Disclaimer: The muses would like to remind everyone that Angel Spirit doesn't own Digimon-just the plot of the fic and the OC's. The muses would also like to disclaim that they are not responsible for any words smushed together.
Author's Notes: Hey guys…uh…long time no see? Heh… (crawls under rock to hide from evil eyes-lol…) I so apologize for how long it's taken me to get this one out. I was really and truly incredibly stumped with this chapter and I wasn't quite sure where I wanted this to go for an ending or even how I wanted it to end anymore. I guess the original ending wasn't good enough in my opinion to match the story itself so I wanted to rewrite the ending entirely and give it the strong backbone that it needed…and…I'm hoping that I did that. I'm kind of nervous about putting this chapter up because I don't like it…I actually think that this is probably one of my most hated chapters for this fic-really and truly-but, I'll just have to wait to see what you guys think. If you guys think the same way, trust me, my feelings won't be hurt…I might end up rewriting this chapter at one point after the fic is finished. I just feel like it's missing something. And for all of you who want Takuya to get some action, he'll get it soon-not in this chapter, but in the next chapter probably.
Kudo's to Sailor Epyon for being my beta again, you're too awesome girl! And also Kudo's to those of you who figured out that it WAS Hirotaka…oh…but did I not say that there's a twist to this still? Bwahahahahahahahaha…So without further ado, the next addition to Forevermore…I hope you all enjoy the read! (Gulps nervously and goes back to hide under rock)
Rating: PG13
Warning: This fic contains slash/yaoi…if you don't like male/male pairings, then I suggest that you hit the wonderful back button to the top left of your page there and run far, far away.
Pairings: Takuya/Kouji, Kouichi/Izumi, Taichi/Yamato, Rei/Katsume, previous mentions of Ruki/Juri and Shinya/Tomoki…meh, you guys know the drill by now, right?
ForevermoreAuthor: Angel Spirit
Chapter 18: Remembering
It was the most unlikely savior who had come to Kouji's and Rei's rescue…even though he was too late…at least he made it easier to find the whereabouts of Rei.
See, being a twin sometimes has its advantages. In most cases, twins can usually sense each other's whereabouts, their feelings…so in other words, the fact that Kouji was in danger…caused Kouichi to sense that his twin was in danger. He'd been just having a normal, casual conversation with Izumi when his eyes suddenly darkened and his body tensed up.
Izumi had once been explained the whole 'twin connection' thing…they all had. She just hadn't quite really seen it in action-until now. Until Kouichi turned to her with a very serious expression on his face-his dark blue gray eyes filled with fear-telling her that Kouji-and Rei-were both in serious danger. That the stalker was near…too near…
Kouichi's voice sounded far away for a minute or two, and that scared Izumi. But when he seemed to snap out of it and grabbed a tight hold of her wrist, begging her to go and get Takuya-or someone who could help them, she nodded and fled the room…knowing that Kouichi would be safe until she returned.
Luck seemed to be on Izumi's side, as she turned the corner and ran smack into Takuya-sending them both to the ground. Startled, Takuya looked at his assailant to see a trembling Izumi…who he instantly offered a hand up, as he had been the first to stand. Izumi took his hand gratefully, but instead of thanking him; only told him what Kouichi had told her to pass onto whoever she was able to find…grateful that it was Takuya instead of a nurse.
Takuya's eyes instantly opened wide, and he asked her a few times if she was absolutely sure. Izumi was stuttering and shaking a little bit, but with each question Takuya asked, she managed to answer in the best way she could. Thanking Izumi, Takuya took off like a shot-going in the direction that he'd seen Katsume go just a few seconds before he and Izumi had ran into each other.
Maybe…just maybe Kouichi had sensed that Kouji was in danger before anything bad could happen. Maybe, maybe Katsume could catch Kouji's stalker in action here at the hospital, and have him put behind bars before the night was over…
It was a relieving thought, but at the same time, Takuya had the slightest, most horrible feeling that that thought would remain as it was-only a thought. Deep down inside, Takuya had the feeling that the damage was done…and they needed to find Kouji and Rei now…before anything else happened.
After looking around for several minutes, Takuya finally found Katsume talking with another police officer-a security officer actually. He remembered that she had told him that she was going to seriously step up the security at the hospital since they were all there.
The moment she managed to get a good look at him as he hurried towards her, she instantly knew that something was wrong. Their search for Rei and Kouji the first time had come up empty handed…she had been asking Jen if whether or not he had seen them, or any of his other fellow security officers had when Takuya had come dashing around the corner looking quite frantic.
