Chapter Contains Mature Content
AN: I (LitDs) am the only one who looked over this chapter so forgiven any spelling errors I missed.
Chapter 28: Converging Paths
"You can leave the child here and come with me or I suppose I could take you both. Not sure how long he'd last though, without the medical attention." He focused his gaze briefly on the child. "It would sure be a shame, wouldn't it?"
That was all he really needed. Conan thought he might be missing something, but that was a threat there and if he wasn't going to let the doctor get away with less, this guy wasn't going to be getting off with a breath. He felt bad he was in Hattori's ear, but he really had nowhere else to go. "Shakespeare." He didn't know how else to clue him in without doing the same to the guard. Shakespeare was the one who wrote majority about betrayals. Conan took a breath, catching it in his throat for a second before crying- as loud as he could, adding the word 'help' more than a few times. He didn't know what was happening, but he wanted it to stop happen. While he was a kid, he was going to take advantage of it.
"Shut up bozu." He yanked hard on the teen's arm, pulling him toward him and across the surface between them, the teen gasping out a 'No,' as the teen let go of his wrist to catch himself on the bed, stopping himself from landing on the child that was clinging to his neck. He reached into his pocket. If he needed to, he'd use it on both. But as he was just a kid? Who'd believe him? "Night night," he said as he pressed the button and let it make contact with the teen's skin, releasing him to protect himself.
Conan knew he should run. He had the chance. He would have run if this had happened a day ago... now he couldn't. He didn't know what to do, but he held on, knowing that there was someone nearby who did. Forget 'help.' "Ran!"
"Come here kid." That was it. This boy was being too much trouble. He grabbed the child and pulled him from under the unconscious teen, shoving the sheet from the bed into his mouth. "No marks on you, no proof."
He hated being a child. He couldn't fight back, but he could mark him and get his skin under his fingernails so that was what he did, clawing and kicking at the guard.
"Damn you. You're tougher than any of the others." He proceeded to wrap the child in the sheet so the brat's claws wouldn't touch him anymore. "You know, once you're not so bad off anymore, I will make sure to get you. Your brother here and that other friend of yours would be happy to see you again- or, maybe they wouldn't."
Conan had no idea what he was talking about. He didn't care. He struggled, hoping Ran had been closer and had been wondering what had taken him so long. He'd all but forgotten his 'half-an-hour' after Hattori was taken away. No matter what, he wouldn't stop struggling. Being a kid, his limbs were smaller and it was easier to move around in the sheet.
He tied the sheet off. "OK, you just relax here for awhile." He shoved the kid off to the head of the bed, making sure he hit the wall first. "You are a stubborn one but that'll make you fun too." He pinned him to the bed with his leg as pulled the teen back on the bed properly, covering him up and pushing it away from the bed. "There. Now, as for you..."
He had two options and he was going to do both, for the sake of one hopefully working. He shrugged his shoulders back and forth, not directly trying to oppose the force of the sheets because that would only tire him. The sheet in his mouth was only a matter of getting his tongue to push out the fabric. He needed to wait for the guard to walk out the door before anything. And he was not going to let this happen... again. He didn't know what the guard had been talking about, but it sounded like he'd taken some of his other friends and only prayed that Ran hadn't been one of them.
He reached over and grabbed the kid again, climbing over the bed he headed to the bathroom. "You can hang out in here for awhile. I'm sure your friend's clothes will be some comfort. Too bad he had to leave already." He reached over and turned on the water in sink before shoving the kid beside the toilet. "See you later." He smirked as he walked out and shut the door behind him.
Conan got himself out of the sheets first. He'd tangled himself up plenty of times as a teenager and it was much easier to undo as child. He didn't know why. Maybe because the length of his bones was smaller. He kept himself calm, getting it off and taking the sheet the rest of the way out of his mouth as he ran for the door and fell, letting out a small whine. Right, my feet. Like he cared. He shrugged it off and got back up, running for the door and getting out, seeing an almost empty room. He ran for Ran's mother first, digging in her pockets and grabbing her phone, putting it to his ear as he hit the call button to see the most recent calls and not having to scroll to get Mouri. He ran into the hallway, heading for the stairs, all the time yelling Ran's name and hoping she'd hear him, waiting for Mouri to pick up his phone.
Phone again. The guy was just pulling in to the hospital but he picked it up anyway. Eri again. He hit the button, phone already to his ear. "I'm already here. Is everythi-"
"Ojisan, call-" already here? "Tell the guards and policemen not to let anyone leave for any reason- all emergency patients need to be checked. Do it now. And I mean anyone. No exceptions." He clicked the phone off, having to stop after going down the first few steps and reaching up to dangle on the railing. It hurt... but he kept the whine in his throat, forcing himself to move.
"Conan- CONAN! DAMN!" He took off. First guard he saw he stopped. "I'm Mouri Kogoro. Lock down this building. No one else in or out. NOW!" Not stopping he continued on to the elevators. He waited a few seconds. Too long. He'd take the stairs. He raced off, pissed at himself for having left in the first place. Eri had called first, now Conan, because it was Conanhe had heard on the phone, using Eri's. He slammed the door open and pounded up the stairwell, cussing for every step that was between him and his destination.
Conan heard the noise before he saw him, though it wasn't a long separation. "Ojisan?" Just seeing him set something off... because odds were if Ran's dad hadn't seen him, he was too late. A hiccupped breath came out, and he felt a tear fall down his face, partly because of the physical pain but mostly because it was too soon, and he hadn't been able to help Hattori at all.
"Conan. What the he-" He took the last few steps and leaned forward, pulling the child- he didn't care if it was Kudo-kun inside, it was also Conan and if he was crying, not to mention out here on his own...- Yes, childto him, lifting him up so he was no longer standing on his own
"Ojisan." He stopped the funny breathing but he couldn't stop the tears. "A guard took Hattori. We have to find him." His hands tightened around Mouri's coat. He wanted to move- he wanted to look- he needed to check. If it was too late he... This wasn't some dream. He'd been right there.
"A guard. What about Eri? Is she-..." If the guard had got the teen, what about his wife?
"She's sleeping." He had to check. "Please. She didn't look hurt." Conan started to struggle. "We have to find Hattori. The guard... wasn't right. He-" There were so many things wrong with what the guard had said and how he'd acted. Mostly the part about him being 'fun' because he was more difficult than the others came to him. This was no kidnapping, it was pleasure. Kidnappers didn't want the difficult kids. "Please."
He wanted to check on her but Conan... If he said she was OK… "Fine, I trust you. Let's go." He maneuvered his suit coat off, an ability that he'd used many times, while keeping Conan in one arm or the other and wrapping it lightly around him. "OK. I'm guessing he'd have a hard time dragging Hattori-kun out. We just watch for two people-"
"No," Conan wiped his eyes. "He was on a gurney. He just took him out. Ask around and see if anyone saw him. He doesn't have to be in uniform still, but if he is, well know soon enough."
"He..." This was just turning into another huge mess. "Can you call the other officers? Figure you can talk while I run." He took off back down the stairs and headed toward the guy he'd talked to earlier.
