Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness Falls ❯ Fear's Breath, Death's Hands ( Chapter 11 )

Yoho!! Minna-san!! We have a chase!! Sort of... it's kind of not like what happened in the movie - similar, but I know I'm probably missing a few details, since it's been a while since I've seen "Darkness Falls". But anyways... hee, slightly long chapt for you guys to read! ^^

Enjoy now!

Warnings: Shounen-ai hints

Pairings: Youji + Ken, Crawford + Reina (Some ppl like, so those who don't... live with it!!)

Rating: PG-13

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Crawford drove along the brightest lit road; he didn't really believe in Reina's story or explanation of her brother's condition to be true, but it's the thought that scared him in his subconscious mind. A flash of lightening danced across the sky, followed by a loud clap of thunder a few seconds after.

// I hope Reina will be alright... //

He kept his eyes on the road, trying to keep his thoughts from wondering too much if he should miss a turn or a sign. Lightening and thunder came together as one, the sounds of the thunder slightly vibrating buildings; in that instant Crawford saw something flash in his mind briefly, before the street lights turned off with the building lights following soon after. Crawford stopped, being able to since he was the only one on the road; he waited for of the vision to come but nothing followed.

// A fluke? Or real? //

Crawford narrowed his eyes in concentration, trying solve the meaning behind the brief image he saw. It was Reina and Youji - they both appeared to be backed up against a wall or doors, both with frighten expressions on their faces.

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"Iya!" Youji woke up with a start, the thunder clap shaking him from his dreams. Reina was up to her feet in a split second, rushing over to her brother with worried eyes; Ken was still waking up, rubbing the sleep away from his eyes.

"Youji - daijoubu?" The lighter blond nodded his head, about to open his mouth when the lightening and thunder clashed together, making him yelp again. Reina gathered him in her arms, gently rocking him back and forth. Ken come over to the other side of the bed, seating himself on the edge.

"Shh, it's alright Youji... it's just a thunder storm... it's alright."

"Don't worry Yo-tan! We're here - both of us! We won't let anything happen to you." Ken commented; Youji looked over to the brunet, a small smile on his face. Reina sighed, giving her brother a light kiss on the forehead to help calm him, before continuing to rock him. Another clash of lightening and thunder came down, the lights turning off as it died out; Youji buried his face into Reina's chest from fear, however a different set of lights came on before anything could happen.

"K'so! The powers out!" Reina cursed, holding her brother tight in her arms. She looked over to Ken, who was searching around the room as the emergency lights came on. The brunet looked to her, a questioning expression on his face.

"What do we do now? These emergency lights won't stay on for long..." Reina looked down at her frightened brother, before looking back up at Ken. She released her hold on Youji, telling to Ken to stay where he was; Ken blinked, but did as he was told. Reina stood to her feet, walking around the bed to where Ken was sitting; she made the younger man stand to his feet, back towards her.

"Gomen nasai Ken-kun, but..." Reina drove a straight hand hard into the back of his neck; Ken's eyes widened in surprise as he felt himself slowly loses consciousness.

"Rei-na... ch..." Was all the brunet could get out before he fell to the bed; Reina looked down at the unconscious body with slight regret, her hand in a fist. She looked over to Youji, eyeing the shocked expression on his face.

"Gomen Youji - but I didn't want him to see her as well..."

"I understand, O-nee-chan!" Reina smiled, taking her brother by the hand and lead them out of the room. Youji let his sister lead him down the dimly lit halls, now bathed in a blue light; Youji heard a noise, stopping in his tracks. Reina looked back at him, feeling him tug on her hand.

"Youji, what is it?"

"I - I can hear her... she's close by! O-nee-chan!!" The darker blond could hear the fear in his voice, tightening her hand around his; she broke out into a run, pulling Youji down the hall with her. Their footsteps echoed lightly through the empty hallway, trying to get far away from the ghost as much as possible. Finally Reina slowed to a stop, still holding Youji's hand tight in hers.

"Did we... lose her, O-nee-chan?" Youji asked, breathing slightly heavily. Reina shook her head, shrugging her shoulders.

"I don't know, Youji... I don't..." Before she could finish her sentence, a white face appeared out of the shadows, the eyes showing through the holes filling Reina's heart with fear. She let out a scream, feeling Youji pulling on her hand and led her down towards a door at the end. Reina shut the door tight, using the broom Youji had passed her to block it. Recapturing Youji's hand, they ran through the miscellanies objects stored in the room; they come to the end of the room, coming up to an elevator. Reina pushed the button, but the elevator was far from their floor.

