I'm glad I got a good amount of reviews on my first chapter! You guys are awesome, thanks a lot for the encouragement! Here's chapter two for you to enjoy!

CHAPTER 2 REVISED TO FIT WITH REST OF STORY AND EDITTED TO FIX ANY NOTICEABLE MISTAKES

After seeing everything she's seen in the last fifteen minutes, Haruhi didn't object to any of my suggestions. The brunette simply nodded and got next to me as I looked down at her. Seeing her in such a scared state, clinging to me for her life, was a side I'd had never seen before. It kind of surprised me a bit.

"C'mon, we're not safe here right now, Haruhi…" I opened the door slightly and poked my head out. I looked in both directions to make sure my path was clear before I slowly stepped out. "Koizumi's organization has connections all around this city… I don't know how I'm supposed to keep out of his organization's line of sight…" I looked down at Haruhi once more. "But I guess I've got no choice but to try… I can't let Haruhi get killed… she doesn't deserve that…" We stepped out of the shed and I slowly shut the door.

We began to jump into yards and alley ways, hopefully dodging anyone's sight while doing so. "We're almost there Haruhi. There's the apartment complex." I looked towards her and pointed up at the building. She nodded slightly.

We both began running as fast as we could towards Nagato's apartment. I ran up to the door's speaker box and slammed my finger onto the speech button, "Nagato! It's me, Kyon!" I soon heard a clicking sound and the door to my right soon opened. I smiled, "Good to know Nagato's still on my side…"

Kyon and Haruhi soon stepped into the elevator and began their ascension.

"I've never been to Nagato's before…" Haruhi mumbled. "Is it nice?"

I looked at her with an odd face on. "Well… I wouldn't say it's particularly bad… More like… uuuh…." I placed my finger to my chin and pondered for a moment but I was unable to come up with anything to say that sounded right. "Empty?" Was all I could think to say. The elevator doors soon opened up as we walked over to Nagato's door. I hesitated for a moment but then quickly grabbed the handle and slowly opened it. I couldn't help but smile when I saw Nagato sitting by the table in the middle of the room.

"Oh. So this is what it looks like…" She stepped into the apartment and gazed around the room, "I guess it is a little empty... She walked around the room more and continued to examine it. "Hmm…" She leaned in and focused on a few spots while I watched her.

I blinked for a moment and sighed at her, "U-Um… Haruhi… we kind of have something to do remember?"

I watched her stiffen quickly and look at me with an embarrassed face, "O-Oh… right… I um… Like your apartment Nagato." Haruhi smiled nervously, her lie easily readable.

"Thank you."

"You're um… welcome." She giggled nervously and stepped next to me.

Nagato looked at me and then over to Haruhi. She pointed towards the room that Ms. Asahina and I had slept in. "She must wait in there."

Haruhi looked at the room with a nervous face. "…Why?" Her voice was shaky.

"It is none of your concern, trust me." Nagato said blankly.

Haruhi looked towards me and I had a feeling she was hoping for some reassuring. I simply smiled and nodded, showing her that she could trust her brigade member. "Alright…" She walked into the room and slowly closed the door. Nagato stood up and walked over the door. Her mouth moved at speeds too fast for me to hear or lip read what she was saying before the door flashed.

"She will not be able to hear us now." Nagato turned and looked towards me. She walked over and sat next to the table. "I understand why you are here."

I sat down at the table and looked at her with a little confusion, "Y-You do?"

"I do."

I looked over at the door Haruhi was in for a moment, then back to Nagato. Some awful thought just crossed my mind… "Nagato… I have to know one thing first…" I sighed; I really hope I'm wrong. I realized I was about to ask a question that I was afraid to hear the answer to. "Were you ordered to kill Haruhi too?"

There was a pause between the two of us. Nagato looked at me with an expressionless face, like she always did before she finally answered.

"I was."

I suddenly felt my heart sink and almost jumped up towards the room Haruhi was in before Nagato quickly spoke up again.

