Ok this week there is a major character, which one? its a secret. That I revael in the first line. Also last week. Also your random John though of the day is... I hate stupid Europians who think 'cowboy' is an insult. If you are an American and have called someone cowboy as an insult, please aleart me so the ghost of John Wayne may hunt you down and kill you with a single action revolver. or a coach gun. Or if your from Europe.
-Johnny Walker
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Mirkou kicked his feet up on his desk and looked out the window as the El whizzed by. He liked Chicago, it fit his tastes, and he could irk out a living at this job. He looked over his excuse for an office in a seedy apartment building. The only pieces of funature were the desk and chair he ws sitting in. The single light bulb above his head was busted and he was in no mood to fix it. A coat rack held a black leather jacket and hat. A large suitcase rested on his desk. The room fit him he thought with a grin.
He rifled through the money in the envlope in his hand from hsi last 'job'. He may manage to pay off his Bills this month.
Foot steps pounded up the stairs, Mirkou sighed and reached into the pocket of his jeans. He put on his sunglasses and dropped his hand to his hip as the door burst open.
A man stood in the door frame, gun leveled at Mirkou's head. "Joey, long time no see, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Miroku asked smiling. His palm found what it was looking for. "Stow the crap gumshoe, Bill is tired of waiting for his money." "Bill my bookie or Bill my parole officer?" His thumb found steel. "Very funny wise ass, now I can be reasonable, you give me the money and dissapear, we'll call it even." "Sounds like a pretty crappy deal Joe." "Well the third option involves you being washed out to sea, so what's it gonna be?" Miroku pulled back the hammer of his revolver and sent a .44 inch chuck of lead through the table and through Joey's ten ring. "Sorry Joe, no dice." Miroku said, the smile still on his face as smoke from the magnum filtered through the hole in the table and mixed with the smoke of his cigarette.
He reahced into his desk and pulled out a half empty box of catridges, replaced the empty casing, returned the black Smith and Wesson Model 25 to the holster on his hip, removed the holster and placed it in his jacket so it couldn't be seen, threw on his jacket, picked up his case, and threw on his hat as he stepped over the still form of Joey.
Kagome watched a small boat sail under her as she walked over the La Salle bridge behind InuYasha. "Why arn't we driving again? My feet hurt, why do we have to walk everywhere?" "Because walking builds character." "Who are you? My dad?" "Don't take a dad to know you whine too much." "I have a right to whine! I get shot at weekly!" "Whine whine whine... OW! Bitch!" "Oh that didn't hurt, you big baby. Cmon, let's get something to eat."
"Yeah.. in the city? Who? Shoulda known.. aright, thanks Hachi, I'll pay 'em a visit." Miroku hung up the pay phone.
Kagome sat down in the booth of a resturant across from InuYasha, tossing her coat down on the seat.
She was needing that coat more and more, especially now that they were by the lake. She tried to run some warmth into her arms through her sweater. Unfortantly she forgot to bring along anything other than the skirt she was currently wearing. Weather didn't seem to conern InuYasha, as usual he sat there in a white dress shirt, jeans, smoking.
Kagome went up to place her coat on the rack. As she reached up she something hit her, there was a shard in this resturant! She looked around. At the high class end of the resturant a group of men in there 50's in suits sat around a large table. One of them had it!
InuYasha watched a pony tailed young man in jeans and a black leather jacket, Jack Daniel's logo visable on his T shirt, walk into the resturant. He removed his hat. A cigarette hung from him lips and a old worn looking case from his hand.
Miroku's eyes scanned the room, looking for his former employers. He was slightly distracted by a girl in a skirt. She headed back to a table where a man in a white shirt was sitting he noticed with dissapointment. He caught the man's eye. He might be trouble.
Kagome sat down quickly across form InuYasha. She leaned over. "Those guys, in the suits, one of them has a shard." InuYasha nodded and watched the man in the jacket walk into the bathroom. Something about that guy wasn't right.
Miroku checked to make sure the bathroom was clear then placed his case on the sink before locking the door. Well, not like this incognetu shit was gonna work for much longer. He clicked open the cases' locks.
InuYasha considered his options. The sound of metal parts being assembled came faintly from the bath room. "Kagome, do me a favor, go get you coat." "Why-" "Get your coat." his voice left no doubt that this was one of the things you did with out questioning it.
