Author's Excuses-
I'm sorry for the long-ness of your wait for this chapter...heh... Anyway Read! Beta and lovely co-authoress Shinigami's Forlorn Angel betaed this chatper as well. As a refresher last chapter left off where Zeke walked into Seifer getting tortured.
I'm No Angel
Chapter 16: Save the saviour.
Slowly the boy approached, causing the two larger men to back down, away from Seifer.
"Well?" The brunette asked again, stopping as he himself dew close to the still shackled man. "I certainly hope you weren't damaging our goods... Our clients would be most displeased if he is in less than mint condition. "
Zeke stood there, as he continued, his eyes never leaving the two men. "And when my clients are displeased.. I am displeased." He warned, his voice turning cold.
Louis stepped away from the blonde. "Just playing a little." He said.
"Playing?" The teen asked incredulously.
"Kimi gave us an hour. Were weren't going to kill him or anything." Louis replied. "He was being stubborn, and wouldn't listen so we decided to show him who's boss."
"I see..." Zeke said pensively before giving the two men a friendly smile. "I guess I have no choice..."
Hughes shifted behind him, suddenly uncomfortable. "No choice?"
Zeke chuckled, as if amused. "That's right..." Then in a flash his smile was gone as he sprung towards the man, stopping mere inches in front of him and grabbed his throat, lifting him into the air. Louis took a half step forward, but stopped and watched as his friend was strangled by the deceivingly slim teen. Zeke smiled once more as he tightened his grip on the man's neck. "Playing is one thing... Damaging my property is another... You would do well to remember that." He warned before throwing Hughes away from him, causing him to slam back first into the Iron maiden that stood a short distance away with a loud thud as he crumpled to the floor. Louis' eyes widened, and he started to go to his fallen comrade, but froze when his eyes caught those of Zeke's.
"Get him off this wall immediately." The teen commanded as he motioned to Seifer. Louis nodded, and unshackled Seifer who immediately crumpled to the floor with a pained moan.
"Good. Now leave." Zeke ordered of the still standing man, coldly, before turning to Seifer. Louis turned to leave, dragging Hughes with him. They practically ran out of the room with their tail between their legs. Slowly Zeke kneeled down to be more level with the man as he smiled. "Are you okay?" He asked, feigning concern. Seifer glared at the man.
"Like you would care beyond how much it would deduct from your payment." Seifer struggled to sit, groaning as his back muscles stretched.
Zeke chuckled as Seifer groaned once again as he slid up the wall, using it to help him stand. After a few breaths his legs seemed to stop trembling, and he was able to stand a bit straighter. Zeke remained kneeling as he looked up at the slightly trembling man. "You should let me examine those wounds... Wouldn't want them to get infected, now would you?" He asked, still smiling that deceivingly friendly smile of his. Seifer knew that the teen's tone was fake, but his back wounds really did need to be treated so he nodded. Zeke nodded and stood motioning for Seifer to lay down on a nearby table. Seifer limped to the table and laid down on his stomach still keeping a cautious eye on the longhaired teen. Zeke simply followed him.
"You should take off your shirt." He said, noticing how badly the back of it had been torn up. Seifer painfully took off his shirt, the cloth brushing against the wounds making him wince.
After the shirt was removed Zeke went to examining Seifer's back. "It looks worse than it actually is." He said at long last. He then took off his own black shirt, revealing his slim build, and, tearing it into strips, began to bandage the wounds. Seifer nodded.
"I'll have the doctor come by and clean those up later. Right now we need to talk." The teen said, still dressing the injuries. Seifer nodded again, relieved that a doctor was going to come by, and maybe give him some pain pills...
"About what?"
"Squall's friends.. What are they like?"
Seifer's eyes narrowed. "I don't know...bouncy..." He replied remembering the bouncy brunette and hyper blonde.
"Bouncy?" The teen asked.
"A couple of them are really hyper. Irvine is more calm though." Seifer answered.
"I see... Do you love Squall?"
"Yes."
