Here's the last re-edited chapter of "Lonely without You". Hope you like it
Chapter 4
Tyson and the others dashed through the corridor with the blonde female secretary right behind them. "What do you think you're doing? Sir, please, stop right there."
But no one paid slight attention to her and once getting to the end of the hall, the blue head Japanese barged through the door and into a highly furnished office with an old beefy man sitting behind a huge desk, holding a receiver to his large ears and wearing a stunned expression at the new entrance
However the voice from the phone cleared away his shock and he quickly replied, "May be later Kamiah. Yes I'll inform you. Well then good day to you too" with that he placed the receiver back and turned his attention to the kids in the doorway.
"Mr. Dickinson!"
"Tyson, what do I owe the surprise?"
"I tried to stop them, sir, but they won't…" the lady behind them started but Tyson cut her off
"Ray is missing!"
The manager of the BBA blinked, then turned to the woman who was glaring at the blunt boy, "it's alright Della. Please make sure that I won't be disturb for now"
"Yes sir" with that she left
"Please now kids, sit down and tell me calmly what all the mayhem's about?"
They did what they were told and Kenny took the beginning, "You see sir, Ray didn't return home yesterday night. We didn't see him after recess in school. And we still haven't found him"
"Kai said that he was with him after school and they went to that Marty's Diner for lunch. After there, Ray told Kai that he was going to the dojo and as for Kai, he says that he returned to his apartment." Hilary carried on
"Kai came around in the night at about twelve and Ray still hadn't returned. We thought that he might be with Kai but no." Max stated, "Kai says that he had searched many places where he thinks Ray goes but no sign of him. And today we also searched everywhere; the park, the harbor, market, gym, library. Then we thought of coming to you"
"Well come to think of it, "Tyson spoke, "Kai was with him, wasn't he? He was the last person before Ray disappeared, so…"
"Don't even go there Tyson" Hilary interrupted heatedly
"But where is Kai?" Mr. Dickinson spoke for the first time
"He is still searching for Ray although he had done that twice already" Kenny replied
"Hmm… this is really serious. Do any of you have any idea of why Ray would even run away?"
They all look at each other, "not that we think of, sir, but Kai will surely know"
"I'm not going to let my guard off Kai" Tyson said stubbornly
"Like I give a damn about that?" a voice replied from the door
"Speak of the devil" Dizzy exclaimed from the laptop that rested on Kenny's lap
"Kai, come in and please tell me what's this all about?" Mr. Dickinson said turning his attention to the duo teen standing in the door frame
Kai took his place on the wall and turned to the old man, "what ever they have told you, except for the part of Tyson's babbling; that's all. I have searched every corner of this town and I can easily tell you that Ray is not here"
"How can you be so sure?" Max asked
"Because I know Ray better than any of you and I know where he would hang and where he would not; so I'll confidently conclude that Ray is currently not in town"
"In that case, we'll have to contact the authorities" Mr. Dickinson decided, dialing a number on the phone.
While he talked, Tyson rounded on Kai, "how are we to know that you didn't do anything to him? He was with you wasn't he?"
Kai raised an eyebrow, "pardon me Tyson"
"Tyson" Hilary hissed, "We've discussed this already, now stop jumping down his throat for nothing"
But Tyson ignored the brunette, "I meant that are you the reason why he's gone? You didn't say nor did something to him, did you?"
Kai glared at his team mate but then his expression changed into a smirk, "oh not really, except for the fact that I stabbed him in the back and threw him into the river to die, nothing much."
Tyson and Max gasped
"Guys calm down; he's only pulling your leg"
"Yeah I bet my hard drive that Kai is not the serial killer in this scenario" Dizzy commented
"Knock it off dizzy"
"Can't a bit beast give their opinion without a shut up call?" Dizzy muttered
Kai sighed, "No Tyson, I didn't do any such thing, we just had a talk about why I wasn't keeping up with my grades, he helped me with my work and then we departed. He took the way to the dojo and I went off"
"Which reminds me, Kai," Chief spoke, "why are your grades slipping?" Kai glowered at him at and the little genius decided to keep his mouth shut
At that moment, Mr. Dickinson replaced the receiver and turned to the team in front of him, "well, I've notify the local police and a few acquaintances of mine. If they find anything, they will contact me immediately."
"But we at least have to find out whether Ray left on his own or if he's kidnapped" Kai demanded
"Well what do you think?" Mr. Dickinson asked him. Kai blinked which seemed very unlikely him
"It's not likely for Ray to be late without a reason, let alone leaving. He didn't even leave a note." Max said after a while, "I don't remember any arguments or fights at which he would turn his face away and that would be so unlikely him; he's not a coward you know"
"He was fine with me too, unless…" Kai stopped, his breath caught in his throat as reality hit him
"Unless what Kai?" Tyson pressed suspiciously
Kai recovered with in the next second; "unless he really has been kidnapped" he quickly said although that was not what had caused him the brief shock
The others gulped and turned to Mr. Dickinson who sadly shook his almost bald head.
