….He's alive?
Sousuke continued to stare at the alley way. Still feeling the gun being pressed against the back of his neck this guy wasn't going to let up even after the truck they had taken Kaname away in was gone. Sousuke ran it through his mind countless times how stupid he felt at the moment. He sighed and stood still looking directly now where he had last seen Mao but there still was no sign of her.
"So…you thought you would save that young lady
didn't you?" A voice Sousuke recognized came from behind him.
Sousuke knew it was familiar from somewhere he just couldn't place
it. He didn't respond to the question. He only let a slight silent
sigh escape.
Sousuke was thrown to the ground.
"Respond!"
The man raised his voice and glared at Sousuke. Sousuke didn't do
it he stared still straight ahead even though he was on the ground
now. This was not the time for him to do something stupid and get
himself killed since he knew he was now unarmed. Being thrown to the
ground also didn't help some of the injuries he had from the
mission he had just come back from. Mao's voice was suddenly heard
from an alley she had yelled out Sousuke's name. She too was being
held up and being very bold in moving and trying to get away. Sousuke
attempted to say something back but got the wind knocked out of him
as the man behind him jumped on his back.
"Don't do anything
stupid…….Kashim…." He said smirking.
"Gauron…"
Sousuke whispered barely able to be heard.
Gauron smirked a bit
more.
"I was wondering when you would figure it out Kashim…no
matter what you do you just can't seem to get rid of me can you?"
Sousuke tried to get up but once again was held down by Gauron's
foot which was placed heavily on his back. Sousuke cursed under his
breath wondering how the hell he had lived through his AS blowing up
and being in the ocean at the same time.
"You didn't think
after you thought you got rid of me that we would have let Kaname go
that easily…." He said smiling. "Because you see after me there
was just a whole chain of other people that your buddy Kalanin wiped
out…so now it's just me…and I will get the information I need.
Whether it kills that little blue haired girl that you are failing
your mission for right now or not…." Sousuke got up his strength
and rolled out from under Gauron's foot getting up and kicking him.
Gauron grabbed Sousuke's foot once again leaving him on the ground.
"You can't beat me Kashim…" He said as he watched
Sousuke get up again.
"Bastard…" Sousuke mumbled as he
attacked him again this time getting some good hits but was tackled
over by Gauron now rolling around on the ground in a fist fight.
Sousuke managed to put Gauron in a hold for a few seconds. He could
see his gun was just inches away. He made sure his hold on Gauron's
hands would remain good for a few seconds and reached for the gun.
Gauron broke out of the hold and picked up the gun throwing it quite
far away into the shadows. Sousuke cursed punching him again and
once again rolling away from him getting up and then kicking him
until he couldn't move. He took a few seconds to catch his breath
and kicked Gauron with a lot of force in the head twice to knock him
unconscious. He didn't notice until now his arm was bleeding quite
freely and there was a knife in Gauron's hand. How did I not notice
being stabbed? He thought to himself as he made sure Gauron was out
of it. Holding his arm placing pressure so the bleeding would stop he
ran down the way looking for Mao.
"Mao!" He yelled
looking in the direction he had heard her yell from he found her tied
to the side of a dumpster and the person who had been holding her up
was gone.
"Sousuke!" She yelled to him as she was trying to
get the knots out of the rope she had been tied up with. Sousuke ran
over taking his knife out and slicing the rope away until she was
free. There was now blood dripping down his arm and quite a bit on
his undershirt that he was wearing under his military jacket. It was
hard to see but Mao noticed.
"What happened to your arm?"
She asked looking at him. Sousuke looked at her a look of slight
annoyance in his eyes as he pulled her up from leaning against the
dumpsters.
"It's nothing important…Just let's get out of
here…" He ran out of the alley way hoping Mao was behind him. She
stopped at the corner once they got out and looked down the road.
"How are we going to find Kaname now?" She asked partially to her
self and partially to Sousuke. Sousuke shot a dark look to her. He
had currently lost control of his temper which rarely happened.
"How am I supposed to know? If you would have let me stay longer
this wouldn't have happened! You shouldn't even let it happen
Mao! God damn you…" He yelled at her and then started walking
back to his apartment. Mao watched him and shook her head.
"You
weren't there Sousuke! You don't know why I couldn't prevent it
from happening!" She waiting until he was out of sight and began
walking again. Sousuke went home immediately contacting Kalanin and
Tessa letting them know about Kaname and the fact that Gauron was
still alive. Reinforcements were sent out to find Kaname while
Kalanin ordered that Sousuke stayed in his apartment until further
notice.
Mao returned and didn't say anything to Sousuke as she
sat on the couch and stared at the floor. She never thought Sousuke
would ever get so angered at her. She knew Kurz had told her once
that he had made Kaname cry after coming back from a mission. The
same mission she had got hurt during. Sousuke shut his lap top and
sighed uneasily he was now worried sick about Kaname and felt like he
could cry. He shook the feeling off for now and looked over at Mao
knowing he owed her an apology. He stood up and sat down on the couch
next to her. She looked at him slightly having tears in her eyes.
She was just in disbelief that she had made him so upset with her.
Sousuke looked at her his grey eyes meeting her purple.
"Mao…I'm
sorry…about earlier…I wasn't thinking straight…I'm just
so…so worried about her…" Sousuke turned away looking towards
the door of his apartment. He was startled as Mao hugged him holding
on to him.
"…No…you don't need to apologize Sousuke….I
do…you were right …and you still are right…I shouldn't have
let this happen…I should have been prepared for anything…I should
have secured the apartment and locked all the doors and windows…but
I was too busy indulging in the food I bought for myself yesterday…."
She held onto him and cried. Sousuke watched her. This was a side of
Mao he had never seen before and it was starting to freak him out a
little, especially since she was hugging him. Sousuke decided to
comfort her placing his arms around her. Mao looked at him a bit
shocked that he had done that and wiped some tears. She let go of
Sousuke after a few minutes and looked at him.
"You…uh…might
want to do something …about your …arm…it doesn't look to
good…" She said as she pulled out a handkerchief wiping some of
the blood away from the wound. Sousuke cringed as she did it and
pulled away. He got up walking to the kitchen cleaning it out
carefully and getting a first aid kit and wrapping his arm with a
bandage and some disinfectant.
4 days later…
It was now 12 noon and Sousuke was
becoming more nervous than ever. He knew Gauron was still in the area
literally hunting him down and from what he had heard there was still
no trace of Kaname. Mao had been sent back to the base for a mission
else where and Sousuke was still following the order not to leave his
apartment.
"Sousuke…." A voice came from behind him. He
turned around to see Kaname standing behind him.
"Kaname…"
He said standing up, after a few seconds she seemed to disappear. It
was just his mind. He sat down again and rubbed his eyes and shook
his head.
"What the hell is wrong with me?" His right foot
was resting on the ball of his foot making his leg have a muscle
spasm. He was nearly going insane that he wasn't allowed out and
because of everything that happened. He didn't know how much more
of this he could take as he stared into space again just waiting….and
waiting….