Takagi was on lookout while Sato drove like a pinball on steroids. They weren't gone all that long when his phone rang and he picked it up. "Hello?" Takagi couldn't believe he hadn't looked at the number first.
"This just went from worst to a catastrophe. I can't believe no one called it in, but this doctor has kidnapped other patients. I'm finding clues from other hospitals about similar cases and I can't find any of these patients. They're just... gone." Shiratori sighed. "I hate to say it, but I think that the kids are gone by now."
Takagi almost stopped breathing. "W-what?" That couldn't be true. He swallowed, but he couldn't calm himself. Takagi could feel his hand that was holding the phone shake. "You don't mean that."
Sato spared a glance at her partner. This must really not be good news. 'Let us find these boys in time.'
"That's the best case scenario. Worse case is that they're still alive and somewhere that we won't be able to find them. If we don't get some type of clue in the next few hours, I'm calling this off."
"Ah- don't. What if-..." But Takagi knew if they didn't find them soon, odds were they wouldn't be finding them at all.
"Sorry, but there's nothing more we can do. We're pushing things as it is. You have no idea how many officers are off-duty right now and working on finding them." Shiratori tried not to sound as harsh, but facts were fast. "Hopefully they'll turn up but right now we don't even have a direction. Call me in an hour with you're progress." Shiratori hung up, shifting into drive again and getting back on the road. He had a general direction, thanks to some street cams and basic knowledge of the road system. He was looking at pedestrians as well as cars. He did sincerely hope the children would be found, it just didn't seem probable.
Sato waited for her partner to speak.
Takagi looked at his phone, swallowing. "Sato-san. The doctor... he's taken other kids, and not just here. Shiratori-san says he can't find any of them... and he think it's too late."
Sato blinked a few times to keep her vision clear and her focus firm but it took everything she had. "We- you and the others found Cona- Kudo-kun. Who's to say we can't find these two? At least he's had less time to get away."
Takagi rested his elbow on the window and push his hand across the side of his face and into his hair. "I don't even know how we did that though. Kuroba-kun did it all." And he was very well aware that the boy was not here, most likely stuck with Hakuba-kun, wherever they were with the doctor. "I don't even know if this is they way they-" Takagi stopped, hearing his phone ring again and taking it out. "Hello?" Why was it he was forgetting to look at the caller? Right now he didn't really care.
"Takagi-keiji." Conan had almost no idea what was going on or why the other officers weren't in the building, but he didn't care. He was only focused on one thing right now. "A guard at the hospital took Hattori-kun. I can tell you what he looks like now, but I don't know if he's gotten away or not. I think he has." He knew Takagi had some type of personal relationship with Hattori, so he was the best one to call and he could get officers to look for him.
Takagi choked. "What?" He took a few deeper, unsteady breaths. "Hattori-kun is gone too?!"
Sato tightened her hands n the wheel at his tone of voice as well as the words. 'DAMN IT!'
"Too?" Conan became serious, losing some of his panic for the moment. "Who else is missing?"
Takagi blinked back a few times, taking into account he was talking to Kudo-kun. Who had been unconscious last he saw of him. "Hakuba-kun and Kuroba-kun went missing with the doctor from earlier. We haven't been able to find them... and he used a fake name or something, so we've been running into trouble." But Takagi wasn't thinking on his words. He was just stating what he knew. Hattori was gone... Hakuba was gone... Kuroba was gone... all three of the kids who had helped him, who had done his job better than he had were all missing- and if Shiratori's words were anything to go by, they wouldn't be found. Takagi didn't care when he closed his phone on Kudo. He didn't want to hear anything else right now. He could call in the description to headquarters and they'd get it out.
"Please tell me I misheard." She glanced over at her partner. "Hattori-kun- You checked on him. what happened?"
"I don't know." Takagi was almost to the point of giving up. They'd been looking everywhere for the other two, and for a long time now. He didn't even know if the same person had taken Hattori, though it seemed like it was. "He was fine before I left. If anything, he was worried about Hakuba-kun." And he never would have been taken willingly, especially not if Kudo-kun was the one that called him. "Conan-kun's still there though."
Sato sighed. She had been worried that was the next bit of news. She suddenly felt guilty. Three teenage boys that had all risked their lives to rescue Conan-ku- Kudo-kun, were now themselves victims. she swallowed. "Where to now? the hospital?" If they backtrack to the hospital they may come across the guy and his hostage.
That was a thought, especially if they were close to where the other two were. Takagi nodded. He'd call Shiratori back to see if he was in the area and if he could keep looking forward while they looked back. "It's worth a try."
Sato pulled a 180 and headed back, wordless and with her eyes sharp.
Conan looked at the phone, just as shocked that Hakuba and Kid were missing as he was the fact that he was clearly hung up on. He dialed again, calling around to anyone, even people who weren't the police, to try and get as much help as he could, working on getting through to the Osaka prefecture police headquarters, just for the hell of it.
Kogoro had listened to Conan's half of the conversation and he wanted to kick himself. Conan had been out of it when the other teen was discovered missing and now he'd just had to watch as his friend or, from the way they acted, best friend- brother, get taken away right in front of him. He had told a few guys to pass the word on. officers were to check every one of the hospital's guards and no one was to leave. He finally reached the rear exit and spotted the crime scene tape and puddle of blood staining the ground. "So that's..."
Conan turned, ignoring his dad on the phone. He had a lot of friends and it was worth a try. "What's that? From earlier?" Conan eyes narrowed as he took in the scene, following the tape and the marks. He didn't need an explanation for what happened. "Odds are the guard had to put Hattori in a car too. Ask around for anyone they haven't seen in a while, or someone transporting a patient. It would help to get a description of the vehicle... assuming he got away."
"Not sure when but I was thinking the same thing." And he actually had been, go figure. He headed over to the officer standing guard at the scene and when the man looked at them approaching he called out to them both by name.
"Mouri-san, Conan-kun." The officer nodded to them. "It's been a while." He was young but he'd seen this man before, and respected him as much as his inspector did. "What can I do for you? You look like you're looking for something."
"Hey, I need you to tell me if anyone as left via this exit since you've been here. A guard or someone with a patient?"
The officer nodded. "Yes, about ten- fifteen minutes ago a man left with his nephew. I tried to give them some space though. The man said he'd been burned and I didn't want to intrude."
"What did the car look like?" He was getting desperate. That was about the time he was walking in the front door. he had missed them already.
"Um..."
Conan turned with a sad face. "We're looking for my friend. He's really tall, like Ojisan, and has dark skin. The guy you saw wasn't hiding him, was he?"
"Ah... sorry Conan-kun, I don't know. Maybe he was." The officer laughed a little. "His nephew had dark skin too. That would be funny if he walked out with the wrong person."
Kogoro looked down at the boy in his arms. In all honesty he almost felt like, while the words were a little kid, the sentiment and question were more real then he had probably meant to show. He hadn't been able to get his hands on the one that took Conan but this guy, and the doctor too if they were in fact together, would both be feeling his wrath- for Conan, and Eri, and the boys they took.
