Kidnapped

Well, i\'m going to end the kidnap saga and move on to the conclusion with Sancutary.

Chapter 12

It was more than a few days. To be exact, it was more like a week
before Yuuto returned. All the boys were having breakfast when the
smiling auburn hair teen walked into the cafeteria. He got himself
some breakfast and sat down with Omi and Nagi.

\"Hi guys. I\'m sorry, it took longer than expected.\" He took a bite of
toast.

\"It\'s okay as long as you are here,\" said Omi anxious. \"So, did you
do it?\"

\"Omi please, he just got back,\" said Nagi.

\"Actually Nagi, I turned it off last night,\" Yuuto smiled at the two boys.
\"I got back around midnight and since JJ allows me to go into his office
unescorted. I turned off the thing.\"

\"Nagi, try to move something.\" Omi turned to the younger boy
anxious.

Nagi closed his eyes and concentrated on trying to move the
spoon. But nothing happened.

\"I guess the effect of the wave hasn\'t worn off yet.\"

\"We\'ll give you time to recoup,\" said Yuuto. \"But I was thinking we
should do something that will bring the police and the media here.\"

\"Yeah. You could start a fire,\" said Omi. \"Since you\'re the only one
that can wander about unescorted. You\'ll be perfect.\"

\"Right, and in all the commotion, we can escape,\" said Nagi excited.

\"Yeah, but not before I pay that fuck JJ a little visit.” Omi bent the
fork with one hand.

\"You\'re beginning to act like Farf.\" Nagi frowned at the blond.

\"Oi. That\'s not a nice thing to say.\" Omi smiled at the telekinetic.
\"Anyway, you have to make sure the fire can\'t be put out by the
guards.\"

\"Leave it to me. I think I know of something that might do the trick,\"
said Yuuto.

\"Well, I\'m tired of waiting.\" Omi clenched his hands into fists. \"We\'re
leaving here tonight.\"

\"No, Omi let my power return first.\" Nagi held his hand tight.
\"Remember, JJ can control you like a doll. Hence the name puppet
master. Please Omi, I want out just as badly as you, but we have
to make sure we do escape. It shouldn\'t be long for my power to
return.\"

\"He\'s right. It will give me a chance to steal one of his cell phones.\"

\"Won\'t he miss it?\" asked the blond.

\"No. He has so many. I seriously doubt if he will miss one,\" said
Yuuto. \"Once I start the fire, I\'ll call the fire department, the police and
the media. There\'ll be so many people around here until you\'ll think
it\'s a zoo.\"

\"That\'s a good ideal. When my power returns, we can put Operation:
Escape into action.\"

Nagi smiled. It was the first time he has had hope since he arrived
there. Soon, JJ will be dead, and they will be free to go home . . . All
of them.
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It was noon when Crawford and the others dragged themselves into
the penthouse. They went into Bradley\'s office and sat either on the
couch or in chairs. They were exhausted from their searching. Ken
was so tired until it didn\'t even bother him when the Irishman began
stroking his hair. Ken just leaned over and rested his head in
Farfarello\'s lap.

\"This is getting us nowhere,\" barked Schuldig. \"Brad you\'re going
to have to use your power.\"

\"I\'m not sure,\" Crawford said uncertain of the reliability of his visions.

\"Schu is right,\" said Yohji scooting to the edge of the couch. \"As it
is we have no choice in the matter. Omi and Nagi are counting on us
to find them.\"

\"Maybe you\'re right. . .\" Before the precog could do anything, he was
struck by a vision so powerful it was almost like a physical blow. He
reeled backwards and fell sprawled onto the floor.

Aya was the first up and at the older man\'s side. \"Brad, are you. . .\" He
was about to touch the American, but Schuldig stopped him.

\"No. Don\'t. He\'s having a vision.\" The German knelt on the other side
of his friend across from Aya. \"Although I have never seen a vision strike
him with such force.\"

\"Is this normal?\" Aya frowned. He did not like what he was seeing.

Crawford laid on the floor staring up at the ceiling, into a future
no one else could see. Suddenly, he blinked his eyes, and Crawford
was seeing the present world again.

\"What happened Brad?\" Schuldig asked helping the older man to
stand up. \"I\'ve never seen a vision knock you to the floor.\"

Bradley smooth out his wrinkled suit and stalked over to his
desk kicking it with his Italian leather shoe, he turned to face
them. \"I\'m a fool. I should have remembered.\" He sighed
heavily. \"The boys are okay, but. . .\"

\"But what?\" Aya asked feeling a lump in his throat.

\"They were being prostituted out by Adams,\" said Bradley.

They stared in horror at the American. It was hard. . .no
impossible to believe that Omi and Nagi was being sold as
prostitutes.

\"Whoa, Nagi would never allow himself to be put in that
situation,\" said Schuldig.

\"Neither would Omi,\" said Ken.

\"Have you forgotten who we are dealing with.\" The precog snapped
at the men. \"There\'s not only puppet master we have to contend with
but Muraki as well.\" Bradley leaned against his desk.

\"But you know, this could be the break we needed,\" said Yohji.

