"NEMU!" Mayuri shouted.
"Yes master?" Nemu replied.
"Explain the plan now, and don't you dare get it wrong!" He snapped.
"Yes master..."
Mayuri, Nemu, Unohana, Soi Fon, Kyoraku and Hitsugaya are standing in Mayuri's lab where they're tracking Lilly. They're standing around in a circle.
"As you can see we're 96% of the way of tracking Lilly which means we should locate her tonight. Today is the tenth day since she has been gone, and as we saw yesterday... We just hope that she can live through today, if she does then we can immediately go get her once we've located her." Nemu said.
"Get to the point Nemu, we have to go soon!" Soi Fon snapped.
"My apologies, once we've located the where about's of Lilly we are to immediately arrive at her location. Soi Fon will infiltrate the building and will use the soul reaper pager to message us information; how many rooms, how many men, which rooms are the men in and where Lilly is. We're assuming all the men will be in the same room with Lilly so once Soi Fon has given us the all clear we will go in and capture the men alive whilst Unohana attends to Lilly's wounds then-" Nemu explained.
"Wait a second!" Hitsugaya interrupted.
"You want us to capture them alive? Why not just kill them right there and then? They possess no real threat to us..." He continued.
"Because they deserve to suffer just like how Lilly is right now. They wouldn't suffer if they're dead, now would they?" Mayuri explained.
"Well I think the majority of us agree with you. However our priority is to save Lilly and to do so, we're going to have to eliminate all threats." Unohana replied, calmly.
Everybody agreed with Unohana, even Mayuri did.
"Ok so instead of capturing the men, we'll instantly kill them whilst Unohana attends to her wounds... Continue Nemu..." Mayuri said.
"Once Lilly is stable enough to be escorted, Unohana will use Minazuki to escort us back to the seireitei and take Lilly straight to squad 4. Going back a few steps, if the men aren't in the same rooms, we will have to split up which we'll agree when we're there who goes." Nemu explained.
"Any questions?" Mayuri asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Good, let's all go to squad 1 it's going to start soon. Nemu you're to wait here, once it's reached 100% it'll tell you her where about's and will show you on a map. Just in case we don't return by then, you're to message me ASAP the location of her and send us the map and we'll leave straight away." Mayuri said.
"Yes master." Nemu replied, softly.
The captains then make their way to squad 1, once they arrive all five of them enter the room and everyone quickly moves aside for them. They all stood in front of everyone and face the front waiting for the screen to turn on. Mayuri began fidgeting with his fingers and started sweating. Hitsugaya noticed he looked nervous.
"You ok?" Hitsugaya whispered.
"What do you fucking think? It's her birthday today and right now we should be in that restaurant and she should be saying yes to being my wife! Not standing around wondering if she's still alive and seeing her being tortured!" He hissed, quite loudly.
Everyone who was near him turn to face him, shocked at what he accidentally slipped up.
"You were going to propose to her?" Kyoraku whispered.
"I 'spose it's not surprising, you did get her pregnant so marriage is understandable..." Soi Fon whispered.
"I planned it before we found out she was pregnant." Mayuri whispered.
Kyoraku placed his hand on Mayuri's shoulders.
"I have a whole lot of respect for you now, but don't tell anyone that." Kyoraku whispered, slightly smiling at him.
At that point the screen turned on, everyone quietened down and watched the screen. On the screen Lilly is lying on the floor on her side, her hair covering her face. Her body is covered in scars, blood, bruises, dirt and bandages, she even has some burn marks on her. She is very skinny and her skin is incredibly pale. Steve walks up to her and kicks her in the stomach, she doesn't react.
"Hey Dave! I think she's dead." He shouted.
"What? The doc was only here yesterday and said she'd have a few days left." Dave shouted.
Dave walked over to her and turned her head around and makes her lie on her back. He checks her pulse.
"Nah, she's alive... She's just fucked." Dave said.
The men laughed.
"Broken wrist, broken arm, broken ribs, a broken knee. She's even broken when it comes to sex!" Dave grinned.
They all started laughing again. Lilly looked like a corpse, the only difference between her and a corpse was that she was just barely breathing.
