A/N: er…no a/n rite now. Maybe I'll think of something
later…
Fast Forward
By SoulDestiny
Chapter Two- "Joyride"
"How the
hell did you pull this one off?" Matt whispered. It was an hour later, and they
were on a private plane being flown to New York City. Matt was handcuffed and
locked in a cage at the back of the plane, while Yolei posed as guard. "Better
yet, how did you get those suckers to believe you?"
"I learn
from the best, boss." Yolei replied with a smile.
Matt
grinned. "I'm so proud. My students are growing up!" He wiped away a fake tear
with the edge of his sleeve. "I just have one question, though. Why did those
bozos have to come along?" he nodded towards Tai and Sora who were sitting in
the front, unaware of what was going on behind them.
"Actually,
I have no idea." Yolei shrugged. "It wasn't part of the initial plan. TK
brought it up when he intercepted the call."
"Strange.
It's very unlike him to change the rules."
"Well, TK's
a good leader. I'm sure he's got a good reason for doing this."
"Yeah…"
Matt replied with doubt in his voice. He was worried about his younger brother.
TK used to be an enthusiastic, charismatic kid up until the last year. Matt
wondered if it had anything to do with the loss of their father. The two brothers
had run away from home as kids, when Matt was 13, and TK was 10. The reason
they ran away was something they couldn't quite remember, but meeting their
father again after 11 years, he was killed in a freak car accident that they
had a feeling that wasn't so freaky. Matt had taken it pretty hard, but TK had
taken it even harder. He wouldn't speak due to shock for about 3 months, and
ever since he'd become a rather violent person. Something weird was going on,
but Matt didn't know how to help him.
"Please
remain seated and secure your seatbelts for a safe landing." A deep voice
announced over the plane's intercom. It was the pilot.
"Well, I'd
better get going." Yolei stood up to sit by Tai and Sora so they wouldn't be
suspicious when she remembered something. "Matt?"
"Huh?"
"Be mean to
me. It's not very convincing when you act like a ravenous beast around the
cops, but you suck up to the bitch who's supposed to be putting you away for
life."
Matt smiled
as he realized his mistake of treating the so-called "enemy" with respect. "I
hope you rot in hell like the she-devil you are, slut."
"Yeah!"
Yolei exclaimed. "Now that's more like it!"
* * *
'Scuse me, we're on official business, coming through, please make way, I SAID MOVE DAMMIT!!!" Tai ignored the incredulous stares coming from various spectators as he paved a way through the crowd at the John F. Kennedy Airport. "Hey, Miss Inoue, where did you say we were going again?"
Yolei
sighed in exasperation. "For the seventh time, Captain, we're being picked up
by my people at the airport terminal, like normal people. We don't want to draw
any extra attention to ourselves now, do we?"
"Oh, that
hoodlum could draw attention to himself no matter where he is just because he's
so damn ugly!" Tai snorted, referring to Matt. "Dirty little bastard."
"Go screw
yourself." Matt retorted. "Oh wait, I'm sorry, you already have!"
"You guys,
stop it!" Sora hissed. "Honestly, you're acting like a bunch of children!"
Matt raised
his bounded hands in the air, and stuck his middle finger up in response as
Sora rolled her eyes. It had been like that ever since they had departed from
the plane. Tai and Matt were engaged in an endless squabble, which caused a
huge commotion causing the public to take notice in what was happening.
Sometimes Sora wondered how Tai ever made it to the position as Captain with
his childish behavior. He couldn't be serious about anything! Then
again, the one thing he was serious about tore her up inside just
thinking about it. It was their status. Why did everything have to be "Captain"
this or "Lieutenant" that? Why couldn't it just be plain "Tai" and "Sora" for
once?
"We're
here."
Sora
snapped out of her trance as she glanced around at her surroundings. It seemed
as though they were in an empty parking lot, for there was nothing in sight for
miles around, other than the airport behind them.
"So where's
our ride?" Tai asked. Then as if on cue, a big white stretch limousine pulled
up in front of the group. Yolei opened the door.
