The scientist gave him a questioning look.
"Pardon?" Takuya's ears went back and he struggled through the rope.
"DAMN YOU! You have Riku's blood on you! What did you do? I swear if you killed him I will annihilate you!" The man chuckled.
"I didn't realize you things had a name. I'm assuming Riku would be a vampire with red hair?" Takuya growled at him.
"And you call yourself a scientist! Open your damn eyes, of course we would have names! You humans give animals a name. Hell even a pet name for that matter. They are non-human as much as we are. We are all made out of the same thread of life and yet you call us monsters, devil children, evil even! Well in my opinion it's not who you are that defines you from good or evil, it's what you do! And if I'm correct you are as low as they come." The scientist smirked at Takuya.
"What a speech!" He spoke with sarcasm and amusement.
"Been planning that your whole life?" He laughed at Takuya. The wolf boy narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"Actually yes I have. And when I get out of here I'm explaining that one to your boss before I chop his head off. Now tell me where the others are!" The scientist took Takuya's threat to heart and began leaving the room.
"Like I would tell you? You're nothing but a mutt." Takuya's eyes widened at the insult.
"Hey retarded dimwit! Yeah I'm talking to you! Why don't you get your ass back here and say that to my face! Could a mutt do this?" Takuya hollered as he lifted his head high into the air. The man turned back to look at Takuya and frowned. He watched as Takuya's ears tilted all the way back. The werewolf took a deep breath of air and filled his lungs until they would not expand anymore. Takuya opened his mouth only slightly and let out everything he had. The room shook as the howling reached pitches that no computer could record. The light bulbs broke immediately and so did all of the glass items. Everyone covered their ears and began cussing loudly. The main scientist ran back over to Takuya and jabbed the werewolf in the neck with a dart. Takuya yelped and stopped howling. It was quiet for a good ten seconds before more distant howling could be heard. Takuya winced as he felt a cool liquid enter his bloodstream from the dart. Takuya looked at the scientist and noticed everything was spinning. The scientists looked around when they heard more howling.
"It's coming from outside the area! At least a good hundred miles away from us." One of them stated. The scientist with the bloody coat glared at Takuya and grabbed the werewolf by his ear causing Takuya to cry out in pain.
"You! What did you do?" He asked in a menacing voice. Takuya grinned.
"I just sent a warning to all my buddies about you and what you are doing. They are probably not happy that you captured me but I guess it's up to them if they want to come and kill you." The man glared at Takuya and swiftly back slapped him across the face.
"I would like to finish you off but unfortunately it's not my orders. You should be feeling very exhausted soon thanks to the drug in the dart. Have a good rest." The scientists watched as their leader walked out of the broken room.
"What are you staring at? Get this place cleaned up! Pick up this glass!" He ordered. The scientists scurried about and began cleaning the room. Takuya's vision faded and everything was becoming fuzzy once more. He gave a stifled groan before letting his head fall. His eyes closed slowly and gave up fighting it, letting sleep take over.
Blue cloudy eyes slowly opened as Kouichi began to wake up.
"Where-" Kouichi started his sentence but quickly noticed how dry and scratchy his throat was. He winced as his body forced itself into a coughing fit. Kouichi gave up on talking for the moment as he tried to get an idea of where he was.
'Dark…and this place has a heavy atmosphere, I can barely breathe it's so heavy…' Kouichi felt a small prickly sensation on the tip of his nose and tried to itch his nose when he realized he couldn't move his arms.
'Crap! When you know you can't itch something it just makes it more itchy!' Kouichi mentally cursed as he scrunched his nose. Kouichi's eyes turned red and everything that was once concealed in darkness revealed itself to Kouichi. The first thing Kouichi noticed was the brick walls, as he turned his head he saw iron bars which held the most faintest scent of holy water. He tilted his head to see what was pinning him from almost all movement and caught a glimpse of chains around his wrist. He looked to the floor and saw both his legs chained together with a large black ball at the end of the chain, laying on the floor.
'This is very peculiar…' Kouichi finally turned his head to the other side to look at the left side of the room and gasped.
"Troika!" Kouichi managed to cough out. Kouichi's newest friend was chained the same way Kouichi was.
'He is still knocked out! I hope he is okay!' Kouichi examined the way Troika was chained and what he was chained to. Kouichi's eyes widened.
