Chapter 9: "Skirmish brawl"
Author note: "yugioh doesnt belongs to me but to Kazuki Takahashi, the only thing that belongs to me is the plot and my OC's , have fun reading ❤?"
Place: Kaiba Mansion Time : 12:00 AM..
Adrenaline surmounted her veins in a tremendous strike. It besieged her heart in hysterical beats and its influence course through her eyes like a ruthless warrior, diminishing her pupils to activate her defense mechanism against the inevitable raging storm; Alarmed and vigilant in the presence of the owner of this forsaken room...Kaiba Seto.
Marissa didn't move nor spoke at the particular moment, she was arrested in astonishment at the other unexpected presence. She felt like a helpless deer that trespassed the ascendant predator territory and now she was vulnerable, caught red-handed in this old decayed room that seemed to be hidden away from others.
"Did my presence startle you?" His piercing enraged sends down a shiver on Marissa's spine, compelling her to flinch against his frosty icy demand. Kaiba last line of patience was eradicated , his foul mood was transformed into combustion fury! Why was SHE here?! Who let her inside this room!
The Fuming CEO with stricken cerulean orbs glared at the Intruder of his confidential property and then repulsively darted his eyes towards the entity that illustrated his miserable life… Kaiba Gozaburo. By the single glimpse, a flash of bitter, haunted past zapped through his mind like lightening. In this very room he remembered how he abused him, tortured him through relentless studies, and smacked him to the ground in every brutal mechanism to retrain him from slumber then locking him up in this despondent room, confining him throughout day and night from ever meeting his younger brother…Mokuba
Remembering the past and gazing at the disgusting picture of Gozaburo with that vile bastard smirk made His mind even more unstable, simmer! Not pleased at all how some one entered this forbidden chambers!
"Quite fairly, you did" Marissa replied with boldness but with a hint of reluctance. Interfering his memory lane of corrosive past and slamming him back to reality. A overwhelm irk splashed over his soul and coldly scowled; not pleased at her presence at all.
"I wasn't holding any expectation to see you here. I rather thought you must be tending some other pressing matters than this" she waved her hands around the deranged filthy room tauntingly even though she knew it was no wise to do it.
"Neglected Chambers " Marissa muster a mockery smirk at him
"Or perhaps you decided to release me and let me go along my way?" Kaiba glared intensified at her taunting! That two nerves penetrated his forehead, A symbolic indication… He was furious .Beyond anyone imagination! No one has ever dared to speak such a presumptions tone against him, no one has ever had the audacity to stand against him, lift their eyes to him! and to barged into an extremely confidently area in his own HOUSE! Just who the fucking hell she think she is talking too!
"It's better to control that snake tongue of yours, Hellcat! Or You will pay the serious consequences for it!" The Elder Kaiba darkly howled coldly at the last thread of patience he had left! His entire body was trembling like volcanic eruption and he couldn't control it anymore! He tolerated her enough and now it was time to get what he wanted!
He ignores her pathetic glares and her lacerate state and moved forward to her swiftly with heavy steps
"upon releasing you! I don't think so!" Marissa flinched at his heavy footsteps that echoed thunderously in the room. She took a few steps back and tentatively scowl at him as cold nervous strike sweat steamed her skin, knowing a fight was about to revoke and this time it wasn't going to be verbal debate but rupture of limbs and hurls of punches.
"You were asked to tell me your whereabouts!" His steps turned even louder! Causing his intimidating presence to devour her dainty appearances, like a helpless mice overpowered by the gigantic size and inevitable escape by an agile Alpha predator.
"But you refused! You were asked if you share any alliance with Akira you provided incomplete information AS WELL!" Marissa took further steps back retreat at the way he walked up to her and invaded all of her personal space leading her against the wall with no way out! She was encapsulated, trapped under his dominance.
"YOU WERE ASKED TO DO THE WORK I ADDRESSED YOU! AND YOU FAILED MISERABLY IN THAT AS WELL! " Kaiba shouted out his frustration at her! Not caring whether she was a woman or possessed injuries! She has crossed the limitation of his boundaries! And he will NOT STAND ANYMORE OF HER DISOBEDIENCES!
