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Identity in the Darkness: chapter 1
Aya took a last look through the area, making sure there was no one in his path. "This is Abissian , target has been taken down, I'm moving out. I'll meet you back at the Shop after you finish the last of the Mission."
It was a seemingly run of the mill assignment: get in, destroy the leader of a group who had been doing gruesome experiments on innocent civilians, destroy the facility, and get out.
"Roger , we have the explosives in place and all civilians are away from the area." Bombay spoke into his hand held radio. As the two members of his team remaining at the sight emerged from the shadows to join him.
"No complications?" he asked his comrades.
"None, we have about six minutes to get out of here before the place blows. There are no civilians….." Balinese stopped as a movement in the corner of his peripheral vision caught is attention.
Somebody was heading towards the building, which was going to be blown into little pieces in about six minutes.
"HEY! YOU! GET OUT OF HERE,NOW!" he screamed and ran towards the figure.
In response, the person broke into a run, in the direction of the building. The three assassins chased after it. They managed to get closer, but could not catch up with the figure.
Damn, he's fast!
"NO! DON"T"
"STOP THEM!" The unidentified person kept running, and very son was going to be right in place to get a good taste of the blast.
Seeing no other option Bombay carefully aimed a dart at the retreating figure. The person slowed for a moment. They heard a gasp as it grasped it's arm.
Balinese took the opportunity to catch the person with in his wire. Seemingly from nowhere, the perused one pulled a knife and sliced through the wire that pinned its arms to its sides.
"How did he… STOP THE BUILDING IS GOING TO….!" Yohji's words were cut off as the three assassins felt the heat of the explosion. Their mystery figure, who was still a good deal ahead of them, was thrown backwards and slammed harshly into the pavement; as burning debris flew passed them. The building became an intense orb of fire.
Weiss ran to the figure, who was lying sprawled on the ground , motionless.
In the brilliant orange light of what had been the research complex, they could clearly see their Mystery figure.
"A girl!" Yohji exclaimed and immediately knelt beside the still figure and pressed his fingers to her neck. " She's alive," he breathed in relief.
Her skin and clothing were covered in soot from the blast. She may have been alive, but the trio could tell that she was not in good condition. Deep crimson blood trickled slowly from the corners of her mouth. there was still more blood where the dart had hit her left arm, luckily it had only torn through her jacket and grazed her skin. It didn't look like she had any broken bones, another good point. But It was close to impossible to distinguish the soot from the bruises on her skin.
Ken balled up his jacket and was attempting to stop the bleeding in her arm, as they heard sirens in the distance.
"Lets get out of here, the paramedics can deal with her."
Ken's only move was to pick up the knife that she had used to cut through Yohji's wire. "She shouldn't have been here, we made sure there would be no civilians. Not to mention that she really came prepared," he held up the knife, a small dagger, razor sharp. "How many people carry one of these around for no apparent reason?"
"What are you implying, Siberian?" Omi demanded.
"I don't know… I just thought it was strange…."
The sirens in the distance became louder, a neighbor had wasted no time calling the fire department.
Yohji quickly cut them off. "Okay, she's hurt but it doesn't look like she's in and immediate danger of dyeing, let's just taker her with us, and figure out what to do then." Yohji bent dawn to pick up the unconscious girl, but Ken steped in and as gently as possible lifted her up. Omi picked up her back pack, which had been thrown several feet away from her.
"Are you sure you can carry her?"
"Yea, she's not heavy and the car's not very far away. besides, it doesn't look like she's over eighteen anyway, Yohji kun."
Yohji could have argued, but decided against it.
"Where's Aya?"
"Finishing up something, he'll be here soon."
"Good, he just might want to hear about how the last bit of the mission went." Omi spoke slowly as he cleaned what could of the soot and dried blood off the girl's face. Her skin was almost ghostly pale, and nearly being blown off this plain of existence hadn't done any her good. Her long auburn hair had been pulled into a braid, but was now partially unraveled. She was tall and thin, very thin.
"I think Ken may have been right. Look at this, she's really bruised up, but she didn't get all of these today." He pulled her shirt off her shoulder as far as decency would allow. The younger two were right. The wound that had been sliced from her collar bone to upper arm had been given at least a week of two to heal. "Some of these cuts are too far healed. Look."
"I don't care what might be up with this mystery chick we have here. I know I was the one who said that we shouldn't take her to the hospital, but she's been out cold for over an hour. If she doesn't wake up soon, we've got to take her to the hospital, her injuries could be worse than they look. We can't play around with her life!" Ken was pacing back and forth beside the couch where the 'Mystery chick' was lying.
"Aya will be back soon Let's wait another fifteen minutes, if she doesn't wake up by then she goes to the hospital." Yohji took charge as best he could.
"Hey Omi," Ken stopped packing for a moment, "where did you put her backpack, maybe that can give us some clue as to who she is."
