(Saturday - Late Afternoon)

"Wait, why are we going to the office?" Midorikawa asked as the four of them were making their way towards that too familiar building. The last place he was expecting to head to today would be the place he worked.

"You're not going to tell me that all this time, that man has been conducting experiments with aliens right underneath our noses?" Saginuma asks, frustration clear in his voice while it also displayed on his face. He couldn't believe how close he was all this time and managed to hide his dark deeds without anyone picking up on them.

"Yeah, pretty much. But like, way in the basement levels," Nagumo answers casually. "It's all off limits to everyone who doesn't know about this kinda thing."

"To hide a tree, use a forest, as they say..." Midorikawa mutters under his breath. It did seem like a good idea. No one would have guessed to look here for alien experimentation. He would have expected a completely different and private lab. Perhaps that was a bit too much for Kenzaki? Either way, that's none of his concern.

"Anyway," Suzuno stops at the entrance, turning to the other three. "You two," he points at Saginuma and Midorikawa, "better stick close to us. We're going to have to be as stealthy as possible."

"Or at least you two are. We can get away with being here on business or whatever." Nagumo shrugs. He wasn't too stressed about this situation. He had confidence that they'd all be fine.

"You know, that won't work if they spot our friends hanging around nearby," Suzuno pointed out before sighing. "No matter what, we're going to try and get you two to the operating lab. That's where Gran should be. We'll try to distract Kenzaki and give you enough time to get Gran out of there."

"You don't think he's going to find it weird you two are coming in today?" Saginuma asks. "And how are you both going to grab his attention?"

"Easy. We'll just fight about something or tell him something is wrong in another room," Nagumo answered. "It's not that hard to lie about whatever and get him out of that room. Trust us on this. Hm. Maybe we should mess around in his office or something to make it believable."

"We'll figure that out, it depends who else is there," Suzuno replied. "Other than that, stay close and hide when we tell you to. We might just be able to pull this off..."

~...~

Entering the building was far too easy. The four of them could act as if they were here on some business, forgot something from the previous day, any sort of lie that could be told that gave them a reason to return here. As for Saginuma (as this wasn't his department even if he did make the occasional visit), no one would question why he was tagging along when he shot a glare at them.

The next part was a little tricky. They had to wait for the off-limits sections to be clear and free of any personnel wandering around today. While there weren't too many, the amount that continued to use the elevator they needed, the one that would grant them access to the lower and alien experimenting levels, always seemed to have someone passing by. Their wait had to be patient, but eventually they had all managed to slip past another employee and close the doors before anyone could see them.

"That was close..." Midorikawa sighed as he leaned against the wall of the elevator. Trying to be sneaky had been driving him crazy. The fear of being caught was not something he enjoyed feeling. This thrill feeling, he'd never understand how people would want more of it. He really could never get use to doing this on a daily basis.

"Guess what? It gets worse now." Nagumo rolls his eyes as he makes that comment.

"Haruya!" Saginuma hisses at him, knowing that comment wouldn't do any good for Midorikawa, who simply looks down after hearing that comment. "Focus on the mission and don't say anything like that."

"Get behind us and get ready to move," Suzuno states as he's keeping an eye on their descent. He also didn't want an argument to explode and grab anyone's attention (he's certain Saginuma could calm himself but not Nagumo). After the elevator had reached the initial bottom level, there was a pause before it began to drop down another level, the lights going dim during this descent.

Suzuno motioned for Midorikawa and Saginuma to squish against the walls, try and make themselves be invisible to anyone who may be passing by. When the elevator doors open, a sigh was released. While they revealed an unknown corridor to two of them, it also revealed that no one else was round for the time being.

"You guys are okay," he says in a hushed voice before peeking his head out and looking down the hallways. "It's time for us to go."

They don't hesitate to move quickly, the two of them trying to use the dim lights to their advantage while Suzuno and Nagumo were able to spot out clear paths for them all. They had nearly been caught due to a noise being made by Midorikawa, but thankfully no one really bothered too much to investigate it.

