"Kaye if you don't get that wound looked at, it might get infected." Mia said as everyone got inside.
"Mia, like I said before, it'll be fine." Kaye replied.
"Oh yea, fine huh? If you call having your sleeve soaked with blood fine, then yea I guess you are." Ryo said. Kaye glared at him in anger, and then she finally gave in.
"Fine, I'll have Mia take a look at it. Besides, the shirt is pretty much ruined anyway." Kaye replied as they headed upstairs to Kaye's room. When the guys heard her slam the door, they knew that they had to figure out what to do next.
"How could have Lieah gotten out? I thought that they said that no one could ever escape." Kento said angrily.
"It just goes to show ya that there is no such thing as a guarantee. Besides, we'll figure that out later. Right now we have to figure out how to tell Kaye about Lieah." Rowen replied as he crossed his arms, and leaned back against the wall.
In Kaye's room, Mia was almost finished with bandaging Kaye's arm. "Come on Kaye, hold still so I can finish dressing your wound." Mia said as she finally was done. Kaye flexed her arm, making sure that the bandaging wasn't too tight.
"Mia, who was that in the alley?" Kaye asked as she was searching for a clean shirt.
"Her name is Lieah, and the other is her brother, Alex." Mia replied as she figured out where the conversation is going.
"Is what Lieah said true? Were she and Kento...lovers?" Kaye asked quietly as she put on a clean shirt.
"I'm sorry Kaye, but that's not for me to tell." Mia replied as she looked at her friend in concern.
"Oh, I see." Kaye said. Mia wanted to tell her everything, but she knew that it wasn't her place.
"Come on, let's go downstairs. I'm sure that the guys are wondering what's taking us so long." Mia said as she walked over to Kaye.
"Sure Mia, whatever you say." Kaye replied as they made their way to the main floor.
"Kaye, are you all right? How's the arm? If you want, I can..." Sage said as he spotted them entering the living room.
"I'm all right. You don't need to, but thanks for the offer anyway." Kaye replied as she threw him a small smile of gratitude.
"Kaye, when you and Mia were upstairs. We were talking, and we've decided that you shouldn't go out alone." Kento said sternly.
"What! Kento, you can't be serious!" Kaye replied in disbelief as she walked up to him.
"I'm dead serious! If you go out, then one of us is going to go with you. End of discussion." Kento said as he crossed his arms.
"Why? Why Kento, does it have to do with Lieah?" Kaye asked as she was starting to get angry.
"Yea it does, you heard what she said in the alley." Kento replied.
"Of course I heard what she said, and so did everyone else." Kaye said angrily as she turned her back on him.
"Kaye, Lieah meant what she said. She will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. I'm just trying to keep you safe. If anything happened to you..." Kento replied as he embraced her from behind.
"Kento." Kaye whispered as her anger subsided.
"Please Kaye." Kento said quietly as he kept her in his embrace.
"All right, I won't go out alone. But on one condition, I have to know something, and you have to tell me truthfully." Kaye said.
"What do you want to know?" Kento asked in anticipation as he already had a hunch about what she was going to ask.
"I have to know, were you and Lieah at one time...lovers?" Kaye asked as she braced herself for his answer.
"Kaye, I..." Kento replied.
"Tell me Kento, tell me right now or I'm leaving." Kaye said.
"Yes and no." Kento replied reluctantly.
"What kind of answer is that? Yes and no? Either you were, or you weren't, not both. So which one is it?" Kaye asked.
"She believed that we were lovers, I didn't. I only went along with it long enough to make sure that she was imprisoned, that's all nothing more." Kento explained as he tried to reassure her.
"Kaye, you have to believe in what he's saying. He didn't want to go along with it, but if he didn't, then a lot of people would have been killed." Rowen said as he looked at her.
"He wouldn't lie to me about something major like that. Then why hasn't he told me about this before?" Kaye wondered as she turned around and looked up into his eyes.
"Kento I believe you. There's no reason why I shouldn't." Kaye said as she gave him a small smile.
"You do? You actually believe me?" Kento asked with the sound of hope in his voice.
"Yea, I do." Kaye said as she went up and kissed him.
