Delicious Torment
Ch 15
"Do you realize the risk that you're taking calling me here, doctor?" the police chief asked.
"Of course, I'm not stupid. I just thought that you would like to know that a certain someone is registered here as a patient." the doctor replied.
"What! You don't mean Taki?" the police chief asked.
"Yes, that's exactly who I mean. Taki is under a very heavy sedative at the moment, he should be out for a few days. I can arrange it for you to have a "special visitation," if you know what I mean?" the doctor replied.
"That sounds like a very good idea, I'll be down there soon. Goodbye." the police chief said as he hung up the phone.
"Well, did he buy it?" Taki asked as he was getting ready.
"I think so, he said that he's coming right down." the doctor replied nervously.
"What's the matter? You're not having second thoughts about this now are you?" Taki asked as he slid underneath the covers.
"No, it's just that, are you sure that this will work?" the doctor asked.
"I'm positive. It'll work, just as long as you keep your word to turn state's evidence against Jakobe, then I'll keep my part of the bargain. I never go back on my word, doctor." Taki replied as he closed his eyes. The doctor walked out the door, and then took a few deep breaths. He wasn't sure about this whole thing. He was wondering on how could the ex-detective protect him. He lost his job, so he's no longer registered with the department. Everyone that dealt with Jakobe from before knew that if you cross him, that you'll never wake to see the next sunrise.
"Here goes nothing." the doctor thought as he was paged over the intercom.
The sounds of the clickety clack of the subway wheels running across the tracks as it zoomed through the connecting tunnels, burrowed through the thick concrete floors. Where further down, the only sounds that could be heard were a couple of voices arguing with each other, and water that was slowly dripping into the puddles that were on the floor. "Dante, what were you thinking? Why didn't you back me up while we were in the Dynasty?" Jakobe asked angrily.
"I had to make them believe that I've betrayed you." Dante replied with a smirk.
"You were pretty convincing, you even fooled me." Jakobe said as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"You know what your problem is, Jakobe," Dante asked in amusement. "You don't trust people."
"And with good reason, how else do you think that I've survived this long." Jakobe replied with a smirk.
"I see your point." Dante said.
"Dante, tell me something." Jakobe asked curiously.
"Yes?" Dante replied as he opened up a small steel window to look into another room.
"Why did you bring them back here? Why not just get rid of them when you had the chance in the Dynasty?" Jakobe asked.
"I have my reasons, but mainly, why would I want the warlords and someone like Talpa to have all of the fun?" Dante replied with an evil smile.
"Yes, I understand that, but why here? I mean, don't you realize that their friends will come looking for them?" Jakobe asked as he began to pace.
"That's exactly what I want them to do." Dante replied as he made Jakobe stop in his tracks.
"What? Are you out of your mind? Why would you want them to do that?" Jakobe asked.
"Because, it would be easier to deal with the rest of the Ronin Warriors if we had our own trump cards, so to speak." Dante replied as he shut the window.
In the next room...
"Now what the heck happened," Sian thought as he tried to move, "I remember, mom, dad where are they?"
"Your parents are right here, Sian. You still have a chance to make up for you betraying me." Dante replied as he and Jakobe entered.
"Forget it Dante, Sian won't do what you tell him any more." Kento growled as he glared at him.
"Shut up! I don't remember telling you that you could speak!" Dante replied as he took his blade and struck Kento right into his wound, making him yell out in pain.
"Kento," Kaye exclaimed. "Leave him alone!"
"I would suggest that you be quiet, my little song bird, unless of course you want the same?" Jakobe asked as he took his dagger and made a long gash across her back making Kaye scream.
"Sian, you have a decision to make. And by the time that we get back, you've had better make the correct one." Dante said as he and Jakobe left them alone.
Outside, near a subway station...
"It's about time, we were wondering what took ya so long." Dante taunted with a smile.
"Bastard! Where are our friends!?" Ryo demanded angrily.
"Temper, temper Mr. Sanada, if you want to see them again, then I would highly suggest that you put away your weapons." Dante replied.
"Fine, now tell us where they are!" Ryo said as he and the others sheathed their weapons.
"We'll do better than tell you, we'll show you." Jakobe replied with a smile as they turned and started to walk away.
"What do you say, Ryo, do we follow them?" Cye asked as he watched the two from the corner of his eye.
"I don't see any other choice." Ryo replied as he glared at them.
