Rather Live Another Rainy Day
Chapter Nine: Cloud the way
Rei grabbed Crystal by the hair, the sudden yank throwing her off balance and catching her so much by surprise that she loosened her grip. Rei took advantage of this and threw her off of Lolli, into a corner where she smashed into a table and the lamp fell on her head and she was rendered unconscience.
"Oh god Rei." Lolli said, sobbing.
Rei swooped down and gathered Lolli in his arms. "It's alright Lolli. Shh, don't cry my baby, don't cry. I'm right here, I won't let anything happen to you." Rei rocked Lolli back and forth. "Nothing at all Lolli."
Lolli smiled and leaned into Rei's embrace. "I was so afraid Rei, I thought she was going to kill me or something. It was so scarey, especially when I thought that she might hurt you next. Rei? Why do people have to be like that? Why can't they just leave us alone?"
"I don't know Lolli." Rei said softly. "I don't know."
Lolli felt tears run down her face and buried her head deeper into Rei. "I don't like it when people do this to us Rei. It scares me so much."
Rei nodded and comfortingly stroked Lolli's hair. "It's alright, we're all okay. She can't get us now."
"That's what you think." Crystal's voice interupted their little moment and Rei felt a hollow metal tube being pressed against his head and Rei knew that it was a gun. "Get up Rei! I think it's time you and me got better acquainted."
Rei looked quiltly at Lolli and then stood up slowly, not wanting to startle Crystal into firing. He blew Lolli a kiss and then walked towards the door, Crystal following him. Lolli wouldn't have this though.
"Get back here with my boyfriend!" Lolli exclaimed, jumping up and moving to follow Crystal.
Crystal pressed the gun against Rei's head with more authority. "Get back there Lolli, otherwise you won't have a boyfriend."
Lolli swallowed and then smirked. "You wouldn't do that to Rei. After you, you wouldn't kill someone that you love so much. It would be torture for you."
Crystal shrugged. "We can be together in the after life if that's the way you want it. I will get him Lolli, I'm not picky if it's in real life or in death." Crystal smiled. "The question is, are you?" Lolli sighed and dropped to the floor, unable to risk Rei being hurt. She just couldn't do it. Crystal smiled. "Now there's a good girl. Just sit there until we leave or I will kill him Lolli." Crystal pushed Rei out the door and closed it.
Lolli waited a minute and then ran to the door and leaned against it, beating on it with her fists. Why? Why? Why? Why damnit! Lolli could feel cold tears fall down her face and this time she had no one to comfort her and tell her that it was all going to be right.
And this time, she knew that it wouldn't be.
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Tala could see the police cars before he even got to his apartment building and he felt his heart speed up about three times faster than usual. Tala parked his car far away and began to walk towards the building. Some of the police officers saw him and went to block his way.
"I'm sorry sir but no one's allowed past this point." One of them said, effectively blocking him from moving forward.
"What's going on officer?" Tala asked, staring them down.
"I'm sorry but we're not allowed to tell you anything."
"Does it have anything to do with the Hiwataris?" Tala asked quickly. "I'm April's boyfriend and close friend of theirs. So tell me, does it have anything to do with them." Tala opened his wallet to them, showing him not only a picture of him and April together but also the badge that indicated that he was a bodyguard.
They parted and began to escort him to the apartment building. "April's being held at gunpoint right now, nothing we can do about it right now except sit here and listen to the guy's demands. So far, he wants a free ticket out of here and a couple million dollars. Kai says no way."
Tala smirked. "He wants us to blows the guy's head off. Right?"
The police officer nodded. "Definitely. He says that it's stupid to just sit here while his sister is in danger. Thankfully his girlfriend talked some sense into him."
Tala nodded and then walked up to a police car where Kai was standing. "Kai."
Kai turned and saw Tala and sighed in an emotion that Tala couldn't identify. He nodded to the officer, who left and then turned back to the car. "April's up there with that guy you took the gun shot for. Julian something or another. Don't remember much about him but the fact that I should have put him in jail for endangering the people in my building but didn't. Wish I had now. Anyways, he wants three million dollars and a get away car. Says he'll take April as far as he thinks he needs to and then he'll drop her off and she can phone to be picked up." Kai shook his head. "But there is no way in the seven fucking seas that I'm going to let him take her anywhere."
Tala nodded, he understood completely. He wasn't going to let April leave either, not with someone that was crazy enough to hold a gun to her forehead. "So then what are we going to do?"
Kai shrugged. "No idea. That's why I'm glad you're here. Maybe you can think of some way to get her out of there."
Tala sighed and stretched, looking up at the apartment window that he knew was his own. "Does he have any children? A wife? Fiancée? Girlfriend? Boyfriend? I don't know."
Kai shook his head. "Already checked, he lives alone, never married, no kids that we know of, though there may be a few bastards out there." Kai ran his hand through his hair. "There's nothing that we can use against this guy. He's got it all planned out. The only thing he has that he is even remotely close to is his dog and I think he'd be able to buy another one with three million dollars."
Tala nodded. "Definitely." Tala looked around. "Where's Shanna?"
Kai shrugged. "Said she was going to go get coffee."
"And you believed her?" Tala asked, noticing that the two guards that Tala figured would have been posted at the front door were gone. "Damnit Kai, she went in there."
Kai's eyes widened. "What do you mean she went in there?"
Tala growled. "Are you that dense?"
Kai took no heed of Tala and merely ran right up to the building and ran inside. Tala rolled his eyes and could do nothing but run after him, knowing that this could be the stupidest thing that he had ever done.
Especially when it came to his girlfriend's safety.
