Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Silver Rose ❯ No Escape ( Chapter 13 )

Hi peeps, bet ya thought I'd never update. Well I had finals and other things to do and haven't had much time to devote to my fics, but now that summer is here and school is out (thank God) I'll be updating more often. This is the next to the last chapter of Silver Rose, so I hope you enjoy.

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The Silver Rose

Chapter 13: No Escape

Darkness shrouded her mind as she fought to return to consciousness. Yet the drug still held her within its limits fighting to hold on to its prey. But in the end Usagi won the battle of awareness, the drug, which she guessed in her hazed state to be ether, finally submissively, began to wear off. She opened her eyes only to find herself still surrounded by darkness, chilled by the coldness of the concrete floor in which she set on. Her eyes finally began to adjust to the darkness and she could dimly make out the contents of her confines. The walls were covered with tall, possibly metal shelves; save the wall that she was currently sitting against. Besides the shelves, there appeared to be nothing else in the room. She tried to move her legs, to stand up; it was then that she noticed she was chained, by her hands, to something, coming out of the wall beside her. Usagi tried with all her might to dislodge herself from the wall, pulling frantically at the three feet chain that held her. She pulled and pulled, her wrist beginning to become sore from the friction. Usagi paid no heed to the pain though, even as she felt blood began to drip from her wounds, inflicted from the hard metal continuously rubbing against her wrist. She could not stand her helplessness, knowing that at any given moment her kidnapper could return, and at her vulnerable position she would not be able to protect herself.

"You should stop struggling. It's useless."

A voice called out from the darkness. Usagi immediately stopped her ministrations, searching for the source of that voice, which was strangely familiar. Whoever this person was, she knew her. Yes she recognized that voice.

"Who are you?" Usagi called out, trying to get the person to speak again, hoping to uncover her location.

She heard a chuckle, somewhat twisted, almost maniacal, a short distance from her. That laugh chilled her, whoever this was, was not wrapped too tight, and that could not be good for her.

"You want to know who I am, Usagi?" The woman asked, her voice exaggeratedly sweet.

"I bet you want to know where you are too. Well maybe I should shed a little light on the situation. Don't you think?"

Suddenly the room was filled with fluorescent light, purging it from its previous darkness. Usagi's eyes stung from the sudden invasion and she instinctively blinked them shut. Slowly she opened her eyes and ignored the red spots flashing within her vision. She noted that she was in some type of small warehouse. The dulling pain in her wrist drew her attention and she looked down at them to assess the damage. They were no longer bleeding, thankfully. The blood had already begun to dry.

"Well, Rabbit, do you remember me?" The woman said waiting almost patiently for Usagi to acknowledge her. Usagi looked up to find why the woman's voice was so familiar, why even that maniacal laugh was recognizable. She took in the blond, almost lime green, hair, the cold brown eyes, and the smirk gracing a full mouth, the tall, curvaceous figure dressed in slutty clothes. Yes she knew this person, knew her from her short employment at Silver Rose.

"Emily". She whispered out, the shock evident in her voice.

"Glad to see you remember me, bitch". Emily said and slowly approached the girl, her prey, securely bound by chain to the wall, unable to defend herself against whatever Emily had in store for her.

Mamoru sat in his office still contemplating a call he received from his ex-lover earlier.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flash Back~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mamoru sat working at his desk, reviewing the stats report on his computer company in London. Try as he might, he just could not concentrate on it. The numbers seemed to jumble and blur, hindering his perception of them. He had been slacking off lately, letting a lot of things pile up. Dozens of papers littered his desk pertaining to his, Jed, and Mal's various business endeavors, and he was yet to evaluate them. He just couldn't focus on anything since Usagi ran out of his life. And now that he had finally found her, so near, so very close, only a few miles away, he felt anxious. Mamoru still thought of making good on his threat to make her live with him. He could have her thrown out her dorm room; make sure no apartment in the city would have her. He could do that and more, for he had almost limitless resources at his disposal. The only loose cards in his plan would be her cousins, one of which his brother was totally smitten with and the other his best friend was obsessed with. No he wouldn't try to force Usagi, his Usako, to move in with him. She would only hate him for it.

"Mr. Chiba, there's a call for you on line four". He heard his secretary drone through the intercom.

"I got it, Mitsuki". He answered. He placed the stats report on top of the mountain of other papers he had to go through, promising himself that he would assess it and all the others tonight, with no distractions.

"Chiba here".

"Hello". Mamoru said frowning slightly. All he could hear over the phone was breathing.

"Look I don't have time for this, state your business now or I'm hanging up". Mamoru said growing even more agitated.

"Mamoru". A feminine voice said. Mamoru instantly knew who it was, how could he not, he had been screwing the woman for about a year before severing all ties with her.

"What do you want, Emily." He said with an exasperated sigh.

"I want you". He heard her reply in a breathless tone.

"Well I thought we already established that our little fling was over. It had to end sometime you know".

He could almost see her face, red with anger.

"It's not over until I say it's over, Mamoru. You are mine, or didn't you get that message after I fucked up your apartment."

"I suspected as much. That's why I let you keep your job here instead of throwing you out on your ass. I like to keep my enemies close, bitch." He said calmly hiding the anger in his voice. Yeah he suspected Emily might have been the one that ransacked his apartment, destroying his mother's picture, he was lucky that Mal had a smaller one that he instantly made copies of, but he never knew for certain. He had made a few enemies being the some times ruthless businessman that he was. But what happened at his apartment still pissed him off, and it was not good to reopen old wounds.