"Alright, there it is," Suzuno motions to the double doors, that were a bit darker than the wall surrounding them. "We'll go and get Kenzaki out of there while you get Gran out as fast as possible."

"Wait, what are you going to do if he finds out that you're a distraction?" Midorikawa asks, worried for their safety.

"Oh please, he won't know a thing," Nagumo answers. "We'll just get him to follow us and then meet you around the elevator. It'll be absolutely no problem." As if he'd suspect us. Ha!

"If you're going to set this plan in motion, I suggest doing it now," Saginuma says, lightly pushing the two forward before hiding behind the closest wall with Midorikawa. "We don't have any time to waste."

Nagumo just rolls his eyes to that before looking ahead. This admittedly was a bit nerve-wracking, but he would never dare to show his nerves. Suzuno was a bit on edge, his body going tense to this, but seemed to act natural. After they had both settled down, the two looked to each other and then opened the door without a word.

Midorikawa was peeking from their current location, trying to see if he could hear anything, some sort of fight the two were performing or whatever they were doing to catch Kenzaki's attention, but there was nothing. The only guess he could make was that room had been soundproofed.

"You think they're alright?" He asked quietly.

"I do hope so..." Saginuma responds, eyes focusing on the door, though occasionally glancing elsewhere to see if they would need to move from another employee wandering around. After a moment longer, the doors began to screech open. Saginuma quickly pulled Midorikawa back so they would not be caught.

As the doors open, the halls were filled with Suzuno and Nagumo's bickering, as well as Kenzaki's orders to get them to go quiet. Which worked momentarily. Eventually they would strike it up again. It was hard to believe that was all staged (maybe it wasn't). Their voices were ringing throughout the halls as they were leading Kenzaki elsewhere, eventually their voices begin to sound like nothing more than a whisper. When the halls were silent again, it was a sign that they had managed to get him away.

Saginuma was quick to move, going to the doors and opening them, trying not to make any creaks as they do. "Come on, Ryuuji, let's go. You help him out, I'll keep watch," he says while ushering the other inside the lab.

Midorikawa nods, quickly stepping inside and waits for the other to keep the door slightly ajar. His gaze unwillingly drifts around the room, feeling a little sick to the non human pictures and various medical supplies lying around here. Suddenly, he lets out a gasp.

"Gran!" He shouts after his eyes had fallen to the center of the room. Midorikawa goes to the alien's side a hand is placed over his mouth to the sight. The alien's clothes had been ripped apart, some of the cloth still lingering but useless at this point, the only thing that still seemed to be uncut were his boxers. But, that wasn't what had shocked the human. The alien was covered in cuts, gashes, mainly around his chest and abdomen, his blue blood oozing out from these injuries and pouring onto the table he was lying on.

"Ryuuji...?" Gran blinks and narrows his eyes while looking to the human. He had thought this was a dream, at least the part when he had heard the two familiar voices drag Kenzaki away. And now this human was here to (and the last human he was familiar with probably was to as he had heard his voice as well). "What are you doing here...?" He asks in a quiet tone. "If that man sees you-" Gran stops, reminding himself that he should be playing the role of a mean alien instead of this worried one. "-you...don't belong here." Sadly, he didn't have the strength in him to be as cruel as he was the previous night.

"Gran..." Midorikawa frowns as he hears that, noting how hard it was for the alien to try and sound threatening. His empty threats don't stop him as he tries to find a way to unlock the restraints of this table. "Saginuma told me why you did that. Though he still doesn't know everything." There's an annoyed huff that escapes Saginuma to the mention of him. "Is it...true? You were told to hurt me and leave?"

"Yes..." The alien sighs as he looks away from the other. "I didn't want to, but I didn't want that man to kill you either. I deserve what he's doing to me for harming you..." His gaze shifts back to the human, eyeing the bandage on his cheek that covered the mark he left on him. That was his fault and it was a reminder of what he had done.

