A Signer's Destiny
Chapter Two
By KellyQ
The guards mocked and kicked Kiryu as they stripped him down to his boxers, and had him wear a prisoner's uniform. They transported him to another room and tattooed his face with a dark yellow mark. Kiryu howled in pain as the laser pin burnt his skin. When they were done, the mark on Kiryu's cheek looked like someone had drawn a lighting bolt.
"Pathetic," one of the guards commented, dropping the prisoner onto the floor. "We were hoping for a little bit of a challenge from the great Kiryu, but he's nothing more than a slut."
The other guards laughed, and continued to mock and humiliate Kiryu as they walked out, closing the door behind them. One of the guards turned his head to see Yusei leaning against the wall. He wore a dark hurtful expression on his face. The guard grinned, turned and quickened his pace to catch up with the others. Yusei waited for a moment before he walked to the door. He slowly opened it and a dark eerie atmosphere greeted him. Yusei shivered as he made his way further into the cold room. The door closed and the young Signer waited for his eyes to adjust to the darkness.
"Yusei ..." came Kiryu's voice.
The young Signer winced and his heart ached. Yusei made his way to where Kiryu lay sprawled out on the floor. He knelt down and was about to reach for Kiryu, but he pushed Yusei away.
"You should be training," Kiryu said, getting to his hands and knees. "Not worrying about me."
Yusei's expression darkened. He grabbed Kiryu's shoulders, so that they were staring at each other. The first thing Kiryu did was brought his fist at Yusei's face. The young Signer caught his wrist and laced their fingers together.
Kiryu growled and tried to pull his hand away. "Damn it, Yusei! Let go!" He used his other fist to hit his boyfriend, but Yusei caught his other hand, and laced their fingers together. Kiryu tried to pull away, but Yusei had a good hold. "Let go of me, Yusei! And stop staring at me! I know what I did was wrong!"
By that point Kiryu was shaking, and humiliation was clearly shown in his expression. Yusei pulled his boyfriend close.
"Your not a criminal," Yusei spoke up, his voice soft and reassuring.
Kiryu growled, feeling mocked by his boyfriend's words. He pulled out of Yusei's embrace and pointed at the dark yellow mark on his cheek. "Of course I am! What type of person would throw their boyfriend on the street? Or actually threaten someone's life?"
"None of that matters. What mattered was that you saved me from getting raped, and what you did was a mere accident," Yusei explained. He let go of his boyfriend's hand and stroked Kiryu's cheek.
Kiryu stared into his boyfriend's eyes, searching for the truth. He did, and shame flashed through his eyes. Kiryu lowered his gaze. "I don't understand why you still want to be with me. Don't you hate me at all? All I do is hurt you."
Yusei pulled his boyfriend into another embrace and kissed the mark on Kiryu's cheek. "I'm sorry," he murmured. "I can never hate you, Kiryu, and I hope you don't hate me. It would hurt me if you did."
Kiryu kissed Yusei. Before he could push his boyfriend onto the floor, Yusei's Blackberry, that was in his pocket went off. You have mail: Subject - new mission.
Kiryu and Yusei walked back into Godwin's office, but he wasn't alone: Jack, Carly, Misty, Luna, Leo, and Akiza were there. The first thing Carly did, before she noticed the mark on his cheek, was squeal with delight.
"Kiryu!" She stepped up and that was when she noticed the mark on his face. Carly tisked and shook her head. "Were you being naughty again?"
"You all can catch up later," Gowdin spoke firmly. Everyone turned their attention to the elder man. Godwin went to his computer and typed a few things. Yusei stepped up, ready to pull out his cell phone. Godwin turned his flat screen computer to show a large file of missing children.
Yusei looked the screen over. He pulled out his Blackberry and USB cord. Yusei handed the cord to Godwin, and he plugged it in. "How long has this been happening?"
"The reports just came in just yesterday." Godwin unplugged the cable before a ding was heard. Yusei took the cord and pulled out his Bluetooth. He put it to his ear. "All the information you guys will need is in the file."
"I'm assuming that you want us to check the site out," Jack spoke up.
Yusei adjusted the bluetooth and pressed a button. "Call Crow."
After a few rings, a familiar voice came from Yusei's ear piece. "Mioshi, Crow speaking."
A smile made its away to Yusei's lips. "Hey, old pal, it's me, Yusei."
"Hey! What's cookin', gorgeous?" Crow teased.
A smirk made its way to Yusei's lips and gave Kiryu a quick glace. "Oh, not much." Then his expression went stern. "Listen. There's been -"
"Kids missing? I know. I'm at one of the sites right now. I found a few injured kids. I'm attending to them now." Yusei pushed a button on his phone and with was switched to the speaker phone. "I've been trying to gather as many of the kids I can before they went missing, but I've been unsuccessful. I've only have five, out of god knows how many that are missing ..."
"Five hundred," Yusei answered. A gasp came from the other end of the line. "I'm going to send a copy of the file. What location are you at now?"
"If you have a map in front you, I'm located at the east side of town. The building I'm at is called Satellite."
"Sounds good. We'll be there."
To BE Coninued ...