Akira, Grimmjow, and Ulquiorra sat in the control room waiting. Stark is already in the simulation and they still had no communication or visual sightings with anyone. Soon, Grimmjow felt a sharp and tingling sensation in his neck. Ulquiorra felt the same sensation in his chest. "Grimmjow." The panther demon looked at the raven and nodded. "I feel it too. Something happened." Akira looked at the younger demons. "Come with me." The young demons follows Akira out of the building and straight to a black Mercedes. "He cant have acess to the car unless physically touched by another technological device. He's a technomancer, very dangerous one." Akira sits in the driver seat with Ulquiorra sitting in the passenger seat and Grimmjow sat in the back seat.
"I brought you out here, because if Yoroi found out what was going on we'd be in big trouble. Because he hasn't mated, he doesn't know." Akira explained. "Know what?"
"This feeling you both encountered, how'd it feel?"
"First, it was a sharp pain. Then it started to tingle." Grimmjow explained. "They're in pain. Something or someone is hurting them." Grimmjow punched the window in irritation immediately breaking it. "Hey, calm down and listen. Now's not the time to get pissy." Akira yells at the hot tempered demon."What do you expect me to do?! Ichigo's in trouble and we can't do shit about it!" He yelled back. "If you don't calm down, you'll corrupt the mark even more."
"The fuck are you talking about?"
"That tingling feeling. Something is corrupting their train of thought. They're thinking negatively about you. Doubting and second thoughts cloud their judgment, lowers their confidence and makes them vulnerable to attacks, both physical and mental." Akira explained. "They'll completely block you out and ignore any command you give them. They'll soon grow to hate you and break off all emotional ties."
"How do we stop it?" Ulquiorra asked. "You have to find them now."
"We can't get into the game."
"They have another weakness. He is a powerful technomancer, but he's vulnerable to attacks, like a virus. He'll eventually adapt, but it gives us time to get you in the game." Suddenly the left back door opened to reveal Stark climbing inside. "Stark?! The hell?!"
"Don't worry, I'm just a copy. He might've found one of them, but there's a barrier that he can't get through." Copy Stark answered. "We need to find Shiro."
"Why Shiro?"
"Shiro is Ichigo's dark side. Shiro is walking destruction, just him being in the simulation can corrupt the whole system. He is completely unpredictable and will throw Yoroi off. He's my fail safe, he'll cooperate if Ichigo is involved. He's the only access that Yoroi can't get to."
xXx
Shiro sat against the headboard of his bed with the sheet as the only thing covering his naked body. He looked at lifeless body of his longtime lover in annoyance and disgust. He closed his eyes to reminisce on the somewhat good times they had together. Frankly, the only reason he was still alive after their first encounter was because Renji was just entertainment. But, his fifteen minutes of fame were up. He winced at the dull pain in his chest. "The hell?!" He then heard a low ringing to his left. His phone rang several times before deciding to pick up. "What's wrong, now? Berry cant keep up wit ya, Grimmy?" He joked with the panther demon. "Fuck you, Shiro!"
"I tried to, but Ichi ave me an earful and you tried to kick my ass. If ya let someone up that tight ass o yours, maybe ya can agree on shit!"
"For fuck s-" Shiro cackled at the loud crash on the other end. "Grimmjow!"
"Is that Akira?" There was a lot of yelling on the otherside of the phone. "Shiro." He immediately recognized the monotone voice on the other end. "Hiya, Ulqui. Thought about the threesome offer?" There was a short pause. "No." Shiro pouts. "Awe. Cant we talk about it?"
"No. This is not the appropriate time to discuss this. It's about Ichigo." His smirk faded at the mention of Ichigo's name. "What happened?" After the full explanation, he searched for his laptop under his bed. "Put Akira on the phone."
"I'm here." Akira said. "Walk me through."
xXx
Ichigo limped through the forest as fast as he could. The only reason he was able to get away was because the wolf went to sleep. His clothes were ripped, but he was still able to wear them. Despite the pain, he ventured on. He soon came across a beach. He surveyed the area until he came across a small opening to a cavern by the ocean. He jumped at the sound of a roar echoing throughout the forest. In a panic, he hurried to the cave and luckily it was too small for the wolf to get through the opening.
He crawled until he reached the end of the cavern. At the end of the cave was a small pool of water. He leaned forward and peered inside. It was hard to tell how deep it was, but he'd rather not find out. He laid on the floor and closed his eyes. The guilt of liking what happened to him made it hard to sleep, but he managed to succumb to the darkness he desperately wanted. Finally sleeping, he was unaware of the sea green eyes watching him.
xXx
Yoroi sat a room surrounded by monitors watching Ichigo sleep in a cave on one screen. On another screen was Kai huddled in a corner surrounded by broken candy furniture. His dress was torn to shreds and there was a piece of a candy cane chair leg stuck up his ass. He could hear the sobs coming from the broken man, which turned him on. "I seem to have underestimated the bat demon's little toy. He could be fun to play with." He watched Kai reach behind himself and slowly pull out the penetrator. He made the most beautiful sounds trying to remove the chair leg. Kai sighed in relief as hit finally came out. White liquid leaked out of his hole. Soon the screen became distorted and fuzzy. "What?" He looked at all of the screens. All of them turned to snow then went blank.
He stands up and looks around to the sound of distorted laughter. "The hell?!"
"Well, well. So you're the one causing trouble for my little Ichi and adorable Kai." The voice said. "Who the hell are you?!" Yoroi yelled at nothing in particular. "I'm a virus you'll never get rid of. I'm gonna rip you apart, break you over and over again until you are nothing but an empty shell. Even after that I'll keep coming back until your demise. Then after that I'll haunt you even in your afterlife. "You'll never escape." For the first time in his life, he was actually fearful, but at the same time excited. "Your on, come find me if you think you can!" The voice cackled. "I already know where you are. Why don't you sit tight." Something wrapped around his neck and yanked him backwards. Once his back hit the seat, something wrapped around his waist, ankles, and wrists. "The hell is this?!"
"Patience is all it takes." The voice left with one final cackle.
