H x H- Chapter 14: Ambush
The mysterious Snake from before, General Allarie, had not moved an inch from the roof top- that he had jumped up on to, to watch those two people. His mouth were as expressionless as Illumi's eyes, blank; yet they were always in the form of a wide ' W ' with his lower lip being a normal shape. Standing with his arms lazily hanging on his sides, his bath-looking- white robe softly waved from the small gust that occurred; his robe exposing most of his peck muscles and very little of his abdominal area, his sleeves masking most of his hands- only allowing his fingers and knuckles to show, and black- cloth pants that were baggy which covered his feet, only showing his toes. He wore Japanese style- looking clogs that were made of wood.
"My- my...How...Interesting~ The female mutant from the recording, is the same girl in that building... That red head male, just so happens to be the first escapee' from the facility, several years ago... I'm going to love, seeing them both covered in blood...~ The female mutant's beautiful white wings... tainted with red, her sweet vessel being grinned up and intertwined with my death flower's stems... and roots...~ Mmmm...I can almost smell the intoxicatingly sweet scent, of iron in the air~ hahahahaa~..." The man spoke muscly in an eerie, low, feminine yet dark tone, then popped out a corn cockle flower from within his sleeve; the flower's stem stuck out from in between his index and middle finger. "Enjoy my gift, dearies~ hmhmhmhmhmhm~..." He shot the flower out with blinding speed- with it's tip facing the building, like a kunai. It pierced the wall of the structure and made it crack all around it; the scene zoomed into the wall to show the stem growing roots and fazing through the other side of the wall. The roots grew in size- the longer they got, spreading throughout the inside of the building.
From afar- outside of the building, screams were heard with sounds of blood dispersing from the gruesome slashes of the flowers and their sharp roots. The scene changed and shown Hisoka still sitting there with his tea cup along with Ruby, before getting alerted by the cries, from bloody murder. "The hell!?" Ruby shouted in confusion and instantly stood, followed by Hisoka; the woman rushed to the door before the red-head grabbed her shoulder, to pull her back. She turned to peer behind at the man, only to see him glaring intently at the door before them. Ruby looked forward again and seen roots crawl under the space of the door below; She could smell a familiar musk from the roots, as if it were that snake-like guy's scent.
The roots gradually masked the room they were in and grew flower buds with each passing moment. "Ruby...Get ready, these aren't your every-day flowers; They're coated with nen. Someone's controlling them and making them grow~" He warned in a low tone, as if he were whispering. Ruby's eyes grew stunned, thinking- it might be her sister trying to kill her, for some strange reason. "I-..It can't be...Is this Rui's doing..? No...no it can't be..." She muttered in fear, almost to tears. Her breath began to hitch and her eyes watered a bit.
"Hardly, Ruby-Gem, this is someone else's doing. It's coming from the snake-man you had described to me, earlier; I've been keeping an eye on him, this entire time... he's been following us. If I had let you go alone, back home...He would've killed you, quite easily in fact~" Hisoka replied, reassuring Ruby. This sick, murderous man were very dangerous. He could feel it through his nen, blood-lust were being directed through Hatsu. "That snake, must love bloodshed; I can see the dark aura around those stems..." He spoke within his mind, he understood why Ruby feared this guy, he's far stronger than her and purely evil, heartless... in so many ways. Not that it scared him but he knew it scared Ruby and also knew that he could kill her- if the snake got close enough.
"Hmhmhmhmhm...~ How do you like my beautiful, vine cage...?~ Isn't it just perfect, to encase my prey? Such a lovely trap, filled with corn cockle flowers... I'll give you eternal paradise...~ hahahahahahhahaa~~..." Allarie spoke telepathically through the flowers from all over the room, which had blossomed. Each flower gave off dark purple fog, that could make anyone feel uneasy. Hisoka popped a card out in preparation whilst Ruby gripped on to the hilt of her blade; Pressing their backs against each other, they seen a lady outside of Hisoka's window, just barely. The woman had platinum hair, frosted looking- solid eyes, with no pupils and an attire- no on would wear under a blizzard. The woman held a red Popsicle in her mouth and a cooler in another hand; The lady's eyes looked so cold...so care-less. "Who is she...?" Ruby questioned in her mind, her eyes were wide from confusion and surprise.
Hisoka glanced behind him, from feeling Ruby's nen rise slightly. He narrowed his eyes a bit, at the site of the woman, outside of his widow. "Sikiyona Fiijiyui..." He muttered behind Ruby, before forming a small, cocky grin.
"Sikiyona... Wait... That name... It couldn't be..." Her eyes held puzzlement while she glared at Sikiyona, through the window pane. Her hawk orbs gradually formed anger and caution.
"So you know her too... Ruby-gem?~" He shifted his gaze, to Ruby, only to see her nod in response and never avert her piercing orbs from Siki.
"She...bullied me a lot in the facility... Of all the people, she had to be the worst one... She was a cold hearted girl... Everyone thought she were cool and hung around her but she weren't fazed by that. In fact...She never even cared about them, she always remained mute... and avoided all conversation with those around her. I've actually seen her in an experimentation room...I was shocked to see that, she took the pain like it didn't even bother her... Twas as if pain receptors, didn't even exist in her body..." Her voice wavered in slight fear; Hisoka popped out more cards in his hand, at the explanation she gave him.
Sikiyona pulled out the stick that were from the red-icy treat and held it. Her expression still as blank as ever. "Her nen is rising, Ruby~ Let's go..." He ordered and tugged on Ruby's shoulder.
