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Chapter 16 – The kidnapping and daring rescue?
Killer's POV
It was unacceptable…
And I had been so sure that my plan would work… everything had been perfect, not a single flaw and yet…
Yet they survived… the humiliation…. I had left the school; confident that the blue haired boy - Ryuu would kill them and be blamed for the killings… he wasn't even aware that I'd hypnotized him under the great oak…
But I couldn't put it past him… he was a genius after all. The number one graduate of the Manhattan University… a worthy adversary… that was why I had targeted him to be hypnotized… but the others must have found a way to revive him…
No matter… I will find a way to take care of them once and for all…
Kuniko's POV
The last bell rang and I was hurrying to my class in the third floor. I was going to be late so late…
'Stop being so nervous idiot, it's not like you're really a student here…' my treacherous conscience was speaking for me again.
"Oh shut up" I whispered silently, turning at the corner. Only one corridor then I could reach my classroom. The truth was even though we were undercover I didn't want to be late…
"Miss Touya" a stern voice nearly made me jump "Glad to see that you decided to join us"
"Ahh… sorry sir" I bowed my head, suddenly wishing I had stayed in sick like Meg, everyone was watching me. I felt my face flush uncomfortably. My mind had gone blank and I was certain I was trembling…
Mr. Kabuki sighed "Sit down"
I practically ran back to my seat in relief, thankfully Mr. Kabuki had already started and everyone was directing their attention at him.
"Turn to page number two hundred and fifteen, note the sentences in…"
"What the…" my fingers touched a piece of paper folded in half when I reached of my literature text under the desk. I opened it slowly… my blood turned cold.
HELLO KUNIKO…
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE ME YET?
YES?
TOO BAD…
DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON YET
I HAVE MEG…
AND I DON'T THINK I'D TO TELL
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NEXT
COME ON, SAVE HER
YOU'VE GOT AN HOUR
PROVE THAT YOU CAN WIN…
"Miss Touya?" someone asked, I looked up at him realizing that I had just gasped out loud without knowing it... "Is something wrong?"
My head shook by itself, Mr. Kabuki turned back to the board, and I was left at peace to ponder what had just happened…
'Call Ryuu, he'd know what to do' my mind made that decision but as soon as I pulled out my phone Mr. Kabuki had taken it out of my hand, leaving me dumbfounded.
"Pay attention" he scolded me.
"Oh no" I whispered putting my hand over my mouth helplessly. Meg was in trouble but I couldn't get to her in this situation. And I couldn't reach any of the guys… it was hopeless.
The chalk dragged on the board, making an annoying scratching noise… at the same time my conscience was having a field day…
'Coward, what are you waiting for? Get going…'
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to drown out all the noise when I saw her… her body more like at, cut up, slashed, electrocuted, drowned, strangled, stabbed…. My mind was playing up all kinds of situations were Meg was dead… 'No' I thought shivering 'I can't let her die…' knowing Meg, no matter how scared she might be, she'd never let anyone be killed, not ever…
"Miss Touya, what is the meaning of this!" Mr. Kabuki exclaimed slamming his fist on to the desk, making half the class jump. I ignored him, without as much another glance I left the class leaving behind the enraged teacher.
The nearest class was Hayato's class; I pretended to be a messenger and got him out easily. Next was Ryuu and Yuki's math class. As soon as they saw us, Yuki slumped down on her desk and pretended to be sick, and Ryuu asked if he could take her to the infirmary. The last was Kyu's class…
"Excuse me, ma'am but Kyu here has been called to the office" Yuki reported and Kyu can running to her. But the teacher stopped him.
"Why?" this teacher was particularly nosy.
"The principal has sent for him, he's to come immediately" Yuki managed with ease.
"Yes, may I see the permission slip…"
"W-what?" yuki stammered, caught off guard.
"From the principal's office… there has to be a slip if I'm to allow him out or are you planning to skip class"
Yuki blushed "Er… no, the principal really needs to see him, something about a broken beaker from the science lab I think"
"Really?" the teacher was still not convinced, if anything she seemed to grow more suspicious.
"RUN" Hayato yelled suddenly. Then I was staring at them running away, him and Kyu I mean. Suddenly Yuki grabbed my arm, yanking me as the teacher grabbed at me, she missed… and suddenly we were all running madly towards the girl's dormitories…
It would have been funny if only Meg hadn't been kidnapped…
Yuki's POV
Less then five minutes later we were all gathered at Meg's room. The note was right, Meg had been kidnapped, her room showed signs of struggle…
The sheets were yanked out, the chair and the little desk was turned over, the water pitcher on the table was neatly broken in two… Meg had put up a good fight but she wasn't here.