Miroku put on his sunglasses and took a deep breath.
Kagome was walking back with her coat. InuYasha was on the edge of his seat he seemed ready to spring out.
Miroku pulled back the bolt of the Tommy Gun and kicked the door out.
Kagome's head snapped instictivly to the noise. Before the door even hit the ground InuYasha had covered the distance between them. He ran into her, grabbed her and immedatly dived under a table, he rolled on top of her and made sure she kept her head down as a roar filled the room.
Miroku let the Tommy Gun kick wildly in his hands. Bullets ripped apart table, wall, ground and flesh. The men who had been standing been standing danced with a grace they never had in life.
Kagome tried to push her self into the ground even as InuYasha tried the same thing.
The gun stopped kicking. A click resounded through out the room.
Two minutes to get the hell out of Dodge thought Miroku as he ran up to the table where his former bosses had been enjoying lunch a few momenets ago.
Kagome noticed finally the roar had died away. InuYasha rolled off but didn't get up. Instead he lay panting holding on to his side. Kagome sat up and turned to help him.
Miroku found what he was looking for. He pulled the jewel out from under a peice of table. One minute thiry seconds.
InuYasha sat up. DAMN! How long was his side gonna give him hell!
Miroku opened the case and broke down the Tommy Gun. Finished he head back towards the exit. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the girl in the skirt again. She was making sure the man in white shirt as alright. She seemed really concerend he noted with disaapointment. Ah well. He left the resturant like a bat out of hell.
InuYasha quickly got to his feet and drageed Kagome out the back door seconds before the first prowl car showed up.
In a safe house a mile away, Miroku opened the case again. The dissabled parts of the M1928 Thomspon rested in one half. In the other half, two slinenced Berettas, each with a black frame yet sliver slide and barrel, were attached by two strips of cloth hastily sewn on to the case. He took them both out and layed them on the table. He pulled back the fake back on the case. Several magazines and boxes of 9mm ammo were stacked up half way to the top. The top half was filled by two shoulder hoslters. He took them out, the rattlesnake tatoo running down his right arm glistened slightly in the light as he began loading the magazines. On the back of his left hand an ace of spades tatoo ran form between the second and third knuckles to his wrist.
He had to get outta town. And fast. When Lupino found what he had done to that 'buisness' meeting he would have alot of people after him. Since he had no reason to linger, he might as well do soceity a big favor and exterminate some of the bigger rats. He pulled back the slides on the Berettas, and slid them into thier holsters.
He checked the clock. He still had a while before his retirment from the world of organized crime. He decided to relax a little. He put on Guns 'n Roses and layed down on the couch.
"Shit shit sh-it." InuYasha grumbled. "This is just fuckin' great, we pick the ONE resturant to get shot up like that in fifty years. With a fucking Tommy Gun too! What the fuck! For Christ's fucking sake! Did I piss off the ghost of Capone? Only fucking us! I don't belive this shit." When that triade had ended InuYasha went on to triade about hunting for the shard the hitman took.
Kagome listened with entertianment as he strung several obscure exclamtions together with profanity. He was cut short mid sentence by an idea on how to find this guy. "Hold on, I got an idea on how to find this guy."
InuYasha picked up the payphone, put in fifty cents and dailed a number. He explained his situation and listened as Myogua told him what he could. InuYasha hung up.
"What did he know?" "The guy who shot up the resturant? His name's Miroku, the Lupino's send him in when they need one of there own gone. Far as we know, he's only killed mobsters. And he's good at it. Very good at it." "Better than you?" InuYasha grinned. "Maybe. Anyway the only question about that guy is his motivation, he's not in it for the money, not for the shards, hell he ain't even Itialian. But that ain't importent, the importent thing is I know where he's taking the shard. And when. We got a while, might as well find somewhere to stay."
Miroku thought back. Thought back to the things he had done. His mind told him that his actions were justified. That every single person on his list had deserved death and proably more. But still, there was a trace of doubt.