"Simplest! Minors of instruction you were asked to do in exchange for your freedom, but the level of disobedience you have evaluated in conclusion!" Marissa glared at Kaiba the way he further walked forward and took all the space between them and immobilized Marissa in his empowerment ! Leaving Marissa trap as a rat under his tall height!
"Forfeit your freedom from ever leaving my Mansion! "his words spill like toxic poison from his lips in ferocity. Marissa kept scowling back at him despite the disadvantage by her side, she wasn't going to show her weakness nor let her wounds get the best of her! She felt his heavy breathing caressed her face and the scent of Cologne peppermint assault her nose. Forcing her breathe in to his scent and feel disgust by his odor. She felt violated ,uncomfortable at this range of closeness and she hated it.
"Your words are futile" she shouted back, glaring her fiery sapphires eyes directly to his sharp ice dark cerulean eyes! Ignoring the fact their faces were close to each other! She wasn't going to stand back and be treated like this!
"They are nothing significant to me! who are you to decide my freedom!" Marissa growled! Chanting her teeth with her infamous hotheadedness
"I can walk out of your ridiculous Mansion whenever I wanted! It wasn't your authorities that kept me here! I have my problems to resolve! And the quandary begins with you first!" Kaiba eyes widen in revulsion , how she placed her hand on his chest and forcibly pushed him back an inch! Her actions increased his anger even more!
"It would be in the best interest for you to step back and leave me alone!" She harshly assaulted her hand against his once more Robust chest, applying even more pressure to push him away from her! But it merely unleashed his fury at her actions! Making his lips in a deep horrific frown of imaginable rage only his employees were aware in Kaiba corporations! Even Yugi and his friends! NO ONE HAS EVER PROVOCATE SUCH DISCAPACABLE BEHAVIOUR! AND NO ONE HAS EVER DARED TO TOUCH HIM IN HIS PRESENCES!
"now release me! Or else I won't hesitate to retaliate against you and make you- AH!"her words formed in an anguish torment scream as Kaiba ruthlessly grabbed her wounded hands and pinned them brutally above her head! She felt an enormous pain embrace her body and hammered every single damaged limbs of hers. She felt her hands wither at his nails penetrating her wounds through her bandages, enhancing her agony and causing her to bit her tongue between her teeth!
"Never order me around you worthless woman" he hissed threateningly against her ear like a dangerous dragon tempted to burn his enemy to ashes.
"I had enough showing you my generosity. I have been lenient to you for long enough !" Marissa chewed her inner cheek strongly at the extra pressure Kaiba applied to her wounded hands! She could swear her stitches will reopen if he kept going! However, his mere actions were fueling Marissa's hotheaded temper! Like a soldier had enough of suffering and decided to revolt against his authority
"If it's the hard way you want to be deal with! Then the hard way you will get !" His words were like gasoline to her igniting flames in Marissa's body, her ill-temper soon possessed her body like a conjuring ghost! A rage so viciously it managed to subdue her pain in exchange for burning rebellion determination!
She flickered opened her sapphire eyes that were sent on inferno fire of retaliation! And glare back at Kaiba murderously. He was asking for it! She was losing her sanity!
"Kaiba!" she hissed, glaring dreadfully at him
"I am warning you!" Kaiba narrowed his icy blue eyes even more furiously
"Do not test my patience!"
"And I am warning you not to exceed my limits!' Kaiba growled with the same voice. A savage glare competition commenced between the pair, each shade of blue eyes of there was clouded with wrath and fury! Resembling rampage tsunami that were colliding against each other and resulting in an unstoppable hurricane of destruction! The tension was heart throbbing and their glares seem like their face will shatter if they keep this going!
Kaiba remained unfazed, his angry was something he couldn't control any longer! His collective composure was eradicated by her intolerable actions! He never let Gozaburo get the best of him! He lead that bastard man to his death with his intelligence and this unknown Woman! An absurd commoner he knows nothing of! A nobody will never get away from her disgusting behavior!
