Smile For Me
- chapter 15 -

"Tyson..."

"KAI!"

Tyson pushed through with full force, desperately pushing his body forward, despite the tugs. He kicked and screamed and punched anything that stood in his way, too determined to feel the tiredness starting to build up. He scowled, kicking violently as something held two of his arms, and another even dared to step in front of him. He fell to the floor with a broken nose. Tyson gritted his teeth, trying to get rid of the grip holding his arms back. He was hanging up with his feet barely reaching the floor, that he was forced to stand on his tip-toes. He swayed his feet to the side, and was rewarded with a strangled yell of pain as he hit something below the belt. He did the same with the other and rushed past before the others could get to him.

He crashed through the door and cursed to find another hallway. At least there were no guards. He turned back, and closed the door, before locking it, then getting a nearby chair before placing the top of the chair under the doorknob. He took several more objects - anything at all that he could find - before placing them all beside the chair, above the chair or what-not. Anything to block the door.

He panted, gripping his knees so hard that his knuckles turned white. He took a deep breath before straightening up and observing the hall. There were several doors - almost too many of them. If one of them had a guard... Then shit. Tyson didn't care now. "Kai? Kai!" He opened door to door, not finding anything at all. He was already beyond frustration that he couldn't even feel frustrated. He took in another deep breath and opened the last door.

Nothing.

He cursed, before punching the wall beside the doorway. Damn it. He sighed, before coming in the room with a heavy heart. He was about to sit on one of the chairs, when a certain picture frame caught his eye. He felt his heart swell.

Mom...

He remembered his mother's young face, remembered the smile she always had on her face, remembered her flowing hair, and remembered her eyes. Tyson's own eyes softened as he gazed at the child beside his mother. Kai... I'll... He bit his lip, before storming outside the room once again. I'll definitely get you out of here!

A maid sobbed, cleaning around the room, trying to wash away the blood on the floor. She didn't dare look up at Kai's body, feeling that she would only cry even more if she did so. She wanted to help him, stop the bleeding, beat Voltaire into a bloody pulp, but she was only a lithe woman at her early twenties. And so she cried.

And at Voltaire's commands, left the room in search of another clean mop.

Once the maid had left completely, Voltaire skimmed his eyes through all of Kai's wounds. He'd even gone easy on the boy, he thought dryly. The wounds were not deep, almost scratches even. "Well, it looks like that you're little friend has managed to go deeper in the mansion, Kai." He commented, "Quite a remarkable child, I must say. It would be a waste to get rid of him, really. But..." His eyes gleamed, "He's made you into a bad boy, now hasn't he? Of course we have to get rid of him."

Tyson...

A few rooms away, a shrill scream echoed through the hallway, disappearing slowly, before it became a faint hum, then nothing.

"Ohww..." Tyson grumbled, rubbing his sore bottom with a wince. He cursed in all of the languages he knew, before looking up into the hole he just fell in. What a freaky mansion. He wanted to rant on and on about how he hated his mansion, but still, he couldn't bring himself to even think those negative thoughts, because he knew that still, somehow, this was where Kai grew up.

Something clicked.

Tyson scrambled to his feet hastily, albeit a bit clumsily, searching the room for anything out of the ordinary. He tried to calm down his panicking heart, but the fear was still there. He took a step back, biting his lip and forcing himself to breathe evenly. And then, a door opened. "Who's there?"

"Mister... Granger?" A voice hesitantly called out.

Tyson blinked at the soft voice, recognizing immediately that it came from a woman. "What... do you want?" He tried to keep his voice with an edge in case that the person was an enemy, but ended up failing. He was barely able to conceal his surprise when the woman jumped out of the shadows, pulling both of them to the ground, and threw her arms around him, sobbing.

"Please save Kai!"

KK: omg, please forgive meh for this. It's not long, really, but it took me... three days? And I know, the story's getting a bit bloody, but I'm trying to keep the descriptions to a minimum. -sweat drops- awwgeez, I feel like I'm over-reacting with Kai's wounds and stuff, so I'll lessen that as well. :3 Now, now, who do you think is the woman, ne? XD Well, 'til the next chapter! And I'm sorry again for the late updates. It's my laziness kicking in. Buuuuttt! I won't give up on this story! -squeak-