"But, I refused my orders."

I sighed and quickly relaxed. "Thank god…" I took a deep breath and looked at Nagato again. "Um… can I ask WHY you refused your orders? Not that I'm not grateful or anything… it's just—"

"I refused my orders because of the promise I made to you a few months ago, the promise to keep you and those who are with you safe from harm."

"But… why would I be in danger…?"

Nagato stopped for a moment, "My orders were to kill Haruhi and those involved with her. You are currently protecting her from danger; therefore, I would be forced to end your life, along with hers."

I sat quietly and couldn't move. I suddenly took in the fact that protecting Haruhi from death also meant that I risked my own life in protecting her. "I hadn't thought about that..." I looked over at the room Haruhi was in. I suddenly began to worry about my own safety for a moment but I quickly put that thought aside as the thought of her getting hurt came into my mind. I refused to let that happen and pushed both thoughts out of my head as I looked back at Nagato.

"So… Will you help us Nagato? I really don't have anyone else to turn to… I mean, after what happened to Haruhi's house... How did Koizumi's organization even get that kind of fire power?"

"Koizumi's organization did not fire the charged particle cannon. The Integrated Data Entity did. After my disobedience they tried using more… drastic measures. I will help you, but I will not be of much use for the time being."

"Why?"

"Due to my refusal to follow orders, a new unit has been dispatched. It will arrive shortly. I will be dealing with it. Until then, I cannot join you."

I sighed heavily, just when I thought we were going to have a break, more obstacles decided to jump out in front of our path.

"Do not worry. I will not allow them to hurt either of you. I promise."

I was surprised. For a second, I thought I had seen Nagato smile, but it was probably just my imagination. "Thank you Nagato… Before we go… is there any way for us to be safe from Koizumi's, Asahina's and your organizations?"

"It would be best for you both to leave the city. And never come back."

I felt my pupils shrink, "Wh-What?"

"The chance for you both being caught and killed in the city is a high 76 percent chance. The longer you stay here, the higher the numbers rise. Itsuki Koizumi and Mikuru Asahina have the most connections inside this city. After leaving city grounds your chances of being found fall to a low 12 percent. It is of up most importance that you leave the city and never return to it."

I looked at the floor and back to Nagato. "That's our only option?"

"The only option that has a high percent of survival." Nagato stated blankly. "The humanoid will arrive in a few minutes. It is best for you both to leave now."

I nodded and quickly stood up, "Thanks. Thanks a lot Nagato…" I smiled and walked over to the door, slowly opening it. "You ready to go Haruhi?"

"FINALLY!" She shouted, "I couldn't even hear what you two were saying! It's like this wall is as thick as concrete!" She moved passed me and looked around the room one last time, "You know Nagato… if you want we could come over sometime and help you decorate… maybe give the room a little more life…" She said nervously.

"It is alright."

"C'mon Haruhi, we've got to go."

"Goodbye Nagato, thanks for your help." We both walked out of the room and back to the elevator. I hit the button for the first floor and stood next to Haruhi. We stepped inside the doors and waited for it to get to the bottom. "So… what did you two even talk about?"

"Nothing important… all I know is that you and I are in some hot water Haruhi… I think we're going to have to leave the city…"

"What?!" Haruhi jumped away from me, "I-We… we can't just leave! What about my parents… what about our life here?! What about school…. What about the SOS brigade?! We can't just—"

"What do you value more Haruhi? The SOS brigade or your LIFE?" I looked at her sternly, this is something she needs to understand. Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard that shook the building, causing the elevator to shake and stop.

"Kyon!" Haruhi jumped over to me and grabbed on for dear life. That was kind of funny, well, it would be if we weren't so close to death right now.

"Don't worry Haruhi!" We held onto each other as tight as we could as the elevator began to shake violently.

Soon, all the shaking stopped and the elevator stayed at a halted state. "W…What floor are we on?" Haruhi mumbled.

