Captive

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaitou in any way.

                                 ⚠️Warning ⚠️
             ⛔️This chapter contains a high level of violence, characters in distress, implied torture and strong language. May be triggering for some people!!!⛔️

                                 Chapter 3

The first thing Kaito realized when he regained consciousness was that his head was hurting really bad. Worse than that time Akkako had smashed his head on the Voodoo doll. Next he realized he was in a silent room.
Carefully he opened his eyes to reveal that he was in a darkened room with a few slits of light shining through the dark. The shape of the slits looked a lot like prison bars.
Using the light to see what was visible of the room, it was completely bare.
Turning his attention to his throbbing head he reached up to touch the back of his head only to wince as his fingertips came back bloody.
As he moved there was a loud metallic noise which aggravated his already pulsing headache. Slowly he reached up and realized that there was a metal shackle around his neck. His hands and legs were unbound though Kaito's gut churned with unease.
The graze on Kaito's arm still remained and Kaito reached into his pockets to pull a handkerchief to bandage the graze. However Kaito cursed as he realized that most of his pockets had been emptied out of his tools. The Pandora Gem was missing along with his cellphone tracking devices that Jii-san required him to have.
'Dammit...they took Pandora!' Kaito thought 'Where am I anyways? Am I in the Black Organization Hideout's dungeon?' Kaito thought.
'Phone's gone, probably destroyed, my handy dandy lock picks are gone as are most of my trinkets.' Kaito added.
He closed his eyes desperately to make the headache disappear. 'Now if I can just...' he thought as he attempted to get up to see how long the chain attached to his neck was.
   If it was long enough, he could scout out the room to see if he could find any escape routes. Kaito breathed heavily as he managed to get on his feet using the wall as a crutch.
"One, two, three, four" Kaito began as he stepped forwards where the light was coming from
"Five, six, seven, eight" Kaito counted his steps only to choke as the chain went taut having reached the limit. It constricted Kaito's airway forcing Kaito to take a step back and then another to slacken the chair allowing him to breathe better.
'Dammit!' Kaito cursed 'Only eight steps before it begins to strangle me' he was forced to retreat back to the wall sliding down it. Pulling out a another handkerchief he tended to his head as best as he could before letting out a sigh of defeat.
'Nakamori-kebu, Aoko,...Hakuba...' Kaito thought thinking of those who would be concerned about him missing. 'Mom...'
Letting out another sigh those images were replaced with his favorite blue eyed detective, Kudou Shinichi. His eyes widened.
'Why can't I get his face out of my head?' Kaito asked himself.
"I hope he is safe' Kaito thought before he face palmed.
'Dammit! I shouldn't be thinking of him when I should be thinking about Aoko. Aoko! Not my rival who happens to be male but Aoko, my female childhood friend. The girl who has proper female bits!' Kaito thought confusing himself on why he would be thinking of his male rival.
He hung his head frowning at his thoughts circling and circling back to that single thought.
                 Finally Kaito heard heavy footsteps with a slight limp approach his cell. The sound of a key in the lock was another clue before the door swung open with a loud creak of a wooden door.
                 Bright light flooded in blinding Kaito but with a flick the light bulb hanging down switched on. Kaito looked up after preparing his poker face.
                 It was Snake, the Black Organization member who would come to the heists. The one person responsible for his kidnapping and the murderer responsible for the death of Kaito's father.
               "You know" Snake began casually as he walked into the cell.
               "Quite a shame that you have got no one to talk to you in this empty cell. All alone here" Snake taunted. A smirk crossed his face at the thoughts that crossed his mind.
               "Perhaps, I should throw in one of my pitiful prisoners for you to commune with" he continued to taunt.
               "Hmph" Kaito retorted   
               "Considering that I probably am going to die soon, there's really no point" kaito's poker face concealed his true emotions, and the poker face did not twitch.
               Kaito could hear another pair of heavy foot steps come down the hall. The sound of a door unlocking and a loud creak revealed the sounds of a Black Organization member entering the cell next to his.
A few seconds later there was the sound of a whip cracking against human flesh. There were agonized grunts as each crack the whip managed to make contact. Numerous taunts began to garble the groans.
Kaito tried to tune out the commotion next door to focus on the ongoing conversation between himself and Snake.
