Nearly at the end now! Tammie has just been discovered as an Akatsuki member. There's something strange about her but Shikamaru can't quite put his finger on it. Now, onto Chapter Fourteen.
Troublesome Girl
Chapter Fourteen:
The ANBU raised his kunai and brought it down on the girl, the metal clanged as it hit another kunai. Shock rung through the glade when Shikamaru stopped the guard from killing the girl, he stared impassionedly at her.
"I request she be taken in for questioning on the whereabouts of Orochimaru, she is a Kohona missing Nin, she must be taken to Tsunade." He said. The ANBU nodded and struck her again knocking her out.
Groggily Tammie sat up against the wall brushing her hair out of her face. She shivered she was in a prison cell, the memories of yesterday cam back to haunt her. Standing slowly she looked out the window, the sign above the gate confirmed that she was in Kohona. Her hands were bound, in despair she sat on the floor and cried. She didn't know why she was here all she remembered was seeing Shikamaru leave and then the hand on her shoulder.
Two ANBU entered the cell and pulled Tammie up; they walked down the halls in silence. She was pushed into a small soundproof room, for the first time in her life Tammie was too scared to think she knew what happened in these rooms.
"Where is he?"
"Where is who?"
"Orochimaru"
"I don't know I've never seen him before in my life!"
"You are associated with the Akatsuki!"
"No! No I'm not I swear! I don't know these people!"
The ANBU looked at her almost pityingly. "Don't make me use this" he said holding up a lightning rod. The rod crackled to life emitting short bursts of electricity. Tammie screamed in fright as the guards strapped her into a chair. Piercing screams echoed around the room.
Bracing himself, Shikamaru nodded and the guard let him into the cell. Tammie didn't look up even when Shikamaru knelt beside her and whispered "Oh Tam, what have they done to you". He took out a rag and rubbed the blood from her face. She had bruises and kunai slashes all over her body. Her hair and been singed and ugly puncture wounds littered her torso. Without words he leaned against the wall and she sat between his legs resting against his chest. They stayed like that for hours just sitting in silence, with him cleaning the wounds from the torturous integration sessions. Until Genma, came and told Shikamaru Tsunade wished to see him. Laying a sleeping Tammie down on the floor he left.
Quietly he entered Tsunade's office and saw Genma holding Shizune close as she cried. Something bad had happened he could feel it. Over the months Tammie was in Kohona she had formed a sisterly bond with Shizune; she was responsible for the now loving relationship between Shizune and Genma. She was the only one that came close to missing Tammie as much as Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru, you may want to sit down." Tsunade said ushering Genma and Shizune out. He sat and waited anxiously for the news. Tsunade sat her desk and looked at Shikamaru sadly.
"When a missing Nin is retrieved it is usually a happy occasion. However she holds information of the whereabouts of Orochimaru, I'm so sorry but we can't get any information out of her…. she will be executed….. later today" she said finally.
"NO!" he yelled at her.
"There's nothing I can do"
Without being dismissed he ran out of the office and out the doors. Still running he headed home inevitably knowing there was nothing he could do for Tammie, and the thought of losing her teared is newly healed heart to shreds.
Back in the cell an ANBU officer filled Tammie in on the details and then left her to brood over her impending doom. She paced the cell like a wild animal longing for freedom. After 2 hours she gave up and slumped against the wall banging her fists on the ground in anger. Then the ANBU entered the cell with a kunai in his hand.
"This is your last chance to tell us where Orochimaru is" he said quietly. Something in Tammie's eyes stirred and they turned red. She laughed in high cold voice that was not her own and the ANBU's weapon clattered to the ground in fright. He ran only to run into Genma outside the prison walls. Helping him up Genma asked "What? What is it?" the only words he distinguished from the frightened man before he ran off were:
"Tammimara…….Orochimaru…………eyes………..laughed….and….."
WTF? Why won't Tammie tell them where Orochimaru is? What happened the Tammie that could make the ANBU run away like that? And how will Shikamaru cope losing Tammie again? Read and Review!