Chapter 2: Face to face with Gin.

Chapter characters: Jodie Starling, Gin.

Chapter genre: crime, suspense.

A loud thunder sound met Jodie's ear interrupting her memories and causing her to get back to the present, to the back seat of the taxi where she was sitting still. But it didn't last long as she spaced out again back to the dark past.

She remembered her blue eyes flickering open after he drugged her. It took her a moment to regain full consciousness and remember everything that happened causing her to suddenly push herself up into a sitting position from the filthy couch she was laying on for god knows how long. Looking around, it seemed like she was inside a room in one of those abandoned warehouses.

there was a corrugated iron roof above her with a thick coating of dust covering everything underneath it making the air smell stale.

She rushed towards the only window in the room and looked out. There was a river just across, a fact that actually disappointed her knowing that he had changed their location to some other place and that she is stuck upstairs, there also was the black Porsche pulled over next to the river.

Moving to the door, she tried to open it. she turned the doorknob then pushed against the rough surface but it was all in vain. The door stood stubbornly in its place. Soon as she let go of the knob, the door opened and Gin showed up.

"I've been waiting for you," he said as he got inside locking the door with a key before slipping it into his pocket.

"What do you want Gin?" Jodie asked sharply. She found it strange that he hadn't killed her already, why did he bring her to this place? Why did he stop his car in the first place?

Gin's gaze felt like an act of violence, looking down at the watch on his wrist for a brief second before moving it back on Jodie.

"I should be the one asking that. You were the one following me" he assertively delivered skipping her to the couch she was laying on and sitting on it "make it fast I don't have much time"

"I was trying to capture you, what else could it be?" she snapped. It was obvious and she couldn't possibly come up with another reason, he knew she's an FBI agent and lying to someone as smart as Gin would be just stupid.

His teeth showed in a wide smile that soon turned into loud laughs, blue eyes stared at him not understanding much of his sudden mood change.

"You were trying to capture me! All by yourself! I'm not sure whether I should be insulted that the FBI think of me as an easy target or glad that they aren't as smart as I was expecting them to be." he blurted out just after he finished laughing with an uncharastically amused face that made Jodie just angrier.

"It wasn't the FBI, it was my decision. I answered your question now tell me what do you want?" she retrieved the sharp tone. A glimmer of hope was still lightened inside her heart telling her that the backup will magically appear and save her, or maybe Shu will snipe him from somewhere, anything that could give her hope now that she has no escape from this damned room.

Gin looked back at his watch with his face turning stern all of a sudden then he got to his feet pulling a gun out of his coat pocket "I'm late" he briefly said, blowing over her little glimmer of hope and turning it into endless darkness.

Jodie found herself breathing in and out with no much air entering her lungs, cold sweat glistening on her skin. She knew how ruthless he was, that he won't hesitate a second to kill anyone, especially an FBI agent like her. Nevertheless, she tried to put on the best poker face she was able to make hiding all her fear behind it.

"You are going to kill me aren't you?" she asked, just for the purpose of gaining some more seconds of life.

"I hate it when people state the obvious" the man in black noted as the uncharastically amused face took over him again "but for you, I guess it's one of your best deductions"

God he was provoking her, not that Jodie is the type to get angry easily but he was getting on her nerves, she preferred not to say anything back causing an awkward rather creepy silence to take over the room, he's an unpredictable man whose moves should be feared so who knows how he'd react if she attacked him.

The sound of his steps finally interrupted the silence as he started walking towards her in slow steps.

Jodie felt the end coming closer. This can't be it she thought. The organization killed her parents twenty years ago and now she can't just have the same fate as them, she can't end up dying while those animals keep on living and killing more people.

She stood there for what felt like an eternity feeling the cold sweat drenching her skin, and the thumping of her heart against her chest, she even felt the oxygen flooding in and out of her lungs as she breathed heavily.

Finding her fingers curling into two fists, Jodie closed her eyes tightly hoping that he would magically disappear once she opens them.

His steps kept getting louder... and closer... until they came to an end for over ten seconds already. Her blue eyes opened in an attempt to know the reason behind his sudden stop only to find his sharp green eyes centimeters away from her face, it freaked her out but she tried to keep that poker face for as long as she could, if she was going to die then the least she can do is to not show him weakness.

There was no life behind those green eyes of his, they somehow lacked the mobility others had, they would rest on a point and he'd stare at it longer than the average person would. At this point it was her blue eyes he was staring at.

