"It would be faster to walk anyway," Sarah said in defense, "Just look at that traffic, jeez."
McKenna and Natalie sighed at the same time. "Ok lets go," Natalie said, and then started to walk. The group assumed she knew where she was going and followed.
No one spoke. They probably thought it would be hard to talk over the pouring rain, but subconsciously they felt that it was not the time.
Tohru felt uneasy about this. The normally cheerful Sarah and Sabrina looked distant and serious. 'I wonder what's wrong. Not even McKenna and Natalie are talking. Hmmm… I can't help but feel strange.'
Tohru dared to ask, "Uhm, is there something wrong?" Sabrina and Sarah looked at her, but said nothing. "No…it's…. nothing…" Sarah said before staring off again. Tohru just looked at the ground, not daring to speak again.
Natalie seemed to know exactly where she was going. She didn't hesitate once, even though you couldn't see more than a few yards in front of you. McKenna took a glance at the incredibly focused Natalie. She wanted to say, "Where exactly are we going?" but stopped herself. She'd find out soon enough.
In 5 more minutes, they were there. Natalie noticed how pale everyone looked as they stood before the apartment building. "23" was near the top in white letters. Deciding to ignore everyone's obvious anxiety, she walked in, practically daring them all to follow.
She walked straight in, and headed directly for the stairs. She knew where she was going. Not once did she look behind to see if the others followed. Then she stood before the large, old-fashion looking door that led into The Boss's apartment. Now even she felt the slight nervous sensation in her stomach, but knocked on the door nonetheless.
"Hello," came a deep, dark voice from inside.
"We're here," was all Natalie said before the door opened, letting them all in.
- - -
"Ok, we're on Main Street," Hatori said suddenly into the silence that had lasted for more than an hour. Everyone was wide-awake, and spikes of fear made some of them shudder as they knew they would see who would capture precious Tohru soon.
"My, what dreadful weather," was Akito's following comment. His eyes were still glued to the window. Then, "Turn here Hatori."
Hatori was shocked to hear Akito giving him driving directions, but complied anyway. Akito did seem to know an awful lot about where they were going.
Akito smirked as they turned. "23 is right there." Akito pointed at a tall, wet, aged building. Hatori had to squint to see the small numbers through the dense fog that was now building. He parked outside of it and herded everyone out of the car door. No one made a sound as they entered.
Hatori walked up to the front desk. "Uhhh, uhm…well…." Was all Hatori could say. He had no idea where these people would be or the number of the apartment. But to his surprise, the woman at the desk said, "22314" "Uhm…thank you," Hatori replied, staring at the ground. He looked up at Shigure, the only one who was an once suspicious about the woman knowing why they were here.
Hatori shrugged slightly and headed towards the stairs. Everyone followed. When Hatori got slightly lost, Akito went ahead and led them to the door with, "22314" on it. Shaking, Hatori knocked.
"Hello?" came a malicious toned voice.
"Uhm…" Hatori tried his hardest to sound confident, "We're here to pick up Tohru Honda. You gave us this-"
"Come in."
Hatori dared to open the door so slow that it creaked.
Gunshots could be heard everywhere in the building.