I was excited for this chapter to come, but once I started it, I found it exceedingly difficult. It took me longer then expected, but I think I did pretty good. But that is up to you.

He stayed quiet for a moment, the phone pressed firmly to his ear, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. Normally Tohma appeared as though he was the type to smile while on the phone, even though whoever was on the other end would not be able to see it.

However, this call was different. He lost his usual facial expression of calmness and authority. He made a cracked noise as though he had something to say, but his brain was falling apart in gooey chunks. His eyes grew wide and his normally pale face became three shades whiter with a slight tint of green.

"You're sure?" He said in a raspy voice, it sounded like he had no air to talk with.

Tohma nodded (so maybe he did have mannerisms that he did while on the phone), "I see. Right away." His voice was softer then usual. Forced, even.

He hung the phone up quickly and peeked through the rectangular window of the door. This seemed to put his peculiar panic into an overload.

He flipped the overhead lights off, while a lamp in the corner of the room provided just a bit of light.

"Seguchi," Yuki said.

"I don't like the dark!" Ryuichi wailed, hugging onto Shuichi, but Shuichi was trying to study what Tohma was doing.

"Shush!" Tohma demanded, "There is somebody in the building," he whispered, "and they are armed. And heading for this room. Everybody needs to hide, now."

Nobody moved, but merely stared at the boss, as if trying to take in what he was saying. Especially considering the circumstances that Tohma was suggesting were horrendous.

"Now!" Tohma insisted, trying to keep his voice down.

"Are you-" K was going to question Tohma's certainty, but he was interrupted.

"Hide!" Tohma hissed.

"...okay," Hiro complied, though he seemed unsure if he should. He backed up a little bit, but looked completely lost.

"Go!" Tohma growled, trying to insert that sense of urgency into his allies. Though he himself was not totally aware of what was going on, he would put trust in that phone call.

Sakano grabbed Tohma (who grabbed Fujisaki) and pulled them into a crook between a wall and some boxes.

"Oh dear!" Sakano whined, fidgeting his thumbs together.

"Come here!" K scolded Ryuichi, who was starting to cry. He grabbed the singer by the shirt and pulled him under a table, he reached out for a stack of boxes and pulled it over so that they were not noticeable.

Shuichi stared at the door, he felt his mouth fall open a bit. He could see somebody approaching the room.

"Hey!" Hiro exclaimed, grabbing Shuichi and taking him into a tall, wooden cabinet. They closed the door almost all the way, Yuki had also taken shelter in it, there was barely room for the three of them, so the tall doors hung open a supposedly innocent crack.

Shuichi was wedged between Hiro and Yuki. He tried to voice his objection, but Hiro slapped a hand over his mouth and Yuki sent him a look that said, keep your mouth shut till we know what is going on.

They all managed to keep the room eerily quiet.

The doorknob turned and clicked as the door flung open. Nobody had bothered to lock it.

"Hello in there," a man sang as he stepped into the room, flicking on the lights and glancing around the seemingly empty space.

"Hello, hello, hello." He giggled, "I know you are in here. You should come out now." His voice was so light and teasing, it made Shuichi's chest throb.

Sakano squeezed his eyes shut and brought his hands up to his ears. Tohma had his arms around Suguru's chest, holding his younger cousin tightly to him. Suguru put his hands over Tohma's and took a deep breath, holding it in.

Ryuichi bit his lip and held in another sob, he pulled his knees to his chest and put his head down as far as he could, because if he kept his head up, he could see the man's legs through a small opening, which meant that he could also see the gun that hung at the man's side.

Hiro and Yuki both took one of Shuichi's hands. Hiro turned his head away from the crack in the cabinet. Even though he tried to be the mature one, he didn't think he could keep himself perfect if he saw the intruder. However, Yuki wouldn't take his eyes away from the man just outside the doors of that cabinet. Shuichi stared as well, but he was looking past the man, his mind was going insane with everything that could happen to them.

"Come out, darlings," the man continued to coo, "Come out come out come out." He chanted.

He kicked over the microphone stand and started to giggle harder, "If you don't come out, then I will have to make you."

He didn't pause to give them a chance, instead he started firing in random directions. Bullets forcing their way into every tile, instrument, and other random figures.

Yuki received the first bullet, in his side, very close to the edge. It didn't appear to hit anything important, but his brave demeanor completely failed as his eyes grew extremely wide, before pinching shut. A shiver ran through his body, causing his eye brows to twitch and hands to quiver. He sucked his lips in and slouched his shoulders, trying to keep himself quiet.

As mad as Shuichi had been at Yuki, for that time it all disappeared. His hand squeezed Yuki's and his thumb rubbed the other's hand. Yuki turned his head and looked at Shuichi, there were a few stray tears in the corners of his eyes. It could have been strictly driven from the pain, or maybe from closing his eyes so tightly, but maybe he thought he was going to die. Shuichi managed a compassionate smile, but it dropped quickly as another bullet sliced into the cabinet and Yuki again, in the arm that time.

