Hey all, sorry it's been so long. And this chapter is a bit short so sorry about that. Next chapter out faster than this one was. I've been distracted and busy lately so yeah, life happens, sorry.
"The Promise" (sequel to "Ever the Same") has been started so please check that out as well. With that said, please enjoy and review!
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"Hey," a gentle voice invaded Kimiko's dreams, "wake up." Kimiko dismissed it and was starting to slip back asleep when a hand touched her shoulder and she rocketed awake. "Easy," the invading voice told her and Kimiko blinked, trying to get a hold of her surrounds. She was in a car? When did that happen? And then it started coming back to her and she realized that she wasn't waking up in her bed; she was waking up in a technically stolen SUV trying desperately to find her father. She glanced to her left to confirm it and Raimundo was sitting there leaning against the steering wheel, watching her with that smug little smile that Kimiko hated and loved. It wasn't fair that he always seemed to be so steady and on top of things.
"Where are we?" she asked looking away and out the window and only then did she realize they were back in Manhattan. She turned and glared at him. "How long have I been asleep?"
"Right after I told you about Jack you were pretty much out cold," Rai told her tilting his head in confusion at her anger. Kimiko glance at the clock on the radio, it was just past midnight and Kimiko couldn't believe the length of time that had passed since the day began.
"You shouldn't have let me sleep that long," Kimiko scolded.
"You obviously needed it," Raimundo told her.
"I could have taken over some of the driving," Kimiko argued, "You need to sleep too."
"I'm fine," Raimundo told her and then his smile grew smugger. "You're cute when you sleep. You're all curled up and mumble every so often." Kimiko blushed; embarrassed that he'd been watching her.
"Where are we?" Kimiko asked again looking around the upscale neighborhood.
"Like I said earlier before you passed out," Rai grinned again, "we need to talk to Jack again." Kimiko nodded and tried to straighten herself out some. She hated feeling rumpled and unkempt and since the clothes weren't exactly her size it only added to her problem. Rai noticed her fidgeting with the clothes as they climbed out of the car. As Kimiko joined him on the sidewalk and she was surprised when he pulled her hands from where they were tugging at her new clothes.
"You look fine," he told her dropping one hand but holding tight to the other and Kimiko scowled.
"I don't care how I look," she partially lied. "I just don't like these clothes all that much." Raimundo supposed he could understand why but he was certainly enjoying the sight of her. She'd traded her jeans for a pair of kaki shorts that Rai could admitted, were on the short side. On top she wore two layers that positively clung to her body, a small white t-shirt cut off the shoulder and a purple tank top with deliciously thin straps covered the, what Rai guessed was a, low cut t-shirt underneath. Kimiko fidgeted under his gaze. "All they had was a junior's store," Kimiko said indignantly trying to fight a blush that was heating her cheeks as he continued to study her.
"Well I think you look good," Rai told her squeezing her hand. "Maybe a little too good," he amended noticing that a few people, mainly guys, walking the streets were pausing, a little too long for Raimundo's liking, to give Kimiko looks. Letting go of her hand Rai instead put his arm across her shoulder, pulling her into him. "We'll get you some new clothes as soon as we can if you still want them," Rai promised her in the form of a whisper against her ear.
"So what makes you think that Jack will tell you anything?" Kimiko asked trying to divert attention from her clothes and her heavily beating heart.
"I have my ways," Rai told her and Kimiko glanced up at him, expecting to see a grin on his but instead found him looking completely serious, maybe even grim.
"Well hopefully you won't need to use any of those ways," Kimiko said trying to easy some of the tension on his face. Raimundo seemed realize this and smiled down at her.
"Yeah, hopefully," he agreed and his hand squeezed the shoulder it was resting on.
"Where will Clay take Amelia?" Kimiko wanted to know.
"I'm not sure, there are a couple of safe houses in the city that he could probably take her to," Rai answered.
"Safe houses? Like witness protection stuff?" Kimiko asked.
"Hmm," Rai mused, "yes but not so much."
"If you take her to anything having to do with the FBI aren't the obligated to report finding Amelia?"
