Did I say end of the week? I meant the beginning... ya. :D I know you don't like hearing my excuses but my friend I decided to have an AMV contest over the weekend, which is what ended up occupying most of my time. But anyway, ON WITH THE CHAPTER! :U
-3:36 AM-
Natsume found time slowing down.
With the glass shattering, Natsume could see Subaru's own future shattering with it and it made his heart want to burst. This was his brother, this was his family. And after building up such a distinguished position over years of practice and hard work, he was going to throw it all away in this one night.
Natsume didn't give a damn what happened to himself anymore, all he cared about was making sure Subaru wouldn't screw this up more than he already had.
I can't change the past, but I sure as hell can prevent the future from getting any worse.
The sound of the building's alarm ringing shook Natsume from his thoughts.
Thank god.
It looked as if Subaru was slowed by the glass shattering, he had been so bent up on leaving for Natsume's office, he had completely forgotten he wasn't wearing any shoes (much less a shirt or pants) so his bare feet had to pick their way through the glass now spattered on the ground.
The orange-haired man quickly rushed through the glass just as the tall one had made it through and both pretty much matched each other's paces by the time they made it into the entrance hallway near the reception desk.
"You aren't going to stop me?" Subaru said in-between pants.
"No." Natsume wasn't even breaking a sweat, "I'm going to keep you from being caught." He checked a wall clock, "The alarm's going off, so the police have already been notified, we probably only have about six or seven minutes till they come. First job of business is to find a way to disarm this shit."
"Seven minutes?!" Subaru panted out of disbelief. "We only have six fucking minutes to find some magical way to disarm this shit!?"
"Listen, I know what I'm doing. I come here everyday anyway. My boss, Yuko, her office is on the third floor, hallway C. She probably has the code to disarm the alarm up there."
"Right..." Subaru said as they continued to run. "Probably" he says. We're gonna get fucked over.
They ended up using the emergency stairwell instead of the elevator due to time constraints. Natsume lead the way skillfully, while Subaru managed to keep up even though his body was heaving.
When they had finally bust open the door to Hallway A of the third floor, Natsume called back to Subaru, "Listen, I'm gonna ask an entirely serious question right now, whose voice is deeper? Yours or mine?"
"Uh yours?" Subaru responded, confused as they rounded a corner.
"Good, you take care of talking to the cops." Natsume said dismissively.
"What the fuck!?"
"Don't worry, Yuko does sound pretty manly anyway. And from what I know, this thing has never gone off, so she's never had to call the cops anyway."
"But I think they're gonna suspect some shit if she sounds like a legit male and the alarm is going off."
"Too late, we're here."
The pair entered a spacious room with a window with a wide view. The desk sat lonely against this window, illuminated by the warm lights surrounding the room along with a couch at the far right.
"First we gotta find the security agency that arms the place..." Natsume said slowly, his eyes traveling to the wall clock that sat on the left of the room, "We made good time, but we only have about four minutes till they come." He turned to face Subaru, who was panting in the doorway, "Do you remember the company that was on the keypad?"
Subaru was still panting, but thought hard trying to remember as Natsume searched for clues in Yuko's desk and along the walls. "Ya, it was something retarded... fuck what was it..." His head throbbed to remember.
"Help me look, if you can't remember than just help me look for something that has four numbers or a phone number."
"We aren't going to make it!" Subaru was residing himself to the idea they were going to get caught, "You told me face reality, and I am. This was a shitty idea and I'm sorry, but there's no way we're gonna find anything in time. Fuck!" Subaru found himself getting angry so, to channel his anger, he ended up punching the wall; leaving a rather sizeable hole in it's place.
"You can't give up Subaru, we have three and a half min-" Natsume found his voice trailing off as the wall clock that had been hanging smashed onto the ground from Subaru's impact, it's back revealing a small vanilla-colored paper.
"Holy shit Subaru, you are a genius."
Natsume picked up the slip and read the numbers off, "7-4-2-9, that's it."
"Fantastic, but where the hell are you gonna plug that into? The keypad's all the way on the bottom floor."
