Westside Story From Hell
Chapter 27
I closed the door shut, feeling the cold terrified feeling sticking to me; staying in my clothes, eating at my bones, mixing with the adrenaline within me. How is he up? He shouldn't be walking. No, I thought to myself. He shouldn't be able to.
I wrapped my arms around my torso as I watched Nel and Grimmjow. Should I tell them? Would it be a good idea? Or would everything go as planned without them knowing? Maybe I was being delusional.
"Orihime?" Nel's voice called out to me. Her voice thankfully shook me out of my trance. I stared at her blankly before I realized I was acting weird in front of her. What normal person holds themself as if they're scared?
They didn't see what I saw. It'd be like I was scared of myself or the dark even from their perspective.
I rubbed my arms nervously and shot her a shaky smile. But what happens if I don't tell them and someone gets hurt? Would it be my fault? I could feel my throat squeeze as I tried taking calming breaths. What happens if they turn out to be more than hurt? I rubbed my chest, trying to calm my loud booming heart.
My eyes traveled to the floor as I heard her bare feet smack the floor. Calm down, Orihime. I thought to myself as I started massaging my temples. I could feel it—the urge to cry.
I trembled as I felt her hand firmly grab my shoulder and a light wave of air hit my face. Her hands were cold and I felt like I was on fire. Was I sick? Maybe I'm not right anymore. Spending so much time alone like a prisoner; maybe I wasn't right in the head at all.
"Is she okay?" Grimmjow whispered into her ear as she sighed. They were so close to me, but it was like I couldn't respond to them. Was I frozen in shock? Fear?
I could feel Nel raise her other hand up to my face and caress my cheek comfortingly like a mom would do for her little girl. I wanted to fall into her hands, into her arms. I wanted her to tell me I was alright.
"She's so..." Nel started to say as her fingers began to tremble. "Orihime," She said harshly. "What's wrong?!" She started saying repeatedly in a terrified furry.
Sora's eyes were purple when he tried to murder our parents. As soon as he died, the purple man's eyes turned back to a normal brown color.
When the eyes are purple, it means Aizen was making someone kill against their own free will.
He was controlling them.
Suddenly Gin stopped walking and turn around to look at me.
Glowing purple eyes pierced through me as I gasped in horror. He smirked before turning back around and walked away from me.
At that point in time, I broke down. I held a fistful of hair in each hand as hot stinging tears fell down my face. I slid my back down the wall as I let out a wail. Everyone around me was being controlled, everyone was dying, and everything was my fault.
I collapsed completely on the floor right as Nel pressed herself against me and held me in place.
Grimmjow stood back watching the scene unfold around him. Orihime and Nel in a struggling hug. Orihime reacting in complete horror as she shoved and screamed while Nel trying to calm her down with everything she had.
Suddenly, she froze.
In the cradling position, almost covering her ears, she sat in place. No more wailing, no more screaming, everything was just dead silent. Nel slowly moved back to sit down, her eyes stayed on Orihime in curiosity. Orihime's head twitched to the side, her eyes motioning at the door.
Grimmjow flash-stepped in front of the door, curling his hand inside the hole to unlatch the lever. He looked down her, silently asking if this was what she wanted. Then he looked over to Nel, trying to ask her if he should do this.
Right as he was about to pull the lever, Orihime hurriedly whispered no. Immediately, he pulled his hand back.
"What do you what me to do!" He yelled in a whisper. He watched as she shakily patted the ground next to her. Flash-stepping again, he sat right next to both of them. He eyed Nel asking for answer only to have her shrug.
"Why am I sit-," He started to ask before Orihime quickly covered his mouth. He almost blew up and started yelling at her before he heard it.
The scratching noises coming from the door.
"What is that?" Nel whispered to Orihime. Orihime looked over to her friend before shaking her head.
"Grimmjow, can you take us to another room?" And right as the burst of air hit their faces, the door had slammed open.
Ulquiorra stared at the road thinking about the way everything went down.
Nel and Grimmjow were missing.
Orihime was kidnapped.
The email to go to the Soul Society Correctional Facility.
The explosion at the Shinigami's hideout.
Rukia and Rangiku at the hospital.
Having the three people that could've helped him, reject him.
What was he doing wrong? Was it something he did? Was it something he said? Was it because of what he represented?
He just didn't understand. The more questions that came, the less he knew, and the harder he'd pressed the gas pedal in annoyance. He always knew when it came to things like this. Why was he so clueless now?
It was around the early evening when he finally pulled up to the facility. He stared at the other car next to his.
"So they're already here." He mumbled as he thought of Ichigo. "Figures."
