-Oxford - Wednesday: Part 38-
'She's not here' Ren sighed heavily as he placed his hands on the edge of the table trying hard to keep his emotions in check. 'Of course not, why the hell would she wait for me?' He felt his control slipping, it wouldn't be much longer before his true nature would be showing.
'What the hell did you expect would happen?' he mentally sneered at the voice in his head. He knew it was Kuon, he was always fighting with Kuon after all. The fact was he didn't know what to expect when he came here. Everything inside of him said she wouldn't have been here. That he should have gone after her the moment he was able to think again. It was just too hard to think when she did something like that, it confused him. 'Could just...' he shut down that thought quickly. It just meant she would leave him sooner, 'She's going to leave anyways' that was true. Once his time here was up, no he had the contract she would keep to it if nothing else there would be that between them.
He grabbed his wristwatch as he took a deep breath 'Rick I need your help' he took a deep breath. There was only one thing that Kuon was better at then his father, one thing no one could deny he was the best at. Not that his father wasn't highly skilled in allowing what he referred to as his natural predator instincts. He would have said it was due to his father that he was so good at it but that wasn't exactly true. It was the fact he had no choice in the matter. Rick had pointed it out to him when he was young. He either could be beaten up for being something he couldn't change or fight back. His father didn't approve of him fighting but he did anyway, actually to make sure his father wasn't disappointed in him. He began to make sure he hung around the sort of people who would hit first, his eyes moved towards the wristwatch as he took a steady breath, 'I keep going down this rabbit hole when it comes to her, Rick, please keep me strong' and he let himself fall back into the darkness that was Kuon.
Kuon rolled his head as he felt the muscles, everything around him seemed to be enhanced not that he wasn't always well aware of what was around him but it was different because it was no longer being damper. He took a deep breath filling his lungs 'Time to find what's mine' he smirked as he began to move quickly. He had to make up the time that was lost while he had been distracted by those women.
Vas cracked his neck as he looked at the two men, the long hall was clean and white. Several doors aligned the hall but the walls themselves were at least two stories tall, natural light was important here in the design, it gave those who were on duty a sense of peace. At least that's what he had been told when it was built. The hall while itself was not soundproof, the rooms inside were. It went without saying that this place was it was off the books. Vas didn't have to worry about the police coming here either, the police wouldn't bother to risk it. No one came in and no one came out unless he knew about it. This was their little prison those who were lucky enough to be blessed with their lives. "Hello, boys, anyone been giving you any trouble?" Of course, they wouldn't be, those who attempted well it was always good to let some of the aggression and anger out. The two men shook their heads. "Good, good." He clapped his hands, "I've come to visit Hund." The two men gave a slight bow of their heads before he walked further down the hall. Before turning the crank on a large metal door he shoved it open and stepped down the stairs. Below were several other rooms, yet the hall itself was much wider than the one above. He went to the far end of this hall and pulled open another heavy door before stepping inside.
The room itself was a mix between a medieval dungeon and a prison. It was dark and damp inside but at the same time, the floors were white with ceramic tiles. On the ceiling was the ability for a light source and even a TV in the far corner of the room. Along with a single metal chair. The rest of the room had a cot on the floor, it had not been replaced in years. An open bathroom if you could call a bucket to wash oneself a bath or even a sink. They did have a proper toilet and two bowels sat on the floor near the only window in the room. The one that held food was questionable, perhaps more suited for a pig, but the one with water was at least clean. Chained near that window was a man, he was thin but not boney. His clothes weren't in the worse of shape but clearly were old. His beard and hair was a knotted mess, in all truth the man looked homeless. Yet he wore a dog choker around his neck with the lovely addition of an electric collar. No, the worse part was the bits and pieces of missing chunks of flesh, seven of his ten fingers had been skinned at least once if not more. Part of his left arm was had nothing more than built up scar tissue and seemed to be missing even a bit of the muscle. Yet his face, was perfect if you paid no attention to the fact he was missing his right eye.
"Hello Hund, did you miss me?" Vas said patting his leg as if the man was a dog. The man turned his face slightly looking at Vas and pissed himself. "I knew you do that you mutt" he growled as he grabbed a fistful of the man's hair and began to rub his face in his own urine. "How many goddamn times do I need to tell you to piss in your goddamn toilet?" Hund whimpered his apologizes before being kicked in the ribs. He whimpered as he rolled away. "Clean it up, you little pissant." He growled and Hund nodded his head quickly as Vas grunted moving towards the single chair and moving it over. He spun it so the back was facing Hund as he sat down to watch him clean up his own piss.
