Chapter 5- A Spider's Web/The Tears of a Forgotten Soul
The window in Runi's apartment room opened, letting in both the hot, piercing sun and the clean fresh air. The house manager, an elderly woman, looks at Runi, quite worried. It was already 12:30 and he still hadn't woken up.
"Runi?" she asked softly, "Wake up, dear. Sleeping during the day isn't good for your health."
"Hm?" he mumbles, slightly opening his eyes and sitting up. Today, he felt much different than yesterday. He was sleepy, he just wanted to sleep.
"You're dressed? My, my, and I thought I used to party late." she giggles.
"What are you talki-"he glares, "HEY! Get your head out of the gutter, old lady!!"
"There was alot of yelling. I'm glad you at least calmed down after 12."
"MRS. MISAKI!! I'D NEVER-"
The old woman smiles, and giggles, "Nevermind," she sighs, "Are you getting up dear?"
"No, I don't feel well...I think I might stay in bed, today."
"Okay, I'll see you later, dear." She waves and walks out of the room. Once she had quietly shut the door, Runi layed back down, facing the wall. The truth was that he wanted sometime to think. At 12 o' clock AM tomorrow, he'd have zero days left to save himself. Right now, he had less that 24 hours for a solution. Will tomorrow bring him no sanity? It'd be over. He'd be too lost to think. No exceptions. No light. Beyond hope, beyond communication, Beyond death...
Pain. Pain snaps him back to reality. Though his soul was leaving him, it felt that something else was filling in the empty void. Something was replacing his soul.
"Gah!" he held his head, rocking and curling tight into himself. Seering, blinding pain. Then it was gone. Disappeared without a trace.
Ding-Dong!!
"Hey Ru! Are yah home?"
He rolls over and looks towards the door. It was Keon. Would he have time to waste talking to her? "Come on in, Keon."
She opens the door and happily enters the room. It looked as though she had stopped by on her lunch break from work.
"I wanted to take you to work with me," she said, "you know, to show you around."
"Why?"
"Because, you're gonna get a job there."
"Says who?"
"Woah! You've got an attitude buddy! I was only kidding!"
"Sorry, Keon..." Runi said as he sat up.
"Well, come on then." she says frantically, "Let's go!!"
Runi sighs, "I don't have time today."
"But, I want you to come!!" she pouts and Runi just sighs.
"I'm Sorr-"
"You're coming anyway! Whether you want to or not!" Keon grabs his hand and runs out of the apartment, pulling Runi along with her.
"KEON!!!"
******
The two walk into the extraordinary building that housed the greatest technical achievements since televison was invented, Kaiba Corp.
"You start on first floor and work your way up. It's a god system; it proves that if you work hard, you'll be 'on top'!" she laughs at her corny joke. runi doesn't. "Come, my tomodachi! You have got to cheer up!"
Runi looks at keon and smiles slightly. He can't think with her around. It was nearly every two seconds 'Runi this' or 'Runi that'. Today was his only chance to figure out something. The black book was held tightly in his hands. He wouldn't leave it anywhere. Not for one second.
Once they reached Keon's office(which was saying something since it was on the 52nd floor), Runi was walking around the room looking at all her photos. Lots of photos. How Runi wished he could have photos of his own. All of them in oak frames on a fireplace mantel. A dream. His parents were dead, and his only brother ran away. He'd be dead by now, since when he ran away, he had a very deadly and uncureable disease. Then there was Khepri, his second mother. She had died too.
Runi glances out of the window behind Keon's desk. It was huge, covering the entire wall. It was so big that there was no need for lights because the sun lit up the room entirely. The site out of the window could strike anyone with awe. Since Kaiba corp was on of the tallest buildings in Domino City, it was wonderful to see all of the busy streets and ever the factories added to the picture.
"Why don't you have a seat, Ru?"
"Uh, thanks." he walks over to a chair acrossed from the desk and sits, sinking into the chair, being how it was very comfortable. The sleepiness that Runi had forgotten had come back. Sleepiness and comfort never mix.