" I will only ask you one LAST time" he snare, advancing his face further forwards against Marissa till their noses touches and their rattling breathing caressed each others faces
"Are you" he howled darkly
"Or are you not working for Akira?"
"Let me go" Marissa deadly hissed, only to bit her tongue at the harsh squeezed and digging of his nails he applied on her hands to shut her up
"Are you or are you NOT!?" Marissa was losing her mind! The tug of war between pain and anger conquered her mind! Her body trembled in sheer pain while her eyes shrink like a wild animal to attack and defend herself!
"Answer me! You pathetic excuse of/"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She finally snapped and her rage possessed bet completely! She lunged forward in a speed of lightning and slammed her forehead against Kaiba in a tremendous impact! The very sound of the collusion of their head echoed thunderously in the room like a glass shattering on the floor!
"SSSSSHHHHHHIIIITTTTT!" Kaiba screamed in colossal pain he ever encountered! His eyes rolled fully in his sockets! His ears ring louder like church bells and his eyes turn into a blur at the impact! He felt like his soul left his body and left his vessel vacant!
In striking pain, Kaiba let go of Marissa and collapse down on his knees! He buried his throbbing head between his quivering palms.
"You fucking bitch!" Kaiba swear sonorously! He wanted to strangle her and give her the taste of her own medicine but the pain was too tremendous for him to withstand
"AHHHH!" he slammed his fists feverishly on the floor to bear the pain! Getting his teeth in frustration and so much wrath!
Marissa was slumped against the floor in unstable posture, she was swaying left and right in strands! As if she will collapse out of commotion. Her own forehead was crimson -scarlet, a visible black bruise of her deeds. Her own wounds were stung her blazing fire and the evident throbbing of her actions made her weak in her knees. Nevertheless, she relished kaiba's suffering.
Observing him how He was engaged in slamming his fist on the ground while the other hand nursed his throbbing head. Hurls of loud abusive words stormed out his mouth in epic frustration and conspicuous pain. The mere sight of the arrogant CEO formed a smirk on Marissa's dry lips. He deserves it, he was the one to initiate the skirmish brawl between them, he was the one to assault her with gestures of his hands and now she gave him the same taste of the pain he inflicted upon her.
Marissa placed her hand against the wall and took deep breaths to stabilize herself, to wait for the pain to subdue but Alas wait was something she couldn't afford. Kaiba may have been hit hard against his forehead but he was strong, resilient and most essential not broken and battered like her condition. She was aware he will recover sooner than expected and won't hesitate to strike her down. So now, she decided to act before the inevitable occurs.
She shakily lifted her face, her eyes now on the verge to close in fatigue- pain. She could feel her last bit of energy slipping from her grasp
(Move Marissa) she encouraged in her mind as her eyelids started to become heavy and her vision distorted in an illusion blur. She looked away from Kaiba and looked forward and to her lucky stars, the door was opened awaiting for her arrival to escape.
A perfect opportunity it was while kaiba was in the fuss of his own dilemma of pain. She took a step forward towards her destination. She let go of the wall and walked forward sluggishly. Every step she embarks took every ounce of her breath and strength; she was once again swaying left and right and nearly collapsed on her knees on her fourth step.
"Come...on, almost.. there" she muttered to herself in her own motivational stimulation, walking the best she could with her hands trembling in pain, her finger joints refused to listen to her orders to grab something to support her in her purpose. It felt like an eternity to Marissa even though a single minute passed away in her walk, the door was still further away from reach and her strength was diminishing from second to second!
"Where do you think you're going!" She gasped at the strong grab around her left foot.
"I'm not finished with you yet!" Marissa let out a painful cry as she was vigorously thrown down by Kaiba's strength! She landed gut-wrenchingly on her face and winced agonizingly at the mere impact bestowed upon her. The golden hair teen sluggishly lifted her face and tilted her head backwards to investigated. Her sapphire eyes met incandescent CEO who's dark icy blue eyes were embellished with Destructive storms of promising wrath and grudge vendetta. His blackening ominous aura encapsulated Marissa spine in strong shivers and caused profuse sweat to embrace her blemish face. He was on the edge, she was on his blacklist of eradication; doom at this visible wrath of fury. She slowly, like dull snail pace hesitantly shifted her eyes up on the enormous scarlet spot that made her pupil shrink in speechlessness…..
