CHAPTER 7 - Gefangen [Captive]
Being held captive had Ran surprised.
The chains, which bound his hands, dangled from the ceiling…the shackles attached to his feet clanked underneath him…and blood trickled from the gashes in his back.
Fatigue drained the energy from his body. Pain made his situation even worse.
For quite a few hours he had been locked up inside the manor's basement. One way or another he ended up there…the events cluttered in his mind…swirling…swirling…
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All he could feel was the gun aimed at the nape of his neck.
'Kei-chan,' he said quietly. 'You---'
'Nice job Kei,' someone interrupted. Jin.
Ran glared at him from the corner of his eye. It was so easy to knock the two of them down, but Ran could not budge…at all…as if some force field was preventing him from doing it.
Somehow he willed her to take him. Suddenly it was pointless to fight.
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'K'so…' Yohji muttered under his breath.
'I wonder why they captured Aya…' said Ken as he paced around their hideout thoughtfully. 'And why he didn't fight them back…so not Aya…'
Omi felt he couldn't hide the truth any longer. 'They want something from us.'
'And what is that?' Yohji asked, suspiciously looking at Omi. 'What have you been doing young man?'
Sweat trickled from Omi's temples. 'Well…I hacked into their database and---'
'Without consulting us?' Ken cut Omi off, feeling frustrated all of a sudden. 'What made you do that?'
'Baka!' exclaimed Yohji aggregately. 'So what did you do EXACTLY?'
'Well…I found out…certain…certain things…' Omi stuttered. Suddenly he looked like a little kid. 'Their mastermind…et cetera…' He kept avoiding all the other Weiss's glares. 'Copied the shipment's schedule to my database…' Omi's voice trailed off.
'And?' prompted Ken distrustfully.
Omi sighed. 'Well…I deleted it from their system…' he confessed.
'So you have them and they don't?' Yohji concluded. He was getting tired of this.
'Hai…hai…hai…' Omi admitted exasperatedly. 'And maybe I left traces of myself too in their system…' He sighed again. 'Maybe that's how they found out I hacked it. However I left a virus so they would not be able to order shipments from Hongkong, which I found out was the main source of the drug, then I cut the formula from their system and pasted it to ours since it was impossible for me to copy it...there was this certain program preventing copying of the formulas...well perhapsI didn't---'
'What?' Ken cut Omi off as gaped at himi, jumping from his chair. 'The hell! What were you thinking? No wonder why they are damn mad...'
'Look it's over and done. Maybe we can return it and they'd release Aya!' Omi practically shouted.
'It's not that easy Omi,' explained Ken, sinking back to the chair. 'But we'd get Aya back…besides he can take care of himself…'
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The light from the end of the cellar flickered on. It blinded Ran temporarily. The basement remained dim, however after being in hours of darkness, the low-wattage bulb was enough to hurt his eyes.
Jin entered, along with Kei and some others. Ran assumed the man wearing a black suit was their leader.
'Sir,' Jin said, smirking at Ran. 'He's one of them.'
The man in a suit snickered. 'It so seems.' He looked at him from head to toe. 'Tortured him enough?'
The other guys laughed wickedly.
'I guess it would be better for me to interview him for a while,' said their leader, with that glint in his eye, which gave Ran shivers.
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Kei was positive Ran could see her and Jin making out the darkest corner of his cell. She could not refuse to Jin however…she felt as if it was her job to pretend she was having fun with the touch of his lips on hers.
One of his hands was tousled in her soft, dark hair. The other cradled her neck as he kissed her. She was underneath him, as they lay upon the soft cushion, the only thing that decorated the murky room.
His hand released her hair, and was now caressing her bare legs. Up and down…back and forth… She shifted beneath him, and pushed him slightly. It was more than she bargained for, and she wasn't the least bit happy about it. But he didn't stop. His kiss intensified, passion overflowing, until his hand was back into her dark locks.
She wrapped her arms behind him as his lips nuzzled her neck.
Falke was still busy asking Ran questions…questions Ran didn't bother answer. However at the sound of it, Falke was having a good time mocking Ran, and tormenting him even more.
Kei felt thorns pierce through her heart.
And she felt Jin too, moving sensually above her.
And Ran's attention locked on them.
