A/N: I'm so late and sorry for this chapter. Had to make a few drafts before I was satisfied with the result. Have fun reading~

The elevator's lights were flickering back to life, casting an eerie glow over the place. Naruto groaned and opened his eyes, finding his face planted on a white shirt. The blond felt his face heating up when he realized the position he was in. He was lying on top of Sasuke, his face resting on the raven's stomach.

"Oi, Sasuke, I'd really appreciate it if you moved me. I'm still handcuffed." The blue eyed man mumbled and waited for an answer but when he received none, he craned his neck to look at the raven and realized the man was unconscious. He was propped against the wall but his head was tilted to the side in an uncomfortable looking position, and he had almost slid fully to the floor. Naruto had gone pale upon realizing the situation they were in. The elevator was stuck between two floors, he was bound, Sasuke was unconscious, meaning he had probably banged his head in the wall when the elevator malfunctioned, and there was no way to know when help would arrive. Naruto knew there will be people fixing the elevator soon but they didn't know there were people in here and if they made a wrong move or touched a thin wire they could send Naruto and Sasuke to their deaths.

Normally, maybe (he has never been stuck in an elevator before, so he didn't know the procedures) the people would shout or do something to check if there was anyone in the elevator but this was different. This place was a prison and everybody had their own tasks. They followed a schedule. And currently, from what he had gathered while being in this place, the prisoners were having lunch and the officers were either in the office, guarding the prisoners or patrolling outside. There was no reason for anyone to use the elevator. And the scariest part was that if someone did decide to use the machine now, the elevator may malfunction again and actually drop down. Naruto wasn't planning to wait to see if that happened. He also had to check on Sasuke. He couldn't really tell if the head injury was bad or if there even was one from his position but he had to check.

He tried to pull his legs to stand on them and after managing to lift his face and stand in a crouch he slowly moved backwards, since he had been between Sasuke's legs as well. After that he lifted himself up and went to Sasuke's left side to search for the key to his handcuffs. He went as close to the raven as he could, sat down so his back was facing the raven and craned his neck so he could see where his hands were. He reached for the left pocket and after searching through it he cursed. It was empty. With some effort he got back up and checked the other pocket. The key was there and with a lot of effort and straining of his wrist he managed to put it in the keyhole. After he unlocked and removed his cuffs, he immediately turned to check up on Sasuke. He gently grabbed the raven's shoulders and placed him so he was lying on the blonde's lap. Naruto turned the raven's head and inspected it, and except for a really big bump there didn't seem to be any other problems.

The blonde let out a sigh of relief and removed his jacket, making a pillow out of it and moving the raven there. His legs were going to go numb if he had to stay in that position for too long. He rested his back on the wall and looked down at the sleeping black haired man. He really couldn't understand the guy. One minute he's the Queen Bitch with his holier than thou attitude, and the next he's... The blonde frowned. He's what? The word friend went through his head but it didn't feel right. It didn't feel enough to describe his relationship with Sasuke, even though considering their positions, him being a prisoner and Sasuke an officer, he should probably be happy if the raven even let him be his friend.

His musing was cut short as the elevator let out a screech and he tensed, preparing himself for a fall but nothing happened. He was about to sigh in relief before the flickering lights went completely out and he was left in complete darkness. His breath hitched and he was suddenly aware of how very tight this place was. He could feel anxiety building up in his gut and a heavy feeling settling itself in the pit of his stomach. The male hadn't even registered he had scooted himself in one of the elevator's corners, knees pulled up and hands clutching his head, his eyes seeing things that weren't there. The cold metal wall turned into a hard wooden one along with the floor. He was sitting in the same position but he was back in that house. The TV was lighting up the dark room, sounds from the show playing on it echoing in the place that smelled of old food, cigarettes and alcohol.

The blonde could hear the creaking of the boards and he was moving towards him with the broken bottle, the drops of liquid falling on the ground with a soft tap. She was behind him, eyes wide with fear, hair stuck to her face and arms pulled around her as if hugging herself to isolate the events happening before her, to say it's just a bad, bad dream. But his vision switched back to the man and the half-broken bottle in his hand. He was getting closer and closer, his eyes bloodshot and clouded from the cheap liquid travelling through his veins and clouding his mind. Then he saw the knife (oh, the knife), and he picked it up and pushed it deep, the sound of clothes and flesh ripping apart echoing in the room. The man fell, his eyes going blank, the shock fading from them, leaving them looking empty. Lifeless. The knife was left inside the man and the blonde looked at his hand, and then at her. She was scared, he could tell. He looked like that a lot. She screamed and he screamed, and the TV continued playing on its unimportant show and they screamed-

"Naruto! Naruto, snap out of it!" The blonde was violently snapped back into reality and his previously unfocused eyes cleared. He was clenching his head, crying and hyperventilating. His throat felt raw and his body trembled but he couldn't stop screaming. Why couldn't he stop? Why?

His screaming was halted when he felt arms embracing him, and his face was pressed against a soft shirt. Sasuke. "Calm down. Everything's okay. I'm here." The blonde would have laughed at the fact that Sasuke was comforting someone if he wasn't shaking like a leaf. He clutched the raven's shirt and held onto it until his erratic sobs died down. He stayed in that position for a while longer until his trembling stopped.