His forehead was a disaster, his so called "handsome "complexion, his arrogant pride facial features was robbed by the hideous wound she gave him. His forehead was tarnished in painful colors of black and blue with prominent hint of scarlet inner flesh opened from the tore skin. Few drops of blood managed to seep out but was not profuse to touch his cheeks or bleed relentless…. Well one drop of his blood touched his nostrils but it didn't seem serious aside the horrible image of the wound.
"Look what you have done to me you Disgusting peasant!" Kaiba shrilled like hot kettle whistling deafening on high flames! Tightening his grip on her ankle harder the way she was staring AT HIS WOUND! Which earned him an sharp grimace from Marissa.
"you brought this on yourself!" Marissa countered, rebelling against his strong savage hold , she was sure her bones were cracking at such overwhelming pressure! But her mere struggle resulted soberly as Kaiba yanked her ankle down and twisted it in an unimaginable degree. Bring a whole new pain on her!
"SLIENCE!" Kaiba barked , he wont show any more lenience more than already he has!
"The only mistake I made was saving your life and showing you my humble generosity! I should have had left you on the streets to rot from the start! Such obsolete street beggars like you are disgraceful!" He furiously stated, twisting her ankle more to silence her against and demonstrated his patience now vanished because of her disobedience!
"Worthless, low life piece of trash!" Marissa bit her lip at the brutal waves of pain ripping her from her ankle, she could feel her bones grinding, reaching the edge to be snapped in halves!
"Ahh! Let go! " She screamed between her laborious gasps, wiggling her leg up and down like a helpless fish capture by the dangerous white eagle!
"you people are parasite in the society! Begging to deceive others to gain your motives through disgusting pleas, lies and play of innocent. How lousy scums you people are!"
"LET ME GO KAIBA!" Marissa lifted her good left foot in desperate retreat and swung it forward to assault his face and escape from the death grip on her ankle
"your stuns won't work on me again , you hellcat!" Kaiba growled and perfectly capture her other foot before it could even reach his nose! Now making Her completely immobilized in his might once more…
There was a moment was silence once more and it was now followed by Marissa's astonishing gaze. Sweat ignited over her forehead in utter anxiety and her heart started to pound hard against her chest… she didn't know what to do. Kaiba glared Marissa and tighten his hold both on her ankles , furious by her relentless misconduct.
"Injured and broken yet you still refused to accept the disadvantage, you street rats are truly unbeliever. You must be given a high wager to proceed Akira's motives"
Marissa slowly glared at him now in exasperation. Tired of his conspiracy assertive upon her
"Kaiba" Marissa started, her voice low in a whispered, dull and tired.
"I already told you, I don't work for anyone" he huffed at her rubbish, he wasn't going to buy it nor it wasn't a proper explanation for him, it couldn't be a coincidence she appeared out of blue and rescued him like this? Second,how did she even know he was there and why did she ever saved him? Surely all those aspect drive him to the bitter conclusion she could be a spy, a damn good spy in exceptional acting of innocence
"now let me go! You are exaggerating my wounds!"
"I don't believe you" Kaiba hissed back and immediately got up on his feet with his hands occupied with her ankles, causing Marissa lower body to be hoist upwards in a upside down posture as if she was a dirt cloth! making her adrenaline to consume her veins and nervously gaze at him!
"wait! what are you doing?!"
"Teaching you a lesson of course, you have made this day vigorous for the both of us!" Kaiba growled and pulled Marissa legs even more up in threatening manner
"and it's time for your punishment!" Marissa flinched at his thunderous shout and within a second, as if the world froze , Kaiba tighten on her ankles and swiftly lifted in the air and spin her in a twirling tornado and throw her powerfully against the wooden chair!
