Kanra blinked her eyes open, managing to get enough effort to do so, and realized that they were no longer moving.
She fell to the floor, and grunted as the floor hurt her side. She was happy it was carpet. She fell in a way that she could see what had made the man drop her. A man with dark hair and a soft-looking jacket was standing in front of her captor and holding out a blade. She smiled faintly and closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of the carpet against her face. She wished it was the man's jacket, if so then would have probably been much softer.
A loud stomping made her open her eyes again. A large man hurried into the room and charged at the dark-haired man like a bull. That thought made her smile as she saw the man jump away like a matador.
Her captor picked her up again and ran. She saw a flash of light that was moving towards them, and something made her catch it. It was silver and sharp. Her mind clicked and named it a knife. Why did she need a knife? Did she even know how to use one?
Shizuka and Shizuo followed the retreating man, not even coming close to matching his speed. They finally caught up with him in a large room. The man that was carrying Kanra was retreating from another door, and the giant was occupied with a flash of black somehow dodging the brute's lightning quick punches.
Izaya jumped away from the giant, barely missing the man's deadly strike.
"Flea?" Shizuo asked, too stunned to act.
"Yes Shizu-chan," Izaya said with a slightly irritated tone. "It's me. Now if you feel like being helpful, this brute looks right up your alley."
Shizuka heard the scorn in his tone and didn't move, just as Shizuo crossed his arms to enjoy the show. They exchanged a look and said together, "No."
"Ah!" Izaya gasped, dancing away from the giant with increased effort. The room was so open that he didn't have anything to put between him and his attacker, giving the advantage to the opposition.
Shizuka glanced at where the man had disappeared, and took a step in that direction. Turning to Shizuo she said, "Screw it. Help him out and then follow me." She took off at a run, not looking back to see if he listened.
Shizuka caught up with the man quickly. He was by an open window, and was leaning back inside as Shizuka crashed into him, pinning him to the window. He gasped in pain, and the window cracked behind him as she shoved him against the glass harder.
"Hello Shizuka," he croaked.
Shizuka gasped and loosened her grip slightly. "Father?" she asked, stunned.
"I knew this was the only way to get you back," he said with a polite but pained smile. "Kanra refused to tell me, despite how much I pleaded for her to help me reunite our family."
Shizuka blinked and loosened her grip further. "Why didn't you just come find us?" she asked.
He blinked sadly. "I tried. I looked everywhere for you, but couldn't find you. So I paid some men to find you, but I didn't pay them what they wanted and they trapped us here. Please let me go. We have to leave before reinforcements arrive."
Shizuka blinked again. Something didn't add up. "Where's Kanra?" she asked, completely letting him go as she looked to find where the small brunette had gone.
A sharp pain in her back made her gasp. She was prepared to see the ant standing over her gloating, but was surprised to see it was her father. He twisted the knife in her back and whispered in her ear, "By now Kanra's body would have splattered all over the concrete, but don't worry, you will join her shortly."
Shizuka summoned the last of her strength and punched him. Being too surprised with her reaction, he forgot to dodge and took her hit full in the face. His face crumpled and caved in, leaving a bloody mess as his body finally crashed into the opposite wall.
Shizuka tore the knife out of her back and looked out the window. She nearly cried when she saw Kanra hanging safely from her hood that had attached itself to a gutter corner one floor down. As she watched, however, Shizuka saw the hood begin to tear and eventually snap under the brunette's weight.
"NO!" Shizuka screamed. Without thinking, she jumped out of the window to save her precious ant.
Her hand closed around Kanra's arm just as Shizuka remembered that she had no way of getting back up. She felt air wrap around her as she pulled Kanra's body to hers, locking the girl into their final embrace.
Shizuka saw Shizuo's and Izaya's look out of the window as she thought about dying. Just as she decided she didn't care as long as she had the ant, she saw black stretch out to her sides and felt herself land.
Only, it didn't hurt. She realized that the blackness wasn't her vision giving out, but rather Celty's magic catching them and slowly lowering them to the ground. Shizuka sighed in relief as she realized how exhausted she was, and let herself give in to the haze that had been clouding her mind for a long time.
The last thing Kanra remembered was the man holding her taking her knife. She hadn't protested, and was rewarded with the rush of air all around her.
Then Kanra was lying on a soft bed with things poking out of her arms. She looked around, but the room wasn't familiar. She pushed herself up and tore the IVs from her arms. She made to get up, but the door opened.
"You're awake!" Shinra cheered, moving closer with his ever-present smile in place. "It's been a while."
Kanra blinked and slowly her fuzzy memories returned. She recalled her former father carrying her throughout the building, Shizuka shouting her name, being rescued by the man who looked like her only to be taken again, and then being thrown out of a window.
"Where's Shizuka?" she asked, examining her arms to see if the IVs had left any holes.
"She is at Izaya's house," the doctor answered. "He offered since I didn't have enough beds to hold both of you." Seeing that the name meant nothing to her, he answered her unasked question, "Izaya is the man who looks like you."
"You're probably wondering if I found out anything about us," Kanra said quietly, looking up at him defiantly.
"Well yes, of course," he answered truthfully, "but I see that you really want to visit Shizuka right now. I'll get Shizuo to escort you there, mostly to make sure you don't collapse on the way."
Kanra followed him from the room, not even protesting that she didn't need anyone to escort her anywhere. She didn't know where her origin lived, and if Shizuka's origin knew then she was happy to follow, as long as they were going.