Kagome sat in the chair uneasly. She looked around the motel room. "When?" she asked quietly. "2 A.M." InuYasha looked her the eye. "It'll be nothing. Just a bunch of old guys sitting at a table. It'll be over in no time and we'll be gone." He tried to think of something else reassuring to say but failed. "Hell, even if they have guards I'll kick thier asses! They won't even know what hit 'em!" He said with confidance. Kagome smiled a little. Good. That was better than nothing.
0030 hours. Miroku got up. He threw on his jacket over the Berettas and put on his hat. He had a stop to make first.
12:30. InuYasha reassblemed the tesagia. He racked the slide and pulled back the hammer. He placed it on the desk he was sitting at next to the gun oil. he turned to Kagome. "Give me your gun." She handed over the Five-seveN and InuYasha began to take it apart for cleaning.
Miroku stepped off his motorcycle and walked in to the church. He dipped his hand in the holy water and crossed himself. "Father, Son, Holy spirit." He muttered heading for the confessonals.
InuYasha put his jacket on. Kagome had lost her's at the resturant. InuYasha walked out the door. Kagome followed, was it time already? No, InuYasha was leaning agaist the rail. Kagome could barely contain the mixed feelings of nervosness and dread. The wieght of the gun tucked into her skirt and hidden behind her shirt was an unwelcome reminder of what they had to do. InuYasha lit a cigarette. He turned and offerd Kagoem a smoke like he did everytime before they went into battle. Kagome took it abseant mindedly, if only to have something to do with her hands. She meant to just chew on it like she chewed on pens when ever she was worried about a test back home. She thought about home. She wondered where her family was, what they were doing. Jesus, life had changed so much in so little time. She didn't even know how far she was from home. She wondered if she could talk to Keade about talking to her family. But what would she tell them? That she was running around the country side with alone with InuYasha killing people? She took a deep breath. Something was different she tought. She took anthor deep breath. There was a taste in her mouth, it kinda stung the back of her mouth... Kagome snapped back to reality and looked down in confusion at the lighter in his hand. She almost spit out the cigarette but reconsidered. She didn't want to look like a kid in front of InuYasha by spitting it out after she had taken it.
Miroku shook the holy water off his hand as he left the church. He shifted the suitcase back to his right hand. He hated bringing that thing in the church, but he had no choice. Out side he opened the case and strapped the S&W to his thigh. He then slid the seath of a bayonet between his belt and jeans. He if was going down it sure as hell wasn't going to be for want of guns.
Kagome waited for H-hour leaning agiast the wall of the motel's second story. The cigarette still hung form her lips. It wasn't as bad as they told you she thought, using that as an excuse to not think about what they had to do. She took a drag. Besides, cancer was the last thing she had to worry about. Eventully InuYasha started towards the parking lot. Kagome sighed and felt fear rise up in her. She followed InuYasha with out hesatating a second.
Miroku kept his mind blank as he sped down the now almost deserted streets. Still, he could feel that old familair feeling rising in him.
He pulled around back of what from the out side looked like an office building. In trurth more dirty money, drugs, prostitues and human scum passed through it on any given day there any where else in the city. He headed for the matanice door. They knew he was coming, and they were gonna get re-al trigger happy about it.
InuYasha walked in the front, playing it Bogart. They had no idea who he was or what he was here for. Kagome stuck close to him. Four men in trench coats idled around the lobby. They headed for the elevators.
Miroku opened the building's fuse box.
Kagome held her breath as they walked towards the elevators. the guards were all watching them. Some had their hands in their pockets. All it would take was one extra nervous guard, one guard to ask them there buisness, one guard to make a move, and they would be surrounded with no cover. Kagome walked as close to InuYasha as possible.
One by one Miroku killed the lights till only the lobby was left. He waited in the dark utility room for half a minute.
Everything went dark. Kagome couldn't see InuYasha. But she could her the metal click of safties being switched off in the darkness.
First things first. Miroku had to secure his escape route, he headed for the lobby.
Kagome felt InuYasha grab her hand and pull her to her right. Suddenly she felt her self pulled back and down.
Miroku opened a door into the lobby and stole in. His eyes had already adjusted to the darkness. He crouched and snuck behind the first guard. He reared up, a pipe from the utility room in his hand. The guard made a noise as the pipe came crashing down. Miroku immedatly ran to his left. "HE'S HERE! GET HIM!" The guards took this as an excuse to shot any suspcious looking shadow.