"That would be bad of they took him by accident. Do you know what the car looked like?" Conan held out his arms with a little smile. "Ojisan got this really big white one one time with a funny symbol on the back that looked like a bull." He put little horns up on his head.
The officer laughed a little at the boy. "Well, it was a white SUV. And I think the one you saw was a ram, not a bull. They both have horns though. This one was just a plus sign, so there was nothing scary about it."
Conan nodded. "A plus just like the hospital, or did it have a circle around it?"
"Nope, just a plus." The officer nodded to Mouri. "I'm sorry, what did you need? You know kids. Gotta humor them."
"I think that those were the ones we are looking for. The time fits with when Conan here saw him be taken. that boy was Hattori Heiji and as of this moment his 'family' is us. The man was the guard that took him. You tell me what direction they headed and get an APB out for it- every detail that you remember, got it?!"
The officer was shocked, not at all expecting that. He saluted Mouri. "Of course. I'm sorry. I didn't realize- I didn't see much more of the SUV, but if you would allow me, I'll call into the station and report it. I'll tell them as much as I can." The officer pointed out of the parking lot and to the right. "I saw them head that way."
"Good." Kogoro nodded and took off. He ran back inside to the front desk and requested that Shina-san and only Shina-san be sent to the room to check on his wife and stay with her for the time being as well as paging for the rest of their group to meet up in said room and not to leave. He looked down at Conan. "We grab a cab and try to follow or go up and break the news?"
Conan shook his head. "Besides, there's no one to break it to besides them, and I'm not going to do that unless I know I've done everything can. Let's go."
Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "They'll learn from Eri then. time for a little car trip of our own." He ran out and grabbed a cab, telling him the direction to head as he pulled out his own cell. They'd track this guy down no matter what.
Takagi didn't want to pick up his phone when in rang again but he did anyway. "Hello?"
"Where are you?"
Takagi told Shiratori the name of the streets they just passed.
"Stop where you are right now and park going from east to west on the road."
Takagi had no idea what was going on but he told Sato what Shiratori said.
Sato nodded, needing no other prompting as she slammed on the breaks and twisted the wheel hard to fulfill both requirements in one moment. "There. Done."
Takagi blinked before it was over, going back to Shiratori. "Now what?"
"We're on the lookout for a white Chevy SUV, license plates likely containing a 't' 'l' and a zero. The man driving will be in his thirties with dark short hair. Chiba-kun is further east of you and I'm in the middle. We're tying to catch a man who kidnapped Hattori-kun. I've had several of the main roads blocked off and if he went the same direction as the doctor, he's bound to pass one of us."
Takagi was surprised at how much Shiratori had done that he hadn't been aware of, looking over at Sato. "Shiratori-san says the man who took Hattori-kun might pass us. He's driving a white Chevy SUV and he blocked some of the roads. I think he's trying to lead him to us."
Sato nodded. "Are the orders to stop and search or follow and hope to find where the others are?"
Takagi went back to the phone. "Are we stopping everyone or following them?"
"We have a small time window and we can't risk being noticed. Call it in and pursue the vehicle until it stops. I'll have more officers come in as backup. Right now I don't care if one of us gets the wrong man and this is the only option."
"We're following them and sending in backup once they stop." Takagi heard some of the same desperation in the Inspector's voice that he had. Another thing he never thought he'd encounter. "I don't think there are many options if this doesn't work."
"Then we go for the second miracle in as many days. we owe those three boys a personal debt. this is a way to pay back at least part of it and we will find Hattori-kun." Sato glanced quickly at her partner before going back to the road.
Takagi nodded. He got out and climbed into the back, looking behind them so that they could cover more ground. They had to get Hattori back. it wasn't even an option anymore, it was a necessity.
LINE BREAK
"KUROBA!"
Kaito immediately dropped any thoughts of fighting back. He wouldn't do that if Hakuba were back, the detective being the easier target. He had to play that part. The only trouble was making sure the man's attention stayed on him. He didn't know what Hakuba had accomplished but he couldn't risk any renewed interest in him. Kaito smiled, mockingly for the first time. "See? You can't touch me." At the same time, while he couldn't put any real force - or more accurately, aim - behind it, he could twist the scalpel he still had in his injured hand up and jabbed it to the man's hand.
"Let Kuroba go. Now." Saguru was still a bit tired but he had managed to flag down a man pulling into the driveway next door. The guy had climbed out of his SUV and run over to him. Once he explained things the man said he was a security guard and his equipment was in the back. He would go down and take care of everything. Saguru, not bothering to wait, stumbled back to the door and down the stairs in time to see Kuroba bite the man and the man's response. He could only hope to keep the man's attention divided until the guard got there. Footsteps behind him said he didn't have to wait much longer.
"YOU AHOU!" He jerked and his grip loosened a bit. He glanced over at the kid that had come back. "Both of you will..." Then he saw the person coming down the stairs and the extra one he was carrying over his shoulder. He kept his face straight though.
"Sir. I have been informed by this young man that you are responsible for his kidnapping from a hospital earlier today and that you have taken another as well." He kept his voice official and authoritative even with the other teen over his shoulder and the same thing he had used on him in his right hand. "You were not very smart, were you?"
Kaito couldn't move very well, but that didn't mean he was blind. His heart rate sped up. Damn, detective, do you have to mess everything up? Kaito had gotten what he needed in that last move and quickly squirmed out of the hold on his right arm. The man, he was not going to call him a doctor, had been focused on taking him to the ground and was close enough that Kaito leaned forward and was able to swing his bad arm around his neck, pushing the blade of the scalpel against his throat. "You let my friends go right now or learn to breathe through your own blood." He knew this man though, knew that he needed something to make him bite. "Once they're safe, I'll drop the weapon and you can do whatever the hell you want with me."
"Kuroba!" Saguru was stunned. "What... do you think... you are doing? Let the... security guard... handle him." What would make him do that? The guard could take care of the man. what had happened while he was gone to make Kuroba snap like this? He was not gone thatlong. he could have... he may have tried... Kuroba...
He shrugged and grinned at the messy-haired teen across the room. Like he himself cared. He shared the same tastes but the kid on his shoulder had seen him. if he let him go- nope. not happening.
He was surprised when the kid got out of the hold and swung his arm around him. While it was tempted by the offer, the sight of his other prize as well as a new one, it looked like the brat's brother, made him ready to gamble. The teen had wanted to offer himself for there safety, even to threatening him. what if he, in turn, had his friends be threatened? He merely winked.
Kaito knew he couldn't take them two on one, especially because that's what it was going to come down to. He may have a chance to make it one on one, and that was a better gamble then the other option- and for the lives of his friends, it was something he was willing to do. "I tried." Kaito took his hand and stabbed the man in the throat with all the force he could, ignoring the blood. He removed the scalpel after he'd gone as deep as it would let him, knowing he wanted to be armed and knowing that removing it would cause him to bleed much faster.
