Threatening Threes
Milk out the suspense? I hope I'm doing it right. I find it hard to milk out suspense in writing. If I were talking it might be easier, but writing. I'll try though! I'll try to do less cliffy's. It's hard to resist though!
Chapter Five
As Ayumu was about to step over a wire, he stopped and leaned down to investigate, only to find another wire. Sneaky. They purposely made the first wire visible, but concealed the second one, so that a person would be lulled into a false sense of security. After looking closely at all the traps, Ayumu started disarming them. After about ten minutes, Ayumu headed back to Kousuke, arms full of traps.
"Whoa! They set up all of that? They must have a lot of time on their hands." Remarked Kousuke.
"Yea. These people have a lot of time and a lot of resources. I could only disarm the visible traps; there should also be a few mines and other explosives. Be careful. Right now, the logical step is to set these traps near some of their possible escape routes."
"Wait. How do you know they're in there?"
"This place is too heavily guarded. There should be someone or something in there. If we ignore it, it could in danger innocent lives. Their possible exits are the back door, the front door, the basement door and some of the windows. Which way are we going to go in?"
"Backdoor."
Ayumu nodded. "Ok. We'll rig all the doors and place a few about five feet away from the possible window escapes." The two quickly got to work. Five minutes later, the traps were set, waiting for prey.
"Ok. Lets go." Said Ayumu.
When they reached the back door, Ayumu took out some duck tape. He used it to open the door. When here was no boom, both of them made their way cautiously back towards the door. They peered inside. So this must be the kitchen.
Ayumu peered around the room, the place was clean. This didn't bode well with Ayumu.
"This place is too clean. On the outside, there are overgrown plants, weeds, the paint is pealing and the windows looked dusty. But why is it so clean on the inside?" Kousuke opened a drawer.
"Whoa. There are a lot of knives here. It seems they have forks and spoons. They look clean." He opened a cupboard. "Plates, food…" Kousuke took out a bag of flour. "The expiration date is 2007. This has to be recent."
Ayumu opened the cabinet closest to him. "There have some bread, caned goods, and some ramen. The bread isn't dry. Looks fresh from the bakery. Someone has been living here." The two stopped searching when they heard a loud thud from the second floor. The two looked up. That's when they heard two voices.
"Where are they? They should be here by now. Maybe little Narumi isn't so smart and got caught in a trap."
"They aren't stupid." Said a voice that was unmistakably female. "I believe in them." Rio! Kousuke thought to himself.
"You better keep your remarks to yourself. I'm going down stairs to check on them. You better not be gone when I get back." They heard a door shut, and then foot steps. Ayumu motioned to the basement door, indicating that he was going down. Kousuke nodded and hid behind the counter, clutching his knife. When the man came into Kousuke's line of vision, Kousuke was poised to attack. When he was about to pounce, there was a loud boom outside. The man swore and ran back up stairs.
Kousuke quickly changed his position. The man ran back down stairs and out the back door, past where Kousuke was only a few minutes before. Kousuke started to follow but stopped when he noticed Ayumu going upstairs. What is he up to? He thought, but followed him.
They stood in front of a closed door. This is when Kousuke asked, "Why are we here? You heard the mine. It went off. BOOM! It means she escaped."
"Oh really?" Ayumu opened the door. There was a chair in the middle of the room, a coil of rope on the chair. The broken window made the drapes dance in the wind. The hole was big enough to fit a young girl about Rio's size. When Kousuke got closer, he noticed a bit of fabric on it. The color and texture resembled what Rio was wearing earlier.
He held it up so Ayumu could see, "See, she escaped through the window." Ayumu said nothing. Instead of answering, he headed over to a door, which is presumably the closet, and opened the door.
Inside, was little Rio.
Ayumu smiled, "As you were saying, Asazuki?"
"Kousuke…" Started Rio, "What took you so long? I was going to get myself out. Geez, oh! Ayumu, thank you for saving me, but, didn't you hear the mine? How did you know I was still up here? Wouldn't you assume I ran away?"
"Luckily, I know you. I knew that that's what you wanted the hunter to think. I'm not that easily fooled. You threw something out there to set off the mine. If you really ran out there, you would be smart enough to avoid all the traps." Ayumu looked around. "Where are Ryoko and Hiyono?"
"Well, ever since Hiyono blurted out the location on the phone, they split us up. Hiyono is probably still at the hotel. I don't know where Ryoko is though. Ayumu, did Kousuke tell you how this originally started?"
"Yea, he did." Came Ayumu's simple response.
Notes: I have a few things to say, Paragraph one: Stupid cliffy, I know. I'm sorry. But some of you who have watched Naruto might know what this trap is from. It's when Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Chouji, and Kiba were going after Sasuke.
Hmm... This was a pretty short chapter. Sorry about that. Maybe the next one will be longer, who knows.
Yar, this really isn't a cliffy. It's a bad place to end it, but it's also good, because the next chapter is going into a newerish theme. I hope you liked this chapter. Please direct all questions, comments, and complaints to reviews.
LWB