Here's chapter 10 of Missing! I went back a little and wrote from Mairu and Kururi's point of view for awhile. I hope that doesn't bug you too much. Please read, review, and enjoy!
Mairu and Kururi hated not knowing what was going on. They hated that they weren't allowed to see Izaya. As soon as their brother was brought into the apartment, Mairu and Kururi were dragged away by Erika and Walker, not even getting to look at him. Kururi acted reasonably through the whole thing, but Mairu was having a hard time accepting everything that was happening and listening to Erika and Walker. When Celty rushed out of the room 30 minutes later, everyone began to think the worst.
Mairu promptly stood up and marched over to the sobbing Celty before anyone could stop her, "What's wrong? Did something happen with Iza-Nii?"
As Mairu spoke, Kururi came up behind her and they anxiously waited for Celty's reply. When it didn't come, Kururi spoke, "Please, tell us. What happened?"
Celty just shook her head and went to sit on the couch that Erika and Walker still occupied. She pulled out her PDA and began talking to them instead. This made Mairu angry and she began to yell, but immediately stopped when she heard an agonizing scream on the other side of the operation room.
Horrified, Mairu turned to face Kururi who wore a similar expression. Softly she asked, "Was that... Iza-Nii?"
Kururi nodded and both girls bolted to the door. They pounded on the door and screamed to be let in. Erika and Walker hurried to the girls' side and started to pull them away.
"Come on, you need to let them work," Walker said calmly, but looked at the door nervously.
"That's right. IzaIza will be okay, you just need to trust Shinra. He won't let anything happen to him," Erika added, trying to get the girls to stop struggling. They didn't seem to be listening, however, and continued to try to get to the door.
"Let us go! We want to see Iza-Nii! Let us go!" Mairu screamed and started to cry while Kururi started to bite Walker's arm.
Eventually, Mairu stopped struggling against Erika and fell to the floor. She started to sob and Kururi stopped fighting as well. Seeing her sister crying, Kururi pushed past Walker and Erika to get to Mairu and hugged her tightly, letting her own silent tears fall down her face.
Mairu hugged her back and cried into her shoulder, "What are we going to do, Kure-nee? What are we going to do if Iza-Nii dies?"
Kururi strokes Mairu's hair and says, "It will be okay, Mairu. I'm sure of it. Iza-Nii will be okay."
They stayed like this until Izaya's screams stopped when Celty comes and knells next to them. She pulls out her phone and begins typing, [I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't think it was something that you should know. Let's wait for them to come out on the couch, okay?]
Kururi quickly reads Celty's message and nods. She stands up along with Mairu and they move to sit on the couch again. Erika looks at Celty with gratitude and she and Walker sit back on the couch as well. An hour later the door to the operation room finally opens and out comes Shizuo and Kyohei with Izaya on a stretcher between them. Kururi and Mairu went to him as soon as he was out of the room.
"Iza-Nii, are you alright?" Kururi began and was interrupted by Mairu.
"What happen, Iza-Nii?"
Izaya looked puzzled for a few minutes and the twins were surprised by the novelty. Suddenly, Izaya's confused face turned to one of anger.
"What idiot called my sisters?" Izaya said and, although his voice was hoarse and cracked, it did nothing to diminish the anger you could hear.
Kururi blinked a little in question before saying, "Shinra called us," not having seen him shaking his head at her.
Shinra practically fell to the floor before getting up and changing the topic to something less life threatening for him. Funny how he was still scared of what Izaya could do to him even though the man was incapable of doing anything at the moment.
"Let's not worry about that now, Izaya. We still need to get you to the guest room and take care of that fever of yours," Shinra said hurriedly and did not miss the glare that Izaya shot at him. Shizuo had to suppress a smirk at Shinra's obvious attempt to change the subject and Kyohei just shook his head.
Namie walked out of the room next and said, "He's right, Izaya. You also need rest after everything that's happened," She turned her attention to Shizuo and Kyohei and said, "We should get him to his room now."
They nodded and followed Shinra to one of his spare rooms. As they moved, Izaya looked at Namie before he concentrated back on his sisters again. He saw traces of tears in their eyes so he brought his bruised hand up and touched Mairu's face.
"It's okay now, Mairu. I'm fine, see? Your brother's stronger than that. Right, Kururi?" Izaya whispered with a smile on his face and dropped his hand.
Mairu and Kururi smiled back at him before nodding. The group finally reached the room and Shizuo and Kyohei gently placed Izaya on the bed.
"We're going to lift him on the count of three, and Shinra, you take the stretcher out from under him," Kyohei said authoritatively.
"Roger," Shinra said, preparing to take the stretcher.
"Dota-chin," Izaya started with a hint of pain and fear in his tone, "try to be careful this time, okay?"
Kadota knew exactly what he was referring to and he still felt bad about it. The last thing he wanted to do right now was cause Izaya anymore pain.
"I'll try, Izaya," Kadota finally said and looked at Shizuo. He nodded and began counting.
"One, two, three," Izaya bit is lip as they lifted him up as carefully as possible.
Through all his effort to remain quiet, Izaya couldn't stopped the small whimper that escaped his lips. Shinra quickly grabbed the stretcher and Izaya was gently placed back on the bed. Izaya breathed heavily and sweat dripped down his face. Shinra and Kadota moved away from the bed and stood in the middle of the room.