Marissa didn't has the chance to scream the way she went flying like a rocket towards the wall, all she could contemplate was the level of swirling tsunami of dizziness that tackled her head! With a loud THUMP! She brutally collided against wooden chair that broke in to piece at the excruciating impact! Words could not describe the pain Marissa was inflicted, she couldn't move but remained still on the ground like a corpse and breathe sharply at the scorching pains of her wounds while the door with nothing keeping it secure from closing, slowly started to move forward with a loud creaking sound and closed itself.
Marissa had her eyes squeezed shut with her both lips bitten between her teeth. Her hands scratched the floor to endure the pain while her every wounds on her body protest and screamed in immeasurable agony! She couldn't think straight and nor move a inch
"Look at you" Marissa heard his footsteps approaching her, she could feel his cold arrogant shadows covering her bruised figure.
"look what you done to yourself hellcat" Kaiba stood before her and gazed at her pathetic sight that was such a victories sensation for him to savor.
"Things could have ended up in both of our favors if you have cooperate with me but foolish woman you are, you hammered your own feet with your own stupidity" The brunette seer as he walked towards her till his polish boots were a mere inch from her grimacing face. His tall height shadowed her wounded collapse body that withered like an insect that was stomped mercilessly.
"I hope some sense knocked into your thick heads of yours because if not, I feel pity for you" Kaiba mockingly said as he relished the sight of her, truly it added sprinkles to his boastful ego, while Marissa was merely ignored his arrogant statement and focused on subsiding the pain, let along endure it. She couldn't move an inch, every muscle protest and scream against each tiny movements she effort. Her legs felt numb, her stomach felt piecing pain and her head was spinning non-stop with sirens like whistles howling in her ears!
"…..ar..arg..gh…" She moaned painfully and slowly in a snail pace struggles to lift her body up in a crunch position but how it was struggle for the poor soul… Kaiba said nothing but silently stare at her, observing how she sluggish she placed her hands on the floor and tried to sit up on her knees, but his eyes caught something reddish liquid forming on the wooden floor. He gazed at it and shifted his eyes to the trail it was trailing from and landed upon Marissa's bandaged hands that were splotch with the …same substance. His heart clenched in his chest on perceive of realization and felt a plague peccant assault him… before he could muster anything, she spoke
"Indeed you ….have.."Kaiba shifted his eyes from her drench…hands and scrutinized her movement. He wasn't able to see her face as it was covered by front long curl fringes however the large frown of her lips didn't go unnoticed to his eyes
"You made me realize.." Marissa moved her face shakily up to meet his narrow gaze with sweat dripping down her fatigue face
"one thing for sure. High status and wealthy people will always be arrogant and unethical no matter what" Marissa murmured in most firm tone she could. She saw his gaze to harden even more but ignored it. It was confirmed to her that People like Kaiba was exactly like Solomon, selfish bastards infested with power and greed.
"and the one person I feel pity about in this room…is not me, Kaiba" Marissa widen her eyes in venomous anger,
"but rather ..you"
"oh please" Kaiba scuffed , waving his hand in the thin air at her statement, he wasn't going to take a single shit from her.
"I think you hit your stubborn head too hard. Clearly someone is forgetting who is crunching on the dirt floor and grimacing at their injuries THEY. .THEMSELVES" Kaiba countered back, emphasizing his valid point to her.
Marissa remained unfazed and glare at was something alright, too arrogant and self- centered person. He reeked with self-confidence.
"My senses are functioning properly no matter how many times you throw me against the wall but I know your own pride will be the downfall of you , Kaiba. One day or another" those words brought a sense of déjà vu in Kaiba. He remembered some one else portraying those words on his face like a tight slap, words that made him extremely furious. He face harden in disgust at the remembrance of one person he hated him with his sheer guts, the person who left to afterlife with his title and glory without saying anything to him..with no regrets! Kaiba lips tightly pursed between his teeth at return of those terrible heart devouring sentiments that deepen his scars of misery even more!
Curling his hand in to an iron fist, he heartlessly looked Marissa who was now struggling to stand on her feet with the help of the wall beside her
"Stop talking nonsense " Kaiba snarled back, louder than expected.
