Leaping into freedom • Ash Lynx [Edited]

9.|| Shorter

Words - 1708
Edited - December 1st, 2022
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||Eiji pov||
I woke up and looked to my side when I heard Arthur's voice then I heard another voice and I looked at a man. "Nice to meet you, young man. I'm Golzine. I am the owner of your best friends, Ash and Y/n" he said, my eyes widen, I tried to stand up but was about to fall back when someone caught me.

I looked up to see Yau-Si, "Yau-Si, they caught you too?" I asked. 

"How naive could you be? Ash and Y/n must've had a handful taking care of you. The boy is the baby brother of the Lee guy who sold you out. But that's not all. Check out who betrayed Y/n and Ash and kidnapped you" Arthur said, I didn't believe it, Shorter.

I walked to him and grabbed his shirt but I was too weak so nothing happened. "There's no way you'd betray them! He's lying, right Shorter?" He looked down, I couldn't believe it. The guards took Shorter away and closed the door, the guards held me down so I was in front of Golzine. "He has a big job waiting for him" he lifted up my head so I looked at him.

"And for you, too," he continued and Arthur pointed over at Yau-Si, "That Yut Lung boy, he's poisoned bait throw here from Chinatown," Arthur said and Dino looked at him, "I don't need you to tell me that. So, have you rounded up all the downtown gangs?" Dino asked

"Yeah, all by Ash group. They choose Ash and Y/n over you" Arthur said and Dino laid the newspaper on the table, "Same goes for you. Ash refused my help and still became their boss. Same with Y/n becoming his right hand. They did it all themselves. I raised them. I found them. I polished and taught them. I created them. And now I must kill them. You wouldn't understand" he said and we all heard a knock on the door, one of his guards got in and told him that everything was ready.

I was dragged away and we all walked to a lab, only to hear Abraham yell at Shorter. "Be quiet! Is everything ready?" Golzine asked while walking down the stairs, "Yeah. It's going to be perfect this time" Abraham said and filled a syringe with the drug, Banana Fish. The others tied Shorter to the chair and Abraham gave the drug to him.

"Watch closely now. This is what Banana Fish is all about" Dino said as we watched Shorter get the symptoms of the drug. Abraham grabbed me and held me in front of Shorter, I frowned 

"This is what Banana Fish can accomplish. We're going to show this to Ash and Y/n. They watch their best friend rip apart a boy that means much to them. Their guts will be ripped out. It'll be pure hell" I heard Golzine say and I closed my eyes, I couldn't stand to see Shorter like this.

||Time skip||

||Y/n POV||
Ash and I walked down the hall, we got to the door and opened it, Max and Ibe were shocked at what we were wearing, Ash had a black suit and a jade stone earring and I had a dress and a necklace with an f/c stone.
(You can change the color of the dress)

We walked in. Dino and Arthur looked at us, I was disgusted but didn't show it. We sat down at the table, Dino talked about how beautiful we were. Arthur mucked Ash, "More like a Sphinx than a lynx," he said and gave me a smirk, "But you look more beautiful than ever, baby," he said, still smirking at me. I didn't change my bored expression but in my head, I was scared to death that if I showed it they would do something I didn't even want to think of.