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He was bleeding freely from the back of his right arm and calf. The man who had dove out of the window after him had shot him first in the arm then the calf. He had shot back, hitting him in the chest before limping away. The pain blinded him from realizing that he was leaving a trail for others to follow.
He limped several blocks before going down an alleyway and hiding beside a dumpster. He tore his jacket into strips and bound his wounds. Then he took his belt and tightened it around his thigh to limit the blood flow to his calf. The blood loss was still severe and his vision was starting to blur. He heard footsteps closing in on him, it was now or never.
Akio sat behind his makeshift desk staring at the radio, the track team had yet to radio in on their progress tracking the killer. He remembered when Souh Yuzuru and Hanoinzuka Yorihisa had come to him with this case. It had been an instant yes from him; he had two high school age children, a freshman boy and a senior girl. He would do anything to keep his children safe, so he would anything to keep others children safe as well. He could only imagine the pain of losing one of your children.
When he got the radio call that Morinozuka-san had been shot, his chest had tightened. Of all the people he was protecting, that boy had reminded him the most of his own son, quiet and smart. When his daughter, who loved reading mystery/crime manga, had learned that he was working on a case with a psychopathic killer who went after kids, she asked to go to Osaka with her aunt Kaede. Her argument that the killer could come after her and her brother because he was working on the case. Of course, he knew that was nonsense, but the idea had made him weary to keep his involvement a secret.
The radio cackled, "Takeda, reporting in, over."
Before he could pick the radio up, his assistant Itami snatched it away, "You always forget to say over sir." she told him sheepishly, "What do you have to report? Over."
"We have a problem, over."
Akio snatched the radio, "You better not have lost him Takeda." he didn't get a reply for awhile, then he realized his mistake, "Over." he added, avoiding eye-contact with his assistant.
"Not exactly boss, we've got him, but he's got a civilian captive at gunpoint, he wants to talk to you."
Akio's fists tightened, "I'll be right there."
"Maybe we should try calling again?" Haruhi suggested.
Hunni, who was laying in front of the door, shook his head, "It hasn't been that long, if they got a trace on us we need to give them time to find us."
Haruhi sighed, this was all very frustrating to her. She did not like being stuck in here with nothing to eat. Normally she would say at least she had someone to talk to, but Hunni wasn't talking much at all.
"Are you worried about Mori-sempai?"
Hunni didn't answer for a long time, Haruhi thought he was asleep or hadn't heard her, "I am." he finally said.
'Mori-sempai spends so much time worrying about him, we never considered that he worries about Mori-sempai.' she thought with a smile. Her stomach growled, reminding her that she was hungry. How much longer were they going to be there?
"When are they going to call again?" Hikaru asked, pacing yet again, "It's been hours since they called last."
Kaoru didn't even bother to tell him to stop, he was glad to be out of bed, but now he was stuck in a wheelchair, "They must be having troubles with Haruhi's phone. Why don't we call them?"
"The phone was turned off." Itami informed them, she was in charge until Akio got back, "It's only been a four hours Hitachiin, at least we know they're alive. If they're alone with no food or water, we've got two days to find them."
"We know Haruhi's alive, but we don't know about Hunni-sempai." Hikaru muttered.
They heard him, but didn't say anything; he was right, they didn't know if either of them were alive anymore.
Itami's phone rang, "Hello? Good, thank you very much. Morinozuka-kun lived through surgery, but the doctors are still worried about his arm, he's unconscious now but you can go see him later."
When he woke up, Mori didn't remember much of what had happened. He remembered Kaoru being in danger, a bang and after that he couldn't really remember what happened. A man in a white coat with a clipboard was standing over him, "Ah, you're awake Morinozuka-kun."
He didn't say anything. Looking around, he realized he was in a hospital room. He had been shot, there was a dull ache in his shoulder. Strange, he had never been shot before, this was a new experience for him. He wondered if they would have to fake his death like they had Mitsukuni's. He tried to sit up, but the pain in his shoulder that forced him back down.
"Don't try to get up, you might be a little sore from the surgery. The bullet shattered your left glenohumeral joint, or shoulder joint in laymans terms, and we have to keep it under close watch to make sure it heals right. I'm going to give you some more painkillers, you'll feel drosy but not in any pain." the doctor inserted the needle in his arm.
As the painkillers took hold, he fell into the first really peaceful sleep he had gotten since this nightmare had begun.
When he started to wake up, he heard voices muttering.
"When did the doctor say he would wake up?"
"A few hours."
"How long has it been?"
"A few hours."
He heard the soft padding of feet across the room, "Stop pacing Hikaru."
Mori opened his eyes, Hikaru and Kaoru were in his hospital room, "Hey, Mori-sempai, how are you feeling?" Tamaki asked.
"Mitsukuni, Haruhi?"
"We haven't found them yet, Haruhi called your phone after you got shot so there's a chance they are still alive. But Akio went to take the killer into custody, so we'll be safe." Kaoru said.
"But they're not."
GAH! Sorry it took so long, I've had this chapter written for a long time, but I didn't like it so I rewrote it. The new direction this chapter takes opens up way more options than the original version so I'll have the next chapter up soon hopefully! Summer is slowly drawing to a close for me so I really want to get this done before school starts.
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