Haunted

Chapter 3: Waxing Gibbous

"Shit Abyssinian!" Ken's eyes widened at the sight as he dashed from the building with Yohji at his heels.

"Aya!" Omi threw away their codenames in his blind panic and began running towards their leader.

"I didn't see what happened?" Yohji shouted, running towards them.

"Aya just fell from the third floor!" Omi's voice shook, his eyes wide with fear.

"Did he jump?" Yohji blinked in confusion.

"Bombay said he fell, you idiot," Ken glared at him.

"But if he jumped, he would still fall." Forest green eyes looked directly at Ken and grew sharper.

Ignoring their pointless argument, Omi didn't even have the nerve enough to tell them, once again, that arguing wouldn't save their friend's life. Omi carefully bent down towards the redhead and softly turned him over. Blood, lots of blood everywhere. Omi's froze, his hands shaking, his breath catching in his throat. Could he—?

"Hey Bombay! Bombay? Omi dammit!" Ken shook Omi roughly by the shoulders, and it seemed to work.

"Ken?" Omi snapped out of it.

"How is he?" Ken's eyes were softer now as he looked down on the younger one.

"It's not his blood." Yohji was on his knees examining Abyssinian carefully. His eyes flickered with slight worry for a moment, but then there was nothing. "He's bleeding, but not severely. He's been shot straight through the shoulder and I think his ribs might be broken," Yohji said proudly and rose to his feet.

"Since when did you become the expert?" Ken blinked confused.

"I'm not an expert! I'm just stating the obvious that you two seemed to miss," Yohji frowned and walked around them.

"Oh is that right?" Ken glared at the ground and reminded himself to actually try and control his anger.

"Should we carry him?" Omi looked up from on his knees beside Aya, to Yohji standing a little away from the huddled group.

"No. I can walk." Cold, icy eyes opened suddenly to take in the blurring picture of the night. The first thing he saw, directly above him was the Waxing Gibbous moon. So complicated a term for a moon that looked almost exactly full. He sighed; tomorrow it would be a full moon.

The others practically all jumped when the sound of Aya's voice entered their ears and then again when they actually heard what his words said.

"Aya? Aya, you're awake?" Omi's voice was soft and tainted with a hint of worry.

"That was fast," Yohji commented.

"Is he okay?" Ken bent over Omi's shoulder.

"Yes. It's Abyssinian," Aya corrected automatically and slowly sat up. He was surprised to find that he wasn't actually dead, like he thought he would be. In his mind there was nothing to live for, but in his heart there were too many things to live for. Both battled constantly and only one usually surfaced. Aya suddenly realized, then and there that life wasn't just suffering, that there were actually people in the world who cared. Maybe joining Weiß hadn't been such a bad idea.

Aya rose carefully to his feet and stood, turning towards the other two, positioning a glacial stare on them. He was glad he hadn't dropped his katana when he fell.

"Get up Omi, lets' go." Yohji found the key for his locked gaze and turned it from Aya and onto Omi.

"We have to complete the mission." Aya murmured, not looking forward to it.

"But you're hurt," Omi protested.

"It isn't as important now, go," Ken held out a hand and helped Omi up.

Into the shadows they took off. According to the target's schedule, he should be outside of the building, witnessing the packing of his supplies personally. They got the information from the guy's computer with some difficulty and now all they had to do was take his life. Omi's eyes narrowed and darkened as he squinted into the distance. They descended away from the shadows and into the open, dashing over a blacktop, and towards the street, their steps almost soundless.

Suddenly, before them the forms of many men wielding the complex weapon called the gun appeared before them. Instinctively, they all froze, eyes chained to the bodyguards in front of them as the men stared back at the assassins.

To be continued...

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