Title: The Tale of Trust
Author: Bonnie-San
Word count: 2697 words
Disclaimer: Same as in the Prologue. Why would it change just because there is a new chapter?
A/N: This is great *sarcasm sign*. Ahead is this task of trying to tell this story in a good way. The old man is a great story teller, but I'm not. And I don't like how this chapter turned out. At all. It definitely needs revising later but I thought that I should put it up before I leave to London for a week. Next one will be more fun though. I hope you won't judge the whole story based on this chapter because it's not really supposed to be like this. Oh well, at least it is something, right?
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-*-.-*-Chapter 1-*-.-*-
It started not all too long ago. The Lepricons still ran around the streets and you could from afar hear the Werewolves howl in the full moon. In the capital of Russia, Moscow, this particular clear night was filled with bright stars that seemed to watch your every move. Inside the pub called Avalanche a man sat alone by the bar and was leaning back with his elbows resting on the counter behind him. The man calmly looked out over the dance floor with his cool, close to blood coloured, red eyes that almost gave a chilly shine in the darkness beneath his light-blue fringe. The rest of his unruly short hair was dark-blue and he was wearing grey baggy pants, a black tight fit top and red sneakers. He closed his eyes as he sighed inaudibly, turning around taking a sip from his drink and turned back to keep look at the ever lively dance floor.
"You're late" He said in a bored tone directed to the suddenly occupied barstool next to him. This man had knee-long, black, silk-like hair put up in a loose ponytail and had a red bandana with the Yin and Yang mark on his forehead that kept his fringe from falling over his eyes. He wore a white Chinese shirt with golden edges and an embroidered golden tiger that was climbing from his chest to his left shoulder and wore black baggy pants. He shifted slightly at the harsh tone in the statement.
"Tyson stopped me. He-"
"Rei," The dual haired man interrupted "…no excuses." He turned to look straight into the man called Rei's bright golden eyes.
"Cut me some slack Kai. You know how he is. He doesn't know how to shut up."
Kai chuckled. "Give him some food or a snack. That will keep him busy."
"Not for long."
"Long enough for you to leave. Or you could glue him to a chair. That's your choice." Kai straightened himself. "That aside, Mr. Dickenson called. We have work to do."
Rei leaned on the counter. "What did we get this time? Vampires?" he asked, his whole face sparkling with curiosity.
"No… and yes. Our mission is to find and bring back a lone Weapon. The last recorded location however is in a vampire nest."
"They found a Weapon without an Attacker?" Rei asked in surprise. "That's rare… very rare. But then we must act quickly so they don't kill this Weapon. What else do we know?"
"Only the location. We don't need more information than that." With that Kai ended the conversation by drinking the rest of his drink, slamming the shot glass into the counter and walk away towards the exit. Golden eyes followed the man's proud composure for a few seconds before he shook his head and sighed. Will he ever loosen up? Heh… probably not, but that's Kai for you. Rei then quickly followed in the same direction after Kai until he reached the exit where he saw Kai standing in the doorway, waiting. Rei gave him a small smile before he passed gracefully, Kai following closely behind.
This was going to be an interesting night.
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It was close to midnight when they finally reached the desired vampire nest, an old abandoned warehouse in the outskirts of Moscow city. It was very worn down and had probably seen its days of glory pass by a long time ago. Kai and Rei had stopped outside at the entrance looking at the door, which looked like it was about to fall from its hinges at any minute.
"So... this is it? This is the place?" Rei asked and glanced over to Kai who just nodded. "Well, at least it's not a complete dump. What's the plan, the usual?"
"Yes, as quickly and silently as possible. We are here to get the Weapon, if he's here. We don't want any unnecessary fights." Kai replied, his gaze never leaving the building and arms crossed over his chest. "It looks like it contains two floors. Let's split up. That way we'll cover a bigger area at a faster pace."
"Then who will cover what floor? The upper floor will probably contain some small rooms or offices while the storage area will be found at the ground level. Maybe I should search the upper floor."
"Sounds good to me." They entered the warehouse and found a staircase directly to the right. They passed each other a glance before they parted their way, Kai watched Rei disappear up the stairs before he turned around to give attention to his assigned task. He glanced around the stockroom which was huge. It definitely looked much smaller from the outside. It contained what seemed like an infinite amount of boxes piled onto each other in different heights to create a big that some piles reached the roof while others didn't.
