Here's the 5th Chapter. Gomenasaiii for delay. Just had our Christmas Break! Hope you enjoy :)
Rin and Tsukasa turned to see who turned the lights on. Their hearts was pounding hard as ever. Behind them, they saw two kids, the son and daughter of Yasuhisa. The girl is around 8 and the boy is around 6 years old. Rin had her eyebrows wrinkled as she shot her eyes to the children.
"I don't know which is scarier, leader. Being caught by the guards or being caught by these evil smiling kids." Rin whispered. "What the hell is this?"
The girl's smile faded and turned to an innocent face of a child. She lowered her rabbit stuffed toy touching the floor dragging it by its long ears. She took few steps forward. Rin and Tsukasa held their guards up. Their hearts were pumping fast as the girl walked towards them without any hesitation.
"Hello" The girl said still holding her stuffed toy. "Will you play with us?"
Rin and Tsukasa looked at each other with eyes of confusion. Why is this girl being too familiar with them? Hadn't she realized who they are or is everything set up?
"Play with us." The boy said and rushed forward with excitement.
Tsukasa took a deep breath and calmed himself. "Ok, children." Tsukasa controlled his voice to be as calm as possible and still kept his guard. "We will play with you later. We will just… We will just finish something here."
"Finish what?" the girl disappointed.
Rin immediately pulled Tsukasa to a stop. She came up with a better reason to not disappoint the children and not make a ruckus.
"We will play! How about hide and seek? Do you know that game?" Rin forced a smile like an over-enthusiastic camp leader.
"Hide and seek? Yes! I know that!" the boy became more excited almost jumping.
"Yes.. Yes.. Can you count until a hundred?"
"Of course we can!" the children were immediately hyped.
"No, wait." Tsukasa butted in. "How about, 300? Can you count until 300?" He hoped that the children would buy it. Rin looked at Tsukasa and absolutely did not like his idea. Who would ever play hide-and-seek and count until three hundred?
"That's too long" the girl crossed her arms and annoyingly pouted his lips. Rin's sweat getting colder.
"That's only for the first round." Tsukasa sounded desperate. "I heard you are really really really great at this. I know you can find us easily even if we try our hardest! So give us 300 seconds."
The siblings smiled with the praises. "Ok, that's fine."
Tsukasa and Rin breathed in relief.
"We will be downstairs. Hide as hard as you can!" The two kids ran outside the room with an excited face. Tsukasa and Rin's forced smile faded. Their sweat getting colder and colder.
"Are you in a hurry?" the man smiled at Misaki as they danced in the middle of the restaurant.
"Well, not really".
"You should not be." He smiled once more. "Mr. and Mrs. Yasuhisa do not intend to go anywhere".
Leo heard it clear. Misaki's eyes widened. It is clear to them that this is an ambush. But how did they know? How in the world can they get busted? Misaki's heart is throbbing fast as she dances with an enemy. She is panicking inside.
"Misaki! Come back here now! We need to go!" Leo shouted without a care for their cover anymore. They have been busted. Misaki immediately escaped form the man's grasp and kneed his balls. The man dropped on his knees, fell on the floor, holding his crotch.
Misaki tried to run but was cornered with two men. She tries to get ahold of Leo but she saw Leo also busy fighting other men. Misaki looked around and realized that all the customers were enemies! What the hell! She grabbed her knife and stabbed the armed men on their legs and arms, immobilizing them. She decided to avoid the vital parts but not too long she changed her mind when the men started to shoot at them.
"Misaki, run to the counter!" Leo told Misaki through the earphones while he himself is busy slashing the enemies.
"Okay!" Misaki pierced a man's foot with a knife on the carpeted floor then ran and slid over the wooden counter table. The bullets are everywhere! She immediately ducked behind the snake wood counter table. It is luck that the bullets don't go through. "Leo, run fast here!"
Misaki tried to catch her breath while hiding under. The next thing she saw was a man in polo and slacks flying overhead the counter. He hit his head and turned unconscious. It was followed by Leo who also slid over the counter to take cover. He fell right beside Misaki.
"Leo, I'm gonna use a smokescreen." Misaki still catching her breath. Leo nodded.
"You know the drill. Run to the fastest way out."
Misaki leaned to her left and reached for a bag hidden under her dress. As she reached for the smokescreen, something caught her eye. Something beside her is moving. Her breath came to a halt and slowly lifted her eyes. Her eyes widened.
"What a mess." A familiar blond guy spoke, sitting beside her with arms resting on his knees.
"Leader, open that vault now!" Rin's supposed shouts are more of a whisper.
"Shut up, Rin! I'm already doing it!" Tsukasa is getting more annoyed and tries to force the vault open.
The vault needs a password and they are trying to reset it with a deactivating device. But with all the pressure, Tsukasa puts force with every touch as if it can help the device to process faster.
"230... 231… 232…" The siblings were counting as loud as they can from the ground floor. Tsukasa only hoped that the guards don't discover what's really happening.
"Leadeeeeer! Come on! Open it now!" Rin already at an end of her patience.
"I'm doing it so shut up!" Another drop of sweat dripped.
"275… 276… 277…"
"It's deactivated!" Tsukasa almost dropped the device and rushed to open the metal vault. Rin also hurried and helped him. As they opened the metal door of the vault, they were delighted to see a bed of green money. Rin quietly jumped in happiness and Tsukasa smiled in relief. Then, a familiar voice was heard from their earphones.
"Ah.. Tsukasa? Rin?" It was Yukimura. "How about hurrying a bit more? I think the guards down here were notified."
"Sure. Sure!" Rin answered. Then they hastily collected all the money inside the black bags.
"285… 286… 287…"
"Come on. This is the last pile." Tsukasa was speaking to himself.
"298… 299… 300… Done!" Two little voices shouted in delight.
The two kids ran upstairs as fast as they can. Rin and Tsukasa heard the footsteps coming nearer and nearer. They tied the bags to themselves and moved out of the room careful not to be seen by anyone. They closed the door and decided to escape through the window. It was a great height but it is very much possible to flee without anyone's notice. The footsteps were nearing. They are already out, standing at the edge of the roof.
"Be careful not to accidentally slide, Rin" Tsukasa warned.
They tried to hold onto anything as they descend through the edges of the mansion. The guards were now in full alert and aware of their intrusion. Men in uniforms ran inside and out of the mansion holding their weapons.
"I can see you from here" Yukimura said, hiding in the darkness at the far end of the mansion. "Everyone's looking for you. You have to hurry."
"Yeah" Tsukasa answered as he focuses on descending through the walls. "Everyone's looking for us. The guards… and even the kids. " Tsukasa joked.
"Kids?" Yukimura raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, the Yasuhisa kids." Rin chuckled.
"The kids…" Yukimura's voice started to shake. Not a second later, Rin and Tsukasa were stunned to their location as they heard Yukimura..
"TSUKASA… TSUKASA, HELP!" then Yukimura's signal was cut off.
Thank you for reading. Chapter 6 will be posted shortly :)
