With a little (lot!) of help from Shiki, Izaya managed to bring the not-as-light-as-he-thought Shizuo to the trunk of their car. If it weren't for Shiki's help he wouldn't have reached to this stage of the plan. Now only drive to the basement with the first customer and it's all over. Maybe Shizuo won't even know it was him, who kidnapped him, but who did he try to deceive? No matter if Shizuo had evidence or not, he'd still go after Izaya.

"You're alone now, boy", Shiki said and left after he unloaded the heavy man from the trunk. The basement door was already open, and he descended the stairs slowly. The lamps were already lit, so he strode into the middle of the bright space, crouched on the floor and laid the blond-haired man down. There were heavy, special-made hand and foot cuffs which were going into a hole in the wall in front of Izaya. With the drugs in Shizuo's system, the extra drugs on a table near the corner and the cuffs, there shouldn't be a way for this man to free himself. Before he got out he stared at the young man and took off his sunglasses and laid them on a table. After he waited a minute, only staring at Shizuo's face, he got to his feet and left the basement, closed the heavy metallic door and locked it.

Now the real fun would begin

By the time he settled down by the computer, the customer has already showed up. He has watched the first few recordings; Three cameras were set up so most of the best angles were reserved for him. Izaya fast-forwarded the recording until he could see how Shizuo's consciousness was coming back. His wide eyes glowed white on the screen, staring at the ceiling.

"What's going on…?", whispered Shizuo into the room making Izaya smirk.

"What the hell? Izaya I know it's you! Let me go!" That was so typical of Shizuo.

"Shizuo-kun, calm down…", said a soft voice coming from a dark corner. Izaya almost laughed out loud when Shizu-chan's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Shinra! Get me out of here. Somehow I can't get out of these chains…", Shizuo growled. Unimpressed Shinra walked until he was next to Shizuo and kneeled.

"Don't worry Shizuo-kun, I'll take good care of you!"

"Traitor. What are you going to do to me? I thought we were friends! Or is this louse behind this again? Tell me, Shinra!" His voice was almost hysterical.

No answer. Shinra just kneeled there, stroking the arm of his friend to calm him down.

Izaya knew that now was his time to come. Excited he ran down the stairs until he stood in front of the basement door. There wouldn't be a need to bring his equipment to Shinra. Not yet. Later, when he (notthey!) had played with the man, he would begin that particular stage of the process. Izaya slipped in the key and turned it in the lock. There was a very loud clock, before he pushed open the door. Both men were looking at him, eyes expressing anger and amusement. Slowly, not bothering to hide his grin from the two men, he made his entrance. One hand was trailing along the wall and with each step he could feel the anticipation growing. Knowing that he was the mastermind, that the attention of both of them was fully on Izaya, just waiting for an explanation, something, anything to get them to understand. Or rather to at least get one of them to understand what was going on.

They were only waiting for him. Their master. They were at his mercy. Briefly he wondered if they would say something first or would wait for him to say something. The young doctor simply watched him, as he waited for Izaya's permission to begin. Izaya just looked back blankly and nodded when he went forward as he raked his eyes down the white neck of his nemesis.

"What the hell, Shinra?", said Shizuo, as Shinra took a scalpel in his hand.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you, I promise.", said the doctor while cutting through Shizuo's clothes. "Not much at least."

Izaya had stared at his nemesis, who was looking at Shinra with wild, frightened eyes. This poor man had no idea what was going to happen to him. It was time to enlighten him now.

"Shizu-chan~ I guess you don't know what's going on right now…? And guess what happened with your strength? Here's a hint: I gave it to you with a syringe. Here's another: It's very dangerous but for you it won't kill you, no matter how much I give you of that. Already got it? No? I gave you a big amount of drugs and Shinra here paid some money to play with you and do experiments on you. Didn't he ask you once to do that? Here's his chance, so play along." Izaya couldn't help but smirk when Shizuo's eyes were full of anger and didn't even notice his lack of clothes right now. It was so typical, so predictable.

"Why are you doing this?"

This phrasing was so typical too. But it was not like the usual tone of victims. There was not a helpless tone, not a desperate reach for mercy. Only an angry question. Well, Izaya could give him an answer, which was truly a simple one.

"Because I want to, Shizu-chan"

The face Shizuo made was priceless. Fear took on a new acuteness, draining colour from his cheeks, eyes shining with despair but only seconds later anger-no, pure hatred had made Izaya's way. His next sentence came in a fast but steady voice.

"People will be searching for me. Tom or Simon or my brother! You know it'd be dangerous! You won't get out of this without punishment!"

Izaya couldn't help but be amused because Shizuo had been close to insulting Izaya again, only that now it was Izaya who had the power over the blond-haired, he was the strong one now and it left him with a very satisfying feeling.

"Shinra… How about you start now? I will watch from my room. If you think he needs more injections, there on the table are the syringes. Shizu-chan, I hope you will enjoy yourself fully." Izaya smirked and went outside again, so excited he ran the stairs up to watch the show.

It was truly strange. Any other people – men or women – would've probably fallen to their knees, begging the capturers to have mercy, to release them, or even trying to break free or attack the capturers in a hopeless attempt to escape. Shizuo didn't do anything. This was not the Shizuo Izaya knew. It was not his Shizuo! But Shinra would make the blond-haired monster scream and fight soon enough. It was just how the strong man was. Not submissive. Even when he was forced into submission. That was, after all, the thing that impressed Izaya – his inability to see logic. Because even in the most desperate situations he won't see defeat.

When he arrived to his office, he immediately looked at the monitor. The picture was very good – he could see the pallid, flawless face of his enemy. The young man on the monitor recoiled against the wall, but it seems like a reflex more than a retreat.

"Shizuo, come on. You know that Izaya won't let us both off if we don't do anything.", Izaya could hear Shinra say. Oh this doctor, trying to get Shizuo to trust him again, but there was no way. As much as the bartender hated him, Shinra was obviously willing to hurt Shizuo.

"Go away…" Shizuo said with a weak voice. Seemed like he finally realized Shinra's betrayal. Surely the doctor was kicking himself right now at this implicit trust Shizuo had put into him. This show would be unforgettable and he'd keep the pictures all to himself, after all sooner or later he wanted to have some fun with his enemy too…

"Shizuo-kun, please trust me- Izaya's the bad one here. I won't hurt you!" Shizuo only looked at his former friend. How could he have even trusted him? Izaya had changed him, manipulated him just like all the others. What did Shinra get out of this anyway? What did this flea promise him?

"Tell me, Shinra… What is your deal with the damn flea? What do you get?" Shizuo's voice remained calm. Maybe he really thought that he was invincible? That Shinra won't hurt him, couldn't hurt him? It was not the trust inside of Shizuo that made him believe that Shinra won't hurt him, but more like he wouldn't dare, because he knew he would take revenge on him. Shinra had Celty, he wouldn't betray her by hurting or killing one or her friends either. Not him, not this kind-hearted man.

"The deal, Shizuo-kun is… that I get you", said Shinra while looking at his prey intensely. Izaya only smirked when he watched how Shinra was finally able to tell the true. This would be so fun, observing, playing, breaking his enemy…

A/N: Sorry for the delay, real life interfered. The scene where Shizuo is helpless and is telling Shinra to go away just reminded me of the short movie I have watched lately… "Bugcrush" It's also slash, but so damn scary _
I hope the next chapter will have more action for you! Please review or just write "I've read it", because I'm already losing my motivation as I write this fanfiction and I just want to know someone's still interested, otherwise I'll stop writing ^^"