Being In Love Is Never Easy
By: Sailorjj07
17. The Rescue!
A/n: Sup everybody? I got a job at the brand new Cowboys Stadium sooooo I've had no life cause I also have another job. That's two jobs for the whole summer; I barely have time to breathe. But since I was on a break that I was forced to take (lol), I decided to bless you all with an update! YAY! This is probably the second to last chapter too, so I promise it'll be great!
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
Maylu groaned loudly and rolled over a bit, colliding into something soft. Whatever she had bumped into made a groaning sound too, before a pair of arms wrapped around her waist. Not even two seconds later, a whimper erupted somewhere to Maylu's left as a hand reached out and clasped her own.
This alone caused Maylu to force her eyes open. Chisao's frightened face came into her direct line of vision although a bit blurry. Maylu tried to look up into the light to clear her eyes a bit faster, but all that did was make her head hurt.
"Ugh, where are we?" Maylu asked Chisao, as the younger child scooted closer to her. He held her hand a little tighter if that was possible, as his face lit up a little.
"H-He's got us locked in the b-basement." Chisao was definitely happy that Maylu was awake now. After what Mr. Oyama had done to them...Chisao had been afraid that she and Lan might never wake up.
Speaking of Lan, the navi OP was slowly coming to as well. His hands immediately went to his forehead, and he gave a yelp as he felt the sticky blood that was drying there.
"Did anyone catch the license plate of that truck?" Lan groaned, rubbing the side of his head that didn't have blood on it. He looked a little dizzy for a moment, but soon it had passed and he gazed at the other two in their make-shift prison.
"Yeah. It was Mr. Oyama. He knocked us over the head in the middle of our phone conversation remember?" Maylu said, also examining the odd bars that held them.
It looked as if someone had stolen flag poles and made a circle with them, as there were flags hanging off all of their "prison bars". The only thing keeping them from getting out of the stupid circle was the fact that the poles had been place insanely close together.
"D-Dad works at a flag manufacturing plant." Chisao interjected, already knowing what the two were looking at.
"Seriously? I didn't even know those existed." Lan replied sheepishly, scratching his head in his typical manner.
"You know, this would be a lovely conversation if we weren't surrounded by them, Lan." Maylu gave both boys a cutting look, before she stood up, attempting to peer through the holes in the standing wall.
"Sorry Maylu." Lan muttered, standing up and following his girlfriend. The two of them examined the circular structure throughly before both sat down, exasperated.
"There's no openings." Maylu told Chisao and Lan, sighing.
"Yep. There aren't even holes small enough for you to fit through, Chisao." Lan added, the depression clear in his voice.
"Well hopefully the others will come get us quickly." Maylu said, while crossing her legs Indian-style.
"I wonder what they're doing right now?"
With Tory and Natalie
"TORY, WE HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW!"
Natalie was in a complete and total panic. She had watched in horror from her PET video call as Lan and Maylu were smacked over the head with some kind of antique paper weight and tried not to scream when they sank to the ground like two sacks of potatoes.
She especially tried to hold in her cries when Dex's father came into the conversation.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Dex's little whore! I wanted to meet you for a while now, since my son like to play with you so often. It's a shame that you had him killed, you little witch."
"I-I did not have him killed! It's you who killed him, you sadistic-!"
"Oh ho, apparently you've got a little mouth on you too. But don't worry, honey, you'll be meeting my son soon enough. You're going to come to save your friends and when you do, I'll make sure to shoot you in the head just like Dex did the day you made him die. Oh yes, you'll definitely be in for a nice surprise."
And then the screen shut off.
Now, both Tory and Natalie were sitting at Tory's house, waiting on his mother to get off of the phone with the police.
"Natalie, we can't go. Especially not with you in trouble. I won't let him hurt you anymore."
"But Lan and Maylu are in there! And Chisao!"
Tory shook his head silently, crossing his arms. His navy-colored eyes were closed as he leaned his head against the couch, sighing softly, "We have to wait until Chaud and Yai get here. We can't just storm in there alone-"
"We have to! You must not care about them as much as I do!" Natalie made her way over to the front door, raising her voice louder as she slipped her shoes on, "They're the only friends I have, Tory! I won't let them rot!"
The door slamming was Tory's only clue to where she was going.
But he wouldn't have that. Tory got up quickly, not even bothering to slip his shoes on. He took off down the sidewalk after his headstrong girlfriend, catching up to her in a very short amount of time. It was apparent that Natalie wasn't exactly a good runner.
As soon as he reached her, Tory grabbed her wrist and yanked her body into his, holding her in his arms tightly. He squeezed her shaking form and held her even tighter to him, if that was possible.
"Don't you EVER do something that irrational! We CAN'T go get them until we get help, Natalie! We aren't strong enough alone!" Tory had long since released Natalie so that he could look her in the eye as he spoke. With his hands on her shoulders, he shook her firmly, getting her attention, "I WON'T LOSE YOU TO ANYONE IN THAT STUPID FAMILY, DO YOU HEAR ME?! I WON'T!"