"Hmm shall we give her a bath again? Get that bucket filled with water and ice... She'll soon wake up."
Mayuri's soul pager made a ringing noise, he checked it too see that Nemu had sent him a message to tell him it was 100% and that she has located Lilly. She sent him a picture of a map of where she is. Soi Fon and Hitsugaya try to look at his pager to see what it said.
"We've got her location! Let's go!" Mayuri shouted.
The five of them pushed past everyone and ran out of the room. They flash stepped onto the roofs and continued running.
"Where is her location?" Soi Fon asked.
"In the rukon district 80, Zaraki. About half a mile into the centre from when we enter." Mayuri replied.
"We searched around that area as well..." Kyoraku said, sounding disappointing.
"Come on out... Minazuki." Unohana said, softly.
Right before their very eyes, Unohana zanpakuto turned into a manta ray like creature with one huge eye. She jumped onto it whilst everyone was still running. Minazuki stayed at the same speed as everyone else.
"That'll slow us down!" Soi Fon snapped.
"Flash stepping there will take you over thirty minutes to arrive, Minazuki will take just seven." Unohana replied, softly.
That didn't take much persuasion and they all quickly jumped on Minazuki. It then doubled in speed and flew upwards into the sky. They all sat on Minazuki's back which raised them higher into the sky.
"Right, once we arrive Soi Fon will go in first and try to find out all the information. Once we receive the information we'll discuss who goes into which room, once we get the all clear to go, we enter immediately. Unohana is to immediately heal Lilly whilst we eliminate the enemy." Mayuri explained.
"Ok, don't hesitate on killing them." Soi Fon said.
"Don't worry... We won't..." Kyoraku said, quite coldly.
"Minazuki land here..." Unohana said, softly.
Minazuki then descended, they were almost there. They could see the streets getting rougher. Minazuki then landed in a open area on the ground. The area was incredibly rough, buildings were old and falling apart, there wasn't anyone around. They all jumped off.
"The building is just over there." Mayuri pointed.
"Shall I infiltrate now?" Soi Fon asked.
Mayuri nodded, Soi Fon ran to the building. She crouched down and rested her back against the old, dirty walls and slowly opened the door. She had a good look and slowly walked in.
"Minazuki, wait here." Unohana said, softly.
She then stroked her zanpakuto, praising it for obeying it's master.
"Right let's wait outside the building 'til Soi Fon tells us to come in." Mayuri said.
Everyone nodded and then walked to the run down building. They crouched down and waited under the dirty windows. They couldn't risk being seen at the last minute. They all waited impatiently for Soi Fon's message, the front door suddenly opened making everyone jump, they all turned expecting to see one of the men but it was Soi Fon.
"What're you doing?" Hitsugaya hissed.
"It was quicker for me to come tell you myself, there's just three rooms. This big room here and a basement where Lilly and all four men are. The basement should've been hidden under the rug in there, oh and there's a door at the back of the basement." Soi Fon said.
"Right we all go down there, Unohana go straight to Lilly and we'll take out one guy each. Let's go." Mayuri said.
They all nodded and rushed in the room. Inside was a dark, dusty room filled with empty crates, on the floor was a scrunched up rug and next to it was a square gap in the floor. Soi Fon opened it up which revealed stairs. Mayuri pointed at Soi Fon and then pointed to the stairs. She nodded and flash stepped in. Hitsugaya quickly followed who flash stepped in, Unohana rushed down the stairs, Kyoraku and Mayuri quickly followed. Inside was the room they witnessed everyday for twenty minutes. The dirty walls... The equipment on the shelves... The blood on the floor and walls. Soi Fon had killed one of the men and grabbed Dave with his arms behind his back and his knees on the floor so he couldn't move. Hitsugaya was about to deliver the finishing blow on the other man. Unohana rushed over to Lilly who was lying on her back on the floor, she performed kido on her closing up her open wounds. Kyoraku began attacking another man who tried to defend himself with a baseball bat. Mayuri looked at Lilly on the floor almost lifeless.
"Unohana, let us know when she's well enough to be moved." Hitsugaya said, dropping a dead body.
"She won't be well enough for days! I'm going to close up her wounds and we're going to have to get her to squad 4 emergency room immediately!" Unohana said, seriously.
