Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Cope ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

By: VOM

Pairings: Schu/Ken Aya(Ran)/Ken

Warnings: Same as before

Disclaimer: If Weiss were mine, the show would've been A LOT different.

Archive: Fanfiction.net -Any others, ask, give me URL, and e-mail moi!

Rating: R

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Ken walked to the back of Koneko no Sumu Ie, into the storage room. He took a deep breath, and his lungs filled with the earthy smell of plants mixed in with the sweet perfume of their pollen.{1} Maybe Aya's order had been a blessing in disguise. Ken almost smiled but caught himself at the last second. Didn't want Aya to think he was happy. He watered the Solidasters,{2} taking his time and slowly sprinkling the water onto the petals and watching it run down the graceful stem to the plant's pot and soak into the earth. He pushed three fingers into the dirt, seeing if he'd put the right amount of water in. Sometimes he was a bit enthusiastic with the water.

Ken sighed as he fingers sunk into the pot. He flicked some more water on the plant before removing his hands and heading to the wash station by the door. He wondered what Aya was doing. Heh…probably scaring some innocent girl. Or maybe not so innocent…he thought he'd recognized one of them when Youji had come to the apartment last night. Purple hair, blue eyes, pretty figure. Like an ice skater. Ken imagined her slowly licking her lips, running a hand down her body, flicking her nipples… He shook his head when nothing happened to him. Such a fucking fag. Youji would tease him to death if he knew about Ken's state right then. Not even getting turned on by one of the prettier girls that had visited the shop. Fag. God, Ken was starting to hate himself. Forgetting his dirty fingers, he ran a hand through his hair and gave a deep sigh. Life sucked. Royally. Ken heard people enter the shop and instantly tensed up, every muscle ready to fight or flee. He flexed his fists, expecting his blades to fly out.

Shit. His night job was getting to him.

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"Ok! The blueprints are pretty straightforward, all of the floors are connected by one staircase, which is our only way out." Bombay pointed to the large map in front of them. "We could get out the rooftop, but it's to risky. An apartment building will be right next to us; we'd draw to much attention. Once Team One," Bombay pointed to Aya and Ken "is in, alert us. We'll track your progress through the building and tell you which way to got. You'll be heading for the third floor. Second floor is built like a maze, to confuse anyone attempting exactly this, but as long as you listen to us, nothing will happen. Balinese, you're connected to Siberian for this one. Abyssinian, you'll be radioed to me, ok?"

Aya nodded his consent to the plan, waiting for Ken to do the same so they could get moving. Ken surprised everyone by asking a question. "What if you guys make a mistake?" Omi looked up from the mission details he'd been shuffling to Ken. Youji laughed good-naturedly. "Ken, we know how to read a blueprint, don't worry so much! Everything will be fine. Just get in, kill the guy, and get out. Simple." Ken looked down at his hands in his lap.

"Simple..."

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"Ok, Balinese, which way now?" Ken scanned the various hallways through his goggles. They all looked exactly the fucking same! Fucking white! There was one branching right, one going left, and one going up! Gods, this was confusing.

"O-Okay, umm…" Ken heard something like the shuffling of papers on the other end of the line. "Right! I mean, don't go right, go left!" Ken blinked.

"What?" Ken shuffled his feet nervously, and clenched and un-clenched his hands, feeling the leather creak against his hands. He and Balinese had been navigating this fucking maze for two hours now. He had tried going back, but had promptly gotten lost, having to rely on Youji to get him out. Ken wished he'd brought explosives.

"Try up, I mean!" Balinese sounded pretty flustered on the other end of the radio. Ken exploded at this. "TRY UP?! You mean you have no FUCKING CLUE where the hell I am right now?!" Ken waved his arms wildly, his face turning the color of Ran's hair.

There was a pause before a tentative "…no." came from the other line. Ken was completely lost, and Youji was fucking guessing where to point him. Ken ripped off his headset, deciding to go left. They all probably went to the same place anyways.

Footsteps!

Light, hurried- it wasn't Abyssinian; these footsteps were almost weightless. Another set joined the first one- more confident, bulkier. Ken looked for a place to hide, franticly searching the white washed walls for any nook or cranny he could fit himself into. He scanned the wall he'd chosen, looking for any blemishes in the barrier between him and freedom. Damnit! Nothing except white, white, white!

Ken started running in the opposite direction from the footsteps he heard. He tried to muffle his own tracks, but still could hear them. He tried to increase his speed without compensating silence. He tried…

Siberian suddenly hit something at a full run. Pain laced through his body as Ken's limp body flew backwards from the wall he'd ran into; the last coherent thought he had being something along the lines of `Oh gods, please hire an interior decorator' before the white was replaced by black.

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Ken moaned as he came to. He faintly relized he was laying on a cold, hard floor and was unarmed. Suddenly a pair of the most shocking green eyes met his.

"Wakey wakey kitty kitty!"

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{1}No, I'm not sure if pollen is what gives off the plant's scent, but still…

{2}Solidasters are beautiful yellow flowers with light green stems. They look very graceful.

A/N: If I've screwed up the chaptering big time, just go to http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1141875&chapter=2 and read it there…I haven't gotten the hang of MM.org yet.