa started laughing, trying to keep their balance as they got to the bottom of the stairs, while Emery face palmed and walked around her sister, walking to the basement door. After gaining control and calming down Nicky helped Coby up and watched the younger girl limp after her sister and Alexa before following them to the heavy wooden door.
"I thought this place was wealthy and could afford cool doors, not creepy ones that make me NOT want to enter!" Nicky pouted.
"Suck it up, Nicky." Emery growled as she opened the door to find more stairs that lead deep into darkness.
"Oh, no, that's not creepy at all." Nicky muttered sarcastically as they walked down them.
Nicky went down first, with Emery right behind her and Alexa following a little further behind while Coby limped five steps behind them and losing ground. The door slammed shut behind them and all four of them jumped, their hearts racing as they kept their slow pace down the pitch black stairwell with nothing to grab onto. The stairs creaked under their feet as they continued.
"It never ends!" Nicky complained as Emery's foot touched concrete.
Emery smiled. "It just did, you drama queen."
There were flickering lights behind a large wall that showed the girls where to go as they stumbled forward, their legs sore, and turned the corner to see old, metal prison cells illuminated by the flickering dim lights. The Ouran Host Club was waiting for them with grins on their faces as they came into view. Coby leaned heavily on the wall and panted, glaring at the group waiting for them.
It was Coby that spoke first, her voice full of anger and pain. "Who's idea was it to have this photo shoot in the basement, of all places? Because whoever it was, I'm gonna kill!"
Tamaki smiled. "What happened to you, Coby? Are you a wee bit grouchy?"
Emery shook her head. "No, she fell on the way down and twisted her ankle, and hasn't been in a good mood to start with."
Coby turned her glare to him. "Talk to me like that again and I'll toss you down the top of the stairs and see how you feel afterwards! Then I'll snap your neck if it hasn't been broken yet, then serve you up for dinner! Do you understand, Tamaki Suoh?"
"Perfectly." Tamaki answered nervously.
"Now," Kyoya cleared his throat, "let us start the photo shoot. I want Emery to change into that dress right there, then get into the cell."
Slowly Emery examined the dark gray dress that Kyoya pointed to, noting the thin straps over the shoulders, then some flowy sleeves that came from the bottom of her shoulder to her elbow, as well as the baggy top that tightened just under her ribs and went into layers to the middle of her calves, with a red ribbon dangling from the center of the chest. With a sigh she grabbed it and went around the corner to change, coming back a minute later with the dress on and her hair messed up, trying to finger comb it back to how it used to be.
"Don't fix it, Emery. It's perfect for the shot." Tamaki scolded.
With a groan Emery entered the cell and closed it behind her, leaning against the bars slightly. Kyoya peeked through the camera and motioned Kaoru to enter the shot, who was wearing low riding jeans with scarlet stains and rips on them, and had a bandaged torso with more scarlet discoloring. Kaoru walked up to the cell and leaned against the bars, facing Emery, and slipping his hands through. As Emery reached up for his hands and stared into his eyes, Kyoya took the shot and readjusted the camera angle, taking another shot as Kaoru grasped her hands and leaned his face against the bars, right near hers, and she leaned closer.
"Okay, next people!" Kyoya called just before the two kissed, pulling out some keys and unlocking the cell door.
"And the next person will be Nicky! Put this on!" Tamaki called, pointing to an outfit.
Nicky looked at the outfit, worn out white pants with mud smudges on them and a white straight jacket, before pouting and grabbing the outfit, dragging Alexa with her to help put on the straight jacket, around the corner. Emery followed them to change her clothes back and the three of them came back around the corner, Alexa helping to keep Nicky's balance as she stumbled. Mori came up to her and smudged her cheek and chin with red face paint. Slowly Nicky got into the cell and sat cross legged on the floor, smirking, as Kyoya adjusted the camera and Tamaki brought Hikaru, who was wearing a black and white striped suit that was ripped with a matching hat, to the outside of the cell, grabbing handcuffs and cuffing him to the bars. As Tamaki backed away Kyoya took the shot and Nicky slowly got to her knees, leaning forward as Hikaru slid down the bars with his eyes closed.
"Hikaru, look more tired, and look into the camera." Kyoya demanded and Hikaru did as instructed as Kyoya took the shot. "Good. Now, Tamaki and Honey, get ready."
