THREE THINGS FROM THE AUTHOR:
1. Thank you so much for all of the read and reviews! It means so much for me, and I read and smile over every one of them! Thank you! 3

2. Sorry for the long wait for this chapter, but I had a writers block, it was Christmas and ehm… Tumblr exists…

3. (IMPORTANT) After I finished writing this chapter, it was sooooo long, so I decided to split this chapter in two, so you get the first part today, and the second tomorrow! So there are TWO chapters left! Don't worry; it is already done, so it WILL be out tomorrow! ^^

Kogami's eyes fluttered open and light from the blinds, which he had forgotten to close, blinded him a bit, making him cover his eyes with the back of his hand. Today was the day where they had to meet Makishima and hopefully rescue Akane.

Sitting up, Kogami found himself on his lousy couch instead of his bed. He must've fallen to sleep there when he was too tired the night before. He still wore his sweaty sports clothes from when he had worked out at midnight. When Kogami was frustrated or distressed he tended to get a little aggressive, which he took out on the poor fighting robot in the MWPSB's gym.

He picked the package of cigarettes, lying on the table in front of him, and lit one. The room was quickly covered by smoke, which he just inhaled in joy. The thought about Makishima had made him so full of adrenaline that he wouldn't even hesitate to kill. On the same time he was scared. Scared that he would kill.

"For Akane…" he muttered, taking another sip of the cigarette, blowing out the smoke from it. "After what he did to her… he deserves it… right?"

The image of the little girl screaming in distress as her older tried toughening her up made Kogami clench his fists. Afterwards the image of Akane's best friend came to his mind. He gritted his teeth.

"That monster deserves it," her grumbled, clenching his fist around the cigarette, making its glow turn to ashes. He didn't even care that it burned. He didn't care. He had stopped caring a long time ago. Suddenly he realized that he was talking to himself like maniac. Releasing the squashed cigarette, he leaned back in the couch. "Now I'm losing it."

Akane's eyes fluttered open, only to be met by the darkness of some kind of fabric. She was placed on something cold, making goose bumps appear on her naked body. The corners of he mouth burned, due to the fabric used as a mouth gag. The ground under her was shaking as well. There was no mistake. She was in a truck, headed somewhere.

She tried moving around, but her hands were tied together, and her wrists burned as well as her mouth. The thing that made her wonder if she still had her sanity was the fact, that she wasn't scared at all. She was tired and dizzy. Some of wounds were inflamed, and once in a while she could feel a little drop of fluid running down from her inflamed wound.

With some of her last strength, she shook her head so wildly that the fabric in front of her eyes loosened and fell down on her neck. At first she thought she had gone completely blind, but it was just the back of the truck being dark.

She tried speaking, or more like crying out, but it just came out as a choked whimper during to the gag in her mouth.

"Akane, we're nearly there," Makishima's voice crackled in the speaker in the trunk's Western corner. He drove the truck, most likely. "I know you are hurt and your condition is bad, but I promise I'll take care of you. It'll be like the old days."

Her condition was bad. That was true. Very bad. Her stomach had a deep, big cut formed like an 'X'. It wasn't made like that on purpose, and when it was made, Akane had felt Makishima taking a break from the torture, admiring his work. It had been cleaned, but somehow the inflammation had hit that wound as well. She was a mess.

The worst about her situation was the fact, that all of her memories had returned, only with a few black spaces. It was like she had never lost them. It was like her brother left when she was 16, and he had just been missing for all these years. There was only one thing good about this, and that was the fact, that she still hated him with all of her being.

Crying out in frustration, she tried ripping her hands free from whatever they were tied with, but her energy was used in vain. She was stuck, and there was no way that she would break free.

"So do we have a plan?" Kagari lazily asked, placing his feet on top of the couch's backrests in Shion's laboratory.

All the enforcers of Division 1, Kagari, Kogami, Masaoka and Yayoi, and Ginoza had met in Shion's lab, where she already waited, coming up with a cocky comment about how they first started the operation in a few hours and her sleeping routine was out of schedule.

Even though Makishima hadn't said anything about time, they all knew that he would be there all day. Waiting for them to come and give him what he needed to launch his diabolic plan. Whatever his plan was.

