Chapter 8
(Sukie's POV)
About a month later, I sleepily walked down the stairs to find Rufus sitting on the couch, watching some strange cartoon show, and a note pinned to his shoulder. He had become our unofficial bulletin board.
"Rufus, what are you watching, and who's the note for?" I asked him.
"One, I have no idea what this show is, and two, the note is for you." He replied, never taking his eyes off the screen. I rolled my eyes as I unpinned the note. I got madder and madder as I read the note.
"Dear Sukie,
Trowa and I have gone on a vacation to the Swiss Alps. We'll be back in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to feed Rufus, and make sure he doesn't watch the Powerpuff Girls, and don't let him have any chocolate. Ciao!
Yours truly,
Erishi
P.S. I used all of your money out of your bank account to pay for the trip. No need to thank me. Just be glad I didn't get into your Swiss account."
By the time I got done with the note, I was seething with anger.
"How could she!" I spluttered. Rufus looked at the clock, and then looked at me.
"It's about time for my supper. Erishi always fixes me Spaghettio's or something like that for supper." He said. I looked at him suspiciously.
"Did you know about this little trip beforehand?" I asked in a low voice. Rufus meekly nodded. "So you know exactly where she is?" He nodded again. "Good. Go pack a suitcase full of warm clothes, and be ready to leave in a half an hour." I said, and he scrambled up the stairs. With note in hand, I went looking for Quatre. When I finally found him in the kitchen, I sat down at the table with him.
"Hey babe. What's up?" he asked. I thrust the note into his face.
"This is what's up." I said through clenched teeth. He read through it, and then let a low whistle out through his teeth.
"Wow." He said. "Knowing you, we're probably going to find her?" he asked. I nodded tersely.
"I told Rufus to be ready to leave in a half an hour, so we'd better go pack." I said, and he nodded in agreement. I headed upstairs, with Quatre right on my heels
Chapter 9
(Erishi's POV)
"Milliardo! I thought you were dead!" I said, as I walked up to a platinum blonde haired guy at the ski lodge. He looked around nervously.
"Shhh! So does Noin!" He said. I grinned and sat down. Trowa sat down next to me, as Milliardo sat across from us.
"Where have you been if you haven't been dead?" I asked.
"Hiding from Noin, what do you think?" Milliardo replied. I thought for a minute.
"Hey, Milliardo…How long did it take them to find Noin in the dump?" I asked innocently.
"Three days, why?" he replied, looked at me for a minute, then realization dawned on him.
"Ah ah ah Milliardo. We don't need anything to be said now, do we?" I said good-naturedly. I heard people walking up behind us, so I turned around to see who it was. Of all the people, it was Sukie. "Why Sukie! What are you doing here?" I asked, feigning innocence. I could tell she was quite ticked off about my little note.
(Sukie's POV)
"You know exactly why I'm here!" I growled. "All of my money?! Why couldn't you have used your own bank account? I mean, do you know how long it took me to hack all of that money out of OZ's bank account?" I asked, and then looked around, finally seeing Milliardo sitting there. "Oops. You didn't hear that Milliardo."
"Yeah I did. But why do I care? I did it too." He replied.
"I didn't use my own account because why spend my money, when I can hack into my partner's bank account and spend all of her money instead?" Erishi replied. "And Sukie? Using 'Quatre' as your account password was quite easy to figure out. I mean, come on. You gotta be more creative!" she taunted. I growled softly again.
"I need to use the restroom." I said and stalked off towards the outhouses. As I walked outside, and headed in the direction of the outhouses, something grabbed me from behind a bush. It pulled me down, put a gag over my mouth, and then tied my hands and feet together. No matter how much I struggled, I couldn't break free. Panic started to seize me as I struggled harder. Something hit me in the head, and everything went dark.
Chapter 10
(Quatre's POV)
After about ten minutes and Sukie still wasn't back, I started to get worried.
"I think we should go look for her." I told everyone there. They all nodded. I was the first out of the door. We looked high and low for an hour, but no sign of Sukie anywhere. I sank down into a chair with my head in my hands. Erishi came up and laid her hand on my shoulder.
"We'll find her somehow. Or she'll find her way back to us. You know Sukie. She's so independent." She said. "And stubborn." She added as an afterthought. I nodded.
"I know, but I wish I just had some kind of clue." I replied. Erishi looked like she was about to say something, but got interrupted by Trowa.
"Quatre! You might wanna come look at this!" he called. I went running over, and bent to look at what he was looking at. "Aren't those the imprints of Sukie's boots?" he asked. I nodded and followed their line, and then I noticed that they suddenly swerved off into a clump of bushes.
"It looks like she was grabbed and dragged into those bushes." I said and got up and ran over to the bushes. I looked behind them, and there had definitely been someone back there. Then I noticed a small area of snow had turned crimson from blood. "Whoever took and hurt her is going to pay." I said. I looked over at the group. "Somebody go call Heero, Duo, and Wufei and tell them to get their asses over here pronto." I growled.
"Rufus already went to do it," replied Erishi quietly. Rufus had just followed us around the whole time, not saying a word. I nodded, stood up, and stalked back towards the lodge.