Hisoka felt his heart jump and a moment later Liz calling to him. He ran downstairs as quickly as possible and skidded into the kitchen where everyone else was.
"Where's Liz?" He asked. They all looked at him.
"She hasn't come back yet?" Tsuzuki asked "What time is it?"
"O my, she left hours ago," Watari said looking at the clock "Surely she would've come back by now and its dark out,"
"We have to find her," Hisoka said. They left the house and let Hisoka lead them, hopefully, to where Liz was…
Meanwhile…
Liz was on the ground completely naked with Muraki on top straddling her, also naked. She whimpered and shook nervously.
He came down and started licking her neck and fondling her breasts. She cried unable to believe this was actually happening to her. She closed her eyes before the tears came. She refused to let him see her cry. She started to pretend that this was all just a very very bad dream until she felt him penetrate her. She screamed and felt a few hot tears escape her tightly shut lids. Her screams only increased in volume as he slid in and out of her and she was disgusted with herself for becoming aroused.
Finally it ended.
"If I have time, I'll come back for more," He said teasingly and got up and left as she laid there not even daring to move until she heard another familiar voice call her name.
"Liz!" She sat up. It was Hisoka. She was still in a daze from fervently pretending that what had just happened hadn't actually happened, but had rather been just a terrible nightmare.
"Are you ok?" He asked kneeling next to her "What happened?" Now she let her tears fall and noticed the bloody cuts on her legs and arms. She had been trying so hard to escape reality that she hadn't felt the pain. Now she had come back to reality and her whole body ached.
"Take me home," she whispered through her tears "Please, I don't want to be here anymore,"
"Ok," Hisoka tried to pick her up, but found her a bit too heavy for his scrawny arms.
"I got her," Tsuzuki said lifting her gently into his arms. They went back home in silence and cleaned her up, bandaged her wounds and put her to bed. They then convened in the kitchen.
"We shouldn't have let her leave on her own like that," Watari said.
"Yeah," Tsuzuki said.
"Well, we shouldn't beat ourselves up about it," Tatsumi said "What's happened has happened and we have to keep a closer watch on her now,"
"We don't know what happened yet anyway," Tsuzuki said.
"Muraki was definitely there. Whether or not he did anything to her I'm not sure," Hisoka said with a yawn. A few minutes later they all went to bed.
In the morning Liz was the first one up. The sky was just beginning to lighten, but she couldn't sleep anymore. Couldn't face the nightmares anymore.
She stumbled out of bed and went to the kitchen where she started the tea and sat down at the table. She lost herself in thought and didn't notice when Tatsumi joined her at the table.
"Good morning," He said as he sat down.
"O good morning," She said coming out of her daze.
"How are you feeling?" He asked concerned.
"Not too good actually," She replied "I thought this was all some weird dream in the beginning," she laughed "But after last night…" she sighed "I realized maybe this isn't a dream,"
"Next time you go out take someone with you," He told her "You'll be safer and we'll have an easier time finding you,"
"Yeah yesterday was a stupid decision on my part," Liz admitted "I'm sorry," She got up, wincing a bit, and poured herself a cup of tea.
"Good morning," Hisoka joined them in the kitchen "Liz, are you ok?"
"I think I'll be alright," Liz replied sitting down again.
Later that day…
Liz sat in her room reading yet another book. The window was wide open and it was beautiful day outside, the sun shone in the window along with a cool breeze.
The others were downstairs talking or out getting food or supplies for them. Hisoka walked into the room unannounced and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Liz, tell me, what happened last night?" He asked his eyes filled with concern. Liz put her book down and looked at him, her eyes already brimming with tears again.
"I…I…" she stuttered. He sifted closer to her and held her ignoring the sharp sting of her anguish. It felt strangely good to be so close to her. She cried into him before looking into his eyes again. She felt, strangely, as if she could tell him anything "You remember the first night after we met?" she asked. He nodded, "do you remember what I said?" Silence fell on them as he remembered.
"That you're a virgin?" He asked gingerly.
"Yes," she pulled away from him "Well, I'm not anymore," she wiped the fresh tears from her eyes. They stared at each other for a moment as her words sunk in "He said he'd come back, if he had time. Which makes me think he has another target out there," she added.
"We have to tell the others," He said breaking the silence. She just nodded "Come on," He got up and lead her downstairs by the hand. The others looked up when they entered the living room.
"Liz, are you ok? You've been hiding in your room all day," Tsuzuki asked.
"I don't know anymore," Liz replied sadly.
"What happened last night?" Tsuzuki asked. Liz looked at Hisoka nervously and squeezed his hand. Silence descended on them for a few moments.
"Muraki raped her," Hisoka said finally. Liz didn't react. She felt numb like all of her emotions were locked now. They didn't look too surprised.
A few days went by and they didn't leave the house much. Liz was content to simply sit somewhere in the house and escape reality by retreating into a book.
Suddenly one day the phone rang causing them all to jump in surprise. Hisoka answered it. After he hung up he told them.
"That was the boss," He said. Everyone looked surprised, "These past few days there's been a sudden rush of murders and he wants us to check it out,"
"What are we doing about Liz?" Watari asked.
"He said to keep her close," Hisoka replied, "And he's sending the information to Wataris' computer," he added.
"Well, this is going to be interesting," Tsuzuki sighed as they looked at the details of the case.