Natalie's purple eyes widened considerably as she realized this was the closest she'd ever seen Tory to tears. He looked completely upset; almost heartbroken. Natalie could feel her bottom lip begin to tremble as Tory crashed his lips down on her's, the entire moment screwing up his emotions and inhibitions.
"Natalie, don't go. Please don't go," Tory whispered along her lips, between each kiss. Natalie nodded slowly, the tears coming to her eyes as she leaned her forehead against Tory's.
"I'm so worried about them, Tory. So very very worried."
"I know, honey. I know." Tory kissed her lips softly one final time before he pulled away from Natalie and took her hand instead. He lead her back down the sidewalk to his house. As they came around the corner, a limo parked in the driveway greeted them both.
"See? Yai and Chaud are already here."
"Wow, Tory, great shoes." Yai commented as the two came up to the porch. Tory looked down at his slippers and laughed in embarrassment while Chaud just rolled his eyes at the two. Natalie opened the front door and ushered the group into her boyfriend's house, plopping down on the living room couch.
Tory's mom entered the room directly after, sitting down in an overstuffed arm chair, "I just got off the phone with the police, they're sending a SWAT team over to the house. They need you four to meet them there since you all know more information than anyone else."
"Right. I've called Daddy's special forces in as well." Yai added, receiving a nod from everyone in the room.
"Mine too." Chaud replied, in his quiet way.
"Then I guess we should be on our way then, right?" Natalie asked, standing up. But just as she stood up, the doorbell rang, making everyone in the room turn their gazes to the door.
DING DONG! DING DONG!
"Should we open it?" Yai was the first to speak up. She swallowed nervously as she stood up, but Tory got up as well.
"I'll do it. It is my house after all." Tory went to the door and looked through the peephole. What he saw there shocked him completely, "Mr. Match? Maddy? DAD?!"
The group came piling into the door as soon as Tory opened it, his father being the last one in. He held his hand out for a handshake, which the preteen immediately ignored, but groaned as his dad enveloped him in a bear hug.
"We saw what was happening on the news." Maddy told the group, filing her nails as she sat down on the couch. Yai watched her with disdain and rolled her eyes, but Maddy ignored her and went on anyway, "We came to help."
"I couldn't just let my lovely wife sit at home anxious and worried all alone! I need to be here to hug her and comfort her in her time of need! I bet she'll cry and then I can-!" Tory's dad made kissing and hugging motions in the air, wiggling his backside.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddd~!" Tory knocked his fingers against the back of his father's head, glaring at him severely, "No one wants to hear that!"
Everyone in the living room laughed at the antics of the father and son. It felt good to get away from the demanding stress, even for just a moment.
But all good things must come to an end and slowly, the big group got serious.
"Alright everyone, time to get Lan, Maylu and Chisao back!" Natalie cried, as she jumped up off the couch.
"YEAH!" The group cheered, pumping their fist in the air.
With Lan and Maylu
"So, what if we slam into it over and over again?"
"Lan, that's definitely not going to work!"
"Well, it's worth a try!"
"LAN, YOU IDIOT, DON'T YOU DARE!"
Lan eyes widened as he backed away quickly from his throughly enraged girlfriend. They had been trying to figure out ways to escape for the past two hours and all they could hear outside were the sounds of a helicopter or something.
At first they thought it was getting closer to them, but soon it just flew over the house. The stairs had creaked for a few moments; their captor was checking to make sure they were still there, before leaving the basement.
"Geez, I wish those guys would hurry up." Lan sighed, once he was a good five feet away from the ticked of Maylu.
"Well, I'm sure they're on their way after all. They wouldn't just leave us to rot, ya know."
"Yeah, but how will they know to look down here?"
"They won't, but we can just scream a lot when we hear something other than Fatty's footsteps."
"Maylu! That wasn't nice!" Lan was shocked; he'd never heard Maylu bad-mouth anyone. Ever.
Maylu rolled her eyes, completely annoyed, "I stopped caring when he hit me over the head."
"I've been wondering what he hit us with."
"A paper weight," Chisao interjected, not wanting to be left out of the conversation.
"A what?! He could've killed us!" Lan cried, touching his head once again. He immediately stopped as he felt the sticky blood that was starting to cake up.
"Sorry Lan, but I think that was the point," Maylu said dryly.
"Well yeah but-" Lan started to say, but was cut off with a loud knock that shock the whole hose.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
"Whoa! What was that?!"
"Someone's knocking with a stick or something," Maylu whispered, holding her finger to her lips.
With Tory and Natalie
"They're engaging the enemy," Natalie whispered to everyone in the car. She had a headset around the left side of her face, and she could hear everything the SWAT members were saying to each other.
"You think he'll panic and try to hurt Lan and them."
"We won't give him time to try it," Yai stated boldly, while pushing the limo door open. She got out the car promptly with Chaud following behind her, then Tory, Natalie, Maddy and Mr. Match. They rounded the corner of the house while the lone SWAT member knocked on the front door, trying to stay out of Mr. Oyama's peripheral in case he did answer the door.
And of course, the idiot did.