"KU- Kuroba... what the..." Saguru was confused- shocked. He could not have seen what he just did. He started to rush over. If they could slow the bleeding he may still have a chance... but a sound behind him sickened him just as much. A groan, one he'd heard plenty of times since yesterday and would pick out in a crowd with ease. He started turning. "Hattor-"
The kid had actually done it. Huh. He'd have to be careful of that one. He started forward to get the other kid- more collateral and more chance to manipulate the panicked kid with that small knife. The kid had started to go forward, shaking with each step, when he felt a shift on his shoulder followed by a groan. Well, time to send the other to sleep and introduce the newest one to the other. He took two quick steps and jammed his favorite toy right into the marks on the kid's shoulder just as he was turning and starting to speak.
Kaito watched Hakuba scream and fall to the floor, not far from him. Kaito looked down at him, praying he'd be alright after this. It wasn't just normal mental scars he was dealing with anymore. Kaito wiped the blade on his pants, looking up at his next opponent. The only problem was, he could feel the way his hand was shaking. Even the part of his that was Kid couldn't really justify what he'd done. It was justifiable, but Kaito was strange that way. He couldn't let himself believe it because even Kid wore white- even when he was at his worst, he held onto his principles. Now something that was the foundation of his life was breaking. "Just you and me now. You might want to put him down. I don't see you getting any advantages holding him."
"I see more in holding him. I think he'd be a pretty good shield. Besides, I gotta wonder what would happen if I did what you did... and held my weapon to his neck." He repositioned the teen on his shoulder and held it just barely touching the jugular. "As fun as he'd be, especially the way he tried so hard to get his brother away from me..." He had to snicker. that had actually been fun, if not for the child yelling.
"You're going to kill him anyway. We both know it." But as much as he knew it, Kaito couldn't stop his actions. His shoulder's lowered and he let the scalpel fall from his hand. "What do you want?"
"Yes, usually, but between the three of you I figure I'll be set for awhile. Grab your friend there and move him. the floor may be a bit cold and we don't want him getting sick now, without a doctor to get him the medicine he'd need."
Kaito nodded, bending over and picking up Hakuba on his uninjured side, using what little strength he had left to drape him over to the bed and put him down as gently as he could. "Sorry, detective."He patted Hakuba's shoulder before walking over to the man that still had Hattori.
"Stay right there- no closer... just yet anyway." Nomura said with a laugh before he nods at the boy now on the bed. "How much of that was prior to your trip here, how much from him... and how much was you?" The man grinned. Doing this for this long he recognized that some of the fresh marks on the other boy's chest and sides could not be from his former partner.
Kaito closed his eyes for a moment before opening them. "He was burned before he got here, you're friend tore the skin off, the rest of the marks were mine."
He let out a laugh. "He did enjoy getting any doubles we had together- fun to see who will take a friend first. I just wish I had brought that brat now. the boy marks others pretty good himself." He checked on of the longer scratch marks that the boy had provided him with. "I wonder if anyone found him in that bathroom yet. I doubt it though."
Kaito calmly closed his eyes and reopened them again. He couldn't hurt one of his friends a second time. the first was only to wake Hakuba. He had to change the subject. "They're both asleep for now, and I'm awake, unarmed, and injured. I'm sure you could have you're fun with me until they come to. That does not mean I will like. You know perfectly well what you hold in you're hands over me."
"Yeah, and I have to wonder what your own freedom is worth? if I told you to go lock the door and come back, would you do it? or take off and save yourself?"
Kaito calmly headed towards the stairs, going past the man and locking the door before coming back down. "My freedom is worth little compared to theirs. If I can divide you're need, to spare them some, I will."
"Now I like that attitude. I get the brat here it will lighten your tasks a bit more. I already told him he wouldn't have to wait long to be reunited with his brother here." He laughed again. "Very well. go sit."
Kaito didn't think this could get worse, but that would do it. He didn't know if he was planning on leaving with Hattori or not, but even if he did, Kaito couldn't go. Or could he? That was a battle for another time. Instead of sitting, Kaito got down on his knees and looked up. "He's not his real brother, they just told the hospital staff that so the boy wouldn't be put in a room alone. We're all close friends. I'm sure he would count me as his brother as well. Don't you think that playing with me will hurt them both more than the trouble of going out and revealing yourself again? I'm not lying." And his made sure his body and eyes showed as much. "I'll be just as, if not more effective, at hurting them then than boy will."
"So that's why you did it." His eyes flicked to the boy on the bed and then his partner on the floor. "You're all pretty much brothers. I bet you figured you take him out you could save these two, am I right?"
Kaito nodded. "That was pretty much my plan, though I was hoping you would just let him go. You didn't, and I didn't have much choice after that... but I can't hurt you if they're in the way. That's why I'm saying do whatever you want to me. They'll feel the same, and they'll both wake up to it. I can tell you want to hurt us in more than just the physical." Kaito shivered. "And trust me, I'm not one to have others be dominated over me. You will be getting all of us with this."
"One who chooses to do it to a friend- or as you say, a brother- himself. Yeah, that's usually my favorite, since they tend to do it to ensure the others get less pain because they control it." He tapped his trump card against the boy he was holding. "Yet your actions show you do tend to favor that control. hearing you beg will be fun." He started toward the bed, keeping his finger on the switch the entire time.
Kaito stood up slowly, turning to watch. "You don't need to. I can't carry them both out of here with you here and I would never leave one of them behind." Kaito's eyes were still as defiant as ever, though his words were submissive. That didn't stop the shiver. "Where do you want me?"
He turned when he got by the bed and nodded. "Where else? They won't take up too much room. neither will we. Besides, another thing I have- had, in common with him was my enjoyment in taking my time, bit by bit, until only one thing was left. One kid we had, about the age of- well, your younger brother, I took almost a full day." He sat right next to the other unconscious teen, eyeing the one he'd been talking to before extending his hand to touch the blond's chest, following one of the scratch marks with a single finger from the hand holding his toy.
Kaito came over and sat down before he could touch the others. "You do know I hate you, don't you?" He was angry, almost to the point of shaking, but he couldn't fight back.
"I would be surprised at anything less. I figure you would prefer me to just- go away." The man laughed and moved his toy to his other hand, holding it near the darker skinned boy's neck again before he reached out to brush the cheek of the teen that had sat down. "On the other hand, the more you hate me, the more you will give me to protect the others fromme."
Kaito winced as if the man's touched was poison but didn't move. He didn't deny the facts either. The word 'anything' played on his lips as Hattori took the man's attention from Hakuba. "I'm doing what you want." Kaito felt his body visibly shake a little, half from anger and half from fear that his hate wouldn't be enough to protect them. "Or, at least, I'm trying to do what you want." He didn't like it at all, giving himself to someone else, putting his life and most of his actions in another's hands. But he would. he had no other choice. "And I don't think I will ever stop hating you, even if you try to break me."