Yuki went back to what he had originally done when the first bullet bit him, same facial expressions and small actions to keep himself quiet. Shuichi could do nothing but rub Yuki's hand with his and hope that the nightmare would end soon.

However, it didn't.

Ryuichi got shot next, in the knee. He arched his back and threw his head backwards, but K wrapped an arm around his stomach to keep him still and a hand over his mouth to keep his groans muffled.

"It'll be okay," K whispered in a small breath directly into Ryuichi's ear. It was almost inaudible.

The fourth and final shot of that round hit Suguru in the stomach. He squealed out and let his head fall forward. Tohma didn't get a chance to keep him quiet.

"Found you!" The man screeched, he bolted over to the three and pulled Suguru out by the hair. Sakano and Tohma followed out into the center of the room, because they had no choice.

"Now tell me, Suguru Fujisaki, where are the other five?" The man sang, smiling brightly.

"I-I...ha," Suguru panted, he was hit somewhere critical. He put a fist over the wound and tried to keep himself upright. He fell backwards, Tohma held him up.

The man found this hilarious, his cackling only increased. "Okay!" He screamed joyously, he made Tohma move his hand and he shoved his thumb into the wound in Suguru's belly.

Fujisaki instantly coughed, blood pooled into his mouth and dribbled quickly down his chin. His eyes glazed over with something of undeniable misery, "Under -heh- under the table." He huffed, unable to catch his breath. He hacked again, blood splattered in blotches onto the floor. Tears from realization of defeat came to his eyes.

"Why are you doing this?" Tohma asked, trying to stay calm.

The man pointed the gun at Tohma and pressed it to his forehead, he held it there for a moment, they made eye contact with each other.

"Bang!" The man screamed.

Sakano squealed and fell over, completely knocked out.

"How cute, he fainted," the man said.

He pointed the gun at the boxes covering the table opening, "You guys, under the table, better come out now."

K did as he was told, he helped Ryuichi crawl out, and then supported him as he limped into the center of the room as well.

"All of you against the wall, now." The man said, using his gun to motion at all of them.

Suguru pushed off of Tohma and slowly dragged his feet to the wall, where he collapsed to the floor. Tohma slipped his shoulders under Ryuichi's arms and helped him over to the wall as well.

K picked Sakano up, threw him over his shoulder and carried him there, where he laid him on the floor.

"No talking," the man said, putting a hairy finger to his lips.

He was still for a moment, but then shot the ceiling and yelled, "I said no talking!"

Nobody had spoken a word.

"Now," he said, "the other three of you are going to come out right now, or I will shoot the blond one. You guess which one of the two that is."

Yuki didn't move, nor did Hiro. Like statues left in storage for a little too long. Shuichi looked at both of them. He didn't want to leave, but he knew there wasn't a choice.

"There are no others," K pointed out, glaring at the man with the gun.

"Oh, yes there are. I know where all of you have been and where you are supposed to be for a whole month after today. And I know that Shuichi Shindo and Hiro Nakano would be here for their own rehearsal."

Tohma let himself be comforted for a moment in the fact that the gunman did not think to ask about Yuki, but this wasn't so.

"And Eiri Yuki, or whatever his name is, called your cellphone and asked you at 3:52 yesterday afternoon if he could come along. I heard." The man continued, grinning at Tohma.

Shuichi wanted to pull his friends out of the cabinet to save those that had already been discovered, but he couldn't get his knees to work. He willed them to move, but they wouldn't. He started to cry out of pure frustration and those knees of his gave out as he fell into a squat and stumbled out of the cabinet, pulling Hiro and Yuki along with him.

"There you are, dears." The man chuckled, "All of you, against the wall. Now."

Yuki helped Shuichi get up, Shuichi sniffled and wiped his eyes. He got a hold of himself and went over to the wall alone. Completely oblivious to Yuki. So Hiro had to help support Yuki and get him to there too.

"Eiri," Tohma breathed, seeing the blood coming from his brother-in-law's side and forearm.

Yuki looked at Tohma, but shook his head and leaned against the wall.

"Okay! The team is all here! I'm your new captain, and I need just one assistant." The man explained, holding up a finger. "And in a few minutes, one of you will be going on a journey with me."

Ryuichi couldn't stop himself from sobbing, he hugged himself and tried to stop. K put an arm around his shoulders.

"Now before you all get too excited, lets take a role call!"

Well, at least we all know something now.

I wanna say thanks to those who reviewed. I received some very helpful tips. My new concern is OOCness. I think I'm doing sorta OK, but if you think something is off, feel free to comment.