"There's still time..." Natsume said as he walked toward a smaller window on the right side of the room.
"Fuck no." It was Subaru's turn to stop Natsume this time, "Although I know how much you love jumping from three-story buildings, this is a little much."
Natsume was going to justify his idea but was stopped as Subaru added, with a smile ironically, "You're a runner. So I expect you to haul ass down three stories in under three minutes. Yell up the company name when you've disarmed it down there, I'll keep this window open to hear you."
Natsume returned his smile and nodded, taking off with the job at hand, holding the slip.
Alright... time to remember Subaru watched as Natsume left and returned to searching the room, and starting up the computer.
If we somehow do disarm in-time I need to plan what I'm gonna say to the cops... the home screen popped up, a picture of cherry blossom trees as the background. And thank god for guest accounts Subaru thought as he clicked on the tab.
Glancing at the time on the screen after pulling up a new internet tab, Subaru could see they only had about a minute and a half left. And the siren had yet to cease beeping.
I'm counting on you Natsume. Show me you haven't lost your edge, show me you're still the fastest motherfucker around. Show me you're still the guy I look up to.
"Subaru!"
Subaru rushed to the window as Natsume's voice met his ears, the alarm ceasing as he screamed up to the top. "I got it, the company is called, "Use Protection" gay as fuck right?"
"Ya, it is!" He screamed back and sprinted back to the desktop, typing in the security companies name. Never thought I'd ever have to click a 'Need Help?' button either... when he did the phone number appeared, which he quickly dialed in on the phone located on the desk.
He could feel his palms get sweaty as the phone rang, his eyes were glued to the screen where the time said they had about forty-five seconds left. I hope to god Natsume ment how much time left was the time it would take for the police to leave.
"Yes?"
A feminine voice had picked up on the other line. Awe shit here it comes.
"Um yes?" Subaru attempted to say as high-pitched as his voice would go, it coming out as if a grown man was in pain from having his balls twisted six times, "This is Ms. Yuko of..." Subaru had to glance around the room to figure out the actual name of the company, which he found on a plaque at the edge of the disk, "Golden Shower Games... the fuck?" Subaru couldn't help the side comment from slipping from such a gay name for a gaming company.
"Excuse me Ms. Yuko?"
"Awe I'm sorry! I just never noticed how unique our company name is! Such pure originality... yes. But getting to the point as to why I'm calling, your records indicate that the alarm to my company building has gone off, correct?"
"Yes ma'am, we have sent a team of police officers over right away, they should be leaving in about minute. Are you alright yourself ma'am?"
"Yes yes of course! Couldn't be better! Well you see, I actually don't need the services of the police, the matter has been resolved already."
"But ma'am, it's standard protocol here at 'Use Protection' to always use the protection that is provided to you, it's that second wall of defense, you know?"
Subaru had to hold in his laugh from hearing that statement and quickly gathered himself, "Yes, well it was just a couple of..." his eyes glanced around the room once more, where he finally noticed a pair of horribly crafted taxidermist racoons on a bookshelf. "Racoons that somehow got in. So could you be a dear and call off the police?"
"I can but I need to make sure you are completely safe. Are you sure it was racoons? An intruder could have just as easily broke in with a brick or other heavy object-"
"No, I'm pretty damn sure it was those filthy racoons. We have a hole anyway on the bottom floor from this year's Christmas party anyway, small, but big enough for the damned creatures to get in. Movement sets off the alarm, correct?"
"That's right ma'am but my records indicate it was disarmed only a couple minutes ago. Are you there at the scene currently?"
"Yes. I left my apartment keys here so I came back to retrieve them only to find this mess."
"Excuse my prodding Ms. Yuko but it's nearly 4 am, what have you been doing for the last seven hours without going to your apartment?"
Fuck me. "I will tell you miss, but first I must know if the police have been called off. I don't want the neighbors thinking we were robbed or something silly like that!"
