Chapter 6- It happened on Fisk Rd.
Zech jerked awake at the sound of a car pulling by him, over the last hour he had fallen into a light doze as the sun disappeared completely. He was cold but didn't have time to go back to the hotel to get a warmer coat. The car was moving slowly enough so that he could follow it at a stealthy run but quiet enough that even in the empty silence he could barely hear the purr of the engine.
As he followed it turned up a side street he hadn't noticed before because of its overgrown condition. He followed the car along the road for a moment before it turned up an another road abruptly, nearly running over the sign proclaiming it Fisk Rd.
He fished his cell out of his coat pocket. "Sally I'm going to need some backup." He said once the other blonde picked up the phone.
She promised she and Wufei were halfway out the door before he resumed his watch over the small cabin, he didn't want to go up there and kick in the door on the chance that they might be visiting their girlfriend or something like that. The lights in the house were out for a second but then they flicked on, back off, back on, what the hell was going on up there, he wondered.
Noin was in motion, running full tilt toward the backdoor, they certainly had blocked off the front. She threw her weight against the door and thankfully it gave, letting her out into the stinging cold, running full tilt down the slight incline.
She could hear footsteps behind her but wasn't dumb enough to look back. Screaming wouldn't help her situation any, the people in town would be to far out to hear her.
But the person chasing her was wearing shoes and they soon caught her up in a bear hug, squeezing her so hard she thought her organs were surely rearranging. She went limp and was dropped to the snow where she gasped for breath.
"Lucrezia Noin." Someone mused from above her. "You are a pretty little thing, no wonder he's so head over heels."
Two fingers were under her chin lifting her eyesight to the man before her. "Are you going to kill me?" She asked bluntly as he tied her arms roughly behind her back.
"Not quiet yet." He laughed sadistically. "First I'm going to use you."
"And how exactically are you planning to do that?" She asked a thin eyebrow raised in a perfect arch.
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." He laughed his creepy laugh again.
"Leave her out of this Eric, your quarrel is with me." Someone new ordered from behind the bewildered young woman.
She turned and thought immediately she was dreaming.
"Ah, Milliardo, right on time." Eric laughed. "You are pathetically predictable."
"Zech?" She whispered barely able to believe her own senses.
His eyes flickered to her and were crossed by some unreadable emotion before returning to insane person who had her arms pinned beside her and conveniently enough a gun to her head.
"How does Tryon fit into all this?" Zech asked, gun still leveled at the man.
"Zech, Mark Tryon is dead, his grave is right next to yours." She said before anyone else could explain, she couldn't remember when she remembered where she had heard his name but somehow, incredibly, she had. (AN: You guys remember Zech "dying" right?)
"Very good, your girlfriend is as clever as she is beautiful but you always did have good taste in women didn't you?" He said in a conversational tone.
"Then how." Zech began.
"That was actually one of my more brilliant ideas actually, to create a character you could chase to your little hearts content while we set up a trap, the cruel irony is that he will always be next to you in the grave you will soon fill." Eric giggled licking the side of Noin's face.
Zech's gloved hand clenched around the trigger but he didn't trust his aim enough to bet that the impact would kill him instantly or worse yet, hit the wrong target. "She tastes like strawberries." Eric announced. "And put the gun down, if you were going to shoot you would have done it long ago, you forget, old friend, I know your fighting style. You know it's really to bad I hate you because you could have helped me."
Zech dropped his gun but reached slowly into his pocket and brought out his flashlight. He flicked it on blinding the other man momentarily. "You don't look much older Eric." He noted walking slowly forward.
"Milliardo you are treading on dangerous ground or have you momentarily forgotten that I have your little girlfriend at point blank?" He asked pressing the gun farther into Noin's temple making her whimper.
"Oh but then you'd lose your top card, wouldn't want to play it this early would you?" Zech voice had somehow changed, it was mocking, almost relaxed.
"Drop the flashlight or I kill her." Eric warned, a small note of panic in his voice.
But he never got to carry out his threat because Zech had gotten close enough and he smacked the gun from the smaller man's hand and leaped on him, pushing Noin to the side.
They grappled in the snow for a few moments as Noin watched in horrid fascination, not able to discern one shadowy body from another. But then they were on their feet and Eric had the gun leveled at Zech's head. "I always was the better fighter." He said arrogantly trying to toss the dark hair from his face.
"But I was always smarter." Zech countered.
There was a resounding gunshot. "Boy do you guy's timing ever not suck." Zech congratulated Sally and Wufei who were just coming over the ridge behind Eric's body.
Sally whispered to Wufei and they turned around to leave their two friends.
"Noin?" He asked tiredly turning to her.
She didn't want him to say anything else for fear it might hurt her even more and she wasn't sure she could take that.
She scooted back from him on her but ignoring the look of hurt that flashed on his face. Another gunshot sounded.no not a gun shot but what sounded like one. They had all unknowingly moved onto Noin's pond and the part of the ice that was not yet strong enough to support her weight.
(AN: Oh dear, what have I done? And no I do not have a beta reader yet, please apply if you want to. And once again- because I cannot impress this upon you enough- reviews are good, flattering reviews are better, long flattering reviews are best!!!!)