"Isn't it obvious?" Kogami said, smoking a cigarette Shion had given to him. "We meet up with him on the location, gives him a dominator and ambush him before he can get away."

By the door, Ginoza stood leaned up against the doorframe, inspecting the assembly.

"That is easier said then done, you know," Ginoza muttered, crossing his arms. "And we need a little more planning than that. Like, are we going to give him a working dominator or not?"

Kogami raised his eyebrows. "Why would we not be giving him working one?"

"Well, consider if we're freely giving him a working one," Ginoza said like the answer was obvious. "Then we're giving a serial killer a weapon that can kill and harm many civilians. Not gonna happen."

"And aren't we going to ambush him, Ko?" Masaoka, who had kept quiet for a long time, questioned, walking up to Kogami and placed a hand on his shoulder.

Kogami let out a 'tsk', falling back in the couch behind him. "Fine, then we give him one without his name encoded. Then what? Shion have you found the location?"

The blonde women nodded, turning to her computer screen, opened a few programs and found a map. The map on the screen showed the place where Akane had her first day at work, marked with a red circle. She had such a naïve look on the work back then according to Kogami. But now… now she had begun to view this world in such a way that Kogami couldn't keep up.

It was weird. Kogami wanted to save Akane so badly, so he could work with her again, but he also wanted to be close with her. Not like Kagari or Masaoka. He couldn't quite describe it, but he knew one thing. He wanted to see her grow and evolve. He wanted to be by her side. He wanted all of these things, though he tried denying it all.

"On the screen you see the place where the case with that Nobuo Okura took place," Shion explained, moving the red circle around with the arrow keys. The circle moved to an alley just one street away. "This is exactly ten streets away from the MWPSB and close to where Akane's first job took place - just like Makishima Shogo said." She blew out a puff of smoke from the cigarette she held between two fingers. She waited for their reaction.

"Y-you go, Shion!" Kagari exclaimed, a little unsure if it was appropriate, clapping his hands together. That made Yayoi, who stood besides him, shake her head, smiling a bit.

Kogami looked at Ginoza, waiting for his permission to go. Ginoza raised his hand, making the assembly wait as he walked over to a steel cupboard. Both Kagari and Kogami sent Ginoza a questioning glance, which he responded by opening doors to the cupboard and reaching in for something. Pulling his hands out, he showed a brand new Dominator - not a scratch to be found on it.

"They were actually going to be tested tomorrow, but…" he hesitated, looking up at Kogami. He then handed Kogami the Dominator, which Kogami just took, looking down on it. "We can use it here." Kogami looked up, nodding in appreciation. "Now let's go. We'll figure the tactic of the ambush when we're driving."

Akane felt the truck stop. This time it wasn't in front of the red lights, no, Makishima turned off the motors and opened his own door. The trunk's door stayed closed, but Akane had no problem in that. She didn't want to show the world her damaged body. She wanted to hide and never be found. Firstly, because she was embarrassed, secondly, she felt like she had done something bad. Like all of this was her fault.

"It'll be over in just a moment, little sister," Makishima said with an assuring voice through the speaker. "Then we'll go home together. We will save this world from the disaster it's becoming."

Akane wanted to scream that he was crazy, and she would never work with him, but what good would it do?

Through this whole thing, Akane hadn't had much hope for her to be saved. She was captured by a serial killer, who happened to be her brother, and could kill with a single hand gesture. There wasn't that much to be hopeful about. But now she had lost her last hope.

But she wouldn't cry. And she wouldn't feel. She would just kind of… exist.

Another ten minutes passed by, and Kogami began wondering if they actually were at the right place. The little alley, or slum as it looked like, was full of garbage cans, homeless cats and had people's laundry hanging above them.

"Are we sure this is the right place?" Yayoi asked, drumming her Dominator against her thigh. Her and Kagari had had a quiet conversation in one of the corners, before Yayoi had asked, and Kogami was sure their conversation had been about him.

"Yeah, there is no other alley close to that place," Ginoza pointed out, looking down at his inspector watch, probably calling Shion. "Plus, he didn't say any time, so we most assume that we're early."

