Disclaimer: I wish……….
A/N: Well, here I am…….again. I haven't been writing this fic but I am hell-bent on getting a chapter done tonight if it kills me! Lol, ok not that hell-bent but you get the idea.
Ok then……..here we go
Open My Eyes: Rise Of HellFire
Chapter Nine
To Catch a Wolf……..Without Being a Slut!
Exlim stared down at the smaller women, the gun pressing uncomfortably against her jugular. However, if one were to look at her eyes, you would have seen fear last on the list of other high emotions to be found there. Fury was only one of them.
"Any last words sweetheart?"
"Ya." Demi bit out. "You're a cock sucking bastard and I hope to see you in hell."
"Wow." He mused calmly. "You kiss your mama with that mouth?"
"Go to hell."
"And here I was trying to make friendly conversation." He smirked as his hand tightened on the trigger. "One……..two………thr-"
"Don't you dare!" The yell from behind him was followed quickly by the feeling of a rather hard fist against the back of his head that made him hold it in pain.
"You little-"
"Save it." Amaya commanded. "Don't worry you're next."
"Am I ever glad to see you." Demi said, breathing a sigh of relief. "I saw my life flash before my eyes."
"Ya, well, next time it happens, make sure you ask yourself how many times I've saved it." Turning away from Demi Amaya fixed her furious eyes on Exlim, every bit of hatred inside her shining through clear as day. "And you, when I'm through with you you're going to wish your father had fucked some other chick that night."
"If it's any consolation, I already do." He replied with a smirk, his hands in the air, held up by Amaya's gun.
"Come on." Demi said, dusting herself off. "Let's get back to the car."
"Can't." Amaya answered. "It left."
"It what?"
"Left." She repeated. "It wasn't safe with Kasaku, so they left. I jumped out of the car though." At that, Demi only shook her head.
"Only you." She muttered.
"They don't call me the one and only for nothing." She replied with a wink.
"Hello!" Exlim said from his place on the ground. "I hate to break up your lesbian love scene here but weren't you in the middle of killing me?" He grinned in a way that was slightly eerie, but that showed that he was having more then his fair share of fun.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a smartass." Demi mused, her heart rate going back to normal. At least it wasn't thudding in her ears anymore.
"Get in the car." Amaya commanded, glaring at Exlim with a look that could stop a raging bull.
"What?"
"Get in the car!"
"Alright, alright." He muttered, getting into his car. "Keep your panties on."
"No problem." She shot back as he slide into the drivers seat. "Keep moving."
"What?"
"What, do you not speak English?" Amaya snapped. "Get in the fucking passengers seat!"
"Hey listen hunny, this is my car." He growled, but Amaya only smirked as Demi got into the back seat. For once, Demi didn't complain about not getting shotgun. Like hell they were going to leave him in the back seat unattended.
"Mine now baby." She muttered, holding up the keys.
"How the hell did you-?"
"You can thank Demi for this one." Amaya beamed, starting the engine and moving onto the road. They went down a few streets until they were nearing Amaya's mother's place. "Demi, now!" Without hesitation, the short haired girl hit the larger male squarely in the neck. His body slumped forwards, unmistakably unconscious. Like hell they were going to show where Amaya's mother and baby were. "Nice one."
"Why thank you." The two girls smirked as they pulled onto Walnut drive, slowing the car until Amaya recognized the car and the house. She put on the brakes and noted that people were instantly at her mothers door, protecting both her and Kasaku against the unknown car.
"It's us!" Amaya called, stepping out of the car with her hands up. The others instantly lowered their weapons upon seeing Demi as well.
"Ya, we made it." Demi added. "With some cargo to boot." At this she gave the unconscious Exlim a small nudge which did nothing.
"How did you guys do this?" Tokuma asked, apparently impressed with the two women.
"Hey, we needed a lift." Demi answered. "Exlim had one." At the mention of the word Exlim, Toby, Luke and Tokuma looked as if they could kiss the both of them. Demi wished Tokuma would.
"Where's Kasaku?" Amaya demanded, looking around for her son.
"With your mother, safe." Tokuma assured her. "Come on." Amaya nodded and walked into the house followed closely by Demi. Instantly she heard a shout of 'Mommy' and a small child rushed into her arms seconds before Amaya was caught in a rib crunching hug.
