Story: Gift (chapter 5)

Authors: Jynx

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Chapter 5

Title: No new friends

[Author's notes: Warning! This chapter contains slight violence. Woman beating.

Some questions answered.]


Gift

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Chapter 5: No new friends

Edited by Camena_Versus

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Rin went to open the door. "Anthony-san?"

Anthony quickly touched her neck hitting a pressure point, knocking Rin out. He watched her fall to the ground and circled around her body, looking down at her. He knelt down. 'Hmph, so this is Su's new play thing,' thought the Anthony impostor. His hand reached towards Rin's face.

"Don't!" A very pissed Raul stood at the door frame. "Who do you think you are, coming here like this, Jennifer?!" Raul glared down at the woman.

The woman smiled. "Why if it isn't, Raul." She stood up, taking off her hat and letting down her long red-brown hair. "I'm impressed. How'd you know it was me?"

"I have my ways." Raul wouldn't admit he lucked out. As fraternal twins, Anthony and Jennifer looked identical; it was nearly impossible to tell them apart. But, Raul knew Anthony had a broken nose and would still be sporting that band-aid from earlier. "What are you doing here?"

"This doesn't concern you, Raul. Shouldn't you be off with some little boy?"

"You mean your brother," he replied with more venom then he meant. "Don't worry. I will, once I take care of your ass."

Jennifer frowned, clenching her fist.

"Oh, little Jenny got a temper over the years? You're not honesty going to fight me," Raul asked.

Jennifer relaxed. "No, I'm not here for you." She knelt back down and caressed Rin's cheek. "A bit young, but then again, Su always had a thing for younger girls."

Raul growled. "Don't touch her, and don't talk about Suyomi like you two are fucking friends," he spat.

Jennifer smirked. "I think I hit a nerve."

"Don't think I won't hit your face." He said calmly. It's a shame how much the twins look alike. Raul could not comprehend how he could both love and loathe the same face.

"Oh please, like last time?" She mocked.

"I was holding back for Suyo's and Anthony's sake, but they're not here now are they?"

"Nope. Just you, me, and this little toy." Jennifer grabbed a fist full of Rin's hair and jerked the girl towards her. The Japanese girl was too knocked out to even feel it.

Raul stepped forward, but stopped as Jennifer whipped out a knife.

"No." Jennifer pulled Rin up by her robe and brought her knife to her throat. "Get any closer, Raul, and I'll slit it."

"Jennifer, just put the knife down and leave this building," said Raul.

She laughed. "Uh no. I don't think so. You see I'm not here for shits and giggles, Raul." She said, rubbing her face against Rin's cheek, looking up at him.

Raul relaxed. "What do you want?"

"Where. Is. Suyomi?"



~ ~ ~

'Damn that Raul. Always working.' Anthony sighed as he thought about Raul. 'He loves that job more the he does me. No matter what I do he'll always see me as that little kid from years ago.' He was lying on the bed they shared earlier. He sighed again and looked at his phone. ‘I should call him.' He dialed a number and went straight to voicemail. 'That's weird, I'll try the office then.'

Ring...Ring...Ring...

"Hello?" Someone picked up.

"Hi, it's Flynn. Can I speak to Calvin?" He sat up.

"Mr. Flynn?" The man on the other end asked, puzzled.

"That's right. If he's busy just take a massage for me. Tell him I'm on my way. I should be there in an hour," he said holding the phone between his shoulder and cheek while putting on his pants and looking around for his shirt.

"What? But Mr. Flynn already checked in today," the man stated.

"...What?!" Anthony's eyes widened in realization, and he dropped the phone.

~ ~ ~


"Answer me." Jennifer demanded.

"Put Rin down and you might walk out of this building."

"I'm not going anywhere until I see Suyomi."

"What do you want of Suyomi?"

"It's none of your business, Raul. You've always had this weird possessiveness for her -- an obsession."

"Says the girl sneaking into her workplace and home. I always knew you were crazy, Jen, but this takes the cake. Psychos like you are the reason for my caution."

"I'm psychotic?" She laughed. "You're a fool." Jennifer stood up, walking towards his side, using Rin as a shield. "And I think I'll be leaving now."

"Like hell if I'm letting you get out that door," Raul stated firmly.