I looked up at the electronic numbers above them. The numbers flashed 2 and 3. "I…I think we're stuck between the second and third floor…" I quickly looked around and turned my head towards the ceiling and saw the emergency escape door. "Let's climb out that way." I looked over to Haruhi, "Alright, get on my shoulders and push the door open, alright?" I got onto one knee and placed my arm onto the floor.

"Alright…" She put her hands against the elevator walls for support as she stepped onto my shoulders. "OK, I'm on."

"Right…" I placed my hands on the wall and began to pull myself up. "Alright Haruhi, give it a good push."

She grunted as she smashed her hands onto the closed hatch. It didn't budge, "Do it again!" I quickly shouted. She grunted again as she smashed her hands once more and I felt her move up slightly. She yelled as she pushed with all her might.

"C'mon Haruhi!"

"AAAAH!" She shouted as the door flew open and her hands flew into the air. "I did it!" She shouted at me with glee. Haruhi quickly climbed out of the hatch and held her hand down to me. I grabbed it and pulled myself up.

"Nice job…" I smiled. Suddenly, another explosion shook the elevator shaft. The brakes began to creak and it soon began to violently move down a few inches. "Grab the cable!" I soon shouted as I clung to the black elevator cable. The breaks suddenly released themselves and the elevator came tumbling down ."Haruhi!" I quickly grabbed her hand as the elevator fell down three floors and smashed into the ground below us. I gave a sigh of relief as I swung her onto the cable.

Haruhi looked at the darkness below her, "If… we had stayed in there for even a minute longer… that might have been us… right?" She looked up at me with fear in her eyes; this was certainly a surprising face.

I looked down at her and decided not to answer. "Get a good grip… we're going to be climbing down to the second floor."

"Alright…" She sighed.

We slowly began our descent to the second floor. As we inched closer and closer to their desired floor, Haruhi suddenly felt the need to begin a conversation between us. "Kyon… I never did thank you for saving me…" She looked at him with a smile. "So thanks…"

I gave her a small smile, "You're welcome… and… I'm sorry about your parents…" I suddenly felt defeated, that was probably not a good idea to bring that up… I was hoping I'd have enough time to get everyone out of the house, but Nagato's division had other plans.

Haruhi got quiet, "yeah…" I heard a small sniffle come from her but decided not to ask her about it.

"There it is Haruhi." I pointed at the dual doors. We climbed down and jumped onto the small ledge between the doors. "Alright, help me pull the door open. Put your fingers in between the cracks." Haruhi and I placed our hands into cracks and began to pull with all our might. The door creaked and soon opened up automatically.

We quickly began to run down the hallway and soon found the stairs. "C'mon! We've got to get moving!" We ran down the stairs as fast as we could and soon found ourselves outside. "OK… Haruhi do you know the fastest way out of the city?"

An explosion was heard above us I watched as Nagato and another Humanoid flew from the top floor and began hurdling towards the earth. I grunted, took a step back grabbed Haruhi's wrist. "Let's go!"

"Kyon wait! What was that?!" She looked back as the two crashed onto the street. "Was… Was that—"

"No! Just forget about! Keep running!"

Haruhi looked back one last time, Nagato's apartment building was soon out of site, along with Nagato and the other Humanoid. She looked at me as I was trying desperately to keep her safe.

I don't know where to go next… so I'm just going to have go with my gut feelings from now on… I hope Nagato's ok by herself… and I hope she can meet up with us later on… all I have to do now is get us both out of the city… I've got to keep her safe but… why does it feel like it's more than just keeping her safe? Haruhi and I continued to run in one direction, not know where they were going; we would have to trust each other, as well as our instincts. I wonder what will happen next. I couldn't help but shudder to answer my own question, afraid of the answers I could unfortunately come up with.

What an exciting chapter! I had a blast writing it! Sorry it's short though! I've been experimenting a lot with this fic, trying to add more detail and make it seem more alive. So sorry if it feels a little weird! Until next time though!