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Sorry I haven't been updating lately, as the end of the school quarter draws nearer for me, the more tests I have, which means the less free time I have for Miku and gang! :(
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The motel isn't great, but it isn't bad either.
It is the size of a master bedroom in a two story house with one queen sized mattress in the center, facing a stand with a TV on it.
To the right is a door leading to a bathroom with one sink, a shower, and a toilet.
Len draws the shades, so no one can see inside.
"I'm taking a shower!" Rin cries with relief, closing the bathroom door behind her.
"Wait!" Len says, catching the door with his foot.
"What?"
"Take IA with you, she needs one too, and I'm not doing that." He says, shoving the little girl into the bathroom and shutting the door before Rin can protest.
Moments later the water turns on.
Len sits down on the bed next to Miku, who simply stares dumbfounded as the TV flickers to life and plays a children's cartoon loudly.
She stares like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car. Just stares at it, the flashing lights illuminating her face in all colors of the rainbow in the darkness.
Len turns to look at her.
"Just a TV." Len sighs, leaning back on the pillows beside her.
"TV?" She responds confused. "I… I remember watching one of these a long time ago. Before… before…" She turns away from his gaze and paws at her hair nervously.
"Before?"
Miku sits in silence.
"Miku just how long, just how long were you in that cell?"Len asks, bolting up.
"A very long time." She replies with a deep sadness.
"How long?" Len presses.
With a reluctant sigh she responds. "Ten… ten years. I think."
Rin hears her brother shout in surprise from the other room as she pulls off IA's ripped and torn dress.
The warm water from the shower head fills the room with warm and comfortable steam.
"Ready?" Rin asks, picking IA up under the arms.
With a nod and a smile Rin places the girl under the stream of water. She winces at first, then holds out her small pale palms. Water puddles inside of them, and trickle out through her fingertips. She stares up at the faucet amazed. Light brown liquid rolls off of her body, carrying with it years of dirt and dust. Rin picks out chunks of hardened blood from the little girl's hair as she tosses water onto her face giggling.
"Is this your first shower?" Rin asks, confused at her down right joy.
IA nods.
Rin picks up a bottle of shampoo, and squirts some into her hands.
When her finger tips touch IA's scalp, the child jerks back, smacking into the back of the shower, bumping her head against the cold tile. Shampoo sprays into her eyes, and she sinks down into a sitting position, covering her face with her hands, and wincing in anticipation of torture.
Rin watches.
"IA…" She outstretches a hand.
The girl stays huddled and tense.
"I'm not going to hurt you like they do. I'm not bad like them. I won't hurt you." She says with her best soothing voice, but sadly that's something the demon girl isn't good at.
Gradually IA unravels herself from her crumpled position, and allows Rin to put a hand on her head.
They'll pay. They'll pay for making a child so young be afraid of people touching her. I will see to it that they pay in blood, for everything they've done to us and Miku and IA. For everything I will make them pay. Rin thinks bitterly as IA stares up at her with deep red eyes and a smile unlike any other.
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Luka slips a pistol into her pocket, and a knife into her other. She pulls her hair back into a pony tail and turns to the group before her.
"Our destination is here." She says, pointing to a location on a map.
Yowane steps in, holding a sheet in her hand.
"… The report came in from a town about three hours away from here, if we drive at full speed. We assume that the group fled the site where they robbed the man, but is still staying somewhere close in the area. We have no information of a credit card transaction at this time, we're still waiting on some of the information on the card from the victim. We are going to start the drive into town anyways, once the information we need comes in, we will be able to act immediately if we're already there, understood?" She says quietly, but yet forcefully.
"Wait a second…" Meiko interjects. "Wasn't Shion suppost to be running this operation?" She says with a glare at Luka.
"If Shion was running the operation we'd all end up dead." The pink haired woman spits back, taking a step closer to Meiko.
"Excuse me? Kaito is more than capable of doing his job without you stepping in." Meiko steps closer to Luka, and rolls back her shoulders to become taller.
"If that was the truth I wouldn't be here in the first place, would I?"
Gakupo sighs and pretends to get back to his work on the computer, even though he is really just listening and watching out of the corner of his eye.
"You being here has nothing to do with Kaito's abilities."
"Oh really? Then answer me this, why the hell am I here if that isn't the case?" Luka says, stepping even closer to Meiko.
"You're only attacking him because you're jealous of him and his status in the company Megurine." Meiko steps closer again.
"The only thing that could ever be jealous of that pathetic excuse for a worker is a rock or a child." Luka steps closer.
Without warning Meiko slaps Luka hard, across the face. Yowane's eyes widen and Gakupo whips around.
Within moments Luka has Meiko pinned to the ground and has landed a blow on her face, but Meiko quickly retaliates by rolling Luka, coming out on top of her. Luka kicks and thrashes, eventually head butting Meiko in the face, causing her to fall to the side slightly. Luka stands with all her strength, and kicks Meiko in the ribs. The brown haired woman staggers to her feet, and grabs a lock of Luka's hair, tugging on it fiercely, and pushing her into a nearby desk.
Papers fly around in the air.
"Knock it off!" Gakupo screams, attempting to step in. The moment he gets close enough to do something, Meiko punches him in the mouth. He falls backwards, and mutters a few choice words before deciding to ignore the situation entirely, and act as if it never happened.
Luka grabs Meiko by the hair, and pulls down hard.
"You incompetent hag! Kaito only dates you in the first place because you're the only one on this earth more pathetic than him! Seeing you makes him feel good about himself in the morning!" Luka shouts before landing a kick into Meiko's shin.
Meiko screams a variety of insults before landing a kick into Luka's side.
"STOP IMMEDIATELY!" Lilly screams, suddenly in the doorway. "Just what the hell do you two animals think you're doing!" She demands, marching into the chaos, taming it in an instant with her mere gaze sending chills down both of their spines.
Now Lilly, Lilly is the real thing to despise.
And the real thing to fear.
Are you team Meiko, or team Luka? ^^