"Well, are you coming?" Jakobe asked as he and Dante noticed that they were still standing there.
"Yea, we're coming." Ryo replied reluctantly as he and the others followed.
Back in the hidden room...
"I can't, no I won't do it! But if I don't, then Dante will kill them. Then what do I do?" Sian thought as he was trying to think of something.
"Sian?" Kaye asked as she noticed that he was struggling with himself.
"Yea?" Sian replied.
"Do you honestly believe that having your armor is a curse?" Kaye asked.
"In the beginning, I believed that it was, but now..." Sian replied as he lowered his eyes.
"But now what, Sian?" Kento asked curiously.
"But now, I'm not entirely sure that it is a curse. A part of me still believes that it is and the two of you are responsible for it. But another part of me believes that maybe it's not. I guess that I've never totally understood what the two of you and my uncles have been telling me when I've received this armor." Sian replied.
"What about now, Sian, do you understand why now?" Kaye asked.
"No, I don't. I don't understand." Sian replied.
"And you never will, so just accept it." Jakobe said as he and Dante entered with the other Ronins.
"Weapons, toss them over the side, now." Dante ordered. "Unless you want them to take a very long plunge."
Underneath where Kento, Kaye, and Sian were hanging from their cages, the floor began to slowly open up, revealing a narrow land bridge, and on either side of it what looked like a whirlpool. "Now, are you going to discard your weapons, or is someone going for a dive?" Jakobe asked as he started to play around with the remote.
"Don't listen to them you guys, kick their sorry asses!" Kento said as he glared at them.
"You wanna see if I'm bluffing, then keep pushing your luck." Jakobe replied as he was about to push a button to drop one of the cages.
At the hospital...
"Which room is the "patient" in?" the chief asked as he and the doctor were walking down the hall.
"He's in here. Did you want me to go in with you, or do you want to go in by yourself?" the doctor asked as he was starting to get a little nervous.
"I'll go in myself. Doctor, is there something wrong? You seen a little nervous for some reason." the chief asked as he was about to open the door.
"No, nothing's wrong. I just don't think that it's right for us to be doing this. I'm a doctor for crying out loud, I'm suppose to be saving lives, not taking them." the doctor replied with a hint of anger.
"If you're not coming in, then I would suggest that you stay here and watch the door. We wouldn't want any unexpected visitors coming in, now would we?" the chief asked as he was about to go into the room. The doctor shook his head, and then the chief walking in. As soon as he was in, he shut the door and then he looked around the room. He smiled when he saw that Taki was what he believed to be "out for the count" as he made his way over to him. On his way over, the chief saw a pillow on a nearby chair, he picked it up and held it with both hands.
"It's too bad, Taki, you would have made a really good cop, but you just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?" the chief asked as he was starting to get ready to smother Taki with the pillow.
Just as the pillow was barely touching Taki's face, two hands suddenly shot out and grabbed onto the chief's wrists. "I'm disappointed in you, chief, I thought that things would have turned out differently." Taki replied as he was now struggling with the chief.
"What?! You're suppose to be under, why aren't you, what happened?" the chief asked in anger.
"Let's just say that the doctor and I had a long talk, and that his conscious got the better of him." Taki replied as he kicked the chief's side. The chief staggered back some so that Taki could quickly get out of the bed and get into a fighting stance.
"I guess that you leave me with no choice," the chief said as he pulled out his gun and took aim. "It's too bad, I thought that you have so much potential, oh well when I'm finished with you here, I'll go after that back stabbing doctor."
Just as the chief was about to shoot Taki, the door suddenly flew open and the doctor rushed up behind the chief and injected a needle into him. The chief dropped the gun, and then dropped to the floor. "It took ya long enough." Taki said with a smirk as he walked over to him.
"Sorry about that, but I knew that you had everything under control. Besides, I had to call in backup," the doctor replied as a small group of undercover internal affair officers came into the room. "get him out of here. So now what about Jakobe?"
"What about him?" Taki asked.
"Don't you want to go and get him or what?" the IA agent asked back.
"I don't think that we have to worry about him." Taki replied with a smirk.
"Oh, and why's that?" the IA agent asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"Let's just say it's a gut feeling that I have." Taki replied with a chuckle.
"If you say so, well then, welcome back to the force, detective." the IA agent said as he handed Taki back his gun and badge.
