Shun

It was virtually impossible to get through the crowds of people, along with the flashing lights blinding my eyes. I tried to find a high point in the room, and the only one was a table. Which was covered with people passed out and dancing on it. I felt like giving up on trying to find anyone that I'd recognize in this madhouse.

Maybe Ron had been right to try and stop me from coming to this insane asylum. The music only seemed to get louder and louder every song, and my ears felt like they would start to bleed. After another twenty minutes of poor scanning of the place, I found the stairs and walked down them to the next part of the underground basements.

The rave that was going on in there, was worse than the one above. Twice as many people were crammed into a smaller room, and the music bled in with the music from the part above. I forced myself through the people again, and looked around for familiar faces.

Nobody looked like they were from my gang. What if they weren't here tonight, and I had done this for nothing? I then spotted the door that led into the room where the drug deals took place. There was a chance that they might be in there, and there was also a chance that I'd get shot if I went in there uninvited.

Going in there was a step too far, and only one for a last resort. I wasn't about to be even stupider and walk in there. I did a double scan on the rave party on the second floor. I sighed and gave up on looking there, and went back upstairs. There may have been a ton of people in there as well, but at least the crowd was thinner here than downstairs.

My feet were killing me, and I needed somewhere to sit. There was a make-shift bar in the far corner, and I saw a few empty stools that I could sit on. If I made it to them in time. I sat down at one, and when the bartender asked if I wanted anything, I turned him down.

I glanced at my life, and felt everything slow down. Finally, two familiar faces; Colt and Eric. The only two from my gang that I had seen in this God awful place. Was it them?

Were they the ones who hurt Alice? Or were they just here at this rave for the hell of it? I tried to get closer to them without being noticed so I could hear their conversation. I caught a snip of what Colt said. "3...2...1." When he hit one, gunfire exploded.

Alice

It was just before everyone had gone to bed that I gathered Dan and the others. The police had turned in now, and we were no longer being watched like hawks. Dan yawned and asked, "Alice, what's the deal with keeping us up?" I looked at all of them and said seriously, "I know where Shun's at."

Their eyes widened. Murucho asked me, "Where's he at?" I looked around to make sure there were no police that had woken up to try and find a bathroom. I said in a hushed voice, "He's at some old warehouse. I don't know which one though."

Dan raised an eyebrow at me and asked, "How do you know this, Alice?" I shook my head and told him, "How I know it is not important. What is important is that I don't think Shun's safe right now. We had to find him." The others were looking at me as if I were crazy.

Which I probably seemed like at the moment. Runo placed a hand on my shoulder and said, "Alice, you're not going anywhere after just getting out of that hospital." I pleaded to her, "Runo, you have to believe me when I say that we need to find Shun. I know you're probably not going to let me leave, but you have to let me."

Dan was biting his lip when he said, "It might not hurt to look around and see if we can find this place. We could make Alice stay in the car while we look around." I didn't care if I had to sit out while the others looked for Shun, just as long as we found him. Runo sighed and said, "Alright, Dan. But I'm blaming you if something happens to us."

I smiled and thanked Runo for giving me some leash. Murucho said, "I'll tell Kato to get the limo started up." We nodded our heads and followed Murucho downstairs. Kato was already in the limo out front, and ready to go. Murucho pointed out to us, "We can't stay out too long. Last thing we want to do is make those officers mad because we left." We nodded our heads as we climbed into the limo.

Alice

Kato wasn't driving like a madman, but he was well above the speed limit. All of us were holding onto something, and I was sure that everyone was thinking Kato had gone senile or had too much sugar in the coffee he was drinking. We started to get into the old business district of Bay City, which had been overrun by crime.

Lucky for us, Murucho had this limo bulletproof and locked. No criminals were about to get their hands on us as we drove through this part of town. We started seeing more and more warehouses. Julie pointed out one, but it was easy to see that it was still in business.

Somehow. Kato then drove past a place called the Lion's Den. Dan raised an eyebrow and said, "What is this place? Some kind of strip joint?" Murucho said, "I think it's just a bar, Dan." We turned left past the bar, and were faced with more warehouses. Julie asked me, "Alice, are you sure that Shun's in one of these?"

I nodded my head. One of the metal buildings caught my eye. That's it. I said up to Kato, "Stop at this one!" Kato pulled off to the side of the road and parked the limo. I got out, but Runo grabbed my hand and yanked me back inside. She snapped at me, "Have you lost it? This is one the most dangerous places in the city, and you're just going to run out in these streets after being attacked once already?"

The others seemed to have the same thoughts running through their minds. I said to them, "But I thought we were going to check them out so we could find Shun." Murucho scratched the back of his head and said, "That was when we thought it would be out of this part of town."