Kagome felt a wall in front of her and pressed her back agaist it. She curled up and tried to make the smallest target possible. Her shoulder brushed agaist InuYasha's and she pressed her self agaist him too. Bullets snapped through the air over head.
Muzzles flashes gave Miroku brief views of the world. He crouched and worked his way behind desks, tables and decerations towards the muzzle flashes. Once again he reared up and struck a guard violantly. Hell, he did this right he may not even have to waste any ammo on them..
InuYasha took aim at one of the muzzle flashes on his side of the low marble wall the surrounded some plants put in for atmosphere. he squeezed the trigger. The flash blinded him, but the other muzzle flash had dissapered.
Miroku struck another guard. He looked around. the room was silent. No one stood. He could of sworn there was one more.. he waited a moment but still nothing moved. Maybe one of the guards took there own down.. he ran to the stairs.
InuYasha stood up in time to see a figure dash to the stairs. "C'mon." He yelled to Kagome as he raced after it.
Miroku was halfway to the top when the emergancy generators kicked in.
Kagome struggled to keep up with InuYasha as he dashed up the stairs. They passed the 13th floor. The door to the 14th open and another armed man opened fire.
Miroku knocked the door to the 15th floor open with his shoulder. He found the office he was looking for. He drew the Berettas, one in each hand and pulled back the hammers. He put on his sunglasses for the third time that day.
InuYasha returned fire on the move. As he rounded onto the 14th floor landing more men shouted from the open door way. InuYasha took cover behind the door frame and returned fire. "Stay down!" He yelled at Kagome who was still on the 13th floor landing.
Miroku opened the double doors. He was facing the head of a large oak table. He let his hands hang at his side. He looked at the men seated at the table. He knew each and every one of them. He had done work for them. Each and everyone of them were the worst kind of trash in the buisness. He raised his pistols and pointed one at the first person on each side of the table.
Some of them looked back at him with fear. Most of them looked at him with quiet resign. They had lived with the threat of this happening all their lives.
The gun in right hand went off first. The silencers didn't make the pfft sound so many people heard in the movies. There was a sharp crack as the bullet broke the sound barrier. Soon the air was filled with minature sonic booms.
As he fired vengence began to rise up inside him. The men at this table had taken so many lives, ruined so many more, and yet none of them would be touched by the cops! Fury and wrath and even joy filled him.
InuYasha ran up the stairs to the 15th floor. An empty magazine clamored down the stairs behind him.
Both guns locked back on empty magazines. Feet pounded up the stairs. He slipped the guns back into there holsters and walked out into the hall. He faced the end of the hall. And the stairwell. His hand hung inches from his revolver.
InuYasha rounded the corner, the tesiagia hanging at his side. He stared at the man across the hall.
For an eternity they stared each other down, two warriors who just happened to different sides of the fence. Miroku's hand inched closer to his gun.
A guard who heard the shooting burst in to the hallway between the two. InuYasha took aim and fired. The guard went down to reveal Miroku, gun in hand, with his left resting above the hammer.
"What the hell? I thought you were on there side!" "Yeah, well I was persuaded into retirement." "Well that's all well and good, but unfourtanly I still gotta take the jewel shard from ya." "That damned thing? Whatever man, just one condition.." "Yeah?" "Getting the hell out here is going to be complicated.." "What?" "The ground floor is sealed off. Hell there probably coming up here now." Faintly InuYasha heard the sound of an elevator. Miroku grinned. "Follow me." InuYasha said heading off.
They hid behind the wall in the hallway connecting the elevators and waited for the elevator to arrive. Kagome, having finally cuaght up, stood off to the side out of harms way.
"Ya know, we could probably go down the stairs and aviod this." Miroku noted sliding magazines into the Berettas. "What? Run away?" "Well if you insist.."
The doors opened. Kagome turned away.
InuYasha fired into the center mass of people, Miroku let the recoil spred his shots all over the elevator. They never knew what hit them.
Out behind the matiance door the trio recuperated. "Whelp, heres the shard, you sure you want this thing?" "Yeah, we're sure." "Alright, things in yer hands now, hope ya know what yer getting into." "Yeah, we do." "Alright, you say so. See ya round kids." "See ya round."