Ch 15
"Do you realize the risk that you're taking calling me here, doctor?" the police chief asked.
"Of course, I'm not stupid. I just thought that you would like to know that a certain someone is registered here as a patient." the doctor replied.
"What! You don't mean Taki?" the police chief asked.
"Yes, that's exactly who I mean. Taki is under a very heavy sedative at the moment, he should be out for a few days. I can arrange it for you to have a "special visitation," if you know what I mean?" the doctor replied.
"That sounds like a very good idea, I'll be down there soon. Goodbye." the police chief said as he hung up the phone.
"Well, did he buy it?" Taki asked as he was getting ready.
"I think so, he said that he's coming right down." the doctor replied nervously.
"What's the matter? You're not having second thoughts about this now are you?" Taki asked as he slid underneath the covers.
"No, it's just that, are you sure that this will work?" the doctor asked.
"I'm positive. It'll work, just as long as you keep your word to turn state's evidence against Jakobe, then I'll keep my part of the bargain. I never go back on my word, doctor." Taki replied as he closed his eyes. The doctor walked out the door, and then took a few deep breaths. He wasn't sure about this whole thing. He was wondering on how could the ex-detective protect him. He lost his job, so he's no longer registered with the department. Everyone that dealt with Jakobe from before knew that if you cross him, that you'll never wake to see the next sunrise.
"Here goes nothing." the doctor thought as he was paged over the intercom.
The sounds of the clickety clack of the subway wheels running across the tracks as it zoomed through the connecting tunnels, burrowed through the thick concrete floors. Where further down, the only sounds that could be heard were a couple of voices arguing with each other, and water that was slowly dripping into the puddles that were on the floor. "Dante, what were you thinking? Why didn't you back me up while we were in the Dynasty?" Jakobe asked angrily.
"I had to make them believe that I've betrayed you." Dante replied with a smirk.
"You were pretty convincing, you even fooled me." Jakobe said as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"You know what your problem is, Jakobe," Dante asked in amusement. "You don't trust people."
"And with good reason, how else do you think that I've survived this long." Jakobe replied with a smirk.
"I see your point." Dante said.
"Dante, tell me something." Jakobe asked curiously.
"Yes?" Dante replied as he opened up a small steel window to look into another room.
"Why did you bring them back here? Why not just get rid of them when you had the chance in the Dynasty?" Jakobe asked.
"I have my reasons, but mainly, why would I want the warlords and someone like Talpa to have all of the fun?" Dante replied with an evil smile.
"Yes, I understand that, but why here? I mean, don't you realize that their friends will come looking for them?" Jakobe asked as he began to pace.
"That's exactly what I want them to do." Dante replied as he made Jakobe stop in his tracks.
"What? Are you out of your mind? Why would you want them to do that?" Jakobe asked.
"Because, it would be easier to deal with the rest of the Ronin Warriors if we had our own trump cards, so to speak." Dante replied as he shut the window.
In the next room...
"Now what the heck happened," Sian thought as he tried to move, "I remember, mom, dad where are they?"
"Your parents are right here, Sian. You still have a chance to make up for you betraying me." Dante replied as he and Jakobe entered.
"Forget it Dante, Sian won't do what you tell him any more." Kento growled as he glared at him.
"Shut up! I don't remember telling you that you could speak!" Dante replied as he took his blade and struck Kento right into his wound, making him yell out in pain.
"Kento," Kaye exclaimed. "Leave him alone!"
"I would suggest that you be quiet, my little song bird, unless of course you want the same?" Jakobe asked as he took his dagger and made a long gash across her back making Kaye scream.
"Sian, you have a decision to make. And by the time that we get back, you've had better make the correct one." Dante said as he and Jakobe left them alone.
Outside, near a subway station...
"It's about time, we were wondering what took ya so long." Dante taunted with a smile.
"Bastard! Where are our friends!?" Ryo demanded angrily.
"Temper, temper Mr. Sanada, if you want to see them again, then I would highly suggest that you put away your weapons." Dante replied.
"Fine, now tell us where they are!" Ryo said as he and the others sheathed their weapons.
"We'll do better than tell you, we'll show you." Jakobe replied with a smile as they turned and started to walk away.
"What do you say, Ryo, do we follow them?" Cye asked as he watched the two from the corner of his eye.
"I don't see any other choice." Ryo replied as he glared at them.
