The station is busy as usual. Some girls are already there so early in the morning, conversing with the other officers. Aomine could recognize some of them, they're the ones who come to talk with his blond colleague. But Kise's voice is missing, his laugh can't be heard and that absence didn't help the sleep deprived Aomine take a short nap. The screeching noise of the chair put all the conversation into a halt and they all looked at the direction of the sound. There Aomine stands, emitting a dark aura scarier than Akashi's. Instead of a policeman he looked more like a vicious criminal as he started marching his way to Akashi's office with heavy steps. The door flung open and revealed their chief who didn't even look away from his computer screen.

"Hey". Aomine slammed his hand on the desk to get Akashi's attention.

"What a way to greet your superior, Daiki". The redhead looked at him, dark circles forming under his eyes. Aomine would've laughed if they're on a different situation, it's rare to see Akashi like this afterall and those dark circles look awful on his pale skin. But now is not the time to laugh, not when Kise is not back, yet.

"You can't expect a 'Good Morning' from me when there's not even a single good thing happened since yesterday."

"Right"

"So, did the device come in handy? Where did they take Kise?"

"I've tracked Ryouta's location and sent some men to observe around that area. The red dot has been stable since yesterday so Ryouta is definitely still in that place". Photos are scattered on the desk for Aomine to see and the tracking device was handed to him, the red dot continued blinking in one place.

"Just looking at these makes me sick. I- We have to get Kise out of there as soon as possible."

"I understand how you are feeling, Daiki, but rushing to the gates of hell is not necessary. I've set the best time to attack so what I need from you for the time being is patience."

"Tch. We're just wasting time waiting like this and patience is not in my vocabulary." The tanned male tossed the device to Akashi and walked towards the door. A hand turned the knob to open the door and leave the small compartment but Akashi called him and tossed the device back at him which Aomine almost failed to catch.

"Take that. I don't need it in the first place. Though for you to slip a tracking chip in Kise's pocket was so unlikely of you, Daiki", said Akashi with an amused tone.

"Shut up". Aomine turned to face the door again. Akashi's lips formed into a smirk when he saw Aomine's ears turned into an interesting shade of red. "We better move before it's too late." Aomine left the room and slammed the door shut.

The silence is defeaning and Kise can't do anything about it. All he could hear is the ticking of the clock and the sound of the sheets when he shifts into a different position. He stared at the ceiling and let his mind sink into a series of thoughts. He wondered if he could get out of this place and if help's coming on his way. If Akashi and the rest are disappointed of his failure and if Aomine is-

Kise heard the door open and his train of thoughts were put into a halt. A woman in black and red kimono stepped inside the room and walked towards his direction. Is she part of the yakuza?

Kise sat up and watched her coming closer to where he is. Taking a proper look the woman has a pretty face and a beautiful body that he thought Aomine would be happy to see, particularly those breasts. She's a beau. She has a blonde hair like him but of a different shade which was put into a bun adored with hair ornaments. The woman must've noticed that he stared at her longer than necessary and now it's her turn to do what he was doing. She bent down and adjusted her glasses which frames matched the color of the lipstick she's wearing. She examined Kise's face, leaning closely as if she's examining a fish in an aquarium which made Kise uncomfortable so he attempted to move away from the stranger. But what was done to him next sent Kise crawling to the other side of the bed. The woman groped his chest for a good 5 seconds and even tried squeezing them before exclaiming "Oh it's a boy!" leaving the male blonde utter only a short "E-eh?!"

Green orbs studied Kise's face again while he just stared at her, clueless and confused.

"It seems like Haizaki has a thing for blondes huh? And you're really pretty too, even though you're a man."

"Blondes.. ah are you his-"

"No". The woman cut him in, seemingly irritated. "I've been asked that a lot and I got tired sharing my pathetic tale. So to make long story short, I, Alex, was dragged here against my will.

"Uhh...sorry to hear that, Ms. Alex."

"You're in the same position. And just 'Alex' is fine'"

"Oh Alex then, call me Kise. Not for too long. There must be a way to get out of here... or so I think."

Alex sighed and stared directly at Kise's eyes. "There's no way out here. I've tried countless attempts to escape from this damned place and nothing worked so I gave up."

Kise's brows furrowed. He stared back at Alex's emerald orbs and he felt anger rising up within him. It's not the color. It's because he can't see hope in those eyes and the thought of Alex submitting herself to Haizaki made his stomach churn.

"How can you just accept such horrible things done to you?!"

"There are no more options." Alex started. "The only escape route is death and so I decided to comply with his commands. I became his favorite and I was given the privilege to wander around this place as I like. It was better than being locked up in a room and talking with the people he takes in saved the little sanity left in me."

That seemed to calm Kise down. She chose to live over killing herself, she didn't choose death. Maybe Alex is still hoping to be saved for she chose to keep living despite knowing the circumstances. Kise recalled his words to Haizaki earlier. Wrong. He doesn't want to die yet, there are people here who needs to be saved. Unconsciously Kise grabbed Alex's hands, holding them firmly between his.

"I promise to get you out of here along with the other victims."

Alex smiled at this. The determination is evident in Kise's eyes. She pulled a hand away only to place them on Kise's shoulder.

"What a strong-willed fellow. I'm cheering up on you. Don't let that fire inside you die. It's your best weapon."

Alex stood up, picking up a box Kise didn't notice was there earlier.

"That Haizaki said you should change into these. Well it's better than the ones you're wearing now."

"Uhm.. thanks?"

"Oh.. before I leave..."

"What is it?"

"I can't stop the bastard from what he's planning to do to you but... I'll have you know what he does to his victims to avoid you being under his control."

Kise listened to Alex's every word. Thankful for her warnings and advices, he smiled at her before the door closes and once again the room was filled with silence. Among all the information Alex gave, a single one keeps repeating inside his head.

"Watch out for the drug."