Shizuo looked concernedly at Izaya before asking, "Oi, are you okay?"
Izaya took a moment to catch his breath before replying, "Just fine, Shizu-chan. And you?"
Shizuo glared and ignored the question as Mairu and Kururi entered the room, followed by Namie. The twins went onto the left side of the bed and sat next to Izaya as Namie came to the right with a wet towel. Carefully, Namie placed the towel on Izaya's forehead and pulled out a chair.
Izaya touched the towel and said, "What's this for?"
Namie raised an eyebrow at him curiously, saying, "It's for your fever Izaya."
"Fever?" Izaya asked as he tried to think and Namie smiled softly and nodded.
Izaya's thoughts drifted to darker events, but he quickly shook them away, not wanting to think of his unending torture. Instead, Izaya decided to ask something that had been on his mind for a while.
"Namie, how long have I've been gone?"
Namie started and quickly answer his question, "A week. You've been gone for a week Izaya."
"A week, huh," Izaya removed his hand from his head, "It felt like a lot longer than that."
The room was filled with a melancholy atmosphere and no one knew how to break it. As Izaya started to put his arm down all the way, Kururi spotted something silver on Izaya's finger. Kururi grabbed Izaya's hand gently and pulled it towards her. Izaya turned his head to face her and Kururi quietly spoke, "You still have the ring we gave you."
"Let me see," Mairu said and Kururi showed her, "Hey, you're right! Where's the other one Iza-Nii?"
Izaya thought for a minute and looked back at Namie, "Where's my other arm, Namie?" Once he finished saying those words, to the other occupants of the room it felt like the world just froze over with ice.
Instead of Namie, it was Shinra who spoke, "Um, Izaya, about that..."
Shinra couldn't finish his sentence and trailed off. He looked down at his feet as if afraid to say any more. Shizuo chose to speak in his place.
"It's gone, Izaya. Shinra couldn't reattach your arm because of all the damage done to it. You won't ever have that arm again."
Izaya was quiet for a minute. He just blinked at Shizuo, and Kyohei waited to see his reaction once it sunk in. He wasn't sure what Izaya would do and he worried about what he would do. Izaya's life would become harder now that he only had one arm to rely on.
After another minute, Izaya started to talk, "That's not what I asked. I want to know where it is. You do have it don't you?"
Shinra gaped and said, "Well yes, but... I don't think you understand what we just told you."
"I understand it perfectly well, Shinra. Now can you get my arm?" Izaya said slowly and everyone could tell that he was tired.
Without saying anything further, Shinra left to do as Izaya asked. Everyone else continued to stare in surprise at Izaya. Finally, Kadota decided to break the silence, "Are you sure you're okay with it?"
"Even if I wasn't, Dota-chin, there's nothing I can do to change it so there's really no point in worrying about it," Izaya was starting to have difficulties keeping his eyes open and when Shinra returned Izaya was almost about to fall asleep.
"Izaya," Shinra shook him lightly to get his attention, and when he opened his eyes, Shinra continued, "I brought your arm for you."
"There's a ring," Izaya started tiredly, "on my index finger. Get it for me?"
Shinra did what Izaya asked and handed the ring to Izaya. As soon as it was in Izaya's hand, he fell asleep. Kururi and Mairu stayed on Izaya's bed and fell asleep next to him and everyone else left the room. They joined Erika, Walker, and Celty in the living room and everyone just sat quietly, thinking about the day's events.
Eventually, Namie got tired of the silent and stood up, "I'm going to make some food. I doubt that they feed Izaya at all and he's bound to be hungry when he wakes up."
Having nothing better to do and needing something to distract themselves, Erika and Celty decided to help her.
That left Walker, Kadota, Shizuo, and Shinra to sit in silence. Saburo had left as soon as he dropped the rest of the Van Gang off due to other business so that meant that everyone was stuck here at least until tomorrow. Not that that really mattered. Everyone was so worried about Izaya that they wouldn't have left even if the had a car.
Shinra looked over at Shizuo and abruptly said, "Shizuo, tell me what you saw when you first found Izaya."
Shizuo snapped his head towards Shinra, surprised by his sudden demand, but he answered anyway, "When Vorona and I were looking for Izaya, we encountered around 20 men in the warehouse he was being kept. It was as if they were keeping guard or something."
Shizuo paused and took out a cigarette before continuing, "After beating and tying up the men, we found another room. When we went inside most of the room was covered in Izaya's blood. Pipes, various knives, and a chainsaw, all stained with blood. If you can believe it, Izaya even begged us not to leave him there. He didn't care whether I killed him or not, he just didn't want us to leave him hanging like he was."
"Hanging?!" Shinra asked horrified, "What do you mean?"
Shizuo crushed his unsmoked cigarette and answered angrily, "He was hanging from the ceiling by the chains you found around his neck and wrist."
Eyes still wide in horror, Shinra looked over at Kyohei, "Did you see any of this, Kyohei?"
Kadota shook his head stiffly, "No, the only thing I noticed was Izaya. I didn't have much time to focus on anything else."
Shinra sighed, "Now, the question is: what exactly did they want from him?"