The Skin Trade
.Revisiting the past.
'Why me!? Out of all the people who exist in this industry, why have they chosen me? Why not Tala? He has more experience in this field than I do.'
33… 34… 35… 36~
Before Kai could count the 36th push up, a familiar figure entered the room to deliberately catch him off guard. He gazed at intruders with a curious frown appearing on his upside down face.
"Kai. How much of that day do you remember?"
A small shudder swirled up his spine, but Kai refused to show any emotion on his face to give away his true feelings. He climbed down from the gym bar and used his black vest to wipe the sweat away from his forehead.
"Enough." He dryly replied. "Why?"
Agent Z stepped aside to reveal another agent. She clicked her heels together and then aimed her open palm towards the man.
"This is agent 1. He will be going through some mug shots with you." Agent Z smiled confidently, "Once you identify a face, we then have a lead in which you can use to track down a way into the trafficking ring."
Without asking anymore questions, Kai switched off his interest to Agent Z and he locked his predator gaze onto the petite man, who was wearing geeky clothing which almost represented Kenny's fashion sense. Although, the Hiwatari didn't recall Kenny having such a jolly looking tie.
"It's a pleasure to finally meet you Mr Hiwatari." Agent 1 bowed his head respectfully to reveal that his ginger locks, "You will be pleased to know that we have re-watched through the footage of that eventful day and came up with some faces which may match the criminals in which you came into contact with. However, the surveillance couldn't get a clear picture of the men featured, so we are relying on your memory to identify our potential leads."
'There's no point in fighting these guys, they will only get that other blader to extract information out of me.'
"Fine." Kai obliged with bitterness lingering within his tone. He clearly wasn't overly keen on looking back on that dark memory. "The sooner I get started, the better."
Agent 1 almost saluted the blader, but he placed his hands by his sides and smiled proudly. "Excellent. That's what we like to hear Mr Hiwatari. If you'd like to follow me this way then." He began to casually stroll out the room.
After a few twists and turns around the maze, Kai finally arrived into a room which almost seemed like a sight which you see in Hollywood films. The Hiwatari's muscles pumped. There were a large number of agents sat at a computer with their heads glued to the screen. Upon their desks were snacks, a bottle of water and a walkie talkie.
He took a deep breath through his nose and followed Agent 1 through the rows of desks to make his way over to the centre of the room, which contained a small glass office with the words 'Agent 1' printed on the door. Inside was a large board, a digital screen which was contacted via cable to a laptop. Finally, Agent 1 had a walkie talkie on his desk too incase he was needed.
"Please, come in and take a seat." Agent 1 warmly encouraged as he opened the door for Kai. "It's quite cosy and quiet in here."
"Hn."
"I bet you can't believe that I am in charge of everyone in this unit, would you? They work through all hours so we can watch every movement which these thugs make." Agent 1 spoke smoothly. "Together we have all collected a handful of suspects and we have contained any surveillance needed for evidence."
Kai wasn't overly impressed with the petite space, but he did as he was asked. He placed himself down on the seating provided and gazed over to the coffee machine which sat in the corner of the room.
Once the door was closed, Agent 1 provided them both with a fresh beverage and he then got to work with uploading the files in which his crew had uploaded for him. All in rows there were pictures of men who all matched the identity of the figure in which was seen on that very fateful day.
The task would seem simple, but to Kai, his mind suddenly developed a case of anxiety. His eyes jumped from one face to another and his hand clenched around his coffee cup. It wasn't long until his left rubbed the stress temples on his forehead.
The memory which was constantly replay in his mind was blurring out the most vital piece of information, the crooks face who had snatched the trafficked child. It was at that moment when Kai realised that he had been too fixated on the child, instead, he should have observed the larger picture of the scene.
'I won't make this mistake again.' He taunted to himself mentally.
"Kai." Agent 1 approached him to sit beside him on the sofa provided. "I would normally encourage someone to take their time. But we are on a tight schedule to get this operation started-"
"Shut up." Snapped Kai with his teeth gritting. "If it was that easy then you would have done this without my help."
"Uh..." The Agent sighed, "I see your point."
'We will meet you at Bey-City strip club.'~
With that fresh text lighting up his phone, the blond American was prepared to defy any order given to him by Hiro.
"You're all under a curphew until things calm down!"~
Max couldn't bare the thought of letting his friends do all of the work, especially when they all took an oath to help one another no matter what the situation was.
"If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us." Max clenched his hand around his Drigger before placing the blade into his pocket. "I'm sorry Hiro, I don't mean to be this difficult, but I can't stand by and ignore this."
With that confession left to float effortless into the atmosphere of secrets, Max opened the bedroom window and climbed out into the crisp night.
"Bryan, I am coming to you for answers."
A/N: I'm sorry that this is a little short compared to most chapter. But I am literally about to rush to work Xd. Thank you for your patients and I hope this chapter has raised many questions on what to expect next. Who doesn't love some Kai sass? I'm so rusty so excuse the wank stains that are imprinted on the writing xD. I will correct them soon. Speak soon - Granger~