"Who is it?!" The crazed man yelled from the door, not bothering to open it an inch.
"It's the police!"
Yai slapped her hand against her forehead, "Why DO the cops do that? Seriously? I'd say delivery man and bust in their with weapons drawn."
"You and I both, I mean, come on, there's no reason for them to be that stupid." Natalie added, giggling behind her hand.
Soon, the group was near the tiny window that led into the basement. A man was standing next to the window, looking from left to right nervously and Mr. Match drew his flame thrower, ready for any attack.
"What the heck are you gonna do with that thing!? You can't kill him!" Maddy cried, trying to pull the gun away from her boyfriend.
"What? A few third degree burns won't hurt!" Match cried, laughing manically.
"Oh my. You made it. Hello Yai, Chaud. I do have to thank you for paying my bail. It means a lot to me." It was Mr. Ayako Ruchiki!
"Hey Mr. A. How's life out of the slammer?" Yai asked, grinning from ear to ear. She patted the man's hand warmly, while Chaud gave him an approving nod.
"Who's he?" Natalie asked, glancing at the man curiously. She looked around him as the man bowed politely the smile immediately giving him away.
"HOLY CRAP, THAT'S CHISAO'S DAD!"
With Lan and Maylu
"Did you hear that?" Maylu looked behind them, towards the single window in the basement.
"Yeah, it sounded like Natalie...You don't think."
"I don't know, but we have to let them know we're down here. Yell you guys, scream!" Maylu cried, starting to clap and stomp.
Soon the three captives began yelling and screaming at the top of their lungs. They hoped they would be heard by the others outside.
Outside
And they were. The entire group grew silent as they heard muted cries and noises from the group in the basement, making their guess correct.
"Move outta my way!" Yai cried, using a window punch to shatter the window blocking her path. Soon Yai hopped down into the basement, followed by Natalie, Chaud and Tory. Maddy was on her way down, when her hair got stuck on the splintered edges.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!"
"Maddy, shhhhhh!" Match said softly, while pulling the caught pieces out.
"Shut up, you old hag!" Yai whispered back fiercely.
"Geez, get us caught, why don't you?" Natalie stated, dusting herself off.
"You should just let it down, Ms. Maddy," Ayako added, leaning down next to Mr. Match.
"Guys?" Maylu pushed her face up against a crevice in one of the poles, hoping she was hearing correctly.
"Hiya."
"Hiya's right. Did you REALLY think SWAT would bust in here just yet?" Mr. Oyama taunted as he made his way down the stairs. Chaud moved in front of Yai in an instant and Natalie shrunk back behind Tory before he had time to move in front of her.
BOOM!
"Nope, but I am!" Mr. Match kicked the entire window frame from the wall, making a brand new hole. Maddy had let her hair down to completely make her way through the window before and was standing next to her man with pink hair shining.
Match lit the torch on his flamethrower and dares Oyama to take another step.
"How do we get them out of here?"
"Well, you don't. Those poles are wielded to the ground." The group looked at the the unusual flag prison and noticed that his words were true.
As if that weren't enough, Chisao spoke up from inside the flag prison, "Yeah, I watched him finish it off."
"The only way to get them out-"
"Is to cut them out!" Ayako jumped down through the hole now, holding onto the sheath of the blade at his side, "Duck kids!"
"Who the heck carries swords nowadays?" Maylu murmured as she fell to her knees and covered her head. There was a splitting sound and the metallic ring of metal against metal before, POP!
The entire top of the flagpoles slide down to the floor. With several more slashes and swipes, Ayako reduced the pile to several short poles, just tall enough for the teens to jump up and climb over. Lan and Maylu lifted Chisao up and over together, before they each got out.
"It's like climbing a tree!" Lan cried gleefully as he hopped over.
"Don't look!" Maylu held her skirt down as she jumped into Lan's awaiting arms.
"Now let us through!" Yai yelled, taking a step closer to the big man that looked so very much like Dex.
"Like hell!" Oyama screamed back, raising his gun and pointing it in her face.
"Ooh? So you like it hot huh? Well-"
"It's about to get a heck of a lot hotter! NOW!" Natalie grabbed Tory's arm an pulled him back as several red lights lit up like beacons all over Mr. Oyama's body. SWAT members filed into the room, one after another, while about five laid on their stomachs in a sniper position by what used to be the window.
"You're surrounded, Mr. Oyama." Chaud said, a smirk crossing his face.
"Yeah, give it up!" Yai cried, pointing at the big man.
"No! I won't! I won't!" Oyama's hands were shaking as he aimed the gun into the group, hoping to hit somebody, anybody before he too went down.
BANG!
The gun shot went off and Natalie was shoved to the ground. She bumped her head on the concrete floor as she went down, and even though she tried to make out who had gotten shot, the sound of a male groan was all that filled her ears.
Soon, more shots were fired, and Oyama crumbled to the ground. He was muttering words to himself as he lay in a pool of his own blood, while tears poured from his eyes.
"All I did was love her...She was the only one I ever loved...My dear...sweet...sis...ter."
End Chapter 17