Escapade
Chapter 13: Getting There
They found themselves once more hidden in the shrubs outside of one of Hiei's bases. It had been hard to locate. In fact, they would have had a time finding it if not for Koenma's sources.
"So we go in, find the damn missile launcher, disable the fucker, and get the hell outta there?" Toy paraphrased.
"You got it," Yusuke answered for Todd.
Kurama said nothing. It all seemed strange to him. Why would someone with spirit powers like Hiei need human weapons? It seemed more suspicious by the minute. Like this was all one big wild-goose-chase or planned out to lure them into his waiting hands.
Toy interrupted his thoughts, swearing as a guard approached them. Yusuke used his Spirit Gun to get rid of the hindrance before he could call for back-up. The coast was clear, so they practiced their 100-yd sprint to the entrance.
They hadn't had the luxury of memorizing any of the blueprints before heading out, so they were forced to wander around and search for their target the old-fashioned way. They had decided not to split up. Even though they probably would've been able to find it quicker that way, they didn't want a repeat of Mt. Colonus.
Todd grew impatient as the clock wound down to a half hour. "Damn. We have to find this thing NOW! Time's running out!"
They all nodded in agreement, but looks of confusion were then passed around as the something strange happened to Toy. Her eyes closed, almost as though going into a deep sleep. When she opened them again, their irises were a brilliant shade of gold, surrounded by a ring of black as though the color had a shadow.
"What's going on?" Yusuke whispered to Kurama.
"I'm afraid I'm at as much of a loss of an explanation as you are, Yusuke." Kurama shushed him as Toy looked around for a moment, as though she could no longer see them.
'What's going on?' the girl thought as she slipped into something of a dream, as though her mind were being led through the labyrinth that was the base. She felt like she was in a virtual reality game. It was quite similar.
Walls passed by her, leading her in what seemed like circles, until her mind's eye stopped for a moment in front of a large group consisting of what initially appeared to be countless men. She, getting over her momentary fear, was prepared to fight, but they slowly faded, getting more and more transparent, and then they vanished.
She saw that she had arrived in front of a pair of steel double-doors that she had been distracted from by the soldiers. They hissed as they suddenly shot sideways back into the frames. She had no control of herself in this "dream", so she was forced into the humongous room. There...it was there. She knew where the target was!
"Toy! Toy!" Todd shook her, trying to wake her from her trance against Kurama's suggestions that it was unwise to do so, concern etched across his face. "Come on, stay with me, baby," he coaxed. 'I can't lose her!'
Kurama touched his arm. "You've heard of what happens to sleep-walkers when they are forced to awaken, Todd. Do you want that to happen to Toy?"
Just as Todd was giving up, Toy's unblinking eyes returned to their normal color. She jumped up from the slumped position on the floor she had fallen to and glanced around for reasons they couldn't fathom. She finally discovered the direction she had been led in. "It's this way! But the guard's heavy." she informed them, pointing to their north, and took off. After a second of bewilderment, the rest followed, dashing down the various corridors.
"How do you know?" Todd checked when he had caught up with her, secretly ecstatic that she was okay.
"Trust me. I know," came the reply.
Kohari: I know. Totally short. But I had it already typed up (up to chapter 15, actually, but that's not important), and I wanted to go ahead and update. I'm really sorry for the wait. I've been going through depression, but I'm okay now. I finally work up just before exams recently and realized what all I had left undone. Don't worry, though. Nothing bad had happened to put me in depression; I kinda just slipped into it for unknown reasons.
News in My Life: I recently won third place in a writing contest at school (Woohoo!) - it was a tragedy. I'm beginning to write more of those- what can I say? Happy endings are too obvious. I also wrote a play, which my teacher is advising me to copyright and sell. We would do it for the school play, but we chose a better one. I'm not bummed out, though. It needed improvement. Well, I'm sure you want me to shut up so you can go ahead and review, huh? Okay...
PS: Lonewolf, I gotta say thanks a TON! You're, like, the only one reviewing for me. THANK YOU for your dedication.