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"Let her go Leon!" growled Kai; he couldn't let Leon hurt her.
Leon hadn't changed since Kai saw him last, his black and red hair was still spiky at the top, and braided at the back. His black trousers were still tight and covered with pockets, his boots still covering the lower end of his trousers. His dark green shirt still looked like it belonged to a swashbuckler in a pirate movie. Some things may never change, thought Kai. Then Kai noticed the gold ring through the side of Leon's nose. What was that about? He didn't have time to think.
"Then come with me Kai, or do I have to hurt someone?"
Kai's hackles rose, "don't threaten me! Now let her go!"
"Tsk tsk, I don't think you should be giving orders here," he emphasised his point by pressing the edge of his knife against Hilary's strained throat. A small trail of blood made its way down her skin, and her eyes widened. Small choking sounds were all she could make. "Now come with me, and she will be fine."
Kai frowned, "this isn't the way you work, you don't need her Leon. Now let her go and deal with me."
Leon grinned, and it was like looking at the face of a cat as it was about to pounce on you as the rat. He drew the knife gently across Hilary's neck, snagging the skin and causing more blood to drip from beneath its edge. She trembled beneath his hold and her eyes started to roll back into her skull, she was close to fainting.
Leon finished and flicked the knife back to be hidden somewhere in his sleeve. He pushed Hilary forward and Kai caught her before she hit the floor. Kai turned her over to see she had fainted. He ripped the bottom of his trousers and held it to the bleeding line on her neck. He laid her gently on the floor.
He turned to the others still standing and watching behind her, "help her!" they snapped out of it and Tyson was the first to reach the limp form. He whispered into her ear as he held the ripped cloth to her neck. Kai frowned; something seemed to click in his mind. Before it could be clear, Leon's impatient noise made him concentrate on the present.
"Now we are even" said Kai.
Leon's grin widened, he held up a small black device.
"No Kai, I have the upper hand."
Before Kai could ask, pain ripped through him again. He felt like he was being torn apart, he couldn't even scream, the pain stopped him breathing, stopped his throat working. His head felt like it was being split in two. He opened his eyes to see Ray run towards him, only to have a knife hilt blossom in his shoulder. Ray fell to the ground, a surprised look on his face. Kai tried to crawl towards him, his brain only just registering the fact he was now on his knees.
Leon walked over to Kai and pulled at his hair. He looked into Kai's eyes.
"Do you want it to stop?" Leon asked, then without waiting for an answer, "of course you do."
The pain abruptly stopped, only Kai couldn't move. However hard he tried, he just couldn't move from the position he was in. he could hear everything around him, Ray's cries of pain, Max trying to calm him down, Kenny crying out about the whole thing, and Tyson trying to wake up Hilary.
Then he found his mouth could still work. "Leave them alone!"
"I wish I could Kai, but they are just so useful. And fun."
Kai tried to get up, he just wanted to wrap his hands around Leon's neck and squeeze. It wasn't working, he couldn't move.
"You can have me! Just leave them alone." his voice trailed off. He knew what he was getting himself into, and so did his friends, they went quiet when he had finished saying that.
"I know, you didn't have a choice to begin with. Now stand up, you're in my control now."
To Kai's horror he obeyed, what was going on here? His body got up without Kai telling it to, he didn't want to!
"What have you done to me?!" he asked.
"Just a little experiment in the dart, nothing to worry about." Kai watched as Leon looked at his friends, "I should destroy each one of them, shouldn't I?"
"Touch them and you pay!" said Kai harshly, even if he couldn't move, he was still angry.
Now Leon's temper rose. You think you can order me around? I should destroy them as revenge for taking Tori away from me!"
"That wasn't my fault, and she was never yours, she was mine!"
Leon backhanded Kai's face before any one could even blink. "How dare you! You took her from me and you will suffer!" he calmed down, "now fetch my knife and we can go."
Kai began to walk towards where Ray was leaning on Max, both on the ground. He knelt in front of Ray.
"I'm sorry Ray, this will hurt, but it will be better out" was all he could offer his injured friend. Ray nodded, tears falling down his face as Kai grasped the hilt. With one tug, Kai pulled the knife free. Ray convulsed and cried out. Tears formed in Kai's own eyes. Why was Leon so twisted?
"Now give me the knife Kai" said Leon from the sidelines, enjoying the whole scene. Control was his.
Kai found himself walking towards Leon, bloody knife in hand. He stopped in front of Leon and held out the knife, hilt facing Leon. He took the knife and inspected it carefully. The gilded hilt sparkled in the day light, the blood reflected as he moved it. He then moved forward and wiped it across Kai's trousers.
"I can't have a dirty knife." He pointed out. He leaned forward and whispered in Kai's ear, "come now, follow me. You said i could have you, and I will!" he emphasized his meaning by stroking Kai's cheek, "if I can never have Tori any more, then you will have to do!"
If Kai could have shivered under the control, then he would have. Leon turned on his heel and Kai's body followed however much Kai struggled internally, he still followed.