Vas closed his eyes but Hund did nothing after cleaning his mess but huddled in the corner on his cot. "There was this girl you know." Hund jumped as once he began to speak. "Average looking from the photos, but my boy tells me she had golden eyes." Hund whimpered slightly and Vas shot him a look which caused him to curl in on himself further. "As I was saying. Seems my boy might have finally fallen in love, can't get her she's dead." He cracked his neck as he stood, "I think she couldn't handle being raped over and over and over again." Hund's eyes widen as Vas stepped forward, "You know all about that sort of thing don't you Hund?" He grabbed the man by neck pulling him to his feet, "Bet you miss having that, neutered as you are," he leaned forward "I'm thinking you need a playmate, but see here's my problem." He said dropping him to the floor he tried to move away but Vas stepped on the chain.
Hund lifted his good eye towards him, "It's the mother of the girl that surprised me, you might remember her actually... you were sent to help Natasha on that little mission for me" he touched the side of his head slightly "But see my memory isn't like my little sister's, can't remember shit that far back to well." He pulled the chain towards him, "So you are going to tell me everything you remember, every little detail that's in your head and if you can't remember, well Boris is away but I'm sure one of the boys can help me. Maybe the one that carries your filthy blood in them, yeah wouldn't that just be perfect?" He chuckled some to himself "some nice father and son time" he grinned "of course if you tell him, I will have to punish you... sure we can find something to fuck you with..." he laughed as Hund whimpered once more before he nodded his head some.
"Ye... yes Mas... master."
Kyoko gasped as the pain once again hit her, only it was worse than before, she held her side trying to fight back the pain that washed over it. 'I'm fine, I'm fine' she repeated over and over again in her mind. She had to fight the tears as she tried to calm her breathing. 'Need to focus' she closed her eyes, "What... did you do to me?"
Kiyora rolled his eyes at her "He drugged you." Kyoko turned her eyes towards the man she didn't know who he was nor was she speaking to him in the first place, he must of realized the issue "I'm Kiyora, that's Dasuku" He said pointing towards man who clearly needed to learn what a brush within her mind with the way his hair was all over the place. "The tall guy right there, that's Shizuru" and then he motioned towards the two who she already had names for "That's Miroku, he's kinda the second in command, making Reino our fearless leader."
Kyoko felt like her head was going to split open, "I don't care who you are, I was talking to Reino" she winced as the pain shot through her with every movement. 'I need an icepack' she really hated cold baths but she thought she might need one of those too. She had learned years ago that for her ice was perfect when dealing with pain, it dulled it perfectly. If only she was just dealing with sore muscles, she could take a nice hot bath but that only tended to make her more tender when she was hurt like this.
Dasuku shot a glare at her, "Got a mouth on you don't you?" he sneered at her, Reino placed a hand up. He knew very well that it could really backfire if they had to deal with someone who was actually Tomi's. No matter how nice her body was, his eyes closed once more, 'How perhaps how badly it has been damaged, that was an old memory' not that he knew exactly how old it was only that it couldn't be more than a year old.
"Kyoko, it's as Kiyora said. In a way" there was more to it. His spiritual energy being infused into it went a long way.
Miroku smiled some, "Think of Reino like a Spiritualist." He placed his hands in his pockets, "His aura, energy whatever you want to call it mixed with the right type of herbs, can have an interesting effect on someone."
"And the pain?" She questioned him.
"You are hurt?" Reino stepped forward but found Shizuru's hand rested on his shoulder. He saw way right exactly why he had stopped him. Ren Tsuruga was moving towards them with what seemed like a supernatural ability to Reino. 'No he moves almost like Tomi does' he shuddered trying to force that thought down. One man who could move like Tomi was enough, but he felt the darkness that seemed to wrap around the man. He narrowed his eyes trying to see it but couldn't and he found himself glad he hadn't made a step closer to Kyoko when he watched him pull her to him with such a force that she winced.