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Alrighty, that's over with. Tune in next time for the special Halloween episode!
Ohhhhh scary halloween episode.. oooohhhh..
are you scared?
You should be.
-Johnny Walker
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Mirkou kicked his feet up on his desk and looked out the window as the El whizzed by. He liked Chicago, it fit his tastes, and he could irk out a living at this job. He looked over his excuse for an office in a seedy apartment building. The only pieces of funature were the desk and chair he ws sitting in. The single light bulb above his head was busted and he was in no mood to fix it. A coat rack held a black leather jacket and hat. A large suitcase rested on his desk. The room fit him he thought with a grin.
He rifled through the money in the envlope in his hand from hsi last 'job'. He may manage to pay off his Bills this month.
Foot steps pounded up the stairs, Mirkou sighed and reached into the pocket of his jeans. He put on his sunglasses and dropped his hand to his hip as the door burst open.
A man stood in the door frame, gun leveled at Mirkou's head. "Joey, long time no see, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Miroku asked smiling. His palm found what it was looking for. "Stow the crap gumshoe, Bill is tired of waiting for his money." "Bill my bookie or Bill my parole officer?" His thumb found steel. "Very funny wise ass, now I can be reasonable, you give me the money and dissapear, we'll call it even." "Sounds like a pretty crappy deal Joe." "Well the third option involves you being washed out to sea, so what's it gonna be?" Miroku pulled back the hammer of his revolver and sent a .44 inch chuck of lead through the table and through Joey's ten ring. "Sorry Joe, no dice." Miroku said, the smile still on his face as smoke from the magnum filtered through the hole in the table and mixed with the smoke of his cigarette.
He reahced into his desk and pulled out a half empty box of catridges, replaced the empty casing, returned the black Smith and Wesson Model 25 to the holster on his hip, removed the holster and placed it in his jacket so it couldn't be seen, threw on his jacket, picked up his case, and threw on his hat as he stepped over the still form of Joey.
Kagome watched a small boat sail under her as she walked over the La Salle bridge behind InuYasha. "Why arn't we driving again? My feet hurt, why do we have to walk everywhere?" "Because walking builds character." "Who are you? My dad?" "Don't take a dad to know you whine too much." "I have a right to whine! I get shot at weekly!" "Whine whine whine... OW! Bitch!" "Oh that didn't hurt, you big baby. Cmon, let's get something to eat."
"Yeah.. in the city? Who? Shoulda known.. aright, thanks Hachi, I'll pay 'em a visit." Miroku hung up the pay phone.
Kagome sat down in the booth of a resturant across from InuYasha, tossing her coat down on the seat.
She was needing that coat more and more, especially now that they were by the lake. She tried to run some warmth into her arms through her sweater. Unfortantly she forgot to bring along anything other than the skirt she was currently wearing. Weather didn't seem to conern InuYasha, as usual he sat there in a white dress shirt, jeans, smoking.
Kagome went up to place her coat on the rack. As she reached up she something hit her, there was a shard in this resturant! She looked around. At the high class end of the resturant a group of men in there 50's in suits sat around a large table. One of them had it!
InuYasha watched a pony tailed young man in jeans and a black leather jacket, Jack Daniel's logo visable on his T shirt, walk into the resturant. He removed his hat. A cigarette hung from him lips and a old worn looking case from his hand.
Miroku's eyes scanned the room, looking for his former employers. He was slightly distracted by a girl in a skirt. She headed back to a table where a man in a white shirt was sitting he noticed with dissapointment. He caught the man's eye. He might be trouble.
Kagome sat down quickly across form InuYasha. She leaned over. "Those guys, in the suits, one of them has a shard." InuYasha nodded and watched the man in the jacket walk into the bathroom. Something about that guy wasn't right.
Miroku checked to make sure the bathroom was clear then placed his case on the sink before locking the door. Well, not like this incognetu shit was gonna work for much longer. He clicked open the cases' locks.
InuYasha considered his options. The sound of metal parts being assembled came faintly from the bath room. "Kagome, do me a favor, go get you coat." "Why-" "Get your coat." his voice left no doubt that this was one of the things you did with out questioning it.
Miroku put on his sunglasses and took a deep breath.