"Takuya, what's going on?" Takuya placed his hands on his knees and panted for a couple of minutes as he hastily told her everything that he knew-all that Izumi had passed onto him. Katsume's eyes went wide.
"So wait, you're telling me that Kouichi told Izumi to tell you that Kouji and Rei are in danger? How long ago did this happen?" Shaking his head, Takuya shrugged as he stood his full height.
"I'm not sure, quite a few minutes ago; it took me awhile to find you. Izumi had pretty much ran into me looking pretty frightened; she said that Kouichi had started acting all weird on her and telling her that Kouji was in serious danger…I think she said that he said something about an elevator." Swearing softly and biting on her lower lip, Katsume turned to Jen-but the older man was already on top of it.
"We're going to check all the elevators in the hospital-do you want to come with me or do you want to do an investigation of your own, Kat?" Katsume sighed and glanced at Takuya, who held nothing but concern and fear in his dark brown eyes as she nodded at Jen.
"We'll come with you Jen, I think it'd be faster if we split up, but at the same time you know this place better than we do!" Jen nodded as the three of them dashed off, desperate to find their friends before it was too late…
It was a trio of nurses on their lunch break who had discovered Rei's unconscious body in the elevator. They'd managed to gently pull her prone form out of the elevator and call a doctor.
Before anyone knew it, she'd been placed on a stretcher and wheeled into a room to be looked at. Luckily, Jen-the security officer with Katsume and Takuya-managed to find this out when it was reported into the front desk as it seemed that everyone at the hospital knew that Kouji and Rei were being looked for.
Hours had seemed to go by, but in reality, it was only about a half an hour or so before Katsume found herself next to Rei's bedside…watching as her girlfriend started to slowly bring herself back into reality.
She could tell that Rei was still pretty out of it, blinking several times as she looked up at Katsume with a confused look on her face.
"Kat…what…?" She murmured, groaning softly as she brought a hand up to her head, wincing as she did so.
Her wrist hurt like hell, and she assumed it was probably from where…from where…from where…what?
Rei frowned suddenly as she took in her surroundings. Though her vision was still a bit fuzzy, she had that feeling that she was stuck in a hospital room, and Katsume was at her side…she thought she saw Takuya standing in the doorway, looking a bit agitated and nervous-or was that just the feeling of the room in general?
"Rei…Rei, baby you have to tell me what happened!" Katsume pleaded, knowing at this point in time that Rei was the only one who could tell them where the stalker could've taken Kouji.
"What…happened…?" Rei murmured, still not too sure of herself. The room seemed to tilt and spin suddenly, and she groaned softly closing her eyes once more…she felt like she was going to be sick.
"Rei?" The dark brunette only shook her head though, not trusting herself to talk-if she did, she was afraid that she might throw up on Katsume…and she had the feeling that that would not go well with her girlfriend. She waited for the dizziness and nausea to pass, and after a short while it did…but it seemed as though Katsume was impatient for some reason and kept on bombarding her with questions-easy yes, no questions. Like, she was the last person to see Kouji, right? A nod…did she know where Kouji was now…? A shake of the head. She had no idea…at least…not…
Her eyes opened wide suddenly as she latched her right hand tightly around Katsume's left wrist, causing the blonde to look sharply down at her.
"I know…" She croaked, before covering her hand hastily with her mouth, as Katsume quickly grabbed one of the hospital's buckets for her to throw up in. After several moments of heaving, Rei actually felt better and while Takuya went to go get a cool cloth for her, she managed to get out what she had been trying to tell Katsume beforehand.
"I know, I know who he is. I know who Kouji's stalker is, Katsume!" Katsume's dark blue-green eyes opened wide, but she allowed Rei to continue what she was saying without interrupting her yet. She wanted to get the whole story that Rei could provide before asking questions.
"He ambushed us…in…the…elevator." Rei's face screwed up in concentration as she forced herself to remember.
"Kouji and I both seemed to know that he was going to attack us…so…we attacked first…I…think…it was out of self defense…" She murmured, as Katsume soothed her by wiping her face and forehead with the cool cloth Takuya had brought over. He was now waiting as patiently as he could behind the blonde for Rei to finish her story, and tell them where Kouji was.
"He got the best…of us. I really don't remember everything at the moment, like who went down first-that kind of stuff…I…I'm pretty sure it was me who went down first though." Rei admitted softly, wincing. She'd always thought of herself as the strong, independent type…being taken down like…well, like how she was taken down during the fight in the elevator was something she wasn't soon to forget.
