When a Lynx Meets a Leopard [Ash Lynx x fem reader]

~Chapter 17: Griff~

(Y/n)'s POV

The three of us walked a bit further before Ibe gently pulled me off to the side. "Uhm, (Y/n). Do you think you could leave me and Eiji alone for a minute? I really need to talk to him about something."
"Yeah sure. I'll just wander around for a bit. Try not to get abducted, y'know?" I chuckled. Ibe clearly didn't find it funny. His face displayed worry, making me mentally facepalm. "I'm kidding. Don't worry about me. I'm a big girl that can look after herself." I strode away, shoving my hands in my pockets after a brief wave. 

Ibe started to lead Eiji back in the direction we had come from, while I walked the opposite way. I wandered around aimlessly. I didn't notice any suspicious activity, so was quite relaxed. Everyone was just getting on with their day. It wasn't long before I got a call from a pretty distressed sounding Eiji.

"(Y/n), you need to come back to Doc. Meredith's now."
"Griff?" I pivoted around and started jogging, holding my breath while waiting for Eijis answer. "Yeah..." He sighed shakily. "Shit, okay I'll be there in... about a minute." I muttered and hung up, picking up a sprint as I dodged around people expertly. I didn't lie, it took me exactly a minute. I sprinted into the room, skidding into Shorter and using him as a stop wall. 

"12:32" Meredith said, looking at his shoes. "I'm sorry." I shifted back onto my own feet after leaning on Shorter as I caught my breath. "Fuck..." I panted, turning away and walking out of the room. Once in the corridor, I started to pace and run a hand through my (h/l) (h/c) hair. Eiji soon joined me out there, leaning against a wall. "The hell are we going to tall Ash? He's gonna be crushed!" I yell, bringing a balled up hand into the stone wall. Yeah, it hurt, but not too bad. Blood trickled from the broken skin. I let it slither down my skin and splash onto the carpet below me. "Let's tell Charlie." Ibe muttered as he appeared in the doorway. "Don't tell Ash while he's locked up though. The news will upset him, and if he is still in there... I have no doubt that Ash will go on a rampage."
"I agree. He wont be able to keep his calm and Golzine's men could take advantage of that." Ibe rubbed his hands together nervously, already knowing about Golzine from the glimpse he had been given. "First Skip and now his brother..." Eiji muttered, his gaze not rising from the floor.

"Bloody hell."

Ash POV

"What do you want?"

"I'm just impressed. Now they'll acknowledge you as a full-fledged male."

"Whatever. I don't give a damn what these scum think of me."

"Ow! Let go of me! Just come with- Ouch don't claw me!" Old man, Max, dragged me down a corridor, despite my protesting. "I'm taking you to meet my lawyer friend."
"No thanks." I yanked my arm from his grasp and turned around. "I don't need your help."
"Why don't you request bail? You'll be killed if you stay here." The old man tried to get me to meet his lawyer, it wasn't happening. "None of your business." I looked back over my shoulder with a slight smirk. "Or is that your guilt talking?" I then continued to walk away.

I walked out to the courtyard, hands in my pockets. No one approached me as I made my way over to a far corner and lay down against the metal fencing. No having anything else to do, I rested my hands behind my head and dozed off a little. It was quite peaceful until one guy came over, waking me from my half nap. "Hey." He called. I opened one eye at him and then the other, adjusting to the light of the sun once more. "Max wants you." 
"The old man has a visitor... where at?"

I walked to the place Max supposedly wanted me to be, not that he'd be there. I knew he wouldn't. Like I said, he had a visitor. I wandered in, looking around for anyone. There was a swoosh over my head, making me duck under a table instinctively, followed by a loud crack. One of Dinos men holding a long piece of wood now stood over me. "Hey, honey." He purred as two other men joined him. "Too bad, but it seems like your treasure is in boss's hands now." Hm, if Dino has the bottle then what happened to (Y/n)? Surely she wouldn't allow that to happen without fighting just a little. "Then leave me alone." I sat up, still under the table, and looked the man with the 'bat' in the eye. "Its not that easy. His orders are to thoroughly punish the traitor." Well, this isn't going to be fun. Three vs one? Possible, is the three have little combat training. But Dinos men did have combat training, so this wasn't going to work in my favour.

I was forcefully yanked from under the table and thrown against a wall. I was then kicked multiple times all over, covering myself in bruises. A particular blow to my ribs hurt a lot more than the others, and made me curl up into a protective ball. "I heard you were Boss's special pet. Why did you fuck him over? You could have had a good life." The man standing in the middle of the three said, a smug smile on his face. I chuckled a little, but instantly regretted it as my side burst out in pain. "Don't make me laugh. What's so fun about smuggling drugs and pimping whores?" My words were rewarded with another blow to the stomach, making me cough up my saliva mixed with a little blood. "Still got a big mouth, huh?" The guy towering over me said, an annoyed expression expanding over his ugly looking face.

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Yeah, imma end this chap here coz I'm hungry :)
Have a good day/night,
~Author-Chan❤