Nomura laughed. The teen looked so angry right now, knowing that he had two of the people the teen cared for so much and was unable to do anything himself. "Oh don't worry about that first part..." He looked over at the teen now. "You are. and besides, I doubt any of you will stop hating me, but I do know that getting you to the point of breaking... that's the most fun. actually breaking you... that I'll take my time on too." He placed his empty hand on the self-sacrificing teen's face much as he had with the other, letting it glide down to the teen's neck. He smiled in anticipation of the teen's reaction to it.
Kaito shivered, his eyes tightening when the man's touched went against his throat. He'd never left himself so vulnerable to someone. At least with a gun pointed at him, he'd had a chance, had the ability to avoid the shot. Sitting there and letting this man touch him while all he could do was sit there was so much worse. He would have rather gone up against the gun. Kaito bared his teeth, more in disgust than any attempt to put up a fight. Slow... This man was going to make sure he drove him insane, but every part of the way, Kaito would fight it. His reaction though, he couldn't help.
He smiled when he felt and then saw what the teen thought of it. He let his hand go around to the back of the teen's neck and up to his hair, as wild as it looked. "As much as you resist... I do love it." He grinned as he ran his fingers through the teen's hair going up from his neck to the back of his head a few times before he locked his fingers in it and jerked the teen's head closer to his face.
Kaito couldn't keep in another shiver when he touched his neck again- maybe he was normally sensitive there. He dealt with the touch, it wasn't hard. It wasn't like he was doing much; it was just the fact itself that he knew whose fingers it was. Kaito bared his teeth again when the man suddenly pulled his hair and drew him in, hurting a bit because Kaito hadn't expected it and, for a moment, fought against the movement.
A thrill at the fight, however brief, caused Nomura to smile as he forced the teen's face right up to his own and positioned him so he was looking him right in the eye. "You're right about one thing, you really don't like others controlling you."
Kaito held in a hissed out breath of anger, instead just glaring at him. He was afraid of saying anything wrong and a part of him didn't want to simply because he didn't know what to say. He didn't like this, it was obvious. He didn't need to keep telling him that.
The teen's continued silence since claiming he wouldn't break caused him a mixture or pleasure and disappointment. While he was continuing to try and fight back in his own way, Nomura had enjoyed the teen's verbal attempts to draw him to him as oppose to one of the others. He turned the teen's head to the side so he could talk directly into the teen's ear. "I wonder what more it will taken to get you talking again. I was starting to like hearing it. talk for me again… say whatever you want... I don't care."
Kaito glared at that man, he's teeth clenched tight. "Don't-" Don't you touch them. You know I can't stop you. Kaito still didn't know what to say to him, so he went with the truth. "If you didn't have my hands as good a tied, I'd have bitten you by now with how close you've let me."
"I noticed you like doing that. this other kid's arm and shoulder shows that... and from what you said, that was your handiwork." He brought his mouth right up to the teen's ear and breathed the next word into it from less then an inch away. "Right?"
Kaito didn't care about holding it in. He breathed out angrily, his body tense. "I didn't have much choice. I wasn't going to let him touch Hakuba."
"So you were going to do it yourself. I find that quite sweet." He tipped his head to the pouch that was sitting at the corner of the bed. "So I guess he let you enjoy that too huh? a bit sweet for me... but I'm guessing you wouldn't say no to having some more."
Kaito momentary tried to twist away before his heart overrode his rational mind. "If you make me, I can't say no."
"Good. I missed it the first time. go grab it and pour some on the blond one... Hakuba you said?" He laughed as he let his cheek brush the teen's. "No need to tell you what to do next... but just in case." He turned his head and flicked his tongue out, catching the teen's cheek and just touching a part of the ear.
Kaito winced, more at the words then the contact. The detective was injured enough, and to make it worse, he wasn't even awake to hate him for it after. So Kaito did the only thing he could think of, lowering his head as much as he could and licking the man across his jaw. "He's not even awake right now and I've already done it once, I don't think a second time will bother either of us as much as some things..." Kaito swallowed, body still tense since the man had pulled him. He could feel his body shake a bit at what he was offering. "It's not like you won't get to see it. He won't be out forever."
Nomura tipped his head to rest against the teen's, the returned action on his part had been pleasing and completely unexpected. "Not a bad point. wonder if he'll keep still... or maybe I could tell him to struggle and make you have to hold him down." As long as he had a third one close they'd no doubt do what they had to to keep each other safe... and this was such a great opportunity. He shifted the dark skinned one a bit so he could lower him to the floor while keeping his upper body to drape over his leg, freeing his other arm.
Kaito didn't feel as relieved as he thought he would, but it was still there. He knew he'd had a point, and while he wasn't too sure if it had helped, he didn't want the man changing his mind, licking him again in a different spot because the same one would have had less of a reaction from him. Something inside of him was slipping and Kaito fought against it as much as he wanted to fight the man. He just had to hold that hate.
He grinned. The teen was trying so hard to distract him... even though he had wanted the other to be doing this. there was plenty of time later. He let his toy drop to the bed on his far side but used the hand to stroke along first the exposed neck and shoulder of the teen across his leg the leaned over to do the same to the blond, Hakuba's, chest, ready to repeat the motion as he waited to see if the teen would notice and how he would react.
Kaito couldn't see well, but he could tell the man was moving. He didn't care for a moment what his actions would cause because, right now, he wasn't getting what he wanted anyway. He bit the guy much like he had Hakuba, hard but not enough to break skin. He was getting mad and whatever tolerance he was using for the sake of the others was slipping. He moved his hand from his side to the man's shirt and clawed it. "If I know I can't protect them, even following you, I won't."
He grabbed the hand that was clawing him and held it tight. "There's that spirit. as fun as your submissive is, like with this teen here," He bounced his leg a bit to make the limp body shift. "I enjoy the ones that will actually fight. He left these marks here on my wrist when he was trying to get that brat away. 'Course after he was knocked out the other did too. I saw it when you held that knife of yours to him. you would have fought me, and with your desire, if I had put him down, I don't doubt you had a good chance of succeeding." He let his other arm drop around the teen's side, pinning that arm to their bodies as he pulled the teen close against him. "I don't intend to give you that chance... but I still like seeing the fighting side of you." He let a smirk cross his face. "Just remember how far you can go... and how far you are willing to riskgoing."
Kaito writhed. Fine, if he had been hiding it before, he wasn't going to now. Forget Kid and any other little part of him that wanted to hide what he was feeling. That didn't mean he lost his control otherwise he would have been clawing at the guy himself. Instead Kaito growled, not knowing where that stupid line was and afraid to cross it purposely if he let himself get too angry.
He held tight as the teen squirmed against him. He liked it and just wished he'd thought to remove his shirt, as he was the only living person there that had one on. "A bit longer then I'll get around to getting my shirt off... and you just pick up doing this." He craned his neck over and licked the teen's exposed neck.
Kaito closed his eye, fighting hard not to hit the man. That would have been crossing the line. His hand on his shirt clawed further, his mind trying to push him way from the situation, make him run. And hey, if the guy wasn't going to hurt them for it, he bit him again, near his ear, licking the spot afterwards just incase it was one of those warning and the next one would have consequences. Still torn between acting and not, pulled even further by the fact that he needed to because of the man, he growled again. There was one thing that just kept playing over and over in his head. "I hate you."
