Asami had returned to the large concrete room in the basement of the warehouse; where his two captives had been tied down to a pair of tables, after he had seen the private ambulance leave with Akihito on board. He had already been there once, the only time he could say he had ever truly lost control in his life.
Asami glided into the room with a murderous gleam shining with the depths of his golden eyes that frightened his men. They had often seen their boss with such murderous intent before: but never as strong as it was now. Asami had already caused damage to Mikhail and Yuri. He had taken an army grade knife and had drive the blade into the joint of the two men's knees and had twisted the blade cutting tendons, muscle, sinew and veins as his blade actually began to force the knee cap to twist around and move out of its socket and up the thigh bone; this resulted in shrill cries from both men at the pain but Asami wasn't finished. On Yuri Asami had slashed the backs of his knees causing massive damage whilst on Mikhail he had slashed the Achilles tendon on both of his ankles. Before a twisted smile graced his lips as he gave a new order.
"Bring them in and make them stand at the tables!" ordered Asami, as two of his men whirled around and raced to the small stock room full of boxes near the back of the concrete confinement room that held the unconscious bodies of Mikhail and Yuri. As the two guards returned with their four colleagues that had been in the small back room with two Russian prisoners. The two captives shook in pure fright upon seeing Asami and before they could even think of begging Asami spoke to them without turning to face the pair. "You have thing pretty easy, all you have to do is watch and then tell everyone back home that all of you work for a pair of whores, who sold themselves short to me – GOT IT!?" demanded Asami. Asami turned to face his two captives as he handed Kirishima his coat and waited for Suoh to give him his gloves. Asami smirked as he saw the flinch that caused his men to shudder simultaneously, when the two Russian men spoke in broken Japanese confirming they would do as Asami had instructed in order to have their lives spared from what they would soon find out to be a very lucky escape.
As Asami pulled his gloves over his fingers he muttered "Yes, you shall do as I say, because believe me: I will find out and if you don't I will annihilate the remnants of Mikhail's pathetic group." Both men gulped loudly as Suoh stepped forward with a glass full of whiskey and the bottle containing the rest of the contents. Asami took the offered drink and instructed Suoh to place the bottle on the small table beside the chair Asami was standing in front of. Asami smirked at the plans that ran through his mind as Fei Long approached. "Well Asami I think we should wake those bastards up and have ourselves a small piece of fun while we wait, huh?" asked Fei Long with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Yes, I think you are quite right, let's have some fun whilst we wait" laughed Asami as he waved his hand to his men who all began to laugh nervously. Fei Long turned to one of his men and simple stated "Wake them up Chan." The man known as Chan gathered three men and together they approached the unconscious Mikhail and Yuri, and began to set up a small network of thin multicoloured cables wired to little boxes beneath each table and attached the ends of the cables to crocodile clips; then proceeded in ripping the shirts of Mikhail and Yuri open, and placing the clips upon the captives nipples.
It only took fifteen minutes to set up the strange device which had all the men who could see what was going on clearly, guessing as to what it was used for. Asami glanced at the setup curiously before looking to Fei Long, whom Chan had just given a small remote device to. With a wide grin upon his face Fei Long turned to Asami and announced "Well, let's let the fun begin now shall we?" as he waved the small black control towards Asami. Fei Longs index finger pressed the button and almost instantly a small buzz could be heard before the crackle of electricity surged through the wires and into the two unconscious bodies strapped to the tabletops. The two bodies quivered slightly but the shock wasn't strong enough to completely wake up Mikhail and Yuri. Asami realised as soon as the device buzzed it was a shock machine and growled in frustration that the shock wasn't that strong. "Give me that! Why are you going easy on them, you should be blasting the fuckers for what they did to Tao?!" roared Asami but Fei Long was already with a counter to Asami's demand "I didn't hit them hard enough simply because I wanted to leave that to you, after all Tao came back to me with bruising and scratches – but Akihito is a different matter, he was seriously hurt; that qualifies you to dish out more punishment than I should." Smirked Fei Long at Asami as the realisation of Fei Long's words hit him full force, Asami began to grin evilly as he stalked to Fei Long and took control of the remote.
