Hey, I think it's about time I update this, what do you say? Well, I don't care what you say, I'm doing it anyway! Ignore me...and enjoy!
Polaris18: Only Kanone could have bloodlust that you can taste...Well, apparently you're not alone in that love for revenge. Thanks for reviewing!
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"Ya'll ready?" Kanone asked, in an awfully cheery mood.
Ayumu raised an eyebrow at him, "You're sure happy for someone who's about to go kill a bunch of people."
The lighter-haired boy tilted his head to the side, "It's not that many. Only 1 or 2, it all depends on who shows up or who we can find. Besides, I have to save some of the fun for you, right?" He grinned and double-checked to make sure his gun was loaded, "And it's not as if I don't have a good reason."
Ayumu couldn't exactly disagree with that, "Just don't get too caught up in all of it, alright?"
The warning recieved a raised eyebrow, "What do you mean by that?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." Ayumu informed him, "I know you, Kanone, you'll get way too into seeking revenge and slip up."
There was no response to the claim, mostly because it was right. Kanone knew he tended to get caught up in the moment, and made rash decisions, but he had never been fighting for something so important before. He had messed up before, true, but he wouldn't again. The conversation was soon interrupted when Eyes approached the two, "Are you almost ready?"
"As ready as we'll ever be." Ayumu answered, "Is it just the three of us?"
"Yes." Eyes said, wondering what the problem was, "There are only four of them."
Kanone smirked and elbowed him, "You're not chickening out, are ya?"
"Chicken?" came a small voice from the other room, followed by a blur of silver as Travis arrived in front of the three boys, "Where?"
The two unrelated ones backed away while the older Rutherford knelt down in front of his brother, "Not right now." he whispered, "But Kanone, Ayumu, and I are going out for a while. I'll be sure to bring some home with me."
The promise accomplished two things. The first being to keep Travis' attention off the fact that he was leaving, and the second being to wipe that adorable pout off of his face. The youngest one nodded, "Okay, but hurry back!"
Eyes stood, chuckling, and patted the emerald-eyed boy's head, "I will." The child proceeded to run back into Ayumu's room, where he was kicking Kousuke's ass at video games.
"We should go." Ayumu suggested, and the three headed out without another word to anyone. If either Kousuke, Rio, or Ryoko knew they were going somewhere, they would try to stop them, and this was something the three boys had thier hearts and their minds set on.
Once they were outside, Kanone paused, drawing the attention of the other two, "What is it?" his lover wondered.
"Where exactly are we going?" the eldest boy asked, "I mean, the hotel is demolished, so where could we possibly find them at?"
"The only other place we've seen them is the hospital, correct?" Eyes asked, "I would say that's our best bet."
"But there are people at the hospital." Ayumu reminded them, "We can't do any real damage with that many people around."
"Remember, the basement and the very top floor are abandoned and unknown to most." Kanone pointed out, "That is where they attacked Ryoko."
"The hospital it is." Eyes confirmed, and they began walking once again.
"Damn it!" Kousuke shouted, throwing his controller to the floor and glaring at the one sitting next to him, "You cheated!"
Rio glared at the redhead, "He's only four!" she defended the young boy, "How could he be cheating?"
"I wasn't cheating." Travis added, pouting a little.
"It's not his fault if you're bad at video games." Ryoko finished.
Kousuke scoffed, standing up, "Whatever." he said, glaring at the two girls.
Travis stood as well, frowning, "Maybe we should do something else." he suggested.
"Like what?" Rio wondered, "There's not much to do here that we can all do."
The redhead nodded in agreement, "Travis is too young to do anything." he complained.
Said child frowned, "I can always stay home." he offered, "You guys can go out."
"No!" Rio objected, "We'll...go see a movie!"
"We could do that." Kousuke agreed, "I'm sure there's something there we could all watch."
"Let's go, then!" the smaller girl said, bouncing up.
Travis and Kousuke followed behind until the latter stopped and turned, something grabbing his attention, "Hey, Ryoko, aren't you coming?"
The short-haired girl just shook her head, "I'm not feeling up to it." she confessed, "Just a little tired." she quickly added to save Kousuke any worry.
The teen thought to object, but was cut off by Rio shouting from the other room, "Kousuke, hurry up!"
"Go." Ryoko told him, smiling, "I'm fine." Sighing, Kousuke nodded and ran off to catch up with Rio and Travis. Ryoko flopped down on Ayumu's bed and closed her eyes, surrendering to the great unconsciousness of sleep.
Arriving at the hospital, the three boys glanced to each other, "You're sure about this?" Ayumu asked, sounding a bit nervous.
Kanone's eyes glinted slightly in the streetlights, "I'm positive." he reassured the younger boy, "Just don't forget why we're here." As long as he kept his wits about him and a clear head, Kanone was sure he wouldn't fail to do what he had come to do. He had thought it many times, but now more than ever he knew that he had to survive to get revenge for Kalelle. Leading the others inside, he walked through the automatic doors that led into the lobby. Inside looked as normal as ever...if normal had been creepily strange. Not only were there no patients in the waiting room or doctors buzzing about, but the only person there was the receptionist, who had an evil glint in her eye.
