Out of time - ayato x reader

[13] Out of reach

Your eyes were closed but there was a throbbing pain in your head, making you keep your eyes closed and shut.

Wherever you are, you couldn't tell if you were alone or not unless you opened your eyes. Moments later there was a cough and it slightly echoed within the area inside what seems to be a room. You opened your eyes slowly and peered around.

The lighting was dim but there was enough light to see who and what was happening around you.

Itto was on your right side sitting down with his hands cuffed to the back of his chair, you were too. You blinked and tried to see who else. Yoimiya was on your left with Xiao sitting next to her and Hu tao as well. Thoma was on the other side of the Oni.

The only ones who looked to be waking up from whatever happened earlier, still as your head was hurting from the brutal impact you gotten from Scaramouche. Thoma and Yoimiya were groaning awake while the others were still unconscious.

"W-what the heck...?" Yoimiya's words were slightly slurred as she slowly looked around.

Thoma was blinking away, but winced when he tried moving around in the chair. "...how long we've been in here—"

"Two hours."

At that the three of you stilled in your chairs with wide eyes. Whoever that was sounded somewhat familiar to you...

"Two hours? We were out for that long!?" Yoimiya groans and tries shaking away from the cuffs that was connected to her chair. Of course it was no use but, where is the speaker coming from?

You squinted your eyes and looked in front of you. There was something on this big round table just in the middle of the room, in front of everybody.

There was laughter coming from the speaker and then a sigh, "you don't know how long I've been waiting for one of you to wake up. Luckily we just need three more."

Trying to concentrate who was behind the voice, a buzzer comes echoes in the room and a light appears behind a large glass wall but you can't see who's behind it. There was only a silhouette of a person.

"Are you going to hurt us?" Yoimiya mutters as she was looking down at her knees.

"Hmm no, in fact, I'm actually here to help. Believe it or not." The person laughs but there was a sigh following along the laugh.

"Why?" It was you who asked and Thoma had to look over Itto's unconscious form to look at you—raised brow with concern written over his features.

Someone from the Fatui is here to help you? But why? Are they a mole within their gang and is actually on your guy's side? You find it strange, really strange. Does Ayato even know about this? Was it right of him to keep this away from you guys?

Your head begins throbbing some more with your concerns about the mission.

"Look, I can't say not yet. But the room you guys are in is a safe place to talk. Had to go through lengths to be the one to be in charge of you guys, was pretty tricky...."

There was another sigh and a pause before the mysterious person behind the glass wall spoke again.

"In exactly one hour, the Harbingers will be going out and then I'll let you guys out. In the meantime, take these in case this goes wrong."

Suddenly, your cuffs were unlocked and you looked down wide eyed—rubbing away at your redden wrists. Two loud objects gets dropped down into a compartment and you looked at the other two with curiosity.

Thoma approaches the area and opens the little metal door and in there, was two walkie-talkies.

"It'll help with you guys if you get separated in this building. I have one with me, also can you guys wake the other's up? I need everyone to hear what I'm about to say."