Well, if he didn't start he wouldn't be finished anytime soon he told himself as he started to walk around the labyrinth of boxes. He could already hear muffles from the voices of the vampires that resided here. They aren't very discrete. Hn, Lowlifes. Most certainly young vampires not much older than 50 at the most. Kai thought, checking the outer corners of the storage area working his way inwards. He didn't find this missing weapon. He soon got closer to the vampires but dared not to go too close if they would be able to smell his scent.
"… a good little bugger. He was lucky that I was already feasting on another prey. Otherwise he'd been done for." One of the vampires said. Kai stopped in his track. Finally he was close enough to hear what they were talking about. With them talking as loud as they were in such a big room, he was surprised that he didn't hear them clearly earlier.
"But why did you just leave him running? Don't you know how much they are worth?" Another vampire asked with an angered voice. …how much they are worth? Kai asked himself and continued to listen. Maybe this could become informative.
"Well, yeah. For being alone without a partner he was rather strong. And I already started to feed of my prey. Couldn't just leave it there, it would run away and make a fuss out of it…" the first answered. Aah, they were most likely talking about his missing weapon. That these vampires had met him and that they were here meant that he wasn't in this room... meaning that he could either be on the upper level hiding in a corner or not here in this building at all. The second alternative was not an option he preferred. " … And he ran away before I was done. You do know what kind of a maze this place is. He could be anywhere. He probably isn't in this building anymore."
"But that one was alone. That's like super rare. There aren't many of them and most of them have a partner and then it's hard to get them down without being either killed or at least heavily wounded." A third vampire commented.
"Yeah, and I heard their blood taste like heaven. That might be the reason why they're worth a fortune." the second vampire spoke again. Kai sighed. He only heard three vampires here, there had to be more for them to be able to keep other vampires from stealing this nest. This place was too big for there to only be three of them. I hope that Rei will be alright... Kai thought as he sat down silently. He made himself comfortable on one of the boxes and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation. As long as he doesn't lower his guard too much, he'll be fine.
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When Rei reached the top of the stairs his eyes shied away from a blinding light. The corridor was almost too white. It took a while but his eyes got accustomed to it and he looked around. The upper floor was a big, long and crooked corridor. It was filled with a dozen of doors on both sides. Every door was closed. Oh, just great. Hindrance. What if there is Vampires behind each and every one of these doors. Then I'm done for. Rei pupils slit and his senses increased so that he could know hear what was in the rooms. He could hear voices, bodies that shifted and mumbling noises. Walking silently through the hallway, he focused almost entirely on his hearing. The voices got louder as he passed a specific door. At least for now they're only in one of the rooms. He continued until the end and noticed that it continued to the left. No more sound was heard so there was no more in this part of the building.
At the end of the corridor Rei noticed that the door to the right was slightly ajar to a completely dark room. If I was alone in a big, unfamiliar building, hiding away from strong creatures, what would I do? Rei stared at the door in thought. Could it really be that simple? He reached out for the door with one hand, got ready for the darkness inside and slowly pushed the door open and stepped inside.
Rei hit the light switch, illuminating the room. It was a small office. The side walls were full with cupboards and in the middle stood a desktop full with big heaps of yellowed papers and letters.
The weapon was most definitely here. Its presence was almost touchable. He used his hearing to guide him to one of the cupboards on the right side of the desktop. A slow and deep breathing could be heard from inside it so he opened the door.
Inside was a blond boy, sleeping. He wore beige loose-fitting trousers and an oversized blue t-shirt with a big yellow star on one of the sleeves. A brown jacket was used as a pillow in the crowded space inside the furniture. Rei couldn't keep himself from chuckling at the cute bundle in front him. It was a wonder how he could've stayed hidden for so long. Especially with all the vampires roaming around in the old facility. Someone should have noticed. He put an arm under the blonde's back, the other arm under his legs, lifted him out of the cupboard and carried him out of the small office.
On his way back, Rei turned to the adjacent hallway that he came from and saw the vampires he heard before blocking his way. Damn! he thought and quickly hid around the corner before he could be seen. They were talking loudly and proudly about some poor human that they had had fun with, toying with, before it had been sucked clean of blood. And to the sound of it, it was a girl too. Were there no boundaries to how low a vampire could and would sink?
