It was sunny and clear out. Kyouki played with the end of her braid while she pondered. The Tohoku Towers, the building, stood out over the skyline from her vantage. You could see the top floors of the hotel from the roof of the garage next to Purgatory. Kyouki stood glaring at it, remembering them advertising the construction. Now built, it is home to the Ronin. Precisely home to one Shogo Akuji, Leader of Ronin, under the order of his father. They rumored Shogo to be banished to Stilwater, well away from Japan. With him, Kazuo Akuji's most trusted Second, Jyunichi Jiro.
"Why here, of all places?" If Kyouki had to wager why Stilwater, she was just kidding herself, she's bet the reason was clear cut.
With a groan, she rubbed her temple, then went back down to call in a favor.
Guarding the door of the young Ronin leader, stood Jyunichi Jiro, with his arms crossed over his chest. It is already noon and Shogo has yet to awaken for the day.
One of the many Ronin subordinates came shuffling up the hall of the Tower. "Jiro-san, there has been an incident regarding Poseidon's Palace. Someone was firing off of the roof." The young woman bowed her head, not meeting the tall man's eyes.
A grunt from the man had the woman scurry away. The sliding door opened and Jyunichi stepped through. With a sigh, the man looked at his sleeping boss laying with naked women in the tangled sheets from last night's venture. Going to the curtains flung them open, letting the noonday sun in.
A clearing of his throat. There was no movement. He cleared his throat and coughed. Seeing that the young leader was stirring announced the news he had just received. "Akuji-san, sekyuriti jiken ga arimashita. Nani o shitaidesu ka?"
"Wha? Fuckin' light, turn it off Jyunichi." Shogo covered his eyes with a pillow he snatched from under one of the four women in bed with him.
Jyunichi licked his lips and remained calm. "Akuji-san, sekyuriti jiken ga arimashita. Nani o shitaidesu ka?"
Seeing Shogo stir again, raising his head. "What? Where we robbed?"
"Īe" Jyunichi said.
"Then go beef up security if it will make you feel better, then relax so I can sleep." Shogo muttered before settling back down with a lazy sigh. "Close the curtains before you go!" He opened one eye to see that Jyunichi had already left. With a suck of his teeth, he instead occupied himself when he reached over and fondled one girl laying next to him.
"The hell is that smell!" Kyouki shouted at the top of the stairs next to her office.
"What smell?" One of the Saints answered back, seeing their leader on the landing.
Kyouki shook her head. "I have no damn idea, but the shit reeks. I want this place cleaned!" She held her head. Whatever it was, it gave her a headache and upset her stomach. Heading back up, she clicked the fan on in her office to push the smell out.
Then she received a text no sooner than she sat down. It wasn't surprising who sent it to her. Just as Gat with Shaundi walked in. A text she fired back off as both walked into her office.
"Hey ya'll. Umm. What's that smell? Now I know I put the fan on high." Frustrated with the mysterious scent invading her nostrils. Getting up walked past Shaundi, smelled the same foul scent coming off her but much stronger. "Ugh, get out. You stink!" She pointed to the door, and Shaundi moped out of the office. "Girl, the hell is that smell on you?" Ky covered her nose and mouth, going to stand by the fan that provided some relief from the polluted air.
Gat snorted before laughing at the woman whose face was twisted. "It's the plants." he said as he brought Shaundi back into the office.
Kyouki's head tilted, and she rolled her eyes. "They gotta go." And before she could say anything else, Shaundi was wondering about the altered product they had plans for.
Shaundi looked between Gat and Kyouki. "But the dust, we need the plants for it. I just came from Laura's." The young woman argued her case, confused why her Boss was suddenly ready to scrap the plan.
Kyouki opened her mouth, snapped it shut, waiting for the young woman to finish. "You done? Cause what I was going to say, we can't have the Sons back in here, we now have a warehouse and it could be enough room for whatever it is you do to make the… smell from in here gone." Kyouki's phone went off and Gat watched at her. Shaundi grinned as she ran out of the room and went to tell the others who worked with the plants about the plan to relocate.
