Sorry for the long wait for the update, my journal is still MIA, so I'm a little at a loss of what to do. I'm glad for the huge amount of reviews I'm getting for this story, it's the most I've ever gotten for this amount of chapters. I want to thank everyone for helping me out so much, but there's really too many, sorry if that sounds corny.
I officially have too many stories going on at once. Bleh… Oh well, I'll have to suck it up and finish them as best I can. I'm working on finishing Soldier then I think that it will be a bit easier (stress wise) on me too finish Day of the Devil and Band and Bar. Not to mention my Xiaolin Showdown story, The Fifth.
To get back into the groove, I've been writing a slur of one-shots. They get my creative side back on the go.
Here's the next chapter!
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Rei sat up slowly, put a hand on his aching his head, and ran a finger through his hair. "Mmmmm…" He groaned and squeezed his eyes shut tightly, he felt like he had a bad hangover.
He pulled his legs close against his chest and cracked open one eye, only to quickly snap it shut from the bright light coming from a torch. The drastic change stung his sensitive eyes because they were not adjusted.
"Damn light…" He muttered to himself. His eyes snapped open again and fixed on the torch. "I don't have a torch." He said quietly looking around.
It was not his room. Indeed, it was a bedroom, but certainly not his. Lit with torches obviously, walls of cold stone. The bed was too big to be his too, back at home, he had a full sized bed, and this was definitely a king.
Rei threw the covers off himself and shot up onto the floor. The sudden temperature change made him shiver, so he rubbed his hands on his arms in the hope of warming them up.
He looked down on himself to check if everything was ok. Sighing in relief, he saw that his clothing was the same and intact. His hair was down, but that did not bother him too much. Many times when he had fallen asleep with a hair tie, the next morning it had gotten loose and fallen off.
Looking around the room one more time in awe, he tried to find out where he was. It was finely furnished, with expensive things littered across the shelves and floor. Shiny metal against cold grey stone.
A deep, calm, breath behind him caused Rei to jump in surprise. Whipping around to find the owner of that breath, he took a step away from the bed.
On the bed next to him was the slate haired man who had single handedly destroyed his entire city – without breaking sweat. The storm hair was mussed up from being slept on, and it hung in front of his face. He looked peaceful, almost normal. However, Rei knew better at this point, he was a monster.
And he had been sleeping right next to him.
Rei shook his head, ran for the large mahogany door on the side of the room, and latched his hands onto the large handle. He yanked on it hard, managing to open it slightly. Pulling on it a few more times, he was able to pull it all the way open. "Thank the gods." He whispered and ran out of the room.
A crimson eye opened lazy, hiding beneath the storm grey and black hair. Kai propped himself up on his elbows and looked right at the door. "To bad he had to run off so soon." He shrugged and stretched out his arms, "I was enjoying this moment."
Kai stepped out of the bed, but did not shiver although he was only wearing a pair of pants. His body was already as cold as death. He looked over at his dresser, musing over if he should get properly dressed, but he shook his head, what was the point.
He silently padded out of his bedroom and down the dark hall after the human, a smirk on his pale face.
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Rei stopped running once he was sure he was not being followed. He panted lightly and brushed a stray hair out of his face, looking around the long corridor.
A loud thumping on a near by door caught his attention – there was muffled screaming voice behind it. Rei could make out the pleading tone in it, the utter trauma in the voice. He walked over and put a hand on the door, "Who's in there?"
"Rei is that you?" The voice asked after a moment of silence, the voice trembling.
"Yes," Rei paused and pressed closer to the door, "Tala?"
"Yeah it's me." Tala said quickly, "You've got to get me out of here Rei. Get me out before he comes back."
Rei nodded a bit and yanked on the door to open it, slowly but surely, he was able to open the door. Rei poked his head into the dark room, "Tala?"
"Here." Tala thrust a hand out of the darkness. He lurched forward slightly but was held back by shackles on his legs. "Rei you've got to get me out of here. We need to escape."
"I've figured that much out on my own." Rei sank down to his knees and tried to work off the shackles from Tala's ankles. His eyes widened as he saw the raw skin, which was bleeding slightly – the result of the harsh metal against Tala's skin being yanked around. "What happened?"
"I've been trying to get those off for a while now." Tala said softly, peeked out of the dark room and down the hall. "It's no use, you need a key." Tala said
Rei got up again. "Where is it?"
Tala shuddered and closed his eyes a little, "One of those men have it." He opened his brilliant blue eyes once again, "Not the main one either. It's the guy with the lilac purple hair."
Rei shuddered, "He scares me."
"You have no idea what this guy is like Rei. Scary does not even cover it. It's not even close." Tala kicked the shackles are his ankles, "These are so I don't get away obviously." Tala paused for a moment, deep in thought, "But I think he has more in mind for me than locking me in a dark room for hours on end."
"Hours?" Rei asked quietly.
Tala blinked and narrowed his eyes a tad, "We've been here for eight hours, what are you playing at? Acting like you have no clue…"
Rei turned his head away, "I think…" Rei fiddled with the hem of his shirt trying to find the right words, "I think I was asleep. I woke up in his bed and he was right there. The other man I mean."
"Did he…?" Tala began to ask, afraid of what his answer might be.
"No!" Rei said quickly waving it off. "No he didn't… nothing like that!"
"Moving on, now that we know you weren't butt raped…" Tala began and Rei blushed slightly at the blunt comment, "You're the only one who can get that key and get me out of here."
Rei nodded a bit. "I'll be back I promise." With that, he got up and began to close the door back on Tala. However, he was stopped by Tala's pale hand.
"Don't let him see you."
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Short I know. Cliffhanger I know. Long Update I know.
More updates soon I promise!