Redemption Alaska Ch 11
Day Five~
Itachi stretched his tired muscles. He looked around the room and took in the tired looks on his friends faces. Five days had made all of them seem older and warn. Being trapped like animals could do that to a person no matter their strength. He would never admit to it but Itachi himself wanted to run screaming.
Sasuke and Naruto sat leaning against one another, their eyes were glazed with exhaustion and the vacant stares were enough to make Itachi wince. He only hoped that when and if they made it out of this that Sasuke would bounce back. Hidan sat twiddling his thumbs as if lost in his own world. Itachi imagined he probably was after his self blame over Deidara.
Tobi sat on a cot but not laying nor sleeping. Hours had passed and no one had said even a word. The loss of Konan had made Anko sullen and utterly quiet. She no longer chit chatted to calm the others nerves and since Konan was the one she had tried to calm the most, she now deemed it pointless. Losing three people had taught the others a strong sense of reserve.
If they could out last the vampires for another twenty five days and stay sane it would be a miracle. Itachi turned back to the monitors only to catch a glimpse of the vampires searching the streets for someone stupid enough to get caught. Zooming in on the new member made Itachi want to cry. The almost once blue eyes of the girl they had called a friend now stood out blood red against the pale skin.
Hoping that none of the others would see it, Itachi zoomed back out. With reactions slow and no one with the strength to try and stop it, Naruto jumped up and opened the Panic room door. He ran blindly and tiredly for the main exit to the refinery. Itachi dashed after him but like in a dream he was sluggishly slow and missed the young blonde by a fraction as he ran out into the cold bitter snow.
The blonde not even thinking clearly anymore began screaming for Konan to come back. Knowing that the vampires were hearing this, Itachi fled back to the panic room to stop Sasuke if he should try to go after his friend. Upon his return Sasuke was standing in the doorway with tears running and hands shaking. Itachi took him into his arms and led them back into the panic room. The door was shut and a silence that could deafen an already deaf person ensued.
"Why? Why did he do that? He should have stayed here. Why? Why Itachi?" Sasuke sobbed into his older brothers shoulder. Itachi rubbed his back and tried to find the words. He didn't have any idea what to say and so he said nothing. He just held Sasuke and let him cry himself into a fitful sleep.
Sitting down on the chair he cursed under his breath. How many more times was he going to have to lose someone? If this kept up he was going to go insane himself and there would be nothing he could do about it. Rubbing his eyes tiredly he bowed his head. Time was going so slow and the more helpless the vampires made them feel the more time seemed to drag on.
Sometime around four am they all slept. It was much needed and no one was coherent enough to keep an eye on each other.
The vampires had heard the yelling alright. They had swooped in like a bunch of vultures and Gaara had taken the initiative to take his life. Although he had felt a pang before sinking his teeth into the blonde's neck, he did so anyway. All at once the feeling of certainty came over him and he released the pale jugular.
Staring into wide scared blue eyes, Gaara lost his soul once more. His match had been found and his world was no longer dark. Although he had never wanted a mate he had known it was possible. He never thought it would happen now though. He believed he would be single until hell froze over. Looking around this town he would say that hell had indeed frozen over and that the time had arrived for him to be matched.
His heart had it been able to beat would have shattered as he looked into those eyes. Biting into his wrist he streaked the blood down Naruto's forehead. He turned to see the other vampires ad Konan looking at Naruto with dangerous intent. He hissed harshly and pulled Naruto to him in a protective stance. Pein pulled Konan back and whispered something to her. She seemed to calm and the others hatefully backed off.
Pein led the group back to the houses and ushered Gaara and Naruto into a room. Gaara turned to look at his future mate and pressed Naruto back onto the bed. Naruto was terrified and tried to crawl away. Gaara was faster and pulled him back beneath him. He wanted to look at the blonde and see what it was that called to him.
He wanted to know why he hadn't been able to shred the boy like he had all the others to cross his path. It made no sense to him that this boy was all he had been looking for. The wide blue yes looked at him in fear and pain. It made Gaara feel that much more drawn to him. Gaara leaned down to lick Naruto's neck and taste that sweet essence. Naruto began to panic thinking of any way to stall.
"What about my friends?" Naruto asked looking into Gaara's eyes hoping to keep the vampire at bay.
"What friends? Are there more of you?" Gaara asked stopping just above the blondes neck. If the red head could breathe Naruto would have felt every bit of it on his skin.
"Yes, there are more of us. They will be worried about me. You guys already killed two of our friends. Please don't hurt anymore of us." Naruto sobbed. He was trying to stall but all the while feeding Gaara with information.
"Two of you? Whom do you speak of?" Gaara asked curiously, trying not to divulge that he was trying to get Naruto talking enough to give their location.
"Yes, Konan and Deidara. You guys turned them and I don't want to be turned or killed. Just let me and my friends go, please." Naruto begged.
"Konan and Deidara. Yes they are mates to two of our group. They can't be released. They belong to with us now, as will you. Don't be scared. I will take care of you." Gaara said as soothingly as possible.
"No, I mean the others who aren't turned or dead." Naruto said. Gaara smirked. He would get Naruto to tell him where the others were and soon.
"Tell me. Where did you come from? How did you hide so well?" Gaara asked. Naruto looked a bit unsure before stopping his flow of tears.
"I was hiding in a panic room. We have monitors where we can watch you guys. We can hear you too. It sounds awful when you kill people." Naruto said and tears began falling once more. Gaara patted Naruto's back comfortingly.
"Tell me, where is this panic room?" Gaara coaxed. Naruto opened his mouth to say something and realized what he had done. Gaara wanted the location. He wanted to get into that room and kill the rest of his friends. How could he have been so stupid?
"No. I won't tell you. You will have to kill me before I tell you and you get to my friends. You aren't killing anymore of my friends, you hear me Asshole!" Naruto tried to break free from Gaara's grip and that's when Gaara called to Pein.
"Hypnotize him. He says that he and his friends were hiding in a panic room somewhere around here. They have been watching our every move through monitors and they have sound. If I can use him, he will draw them out." Gaara said to Pein as he entered the room.
Naruto screamed and thrashed and cussed as he tried to break free. Pein took about five seconds of looking into the boys hate filled eyes. A sense of calm came over him and he no longer thrashed. He sat on the edge of the bed like a doll waiting to be commanded. Pein smiled and patted Gaara's shoulder.
"Good thinking Gaara. Let's find his friends and draw them to us. I knew there were more of them somewhere." Pein said with a maniacal laugh.
Gaara nodded and stood Naruto up and led him out of the room and out of the house. He walked Naruto down Main street and kept his hands on Naruto's shoulders. Gaara now looked around and noticed the cameras on top of the buildings, hidden in nooks and crannies. Yep the vampires had been under surveillance since they had been here.
Looking into the cameras as they walked down the street, Gaara began to call out.
"If you can hear me, come out and I won't harm him. The others have left town. It is just me and if you want to save your friend, you will come out." Gaara said looking around.
Naruto whimpered and a shiver ran down his spine. It was cold and even though he had a coat on, it was only light weight. His heavy one was back in the panic room he had fled from. Why had he fled again? Oh yeah. He thought he could save Konan. That sounded vaguely familiar. Hadn't Konan thought she could save Deidara? Look how that had turned out. There was no way he could get out of this one now. All he could do was hope that the vampires never found that panic room.