"Yes, I have sent them a message to momentarily hold. But I must know Ms. Yuko, you sound unsure." The attendant lowered her voice, "If you are being held up right now just say the word, "Red" to the next question and I will send the police right away, we have been in hostage situations miss, I know what I'm doing so trust me. Just stay calm until he lowers the gun."
Oh holy hell on a stick. "No, please that won't be necessary. I can assure you, I was just out drinking with a couple of friends, went clubbing to a few places, and only just searched my purse to find my keys were still here."
There was a silence on the other line, Subaru could tell the attendant was contemplating whether to keep pressing questions or to simply accept his story.
"Well, Miss if you are alright. But would you like us to still send an exterminator? I know racoons can be pests, I've had a couple try to take my son's sandwich in broad daylight... not a fun experience." Subaru could almost feel the shiver on the other line.
"Uh... sure?"
"Alrighty, I'll have them over right away. Thank you for your patience in resolving this matter Ms. Yuko and please have a safe ride home." She hanged up.
Subaru slapped back into the chair and breathed a heavy sigh of relief as he set down the phone. Despite the tense situation, Subaru was proud of the way he handled his part of the plan. Nice one Suabru. He gave a weak grin as he mentally highfived himself.
"Racoons? Really?" Natsume couldn't stop his laughing from where he had been standing near the entrance for only about a minute.
"You had a better idea smartass?"
"No, no," Natsume smiled as he walked over and held out a waiting fist to Subaru, "Just something a little unexpected."
Subaru couldn't help but fully return Natsume's lively smile as he stretched his fist out to meet his own.
"Now I can finally say I escaped the cops though."
"Has it always been on your bucket list?"
"...maybe..."
"Well with the way your voice can go so high, we might just have a new Hikaru!"
"Shut your mouth." Subaru was too tired to argue, "I guess you'll do crazy things for family."
They both laughed but Subaru's face suddenly became worried.
"She said she'd send the exterminator though."
"Nothing to worry about," Natsume said rather passively, "Better than three armed cops. Probably just a guy with a net and some traps. We can always just explain to him the real situation, give him a little bribe and send him on his merry way back to his loving family and kids."
"Wait, what about your job?!"
"Subaru, I'll be just fine." Natsune gave a reasurring smile, "Yuko's very kind anyway. I'm sure she'll understand when I explain to her why we did what we did... and if I pay for the damages."
Subaru had almost forgotten about the shattered entrance (which was practically a glowing neon sign for further burglars) and the shattered wall clock.
"Oh... right. Well, I'll pay for the entrance... and the clock... and the wall. Ya know, now that I think about it, I pretty much did all the heavy lifting."
"Well then I'll chip in as to my contribution of the plan." Natsume added, "But we should probably find a way to seal up the entrance until morning..."
Thank you for reading part 2. As for the next chapter, I have decided to set up a poll (which you can find on my profile page) to where the group should head next! So if you'd like to have a say, by all means vote! And if you don't like the options I have to offer, then feel free to send me a PM suggesting an extra category and I will review it and PROBABLY add it. Please take note of the time the story is taking place if you plan to send a possible option. Also keep in mind that they're trying to catch a mugger, so ask yourself, "Where would he (or I, if you're scheming O.e) go at 3 in the morning if he (or I) had the money and means to do so?" Maybe he/you wants a new TV, go to Walmart. Maybe he'll/you'll risk robbing a 711 just for some cash (or a slurpee), GO TO 711. Or maybe you just want a taco, Taco Bell's your choice then. (Btw I'm not advocating you doing ANY of this at this time or feeding your inner compulsion to so! :D) ANYWAY just vote. YA REVIEWWWW
On a more serious note though, to all those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I also have family in the Philippines, but I'm happy to say they are alright. But to all those who aren't so lucky, please know you have my deepest condolences. This is but a grim reminder though to everyone, please remember that you only have one life to live and disasters like these come out of nowhere, so live every day to the fullest. I'm not here to preach, but it's something we all seem to forget when we're busy during our day-to-day lives. To all the readers, if you can, please help with the relief effort and keep the people of the Philippines in your own thoughts and prayers. Thank you.