Asami looked down at the small black remote and noticed it had a swivel dial, which he began to play with, making a mental note the highest setting was level ten. Leaving it on ten; he hovered his finger over the button as he simply said "You have slept too long, you lazy fuckers!" before pressing the button fully. The sound of the buzzing became louder before the screams rent the air, like a knife through butter. As the muscles contracted the restraints dug sharply into Mikhail and Yuri's flesh as the electric current passed through their bodies, forcing their bodies to take on a distorted arch as lifted slightly off the table. When Asami released his grip on the button the current stopped and both men's bodies hit the table with a dull thud. "Well, well awake are we? Don't be afraid the real fun will begin shortly" drawled Asami as he turned his head to face Kirishima. Kirishima looked at his boss as he held his phone in his hand and shook his head "Asami-sama, nothing yet" he said with a slight sigh.
In the space of half an hour Asami had pressed the electric shock devices control button seven times and it was as he had pressed it for the eighth that a phone began to ring out. Asami rapidly released the pressure on the button and the room fell into silence as Kirishima answered his ringing phone, whilst putting the annoying thing on loudspeaker for all to hear. In the room devoid of sound the voice of the doctor echoed off the walls. "Kirishima-san is it ok to speak with Asami-sama?" before Kirishima could respond Asami spoke; his grip tightening on the remote in his left hand. "Speak doctor!" he demanded. Everyone heard the doctor gulp on the other end of the line before he said "Erm...yes Asami-sama. Takaba-sama is in critical condition, and I have had him placed into emergency surgery under Japan's best surgeons, they will do everything in their power to help him survive...however it is not looking very good!" Asami glared at Kirishima's phone with a look that said if it had been alive – it would already be dead. "What is stopping you then, surely Japans finest shouldn't be struggling like this?" questioned Asami, and the doctor picked up on the searing comment. "Asami-sama, it is you who does not comprehend Takaba-sama's predicament – to put it as simply as I could, he is losing more blood than what we can force into him. He has too many severe wounds and his body is being overwhelmed. Everyone is already placing bets that he will die before the night is through. We are trying; but right now he is too weak to help us. I will keep you informed – right now I must get back to my patient!" and with that the doctor disconnected the call, little knowing of the consequences his call would bring.
Asami flew into an apocalyptic rage; his hand had lost its grip on the remote, which fell to the floor with a dull thud. Looking down upon the offending item Asami brought his foot down upon the device – creating the effect that the device began to discharge all its remaining electric current into the two bodies of Mikhail and Yuri. Their combined screaming echoed out across the room as Asami withdrew his gun from its holster ad fired the full load equally into the two Russian mafia bosses. Growling dangerously Asami took up a piece of sharp scrap iron and began to set about the two, each strike ripping open massive gashes to the captives and rending the flesh from the bone. In the space of thirty minutes Asami had severely injured both Mikhail and Yuri. "Don't you dare think I don't know what you did to Akihito" growled Asami as his golden eyes slitted like a snakes, his fists clenching and unclenching rapidly.
Before anyone had the chance to get near him Asami whirled around and stomped back to the small table and retrieved a box; that had earlier been found in Mikhail's office room, and returned to the tables. Inside the box were an arrangement of ampoules and a couple of syringes. "Fei Long get your ass over here and jab that bastard!" growled Asami indicating the syringe Fei Long was to use on Yuri. Trying not to make Asami angrier than he already was Fei Long complied with Asami's demand and approached Yuri on the side Asami was stood at with Mikhail. Asami and Fei Long took great delight in stabbing their two captives slowly with the needles "Hey if I were you: I'd stay still, unless you want the needle to snap!" laughed Asami as he jerked the needle sideways in the flesh causing Mikhail to grunt in pain, whilst Yuri was roaring away insults towards Fei Long; straining his arms to grab Fei Long, but to no avail.
Asami however still wasn't finished as both he and Fei Long used up every phial of the toxic drugs. The distortions that occurred within the minds of Mikhail and Yuri were of similar disturbance as what Akihito had gone through, both men were forced to live their worst fears. "If this is what Akihito had to go through, I hope you see worse than he did. I will not stop – even when you beg me to!" spat Asami his rage glazed eyes glared maliciously at Mikhail and Yuri. After putting both men through the beating of their lives, the two captives were barely even able to keep conscious, slipping constantly between dreams and illusions that were both horrifying. Both men were breathing heavily after Asami had smashed a couple of ribs with brute force using nothing more than his hands. However the heavy punishment Asami was meting out was damaging his hands, both Kirishima and Suoh saw Asami's hands shake with the shear effort of hammering out the punishment; and both were almost certain that if the gloves came off their boss's hands would be covered in his own blood, not just from the gunshot he had suffered earlier but from his damaged knuckles.