"Well, are you coming?" Jakobe asked as he and Dante noticed that they were still standing there.
"Yea, we're coming." Ryo replied reluctantly as he and the others followed.
Back in the hidden room...
"I can't, no I won't do it! But if I don't, then Dante will kill them. Then what do I do?" Sian thought as he was trying to think of something.
"Sian?" Kaye asked as she noticed that he was struggling with himself.
"Yea?" Sian replied.
"Do you honestly believe that having your armor is a curse?" Kaye asked.
"In the beginning, I believed that it was, but now..." Sian replied as he lowered his eyes.
"But now what, Sian?" Kento asked curiously.
"But now, I'm not entirely sure that it is a curse. A part of me still believes that it is and the two of you are responsible for it. But another part of me believes that maybe it's not. I guess that I've never totally understood what the two of you and my uncles have been telling me when I've received this armor." Sian replied.
"What about now, Sian, do you understand why now?" Kaye asked.
"No, I don't. I don't understand." Sian replied.
"And you never will, so just accept it." Jakobe said as he and Dante entered with the other Ronins.
"Weapons, toss them over the side, now." Dante ordered. "Unless you want them to take a very long plunge."
Underneath where Kento, Kaye, and Sian were hanging from their cages, the floor began to slowly open up, revealing a narrow land bridge, and on either side of it what looked like a whirlpool. "Now, are you going to discard your weapons, or is someone going for a dive?" Jakobe asked as he started to play around with the remote.
"Don't listen to them you guys, kick their sorry asses!" Kento said as he glared at them.
"You wanna see if I'm bluffing, then keep pushing your luck." Jakobe replied as he was about to push a button to drop one of the cages.
At the hospital...
"Which room is the "patient" in?" the chief asked as he and the doctor were walking down the hall.
"He's in here. Did you want me to go in with you, or do you want to go in by yourself?" the doctor asked as he was starting to get a little nervous.
"I'll go in myself. Doctor, is there something wrong? You seen a little nervous for some reason." the chief asked as he was about to open the door.
"No, nothing's wrong. I just don't think that it's right for us to be doing this. I'm a doctor for crying out loud, I'm suppose to be saving lives, not taking them." the doctor replied with a hint of anger.
"If you're not coming in, then I would suggest that you stay here and watch the door. We wouldn't want any unexpected visitors coming in, now would we?" the chief asked as he was about to go into the room. The doctor shook his head, and then the chief walking in. As soon as he was in, he shut the door and then he looked around the room. He smiled when he saw that Taki was what he believed to be "out for the count" as he made his way over to him. On his way over, the chief saw a pillow on a nearby chair, he picked it up and held it with both hands.
"It's too bad, Taki, you would have made a really good cop, but you just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?" the chief asked as he was starting to get ready to smother Taki with the pillow.
Just as the pillow was barely touching Taki's face, two hands suddenly shot out and grabbed onto the chief's wrists. "I'm disappointed in you, chief, I thought that things would have turned out differently." Taki replied as he was now struggling with the chief.
"What?! You're suppose to be under, why aren't you, what happened?" the chief asked in anger.
"Let's just say that the doctor and I had a long talk, and that his conscious got the better of him." Taki replied as he kicked the chief's side. The chief staggered back some so that Taki could quickly get out of the bed and get into a fighting stance.
"I guess that you leave me with no choice," the chief said as he pulled out his gun and took aim. "It's too bad, I thought that you have so much potential, oh well when I'm finished with you here, I'll go after that back stabbing doctor."
Just as the chief was about to shoot Taki, the door suddenly flew open and the doctor rushed up behind the chief and injected a needle into him. The chief dropped the gun, and then dropped to the floor. "It took ya long enough." Taki said with a smirk as he walked over to him.
"Sorry about that, but I knew that you had everything under control. Besides, I had to call in backup," the doctor replied as a small group of undercover internal affair officers came into the room. "get him out of here. So now what about Jakobe?"
"What about him?" Taki asked.
"Don't you want to go and get him or what?" the IA agent asked back.
"I don't think that we have to worry about him." Taki replied with a smirk.
"Oh, and why's that?" the IA agent asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"Let's just say it's a gut feeling that I have." Taki replied with a chuckle.
"If you say so, well then, welcome back to the force, detective." the IA agent said as he handed Taki back his gun and badge.