'They chained us to wooden crosses?! What are they? Retarded?' Kouichi tried to get a better look around Troika and sighed.
'I don't see Riku or Takuya at all in this room. I hope they are okay too.' Kouichi tried to move his feet to get a good idea of how far up from the ground he was. He heard the rattling of the chains and guessed that maybe it was only a good three or five inches. He gave another deep sigh as he tried to fill in the silence. The sigh turned into another coughing fit and Kouichi struggled as he tried to stop.
"Ko-Kouichi?" Kouichi managed to stop coughing long enough to look at Troika whom had his eyes turn red so he could see also.
"Tro-troika! I'm sorry…I-I didn't mean to wa-wake you." Kouichi wheezed out and coughed a little more. Troika looked at Kouichi with concern when he heard the younger vampire having the coughing fit.
"No don't worry about me. Are you okay? You sound horrible." Kouichi gave a weak smile at Troika's kindness.
"Though it's true I'm having some issues with my throat but it's nothing that water can't cure." Troika sighed.
"Yeah well I don't think we'll ever get water, much less see the light of day." Troika mumbled. Kouichi frowned.
'Man Troika's depressed…'
"Hey Troika don't be so down! If I can recall, Koji wasn't anywhere near the house when we were kidnapped, neither was Zoe! I'm sure they will come get us." Troika looked at Kouichi.
"But what if he thinks we went on a walk? Or what if he thinks we are out drinking?" Kouichi gave Troika's questions some thinking before responding to them.
"Well, Takuya would probably be home because he doesn't drink. And uh…" Kouichi's eyes widened and he quickly shook his body left and right.
"Damn it!" Kouichi hissed. Troika frowned.
"Uh what? What's wrong?" Kouichi stopped moving his body and looked at Troika.
"My pills! I don't have them! I could've sworn I put them in my pocket when we were about to get out of the house!" Troika raised his right eyebrow.
"Pills?" He asked. Kouichi furiously nodded.
"Yes! You see, I don't drink blood. I find it disgusting and because I don't drink the one thing vampires need to live I take pills to keep me alive. I'm supposed to take one once a day to keep my body's energy and lifespan where it should be. Without them I can die!" Troika's eyes widen.
"You are the first person I have ever met that doesn't drink blood. Heck even some humans I know like to drink blood." Kouichi rolled his eyes.
"Yeah rub it in why don't you. Anyway, I know I put them in my pocket but I don't feel the weight of the jar and I don't hear them shake when I move my body. I must have dropped them when I passed out. That can either be really good or really bad."
"And just how you not having your pills be really good?" Troika muttered.
"Because if Koji sees them on the floor he will know instantly that something is wrong, that's a good thing, but if he doesn't get here soon it wouldn't matter anyway because I could be dead by then." Troika opened his mouth slightly and nodded.
"Oh okay I understa-"
"SHHH!" Kouichi hissed. Footsteps could be heard, first faint but then it grew louder with each step.
'They are coming this way. For us?' Kouichi and Troika closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep. The footsteps were getting closer and Kouichi strained himself to listen.
"For once I'm excited to be in charge of watching the prisoners!"
"Yeah I know right? The constant regulars were getting boring." Kouichi bit his lower lip.
'By the sounds of the footsteps I'd say two people…' There was a loud clang that made Kouichi want to gasp.
'They opened our cell doors.' Kouichi felt a heavy, stone like, lump growing in his stomach as the footsteps approached them.
"It's creepy how much these things are like us."
"They look like everyday humans."
"Probably ate a human and used it's skin."
'WHAT!?' Kouichi's eyes snapped open allowing his blood red eyes to glare at them.
"What did you just say about us?! I am highly offended!" Kouichi shouted. The two men gave a yelp and jumped back. Kouichi caught a good look of them as they tried to calm down. The shorter of the two had brown hair with brown eyes while the other had black hair with black eyes.
"Didn't know he was awake…" Muttered the brown haired man. Troika slowly opened his eyes.
"Actually we are both awake." He stated calmly. The black haired man glared at the two.
"Daisuke, you need to be careful. Who knows if chains can honestly hold these monsters…" The brown haired man called Daisuke rubbed the back of his head.
"Neh, Sorry Sero. I'm still learning remember?" Sero looked at Daisuke and sighed.