The twin nodded with a strict gaze; she pulled her blade out, which caused a loud metallic 'Shing' to echo through out the room.
"Now, now...No need for violence, my dearest prey~ My darling Fiijiyui outside, is just there to make sure that you two, do not...escape~ Fear not, your deaths shall be swift... hmhmhmhm-..." The snake spoke telepathically, once more; the purple mist grew thicker, making Ruby choke and fall to her knees whilst holding a hand over her mouth, with her orbs shut.
"Can't...B-...Breath..." She hesitantly spoke, having a hard to breathing. Hisoka took her sword and shoved it back into its sheath; he sliced at the vines to cut through and busted down the wall to make an exit. He turned to pick Ruby up, clearly immobilized by the lack of air; He jumped out of the hole, just before the whole part of that building, he were in, froze over into thick red-ice.
Sikiyona stood there, outside of the window with an unfazed expression. "The bird woman... She looked familiar... Is she perhaps that little girl, that I despised...? Maybe... Wait... Of course she is, there is only one person with two pairs of wings, on their back... and that person was... Ruby Kowaza..." She thought to herself, her expression hardened slightly, but went back to her cold and care-less demeanor. "I see... So that bug woman from earlier... must have been her fraternal twin... Rui Kowaza..." Her voice were so monotonous, like a robotic tone from a computer.
"Why did you let them escape, so easily...? Were you not paying attention...?" General Allarie asked, whilst standing behind her. His expression darkened while he tilted his head down, to intimidate Siki.
"I was... Sir... I was just voicing my thoughts in my head... That pallid female, is Ruby Kowaza... Her sister, Rui Kowaza; I am surprised that they had defeated Mr. Kane, those that had tried in the past, always failed...but no, not them two...along with two others... A red head and a man, with long black hair..." She replied in a robotic tone, fear nowhere on her features. She reached for her cooler and opened it, it held multiple colored popsicles; red, yellow, green, light blue, purple, orange and pink. She grabbed a light blue one, popped it in her mouth then closed the cooler's lid.
"I see... Very well, let's go back to our Leader... sweet siki~ We have a report to deliver~" He muscly answered back; Seeing her nod, they both vanished from thin-air, with him leaving a little parting gift behind. A Corn Cockle flower were stabbed into the ground and began to take root, almost instantly, then began to grow its roots all over the red ice that coated the building. The roots grew in size, constricting the building until it busted into many pieces, and fell to the ground. The red ice that Sikiyona had coated the building with, had also been crushed by the thick roots and vines, from the flower.
~~~ Back to Rui ~~~
The bug woman yawned loudly, while she sat on Illumi's family couch. The Zoldycks were all gathered in the same room as they had been before, when they were told to meet them the first time. Her body began to tilt from tiredness, her solid-pink eyes narrowed from the drowse that made its way into her and rested her hands on her lap, like a lady. "Oni-chan... Doko ni imasu ka...?" Rui asked in Japanese, purely worried of her twin.
Illumi was already gone, he had already prepared her stay. Kikyo and Silva both sat in arm chairs, watching Rui with no expression on their faces. Kikyo fanned herself while Silva had his arms crossed, wondering why Illumi wanted her to stay her.
"Please refrain from speaking Japanesse... Rui. While you are in our home, speak our tongue, understood?" Kikyo asked, she seen Rui nod in response but fell over, on her side. Her wings were tucked down, so she could sit comfortably. Her eyes began to gradually close but before she could, she seen Silva take a stand.
"Dear? Might I escort her to a guest room? It seems that Rui is ready for bed." Kikyo mentioned; Seeing Silva nod his head and continue his leave, Kikyo snapped her fingers and in came a servant, immediately "Show Miss Kowaza here, to one of our guest rooms.. She needs sleep." She demanded, the servant nodded and looked over to Rui then gestured for her to follow.
*Rui could barely stand, it was really late at night, possibly around two in the morning. None the less, she did manage to stand; She followed behind the servant, with swirling thoughts of Ruby in her mind. "Ruby... Where..are you..." *She asked under her breath, Illumi said that it wouldn't take him long to find her twin; Hoping that he'd return soon.
~~~To Ruby~~~
Hisoka were carrying her to her home, bridal style. Ruby was unconscious due to some unknown effect. Hisoka had examined her earlier, after they had escaped his apartment. Her body acted as if poison ran through her, though when he checked, there were no signs of poison in her system. Worry and slight anger, clearly shown on his porcelain features. "Don't worry my dear Arch-Angel, I won't let you die...~" He mused, his expression held a frown with anger and concern etched on him; suddenly, seeing a shady figure in the shadows, made him pause in his tracks.
"Hisoka... There you are, I didn't see Ruby at her apartment... did something happen?" Illumi asked, whilst stepping into the moonlight.
"Yes, but can we not discuss it here?~" Hisoka asked in return, with a smirk planted on his face then seen Illumi nod.
"Where...Might I ask?" Illumi questioned, not comprehending as to why they couldn't converse about it, where they're standing.
"You're mansion? Ruby here, acts as though some poison entered her body... Yet, I can't find any trace of corruption...~" He stated to Illumi, seeing him nod once more.
"Very well... Rui is waiting for her as we speak, she had asked of me to look for her..." The raven haired man replied, then vanished in thin air. Hisoka shifted his gaze down to the tainted Gem in his arms, before disappearing and following behind Illumi.