Hi all back once more with chapter 3 of kidnap! Sorry this took so long but I had decorating, packing and collage work to do during the holidays! No time for writing stories (Well not much anyway!) and I couldn't update them, at home due to my laptop breaking down on me:'(Oh well this is up now be happy Simi! Enjoy!
Chapter 4 – Dante
Reiko hadn't been driving long when he started burning up from the harshness of the sun, even though Reiko was powerful enough for the sun not to kill him, it still ended up burning his hands and his face to a crisp if he was out for too long. 'Damn, I need to find some shelter…' he looked in the wing mirror at Arson, then to Lee, who was curled up, fast asleep next to Arson, who was looking out of the window without any real interest.
"Arson?" The brunette demon jumped a little in surprise and blinked at Reiko "I need you to keep a look out for some shelter for me, I'm frying like a pan of bacon out here" Arson giggled at Reiko's comment, but a sharp look from Reiko made him stop, Arson nodded solemnly and looked out of the window again. it wasn't long until Arson spotted an old hut on the side of the old road. "There! Over there Reiko!" Reiko nodded and pulled over to the side of the hut, before cutting off the engine and getting out of the car, Arson followed him, leaving Lee alone, still asleep in the back seat.
Reiko and Arson peered into the hut's dusty window, they couldn't see very well but it seemed deserted. Arson tugged at the door but it was locked and wouldn't budge "What do we do Rei? Break the door down?" Reiko shook his head as he grew redder and redder by the minute.
"No I don't want a huge draft from the door, and besides if we did break the door down, people might spot it and call the police after us" Arson shook his head and sighed, Reiko was so broody and negative it was unbelievable. The brunette demon sat on the ground next to the hut's door and leaned on the wall his head in his arms as he wondered how to break the lock.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Lee called out sleepily as she got out of Reiko's car and walked towards the two. Reiko turned and sighed in irritation; the last thing he needed was for Lee to interfere. "Why did we-oh" Lee's sleepiness seemed to vanish as she suppressed a smile when she took a look at Reiko's face "Can't be out in the sun to long eh Vampy boy?" Arson giggled at this but stopped when Reiko shot him his glare of doom. Lee wasn't affected by this at all instead she reached into her hair and produced a hair pin, and then she silently knelt down next to Arson and started picking the lock.
It only took Lee a minute to unlock the door with a loud click, and then she stood up and tuned the handle before pushing the door open, she grinned at Reiko who was looking at her quite surprised. "In you go Reiko, you so owe me for this" Then she stepped inside the hut, Arson scrambling up from the floor after her. Reiko blinked at her again, before he stepped inside, shutting the door behind him.
"How did you do that?" Arson asked once they were inside, Lee didn't answer at first as she looked around the small room; it was sparsely furnished with only a table and 3 chairs, a cupboard fixed to one of the walls, a sink and an old gas lamp. Lee smiled to herself. "Well Arson, when I was younger I used to be able to pick the lock of my house so I could sneak in after a particularly drunken night, good skill to have, I'll teach you how to pick locks too if you want, it could come in handy" Arson's eyes lit up and was probably about to agree when Reiko stepped in.
"I don't think so, we have more important matters to attend to right now" Arson sighed and looked disappointed and Lee glared at Reiko, but he didn't seem to notice, either that or he didn't care; he slowly sat down on one of the chairs and sighed. Lee walked over to him and stood over him her hands on her hips. "What is your problem with me Reiko? Is it because I'm human? Is that it?" Reiko looked up at her but didn't answer he just glared back at her. Lee threw up her hands in despair and walked back to Arson who was looking out of the window next to the kitchen stove.
"Hey Arson? Why is Reiko like that? Is it because of all the leather and stuff?" Arson giggled to him self and smiled at the brunette girl, quickly placing a finger to his lips so as not to attract Reiko's attention before cupping is hand to his mouth and whispering into her ear "Want my personal opinion? I think all that leather is because he's into S&M" The brunette demon whispered, Lee blinked and stared at Arson before having to clamp both of her hands over her mouth to stop her laughter from escaping.