"Get in."
she barked.
Tai
pondered at her sudden change in attitude as he climbed into the vehicle. Sora
crawled in after him, then Matt, and finally, Yolei.
"Lock the
doors Davis." Yolei commanded the driver as she removed the handcuffs from
Matt.
"Hey!" Tai
exclaimed. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"What does
it look like?" Yolei replied in annoyance. "I'm freeing the prisoner!"
"Now, now,
Yolei, there's no use in being rude to these gullible fools." Matt said as he
rubbed his wrists which were now free from the cuffs.
"Yeah,
you're right boss." Yolei said apologetically. "I'm sorry you guys. It's just
that it's so hard to be nice to your victims sometimes."
"Victims?!"
Sora exclaimed in surprise. "Boss?! What's going on?"
"Oh, not
much." Yolei took down her hair and fluffed it up a bit. "We're just kidnapping
you."
"What??"
Tai yelped. "You traitor! Just wait till your boss hears about this! The CIA
will have your head!"
"Captain,
you are so naïve. I was never with the CIA."
"You
bitch!" Tai exclaimed before Matt raised his fist, laying a hard hit on Tai's
stomach, knocking him out.
"God that
felt good." Matt muttered. Tai was really getting on his nerves. He turned to
Sora. "We really didn't want to do this." He explained. "but you guys knew too
much. Don't worry, though, we have no intentions of killing you. Tai may be
another story, though."
"Killing
us?! What are you talking about? What are you gonna do with us?"
Matt
sighed. "I told you, I don't know yet! Now be patient, and shut up!"
"No, I
won't shut up!" Sora carefully drew out her gun and pointed it at Matt. "You're
forgetting one thing. I'm an experienced cop."
Matt rolled
his eyes and snatched the gun from her hands with much ease. "Yeah, just like
you're forgetting I'm an experienced thief."
"You
bastard!" Sora jumped for the door and tried to push it open, but it wouldn't
budge. "Let me out!"
"I'm afraid
that isn't an option." Matt reached over and grabbed Sora, pulling her away
from the door. "Please don't make this any harder than it already is."
"Too late!"
Sora screamed as she bit Matt's hand and made another leap for the door. She
raised her elbow in an attempt to break the window when Matt took her gun from
the floor and held it up against her head.
"Now back
away from the door slowly if you treasure your life." He said. Sora winced. It
looked like she didn't have a choice. Slowly, she fell back into her seat in
defeat.
"You'll
never get away with this." She said, glaring at Matt.
"Sorry, I
already have." He turned to Yolei. "Gimme the sleeping weed."
""Um,
sorry, that's kinda impossible." Yolei replied. "The sleeping weed's missing."
"Missing?!"
Matt sat there for a moment, contemplating on what to do next. Then he turned
back to Sora. "I'm sorry babe, but I have to do this." He took his hands and
punched her square on the stomach. Then he took his fingers and pressed it
against her temples until she passed out.
"I can't
believe I had to do that." Matt sighed. Although he had no problem in beating
the crap out of Tai, he had a thing against hitting women. Especially the
lieutenant. He didn't want to admit it, but he had a thing for her. And Yolei
could tell.
"You had to
do it, boss." Yolei reminded him. "It's not your fault."
Matt remained
silent. He felt like his life was spiraling out of control. The other night,
when he and Davis were in the National Bank of Seattle, it was the first time
he ever got caught. And then when those guards came around the corner shooting
at them. The only way to defend themselves were to shoot back. Matt could still
see the look on the guards' faces as he shot them down, one by one. Did they
have a wife? Any kids? Up until that night, Matt was a mere thief. Now he was a
murderer as well. A murderer and a monster.
He closed
his eyes and tried to push the week's events out of his head. He had too many
other things to worry about— like what was he gonna do with Tai and Sora. TK
had better have a good excuse for this one.
"Davis?"
Yolei spoke up all of a sudden. "This isn't the way to the hideout."