"You seriously brought a warehouse?" Gat raised an eyebrow.
Kyouki nodded. "Not buy. More like borrow." She pursed her lips.
Gat agreed it wasn't going to be enough room and they would need more plants, eventually. A sample of the drug was being made now between Laura and Shaundi. They met with her this morning. Gat sat now looking at Ky. He wondered if she was really back to normal after what went down days ago.
Kyouki was always the one occupied, constantly moving, and now running the show. But now she was complaining about headaches. They thought maybe it was allergies, but when they figured allergies weren't it, he was keeping more of an eye on her.
"Ky you good?"
"Of course!" She smiled into her phone, then shoving it back into her pocket. "Ok, I have a date. See you later."
Leaving to her room with Johnny watching her back, he assumed who it was she was going to see. He shot Ky a text for the warehouse address. He may as well keep himself occupied.
Ky sent the address no sooner than she opened up her wardrobe. Dane invited her to dinner at an Asian themed restaurant somewhere downtown. Telling her to dress casually, she couldn't just do that. She had an outfit that she had gotten for her birthday she planned to wear.
Looking at it, she decided it was maybe half casual. But it was a nice top and a fitted pair of slacks. Laying it out on the bed, she went to grab a pair of heels, then stepped into the bathroom. Ky looked herself over in the mirror. Something up for her hair, she thought.
Suddenly this immense pain felt like fire in her head gripping the counter as she bit through it. It made her break out into a sweat. Hearing the banging on her door, she assured them she was fine. Another piercing pain as she slammed her bathroom door shut.
The knob jiggled, and she shouted back to be left alone. Crouched on the floor with her head in her hands, she felt someone pulling her to her feet.
"I'm taking you to the hospital!"
Kyouki frowned. She looked down and blood droplets polka dotted the front of her shirt. She swatted at Johnny, who was all but carrying her out of Purgatory. "No, I'm fine. Johnny stop."
"Nah, you been screaming for twenty minutes. I'm taking your ass to get looked at."
"My ass is fine, and I wasn't screaming. I just had a nosebleed, is all."
Gat wasn't going for it. When he went to leave, he heard noises coming from her room, then loud screams. He knocked, but she didn't answer. He popped the lock on her door and saw her on the floor, blood dripping on her shirt. The others looked on. They knew she was fine, then she was like she was in an instant.
The sounds that came from her were frightening. The crew went back to their assignments as Gat ordered as Shaundi and Pierce went to the warehouse.
In the emergency room once more, Ky told her version of what happened, and Johnny told his. Ky listened to what he was saying, and it made no sense. She just walked into the bathroom and felt a pain from what felt like a sharp migraine. But from what Johnny said, she was not responding like she was having a night terror while she was awake.
The doctor examined her. Ky didn't want to be there. She asked for something to stop the pain so she could go.
"Dane, is that important, huh?" Johnny asked when she opted out of getting her head scanned.
Kyouki rolled her eyes and sat up, glaring at Johnny. "Was a headache, overheated, and... and had a bleed. I'm good." She shrugged it off.
Gat stood up, glaring right back. "At least when you start that shit. It's easier to pull your ass from it."
"What the fuck you talking about? Back up." It irritated Kyouki with how he smothers her.
It was then Gat realized she didn't know about her nightmares. "You talk in your sleep, you cry and scream." Ky looked at him with confusion written in her eyes. "You need to tell me what happened between you and the Sons. Cause whatever happened after that shit, it's worse. Me and Ish had to take turns for a few nights when you slept. Imma put a fucking bullet through they dome. You need to tell me what the fuck happen."
Ky still didn't get it. "I told you, nothing, and I also told you that's why I was taking the sleep meds."