"Heh, s-sorry. Didn't mean to do that. I'm fine now. Really. I'm fine." The blonde felt like he was reassuring himself more than the raven. He heard Sasuke sigh before he was released and the blonde immediately felt the lack of warmth. He didn't know how to explain to Sasuke why he had been screaming like a lunatic. "Uh, Sa-"

"You don't need to tell me anything if you don't want to. I know what you went through to some extend and I'm sure you're exhausted mentally. You can tell me another time. Instead fill me in on what happened while I was out." The blonde man could instantly feel relief coursing through his body at the raven's words. He felt emotionally drained and he was glad Sasuke didn't press him for answers that would be hard to give but maybe someday he would tell the raven. He knew Sasuke had his own nightmares to deal with. Nightmares he couldn't run away from. Naruto at least had been spared from those. Or he had spared himself from them.

He suddenly felt a strong need to help the black haired man. He didn't know how, and he still didn't know what the raven exactly meant to him but the blonde promised himself he would help him one day. He shook his head after that and explained to the raven what had transpired while he was out. Naruto couldn't see Sasuke but he could imagine his frown at the new information and at his apparent bump. The males were startled when a sudden vibration was felt and a small light filled one of the elevator's corners. Naruto watched as Sasuke got up (he had apparently been sitting in front of the blonde after the hug) and walked over to the light. It was the Uchiha's phone and somebody was calling. He swiped his finger and answered the call, putting it on speaker.

"Hey Sasuke, where are you? I need you to help me with the elevator. It seems like it crashed. Can you give me the technicians' number?" Suigetsu's voice echoed in the small place.

"Sorry to break it to you but I'm stuck in the elevator with Na-a prisoner. The elevator fell while we were inside but luckily it only got stuck and didn't crash down and kill us. I'll tell you the technicians' number. Call them immediately."

"Oh, shit dude. Ok, I'm listening." After Sasuke recited the number and finished his call, he turned his phone's flashlight on and left it in the middle of the elevator. A soft white light filled the small space and the blonde could feel his muscles relax immediately. He whispered a small thank you and Sasuke leaned on the wall next to him. Now they just had to wait. After around half an hour the elevator's door was forcefully opened with what seemed like a crowbar. Before the door was fully opened the blonde had gotten up and taken the handcuffs, putting them back on and gesturing for Sasuke to lock them again.

"It'd be weird if I was without them. Besides, I'll be escorted back to my cell after this." The blonde explained and grinned, his mood much better than before. The raven had agreed and quickly locked them just as the door was forced fully open. It seemed like the elevator was stuck right between two floors and it was easy to pull the two males out, even if two people had to pull Naruto up by his shoulders due to his bound hands. There were two officers, one of them the same one that had led Naruto to the nursery, the technicians and Suigetsu. Suigetsu had quickly ordered the officers to take Naruto back to his cell, before turning to talk to Sasuke. The blonde had turned around and shot a cheeky grin at the Uchiha.

"Don't go spilling our dark secrets, Sasuke!" He was surprised when the raven had answered him with a smirk.

"I won't. You can trust me on that one, Naruto." The blonde had nervously laughed and turned away, letting the officers lead him back to his cell. He could feel his face heating up and he huffed. He had been joking but the raven was serious. Damn that bastard.

The hallway was dark and small, illuminated only by the light bulbs above. The officer that had escorted Naruto to the nursery was walking through it. The whole place was underground but the floors were tiled and the walls were a fresh white color. The officer's footsteps echoed loudly as he walked to the door at the end of the hall and knocked on it.

"Enter." A stern voice said from the other side. When the officer entered he looked nervously around the room but when his eyes landed on his boss he crouched down on one knee, head down and back straight. The room was better lit than the hall but definitely more suffocating and scary with the imposing figure sitting in the middle of it behind a dark wooden desk. The boss leaned forward and crossed his hands in front of his face, making him look even more detached and imposing from the officer's position. Two of his underlings were standing on either side of his desk. The room was void of any other furniture, except a drawer in one of the corners.

"Report." The crouching man straightened his posture even more, shoulders tense with the impending punishment he was going to receive after his boss heard the bad news.

"The mission was a fail. There was an opportunity to eliminate the Uchiha and another prisoner named Uzumaki Naruto but I didn't have enough time to cut the elevator's cables enough for them to break because they came to use it. So I closed the top of the elevator, got out and went back to my post. I was called after that to escort the prisoner back to his cell, since the elevator got stuck and they were rescued." The officer finished his report and let out a sharp scream of pain when a bullet went through his shoulder but he only clutched his wound and remained in his position.

"This is your first and final warning. Not only did the Uchiha survive but you almost killed the only person who knows anything about Itachi, you incompetent fool. If you mess up again I will kill you and your family. I'm preparing to take the prison from that useless Uchiha brat's hands, so I'm going to take him and his best dogs out of the picture. I will send a false lead about Itachi. That brat would jump at any lead he gets and I'll make sure it's believable enough for him to take his best men. You will kill the person left in charge and I will take it from there. I gave that Uchiha enough time to get his needed information but after that meeting I'm sure I can't leave it to him. A person has to be ruthless to get what they want sometimes. Collecting clues and wasting so much precious time is unacceptable. This is going to be the biggest operation yet. And," The boss stood up and came closer to the officer, placing his gun in the middle of the shaking man's forehead. "There will be no mistakes. Or else. Am I clear?"

"Yes, Danzō-sama."

A/N: Welp, there ya go. Hope I broke your feels. But I did mend them after that so you can forgive me. Just so ya know, it's gonna get A LOT more painful for you from now on~ R&R and cya in the next chapter~