"Mom!" Amaya declared, half from joy, half from pain. "Mom, I'm fine…….but I won't be if you crush my ribs!" The women chuckled and pulled away from her only daughter.
"You had me terrified when these guys showed up without you!" She exclaimed. "I thought you were lying shot somewhere in an alley way…….or stabbed……..or set on fire……….."
"Mom!" Amaya said, making her mother look her in the eye. "I'm fine!"
"You better be!" She said. "Kasaku needs you."
"And Kasaku will always, always have me." Amaya assured, handing the infant to her mother and then taking a seat. It was only then that she noticed the blonde girl with large doe eyes staring up at her.
"Toby saved her." Tokuma explained, reading the questions in Amaya's eyes. "She was caught in the crossfire."
"You ok?" Weakly, the blonde girl nodded.
"Just scared." She muttered over her tea and Amaya couldn't help but wonder why everyone seemed to think that tea could solve all of life's problems. "Anyways, I'm Lin." Amaya smiled what she hoped was a reassuring smile. The girl was obviously terrified.
"I'm Amaya and this is Demi." The girl smiled sheepishly and Amaya relaxed at seeing that she wasn't overly traumatized.
"Wow, you look like you've seen a ghost." Demi added, making Lin look down, a pink tinge going to her cheeks. "But I suppose that's allowed when you were almost Swiss cheese."
"Hey, sweetie, stupid question but do you want some coffee?" Amaya's mother asked, holding up the coffee pot. Amaya just nodded yes enthusiastically, all of the days events catching up to her.
"Ya, coffee would be great." Demi added. "I love the stuff, but it makes me pee like a pregnant women."
"Been there, done that." Amaya muttered. "I had to go the bathroom like every five minutes - not good for road-trips." A weak chuckle escaped Demi as she handed the coffee to Amaya who took a hearty swing. Demi wondered if she had even tasted it.
"So what are we going to do about Exlim?" Luke asked, throwing navy bangs out of his face.
"All in favor of a slow and painful death, say I." Amaya muttered, both her and Demi raising their hands and saying 'I' simultaneously. Tokuma, Luke, Toby and Lin however, stayed stock still. "That meant say 'I' you know."
"Amaya, Demi, I'm sure you would love to kill Exlim -" Tokuma began, taking the alpha male role.
"Fucking right we would." Demi exclaimed. "He almost killed me!"
"But we can't." He finished. Amaya smacked Demi for swearing in front of Kasaku. "He may know something about the Hellfire, and right now, it's all we have. We know nothing about these people."
"What about torture? Torture's good" Amaya said in a voice that held no hint of a joke and her eyes had darkened from blue to almost navy. Everyone was silent for a moment before she stood up, draining the last of her coffee. "Mom, thanks for everything, keep Kasaku safe." She walked over and kissed the child on the forehead. "Be good baby, and listen to Grandma, ok?"
"I will Mommy." He replied happily and she fought down tears, trying not to think that when all this was said and done, Kasaku might be another parent short. Amaya's mother said goodbye to her daughter and Amaya wasted no time in grabbing the gun she had left on the table and walking purposely out the front door. Everything about her air said that she was prepared to kill at any cost.
"Tokuma, Luke, Toby - take Lin in the car you came in." She ordered. "Me and Demi will take Exlim back and figure out what to do with him." No-one dared to argue with her as she climbed into the drivers seat, Exlim still unconscious in the passengers seat. She stared the engine and all she could think about was her desire to cause Exlim as much pain as she could in vengeance for tearing apart her family and her life.
Yashi.
She waited outside the Moto residence, silent as a shadow. Her long blood red hair was pulled into a ponytail and hidden under her jacket. Anyone passing by would have thought she was a statue for the amount of movement she made.
Then, suddenly she ran towards it, never breaking her stride. She stopped behind the house and stared at the security camera before taking out her gun, screwing on the silencer and taking it out. She smirked, climbing up the walls and through one of the bedroom windows. It had a slightly abandoned look and she decided that she would pass it.