Kagome was walking back with her coat. InuYasha was on the edge of his seat he seemed ready to spring out.
Miroku pulled back the bolt of the Tommy Gun and kicked the door out.
Kagome's head snapped instictivly to the noise. Before the door even hit the ground InuYasha had covered the distance between them. He ran into her, grabbed her and immedatly dived under a table, he rolled on top of her and made sure she kept her head down as a roar filled the room.
Miroku let the Tommy Gun kick wildly in his hands. Bullets ripped apart table, wall, ground and flesh. The men who had been standing been standing danced with a grace they never had in life.
Kagome tried to push her self into the ground even as InuYasha tried the same thing.
The gun stopped kicking. A click resounded through out the room.
Two minutes to get the hell out of Dodge thought Miroku as he ran up to the table where his former bosses had been enjoying lunch a few momenets ago.
Kagome noticed finally the roar had died away. InuYasha rolled off but didn't get up. Instead he lay panting holding on to his side. Kagome sat up and turned to help him.
Miroku found what he was looking for. He pulled the jewel out from under a peice of table. One minute thiry seconds.
InuYasha sat up. DAMN! How long was his side gonna give him hell!
Miroku opened the case and broke down the Tommy Gun. Finished he head back towards the exit. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the girl in the skirt again. She was making sure the man in white shirt as alright. She seemed really concerend he noted with disaapointment. Ah well. He left the resturant like a bat out of hell.
InuYasha quickly got to his feet and drageed Kagome out the back door seconds before the first prowl car showed up.
In a safe house a mile away, Miroku opened the case again. The dissabled parts of the M1928 Thomspon rested in one half. In the other half, two slinenced Berettas, each with a black frame yet sliver slide and barrel, were attached by two strips of cloth hastily sewn on to the case. He took them both out and layed them on the table. He pulled back the fake back on the case. Several magazines and boxes of 9mm ammo were stacked up half way to the top. The top half was filled by two shoulder hoslters. He took them out, the rattlesnake tatoo running down his right arm glistened slightly in the light as he began loading the magazines. On the back of his left hand an ace of spades tatoo ran form between the second and third knuckles to his wrist.
He had to get outta town. And fast. When Lupino found what he had done to that 'buisness' meeting he would have alot of people after him. Since he had no reason to linger, he might as well do soceity a big favor and exterminate some of the bigger rats. He pulled back the slides on the Berettas, and slid them into thier holsters.
He checked the clock. He still had a while before his retirment from the world of organized crime. He decided to relax a little. He put on Guns 'n Roses and layed down on the couch.
"Shit shit sh-it." InuYasha grumbled. "This is just fuckin' great, we pick the ONE resturant to get shot up like that in fifty years. With a fucking Tommy Gun too! What the fuck! For Christ's fucking sake! Did I piss off the ghost of Capone? Only fucking us! I don't belive this shit." When that triade had ended InuYasha went on to triade about hunting for the shard the hitman took.
Kagome listened with entertianment as he strung several obscure exclamtions together with profanity. He was cut short mid sentence by an idea on how to find this guy. "Hold on, I got an idea on how to find this guy."
InuYasha picked up the payphone, put in fifty cents and dailed a number. He explained his situation and listened as Myogua told him what he could. InuYasha hung up.
"What did he know?" "The guy who shot up the resturant? His name's Miroku, the Lupino's send him in when they need one of there own gone. Far as we know, he's only killed mobsters. And he's good at it. Very good at it." "Better than you?" InuYasha grinned. "Maybe. Anyway the only question about that guy is his motivation, he's not in it for the money, not for the shards, hell he ain't even Itialian. But that ain't importent, the importent thing is I know where he's taking the shard. And when. We got a while, might as well find somewhere to stay."
Miroku thought back. Thought back to the things he had done. His mind told him that his actions were justified. That every single person on his list had deserved death and proably more. But still, there was a trace of doubt.
Kagome sat in the chair uneasly. She looked around the motel room. "When?" she asked quietly. "2 A.M." InuYasha looked her the eye. "It'll be nothing. Just a bunch of old guys sitting at a table. It'll be over in no time and we'll be gone." He tried to think of something else reassuring to say but failed. "Hell, even if they have guards I'll kick thier asses! They won't even know what hit 'em!" He said with confidance. Kagome smiled a little. Good. That was better than nothing.
