WHEW, what has it been... three chapters from Kaito's perspective? WOW, well, I guess its time to switch it up. Besides, Being in Rin's head in the werewolf's place lets you hear about her days as a slave, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING!
Rin pov
I stared out at the darkness of the room, sleep was useless. It's impossible to sleep in a building with thousands of people you hate the guts of. Thousands, maybe there's more. I don't know how many people you can house in a mountain, but judging from the expanse of the corridors... It's a lot.
I sighed and rolled over. I know not to trust them. That's why I checked the blood before I drank it. I wonder if Len and Dell drank drugged drinks... Aw, who cares? The werewolves drank up my lies like they would blood. Filthy creatures, I would never lick blood from the ground. What more can you expect from dogs though. I rolled over again. Sleep doesn't seem to even touch my consciousness. Sitting up I stared around the room, which was very simple. I have served in rooms for honored guests before, they are lavishly decorated. Even more so than the normal rooms, they always want to make a good impression.
I stood up and reached out to touch the wall, it was cold. Stone, cold white stone. I gazed out across the room. Even though it was dark I could still clearly see everything in the room, even though there was not much to see. The walls were unadorned, the only furniture in the room was the two beds and a single side table between them. There were two doors, one to the hall and another to an en-suite bathroom. A few steps took me to the door of the en-suite and one quick look showed me that it was as bare as this room. With only a toilet, a plain white sink and a very small bat tub it looked to be about the size of the bathroom in Kaito's apartment. No doubt everything is better quality though. Another step took me to the door to the hall. Slowly I reached over and jerked the handle. It was locked. Of course. When have I ever been in a room here that I wasn't locked in, to keep me from running away?
Quickly turning I surveyed the room once again. The only disturbance in the plainness of it all was Kaito, lying in the bed next to mine, and the glasses on the side table.. He fell asleep almost immediately, he is hopelessly clueless. From what he's heard of these monsters he should be more cautious. I guess there's no point in waking him to scold him or hopelessly searching for a way to escape. Akaito would never give us a chance of escaping, unlike his father Katsu. My guess is that while I was gone Katsu was overthrown, He had been old and many had been skeptical that he could rule anymore. Akaito would have replaced the guards and general security of the place. He would have been getting ready for anything. There would be absolutely no hope of escaping if one was locking in a room like this.
My only hope is that Len and Dell don't waste their energy trying to escape.
"Rin!" a yell woke me. "We're locked in!" There was thudding, and then it went quiet. 'RIN!" He yelled.
"Shut up." I growled angrily "I know. I found out last night."
"Why didn't you wake me?" Kaito asked, panicked.
"Because there was no point, now shut up and stop making so much noise."
"How can you be so calm?" He paused, "And who the hell is that red haired dude?"
"I dunno, I guess I'm clam because of experience? Guess what else I have experience in? Kicking you so hard where it hurts you won't move for a year. The red haired man is Akaito, that's plan two by the way, let him eat you." I hissed, Kaito whimpered and went back to his bed, and sitting leaned over with his face in his hands. I scowled and sat up, he is such a wimp. Pshaw, grandmas-knitted sweaters, cookies from mom? Such a loser, at least he takes his liquor straight. Still bitter from being rudely woken up, I stood up and went to the bathroom. I had been planning on having a bath, but the size of the tub made me have second thoughts. I sighed and left the bathroom, suddenly realizing that the glasses that had been on the side table last night weren't there anymore. Also there were two hooks on the wall, and hanging from each was a change of clothes for me and Kaito.
Mine (or at least I HOPE it was meant for me... uh...) was a long black dress, the skirt went down to about mid-calf and the side was slit up to mid-thigh. It had a strap on one side, which was all that was holding it up.
Kaito had a black suit with a red tie, pretty basic. I guess they need formal clothes too. It's a wonder though why they would even bother giving us anything. I reached to touch the dress, the fabric felt soft, it flowed well. I picked the hanger off the hook and took it to the bathroom. There was no mirror, I am glad for that. It could be awkward having to change in front of a mirror...
After putting on the dress I realized it wasn't black, it was a very dark red. Wow, a red tie for Kaito? A dark red dress for me? Pshaw, I bet Akaito makes everyone wear red. He's kind of cheesy like that.