Davis
didn't answer, but instead kept his eyes on the road, looking straight ahead.
"Maybe he
can't hear you." Matt suggested.
Yolei
reached over and pulled open the window that separated them from the driver.
"Hey Davis, are you listening? You're going the wrong way!"
Davis made
no reply.
Matt rolled
his eyes. "Davis, don't start screwing with us. I'm not in the mood for this,
so if I were you, I'd listen to Yolei."
There was a
slight pause before Davis finally answered. "I would do that Yamato, but
there's one problem." Hey slowed the limo to a stop and then turned around.
"I'm not Davis."
"What the
hell?!" Matt reached for the gun again when he suddenly felt the feeling of
cold steel being pressed against his neck.
"I wouldn't
do that if I were you." A female voice whispered into his ear.
"What's
going on?" Matt demanded.
"Oh, you'll
find out soon enough." The voice replied. "But in the meantime, you have two
choices. You can sit tight and cooperate with us, or you can put up a fight and
have the same fate you gave the captain and his lieutenant over there."
"Who the
hell are you?" Yolei asked. Matt looked at the young girl who was now
trembling. She obviously wasn't used to being on the losing side, but then
again, neither was he.
"Oh, me?"
the voice laughed. "If I told you, I'd have to kill you. But since I'm gonna do
that eventually, I might as well tell you. The name's Mimi Tachikawa. I'm part
of the CIA."
"Now, Mimi,
don't get carried away." The brown-haired driver said from the front. He also
had a gun and was pointing it at Yolei. "She got relieved from duty after
commencing a mission that she was taken off of. Our boss saw her talent and
recruited her. She now works with us, and believe it or not, we're not corrupt
like the government."
"Who
exactly is 'us'?" Matt asked. He wanted to press out as much information as
possible from the two before he made his move to escape. Mimi had obviously
picked up on this because she said, "Don't do it, Izzy. Mr. Ishida just wants
to ruin our little mission, now, doesn't he?"
Matt glared
at this. That girl was good. But what did she want? "Baby, I'm just a common
thief. What would you want with me?"
"We'll get
to that later." Mimi said. "But first, we need to get rid of your partner over
here." She nodded towards Yolei.
"What do
you mean by, 'Get rid of'?" Yolei asked uneasily.
"Didn't I
tell you?" Mimi grinned. "I was gonna kill you!"
"You
wouldn't dare."
"Try me."
Mimi drew
back the knife she was holding Matt captive with and jumped over the seat and
onto Yolei. She wrapped her hands around Yolei's neck and slowly began to
strangle her. Yolei gasped in surprise, then tried to scream. She couldn't make
a sound. She couldn't even breathe.
"GET OFF OF
HER!!!" Matt yelled as he jumped forward in attempt to grab Mimi off of his
friend, when Izzy intercepted him.
"Let Mimi
do her job."
"Like hell
I will!" Matt pushed Izzy out of the way and wrapped his hands around Mimi's
waste, but was surprised at the girl's strength. He pushed and pulled, but
Mimi's hands remained intact with Yolei's neck. Yolei was beginning to grow
weary.
"Yolei…"
Matt muttered. "Don't give up." He decided to take an alternate approach in
making Mimi loosen her grip on Yolei. He pulled her hair.
"OUCH!!!!!!"
Mimi screamed as she let go of Yolei and turned to Matt. "That was a $500 perm
you just messed up!" she said.
"Really?"
Matt said. "My dog looked better than that after she fucked the whole neighborhood
dog population when I was two."
Mimi's eyes
shot sparks as she moved towards Matt. "Don't. You. Ever. Insult. My. Hair."
She jumped for Matt's neck and began strangling him as she had done with Yolei
earlier.
"Dammit,
Mimi, don't kill him!" Izzy exclaimed. "We need him!!"
"Tell that
to the judge!" Mimi replied. Matt choked on his spit as his face flushed from
red to purple. How did Yolei survive this? This girl wasn't a girl! She was a
monster! He heard the door slam and saw Izzy climb over Sora and Tai's lifeless
bodies as he pointed the gun at Mimi.