"You don't have much of a choice!" She threw Rin towards him. As he moved to catch Rin, Jennifer slipped between him and the doorway. Making good on his word, he reached out to snag the woman's blazer. The force of his pull made her drop her knife in the hall.

Raul held Rin in one arm and latched tightly onto Jennifer's jacket with the other. "I said; you're not leaving." He pulled her back inside, throwing her fall to the floor.

Before she collided with the tiled ground, she did a two arm flip and landed back on her feet flawlessly. "Hmph." Jennifer tidied her blazer and dusted her shoulders off. "Not bad, Raul, but is that the best you got?"

Raul leaned Rin against the wall and charged at the woman. His fist made contact with Jennifer's stomach, doubling her over. Raul picked her up by the collar of her suit. "I won't ask again. What do you want?!"

She smiled, and then quickly dropped to the floor, slipping from her blazer and leaving Raul gripping the fabric. She sprang back up and focused her power on her target.

Raul had no time to fully block. With her fist just barely brushing passed his blocking forearm, the attack made contact with his jaw.

Raul fell onto his back. He groaned and struggled to get up onto his elbows. "Dirty move."

Jennifer grabbed him by the tie and jerked him towards her. "What's the matter, Raul? City made you soft?" She recited something that was all too familiar to him, "'The streets are all about survival.' Or did you forget that?"

Raul smiled at her then spat blood and spit in her eye.

Jennifer jumped up, "Ugh!" She yelped and dropped Raul to wipe the offending fluid from her face.

Raul took the chance to get up. Grabbing her head with both hands, he cracked both of their skulls together, then followed with two hooks to the ribs, making her stagger back. She fell on one knee clutching her side with one hand and holding herself up with the other. One clear blue eye glared up at him. The other was covered with too much of Raul's blood to open.

The brown-skinned man stood meeting her glaze with the same anger. "Talk!"

She shot him a proximal look.

"Mr Calvin, is everything alright?" Raul's walkie-talkie went off.

'Not now,' Raul thought.

"Aren't you going to pick that up," Jennifer asked, smirking.

"Mr Calvin, please pick up -- all units to penthouse! Code Q!" The walkie-talkie crackled with urgency.

"Dammit," Raul mumbled.

'Oh, I get it now. You don't want to alert Suyo. You think you can handle me yourself, do you, Rule,' the red head realized. "Looks like your incompetent team finally figured out I'm here," Jennifer said. She rose. "I'm sure that'll get Suyomi's attention; all the easier to find her."

Raul snarled. "Shut up, you're still not getting passed me."

Jennifer only smiled, "Silly Raul. I don't need to."

'No way...'

Jennifer dashed to the bar and pulled a lever, opening a secret door behind the shelf. Before Raul could stop her, the shelf closed shut.

"Damn it!" He yelled, hitting the shelf and breaking 2 bottles. 'She knew about the buildings secrets?' He pulled the lever in a desperate attempt to pursue her, but as he guessed she locked it from inside.

'Suyomi!' He ran out the door.

. . .

Jennifer ran through the corridor only stopping for a quick catch of breath. 'What the hell was Raul doing here? He and my brother should've been in Japan for another month.' She leaned her head against a wall. 'Damn it. If only we had time to do it earlier. This passage should lead to the panic room in the basement,' Jennifer thought. She was hidden in the elevator behind the secret door. 'If I go, I'll be trapped. My only other options are the 18th, 7th, 3rd & 1st, and if I go to the 1st floor Raul and his men will be waiting.'

Jennifer stopped the elevator on the 3rd floor. She walked out with caution.

'The stairs might be safer. I better avoid the cameras.' She ran to the other side of the building.

A door opened. Jennifer stopped by a corner and hugged along the wall. She heard papers and the sounds of keys. After a few seconds of silence she heard the sound of the door locking and footsteps approaching her.

. . .

Raul headed towards the stairs.

"Mr Calvin!" A security guard from the elevator approached him with 4 other men behind him. One of the being Wallace. "We came as soon as we realized."

"Where's Suyomi?" He asked.

"Ms. Cora is safe in her office, Sir. We didn't alert her," reported the officer.

"What?!" He grabbed the guard by his collar. "The intruder is after her! Tell the men to secure the floor now!" He threw the guard back. "And clean all traces of what happened," He shouted to the other men.

"Yes, Sir!"

