Chapter Seven
My BrotherUnforgiven
The red-head stayed out there long enough to see Tashin jump out of the shattered window with Kitty in his arms. The kid was going everything she could, kicking, punching, screaming, and even a little biting. However, Tashin did not let go.
Aya thought he had caught a glimpse of something gold on each of her wrists.
"Baliense, Siberian! Get out here now!"
Abyssinian then ran after Kitty and Tashin.
Ken switched on the intercom. "Bombay! Do you see them?"
"Yeah. Aw man, I was so sure she was going to grow before Tashin would come after her. I'm on her tail, right behind Abyssinian."
"Good. We'll be right over."
Youji grabbed his wire and jumped out of the shattered window, with Ken following behind him.
"What do you want," Kitty let out, in a form like a whimper.
Tashin smirked. "It's amazing that you don't remember."
"You're" Flashes played across her mind. But instead, she screamed "ONIISAN!!"
But Tashin cut her cry off as he clamped a hand over her mouth. "You're weak now. I will get those golden bracelets." He let go of her mouth slowly. She didn't make another noise. The silver-haired man reached inside of his pocket and drew out some thing that looked like white seeds.
He scattered them on the ground and then disappeared ahead.
Droids. Aya's eyes narrowed as he froze. They were all around them, springing up from nowhere.
His katana unsheathed silently.
Swish.
They were rather easy to cut through.
Another few went down as insanely sharp arrows appeared through them. Omi was ready this time. He had his crossbow now.
"Bombay," Aya muttered in his intercom," you go ahead and find Kitty. Your crossbow won't be able to hold out much longer." He spoke true words. Arrows were scarce since Birman had lost contact with the company that had made them for Weiss.
Youji's wire whipped out and snapped a droid in half and Ken's tiger claw slashed a few open.
Aya turned to Youji. "Balinese, you go with Bombay."
Youji didn't protest. A surprise.
Ken turne to Aya when Youji left. "We cover their backs?"
"Yeah."
Omi released another arrow.
Tashin flinched and the ducked the arrow. But it had gazed him across the shoulder. Dark crimson blood slowly squeezed out.
Youji's wire came out of nowhere and wrapped around Tashin's throat. Balinese then pulled.
Tashin choked and his hands came to the wire. He pulled back.
Youji nearly lost grip of his wire and was lured forward. However, he regained control.
Tashin cursed. Kitty had gotten away.
She ran down the alley, her wrists flashing golden bracelets in the thin moonlight. What the hell did this mean? What were these golden bracelets? And why didn't they come off? She turned back and saw her two oniisan's fighting the man that called himself Tashin.
And to add to all of that, she needed a new pad.
Tashin caught Youji's wire the next time it whipped out at him. Omi's darts had pierced him several times, but he had hardly felt it.
Bombay muttered to himself. This guy was beginning to remind him of Farfarello.
Youji did lose grip of the wire this time.
Tashin smirked and threw the wire away.
Baliense felt sweat pouring down from the side of his face. Where were Aya and Ken? Surely they didn't take that long on the droids
Tashin thrust out his hand and a thin wire appeared from each finger. The wires shoomed to Youji.
Baliense jumped out of the way, his eyes wide. What the hell was this kind of attack?
But a wire had latched onto him. Electricty sparked and Youji squirmed to refrain from screaming out.
Omi loaded one of his poisonous arrows and shot at Tashin. He was running short, fast.
Tashin just used his other hand to catch the arrow that had stopped about millimeter away from his flesh.
Damn! Omi cursed in his mind. "Abyssinian, Siberian! Where are you guys?"
"We're coming," Ken's voice came through.
"Baliense is in trouble. And I think I might need a new weapon because these arrows are not working."
Aya grunted something that sounded like Just tell Baliense to hold on'.
Kitty stared at them, her eyes wide. They were trying to save herand she didn't even know why.
She had to be important in some way.
Flashes played across her mind.
The time when she shot the droid.
The spider incident.
The first Tashin incident.
The fight in Aya-niisan's room.
And nowthe second Tashin encounter.
She had to be important somehow.
"Butwho am I?" she muttered. "Help me!" she clutched onto her head. "Whoever's out there, HELP ME!!"
Youji cracked open an eye in pain. He was clutching onto his right arm, leaning against a wall in pain.
"HELP ME!!"
He saw Kitty holding her head in pain.
"Kitty," he whispered. "Who are you really"
"Wait. Stop," Aya commanded.
Ken looked at him confused. "Why?"
"Look." He didn't have to say anything more.
Ken's eyes got really wide. Kitty was glowing like some out of control nightlight.
Omi's mouth opened and closed several times but nothing came out.
She grew, right in front of their eyes.
And her clothes changed too.
Tashin couldn't move either. No way. Not now. It had been the perfect opportunity. Nowit was ruined.
Kitty stood up and brushed the dust off her arms. She seemed to be about 19/20 years old, give or take. She was wearing a black spaghetti tank top with double straps and black jeans, flaired at the bottom. Her hands were in black fingerless gloves and her feet in dark boots. Golden bracelets flashed on her wrists.
Her metallic midnight hair reached down a little further than the waist and curled slightly at the ends.
Kitty's steel gaze turned to Tashin. "I remember now," she hissed in a deadly voice.
Her glance wondered to Youji and then back to Tashin. She flexed her hands and wires also appeared from her fingers. Only, unlike Tashin's, they came out as thick spider silk and there were two on each finger. " My brotherunforgiven' ," she quoted from the Black Company. "I will make you pay."