Zombie: Whoa mate…
Johnny: Stop talking and get on with the fic!
Zombie: Mou…spoil my fun why don't you!
Hannah slid around the final corner, not quite getting a grip on the floor before trying to slow down, she skidded sideways across the floor, placing one hand on the floor to balance herself.
She reached back and grabbed Rei's sleeve and dragged him forwards, near dropping him beside the blood soaked girl. "Fix her!" Hannah cried, "Do something!" She said desperately.
Rei nodded firmly, "I'll do all I can!" He rolled her over onto her stomach and began pressing dry cloths to the gaping wound in her back, desperate to slow down the blood.
"Johnny!" Rei called over his shoulder, "Hold her while I strap her up!" The red haired boy hurried forwards and held the limp girl off the ground, while Rei hastily wrapped wads and wads of bandages around her torso.
Hannah watched helplessly as her best friend was wrapped up like an Egyptian mummy and lifted carefully in Kai's arms, ready for the off.
"Hannah…" The whispered word was what Hannah had been waiting for, she rushed to the wounded girl's side.
Ghost's head was pounding and it hurt to even breathe, let alone talk. Her eyes were screwed tightly shut, but she still muttered something under her breath. Hannah leaned close to her friend to hear it.
Hannah pulled back, a serious expression on her face. "Don't you worry, Ghostie, I'll get it! Just promise me you won't die on me!"
A weak smiled flitted across Ghost's blood spattered face. An unspoken promise between the two girls.
Hannah took a deep breath and nodded. "Get her out of here, please" She said softly, "look after her until I get back"
Kai nodded, "But where are you…" Hannah took off like a bullet before he could even finish his question, "…going"
Tala was on his feet in an instant, pelting after the speeding girl. "We'll catch you guys up!" He called over his shoulder to the remaining three teammates.
Kai was the first to react, "Well you heard him, let's go!" He began to jog back along the way they had come. Taking care not to jolt the girl in his grasp. Rei and Johnny followed him silently, Rei keeping his eye on the girl to make sure nothing else happened to her. He wasn't sure she could take much more after that.
Hannah flew down the corridors faster than she had ever run. The sooner she got what she was looking for the sooner she could get out of that place. She was so deep in her thoughts she was running on autopilot, she didn't even notice the red haired boy racing to catch her up.
She swung her body around a corner by using a wooden banister and threw herself through the door to Ghost's room, suddenly finding herself surrounded by the belongings of the white haired girl. She flew over to the side boards and raved through all the objects scattered on the surfaces.
"Where is it? Where is it!" She mumbled to herself as she swept things off the desk and onto the floor. She yelped and winced as some of the knife blades sliced through her fingers and stabbed into her palms.
With a short cry of triumph she wrapped her fingers around the handle of a particular knife. It was the one Ghost always had with her, normally tucked inside her boot. But it had been left on the side with the others. It had an ornate silver dragon curling around the side of the handle.
She jumped to her feet and shoved the knife into one of the pockets on the green jacket. "Let's go back now!" She said, more to herself than anyone else, and she ran back into the corridor. She was about to take off down the corridor again when she caught sight of a door further down the corridor, it was slightly ajar.
"My room," Her brow furrowed as she whispered, "Who's in my room!" She strode down the corridor and pushed the white door open, stepping into a room she hadn't seen for a while.
Everything was still there, her clothes, her dolls, her books. "Who's in here?" She called out softly, taking another step into the room, her booted feet making no noise on the thick carpet.
"No one's allowed in my room without permission!" She said, a little louder this time, "A girl's room-"
"Is private?" A familiar voice finished her question for her. "Come now, I don't think that rule applies to me does it?"
Hannah swung around to face the blonde haired man standing in a dark corner of the room. "Papa…" She whispered, biting her lip as her hand hovered over the weapon strapped to her thigh.
"That's right, Hannah" Toshi walked forwards, Hannah took a wary step backwards, the man towered over her. "What are you doing sneaking around? You could have used the front door you know"
"Where's the fun in that?" The girl said quietly, staring up at the man.
Toshi let out a snort of laughter, "You haven't changed at all, Hannah, tell me, have you caught any of those critters yet?"
Hannah relaxed slightly, she allowed a small smile to flash across her face. She knew how dangerous a man Toshi was, but being in his company made her feel safe, and wanted. "Yeh" She said happily, "Smashed one into the wall!"
"That's my girl!" Toshi grinned.
"Am…am I not in trouble?" Hannah ventured hopefully, not wanting to anger the laughing man.
"Of course not, Imp." Toshi smiled at her warmly, using the nick name he had given her when she was a child, "Your return to me is worth more than what you owed me. I just wish that wretched Ghost would do the same"
The smile slid from Hannah's face like water, "Ghost…" The white haired girl's face arose in her mind, the blood dripping from the tips of her hair like rain drops.
"You hurt Ghost" Hannah stepped away from Toshi, the warm relaxed feeling slipping away rapidly.
"She needed to learn Hannah; can't you see that I was merely looking out for her?" Toshi stretched one hand out to the small girl, beckoning her towards him.
"Hannah!" A loud voice echoed up the corridor outside, Hannah's head whipped around towards the door. She looked hastily at Toshi and then back at the door, switching her gaze between the two.
Toshi's smile had faded and a stony expression replaced it. "A human." He grated out. "You brought a human into my house…" Toshi's fist was clenched tightly at his side, the knuckles were white and his hands shook with rage.
Hannah's eyes were wide with terror, he was angry…really, really angry. She started to back towards the door of the room.
