Kaname took a deep breath. Why was she comparing herself to Yatori? Sosuke
saved /her/ not Yatori. Kaname hid behind the moon bounce and sat down.
Tears welled up out of her eyes and onto the floor.
She was helpless when Sosuke was injured. Tessa and Yatori both healed him and Yatori shot down the evil guys. /I just smack him with my halisen./ Thought Kaname sadly.
Though the thought of the masked men brought questions into her mind. Peeking out from behind the moon bounce she saw no cadavers. Where had the bodies gone? Who move them? Is that where Tessa had gone?
Tessa. Teletha Testerossa. Another thin, petite girl with perfect hair, nails, and body.
Kaname went into the girls' bathroom. She looked at herself in the full mirror next to the sink.
She was rather tall, shapely, and big. Big butt, big chest...big. Boys don't like big girls. They like tiny petite girls with thin bodies.
Kaname was not one of those girls.
"KANAME??" She heard a female voice cry. Tessa.
"Tessa! Where are you?" The voice had come seemingly from inside the mirror.
"I'm in here! Use the waehtwehagtskljdgh."
"WHAT???"
"Use the connection we share. The Whispered."
"TESSA!!!" Kaname pounded the mirror.
/I take it back. I really do. Anything I said about her. Just make her come back./
The connection we share. The Whispered.
Kaname placed her forehead on the mirror and thought hard.
"Come on. Come on. Symbols you always come when I don't want you to. Come on."
Then, suddenly, they came.
A rush of wind blew Kaname's sky-colored hair behind her. With embarrassment, she noticed, like always, her clothes did not survive the transition.
Kaname dropped to her knees, focusing on Tessa.
Tessa pretty, Tessa angry, Tessa happy, Tessa surprised, Tessa hopeful, Tessa praying, Tessa working, Tessa laughing, Tessa crying, Tessa brave, Tessa romantic, Tessa, just Tessa.
An echo reverberated through Kaname's mind.
Teletha.
I have her.
Kaname focused harder, willing herself to be by Tessa. When she opened her eyes, she was standing, minus clothing, next to a bound and gagged Tessa.
Kaname removed a hairpin from her mass of hair and shoved it into the lock around Tessa's chains.
"I have no clue how to do this." She muttered, angrily. Then, Kaname heard a click. The lock sprang open and the chains fell from Tessa's arms. Kaname untied the gag and Tessa winced.
Angry red welts covered her cheeks.
"Oh, Tessa." Kaname murmured.
"It was a whip." Tessa sniffled.
"Who did this to you?" Kaname cried, her voice rising.
"Shhh. It's a long story. Let's get out of here."
"First, I have to know where "where" is."
"We are in the basement. The way out is over here." Tessa scrambled up, then she fell, with a cry.
"My legs!"
"Shhh!!!" Kaname stumbled over to Tessa and massaged her legs, her fingers giving life back to the cramped muscles. Tessa tried to stand again and failed.
So, Kaname swept her up into her arms. She was a lot heavier than Kaname thought.
"The way out is over there!" Whispered Tessa pointing a slender finger at a stairway.
Slowly, Kaname climbed, Tessa seeming to grow heavier as they got farther up. Then, they reached the top and climbed out...
CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaname winced as the sound echoed. "What was that?"
"A mirror."
The mirror in the girls bathroom! "Why was the basement there? I never heard of it." Kaname wondered to the air.
To her surprise, Tessa answered, "When I was looking at the blueprints Mithril got me, I realized there was this hidden basement. It was originally used as a storage area until the Health and Sanitation Department reviewed it as being unsanitary."
"Oh."
Kaname carried Tessa behind the moon bounce where Tessa began to share her story.
"The masked men were not dead and as I dragged their bodies away, they jumped up and grabbed me. They took me to the basement where they tried to get me to tell them were you were. I didn't talk. Then someone entered. They had a whip and began beating me but I wouldn't tell them. I tore a portion off of their shirt." Tessa held out the green strip of cloth. It was a deep forest green with light blue strands running through it. Somehow the hue and texture of the material looked and felt familiar to Kaname. "They were going to get some torture device when I heard you call."
"I thought Yatori killed them."
"I guess not. Maybe she missed, or they dodged and pretended to get hit."
"Let's go see Yatori and tell her what happened."
"I'm gonna stay here."
"But-" "It's okay, Kaname. If someone comes, you will know."
"At least take this, Tessa." Kaname pulled out a handgun she had found by Sosuke's clothes.
"Ok."
Kaname tucked the strip of cloth into her sleeves and opened the storage room door. Yatori jerked up and she was blushing. Kaname cocked her head in silent question of the redness.
"What took you so long?" Yatori asked, changing the subject, "Shut the door."
Kaname turned and shut it. When, she turned, a flash of color caught her eye.
