Chapter Two: A beneficial change in routine
5:45 A.M Klavier and Ema's house
Kristoph woke up early the next morning. He opened the door leading to the kitchen a crack to see if either Klavier or Ema were up. He only saw Klavier in the kitchen getting items from out of the refrigerator. Probably getting ready to make breakfast. "Dammit, we're out of eggs. I'm going to have to run to the store and get some." Klavier muttered under his breath. "Ema!"
"What!" Ema shouted from the bedroom.
"We're out of eggs. I'm going to run to the store real quick and get some."
" OK. I should be ready by then." Ema shouted as she got up out of bed wincing from soreness from last night's activities. Considering how many rounds Klavier and Ema went, she'd be surprised if she wasn't sore or pregnant as that was the reason for pinning Klavier down for opening his big mouth at Eldoon's last night in front of Apollo, Mr. Wright, Athena, and Prosecutor Blackquill no less, damn fop. Well, time to get ready, feed and let out Vongole, the usual things to do every morning. After a quick shower and her usual morning routine. Once she was dressed Vongole started whining to be let out and for food.
"OK, boy. I'm coming." Ema said as she walked to the golden retriever and patted him on the head. She opened the back door to let Vongole sniff around and do his business. Kristoph silently snuck behind Ema with the syringe full of tranquilizer in hand ready to stab Ema in the neck. Vongole turned to go back inside when he saw his master hovering over hid female caregiver's shoulder. Vongole growled and Ema quickly looked over her shoulder just as the syringe bit into the skin of her neck and she lost consciousness. Vongole ran forward and tried to revive Ema by pawing and nudging at her, but it was no use. Ema was out cold. Kristoph took a moment to place a note on the kitchen counter before dragging Ema's limp body to a car he had stolen from a used car lot when he first escaped. He took all less traveled roads to the abandoned building as to not be spotted. He was laughing as he thought of the pained look that would be on his pathetic younger brother's face once he got back home.
6:02 A.M Klavier and Ema's house*
Klavier pulled into the garage on his hog with a bag with eggs in it. Hopefully Ema was ready so they could eat and he could bring them both to work on his hog. He noticed that the door to the kitchen from the garage was wide open and Vongole was curled up in front of the open back door crying. He looked up at Klavier with a look that said "I'm sorry." Klavier walked over to see what was wrong with him. Nothing was wrong physically, but Ema was no where in the house. Her nightgown was on the bed. Klavier was going to call Lana to see if she'd picked up Ema and brought her to work, but he stopped in his tracks once he saw the empty syringe laying on the kitchen floor in front of the back door. He knew something was wrong. He walked to the phone to call work and hopefully get in touch with someone at the precinct when he saw the note on the counter. It was written in Kristoph's neat script.
My Dear Brother,
It is time you paid for your betrayal. I've watched you and your dear detective closely since I've escaped and now I have her. I do not wish to kill her, that would make your suffering too short for my tastes. Besides you'll never see her again. My revenge is slow acting and deadly much like Atroquinine. I'll enjoy watching you suffer.
Yours,
Kristoph