Cameras were useless if no-one was going to be on them. She slipped out of the door, guns at the ready. She knew there were still people in here. Weak people who had locked themselves in their rooms to mourn the loss of only to lives. They were nothing for her. They were easily avoided.
She made quick time getting to the living room, where she knew most people talked and made plans. She smirked and set up the nearly invisible camera in record time before chuckling darkly to herself and going out the front door, closing it behind her as if she never were.
Chains.
Amaya drove, glancing into her back mirror to check on Exlim every few seconds before Demi finally spoke up.
"Hello. I am here you know." She said, waving her hands in an exaggerated manner. " He's not going to get anywhere with me here. I'm not incompetent."
"Sorry." She muttered, pulling into the driveway of her house, Tokuma and the others pulling in behind her. "I just worry, you know?" Her short haired friend nodded.
"I know." Amaya stepped out of the car and walked with sharp strides to the back door. Conveniently it was around the same time that Exlim slowly began to come back to the waking world. However, his eyes were barely open when he felt someone pulling him none too gently out of the chair. He looked up to see that black haired girl, Amaya staring down at him coldly, gun in the hand that wasn't dragging him.
"Well, good morning to you to Princess." He sneered as she pulled out of the chair.
"Shut up." She snarled, sticking the gun to his temple. "Walk." Everyone watched them as Amaya lead him into the house, no doubt ready in case Exlim tried to make any sudden movements.
"Where are we putting him?" Luke asked, falling in behind her.
"Cell." She answered. "Yami installed a couple in case shit like this ever happened."
"Oh ya." Exlim said, as if suddenly struck by inspiration. "He's the dead guy, right?" At this, Amaya snapped. Faster then most would have imagined she had flipped him and he was on the ground, boot heel against his throat.
"Amaya!" She wasn't sure who said that and she really didn't care. All that mattered was her putting more pressure on the boot. He began choking, grabbing the boot like he was trying to get it off him. Or at least, that's what they thought until he twisted her leg, sending her sprawling onto the ground. Smirking he made to dart to nearest window but he never made that far because Hawk came out of nowhere and grabbed him. (A/N: Um, ya I sort of forgot that Tokuma and Luke's sisters existed so I'm just putting them in now………..uh ya……. #Sweatdrop#)
"Not so fast sparky." Her gun was at his chest and he shrugged.
"Ok, you win." He said, trying to take advantage of the fact that the falsely tall women was blonde.
"Really?" She asked, pretending to be stupid.
"No." He answered, smirking as he went to punch her in the face. She caught it, which would normally have blocked it but then again, Exlim wasn't exactly a normal human being. Hawk let out a small scream as she went flying back, landing with a hard thud on the ground.
He wasn't free 20 seconds before a knife whizzed through the air, embedding itself in his shoulder. He let out a cry of pain that was more like a howl and everyone fell silent as Amaya walked to him, ripping the knife out. She didn't say anything to the others, just brought him into a closet that was really a cover for a cell. She punched the code in quickly and it opened, revealing a metal cage with a table and a chair.
"Enjoy your new home away from home bastard." She hissed, throwing him in it and shutting the door which instantly locked with a keypad lock.
"Bitch." He muttered. Amaya only smirked and slammed the second door shut, walking back into the room. Everyone was staring at her and she had a good idea why. What she had done probably wasn't needed but she didn't care. This guy had fucking killed her husband. He deserved worse.
"He's in the hidden cell. He shouldn't be getting out anytime soon." She turned and walked away, heading up the stairs without a backwards glance to anyone.
"She's getting colder." Demi said to no one in particular. "That's not a good sign."
"She's hurting right now." Luke assured, resting his hand on her shoulder. "She'll be fine."
Yashi.
She smirked and leaned back in her chair, watching the monitor on her laptop. She couldn't get any images but the sound was loud enough to be picked up from the device. From what she could hear, they had someone captured. She lazily reached out and dialed Saoko's number. It didn't even ring twice before her voice came over the other line.
"What?" She snapped.
"I have some information." She said and instantly Saoko dropped the cold tone. "I think the Chains have captured someone and is holding them at their residence." At this Saoko reasoned that maybe she wouldn't have to kill that son of a bitch Exlim after all.
"Do you know who?"
