Title: 5 Shopping Teenagers
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: I do not own Agatha Christie's work or Fruits Basket.
A/N: Grrrr, I promise the rhyme will be in the next chapter! I just wanted to give y'all a little somethin' till then : )
The three of them start to stand up, wondering if this is a good idea. And wondering what they shall find...
The sub shop that is their destination is on the other side of the mall on the top floor. So, to the stairs! (Mind you, these are like the exit stairs in the corner of a room. They are not in the middle of the mall, exposed to the open).
Kyo, Uo, and Tohru start walking to the door with a bright red sign above it that reads 'EXIT.'
They file into the staircase like so: Kyo ahead, then Tohru, then Arisa.
Once at the top of the stairs, Kyo opens the door. He is greeted unexpectedly by a tall, dark figure with black gloves that clamp over his mouth and eyes.
Tohru tries to shriek, but her screams are muffled by a second pair of black gloves. Arisa tries to save them from the cloaked, shadowed figures, but is stopped when she feels a heavy object painfully come into contact with her head.
"Owwww... my head..." Arisa groans, placing a hand to her head. She looks around and realizes she has no clue where she is...
She finds herself in a small closet-like place, with shelves on one side, a sink and a fire extinguisher on the other. The place smells of mold and dust, and it is quite cramped.
((muffled 'ughhh'))
Arisa forgets her headache and springs up into fighting position, with her knees bent and fists in the air at an angle.
"Show yourself! Buddy, you have messed with the wrong girl, and I swear if you come in here I will beat your ass!" she yells, not sure if the sound came from inside the closet or outside of the door.
Suddenly, the shelves to her right start to quake, and Uo can hear a soft pounding.
Arisa, daringly but cautiously, bends down to look under one of the shelves and sees Tohru!
"Tohru! What are you doing in a shelf?!" Arisa asks with utter confusion.
She reaches her arm out to Tohru and pulls her from between all the junk on either side of Tohru.
Arisa sits Tohru down right beside her, and she places her hands on Tohru's shoulders.
"Tohru. Listen to me. Did you see who brought us here? Or were you knocked out, too?" Uo asks calmly.
It takes Tohru a moment to answer, her shoulders trembling and her face pale.
"I... I didn't see them, and I don't know where we are... Owww, but my legs hurt from being cramped up like that," Tohru replies, calmer than expected.
Arisa scans Tohru over to make sure she is not wounded badly. She glances over a couple bruises on her knees, when all of a sudden, her neck snaps up.
"Kyo!!!"
Tohru's eyes grow wide, as she realizes the kitty is not with them.
"Shit..." Arisa says under her breath. "What the hell is going to happen to him now?"
Ooooh, the suspense! Review, y'all : )