Note to reader: "blah"= normal conversation. /blah/= mental conversation
between Schuldich and other cast members. Other note, Locke will do that
same mental conversation but I won't use the same symbol it will be =blah=.
Part 4 Locke
Ken woke with a start when he realized he wasn't in his usual bed, he looked around the large room and saw that it was more fancy than his room. He looked up at the ceiling seeing a mirror set up in the canopy; he blinked at his reflection, though he was dully amused with the stupid legend about vampires not having a reflection.
He yawned and stretched, looking around the room, he saw strange white clothes set on a dresser, he blinked an realized he was completely undressed. He put the white shirt over his head and then wondered where he was, though instinct told him he was in endanger.
From a far corner a door opened and he saw his host, at least that was what he assumed, he saw the vampire had brown hair and red eyes that burned in his eyes and he started to recall all that had happened rushed into his head. "Omi," his words were soft and somewhat angry.
"Yes, he went with those filthy humans," the vampire sighed and held out his wrist to Ken who promptly pushed it away. "Don't you want it? You must be thirsty."
"Leave me alone!" he snapped and he snarled as the vampire grabbed him forcing the wrist to his lips, he felt himself go limp from the force and felt something warm entering his mouth, he knew what it is. His body seemed fused as he drank and that was when he remembered the vampire's name, Locke.
Locke stroked his head and he felt himself start to purr like a cat. "That's a good boy, now you won't feel so starved."
As he felt his hair being pet, he so wished it was Omi doing it and not this freak of a monster. Ken was left alone after that, in fact completely alone. "I can't feed you for awhile, my precious Ken," Locke purred and shut the door leaving him in the darkness of the room.
**
Aya could hear Omi's soft cries from the Ken's room, he had spent an hour trying to calm him down, but so far nothing could pull the boy out. "Think of being separated from Sakura," was Yohji's response.
Sakura, he hardly thought about her, but he knew she was there at the store rain or shine working Omi's old shift. The girl had gotten so much older within the last two years of working with the Weiss. She didn't look it, but her actions were quite well documented, she didn't cry as much and she seemed to understand Aya better than anyone and above all no matter how cold he seemed she loved him.
Aya had to admit he couldn't quite picture himself without her, even though his sister was there now doing all the work that was once Ken's shift. He's right, he thought walking into his room putting his gear away and heard the phone ring. "Must be Crawford," he muttered and picked up. "Hello?"
He was half right; it was Schuldich calling to inform the team that the plan was on for that night. He could tell that the telepath was kind of on edge; of course it was because of one of his teammates being put in the hospital. "How is Nagi?"
"Acute anemia," Schuldich bit off the words feeling like he was going kill the doctors at any minute.
Acute anemia, he thought remembering the night that Ken had been attacked, the doctors weren't sure that he was going to live through the night. Omi had forced himself through the crowd and Aya assumed that was when the change was made.
Walking up to Ken's bedroom door he knocked on it and heard the soft rat rustle of sheets, he opened the door and saw Omi sleeping on the bed looking pale and somewhat dead. "Omi?" he shook the boy, he knew that vampires even when they slept could hear him. "Come on, there is a mission tonight, I need your help."
He heard the soft moan coming from the sleeping vampire, he knew that Omi wasn't going to wake fully until around noon, and so far it was close to ten in the morning. He was about to go when he felt the soft touch of Omi's lips on his wrist and winced as he felt the fang dig in. He knew that very often Ken was the one feeding him his blood. The boy's soft sucking noises made him relax; he knew that he would never hurt him.
"Let me sleep, Aya-kun," Omi opened his eyes and looked up at him. "Please."
"I know you're tired, Omi, but we have to get Ken back, you're the only who can tell me what the vampires told you," Aya hoped at least that the boy knew something about the other vampire.
"Only that the vampires are looking for the Pure Blood. Locke kept suspecting it was Nagi, but Nagi's not a vampire. Then one of the priests said it might be either me or Ken-kun."
What if it is Omi? The leader of the Weiss didn't want to think about it like that. Omi was too innocent to be some kind of vampire god. "Go back to sleep Omi."
Omi smiled as he curled up in a ball and started to fall into his usual sleep pattern. Aya watched as he heard Omi's breathing become raspy and the suddenly the boy stopped breathing altogether. All vampires die in their sleep, was his thought as he shut the door leaving him to his rest.
**
Schuldich paced outside of Nagi's bedroom, he has to pull through, he thought. /Nagi, if you die on me I'll make sure Crawford never forgives himself,/ he mentally told the boy, though he didn't expect the boy to respond.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Crawford, there isn't a change in his condition. Can I call his parents?" a nurse asked Crawford who pushed up his glasses.
"He doesn't have any parents, I'm his guardian," Crawford whispered looking as though he wasn't really blaming himself for this.