"No." Yashi answered. "I think it's a male, one of them referred to the person as a he." Saoko nodded on the other line.
"Well, keep tabs on them." She commanded and then hung up. Yashi put her cellphone down and turned her attention back to the monitor. So far, this looked as if it was going to be a very boring job.
Toby.
Lin's eyes were huge when Amaya had thrown the knife into Exlim's shoulder without a trace of emotion. Toby had seen it and quickly ushered her away in case things got any worse which, luckily they didn't. And now she was sitting in his room, on his bed and looking more then a little uncomfortable.
"You ok?" She jumped, as if she had forgotten he was there and nodded quickly.
"Fine, a little shaky but fine." Toby nodded in understanding.
"Makes sense." He answered. "To be honest, I think we all are." She turned her head to the side and stared at him.
"You don't seem shaken at all." He smiled as he pulled of his shirt. Embarrassed, she looked away but couldn't help stealing a glance at his well toned chest.
"I am, believe me." He answered. "I guess I just got used to hiding it from people." Lin opened her mouth as if she was going to say something but a women's voice calling him grabbed his attention.
"Toby!" He stuck his head out into the hallway to see his twin sister, Sukari walking down the hallway.
"I'm in here." She poked her head into the room and smiled at her brother who was really more of an extension of herself.
"There you are." She hugged him and gave him a light kiss on the cheek.
"Oh!" Lin exclaimed, surprised. "Is she your girlfriend?" At this, both of them laughed, shaking their heads.
"Hell no!" Toby exclaimed. "She's my twin sister." Feeling instantly stupid she looked down and blushed. Of course they were twins, they looked a lot of like for Pete's sake.
"Oh, sorry." Sukari laughed and smiled.
"No problem." She answered. "We get that all the time. I'm thinking we should just start going out that way people will leave us alone."
"Uh, speak for yourself." Toby added, looking nervous. "Believe it or not, I have a limit and that would be it." Sukari chuckled and walked towards the door.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He nodded and slipped into a different shirt, looking over at Lin who was resolutely looking at anywhere but him. Finally, she had to look over and her blush deepened as she found herself very happy that Sukari wasn't his girlfriend.
Exlim.
He was laying on the table in the cage, staring up blankly at the light above him. He was bored as hell, not to mention he really wanted a fucking cigarette and the pain in his shoulder had lowered to nothing more then a dull throb. He just really wanted a cigarette.
"Fucking bitch." He snarled tapping his foot in boredom. "Fucking little bitch."
"I'll take that as a compliment." He looked to see Amaya stepping out of the shadows, a cigarette pinched between her two fingers. "Which is more then I can say for you."
"Gimme that." Amaya looked down at the cigarette and lazily threw it to him not really understanding why. He took a drag and visibly relaxed, exhaling the smoke calmly. "So what did you come in here for anyway? Give me some food? Water maybe? Or maybe you just came to see if I had started chewing off my own arm in boredom yet."
"We're going to make a deal." Her voice was cold, hard, her eyes matching them. He could tell that this one had a hell of a temper on her. He wondered if that would make her good in bed. He would bet dollars to donuts that she was a wildcat when she wanted to be. He looked up with exaggerated shock.
"Are we?" She nodded.
"You tell us everything about the Hellfire, and I'll let you go." He whistled and started walking towards her in his cage.
"Well, aren't we Little Miss Bitch?" He asked teasingly. "Kinda reminds me of this chick that I used to work for…………. short, bitchy, really good in bed - or walls for that matter actually." He grinned and Amaya rolled her eyes.
"I don't care about who you're fucking." She snapped. "You're going to tell us about the Hellfire, or you can rot in here." He raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, tough." He mocked. "Now, about that bitch I was banging hmm………… short, black haired, answers to the name Saoko…."
"You're banging Saoko?" She asked, not masking her surprise. "I thought she was supposed to be an Amazon." Exlim smirked in a way that tended to make him very sexy, but his looks were entirely lost on Amaya. She hated him too damn much.
"Amazons still need to get laid." He answered casually, dropping the cigarette butt on the ground and crushing it with his heel. "Unless they're dykes. And I happen to know that she prefers cock to cunt."
