Authors Note: Well I got, four reviews last chapter woo-woo!
Nameless Little Girl - Thanks for reviewing wasn't too sure if anyone would like that chapter, oddly enough. Though I'm getting more reads now so everything is dandy!
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DancerInTheDark101 - You shall see all of the little Hiwatari siblings well and dandy... Or will you? Whahaha!
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Chapter 6
The hooded-stranger sat down, she was tired from running whenever he got forever closer to finding her and after all that she had been through she would not let that happen.
It was in this old bar that had been open for about three centuries that gave her small refuge from the men that hunted her. She would continue to run away until she knew for a fact that it was safe to come back.
What had stirred her from her deep thoughts was the news flash that had came onto the small old television that was abandoned when no sport was scheduled to come on. The Hiwatari family were already being victimized; it wouldn't be long until she could come back she just hoped the two little scouts she sent would come back quickly and tell her what she needed to know.
She just sat quietly and if anyone gave her more than one glance she would leave and find another place to stay for the day - she just floated from place to place until it was time to take the mask and hood off and have a normal live again…
She was not rich and luckily she didn't carry any money with her, the only thing she kept with her was a phone and a credit card that her two little helpers supplied her with. It was no flashy phone to say the least it wasn't the latest or any small tiny looking thing. It was old and she did not attend to get another one until everything was sorted.
She looked around this bar she had decided to come and stay in for the moment and noticed that a few people were giving her odd looks - she stood up and went to the bathroom that hopefully had no one there.
She looked around and no one was washing their hands and all the doors were open from the cubicles so - no one was here… She gave a wary sigh and pulled out the phone; she had many contacts but she couldn't speak to any of them anymore they were all being watched. She flicked passed a few named till it landed on 'Lita.'
She rung the number quickly she had no idea when someone would come in and then she would have to end the phone call. It was still out of service so the two girls must have still been on the plane or they had kept their phones off.
She would have to wait longer…
The teenager had awoken long before any other member of the family and was allowed to leave with his father; leaving the two other Hiwatari siblings in a coma.
Adonis had just been given adrenaline for a few hours and since only his legs had been affected he had a crutch to help him which he hardly found point in using since he was sure he could walk perfectly well - that is until he almost fell. Kai was awake and found it easier to move around than his father - the doctors had said it was because he had woken up and actually done more physical actions than any other member of the house. It had saved his life that was what they had said, although Kai was able to walk and able to talk - he felt terrible. His reactions were sluggish and his eyes stung at any light intensity - not to mention the fact he almost killed his family by not being able to stay awake.
Luckily that butler had called an ambulance…Although it came as a shock when….
"What do you mean, he didn't phone the ambulance!" Adonis bellowed at the police officer who thought it was best to talk to the middle aged child to clear up exactly what had happened. Kai didn't feel like talking he just wanted to go back to sleep which was a strange craving for him to have.
"I'm afraid that it was a female voice that had called the emergency service Mr. Hiwatari." This had stopped everyone from saying anything as Adonis racked his brains for some logical answer.
We have no neighbours from miles around… so that's out, what about any of the female maids? No they were all allowed to leave it was just that butler - but why wouldn't he call the ambulance? Things are a little, suspicious.
"Could the young child, Sota, have called them?" The police asked; looking between the two Hiwatari's, Kai was in the room with her and had seen no phone and - there was no phone found anywhere near that room. She wouldn't have ventured out herself.
Kai didn't do anything he'd leave this to his father - the police were idiots anyway they would just put it as an unclosed case and leave it open for many years to come just to get justice done when the victim or the accused had died and got the easy way out… Kai loathed the police.
During the abbey days - some police had come and started interviewing some of the children, it was obvious that they were being abused but when money was mentioned they turned their heads… Kai had seen them personally receiving the money, hand-in-hand, from Boris with a smile on their faces. People like that were not meant to be the ones to enforce laws or punishment they were as twisted as they came.
It wasn't like it was just the men in the police… A woman had came accompanied with another man, after she got her pay off she actually laughed and joked with Boris about how disgusting the kids were.
That's why no one ever ran away… Afraid that the police would take the side of Bio-Volt instead of them, the thought of more laughter pointed at their stupidity made them stay put.
"Now, Kai - we'd like to ask you a few questions if you don't mind?" The policeman smiled, and Kai looked up at the policeman that was trying to be nice. His face gave no emotion away, blank with a silent message of 'I-really-don't-care-what-you'd-like-to-do.' Kai didn't stand up he continued sitting down and did not even attempt to get up, he would answer no questions, he would not leave from where he sat.
