A Devil's Angel || Ishimondo

Chapter 9

Taka carefully landed himself in front of base, making sure that his wing didn't mess him up. When he regained his balance after flying for so long, he began to walk towards the entrance. When he turned the corner he saw someone waiting for him.

"Jesus fucking Christ I was about to go out there and look for ya," Mondo said, who was there leaning against the wall next to the door.

"Ah, yes I did have a little bit of a struggle getting here. I appreciate your concern, bro!" Ishimaru said with a smile.

"Yea it's nothin'. Bros look out for each other, ya know? Anyways, Lonaca wants us to eat before the gang gets here," Mondo walked towards the door, holding it open for Ishimaru who walked in, thanking Mondo.

     Ishimaru followed behind Mondo through the building. They got to a kitchen where Leon, Lonaca, Pork and Ham sat at a slightly large dining table.

     "FINALLY! Mrs. over here wouldn't let us eat until you two got here," Leon complained.

     "Because it would be rude!" Lonaca bopped Leon on his head with a newspaper she was reading, "Especially with a guest."

     "He's actually a hostage, duhhh," Leon teased, which resulted in him getting his goatee pulled by Lonaca, "Ow!"

     "Leon don't ya know when to shut the fuck up," Mondo said, sitting down. Ishimaru sat down in the last available seat, in between Pork and Ham.

     Lonaca gave everyone their food and they all ate, chatting amongst themselves. Ishimaru had tuned out the conversation, staring into space as he ate his food on co-pilot mode.

     '...What would it be like if we were all still alive? What did Lonaca, Pork, and Ham all do before they died? Why were we stuck in that awful killing game..?' Ishimaru's questions swirled through his mind as more kept coming, 'What if I hadn't met Mondo?'

     Ishimaru felt a flick on his shoulder. He turned to look to his left and saw Pork looking at him with a weird expression. Mondo, Leon, and Lonaca were all still busy having a (very loud) conversation.

     "You good?" Ham whispered, "Ya were looking all freaked out and shit."

     "Oh, apologies, I was spacing off," Ishimaru fake chuckled, "Um... where is the restroom?"

     "Down the hall, turn to your left and it's the first door to your right," Ham said, pointing with his thumb at the door. Ishimaru nodded his head and excused himself to the restroom.

     Ishimaru found the restroom and went inside, locking the door behind him. He looked in the mirror, taking a deep breath in. His thoughts had managed to make him freak out quite a bit, but he hadn't realized it until he excused himself to the restroom.

     He ran the sink and splashed water onto his face. Taking in another deep breath, he looked outside of the window. They were on the 4th floor, and Ishimaru had a decent look at the large black castle, still assuming it belonged to Celestia Ludenberg. It was truly petrifying. There were thin black clouds and a large black fog surrounding it. Ishimaru didn't want to look at it for another second, quickly turning and opening the door to leave the bathroom.

"Oh- I'm sorry!" Lonaca said, who was standing right in front of the bathroom door, scaring the hell out of Ishimaru, "I didn't know you were in there."

"It's fine! I was just washing my face that's all," Ishimaru said, stepping around Lonaca. He felt something... off... about her though. He didn't hear the bathroom door open and close behind him, so she was still just standing there. He felt like she was glaring daggers into the back of his skull, but since he couldn't see her actually glaring at him he just quickly shrugged it off and just went back to the kitchen.