The metallic door slowly creaked opened and like before, light loomed into the dark room. A hand shuffled against the wall before turning on the lights. Walking towards the end of the room, where against the wall a teen was chained; the new comer bellowed, "Wake up"
"I am awake" was the shallow whisper from the neko who had his head hung over and was continuously staring at his outstretched legs in front of him. But once the man neared him, he raised his head and gave him the best glare he could have mustered despite all the pain going through him.
"Say that again" Oikawa narrowed his eyes into slits at the expression he was receiving and took the iron rod out of his belt. Ray didn't reply; he didn't want more trouble but it seemed that this guy and his partner were nothing more than bad news for him.
Like a flash, the man grabbed the raven hair of the captive and pulled them backwards. "We want some answers, boy" and he emphasized the point that he won't go for rejection by slamming Ray's head hard against the solid surface. Ray closed his eyes in agony and clenched his jaw hard but didn't move his lips.
"Do you know this guy?" The Chinese cracked opened an eye to see his captor holding a photo of a two toned haired with crimson eyes, shark fins across the cheeks and a scarf; Kai.
"Well?" Ray didn't answer nor did he move. Seeing that he wasn't going to get an easy answer, Oikawa let go of the hair and went for the tool which was resting on the floor and slammed it into the boy's side; thus opening the cut on his cheek. Ray tried hard not to scream. He was sure that his already fractured cheek bone had obtained another fracture
"Answer me!" Oikawa hit him again, this time even harder. "Do you know this guy?"
"No" Ray cried trying hard not to sound weak or shaken.
"Liar. What were you doing with him down at the diner then?"
Ray tried not to gasp, "I have no idea what you're t…" But the rest never came as the rod once again made contact with his skin
"You have no idea, eh? Well may be this will tell you what I'm talking about" with that he hit the boy again. He was only human; Ray couldn't manage to keep his voice bottled up. He screamed; something he couldn't remember doing so loudly before.
"That's enough Oikawa" a deep cool voice interrupted the scene, "we don't want him to die, do we?"
"Well, this worthless piece of junk will be dead if he doesn't go smoothly, Igor"
The other man walked to Ray, who was now having very difficulty in evening his breaths. Bending his knees, Igor came face to face with the neko-jin and placed a hand on his uninjured side of the face. Ray stiffened at the soft, tender touch; what's he doing? "Listen to me Ray, you have no idea who you are dealing with and believe me; you don't want to know. Here's an advice; don't test Oikawa's patience, there's no good advantage in doing so."
Ray tried hard not to choke in pain or to cry out
"That's a good boy" Igor cooed mockingly at which the man behind him rolled his eyes, "now tell me who this cute guy is, hmm?
Ray raised his trembling head to the photo and just by seeing the face of the component in it made his heart ache further. He didn't want to do this but he also didn't want to get beaten up by that iron rod which was held dangerously by Oikawa. He parted his lips to answer but no sound was made
"What was that?"
But Ray didn't reply and sealed his lips; he was not a weakling so he wasn't going to act like one. If they had something to do with his friend; he wasn't going to make it easier for them. "I don't know"
SLAP…
Ray jerked his face back and stared at his attacker in shock, "that is not the answer expected" Igor told him with his cool voice
Ray wasn't able to hold much longer. Forgive me Kai, he thought. "Kai Hiwatari"
"Ah, so we are on the right track" Igor turned to his companion but Oikawa wasn't done with him so he asked, "What do you know about him?"
Ray swallowed, trying to soften his dried throat, "he's… he keeps to himself. No one knows anything about him"
"But you do, don't you?"
"Not much. He's kind of a friend, nothing more"
Igor stood up and walked to the door, "come on Oikawa." But the other man didn't move. Ray raised his amber orbs at which he received a kick in the side. He heard a few ribs cracking and doubled with pain. Satisfied, the owner of the rod went to join his partner. But Ray, still, had a few more guts left, "what do…you want…with him?"
Both of his captors turned to him, "a lot, and don't worry; we didn't beat you up to have only two questions answered. Just be on our good side and in future you might get a fewer bruises though I highly doubt that." With that Igor and Oikawa left the boy in complete darkness
What did he do to deserve this? Was this the reason why Kai didn't want him into his personal life and matters? Were these the guys Kai was talking about; the one who were blackmailing him? What do they want with the Russian? And what do they want with him? Was there a way to get out of this mess without getting killed? Had he just put Kai's life at stake too? Too many questions and no answer
Ray tried hard not to cry or to let those tears of agony fall. He hoped, or more likely wished, that he'd climb out of this pit he had fell into in one piece, but like Igor said; he doubted that
Kai please…save me…
Wow! Wasn't that a corny chapter? Things aren't looking good for Ray and I think the same will go for the future. Man, I'm so nice with my characters (sob). Anyway hope you enjoyed
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