Fei Long sensed Asami was losing control and he stepped forward and gently placed his hand upon Asami's arm. "Asami, why don't we swap? Give yourself a break to think what torture we can inflict on the next, I will carry on for a short period until I'm satisfied I have avenged the wrongs inflicted on Tao." And as an afterthought Fei Long whispered "It will also give your hands some time to recover" Asami glared at Fei Long "I do not need your sympathy, however I shall agree that you should get back at them for Tao, do what you want!" said Asami as he raised his hand and slapped Fei Long in a high five, tagging his comrade in to exchange places.
Fei Long gripped his hands and cracked his knuckles as he smirked at Mikhail and Yuri, whom were only vaguely aware of Fei Longs presence beside them. "I saw something on Akihito that I pray has not been done to Tao. You will not admit if it was you or your men, but you will pay for raping Akihito. I promise!" the moment Fei Long said that Asami blanched and crushed the glass he had just been given sending shards of glass and whiskey flowing onto the side of the chair and the floor. His eyes glared towards Fei Long; and it was then he saw his partner's cruel glare as he raised his hand into the air. As though they had been waiting several men stepped forward, all of them under Fei Long's employ. They gathered together and waited for the word when Fei Long turned away and with simple words to the gathering of joint forces stated "I am aware of your disposition men, you can have a free ride this time – MAKE SURE THEY BREAK!" he growled as he stepped back. The group of ten men all stepped forward with smug grins upon their faces as they took positions of five men to each table. One spoke to the rest "We will swap every hour until we are told to stop." The malicious grins on the men soon became evident as they began to tear the clothing off of Mikhail and Yuri who both struggled upon being touched. Asami sat forward in his chair with keen interest at what was happening, and the two Russian men who had been forced to watch gasped in shock as they began to witness the desecration of their bosses' bodies by the ten Chinese men.
After the first hour the two groups circled and swapped captives. The Russian pair forced to watch had sunk to their knees, one had thrown up whilst the other had turned a shade of grey similar to the floor on which he was now sat on. Blood dripped off the tables onto the floor and had begun to attract flies as it congealed with each passing minute. The bodies of Mikhail and Yuri had stopped resisting after the first hour of torment. The Chinese men who brutalised Mikhail and Yuri's bodies did so not only with their own bodies but also anything that they could get their hands on. Metal poles and pieces of wood littered the floor around the tables; each item was coated in blood and other bodily fluids. It had been several hours since the men had started when a phone began to ring out. Fei Long shouted rapidly to his men "HALT!" whilst Asami turned to face Kirishima his face paled at the sound of the phone – his mind already running through all the scenarios that the phone call might provide. Kirishima lifted his phone hit connect and speaker "Kirishima speaking, Doctor Shunsei how is Takaba-sama?" the hesitation on the other end of the phone line was evident, causing everyone to automatically fear the worst.
"It is safe to assume the line is connected with loud speaker? Well then I will proceed. Takaba-sama is currently still in surgery having everything repaired and put back into working order. However when he eventually wakes up he will need months of physiotherapy to solve mobility issues that are most certain to come up." Before the doctor could finish his sentence Asami shouted "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN EVENTUALLY WAKES UP? SHOULDNT YOU KNOW?" The doctor on the phone gulped as he finally said his next words. "Asami-sama it isn't that simple. His brain activity slowed down during surgery, we had a neurologist look at his stats and he has told us that Takaba-sama; whilst in the middle of his emergency surgery has fallen into a comatose state – from which we have no idea how long it will take for him to awaken. We have repaired the most serious of his injuries and are starting on the not so fatal ones now. Upon your arrival at the hospital we shall give you detailed information of the injuries sustained, as it is not feasible to tell you such information over the phone. Please know that, for now at least, Takaba-sama is stable. When can we expect you to arrive?" at the doctors question Asami sighed as he finally had the answer he had waited for. "Doctor I am currently engaged at the minute but I will come by in two hours. I shall have Kirishima ring you so that I can be met upon arrival!" demanded Asami as his grimace was replace by his malicious grin that spelled doom for the captives.