"Aren't you going to beg me for your life?" he asked, face very close to Jodie's only making him look scarier as he gazed at her without even blinking.

"You son of a bitch" she whispered underneath her breath, there was no need to be loud considering how close they were although the reason behind it was mainly the sudden weakness that took over her.

Gin moved his face further forward she could feel his warm breath. Though it makes no scientific sense, she had always thought he had chilly, cold as ice breath.

"You're brave" he moved his head away suddenly giving her enough personal space as he went on "I like it!"

Jodie looked at him startled not even understanding how such a thing escaped her mouth, she followed him with her eyes as he walked back to the couch sitting on it again, taking a fast glance at his watch " see, now I'm never gonna make it to the appointment"

Gin took off his fedora placing it next to him on the couch before he looked back at the blonde standing still next to the door.

"Five, four, three…" he started counting down aiming his pistol at her.

He was the man to always enjoy giving the people he kills some seconds before sending them to the afterlife, not much of pity but he loves the look they give knowing that they have no escape and that they're about to die, it scares them more than death itself, these five seconds.

Jodie's legs gently folded as she subsided slowly on the dusty ground. Luckily her hands were still strong enough to help her support her body against the door behind her. it was her point of weakness, she lived for revenge and she feared to die without taking it, and the fact that there was someone counting her last five seconds in life wasn't that easy to process either. her poker face suddenly transformed into a frightening look exposing what she was truly feeling as she sat down on the ground waiting for her death unable to even move.

"I guess you're not that brave after all," he said, examining her with a glare all the way from his spot on the couch "it's best for you, now that that's clear I'm not going to kill you"

By that time, Jodie's brain had shut down, she tried her best to analyze the meaning of what he had just said as though he was speaking another language. Eventually, she came to the conclusion that what he said is unbelievable, she couldn't help but direct a suspicious look towards him.

"I don't think you're a threat to the organization, you're not strong enough nor smart enough… nor brave enough to face us" Gin explained.

"So y-you're just going to let me go?" she asked after a while not able to hide the suspicion and disbelieve in her voice that was trembling from fear, she was convinced that she is going to be dead after the two seconds left of the countdown.

"I am going to let you go," he said calmly. Jodie kept the suspicious look, so he went on "I'm a man of my word, so don't worry. Besides, you're kind of cute" he grinned, a grin that failed to send reassurance but instead it sent her evil vibes.

Her eyes grew wider, of all things this was the last turn of events she could ever expect, does that heartless freak actually like her?

"I'm not going to kill you, on the other hand, you're going to help me send a message to your friends and then I will let you go"

"What message?" dark blonde brows frowned not liking where this was going.

"You're just unlucky you messed with the wrong person, I was thinking about teaching your colleagues a lesson for quite a time now, and here comes an opportunity to my hand"

Gin put on his usual freaky grin, looking at her from the corner of his eye as the peaceful drops of rainfall suddenly became heavier enough to be heard through the window.

Jodie opened her eyes bringing the flashback to an end, she found her heart racing as if she had actually time traveled back to that time. She felt a shiver run up her spine but looking at the taxi interior and the driver in front of her made her feel a little safer than her own thoughts and memories.

"Is it still away?" she asked the driver. It felt like forever since she got into the taxi.

"Not much compared to the distance we've already done," he said looking at her from the rear mirror "the traffic is just making it worst"

She nodded looking back at the window next to her, memories drifting back to that warehouse she was in.

Jodie remembered her wrists being grabbed and her body being pushed backward, she tried to fight him but it seemed like she had no much strength left after all the psychological tricks he played on her. She did everything she could, however, Gin had iron grips that weren't letting go.

She remembered him looming over her on his knees with his hands still wrapped around her wrists pinning them against the floor above her head.

It was one of the most humiliating things a person could experience, it's the most vulnerable you can be, it's a picture of a man who stopped behaving like a human and started behaving like an animal, not that he had much humanity from before.

Gin was never a rapist, he'd kill and he wouldn't mind it but he had never raped someone before, the idea didn't even cross his mind until he found himself suddenly led by some force he himself could neither understand nor fight.

Jodie's eyesight blurred, she thought it's because of the tears welling up at first, but then she couldn't see anything at all. She was feeling helpless and frightened eventually causing her consciousness to float through an empty space where her pleas for help faded with her body lying on the ground half naked … passing out is better anyway.

Next chapter: the destination.

You must be wondering in a fanfic that's supposed to be about Shu, where the heck is Shu? Well, he will be introduced in the next chapter, so yay…