"You're such a child." Daisuke pouted and stuck his tongue out.
"Takes one to know one!" Sero's eyes narrowed at Daisuke.
"You are on a job. You should act more adult." Sero ignored whatever remark Daisuke would soon shout out and paid more attention to the two vampires.
"Creatures of the night…I assume you have some sort of name?" Sero asked. Kouichi frowned.
"We are not just creatures of the night. We come out during the day. As of your question, I am Kouichi." Troika snickered.
"And I'm Troika." Troika gave a toothy grin to show off his many, sharp fangs.
"Please to meet you." Daisuke shook like a dog and gave two steps back.
"Uh-uh…please t-to meet you too." He gave a small whimper and nervously glanced at his partner.
"Se-Sero, can we leave now?" Sero shook his head and advanced closer to Kouichi.
"Not yet. I have never gotten the chance to get a close look at these things in person. And who knows when I'll get another chance." Kouichi's eyes narrowed.
"I advise you to keep your distance. Who knows if these chains can really hold me." Kouichi hissed. Kouichi glanced at Troika in hopes that his bluff could work. Kouichi's bluff seemed to have an effect on Daisuke as the brown haired human gave a look of fear.
"Se-Sero! Seriously! I want to leave! You can come back later when I'm not with you." Sero turned his head so he could look at Daisuke.
"What are you? A scaredy cat? These chains are thick. They can't get you." Daisuke looked away.
"Not a scaredy cat…" He mumbled softly. Sero reached down for his holster and took out a gun. He raised it and pointed the tip of the gun against Kouichi's chin and forced the vampire to raise his head. Kouichi made a soft grunting noise.
"See Daisuke? They are completely harmless." Sero stated as he continued forcing Kouichi to move his head around. Troika glared at Sero but stayed quiet. Daisuke nodded and slowly walked up to Troika. Hesitantly, he pulled out his own gun and pointed it at Troika's stomach. Troika quickly fixed his eyes on the gun and swiftly broke his chains. Daisuke yelped loudly when Troika used his left hand to smack the gun out of the boys hand and used his right hand to grab him around the waist, dragging the younger one in range. Sero quickly turned his attention to Troika when he heard his partners cry for help.
"Daisuke!" Sero hollered as he pointed the gun at Troika and pulled the trigger. Troika was an inch away from Daisuke's neck when the bullet pierced into his side causing him to let go. Daisuke stumbled backwards and fell on to his back. His body twitched and his nerves shook as he tried to figure out what had just happened. Sero fired two more bullets at Troika, each hitting his right leg. Troika grunted and fell over in pain. Sero ran over to his partner and lifted his head.
"Daisuke! Daisuke!…Damn it Daisuke wake up! NOW!" Sero shouted into Daisuke's ears to get the boy to snap out of it.
"Ow! I'm awake! I was never asleep!" Was the reply Sero got as Daisuke sat up. The brown hair kid set his hand on to his neck and sighed in relief when no bite marks were felt.
"Good he didn't get me…." Daisuke was silent before glaring at Sero.
"This is all your fault!" Daisuke sneered as he got up and grabbed his gun before heading for the door.
"I'm done patrolling for the night. I'm gonna check out and go to bed." Sero watched as Daisuke left and sighed. He didn't bother fixing Troika back into his chains. After all, it wasn't his job. Sero put his gun away and slowly followed Daisuke's route. Kouichi waited until he didn't hear any footsteps before pulling the chains causing them to break. He ran over to Troika and shook him.
"Troika! Are you okay?" Troika slowly sat up and smiled.
"Of course I'm okay. You think a little bullet could stop me?" Troika grimaced as he pulled one of the bullets out of his side while scrapping the other two out of his leg.
"We just have to wait and let this heal. Then I'll be better." Troika looked at Kouichi and sighed as he closed his eyes. He opened his eyes and shifted to a more comfortably position.
"Hey Kouichi?"
"Hm?"
"Why didn't you do anything?" Kouichi frowned at Troika's question.
"What do you mean?" Troika looked at the cement floor.
"When that Sero guy pointed his gun at you and stuff. You could have easily broken the chains and kill him. You didn't. Why?" Kouichi sighed and shook his head.
"There is more to life than just killing. Besides, killing will use up my energy and without my pills I have to reserve whatever strength I can. At least until Koji comes to save us." Troika laughed.