"Go easy... you break skin... I break something too... and I'll make you pick which of those two are on the receiving end." He breathed against the teen's neck as the growl reverberated through it. so tempting. He pulled him even closer, knowing that, after this, he would defiantly be getting out of his shirt. He picked his spot near where the neck met the jaw line and started in on it, his mind showing him what it would look like when he was having him do the same the others.
"Ah." Kaito half-expected to be bit in return. Instead he was being teased. Kaito shut his eyes, unintentionally growling again, his other hand grabbing the man's wrist. He forced himself to stay put. Get off of me you leach. He felt dirty, and nothing had really even happened yet.
As soon as he decided it would stay long enough he licked it, then moved his tongue along the jaw to the teen's chin, stopping just short of the teen's lip... he could hold off a bit longer for that... but only a bit.
Kaito glared at him when the man was in his sights, a corner of his lip twitching up to reveal his fang. He had no words for his anger, no matter how much the man wanted them, but his growls and angry breaths in his face should have been enough.
The teen's eyes glaring at him, accompanied by the sounds he was making were wonderful, it meant he was still resisting but only just. He shoved the teen backwards onto the bed. "About time for me to get a bit more comfortable." He reached for his shirt and began to remove it, smiling down at the teen the entire time.
Kaito didn't like it when he was the one on the bed instead. This wasn't what he thought was going to happen. Kaito hated the man smiling at him the most. That was what he did, as Kid or himself. You weren't supposed to smile at people for the reasons this man was and it made Kaito clenched his hands around the sheets on the bed, partially lifting himself up, but not enough to prove a threat- not enough to rest his weight on his elbow, and continued to show the man that, no matter what he did or made him do, Kaito was only doing this for them- he wouldn't fall under his attempts and he wouldn't let his friends get hurt by him.
He let the shirt drop to the floor and grabbed the dark skinned teen as he rose, tossing him next to the blond teen before turning his full attention to the one awake who was lifting himself up. He leaned over the bed, planting a hand on either side of the teen to hover right over him. "Now we can start having a bit more fun."
Kaito let out breath that was more of a snarl then a laugh, though less noisy. "You can try it, but I don't the word 'we' applies."
"Well... Iwill right now." He dropped down and let his right arm slide behind the teen's back and the left carding the teen's hair. "First one of those two that wakes... then you can take your turn... just like I know you want to."
Kaito thought for a moment. You can't be serious. The other man had thought that, but that was because he had made him. This guy was just goading him. And it worked. Kaito growled in the back of his throat, unconsciously trying to shift from where the man was holding him and finding it impossible. "Tsh." He showed his fang again, hand going from the sheet to wrap claw at the man's side, making sure he was doing it soft enough not to accidentally make him bleed. "You wish."
He smiled disarmingly, the same way he had to that mother hen of a woman at the hospital. He moved his left hand to the back of the teen's head before he let his full weight drop on the one under him.
Kaito let out a breath as his air was taking from him for a second, a small whine going with it as his right side protested its loss. He turned it into one of surprise and then a growl, moving both his hands up as far as they could go in some pitiful attempt to get further from him, he's head turning to the side. Kid in him was just as angry, making him dig his nails in deeper, only holding onto actually wounding the man by the skin of his teeth.
Nomura laughed as the kid started to struggle again. "Keep it up... maybe I can get you to really yell or something. This place is soundproof anyway and I like noise... but first." He tightened his hold on the teen's hair and forced him to face him again. He pulled on the hair just as he dropped his head down to continue where he left off... at the lips.
Kaito felt his hair being tugged, knowing his body wasn't under his own control anymore. His legs and arms were all but pinned and all his had was his voice. "Bastard."
That was all he needed. "No biting." He slammed his mouth against the teen's and slipped his tongue inside. Fisting the teen's hair and shifting his body against the teen, enjoying the feel of the skin-to-skin contact at every point he could.
Kaito tried to draw away without thinking about the consequence but the hand holding his hair was tight and he found he was only shifting himself more under the man, probably making his situation worse. That didn't mean Kaito could just sit there so he struggled as best he could under the stronger and heavier man, tempted to do just what he said not to and bit down.
The squirming was a nice development and he let the kid shift while he continued enjoying both that and the inside of his mouth. He finally pulled his head back and looked down at the teen with a grin as he licked his lips. "Yep... you definitely had that honey dust... the diluted stuff isn't too bad... I'll be keeping that in mind."
Kaito growled, nothing like his other ones, eyes narrowed and teeth showing. He spit, temporality moving his head enough to do so while the man backed up a bit. He didn't even want to swallow, though gallons out mouthwash sounded great.
The spit was not unexpected- common with most of the older ones they'd had. He dropped his head and wiped it off on the teen. Lifting his head again, he looked down at him. "Now... I want some noise... real noise... scream words if you want... yell, swear... I don't care. It's been too quiet." He shifted again, using the hand behind the teen to force his body to come up to him and he pressed down.
"I can't you asshole," Kaito said in his own volume and tone of voice. He wasn't lying either. He was hurting in a different kind of way when he'd made the video, but he needed a stimulus to get that part of him to work, maybe because with Kid had suppressed that part of him. He'd been shot before and not let out a cry. Kid needed the stealth and quiet to work, so Kaito had pushed aside any part of him that would make noise. Now it seemed he couldn't even do it purposely. "... You're going to have to hurt me." Not that I want you to lay a finger on me, bastard, but I need to give you what you want, and I can't do it any other way. If there had been, he wouldn't have involved Hakuba in that video.
"Hmmmm..." The teen actually seemed more than sincere... like he really couldn't yell on his own. "So... it falls to me to get it out of you. I wonder..." He glanced to his right at the two teens. while the first one he'd tased had groaned earlier he hadn't done much since, likely a result of the lack of IV was impacting it. He rolled a bit to his left, leaning more on the teen's right as he shifted his weight and brought up his right leg, lining it up with the dark skinned teen's side. "If this will work?"
He knew it wasn't intentional from the way the man had continued to talk, but putting most of his weight on his right side had him gasped out a whine, only for him to see what the man had been intending. "Please don't-!" Kaito took a few deeper, painful breaths, his bad side being pressed into. Kaito really didn't want him to do that, and he could feel tears forming in his eyes, one managing to fall. "Noise," Kaito got out, another painful breath escaping. "Got it." He winced, clenching his teeth together. First he needed the guy to move off his side. He didn't have enough breath to yell otherwise. To make sure the man knew that was the reason for his hesitancy, he added. "Can't... breath. I'm hurt... too."
Nomura looked down at the teen and waited a second before extending his leg fast, stopping it just short of making contact.