It was very clearly that someone had changed the heating on purpose; a child could figure that out, the fact that was missing was who. Why, was another possibility?
The policeman frowned, not liking to be ignored in such a way. He coughed to try and make the boy acknowledge him again, but he didn't even glance in his direction he was staring down at his feet.
"I…Will not answer anything you have to ask me." Kai looked up his crimson eyes boring into the officer as if they were lasers the policeman winced; it was obvious he was just a newbie…
"Why, don't you want to know what happened?" The policeman asked Kai frowned; he felt like snarling or shouting at the young man for asking things as if he were an idiot.
"I know what happened." Kai stated clearly enough for the policeman and his father to hear; Adonis gave his son a confused glance. If he did know what was going on then why didn't he tell him or did he not trust him enough yet? The police scribbled something down and nodded to Adonis as an excuse to go off somewhere. Probably to report on how 'stubborn and suspicious' he was being…
There was silence for a short while, even when Adonis asked Kai to elaborate on what he knew he said nothing. Was he going to block everything out now?
"It wasn't your fault." Kai glanced up at his father, he squinted his eyes a little after receiving another painful sting in his eyes caused by the light that hung over head. Adonis continued talking, not caring if his son was listening or not - but he knew Kai would be listening, he listened… Very well and that was one of the reasons why Adonis continued to watch what he said in conversations.
"Sota would have fainted and died if you had not come to her room. Stop beating yourself up about things Kai, nothing was your fault." Adonis looked back at his son.
Kai abruptly stood up and walked away, he was going back to see his house - that supposedly more reporters surrounding it than it had police even investigating the odd occurrence.
Things were only going to get worse and Kai knew it - everything turned good for a brief moment in his life and then - would just suddenly fall apart.
The woman had changed, and added on the final touches to her disguise - someone might recognise her if she were to just walk out in public like that. Contacts and glasses, a wig and baggy clothes made it an easy task to hide in the crowds.
She stood near a terminal waiting on the two girls that she had put all of her trust into. She spotted them first - they looked tired and were, looking for her - she smiled as she walked up to them,
"So how was the flight?" She lowered her glasses at the two girls. Who stared back up and smiled.
"It was ok I guess, the hostess, was unpleasant." Lita smiled and frowned remembering how long it took the attendant to actually do something. Selene just shrugged and looked around for something to amuse herself with, "A pity, how are you Selene?" The woman smiled as Selene just stared up at her and answered in a rather bored tone, "Fine I guess." Selene went back to looking around the airport and at all the different people that passed.
The woman nodded and helped carry a few bags - they were light since it was only clothes they had taken with them, it also meant that the three of them could get away quickly.
Reaching their destination, and old hotel that had very few customers made the perfect place to start discussing and talking about the incidents that occurred around the Hiwatari family.
"Ah well, how did it go?" The woman placed some of the bags on the floor and went to check the new room where she would be staying for a short while, only until she found out exactly what his plans were then she
Would leave and talk to…The family.
The two girls stayed quiet, unsure really of how the discussion with Kai went - the woman turned around and raised an eyebrow and looked at the saddened face of the two girls.
Selene was ignoring any eye contact that could be made with anyone one and Lita herself was staring off into space.
"I'll take that as not very well." The woman smiled yet she was disappointed about the girls failure, but what was done was done hopefully she could still do something to help.
"I think he's just confused." Selene looked up at the woman unsure of whether she would yell at them - confusing Kai would have its consequences.
"Or scared…" Lita mumbled the room stayed silent as everyone contemplated over their thoughts.
Poor, Kai… I really do wish I could just go back without that, 'will' getting in the way… I really do hope everyone is ok.
The woman sighed and sat down on the edge of the small bed - she was sick of running away any time that madman tried to get close.
"I doubt it!" Selene snapped, she didn't like people saying that Kai was weak or anyone from the Abbey was weak it was an inbuilt paranoia that she had. If Kai was weak… what would that make her?
"Kai's scared? I suppose it's not impossible." The woman lay back on the bed, the blonde wig coming off a little at the side.
"Well, we told him, but we -." Lita began then say the face Selene was making, she looked as if she was about to start a yelling match. "I sort of let it slip that we were being told off of another person. So he wasn't too happy about being kept in the dark." Selene and Lita wandered over to their own beds; they would be staying here for a small amount of time before they would have to go and warn Kai again. Or so they thought.
