She woke up in a dark room, laying on a cold cement floor. There were chains on her wrists and ankles; they were connected to the wall. There was one window that looked too small to climb through; otherwise there was no light in the room. She had called for help several times, hoping someone would hear her from the window. No one came for her. She paced the room to get her bearings. The chains let her go about five steps, keeping her far from the window and unable to reach the opposite wall in the square room.

After a long period of time, a harsh light hit her as the door on the opposite side of the room opened. "Oh good, you are finally awake. I hope you have found your accommodations… comfortable."

"Who are you?" Haruhi asked, looking at the man in the doorway. "What do you want?"

"My name's not important, but if you must call me something please, call me Hell," the man purred. He walked in and shut the door, grinning at her. Hell crossed the room to her and laughed. "As for what I want… I want to see you bleed." He snapped his fingers and she was suddenly pulled to the wall by the chains and her hands were forced to hang above her head. Hell was holding a long rope in his hands, and she closed her eyes as he brought his hand back to strike.

()

Hikaru and Kaoru stared at the condemned hospital hatefully. Somewhere in there, Haruhi was trapped by a total nut job escapee from prison. They were waiting for the police to go in, but Hikaru knew he may not be able to hold himself back much longer from just charging in. Finally, the crowd of cops charged at the entrance, and the twins snuck in without being noticed and split up – Kaoru going upstairs and Hikaru going into the basement floors.

The bright lights made his eyes hurt as he went through the maze-like hallways, and the sounds of searchers from the floors above battered his ears. Then he heard a scream, and a familiar, sweet scent hit him. Anger filled him, and he ran down the halls with wicked fast speed. He stopped by the door and kicked it down.

The man was by a darkened wall, a bloody whip in hand. Hikaru ran up and kicked him, but the man didn't even flinch. The man smiled at him with an amused air about him and sent the whip at Hikaru. The whip wrapped around his legs and sent him to the floor. His legs began to burn from the whips touch, and he quickly cut it off, rolling away as the man brought his fist down to where his face was. The man's fist hit the floor and cracked its solid concrete surface.

Hikaru jumped up and charged the man, but the man dodged him at the last second, causing Hikaru to punch through the wall. He turned to fight again, but the man's fist connected with his face and sent him through the wall and into the hallway. The man grabbed Hikaru's hair and lifted him to his feet and off the ground. His nails grew and sharpened into dagger-like claws. Hikaru shut his eyes, thinking he was done for.

"Hikaru!"

He was released suddenly as the man flew down the hall and into the concrete wall. Hikaru turned to Kaoru – who had thrown the man off of him. His eyes were red with anger and his claws had grown out as well. "Hikaru, get Haruhi out of here. I'll kill this bastard." Hikaru nodded and went back into the room as Kaoru charged the man again.

What he found wasn't a pretty sight. Haruhi was unconscious and chained to the wall. The man's whip had torn her school uniform and left lash marks on her skin. Blood came out of some of the marks, and Hikaru noiced that a few places were smeared like the man had licked up her blood.

That bastard. If Kaoru doesn't kill him I will.

He went over to her and snapped the chains, catching once her hands were free. He sighed when he felt her breathing, putting her arm around his shoulder to support her. "Don't worry Haruhi, I'll get you out of here," he said.

A loud crash sounded behind him and he turned to find that Kaoru had been sent through the wall and was unconscious. "Kaoru!" Hikaru ran over to him and saw the blood running down his forehead. He shook Kaoru and sighed in relief when his brother groaned slightly. He grabbed Kaoru and put his arm over Hikaru's other shoulder.

Walking out into the hallway, he noticed the holes in the floor and walls. How did I not hear them fighting out here? No doubt Kyoya will be covering some of his up in the police reports. He looked down the hall and saw a large hole in the wall with a tunnel that led to the surface. The man had escaped. He retraced his steps to the stairs that led to the surface and passed a hall mirror along the way. He noticed that his eyes were still scarlet like Kaoru's had been. He stared at his reflection with complete concentration until his eyes turned back to their original gold hue, and then went up the stairs.

He was immediately surrounded by cops when he exited the hospital. They took Kaoru and Haruhi from him, and he nearly collapsed from exhaustion. The officer in charge went to him and asked for him to explain what had happened. "Kaoru fought off that guy while I went to get Haruhi, but the guy was to strong," he said. "He knocked out Kaoru and escaped through a tunnel in the wall." The officer nodded and called for men to search the area. He then called for someone to take Hikaru home.

Kaoru started shouting for Hikaru behind him, and Hikaru ran to his brother, looking him over better in the natural light. The man had cut him a few times, but the cuts were already healing, and dried blood coated the edges of his bangs.

"Are you okay Kaoru?" Hikaru asked. Kaoru nodded.

"Just a few scratches, I'll be fine. What about you? I was worried that after he knocked me out that he went after you and Haruhi."

"No, he escaped like the coward he is," Hikaru nearly growled, shaking his head in disgust.

"How is Haruhi?" Kaoru asked. He was answered by a loud groan to their right. Haruhi was trying to sit up in the gurney.

"Haruhi, don't get up, you're hurt," Hikaru said, moving to her side. She shook her head and sat up all the way.

"This is nothing, I'll be okay," she said. "Where's Hell?" When Hikaru gave her a questioning look she said, "The man that kidnapped me." Hikaru shook his head at her; she got the message that he had got away and looked down at the ground. The officer that had spoken to him came over to them.

"Mr. Fujioka, until the man that kidnapped you is captured, I would like to have you put in protective custody. Is there someone out of town that could take care of you until he is arrested?" Haruhi shook her head. An idea popped into Hikaru's head, and when he voiced his idea, Kaoru said it at the exact same time.

"He can stay with us." The officer and Haruhi looked at them with questioning stares. "We have tight security at our mansion," Kaoru said. "Yea, and we can stay with Haruhi 24/7 to make sure he's safe," Hikaru said as an afterthought. The officer looked over at Haruhi.

"Is that alright with you?" he asked her. She considered for a moment before nodding. "Alright, I'll call your home and explain to your parents what has happened. Then go get your luggage."

()

The ride was awkwardly silent. Haruhi couldn't help herself in staring at Hikaru. She had been awake when he had knocked the door in. She had seen his eyes right before she had gone unconscious. They had been glowing red. She stared at his eyes – which were now back to their normal golden color – and he caught her gaze.

"What?" he asked with annoyance.

"Nothing," she said quickly, looking away. She heard Hikaru and Kaoru start whispering to each other and she looked at one of the lash marks on her arm. Dried blood coated the area around the cut on her bare skin. She wet her thumb and began wiping some of the blood away. She put her thumb in her mouth to wet it again and felt like she was being watched. She looked to her left and saw that Hikaru was watching her intently. "What?"

He blinked like he had just snapped out a daze and said, "Nothing." The he scowled at her and looked back out the window. She continued to clean off the blood until they came to a stop in front of the Hitachiin Mansion.

She followed the twins up two flights of stairs and down a long hallway. Every door looked exactly the same except for the seventh door, which had a plaque on it that had the twins' name carved into it. They passed five more doors before stopping.

"This can be your room," they said together. "Our room in a few doors back." They went inside the large room that was bigger than her whole apartment. Kaoru opened a door in the right wall. "This is the bathroom," he said.

Hikaru went over to a door near the large bed and said, "This is your closet." He opened the door. It was a walk-in closet. Damn these rich people. I don't even have enough clothes to fit half of the first wall rack.

"Anyways, if you need anything you know where our room is," the twins said together. "Later Haruhi." They waved boredly at her before walking out and shutting her door.