Washed Up [Part 8]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: This'll be fun, Tao said. It'll be something you've never done before, Tao said. Chin-mae agrees that breaking into an aquarium on a night out is something he's never done before.
He wouldn't consider stealing an octopus as fun though. Or what happens afterwards because of it.
Contains: M-21/Tao
Notes: Another short chapter, but this time because that's where I wanted to end it, haha.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word count: 1,449
Total word count: 18,329
Status: Work in progress
"Are you fucking-" Chin-mae hissed, trying to start up the car again, but it didn't respond as the barrier to their right groaned as it was ripped up. Chin-mae could see the light bouncing off the metal as it twisted and snapped before it disappeared above them.
They were going to die. They were going fucking die because his car-
"Chin-mae!" Tao yelped, pressed up against the window and peering up at the darkness above them. "I think it's got a fly swatter!"
Shit. Trying to control his breathing, Chin-mae nodded, bracing himself for when the barrier came crashing down on them.
Neither Tao or Takeo said anything, both of them squinting up at the sky and Chin-mae gritted his teeth, waiting as time ticked by second by second and still nothing happened. At this rate the car was going to roll to a stop before anything happened and maybe that was the point.
Chin-mae's temper flared, wanting something to happen instead of the expectancy that something would. He would prefer having something to react to than being unsure when something was going to happen. "Is it going to-"
[Right!] Takeo yelled as Tao scrambled away from the window. [Go right!]
Chin-mae span the steering wheel, the car moving far slower than he wanted it to.
The barrier crashed to their left and Chin-mae wasn't sure how the windows held, hearing them rattle from the impact.
There was nothing he could do as the barrier swept towards them, and Chin-mae had just enough time to brace himself as the barrier smashed into their side. It sent them skidding through the space where the barrier used to be, and Chin-mae heard the others yell.
He sucked in a breath when the car kicked back into life again just in time for them to skid off the road through the space where the barrier had been and into the mud that was past it.
"Now?" Chin-mae hissed, trying to get the car to move. The car was running again, but the wheels were spinning out in the waterlogged mud, unable to get any traction. "Are you serious?" The car had finally started up again for them to be fucking stuck like sitting ducks!
"What's it doing now?" he demanded, only hearing more mud splattering uselessly everywhere.
"Not coming closer?" Tao squeaked.
Chin-mae shivered, feeling the ground moving again. Not in the way he wanted it to.
[It's getting more lamps.]
Great. But it was better than it attacking them head-on. It using projectiles meant more chance of it missing. But why was it - He could think about it later.
They were still stuck in the mud though and Chin-mae gritted his teeth, trying whatever he could, but all that seemed to do dig the car in deeper. Or maybe it was the water that had a hold on them, sucking them further into the ground.
Chin-mae chanted a litany of swear words under his breath, not aware of ones he was even using, but else could he fucking do?
"It's gonna throw!"
"I can't-!" There was nothing he could do but glare at his dashboard and will it to move, throwing every single bit of emotion he had at it.
The car lurched to the side, an almost hop, and they thudded onto solid ground. Chin-mae's frustrated anger dissipated into startled surprise as he stared, not understanding. Wha-
[Chin-mae!]
Don't think. Don't think about what the fuck just happened and just get the fuck out of there first. He could have the luxury of thinking later when they were safe. If they could get safe safe from that thing.
"Chin... What...?" Tao said, his voice wavering.
"I don't know," Chin-mae bit out. "Later." They couldn't try to figure out what the fuck just happened when the thing was still attacking them!
The car rumbled under them and Chin-mae let out brief sigh of relief as it found the traction it needed and they thumped properly back onto the road.
He was too tense to flinch when the lamp hit, the car shuddering at the impact, but the car didn't die this time. That was what mattered.
"C'mon," he muttered under his breath. "C'mon..." The other two were quiet but he didn't risk glancing at them. "What?"
"I think it's actually stopped this time?" Tao whispered. "It ran out of juice."
"Takeo?"
[I think he's right...] Takeo said, his voice slow. [It doesn't seem to be moving, and look at what it looks like.]
"Yeah..."
Chin-mae frowned, risking a glance in the rearview mirror. It was a wall of water still, looking smaller as they increased the distance between them but...
"It looks a little thinner, doesn't it?" Tao whispered, like saying anything louder than that would anger it and make it come after them again. Not that Chin-mae blamed him, his own breathing seeming far too loud to his ears. "Almost like a snake now instead of-
"Okay, never mind!" Tao yelped and Chin-mae gripped the steering wheel. "It's gonna throw things at us again!"