"Rei?" Rei hadn't noticed that she was starting to doze off when Katsume called out her name again. Instantly her eyes snapped open, and she knew that she had to get that one important piece of information out before she fell asleep again, and slept off the rest of the chloroform that had been given to her.
"He…he has…Kouji…now…" She whispered, forcing herself to stay awake but the task that Rei appointed herself seemed nearly impossible.
"Who has Kouji now Rei? WHO?" It was Takuya's demanding scared voice that allowed Rei the briefest of moments before she fell back into a dreamless slumber, to tell them that last bit of important information that she could remember.
"Hirotaka…has…him…in danger…" Was all that she managed to get out before passing out again completely. Katsume shared a look with Takuya, and the brunette was shocked into silence. Katsume had the feeling that he hadn't had a clue about who was behind everything, but upon finding out that it was someone who had been right underneath their noses this whole entire time…
"We'll get him back Takuya. We'll-" Takuya shook his head, his dark brown eyes flashing in anger.
"When, Katsume? When will we get him back? It might be too late, it might…he might've…he…oh gods…" Knowing that Takuya was starting to ride on an emotional roller coaster, all Katsume could do was walk over to him to where he was standing, as he'd started to slowly back up to where the door to the room was when Rei had managed to get out Hirotaka's name last minute. She gently put her hands on his shoulders, giving him a light shake.
It seemed to work…Takuya seemed to snap out of it, and was now just in a daze. Katsume couldn't blame him…if Rei were in Kouji's situation, she had the feeling that she'd be acting pretty much the same way.
"I promise you Takuya, we'll find him before anything else happens!" She pushed him gently aside then, heading out of the room.
"W-where are you going?" Takuya murmured, rubbing his aching temples gently as he realized he was getting a headache…probably from worrying so much, so he assumed. But he knew that he wouldn't stop worrying, or be able to concentrate on himself, until Kouji was safely in his arms again.
"I'm going to go and put an alert out for Kouji…the whole squadron that I work with will be out looking for him, Takuya…we're going to close up the city borders and go from there. As long as Hirotaka can't get out of the city, we're narrowing down our search field. And the sooner I make that phone call, the sooner it can be done. Watch Rei for me." Before Takuya could say anything else, Katsume took off in a rush-it was almost like she'd never been there she left that quickly.
Sighing, Takuya managed to cross the room and dropped himself into the hard, plastic hospital chair beside Rei's bed. She was sound asleep and wouldn't be any company for him…too bad…as now that he was alone, horrible thoughts started to creep into Takuya's mind…
But Takuya knew he had to not think these things and to be strong…he knew deep in his heart that Kouji was still alive…and Takuya wasn't going to let a bastard like Hirotaka take his love away from him…not when he'd just found him…
Letting out a low curse, she managed to haul Kouji into the van and then climb up into it after him, slamming the doors shut...and not a second after, the van took off, causing her to fall off balance and landing hard on her rear. Cursing again as she heard Kouji moan once more, she managed to crawl her way to him in the dark, and brushed fallen hair out of his eyes. This was actually the very first time that she'd ever seen him without his hair in a ponytail, or with his bandanna on...she had had no idea how long his hair really was.
"Hang on Kouji...just hang on, okay? When we get back to the University, I'll take care of you until Kouichi gets back, alright?" She murmured, letting him know that she was there as she sat in the darkness with him pulled up into her lap, for the duration of the ride...
Rei hadn't realized that she had almost fallen asleep herself from the lull of the moving van, until it had suddenly jerked to a rough stop-causing her to fall over once more as she still continued to hold Kouji protectively in her grip.
Were they back at the University like that biker had said they'd be?
Rei suddenly felt a little bit uneasy…why had she listened to a mysterious biker who she hadn't even known? Because he'd said that he hadn't wanted to see her hurt…because he had made it sound like he'd cared. Which, was more than she could say for Katsume for a moment.
Bringing her mind quickly out of any thoughts of Katsume and concentrating on the here and now with what was going on, she listened as people got out from the van and heard their footsteps on what she assumed was gravel outside before the back doors were thrown open.
It was as dark outside as it was inside the van, so Rei's eyes didn't have to adjust at all. Because of the rain storm, there was no moon out-so the night was as dark as it could possibly get.