"They ain't working now." He unbuttoned the top few buttons of his shirt, pulling it open to show her the bite mark she left on him. "You are fighting in your sleep."
Kyouki's eyes narrowed, and she reached out to touch the bruised skin of her best friend. It was healing, still from the looks of it. Her fingers traced over the purple, yellow, red skin, then her hands rubbed along his chest, pulling him by his shirt to come closer. Her forehead to his chest, she apologized.
"Nah, you good." Johnny patted her back.
"Did I hurt Ish?" Ky felt guilty, but would feel worse if she hurt her bestie.
"No. I think you just don't like me." He chuckled.
Ky snorted, kissing his bruise. Hearing Gat groan, she did it again, pulling him closer. "How can… I make it… up to you?" Kissing his skin several more times.
Her hot breath on his skin, her lips, Johnny was aroused and confused. Her hands flush on his back, she wrapped her legs around his to keep him from moving. "I would say keep doing what you doing, but we'll have company in a minute."
Ky looked up at him, raking her nails along his back. "I have wanted to do this for a long while."
Johnny planted his arms on either side of her hips. "What's that?" Breathing through her torturous touches as she ran her hands up his chest, while her lips kissed along his neck, and jaw, slipping her hands around his neck gently scratching back to his chest.
A smile play on her lips as she watches this man control himself in her hands. His face is millimeters from hers. Footsteps closed in. Ky pushed him back. Both noticing the bulge in his pants. Ky snickered. Johnny took a seat. Just as the nurse came in.
"Here ya go hun, just sign these and you're free ta go. Ya sure you don't want to get the exam? I remember you before with your boyfriend… Oops." The nurse smiled, noticing Johnny sitting there.
"I promised my bestie here that I will come for one after my meeting tonight." Ky nodded to Johnny.
Who wished this nurse lost her way.
Peppered with questions like machine guns rapid-fire, the second she walked through the door, Kyouki reassures the crew she is fine. They looked at Johnny for confirmation. Ky, noticing this, shook her head and went to shower.
Dressed in under two hours, Ky was ready. Stepping from her room, her black and white outfit caught some others off guard.
"Boss, you look nice." One of her crew said as they passed, with others agreeing.
"Of course, I do. Thanks." She joked. "Gat heading out mind the children while I'm gone." Ky called back.
Lounging in the office, he offered to walk her up. They headed outside and to the garage. The partly darkened alley he jerked her into him, holding the back of her neck. Off guard, she didn't expect what came next. His tongue down her throat, he held her close, pressing her into him. She wasn't resisting and was kissing him back. He knows her. She would have stopped him. In the back of his mind, he knew he shouldn't have tested this on her, but she started it.
Kissing along her jaw and neck, Ky wanted to continue, but she has plans. "Hmm. Johnny, I'm gonna be late. We can finish this later." She whispered in his ear.
"Aight, I'm holding you to that. Come to Ish's to spend the night." He looked over her face, kissing her goodbye. He shocked himself, and nothing shocks him.
He hates to see her go, but loves watching her walk away. He knew something wasn't right. The minute they started in the emergency room to now she needed to be looked at, never would she agree to them hooking up.
Pulled his phone from his pocket, he pressed the first number into his contacts. "Ish. Yeah, something ain't right. But she agreed." Listening to Aisha, he knew he shouldn't have offered or wanted to continue. If she recovers, she might kill him. "Yeah, coming back now. You want anything?"
Across town, Ky pulled up to the condo by the sea on the Row. Dane met her in the hall when she exited the elevator.
"You look stunning." Dane gushed. I'll be ready in just a moment.
Ky smiled as she closed the door behind her. "Take your time. I thought I was late, ran into a snag before I came."
"Oh. Everything… Oh Kyouki…" He gasped.
Kyouki had followed him into the bedroom and watched as he walked in his closet, slipping in behind him, and started slowly massaging his now swelling arousal. She made quick work of the belt buckle as she then freed him.