"These safe houses kinda run on the parallels of what normal FBI does," Rai told her, not elaborating and Kimiko guessed there was nothing more he'd say on it. They walked the remaining two blocks to Jack's house in silence and when they reached the door Raimundo walked in confidently, Kimiko following half a step behind. Kimiko had expected him to walk into the basement like before but instead he bypassed the door and stated to climb the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Kimiko asked in a whisper and followed him up.
"Knowing Jack," Rai answered making no attempt to lower his voice from its normal level, "he's probably curled up in his footie pajamas." Kimiko was about to scoff but the image of Jack in a one piece pajama suit was actually not all that improbable in her mind and she had to mentally prepare herself not to laugh. Raimundo moved down the hallway on the second floor and stopped at a door before opening it and peering in. There was an eerie light cast over the room and Kimiko realized it was nightlight and had to stifle a laugh and heard Raimundo give a disgusted little sigh before walking into the room and was promptly snared up in some sort of trap. Even though she knew shouldn't, Kimiko couldn't help but laugh as Raimundo hung upside down thanks to a contraception that looked to have been taken straight out of "Home Alone".
"Yeah, yeah," Rai said glaring at her and trying to reach up to undo the bindings around his ankles, "very funny now get me down." Still trying to control her laughter Kimiko moved forward to help him but a noise from downstairs made her pause and she was off like a shot, missing Raimundo's protests for being left in such a way. Kimiko barreled down the stairs and collided with Jack as he sprinted towards the door. They went down in a heap, Kimiko landing on Jack who went face first into the carpet. Kimiko quickly scrambled up and grabbed him when he tried to move towards the door again.
"Like hell," Kimiko spat and pulled him up by the back of his trench coat. "You've got some explaining to do," she told him and began dragging him back up the stairs.
"Don't make me fight a girl," Jack tried to intimidate her and grabbed hold of the railing. Rolling her eyes Kimiko released Jack's jacket and instead grabbed him by the ear which immediately stopped his struggles.
"Figures," Kimiko muttered and lead him back upstairs where Raimundo was still hanging. Kimiko pushed past him and shoved Jack towards his bed. "Sit," she commanded and with a whimper Jack complied. Kimiko then turned her attention to Raimundo and sighed, shaking her head and Raimundo sent her an annoyed look.
"Could you find time in your busy schedule to let me down?" he asked looking perturbed. Kimiko sighed again and suddenly realized that life in Japan had been so simple compared to this. After shooting Jack a warning look Kimiko moved over to Raimundo and confidently stuck a hand into his zippered pocket, missing Raimundo's small look of panic, and retrieved his pocket knife. Confidently Kimiko flipped the knife open and cut through the rope above Raimundo's ankles letting him drop to the floor in a heap. He gave her a disgruntled look as he sat up and undid the rope around his feet.
"What?" Kimiko asked.
"I didn't think I had to clarify 'gently' when I asked to be let down," Raimundo told her and stood before directing his glare at Jack who folded his arms and tried to look somewhat in control. "So Jack," Raimundo said standing up and looking annoyed, "I feel as if there's something you left out of our earlier chat."
"Err, no idea what you're talking about," Jack said looking at the ceiling in a distracted manner.
"That's fine," Raimundo told him electing surprised looks from Kimiko and Jack. "But if I find out that you had even an inkling about what was going to happen to my sister I swear to God Jack, they'll never find your body and you know I can do it." Just from the sound of his voice Kimiko believed Raimundo and the look in Jack's eyes hinted that he believed it. "So I guess that's it then, aye Kimiko? We better get going," Raimundo said in a much more pleasant tone as he looked over at Kimiko. Her mouth turned into a tiny frown and looked at Jack deciding that Raimundo's tactic might not be working.
"Jack," Kimiko said in a soft but commanding voice that directed both men's attention to her. "My father is still missing and I have a pretty good idea who is behind it and even if you did have something to do with it I don't believe that you knew it was going to turn out…this badly. He's my father Jack. The only family I have and if you know something I wish that you would tell us. I just want this nightmare over." It was such a simple, impromptu statement but it was powerful none the less and Raimundo felt his admiration for Kimiko grow even more. She saw and was working on the humanity in Jack that Rai was confident existed, just didn't always seem to show.