As Kyoya unlocked the cell door and the handcuffs Coby looked over to see Tamaki wearing ripped black jeans and belt buckles held his hands behind his back, his arms to his sides, and covered his eyes with a collar around his neck, while Honey wore black shorts and a collar around his neck. The two entered the cell and Tamaki sat down and leaned wistfully against the bars in the corner while Honey was on his knees and holding the bars, tears in his eyes as Kyoya took the shot. Honey fell into Tamaki's lap, still teary, and Tamaki smiled slightly as Kyoya took the next one, then went to unlock the door again.
"Alexa, go put this on." Kyoya commanded as Tamaki and Honey disappeared around a different corner to change, as the rest of them had.
Her outfit consisted of a long white button up shirt and white short shorts that had scarlet stains on them. Quickly Alexa got changed and came back, Tamaki running up to her to put red face paint on her arms and face, then she got into the cell where Mori already was, wearing tattered and torn gray jeans and long sleeved shirt with brown and scarlet stains, as well as bandaging around his neck. Mori was leaning against the back wall, so Alexa sat against the a few feet from him with an evil look as Kyoya took the shot. They moved, Alexa standing close to the bars, holding one hand out with the other to her chest with the evil look still planted on her face, while Mori just leaned forward a little and started falling to his knees when Kyoya took the shot and went again to unlock the cell.
Kyoya smiled, grabbing an outfit and throwing it at Coby. "Last one for this background. Coby, get this on." Then he turned to Tamaki, handing him the keys to the cell and handcuffs. "Hold these, will you?"
Coby got dressed in a black outfit of pants and a long sleeved shirt with buckles all over them to hinder her movements, the neck of the shirt coming up to her nose with more buckles on it, and bandages to cover her eyes and half of the left side of her face. Emery came around the corner and grabbed her sister's arm, leading her back around the corner to the cell.
"Hey, Kyoya, aren't you gonna have you picture taken, too?" Alexa asked, eyeing Kyoya.
"I will, but I will have it done by someone else later, before we move locations to the next scene for pictures." Kyoya replied lightly.
Coby cleared her throat. "Can we just get this over with, please?"
Kyoya laughed. "Sure."
Tamaki, Haruhi, Hikaru, Kaoru, Alexa, Nicky, Mori, and Honey left silently, hurrying up the stairs and they were gone. Slowly Coby felt around for the bars, grasping one in her hand while feeling for the end of the cell with the other as Kyoya took the photo, then her ankle gave way in a spasm of pain. She fell, losing her grip on the bars, and cried out in pain as Kyoya took the shot.
"Kyoya, please, get me out of here! Kyoya, please!" Coby pleaded as she ripped off the bandaging from her face and grabbed her ankle.
"Just a second, Coby." Kyoya sighed, reaching into his pocket to retrieve the key, but it was gone. "Oh, no, I can't find the key. Tamaki must still have it. I'll have to go get it, I'll be right back."
"No! Please, don't leave me alone! This place scares me! Can't you just phone him? You have a cell phone, right?" Coby panicked as her ankle throbbed.
Emery ran up to the bars and fell to her knees. "No, Coby, I'm here! Calm down!"
Coby scooted toward the bars, reaching through them to grab Emery's hand in hers as they watched Kyoya run around the corner and heard him go up the stairs. Emery smiled soothingly and glanced around them, spotting something shiny on the floor, slowly reaching for it with her free hand. The keys lay on the floor, right by the camera.
The older one grabbed the keys and groaned. "Lets say we trust them and don't, okay?"
The younger one nodded. "Sounds good to me, no can you get me out of here?"
With a laugh Emery unlocked the cell door and walked in to grab Coby's arm, pulling her to her feet and keeping her steady as she limped. The two sisters glanced at each other and started giggling as they got to the stairs and Coby got dressed quickly before they made their slow descend up the creaky stairs. When they got half way up, Kyoya opened the door at the top and started coming down before seeing the two and stopping in confusion.
"You suck, Kyoya! The keys were on the floor by the camera!" Coby snapped angrily as she limped toward him with Emery holding her steady.
"Ignore her, she's just in a bad mood." Emery chuckled nervously as they got to the top of the stairs and pushed past Kyoya.
"I hate him! He's so mean! I hope he chokes on his next meal!" Coby spat as she hobbled off to her next class, leaving Emery in the main room.
Emery called after her. "Be nice, Coby!"