He moved faster than anyone she had ever seen, one moment he was stood on the other side of the room, the next he was directly in front of her, hands gripping her jacket tightly. She had to stand on tip toe just to keep her feet on the floor.
"I hate humans" His voice hissed close to her ear. "You broke the main rule of the house, Hannah. I'm sorry, but…" His voice trailed off and Hannah felt a sharp pain push into her chest. Toshi stepped backwards and away from her, releasing her jacket from his grip.
"That is a crime worthy of the highest punishment" Toshi's voice warped slightly as her knees hit the floor, her hands pressed against her torso. She pulled her hands away and held them up in front of her face, he vision unfocused.
A sticky red substance covered her fingers, glancing down at her chest she tried to focus on the source of it. An object was sticking out of it, she ran her trembling hand over the object, unable to focus on it enough to see. Wood, it was made of wood. Her stake, he had pushed her own stake into her chest.
She opened her mouth, but the only noise to leave it was a strangled moan. Her body seemed to buckle under her and the little sight she had left was fading into black. The last thing she heard before all consciousness left her was this.
"I'm sorry…" And footsteps fading away. And then the black took over.
Tala hurtled along the corridor, frantically looking into every room that he passed. He slid to a halt as he caught sight of a blonde haired man with spectacles walking quickly out a room up ahead.
"Toshi…" He gritted out under his breath. As though he had heard him, the man up ahead turned sideways questioningly, "Hm?"
"Oh it's you, Tala Ivanov" Toshi said clearly, rolling the name around on his tongue. "I must say I didn't expect the girl's human friend to be you"
A small look of confusion passed across Tala's features, but he hid them quickly under a determined mask. "What have you done with Hannah?" He glared at the vampire in front of him.
"My, my, you have become protective of the imp haven't you?" Toshi looked rather amused, one hand in his pocket while the other laid on his chin, an absent smile on his face.
"Shut up and tell me where she is!" Tala yelled at Toshi.
"If you're that desperate to join her…" Toshi ran towards the red haired teen, whose hand flew to his hip. "That can be arranged!"
A loud 'bang!' ripped through the corridor, Toshi stopped and staggered for a moment, "What the…" He dropped to the floor.
"That's right, Toshi!" Tala smirked as he replaced the stunner in the hip holster. "Upgraded since you last saw them" He ran into the room Toshi had exited and a strangled gasp escaped past his lips as he laid eyes on the sight on the floor.
"No no no!" Tala pulled the dark haired girl's body up until she was half laid across his knees. "Don't you dare die, girl! Now wake up!" He gave Hannah a brief shake, wrapping his hand around the stub of wood sticking from her chest.
"Come on! You can't be dead! You'd be dust by now! If you don't wake up now, I'll yank this stake right out of your chest! Heh? Imagine how much pain that would cause" He lifted his hand from the stake and brought his fist down on her chest, not too lightly, but heavy enough to cause a rush of air through her body.
Hannah's eyes snapped open and she started coughing horribly. As the choking subsided, she looked down at the obtrusion in her chest, watching it rise and fall with every painful breath she took.
"Come on" Tala's voice said above her, and she felt herself being lifted into the air and set down on her own unsteady legs. Her legs buckled with the first few steps, but the red haired teen held her upright and pulled one of her arms around his shoulder. "Let's go see how Ghost is doing huh?"
Hannah didn't trust her mouth enough to make any noises that sounded even remotely like words at that time, so she settled for nodding. And she and Tala began a painstakingly slow pace through the house. After a few meters, Hannah's legs decided they could take no more and promptly buckled, refusing to operate. Tala merely swung one arm under her knees and picked her up into the air, quickening his pace. They soon made it to the back door, and escaped out into the daylight.
As Tala carried her out through the huge gates at the front of the house, he heard the revving of an engine to his right. He quickly swung his head around to face the sound, a sigh of relief escaped past his lips. If it had been an enemy he would have been so ended.
"Need a ride?" A certain Scottish boy called from the open window of a dial a ride minibus, he had a pair of shades perched on his nose and a cheeky grin on his face.
"Nice timing Johnny" Tala said, he sounded tired.
"Yeah well you know me" Johnny flashed a peace sign at the red head. "Now then…all aboard the bus!"
Hannah was jolted awake by bumpy movement. 'Earthquake!' was the first thought to flash across her mind, but when she opened her eyes; the ceiling to a vehicle was in front of her. She frowned at it 'what the hell?'
"Ah, good afternoon Miss Hannah!" An accented voice said to her left, she tipped her head to look at the Scottish boy. He was sat behind the wheel of the vehicle, a pair of shades on, looking rather cool.
She didn't answer him, just glance around the inside of the bus. She was laid across the two seats next to Johnny. She could see the other red haired teen at the back of the bus, asleep leaning against the window.
The bus shuddered to a holt and Johnny twisted in his seat. "Yo, Tala! Wake up, we're here!" The said boy jumped awake and almost fell out of the bus when the door was opened.
A girl with white and green hair was stood on the other side on the door, holding it open.
"Wha? Ghost?" Tala said slowly, blinking sleep out of his eyes. "You're up?"
"Yeah well I'm a fast healer." She leaned her said inside the bus and glanced along the aisle at the dark haired girl whose head was hanging upside down off the edge of the seat to look back at her. "What happened to you?"
Finally finding her voice, she said croakily, "What does it look like…"
Zombie: WOO
Johnny: Stop bullying them, damn you! But you made me sound cool so that's ok…
Zombie: Don't be so big headed…Review folks!