As Kirishima disconnected the call Asami had risen to his feet and had approached the two tables. The ten Chinese men fell away in fear of Asami, whom had replaced the bullets in his gun and began to open fire this time with a gun in each hand. Yuri began to struggle to breathe as his broken body was finally giving in his voice had shattered from screaming so much at the hands of his tormentors, likewise the same could be said for Mikhail except he was slightly better off but losing blood more rapidly. "I have put up with your actions for long enough Yuri, first what you did to Akihito in Hong Kong and now this, you were naive if you thought you wouldn't pay." Without another word Asami approached Yuri's side and fired a single shot; which passed clean through Yuri's neck cutting through both the arteries. Blood burst out of Yuri's neck as he began to choke on his own blood whilst Asami turned away, leaving the blond Russian to face a painful death until his blood had all but fled through the opening and out of his body.
"And now Mikhail, with this you have lost the respect of your men and your dignity all in one shot. If you ever target Akihito again, you had better be prepared to die as I will not forgive any action from you against someone who belongs to me" Asami smirked as he struck Mikhail about the head twice before he stabbed the Russian leader in his side and left him to black out from the overwhelming pain he was suffering. Asami turned just in time to see Yuri gasp one final breath before his body lost its fight for life, and stilled permanently. "Suoh deal with him, I don't care how you do it, but make sure he is returned to Russian in a match box in our friends pocket" he sneered indicating over his shoulder with his thumb towards Mikhail. Asami looked at all the gathered men who were all visible pale and ordered "Clean house, after that go and do what you want for tonight" Asami then turned to Kirishima "Is the car waiting?" to which Kirishima answered "Yes Asami-sama, the driver already has instruction to go to the hospital in the shortest time."
"Good let's get out of here, I need to see Akihito" stated Asami as Fei Long stated "Yes and when we arrive you will have your hands seen to. After all should Akihito wake up tomorrow he will be hurt if he sees you harmed – you know that" smiled Fei Long trying to lift the apprehension in the air as the three men got into the waiting car. The driver barely waited for the passenger door to close before he floored it to the hospital. Asami gingerly removed the gloves from his hands, having to peel the offending items off his wounded hands all the while thinking to himself hold on Akihito I'm coming, wait for me.
It had only taken an hour and a half to wrap things up in the warehouse when he had arrived at the hospital to find doctor Shunsei waiting outside the doors. Asami got out of the car the moment it stopped and the doctor noticed Asami's wounded hands "Asami-sama I don't want any complaints, before anything I will check your hands condition" Asami growled at the doctor but he secretly knew he was right. They were led to a lift in which they got into and were informed they were going up to the intensive care unit were Akihito was currently housed as had finally been brought out of surgery half an hour before Asami, Fei Long and Kirishima had arrived.
Going into a small office the doctor took out of a cupboard a bandage a pair of tweezers and some antiseptic cleaning liquid. "Sit...please" ordered the doctor. As he rapidly dealt with expertise, Asami's wounded hands he stated "I shall give you Takaba-sama's file, it details treatments given so far and also his physical condition and the medication to be administered and also charts what injuries he sustained to his body. Even though we have successfully stabilised him, his body is still fragile, so please be careful" asked the doctor. However Asami just wanted to be with Akihito "Doctor, please enough of the small talk where is he?" to which the doctor rose from his chair and simply replied "If you would be so kind, please follow me." Smiled the doctor as he led the way to the third door on the left from the office the small group were sat in. Standing briefly at the observation window they saw Akihito. His pale skin visible between the bandages that covered his arms and the machines that lined both sides of the hospital bed could be seen flashing away as a nurse checked Akihito. Two holders stood on either side of the bed holding bags of IV fluid on the one on the right whilst the one on the left held four bags of blood which drained slowly into Akihito's body. Asami's eyes fell upon the tube that came out of the covers that seemed to show blood draining out of his body. Asami glanced at the doctor looking for an explanation who said "That is a simple drain; it is relieving pressure inside his chest by removing excess fluid from Takaba-sama's body. Please do not be so worried." Asami also couldn't help stare at the tubing that entered Akihito's body through his mouth, even without an explanation Asami knew it was the only thing keeping Akihito breathing. "Well shall we go in?" asked the doctor as he led Asami, Fei Long and Kirishima into the spotlessly clean room and the heavy coded door slowly swung shut sealing everyone inside.
Asami was the first to reach Akihito and without anyone needing to say anything Asami took up the seat closest to the bed and very gently placed his hand over Akihito's own motionless hand, glad that he could feel warmth within the appendage. "I'm here Akihito, I'm not going to leave you alone anymore" whispered Asami to his young lover; and was shocked to feel Akihito's hand twitch in response to his words and touch.