Reina turned around, hearing noises through out the room, Youji clung to her arm, making small whimpering noises at the sounds of her getting closer to them. Reina frantically pressed the button several times, though she knew it wouldn't do any good. The two siblings stood back up against the doors, seeing a shadow moving in what little shadow there was. A sharp hand reached out, a rasped growl following with it; Reina and Youji let out a startled yelp, feeling someone pulling them back into the elevator. A flare signal was thrown out lit at the ghost, her voice shrilling at the bright light as the doors closed in front of Youji and Reina.

Taking in deep breaths, Reina looked up to their saver, eyes going wide at who had just saved them. The lift slowly made its way down to the ground floor; amber brown eyes looked down at the siblings.

"You two alright?"

"Crawford!" Youji exclaimed, shocked at to see the Schwarz member here helping him. Crawford glanced over at Reina, holding a hand out for her to take; the older woman stared at him a for while, before taking his hand and stood up to her feet. She turned to help Youji up to his own feet; Reina looked at Crawford with a slightly surprised expression still on her face.

"You - You came back? But why?"

"From what little I saw... it worried me enough... Reina." The older woman felt a smile form on her mouth, which was responded to by the younger man. Youji came up to his sister's side, clinging to her arm again; Reina glanced at him, gently running a hand through his hair.

Abruptly, the elevator stopped, creaking in the process. The sounds above indicated that she was causing the trouble and trying to get to them. The top lid of the lift flew open, a white porcelain face appearing above; both Reina and Youji let out a startled scream. Crawford lit another flare, lighting the whole elevator, succeeding in preventing her from coming in.

"We have to get out of here!" The lift creaked, sliding down the shaft an inch; Crawford turned to the doors, attempting to pull them open. Reina let go of her brother, standing to her feet to help the younger man with the doors; the two together successfully forced them opened.

"Come on, Youji. You first." Reina held out her hand to younger blond, she and Crawford helping him through and over the floor top and the wall. The elevator slipped another inch; Crawford quickly helped Reina through the shrinking opening, reaching for the ledge to pull himself up and through. The top of the elevator touched lightly against his back, he couldn't be sure he would get out in time. Two pairs of hands grabbed him quickly, pulling him out just as the elevator fell the rest of the way.

"Thank you... both of you." Crawford looked to Reina and Youji, breathing slightly heavy from the close experience. Reina nodded her head, still holding on to the younger man's hand. Once they organized themselves again, they ran into a room, all hearing the sounds of her following them. Along the way, Youji had bumped into Doctor Mareo, who had been going about a night check on his patients.

"Reina-san! Youji-san!! What?" Mareo began, but was too confused to finish what he said.

"There's no time to explain... Come on!!" Reina grabbed the man by the coat; Mareo stood confused, staring down into the hallway when he saw a white face, eyes shining with burning hate that filled his heart with a sudden fear. He yelped, following after the others into a more lighted area; Reina shut the door tight, bumping and frightening two nurses who were doing nightly checks.

"Kami-sama! What is going on?!" One of the nurses exclaimed, trying to calm her heart beat down. Reina looked at everyone, holding tight her brother in her arms.

"There's no time... Mareo-sensei! How long do we have the emergency lights for?"

"Eh... eto... maybe a few more minutes...Will it be enough?" Reina nodded her head, taking Youji's hand and started making their way towards the stairwell. Crawford followed behind them, Doctor Mareo and the two nurses following as well.

"Enough to get us out... but we need to find a place that doesn't run on electricity!" Reina paused to turn to look at everyone.

"The lighthouse! There's a lighthouse not far from here - that runs on gas!"

"Alright - let's go!" Reina started walking again; Crawford cut his way in front of her, silently asking if he could take led. She allowed him, holding tight on to her brother's hand. One of the nurses speed-walked a little to demand an explanation for this leaving.

"If we don't get out of here, we're all dead! She'll be after us since most of us has seen her." Reina explained; the other nurse let out a worried hum.

"Then we should get the other patients!!"

"They'll be fine... they haven't - seen her!" Youji explained, keeping a tight hold on his sister's strong hand. Crawford stopped, as one of the lights switched off, leaving a large shadow gap between them and a wall of pipes, shining in the light. Crawford glanced over the distance and the amount of space; taking in a deep breath, he raced across the dark, keeping in the light as much as he could. Nothing happened. He turned back to the others, nodding his head.

"It's fine here! Just stay in the light." He kept his back tight up against the wall, sliding down a little more. Reina released Youji's hand, standing him in front of her, hands on his shoulders. Youji took in a deep breath, nodding to give his sister a signal; Reina then shoved him lightly into the shadows briefly and towards the wall. She let out her breath, seeing that he made it unharmed.

