Previously in THE MANSION…

"Kai walked towards the kitchen. He could hear Tala running after him. Kai turned around in time to hear the sound of a gun being shot and the bullet going towards him."

-Boris Point Of View-

Kai ran out of the room and down the hallway faster than I though was possible. His face was stoic but his eyes flamed with emotions only his closet friends, Voltaire, and I knew about. There was rage, fear, hate, anger, fright, and sadness. Not even a glimmer of hope, which was great in this case because it only made my job easier.

I watched from the corners as the boy read my note. His face twisted in realization and he must've remembered what I had promised him before my arrest. He knew what I was capable of and so after shooting my gun from the blanket of darkness, I left. The sunlight was rising into the morning anyways so if I stayed, my cover would have been blown. I stayed around long enough to see him take the bullet for Tala. It didn't hit anywhere vital, it just hit his shoulder.

-Tyson Point Of View-

After the whole incident with seeing Michael and Kai and Tala running out of the room, my stomach growled. Everyone whipped their heads around to stare at me and I just gave them a sheepish smile in return. One by one everyone started laughing because my stomach set off a chain reaction. After my stomach growled, Max's did, and then Rei's stomach growled. Gary's stomach followed after, then Kevin, Ian, Rick, Bryan, Spencer, Rick, and Lee. All the girls just stared and Emily was still crying into Kenny's arms.

We all slowly paraded down to the kitchen and we let Kenny comfort Emily. The minute we entered the kitchen, Spencer was opening all of the cupboards mumbling something about a professional chef's kitchen. Rei saw the pantry and he was hooked, he just started talking to Spencer about the kitchen. Those two just sat in the middle of the kitchen floor looking and talking about the various spices in the pantry.

I on the other hand, just opened the fridge. It was filled as though someone had just gone grocery shopping. There was everything you could think of. "Why is Kai's fridge filled to the top? He doesn't eat much; hell he barely eats at all." I guess I though aloud though because Bryan spoke up.

"He was preparing for us you dimwit, or did you forget he invited three teams to stay at his mansion. That is a lot of mouths to feed Granger."

"Oh-yeah. I forgot about that."

Hilary just scoffed and walked over to one of the cupboards. I peered over her shoulder and saw that everything was sorted by alphabetical order and container type. Nothing was out of place and suddenly I felt as if everything in the house was like this. While I sat on the counter munching on a cookie, Rei and Spencer walked towards the pantry.

-Rei Point Of View-

I sat down in the kitchen, my mind flashing towards what had happened with Kai. He ran from the room as fast as he could and then I realized that something must have been wrong because he never runs from the room unannounced. I pushed that thought aside and walked towards the pantry with Spencer.

In the pantry, everything was arranged like it was in the cupboards, by type. Then it was sorted by container, and then alphabetised. There was a note on the inside wall of the pantry. It was written in Kai's elegant handwriting. 'Make sure that Rei and Spencer have all of the spices and whatever else they need in the kitchen. They should feel as though they have all they want at their fingertips. I want them to be at ease here.' Rei read over the note again and came to the conclusion that it was a personal note to him.

-Kai Point Of View-

Kai was running towards his study when he had heard the gunshot. He knew that Tala was behind him so he quickly turned around and pushed Tala out of the way. It was a good thing he had done so too, because the bullet was going to hit Tala right in the shoulder. The red head looked up in time to see the bullet enter Kai's shoulder. Kai remained silent and he just yanked Tala off of the ground and started to walk beside him. The entire time, no sound had left his mouth.

Kai had turned quickly so that he was at an interconnecting hallway. It went in the four directions; north, east, south, west. He was mumbling under his breath and grabbed tweezers and a needle and thread from one of the cupboards. Kai set to his work quickly and just as he gripped the tweezers in his hand, Tala yanked them out.

"Hey Tals," Kai said using an old nickname to refer to Tala "do you mind pulling it out?"

"Not at all Kaisy." Tala retorted with a nickname as foolish as his. He gripped the tweezers in his hand and slowly pulled out the bullet. Kai just stood there, making no sudden movements or sounds. Once Tala had the bullet out of him, he grabbed the needle and thread. Kai had it already prepared.

"Hey phoenix, you might want to worry about my sewing. It's not as neat as Spencer's."

"Just sew."

Once that sentence left Kai's mouth, Tala set away to work. He pulled the needle and thread through Kai's skin again and again. Once Tala finished, Kai just waited for him to knot the thread and then he ripped the remainder off.

Kai and Tala left the corridor unnoticed and started to run towards Kai's study. Little did they know that they were in for a long surprise.

-Raven Point Of View-

I silently waited in the study and looked around once again. It didn't look like Kai had made any attachments to this place. I mean, I found no pictures, no personal information, nothing.

The time on the clock slowly passed so Raven stood and walked out of the study, her black hair moving with her movements. There was sunlight now so Raven had to be even stealthier than she was before. She grabbed her black trench coat and slipped outside. She was once again on the roof.

Time was still on Raven's side though. She permanently sealed the doors and laughed to herself. No one was leaving here alive, not even her. She wanted to finish this job once and for all.

-Kenny Point Of View-

Emily was crying in my arms and I was thankful for my growth spurt a few months back. I was now taller than Emily, only by a few inches, but I was still taller. When she had stopped crying I looked at her face. Her blue eyes were blood shot and lost their sparkle and her orange hair was not as silky as before.

I pulled her to her feet and she clung to my arm for support as we left the room. We had only gotten out of the hallway when we heard someone on the phone.

"I understand sir. Hiwatari will once again belong to us." That was all we heard before we started running down the other hallway. We kept running and running, making turns here and there. There were more paths left, right and center. A few turns here and there and then we stopped.

We had entered an older part of the mansion. I knew that Kai enjoyed old things but this part of the mansion was covered in dust. All we saw was one set of footsteps leading through the hallway. It looked rather dark and menacing.

I gripped Emily's hand in mine. "Well then Emily", I turned to face her, "let's explore."