A Killer’s Embrace

Chapter 11

Riku collapsed to the ground, the red blood pouring from the fresh back wound that Sora had gave him. His breathing was becoming heavy. Riku’s eyes stayed on Sora, death glaring him.

“You will pay for this,” he said before he closed his eyes.

Axel looked at Riku then back at Sora. “Talk about a backstabber huh?” asked Axel trying to get some humor into the situation. “Yeah,” replied Sora.

“Are you ok?” Sora asked to Axel. “Heh, I’ll survive. It was just a kick in the stomach,” he said while getting to his feet.

Sora and Axel looked at Riku one last time before heading out the door. They didn’t bother to lock it since they knew Riku wasn’t going anywhere.

Sora and Riku walked side by side out the building in to the night where they were met by the police.

Roxas had been taken to the hospital for treatment of his broken leg.

Sora was taken to the ambulance where Kairi was being treated. Kairi’s parents were right there with her. She had minor cuts and bruises.

Kairi saw Sora and Sora had seen Kairi. They embraced each other. The two, once they saw they were alright, kissed each other with relief. “I thought we were going to die,” whispered Kairi.

“Not on my watch,” said Sora hugging the red head closely to him.

The police chief was there looking at the building. He was a built man. Light blond hair with spectacles shaping his handsome face. He stood around six feet even. He wore a long black trench coat with his hands in the pockets.

“Send in some officers to search the place from top to bottom,” he said

“Yes sir!” said the police and they went in.

“Son,” said the police chief who had walked over to the ambulance to question the kids.

“Yes sir?” asked Sora.

“Can you please tell me everything that happened?” he asked “With your parents’ permission, of course.”

“It’s fine with us,” said Sora’s mom and dad who had walked over to Sora.

Sora sighed then began telling the horrendous tale that had took place.

Once Sora was done, the chief turned his attention to Axel who was leaning against on the police cars.

“I see,” he said “So he ended up saving you in the end, is that right?”

“Are you going to arrest him?” asked Sora.

The chief sighed. “Well technically he did help kidnap you both, but he turned around and you said he didn’t really hurt either of you physically, so he might get a light sentence, but yes he will be arrested,” he finished.

“I see,” said Sora dropping his head down sadly. He didn’t want Axel to be arrested for saving their lives, but it was the way it had to be done.

“Good,” said Kairi. “He’s the one who helped Riku take me,” she said. Sora looked at her, but understood. He needed to repent for his crimes.

“Who’s Riku?” asked the Chief. “He is the mastermind behind all this,” said Kairi. “He’s inside the building, first floor. I stabbed him in the back,” said Sora.

“It was self defense,” said Sora. He knew his parents, Kairi and her parents were surprised for him to say that, let alone do that kind of action.

“I know its sad son, but it’s going to be ok,” said Sora’s dad.

“I know dad, it just hurts,” said Sora hugging his father.

Sora ad Kairi watched Axel get handcuffed and put into the back of the police unit. He smiled at the kids before the car drove away.

The parents finished up with the cops and then took their kids home.

Kairi sat in the back seat cuddled up in a blanket shaking from fright. Once home, her dad carried her upstairs to her room and Kairi got into the shower washing away the blood and sweat that had dried on her body.

She slipped into her pajamas and rested well in her own bed hoping to dream of nice thoughts and nothing horrific. She had gotten enough of that being awake.

Sora looked out the window on the drive home. He talked to his parents, but his mind was somewhere else.

What had happened to Riku? He wondered.

The police had finished with the building.

“Sir,” said one of the officers. “We searched the entire building and found nothing,” he said.

“Nothing?” asked the chief?

“The kids told me there was another that had actually hurt them. One named Riku. He was said to be wearing the same coat as that Axel character,” he replied.

“Sir, we searched the entire building. We found no one in there,” he said.

“Then that means he’s still out there somewhere,” the Chief said.

“Very good,” said a voice from behind the two.

Both men looked behind them and saw a black hooded figure wearing a blindfold. He held a knife in his hand. It was covered in fresh blood.

Riku smiled then before the officers could draw their guns, their throats were slit.

Both of them were drowning in their own blood. Riku smiled as he watched them die. There was nothing the other cops could do because Riku had killed them too.

Sitting down at one of the cop cars, he moved one of the bodies and typed something into their computer in the front seat. Clicking on the bloodstained keys, he found what he was looking for, and then vanished into the street, leaving behind a massacre.

The police lights danced across the buildings with no one to shut it off.

Then a voice started speaking. “Chief Drena, please respond Chief Police Drena!” came a female voice from inside the police car.

Near the radio the voice was coming from, on the computer screen, there was an address and that address was Kairi’s home address.