Shiena still had the note that Otoya had wrote in her hand, looking at it with confusion. It wasn't Otoya who sent her the SMS, the brunette was sure of this. So, if it wasn't her, this mean that someone captured the serial killer and stole her cellphone, to convince Shiena that her disappearance was of her own will.

"Dammit, if it was the cops who captured her…" thought Shiena, worried.

But it couldn't be the police. If it was them, they wouldn't send a SMS, and they would already arrested Shiena for having hidden a serial killer. The person who captured her probably did this for a personal reason. Well, Otoya was a serial killer, a lot of persons would want to take vengeance of her.

Suddenly, Shiena remembered someone with who she had talked few days ago. She took her cellphone and called her immediately.

"Hi, Sasoriza" said the brunette.

"Oh, Shiena-san!" replied Midori, with a nervous tone, but Shiena didn't notice.

Shiena remembered that Midori seemed to be interested by Otoya, and since Yukari knew about the fact that she lived in her apartment, maybe Midori also knew and decided to capture the serial killer, or worse.

"I have a question for you" said Shiena, hesitant. If Midori wasn't responsible of Otoya's disappearance, she couldn't say to her that she was lying when she said that she didn't saw Otoya after Black Class. The brunette needed to be prudent. "When you asked me questions about Takechi Otoya, is it because you have the mission to kill her, or something like that?"

"No, I was just worried for you. But like you said, the killer who killed that guy was probably just an imitator. Why are you concern about my intention toward Takechi Otoya?"

"Huh, I was just a little bit worried, she's a dangerous person, I didn't want you to try attacking her, you would risk your life if you tried" claimed Shiena.

"Oh, right. Well, thanks for your concern. I should hang up now, I have work to do"

"Ok, bye" said the brunette, before hanging up her phone.

Shiena sat on her couch, confused. She didn't know if she could trust Midori, she was a little bit suspicious, but the brunette didn't have proofs against her. Still having her cellphone in her hand, Shiena look one more time the false SMS sending by Otoya's cellphone.

The SMS sending by the person who captured Otoya was an important element. Shiena had decided to find the serial killer, she didn't want to let her in a dangerous situation, she didn't want her to die. The SMS could be useful, to trace the place where it was sending. The brunette gave her cellphone to one of her friends, a guy specialized into informatics, even more than her. If someone could trace the SMS, it was him. He would call her when he will find the place where it was sending.

Now, Shiena was at her work, trying to focus on her job, despite her worry about Otoya. She didn't want to work, she wanted trying to find Otoya, but she couldn't. All she could do for the moment is waiting that her friend finished tracing the SMS. She was worried for Otoya, worried that she was already death. She had disappeared for four days now, it was possible that she was death, but maybe the abductor planned to keep her alive, if this person wanted to take vengeance, he or she would want to make her suffer before killing her.

"Kenmochi-san, you're absentminded" said her boss.

Shiena realised that she was washing the same table since five minutes.

"Sorry, I'm just worry about something, in my life"

"This seems serious, what's happened?" he asked.

The brunette couldn't explained to him the situation, she needed to be the more vague possible.

"Something was happened to an important person for me" said Shiena, hoping that it would be enough for her boss.

"An important person? One of your friends?"

"Well, that's not really my friend…"

"Oh, so it's your lover?" asked her boss.

The brunette blushed a little bit. Otoya wasn't just a friend for her, but she wasn't her girlfriend either.

"Huh, not really…it's complicated" answered Shiena.

"Well, take it easy ok? This can't be really serious" he said, trying to be reassuring.

"You're probably right" she said, smiling politely. Yes, it was really serious, deadly serious, but she couldn't say that to him.

She went back to work, trying to avoid thinking about Otoya, in vain.

Shiena was sitting in a bus, anxious. In the morning, her friend called her, he had found the place where the SMS was send. Since almost one hour, the brunette was in the bus, in direction to this place. Shiena was worried, Otoya was in this place for now five days, if she was still alive. The bus stopped, and the brunette left it. She was in front of a forest, in the middle of nowhere. She began to walk in the forest, looking for an old house. The person who captured Otoya had sending the SMS from this house. After few minutes, Shiena finally found it. Nervous, she approached the house, and entered.

Hidden behind one of the house's wall, Midori saw Shiena arrived, surprised and worried. She didn't expect this, Otoya will be saved, she has definitely failed to kill her. If the serial killer was still alive, Shiena would know that she was the responsible of all of this.

"Shiena-san will not appreciate what I did to the one she love, Takechi-san will try to make me pay, and Yukari would be mad because I failed to kill her…dammit. Well, I'm done, time for me to go far way for a moment" she thought, before leaving the place.

Otoya was lying on the floor, half conscious. Her mind was terribly fuzzy, she was cold, and her entire body was in pain. She closed her eyes, ready to sleep, and probably never woke up. Before she could fall asleep, she suddenly heard a voice calling her. The serial killer recognized the voice, it was enough important for her to stay awake.

"Shiena-chan, she call me, I can't let her see me like this, I need to stand up…" she thought.

Hardly, she managed to stand up, and began to walk, or rather, to limp painfully. Otoya headed to Shiena's voice. She didn't see clearly, but she could hear her. She continued to walk, and finally reached her loved one. The serial killer almost fell on the floor, but Shiena caught her. To be touched by the brunette make her pain disappear, Otoya was relieved and happy to see her. After so much pain, seeing Shiena was confronting. She hugged the brunette, too glad to see her.

When she saw Otoya, it was a shock for Shiena. She was barely recognizable. Her clothes were all dirty with her own blood, and they smelled like salt. Her body was covered with cuts and bruises. The brunette noticed her right hand. Three of her fingers were twisted, and her hand had a strange and unnatural color. She also had few marks on her face.

Shiena had thought about the possibility that Otoya will be tortured, but she didn't expect something so horrible, it was worse than what she thought. She had be severely cut on all her body, and beaten so brutally that she had so many bruises. Her abductor also broke her hand cruelly, beginning with her fingers. Judging by the salty smelling, Otoya's wounds probably get sprinkled with salt, to make her suffer even more.

The brunette felt terribly guilty, she blamed herself for not arriving earlier. She was thinking that it was her fault if Otoya was tortured so harshly. She hugged her back and began to cry.

"Don't worry, Shiena-chan, I'm ok, because you're now with me. So please, don't cry…" began to say Otoya, before collapsed into Shiena's arms.