Fists and Lipsticks 2: The Silver Crescent

CHAPTER 40: Save the Queen

CHAPTER 40: SAVE THE QUEEN

All you are capable of doing is love her, nothing else.

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Despite the so-called 'antidote' Crosse made me inhale through the mask, I felt my body surrendering little by little to its sedating effect. My knees continued to weaken to the point where I could not even manage to stand, my eyes gravitating to slumber. Endless thoughts came on my head like movies played in reverse.

The Silver Crescent, the Spectra, Yamazaki Kosuke, Yoshifumi Rei, and now Crosse Williams…

My thoughts were too much for my head and heart to contain. I felt chills running down my fingertips as the world around me seemingly spun nonstop… blurring… dimming…fading… until there was nothing.

"Ayane-chan!"

With the guns of the Spectra men still aiming towards the dumbfounded Rei, Crosse held Ayane by the waist and pulled her closer to him. She was unconscious, cold, and pale. He could tell that she was exhausted with the way her head feebly pressed against his broad chest. The sight of Crosse’s nearness to Ayane sent Rei to rage. Ignoring the weapons pointed towards him, he fearlessly aimed his gun towards Crosse's head.

"Get your filthy hands off her," Rei threatened.

Instead of facing Rei, Crosse's eyes narrowed and commanded to his men, "Bind him and take him away."

Taking advantage of Rei's astonishment that left him unable to move for a while, the men in black suits advanced in an attempt to hold him captive. They encircled Rei with utmost caution as they approached, their guns pointed at him ready to fire anytime.

However, as they came nearer, they were interrupted by someone that arrived just in time to witness the scene.

His eyes were wide open in shock, "AYANE-CHAN!"

"What?!" Rei and Crosse exclaimed in chorus as they simultaneously turned towards the figure by the doorstep.

"C… Crosse?! And… you too?!" Kosuke involuntarily stepped back. He swallowed the lump on his throat as the men in black suits automatically pointed their guns away from Rei – this time aiming towards him. Much to his horror, he saw a horde of men in dark pink suits alighting from both elevators that stood at opposite ends of the hallway the moment he looked behind him.

"Shit!" Kosuke cursed under his breath.

The men in dark pink suits fast approached, their footsteps growing louder and louder as they came like soldiers charging to attack. For a moment, he felt as if he was a general in the middle of a war. The difference was that he had no soldiers to command.

In other words, he was in trouble – in BIG trouble.

"Yamazaki Kosuke," Rei clenched his fists and growled in perfect wrath, commanding to his men. "KILL HIM!"

"Ayane-chan… AYANE-CHAN!" Kosuke continued to panic upon seeing the unconscious Ayane in Crosse's arms. His emotions jumbled up to a mass he could not undo. Was he feeling jealous? Fearful? Regretful?

Or maybe a grand combination of all?

Kosuke's thoughts rendered him in a state of shock. His feet were seemingly glued to the floor, beads of sweat trailing down his forehead. He realized that he mindlessly threw himself in the middle of a pack of hungry wolves ready to devour him alive.