"And also," Kimiko added a moment later. "I promise that I'll make whatever Raimundo has planned for you look like child's play." The threat could have been taken as a joke but the fire in Kimiko's eyes and the firmness in her expression had Rai thinking she might be capable of what she threatened. Well, not her specifically, but she'd certainly find a way for it to happen. Still, it was comical to hear such a threat come out of Kimiko and Raimundo's lips twitched as he tried to contain a smile. After a look of fear washed over his face Jack sighed and plucked the goggles he wore from his head, fiddling with them in his hands.
"I guess you should tell me what you already know," he finally said not looking up. Raimundo and Kimiko exchanged glances before Raimundo started in.
"Kimiko woke up this morning with a letter addressed to her, not the name she's been living under for close to five years, but her birth name. Inside was an ultimatum that if she didn't follow the enclosed instructions that her father, and eventually her as well, would be killed. The first instruction was to find me and involve me by delivering a letter marked for me in the package. That means someone knows me well enough to know that I'd be in the city. They kidnapped my youngest sister when she was visiting our grandparents in Orlando. Meanwhile Kimiko and I start on a wild goose chase picking and dropping off random items in random spots all the while ducking an assigned assassin and two thugs from the Heylin who should think I'm dead. Evidently that didn't go as planned. So we know the Heylin is involved and that's my fault, but we don't know who involved Kimiko or why. A ransom would have made sense but these people are out to torture the two of us.
We got picked up a couple of hours ago by Tubbimura and Vlad and handed over to some people who range about the level of school yard bully in the grand scheme of things but they had us anyway. Clay shows up with my buddy Omi and Kimiko's roommate Jermaine and luckily save the day. Clay knows something is up and came to New York cause he was worried about me and in the process another agent has been shot and last I heard she's in critical condition. Things are going to hell Jack but we were able to get some information about Amelia and Kimiko's father's location and had to go up to Long Island. They knew we were coming though and Mr. Tohomiko was already gone. Amelia's safe and apparently unharmed and Clay's watching her." Rai looked to Kimiko who sighed and continued on.
"The man who was watching Amelia and my father is a crime boss by the name of PandaBubba. His territory is Hong Kong so God only knows what he's doing here. He mentioned a name to me, a name I haven't heard of in years. Chase Young." Both gauged Jack's response to the name and Raimundo stepped forward.
"Alright Jack, you know him and know what's up so spill."
"Umm well you see," Jack started nonsensically and Kimiko stepped in.
"I wouldn't be surprised with you knowing who he is. Since you're practically stalking me and my father you'd know who Chase is. What I want to know is how and why you know Chase and how Chase is involved with this."
"Chase isn't, involved with this so to speak," Jack explained not looking up.
"But," Kimiko started to protest and Jack cut her off.
"He's the one who planned the whole thing," Jack told her in a mumble and Kimiko looked shocked.
"Chase? No, no way. Why would he want to?"
"Think that's pretty clear," Raimundo told her and then clarified with her confused look. "Revenge Kimiko, payback."
"But I still don't get it," Kimiko answered in disbelief.
"It might not have been intentional," Raimundo reasoned, "but when that scandal hit your father's company Chase got hit just as hard as his father, harder even. His father killed himself and you said that his mother was destroyed mentally. He didn't have a whole lot going on. In that situation it isn't a far stretch that he looked for someone to blame and zeroed in on your family. It might not have been intentional Kimiko, but you, or more accurately, your father and the company ruined his life."
Kimiko remained silent after Raimundo's explanation and she felt a throbbing in her temple. With a tiny groan she lifted her hands to massage the spots on either side of her head, hoping to ease some of the tension building there.
"No, you don't know Chase like I did," she finally reasoned. "I just can't believe that he could, would do something like this. He would never go after me and my poppa."
"Unfortunately it's an angle we have to look at Kimiko," Rai frowned, "until we can prove otherwise for all I know aliens could be behind the whole thing. Until we find out the truth, anything is possible."
"So it's possible that Chase could be an innocent pawn in all of this? Or an unwilling player?" Kimiko reasoned and Raimundo frowned again.