Zech jerked awake at the sound of a car pulling by him, over the last hour he had fallen into a light doze as the sun disappeared completely. He was cold but didn't have time to go back to the hotel to get a warmer coat. The car was moving slowly enough so that he could follow it at a stealthy run but quiet enough that even in the empty silence he could barely hear the purr of the engine.
As he followed it turned up a side street he hadn't noticed before because of its overgrown condition. He followed the car along the road for a moment before it turned up an another road abruptly, nearly running over the sign proclaiming it Fisk Rd.
He fished his cell out of his coat pocket. "Sally I'm going to need some backup." He said once the other blonde picked up the phone.
She promised she and Wufei were halfway out the door before he resumed his watch over the small cabin, he didn't want to go up there and kick in the door on the chance that they might be visiting their girlfriend or something like that. The lights in the house were out for a second but then they flicked on, back off, back on, what the hell was going on up there, he wondered.
Noin was in motion, running full tilt toward the backdoor, they certainly had blocked off the front. She threw her weight against the door and thankfully it gave, letting her out into the stinging cold, running full tilt down the slight incline.
She could hear footsteps behind her but wasn't dumb enough to look back. Screaming wouldn't help her situation any, the people in town would be to far out to hear her.
But the person chasing her was wearing shoes and they soon caught her up in a bear hug, squeezing her so hard she thought her organs were surely rearranging. She went limp and was dropped to the snow where she gasped for breath.
"Lucrezia Noin." Someone mused from above her. "You are a pretty little thing, no wonder he's so head over heels."
Two fingers were under her chin lifting her eyesight to the man before her. "Are you going to kill me?" She asked bluntly as he tied her arms roughly behind her back.
"Not quiet yet." He laughed sadistically. "First I'm going to use you."
"And how exactically are you planning to do that?" She asked a thin eyebrow raised in a perfect arch.
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." He laughed his creepy laugh again.
"Leave her out of this Eric, your quarrel is with me." Someone new ordered from behind the bewildered young woman.
She turned and thought immediately she was dreaming.
"Ah, Milliardo, right on time." Eric laughed. "You are pathetically predictable."
"Zech?" She whispered barely able to believe her own senses.
His eyes flickered to her and were crossed by some unreadable emotion before returning to insane person who had her arms pinned beside her and conveniently enough a gun to her head.
"How does Tryon fit into all this?" Zech asked, gun still leveled at the man.
"Zech, Mark Tryon is dead, his grave is right next to yours." She said before anyone else could explain, she couldn't remember when she remembered where she had heard his name but somehow, incredibly, she had. (AN: You guys remember Zech "dying" right?)
"Very good, your girlfriend is as clever as she is beautiful but you always did have good taste in women didn't you?" He said in a conversational tone.
"Then how." Zech began.
"That was actually one of my more brilliant ideas actually, to create a character you could chase to your little hearts content while we set up a trap, the cruel irony is that he will always be next to you in the grave you will soon fill." Eric giggled licking the side of Noin's face.
Zech's gloved hand clenched around the trigger but he didn't trust his aim enough to bet that the impact would kill him instantly or worse yet, hit the wrong target. "She tastes like strawberries." Eric announced. "And put the gun down, if you were going to shoot you would have done it long ago, you forget, old friend, I know your fighting style. You know it's really to bad I hate you because you could have helped me."
Zech dropped his gun but reached slowly into his pocket and brought out his flashlight. He flicked it on blinding the other man momentarily. "You don't look much older Eric." He noted walking slowly forward.
"Milliardo you are treading on dangerous ground or have you momentarily forgotten that I have your little girlfriend at point blank?" He asked pressing the gun farther into Noin's temple making her whimper.
"Oh but then you'd lose your top card, wouldn't want to play it this early would you?" Zech voice had somehow changed, it was mocking, almost relaxed.
"Drop the flashlight or I kill her." Eric warned, a small note of panic in his voice.
But he never got to carry out his threat because Zech had gotten close enough and he smacked the gun from the smaller man's hand and leaped on him, pushing Noin to the side.
They grappled in the snow for a few moments as Noin watched in horrid fascination, not able to discern one shadowy body from another. But then they were on their feet and Eric had the gun leveled at Zech's head. "I always was the better fighter." He said arrogantly trying to toss the dark hair from his face.
"But I was always smarter." Zech countered.
There was a resounding gunshot. "Boy do you guy's timing ever not suck." Zech congratulated Sally and Wufei who were just coming over the ridge behind Eric's body.
Sally whispered to Wufei and they turned around to leave their two friends.
"Noin?" He asked tiredly turning to her.
She didn't want him to say anything else for fear it might hurt her even more and she wasn't sure she could take that.
She scooted back from him on her but ignoring the look of hurt that flashed on his face. Another gunshot sounded.no not a gun shot but what sounded like one. They had all unknowingly moved onto Noin's pond and the part of the ice that was not yet strong enough to support her weight.
(AN: Oh dear, what have I done? And no I do not have a beta reader yet, please apply if you want to. And once again- because I cannot impress this upon you enough- reviews are good, flattering reviews are better, long flattering reviews are best!!!!)