"May I help you boys?" she asked, eyeing them up.
"Just visiting a friend." Kanone assured her, smiling his fake smile, "We already know where their room is, but thanks anyway."
He headed towards the stairs when the woman stopped him again, "The stairs are out of use right now. Take the elevator."
If the slightly dimmed lights and almost completely empty hospital weren't enough to put the boys on edge, that comment would have been. Ayumu glared at her, "How can the stairs be out of order?" he wondered, "They're stairs."
"Take the elevator." she repeated, "There was a bit of an accident in the stairwell and we had to close it off so the cleaning crew could get everything sorted out."
"I trust that we'll be led to them?" Kanone asked, deciding to drop the act.
She quickly adjusted to the more foward approach, and scowled at him, "Your fate, all of your fates, will be decided soon enough."
"Who are you to decide our fates?" Eyes demanded in a quiet voice, "What rights do you have?"
"I have every right as a Hunter to dispose of the Blade Children." she informed him, "It seems some don't feel that way, though." A quick glance was sent to Kanone and Ayumu, "One of you has already fallen, though. It won't be long before the rest of you follow him to hell."
It took Kanone less than a second to realize she was speaking of Kalelle, "Watch what you say." he growled in a low voice, "You've got no rights to talk about him."
She simply laughed at this, "Oh? And what will you do if I choose to ignore your threats? Why would you want to get revenge for a traitor anyway? A disgusting waste of human life that is better off in purgatory where he belongs."
In an instant Kanone was on her, wrapping his hand around her throat and choking her roughly, "What was that?" he demanded, about to snap, "I think you may be mistaken. You see, my brother was nothing of the sort, and if you ever say differently again, I'll rip your tounge out. Understood?" The blonde-haired woman was far from answering him as she was gripping his wrist, gasping for air, and slowly losing consciousness. An evil smile crossed his lips as she let her fall to the ground, and turned to join up with Eyes and Ayumu, "Ready?" he asked in a too-cheerful mood.
"Uh...yeah." Ayumu said, hesitantly, a little afraid of his ex.
Kanone frowned slightly and blinked, "What is it?"
"You're scaring him." Eyes answered for the brunette, "Can we go?"
"Good idea." Ayumu said quickly, turning and pressing the up button on the elevator. He didn't necessarily want to go up, but there was no down that the public knew about. The doors slowly slid open and the three entered the rickety elevator. The doors closed and much to all of their suprise, the elevator ascended. The small light flashed 2, then 3, then 4. It stayed stuck on 4, but the elevator continued to move, jerking a little as it passed its usual stopping point and continued on up. It finally came to a rest and the doors very slowly slid open to reveal the fifth floor.
Kanone was the first to exit the elevator, looking around to see shadows on top of shadows, mingling and mixing with each other. Eyes stood next to him, his blue orbs immediately switching to glowing yellow ones to adjust better to the darkened conditions. Ayumu was the last, glancing around and coughing slightly at the layer of dust that seemed to surround the place, "Are you sure this is right?" he wondered, "It seems so...abandoned."
Kanone nodded, "Even for a cover it seems a bit much." he agreed, then looked to Eyes, "What do you think?"
"Be on your guard." was the only obvious advice that the Blade Child uttered before stepping further into the room. A small bit of moonlight was filtering in from a window somewhere, but wasn't near enough to cut through the thick dust. It illuminated the room well enough that Eyes could make out some tables and chairs, but nothing of any interest. He scanned the walls, feeling them slightly before he found what he was looking for. He flipped the switch and winced as a bright, flourescent light spread throughout the rather large room.
As the three surveyed the now-visible area, Eyes saw that he was correct in assuming that there was nothing of interest in the room. In fact, besides some furniture, there was nothing there at all; certainly no Hunters. Kanone growled slightly, "What the hell is this?" he demanded, "Where are those bastards?"
"Someone must have been up here to call the elevator." Ayumu observed, "And they wouldn't have done that unless they wanted us up here."
The possiblity of a trap occured to the three almost instantaneously, but all dismissed it just as quickly. It was an mutual agreement now that Kalelle had been killed; the Hunters and the Blade Children would meet head-on. Traps weren't necessary anymore, and they all knew it. So, why was there no one there? Kanone growled once more in frustration and turned back to the elevator, only to have it open in front of his face and reveal the people he had been searching for. He sent death-glares at each one of them, "What took you?" he asked, a bit sarcastically.
"We had to tend to Cecilia." Turner informed him, exiting the elevator, followed by Wallace and Connor, "It seems she was injured."
Kanone could only guess that Cecilia was the one he had nearly choked to death, but shrugged it off. It's not as if he cared, she was a Hunter after all. Before he could speak again, Ayumu asked a question that put him more on edge than anything, "Where's Nik?"
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Indeed, where is Nik? Wow, I think this chappy might be long enough for me not to want to kill myself...next chappy we'll find out where exactly Nik went, and what movie did Kousuke, Rio, and Travis go to see? Review!