Chapter twenty one:
Mello and Near quickly whip their heads to look to the scene before them as a few of the kidnappers begin to advance while the others stay to fight those that are a part of the raid.
Mello moves a little forward ready to protect Near as he sends glares in the direction of the kidnappers coming towards them.
"Lets go!" Near says and they begin to turn to run but stop when another kidnapper comes around the corner from the direction that they had come from leaving them trapped.
The kidnappers soon stand on either side of the two who have moved back to back with Mello facing the direction where the majority of the kidnappers are.
"Give in!" A gruff male voice demands of the two. "Come quietly and no one gets hurt."
Mello snarls upon hearing this. "Yeah fucking right!"
The kidnappers begin to advance slowly trying to intimidate the two orphans who keep close to each other.
"Seems we might have to fight." Near says quietly to Mello.
"I have a plan. We make sure the one is taken out then we make a break for it." Mello whispers back.
Near softly nods in agreement.
The two tense and the kidnappers misunderstand this as that they are intimidating the two.
"You gonna come quietly or what?" The gruff voiced kidnapper asks in a tone of victory that he believes that they have intimidated the two.
Mello makes the smallest shift in which Near quickly understands before the blonde moves quickly around Near tackling the kidnapper standing alone on the one side. He grips the really light brown hair that sticks up as if in a style some use. He quickly slams the head of the kidnapper into a nearby wall as hard as he can making sure to not hurt himself in the process.
In the meantime Near quickly moves past the kidnapper and waits for Mello to join him in which he does soon allowing the two to begin running away.
The other kidnappers that had been trying to intimidate the two race after the two orphans.
Near begins to pant and almost stumbles. "Mello….. I'm not sure how much longer…. I can run."
Mello casts a worried glance to the other then looks back to the perusing kidnappers then back to where they are going trying to think of a plan. He knows that it's a bad situation and that Near is probably getting tired sooner because of the pregnancy which is also an important fact to consider. He knows he must react fast and spots an opportunity up ahead. "Stay close." He hisses to the other as he keeps his eyes on the opportunity. "Now." He makes a turn gently making sure that Near turns at the right time.
Once around the corner Mello grabs Near's arm getting both of them to stop before letting go of the other moving around to in front of him crouching.
"Get on my back." He says and Near does as told. With Near on his back Mello gets up after quickly ensuring the other is on his back.
Near glances back and watches as one or two of their pursuers slip in some blood that had been on the ground. He turns back as Mello begins making a run for it to try to get them away letting Near have some time to catch his breath and rest.
However the sound of at least one kidnapper is close to them since not all of them had slipped in the blood.
Mello continues to move as fast as he can but knows that they need to lose the kidnappers as soon as possible. He keeps his main focus on searching for any way to lose said kidnappers.
Near in the meantime leans his head against Mello's shoulder but makes a mental note to glance every now and then behind them to see if they are still being chased. He trusts Mello to get them away so he just decides to do his part to help where he can.
Mello takes a right then when coming up to a four way hall he takes a left before taking the first right. He moves a little further down the hall to turn into a small space with a door blocking the way but a wall that is sticking out far enough that will keep them from being spotted right away. He lowers himself letting Near climb off as the two take a moment first to make sure they've rested a little. "We'll need to move soon." He whispers quietly. "But we have a little bit to wait for those kidnappers to move away."
Near nods softly. "Well it would not be the best idea to head the way we came if we can avoid that." He also whispers softly.
"Shh." Mello glances back as they hear talking and tenses to be ready in case someone appeared around the corner. "Stay quiet." He hisses. "Got it?"
"Mhm." Near nods.
Mello listens to the talking and clenches his teeth after about two minutes of hearing the kidnappers remain around the same area. He begins to curse as much as he can in his head as he realizes that the kidnappers are trying to see if they are hiding and if they will reveal their position in an attempt to flee. "Damn." He growls softly after another minute or so. "I hate them so fucking much right now." His eyes flicker back to Near. "Seems that we are fucking stuck here." He barely holds back slamming a fist into the wall that is covering them from view since if he did that he would be giving away their position. "Guess we'll need to sit here and wait to see if they will go away."
Near moves closer to Mello but stays silent not wanting to risk getting them caught and he gently grips Mello's arm with the other seeming to not really mind. He tenses upon hearing some footsteps begin to move a little down the hall before pausing.
Meanwhile….
A group pull up their vehicles upon arriving at a building.
"This is it." One says as they get out of their vans and cars or getting off their motorcycles.
"Yes." Another responds. "This is the location. Now. We go in and follow the signal!"
The entire group move in, ignoring any officers calling to them, following the signal being displayed on watches they are wearing.
"Hold on. We're coming."