"No, you don't. Don't ever say you deserve this kind of treatment. You did it to protect me. You wouldn't have if you were given a better choice." Midorikawa's voice is stern, almost resembling Saginuma's, but it quickly softens. "Anyway, we can talk later. First things first, we have to get you out of here." Midorikawa began trying to press his fingers against the table, hoping there'd be a switch to free him. Luckily enough, he had found controls to the table and pushed a button that had undid the restraints.

"What was he doing to you...?" Midorikawa asks while helping the alien sit up. Gran was wincing in pain, trying to press against some of the more open and deeper wounds on his chest. The bleeding didn't look like it would stop any time soon, but he could try and keep them from widening, apply some pressure to help with his quick alien recovery speed.

"Trying to dissect me...I think he wanted to study me a little first before doing too much." And taking my ability along with my life. He shook his head to the thought. It still unsettled him and wasn't something he wanted on his mind for now. "Let's go."

"Are you two done?" Saginuma asks, growing impatient (it's more out of worry than anything). "We don't have time to spare on explanations and catching up. Speak with each other as we escort him out."

"Yeah, we're ready to go," Midorikawa answers, holding onto Gran as he steadies himself when his feet hit the floor. The alien shrugs off the useless pieces of clothing, not seeing the point in having them on now. "You'll be fine, won't you?"

"Yes, it'll all heal in time." Admittedly, his wound from crash landing was worse than this. There were just more covering his body, making it look far worse. At least he was still conscious. "Are you sure you want to escape with me?"

"Yes, he's sure," Saginuma answers for Midorikawa. "If he wasn't, then we wouldn't be here. Now come on, we have to get out of here. Now."

With a nod, Midorikawa stays beside Gran, a hand going around the alien's waist while leading him out of this room, trying to move as quickly as possible with the injured alien. The three of them manage to leave the operating room, heading back to where they came. All they needed to do was get to the elevator that brought them to this level and leave.

"Those two should have been back by now..." Saginuma mutters while glancing around. It was unlike those two to simply disappear. As much as he didn't want to leave Midorikawa alone, he couldn't abandon the other two either. "Will you be fine on your own, Ryuuji?"

"Yeah, I think we'll be okay...but what about you? Are you going to go and look for them on your own?" Midorikawa asks before biting his lower lip. "What if-"

"Nothing bad will happen, Ryuuji," he reassures. "I just want to make sure they're not in too much trouble or being assigned to work for being here. We'll meet you by the entrance, alright?"

"Okay...be careful..." Midorikawa watches Saginuma head off, leaving him with Gran.

The alien puts a hand on the human's back, gently rubbing it. He even tries to force a smile through this pain. "He'll be okay."

"Thanks, Gran..." Midorikawa smiles slightly to the act of encouragement. But he doesn't relish in it for long. He leads the alien to the elevator, managing to input the necessary codes to lead them back up to the main level. Midorikawa has to admit that it is refreshing to be out of that area and returning to a more familiar one.

"Come on, we can wait by the doors," Midorikawa says softly, helping Gran over to the area. They would just have to sit down there and wait. Hopefully no one would pass by and question Gran's state. They could play it off somehow, couldn't they? "We're almost-"

"Now, where do you two think you're going?"

Midorikawa and Gran both instantly freeze upon hearing that voice. It was one neither had been expecting to hear, not now or ever again. It was one they had both been dreading. The human now clutches onto the alien as he knows who spoke.

"K-Kenzaki?" Midorikawa sputters out, slowly turning around as he looks to see his boss, who is standing a few feet away with arms crossed, eyes set on them. "I-I, umm..."

"You didn't think you could leave with my specimen, now did you, Ryuuji?" Kenzaki asks, a hand brushing against his hip, pushing back his suit jacket to reveal a holster and a gun resting within it. "Why don't you release the alien and no one has to get hurt."

Gran glares at the human and this threat of his. Even though he's weak, he forces himself away from Midorikawa to stand in front of him. That human wouldn't hurt his specimen, would he? The alien wouldn't let him. "Don't threaten Ryuuji."