\"If his vision can be trusted,\" said Ken.

\"You can trust this one.\" Bradley straightened his glasses on his
nose. \"I\'m a damn fool. Why didn\'t I. . .” He slammed his fist against the
desk and looked up at the other. “I should have remembered
this sooner.\"

\"What?\" Schuldig asked.

\"It occurred to me after the vision. Adams has a thing for pretty
young boys. It was rumored at Esset headquarters that Adams was
running a male prostitution ring. He would kidnap boys from all over
the world and then pimp them out to the more wealthy clients.\"

\"That is sick,\" said Yohji. The blond could feel the bile churning in his
stomach. \"Who would want to fuck a kid?\"

\"You\'ll be surprised at how many well respected people are sick,
perverted shitholes.\"

\"So, we have to search the dark side of Hong Kong,\" said Aya.

\"Yes, but remember we are dealing with an Esset agent. You may
find the people not wanting to talk about puppet master,\" said
Crawford. \"We\'re going to be running into stone walls at every
turn.\"

\"So what. We\'ve run into stone walls before,\" said Ken smiling and
winking at the American. \"And knocked every one of them down.\"

\"Okay, so let\'s go bring our little lost lambs home,\" said Farfarello.

With renewed hope surging through everyone for the first time since
they arrived in Hong Kong. They had a real chance at finding the
two teens.
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Omi stumbled in to the room and fell to his knees. Nagi jumped from
the couch and ran to Omi\'s side. Kneeling beside the blond, the
telekinetic brushed the hair from Omi\'s face. There was a dark
bruise on his left cheek. His lips were split, swollen and
bleeding. Blood trickled down his chin. His shirt was torn opened.
There were scratches and teeth marks marring his delicate
form. Although Nagi is sure, the older boy would scold him for saying
his body was delicate.

\"Omi.\" Nagi caressed the older boy\'s cheek.

\"No don\'t.\" Omi turned away from him. \"I\'m dirty. I don\'t every
want you to touch me when I\'m dirty.\"

Nagi wanted to shake some sense into the blond, but it would be
a waste of time. He was, after all, doing this so it wouldn\'t be Nagi
crumpled on the floor. Dammit, it wasn\'t fair. He was not a China
doll that would break if he got roughed up. He knew how to take
care of himself. He used to live on the streets. Plus he was a
trained assassin. Why was this happening to them? Just when
they had begun their new lives and put being assassins behind
them. Why? Nagi knew why. It was because Schwartz betrayed
Esset, and Weiss was the one that brought them down. So of
course those who were still loyal to Esset would want their heads.

Nagi sighed. The young boy slung Omi\'s arm over his shoulder and
wrapped his own arms around the blond\'s waist. Omi struggled, but
the younger teen only tightened his grip.

\"You can struggle all you want, but I\'m not going to let you go. You
might think you\'re dirty, but you\'re not. You\'re only dirty if you let
them mentally defeat you.\" Nagi helped Omi to stand up and
stared at the older teen. \"I\'m not defeated and I\'m not going to let
them defeat me. You know why? Because. . .Because I love you.\"
He blushed. Oh God, his eyes were two dark pools that seem to
consume Omi. He couldn\'t help himself. Omi bend down and kissed
the telekinetic softly on the lips.

\"You don\'t play fair. Looking at me like that.\"

Nagi smiled. \"Alls fair in love and war.\"

Omi sighed and let a ghost of a smile touch his lips. He let Nagi
lead him into the bathroom. The older teen fell to his knees onto the
tiled floor covering his face with his hands, and he began to
sob. Nagi wrapped his arms around Omi\'s shoulders and cradled
the teenager\'s head against his chest.

\"I don\'t want to be here any longer. I want to go back home and go
to school, and be with my friends.\"

Nagi cupped the weeping boy\'s cheeks in his hands raising the
other\'s eyes up to meet his gaze. Nagi leaned forward and gently
pressed his lips against Omi\'s lips. Omi shivered and closed his
eyes as he let Nagi continue to kiss him.

As Nagi pulled away, Nagi saw tears trickled down Omi\'s cheek
from underneath the older boy\'s eyelids. \"Omi.\"

The teen opened his eyes to stare into the somber face of the
telekinetic.

\"Thank you for doing all you could to keep me safe. Thank you for
taking care of me, but now, it\'s my turn to do something for you.\"
Nagi smiled. \"You wanna see something really cool?\" Nagi closed
his eyes and concentrated. Raising one slender hand at the bathtub,
the floral shaped faucet turned and water poured forth. Then the
bottle of rose scented bubble bath floated above the tub. Tipping
forward, the tiny pink crystals fell like rain into the water. Then the
bottle settled back in its place on the side of the tub.

Omi stared in shock and turned to face the telekinetic. Nagi was
grinning from ear to ear.

\"My power came back an hour ago. At first, all I could do was move
a book around, but now I have full use of my power again.\"

Omi held the boy tightly in his arms and kissed him fiercely.

\"It\'s almost noon. You should get cleaned up. We have to talk
to Yuuto.\"