Usagi opened her door quickly, slammed and leaned against it breathing quickly. What the hell is going on. Joanna seems innocent in all of this ,
yet something's not right. Why does she have Dimonds phone number. She ruffled her fringe and walked slowly to the living room , sitting on her couch she tilted her head backwards and closed her eyes. Why didn't she say she was the owner of that restaurant.
She took the remote in her hands and turned on the tv, maybe the news was on, the sound of it will soothe her nerves.
„...only a few men have been arrested, as the scene of the local Green Tree Restaurant comes too view ..." Usagi's eyes shot open. A perky news reporter was holding his microphone talking away as she watched the scene, her eyes widend seeing the place she was at only a few hours ago.
„no victims have been reported but people claim to have seen a woman with short hair handling the hostage situation for the police, the men who were being held are no longer in the area,police hope to get in touch with them soon, the owner, who said want's to be anonymous sent a out a huge thank you to the rescuer of her building..." Usagi noticed the huge men being taken by the police.
„WE WERE FRAMED!" one suddenly shouted only to be quickly silenced by one of the officers.
She recognized him, he was sitting with a smaller man by the door when she walked in there earlier. Usagi's heart started pounding like crazy. What if...what if she had been wrong. She thought quickly and suddenly put her hands over her mouth.
Mamoru was there , that had to happen about ten minutes after she and Joanna walked out. She got up and started walking in circles around the room.
„They said hostages but.." she started talking to herself „ but it...it couldn't be could it? Woman, short hair, hostages, DAMM" she kept repeating over and turned back to the TV.
„people still wonder why has something like this happened to our town, making it ..." Usagi stoped nearly having a heart attack. There was a crowd of people and Usagi could have sworn she saw a flash of familliar silver hair.
„...making it less..."
„silver" her mind racing again
„safe then.."
„silver" no i couldn't be
„people had hoped i'm..."
„silver" it started to drill a hole in her mind
„...Rick Daryll , Headway News" and with a flash she turned of the TV. Her pacing continued
„Why, why was he there" she again said to herself. Joanna had his number, she was the owner, Mamoru and her had both been there today, What the hell was this all about?
Usagi raced to the kitchen , grabbing a cup and filled it with water, as she drank the last of it, she slammed the cup down on to the kitchen table, her hands shaking. What if this is all some game, a sick game they all got tangled up in? What to do?
She rubbed her eyes and noticed the phone lying next to her.
She looked at it and took it in her hands. Without thinking she diled a very old , but remembered phone number.
Futago finished cleaning and fixing up the guys cuts and scrapes when she heard her phone ring. Walking into her brothers kitchen , she flipped open the phone.
„Hello?"
„F...Futago?" Mamoru's sister stoped in her tracks
„Usa..."
„y..yes it's me, I ..." Futago clapped her hands so the guys would be silent , they all noticed her tense eyes. She motioned for them to be totally quiet.
„Usa.." Futago continued , making Mamoru jump up with eyes widened. His sister stoped him, holding up her hand, showing him to sit down,
He obeyed, heart aching, looking constantly at his sister.
„Usa is something wrong?"
„I'm sorry to trouble you but I ..."
„it's ok no trouble , please tell me what's wrong?"
„tell me have you heard from your brother today..."
„eeemmm well..."
„Futago please tell me „
Futago's mouth flew open to say something but Usagi continued
„it was you who saved them right?"
„what are you ta..."
„i watched the news , Futago i'm begging you is everything ok?"
Futago bit her lip and sighed
„yeah, all's well ….at least for now"
Usagi sniffed through the reciver
„ok, good that's all then..."
„Usagi wait, i'll ask again what's wrong?"
Usagi couldn't take it anymore and she broke down in tears,
Futago turned on her speeker phone for the rest to hear. They all looked at the tiny phone
„I...I ...I think ….I've made a huge..mi...mistake! My God, Futago I ….I have been making friends with a woman who I think wants to get...him"
„him?"
„your brother..."
„but how ?"
her crying continued , and everyone looked at each other nervously.
Mamoru's jaw clenched, thinking how sad and alone Usagi was now. His anger rising towards Joanna for making her hurt his Usagi like this. Futago held up her finger to her mouth, motioning again for everyone to be quiet.