"You really depend on your brother don't you?" Kouichi turned red and glared.
"I do not!" Troika laughed at Kouichi's response. Troika carefully scooted back until he felt the cold wall touch his back.
"I'm really…tired. You don't mind if I take a nap do you?" Troika looked at Kouichi as he asked the question. Kouichi smiled.
"Oh go right ahead. I'm not tired so I can just keep watch." Troika nodded.
"Thanks Kouichi…" He muttered as he drifted off to sleep. Kouichi's eyes faded to their deep blue as he sat against the wall next to Troika.
'Koji…'
Riku yelped loudly as he was slammed against the wall. He struggled violently and glared at the people that were keeping him hostage.
'Damn it! First some weird guy messes with my wound and made it bleed everywhere, now these people are trying to tear me apart!' Riku looked around the room. Everyone was wearing blue outfits except for one. A man was wearing a black suit. He walked up to Riku and smirked.
"Relax. We're not going to kill you yet." Riku glared and his eyes turned red.
"Yeah, key word, yet."
"Maybe if we were properly introduced you'd feel better. My name is Yuwatase." The man bowed properly and smiled. Riku glared at the two people that were pinning his arms to the wall.
"Yeah this is really proper." Riku snarled as he spoke with a sarcastic tone. Yuwatase stood straight.
"Well it's a good thing you don't really care. That means killing you will be so much easier afterwards." Riku glared at Yuwatase.
"Oh really? What are you going to do before you kill me?"
"I was thinking I would experiment on you. I made some new things for our energy drink Amp. Our company has been working hard to come up with new flavors with twice as much toxins that kill your kind." Riku's eyes widened and he gulped nervously.
'Shit this is bad! I hope Troika is alright…'
Koji cursed out loud as he stopped abruptly. Zoe gasped and quickly tried to stop.
"Koji what is it?" Zoe asked. Koji glared at a huge black building that was just a good ten yards away from them.
"Zoe stay low." Koji hissed. He backed up a bit and looked at Zoe.
"That is the Amp corporation. And their security cameras are up and functioning. If they see us they will come out to kill us." Zoe pouted and put her hands on her hips.
"Uh remember I'm already dead. They can't kill me."
"True but they do have the technology to capture a ghost. Who knows, they might be able to capture you so you can never cross over. Do you want to take that chance?" Zoe smiled and gave Koji a thumbs up.
"Yes I do!" Koji's eyes widened.
"You idiot! Why would you want to take a chance like that?!"
"Because our friends are in there! Who knows what Amp is doing to them! What about you? Your own brother is in there! You should be the one barging in there and killing like crazy!" Koji scoffed.
"It's not that easy. If I get caught they will capture and kill me. Then who will save Kouichi and the others?" Zoe sighed and pressed her thumb up to her chin.
"Mmmm….oh I know! You could hide your wings and go through the front door like a normal human! Then when the coast is clear go vamp and sneak around the place!" Koji's eyes narrowed.
"That won't work." Zoe frowned and lowered her eyebrows.
"Oh really? And why is that?" Koji looked at the ground.
"Because the entrance is covered in holy water and sutra prayers. No non-human could ever get through those doors."
"Then how would they be able to get our friends in there? There would have to be some kind of entrance just for bringing in vampires…" Koji's eyes widened slightly and he looked at Zoe.
"You're right! C'mon we can search from a far. I can go on the ground and act like a human. They will think I'm human. I just can't go through the front doors. If you stay invisible they won't see you. Just be careful. We'll meet back up in the air in an hour." And with that Koji took off a few yards away and flew into a tree so he could hide his wings safely. Zoe lowered herself a bit before continuing the search.
Kouichi silently hissed as he looked around the cell.
'My vision has already beginning to get blurry. I didn't take my pill today.' Kouichi's eyes narrowed and he looked at the sleeping vampire next to him.
'I wonder how long I'm going to last without my pills…' He gave another look around the room before giving a sigh. He tried to stay up as long as possible but the eerie quietness of their cell brought comfort to Kouichi and he soon fell asleep.
This update is dedicated to a certain someone that gave me the most wonderful review that, in my opinion, is the nicest review in the history of reviews! Thank you so much DeadlyCaellie for making this story feel so important!
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