{A/N: Short chapter today...sorry but eh, I didn't want to ruin my beautiful cliff hangers by writing more. ^_^ see ya next chapter *Waves*}
Chapter Nine: Cloud the way
Rei grabbed Crystal by the hair, the sudden yank throwing her off balance and catching her so much by surprise that she loosened her grip. Rei took advantage of this and threw her off of Lolli, into a corner where she smashed into a table and the lamp fell on her head and she was rendered unconscience.
"Oh god Rei." Lolli said, sobbing.
Rei swooped down and gathered Lolli in his arms. "It's alright Lolli. Shh, don't cry my baby, don't cry. I'm right here, I won't let anything happen to you." Rei rocked Lolli back and forth. "Nothing at all Lolli."
Lolli smiled and leaned into Rei's embrace. "I was so afraid Rei, I thought she was going to kill me or something. It was so scarey, especially when I thought that she might hurt you next. Rei? Why do people have to be like that? Why can't they just leave us alone?"
"I don't know Lolli." Rei said softly. "I don't know."
Lolli felt tears run down her face and buried her head deeper into Rei. "I don't like it when people do this to us Rei. It scares me so much."
Rei nodded and comfortingly stroked Lolli's hair. "It's alright, we're all okay. She can't get us now."
"That's what you think." Crystal's voice interupted their little moment and Rei felt a hollow metal tube being pressed against his head and Rei knew that it was a gun. "Get up Rei! I think it's time you and me got better acquainted."
Rei looked quiltly at Lolli and then stood up slowly, not wanting to startle Crystal into firing. He blew Lolli a kiss and then walked towards the door, Crystal following him. Lolli wouldn't have this though.
"Get back here with my boyfriend!" Lolli exclaimed, jumping up and moving to follow Crystal.
Crystal pressed the gun against Rei's head with more authority. "Get back there Lolli, otherwise you won't have a boyfriend."
Lolli swallowed and then smirked. "You wouldn't do that to Rei. After you, you wouldn't kill someone that you love so much. It would be torture for you."
Crystal shrugged. "We can be together in the after life if that's the way you want it. I will get him Lolli, I'm not picky if it's in real life or in death." Crystal smiled. "The question is, are you?" Lolli sighed and dropped to the floor, unable to risk Rei being hurt. She just couldn't do it. Crystal smiled. "Now there's a good girl. Just sit there until we leave or I will kill him Lolli." Crystal pushed Rei out the door and closed it.
Lolli waited a minute and then ran to the door and leaned against it, beating on it with her fists. Why? Why? Why? Why damnit! Lolli could feel cold tears fall down her face and this time she had no one to comfort her and tell her that it was all going to be right.
And this time, she knew that it wouldn't be.
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Tala could see the police cars before he even got to his apartment building and he felt his heart speed up about three times faster than usual. Tala parked his car far away and began to walk towards the building. Some of the police officers saw him and went to block his way.
"I'm sorry sir but no one's allowed past this point." One of them said, effectively blocking him from moving forward.
"What's going on officer?" Tala asked, staring them down.
"I'm sorry but we're not allowed to tell you anything."
"Does it have anything to do with the Hiwataris?" Tala asked quickly. "I'm April's boyfriend and close friend of theirs. So tell me, does it have anything to do with them." Tala opened his wallet to them, showing him not only a picture of him and April together but also the badge that indicated that he was a bodyguard.
They parted and began to escort him to the apartment building. "April's being held at gunpoint right now, nothing we can do about it right now except sit here and listen to the guy's demands. So far, he wants a free ticket out of here and a couple million dollars. Kai says no way."
Tala smirked. "He wants us to blows the guy's head off. Right?"
The police officer nodded. "Definitely. He says that it's stupid to just sit here while his sister is in danger. Thankfully his girlfriend talked some sense into him."
Tala nodded and then walked up to a police car where Kai was standing. "Kai."
Kai turned and saw Tala and sighed in an emotion that Tala couldn't identify. He nodded to the officer, who left and then turned back to the car. "April's up there with that guy you took the gun shot for. Julian something or another. Don't remember much about him but the fact that I should have put him in jail for endangering the people in my building but didn't. Wish I had now. Anyways, he wants three million dollars and a get away car. Says he'll take April as far as he thinks he needs to and then he'll drop her off and she can phone to be picked up." Kai shook his head. "But there is no way in the seven fucking seas that I'm going to let him take her anywhere."
Tala nodded, he understood completely. He wasn't going to let April leave either, not with someone that was crazy enough to hold a gun to her forehead. "So then what are we going to do?"
Kai shrugged. "No idea. That's why I'm glad you're here. Maybe you can think of some way to get her out of there."
Tala sighed and stretched, looking up at the apartment window that he knew was his own. "Does he have any children? A wife? Fiancée? Girlfriend? Boyfriend? I don't know."
Kai shook his head. "Already checked, he lives alone, never married, no kids that we know of, though there may be a few bastards out there." Kai ran his hand through his hair. "There's nothing that we can use against this guy. He's got it all planned out. The only thing he has that he is even remotely close to is his dog and I think he'd be able to buy another one with three million dollars."
Tala nodded. "Definitely." Tala looked around. "Where's Shanna?"
Kai shrugged. "Said she was going to go get coffee."
"And you believed her?" Tala asked, noticing that the two guards that Tala figured would have been posted at the front door were gone. "Damnit Kai, she went in there."
Kai's eyes widened. "What do you mean she went in there?"
Tala growled. "Are you that dense?"
Kai took no heed of Tala and merely ran right up to the building and ran inside. Tala rolled his eyes and could do nothing but run after him, knowing that this could be the stupidest thing that he had ever done.
Especially when it came to his girlfriend's safety.
{A/N: Short chapter today...sorry but eh, I didn't want to ruin my beautiful cliff hangers by writing more. ^_^ see ya next chapter *Waves*}