"Gran!" Midorikawa shouts, a hand grabbing onto the alien's arm. He urges the alien to move but he surprisingly doesn't budge.

"Oh, I don't think you're in a position to disobey me. Look at you, you can hardly even stand. It doesn't help that you're practically dripping with your disgusting blood." He motions to the drops of blue leading up to the alien.

"I don't want you to hurt him," Gran states, clenching his fists. Even if he wasn't the violent type, this human was one of the few that could truly rile up his anger.

"I think its a little too late now. You see, he knows about me and what I really do. So does that annoying friend of his to. I should have known not to trust those two imbeciles for too long. They never were the greatest at understanding my line of thought." They really could never appreciate aliens like I did.

"Wait...what did you do with them?" Midorikawa asks, already fearing for the worst.

"Oh, simply knocked them out for now. I'm going to run some tests on them once I get my alien back," he replies so casually as if lives weren't on the line. "Come now, alien, I don't have all day and neither do you."

"Let Ryuuji and his friends go and I'll return to you," Gran negotiates, or tries to.

"You're not in the position to make demands, alien." Kenzaki glares at him, his hands resting on his hips, the one closer to the gun has a finger tapping against it. "If you don't come with me, I will kill those annoying humans."

That wasn't what he wanted, it wasn't what either of them wanted. Gran glances back to Midorikawa, seeing the fear on his face. It hurts as he's reminded of the previous night. He doesn't want to hurt him, but he can't risk his friends' lives. "I'm...sorry, Ryuuji..." Gran mutters before beginning step forward, although he's stopped by the human's lingering grip.

"You don't have to go with him. We can go back and save them! We don't have to hand you over to!" They had come here to rescue him and losing him (for a second time) seemed worthless, but so did losing all of his friends. There just has to be a way for them to all get out of here fine, right? No one had to be loss to that devilish man.

"No, Ryuuji, you cannot lose your friends," Gran replied, forcing the other's hands off him. "They are important to you. You should never choose me over them." As he says that, he begins to take a few stumbling steps away from him. He really didn't want to give himself up to this human, but what else could he do?

"But...you're going to die, Gran..." Midorikawa muttered. Was he going to lose everyone here and now? No, no, he couldn't! Where there's a will, there's a way! And he was definitely going to find it. He just had to think of something!

Suddenly, there was a loud bang that echoed throughout the room before it all fell silent once again. A sharp stinging pain in Midorikawa's abdomen slowly followed. He could hear Gran shout, calling out his name, returning back to him, but his attention was drawn to the pain in his body. It was beginning to hurt more and more for some reason. As he slowly glanced down, he could see red beginning to dye his shirt, mainly the area around his stomach.

"Wha...?" His voice seems foreign to him, the world seems to slow down. He has managed to process what has happened. He had been shot. This wasn't a dream. It was real. Blood was beginning to pour out of him from this wound and the only thing he could do is push a hand against it. His breathing began to quicken and he even began to feel so weak. He'd never lost so much blood before or even experience a pain like this. His mind was going blank at what he should be doing to stop this.

"Ryuuji!" Again, Gran shouts his name and dashes to his side, managing to catch the human before his legs had given out. "Ryuuji!" He holds onto the human tightly, keeping him in his arms before glaring at Kenzaki. "Why did you do this to him?!"

"He was beginning to annoy me. And I saw the look in his eyes, he was not going to give up until he got you and his friends back. I couldn't have that." Kenzaki states simply. "It's better this way. Well, for me it is."

"You monster..." He growls to Kenzaki before beginning to slowly and gently put Midorikawa to the ground. He couldn't keep holding onto him for long himself and he needed the other to lie down for the moment. "Ryuuji, you'll be okay, I promise you will." The alien says in a soothing tone, it's a miracle that he's managing to remain calm, though he's far more scared than he's letting on. He couldn't make things worse for him, not now.