He could hear his friends calling him, and the unshed tears fell.
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Ray tried to get up, he called Kai's name. Max held him back.
"Kai can handle himself for a bit, you're injured!" bit back Max, this was making him nervous and snappy.
Kenny ran to the house to fetch Samantha. They returned, Samantha's customary rust coloured braid streaming behind her. She knelt beside Ray.
"Max, hold this against the wound, try to stop the bleeding, Kenny, phone an ambulance, Tyson, how is Hilary?" she took charge instantly. Kenny ran back to the house to find the phone. Tyson looked up from Hilary.
"She fainted, I think she will be ok, but she's bleeding."
"Keep her cool and make sure she can breathe unobstructed. Any bleeding keep gentle pressure on."
Ray felt woozy, his shoulder hurt like hell, and why was no one going after Kai? He tried to stop thinking, it was too much effort.
"Come on Ray, don't go on me now, stay awake." Pleaded Samantha.
Ray couldn't hear her, he was already slipping. By the time the ambulance got there, he was deep into unconsciousness.
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Kai continued to follow Leon. The other boy had a spring in his step that Kai could only inwardly scowl at. Kai was glad that it was a quiet day, he didn't need suspicious glances at his blood smeared trousers, or his bleeding lip from where Leon had backhanded him.
"Why am I doing this Leon?" he finally asked.
"Doing what?" Leon replied with mock innocence.
"Why am I unable to prevent myself from following your orders?"
Leon grinned to the air, "that lovely mark on your neck now contains a little device that controls nervous responses. I have the control, so what I say, the device makes you do."
"So that's why the dart's needle was so large."
"Very good! You can learn!"
Kai growled, "Fuck off!"
"It's a good thing I like your spirit Kai, all the more fun when I break it."
This time Kai felt smug, "Boris tried, and he couldn't break me, what makes you think you can?"
"Because Boris never had the opportunity to use the little device I have, and Voltaire has given me full permission to use it as necessary. I am in his good books, and Boris is in the dog house."
"Where you both belong" muttered Kai.
"You won't be so cocky Kai, not when you see what this thing can do." Leon stopped and turned to face Kai, "you will break, I will break you and take away everything you hold, including you memories!"
Kai broke into a cold sweat, his eyes widened, "no..."
"Yes, don't worry, I'll keep them safe for you. If your good, and do as I say, I may let you have them back. That's only if you're good though."
He then looked Kai right in the eyes.
"I've always wanted a pet." He then turned and walked onwards again, Kai followed.
In Kai's mind, all he could think of was escape.
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"Let her go Leon!" growled Kai; he couldn't let Leon hurt her.
Leon hadn't changed since Kai saw him last, his black and red hair was still spiky at the top, and braided at the back. His black trousers were still tight and covered with pockets, his boots still covering the lower end of his trousers. His dark green shirt still looked like it belonged to a swashbuckler in a pirate movie. Some things may never change, thought Kai. Then Kai noticed the gold ring through the side of Leon's nose. What was that about? He didn't have time to think.
"Then come with me Kai, or do I have to hurt someone?"
Kai's hackles rose, "don't threaten me! Now let her go!"
"Tsk tsk, I don't think you should be giving orders here," he emphasised his point by pressing the edge of his knife against Hilary's strained throat. A small trail of blood made its way down her skin, and her eyes widened. Small choking sounds were all she could make. "Now come with me, and she will be fine."
Kai frowned, "this isn't the way you work, you don't need her Leon. Now let her go and deal with me."
Leon grinned, and it was like looking at the face of a cat as it was about to pounce on you as the rat. He drew the knife gently across Hilary's neck, snagging the skin and causing more blood to drip from beneath its edge. She trembled beneath his hold and her eyes started to roll back into her skull, she was close to fainting.
Leon finished and flicked the knife back to be hidden somewhere in his sleeve. He pushed Hilary forward and Kai caught her before she hit the floor. Kai turned her over to see she had fainted. He ripped the bottom of his trousers and held it to the bleeding line on her neck. He laid her gently on the floor.
He turned to the others still standing and watching behind her, "help her!" they snapped out of it and Tyson was the first to reach the limp form. He whispered into her ear as he held the ripped cloth to her neck. Kai frowned; something seemed to click in his mind. Before it could be clear, Leon's impatient noise made him concentrate on the present.
"Now we are even" said Kai.
Leon's grin widened, he held up a small black device.
"No Kai, I have the upper hand."
Before Kai could ask, pain ripped through him again. He felt like he was being torn apart, he couldn't even scream, the pain stopped him breathing, stopped his throat working. His head felt like it was being split in two. He opened his eyes to see Ray run towards him, only to have a knife hilt blossom in his shoulder. Ray fell to the ground, a surprised look on his face. Kai tried to crawl towards him, his brain only just registering the fact he was now on his knees.
Leon walked over to Kai and pulled at his hair. He looked into Kai's eyes.
"Do you want it to stop?" Leon asked, then without waiting for an answer, "of course you do."