"Just stay up against the wall... You'll be fine - Youji." The blond looked to Crawford, slowly sliding himself down up against the wall over to where the older man was standing. Reina moved next, making it through untouched as began to scoot across the wall. One of the nurses felt a little panicked, rushing in too close to the shadows; Crawford saw this, but was too late in warning her. A rasp growl sounded in the dark, the nurse fell into the light as she was hit.

"Damn!" Crawford carefully let Youji and Reina pass by him, while he went to help the injured woman on the floor. Mareo came over more successful then the nurse, lifting the nurse around one shoulder, while Crawford reached for the other.

"Let's go!" Mareo nodded, following along with Crawford against the wall with the nurse in their arms. The other nurse carefully made her way through the shadows, quickly catching up with the others.

Youji and Reina had run ahead of them down the stairs, three of the lights shutting off in different places of the stairs. Reina stopped, stopping her brother as well as they waiting for the others to catch up with them. Crawford let out a long breath, staring at the situation in hand.

"Looks like we have to jump it."

"All - all of them? Together?" Mareo asked, staring slightly wide-eyed at him. The raven-head nodded, adjusting his hold around the wounded woman; the other nurse clung herself to Mareo, each holding the other tight.

"Okay... on my count - 1... 2... 3!" All four jumped on the three, but the nurse on the end had been taken by the ghost, her scream only sounding briefly in the dark. Crawford slowly stood up to his feet, still holding on to the injured nurse; Mareo shook his head to clear up the pain that had gone through his body. Regaining their senses, the two men held on to the unconscious woman, ready to jump the next set of stairs in the shadow.

The jumped on the count of three, the ghost grabbing the nurse in between them. Both Crawford and Mareo landed with a thud on the floor, having no delicate weight to worry about.

"Crawford-san!!" Reina called from where they were, still at least another set or two away from them. Crawford shook his head, standing up to feet before helping the doctor up to his.

"Okay, last few... can you manage?" The doctor nodded, taking a stand next to the taller man for the next leap. On the count, they jumped in to the dark; Crawford could hear her swooping in quickly - he shoved Mareo ahead of him, feeling sharp fingers rip through his shirt and into his shoulder. He rolled down the rest of the stairs, landing in the light on his back.

"Crawford-san!!" Reina caught Mareo, leaving him with her brother before quickly rushing up the stairs to where Crawford laid, wincing in slight pain. The dark-blonde helped him up to a sitting position, working him to his feet from there slowly. She took Crawford around the uninjured shoulder, helping down the rest of the stairs to the ground floor where Mareo and Youji were waiting.

"Daijoubu ka?" Crawford slowly regained his breath, before nodding his head to Reina's question.

"Hai, I'm alright - thank you." The older woman smiled slightly, still supporting Crawford up in her arms. The emergency lights around them soon turned off, leaving them with the very few that were still on. Crawford saw something flash in his mind as a different sound became more audible and a different source of light began to shine through the doors of the hospital. The lights were headlights from a car, as the front smashed intentionally through the glass doors, basking them in light.

"Come on, let's get out of here!!" Youji's eyes widened at the recognition of the voice; not sparing a moment, he ushered Reina and the others into the car, sure enough recognizing the driver as Ken. Reina stared in shock at him, mouth hanging open slightly.

"I knocked you out! That hit should've kept you out for 8 hours!!"

"I have a hard head, so forgive me!" Crawford took over the driver seat, backing them out and on to the street towards the lighthouse a little way from them. Ken turned around to face Youji in the back, throwing a flashlight over his shoulders; the blond caught the object, holding it tight in his hands.

"Don't lose that Youji... it's the only one that lasts!" Youji nodded, holding the flashlight close to his chest. Ken smiled, turning back around to face the front. Reina reached a careful hand out to lightly touch Crawford's wound, hoping not to distract him from his driving - which she didn't. Mareo spoke, the others turning their attention to him.

"Well - we're safe in here now, right? She, or whatever that thing is, can't get us." No sooner had he said that, the glass of the back window shattered, shards of glass flying everywhere inside. Mareo was pulled through the opening, his screams of terror fading into the night shadows. Youji lowered himself down in the seat, Reina following his example as the ghost tear and batted at the car - shaking it violently.

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Haha... just cause I'm mean and like to leave ppl in suspense - this is all of the chase that I'm giving, so... Muhahahahaha!!! *evil grin*

^_^ Don't worry minna-san! I'll get the rest of the chase up and the conclusion!! Just didn't want to end the story so soon - plus it's like almost 11pm and I'm really tired and dead!!! *tipsy laughter*

Till next time! G'night!

Emotional_Hikari