A/N: Sorry again for not updating in a long time. I was under a lot of stress for a while and didn't want to rush out a crappy ending. But enjoy the last chapter of Tokyo Ghoul: Countered! Your support has been amazing, especially with this being my first fic. Thanks everyone so much!

Two guards quickly came over. They separated Tsukiyama and Kaneki, leading them back to each of their quarters.

Though Kaneki dreaded having to go back his prison cell of a room, his exhaustion overtook him and he collapsed onto the bed, falling asleep immediately.

He was rudely awoken a few hours later by a kick in the stomach. Groaning, he looked up to see who had done it. Amon was standing over him, looking even more serious than usual.

"Get up. We need to go, right now!"

"What? Why?"

"No time to explain. Mado needs backup, right now."

He grabbed Kaneki forcefully by the arm and dragged him out of the room. Kaneki stumbled slightly behind, struggling to keep up with Amon's hurried pace. In no time at all, they were back in the headquarters' garage. Amon practically threw Kaneki, and then himself, into the car and drove off.

"Amon! Tell me what's going on!" Kaneki demanded.

"Dammit. Fine. Mado found the Rabbit, out by Kasahara Elementary." Amon responded, sounding distracted. Kaneki looked forward and saw that Amon was precariously weaving through the traffic at what felt like light speed.

"Slow down..." Kaneki muttered.

"Shut. Up!" Amon's snapped tensely. Kaneki cast a quick glance at him. His face was red and drenched in sweat. Amon had always been cool and composed, if not intense. But this was different now. Even Investigators had things that terrified them.

Amon's dread soon became contagious. What if Touka doesn't forgive me? What if Hinami gets hurt? Oh God, this is all my fault... worried thoughts plagued Kaneki.

He let out a yelp of surprise when the car came to a screeching halt. "Get out of the car!" Amon shouted as he grabbed his quinque. Kaneki threw the door open and stumbled out as Amon ran off.

Kaneki's eyes were immediately drawn to the blood red of Touka's kagune. Thank God, he thought. She's alive...and she's totally gonna kill me.

Kaneki focused his energy and unleashed his own kagune. Running towards the fight, he saw Amon swing his quinque at Touka. Hinami was hiding, tears streaming down her face.

She looked up at him. "K-Kaneki?!" she cried, her voice raw.

Touka had noticed Kaneki now. "You. Little. ASSHOLE!" she shouted at him as she dodged another strike from Amon.

"Agh! Sorry sorry sorry-" Kaneki stuttered out.

"Don't just stand there! Help me!" Touka yelled.

Kaneki nodded, and turned to face Mado. "Three new quinques..today must be my lucky day!" Mado laughed.

Kaneki gritted his teeth and charged at Mado, managing to land a cut on his face.

The surprise distracted Mado only for a moment, but that was all it took. Time seemed to slow down as Touka stabbed her kagune through Mado's stomach.

"Ha..." he wheezed out before collapsing to the ground in a heap.

"You BITCH!" Amon screamed. He ran at Touka, who reflexively blocked the swing of his quinque. Kaneki seized the opportunity, and struck Amon's back with his own kagune.

He let out a cry of pain, and fell to the ground. "Ghouls...I should've known. They're all the same. Mado was right. I should've just killed you when I had the chance." Amon gasped. He lifted his head, his hair and face now caked with dirt and mud. Amon looked Kaneki in the eyes. "Well played, you little punk." He laid his head back down and closed his eyes.

"Oh God. Please tell me he's not dead. I didn't mean to kill him!"

Touka sighed, and knelt down by Amon. Reaching her hand to his throat, she was silent for a moment. "No. His heart's still beating."

In the distance, police sirens rang out. "We need to leave now," Touka muttered. "Let's get out of here. Come on, Hinami."

Hinami crawled out of her hiding space. "What about Kaneki?" she sniffled.

Touka sighed and looked back at Kaneki. "Now's your chance. Convince me that I shouldn't kick your ass right now."

"They know about Anteiku. It's not safe there anymore." Kaneki began to cry. "I'm so sorry. They said they'd kill everyone if I didn't go with them."

Touka sighed. "Damn it." Kaneki swallowed nervously, but he could see her kagune was beginning to dissolve.

The sirens were growing louder now. "We've gotta leave!" Hinami said.

"Yeah...what are we waiting for?" Touka replied. "Let's go."