"Ken! Are you that inexperienced with women?" Yohji looked truly shocked. "Never, NEVER go through a lady's stuff. It's impolite, and not to mention, a good way to get slapped!"
"It's by the edge of the couch…." Omi paused as he heard Aya enter.
"Hey Aya, I think we have a situation her you might want to know about.."
"Just a second," came the response from the other room."
"Ni..wha...i.…"
The three Weiss boys turned. The girl's eyes fluttered opened. Finding herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she sat up and grabbed for something at her side, which was not there.
"It's okay, we're not going to hurt you!"
"What…how did….I…" she took in her surroundings and seemed to realize that she was weaponless.
"You're in the Koneko no Sumu Ie. You've been out cold for about an hour, we brought you here after the explosion. I'm Yohji Kudo, this is Ken, and he's Omi. We work here."
The newcomer did not respond to the introductions. Her only move was to slowly bring her hand to her other arm where Omi's dart had hit her.
"I…I'm sorry about that. We knew the building was going to explode and that was the only way I had to stop you." Omi helped her take off her jacket so he could bandage the wound he had inflicted on her. They could see clear marks where the wire had also cut into her skin
"Thank you, I think." She shifted so she could look at Yohji as well. Her deep emerald green eyes gave the impression that she could see through you, while remaining completely emotionless at the same time. " I guess I would be hurt much worse if not for that."
"Look, we didn't take you to the hospital right away, but now I'm beginning to think that may have not have been the best idea, you could be…"
Ken was cut off when she jumped forward, showing emotion for the first time; fear.
"No! Whatever your motivation was for that, thank you very, very much."
Omi finished tying the bandage around her arm. As he did, the other two were able to see how she had managed to pull her dagger seemingly from nowhere. Two bands circled her forearm, they had seen how this set up worked before. The knife was secured with the straps, and at a flick of the wrist, it would fall into the owner's hand.
This girl gets stranger by the second.
"I hope this doesn't come off as rude, but I think you have some explaining to do." Ken said. "Like why you were running away from us, what is so scary about the hospital, do you always carry around a knife like this one, what were you doing at a research compound that our target. …"He broke off abruptly as he nearly revealed that they were not your average florists. Even thought she may have figured that out by this point.
"Slow down Ken, first things first," Yohji said as he sat down beside her on the couch. "Who are you?"
"My name is Fujimiya Aya ."
Identity in the Darkness: chapter 1
Aya took a last look through the area, making sure there was no one in his path. "This is Abissian , target has been taken down, I'm moving out. I'll meet you back at the Shop after you finish the last of the Mission."
It was a seemingly run of the mill assignment: get in, destroy the leader of a group who had been doing gruesome experiments on innocent civilians, destroy the facility, and get out.
"Roger , we have the explosives in place and all civilians are away from the area." Bombay spoke into his hand held radio. As the two members of his team remaining at the sight emerged from the shadows to join him.
"No complications?" he asked his comrades.
"None, we have about six minutes to get out of here before the place blows. There are no civilians….." Balinese stopped as a movement in the corner of his peripheral vision caught is attention.
Somebody was heading towards the building, which was going to be blown into little pieces in about six minutes.
"HEY! YOU! GET OUT OF HERE,NOW!" he screamed and ran towards the figure.
In response, the person broke into a run, in the direction of the building. The three assassins chased after it. They managed to get closer, but could not catch up with the figure.
Damn, he's fast!
"NO! DON"T"
"STOP THEM!" The unidentified person kept running, and very son was going to be right in place to get a good taste of the blast.
Seeing no other option Bombay carefully aimed a dart at the retreating figure. The person slowed for a moment. They heard a gasp as it grasped it's arm.
Balinese took the opportunity to catch the person with in his wire. Seemingly from nowhere, the perused one pulled a knife and sliced through the wire that pinned its arms to its sides.
"How did he… STOP THE BUILDING IS GOING TO….!" Yohji's words were cut off as the three assassins felt the heat of the explosion. Their mystery figure, who was still a good deal ahead of them, was thrown backwards and slammed harshly into the pavement; as burning debris flew passed them. The building became an intense orb of fire.
Weiss ran to the figure, who was lying sprawled on the ground , motionless.
In the brilliant orange light of what had been the research complex, they could clearly see their Mystery figure.
"A girl!" Yohji exclaimed and immediately knelt beside the still figure and pressed his fingers to her neck. " She's alive," he breathed in relief.
Her skin and clothing were covered in soot from the blast. She may have been alive, but the trio could tell that she was not in good condition. Deep crimson blood trickled slowly from the corners of her mouth. there was still more blood where the dart had hit her left arm, luckily it had only torn through her jacket and grazed her skin. It didn't look like she had any broken bones, another good point. But It was close to impossible to distinguish the soot from the bruises on her skin.
