Chapter 6: The lunatic is in my head…
"what…" thought Riku, "did he say that…" but she didn't have to think anymore as several screams filled the air… then one, two, three, four, five of those thugs came falling down the hole, piling up under it, Riku dragging Daisuke's null body away.
"It's Daisuke they want… I have to hide him" she thought, standing him up and making him walk, although he was a bit tipsy… and judging from the screams coming from the mobsters, they didn't have a nice landing, so she should try to move… but she couldn't in time.
One of the red-haired thugs had crawled over and grabbed her foot, calling out to his buddies, trying to knock them out of their stunned torpor. However, Riku shut him up by giving him a swift kick in the teeth. Riku couldn't tell if he was knocked out, but she had to keep moving… and then triumphant screams filled the air…
"WE HAVE THEM!" screamed a thug and he threw himself on Riku and Daisuke, causing them to fall to the wet, muddy ground. Riku landed on her face… but she didn't stay there for long since two of them seized her by the arms and stood her up.
Riku kicked and screamed and the thugs behind her trying to keep a steady grip on her. Riku couldn't see their faces… and she didn't really care. Finally, she felt her shoulder connect with a nose, and one of the thugs let her go. However, the other took hold of her, using his arms to steady Riku's arms and the other to grab hold of her around the mouth…
Riku tried to scream but it sounded muffled… and then one thug came up, a big smirk on his mashed-up face and drew a blade out of nowhere. "I'm gonna cut those pretty lips of yours off" he growled, placing the knife under the other thug's arm, inches away from Riku's mouth…
Suddenly, Riku kicked out with both legs, sending the thug in front of her to the floor, his blade flying through the air. Then, Riku went completely berserk, moving wildly and kicking… and finally, the back of her head connected with the restraining thug's head, and he released her…
Not caring about the others, she dashed for Daisuke, got him in her arms and dashed for a nearby tunnel, her feet sloshing the earth underneath her, the "thugs" right behind her… The tunnel got cramped… and then she hit a dead end again.
"Damn it…" she sighed, looking behind her at the chasing thugs… and then she spotted a hole, pipes going in through it… She grabbed Daisuke tight… and she threw herself down... the wind blew her hair up, cold, bitter… and then, she hit hard… concrete ground, her head smashing against it, and everything went dark…
Riku woke up later on… and she saw that she was in a hall, small doors lined up to either side. No thugs were around, and Daisuke was next to her… "Riku…" she heard someone say… Daisuke was awake. "Daisuke! Are you ok?" she said, hugging him… "Riku……… Riku……." "What, what is it?" "…… kill me" and Daisuke's voice changed… and he sounded like someone else… "What?" "Kill me" smiled Daisuke, and the back of his head gushed blood out…
"What… Daisuke, what are you…" Riku smiled, trying to make sense out of this… but no sense came out… and then someone started singing…
"The lunatic is in my head…"
"Go ahead… just kill me" smiled Daisuke, taking out a bloody surgical knife out of nowhere and giving it to Riku… and for a minute… Riku's hand was raised… "What… what's going on?" said Riku, watching her arm rise up slowly, then grabbing it… but it wouldn't stop…
"The lunatic is in my head…"
"Go for the head…" "Daisuke… stop!" "Kill me…" "No…" "kill me… kill me…" no… stop… no…" kill me… kill me… kill me… kill me………………"
"You raise the blade…
You make the change…
You rearrange me 'till I'm sane…"
"KILL ME!"
"NO!"
The knife slid across the floor, a door next to them banged open, and Daisuke's limp body hit the floor as the door slammed behind him…
"You lock the door…
You throw away the key…"
Tears slid down Riku's face as she sat against the door, fearing Daisuke might force out again… "Riku…" a whisper came from behind the door…
"There's someone in my head, but it's not me"