And the people standing in the opening were as dark as the night as well. They were all wearing black-long sleeved shirts and black pants…they even had masks on so that only their eyes showed enough for them to see…
Rei scuttled as far back as she could go before her back hit the wall, taking Kouji's still unconscious, unresponsive form with her as she did so.
Suddenly, she didn't like what was going on…and cursed herself for being so stupid as alarm bells started ringing in the back of her head.
"I think we're scaring her." Rei's eyes opened wide as one of the four people spoke out loud suddenly. It sounded male…and yet…yet, she wasn't so sure. Their voice seemed hidden somehow, darker…a voice synthesizer?
"No shit Sherlock…the bitch looks like a deer caught in headlights!" Another exclaimed quite sarcastically and Rei found it hard to pinpoint who was speaking and who wasn't-the synthesizer or whatever it was these people were using to disguise their voices made it hard to pinpoint which voice belonged to which person.
She felt her body trembling as she kept an arm around Kouji, holding him close to her, feeling his warmth and was grateful for it. She was cold…but not from the stormy winds that howled outside the van reaching inwards for her-but she was cold out of fear.
"Let's hurry it up and get this done and over with before the bitch comes to her senses!" Someone laughed at this, the laughter sounding evil and not humorous at all and Rei winced.
"What, you don't want a fight?" A snort.
"You think she'd fight? She's scared out of her friggin' mind! Let's do this and call it a night, gents." Men? All men…? Gents…but in a way, Rei realized she wasn't sure if they were all men, all women…they couldn't all be men outside the van. Why would they have voice synthesizers or whatever if they were all men? Especially men who Rei didn't know? Unless if she knew them…?
Too many questions…they were starting to make her head hurt.
Before Rei knew what was happening, someone had managed to crawl into the van, and was coming towards her. She balked as they reached out for her, unfortunately letting go of Kouji, as he gently hit the floor of the van, and Rei silently apologized.
She tried to scurry away, but the person in front of her was too fast…their reflexes too quick. Their arms reached out and grabbed her, dragging her out of the van, and she squirmed, kicked, and fought.
At one point, she even resorted to biting the person who continued to pull her out of the van…reaching her goal as her teeth bit through skin on the arm, before she heard the person who held her curse and throw her roughly to the ground.
For a couple of seconds, Rei's breath was knocked out of her as she struggled to stand.
Gulping in some air and reminding herself that she was not in a very good situation to pass out, she managed to get back onto her feet, and debated quickly about what to do.
She quickly realized that she was in the middle of nowhere, and if she took off, she'd be stuck here…she didn't even know where she was, though a part of her had the feeling that she wasn't too far away from Shibuya. She couldn't be. They hadn't been driving for that long, had they?
Rei had been lost in her thoughts for too long, strong arms reached out for her and managed to grab her, wrenching her own arms back tight enough for her to cry out. She did so…and struggled some more trying to kick backwards.
All those martial arts lessons that she and Kouji were taking lately seemed to fly out of her mind as she realized the position she was in. She was loosing her cool…and that was the one thing that their sensei had always told them not to do…because then they'd be powerless.
And Rei Ashia was now powerless.
"Hold her still while I do this damnit!" Another voice ordered as the person holding her grunted as Rei tried to get herself free, but the other person's strength seemed to heighten and held her thrashing body closer to their own. It was then that Rei's eyes widened as she realized that the person who was holding her was another girl.
"Bitch! Let me go!" She cried out, and the female behind her chuckled softly-menacingly.
"As if. You're smart, I'll give you that, Ashia…now hold still…this won't hurt. The only thing that will hurt, was that you won't remember tonight. You can't remember tonight…I'm sorry I can't explain why, but you can't." The feminine synthesized voice whispered in her ear, as though she didn't want her other three companions to realize that in a way, she was apologizing to Rei.
Rei felt her eyes narrow. There was something familiar about the way that this person was holding her back...
And as she quickly realized who it was, her eyes widened as far as they would go.
But before she could say anything, she felt a painful prick in her lower abdomen…her body seemed to instantly go limp.
"What…?" She murmured, wondering what it was they'd done to her and why…why…? Why would she do this to her? What was going on…? Her mind swirled with unanswered questions, and a part of her was angry.
Her body started to feel numb as she was thrown back into the back of the van once more, and the doors were slammed shut. She heard the voices now once again, muffled because of whatever kind of drug they'd given her…and they weren't synthesized anymore.
She recognized one of those voices…and closed her eyes tightly to fight off the tears. What in the hell was going on, and what did she do to deserve this? She thought that she could trust her.