"Really" Lee whispered back, a grin plastered on to her face, Arson nodded and looked back out of the window, Lee glanced at Reiko who was still sat on the chair, but he was now peeling all of his burnt skin from his face, Lee looked away; it wasn't a very pretty sight, the skin cam off in long charred strips, like burnt chicken skin.
Lee felt sick at the sight but forced it down while vowing never to eat roast chicken skins ever again, Arson patted her on the shoulder and smiled at her Lee managed a smile back, but it didn't make her feel much better.
Reiko winced as he peeled the last of his burnt skin away and tossed it onto a small pile next to the chair he was slouched in. The brunette girl got up from the window and went over to Reiko. "Uh Reiko? Shouldn't you contact Dante and tell him where we are or something?" Reiko glared at her in response and Lee had had enough "Gah! What the hell is wrong with you today Reiko? Is it me? Or is it coz you've had too much of the S&M people up your ass!"
Rieko blinked at her and looked quite surprised at her outburst Lee sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose tiredly "Look Reiko, I never asked to be involved, I never asked to come along, but I came because Simi is my friend and I want to help her, and if you don't like the fact your working with, me, you can go to hell" Lee glared then turned to storm off, but Reiko grabbed her wrist before she could move, her pulled her so close to him they were face to face.
"For your information Lee, I don't like you is because I think your just another useless stray tagging along with us in something you shouldn't even know about, as for S&M, only at weekends" Reiko said with a glare Lee glared back, not sure weather his last comment was sarcastic or not, but she didn't care, right now she was REALLY pissed off.
Lee slapped Reiko with her free hand and said in a clod deadly voice "If I'm so fucking useless to you Reiko, how come I damn near saved your life 5 minutes ago hm? Would you or would you not have been burnt to a crisp and Died if you had stayed out in the sun much longer?" Lee jerked her hand out of Reiko's grip and backed away from him "You're a selfish, self centered asshole Reiko" Then with tears brimming in her eyes Lee walked away into a corner away form both Arson and Reiko she sat down leaned on the wall and fell asleep a tear trickling down her face.
Arson was unsure on what to do; weather to confront Reiko about what had just happened, or comfort Lee. Instead he decided to do nothing in the meantime and let Lee and Reiko work there differences out on there own, even thought Arson didn't see what Reiko's problem was, Human or not she had helped Reiko, the older Vampire just didn't want to admit he'd been helped by a mortal.
The room was in silence for a whole hour, until Arson sighed, breaking the silence as he stood up and parted the curtains slightly, and watched as the sun began to set, Arson was captivated by all the pretty colors in the sky and it wasn't often he got to see something like this. Meanwhile Reiko stood up from his chair and walked over to the other window, and looked out of it slightly, he sighed and stepped back from the curtain, he nudged Lee awake with his boot as he walked past then over to Arson. "We'd better go now Arson, Dante must be waiting for us to arrive at the meeting place"
Lee stood up when Reiko rudely woke her up she stretched and yawned, but not a word did she say to anyone, she got into the back of Reiko's car and remained silent for the rest of the trip to there meeting point. Reiko didn't feel any guilt for the way he treated Lee, after all she was only a human along for the ride right?
Arson was torn apart, Reiko was his partner in crime and thought they had there differences they generally got along, but it seemed Reiko and lee really disliked one another, and the brunette demon reluctantly knew that it wouldn't change anytime soon.
The three drove in silence until they came to a clearing in the middle of some woods Lee had never seen before, Reiko stopped and the trio got out. "This is it?" Lee said in disbelief "You're kidding right? Were going to meet Dante in the middle of some woods?" Reiko glared at her with an 'Are you stupid?' look, Lee glared back at him while Arson shook his head "Nope this is the place Lee"
Lee looked back at Arson "How can you tell?" The brunette demon grinned at her but didn't say anything instead he sniffed the air and pointed to his left, Lee turned to look, finding a bright blue orb appearing out of nowhere before floating in mid-air gently, Lee was stunned, I mean seeing a bright blue orb floating in mid air is not something you see every day is it? Suddenly the orb started crackling with electricity and began expanding, until it was wide and tall enough for the tallest of people to get through. "Wait…is this …is this a portal? Is this how Dante is getting to us?"
