This Is My Battleground

Chapter 16
Episode 3: Scene 5

Luka POV

"Rin?" I called out. "What are you...?" She smiled darkly and pulled out a gun, walking closer to us.

"What the hell?" Meiko yelled. "Hey, we're your friends here!" Miku placed her hand over Meiko's mouth and motioned for me to not move an inch.

"That's not Rin," she said. "Look closer." She pointed her own gun at Rin and I threw my machinegun to my front. They girl got closer, but the closer she got, the more she looked like the Rin I know and love... "Stay back!" Miku started running for Rin, but Rin immediately launched up to the sky and flipped right over Miku, making her back face us. It was nothing but I mess of wires. "Do you see it now?"

"Yeah," I said, chucking my gun at Meiko. She caught it and started firing at the robot's feet while I searched through my bag for my spare knife. The one that Miku has was mine, but I let her borrow it beforehand. Miku and the robot went off on each other like super humans or something. But then again, they were both robots so... "Meiko, can you get a clear shot?"

"Of course not!" she snapped. "They're moving too fast and machine guns like your have terrible aim." She switched it out for a shotgun and aimed for the robot. I took out some spare knives and waited for Miku to bring her closer. I took that oppurtunity to throw several knives at the robot.

"Ow! Luka! Watch where you're throwing!" Miku snapped. Two knives stuck to the robot's back, but she still had enough juice to drop kick Miku hard enough to wind her. Meiko took that oppurtunity and shot the robot straight through the neck, cutting through the main wires that held her body together. I ran over to Miku and helped her sitting up. She pulled my knife out of her side and threw it at the fallen robot in disgust.

"You alright?" I asked, examining her body. She took in a deep breathe before responding.

"Yeah," she said, closing her eyes. "Let me just perform a quick fix really quick." I nodded and got my stuff from the doorway.

"You know, for a robot that looks like Rin," Meiko said, "it's weird why she was out here in the first place."

"I was thinking the same thing," I said, watching Miku. Meiko let out a groan and I realize now, it was a trap from the very beginning.

Len POV

We quickly walked through the hallways, following Sakuya's directions. The entire prisoner building was more like a mental hospital, except less comfortable. By a LONG shot. I could see the tunnel that led to the main building and honestly, I wasn't what I expected. It looked like it was made out of unbreakable glass with a flower case going down the middle. What kind of place was this?

"Hey Len," Kaito said, stopping me for a moment. "Where did Gakupo wander off to?" I looked around, but Kaito was right. Gakupo had disappeared. Just GREAT. Kaito and I stood by a wall and continued our conversation quietly. "Well, he couldn't have gotten too far, right?"

"I hope so..." I answered. "Well, we'll see what-" A hand rested on my shoulder and I froze. Why in the world was it wet? I slowly turned around and saw Gakupo zipping his fly up with his other hand. "Ew."

"Sorry, I really had to go," he said.

"At least you wash your hands," I said, brushing him off.

"Oh, crap I forgot."

"Dear fuck, someone get me some sanitizer." Kaito quickly grabbed some from a near by table and squirted it onto my shoulder. After a few minutes of me trying to not worry abou my poor jacket, we started heading through the tunnel. Honestly, this was a lot easier than I expected. Those kids really helped out with these rings... The main building...think of a hotel. A five star hotel. That's exactly what this place was like, but instead of rooms, there were labs. Of course, some where rooms, of course.

"Well, this is...weird," Kaito said. "Anyway, let's take the stairs." I nodded in agreement and we started up the staircase which was pretty damn old considering the dust we spread by moving one step at a time. "By the way, the girl who's suppose to be guarding Rin. Rose, right?"

"Yeah," I confirmed. "She's suppose to be on our side...I hope." We made it to the fifteenth floor before we decided to take a break for a second. And when I say take a break, I meant we checked out the floor. The hallways were pretty empty, but most of the door where unlocked. This floor apparently had the biggest break room for everyone, which made no sense to me, but it was pretty lucky. We continued until someone stopped us. She had black, shoulder length hair and peircing red eyes. I froze, thinking that the rings wore off or something, but Gakupo quickly dug into my pocket and showed the girl Sakuya's hair clip. The girl immediately relaxed and silently beckoned us to follow her. She lead us to an elevator and immediately typed in the number for the 50th floor. Damn.

"So, you're here to rescue Rin, hm?" she asked.

"Yeah," Kaito said, watching her. "You must be Rose."

"Yup. I can lead you to Rin's room, but I can assure you she's no longer there," Rose admitted. "He came a while ago and took her with him. I'm impressed though. She wasn't hypnotised by him." I breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm pretty sure you wouldn't need to be handcuffed, muttering about how much the guy was a douchebag if you were hypnotised." I let a small smile spread on my lips. It was great news for me. The elevator doors slid open and we walked out into a single hallway leading to an orange door. "This is her room. We can check if you want."

"That would be great," Kaito said, nodding. Rose nodded and opened the door.

"Hey! Can't you see we're busy?"

"Yeah! We're getting ready for Mistress Rin!"

"LUKA, MEIKO?"

Oh shit.