Prelude To Terror II
Sorry for the long wait, folks. Here's the next chapter of this fic and this is where the tension starts as Ryoma and the crew are caught in a life-and-death situation that would put themselves and the lives of the other hostages at stake.
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As the armed terrorists held the panicking hostages at gunpoint, the seven Seigaku players were unable to do something as they were surrounded by their captors and were even pressed in a tight spot as the hostage-takers opened fire at a group of shoppers in an execution-style manner to make their points proven that they mean business.
"That's what happens if you try to resist us! If you do what we say then you won't be in big trouble! Just don't provoke us and you'd better not rat us to the cops…no hand over your cellphones!!! NOW!!! Or we open fire again!!!"
The horrified hostages obediently handed over their mobile phones without resistance while another batch of hostages were brought in as they too were caught at gunpoint. Among the hostages that just arrived was Aya Hoshino of the Super GALS. She was found by one of the gunmen as he inspected all possible hiding places and found her despite her effort to hid herself. She was sporting a swollen left cheek after she was rifle0butted on sight to make her move.
"I found this bitch hiding at the boutique shop. She didn't put up much of a fight, so she pissed me off…TAKE THAT!!! AND THAT!!! TRY TO PROVOKE ME AND I'LL RAPE YOU!!!"
The gunman rifle-butted her several times until her nose and lips were busted and blood spilled on the floor, and when some of the teen male hostages shielded her, they were fired at and died on the spot. At the hiding place, Ryoma, Tsubasa and Hyuga were incensed at the sight and tried to thin of something to turn the tide in their favor and find a way to distract, disarm and defeat the gunmen.
Ryoma: "Any bright ideas???"
Tsubasa: "We're all stuck here as there are no exit points other than the one they're blocking. We'll have to bid our time and wait."
Hyuga: "I'll try to distract them and get their attention...then I'll incite the crowd to rebel and they'll try to restore order…then you two would..."
But their planning was cut short as one of the gunmen grabbed a little girl by her hair as the hostage-taker began to make his demand while staring the Seigaku players.
"Alright...I heard of you blue-and-white losers...one of your teammates is a cap-wearing, short kid...and I noticed that he isn't here...bring him out or else...or I splatter this pint-sized bitch in front of you...I ain't joking!"
Fuji: "He isn't with us...it's just the seven of us..."
Momoshiro: "What do you want with him???"
Kaido: "Hey...what are you..."
Hostage-taker: "Seven, huh? Then we'll give him seven chances to show himself..or else we kill seven kids at the hands of a big, bad wolf!"
The hostage takers grabbed six more kids and started to kill them one by one by shooting them on the head, execution-style in every one-minute interval. By three minutes three kids were shot in the head and this put the pressure on the Prince of Tennis and he was forced to come out of his hiding, but the other hostage-takers also found Tsubasa and Hyuga and pointed their funs at them but the leader had something in mind.
"Well now...since you're good at hiding...I got just the thing to put some entertainment here..."
"Hey…look at him…he is a short-stuff…he-he-he…"
One of the gunmen began to rub his rifle on Ryoma's crotch but the tennis ace retaliated by smacking him with the tennis racket. While the other goons rifle-bitted him the leader stepped in as he got an idea on how to add a little tension to make it more fun for them. Seeing that the two soccer players having some potentials he hand Tsubasa and Hyuga stood beside Ryoma and then made a proposition for the three as to give them hope of escaping.
"Okay…you want to save these lowlife? Want to summon your cops? Or want to save your sorry butts and go home? I'll give you a fighting chance…if you can at least one of you make it out alive and out of this mall…I'll have myself and my men to retreat…that is…if you could beat us all within this big building…of course these little sheep are on the line and only you three can save them…that is if one of you could escape this mall or make back here in one piece…"
Tsubasa: "You're going to kill them??!!!"
Hyuga: "Do what you want with us! Don't hurt them! You killed three unarmed kids and you're using the others as baits?? What kind of animals are you??!!"
"This…"
With the wave of his hand the gunmen opened fire at the four remaining kids while peppering bullets at the other shoppers, killing 10 men, 10 women and 15 children, and the others who were spared were terrified while the Seigaku players were incensed by their cruel methods. Ryoma was also seething in secret yet he remained calm.
"Now then…this is how we settle things from here and to show I'm a considerate and compassionate man, here's how you're going to save the day…"
To Be Continued...
A bloody way to end this chapter, huh? And now that Ryoma is caught, what can he do? And what does the gunmen's leader have in mind that he's willing to give Ryoma and the rest a glimmer of hope in letting the hostages go? You'll soon see what I mean…
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Circle Of Life by CRIMSON-FANG feat. Nanase Aikawa
itsu datte bonyari chippoke da toka sonzai
omottari shite katte ni donkan na furi (free) yosootte mite mo
sono mi wa shikkari totsuzen serebu (celeb) na tenkai
unmei no tourai hisoka ni machi tsuzukete itari?
nee chanto tashikamete
atari mae da to rouhi suru
ai ya sono kizuna sore koso ga kisekiteki
kimi no te no hira boku to tsunaide
boku wa tsugi no dareka to tsunagu
warai au you ni sasae au you ni
zutto zutto toki no hate made
Just feel the Circle of life
tsuzukimasu you ni Just feel the Circle of life
sekai ga kawaridasu
nedan ga takai toka hayatteru toka inai toka
kachikan o dokka kara karite kita mama de sore de ii no?
nee kimi no mawari ni wa
kakegae no nai aijou ga
houseki yori tsuyoku kira kira hikaru no ni
deai to wakare yasashisa no tane
atsume nagara mirai e yukou yo
taisetsu na hito ga soba ni iru dake de
dare mo minna Live in a beautiful world
tokubetsu na kimi Just feel the Circle of life
tsuzuiteku supairaru (spiral)
moshimo hitori kiri datte
kanjita toki wa tojiteru dake kamo… Your heart
kitto bokura wa zenbu oboete you
hitotsu hitotsu deaeta kiseki
aenaku natte mo tooku hanarete mo
kokoro dake wa tsunagatterutte
kagayakeru hibi ni UH…
kimi no te no hira boku to tsunaide
boku wa tsugi no dareka to tsunagu
warai au you ni sasae au you ni
zutto zutto toki no hate made
tsuzukimasu you ni Just feel the Circle of life
sekai ga kawaridasu
dareka ni totte hitsuyou na kimi
tsuzuiteku supairaru (spiral)
La-la-la-la La-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la La・・・
kimi no te no hira boku to tsunaide
boku wa tsugi no dareka to tsunagu
deai to wakare yasashisa no tane
atsume nagara mirai e yukou yo
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(This song rocks and is a perfect ending for any action-oriented anime. for more info on this, go to youtube and type on the searcg bar "Crimson-FANG - Circle Of Life")
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Preview
Ryoma and the two soccer players are given a chance to save themselves and the hostages should they managed to beat his best men, but how will they do it since the goons are armed? Expect a wild-goose chase in the next chapter…and it'll end sooner than you think…