Being held captive had Ran surprised.
The chains, which bound his hands, dangled from the ceiling…the shackles attached to his feet clanked underneath him…and blood trickled from the gashes in his back.
Fatigue drained the energy from his body. Pain made his situation even worse.
For quite a few hours he had been locked up inside the manor's basement. One way or another he ended up there…the events cluttered in his mind…swirling…swirling…
*
* * *
All he could feel was the gun aimed at the nape of his neck.
'Kei-chan,' he said quietly. 'You---'
'Nice job Kei,' someone interrupted. Jin.
Ran glared at him from the corner of his eye. It was so easy to knock the two of them down, but Ran could not budge…at all…as if some force field was preventing him from doing it.
Somehow he willed her to take him. Suddenly it was pointless to fight.
* * *
*
'K'so…' Yohji muttered under his breath.
'I wonder why they captured Aya…' said Ken as he paced around their hideout thoughtfully. 'And why he didn't fight them back…so not Aya…'
Omi felt he couldn't hide the truth any longer. 'They want something from us.'
'And what is that?' Yohji asked, suspiciously looking at Omi. 'What have you been doing young man?'
Sweat trickled from Omi's temples. 'Well…I hacked into their database and---'
'Without consulting us?' Ken cut Omi off, feeling frustrated all of a sudden. 'What made you do that?'
'Baka!' exclaimed Yohji aggregately. 'So what did you do EXACTLY?'
'Well…I found out…certain…certain things…' Omi stuttered. Suddenly he looked like a little kid. 'Their mastermind…et cetera…' He kept avoiding all the other Weiss's glares. 'Copied the shipment's schedule to my database…' Omi's voice trailed off.
'And?' prompted Ken distrustfully.
Omi sighed. 'Well…I deleted it from their system…' he confessed.
'So you have them and they don't?' Yohji concluded. He was getting tired of this.
'Hai…hai…hai…' Omi admitted exasperatedly. 'And maybe I left traces of myself too in their system…' He sighed again. 'Maybe that's how they found out I hacked it. However I left a virus so they would not be able to order shipments from Hongkong, which I found out was the main source of the drug, then I cut the formula from their system and pasted it to ours since it was impossible for me to copy it...there was this certain program preventing copying of the formulas...well perhapsI didn't---'
'What?' Ken cut Omi off as gaped at himi, jumping from his chair. 'The hell! What were you thinking? No wonder why they are damn mad...'
'Look it's over and done. Maybe we can return it and they'd release Aya!' Omi practically shouted.
'It's not that easy Omi,' explained Ken, sinking back to the chair. 'But we'd get Aya back…besides he can take care of himself…'
*
The light from the end of the cellar flickered on. It blinded Ran temporarily. The basement remained dim, however after being in hours of darkness, the low-wattage bulb was enough to hurt his eyes.
Jin entered, along with Kei and some others. Ran assumed the man wearing a black suit was their leader.
'Sir,' Jin said, smirking at Ran. 'He's one of them.'
The man in a suit snickered. 'It so seems.' He looked at him from head to toe. 'Tortured him enough?'
The other guys laughed wickedly.
'I guess it would be better for me to interview him for a while,' said their leader, with that glint in his eye, which gave Ran shivers.
*
Kei was positive Ran could see her and Jin making out the darkest corner of his cell. She could not refuse to Jin however…she felt as if it was her job to pretend she was having fun with the touch of his lips on hers.
One of his hands was tousled in her soft, dark hair. The other cradled her neck as he kissed her. She was underneath him, as they lay upon the soft cushion, the only thing that decorated the murky room.
His hand released her hair, and was now caressing her bare legs. Up and down…back and forth… She shifted beneath him, and pushed him slightly. It was more than she bargained for, and she wasn't the least bit happy about it. But he didn't stop. His kiss intensified, passion overflowing, until his hand was back into her dark locks.
She wrapped her arms behind him as his lips nuzzled her neck.
Falke was still busy asking Ran questions…questions Ran didn't bother answer. However at the sound of it, Falke was having a good time mocking Ran, and tormenting him even more.
Kei felt thorns pierce through her heart.
And she felt Jin too, moving sensually above her.
And Ran's attention locked on them.