"Want some tea or something?"
"No I'm fine, thanks."
"Are sure about that?" Keon asked as she took a soda out of the small office frdge and sits back at her desk.
"Yeah."
"You know Ru, you've been looking very stressed out lately, is anything wrong."
"No."
"Are you sure, because if you're down, you can talk to the psychiatrist on the 20th floor. Or if you're not feeling well, there is a nurse down the hall."
"I'M FINE GOT THAT?? FINE! F-I-N-E!!! FINE!!" he yelled at her, his eyes turning crimson for a moment, but returning to green.
"Runi..."she sighs, no one likes to be screamed at like that, "I think I should take you home, you are under a bit of pressure, I see."
"DO YOU JOT UNDERSTAND ME??? I'M FINE!!" Runi shuts his mouth, he sounded like he had in that vison. A more Egyptian accent in his voice.
"Come on, pal. I'm taking you home. We'll walk. Maybe some fresh some fresh air is what you truely need."
Runi restrains himself from screaming that he was 'fine'. He nods and stands, heading for the door with keon. The fact was that he wasn't fine. He was shaking horribly and could think straight. A monter was growing inside his heart. Something terrible.
Once they reached the ground level, Keon signs out on coffee break then exits the glass doors in the front of the building, followed by a nearly sleep walking Runi.
"So," said said as they turned up main street, "Is there anything bugging you? And don't yell, okay!!??"
Runi sighs. He wasn't sure if he should tell her about The Book of Souls, or the golden soul sucking band around his neck. If he did, would she believe him? He highly doubted she would. But, I would have to be now. He'd have to tell her now.
He looks down. "Keon, I-" he looks up to see that she was gone. Gone??
"Runi!! HELP!!"-he hears her scream. The confused teen glances around and spots her being dragged into a very dark alley some how.
"Keon! What's going on??"
He runs to the entrance of the alley and looks down it, unable to see in the dismal dark. A voice that sounded slightly on the loose end wavers from it's hidden spot.
"Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly."
The window in Runi's apartment room opened, letting in both the hot, piercing sun and the clean fresh air. The house manager, an elderly woman, looks at Runi, quite worried. It was already 12:30 and he still hadn't woken up.
"Runi?" she asked softly, "Wake up, dear. Sleeping during the day isn't good for your health."
"Hm?" he mumbles, slightly opening his eyes and sitting up. Today, he felt much different than yesterday. He was sleepy, he just wanted to sleep.
"You're dressed? My, my, and I thought I used to party late." she giggles.
"What are you talki-"he glares, "HEY! Get your head out of the gutter, old lady!!"
"There was alot of yelling. I'm glad you at least calmed down after 12."
"MRS. MISAKI!! I'D NEVER-"
The old woman smiles, and giggles, "Nevermind," she sighs, "Are you getting up dear?"
"No, I don't feel well...I think I might stay in bed, today."
"Okay, I'll see you later, dear." She waves and walks out of the room. Once she had quietly shut the door, Runi layed back down, facing the wall. The truth was that he wanted sometime to think. At 12 o' clock AM tomorrow, he'd have zero days left to save himself. Right now, he had less that 24 hours for a solution. Will tomorrow bring him no sanity? It'd be over. He'd be too lost to think. No exceptions. No light. Beyond hope, beyond communication, Beyond death...
Pain. Pain snaps him back to reality. Though his soul was leaving him, it felt that something else was filling in the empty void. Something was replacing his soul.
"Gah!" he held his head, rocking and curling tight into himself. Seering, blinding pain. Then it was gone. Disappeared without a trace.
Ding-Dong!!
"Hey Ru! Are yah home?"
He rolls over and looks towards the door. It was Keon. Would he have time to waste talking to her? "Come on in, Keon."
She opens the door and happily enters the room. It looked as though she had stopped by on her lunch break from work.
"I wanted to take you to work with me," she said, "you know, to show you around."
"Why?"
"Because, you're gonna get a job there."
"Says who?"
