"Come now!" The musical lilting voice echoed down the hallway, and made the boys glare fiercer. "Oh please, don't try to run away again!" The utter hatred in his gaze remained, but he loosened his tense muscles and faced the new strangers arrival.

Tsugumi leaned forward, trying to see the speaker around the corner. A man walked with long strides, white lab coat billowing with each step. He was a strange looking man, quite tall, with purple spikey hair and an orange tattoo across one eye.

"Oh my!" He brightened upon seeing Tsugumi, and lowered the gun he held.

A gun.

"Pardon me." He gave a little bow then straightened, slipping the gun into one of the coat pockets, hiding it from view and withdrew a cell phone instead.

Snap. Tsugumi blinked. The man smirked and showed the picture he had just taken of her.

"Oi!" The boy snapped, setting a hand on his hip and tilting his head upward with an arrogant air. "What do you want you creep? I'm not going back again."

"My, my," The man shook his head, but did not seem at all concerned about the words spoken. He was typing something into his phone. Tsugumi glanced at the boy, a vein bulging in his temple, eyes simmering. "So defiant. But sorry, I have other more interesting things I have to take care of."

He stopped a few feet before the boy, who glared up at the man from his lax stance, oozing confidence.

"Excuse me young lady," The man nodded at Tsugumi, a large smile stretched across his face. "I'm sorry you have to see such things but…" The gun was in his hand again, cold metal tip pressed against the boys forehead, pushing aside his long blond bangs.

Tsugumi eye's widened, but the boy just continued to glare.

"It's your fault for wandering I guess." And the man shrugged and turned his attention back to the boy. "Come along now, and be a good boy!"

"Tch." Slowly he moved and balled his fists at his side as he was led back up the hallway he had earlier been running so hurriedly down.

Before he turned the corner he glanced at Tsugumi, his hatred for a moment direct totally at her. And a shiver went down her spine at the cold cruelty that was so apparent in his glassy violet eyes.

Then his back was turned to her, and Tsugumi stepped forward and watched the two walk down the hallway. Feeling her gaze the older man turned around and gave a sickly sweet smile.

"Just forget what you saw!" He called cheerfully back, speaking so lightly as if he did not hold a gun to a youths head. "And go back to where you belong."

Then the two strange people disappeared behind the door, leaving Tsugumi once more alone.

To say she was shocked would be an understatement. So she just stared, mind trying to comprehend what exactly she had just saw. She was inclined to obey the words of the tattooed man, and just turn and walk back.

But his last suggestion stung.

Where she belonged had been destroyed, and in its ashes she could barely survive.

Well then... hmm...