-Two days later-
Kiyumi's POV
Kyouya and I hadn't come out our room since the accident. We had been planning our escape. Where we'd go, how we'd get out, when we'd do it, and what we'd do afterwards.
Kyouya sat bolt up. I looked at the bandages on his face and remembered that I too had identical bandages on my cheeks. "I have an idea!" He said.
"What?"
"Merci is supposed to do its update thing or whatever. There's no surveillance and the lights are off at that time. We could wait until night when he's doing the updates, take Kakeru while he's sleeping so he doesn't make all kinds of noise, and leave!"
I stared out the window and soaked up his every word. I thought it over and then said "It's brilliant, and quick! We can do it tonight!"
"Exactly! And that thing is gone and Kakeru is with her, now is the perfect time to pack up our stuff!"
"Good idea!" I said and jumped off the bed. I opened our door and walked into the main room.
"It's 7 right now. They should be back within maybe and hour, then we could make our leave about an hour or hour and a half afterwards." Kyouya told me. I nodded in response and headed to Kakeru's room.
"You know, maybe instead of taking all of our stuff, we should just take some. Keep the load at maybe two bags." I suggested.
"Yeah, our stuff together can fit in one." He said.
"So we only need to take a little of Kakeru's stuff. And besides, she'd notice if all of his stuff was gone. She doesn't care about us enough to even bother even going into our room, so that part's safe." I said.
He nodded and dug in a pile on the top of the closet to find a bag. He finally succeeded and pulled out a black and gray one. "Perfect." He said. I pulled open Kakeru's dresser drawers and took out the stuff I knew he'd need. I went through the drawers as Kyouya went through the closet. Within 15 minutes we had completed our task. We had Kakeru's stuff, and now it was time to pack ours.
We finally had our dtuff together. Just as we finished going over our plans, the elevator opened and out came her and Kakeru. She went straight into Kakeru's room to put him to bed without even looking at us. We went to our room and closed the door behind us.
We stayed in there until the electricity went out and we heard a knock -more like pounding- on the door. "Merci's updates are starting and I'm going to bed! Don't do anything stupid you worthless pieces of nothing!" Then silence.
Kyouya looked at me and I looked back at him. "30 more minutes." He said and hugged me. "Then we'll be free."
Kyouya's POV
We waited until there was absolute silence. Kiyumi took Kakeru's bag and I took ours. We slipped them over our shoulders and stepped out of our room. Kiyumi went to Kakeru's room to get him. She came out of the room holding sleeping Kakeru. She nodded to me. It was time. She was ready. So was I.
We went down the stairs as quickly and quietly as we could. We looked around before crossing into the hallway, but when we did, we ran. Ran past the stairs and elevator that lead up to Doji's office. Ran past the kitchens. Past the one of the many experimenting rooms, and ran until we finally reached the doors. I unlocked one of them and we burst outside into the chilled night air.
Kiyumi smiled. Kakeru had woken by then. I took him from Kiyumi and hugged him, and hugged my sister. We stayed huddled together for a few minutes. Then I let go and said "We oughta get going. We need to get as far away as we can from here before morning. Or at least find a place to hide."
"Right." Kiyumi said.
"What are we doin?" Kakeru asked.
I knelt in front of him and put my hands on his shoulders. I smiled. I looked into his confused blue eyes and explained. "So we're free now." I said happily after the long explanation.
He smiled at me and looked up and Kiyumi. "I happy for you Yoya." He said and hugged my arm.
"I am too, Kakeru." I whispered and stood up with him in my arms. "Now come on. We're gonna find a new home. A place by ourselves." Kakeru wrapped his arms around my neck and laid his head on my shoulder.
"Can I sleep on the way there?" He asked.
"Of course," I said, and we started off to find a new place to call home.
"Kyouya?"
"Yeah Kiyumi? What's up?"
"Can we stay here in Metal City?"
"What?" I asked astonished.
"Yeah. For our history. Mom and dad. We could tell the police about her. She'd be arrested and they'd send us to people who would actually love us. We'd be okay, and she'd be in prison."
I thought about this for a while as we walked. It was actually a good idea. Give the police information about where she lived, show them our cuts, then they'd search her place. They'd find our fingerprints everywhere and all the blood stains with our DNA from all the times she hurt us, then they would have to arrest her. And maybe if they couldn't find anyone... Why wouldn't we be able to live on our own? I don't see why not. "Okay. Let's do it." I said.