"Stop-!" Kaito closed his eyes. Why not let it be real for once? He cried, letting out little whimpers when that's all his body would allow him. "Stop it you- asshole!" He struggled with the noise, making the man risk losing his hold. "I hate you! I really do! I never thought that- Ah!" Kaito winced, his chest protesting the words. "I never thought there- was someone out there who- actually deserved to die! I was wrong!" Kaito breathed, each inhalation coming with a cry as his body hurt him. "You're sick! And so help me- I'm going to get you back!"
Nomura smiled and started laughing. He hadn't even had to kick the other kid and while the cries were strained they were still great. The teen was telling the truth. He drew his leg back to him and put the knee next to the teen, moving his weight more off the teen's side but maintaining ever bit of contact he could.
Kaito took in a few free breaths of air, still feeling the pain but nowhere near the amount it had been. "So help me if I have to rise up from the pits of hell to make you pay for this, I will." He growled out the words, harsh and as sure as they were when he was Kid. This man was pushing him too far and the anger was there, making him struggle still even when no one was directly in harms way.
"I don't think you will ever get that far from me... so no need for that at all." He was really enjoying this. "I hope the other one yells too. I know the kid I brought does but what about Ha-ku-ba? he any good... or didn't you get far enough to get him to scream?" He shifted again and grabbed the boy's hair once more as he waited for whatever answer the teen gave.
Kaito clenched his fist, feeling his hand shake. He couldn't hurt this guy without it coming back to one of the other two. Maybe he didn't care at this point. "You know. You've been doing this. Everyone screams." Kaito struggled against the hold on his hair. He wanted to be free. He wanted to hurt him... even if it was only slight enough not to break the skin. His fingernails went back to trying just that as his eyes narrowed. "Even if I don't get far, trust me, you'll pay."
"You won't... I'll enjoy this... every chance I get..." He snorted. "I guess I just need... to get a lock... for the outside now... keep the kids in... while I'm away at work... especially after I turn this into a... proper... family reunion." He laughed and leaned forward again, ready to slip in as soon as the kid opened his mouth.
He couldn't help it. He saw what he wanted but Kaito was far too angry. He'd just- it was indescribable how much anger came up. Images fell in place that hadn't been there before, mostly because this man kept using the word 'brothers' where he never had except when he was dissuading him away from Tantei-kun. He'd put up with that, because it felt right. What he just said though... he growled. "That's not family."
He shoved his way in again. He could get use to that taste. He pulled back after a little while. "True... one short... then the four of you can... entertain each other... while I'm away... and don't worry... I leave the youngest to you three... most of the time."
Kaito could feel the saliva on his lips and where it had dried on his face, making him sick. "That's not what I meant." He growled again. It was the only thing he could do. "You're delusional, you freak. Something like what you're trying to do could never be called a family." Kaito spit again, breathing a bit harder from not being able to be angry and hold his breath while the man took control of him.
'Damn. everythin' is so fuzzy. wha' happened? I can'... tired. why do I... need ta move... where... there's someone... next ta me... Kudo... no, he's Conan-kun... voices... Obaa... no... two males...'
"So... once I have the brat... I'll have all I need... it won't be a delusion.. .it'll be reality... your new one.. .now scream again... or next time... I won't stop myself." Nomura kept his eyes locked on the teen under him but tipped his head in the direction of the two teens to his right.
Kaito closed his eyes and wined. He knew he was telling the truth. He still didn't know what to yell so he said the only things that he had on his mind. "No, that's no family! And it's no life! It's captivity if anything, and you're sure no father! Hell, you're not even a security guard, and he was no doctor!" Kaito let his anger build with her words, growing stronger as he went. "You do this because you have no family. You just want to use us!"
The teen's words were loud and that was lovely. Although, as some of words themselves hit him... that got to him. He started shifting, moving against the teen and knowing he was going faster than usual but this one was just so eager to both surrender himself for the others and fight against him for the same reason. he loved it. "You are mostly right... but I figure... so long as... I'm happy... you four... brothers... can just as well... live... where I want you to."
'Four brothers... does he think we're... then...' The body next to him had to be Hakuba because he was certain it was Kuroba responding from his other side, but why did it feel like he was shaking and where was Kudo? he felt sick to his stomach but he needed to determine what was happening because it seemed the guard from earlier was hurting Kuroba some way and if he tried something then he might be all but causing Kuroba's death. 'Come on... think... don't act... not this time... can' risk it... DAMN IT... please be OK.'
Kaito turned his head to the side, clenching his teeth and pretending he wasn't feeling anything. He'd never felt so utterly helpless before, because it wasn't just his life anymore, not to mention it felt like whipping an animal until they obeyed, and he was the animal. A few of his breaths were harder, just because the way the man was moving on him. He didn't like any of that and he knew his face was flushed from the sheer indignity of it, not from any enjoyment of his own, the man's breath in his face. "You're selfishness... brought to... a whole new level." Kaito closed his eyes again, wanting to escape this and wanting to tear the man apart at the same time. Animals bit their trainers, and he'd find some way to do it as well. "You're a monster." And not for just him, this was nothing. For all the poor souls before him who didn't have the inner strength to rely on that Kaito did. How many countless children... Kaito growled, a breath breaking up the noise.
"If the others... are half as good... I won't need... to get more... for quite awhile... so the... selfishness... will be me... keeping the four of you... to myself." He used their motion to start sliding his hand down the teen's back. 'Might as well get this going all the way- at least in time for the others to be too late to do anything.' He started laughing again as he pulled on the hair again as well.
Kaito was forced to arch his back as his hair was pulled behind him, pushing the man even closer than he was. He felt the man's hand go down his back as Kaito brought his own up, both to stop himself from fighting him and to put some distance between them once he was free to move it. He felt his hand shake where he put it, not sure if it was fear or anger or both this time. Hakuba was likely to be complacent, which was why he wasn't letting anyone touch him. Hattori he was downright afraid for because Kaito knew when to stop, and Hattori didn't. Then the man was laughing about it. "You're still... a monster. Worse. At least... monsters... have a reason... for being monsters."
"I enjoy this... that's reason enough." His hand reached the waistband and he snapped it, just to get the point across.
Kaito grabbed the sheets with his injured hand, still under him, and turned away. "That's not reason... that's you being... messed up."
When it hit what was happening beside him-... Now he really felt sick. 'Kudo... hope he ain't touched ya yet... an' as fer Kuroba, this ends NOW!' He trusted his instincts to judge where the guy was rolled on his side. The sight was close to what he thought but not as bad, yet. The arm closest to him was wrapped around and under Kuroba, who had his face turned the other way, and... that was NOT gonna happen. He grabbed the arm, much like Kudo had grabbed his earlier, and pulled the guy toward him and off Kuroba. "Well... put!" Heiji said as he ended up back against the person that had been behind him with the guy now between them and Kuroba.
Kaito had been waiting for him to wake, not act, but that was good to. The second he heard his voice he acted as well, taking his injured hand off the sheet and shoving it in the guy's side. He didn't only have one weapon - and why not pick up a few scalpels when he had the chance? - and Hattori had left him vulnerable. He hadn't been scratching at his side for nothing. He'd been looking where he could do the most damage. "You should've checked my pockets."