Reiko rolled his eyes but Arson nodded obviously excited "Yup! We have to do this in seclusion or the humans will panic and cause a fuss" Lee nodded; it made sense, a portal in a public place would cause chaos if anyone happened to find them, so it was better hidden than out in the open. "So…when is he coming?" the orb started to get brighter and it began so make a high pitched squeaking noise, like a mouse that's caught its tail in a trap.
Both Lee and Arson covered the ears from the sound but Reiko was unphazed as usual. "Looks like he's coming now then" Lee cried over the noise. Then there was a bright flash and with a small bang like a fire work, the orb exploded into a thousand pieces most of it in Arson and Lee's direction, the two hit the ground to avoid any shrapnel that was headed there way.
"Ugh" Lee said as she got up from the ground, mentally groaning at the mud that was all over her jeans "Was that supposed to happen?" Arson blinked up from the floor and nodded as Lee held out her hand and helped the young demon up off the ground "It was meant to explode but the shrapnel is meant to disintegrate with the explosion..." Lee sighed then froze as a shadow loomed over her, and she knew just by instinct it wasn't Reiko.
Arson was looking past Lee which also confirmed her suspicions "Hey Gramps how are you?" Arson said smiling; Lee swallowed and was about to turn around when Dante spun her around and stared at her with his dark brown eyes, heis hands clamped on her shoulders. Lee blinked and stared right back with a blank look on her wondering what he was staring at. "And...You are?" Dante said Lee blinked again a little hurt she backed away from Dante slightly, who removed his hands from her shoulders and called over his shoulder "Thanks a bunch Rieko don't tell Dante Sparda who the hell I am!"
Dante blinked then chuckled and turned to Reiko who was currently glaring a hole in Lee's head, Reiko sighed in irritation and stepped forward "Dante this is Lee, Simi's friend, she'll be helping us...Lee It seems you already know Dante..." Lee grinned and smirked at Dante
"It's a pleasure" She said to Dante who smirked back.
Reiko stepped forward and coughed "I think it's time we left, we have to get back to the HQ and receive what info they have there" Lee blinked and rose an eyebrow "HQ? I'm guessing were not heading back to your cozy little caravan then?" Reiko shook his head stiffly and Lee smirked knowing he was just dying to thor "Well then lets go, we all going in the car?"
Arson shook his head excited as he ran into a secluded part of the forest; a moment later he came back with a sleek black Motorbike. "Dante has his bike!" Lee grinned at the bike then at Arson who giggled, Reiko rolled his eyes and grabbed Arson by the Arm dragging him away, who was protesting weather at the treat meant or being taken away from Lee neither Lee or Dante knew. "What an ass...Id better go before he drives off without me..." Dante shook his head and grabbed Lee's wrist before she could walk off "Ride with me on my bike, I don't think Reiko is too happy with you right now"
Lee gave the white haired demon a "No shit Sherlock look" Before sighing "No shit…. I don't why he's such a dick, I mean I'm human, so what? You're half human yourself and he seems to tolerate you!" Dante chuckled and picked Lee up, the young girl yelping in surprise before he put her on his bike. "I'll explain about Reiko later" Was all he said before he sat on the bike himself, and starting the engine, it jerked suddenly and Lee yelped again as she almost fell off and had to cling onto Dante's jacket for safety "I should have said hold on huh?" Dante laughed over the sound of the bikes Engine.
Lee glared at Dante's head "HA HA devil boy get going or were lose Reiko" Lee said making sure she had a tight grip on Dante's jacket as he sped off after Reiko Who's already left. Lee, once she was used to the bike leaned away from Dante a little and looked at the scenery whirling past her. 'I can't believe this is happening...I'm riding a bike with Dante Sparda, Reiko hates me, Arson likes me and were going to HQ?? Man either the world has gone crazy or I have..."
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Ha! I'm finishing it here1 a nice cliffhanger for you so :p Hope you like this Simi (Sorry its been such a long while )
Jade Queen of the Damned