"Let him
go, Mimi."
"No."
"Joe won't
be happy with this."
"I don't
care."
"You won't
get paid."
Mimi glared
for a moment before releasing her grip on the blonde. "That's not fair."
Izzy
shrugged. "I never said it was."
Matt
sputtered for air as the other two continued talking. What could he do now? He
could try to take the gun from that Izzy character, but then Mimi would
probably start strangling him again. And if he went for Mimi, Izzy looked like
he wouldn't hesitate to use the gun on Yolei.
"So what
should we do now?" Mimi asked.
"I say we
get back to the boss." Izzy replied.
"But he
only wanted Ishida, Kamiya and Takenouchi. What should we do with that other
girl?"
"What were
you gonna do with her earlier?"
Mimi
smiled. "I haven't had a good kill in a long time."
"Don't
forget, Mimi. We work for good. We don't kill for sport."
"I know, I
know." Mimi muttered.
"You better
not hurt her." Matt said, regaining his voice. Yolei looked up, but did not say
a word.
"We won't."
Mimi said in irritation. "Not yet, anyways."
"So what do
you want with us?" Matt asked again.
"I said I'd
tell you later, didn't I?"
"Yeah, but
I want to know now!"
Mimi looked
at Izzy, and Izzy shrugged. The three continued to bicker, not noticing another
body had awoken.
"Sora…?"
Tai looked at his unconscious Lieutenant. She was still breathing. He looked
up, noticing Matt also lying down, looking pretty beaten up. Yolei was right beside
him, and there were two new characters in the limo, one he recognized as the
driver. He noticed the driver pointing a gun at Matt. If only he could get a
hold of that gun…
"Izzy, the
boss doesn't like when we bring extra people along for the mission! You know
he's very protective of our group!"
"I know,
Mimi, but what else can we do with the girl?"
"Kill her!"
"You are
not killing her." Matt and Izzy said in unison.
"I don't
care!" Mimi exclaimed. "Aren't I supposed to be the assassin? You're just a
computer hacker!"
"Yes, but
you're not allowed to assassin anyone without the boss's consent!"
"Then
consent him, already!" Mimi yelled.
Izzy rolled
his eyes, and started to lower the gun down as he reached for his cell phone.
Tai took this time to attack.
"WHAT THE
FUCK?" Izzy stumbled back, dropping the gun to the ground. Matt got up as he
and Tai dived for it at the same time. Tai felt his hand clasp around the
handle of the gun as he pulled it out from under the seat, and Matt grabbed the
tip.
"Give me
the gun." Matt demanded.
"No, I know
how to use it better." Tai retorted.
"This is no
time to be stubborn, Tai. Give me the gun!"
"No!!"
Mimi
snapped back to her senses and looked at the two men arguing over the gun. She
glared and tackled Tai to the ground, who fell on Matt, who was still holding
the gun.
"Mimi, be
careful." Izzy said uneasily.
"I've got
it under control!" she yelled, pulling Tai off of Matt. Tai was resistant,
however, he would still not let go of the gun.
"Give me
the gun!" he yelled.
"It's my
gun!" Matt glared.
"Actually,
it's my gun." Izzy tried to cut in.
"SHUT UP!"
a chorus of voices yelled. Mimi continued to hang onto Tai as he pulled Matt's
hair. Matt latched onto the weapon, neither of them in control of it. Finally,
Izzy got fed up and grabbed the gun from the both of them, but to no avail.
This continued, when suddenly a shot rang out and the three dropped the gun and
looked towards the dreaded scream.
"Oh my
God…" Izzy gasped in horror as he looked at the trail of blood that was
created. "We killed her."
A/N: And we have our first death. Who is it? Stay tuned for
the next chapter! Oh, and if death makes you queasy, I suggest you'd stop
reading now, because, there will be A LOT of that. Also, do you guys think I
should up the rating to R? Well, R&R!
