Weiss Kreuz Fan Fiction ❯ Daylight Utopia ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Title: Daylight Utopia
Pairings: None in this chapter, will be yaoi and het though throughout.
Warnings: Spoilers for the series and Gluhen, though not too much just now at least.
The tall blonde blinked and pulled back slightly, staring in confusion at Ken and Ran, then glancing towards Schuldig and finally Orchidae. The two former Weiß members couldn't help but be pleased with the flash of recognition in the man's eyes, but he was obviously still confused. "Who.. Who are you people?" Schuldig scanned the amnesiac assassin's mind and cursed quietly.
"He still doesn't remember a thing. He thinks his name is Ryo Ito." The blonde's green eyes widened and he took another step back, then hissed in pain when he jarred his visibly swollen ankle, and Orchidae went to the man's side, watching him steadily and knowing that the man trusted her, if only slightly, since he knew for a fact that she, at least, wasn't a guard out to hurt him.
After a moment the young woman turned back to the three uninjured men, "Can we get out of here? We can deal with whatever mess you're talking about later, right now the guards are probably going to be here soon to finish what they'd started." Her voice had a frosty edge which rivalled Ran's own, but despite being ordered by a woman young enough to be daughter to any of them, they knew she was right and nodded, Ken going to Yohji and giving him a grim smile before putting one of his arms over his shoulders and helping him out of the room.
Schuldig waved Ran off after a moment and turned to Orchidae, the two of them speaking telepathically for a moment before Ran turned away and left them their time to speak. A moment later, a snap could be heard in the room, and just a couple seconds after that, the two of them came out of the cell. They could see that Schuldig had set the girl's arm back, and she held a blade in each hand, obviously determined to fight her way out of there if she had to, despite her wounds. She flashed a grim smile at them before Schuldig and her both started leading the way out of the place as quickly as possible, likely communicating telepathically with how quickly they were able to navigate their way down the halls.
Ken and Ran both glanced at each other with a frown when they both realized as well that, although she'd been injured easily just as bad as their old friend, Orchidae was walking like normal, and her left hand was twirling the knife in it easily, despite the arm being broken. She didn't even seem to notice the blood all over her clothes, which looked mostly to be from herself, and didn't appear to be suffering the affects of blood loss.
They were jarred from their similar thoughts as the five of them turned a corner and came face-to-face with a small group of guards, who looked as surprised to see them as they were. They jumped behind the wall as the guards pulled their guns to fire at them, Schuldig's own gun coming from its holster to be fired back. They could hear the men calling into their walkie-talkies where they were and readied themselves for an escape. Orchidae turned to look at Schuldig and they could tell the two of them were conferring telepathically once more, both of them narrowing their eyes in anger at the other before Schuldig apparently gave in with a sigh and nodded. Orhidae stood up against the wall then, as flame-haired man turned to the others, "Me and her are going to kill the guards quickly, and then we're going to high-tail it out of here."
Without giving anyone a chance to respond, the two of them rounded the cornr once the gunfire stopped so the men could reload, and within moments they could hear Orchidae rifling through the men's things and, when the former Weiß rounded the corner, she handed them over to Ran while speaking.
"Can we hurry? I don't want to get caught here again any more than any of you guys do." Ran grabbed the guns from the girl, and their backup ammo, keeping one for himself, handing one to Ken for his free hand, and handing the third to Schuldig.
"Then let's hurry."
It took only a few short minutes, Ran noticed, for them to escape, largely thanks to Schuldig telling them when to duck into a room to avoid any guards coming nearby. Ran had to also admit that the young woman helping Ken hurry Yohji along helped, though he tried not to think about that. It baffled him, to watch the seriously injured woman walking along with ease, although at this pointhe was just grateful that she'd stopped bleeding. Watching her move like that while bleeding as heavily as she had been was even worse.The moment they were off the grounds and in the car the'd driven there, Schuldig had sped off, his eyes continuously flicking to the back seat and at the two injured ones there with Ran, who'd pushed Ken up front with Schuldig.
Orchidae was alert and wary, her eyes focused outside as if something could be coming after them, a fairly legitimate fear at this point he knew. And Yohji was...well, Yohji it appeared. The man was covered in blood not all his own, his right wrist swollen though likely not broken, just sprained, as was his ankle. His green eyes were wide and wary of all of them except for the girl at his side still, and his hair matted now with dried blood. Ran took in his appearance slowly, noting how he'd changed over the years, his body less lanky, with more muscle than he'd previously had on his naturally skinny body, leaving it obvious that he normally worked out at least a bit. His eyes looked young and not as haunted as they always had been when he'd been an assassin, and he looked..good. Obviously, his 'normal' life had done him well over the years.
It seemed that the man he'd been on the verge of staring at finally noticed, turning to look at him with a blatantly confused expression on his face, though under Ran's scrutenizing gaze he merely flushed and looked over to Orchidae, whispering something to her that got a nod and a soft murmur in response. Ran's inward sigh was cut short as Schuldig suddenly stopped the car and parked it, and they all seemed to notice for the first time that they were at Mamoru's mansion finally. Their temporary 'home' of sorts.
Nagi and Mamoru came running from the house the moment they pulled up, and everyone stepped outside, Orchidae and Schuldig helping to get 'Ryo' out of the back seat. The two youngest men took in the appearance of the two injured and helped to bring them inside to clean them up and let them rest.

It didn't take long for all of them to gather in the den, once Yohji and Orchidae were tended to and asleep. It also didn't take long for a few accusatory and questioning looks to turn Schuldig's way. For his part, Schuldig just glowered at everyone before settling himself in a large, plush chair, his elbows resting on his knees as his face was hidden by his hands.
"What?" The flame-haired man was nearly growling, apparently in a bit of a temper, though none of them could understand why. He ran his hands through his hair, pulling on it a little bit and hoping that the pain would clear his mind a little. It was Ran who finally answered the telepath, still watching him suspiciously.
"What is she? Her father is a telepath, but she's something else as well. The way she could walk around like that while injured so badly..." He was trying hard not to demand answers of the man, knowing that he wasn't likely to answer if he was antagonized further.
Schuldig sighed and nodded a little, resigning himself to telling a little more about the girl, each new fact he had to tell was wearing on him, as it was telling more about who she was. He idly wondered how long it would take for them to find out her parentage, and wondered on their reactions, forcing back a chuckle at the thought.
"Her mother was a very powerful biokinetic. Healed quickly, miraculously even, and her aging was slower than most peoples'. Orchidae is probably already almost healed at this point, at least her minor injuries are probably fine now." He looked up at the men, who looked confused and a little surprised, save for Nagi and Ran, who both looked as stony as usual.
"Did you know that Kudoh was there?" The swordsman's whole body was tense as he glared at the telepath in front of him, who merely sighed and rolled his eyes.
"How would I have known? I knew there was someone in the room with Orchidae, but I didn't know who. He has no memory, remember? I couldn't exactly have picked up who he was from his thoughts.." He rubbed his temples, trying to fight off a headache. He didn't want to give anyone in the room any indication that he was being mentally yelled at by the girl's father, who was mostly just looking at someone to blame for what happened to his daughter, and knew in the back of his mind that there was nothing Schuldig could have done for her without putting her in danger.
The others noticed he wasn't apparently 'feeling well', and, after a look from Nagi, decided to save the rest of the questioning for the morning. It was Nagi who helped the German up to his room, and who swore to check up on Orchidae as he argued with Derrick, and left him to rest.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, I've been trying my hardest to get this going, but it's been tough.