Chapter 8: Knives vs. Needles (part 2 of ?)
Constantina remained relaxed in Juubee's arms, despite the pointed blades at her throat, her disconcern only irritating the man further. He pressed them in more and she didn't so much as flinch, though her body naturally tenseing at the threat was some relief. He pushed her along and away from Dr. Jackel slightly. Holding her at the position and leaning close to whisper to her.
"Woman, you heard him yourself that he would cut you down without regret. Why do you follow him?" He asked her lowly so as to not betray their position, even if MakubeX was giving Akabane his own virtual show Juubee wasn't the sort to press his luck overly much.
"Why do people follow anyone, the Doctor is more than you'll ever be able to comprehend. He walks the earth as no less a god than any other religion serves, do you ask everyone these pointless questions?" She didn't seem exasperated at all, on the contary; her calm tone made the words all the more condenscending.
"She's loonier than he is," Juubee thought to himself as he continued to hold her in place, looking around the black and waiting.
Scene Switch!
The pitch that enveloped Akabane didn't seem to disturb him in a frightened sense, more of a annoyed, bored sort of look, settling on his features.
"As amusing as your games are sometimes MakubeX, I won't forgive you if you get in the way of my fun. I hope you understand. The threat was light and cheerful, he adjusted his hat as the smile returned to his face.
Light returned for him but he wasn't in the broken street he'd been tearing up with Mr. Kage moments before, instead a battleswept hill and a busted up wooden cottage came into his view, the place was easily recognizable for him but he just laughed.
"Pointless, at least if you are going to delay me do it in a more interesting way." He requested with the smile still on his face. "I'd hate for the boy genius to be disappointing. Just because I have a name doesn't mean you should torture me."
The attempt to make MakubeX do something else didn't quite work however, and a 'past' version of Akabane came running from the house with a dead boy in his arms, wounded too badly from shrapnel that he got hit with. Casuality in a war that wasn't his. Akabane's past self was crying from the lack of the ability to save the child and looking up to the sky to scream at it, demanding reasoning for why he had to die.
'Modern' Akabane sighed out of boredom and yawned, walking off away from the scene and out of the darkness, ignoring any further scenes from his 'past', completely. Eventually breaking the virtual world by finding the area that needed to be removed.
Scene Switch again.
Juubee drug Constantina away with him, it wasn't quick, but he eventually got her back to where MakubeX requested. Tieing her hands, taking her weapon, and leaving her in the care of a fairly normal looking man with brown hair and a white outfit. He seemed kind enough with the glasses on his face giving him an innocent air, his voice soft. "Nice to see you are well Ms. Constantina."
"Pity to see you the same Miroku." she returned cooly, just watching him without moving.
"Now now," he said, raising his hands as though he were hurt by the remark, "no reason to get grumpy with me. Lets just relax, as long as you stay here you won't have to be hurt. So just relax and wait it out with me."
"You know they won't stop him, even if they delay him it will be fruitless." she answered matter-of-factly, "don't waste my time. I hate getting angry, it is so unladylike when I am forced to stop others."
"Be patient," the kinder Miroku bother said, though his eyes seem to almost plead with her, "I don't know what the others will do if you try to escape."
"Guess we'll never know until we try," she answered calmly, shaking the ropes from her hands and rubbing her wrists as she brought them back around to her front, another gun that had somehow been missed in her hand...
End Chapter
Well, it ended up shorter than I would have liked, but I wanted to end it there. Lack of any reviews sorta sponged up my motivation for the time being. Pondering starting something else, not sure yet. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.