Note: last chapter when Jou didn't want to get out of bed, he still put on a pair of boxers. Find a way to make it work in your head. Okie Day?
Warnings: Language. Nothing new.
'thoughts'
"speech"
Show Me How It Ends
-Stage Twenty-Two: Manipulation-
Jou sat up quickly, the sheet falling away to reveal his bare chest. The linen exposed his upper shoulder, where stitches had seemingly been threaded through unmarred skin.
"Who are you?"
The elder vampire sauntered up to the side of Katsuya's bed.
"I have to admit, I am very hurt that my fledgling has not mentioned me."
Jou eyes held a combination of fear, anger and curiosity, Matthew noted smugly that the blonde was having a very hard time meeting his gaze.
"Seto? How…?" Katsuya asked hesitantly. His eyes widened instantly, then looked up into the black haired man's own dark orbs. "Matthew?"
Smirking, the vampire leaned down over the bed.
"Wonderful! We won't need introductions!"
Katsuya began to notice just how beautiful the other's eyes were. So dark…so deep…you could just get lost in them…He hadn't even noticed how close Matthew was to him.
"To think, I was going to let Seto have you all to himself…"Matthew leaned in closer to Katsuya, lightly pressing his lips against the blonde's. Jou, after a moment, came to his senses and, to his horror, couldn't pull away. For a moment, the kiss was gentle, questioning, but now it was becoming possessive. The other thrust his tongue into Jou's mouth, and for a brief moment, let his eyes slide shut in pleasure.
That moment was all Katsuya needed.
The blonde reached for the metal alarm clock that rested on his nightstand. He gripped it firmly and raised it quickly to meet the side of the vampire's head. Matthew hissed in pain and let go of him. He rolled off the bed and quickly got up.
"Shizuka!" He yelled, "Call the cops!"
Matthew recovered quickly from the unexpected attack and came up behind the blonde. Using one arm to hold him still, the other to silence his cries.
"This would be so much easier if you would just accept the fact that you belong to me now."Shizuka sat on her bed silently, staring at the wall. Obviously still in a trance.
"Shizuka!"
The girl blinked, her eyes loosing their misty glaze. "t'suya?" She glanced around for a moment, realizing that she was in her room. Hadn't she been in the living room though?
"Call the cops!"
Shizuka got up quickly hearing the note of panic in her brother's voice. She ran to the door, but froze in her tracks, not a foot from the door. She couldn't move any further. There wasn't anything there, she just couldn't move. Whipping her head around, she stared at her pink cell phone resting innocently on her desk. Running back to the small table she grabbed the small pink device and dialed at a dizzying speed.
"Please! I need help!"
Katsuya writhed and fought against the man holding him. Loud shouts deafened by the hand over his mouth.
"There is nothing you can do, you might as well stop trying."
The writhing continued.
'Like Hell I will!'
"My, My, such a temper…"The blonde froze. 'But…I didn't say anything…'
"You didn't need to say anything. Now, as I was saying before you so rudely interrupted me, you belong to me. You belonged to me the minute your precious Seto agreed to accept his new life. In fact, you should be thanking me for saving you from that wretched boy."
'What…?'
"My selfish fledgling claimed that you were the reason he had died, and he would do anything to exact his revenge."'No…that's not true…Seto loves me…'
"On the contrary, I am here because he plans to kill you. I know you had nothing to do with his death, so you have done nothing to deserve such a fate. One as beautiful as you should be protected from that demented boy."
'Liar.'
"Am I? You saw what he did to those poor young men in the alley. Are those the actions of one capable of loving?"
'Liar!'
Jou started to struggle once again, Matthew's grip loosening slightly.
"Pathetic. I offer you safety and this is how you repay me?"The vampire bent the blonde's head to the side slightly. Katsuya knew what was about to transpire and could do nothing to prevent it. Horrified, he watched the ebony haired head descend to his neck.
'No…'
Matthew sank his fangs unmercifully into the tender skin. The blonde let out a scream that could not be muffled by a gag, tears streaming down his cheeks. The pain was indescribable, every vein constricting, the rush of every cell towards his pierced artery. The room was starting to get hazy…
"POLICE! OPEN UP!"
Shizuka paced in her room, unable to leave. God, what was taking them so long! Matthew was in there with Katsuya, she just knew it! Oh god, oh god, oh god-what would Matthew do to him? Sure, Seto had only mentioned the man in passing, but he sounded horrible! He pretty much spat the man's name alone!
A loud scream echoed through her door.
"Oh god…" She began to cry uncontrollably, sobs wracking her still form. "Please…" she choked, her voice cracking, "Someone…"
"POLICE! OPEN UP!"
Matthew pulled his fangs from the other and looked up, growling dangerously.
"I should have just killed the fucking child!"
Katsuya fought to remain conscious in the vampire's grasp, and for a moment he wondered, is this how Seto felt before he died?
A loud crash sounded throughout the apartment. "IS ANYONE HERE?" A muffled reply came not long after from the room next door. "In the second bedroom! Please hurry!"
Mathew cursed. "I was just going to kill you, but now I think I'll let you suffer."
Two dull thuds came from either side of the door. "This is the police, we want you to come out,"
In a perfect imitation of Jounnouchi Katsuya's voice he answered the men.
"Officers, everything is fine. I'm sorry for the false alarm, my sister's schizophrenic. We had this happen a few times back home,"
Katsuya used what little strength he had left to once again struggle against the vampire's hold. Matthew's hand slipped slightly, he used that slight space to open his mouth and bite down on the juncture between his captor's thumb and forefinger.
"Arrgghh! You little shit!"Jou only clenched his jaw tighter, blood from the wound running freely into and down the sides of his mouth.
"Were coming in!"
The men on the other side began to pound on the wooden panel. The vampire heard a slight crack as the frame started to give way.
"Fuck."
Matthew may have been immortal, but a stake through the heart would kill him. Getting a bullet in the heart wouldn't kill him, but it would hurt like a bitch. And those kinds of wounds don't heal in an hour.
He let the blonde fall to the floor in a heap, his breathing shallow and ragged. He wouldn't survive. Matthew watched as the small wound on his hand healed, leaving only a small impression that would disappear in a few moments.
"As much as I would like to stay and prolong your suffering, I can't."
Matthew Ravencroft turned away from Katsuya, and seemingly disappeared.
The door splintered open with a loud crack! Three police officers and two paramedics rushed through the it, only to be met with the sight of a boxer-clad blond teen, pale as a ghost, lying motionlessly with blood slowly pooling around his neck.
"Katsuya!"
Seto leapt from roof-top to roof-top, flying the longer distances. He had to hurry, god knows what Matthew was doing to Katsuya. He was getting closer…
As much as he disliked it, he couldn't come from the roof or the balcony, Matthew could be waiting for him. He would have to go on foot from here. Seto hit the ground running, he quickly folded his wings against him and sprinted through the crowd. Much to his horror, a police officer stopped him in his tracks, not fifteen feet from the Jou's building.
"Son, I need you to slow down and try to find an alternate route,"
Seto stared blankly at the man.
"Why? What's going-"The brunet froze, gaze falling onto the stationary ambulance parked before the doors.
'Oh gods…please don't let it be…'
A few minutes later, two paramedics rolled out a gurney. And on that gurney, was a large black bag.
Peace out homeslice.