Forest of Despair
Part 3
Disclaimer in Part 1
by: Usa and Emiri
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"Kuso! Those girls got away!" Satsujin cursed. "They could've seen the drop-off, and rat us out to the boys in blue."
Korosu looked at his friend. This had certainly been a long day and it was only now noon. First they tried to dump someone they killed and then some dumb ass taking a piss had seen them. Then, five girls were walking through the woods looking for the guy, who Korosu assumed they had captured. "What do you want to do about them, Satsujin?"
"Well, we have to get rid of them. They know we're here, and they pose a threat."
"Maybe we can lure them some how using that guy as bait," Korosu thought aloud. "He has to be with one of them."
"Well, if he'd wake up, he could be of some use." Satusujin sneered, and poked Mamoru with his foot.
Mamoru felt something poking him in the side. He also felt a pounding in his head. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around. He noticed that he was not near the area he and the girls had set up camp.
Finally being able to sit up, Mamoru saw two guys staring at him. "What's going on?" No sooner had he asked the question did he remember the last thing he did.
"Nice of you to wake up," Korosu muttered.
Mamoru eyed the two men curiously. He then thought of Usagi and her friends. "What happened to the girls I was with?" he asked.
"Nothing yet. As long as you co-operate with us, none of you will be killed." Satsujin cocked his gun for empahsis.
Korosu grinned evilly and looked at Satsujin as if telling him to follow his lead. He had only gotten a glimpse of the girls but one had caught his eye. "Those girls are lovely. Is one of them your girlfriend?" He noticed Mamoru's expression and continued, licking his lips. "Mmm... especially that one with the pigtails, ne, Satsujin?"
The fire in Mamoru's eyes told the two men who his girlfriend was. He was seething so badly he couldn't answer.
Satsujin nodded in agreement. "It would be a real shame if she were to meet with an...accident. All alone in the woods.."
"What do you mean, "all alone"?" Mamoru was confused. The girls would never separate if they new they were in danger.
"Well, we ran into them. They managed to escape us...for now. But we know that you know what's goin on out here. So don't expect to be leaving."
"I swear, if you harm any of those girls in any way, I will personally rip both your hearts out!"
Korosu laughed. "Ooh, big tough guy! You better watch it, we have the guns and the advantage."
"Hrmm...an idle threat from someone who's chained to the wall."
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Rei was nervous. She had a horrible feeling that they weren't going to get out of this alive. They had fought every kind of alien creature thrown at them but humans with guns...
"Rei-chan? Daijobou? You're so quiet...gomen, but it's creeping me out." Minako moved to brush a strand of hair out of her face, and felt something wet, warm, and sticky.
Rei looked at her friend. "I'm..." she trailed off as she noticed red on the side of Minako's face. "Minako-chan!"
Minako looked at her hand. "Blood."
"Stop for a minute," she ordered the blonde. Rei then proceeded to move the Minako's hair away from her face. Rei gasped. There was a gash above Minako's temple. They hadn't noticed it because her bangs were in the way. "Minako-chan, you're in shock!"
"No, I'm not. I feel fine." Minako attempted a smile.
Rei gave her a wry look. "I don't think so, sit down."
"All right." Minako exhaled sharply as she flopped down on the mossy ground.
"Hold this on the gash," Rei instructed, pulling out a handkerchief she had in her pocket. As Minako did that, she looked through her backpack for her canteen and some gauze. "Kuso!"
Rei looked up at Minako. "Ami-chan has the... Minako-chan!" Her friend was unconscious.
Rei decided to try her communicator again. Maybe she could get a hold of Ami. They had tried them earlier but neither was working well.
Turning it on, Rei said, "Ami-chan, Mako-chan, Usagi, this Rei, come in!" No answer. "Minna, come in, this is Rei! Onegai, someone! Minako-chan's been hurt badly, she's unconscious!"
She sighed in defeat and held back her tears. She needed to be strong for Minako when she woke up. Rei sat silently and began chanting.
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Ami was sitting, trying to fix her computer with no luck. "Mako-chan, any luck contacting everyone else?"
"Iie. Ami-chan, can you fix the computer? We really need to be able to find our way around this forest maze."
"Not yet... wait, there we go!" Ami said excitedly.
"And the others..." she added. "Who knows where they are, and if they're all right... Sugoi!"
Ami stood up, but immediately fell back to the ground with cry. She thought she was just a bit sore and tried again. It hurt worse than the first time she tried.
"Ami-chan!"
"Mako-chan, I think I've twisted my knee," she said with tears in her eyes.
"Well I'll just have to carry you," Makoto said, trying to squash her fears. "You navigate, and I'll be our feet."
Ami shook her head. "No, I can't let you do that! I'll just show you how to use the computer and I'll wait here for you."
Makoto squawked in protest. "I can't leave you all alone! And besides...me, use that complicated thing?"
"It's really not that difficult to..." Ami trailed off. There was no way she could explain to Makoto how to use the computer in such little time. "Fine, pick me up and lets find the others!"
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Usagi winced. "I think I might have twisted my wrist when I fell."
"Artemis?" Usagi gasped.