Stroking him, she announced boldly how she felt about it. "If we had more time, I would take you now. But my outfit is not to be ruined. For now, you are my bitch, yes?" She wrinkled his shirt as she pulled it up, rubbing and squeezing, pulling his nipples.
Dane quivered in her hands. He bucked with every stroke. "Yes. Yes, I am. Can you suck me off?"
Giving his swollen dick a squeeze as she beat him off. Purred in his ear. "Oh no. We cannot mess up my makeup." She could hear his breathing getting heavier. He whimpered as she teased his nipples, stroking him faster. "This is how I will play with you from now on. Bitch. You will like it." His moans and she felt him swelling harder. "That's right, you like it? Hmm?" He leaned forward to brace himself. Ky pulled him back, stroking him harder. "Asked you a question, answer me."
Grinding his hips into her hand, he bucked like he was fucking her. "Yes. Ky… yes, I- I'm… Ahh!" His mind fogged with the feeling of her hands on him, he couldn't think to speak.
She reached to rub his sack, and he erupted with a shake, cumming on his carpet. Dane was trying to catch his breath as she stroked him slowly. "Clean yourself up. I'm kinda hungry."
Kyouki wiped her hand on his shirt, then left him to change and collect himself as she went to wash her hands. Dane, giddy with pleasure, did what he was told.
Diving through the Row, they passed by several spots Kyouki was seeing changed. It still blew her mind that her old stomping grounds were neat, what further blew her away. They were going to the very hotel she was questioning earlier.
Sure, they would have a restaurant, as most posh hotels do. Crazy coincidence, she would end up here on the same day. Maybe Dane had gotten them a room? She would have to turn him down with that offer, as she had plans for Johnny later that evening.
Even in her mind, it sounded off. Alluring the thought, she would have to renege. The thought of his kiss had her drawing in a breath, maybe just once.
Interrupting the unusual quiet drive, Dane looked over, smiling at the woman who gave him goosebumps. "May I ask what brought about making me submit to you? I found it most pleasurable. I hope you will do it again, perhaps this evening?" Dane waited for the next available valet to get to them.
Kyouki smiled at him. "Because you lied to me. This will be your punishment. I despise liars. As your minor falsehood was but a tiny one. I will allow I to only touch you. Never again will you touch me without my permission." Stepping out of the car, she stood waiting for him to walk in together.
Dane had not thought of the reason she received his text. He knew he apologized, but her attitude, something, came over him as he smiled with his "punishment" in forethought. "Then this evening?" Taking her arm.
Ky snorted. "I have plans when we leave here."
"Ah, yes. One would be hopeful to receive it twice in one day." Dane was disappointed, he had himself to blame. To make it up to the woman on his arm, he took her out to dinner. Shogo offered and hosted it.
The attendant bowed in greeting, looked at the woman next to the blond man, and bowed again. "Mr. Vogel, please, this way."
The man led them to a large dining room. The doors slid open to a private dining room. "Your guests have arrived." The small man announced.
Kyouki tugged Dane's arm. "I didn't bring a gift." She whispered. Dane patted her hand, assuring her it was fine. Kyouki shook her head. "My family would disown me." She harshly whispered back.
It was too late to turn back when they stepped in. Jyunichi had first sight of the woman that entered. When she turned her head to look around the room, he then dropped to his knees. "Ane-sama!"
Kyouki looked down at the bald man groveling at her feet. "Well now, I am so glad I didn't bring a gift." Kyouki snorted in mild irritation. She was going to have to explain what this was all about.
Hearing the door across from where they stood seeing Shogo step in as if they had announced him to stop mid step. Dane and Shogo wore similar expressions.
"You know each other." Dane asked at the sudden formal air and ceremony both Shogo and his Second emitting towards Kyouki.
Kyouki's hard glare settled on the Leader of the Ronin. She wanted to deal with this on her terms, her time. Dane never shared with her the details of their dinner date. Nor did she really care about it. She figured she let him say his peace now that he had realized she was purposely avoiding him.