„And i think she's in on this with...with my..." Usagi sobbed harder
„who?"
„my..."silence
„WHO?"
„my fiance...i think i saw him on the TV when the whole restaurant thing happened" Usagi finished
„Usa you can't be serious..."
„Futago...i was at the hotel this woman is staying at , and saw her papers that she owned that restaurant, and in those papers was my fiances number..."
Now total silence fell on all of them.
Futago picked up her phone turned off the speaker phone and bought the receiver up to her ear.
„Usa, forgive me but this has to be done..." she finished and handed the phone to her brother
„go..." she tilted her head towards the kitchen „and talk to her, do it now, i smell trouble..."
Mamoru took the phone and walked into the kitchen , closing the door behing him.
„Usako..."
„...Ma...Mamoru?"
„yeah...me"
„I...what are you doing there...did Futago...?"
„yeah, she said so right? Usako are you ok?"
„no...I ….I don't know ...it's taht...I told Futago..."
„I heard...don't be mad at Futago for letting us hear what you said"
„Us?"
„yes , all of the guys are unfortunatly in on this, Usako please listen to me, She's evil, please belive me all those things , all of them , us being torn apart, it's her fault, she want's to destroy me by using you..."
„How can I be sur..."
„USA I'M BEGGING YOU! I don't care about my stupid sorry ass, i want you to be safe, please...I love you, i'd die if something were to happen to you..."
silence fell on the other side.
„Mamoru...in all the years i've known you...you never said something like that..."
„I always felt it, but i was a moron and didn't tell you, and ...well...you know...bad things happen to good people, at least I think i'm good..."
Usagi smiled absorbing the conversation, how happy it made her feel finding the once lost Mamoru she thought would never return.
„Mamoru...tell me...please i need to know...what happened that day i came to your office?"
„She jumped me, and she did the same thing today, please Usako, you have got to belive me, i never wanted to do anything to hurt you please belive me..."
Usagi sighed holding her phone closer to her
„ok..."
„what?"
„ok...I...I belive you..."
"yes?"
"yeah..now.." she laughed a little "now i maybe the idiot..."
they laughed a little at that.
Mamoru's heart swelled up with happiness.
„Usako, how i've missed you, it was tearing me apart..."
„Mamoru...my fiance...I ….I don't know what to do..."
Mamoru frowned no hearing this
„Usa...if what you told us was true then get out of there and please come back to me, we'll help you and we'll figure this out"
Usagi thought for a while. She had nothing to loose...
„Mamoru, do you still live where you have?"
„yes...but i'm moving, i forgot to mention, Joanna bugged my apartment, the guys managed to unhook every device but i'm not sure she won't try this again"
„i'll take some stuff and come as quickly as possible..."
„Usa...one more thing...you...you remember how i never talked and you thought i didn't love you and only my work..."
„well...yes"
„Usako, i'll never do it again, please live with me once more...let's go back to where we were but better, i swear i'll always be there for you, and you can have anything..."
Usagi's heart filled with happiness,she finally found that missing link in her life. Dimond was nice but...she never felt totally happy...things are finally the way they were soppoused to all this? All the ugliness, anger, sadness were gone. Her doughts and fears dissolving.
„Yes..." she replied happily „ i will..."
Mamoru sat on the kitchen chair and leaned his head against the wall
„thank you..."he whispered , a huge smile forming on his face.
„Ok so i'll...come quickly...Mamoru...I Lo..."
Mamoru suddenly heard a muffled sound, Usagi dropped her phone to the ground.
Her mouth covered, her arms held tight. She felt light headed. Her eyes rolled upwards , and she passed out falling to the floor.
A hand picked up her phone, Mamoru's voice still echoing on the other side
„Usako?!"
He heard laughter
„no not your rabbit, but i'll make sure she'll be ok..."
„who the hell are..."
but at that moment the phone went dead.
Dimond looked at the smashed phone lying on the ground.
„Oh...Hunny...i think you broke it..." He smirked picking up Usagi of the floor, walking out of the apartment, Joanna close at his heels...
„USAKO!" the gang sitting in the living room turned their heads towards the kitchen door. It flew open, as Mamoru bargged in.
„They got her..."