"I guess, innocent until proven guilty, but you've got to try to at least wrap your head around the notion that he may be responsible for this." Kimiko nodded again, still rubbing her temples and Raimundo's frowned changed to one of doubt to one of concern. "You ok?" he asked her stepping closer putting a hand on her arm and she smiled at him.
"Yeah, just a headache," Kimiko explained.
"There's aspirin in the bathroom," Jack said standing up and Raimundo shot him a look that clearly said 'sit back down'.
"If you don't mind me going in there its ok if I get it," Kimiko said diplomatically and Jack gave a tiny nod before telling her what door the bathroom was behind. Rai gave her hand a squeeze as she left and turned back to find Jack looking at him with a questioning, almost accusing look.
"What?" Raimundo asked.
"Thought she had a boyfriend," Jack said mockingly recalling their conversation earlier in the day. Rai grinned stupidly.
"Turns out she doesn't," he said in a tone that clearly told Jack that something was going on between the two.
"No fair!" Jack protested. "I've been a fan of her and her company for years! Why the hell is she interested in you?" Jack had stood and was pointing an accusing finger near Raimundo's face.
"I can't help it if women can resist my charms," Rai said with a pointing a finger towards his face as if something was spelled across it and Jack was an idiot for not seeing it.
"Why you," Jack growled getting even closer and Kimiko came in that moment and saw the two scant inches from one another, apparently pointing at Raimundo's lips.
"I don't even want to know," she said startling the two boys badly. "Ha!" Kimiko said giving a some what victorious laugh. "Finally caught you off guard," she said with a grin that fit better on the Cheshire cat and then glanced between the two, looking thoughtful. "Huh, Raimundo gave me the distinct impression today that he was straight. Guess I judge that one wrong." Jack let out a hoot of laugher.
"She thinks you're gay," he teased and Raimundo fumed.
"We are way off topic here," he said with a warning look at Jack.
"Ok, ok, but one thing first," Jack said and turned his attention to Kimiko. "You're single right?"
"I don't like where this is going," Kimiko said dryly and folded her arms across her chest.
"That's a yes?" Jack wanted to know and Kimiko sighed.
"That's a yes," she replied hoping to speed things up so they could get back on track.
"Great! So you wanna go out sometime?" Jack asked eagerly. Kimiko shot Raimundo a look.
"I thought you said he didn't know how to pick up girls."
"Hey!" Jack's indigent cry went unnoticed.
"Yeah, he's pretty damn hopeless. Years under my tutelage and the direct approach is the only thing he can manage," Raimundo shrugged.
"What have you been telling her?" Jack wanted to know with a whine.
"I'm sorry Jack, but I'm just not interested in dating right now," Kimiko said shaking her head and missed Raimundo's brief, somewhat crestfallen look. "Especially not with a person who may be responsible for my father's kidnapping," she added as an afterthought.
"Point taken," Jack said glumly.
"Now if we could focus," Raimundo interrupted. "We need to figure out what the next step is, we need to confront Chase."
"I should also tell you Rai," Jack broke in and Raimundo gave him his full attention and Jack suddenly seemed uncomfortable. "Umm, well, you see, Wuya is involved to." There was a heavy pause before Raimundo let out a sigh that slightly lifted the bangs off of his forehead.
"Well that explains a lot," he said grimly tilting his head back and closing his eyes.
"Who or what is Wuya?" Kimiko wanted to know looking between the two.
"Wuya is the person who I suspected to be the head of the Heylin," Raimundo explained looking over at Kimiko. "When I was under she became my main focus," Rai told her looking away, almost uncomfortably, missing Kimiko's frown, "and when it was over, I had enough evidence to put her away for a long while but she got out on a technicality." Raimundo suddenly looked hard at Jack. "How convenient that she knew that I was alive and where I was," he said accusingly.
"Hey I'm not that stupid!" Jack protested. Raimundo rolled his eyes and looked to Kimiko who was studying him, then looked away hurriedly when he noticed her staring.
"What?" he asked and Kimiko just shook her head.
"Nothing, just thinking," she said in a distracted manner and looked back at Jack. "So Wuya and Chase are in league together?"
"Yeah," Jack nodded. "Wuya was out of the loop for a while thanks to Rai and when she came back not only was her reputation shaky from getting locked up, even if it wasn't for that long, but Chase had also swept in as soon as she was gone. Filled her spot nicely."