Ren was kissing her, it wasn't a gentle kiss either. Images flashed in her mind. She pushed the thoughts of the other men out of her mind, it was different and yet she knew there was something so much like there's in it. Desire, want, she closed her eyes unsure what to do about this development with him, it went against their contract after all but then she had started this she supposed and yet she couldn't deny him this. She had kissed him first and no matter how she thought about it she didn't really mind it all that much, she could get lost in this kiss. 'No... no, I said never again' she placed her hands against his shoulders pulling away from him. She stared into his eyes as he rested his forehead against hers, 'It's not the man he pretends to be but he was scared. No not scared worried.' She could deal with that. 'He's like he was in the elevator too, he needs physical contact when he's like this' she winced again and he seemed to realize that he was causing her pain. Slowly almost reluctantly he released her, allowing her to once again stand on her own two feet thankfully.
Kuon's eyes turned towards the group of men 'She belongs to me' was the only message that he cared to make known. Kuon felt a wash of relief she wasn't moving away from him but neither had she kissed him back. For him, it would have to be enough, though if he had to admit it to himself it was odd not having a woman melt in his embrace. 'Maybe it really had been too long' he said thinking about when the last time he had even bothered to have sex with anyone. His eyes turned towards Kyoko before falling back on this Reino and his friends.
"Ren this is Reino and his friends." She held her side again and his hand moved to touch the side and she closed her eyes. 'He's cold... be better if I wasn't in this damn dress' she mentally shook her head, 'I can fix that later' her eyes turned towards Reino again trying hard not to focus on the pain and thankful that he always felt cold to cool. 'No, no it's why he needs to eat properly' she mentally told herself.
"I don't think you should be near that guy," Reino said simply though he made no motion to move towards her.
Kyoko felt herself wanting to laugh but she knew that would only hurt to do. She smiled softly "I'd be more worried about the fact you drugged me, Reino." She placed a hand against Ren's chest it wouldn't last the one thing she had learned was this man was of very little words and more of action. She lifted her hand up touching the side of his cheek she wishes she could force him to look at her but she would have to settle for this, "It's alright, it... eased the pain. It just wore off is all... and wasn't done with permission" she winced mentally as she felt his grip around her. She stood her ground which he didn't seem to like at all but quietly accepted.
"He really isn't safe Kyoko," Reino said simply as Shizuru did much the same thing that Ren was doing with Kyoko. He was putting himself in front of the others.
Kyoko looked at Reino and his friends for a moment before looking back at Ren, something inside her told her if she rejected this part of him it would be bad. Yet it wasn't really a choice in the matter, she didn't reject this side of him. She actually rather preferred this side over the man he was pretending to be. She really hated Ren Tsuruga but this Tod Damon? Which is the only other name she had for him and he felt like the Tod Damon she had met before? Hadn't he been a man of little words to the whole way, more of a man of action? Yes, it fit somehow in her mind. "For you, no I would say you are right. He's not..." she turned towards Ren fully wrapping both her arms around his waist. He looked down at her and she found herself shuddering "but for me, I'm safe with him." as she buried her face into his chest, she felt overwhelmed by the way he was looking at her, she closed her eyes 'But I'm worried about the way he looks at me like he plans to eat me.' No she told herself mentally, he just lost in this role, 'Daddy did say he had a habit of taking women to bed with him or leaving them crying. I'm sure that's what's going on, he just lost himself for a moment because of me. He'll go back to seeing me as someone not worth his time soon enough' and yet that hurt to think about.
Miroku closed his eyes sighing some as he touched Shizuru's arm slightly. He stepped forward, "Lady Kyoko maybe it would be best for us to take our discussion somewhere else" his eyes trailed back towards a reporter "It might not look all that good a single lady with six men, two of them on guard with each other" he nodded towards Shizuru, "And the fact you are holding your side quite a bit" he looked toward Ren for a moment, "If you, of course, agree to that, I don't think we should be having this here..." he said looking around the restaurant.
Kuon eyes looked the blond man over before taking a deep breath, he knew he was going to have to play the proper Ren Tsuruga again. He sighs trying to slip himself back, to allow the man who he wanted to be back out. All because there wasn't a place for his true self, he flashed a gentlemanly smile and he felt Kyoko stiffen next to him, but he couldn't allow that to matter. "We can use my hotel room" he looked towards her some, "Then we won't have to worry about your father or niece." She gave a small nod of her head, 'Of course, now she will listen to me' he mentally sighed.
A/N: Hund is German for Dog. This, of course, isn't the man's real name. Yes, he's the one that raped Natasha.
Additional Note: I'm reminded of Jessica Jones comment from the defenders "It's been a long week" when she stole that beer... it's only halfway through the week for Kyoko. I'm sure she's thinking the same deep down inside [alright I'm thinking it for her and I think she needs a beer too]