"It must be nice. To have someone to cherish. Someone who cherishes you.." Zeke commented wistfully as he finished tying off the makeshift bandages. "There, done."
Seifer nodded, and sat up slowly."Yeah it is." He replied wondering how this guy went from annoying the fuck out of him to conversing like they were on friendly terms or something.
"It's just too bad..." Seifer narrowed his eyes as Zeke spoke. "I've never had anything like that.. Not even from my own parents..."
"Kind of hard for me to feel sorry for you." Seifer mumbled.
"I don't blame you.." Zeke smiled as he turned away from Seifer. "You see.. You'll never see Squall again." He chuckled. Seifer's eyes narrowed as he glared and clenched his hands into fists, the knuckles going white.
"What makes you think that?" He asked venomously.
"I'm going to make sure of it myself." The teen answered casually, waving a hand in the air dismissively.
Seifer ignored the hand. "How so?"
"I'm selling you in two days... And wherever your new master takes you, I'm sure it'll be far away from that boy.. Then.. I'll be free to do with him as I see fit." Seifer stood up, the rage flooding his senses so he didn't feel any pain.
"Like fuck you will! You're not touching a hair on his head, you fucking asshole!"
"Stop me." Zeke challenged as he turned to look at Seifer once more, smirking as if he owned the world. Seifer glared and stalked up to the teen staring down at him raising a fist he punched him square in the jaw. The teen's head snapped to the right with the force of the blow. Slowly his shoulders began to shake as he laughed, looking up at the taller man. His own left hand formed a fist and punched Seifer in the stomach, causing him to double over at the teen spun lifting his leg, kicking Seifer in the jaw, sending him flying. Seifer landed a few feet away with a thud grunting as he landed on his wounds. He'd hadn't expecting the slim form to be that strong.
"Squall will be mine," Zeke assured as he walked over to Seifer and kneeled down once more. "And there is nothing you can do to stop me." He grinned.
"What do you want him for?" Seifer growled. Struggling to sit back up as the pain in his back rushed back to him.
"He looks like he'd be fun to play with." Zeke stated plainly as his smiled turned back into the friendly grin.
"What makes you think you won't be caught? The police were already associated with Squall, they'll look for him. Not to mention our friends." Seifer said. "We'll be missed."
"Perhaps, but who'd suspect a couple of teenagers? After all.. You're a grown man.. You should be able to defend yourself against Kimi and myself."
Seifer narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, you and the bunch of also grown men you've got helping you." Seifer said sarcastically.
"What can I say to that?" Zeke chuckled softly. "Anyhow.. I must be going. I'll send the doctor along shortly.." The longhaired teen stood and walked out of the room, shutting and locking the doors behind him.
Seifer would have got up and rampaged to release some anger, but he didn't see the point. It wouldn't solve anything, and only serve to hurt his back more. He did know one thing though. He had two days to escape, and stop that little bitch from hurting Squall.
Zeke chuckled to himself once the door was closed, andset off down the hall. Smiling to everyone who passed him like he didn't have a care in the world. He soon found himself on front of a door; which led to the bedroom of the estate's doctor. Zeke had never been much of a person to enjoy traveling outside his home for more than a few minutes at a time, unless it was on business...so he had hired a private doctor to live on his estate should he become unwell. Opening the door he summoned the doctor, who immediately came to meet the teen.
"May I help you, sir?" He asked politely.
"Yes, it would seem that Hughes and Louis got a little over excited with our new guest... Please see to it that he is alright. It would be awfully impolite of me as a host to not make sure that he is properly treated for the misconduct of my subordinates." The teen explained rather eloquently as he smiled at the medical practitioner. The man nodded.
"Yes, sir. Have a good day." He replied before getting a medical bag. "What room is this guest in?" He asked before leaving.
"He is currently in the holding room. He will only be with us for two more days so please do everything you can to make him feel comfortable." The teen said as he began to walk towards his next destination, before he stopped and turned around. "Oh and the door to the room is currently locked to prevent further mistreatment of our guest.. Please see to it that it remains so." He requested.