Ken balled up his jacket and was attempting to stop the bleeding in her arm, as they heard sirens in the distance.
"Lets get out of here, the paramedics can deal with her."
Ken's only move was to pick up the knife that she had used to cut through Yohji's wire. "She shouldn't have been here, we made sure there would be no civilians. Not to mention that she really came prepared," he held up the knife, a small dagger, razor sharp. "How many people carry one of these around for no apparent reason?"
"What are you implying, Siberian?" Omi demanded.
"I don't know… I just thought it was strange…."
The sirens in the distance became louder, a neighbor had wasted no time calling the fire department.
Yohji quickly cut them off. "Okay, she's hurt but it doesn't look like she's in and immediate danger of dyeing, let's just taker her with us, and figure out what to do then." Yohji bent dawn to pick up the unconscious girl, but Ken steped in and as gently as possible lifted her up. Omi picked up her back pack, which had been thrown several feet away from her.
"Are you sure you can carry her?"
"Yea, she's not heavy and the car's not very far away. besides, it doesn't look like she's over eighteen anyway, Yohji kun."
Yohji could have argued, but decided against it.
"Where's Aya?"
"Finishing up something, he'll be here soon."
"Good, he just might want to hear about how the last bit of the mission went." Omi spoke slowly as he cleaned what could of the soot and dried blood off the girl's face. Her skin was almost ghostly pale, and nearly being blown off this plain of existence hadn't done any her good. Her long auburn hair had been pulled into a braid, but was now partially unraveled. She was tall and thin, very thin.
"I think Ken may have been right. Look at this, she's really bruised up, but she didn't get all of these today." He pulled her shirt off her shoulder as far as decency would allow. The younger two were right. The wound that had been sliced from her collar bone to upper arm had been given at least a week of two to heal. "Some of these cuts are too far healed. Look."
"I don't care what might be up with this mystery chick we have here. I know I was the one who said that we shouldn't take her to the hospital, but she's been out cold for over an hour. If she doesn't wake up soon, we've got to take her to the hospital, her injuries could be worse than they look. We can't play around with her life!" Ken was pacing back and forth beside the couch where the 'Mystery chick' was lying.
"Aya will be back soon Let's wait another fifteen minutes, if she doesn't wake up by then she goes to the hospital." Yohji took charge as best he could.
"Hey Omi," Ken stopped packing for a moment, "where did you put her backpack, maybe that can give us some clue as to who she is."
"Ken! Are you that inexperienced with women?" Yohji looked truly shocked. "Never, NEVER go through a lady's stuff. It's impolite, and not to mention, a good way to get slapped!"
"It's by the edge of the couch…." Omi paused as he heard Aya enter.
"Hey Aya, I think we have a situation her you might want to know about.."
"Just a second," came the response from the other room."
"Ni..wha...i.…"
The three Weiss boys turned. The girl's eyes fluttered opened. Finding herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she sat up and grabbed for something at her side, which was not there.
"It's okay, we're not going to hurt you!"
"What…how did….I…" she took in her surroundings and seemed to realize that she was weaponless.
"You're in the Koneko no Sumu Ie. You've been out cold for about an hour, we brought you here after the explosion. I'm Yohji Kudo, this is Ken, and he's Omi. We work here."
The newcomer did not respond to the introductions. Her only move was to slowly bring her hand to her other arm where Omi's dart had hit her.
"I…I'm sorry about that. We knew the building was going to explode and that was the only way I had to stop you." Omi helped her take off her jacket so he could bandage the wound he had inflicted on her. They could see clear marks where the wire had also cut into her skin
"Thank you, I think." She shifted so she could look at Yohji as well. Her deep emerald green eyes gave the impression that she could see through you, while remaining completely emotionless at the same time. " I guess I would be hurt much worse if not for that."
"Look, we didn't take you to the hospital right away, but now I'm beginning to think that may have not have been the best idea, you could be…"
Ken was cut off when she jumped forward, showing emotion for the first time; fear.
"No! Whatever your motivation was for that, thank you very, very much."
Omi finished tying the bandage around her arm. As he did, the other two were able to see how she had managed to pull her dagger seemingly from nowhere. Two bands circled her forearm, they had seen how this set up worked before. The knife was secured with the straps, and at a flick of the wrist, it would fall into the owner's hand.
This girl gets stranger by the second.
"I hope this doesn't come off as rude, but I think you have some explaining to do." Ken said. "Like why you were running away from us, what is so scary about the hospital, do you always carry around a knife like this one, what were you doing at a research compound that our target. …"He broke off abruptly as he nearly revealed that they were not your average florists. Even thought she may have figured that out by this point.
"Slow down Ken, first things first," Yohji said as he sat down beside her on the couch. "Who are you?"
"My name is Fujimiya Aya ."