It was not a restful night. I would have rather stormed the place last night and gotten Izaya out. All I could think about was if he was being tortured. He was a horrible human being, but still a human; even if he liked to think he wasn't. Even someone like the flea didn't deserve torture, did he?

I looked over at the clock. It was only 1:47 p.m. I'm going to go crazy by seven if I can't stop thinking about how Izaya could be being tortured at this very moment. I picked up a magazine and flipped to a random page. The article was some nonsense about how gang violence had decreased. Maybe a little, but it sure didn't seem that way right now. I read the rest of the article, but didn't even remember half of it. I ripped the pointless thing in half and threw it back on the table.

I sat there in silence for a few minutes. Why don't I have a television? That would be very useful right about now. I mean sure, something stupid would come on and I would end up breaking it. That would be a waste of money, but it sure would be worth it right now. I looked back at the clock, 2:03 p.m. Great, sixteen whole minutes had passed. Might as well go to Russian Sushi since I have over four hours left until I need to start heading to Shinra's house.

. . . .

I walked into Shinra's apartment to see more unexpected people. I mean, yeah, by now I expected Shinra, Celty, and Namie. What I didn't expect was Kadota, Saburo, Erika, and Walker.

"Shinra, what the hell are they doing here? We don't need to drag more people into this."

"I contacted Saburo about letting us use his van."

"Hell no! If you want my van, you have to take me and I have to drive." Saburo piped up from the couch.

"…And that's basically what happened." Shinra said, a little defeated because he wanted to tell the story.

"If one of us is doing something dangerous, the rest of us come too." Kadota chimed to vouch for the others.

"Whatever, it's fine. I won't need backup anyway."

"We should go ahead and go."

Erika and Walker practically bounced down the steps. Those little weirdos would probably enjoy this. Kadota and Saburo followed behind like parents. When we got to the van on the street, Walker slid the anime door open. I just stood there and shook my head. It was kind of my fault they had to replace the door, but they still didn't have to use an anime door as the replacement.

Saburo hopped in the driver's seat and Kadota took shotgun. Erika, Walker, and Shinra piled in on the first bench seat. I let Namie get in first, and then I sat in the back next to her and a box she had. Shinra began giving out directions as we pulled away from the curb.

"I'm going to hook your earpiece up." Namie said as she flipped the box open. She connected some cords to one big thing, and then reached toward my ear with a tiny skin toned piece. I immediately pulled back. "Relax, it's just the earpiece. We have to test it out before we get there." Then she grabbed my head with her other hand. Like that would have stopped me if I wanted to pull away. While she was fiddling around with the piece and the box, we turned into a shady looking neighborhood.

"My poor Celty has to ride into this herself?!" Shinra suddenly yelled, making most of the van's inhabitants jump.

"Shinra, she is strong. She will be fine." Kadota reassured from the passenger seat.

"But she is entering from a different way. She doesn't have us as backup!"

"She does jobs that involve driving through shady neighborhoods every day."

"…" Shinra shrank into the seat in front of me. I was unable to tell how he felt because all I saw was the back of his head.

It wasn't a large neighborhood though, so we soon pulled into the start of the warehouses. I have to admit; I am a little nervous. Not because of myself being in danger, but because I had gotten Izaya into this mess and I don't know if I will be able to get him out unharmed. As we drove deeper into the sea of warehouses, it got darker and darker. The abandoned ones didn't have the streetlights on. Saburo pulled between two of them and parked. Everyone sat in silence for a minute until Shinra cleared his throat.

"We are early, so let's just wait for Celty to show up." His words didn't break anyone's silence though. Instead, they just drew everyone's eyes to him. He continued nevertheless, "Shizuo, you will have to walk to the warehouse from here so they think you are alone. It's the one on the main end of this row."

"Okay."

"Namie, is the earpiece ready to go?"

"Yeah, I just need to test it. Shizuo, say something."

"I'm ready to go get Izaya." My words came from the speaker in her box. Almost at the exact same time, Celty pulled up on her motorcycle.

"Yeah, he's good to go."

"Shizuo, I would wait about five minutes and then head toward the warehouse. Good luck. Remember, we will be listening and ready to back you up. We can't until you get Izaya though. We can't risk them killing him." Shinra said as Walker and Erika started talking quietly to themselves about anime fighting moves they could finally use. There is no way I can let them have to come back me up, it is way too dangerous. I already got Izaya into this mess and I can't drag everyone else into it too.

"Got it."