"Gran..." Midorikawa speaks, voice cracking as tears are welling his eyes. He's afraid of what's happening to him. "Please..." He reaches out to hold onto Gran's hand tightly, as tightly as he could with his fading strength. "I don't..." Want to die. I don't want to lose you. I don't want to lose anyone. "I'm so s-scared..." And he doesn't think he could hang on for so long, which just made things even more frightening. He can only hear Gran's voice and tries to focus on that, even just keeping his eyes on the alien. The pain hurts more than he could ever imagine, but he just continues to let Gran be his focus. Maybe he can drown out the pain this way. And it does begin to feel like it's disappearing, but so does everything else.

"You'll be okay..." Gran repeated over and over, hoping that would help. He lets go of his hand and begins to move the human's clothing. He wanted a clear view of the wound before placing his hand on it, being gentle before focusing his energy there. What felt like warmth was being sent to the other's wound in an attempt to heal the other, who had now seemed to pass out. The alien wasn't sure if he had the energy to completely heal Midorikawa, but he was going to do all that he could to keep him alive.

"How cute. You're trying to save his life?" Kenzaki chuckles. "You know I can just shoot him once more, end it all." And then he could see just how far that healing ability could go. Would it be able to resurrect the dead or not? Would he be able to surpass death with such an ability? So many questions, yet there was only one way to find out...

"Don't you dare, Kenzaki," Saginuma hissed as he came up from behind, instantly grabbing the man's hand and pulling it back, forcing him to drop his weapon.

"You! How the hell are you awake!" Kenzaki shouted, trying to fight in his grasp. "You're not supposed to be here!"

"Did you seriously think you could knock us out?" Nagumo asks with a grin, stepping over to him and helping Saginuma hold him down, taking his other arm and holding it behind his back. "We know how to fool people and get out of ropes. Well, me and frosty over here." He let out a proud chuckle, having fun at twisting this man's arm.

"Don't call me that." Suzuno glared at Nagumo before keeping it on Kenzaki. Though he glanced over to the gun lying on the ground, grabbing it to make sure the other wouldn't get his hands on it again. "You're not getting out of this one."

"We have some helping coming on our way. Some I'm certain you would just love to see right now. Especially since they will be more than willing to send you to hell," Saginuma adds, sounding threatening due to his flaming anger. He would do more to this man if allowed. And he's really hoping he can.

"You bastards..." Kenzaki growls, still wiggling around in their grip. He didn't want to give up, but this time, it didn't look like he could fight back against these two.

"Fuusuke! Ryuuji, now!" Saginuma shouts. He wished he could be beside Midorikawa right now, but this is the second best thing he can do for him, making sure this man doesn't harm him or anyone else.

"Gran," Suzuno speaks as he goes over to the alien's side, frowning at the sight of the blood on Midorikawa. He gently takes Midorikawa's hand, trying to feel for a pulse. It's there but weak. "Is he going to be okay?" He asks while glancing to the hand resting above Midorikawa's wound. "What are you doing?"

"I'm...trying to heal him..." Gran answers, which is difficult as he's trying to focus on healing more than anything. "I don't know how much longer I can do this for..." It was draining him more than anything else he had healed. Then again, this was his first time trying to close a wound like this on a more complex species. "But I will not let him die...I will promise you all that..."

Suzuno didn't know what to say. He did believe Gran and maybe, just maybe, he really would keep Midorikawa alive. While he had no clue how this healing thing worked, could he put his faith in this alien? "Help is on the way...don't worry." He's not sure if that would be reassuring to him or not. Maybe he's just reassuring himself to. Either way, he's relieved to hear some approaching vehicles. Their help wasn't too far away now.

a/n: I didn't think this chapter would be this long but wow there's a lot in it. Sorry that its super...tense? Next chapter will be not so tense. Aliea-HaruFuu-Gakuen, I'm good and I see you changed your username! Yeah, Kenzaki is a bad dude I hope I made him bad (and creepy) enough in this fic.