"I have an interesting proposition for you. I want you to meet me somewhere, somewhere secluded, where we can be alone. I love you, Mamoru, I really do. I can prove it to you if you'll just let me." Her voice had taken on a desperate tone and Mamoru briefly wondered why. Why was she so reluctant to except the fact that whatever they had, which wasn't much, was over. His intentions had been perfectly clear from the start, that all he wanted from her was sex. He had never told her he loved her or made any type of commitments to her. So why did she presume she had any rights to him, it was infuriating him to no end.

"Look, Emily, I don't have time for your little games. It's over, I do not want to see you anymore. I'm in love with someone, got that in love. So get over it, ok". Mamoru said impatiently. He was extremely tired of everything today, of thinking of Usagi, of wanting her, and all his conversation with Emily was doing was making him think of Usagi even more.

"It's not over!" She yelled.

"Bye, Emily. Don't call me again, unless its business oriented." He said

"Wait! I have your little rabbit bitch, Mamoru. You hear me, I've got Usagi here with me now!" She bellowed over the phone. Mamoru held the phone speechless, he almost thought he didn't hear her correctly.

"What did you say?" He demanded, thinking why would Usagi be with Emily. It was absurd. Those two barely knew each other and he knew that Emily disliked Usagi. And from what he understood, the feeling was definitely mutual.

"I said I have Usagi here with me. I have your rabbit, Mamoru, now how bad do you want her back?" She asked regaining her composure.

"Why would Usagi be with you?" Mamoru asked truly perplexed.

"Oh, It wasn't like she had any choice in the matter. I would let you speak to her but she's knocked out at the moment. I swear that girl sleeps like the dead."

She said giggling.

"What have you done, Emily?"

"What have I done, oh I just kidnapped your pet bitch, that's all. You are mine, Mamoru, but if I can't have you, I'll be damned if she will!"

"Let me speak to Usa, put her on the phone now". Mamoru was beginning to become increasingly worried. Was Emily lying or was she telling the truth? Was she really crazy enough to do such a thing?

"I told you she's asleep. I knocked her out and if you don't come to me tonight, I'll make sure she stays knocked out".

"Where are you?" This bitch is crazy. He thought. He really didn't know that Emily was capable of this. Hell, he didn't know the woman could think for herself, let alone formulate a plan to kidnap someone, if she had indeed kidnapped Usagi. There was a chance that she was lying about the whole thing.

"I'm close, Mamoru. Come to the warehouse on 23rd, the one by the old railroad station. I'll meet you there at 8:00."

She hung up before Mamoru could ask her any more questions, leaving him to consider what she had said.

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His eyebrows were furrowed with thought as he once again looked at the clock. 7:25 it read, only a minute later than the last time he checked. Only one thought occupied his mind. Was she serious? Did she really have Usagi? He had called her dorm. Amy hadn't seen her since earlier. And he knew she didn't have any evening classes. He even called her cousins; thankfully Minako answered the phone, Him and Rei where not on good terms at the moment. She reluctantly told him that she hadn't spoken to Usako today, let alone seen her. There was only one way to find out where Usagi was not and that was to go to the warehouse as Emily had told him. He really didn't have time for much else.

"Did Mamoru put you up to this?" Usagi asked kind of hoping that was the case. If Mamoru were involved she would at least be safe. No matter how she felt about Mamoru she knew he would not harm her, especially now that she was pregnant with his child. Yet after seeing the woman's eyes darken after the very mention of her employer's name, Usagi doubted that Mamoru had anything to do with her abduction.

"Don't you dare speak his name!" Emily yelled seething.

"Mamoru knew nothing about this but he has everything to do with this. He is mine and you cannot have him. I won't let you take him from me". She said looking down at Usagi darkly.

"What are you talking about? I want nothing to do with Mamoru, you can have him". Usagi said.

"Stop lying. I caught you with him that night at the party. I know you're pregnant by my Mamoru. He broke up with me right after that party, you know. Told me he was in love, in love with you".

Usagi's could not believe it. Mamoru loved her; he actually said that, he couldn't love her. But why else would he have told Emily that.

"You can't have him, Rabbit". Emily said drawing Usagi from her thoughts.

"With you out the way he'll truly be mine. When you are dead he'll forget about you, especially when I kill you right before his eyes."

Emily slowly pulled out a gun, the gun she had been hiding in her jacket pocket. Usagi's eyes widened when she saw the weapon, which Emily pointed with deadly accuracy at her.

"Yes, when Mamoru watches you die. He'll understand how much I love him. He'll know that I will do anything for him, even kill for him. Then he'll love me". She said as if she was trying to convince herself and Usagi of her actions. Emily made no sense, her words, were a total contradiction. Yet she couldn't see that, her warped mind would not allow her to see the utter wrongness of her words and actions. Usagi looked at the woman before, who in her hands held the power to destroy her, to destroy her baby. It was so unfair that her child may not even have the chance to live.

Usagi forced herself not to give up; she knew she had to find some way out of the mess she had inadvertently stepped in. Yet she could not see any way out, no escape.

Would she really die, this night, in this small, cold warehouse?

Sorry guys had to end it there. Anyway we're drawing to a close. Remember to review and let me know what you think!