"Really?" Raimundo asked surprised, none of the reports he'd been reading recently on the Heylin has mentioned that. Jack nodded again and seemed to read Rai's mind.
"Yeah, you might want to look into that new contact the FBI has in with the Heylin," he advised and Raimundo swore softly.
"Ok so Wuya is the former head of the Heylin, but Chase apparently took over. And?" Kimiko prodded.
"And both have sever grudges against us with the resources to pursue revenge," Raimundo said shortly and Kimiko frowned at him.
"But that makes no sense," she insisted. "There is no logic behind it. Why would a person take so many risks putting us on this, on this treasure hunt? Why put us through all of this when they could simply pull a trigger and end it all?"
"Because people like this don't think logically Kimiko," Raimundo said his voice tight, his mind processing. "They've got a goal in mind and its torturing us." Kimiko opened her mouth to object but Raimundo beat her to it. "Again, Kimiko, these people are sick in the head. Logic does not apply to them."
"So you've got this all really planned out. But why now? Its been years since what happened with Chase and my father's company."
"Maybe he needed time to plot," Rai shrugged. "Maybe he didn't have the resources before. Maybe he's been living in a cult since he disappeared from your life and he escaped before he had to drink the koolaid. I have no idea Kimiko but there is something that you have to get through your head. This is real, you and your father are in real danger and you need to start accepting that this is happening and your life is on the line." He watched her stiffen with his last words and he hated to be so harsh but he had to get her thinking on the danger.
"Alright, fine," she said begrudgingly after a moment folding her arms across her chest. "But there is one more thing I want to know," she said and turned her attention to Jack. "What, if this is some elaborate plan of revenge, does our scavenger hunt have to do with any of this?"
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"You honestly think that Amelia is going to be safe at your house?" Clay asked as they drove through the streets of Queens.
"You're worried that your safe houses might be compromised right?" Jermaine asked. "And you're worried about Amelia's safety being reported too early right?"
"Yeah," Clay agreed and glanced back to where the girl was curled up on the back seat; sound asleep next to Omi who was keeping a watchful eye on her.
"Well, then my parents' place is perfect," Jermaine said with a firm nod. "My mom and dad would die before they put a kid in danger. If we explain that it's for Amelia's safety then they'll agree to keep her safe, happy, and secret."
"I've got no reason not to trust you," Clay trailed off.
"I sense a but," Jermaine finished breaking at a red light.
"What about butts?" Omi asked and Jermaine sent Clay a sideways look that Clay brushed off.
"Its nothing Omi," Clay said with a shake of his head. "Just talking about what the best thing to do next is."
"I was wondering that as well," Omi agreed. "After we have gotten Amelia to safety will we be rejoining Raimundo and Kimiko?" It was a perfectly good question, one that Clay had considered as well. They'd been in the process of discussing such matters when Kimiko had suddenly driven away. Clay had never before seen Raimundo look the way he did when he watched Kimiko drive off. It was a mixture of controlled rage, anger, annoyance, and most overwhelmingly- concern. Surprisingly Raimundo had remained somewhat calm, walking over to the tied goons in search of keys. Follow his orders Clay had placed and anonymous call to the police saying that something was going on in the woods where the factory was located. They'd left the Hong Kong crime boss's lackeys tied up in the factory and both Raimundo and Clay were confident that they wouldn't talk. After all, anything that they would say would be self incriminating. Unfortunately PandaBubba was going to be recognizable and even if only the local cops were involved it would be a matter of time before someone recognized the man's distinctive features. Therefore Pandabubba had taken a trip to the same motel that Kimiko had stayed in. If he didn't hear otherwise from Raimundo by noon of the next day another anonymous call would take place and he'd be found. Clay wanted to find Raimundo again, help end all of whatever this was but he'd made a promise to keep Amelia safe. Also, he had no way of finding Raimundo.
"Listen," Jermaine interrupted Clay's thoughts. "This is something we can discuss when we get to my parents." He looked straight ahead out of the windshield. "There's some stuff I should show you guys before we decide on anything else." Clay looked at him oddly.
"You know something we don't?" he asked.