"Yes. Someone I grew up with." She drew out with disdain to Dane's question and pointed out the fact to the boy sweating with his head bowed.
Jyunichi swallowed hard. Offering a seat to the woman at the head of the table. Shogo went to stop him, but Kyouki met his eye and he sat down across from Dane.
"Kyouki-san, yes, it has been much too long. I am glad to see you are in good health. We received word you were no longer with us…" Shogo's hands were balled into fists under the low table. He wasn't sure what to do.
"Save it. I know how you feel. And I will not discuss this with company present." Kyouki watched him jump.
It was true. He dislikes her. Always had, Shogo Akuji resented her, and when the news came that day she died, a part of him rejoiced. He would have his father's approval finally. Getting it as leading the Ronin. To his humiliation growing up, the comparisons down to how he spoke were in question. His father sang her praises constantly, hoping for him to be more like Kyouki. His mother was banished because of her.
"And before we continue, I am here for dinner, with my date and nothing more." Getting up, she stood looking down on Shogo, who shrank in size with her aura dominating his, as she stood towering over top of him, reaching down she was helping to get Shogo to his feet.
Whatever she whispered in his ear, Dane watched the exchange, once more shifting the mood of the room. Kyouki took her place next to Dane, quietly sipping tea that appeared at her hand before the host himself was served.
Dinner was tense. Dane felt as if he missed something, not much spoken or eaten. His idle chatter to Shogo was sparse in response as the young man kept his eyes down, looking up when only asked a question. Kyouki was unusually quiet. When her phone rang, she excused herself and Jyunichi jumped to get the door for her. Waiting until she had returned to tend to her once more.
To Dane, there was definitely something he would look into once he had the opportunity.
Kyouki sat through the dinner just waiting to leave, not wanting to seem rude, suffering, even though she had several questions to ask. None of that would be possible with Dane here. When Gat had texted, it was a minor relief that washed over as she excused herself.
"Yes? I'm still at dinner. I'll be there when I get in my car. Yes, I drove. No, you aren't coming to pick me up. You, we need to talk when I get there. Yes, bye." When she pressed the end call, Jyunichi stood when his head bowed, waiting for her to return.
"Ane-sama…"
With a wave of her hand, she silenced the man. "Because of that there, I might have some explaining to do." Fully facing Jyunichi, she made sure he looked her in the eye. "If you so much as follow me, have me shadowed, so help you. If I see one fucking Ronin, you can kiss your numbers goodbye. You won't just lose your servitude. Got it?" With his acknowledgment, patted his arm. "Now it's 'James', and you do well to remember it."
Leaving the dinner, Kyouki said even less than when they were arriving. Dane respectfully let the silence fall between them. He will have his people look further into who, and how Kyouki knows Shogo Akuji. If there was history with them, there was a massive rift, it seemed, that he would see her not hurt behind the Akuji heir.
As they drove through town, heading back to the condo, Kyouki rubbed Dane's leg, digging her nails into his thigh. He yelped in pain and she smoothed him over with a soft pet. "You will announce from this day forward who will be at any gathering. Do you understand me?" She reached between his legs and rubbed and kneaded.
"Yes, my lady." Dane sighed. He knows he earned a warning. Looking over at her, her face was unreadable. When she turned to face him as they came to a stop, his heart nearly stopped. The look in her eyes was frightening. He swallowed, agreeing to her demands again.
Leaving the man a quivering mess, once again she made her way to Aisha's. Kyouki felt hot, not in a good way, furious, and downright murderous. Thinking getting Dane off one last time would do the trick, she loved the feeling of him being putty in her hands. It wasn't enough.
Stepping on the gas, she shot Aisha a text. When she got the response, she was already pulling into the driveway. Aisha answered the door. A deadly smile crossed Kyouki's lips.
"Noel, where's he?"
Thumbing behind her, she pointed to the basement door. "Why?"