"Yes, sir." The doctor said nodding. Checking to make sure he had everything he needed the doctor headed for the holding room. Once there he pulled out his master key, used mostlyin emergencies, entering the room making sure to lock it behind him. Looking up he saw a blonde glaring straight at him. "Hello, I'm the doctor here, you can call me Dr. Kurtz." He said walking up to the blonde and setting his bag on the table.
Seifer just continued to glare at the doctor as he stood up, ignoring his back pain as best he could. That man had a key to the only thing preventing him from leaving the room. If he could get that, he could escape to free Squall. In theory at least.. He wasn't so sure if he could really pull it off in his condition, but he at least had to try. But first he figured it would be best to let the doctor to treat his injuries.
"Sit down." The doctor ordered. "I'm going to clean your wounds and put some salve on them to numb the pain then some other medicines to keep them from infecting."
The blonde man's glare darkened as the doctor ordered him to sit. He was no-one's slave, nor would he allow himself to be treated as one, so he folded his arms over his chest as he defiantly remained standing.
Dr. Kurtz sighed shaking his head. "Please? I need to treat your wounds."
"Tch." Was all that Seifer said as he sat in a nearby chair. Still glaring at the only other occupant in the room.
Kurtz narrowed his eyes and ignored the blonde, removing the shirt remains currently used as his bandaging. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out a rag and bottle of water with a bowl. Pouring the water into the bowl, he dipped the rag and cleaned Seifer's wounds.
Seifer winced slightly as the doctor cleaned his injuries, the disinfectants stinging the wounds. Kurtz felt no guilt for the wincing blonde. 'That's what he gets for being so stubborn.' He thought as he finished. Putting on some salve to numb the pain the doctor gently rubbed it all over before bandaging it with gauze.
"There done. It's not to horrible, should heal up soon." The doctor said putting away his supplies.
"Whatever." Seifer answered coldly, pinning the doctor with another glare. The doctor glared right back, resisting the urge to flip him off, preferring to keep professional. 'Like treating a child.' He thought turning to leave. Seifer however felt no need to resist any temptations at this point and did flip off the man who had just treated his injuries. 'Go to hell.' Were his thoughts.
"I will come to check on you later, and the door will be locked so youwill not be bothered by anybody. Is there anything you want or need?" The doctor asked, calming down, as he remembered Zeke's request to keep the blonde comfortable.
"I want out of here but that's not happening, now is it?" Seifer replied moodily.
"Sorry I can't do that. Is there anything else? You must be hungry or thirsty?" The sandy haired man asked.
"Yeah right. As if you or that long-haired punk actually cares." The blonde snorted.
The doctor glared. "How dare you insult him. I'm trying to make you comfortable as I can. A request from Master Zeke himself. If he didn't care you would be alone with no food or water much less me bandaging your wounds, you prick." Growled the man.
"Zeke... So that's the punk's name.." Seifer commented. "Well then.. Doctor..." Seifer drawled as he approached the older man. "Please extend to him my gratitude for kidnapping me, threatening the one person I care about most, and locking me in this place!" He punched the doctor in the stomach, hard.
Dr. Kurtz doubled over gasping and stumbled back against the wall. Looking back up dizzily, the sandy haired man's eyes widened as the blonde descended on him once more, andcontinued to attack the doctor until the man had passed out. He then reached into the man's pocket and dug around until he felt his fingers close around a key. Putting the key in his own pocket he dragged the unconscious doctor into the still open cage in the center of the room and proceeded to switch their outfits. After a couple minutes he looked the doctor over once more, from outside the metal prison, sure that no one would suspect that he had escaped for at least a short while. Nodding to himself he grabbed the doctor's bag and left the room, locking the door behind him.
After speaking with the doctor, Zeke made his way his way down to the conference room, where he was certain Kimi would be speaking with one of their clients. Once he reached the room he stopped and pushed open the large double doors, the action announcing his presence to the room's occupants. Laguna was sitting in a chair across from a couch, which Kimi was sitting on. "In two days we'll have him out of our sight..." She stopped when she saw Zeke standing in the doorway. Laguna turned to see what the girl was looking at. His eyes widened slightly at seeing the teen again.