"You are delusional, every single words you splatter doesn't conclude in any logical meaning"
"because you are very prideful man" Marissa replied breathlessly. She was now standing on her feet with her two hands plastered on the wall to support her trembling fatigue body. Blood tickled down the wall in streams like raindrops sliding down on pristine mirror. She momentarily daze the ground then at Kaiba to substantiated her reasons
"You… Loathe when someone criticize your behavior " Marissa murmured as she leaned against the wall
"You hate when circumstance aren't going around your..way. I have seen what your perspective is and judging by your…" Marissa took a little breather to compensate her lungs with oxygen, her wounded body made it hard to focus on everything, but her last resilient Will within her kept her going
"Consistent trifle occurring with your subordinates. You don't agree with their choices rather than yourself…you truly are an complete vessel of arrogance" She said to him but receive a bluff from him and a swift movement of his eyes rolling in annoyance, oh how he hated that nasty nostalgia once again….the one when he was with him..Atem.
He tensed his glare at her and ignored her belittle meaningless words but deep down a new wave of frustrations cripples down his heart.
"You don't know me, so don't waste my time in your tedious lecture" Kaiba snarled against her statement
"I do what I have to do keep things prefect in every way and stay on top. Its people like us you lowlife" Marissa repulsively gazed at him
"should look upon us as excellent examples , examples that display marvelous method how we are successful in our lives but since your IQ isn't sufficient enough to understand my point then I will explain you in most simplest of words. " Kaiba advanced two steps forward and spoke
"Follow and listen to those who are smarter than you!" Marissa give him a downcast stare, he was strong head, stronger than brick she ever endure in her life. She didn't know beside her vile Headmistress ,someone like him exist in this world. Were all being with immense money like this, so ignorant, proud, blinded to oversee their faults within themselves? Does money and power corrupts everyone sanity?
"I already have followed someone and pledge to continue his legacy till my last breath, Kaiba" The CEO skeptically raised an eyebrow at her and stare at her as nothing made sense to him…wasn't she support to say she? Akira if she was working for her.
"his?"
"I was told equality and respect in diversity fosters a society full of prosperity and acceptance within people." Kaiba snapped out his thoughts and silently gazed at her
"I was even told" Marissa felt her throat to clench between vocals as she recall her teachings of morality her Teacher taught her when she was so young. She remembered it fresh, fresh as river water flowing through different channels of cannels and fusing in to an enormous lake capacity. Just by remembering Morrison , tears started to invade her eyes more and her chest to tighten like a pressurized balloon.
Kaiba watched the way she blinked her eyes rapidly and gazed down to the ground. He wasn't sure of anything right now but her actions were confusing him. She was furious a moment ago but now so dull and sad..?
"Materialistic , Quixotic and greed for power are the attributes that deprives a person from their righteous path. Numbs that so called person's mind till it lost it's their sanity and fails to witness the faults to themselves. Hardly ever recognizing themselves" She said, eyeing at him prominently in deliberation to tell him he was that entity she described just now.
"And standing here" Marissa paused for a moment to catch her breath.
"I see no prefect candidate than you possessing all these elements, Kaiba" his hands stiffen in tight knuckles in exasperation. He exhaled a deep breath to suppress his temper but his nostrils were flared in rage, He was offended , displeased from listening those same words that encapsulated inside his head for ages!Who was she to select him as an obstacle to her philosophy, who was she to address him in her category of pros and cons selections. He could swear under his breath that Atem cursed his life in oblivion for eternity! With those ear bleeding words! Arrogance, pride, power! All those shitty pathetic words invaded a new headache to his head!
"So now you decided to make me a candidate to your obsolete ideology? Just who do think you are, hellcat!" Kaiba retaliated, tired from this conversation. He wasn't going to hear it nor waste his time being diplomatic with her
"If you are thinking this stupid conversation will let you divert from my questions then you can forget it! You puny little schemes wont work on me anymore" Marissa resist to close her eyes at his arrogance. Here he goes again
"Now since all the times has been wasted, start answering my questions and it better be precise"
"…you are hopeless" Marissa remarked in a silent murmured and shook her head at him. He couldn't be helped , the only salvation for his soul could be seek to the Gods of heaven. He was corrupted with his vigorous pride and lack of self-awareness in him. Without saying anything further, Marissa retreated her gaze from him and with the aid of lifeless wall behind her, she walked towards the door with her shallow breathing echoing in the room
"i am leaving.." Kaiba's body further stiffen in annoyance at her stubbornness. He didn't respond anything to her. He rather silently watched her walk unsteadily towards the door with trails of blood leaving her hands as she proceed.