I closed my eyes and said, "Fine. Let's go." Murucho was giving the order to Kato for him to drive, and I opened the door and shot out towards the warehouse. I heard the others yelling at me to come back, but I ran into the warehouse. I had forgotten that Theo said that it was the home base for his gang, but by the looks of everything it was empty. Nobody was inside.

Dan and the others came running in after me. Runo snapped at me, "Alice! Are you crazy!" I turned around and put a finger to my lips to quiet them. Now that the warehouse was silent, I could hear the sound more clearly. It was a low moan of pain. I started to run towards it, thinking that it may belong to Shun. I was then led to a storage unit, and laying on the ground was somebody other than Shun.

He was beaten to a pulp, and blood was everywhere on him and on the floor. I knelt beside him and got a look at his face. He looked like that girl from the hospital, Allison. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at me for a moment. "You're that girl. The one Shun's been trying to help."

He knew Shun! The others ran inside the room, and gasped when they saw the boy on the floor. The boy said weakly, "You've got to find him…..Shun's not safe now….."

The others were in too much shock to say anything, so it was up to me. "Where's Shun at? Why is he in trouble?" When I looked at the boy a little bit longer, I realized who he was. He was one of the others who were in the alley when I was attacked. The one who didn't want to be there or do what he was doing.

He moaned again and said, "He's a few miles from here…At a place called Donovan's…..Ceram…..Ceram is planning on hurting him." Ceram? Who was that? It didn't matter. Somebody was trying to hurt Shun, and it was probably the same guy who beat this guy to a bloody pulp.

This guy looked like he wasn't going to last much longer. I said to the others, "Call an ambulance or something." Murucho nodded his head and whipped out his cellphone. He said to me before punching in the numbers, "But I don't know where we're at." Crap. The guy started to cough and said, "Just tell them….The warehouse near the Lion's Den….They'll know where to go." Murucho nodded and proceeded with calling for help.

Shun

The people inside fell into a panic at the sound of the gunshots. There were screams of terror and fear, and the shots kept firing. I saw Colt and Eric looking around, each with a gun in their hands. They were looking for me. Over to my left, I saw Ceram and almost the entire gang.

I had fallen into another one of their traps. They were trying to heard all of the panicking people out of the building. Ceram was looking at each one of them to make sure they weren't me. I was staying crouched behind the bar, and shaking. They were definitely planning on killing me, and they might even succeed if I wasn't exceptionally careful.

I moved slightly, and knocked a bottle of Vodka off its shelf. It fell to the ground and shattered. The liquid flooded onto the floor, and the smell of the alcohol made me cough. I peered over the top of the bar and saw that everyone had been cleared out of the building. Except for me.

Ceram's cold eyes were fixed at the bar, and I heard him say, "Zach, go check it out." I started to panic, and did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed another bottle and was ready to use it for a weapon since my pistol had gotten knocked off of me during the pandemonium. Before Zach had a chance to check behind the bar, I was already looking around for an escape. I didn't have many choices.

The only one was the one that Ceram and the gang were standing in front of, and I was sure that the rest of the gang was upstairs in the gutted part of the building. I peered around the bar and found my gun a few yards away from me. I could take care of Zach with the bottle, and then make a dash for the gun.

I saw Zach was closing in on the bar, and when he peered over to see what was behind it, I jumped up and knocked him out. Glass and alcohol exploded everywhere as he fell to the floor unconscious. I scrambled towards the gun, but slipped on the spilled Vodka. I heard Ceram say, "There he is! Get him!"

I found traction and dove for my gun. Now I had it back, and pointed it at Ceram and the gang members he had with him. Ceram laughed and said, "You really think that you have enough rounds to shoot all of us?" I gulped. He was right. I wouldn't even be able to put a dent in the numbers he had.

I looked around, and found a gas pipe above them. Let's hope there's still something in there. I shot the pipe and a white cloud of gas exploded in the room. Blind gunshots were fired in an attempt to hit me. The gas had drifted upstairs and into the empty upper portion of the building.

The gang members in there were coughing and trying to find there away around. I had pulled my shirt over my face to keep as much of the gas out of my lungs as I could. I heard Ceram yell, "He's getting away!" I ran into the wall. I couldn't see anything from the thickening gas. I finally felt my way around and found the door. The gas started to thin out when I did, and one of the gang members were able to see me and started to shoot.

I ran out of the door and into the streets. It wouldn't take them long to find me if I didn't hide. I needed somewhere to stay hidden, and quick. My eyes found another old and abandoned building, and I started towards it. The door had been boarded shut, and I was unable to tear the boards off.

I then found a broken out window, and knocked the rest of the glass out and jumped inside. I landed on the weak wood floor and pressed myself against the wall. I heard Ceram and the gang run past me, and I let out heavy breathes. A pain was coming from my side, and I held tightly to the spot. I felt something warm on my hand, and looked at my palm. It was covered with blood. They shot me.

o.o i have had a boring day. so i has nothing fun to say. lol. read, review, and other things. ~Copperpelt~