"My, my, my... Isn't this a surprise.. " Zeke said smiling. "I didn't expect to see you again so soon, old man."
Laguna gave Zeke a look. "Yeah, well I was hoping the same thing." He said turning back to Kimi. He liked doing business with her, much more than the other teen.
"Oh dear. Is that really an appropriate manner in which to address me, considering where we are?" Zeke asked as he moved to sit in a chair on Laguna's left, facing both him and Kimi.
"Where's that?" Laguna asked. Kimi chuckled quietly as she raised her hand to hide her smirk. This man was clueless...
"Why.. My house, of course." Zeke answered, smirking.
First Laguna looked surprised, then suspicious, then surprised again. "I understand you're keeping Seifer here?" He said, choosing to disregard the whole of their previous discussion.
"Of course. I hate having to travel long distances to taunt my victims." He explained, smiling once more. "But of course any body who's any body knows that." He added. "But.. Then again… You didn't..." He began, taking on a thoughtful look. "I guess that means you're a nobody" He smirked.
Kimi continued to laugh behind her hand, finding Zeke's uncanny ability to annoy just about anybody highly amusing.
"I've been living in Winhill for the past 17 years. I'm sorry that you're never mentioned in those parts." Laguna replied.
"Whatever do you mean?" Zeke asked feigning surprise. "I was visiting Winhill just last month. The mayor and I are close friends." He answered. "The flowers there are lovely this time of year."
"It's just such a shame it was only a business trip and I didn't have much time to enjoy the scenery." He added, wistfully. Laguna glared at the teen.
"How about we get on with business instead of listening to your petty insults, and self gloating. I'm the one that hired you after all." Kimi managed to get her laughing under control and looked at her two companions.
"Yes, we do have business to attend to." She pointed out. Laguna nodded.
"Exactly what I just said. Now tell me how you're planning on getting Seifer to Chet."
"You? Hired me?" The longhaired boy asked. "I beg to differ. I am simply doing you a favor, old man. But I agree. We do have more important issues. We will make the exchange here. It is so much easier than going to the trades."
"Okay, all the better, no need to pay you then. Making the exchange here sounds good. I'll talk with Chet and give him instructions." Laguna replied still slightly annoyed.
"Oh you will pay me.. You just won't know it." The boy replied cryptically. Laguna narrowed his eyes and snorted.
"Whatever. Back to business faster we get this done the better."
"Why's that? Do you find my home unpleasant? Or maybe you feel out of place, like a peasant among royalty..." Zeke smirked. "If that's the case. I wouldn't blame you. You certainly look like you'd fit the role of a pauper." He chuckled. "And it's only natural that you'd be uncomfortable in my princely palace.
"You should grow up. I didn't come here to hear about your riches. I came here to do business, and get rid of that man. Again let's get on track." Laguna replied. Sitting back Laguna crossed his legs. "I'll give Chet instructions. He'll meet me at an undisclosed location then I will drive him here. We will exchange, then leave immediately. What time shall we do this?"
"Grow up?" Zeke questioned, amused. "What ever do you mean by that?" Kimi just leaned back on the large sofa, content to watch teen and adult duke it out in a battle of wits.. And in her opinion the teen was winning.
"I would like to get back to business now. Forget it I don't feel like arguing with you. Now what time should we arrive?" Laguna asked yet again.
"Alright, alright. Come around noon." The teen relented, chuckling.
Laguna nodded. "Alright I'll be back in two days, at noon, with our buyer. See you two then." He said standing.
"I look forward to it." Zeke smiled. Kimi simply chuckled. Laguna turned and left, rolling his eyes and sighing, frustrated with the young man. He really didn't like that Zeke.
Okay so Zeke is a sneaky little bastard after all...anyway please review! Your reviews make me all warm inside! . And that usually means a sex scene...hehe.