Just then the phone rang, "hello Koji residence? She's a little busy at the moment. Ah, just a second. Kaye, it's for you." Mia said as she pointed the phone over to her.
"It was just getting good." Sage replied with a smirk as they broke their kiss.
"Can't you just call them back?" Kento asked mischievously.
"I wish." Kaye replied as she broke out of his embrace and walked over to Mia, where she handed her the phone.
"Sorry." Mia said with an apological look.
"Just wait, you'll get yours." Kaye replied as she brought up the phone. "Hello, yes? Whoa slow down, ok I'll be there."
"What was all of that about?" Ryo asked as she hung up the phone, and started to look for her keys.
"Someone from the center said that one of the kids ran off. So I have to go down there and help look for him." Kaye replied as she found her keys.
"We're ready when you are." Cye said as he and Ryo were waiting for her by the door.
Kaye gave them a curious look, "we? Who said anything about we?" Kaye asked as she finally made it to the door.
"Remember, you agreed to not go anywhere alone. So let's go, the sooner we find this kid, the sooner we get back here." Ryo said as he gave her a stubborn look.
"All right fine, I definitely don't feel like getting into it again. So let's get going." Kaye replied as they walked out the door.
Kento rushed up to the window, just in time to see them leave. "Hey Kento, don't worry. Kaye's going to be just fine; Cye and Ryo are with her. So just relax." Rowen said as he was trying to make him feel better.
Meanwhile...
"I can't believe it! She's actually staying with him, even with what he told her!" Lieah said angrily.
"What did you expect my lady?" Alex asked smugly.
"Don't get coy with me, Alex! Anyway, it doesn't matter. Everything is going just as I planned." Lieah replied with an evil grin.
"It's official, she has definitely flipped. She's way past reasoning with, now what am I suppose to do?" Alex thought as he watched his sister.
A few minutes later, Kaye pulled up to the center where a few of the staff people were waiting. "Kaye, I'm sorry to call you when you were busy. I hope that we didn't pull you away from anything important." the head staff person said.
"Spending time with my guy, that's all." Kaye thought sarcastically.
"Who are they?" the second staff person asked.
"Sorry about that, these guys are friends of mine, he's Cye and the other one is Ryo. They're gonna help me search." Kaye replied.
"So which kid took off?" Ryo asked.
"It was one of the new ones, his name is Lee." the head staff person replied.
"Oh great, I should have seen that coming. Don't worry, we'll find him." Kaye said as she started her car.
"Kaye, what do you mean, you should have seen that coming?" Cye asked.
"When Lee first came to the center, I knew that he was a runner. He never did like staying in one place for too long. He always kept to himself, until finally he broke, and luckily I was the only one there at the time. So we became somewhat close, and he started to open up to me. I thought that we were making some progress. It's too bad, because he has so much potential. He could really make something of himself." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on the road.
"We'll find him, hey over there! Isn't that lee?" Cye said as he pointed over to a boy that matched Lee's description.
"Hey you're right, it is. All right Cye! Ryo, look around where you are, there should be some walkie-talkies." Kaye said as she quickly parked the car.
"Found them! Kaye, where did you get these?" Ryo asked as they got out of the car.
"When I was hired at the center, the staff is required to have a set in case of an emergency." Kaye replied as Ryo passed them out.
"I say that this is an emergency. Why don't they just get cell phones?" Cye asked as they were now running in the same direction that Lee went.
"Too expensive for them I guess. Great, now which way?" Kaye replied as they came to a split in the road.
"I don't see a trail, it looks like we're gonna have to split up." Ryo said as he assessed the situation.
"Split up? Ryo are you crazy? We can't do that, what if Lieah is around here somewhere?" Cye asked.
"There's no other way Cye, we have to. Besides, the more time we stand around here arguing, the farther that he's going to get." Kaye replied.
"Kaye, you promised Kento that you wouldn't go off anywhere alone, remember." Cye said as he gripped her shoulder firmly.
"I remember Cye, don't worry ok. We each have a walkie-talkie just in case, and besides, you and Ryo won't be too far away if there is any trouble." Kaye replied as she placed her hand on top of his. Cye knew that there was no use in arguing with her, so he shook his head and went with Ryo down one street, while Kaye took the other.