"Good for you." She replied bitingly. "Now, are you going to tell me or no? I'm not going to waste my time." He smirked and laid back on the table, clearly saying that he was staying right where he was. "Fine then - rotting down here it is. Have fun going through nicotine withdrawal symptoms." And with that she slammed the door behind her, leaving him again in silence.
"Ah fuck."
Amaya.
She came back into the living room, placing her gun on the table. Everyone turned to look at her except Hawk and Sidney who were talking animatedly to each other about something that sounded like cars…… either that or bars but Sidney didn't seem the bar type.
"So, how did it go?" Demi asked as Amaya flopped down beside her, clearly annoyed.
"He's shagging Saoko and not about to tell us diddly fucking squat."
"Oh joy." Demi drawled. "We have a stubborn man-whore." Just then the door opened and Seto walked through it, setting his briefcase down. "Speaking of stubborn man-whores….." Demi looked over at him and then went up to him and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
"So, did anything new happen?" At this Demi and Amaya grinned at each other.
"I think you should sit down." Nearly an hour later Seto sat there, absorbing that happened with indifference.
"And you're sure that's everything?" He asked slowly. Demi and Amaya looked at each other.
"Hmmmmm, running around, almost getting shot, jumping out of a car, getting guns pressed to various body parts, throwing a knife into Exlim's shoulder………. ya, that about covers it." Amaya nodded as if agreeing with herself. Seto rubbed his temples, this was going to be a long night. A few moments went by before Demi stood up.
"I'm going to see if I can get Kaiya out of the Fortress of Solitude. See if she wants to use the gun room or something."
"You're going to be in there with her right?" Seto asked, Demi shook her head.
"No, why?" She asked. Seto looked at her with a semi annoyed expression on his face.
"It's best to go in pairs." He replied. "You never know what could happen." Demi shrugged, heading for the door.
"We'll be fine." She closed the door behind her, not leaving any room for argument. Seto just shook his head wearily.
"That girl….."
Kaiya.
She hadn't eaten in three days, hadn't even moved really. She had no desire for such trivial things anymore, trying to keep herself alive seemed such as waste. Mai had come in a few times, trying to get her to eat, talk, but she just told her to go away. She hadn't meant to be cruel, but she didn't really care either.
She had nothing to care about now. The door opened and she looked up, expecting to see the curly blonde locks of Mai, but was instead greeted with the black and lime-streaked hair of Demi. However, the change didn't change her mood in the least.
"Go away Demi." She muttered, but Demi was not to be easily deterred.
"You need to come out of here sometime."
"For what?" She replied, tears leaking out under her eyes. "I have nothing now!"
"You still have people that love you." Demi replied, grabbing Kaiya's wrist and leading her outside the bedroom. "At least do something, shoot something for all I care. Go to the target practice room - you just have to get out of this room, it's not healthy." Kaiya made some kind of feeble noise, but let Demi lead her to the room nonetheless.
"I have some stuff I need to fix on my bike anyway." She placed her hands firmly on her hips and narrowed her eyes at the stubborn blonde before her. Kaiya growled and got up slowly.
"Fine." She muttered darkly. "Fine."
"Right this way." She said, holding her arms out in a exaggerated gesture as Kaiya walked slowly out the door lazily grabbing a few guns from her dresser. Maybe having them in her dresser wasn't such a great idea. She had been tempted to use them on herself these days. The two girls walked into the garage which lead to the gun room.
"Are you coming with?" She asked dully. Demi shook her head.
"Nah, I have to tune up my bike." She nodded and walked into the room, never thinking anything of it. Neither one of them did until she heard gunshots and even then it took her several seconds to recognize the sound as anything other then ordinary. 'Wait………… it's a soundproof room………. fuck!' Throwing down the bike part she ran into the room.
And all she could think was blood.
There was so much fucking blood.
A/N:
MMMWWWWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! #Cough, cough # Crap, I swallowed my gum. Anyways, cliff hanger heehee! I didn't expect the chapter to go on as long as it did, I thought it was end somewhere between seven and eight pages but then I added the scene with Exlim in the cage and all. Anyways, next chapter will reveal what happened to Kaiya…….until then you're just going to have to wait for me to get my lazy ass writing! Fuck, you're screwed, lol.