Yatori's sweater.
It was green with light blue strands.
It also had a hole in the sleeve.
She was helpless when Sosuke was injured. Tessa and Yatori both healed him and Yatori shot down the evil guys. /I just smack him with my halisen./ Thought Kaname sadly.
Though the thought of the masked men brought questions into her mind. Peeking out from behind the moon bounce she saw no cadavers. Where had the bodies gone? Who move them? Is that where Tessa had gone?
Tessa. Teletha Testerossa. Another thin, petite girl with perfect hair, nails, and body.
Kaname went into the girls' bathroom. She looked at herself in the full mirror next to the sink.
She was rather tall, shapely, and big. Big butt, big chest...big. Boys don't like big girls. They like tiny petite girls with thin bodies.
Kaname was not one of those girls.
"KANAME??" She heard a female voice cry. Tessa.
"Tessa! Where are you?" The voice had come seemingly from inside the mirror.
"I'm in here! Use the waehtwehagtskljdgh."
"WHAT???"
"Use the connection we share. The Whispered."
"TESSA!!!" Kaname pounded the mirror.
/I take it back. I really do. Anything I said about her. Just make her come back./
The connection we share. The Whispered.
Kaname placed her forehead on the mirror and thought hard.
"Come on. Come on. Symbols you always come when I don't want you to. Come on."
Then, suddenly, they came.
A rush of wind blew Kaname's sky-colored hair behind her. With embarrassment, she noticed, like always, her clothes did not survive the transition.
Kaname dropped to her knees, focusing on Tessa.
Tessa pretty, Tessa angry, Tessa happy, Tessa surprised, Tessa hopeful, Tessa praying, Tessa working, Tessa laughing, Tessa crying, Tessa brave, Tessa romantic, Tessa, just Tessa.
An echo reverberated through Kaname's mind.
Teletha.
I have her.
Kaname focused harder, willing herself to be by Tessa. When she opened her eyes, she was standing, minus clothing, next to a bound and gagged Tessa.
Kaname removed a hairpin from her mass of hair and shoved it into the lock around Tessa's chains.
"I have no clue how to do this." She muttered, angrily. Then, Kaname heard a click. The lock sprang open and the chains fell from Tessa's arms. Kaname untied the gag and Tessa winced.
Angry red welts covered her cheeks.
"Oh, Tessa." Kaname murmured.
"It was a whip." Tessa sniffled.
"Who did this to you?" Kaname cried, her voice rising.
"Shhh. It's a long story. Let's get out of here."
"First, I have to know where "where" is."
"We are in the basement. The way out is over here." Tessa scrambled up, then she fell, with a cry.
"My legs!"
"Shhh!!!" Kaname stumbled over to Tessa and massaged her legs, her fingers giving life back to the cramped muscles. Tessa tried to stand again and failed.
So, Kaname swept her up into her arms. She was a lot heavier than Kaname thought.
"The way out is over there!" Whispered Tessa pointing a slender finger at a stairway.
Slowly, Kaname climbed, Tessa seeming to grow heavier as they got farther up. Then, they reached the top and climbed out...
CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kaname winced as the sound echoed. "What was that?"
"A mirror."
The mirror in the girls bathroom! "Why was the basement there? I never heard of it." Kaname wondered to the air.
To her surprise, Tessa answered, "When I was looking at the blueprints Mithril got me, I realized there was this hidden basement. It was originally used as a storage area until the Health and Sanitation Department reviewed it as being unsanitary."
"Oh."
Kaname carried Tessa behind the moon bounce where Tessa began to share her story.
"The masked men were not dead and as I dragged their bodies away, they jumped up and grabbed me. They took me to the basement where they tried to get me to tell them were you were. I didn't talk. Then someone entered. They had a whip and began beating me but I wouldn't tell them. I tore a portion off of their shirt." Tessa held out the green strip of cloth. It was a deep forest green with light blue strands running through it. Somehow the hue and texture of the material looked and felt familiar to Kaname. "They were going to get some torture device when I heard you call."
"I thought Yatori killed them."
"I guess not. Maybe she missed, or they dodged and pretended to get hit."
"Let's go see Yatori and tell her what happened."
"I'm gonna stay here."
"But-" "It's okay, Kaname. If someone comes, you will know."
"At least take this, Tessa." Kaname pulled out a handgun she had found by Sosuke's clothes.
"Ok."
Kaname tucked the strip of cloth into her sleeves and opened the storage room door. Yatori jerked up and she was blushing. Kaname cocked her head in silent question of the redness.
"What took you so long?" Yatori asked, changing the subject, "Shut the door."
Kaname turned and shut it. When, she turned, a flash of color caught her eye.
Yatori's sweater.
It was green with light blue strands.
It also had a hole in the sleeve.