"Mia, like I said before, it'll be fine." Kaye replied.
"Oh yea, fine huh? If you call having your sleeve soaked with blood fine, then yea I guess you are." Ryo said. Kaye glared at him in anger, and then she finally gave in.
"Fine, I'll have Mia take a look at it. Besides, the shirt is pretty much ruined anyway." Kaye replied as they headed upstairs to Kaye's room. When the guys heard her slam the door, they knew that they had to figure out what to do next.
"How could have Lieah gotten out? I thought that they said that no one could ever escape." Kento said angrily.
"It just goes to show ya that there is no such thing as a guarantee. Besides, we'll figure that out later. Right now we have to figure out how to tell Kaye about Lieah." Rowen replied as he crossed his arms, and leaned back against the wall.
In Kaye's room, Mia was almost finished with bandaging Kaye's arm. "Come on Kaye, hold still so I can finish dressing your wound." Mia said as she finally was done. Kaye flexed her arm, making sure that the bandaging wasn't too tight.
"Mia, who was that in the alley?" Kaye asked as she was searching for a clean shirt.
"Her name is Lieah, and the other is her brother, Alex." Mia replied as she figured out where the conversation is going.
"Is what Lieah said true? Were she and Kento...lovers?" Kaye asked quietly as she put on a clean shirt.
"I'm sorry Kaye, but that's not for me to tell." Mia replied as she looked at her friend in concern.
"Oh, I see." Kaye said. Mia wanted to tell her everything, but she knew that it wasn't her place.
"Come on, let's go downstairs. I'm sure that the guys are wondering what's taking us so long." Mia said as she walked over to Kaye.
"Sure Mia, whatever you say." Kaye replied as they made their way to the main floor.
"Kaye, are you all right? How's the arm? If you want, I can..." Sage said as he spotted them entering the living room.
"I'm all right. You don't need to, but thanks for the offer anyway." Kaye replied as she threw him a small smile of gratitude.
"Kaye, when you and Mia were upstairs. We were talking, and we've decided that you shouldn't go out alone." Kento said sternly.
"What! Kento, you can't be serious!" Kaye replied in disbelief as she walked up to him.
"I'm dead serious! If you go out, then one of us is going to go with you. End of discussion." Kento said as he crossed his arms.
"Why? Why Kento, does it have to do with Lieah?" Kaye asked as she was starting to get angry.
"Yea it does, you heard what she said in the alley." Kento replied.
"Of course I heard what she said, and so did everyone else." Kaye said angrily as she turned her back on him.
"Kaye, Lieah meant what she said. She will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. I'm just trying to keep you safe. If anything happened to you..." Kento replied as he embraced her from behind.
"Kento." Kaye whispered as her anger subsided.
"Please Kaye." Kento said quietly as he kept her in his embrace.
"All right, I won't go out alone. But on one condition, I have to know something, and you have to tell me truthfully." Kaye said.
"What do you want to know?" Kento asked in anticipation as he already had a hunch about what she was going to ask.
"I have to know, were you and Lieah at one time...lovers?" Kaye asked as she braced herself for his answer.
"Kaye, I..." Kento replied.
"Tell me Kento, tell me right now or I'm leaving." Kaye said.
"Yes and no." Kento replied reluctantly.
"What kind of answer is that? Yes and no? Either you were, or you weren't, not both. So which one is it?" Kaye asked.
"She believed that we were lovers, I didn't. I only went along with it long enough to make sure that she was imprisoned, that's all nothing more." Kento explained as he tried to reassure her.
"Kaye, you have to believe in what he's saying. He didn't want to go along with it, but if he didn't, then a lot of people would have been killed." Rowen said as he looked at her.
"He wouldn't lie to me about something major like that. Then why hasn't he told me about this before?" Kaye wondered as she turned around and looked up into his eyes.
"Kento I believe you. There's no reason why I shouldn't." Kaye said as she gave him a small smile.
"You do? You actually believe me?" Kento asked with the sound of hope in his voice.
"Yea, I do." Kaye said as she went up and kissed him.
Just then the phone rang, "hello Koji residence? She's a little busy at the moment. Ah, just a second. Kaye, it's for you." Mia said as she pointed the phone over to her.
