Song: Rick Rubin – Fade Out/In (from Daredevil)
Fade Out/Fade In
Jei hit the wall hard and shook his head, slowly opening his eyes to look at her. Akane scrambled to the far side of the room, having snatched a sheet off the bed and wrapping it around her. Her tear filled eyes were glowing bright amber. He smirked, "So…that is your power…" She watched him, her eyes twitching around nervously as he stood up and walked towards her. "It … has great…potential." He paused walking any further as the glow grew and surrounded her body.
"iie…" She whimpered.
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Ken and Omi watched as Aya and Crawford examined the darts. Nagi woke up and groaned audibly. The four looked up at him, "What happened?" Omi blurted out at him.
Nagi rubbed the side of his head, "Two…vampires…showed up…they took Akane…"
Ken grumbled, "We'll we figured that much from those…" he pointed at the darts that Aya and Crawford were looking at "…and the fact she's gone…" Nagi shot a glare at Ken.
Flustered, Omi paced, "We have to figure out where they took her!"
Nagi stood up slowly, "I think that can be arranged…"
Glancing up, Crawford nodded, "You put one on her as well?"
"Hai…"
Omi stared between the two. "Put one of what on her?" Ken asked.
"Transceiver…" Nagi grinned and headed to his computer.
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Akane shook with fear as he walked closer to her, "iie…stay away…"
He smirked and continued forwards, braced for the impact of the shockwave. She closed her eyes tightly and the amber glow grew, attempting to push Jei away. He faltered slightly then pushed through. Her eyes flew open in horror as he broke through the barrier. "Interesting…" He sneered, "Let's see if you have any other powers…"
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Yama, Jiro and Kiyoshi looked up from their card game as they heard a high pitched shriek come from the girl. The three sat in silence, glancing at each other, none knowing what to say. After a moment, they went back to the card game. "I'll see your ten and raise you twenty…" Jiro said, moving some bills into the pile.
Suddenly Kiyoshi gasped for air, dropping his cards and scratching at his neck. The other two looked at him and saw a thin wire running back and narrowed their eyes at the man choking Kiyoshi. Yama jumped up to lunge at him when he found three darts embedded in his chest.
Jiro jumped up and backed up, running into something. He turned and looked up at the man with dark, shaggy, brown hair. He yelped suddenly as his feet left the ground. Three men walked up in front of him. "Where is she?" Eyes wide, he shook his head. Ken raised his bugnuks to Jiro's throat. Jiro quickly motioned with his head in the direction Jei had taken her.
Omi, Ken, Youji and Nagi turned and walked in the direction that Jiro had motioned. As they walked out, Aya and Crawford walked in, glaring at the two passed out vampires and the one very shaken vampire. Crawford nodded to Aya, who quickly dispensed of all three vampires.
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Tears silently rolled down Akane's face. This…wasn't happening…wasn't real…it's just a nightmare…her mind kept repeating over and over. She didn't even notice when the doors slammed open and Jei turned his attention from her to the four interlopers.
Horror filled Omi's face as they had burst into the room. The other three ignored it as they immediately went to fighting with Jei. Slowly Omi walked over to where Akane lay. He quickly covered her up then checked her vital signs.
Nagi flung Jei back into a wall, Youji attempted to use his wire to restrain him, and Ken attempted to embed a stake into his chest.
"IIE!!!" Jei's eyes widened, his eyes burning with fire. "I will not go down so easily!" Nagi suddenly collapsed, Youji's wire broke and Jei lunged at Ken who quickly embedded is bugnuks into Jei's abdomen. Aya and Crawford quickly ran in as the fight continued on.
Omi ignored the fight as he pulled Akane up into his arms. Tears were streaking down his face as she tearfully curled up into his arms. He looked up at the others as the fighting suddenly stopped. He watched as Aya stood up from an attack and looked down at Jei's head on the floor. Closing his eyes slightly, he stood up slowly, heading out to the vehicle they had come in. In silence the others followed, understanding all to well what had transpired today.
05/07/03