"I didn't want it to go this far." Her voice murmured from the front, as Rei felt her body slowly let go of reality, and she sighed, feeling rather tired and quite out of it.
"We can't let your little friend back there get in the way of this investigation and you know that. If she does you're more liable to get yourself in trouble and your mind won't be on what needs to get done. The case is more important and you know it…" Rei didn't hear the rest of the male's speech…her eyes had already fallen shut and she realized that her mind was starting to shut down in sleep mode as well…whether she wanted it too or not…
Rei woke up with a startled gasp as she looked wildly about her while she tried to get her bearings.
She was in a hospital room…again…
Groaning softly to herself, she allowed herself to sink back down so that her back was at least resting against the lousy pillow that she had behind her-hospital pillows were never as good as your own pillow at home…she'd quickly come to realize that her last visit here.
"Rei?" The voice beside her was soft, but Rei quickly knew that it wasn't Katsume. Someone else…
Gently turning her head, she saw Junpei sitting in a chair, giving her a soft look of concern.
"Are you alright?" He murmured, and she thought about his question before she lightly nodded her head.
"Yeah…actually I am, I feel better than I did awhile ago…what time is it?" The question had been running through her mind since she had first woken up. The other thing that hospitals were horrible about: not having a clock of any type in the many rooms that patients resided in when they were there. You almost always had to ask a nurse, doctor, or who ever was visiting you at the time.
"It's almost two am in the morning…you slept most of the day and through most of the night until you woke up just about now." Junpei said, his voice soft once more. Rei eyed him…something about the way Junpei was acting, made her think that there was something else going on…and besides…why was it Junpei who was sitting next to her bedside this time? Where were Katsume and Takuya? Or even Kai or Kita? They seemed to be the most likely people to stay with her. No offense to Junpei-she admitted that she didn't know him as well as she probably should've, since he was one of Kouji's friends. She knew he was a good guy and occasionally they hung out whenever she was with everyone in a big group…but she didn't know him as well as say…Alec for example.
"Junpei, where's Katsume?" Junpei sighed. He had had the feeling that Rei would ask that question sooner or later. Unfortunately, it had to be sooner than he wanted it to be. He hated the fact that they all left him here to watch over Rei-he truly didn't mind…it was just the explaining part that he minded.
"Katsume is…trying…to locate Kouji." He murmured, avoiding looking directly into Rei's eyes. He wouldn't be able to not tell her the full truth if he did…when he'd asked Katsume earlier as to what to tell Rei if she asked this kind of question, she only said to not tell her everything. That she'd explain it to Rei later when she came back to the hospital in the morning. Junpei had kind of been hoping that Rei wasn't going to wake up…
But she had.
Thinking quickly, he remembered the reason why Rei had suddenly jolted awake and eyed her curiously.
"Had a nightmare?" The question was meant to throw Rei off track…and it worked…partially. Partially because she answered his question, but then eventually went back to the original topic at hand.
"Yeah, I did…I was remembering what happened the night awhile back, where everyone said that Kouji and I got drunk. And I was right all along-we didn't get drunk!" She insisted, and Junpei sighed.
Here they go again…Rei and Kouji had been rather insistent that they hadn't gone out drinking…but yet, all the symptoms that they had had the next morning had indicated that they had hangovers…bad hangovers.
"Come on Rei, we-" Junpei started, but Rei furiously shook her head.
"NO! No…" She repeated a bit more calmly when Junpei's eyes widened at the fierceness in her voice.
"I know we didn't go out drinking, I remember exactly what happened, damnit!" And with that, she proceeded to tell Junpei exactly what her awful dream had just been about-with Junpei hanging on word for word. When she was finished, his mouth nearly fell open in surprise.
To him, it all fit…and the fact that she and Kouji had so vehemently denied the fact that they hadn't gone out for a night of fun, and that Junpei would've never thought Kouji the type to do that…
It made sense. To him at least, Rei's memory made sense.
"But why are you just now remembering it?" He asked, and Rei gently shook her head.
"I have no freakin' clue Junpei. But I need to talk to Katsume about it…now. So where is she?" Junpei sighed.
"She and Takuya went to see if they couldn't figure out where Hirotaka had taken Kouji. But so far, they hadn't had any luck. Kita and Kai are back at the dorms with Alec and one of the female officer's out of Katsume's squadron, waiting to see if they get a phone call from him at all about Kouji-they're hoping that maybe he'll call in a handsome ransom or something and they can put a tracer on the call and keep him on long enough to find out that way." He finished, and Rei smirked-her dark brown eyes full of amusement, and Junpei knew that she knew what he'd done.
