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Chapter 6: Trap

Blade’s POV

I sneaked towards the door with Jim and slowly opened it. I peaked inside and saw that nobody was there. He was hiding somewhere, or telling someone that we were here, wasn’t he? I looked around noticing the pictures hung up on the walls. A blue haired boy and the ginger haired kid they met before stood in the photos.

“We’re in the right place at least.” Jim muttered as he pointed at the blue haired boy. Rex… I know him very well because he always causes us officer’s trouble, mostly with stealing but I heard that he has made some secret deals with people, killing people for money. Todd told me about his past, how Rex burnt down his parent’s mansion and left him with nothing but his brother Jim It hurt me to hear him repeat it again and again as if it was the only thing on his mind. If Rex really was the one who took Todd then it would only cause him to have more traumatic memories.

I shook my head and looked around the house. It was pretty nice for being in such a dark, horrible place. I looked on the floor and followed the dirty shoe marks which led to a dark brown, wooden door, it looked as if it was the entrance to the basement. Jim looked at me before grabbing the door knob, I stopped him.

“Jim wait till someone comes up, remember this could still be a trap.” I whispered to him and pulled his hand away from it. My attention was quickly drawn to the sound of someone climbing up the stairs as the sound echoed throughout the half empty house. I pulled Jim away from the door and looked around. “Grab the sharpest item you can find, ok?” I whispered more quietly than before. Jim nodded and tiptoed towards the kitchen, finding more than just knives and forks in the draws. I looked back at the basement door and pulled out my pocket knife, holding it closely to my side.

The door slowly opened as the ginger man from before walked through, wiping his feet on the carpet before looking around smiling. Jim ducked down so he was hidden by the counter, just in time as Jay looked around. He suddenly gasped and ran to the door, locking it as quickly as he could, this was my chance. I sneaked up behind him and held my knife to his throat.

“Give up kid… Where is he?” I whispered into his ear. He gasped in surprise and whimpered quietly.

“I-I don’t know who you’re t…talking about…” He stuttered, shivering as I held it closer.

“Don’t talk shit to me kid, it’s obvious you know where Rex is… He’s in these pictures with you, so STOP lying to me.” I growled, holding the knife dangerously close to his skin. He held his breath and shivered more, not even trying to get out of the situation.

“H-he’s not here! He’s not-“He gasped for breath and shook his head, I began to cut the top layer of skin on his neck and he gave up.

“H-he’s downstairs ok! L-leave me alone, leave me alone!!” He squeaked and I pulled the knife away from his bleeding neck. I sighed with relief, glad to finally have the answers but this kid needed to shut up before they were noticed. I turned my knife around and whacked the back of his heck with the handle, causing him to fall unconscious onto the glass table which smashed with his weight on it.

“Shit…” I mumbled, feeling stupid as I knew I just made the situation far worse. I glanced at Jim and noticed him glaring at me. “Sorry! I thought it was going to be quieter without him crying…” Jim sighed and rolled his eyes, that was usually my job. I looked back at the door which the ginger boy came from and gasped as I saw it open again.

“Well… Look who decided to show up.” I smirked, pulling my broken mask down a little. Rex smirked and looked at me, wiping his hands on his bloody shirt. That blood, it couldn’t be Todd’s right? There was so much of it.

“It’s been a long time hasn’t it Blade?” He sighed as his smirk grew bigger. “How nice of you to pay me a visit… What’s the occasion? Wedding, Birthday party, funeral?” He chuckled. I aimed my knife at him and growled,

“Listen here Rex, we’ve never been friends and we never will be. I’m here to save my friend Todd and you better tell me where the fuck he is…” Rex sighed again, still wiping his bloody hands on his shirt. “And I swear, if you’ve hurt him… I will hurt you more than you can imagine…” I smirked as I noticed a spark of amusement in his eyes. He turned to me and scratched his head, as if he was thinking of how to reply.

“Hm… Sure. I’ll take you to him, but you gotta make a deal with me first…” He grinned and waited for my response.

“What kind of a deal…?” I asked before feeling a sharp pain in my back.

‘What the-‘My hearing was cut off by a high pitched note screaming in my ears, making my drop my knife in surprise.

’What was going on? ‘I fell to the floor, my body feeling weak and numb.

‘No… not now… I’m so close to him… ‘My eyes twitched and burned, my vision going blurry and dark.

‘Todd…We’re so close…’I clawed my hands on the ground, trying to grab my knife again but was stopped by Rex slamming his foot onto my hand, not as if I felt it. I looked up and tried to read his lips as I couldn’t hear anything around me.

“Surprise! There was no deal or anything, but I guess you’ll be with Todd downstairs. Sleep for now Blade, you’ll see him very soon… I promise~” He laughed.

I couldn’t do anything, I couldn’t feel my body at all and I was left to watch him do the same thing to Jim before I slowly lost consciousness, falling into a deep sleep… I can’t believe it… I’m such an idiot… I fell into this damn trap… I’m sorry Todd… We’re going to be a bit late…