He and Luna were on her shoulders when the attack came. "I'm right here, Usagi-chan," he replied.
"Usagi-chan, we should bind your wrist with something," Luna said.
"With what, Luna? I don't have much with me."
"Well, what do you have?" Artemis asked.
Usagi rummaged through her backpack with hurt uninjured hand. "Lets see... pocky, pocky, pocky, picture of me and Mamo-chan, and more pocky."
Artemis let out a little sigh. "That's no help. But at least we have food. Maybe you can just soak your wrist in a little stream...I think there's one not far ahead."
"Okay," Usagi replied with a nod. The three headed to the stream Artemis had seen.
Upon arriving, Usagi knelt down and put her arm into the cool water. Tear drops fell from her eyes and into the stream. The day was beginning to take it's toll on her. She missed Mamoru so much. She had no idea whether he was alive or not... the same with her friends. And, she couldn't call anyone on her communicator because she had lost it somewhere.
"Usagi? Luna I'm going to see if I can find any of the others myself," Artemis told them. "Stay RIGHT here."
Usagi didn't reply or nod. She only stared ahead of her.
"Usagi-chan, don't give up," Luna siad. "We'll find everyone, and everything will be okay, you'll see..."
"Luna, why do I keep thinking this is my fault?" she asked quietly.
"I don't know...but you can't blame yourself for anything. Some crazies came out of nowhere, shooting bullets...you have no control over that."
Usagi nodded. "You're right, Luna!" she said, standing up. "We have to find them and Mamo-chan!"
"Wait, Usagi-chan! Artemis told us to wait here."
Usagi ignored her and ran off. "I can't just wait, Luna!" she cried, her voice fading as she ran further away. Luna sighed, and tried her best to follow Usagi, but soon lost her in the dense jungle of trees.
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Satsujin watched Usagi approach him, then stepped out from behind his bush and grabbed her arm as she ran past. "Going somewhere in a hurry?"
Usagi gasped. "Nani yo! Let go of me!"
"Hey, aren't you that dweeb in the ugly green jacket's kanojo?"
"Mamo-chan! You know where he is?" Usagi asked.
"Ahh...so his name is Mamo? You're being quite helpful this far....much more so than he was. Now, don't you agree that your boyfriend should learn how to share more?"
Usagi was getting nervous. "Wh-what do you mean?"
Satsujin looked at her with a lustful glare. "You know it's dangerous for little girls to play in these woods alone...they're full of murderers and theives."
"Just take me to Mamo-chan, onegai. We won't tell anyone anything! We promise!"
"Oh, you'll get to see him...once I'm done having my fun with you."
Usagi began backing away from Satsujin. She did not like where this was leading. "You know, we're all alone in these woods, girly," he said softly. "Nobody around for miles, and even if they were, they wouldn't hear you."
He stepped closer to her again. "Maybe I wont have to punish you if you're a good girl."
"J-just leave me alone," Usagi cried, turning to run off. She didn't care how lost she got as long as she wasn't lost with him.
Satsujin laughed at her, knowing she'd soon be lost in the woods. He waited a few seconds, then loped after her. For a girl, she could sure run fast. He sped up a bit. Cat and mouse games were always fun...and being the cat, he always won.
Usagi knew she had a good distance away from him but she was quickly tiring out. If she wanted to run faster, she'd have to transform and there was no way she'd do that in front of him. Suddenly, she tripped over a branch.
He caught up to her a few seconds later. "Nice to see you've fallen for me, girly, " he commented with a sadistic laugh.
She looked up at him, fear in her eyes. "Please leave me alone," she begged.
"But I'm a bored and lonely man," he whined in an evil tone. He began to slip off his pants.
Usagi lashed her foot out in an attempt to kick him. He grabbed her foot with his free hand, giving it a hard squeeze. "Don't make me use my gun," he cautioned, placing it in his pants pocket before throwing them to the ground.
"Please don't make me do this, please!" Usagi cried. *This can't be happening!* she thought to herself.
He pushed her shirt up as high as it would go, then reached behind her, undoing her bra.
Usagi began crying. This was not how she pictured her first time to be and it was scaring her to no end. Looking over to the right, she spotted Satsujin's pants. If she could get to them with him noticing she could grab his gun and... maybe shoot him.
He bent his head down, and began ravishing her chest with his mouth while using his hands to slide her pants off. Satsujin was too busy to notice what Usagi was doing...
Still crying, Usagi felt for the pockets and nearly sighed in relief when she felt the gun. She pulled it out shakily. Usagi aimed at Satsujin and fired without hesitation.
Satsujin's head jerked up when he heard the gun fire. A split second later, he felt a searing pain in his groin. "Why you little..." His sentence broke off as he collapsed sideways onto the ground, in considerable pain.
Usagi moved away from him, still on the ground, still pointing the gun at him. She couldn't believe what she had done. True, he was doing something evil... something wrong but... he was human. And she was supposed to protect humans.
Usagi pulled her shirt back on and buttoned her pants. She decided to keep the gun so he wouldn't have a chance. Not that she expected him to get up anytime soon... With a cry, she ran off, hoping to find someone, anyone she knew.