The pain abruptly stopped, only Kai couldn't move. However hard he tried, he just couldn't move from the position he was in. he could hear everything around him, Ray's cries of pain, Max trying to calm him down, Kenny crying out about the whole thing, and Tyson trying to wake up Hilary.
Then he found his mouth could still work. "Leave them alone!"
"I wish I could Kai, but they are just so useful. And fun."
Kai tried to get up, he just wanted to wrap his hands around Leon's neck and squeeze. It wasn't working, he couldn't move.
"You can have me! Just leave them alone." his voice trailed off. He knew what he was getting himself into, and so did his friends, they went quiet when he had finished saying that.
"I know, you didn't have a choice to begin with. Now stand up, you're in my control now."
To Kai's horror he obeyed, what was going on here? His body got up without Kai telling it to, he didn't want to!
"What have you done to me?!" he asked.
"Just a little experiment in the dart, nothing to worry about." Kai watched as Leon looked at his friends, "I should destroy each one of them, shouldn't I?"
"Touch them and you pay!" said Kai harshly, even if he couldn't move, he was still angry.
Now Leon's temper rose. You think you can order me around? I should destroy them as revenge for taking Tori away from me!"
"That wasn't my fault, and she was never yours, she was mine!"
Leon backhanded Kai's face before any one could even blink. "How dare you! You took her from me and you will suffer!" he calmed down, "now fetch my knife and we can go."
Kai began to walk towards where Ray was leaning on Max, both on the ground. He knelt in front of Ray.
"I'm sorry Ray, this will hurt, but it will be better out" was all he could offer his injured friend. Ray nodded, tears falling down his face as Kai grasped the hilt. With one tug, Kai pulled the knife free. Ray convulsed and cried out. Tears formed in Kai's own eyes. Why was Leon so twisted?
"Now give me the knife Kai" said Leon from the sidelines, enjoying the whole scene. Control was his.
Kai found himself walking towards Leon, bloody knife in hand. He stopped in front of Leon and held out the knife, hilt facing Leon. He took the knife and inspected it carefully. The gilded hilt sparkled in the day light, the blood reflected as he moved it. He then moved forward and wiped it across Kai's trousers.
"I can't have a dirty knife." He pointed out. He leaned forward and whispered in Kai's ear, "come now, follow me. You said i could have you, and I will!" he emphasized his meaning by stroking Kai's cheek, "if I can never have Tori any more, then you will have to do!"
If Kai could have shivered under the control, then he would have. Leon turned on his heel and Kai's body followed however much Kai struggled internally, he still followed.
He could hear his friends calling him, and the unshed tears fell.
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Ray tried to get up, he called Kai's name. Max held him back.
"Kai can handle himself for a bit, you're injured!" bit back Max, this was making him nervous and snappy.
Kenny ran to the house to fetch Samantha. They returned, Samantha's customary rust coloured braid streaming behind her. She knelt beside Ray.
"Max, hold this against the wound, try to stop the bleeding, Kenny, phone an ambulance, Tyson, how is Hilary?" she took charge instantly. Kenny ran back to the house to find the phone. Tyson looked up from Hilary.
"She fainted, I think she will be ok, but she's bleeding."
"Keep her cool and make sure she can breathe unobstructed. Any bleeding keep gentle pressure on."
Ray felt woozy, his shoulder hurt like hell, and why was no one going after Kai? He tried to stop thinking, it was too much effort.
"Come on Ray, don't go on me now, stay awake." Pleaded Samantha.
Ray couldn't hear her, he was already slipping. By the time the ambulance got there, he was deep into unconsciousness.
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Kai continued to follow Leon. The other boy had a spring in his step that Kai could only inwardly scowl at. Kai was glad that it was a quiet day, he didn't need suspicious glances at his blood smeared trousers, or his bleeding lip from where Leon had backhanded him.
"Why am I doing this Leon?" he finally asked.
"Doing what?" Leon replied with mock innocence.
"Why am I unable to prevent myself from following your orders?"
Leon grinned to the air, "that lovely mark on your neck now contains a little device that controls nervous responses. I have the control, so what I say, the device makes you do."
"So that's why the dart's needle was so large."
"Very good! You can learn!"
Kai growled, "Fuck off!"
"It's a good thing I like your spirit Kai, all the more fun when I break it."
This time Kai felt smug, "Boris tried, and he couldn't break me, what makes you think you can?"
"Because Boris never had the opportunity to use the little device I have, and Voltaire has given me full permission to use it as necessary. I am in his good books, and Boris is in the dog house."
"Where you both belong" muttered Kai.
"You won't be so cocky Kai, not when you see what this thing can do." Leon stopped and turned to face Kai, "you will break, I will break you and take away everything you hold, including you memories!"
Kai broke into a cold sweat, his eyes widened, "no..."
"Yes, don't worry, I'll keep them safe for you. If your good, and do as I say, I may let you have them back. That's only if you're good though."
He then looked Kai right in the eyes.
"I've always wanted a pet." He then turned and walked onwards again, Kai followed.
In Kai's mind, all he could think of was escape.