"Nice try Mister…that only answered part of my question!" Junpei actually chuckled at this, and Rei smiled. The atmosphere in the room lifted a little bit, and Rei sighed allowing the tension she'd been feeling since having woken up for the second time since breathing the chloroform from the other day, release.
"I know, I'm sorry, but…" Watching Junpei shake his head, Rei sighed heavily once more.
"Katsume didn't tell you where she was going because she knew that you'd tell me…am I right?" She murmured, and Junpei nodded this time, looking rather sheepish.
"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry, but I do tend to have a big mouth sometimes-Takuya, Kouji and the others all learned not to tell me secrets a really long time ago. It was one of the reasons why I was one of the last few people to know that Takuya and Kouji had gotten together when they did…heh…" He put a hand behind his head and scratched his neck with his fingers, looking a little embarrassed. Rei giggled, and Junpei seemed to relax.
"Now I know not to reveal any of my secrets to you Shibayama!" She teased, and Junpei blushed slightly.
"Hey!" He declared, and another voice from the doorway interrupted their easy-going conversation, causing both of them to hastily glance in that direction.
"Hay is for horses…" A tired voice murmured.
"And we found him, Hirotaka did call…but…it wasn't with a ransom. That bastard knows what he's doing all too well, he knew to stay on the line long enough so that we could trace his locale-he'd figured that that was what we'd do." Rei raised a questioning eyebrow at this.
"So…what's going to happen now? And is…is he…?" She whispered, fear filling her. The person at the doorway shook their head though so that her blonde hair moved gracefully along with the motion.
"He's alive thank god. Hirotaka let him speak so that we would know that he was still alive ,and that he wasn't trying to pull a fast one on this-Takuya demanded it of him. He's out in the car waiting for me…we're…on our way. I just wanted to stop by and let you guys know what was going on…Junpei, you'll tell Kouichi and Izumi for me, right?" Junpei nodded, suddenly looking very serious.
Before the figure could move from the doorway, Rei was already on her feet.
"No way. No way in hell, you bitch. You're taking me with you!" Katsume turned around sharply at having heard Rei call her such a thing. Rei only swore when she was seriously pissed off…and her eyes narrowed. What had happened between now and the time since she left Rei earlier that evening?
She sent a questioning glance in Junpei's direction and Junpei only looked away. He was smart-he didn't want to get involved in this argument, and she understood completely.
"What's going on Rei?" Katsume demanded, and Rei breathed in sharply as she had made it across the room, and was now standing directly in front of the blonde, her eyes gazing intently into hers.
"I know. I know what happened that night, Katsume-" Katsume felt her stomach tighten. She suddenly knew what Rei was talking about…and how Rei remembered, she hadn't a clue. But now she knew she had a lot of explaining to do…and also knew that it was only fair to bring Rei along. After all…she was as much involved in this as the rest of them were, and she was just as close to Kouji as Takuya was…well, not as close seeing to it as Takuya was Kouji's boyfriend-but close enough in the fact that Katsume knew if anything horrible were to happen tonight…Rei would never forgive her.
"Alright…alright, fine. You're coming. Get dressed-quickly, because I'm ready to leave now. I'll take her from here Junpei-thanks. Go and let the other two know what's happening, please." Katsume murmured in the same tired voice as Junpei nodded and waved goodbye while he left, quickly departing before he got any further involved in what he had the feeling was going to be one of their worst arguments yet.
The aura of the room when he left, was not a pleasant one. Rei was furious…anyone could sense that, even someone who didn't know the two girls so well.
"I'm ready." Rei announced seconds later. She'd been wearing a pair of blue sleep pants and a white T-shirt that someone (probably Katsume and a nurse) had changed her into. Luckily for her, when Katsume had come by last time she'd dropped off a fresh set of clothes. She was now wearing a pair of comfortably fitting faded blue jeans, a white bodied T-shirt with long blue sleeves, and a dark blue hooded vest went over that. A pair of worn in tennis shoes completed the outfit, and Rei quickly ran her fingers through her hair as she followed Katsume out of the door.
"Where are we going?" She asked, curiosity picking up as she and Katsume headed towards the elevators.
"Warehouse district." Was Katsume's only reply before she hit the down button for the nearest elevator…
TBC
(Crawls out from underneath rock for a brief second): Reviews would be greatly appreciated to help keep this author's spirits up… (hides again)