Shadow Fangs

Chapter 9

(You'll learn who this is soon!)

It had already been ten days, and Zorakuba was looking like a mess. He hadn't gotten very much sleep, and he would always pace as he got lost in thought.
Currently, he was at the now cleaned up base. He was searching for something....anything that could lead him to Alex! He couldn't lose someone else...not his best friend.
His thoughts were interrupted by footsteps, and he looked up to see Aoba, Clear, Koujaku, and two others he never met. One was a very large man with a pink bird Allmate while the other was a smaller man with a beenie.
"Zorakuba...this is Noiz and Mink..." he gestures to each one as he says their names. "We have an idea on where morphine took Alex-" Koujaku was saying but was interuppted by Zorakuba, who started bombarding him with questions like "Where is it?!" Or "what do you know?"
"Calm down and listen for a minute without freaking out," Mink says in a calm, monotone voice. Zorakuba becomes quiet, feeling somewhat intimidated before he frowns. Suddenly, Zorakuba gets a look of remeberance.
"You're the head of Scratch...i remember you from the North District," he says after composing himself. The man seems to be in thought for a moment before letting out a grunt. 'A man of many words....lovely' Zorakuba thought sarcastically.
"You're the brat who was hanging around my territory....though you didn't cause any trouble there. I'll help you only because you're respectable of my territory...and you are an important asset in my plan," he says as Zorakuba puffs up alittle in silent anger....he wasn't a brat.
Aoba tries to break the tension by speaking. "We need to get going. Well explain the details on the way," he says as Zorakuba gives a small glare at Mink before nodding. He didn't like him. "Alright let's go," he says seriously.
He walks past Mink, his eyes meeting the stoic ones of him. He glares lightly again before walking. Zorakuba doesn't know why he dislikes him so much. It's just....it feels...natural.
The six males walk down the road towards a large trash dump in the North District. As they walk, Aoba tells Zorakuba about the message Noiz saw on Aoba's coil. It had been sent and was just like what was happening now but in a game.
Zorakuba frowns as Aoba shows him the game. He could have sworn he'd seen that game design somewhere before.
As they reach the trash dump, Clear takes the lead. Suddenly, as Zorakuba was watching Clear, he remembered something about him. He chose not to say anything, but he now realized that Clear was also from Toue...
Zorakuba felt as though he trusted Clear though since he remembered what had happened to him...though he doesn't understand how he's still here. He was supposed to get rid of him but...hes still here and not destroyed.
Zorakuba was knocked out of his train of thoughts as he accidentally walked into Mink's back when he stopped suddenly. Mink tisked and glares at him. "Watch where you're going brat..." Zorakuba couldn't help but glare back though he did feel alittle bad about running into him.
"I hear them inside that building over there," Clear says as he points to an old storage facility.
        Zorakuba stares at it as if entering every detail into his head, analyzing possible solutions or entrances.  "I say we enter from the east wing of the storehouse...then cut through to the middle," he says after a moment.
        The others nod at his plan.  "I'll provide support from here," Noiz says as he starts typing on his coil.  Mink then speaks in a monotone voice.  "My guys are stationed at the West in case we need backup," he looks at Zorakuba as he says this, who silently glares before mumbling a thank you.  He needed all the help he could get to get back his friend.
         Zorakuba pauses as he looks at the building.  He sensed something was wrong.  "We need to move now..." he says in a serious tone as he walks to the door.  "Its locked give me a minute to-" Noiz was saying but Zorakuba just stepped back allitle before kicking the door hard, breaking the lock as the door swings open.
        The others stared at him before he glares at them.  "What?  I opened the door.  Now let's get moving," he says as he walks inside.  He didn't notice the small look of respect Mink gave him, but it was hard to see since it disappeared almost instantly.
              When the group walked inside they were met with hooded figures.  Zorakuba frowned before getting into a stance as they ran at them.  Two approached him while a few went after the others.  Quickly he dodged their attacks, them trying to throw a punch at his face and stomach.
        He grabbed the arm of one of them as they swung another punch at him, before twisting his body around and throwing him into the other male, sending them crashing to the ground.  Zorakuba looks around before spotting Aoba, who was trying to fend off three guys attacking him. 
          Zorakuba ran over silently, the three not noticing him in time.  Without a word, Zorakuba slammed all of his body weight on one, knocking him to the ground while the other two whirl around to face him, only to shrink back at the murderous look Zorakuba's giving them.  However, before they can escape Mink walks up behind them as Aoba stands next to Zorakuba.  They bump into him but before they can do anything Mink knocks them out easily by slamming their heads together.
       Zorakuba looks at Mink before Noiz speaks up from their coils.  "Somethings opening the front gate," he says as Zorakuba frowns.  Without a word he runs through the door and down a hall leading to the outside.
        He bursts through the door only to stop dead in his tracks, Aoba catching up to him and standing next to Zorakuba.  There was Alex, held tightly between two hooded men followed by another one.  They were trying to force him into a car.  The third one, seemingly the leader of the group, haults them before turning to the two.
    "Well well....its been awhile.  How are you Zorakuba?" The person asks in a deep dark tone as he takes off his hood, only to reveal that it was his old gang member Thompson....

His eyes however....were lifeless as if he wasn't in reality and under a spell.

(Thompson is the mysterious character above! Sorry this chapter was late I had alot of work to do.  Next chapter you'll get to learn more about him!)