Tamaki leaned against a wall and sighed. "This can't be happening," he said.
"The fact of the matter is that it is happening," Kyoya replied.
Hikaru thought he heard footsteps outside of the room. "Guys, someone's coming," he said. Not a moment later, one of the kidnappers walked into the room. He pulled out a gun. All of the teens froze when they saw it.
"All of you sit down and shut up," the man commanded. The teens obliged. Another man walked into the room. He knelt down beside Kaoru. At that small action, both twins tensed. The man, making no effort to be cautious, bound Kaoru's wrists. He then did the same to the others.
"Stand up," he commanded. The teens stood. "Follow me," he growled. He led them to some sort of garage. He opened the doors to the backseat of a car with tinted windows. He shoved the five into the vehicle and got into the driver's seat. The man with the gun took the passenger seat.
"One word from any of you and I'll shoot," the man with the gun said.
What seemed like, and probably was, hours later, the car stopped. The two men forced the five teens out of the car and led them to a new building. "I'm scared," Kaoru whispered to Hikaru.
"Me too," Hikaru admitted. In a moment, the man with the gun turned around.
"Which one spoke first?" he demanded.
Hikaru looked at Kaoru. Just as Kaoru was about to speak up, Hikaru said, "I did." Kaoru shot a confused look at his brother. 'Trust me,' Hikaru mouthed.
"Buck," the man who was driving commanded. "Teach him not to speak out of turn."
The man with the gun grabbed Hikaru. He threw the boy onto the concrete. Tamaki started to go towards the redhead, but Haruhi shot him a look that said he shouldn't try. Buck, as the man was called, kicked Hikaru in the chest. The teen cried out. He winced as he was kicked again. Finally, the attacker backed off. "Get up," he growled. Hikaru hesitantly stood.
The five teens were herded into a new room, and told to sit down. "If you promise to behave," the man whose name they didn't know said. "We'll remove your bonds."
"We promise," Haruhi said before one of the boys could say something stupid.
"Cut them loose," the man commanded his counterpart, who then removed the ropes from their wrists. The two men left, locking the door behind them.
"Are you okay?" Kaoru asked Hikaru.
"I'm fine," Hikaru snapped.
"Why did you say you talked first?" Haruhi asked.
"I just did, okay?" He instantly regretted snapping at them.
Kyoya stared at the ceiling. "Anyone notice that they didn't take our bags?"
"What does it matter, they still have our phones," Haruhi pointed out.
"We can probably pick the lock with something in it."
"These guys aren't stupid, they would've thought of that."
A thought crossed Haruhi's mind. "There's no way my dad can pay my ransom," she said, feeling tears sting her eyes.
"Surely one of our parents would help…" Tamaki said. He moved to sit beside Haruhi.
Haruhi took a shaky breath, but said nothing.
"If it doesn't get paid… What happens to us?" Kaoru asked quietly. Everyone was thinking the same thing, but no one verbalized it.
Finally, Kyoya spoke up. "More than likely, we die."
In the next chapter, we shall see quite a bit of violence!