Kaito stared at me as I stepped out of the bathroom. He had his suit on, and it really suited him, except he had his scarf on. I scowled at him for it.
"Take off that raggedy old scarf." I sighed.
"Why!" He asked, sounding almost insulted.
"Because! It would be an insult to wear your scarf when we were given nice clothes to wear." I lied through my teeth. Kaito grumbled and took his scarf off, I tossed him a hair brush I had found in the bathroom and went to the door. Kaito looked at me weird as I kneeled down to stare at the door knob.
"Hello? Do you expect us to walk around with cold feet?" I growled, staring right at the keyhole.
"What're you doing?" Kaito asked.
I pointed to the knob, "Camera." I said .The cameras were something I had known about for decades. One day long ago I had delivered something to one of the technicians watching a bunch of screens in a room. The technician had been slightly drunk I think, but he was nice and he explained it to me, a 'camera' was in each of the rooms. He had pointed to a door that led to a room I didn't even notice before. He told me that each room was 'bugged' too, so they were listening and watching everything that was happening in this place.
The only place they use keys are the cages where they keep the slaves, and they have a different key for each tiny cramped cell. Everywhere else in this place used numbers typed into a pad beside the doors. Confidential places, where few people were allowed, had these machines that could tell different voices apart. They only opened when certain people said the password. These types of machines are more recent additions.
I stood and turned to the bed. The 'bug' was probably on the bottom of the bed. I don't like being monitored like this, it's uncomfortable. Kaito stared at me as I waited in front of the door. He looked at me with that familiar 'You're crazy' look. Honestly, it was annoying at first but I'm getting used to it.
Knock Knock
Smirking arrogantly I turned to the door and opened it, "Hello?"
"Umm, you wanted shoes?" A small green-haired boy stood there, holding a bundle. He looked insecure at being in my presence. I almost burst out laughing, what a great show of power, send a small meek kid. Pshaw, they must not think much of us.
"Yes, thank you." I leaved towards him until my eyes were at his level. I stared into his deep green eyes. "That's interesting, are werewolves practicing with genetics? I didn't think green eyes and hair was natural." I glanced at Kaito. "I didn't think blue hair or non-vampiric red eyes were natural either." I grumbled, thinking of Akaito. My comment seemed to make the boy even more uncomfortable. "Will you tell your masters that I don't like being watched, listened to or locked in?"
The boy nodded hastily, opened the package, handed me two pairs of shoes and ran down the hall. He left the door open, and I almost thought it was just him being clueless. Then Akaito came out from behind the door.
"Hello." He chuckled. I stared, mildly shocked. Well, that was unexpected. "Might I come in?" Akaito continued, in an amused voice that pissed me off. Not the Len kid of idiotically amused, he was... Different.
"Sure." I mumbled, stepping back and to the side. He stepped in, glancing uninterested at Kaito. I silently shut the door.
"So," Akaito mumbled, staring at me. I returned his stare, "You seem to know a lot about this place."
"I suppose I do." I sighed, trying to sound uninterested.
"Almost like, you've been here before?"
"Why would I have ever been here? I have no business here other than making sure you aren't keeping slaves." I almost smiled, he couldn't accuse me of being the escapee, because if he did then maybe I wasn't and I would know for sure that they DID keep slaves. Besides, with the way I have been acting he thinks that I would keep quiet for a meager bribe.
"Just checking. You must be very observant."
"I have been told that by friends."
"It's a good quality to have."
"That it is."
"We only locked you in because we didn't want you getting lost or having one of the guards mistaking you for an intruder and shooting you I hope you know."
"I appreciate your concern."
"I'd best be going then, you will be sent for in a while, we will be having a bit of a party to celebrate your being here and our peace with the Vampires, I hope."
"Don't worry, we see nothing out of place here, we will gladly come with you." I smirked, Akaito did a half-twitch, and left. As soon as he couldn't see my face I smiled. I don't care if the cameras pick it up.
"Whaa?" Kaito stumbled, I tossed him his shoes. They were smart black dress shoes. I had red shoes with a bit of heel. Grumbling, I grabbed Kaito's sweater from his bed and draped it over the door knob, covering the camera. After I felt safe from prying eyes I crawled under the beds and found the device that had been collecting our voices. I peeled it off using my nails then rushed over to the sink and drowned it.