"It's good that you managed to tell him in time then." The smile faded from the woman's face, hearing about the 'accident' in the manor was more than likely started by him. Lita gave the other girl a worried look, "Tell him in time… Wait did something happen!" Both of the girls froze and their worst thoughts were answered.
"Yes… I'm afraid that someone placed the heating down… To below thirty degrees and the whole family were almost killed…" Her eyes went into a glazed, glassy stare as she imagined them all wandering around in the house - freezing to death. Tears streamed down her face as she began to sob quietly, soon Lita came to her aid.
"Calm down Milady, I'm sure they will all be fine." Lita gave a small smile trying to convince that they would all be fine.
"Yeah Milady, everything will be fine!" Selene added, it was unusual for her to add onto a comment but while her elder was indeed having a breakdown she had to help.
The place had heated up and was no longer freezing cold - the only problem was the reporters outside… Kai sighed he had had to come around the back and over the huge area of the garden which was a long walk to say the least, just to avoid some nosy people who thought 'the people should know.' Know what that he had nearly died, Kai had no idea what and why the people would wish to know how he was going to die and how he felt. How else would someone feel when their whole family could die! Kai gave a growl of frustration and continued in trying to get to his home then maybe he could try and figure out who had done this.
All of the windows had been opened; and the heating switched off so someone must have known the password. Or at least where the boiler room was; finding on particular room in the house was hard even for newly hired maids and they took about three weeks just to adjust so someone… Who ever it was knew about the Hiwatari family.
The kitchen was the first room Kai entered; and it was still cool, but not freezing he walked around the house trying to find the places where he and his family had been left for dead if it wasn't for the phone call. Things were bad enough until he heard someone move around in his room.
He stayed outside listening to whoever the person was; they were doing something - he heard some start talking…
"Yes, no it's not in any of the brats rooms. I've tried almost every room sir."
Kai narrowed his eyes, so someone was looking for something? What? Why? Kai shook his head and decided it would be best to hide and see who it is and see if they were at all armed with some weapon rather than just barge in and hope for the best.
He heard some rummaging in the room and then the man; who ever he was yelled in a rather enthusiastic voice,
"Sir, I've found it! Yes Sir! I'll bring it back right away! Thank you Sir!"
Now that Kai thought about it; the voice was familiar… Kai stood just behind the door - whatever the guy had found was making him extremely happy which meant it was extremely valuable. Kai didn't like to be stolen off of. Even if he had no idea what would interest someone as much. What had he found in his room?
The handle was pulled down; and so the door opened slowly - the guy obviously thinking he was alone and in no hurry. Kai glared as suddenly he realised who it was…
"Sir, I…-." Kai pushed the door back, hitting the police officer from before, on the head, as he dropped the phone he also dropped the something he had been ordered to find.
"Why are you here?" Kai glared, noticing the man had no weapons at least he had some chance of winning if a physical fight ensued. The officer didn't look so 'official' now that he didn't have his uniform on and Kai's instant thought was that he was not a real police officer. The man looked around for his phone and the item that he dropped; but thought that he might as well get rid of Kai first.
He could always say he was downstairs and heard Kai yelling for help and he just happened not to get their in time as the 'murderer' got away.
"Move you silly brat." The man said darkly, he did not want to upset the boss. He had to get it out of this house and back to the lab, he'd get his reward then. Kai just glared back and asked again,
"What are you looking for?" He moved a little closer to the phone, if he picked it up and maybe the person on the other side would give a clue to what was going on. The man had no patience and tackled the smaller male to the ground - if he was going to fail then he wanted to at least get away without having to go to prison. The man punched at the boy who was now trying to hit back but to no avail he was punched on the side of the head; which caused Kai top grimace and regret not covering his face, he'd closed his eyes as his vision became blurry.
The man picked up the phone and darted out of the door, not caring anymore about the object he was meant to find. Kai just lay there was the room seemed to spin and dissolve in front of his eyes - he blink a few times and widened his eyes just trying to stop the room from whizzing around him. He used his arms to help him sit up, he thanked god, if there was one; that he wasn't killed - he could have been…
Then again why didn't the man just kill him and take whatever he had been told to take back?
He looked around, searching for the item that the man had been looking for - had he taken it with his phone?
Kai stood up and rubs his temples again how many times was he going to be hurt this year? That's when he saw something shiny at the corner of his eye - was this the thing that the man had been looking for?
Authors Note: Now this is a cliff hanger wouldn't you say… Slight problem though… I will not be able to update until I think about… Tuesday as I've got a German Talk to well prepare, learn etc. Though I will try to somewhat update quickly after the whole things over and done with.
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