"Yes and no," Jermaine nodded. "I don't know what you know so I can't assume anything but Kimiko and Raimundo gave me some papers earlier today and it should effect your decision." Clay nodded and didn't press as Jermaine turned down a final street and into a short driveway. "One more thing," he warned as he cut the engine, "my mom's going to insist on feeding you so you better have a huge appetite." Clay grinned.
"Think I can manage that."
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Kimiko was numb with disbelief as she stared at the screen before that projected images of a project that Jack had been explaining to them. Raimundo, on the other hand, was furious and moved quickly Grabbing Jack quickly up by the openings of his jacket Raimundo pulled him from the computer chair he was sitting in and slammed him harshly against the cement wall of the basement they were in.
"Are you a fucking idiot?" he practically roared and gave Jack a shake. "What in the hell were you thinking? What the fuck could have been going through your mind?" Raimundo asked and Jack tried to knock Raimundo's hands but was unsuccessful. "Answer me!" Raimundo demanded.
"Raimundo stop it," Kimiko said from behind him. Raimundo glanced over at her but didn't slacken his grip on Jack. "There isn't anything you can do now. What's done is done. Jack can't take back that he did this."
"But I didn't do this!" Jack protested and brought the two's attention back to him.
"I think it's pretty damn obvious that you did," Rai growled.
"No," Jack insisted. "I might have thought it up. I even went far enough to build a prototype but it was never working. I don't know how but someone got their hands on it and made a working model." Raimundo's eyes bore into Jack before finally letting go of him and stepping away as if he were disgusted to be that close to him.
"Well congratulations Jack," Raimundo said mockingly stepping back further. "You finally get to fulfill your wish of being an evil genius."
"I didn't want this," Jack insisted almost desperately.
"Then what did you want Jack?" Kimiko asked angrily. "What the hell did you think was going to happen?"
"It was never meant for use in America," Jack said sounding slightly helpless.
"And that makes it ok?" Kimiko shouted at him. Jack shook his head.
"That's why I abandon it," he explained.
"I'm so glad your conscious finally caught up with you," Kimiko spat sarcastically. "So what now?" she pressed on.
"Listen," Jack tried to explain. "When I thought this up I thought it would be used in, you know, some third world country. A form of non-violent, physiological warfare. It could have saved lives on both ends."
"Doesn't really fit in to your evil genius scheme now does it?" Kimiko bit out bitterly.
"Hey, I might be an evil genius but I'm not heartless. I thought it out and realized that it would only make things worse and that's why I abandon it."
"Apparently not Jack," Raimundo snapped coming to life again. "If what you say is true and there is a working model out there then," he broke off.
"Then we've been helping set it up this whole time," Kimiko finished and looked back at the image on the oversized computer screen mounted on the wall in front of her. The item being shown looked so innocent, so nondescript. Kimiko knew that if she saw it on the street she'd pass it by without a second glance. Out of sight, out of mind.
She peered closer at the image, only when she really narrowed her eyes, and focused hard did the tapestry of computer and wireworks begin to show. So innocent, so everyday, so average…just like everything else they had place in the city today. And even if someone found them, displaced them, Jack had said it wouldn't matter and she believed him.
Sudden she felt sick.
'Oh dear God,' she wondered, 'what had they done?'
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Indeed, what have Raimundo and Kimiok done? Evil little cliff hanger there for you.
God, I can't believe I haven't updated this story in so long, sorry about that. I've just been caught up with other things.
As some of you have notice "The Promise" (sequel to "Ever the Same") is out. However, I've got to admit I was a bit disappointed by the turn out on that one. First chapter is kinda slow, yeah, I'll admit that but things will pick up soon. I'm going to avoid writing fight scenes/showdowns cause I suck at them but hopefully I can still keep you all on the edge of your seat.
As for this story we are quickly approaching a climax. Ideally I will finish this before New Years. Realistically….errr not as sure. I'm packing up and leaving Tokyo for good in, holy crap, only 20 days left!!! Things didn't work out as well here as I would have hoped so I'm heading back to Tampa for a while, get through the holidays with my family and then eventually, hopefully head for NYC. Here's hoping.
So please, review and tell me what to think. (On "The Promise" too please?)