Ky kicked her shoes off by the door. "We're supposed to be finishing what we started."
Aisha knew Johnny had filled her in. Taking a seat next to Kyouki, she watches her rubbing her head. "Are you alright?"
"Yes." Kyouki's leg was shaking, unbuttoning the collar to her top and taking a deep breath. "Tonight was one of the most irritating nights ever."
"Your dinner date?"
"If I had known who was there, cause it wasn't just us, I would have canceled."
Aisha snorted. "Why, I mean he did apologize, right?"
Kyouki nodded and adjusted to lie on Aisha's lap. "Shogo was our host." She answered once comfy.
Aisha's mouth fell open. "You're shitting me?"
"I wish." Ky reached up, sliding her hand over Aisha's breast, feeling the soft fabric and a pert nipple underneath. "Wanna know what I did to Dane?"
Aisha moved her hand. "What?"
Ky sat up and pulled Aisha back to her, slipping the robe off her shoulders, kissing along her neck. One hand around her throat licked the side of her slender neck, her free hand massaging her friend's breast.
"Ky, you need to stop. I don't think you swing…" Ky silenced her with a kiss, her hand working its way between Aisha's legs.
Gat came from the training room to see if Ky came in. He heard moaning coming from the living room. "Ish?" The response was a loud moan. Stepping into the living room, he saw the television was off. No one in sight, Kyouki shifted and sat up. The side eye she gave him was eerie, the smirk on her face as she turned her head looking down at the couch she was sitting was beyond odd. Another loud moan followed.
He dashed to the couch, and there, sprawled and writhing against Kyouki's hand, was Aisha. Covered in beads of sweat, Kyouki's hands were all over and in the smaller woman. Aisha locked eyes with Johnny, then she came hard.
He watched as, without a thought to him standing there, Kyouki leaned in and kissed the woman on the cheek. "So that's somewhat what I did to Dane."
Ky got up, leaving the woman panting with a satisfied smile on her face. Kyouki walked past Johnny, who was having the hardest time trying to figure out what the fuck he just saw, as well as what the fuck just happened. When Kyouki came back into the room, she wrapped her arms around Johnny's waist and pulled at the waistband of his gym pants.
The tall man frozen to the spot, when slipping her hands in his pants, feeling him. He was then holding Kyouki back, grabbing her wrists. "Ky, what the fuck is wrong with you?" Turning her to face him, he glared at her. This was definitely not something Kyouki would do.
Ky laughed, shaking her head with a shrug. "I have no idea! But I'm giving you what you wanted. I didn't see you, so…" She turned to look at Aisha getting up off the couch, closing her robe.
Gat was half turned on and half speechless. "Ish, what happen? You good?" Still, his brain was processing. He could not wrap his brain around what he just saw. "Have you been drinking?"
"Not one drop." She answered.
Aisha, for her better thought, tried not to laugh. "I'm good, but she… I'm not sure what came over her."
"Same, I have no idea what happened, but it was fun." Kyouki laughed.
Gat looked at the woman he was holding back at arm's length. "Yeah, no. You said you're going to the hospital." Gat went to release her, but her hands reached for him again.
"You know, he is a great kisser." Ky was petting him. Johnny grabbed her wrists again.
Aisha smirked. "Yeah, I know." she sobered when Johnny looked exasperated. "I'll go get dressed." She went to do that.
Alone in the middle of the living room, Kyouki raked her eyes over Gat. "Let me go. I promise I won't bite."
Now the man stood confused. "You just fucked my girlfriend. Your best friend like this is something you just fuckin' do. What the fuck is wrong with you? Who the fuck does that? How long has that been going on?"
Kyouki sighed. "Well, we are best friends, too. Isn't that in the code? Why have I never thought of it before?"
"Because this ain't you." Johnny looked at her. Something in her eyes did not look right.
"Ok. Ok. Let me go, I'm tired."