Nomura was surprised when his prize seemed to wake up and act so quickly, but like he said, he enjoyed the fight. He realized he'd landed on the taser. no doubt the kid had been so eager to help his brother out that he had ignored it between them. The sharp pain to his side was also a surprise. 'The other one had had more weapons? Oh well, he should have aimed better.'The slight movement he'd made at the taser under him had let the teen's other knife hit his rib. But if the kid could milk an injury, so would he. "Da- amn you." He tucked his arm up to the injury and curled his other hand under himself. Hearing the kid's shaky breathing gave him the idea that that IV he'd yanked out of his arm was pretty important. He had to hope the teen would check on his friend and ignore him for now.
Heiji tried to lift himself up and the man curled his now free arm under himself, no doubt in pain from whatever Kuroba had done. Heiji's right arm was still streaked with the dried blood from the improptune IV removal. He turned his head and saw Hakuba out cold beside him and his body and arms were covered with scratches and bite marks. 'Wha' the hell did he do ta 'im?' No Kudo anywhere though. "Wh- where... is... Ku..." Whatever had got him to move to help Kuroba was gone as fast as it had come.
Kaito had all that he needed when the man lowered his arm closer to him. It seemed he hadn't noticed that he had cuffed himself to his previous opponent, so had no reason to wonder how he'd gotten free. Kaito did the same thing again, the cuff on his left one and the man's right, his hand back out and the scalpel held at the ready. Kid wasn't going to let another man take over where the first had fallen. "Hattori, get Hakuba out. Now."
Heiji looked over at Kuroba and saw the cuffs, then the order from Kuroba. He reached over but now the rest of his energy was going to just keep him awake. He shook his head. He may be able to move a bit but no way could he carry an unconscious Hakuba, not to mention he still needed to know where Kudo was. "Can't... Kudo?"
The cuff was a hindrance but a small one. The kid, Hattori, sounded bad and the teen wanted him to get the unconscious one out. He groaned and kept up the labored breathing, picturing everything he was going to do to these two and the other two as soon as he got a chance. He took one more and let it out as shaky as the kid before stilling further, as though he were close to passing out.
Kid had to play bad guy once more, and he knew it. He did both jobs that needed to be accomplished. "Hattori, Conan-kun's upstairs. You need to hurry and get himbefore anything happens." Kaito also pulled on the cuff, dragging the man towards him so that he could get around and try to wake Hakuba.
Heiji's breath caught. 'Conan-kun... otouto...' His shaking increased but so did his desire to move. He shoved himself off the bed and stumbled a bit. "If... either... bastard... touched 'im... exit?"
"Stairs, detective. Turn around and hurry up." Kid kept the blade out, slowly turning until he was next to Hakuba, a bit more relieved then. He was on one end of the bed and kicked at Hakuba with his foot. "Wake up, Hakuba. Someone took Aoko while you were sleeping. You have to get up and help me." He let his voice take on the edge of fear and desperation, though his eyes and stance were still on the man who was crouched over on himself. Kid was tempted to end it right there, but the man was also hiding his throat, so it wasn't possible unless he wanted to stab him 'till he died. He'd save that for a last-ditch option, should the need arise. "Please, Hakuba. Wake up."
Heiji looked behind him and saw the stair. He started toward them, stumbling several times until he was able to grab the railing. 'I'm comin'... 'ang in there.' He pulled himself to the top and grabbed for the lock when he heard a yell from back down below.
Nomura mentally smiled when the Hattori kid walked away. now to stop this dangerous one before he woke the other. He had bit his lip hard enough to draw blood and had got enough in his mouth so he started coughing, letting it spray out and dribble out of his mouth.
Kid watched the man cough, seeing blood. He hadn't thought he'd hit a lung, didn't think it was even possible with how small the blade was and the fact that his ribs were there. Hakuba was still there though, and he didn't want him anywhere near the detective. Kaito slowly got further up on the bed and kicked the detective off, hoping the fall would wake him. "Hakuba, I said help," he said still sounding desperate. He was hoping that would work. Kid couldn't help the fact that something ate at him. He'd already taken one person's life, and now that his friends weren't in the way, he could try to help this one instead. He hadn't been lying when he said that this man deserved to die, but that didn't mean he should be the judge of that. "Move your hand. Let me see."
He coughed once more, expelling more blood as he shifted his eyes to the teen. So gullible. He'd taken a life to try and save his friends but now that he thought those friends were safe he was trying to save him. He almost laughed but turned it into a gag instead. He knew the kid still had that knife of his and he wasn't about to give him the chance to use it. He made to pull his body away from the teen while he fingered the taser, letting the rest of him go slack.
Kid watched the man start to fall, pulling on the cuff to keep him on the bed. Hakuba didn't seem to be waking, though he wasn't really surprised with what the detective had been through, he had simply hoped. Kid looked down at the man, now much more open to him if he were to strike. But... no matter how much he wanted to Kid couldn't initiate it again, and the man seemed like he was really hurt. He was torn between getting help and making sure the detective got out that he found himself unable to move, a spectator to the scene, likely until someone stumbled across Hattori and he woke, Hakuba woke, or the man died.
The teen hadn't seemed to move but now that the rest of his body was beyond arms length, all he had to do was hit the hand in the cuff and he new exactly were it was thanks to his own hand literally pointing the way. He went over the motion once more time in his head. Slide away, pulling the teen forward by the wrist across the bed and jabbing him with the taser. Even if he tried to use the extra knife, he might get his hand or arm but he'd be out himself. 3...2...1...NOW! He yanked and rolled and, as expected, the teen came forward as he brought the taser up, seeing and feeling when the teen brought his hand up and he saw the small blade in his hand just as it scraped his arm and the teen yelled- loud, in pain, in everything. Shame he was unconscious now. that was a good one. exactly what he enjoyed. He reached over the bed and grabbed his shirt. The teen may have got them on him but the cuffs were a pair of his and he had the key. He quickly undid his and pulled the teen to the edge of the bed, stretching his hands above him and securing the cuff to the teen's other wrist. "I'll be back to finish where we left off... and you can watch as I take all three of the others right in front of you. I wonder what you'll scream at more, your own pain or theirs." He turned and ran for the stairs, hearing the lock jiggling as his prize was trying to get out. He reached the foot of the stairs to see him struggling. "Your brother down here is now sleeping too. as for the boy, I'll be getting him from the hospital soon enough. no need to rush off." He held up the taser. "You need some more rest."
Heiji had heard the yell but hoped that if he could get the... door open. Damn. his arms were shaking so much. He heard running and then the voice at the foot of the stairs. 'No... Kuroba...' He looked down as the man approached him with the taser. "Li' hell... ya jus'... rest... yerself." He had just got it when he felt the man grab his pant leg and yank. After seeing what he was doing to Kuroba he grabbed at the door with his right hand and the pants, that he was glad Shina-san had let him have, with the other. His right gave out first and he felt the man pull him to him, his struggles less then Kuroba had been able to do as it was. 'Kudo... Kuroba... Hakuba... damn... not again... help... , HELP US!'