0030 hours. Miroku got up. He threw on his jacket over the Berettas and put on his hat. He had a stop to make first.
12:30. InuYasha reassblemed the tesagia. He racked the slide and pulled back the hammer. He placed it on the desk he was sitting at next to the gun oil. he turned to Kagome. "Give me your gun." She handed over the Five-seveN and InuYasha began to take it apart for cleaning.
Miroku stepped off his motorcycle and walked in to the church. He dipped his hand in the holy water and crossed himself. "Father, Son, Holy spirit." He muttered heading for the confessonals.
InuYasha put his jacket on. Kagome had lost her's at the resturant. InuYasha walked out the door. Kagome followed, was it time already? No, InuYasha was leaning agaist the rail. Kagome could barely contain the mixed feelings of nervosness and dread. The wieght of the gun tucked into her skirt and hidden behind her shirt was an unwelcome reminder of what they had to do. InuYasha lit a cigarette. He turned and offerd Kagoem a smoke like he did everytime before they went into battle. Kagome took it abseant mindedly, if only to have something to do with her hands. She meant to just chew on it like she chewed on pens when ever she was worried about a test back home. She thought about home. She wondered where her family was, what they were doing. Jesus, life had changed so much in so little time. She didn't even know how far she was from home. She wondered if she could talk to Keade about talking to her family. But what would she tell them? That she was running around the country side with alone with InuYasha killing people? She took a deep breath. Something was different she tought. She took anthor deep breath. There was a taste in her mouth, it kinda stung the back of her mouth... Kagome snapped back to reality and looked down in confusion at the lighter in his hand. She almost spit out the cigarette but reconsidered. She didn't want to look like a kid in front of InuYasha by spitting it out after she had taken it.
Miroku shook the holy water off his hand as he left the church. He shifted the suitcase back to his right hand. He hated bringing that thing in the church, but he had no choice. Out side he opened the case and strapped the S&W to his thigh. He then slid the seath of a bayonet between his belt and jeans. He if was going down it sure as hell wasn't going to be for want of guns.
Kagome waited for H-hour leaning agiast the wall of the motel's second story. The cigarette still hung form her lips. It wasn't as bad as they told you she thought, using that as an excuse to not think about what they had to do. She took a drag. Besides, cancer was the last thing she had to worry about. Eventully InuYasha started towards the parking lot. Kagome sighed and felt fear rise up in her. She followed InuYasha with out hesatating a second.
Miroku kept his mind blank as he sped down the now almost deserted streets. Still, he could feel that old familair feeling rising in him.
He pulled around back of what from the out side looked like an office building. In trurth more dirty money, drugs, prostitues and human scum passed through it on any given day there any where else in the city. He headed for the matanice door. They knew he was coming, and they were gonna get re-al trigger happy about it.
InuYasha walked in the front, playing it Bogart. They had no idea who he was or what he was here for. Kagome stuck close to him. Four men in trench coats idled around the lobby. They headed for the elevators.
Miroku opened the building's fuse box.
Kagome held her breath as they walked towards the elevators. the guards were all watching them. Some had their hands in their pockets. All it would take was one extra nervous guard, one guard to ask them there buisness, one guard to make a move, and they would be surrounded with no cover. Kagome walked as close to InuYasha as possible.
One by one Miroku killed the lights till only the lobby was left. He waited in the dark utility room for half a minute.
Everything went dark. Kagome couldn't see InuYasha. But she could her the metal click of safties being switched off in the darkness.
First things first. Miroku had to secure his escape route, he headed for the lobby.
Kagome felt InuYasha grab her hand and pull her to her right. Suddenly she felt her self pulled back and down.
Miroku opened a door into the lobby and stole in. His eyes had already adjusted to the darkness. He crouched and snuck behind the first guard. He reared up, a pipe from the utility room in his hand. The guard made a noise as the pipe came crashing down. Miroku immedatly ran to his left. "HE'S HERE! GET HIM!" The guards took this as an excuse to shot any suspcious looking shadow.
Kagome felt a wall in front of her and pressed her back agaist it. She curled up and tried to make the smallest target possible. Her shoulder brushed agaist InuYasha's and she pressed her self agaist him too. Bullets snapped through the air over head.
