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Chapter 3: How curious is the cat?

Two figures sit shrouded by the flashing lights of club Joy. One sits staring into the distance at a particular table that is situated right in front of the elevator. The other leans forward as he speaks to the other, "Hey man you've been watching that chick all night, why not introduce yourself?"

Eyes that shine with a sapphire glint turn to the first speaker as they reply to the other man.

"Heh…yeah it's about time isn't it? I wanted to wait as see what exactly she came here for. I thought she might be meeting someone but it seems like she wants to meet the owner of the club by the way she's been staring at the elevator all night. Guess I should play on that, no? Well old friend of mine is that bumbling idiot Mark ready yet?"

"Yep, that's what I came to tell you about. He's waiting in the parking garage with the others. Now I know how much you like to play with the targets but if you don't speed up for all the time Mark wasted we might receive less pay than we originally thought. I mean we do have a very busy man for our client."

"True enough but I would have liked playing around with her being such a cutie and all."

"That's exactly why no normal girl would spend more than a minute in your company. Just too goddamn cocky…" He shakes his head and walks away.

"Hey Lee! What's that supposed to mean?"

Lee makes his way out of the club, slipping through shadows. The sapphire eyed man smiles as he thinks of his friend. He swirls his drink and downs the rest of it. Murmuring to himself as he makes his way towards his prey. "Time to get to know each other sweet stuff."

Meanwhile across the club…

Brown eyes scan the room as the owner crosses and uncrosses her legs in an exhaustingly bored way.

Not a single bloody thing had happened around the elevator. No one went up. No one came down.

She'd wait another ten minutes, but that was all. Manners or no manners she was going to speak to the man at the top of that elevator. She taps her boots to the rhythm of the music. A pulsating techno tune that she hoped she'd never hear again. As it had probably already played seven times the three hours she'd been in this dingy club. The music changes to some strange beats and guys trying to pull off the screaming. In Sango's mind it wasn't any better than the techno beat that had been playing before. She sighs in frustration as she runs a hand through her hair.

"God damn, that's it!" Sango thinks in exasperation as her situation doesn't improve with the lack of development on the elevator doors.

As she pushes the chair back a tall man steps in front of her. His smile is wolfishly predatory. The unsaid words of his smile sending off warning bells inside Sango's head. He takes his time meeting her eyes as he scans her from head to toe with two sapphire glowing orbs for eyes.

"Hey there beautiful want to dance the night away in my arms?"

"Uh no thanks, I think I'll pass." She moves to pass him but his hand snaps out as has hold of her arm. He leans towards her and whispers softly into her ear. His breath tickles her neck sending shivers of disgust through her. "You've caught the eye of my employer. You came here for answers but are you ready for them?" Sango glares at him as he steps away and starts toward the elevator. Turning on his heel he smirks and beckons her forward.

Not wanting to follow but unable to resist the chance to meet the person she'd come there for, she also steps forward. The two elevator guards step aside and Sango enters the contraption with her guide. The doors of the elevator clang shut. Her eyes scan the new area for tricks, her observations don't go unnoticed.

"So got a name pretty lady?" Sango's eyes move up to meet his sapphire gaze. He hits a button on the side panel of the elevator.

She had assumed he already knew her name so she answers cautiously, "Sango, and what would your name be?" Sapphire lands on her again.

"Sure, but there's no need for me to introduce myself as you were just leaving…" The elevator doors clang wide and reveal a spacious parking lot and a whole lot of trouble for Sango. Squealing tires race there way towards the elevator's doorway. Sango looks around for an escape route but finds none.

"Oh shit!" Hands grab her from behind and she squirms as she tries to escape. Three men jump out of a large white van that had just made its way towards Sango and her elevator buddy. A cloth finds its way over her nose and she can't help but inhale the drug. She stops struggling as she falls into a black darkness.

At Monk's Office…

The sound of drumming fingers is soon accompanied by The Monk's voice, "Nothing to do- So I guess I'll open youuuuu!"

Curiosity may have killed the cat but it sure as hell made life interesting. "Thinks he doesn't have to pay me…I don't think so." The disc he owed Rick was his property now on principal. Giving into that cretin's demands would be like denying everything he stood for. Normally in these situations he would have already destroyed the disc but the way his employer had threatened his answering machine all night was making it hard for him to follow that particular habit. Besides what if it had some cold hard facts of evidence against his former client? Revenge had too sweet of a flavor to pass up. Well, the disc would be an investment all right. A much better one than it had been to allow that idiot to hire him. The Monk places the disc into his DVD player and hits play.

"What nasty little surprise is waiting for me?"

His eye's watch the screen for movement and suddenly…A man! A man in a lab coat. Great he'd stolen a security disc of a lab techie. The lab techie moved across the screen placing things in various test tubes and beakers, for several minutes stopping only to write on papers.

"Well damn! Maybe I've lost my touch…?" He reaches to stop the disc but suddenly another man walks onto screen. The monk's eyes widen as a fight breaks out between the two. Black hair and chocolate brown eyes. Punches are thrown, glass shatters and the lab tech is on the ground in a pile of blood and glass. The assailant pick pockets the lab techie for a key, and heads for the door. He moves confidently with a quick stride. He disappears from the screen, disappointing the observer. He stops the disc and tosses it back into the case which he then proceeds to toss into a black backpack that sits on top of his desk.

Back to Sango…

Drip

Drip

Drip

Sango's eyes flutter open in stages as the sound of dripping water wakes her. Slowly her eyes adjust to the dim lighting. The slow dripping that had woken her up came from a broken pipe that stuck out of the ceiling in one of the many dark corners. There was an old wooden staircase across from the mattress someone had thrown her on. Feeling sleepy she tried to run a hand across her aching head but to no avail. They had tied her hands and feet…Beginning to struggle as she realizes the serious situation she was in. The sound of footsteps reaches her ears from above.

"Oh great, now I'm in a lot of trouble. How could I not notice that he had pushed the down button…and why exactly didn't I see that there was a down arrow?"

The earlier footsteps become louder and are followed by the sound of a door opening. Sango stiffens as she closes her eyes pretending to still be unconscious.

The end of chapter 3...review and i'll get the next chapter going sooner!