Closing his door, he went up to the gate. He laid his hand against it and almost lost his balance when it started moving. Was it already open? He looked at the office directly in front of the gate's opening and him. Did the guards open it?
It wasn't dark out yet so he felt no reason to be wary, but he couldn't shake the feeling like something was off. Taking slow steps at first towards the office, he looked around. Nothing was out of order. Or so he thought for he's never been inside before.
He kept walking towards the little building in front of him, hoping to find the guards. But when he got there, there was no one. He could feel the nervousness creeping up on him, something was really wrong.
It was like this place was deserted!
Taking slow steps again, he started going towards the facility at a run.
Ichigo and the others were already inside. No one was at the gate. No one was at the office. Where were the guards? Where were Ukitake and Kyoraku?
Nonetheless, they took the risk and were now patrolling the inside of the facility. Just a few minutes ago, they thought they heard something. Like someone screaming. Immediately, they had run up the floors trying to find where it was coming from.
And then they were still with the cries still echoing off the walls.
They were on the third floor, staring at the figure stumbling down the hall. Chad and Ishida could feel the tension coming from Ichigo as he stared the man down.
Suddenly, the man stopped. He twisted his head around to smile at them before scratching the door next to him. Silence ensued down the hallway while they stared dumbfounded at the door.
Gin laughed before scratching the door harder than he did the time before.
"I wonder who could be in here." He said with his voice cracking. It was then they took notice of his purple eyes. Immediately, Ishida shielded his eyes while his comrades stared point blank at Gin.
He almost yelled at them before he realized it was too late. He saw the purple hue reflect into their eyes before it vanished. Removing the hand that was shielding him, he looked back to where Gin was.
He was gone.
Almost as if Ichigo realized that he was gone, he sprung on his heels as he raced down to the door. Grabbing on to the door handle, he flung it open.
He shoulders sagged as he felt a light rush of air touch his face.
Just an empty room was before him.
Grimmjow had teleported us down to the first floor in another empty room. I opened my eyes to find the dark again as I slowly got up to feel for the handle. I was getting faster at this, I thought to myself as I quickly found it.
"Are you okay?" I froze, remembering that I wasn't alone.
"Uh…yeah." I said a little nervous. Nel was an empath. She could probably find out the answer herself.
"What," she started before she paused, "what was that?" She asked finally as I rubbed my fingertips across the cool metal lever.
"You mean the scratching?" I begin to ask. "I have no idea either-," I start to answer quickly leaving no room for her to interrupt even though my plan was flawed and I was cut off anyways.
"No." She said quietly. "That…that breakdown of yours." She said as her voice slowly got down to a whisper. I bit my lip, what should I tell her? That it's horrifying to watch my friends get controlled the way my family was? That I can't take doing this anymore?
That all I wanted was to go back to the way it was before? Before I remembered; before the confrontations; before Aizen. I just wanted to go back.
"That was..." I said still trying to piece together what to say to her. I opened my mouth before closing it. I leaned my head against the door, flattening my ears against the metal.
"Orihime." She said sternly taking a step closer to me.
"Shush!" I whispered as I waved my hand to her. What was I hearing? I listened to the sound as I watched Nel fold her arms over her chest and stare at the ground. It gradually got louder before going past us. I moved my hand around the lever, waiting to make sure the coast was clear on the other side to exit this room that was slowly becoming claustrophobic.
"Let's just...get out of here, okay?" I asked, avoiding giving Nel her answer. I could feel her shoulders sag as she sighed before agreeing.
Grabbing her hand, I threw the door open.
We were on the first floor and any Shinigami member would know their way around the facility. I ran through corridor after corridor before finding the lobby. I stopped immediately and took in the dark lighting and how empty it was in here. Where did everyone go?
I felt Grimmjow flash-step beside me and push me as he moved every few meters.
Moving my feet again, I ran across the lobby before shoving the door open. A little beep rang as the door opened when we raced out, signaling that we were nowhere inside the building.
We kept running before I slowed down a bit to look into the guard office.
Again, I asked myself. Where had everyone gone?
I felt Nel tug on my hand as I picked up space and slipped past the gate.
"Okay, now if we just take one of these cars-," Grimmjow started saying before silencing himself. Now at a complete stop, I took in the cars. I felt my eyes get teary as I saw Ichigo's before me. I looked over to Grimmjow and followed his eyes as there was another car parked a little ways away from the gate.
I could feel my heart jump out of my chest as I found Ulquiorra's.
He was here.
He was here.
Why didn't I see him?
And then I realized.
We were planning on leaving everyone inside.
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