Authors notes: This is a short chapter, sorry, but I wanted to end chapter two where I did. By the way, I changed the options so that anonymous reviews can be accepted, thanks for pointing that out! :)

Chapter Two: Shaken

24.01.2004 Saturday 01.20 Germany, Tobita Club residence

"Nobody can find Takeshi anywhere!" Kouya exclaimed and flopped into the chair beside the desk, "It's like he's vanished!" Kuroudo looked at Kouya levelly,

"He cant vanish."

"I still don't understand why we're bothering!" Kyousuke complained, "I'm tired so if you'll excuse me I'll get some sleep... at least one of us will..."

"Kyousuke. . . Why would Takeshi still not be back at his hotel by 1.30 in the morning if something hadn't happened to him?" Kouya rested his head against his hand and closed his eyes.

"I dunno..." Kuroudo stood up, a sudden idea coming to him.

"Where are you going!?" Kyousuke protested

"I think I know where he might have gone..."



24.01.2004 Saturday 01.49 Germany, GFA Headquarters

Strange thoughts were flying through Takeshi's head, nothing seemed to sit straight, the five glasses in front of him multiplied and he fell forward a hazy cloud across his vision. A hand grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him up, too dizzy to note who or even remember Takeshi collapsed against them and felt himself pulled along.

"TAKESHI!" a voice yelled at him and he tried to pull himself out of his dazed thoughts. It was Gina. Why was he here?

Gina smirked, Takeshi was totally out of it, he didn't know where he was or who she was, making things a much simpler matter. It was quite amusing seeing him so vulnerable and helpless, in fact he was dependant on her now in regards of his safety. Struggling to make him stand up she pulled out her phone and dialed a number she had long ago remembered off by heart, the person on the other line answering almost immediately.

"Kuaso?" she inquired, he replied affirmatively, "I need you for a small favor."

Takeshi struggled, someone was holding him up but all he wanted to do was sleep. Everything was still swimming around him in a dizzy blur and he let his head fall back trying to get away from it all. What happened? Why was he like this? Was he sick? Two voices conversed above him, neither registering with him.

"Takeshi..." someone shook him lightly and he moaned slightly leaning more heavily against the person holding him

"Kuaso is taking you back to the hotel Takeshi." He felt himself lifted away into a stronger grasp, a door opened then shut and a rush of cold air hit his skin. Outside... Who was this? Where was this?

Time passed and Takeshi lost track of all direction and feeling until he was roughly shoved against a wall. Someone yelled not too far away and the sound of a person falling to the fall dimly filtered into his mind. He was grasped by the back of his jacket and pushed forwards – it was someone different now...



24.01.2004 Saturday 02.07 Germany, Unknown Location

She studied him with a lingering gaze, he was very nice in a younger sort of way. Sixteen. She raised an eyebrow, he was above the age for legal consent, this amused her, he didn't look old enough, truthfully he wasn't much more than a child. An arrogant child nonetheless. Planning was everything, Takeshi Manganji would never have consented to her otherwise. Yes, she would break him, make him a shadow of his former self, feel the pain that would otherwise never come to him. Pain she had once felt.

Takeshi was awake, in a technical sense, he just was too drugged to know what was happening. But he would remember eventually. Yes, she would make sure of that.



Authors notes: Evil! Is it Gina, or isn't it... *laughs* the mystery deepens . . .