He let her go, dropping his hands to his side, warily watching her. To say it didn't arouse him would be a lie. That shit clicked, and he was getting hard. He rubbed his face in frustration.
"Oshiri?"
"Yeah?" Johnny heard a distinctive thud. Looking around, Ky was gone. He went to the other side of the couch. "Oh shit. Ky!" Kyouki lay on the floor, unresponsive. "Ish, hurry the fuck up, Ky passed out!" Turning her over, a small spot of blood trickled from her nose and mouth. Johnny felt her drenched in sweat. "Fuck, Ky, wake up!"
Days that bled into weeks that dragged and groaned into four. A month, that was when the very last shipment of the Sons had finally been stretched. Also, the buyer's anxiety.
"Ask him." Nudge to the one in front.
"No you."
"I need my fix." Another said.
The group of ten did not want to think about disturbing the Sons Second in Command, but these are desperate times.
Mustering courage, the user swallowed hard. "Mr. Sunshine, excuse me, where's the shipment?"
Mr. Sunshine knew they would come, the spot where he appears personally for this area. His reply was, "There is no shipment." Back to them overlooking the sea that would have had choppers flying in. Today was quiet.
Another user fed up his money in hand, ready to pay whatever cost. Frowned. "This isn't funny, man."
Watched the man nod, agreeing with him. "I couldn't agree more." There was nothing left to give.
"I don't care how much you jack up the price, just give me the dust." From her pocket, another handful of bills that dropped.
Mr. Sunshine turned his head this time, still refusing to see their eager drug addled faces. "There's nothing for me to sell." He chuckled.
They looked bewildered as they looked between them. The more aggressive of them came to the front. "You promised that another shipment was comin' in..."
Mr. Sunshine nodded slowly once again. "And there was, but the Saints stole it."
Collectively, they were now ready to walk. The aggressive user waved his hand dismissively, signaling the others to join him. "Fuck you then, where are they slingin', I'll buy from them..."
Mr. Sunshine turned to face him. The enemy should not get what was rightfully theirs. He callously threw his machete, stabbing the man in his arm. The howl of pain caused Mr. Sunshine to smile. "No, you will not. You are upset and want your drugs... this I understand. But there are other solutions." He held out his hand.
While the others tended to their injured companion, the one user pulled the blade, handing it back to the Voodoo man. "Like what?" Compliance is better than death. Better than injury.
Mr. Sunshine wiped his blade off on the woman. Spoke calmly with his plan he knows will go off smoothly. "You all will go and steal the drugs from the Saints. They are who have what you seek from us."
The user who was injured held his arm, watching the blood drip. Whatever amount of pain he was ensuring was nothing compared to the high he needed to feel once more. "Are you… fucking… crazy? They'll kill us all." He was sweating, the others urging him to go get looked at.
The Voodoo man shrugged. "Perhaps... But if they don't, you will be taken care of for quite some time."
Another in need of a fix scratched at his skin. "We...we get to keep what we take?" Hope was lighting up in his eyes.
Mr. Sunshine smiled. He had these degenerates still lapping up every word that poured from his lips. "Oh, yes." He shooed them away. Reaching into his jacket pocket, he pulled from it a poppet, with dark strands of hair he petted, a long pin he pulled from the head of the small sewn together object, sticking the pin back in, repeating it several more times.
They were at the warehouse they moved in and transported. The new strain of Loa dust now production was almost ready to go. Kyouki came in later that day after going to the emergency room once again with a migraine that was hindering her from doing anything at all.
Dane had called to see if she had forgiven him, inviting her to dinner out.
"Yeah, no time soon. I have a trip coming up out of town. We can discuss it when I return." With her goodbye, she held her head. The headache meds did nothing for her, it seemed. Or it wasn't working fast enough. "Christmas, my head. Aye, what you got for me? Tell me something good." As the CAT scans and MRIs showed there was nothing wrong, she had to finally admit something wasn't right.
