"Hey, did you hear something in the back?" Rashual noticed.

"Yeah, a little something. The girl must've woken up. We'll take care of her once we get to the boat."

"She's probably thrashing around in there. I hope she doesn't somehow open the truck."

"Well, let's see... She just woke up, so she's still in denial."

"What?"

"The 5 stages of grief. First comes denial. She probably thinks she's dreaming or something right now."

"What's the next one?"

"Anger, but don't worry. See? There's our ride out there by the dock." Glen pointed out as he parked the truck and headed to the back to get their hostage. As soon as they opened up the doors, Sayu flew out like a wild chicken and started thrashing around, trying to get her balance right and head in the opposite direction of which they came. Her kidnappers, however, were quick to grab a hold of her.

"I'll kill you! Screw Kira, I'll kill you myself! My dad will have your heads on his desk when he's through with you! I'm not gonna cooperate! Let me go, you lousy bastards!" Sayu shouted now that she was free of the tape. She had used her own saliva to wet the tape so that it wasn't sticky anymore. She was as red as an apple, and her face was covered in both sweat and tears. Unfortunately, Glen had another dose of sedatives for her, but this time he stabbed it right in her neck. She squealed for a moment before becoming silent again. This time, they figured they fastened a ball gag to her mouth so she wouldn't be able to get out. They dragged her limp body to the cargo ship and set off on the several-hour journey to America.

The trip was absolutely miserable. This time, Sayu regained consciousness to the uneven rocking of the boat. As soon as she awoke, she was completely nauseous. However, puking wasn't an option with this gag still in her mouth. She was too scared to even attempt to remove it, or else next time they might sew her lips shut! She was still in the anger phase and right now she just wanted to give everyone in the world a nice kick in the groin. Why hadn't her dad gotten to her in time?! If Light was as great as everyone thought he was, he'd have retrieved her in 15 minutes! But no, they were too busy working on the Kira case.

I hate them! I hate all of them! They better rescue me in a helicopter over the ocean to make up for letting them get this far! And those bastards, why the hell did they kidnap me anyway?! They want me as a sex slave, don't they?! Akira hasn't come for me, either! He promised me that as long as we're together, he wouldn't let anything bad happen to me! If he doesn't come for me by the time this is all over with, we're through! And I'll never ever take him back, not even if he begs me! Not even if he shows up with a golden necklace and limo will I ever forgive him! And that Mello guy, the one those guys mentioned, I don't even know him yet and I hate him! I hope he burns in hell! Sayu's thoughts just got nastier and nastier with every rock of the boat.

Finally, after several painful hours, the boat stopped ashore in this desolate, grimy beach. Her kidnappers pulled her weak body out of the cargo hold and carried her to a young red-headed man in a striped shirt and a furry coat who was playing a video game next to his shiny red car.

"Hey Matt! We got the girl!" Glen called out. The young man looked up from his game and pulled out a cigarette.

"Well it took you long enough. Good God, you guys! What's that in her mouth?!" Matt exclaimed as he pulled out a lighter and lit his cigarette.

"It's a ball gag. Y'know, to keep her from biting her tongue." Rashual responded.

"What is she, your new bitch? Let's be gentlemen here. Take that embarrassing thing out of her mouth." Matt ordered.

"We got to keep her mouth closed somehow."

"Use duct tape."

"We did, but she got free of it."

"Then use more duct tape." Matt responded. The other two guys looked at each other and shrugged. They unfastened Sayu's ball gag, but right after it came off, she threw up right in front of them.

"What did you do to her?" Matt asked.

"Nothing! Just a couple of injections to make her sleep. You think she needs another one?"

"No, if we give her another one this soon, she might not wake up next time. Remember, we have to keep this one alive." Matt instructed. Sayu shivered at that last word. The last hostage died? What did they do to them? What are they going to do to me? She thought as this "Matt" guy took a hold of her shoulders and pulled her closer to him.

"You two go off in each of those cars over there and head in a different direction than me. If anyone's tracking us, we want to confuse them by going in totally different directions. The girl comes with me." Matt ordered as he took a puff from his cigarette. The other two guys nodded and went to the other two cars off a few meters away. Matt dragged Sayu into the shotgun of his own car and fastened her seatbelt. Then, he took the wheel and headed off to their final destination.

"P-Please… I-I just want to g-go h-h-home. I'll…I'll do anything!" Sayu whimpered as she gained the courage to speak. She had now reached the third stage of trauma, bargaining.

"My…my dad's the Chief…of the police. If…if you let me go…I'll tell him that you didn't do anything wrong! I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you! I'll say that you saved me from those other two guys!" Sayu pleaded. Matt just glanced in her direction, unimpressed and not moved.

"I'll do anything you want! I'll give you all my money, everything I own. I'll even have sex with you if that's what you want! Just please…please take me home! Or at least…please don't hurt me…" Sayu pleaded as tears welled up in her eyes. After some awkward silence, Matt put out his cigarette and leaned closer to her.

"Honestly, you don't have to worry so much, kid. No, I won't call you kid; you look like you're my age if not older than me. We don't want to hurt you. We're not bad people. To put it simply, you're bait. We plan on the chief coming to get you in a couple days to exchange you for something we want."

"What is it that you want?" Sayu asked feeling a bit relieved. Matt chuckled as he pulled up to a large, abandoned-looking warehouse.

"Now that's a secret." He whispered as he put a new and stronger layer of duct tape on her mouth.