"I wonder..." Snake began, "I wonder if you, the glorious famed Phantom Thief Kaitou Kid has any weaknesses"
Kaito remained silent, trying to keep his poker face cool and unruffled by Snake's taunts.
Snake a let out a gruff bark of laughter as a thought crossed his mind. However a loud curse against the prisoner next-door ruined his moment of greatness.
Snake scowled and growl of anger escaped as he strode towards the wall of the cell left of Kaito's own cell. He pounded on it with his fist, with Kaito watching confused by Snake's actions.
                "Hey!" Snake yelled "Keep it down over there Kudou!" Kaito's eyes widened.
                 Looking up into Snake's cruel eyes as he tried to suppress the shock of hearing that unexpected name.
                  "D-did you just say-" Kaito stuttered shocked
                  "I said Kudou alright" Snake chuckled
                  "S-Shinichi!" Kaito gasped his heart racing in fear at these words.
                  "See, now this is why you should never care for anybody the way you do" Snake continued to sneer.
                    "When they're tortured, you'll drive yourself mad being unable to prevent a single thing. And in the End, I'll be responsible" Snake leered.
                     Kaito was completely frozen unable to keep the poker face from shattering as the full truth hit him like a sledgehammer.
                     Kudou Shinichi was in the cell next to his. He was being tortured! He was in the Black Organization's clutches his precious blood was being spilled. The once impenetrable poker face cracked in two.
                    "Oh don't you worry your pretty little head thief." Snake sneered sinisterly. "I'm pretty sure he'll survive the one hundred lashes, my fellow member is giving him. However the next time around..."Snake let out an evil laugh.
                      Kaito leaped to his feet struggling against the manacle to get to Shinichi.
                     "No!" Kaito burst out "No! You can't do this! Free Shinichi from his cell!" Kaito yelled pure anger, helplessness and grief visible in his voice.
                     "Just take me dammit! I'm the one you wanted! Dammit" Kaito yelled at Snake.
                     "So..." Snake began as his smirk widened  
                      "So you do have a weakness, most intriguing!" He sneered pleased to have incited such a reaction from his most hated enemy Kaito Kid."
                     Kaito fought against the manacle not caring if the metal was rubbing his neck raw in his struggle.
                    "Leave Shinichi out of this!" Kaito snapped out.
                     Snake winced as his knee, the one that Kaito strained during the fight on the rooftop gave a nasty twinge. However he ignored it approaching Kaito to punch him across the face before grabbing him by the hair.
                      "How much is it do you care about Kudo?" Snake demanded as Shinichi's groans rose in volume.
                       Kaito forcibly yanked up his poker face and Snake frowned at the instant rebuild of the famous poker face.
                       Inwardly Kaito could feel a wave of guilt and despair rising up and as good as Snake continue to taunt him.
                       'Shinichi...it's my fault...' Kaito thought as he forced back a wince as Snake's grip on his hair tightened.
                       "Ne Ne tell me" Snake began sinisterly "Would you care if my colleague~" Snake began only to have Kaito's indingo eyes flash with pure anger.
                        At the thought of Snake's colleague daring to lay a hand on His Tantei-kun (Meitantei-kun)
                     'Dammit all' Kaito thought.
                     "DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE TOUCH HIM!" Kaito snarles unlike the usually calm and collected phantom thief from before.
                      Snake chuckled at Kaito unconcerned by his outburst.
                     "You're completely helpless. You can't do a single thing exit wallow in your own self guilt" Snake tormented "Because of you! You dragged him into this!"
                     "Nobody gets hurt" Kaito whispered "My first rule is Nobody gets hurt. And if you lay another hand on my detective, I will show you why I never break my first rule" He stared Snake in the eyes
                     "Ooh so scary" Snake replied pretending to be scared of Kaito's whispered words.
                     "Ooh so scary" Snake mocked  
                     "How exactly would you do that?" He questioned as he tightened his grip on Kaito's hair.
                      "Lay another hand on MY detective and I will break your back Kaito warned.
                       Snake scoffed "Like you could do that"
                      "Do you really want to know Snake?" Kaito asked.
                       Snake felt a shiver run down his spine at Kaito's words.
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Ah ha! This chapter was very difficult to type up. I also have a severe case of writer's block/artist block. Also there is a lot of things going on in my life.
Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter...
-Khaos