"Mayuri." Soi Fon said.
He looked at her to see her pinning down Dave.
"This kills all yours..." She smirked.
Mayuri walked up to Dave and punched him straight in the face.
"If only I could take you back with me... I would've made you suffered ten times more than what Lilly has." Mayuri snarled.
He took out his zanpakuto and sliced off his leg, Dave's scream was a pleasurable sound for everyone in the room. Mayuri grinned and cut off his other leg.
"I'll be done in about thirty seconds, I suggest you deliver the finishing blow." Unohana said.
Soi Fon stood back knowing Dave wasn't going anywhere. Mayuri stood over him. He smiled watching Dave cry and helplessly trying to crawl away, Mayuri then cuts his right arm off and Dave screamed.
"We can go now! Kyoraku carry her to Minazuki." Unohana shouted.
Kyoraku ran over to Lilly and picked her in his arms, them two then ran up the stairs.
"C'mon Mayuri kill him, we have to go!" Hitsugaya shouted.
"Please...Have mercy... Help me..." Dave begged.
Mayuri's grin turned into a frown, his eyes squinted.
"YOU ARE HAVING MERCY BY ME KILLING YOU SO QUICKLY!" He shouted.
He then stabbed him in the chest, and continued to stab him. He soon died but Mayuri kept stabbing his almost limbless body, his blade continually going in and out of his body.
"Enough Mayuri we have to go!" Hitsugaya shouted.
He started going up the stairs, Mayuri continued to stab the corpse but Soi Fon grabbed his shoulders and shook him.
"He's dead! Let's go for Lilly's sake!" She shouted.
Mayuri nodded and put his zanpakuto away, they both flash stepped out of the building, towards Minazuki and jumped onto it.
"Let's go Minazuki!" Unohana said.
Minazuki then flew up into the air. Mayuri then realised that Lilly wasn't sitting on Minazuki like the rest of them.
"Where is she? Is she inside this thing?" He asked, panicking.
"Yes, Minazuki's ability heals those inside it." Unohana replied, calmly.
"How's her condition?" Hitsugaya asked.
"Well... She's lucky to be alive, and she'll be incredibly lucky to survive the next few nights..." Unohana said, softly.
Everybody sat quietly, like they've lost all hope.
"If she does make it... Will there be any life long problems?" Mayuri asked, quietly.
"Yes... Her left kneecap is completely shattered so she won't be able to function her leg as well, and all those scars will be there permanently. We'll have to check her other broken bones for any permanent damage, and to see if there's any blood clot from her miscarriage." She replied, quietly.
At that point the seireitei was underneath them. They could see the squad 4 barracks in the distance.
"Land there Minazuki." Unohana said.
They began to descend, almost touching the floor. They landed in squad 4, in the distance was Isane and some squad 4 members running towards them with a mobile bed. Everybody jumped of Minazuki and waited around impatiently.
"Spit out Lilly and return Minazuki." Unohana commanded.
It did as it was told and spat out Lilly and returned into Unohana's sheath. Lilly didn't look any better, she wasn't bleeding but she was incredibly skinny and pale. She was bruised and scarred but she was breathing more deeply. Isane and the relief members picked up Lilly and placed her on the bed and started running off back into the building. Unohana ran with them explaining Lilly's conditions. Mayuri slowly started walking off towards the building.
"I'm going to report to head captain..." Soi Fon said, softly.
"I'll join you..." Hitsugaya replied.
They both walked off towards squad 1. Kyoraku stood exactly where he was watching Mayuri slowly making his way to see Lilly. Kyoraku sighed and caught up to Mayuri.
"Is it alright if I join you?" Kyoraku asked.
"...Yeah..." Mayuri replied, not really paying attention.
He's done all he can... He saved her as quickly as he could and now he just had to wait. Wait and see if she would live. He couldn't help but feel a bit of regret... Regret that he showed mercy to Dave, killing him quickly. For the past ten days Mayuri didn't want to get his hopes up thinking she would survive and end up dead breaking his heart, but now she's alive and in safe hands... But she still had a long way to go which was tearing him apart. He finally has her back and now... There's very little chance she'll live...