"What is that smell?" Hayato whispered wrinkling up his nose.
"Yeah…" I agreed, the smell was like undiluted sweetener… except it smelled so strongly that it was starting to take a strain on my nerves… I spotted the source of it by the side of the door; an orange colored mess… very familiar…
"Oh shit" I exclaimed "Ryuu, the DDS tracking scent… Meg must have done it to lead us to her…"
(A: to those who don't know about this. The DDS watch has a special tracking function which can squirt some icky gloop that smells so much that it even attracts butterflies to it…)
Kyu dashed out surprising us all, we all followed him, the scent marks were all around the grounds… but the gaps between them were quite a distance… it was hard but we finally managed to get there…
It turned out to be the lone warehouse in the grounds… the place looked ideal for a hideout, trees lined the outside of the warehouse keeping it half hidden… and it was well away from the school, even better…
"Meg, are you here?" Kyu exclaimed pushing open the metal door. I followed, the inside was completely dark, the only light came from the open door and it wasn't enough to see the dark interior…
"Put on the lights"
Abruptly the whole place lighted up, all at once. I spotted the lone figure lying on the floor at the very back.
"MEG!" everyone yelled simultaneously, running to her side. We all dropped to our knees surrounding her.
"Meg… Meg… are you alright?" Kuniko pulled her head on her lap "Come on, talk to us"
Meg stirred; she groaned rolling to her side.
"Thank god" Ryuu said
"She's okay?" Kyu let out a gasp that I think he was holding.
"W-what?" her voice came out in a whisper "…happened?"
"Hey you" I couldn't help smiling, she was okay. The tension had been strung so high that we all were strained. We all were so relieved that I thought I was going to burst in to laughter.
"We came to rescue you" Hayato piped in. he was smiling too.
"Guys…" Meg tried to lift her head; I don't think she'd noticed the bruise on her forehead…
"Lie down; you might be having a concussion" Ryuu commanded.
"But… it's a trap" she whispered and all the cheeriness of the last few minutes evaporated.
"What?" I heard my voice exclaim. And it echoed for a second, then the whole warehouse was quiet, still as the night.
Then we heard it, a soft creak… even from the very back of the room we knew…
Before I could react I felt someone brush past me, towards the door. I watched in slow motion as Ryuu dashed to the door, faster then I ever seen him before. His hand stretched out but in the final moment the door shut at his face, the loud bang echoing again and again, reminding us of our circumstance.
Ryuu's POV
"Shit" I swore under my breath angrily, as I walked back to the others. I admitted I had expected that it was a trap but I hadn't expected to be caught off guard when it happened. We were really trapped here. There wasn't even a window we could reach, and the door was made from lead, we couldn't break it down in a thousand years…
"What now?" Hayato muttered bored as usual.
"I don't know. Don't ask me" I heard my voice say furiously.
The others looked shocked, I guess it was expected, it wasn't often that I showed emotion. So I quietly sat down next to the others, carefully avoiding any eye contact…
A few minutes passed. Yuki fidgeted impatiently.
"What?" she exclaimed when we stared "What is she going to do to us? Bore us to death?"
Then there was a light hissing noise…
"Oh shit…" I swore again.
Kyu must have figured out the same thing because then he swore some profanity that even I had never heard of.
"Does that mean it's supposed to be bad?" Hayato asked giddily, I think stress makes him go a bit kooky.
"Think of it this way…" Kyu said in a strangely neurotic voice "…we're going to be the first people to be killed this way after world war two…"
"Ah… the Nazi war camps… I forgot" Yuki added, in dry humor.
Hayato lifted his brow inquiringly.
"Smell that?"
"What?" Kuniko asked staring blankly.
"Natural gas…" I replied calmly. "It's sweeping into this room right now, the bad news is, when this room fills up, we'll slowly lose consciousness and die a slow painless death. The good news is we have about forty minutes to one hour until that happens…"
Hayato glared at him weirdly "When did you become so bitter?"
I just sighed not knowing how to answer that question.
A: An A1 sucky edgy cliffy. I don't know what's wrong with me… I'm sorry. I haven't been having much sleep… I need sleep…
Notice- next chappie: the unveiling… second last chapter so you'll know who the killer is if you haven't figured out already…
Bye and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah and Happy Birthday to my no good brother (25 Dec by the way)