"Woah! You've got an attitude buddy! I was only kidding!"
"Sorry, Keon..." Runi said as he sat up.
"Well, come on then." she says frantically, "Let's go!!"
Runi sighs, "I don't have time today."
"But, I want you to come!!" she pouts and Runi just sighs.
"I'm Sorr-"
"You're coming anyway! Whether you want to or not!" Keon grabs his hand and runs out of the apartment, pulling Runi along with her.
"KEON!!!"
******
The two walk into the extraordinary building that housed the greatest technical achievements since televison was invented, Kaiba Corp.
"You start on first floor and work your way up. It's a god system; it proves that if you work hard, you'll be 'on top'!" she laughs at her corny joke. runi doesn't. "Come, my tomodachi! You have got to cheer up!"
Runi looks at keon and smiles slightly. He can't think with her around. It was nearly every two seconds 'Runi this' or 'Runi that'. Today was his only chance to figure out something. The black book was held tightly in his hands. He wouldn't leave it anywhere. Not for one second.
Once they reached Keon's office(which was saying something since it was on the 52nd floor), Runi was walking around the room looking at all her photos. Lots of photos. How Runi wished he could have photos of his own. All of them in oak frames on a fireplace mantel. A dream. His parents were dead, and his only brother ran away. He'd be dead by now, since when he ran away, he had a very deadly and uncureable disease. Then there was Khepri, his second mother. She had died too.
Runi glances out of the window behind Keon's desk. It was huge, covering the entire wall. It was so big that there was no need for lights because the sun lit up the room entirely. The site out of the window could strike anyone with awe. Since Kaiba corp was on of the tallest buildings in Domino City, it was wonderful to see all of the busy streets and ever the factories added to the picture.
"Why don't you have a seat, Ru?"
"Uh, thanks." he walks over to a chair acrossed from the desk and sits, sinking into the chair, being how it was very comfortable. The sleepiness that Runi had forgotten had come back. Sleepiness and comfort never mix.
"Want some tea or something?"
"No I'm fine, thanks."
"Are sure about that?" Keon asked as she took a soda out of the small office frdge and sits back at her desk.
"Yeah."
"You know Ru, you've been looking very stressed out lately, is anything wrong."
"No."
"Are you sure, because if you're down, you can talk to the psychiatrist on the 20th floor. Or if you're not feeling well, there is a nurse down the hall."
"I'M FINE GOT THAT?? FINE! F-I-N-E!!! FINE!!" he yelled at her, his eyes turning crimson for a moment, but returning to green.
"Runi..."she sighs, no one likes to be screamed at like that, "I think I should take you home, you are under a bit of pressure, I see."
"DO YOU JOT UNDERSTAND ME??? I'M FINE!!" Runi shuts his mouth, he sounded like he had in that vison. A more Egyptian accent in his voice.
"Come on, pal. I'm taking you home. We'll walk. Maybe some fresh some fresh air is what you truely need."
Runi restrains himself from screaming that he was 'fine'. He nods and stands, heading for the door with keon. The fact was that he wasn't fine. He was shaking horribly and could think straight. A monter was growing inside his heart. Something terrible.
Once they reached the ground level, Keon signs out on coffee break then exits the glass doors in the front of the building, followed by a nearly sleep walking Runi.
"So," said said as they turned up main street, "Is there anything bugging you? And don't yell, okay!!??"
Runi sighs. He wasn't sure if he should tell her about The Book of Souls, or the golden soul sucking band around his neck. If he did, would she believe him? He highly doubted she would. But, I would have to be now. He'd have to tell her now.
He looks down. "Keon, I-" he looks up to see that she was gone. Gone??
"Runi!! HELP!!"-he hears her scream. The confused teen glances around and spots her being dragged into a very dark alley some how.
"Keon! What's going on??"
He runs to the entrance of the alley and looks down it, unable to see in the dismal dark. A voice that sounded slightly on the loose end wavers from it's hidden spot.
"Come into my parlor said the spider to the fly."