"Foolish woman" Kaiba muttered under his steaming breath. If she had have listened and cooperated with him from the start neither of this would have happened, nor the exaggerate of her wounds and it was her own fault he pushed his anger to the limits… but he felt a tinge of guilt at the cause of blood in her hands. Did he really throw her that hard… did dwelling with Gozaburo and his hatred for Atem made him the worst person in this house.. was she right? The more Kaiba contemplate the more he drifted away from the reality. He felt restless and uneasy , conjured yet again in ambiguity of apprehensive thoughts.
"why won't it open" her dejections ,rebelled Kaiba from his ponder. He gazed forward and witness Marissa engaged in a struggle of power strive with her bloody hands slipping off the old brass knob. Her grimace of disbeliefs and constant pulling of the door echoed stridently.
"it's not opening!" she barked, concentrating her utmost strength to pry the door but her hands were doing the opposite. Her hands slipped constantly with epic failure and merely smear the knob with splotches of her blood, making it gruesome till the door knob lost it old decay rust brass cooler and transformed into scarlet –red.
Kaiba sighed at her actions and wonder if she was even aware the amount of blood she was losing. Maybe she was indeed lunatic and needed some help.
Deciding to help her, Kaiba walked towards in ease pace and placed his hand on her petite shoulder
"must I do everything for you" He murmured irked and gently moved her aside…not wanted to harm her more than she already endure.
"What are you.."
"step aside, you'll keep losing blood if you don't stop what are you doing" He countered back and gazing at her in diplomatic manner as he eyed her hands to the bloody array of mess on the door. He couldn't help but wrinkled his nose at the stale stench of her blood.
Stamina and energy scantiness in her body, Marissa didn't rebel and was swiftly swapped away to the corner. She bewilder looked at Kaiba and then gazed at the lock door which bestowed her fright.
"but the door, it did not even budge a little bit."
"You need to act sensibly right now"
"but the door"Kaiba right eye twitched at her constant blabbering and her colossal concern for the lifeless, useless, insignificant DOOR! Cant she see she was bleeding out profusely!
"Why wont it open! I used my entire strength! What is it wrong with it!"
"QUIET" Marissa immediately shut her opened and bewilder looked at Pissed off Kaiba whose veins were now penetrating his bruised blemished forehead. Why was she panicking all of the sudden? Her sudden change of mood just erupted a new headache!
"hellcat"Kaiba snapped and made marissa to flinched
"look at your hands!"He moved forward and grabbed her wrists then guided them to her face to witness long stream of blood seeping out of her bandages
"you are bleeding! You can die if you lose too much blood!" Kaiba shouted on her face to knock some sense into her! clearly she was being irresponsible and from amount of blood on the floor, walls and on the door knob, he was afraid to predict the percentage she has lost.
"you need to stop it before you suffer the bitter conclusion of it" Marissa silently looked at him and then slowly moved her eyes down to her gruesome hands… it was horrible. It was tickling down on the ground like a broken pipe and her entire clothes were stain to the core, But her claustrophobia was getting the best of her, her worst fears was invading her mind , her courage was dissolving, her sanity was eaten away like terminates.
Still seeing no reaction from Marissa, Kaiba resist the urge to facepalm himself. She was just idly gazing at him in panic then once again diverted her eyes to the worthless door
"For crying out loud,hellcat" Kaiba in disbelief said and decided to take action as the other wasn't going to anything from the looks of her. He raised his head and search around the room for something to aid her exsanguination. He shifted his skillful cerulean orbs in a swift scan around his ambience but unfortunately all he see where thick layers of suffocating dusts and bundles of cob webs around the decayed furniture. The room was isolated for a long period of time; approximately around 8 years. He had made sure no one know the existence of this place and forbid every single individual of his staff for ever permitting floor sixth. It would a miracle if any fresh stock of bandages were found in this dump.
