Kanra felt her eyes droop and her shoulders sag. She was no longer sitting straight up, slumping as much as she could in the chair without breaking her restraints. Simone had left a while ago, her father coming to take her after interrogating Kanra some more. Now it was annoyingly hot and Kanra was getting too tired and hungry to care about much.
She did her best to look much stronger than she actually was, but couldn't get the strength or effort to sit back up. Her lips were cracked, and her mouth parched. The heat also made Kanra exhausted, making her fight to keep her eyelids open. Her stomach growled and she glared at it.
The door banged open and her former father stomped in and shortened the distance between them with two long strides.
"Gonna ask me stupid questions again?" Kanra giggled, her voice sounding tired and used up.
He ignored her, moving behind her and messing with her restraints.
When Kanra felt them loosen she asked, "Gonna let me go since you realized I'm telling the truth?" Kanra asked, her voice a croak.
"Shut up," he growled as her last restraints came undone. "You're going to come with me like a good girl."
Kanra blinked and was about to ask something before he took out a syringe and stabbed her with it. Her vision blurred and disappeared. "Wha…?" she asked, her voice trailing off as she lost the ability to think.
Shizuka opened another door, this one finally being useful. She and Shizuo hadn't been very successful in finding anything, only more guards in groups of twos or threes. This room was full of computers and beeping sounds, clearly some kind of control room. There were only three surveillance monitors, two on the exit and one showing a room with a girl in it.
Eight men were there, four on computers and four more just hanging out. They all looked at Shizuka, and the four men standing around took steps toward her.
Shizuka ducked as she heard her companion step behind her. He threw a computer stolen from another room at two of them, knocking them out instantly. The other two paused, staring at their companions for a second before charging at their attackers.
The four on computers were up now as well, but they were too late to stop their remaining guards from falling to the ground after one punch from one of the blondes. One of them fainted, the color draining from his face as the last guard fell. Two others backed away into the far corner, huddling together like cowards. The last one stood his ground, glaring at the attackers defiantly.
Shizuka stomped over to him. "Tell me where she is," she spat, spittle landing on the defiant man's face. He snarled at her, but did not answer. She gripped his collar and lifted him into the air. "NOW!" she yelled, shaking him a bit.
Shizuo glanced at the two cowards and moved over to them. "What's all this?" he asked calmly.
"Um…" one of them began.
"No!" the defiant one shouted, ignoring Shizuka and trying to turn to face his fellows.
Shizuka shook him, but when she realized she wouldn't get anything out of him she threw him at the wall. His body collided with the barrier, denting it and leaving a red mark where he collided after his body slid off.
The remaining two huddled together closer. One of them was a woman, Shizuka now saw, the first woman she had seen among the guards. They were both also wearing labcoats, obviously some kind of nerds or scientists involved with something.
"Why did you steal Kanra?" Shizuka growled, taking a threatening step toward them.
The woman huddled closer to her partner as he said, "Well men were sent out to retrieve two escaped subjects, but only returned with one. I don't know if—"
"Tell me where she is!" Shizuka spat, cutting him off.
He pointed an arm to the only monitor that showed a room. Where before there had been a girl now was nothing but a chair showing on the screen.
"She should be in that room!" the man gasped, pulling his arm back. "If she's not we don't know!"
Shizuka growled and tightened her fists. She rushed from the room, closely followed by her male counterpart. He said nothing, but she knew what they were both thinking. They needed to find Kanra before she could be taken away again, with the possibility of never being found again.
Sarin: I know I support Shizaya, but anyone who over feminizes Izaya irritates me. Kanra is the same way for me, and by making her a helpless hostage...damn I'm getting irritated with myself. Almost at the end!