Bastard, Schuldich thought to himself. You never take any responsibility when it is Nagi. He headed into Nagi's bedroom and sat down next to the boy's bed. /Always looking out for you, aren't I?/ Though he never liked to admit he cared about anything, he cared about Nagi, after all he was the baby of the group.
"Schuldich we're leaving," Crawford snapped as he walked into the room, he really didn't want to stay at the hospital any longer than he had to.
/I'll stay a little long, I brought my car remember?/ the tall German shook his head silently looking back at Nagi. /I want him to wake up./
"It won't work like that, Schuldich," the American assassin adjusted his glasses. "We need to give him time; he'll wake up when he's ready."
"Fuck you, Crawford. It's your fault that he's here to begin with. If you acted more like a father he would be fine," Schuldich couldn't stand it anymore, he hated seeing Nagi like this.
**
The drive home, Schuldich stopped in front of the very place Crawford had found Nagi, in fact out of irony it was right in front of the vampire club. He knew what had happened to Nagi, he hadn't run away totally from Schwarz; he was running to the spot that was familiar to him. He touched the ground and looked up, he knew this place from Nagi's memories, and he knew were the men would pick the boy up. Somehow old habits died hard for the members of Schwarz.
He heard a tingling noise and looked up, he saw the vampire who had kidnapped Siberian. He wanted to murder this vampire more than anything for hurting once of his own. Easy, he told himself softly, he moved to where he saw another set of vampires walking, to his surprise he saw Siberian walking with them. /Ken?/ he was about to walk up when he realized how stupid that would have been.
He saw Ken make the motion for him to leave, he nodded as he went farther into the shadows, and he didn't know really what was going on.
**
Ken's eyes were somewhat unfocused when he was being held, he had attempted to escape and had been caught. He saw Locke's face and he shook his head. "My sweet Ken, why would you run from your Master?"
"You're not my master! Omi is!" Ken said defiantly as he was led back into the club, it was already full of vampires.
"So sure, he wouldn't know how to teach you to be a vampire. He isn't even a proper one himself. Mage was so hoping to see him." Locke laughed as he patted Ken's cheek.
Using me as a lure, he thought hoping that Schuldich had picked it up, he had seen the telepath hiding when he was snatched, he had decided to run toward the assassin when he was caught. "Take him to his room!"
"No!" Ken was pulling away from the other vampire, his eyes wild.
"Someone is here, Locke-sama," a female vampire announced looking over at the alley. "One of those who took the boy vampire from us!"
He heard a car pull away and smiled, he didn't want the other vampires to see Schuldich, he didn't want them to know what the plan was. Though this led him back in his room again and more and more hungry than he felt before.
Part 4 Locke
Ken woke with a start when he realized he wasn't in his usual bed, he looked around the large room and saw that it was more fancy than his room. He looked up at the ceiling seeing a mirror set up in the canopy; he blinked at his reflection, though he was dully amused with the stupid legend about vampires not having a reflection.
He yawned and stretched, looking around the room, he saw strange white clothes set on a dresser, he blinked an realized he was completely undressed. He put the white shirt over his head and then wondered where he was, though instinct told him he was in endanger.
From a far corner a door opened and he saw his host, at least that was what he assumed, he saw the vampire had brown hair and red eyes that burned in his eyes and he started to recall all that had happened rushed into his head. "Omi," his words were soft and somewhat angry.
"Yes, he went with those filthy humans," the vampire sighed and held out his wrist to Ken who promptly pushed it away. "Don't you want it? You must be thirsty."
"Leave me alone!" he snapped and he snarled as the vampire grabbed him forcing the wrist to his lips, he felt himself go limp from the force and felt something warm entering his mouth, he knew what it is. His body seemed fused as he drank and that was when he remembered the vampire's name, Locke.
Locke stroked his head and he felt himself start to purr like a cat. "That's a good boy, now you won't feel so starved."
As he felt his hair being pet, he so wished it was Omi doing it and not this freak of a monster. Ken was left alone after that, in fact completely alone. "I can't feed you for awhile, my precious Ken," Locke purred and shut the door leaving him in the darkness of the room.
**
Aya could hear Omi's soft cries from the Ken's room, he had spent an hour trying to calm him down, but so far nothing could pull the boy out. "Think of being separated from Sakura," was Yohji's response.
Sakura, he hardly thought about her, but he knew she was there at the store rain or shine working Omi's old shift. The girl had gotten so much older within the last two years of working with the Weiss. She didn't look it, but her actions were quite well documented, she didn't cry as much and she seemed to understand Aya better than anyone and above all no matter how cold he seemed she loved him.
Aya had to admit he couldn't quite picture himself without her, even though his sister was there now doing all the work that was once Ken's shift. He's right, he thought walking into his room putting his gear away and heard the phone ring. "Must be Crawford," he muttered and picked up. "Hello?"
He was half right; it was Schuldich calling to inform the team that the plan was on for that night. He could tell that the telepath was kind of on edge; of course it was because of one of his teammates being put in the hospital. "How is Nagi?"