Not having any other options in his mind, Kaiba decided go for anything that came to him. He let out a antagonized exhale and moved his hands towards his expansive silk Roberto Cavalli tie. He felt selfish to ruin his favorite sophisticated tie but he didn't had any other ideas nor he wanted to be held fault for her wellbeing. It seems his guilt for harming her managed to bring out the kindness inside of him and foreshadow his pride.
"here" He murmured and gently grabbed her two hands together and put them in line and carefully wrapped his tie around her palms, resulting her hands to be conjoined together.
"this ought to do it for now" Marissa grimaced at the touch of the cloth around her tore wound. She bit her inner cheek and refrained herself from wincing agonizingly. It irritated her wounds but the tie was smooth , silky and soft.. unlike anything she ever felt before
"close your palms tightly and put pressure on the cloth. Your wounds will stop bleeding soon" Kaiba muttered , not making any eye content with her while Marissa kept gazing at him silently and surveyed what he was doing. Her senses restored back to her a little and when she gather her composure from her claustrophobic. She wearily watched the way he swiftly yet in ease wrapped it around her palms and tied them in a small knot…why was he helping her. She said none and let him do as it, not having any energy and capacity to muster a single word to him.
After few minutes or so, Kaiba finished his task and gazed at her hands. It was neatly folded , almost resembling a work of a professional and the fabric was able to put a halt in her bleeding. So far so good. He huffed in pride and moved away from her and walked to the door to open it
"I didn't asked your help" Marissa murmured, giving him a dubious look, not certain why he helped her as he was the first to committed this deed.
"Your welcome" Kaiba brusquely replied in annoyance, rolling his eyes at her and proceeding to focus on his work. Marissa pursed her lips and stare at the floor, looking at the mess on the ground her blood caused then slowly gazing towards the dusty crippled walls that hold her hand prints smeared in her blood…. It was nothing new to Marissa. She just idly observed it and then gazed away from it. She was used to suffering injury , she was used to seeing pool of blood and she was adoptable to the stench of metallic scent of blood. Crimson , scarlet , take what ever shade of red you want to plaster on the wall or floor. She has become one with it, it was almost like a symbolic figure for a culture. The reason behind such awkward notion was House of Law, her institution that murder, slaughter the weakest of students that hold less of a chance against Solomon vile doings. She has seen many young children around 5 , 6 , 7 and further more pass away before her eyes. Shot in the head in failing in her selfish task and whipped them to death for being the most liability in the institutions… She has seen it all from the students to her precious teacher….killed without any mercy on them.
"shit , its locked" Marissa heard his strong swear of frustration and turned around to see Kaiba hunched down and investigating the door knob.
"What do you mean?" Marissa asked, moving forward to get a crystal clear view on what he was doing
"This door" Kaiba started, giving it a good twist to the knob and brutally it prying it open but nothing came accomplishment out of it
"The lock is jammed, too rusted and corroded. It wont budge even if we both tackled it forward. If we even did that " Marissa felt sweat to fall down her face and her complexion to turn pastel white where things were leading them
"The knob will break down and prominently remove the support to open the door"
"then it …means" Kaiba was furious at the circumstance as well. He moved his cold masked face to her direction with his eyes that were screaming with cluster of raging irritation!
"We're trapped as rats here. Only someone from the outside can help but if no one shows up. We will never leave this room for good" horrible, extremely unfortunate. Her hands started to tremble and her lungs started to depilated with oxygen and anxiety started to erupt her mind with claustrophobic. Her worst nightmares embraced her coldly and slowly started to initiated her infamous panicked attacks
"wha…?"
TO BE CONTINUED….
Author note : Well Marissa and kaiba are now stuck then again what could we except from those thick headed people. Looks like they will have to revolve their ordeals for one another and work things out hehe lets see what happens :)
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