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To my surprise, they threw me into my room instead of the prison that's on the last floor of the headquarters.

"Noah'll be here any minute." Giriko said, walking with Justin out and locking the door from the outside. Looks like they realized a guard wasn't enough.

There had to be some way out of here, maybe there was some hope. I looked around the room and stopped at my window. Noah's headquarters is perched at a ledge about 20 feet above a small lake. This doesn't include the height from my second story window, so maybe about 30, 40 feet down? Could I jump that, and land without breaking my neck? The lake's depth would be a factor, too. I stared outside for another moment, and finally decided it was worth it. I tried pulling the window open, but it was nailed shut. Nothing was going my way, huh?

I needed to break the window, but before I could look for something, the door unlocked. I pushed myself away from the window and stood in the middle of my room. Noah, Gopher, Giriko and Justin came in.

"How dare you!" Gopher came forward, probably about to cause some bodily injury until Noah stopped him.

"Trust me Gopher; you'll be able to do what you want with her in a minute." Gopher backed away to Noah's flank, then Noah addressed me. "Kuro, why would you do such a thing? He was such an important piece to my collection." He took a step closer but I knew he wouldn't do anything. He wasn't one to get his hands dirty.

"He's not a "thing"." I said; my voice reserved and steady. "You can't collect people, Noah."

"The items I collect, living or not, are to help me become "everything". That is their only importance." He said, reaching over and touching my hair as if I were his child. I flinched away. "But I treated all my living possessions like that. What made this one so different?" he asked, taking his hand back. I could see this question was of great interest to him.

Part of me didn't know why, and another part of me just didn't want to admit it. I always ignored those pleading eyes that searched for a savior, and for some reason they would always call to me as they were dragged inside. As if they knew I was way better than this; that I didn't belong here. I didn't like what Noah did, I never have, but I was so worried about keeping myself alive that they didn't matter to me. Noah started collecting the living shortly after Kaori died, and by then I was already damaged. Emotions eluded me; I didn't feel myself. That's no excuse though, and it took this experience to realize that during all that time I was just as cruel as Noah. I let people die to benefit myself.

When Noah realized I didn't have an answer to his question, he began to laugh loudly.

"Come on, tell me Kuro."

My eyes did not waver from his, but I still gave him no response.

"Ah, it doesn't matter." he said, irritated that I didn't give him what he wanted, "You're going to die either way. I'm just puzzled as to why you did this. I gave you everything you needed. I took you in after your parent's death. I didn't even kill you when your Weapon died; you were practically useless since then. A little obedience would've been good pay-"

"Their deaths were your fault!" My voice rose as I said the sentence and by the last word I was yelling. Noah grabbed my hair by the roots and pulled me closer to him. I bit back a yelp.

"Your parents weren't strong enough to complete that mission and, frankly, weren't good enough at anything. They were never going to help in making me "everything", and that's why they died, you ungrateful brat."

My body filled with rage, "You don't know anything. Do you think everything will go your way? You may have me dead, but Kid is still out there and he's escaped! I got him out. Yeah, me, a useless girl! How's that for an ego boost, Noah?" I punched him, the blow making him release my hair and I stumbled back towards the nightstand.

Gopher, who looked like he wanted to choke me for talking back so much, rushed passed Noah and swung a fist at me. I ducked and kicked at his ankles, the ceiling was too low for him to float, so I was able to hit and he fell.

"Kill her!" Noah commanded, making his way out the door before slamming it.

Giriko came at me, using the chainsaw blades that formed at his limbs. I dove out of the way, but his attack still grazed my leg, making a bad gash down my calf.

"There's more where that came from!" he laughed, enjoying the sight of my pained expression.

I grabbed a small lamp from behind me and threw it at the window. Both shattered, and Justin figured out before anyone else what I was doing.

"Grab her!" he exclaimed, but I was already limping toward the window. I felt a hand graze my arm, but I pulled away and slammed a foot on the windowsill before lunging forward.

I welcomed the feeling of my stomach dropping and the wind blowing in my face as I began to fall. It was a longer way down than I had originally thought, but before I could even experience that, a hand clasped my wrist. It stopped me from falling and my back slammed into the side of the building.

Gasping for breath, I looked up and found Gopher holding onto me.

End of Chapter III

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I always get all worried that it's getting boring but it'll get better, promise! This one was a bit shorter too, so I'm sorry about that. Don't give up on me! ;-;

- Limiterlys