"I need all men on Cora! Now! Give me a visual of the threat," the guard barked into his headset.

"Threat was last seen going into penthouse," a voice replied from the headset.

"No sign of her, Mr Calvin."

'I don't understand.' Raul shook his head. 'Dammit, where is she?'

Raul walked into the elevator.

Wallace followed him. "Mr. Calvin, this is my fault. I thought the threat was still here, Sir. I thought you might've been in danger."

Raul rounded on Wallace and roared, "No matter what, protect Suyomi!"

The big man flinched visibly and looked away from Raul's gaze in shame.

Raul sighed. "No. I'm sorry, Wallace. No one could have seen this coming. Even though she was an intruder who knew that she would cause this much havoc, I'm shocked by her actions. I didn't want her near Suyomi for emotional reasons, but this is something different then just their past relationship. No, this is something bigger."

. . .


Jennifer crouched, ready for anything. As the footsteps came closer, she reared her fists back and struck. But connection never came.

The oncoming person turned the corner opposite to Jennifer, oblivious to the intruder.

Jennifer stood frozen in mid-strike. 'Su-Su...' She watched the dirty blonde walk down the hall in the same direction she was headed. She was so shocked she didn't realize she was standing still until the Suyomi walked into the elevator.

'Shit!' Jennifer snapped out of her daze and ran to the elevator. 'She's headed down.' Jennifer dashed to the stairs, and when she got to the bottom, she heard an alarm, the sound of men rushing off, and her voice. 'Suyomi.' She took out a cloth bag from her pocket and carefully walked from the stairwell. Once she no longer heard the guard, she proceeded further. She saw Suyomi heading in the direction of the security. Jennifer ran up behind Suyomi, placing the bag over her head.

Suyomi elbowed her and stomped on her foot with force. Jennifer winces from the pain and clenches her teeth but doesn't let go. They struggled: Suyomi backpedaled her into the wall, but the ginger-haired woman wouldn't cave. Thinking fast she struck Suyo's neck. It wasn't a direct hit, but combined with the lack of oxygen it was enough to knock the designer out.

Jennifer caught her victim before she fell and dragged her into the stairwell, closing the door behind her . "Damn, I think I over did it," she mumbled out loud. 'No sure what I should do now. I can't just walk out.' She sighed, and took out her phone to make a call. "Ko? It's me. My mission has been compromised. Listen, I have Cora but Calvin knows I'm here."

"What? That's impossible," a voice came from her mobile.

"Well he's here, and I'm screwed. I need some freaking back up. So if could you accommodate, that would be swell. " Jennifer ran up the stairs with the taller unconscious woman on her back.

"Sorry, can't," the voice said.

"What?" She spat venomously.

"With the War going on, everyone is out there defending the turf."

'Shit.,' she thought. "Fine, I'm going to improvise 'cause there's no way I'll get out of here with her -- not with Raul on my ass."

. . .

"Calvin, we have the building on lockdown. She's not getting out, Sir," One of the guards reported.

Raul grabbed the man by his collar. "But she still has Cora! Find. Her." The sliver-haired man growled, pushing the guard back.

"Mr. Calvin, we found some unconscious men on the 5th floor stairwell!" Three men came to report to him.

'5th floor,' Raul thought. 'Of course.'

. . .

Raul burst through the door. He was greeted by the sight of an unconscious blond sprawled out on a bed and a crazy redhead looming over her. To anyone who didn't know better, it would look romantic -- like a girl watching her lover sleep. Jennifer even had the nerve to caress Suyomi in a coquettish way.

"Your old room," he said and closed the door behind him. He tried to not show his displeasure for the scene before of him.

"I see my clue helped out," Jennifer said, never once talking her eyes off of her former lover, "and you came alone."

"No witnesses." He stepped closer.

"Wait," she finally looked at him. He stopped. "I'll tell you what you want to know if you let me go in one piece. No cops either."

"Oh you're going to tell me either way." He walked closer cracking his knuckles as he did.

"You and I both know that's not true, and if you hurt me you'll have a bigger problem." She continued, "Even if you beat me and send me to jail, more will come. And if you kill me, you'll have a war on your hands. Me going back in a semi-together way is your best option."

Raul grabbed her by the neck. "And why should I trust you," he asked through his teeth.

"Be- cause... Su-yo... will be... The one to-pay."

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