"Ahh." I sighed, relieved.
"Umm, what?" Kaito asked, probably now thoroughly confused. I smiled wildly at him. His eyes widened in fright.
The room went silent as I took my first step into it. Everyone was staring at me with disdain and shock. I smirked back at all of them.
"I'm not so sure about this..." Kaito whispered, walking fast to catch up to me.
"Pshaw, dude, you need to learn to stop giving a shit. After a few hundred years you feel like you have lived a full life, if they're going to kill us at least I can say I've outlived a sea turtle, they live for like, 200 years!" Len replied.
"I wasn't talking to you! Besides, I haven't lived 200-something years!" Kaito snapped.
"Shut up, you guys are so obnoxious." Dell growled. Len and Kaito went silent, joining the rest of the people here. We were now standing a few feet from Akaito's throne. He stared at us with surprise.
"This certainly is very interesting..." He trailed off.
"Thanks, we appreciated the clothes but they just weren't our style." I chimed. He continued to stare.
After Akaito had left, Kaito and I had discovered that our room was now unlocked, we went to Dell and Len's room and brought them back to ours. Len and Dell were wearing clothes given to them by the werewolves too. We made a few... Adjustments.
Now, standing in front of the court, I was wearing the top of the dress, the skirt ripped off, and my jeans. I had decided to wear the shoes we had been given. Dell was wearing the dress shirt and the tie with the dress pants. Len had the dress shirt with his jeans. Kaito had the dress shirt the dress pants and his scarf. All the clothing we had worn on the way in had been washed in the tub, then Len had held them out and spun in circles to dry them faster. Seriously. We had been throwing out ideas on how to get the clothes dry faster and Kaito had jokingly mentioned that idea and we had gone with it. Idiocy has its uses.
"I am sorry that we could not please you with our clothing choice." Akaito said, his eye looking about ready to burst out in a fit of twitching.
Despite our little surprise the 'party' continued, Akaito had a table and chairs pulled up to his throne so we could all sit and 'chat' with him. Even though it felt more like he was interrogating me. At some points, like when he asked me if I knew anything about the layout, I acted like I didn't know anything. I could walk from the throne room to the cages all the way to the other side of the facility where the eating hall was, with my eyes shut.
One thing that I found interesting, when he told me about the layout he told me wrong, he warped it so anyone who didn't know this place and followed his direction would end up totally disoriented and lost.
And so when we got tired, when it was time for us to go back to our rooms, and he gave me the wrong directions to our rooms, I followed them.
"How the hell are we lost?" Len exclaimed, poking my shoulder viciously. "I thought you knew this place well!"
"Shut up Len, I'm just following Akaito's directions."
"Must be bad directions, they did get YOU lost here!" Kaito chuckled. I ignored him.
"I hope you guys didn't leave anything important back at the rooms."
"Why?" They all asked. I stayed silent but picked up the pace, and they hurried to keep up to me. We approached a corner that Akaito didn't mention in his directions.
"Didn't he say to turn here?" I asked the boys mockingly, they all grumbled and I heard several no's and a maybe she is crazy. Turning left I started jogging, quickly approaching another corner. By the time I reached the corner I was full on running, turning sharply and leaping I took out a guard. Dell, Len and Kaito came around the corner and Kaito shouted in alarm at me throwing the other guard against a wall. Hastily I grabbed the first guards huge key ring and ran to the first cell, I found the key with a number matching the number on the cell and opened it, I tossed a few keys to Kaito, Len, Dell and the startled prisoner.
We quickly got the crowd out of their cells. Many of them grabbed an unused key, and a few of them shoved the twp guards in a cell. Once a group of guards came patrolling along the hallway (something that must be new, when I was here last there was just guards that stuck to one spot) they were almost immediately overpowered and thrown into of cells of their own.
When every door in this hall was opened I led them dashing down the hall, towards the small tunnel that would lead them all to freedom. The only thing I didn't notice was the small dark figure that slipped out of the group and dashed silently and unnoticed down the hall.
Ooooh, :D CLIFF HANGER! Yep, I hope my story isn't totally cliche... D: oh well, I'm happy as long as SOMEONE enjoys reading it. :D thus, tell me if you like it! and tell me how to make it better so more people like it ;P