Kogami nodded, leaning up against the wall. Masaoka was not to far away,

"Ginoza-kun," Shion's voice enacted through Ginoza's Inspector watch. "A truck has been parking the same place for about 15 minutes now. Do you want me to send drones?"

Ginoza shook his head, even though Shion couldn't see that. "No, we have to wait. He'll think that we're tricking him, but keep them ready. If we get Akane today, we'll need some medicine, I'm guessing." The call stopped, and a silence was put over the group.

Like a tiger waiting for its prey, Kogami narrowed his eyes. Every time a sound occurred, his gaze found the source of the sound. Multiple times a chill had gone down his spine, which just showed how scared he actually was for Makishima. He had killed his best friend, Akane's best friend and next would be Akane - if they were unlucky.

Shaking his head, he pushed the thought aside. "Of a villain he doesn't really have a since of timing."

But as Kogami had just said that, footsteps enacted in the end of alley. A figure came walking down it, still covered by the shadows. He was tall, longhaired and slim. There was no mistake here. This was Makishima Shogo.

"It's not very polite to talk about someone behind their back, Kogami Shinya," he smirked as the shadows didn't cover him anymore and his body was visible. He stopped when he was about ten meters away from them. "But I guess it's alright, looking at what I've done to you."

Kogami gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. That monster was both manipulating and taunting.

"Before we go to the negotiations let me give you a chance," Makishima put his hand down his pocket, searching for something. As he pulled it up again he revealed a remote with one button on. "This remote is connected to the truck I drove in. If you should be so stupid to try and trick me, I will push this button and my truck will explode. Oh, and did I mention that my sister, Akane, is in the back of that truck?"

Kogami uttered a 'tch' and mumbled in annoyance: "Bastard…" in unison with Ginoza.

All of the enforcers now looked back at Ginoza, who stood with wide eyes, not expecting getting all of this responsibility. It was clear to see that he suddenly had received a heavy amount of stress, which was revealed by the little drop of sweat trickling down his face.

"Gino-san…" Kagari muttered, not knowing what to do.

"Ginoza, do it," Kogami suddenly demanded, making Ginoza let out a small, nearly inaudibly, gasp. "You know what to do, don't you?"

With a nod, Ginoza raised his wrist to eye level, turning on his Inspector watch and searched for the application, showing an image of a Dominator. As he found it, he clicked on with hesitant movements.

"Dominator code name 1034," Ginoza muttered into the watch, his face strain. "Owner: Makishima Shogo."

Suddenly the dominator, in Kogami's pocket, began to shine blue. "New owner assigned: Makishima Shogo."

Makishima let out a dark chuckle, walking over to Kogami who just stood and glared at him. As he was only half a meter away from Kogami, he extended his hand towards him. Kogami sneered something under his breath before diving his hand down in his pocket, revealing the dominator.

"Thanks for the cooperation," he smirked, snatching the Dominator out of Kogami's hand. "And for you, Kogami Shinya, I hope that we can have our battle soon." His smirked turned taunting as he said those last words.

Turning her around on his heel, Makishima began walking away, towards the shadows. Kogami, Yayoi, Masaoka and Kagari was about to attack, but then Makishima raised his one hand waving back at them - with the remote that could end Akane's life in his hand.

"We… failed…" Masaoka murmured, a sad look in his eyes. He turned to Kogami who didn't look sad, just… angry.

"We have to report this to the chief," Ginoza announced, knowing that he would face some kind of punishment. "And... turn off the Dominator at the HQ. Maybe we can track them there, if he hasn't already ripped out the GPS." He looked at Kogami.

Kogami clenched his first so tight so his knuckles turned white. He had just doomed Akane with a life with her murderous, insane brother.

He had to stop him.

Turning around on his heel, he began running the same way as Makishima had run. Ginoza hadn't noticed his disappearance before Kagari yelled: "Ko!" in an attempt to stop him.

"Kogami, come back here!" Ginoza yelled, starting to run after him, but as Kogami looked back he saw Masaoka hold his son back.

"I owe you one, Pops." Kogami mumbled even though he was now too far away for Masaoka to hear.

Stay tuned for the second part of this chapter: Knife up, hands down pt. 2

((Will be out tomorrow, December 31st))