"It was just getting good." Sage replied with a smirk as they broke their kiss.
"Can't you just call them back?" Kento asked mischievously.
"I wish." Kaye replied as she broke out of his embrace and walked over to Mia, where she handed her the phone.
"Sorry." Mia said with an apological look.
"Just wait, you'll get yours." Kaye replied as she brought up the phone. "Hello, yes? Whoa slow down, ok I'll be there."
"What was all of that about?" Ryo asked as she hung up the phone, and started to look for her keys.
"Someone from the center said that one of the kids ran off. So I have to go down there and help look for him." Kaye replied as she found her keys.
"We're ready when you are." Cye said as he and Ryo were waiting for her by the door.
Kaye gave them a curious look, "we? Who said anything about we?" Kaye asked as she finally made it to the door.
"Remember, you agreed to not go anywhere alone. So let's go, the sooner we find this kid, the sooner we get back here." Ryo said as he gave her a stubborn look.
"All right fine, I definitely don't feel like getting into it again. So let's get going." Kaye replied as they walked out the door.
Kento rushed up to the window, just in time to see them leave. "Hey Kento, don't worry. Kaye's going to be just fine; Cye and Ryo are with her. So just relax." Rowen said as he was trying to make him feel better.
Meanwhile...
"I can't believe it! She's actually staying with him, even with what he told her!" Lieah said angrily.
"What did you expect my lady?" Alex asked smugly.
"Don't get coy with me, Alex! Anyway, it doesn't matter. Everything is going just as I planned." Lieah replied with an evil grin.
"It's official, she has definitely flipped. She's way past reasoning with, now what am I suppose to do?" Alex thought as he watched his sister.
A few minutes later, Kaye pulled up to the center where a few of the staff people were waiting. "Kaye, I'm sorry to call you when you were busy. I hope that we didn't pull you away from anything important." the head staff person said.
"Spending time with my guy, that's all." Kaye thought sarcastically.
"Who are they?" the second staff person asked.
"Sorry about that, these guys are friends of mine, he's Cye and the other one is Ryo. They're gonna help me search." Kaye replied.
"So which kid took off?" Ryo asked.
"It was one of the new ones, his name is Lee." the head staff person replied.
"Oh great, I should have seen that coming. Don't worry, we'll find him." Kaye said as she started her car.
"Kaye, what do you mean, you should have seen that coming?" Cye asked.
"When Lee first came to the center, I knew that he was a runner. He never did like staying in one place for too long. He always kept to himself, until finally he broke, and luckily I was the only one there at the time. So we became somewhat close, and he started to open up to me. I thought that we were making some progress. It's too bad, because he has so much potential. He could really make something of himself." Kaye said as she kept her eyes on the road.
"We'll find him, hey over there! Isn't that lee?" Cye said as he pointed over to a boy that matched Lee's description.
"Hey you're right, it is. All right Cye! Ryo, look around where you are, there should be some walkie-talkies." Kaye said as she quickly parked the car.
"Found them! Kaye, where did you get these?" Ryo asked as they got out of the car.
"When I was hired at the center, the staff is required to have a set in case of an emergency." Kaye replied as Ryo passed them out.
"I say that this is an emergency. Why don't they just get cell phones?" Cye asked as they were now running in the same direction that Lee went.
"Too expensive for them I guess. Great, now which way?" Kaye replied as they came to a split in the road.
"I don't see a trail, it looks like we're gonna have to split up." Ryo said as he assessed the situation.
"Split up? Ryo are you crazy? We can't do that, what if Lieah is around here somewhere?" Cye asked.
"There's no other way Cye, we have to. Besides, the more time we stand around here arguing, the farther that he's going to get." Kaye replied.
"Kaye, you promised Kento that you wouldn't go off anywhere alone, remember." Cye said as he gripped her shoulder firmly.
"I remember Cye, don't worry ok. We each have a walkie-talkie just in case, and besides, you and Ryo won't be too far away if there is any trouble." Kaye replied as she placed her hand on top of his. Cye knew that there was no use in arguing with her, so he shook his head and went with Ryo down one street, while Kaye took the other.