"Acute anemia," Schuldich bit off the words feeling like he was going kill the doctors at any minute.
Acute anemia, he thought remembering the night that Ken had been attacked, the doctors weren't sure that he was going to live through the night. Omi had forced himself through the crowd and Aya assumed that was when the change was made.
Walking up to Ken's bedroom door he knocked on it and heard the soft rat rustle of sheets, he opened the door and saw Omi sleeping on the bed looking pale and somewhat dead. "Omi?" he shook the boy, he knew that vampires even when they slept could hear him. "Come on, there is a mission tonight, I need your help."
He heard the soft moan coming from the sleeping vampire, he knew that Omi wasn't going to wake fully until around noon, and so far it was close to ten in the morning. He was about to go when he felt the soft touch of Omi's lips on his wrist and winced as he felt the fang dig in. He knew that very often Ken was the one feeding him his blood. The boy's soft sucking noises made him relax; he knew that he would never hurt him.
"Let me sleep, Aya-kun," Omi opened his eyes and looked up at him. "Please."
"I know you're tired, Omi, but we have to get Ken back, you're the only who can tell me what the vampires told you," Aya hoped at least that the boy knew something about the other vampire.
"Only that the vampires are looking for the Pure Blood. Locke kept suspecting it was Nagi, but Nagi's not a vampire. Then one of the priests said it might be either me or Ken-kun."
What if it is Omi? The leader of the Weiss didn't want to think about it like that. Omi was too innocent to be some kind of vampire god. "Go back to sleep Omi."
Omi smiled as he curled up in a ball and started to fall into his usual sleep pattern. Aya watched as he heard Omi's breathing become raspy and the suddenly the boy stopped breathing altogether. All vampires die in their sleep, was his thought as he shut the door leaving him to his rest.
**
Schuldich paced outside of Nagi's bedroom, he has to pull through, he thought. /Nagi, if you die on me I'll make sure Crawford never forgives himself,/ he mentally told the boy, though he didn't expect the boy to respond.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Crawford, there isn't a change in his condition. Can I call his parents?" a nurse asked Crawford who pushed up his glasses.
"He doesn't have any parents, I'm his guardian," Crawford whispered looking as though he wasn't really blaming himself for this.
Bastard, Schuldich thought to himself. You never take any responsibility when it is Nagi. He headed into Nagi's bedroom and sat down next to the boy's bed. /Always looking out for you, aren't I?/ Though he never liked to admit he cared about anything, he cared about Nagi, after all he was the baby of the group.
"Schuldich we're leaving," Crawford snapped as he walked into the room, he really didn't want to stay at the hospital any longer than he had to.
/I'll stay a little long, I brought my car remember?/ the tall German shook his head silently looking back at Nagi. /I want him to wake up./
"It won't work like that, Schuldich," the American assassin adjusted his glasses. "We need to give him time; he'll wake up when he's ready."
"Fuck you, Crawford. It's your fault that he's here to begin with. If you acted more like a father he would be fine," Schuldich couldn't stand it anymore, he hated seeing Nagi like this.
**
The drive home, Schuldich stopped in front of the very place Crawford had found Nagi, in fact out of irony it was right in front of the vampire club. He knew what had happened to Nagi, he hadn't run away totally from Schwarz; he was running to the spot that was familiar to him. He touched the ground and looked up, he knew this place from Nagi's memories, and he knew were the men would pick the boy up. Somehow old habits died hard for the members of Schwarz.
He heard a tingling noise and looked up, he saw the vampire who had kidnapped Siberian. He wanted to murder this vampire more than anything for hurting once of his own. Easy, he told himself softly, he moved to where he saw another set of vampires walking, to his surprise he saw Siberian walking with them. /Ken?/ he was about to walk up when he realized how stupid that would have been.
He saw Ken make the motion for him to leave, he nodded as he went farther into the shadows, and he didn't know really what was going on.
**
Ken's eyes were somewhat unfocused when he was being held, he had attempted to escape and had been caught. He saw Locke's face and he shook his head. "My sweet Ken, why would you run from your Master?"
"You're not my master! Omi is!" Ken said defiantly as he was led back into the club, it was already full of vampires.
"So sure, he wouldn't know how to teach you to be a vampire. He isn't even a proper one himself. Mage was so hoping to see him." Locke laughed as he patted Ken's cheek.
Using me as a lure, he thought hoping that Schuldich had picked it up, he had seen the telepath hiding when he was snatched, he had decided to run toward the assassin when he was caught. "Take him to his room!"
"No!" Ken was pulling away from the other vampire, his eyes wild.
"Someone is here, Locke-sama," a female vampire announced looking over at the alley. "One of those who took the boy vampire from us!"
He heard a car pull away and smiled, he didn't want the other vampires to see Schuldich, he didn't want them to know what the plan was. Though this led him back in his room again and more and more hungry than he felt before.