Rei didn't like vampires. Usually acting too much like beasts and their moral was that of a 3-year-old, only thinking about selfish pleasure before the welfare of others, or even a friend.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Rei heard footsteps walking in his direction and he started to panic. Where should he go? Kai didn't want any fight to alert other vampires and he wouldn't make it back to the office in time. Not with "sleeping beauty" in his arms. Backing away slowly, he tried to open some of the closest doors only to find that they were locked. There went the idea of finding a hiding place. The vampires' shadows made themselves visible around the corner so Rei quickly put down the blonde to prepare for the encounter.
The first vampire to turn around the corner was welcomed by two sharpened claws digging its way into the eyes and a hard blow to the head and before the others could react they met the same fate but with hard kicks or punches to the head instead. He knew that it wouldn't keep them down for long but it would have to do for now. Rei looked around, saw them all lying on the floor and counted them to 12 vampires. Hurrying over to the blonde to pick him up again, he passed the vampires as fast as possible.
But it wasn't smooth enough. He tripped on someone's arm, almost making him fall over. Oh no! Rei thought as he watched as the bundle gathered together from the hard punches. He turned around and started to run towards the staircase when he heard a pack of steps going up the said staircase. He was surrounded. This is not good, not good at all. If I was alone or even better, with Kai, it would have been fine. But now I have a sleeping weapon in my arms and Kai is nowhere to be seen. Taking a deep breath he leaned against the wall. If there ever was any god or gods, it or they must have decided to work against him on this mission.
Suddenly the wall behind him disappeared and with a surprised yelp, he and the weapon fell backwards along with it.
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The three vampires on the ground floor ascended the stairs and reached the upper floor. They saw the bundle lying in the corridor.
"Hey! What are you doing over there? Snoozing? Get up, you lazy slackers!"
"Mind explaining what you're doing on the floor?"
"Urgh… There… was…" They stood up and wiped some dust of their clothes and some held their heads in search for some comfort to their aching head. ".. Some shit took us by surprise…"
"It was weird. We couldn't even sense his smell."
"If we would've known he wouldn't have beaten us that easily." By now everyone was relieved of pain and ready for a fight.
"They're all excuses. You're supposed to be vampires for god damns sake so act like one!" One of the three closest to the staircase spurted. "That nuisance and that damned treasure. We could have been rich. We'll have to find them both. They couldn't have gone too far…"
The whole group descended the stairs and ran out the entrance. On the upper floor, one door stood open and unnoticed. Inside, Rei lay with the Weapon sprawled over him. That was close, too close for his liking. Had they been found, it would not have been pretty. A Weapon couldn't do much without his partner. That was a sad but true fact. They stayed positioned on the floor for a few moments to let the adrenaline lower a bit before Rei stood up with the sleepy-head still in his arms. He couldn't believe the blonde had slept through it all. He must be exhausted. Rei carefully went out of the room and down towards the exit and used his foot to open the door. Outside Kai was waiting about two meters away, leaning against the wall next to the door with arms crossed over his chest.
"…Seems like you found the target of this mission. Good." Kai used his leg to push himself of the wall and walked over to Rei. "…no need to look elsewhere then."
"He is a heavy sleeper. He's been asleep this whole time. And I met about a dozen vampires up there."
"You didn't…"
"Give me more credit than that. I took them out before they even realized what was happening, though it was a close call. My clumsiness saved me for a change."
Kai snorted and gave Rei a small smile. "Let's head home. The sooner we get out of here the better." They started to walk back towards the nightclub Avalanche and to a waiting taxi that would take them to the headquarters and their home.
"Yeah, and Tyson will be happy to finally have a partner. For far too long he's been nagging that the missions he get are being too easy." Rei laughed out.
"And then he will have someone else to bother."
"I wouldn't bet my money on it, Kai. It is Tyson we're talking about."
"Hn…"
And they went the rest of the way back in silence.
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A/N: So, that's it. Next time, Tyson will come forth. Oh boy I love writing him in fanfictions. His character is so fun ^.^
I will be gone for a while now so I won't be able to upload the next chapter until two weeks from now. I hope you can cope with it. Thank you for reading through this bad chapter. I truly appreciate it.
Be well
/Bonnie