Muzzles flashes gave Miroku brief views of the world. He crouched and worked his way behind desks, tables and decerations towards the muzzle flashes. Once again he reared up and struck a guard violantly. Hell, he did this right he may not even have to waste any ammo on them..
InuYasha took aim at one of the muzzle flashes on his side of the low marble wall the surrounded some plants put in for atmosphere. he squeezed the trigger. The flash blinded him, but the other muzzle flash had dissapered.
Miroku struck another guard. He looked around. the room was silent. No one stood. He could of sworn there was one more.. he waited a moment but still nothing moved. Maybe one of the guards took there own down.. he ran to the stairs.
InuYasha stood up in time to see a figure dash to the stairs. "C'mon." He yelled to Kagome as he raced after it.
Miroku was halfway to the top when the emergancy generators kicked in.
Kagome struggled to keep up with InuYasha as he dashed up the stairs. They passed the 13th floor. The door to the 14th open and another armed man opened fire.
Miroku knocked the door to the 15th floor open with his shoulder. He found the office he was looking for. He drew the Berettas, one in each hand and pulled back the hammers. He put on his sunglasses for the third time that day.
InuYasha returned fire on the move. As he rounded onto the 14th floor landing more men shouted from the open door way. InuYasha took cover behind the door frame and returned fire. "Stay down!" He yelled at Kagome who was still on the 13th floor landing.
Miroku opened the double doors. He was facing the head of a large oak table. He let his hands hang at his side. He looked at the men seated at the table. He knew each and every one of them. He had done work for them. Each and everyone of them were the worst kind of trash in the buisness. He raised his pistols and pointed one at the first person on each side of the table.
Some of them looked back at him with fear. Most of them looked at him with quiet resign. They had lived with the threat of this happening all their lives.
The gun in right hand went off first. The silencers didn't make the pfft sound so many people heard in the movies. There was a sharp crack as the bullet broke the sound barrier. Soon the air was filled with minature sonic booms.
As he fired vengence began to rise up inside him. The men at this table had taken so many lives, ruined so many more, and yet none of them would be touched by the cops! Fury and wrath and even joy filled him.
InuYasha ran up the stairs to the 15th floor. An empty magazine clamored down the stairs behind him.
Both guns locked back on empty magazines. Feet pounded up the stairs. He slipped the guns back into there holsters and walked out into the hall. He faced the end of the hall. And the stairwell. His hand hung inches from his revolver.
InuYasha rounded the corner, the tesiagia hanging at his side. He stared at the man across the hall.
For an eternity they stared each other down, two warriors who just happened to different sides of the fence. Miroku's hand inched closer to his gun.
A guard who heard the shooting burst in to the hallway between the two. InuYasha took aim and fired. The guard went down to reveal Miroku, gun in hand, with his left resting above the hammer.
"What the hell? I thought you were on there side!" "Yeah, well I was persuaded into retirement." "Well that's all well and good, but unfourtanly I still gotta take the jewel shard from ya." "That damned thing? Whatever man, just one condition.." "Yeah?" "Getting the hell out here is going to be complicated.." "What?" "The ground floor is sealed off. Hell there probably coming up here now." Faintly InuYasha heard the sound of an elevator. Miroku grinned. "Follow me." InuYasha said heading off.
They hid behind the wall in the hallway connecting the elevators and waited for the elevator to arrive. Kagome, having finally cuaght up, stood off to the side out of harms way.
"Ya know, we could probably go down the stairs and aviod this." Miroku noted sliding magazines into the Berettas. "What? Run away?" "Well if you insist.."
The doors opened. Kagome turned away.
InuYasha fired into the center mass of people, Miroku let the recoil spred his shots all over the elevator. They never knew what hit them.
Out behind the matiance door the trio recuperated. "Whelp, heres the shard, you sure you want this thing?" "Yeah, we're sure." "Alright, things in yer hands now, hope ya know what yer getting into." "Yeah, we do." "Alright, you say so. See ya round kids." "See ya round."
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Alrighty, that's over with. Tune in next time for the special Halloween episode!
Ohhhhh scary halloween episode.. oooohhhh..
are you scared?
You should be.