Fuck. "But..." Chin-mae said, frowning. "It's not chasing us anymore?" Lightpoles being thrown at them was bad, but it seemed like it was a last ditch attempt when it couldn't reach them anymore.
There was a small pause. [Yes, it seems - left!]
Chin-mae swerved, the car jumping into the air for a second from the impact. He glanced at the pole from the side mirror. "I think its aim's getting better," he muttered. They were lucky none of those had hit yet. And they shouldn't now. So long as he didn't relax too early.
"Hah, yeah... It's had a lot of practice..."
Chin-mae snorted. "Is it still stopped?"
[Yes, it seems like it.]
"Good," Chin-mae muttered, just wanting to stop and get the feeling in his hands back, but he couldn't risk it. Maybe it was playing with them now, just pretending to be stuck to make them put their guard down before it struck. Now was the worst time to relax.
Tao let out a weak chuckle, half-collapsing against the seat but not straightening just yet. "So. What do you think the media'll say when people start commuting and see this."
"Gas leak," Chin-mae said, and there was a ringing in his ears that he hoped would go away. He wasn't sure where the answer came from, but his brain insisted on it.
"Really? We're in the middle of nowhere."
"Gas leak," Chin-mae repeated. "It would explain why one part of the road is torn up and the lightpoles are embedded in the ground." He wasn't even sure why he was having this conversation but he latched onto it, needing something else to think about rather than trying to understand or think about what had just happened.
"Not really... It doesn't... But close enough. It's that or a bomb, and who'd believe someone just put out a bomb in the middle of nowhere." Tao waved a hand towards their surroundings. He paused, cocking his head as he considered it. "Well, I guess unless it was to stop traffic and that's definitely what that's gonna do. I have no idea how long that's gonna take to clear up," he finished, his voice quieter.
"There's still the other side of the road," Chin-mae said. Most of the damage was on their side of the road as far as he could tell.
"It'll still be bottle-necked," Tao pointed out, "but yeah. Could be worse."
Like them all being dead.
"It's still not coming?" Chin-mae asked, trying to not let that thought overtake everything.
[No.]
"Good." He wanted to close his eyes in relief, but he couldn't, not now. He could collapse when they were safely away from that monster. Wherever that could be.
"Takeo?" Chin-mae heard Tao say, and glanced over to see Takeo pressing a hand to his head, his eyes closed.
[I'm...fine,] he said, his voice a little strained. [I just have a headache.]
Chin-mae winced. If Tao worrying about being caught breaking into the aquarium had given him a headache, both of them panicking about them being attacked...
"After all that," Tao said with a weak laugh, "I'm not surprised. We'll try to think quiet thoughts from now on?"
If only because all three of them were going to conk out from sheer stress and exhaustion.
"We need to stop somewhere," Chin-mae muttered, glancing back at the rearview mirror. With his nerves shot as they were, he wasn't sure if he would be able to keep driving for the night.
"You've got nooo arguments from me," Tao said. "Just not a place that's near a body of water, yeah?"
Chin-mae snorted. "Of course."
Summary: This'll be fun, Tao said. It'll be something you've never done before, Tao said. Chin-mae agrees that breaking into an aquarium on a night out is something he's never done before.
He wouldn't consider stealing an octopus as fun though. Or what happens afterwards because of it.
Contains: M-21/Tao
Notes: Another short chapter, but this time because that's where I wanted to end it, haha.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word count: 1,449
Total word count: 18,329
Status: Work in progress
"Are you fucking-" Chin-mae hissed, trying to start up the car again, but it didn't respond as the barrier to their right groaned as it was ripped up. Chin-mae could see the light bouncing off the metal as it twisted and snapped before it disappeared above them.
They were going to die. They were going fucking die because his car-
"Chin-mae!" Tao yelped, pressed up against the window and peering up at the darkness above them. "I think it's got a fly swatter!"
Shit. Trying to control his breathing, Chin-mae nodded, bracing himself for when the barrier came crashing down on them.
Neither Tao or Takeo said anything, both of them squinting up at the sky and Chin-mae gritted his teeth, waiting as time ticked by second by second and still nothing happened. At this rate the car was going to roll to a stop before anything happened and maybe that was the point.
Chin-mae's temper flared, wanting something to happen instead of the expectancy that something would. He would prefer having something to react to than being unsure when something was going to happen. "Is it going to-"
[Right!] Takeo yelled as Tao scrambled away from the window. [Go right!]
Chin-mae span the steering wheel, the car moving far slower than he wanted it to.
The barrier crashed to their left and Chin-mae wasn't sure how the windows held, hearing them rattle from the impact.
There was nothing he could do as the barrier swept towards them, and Chin-mae had just enough time to brace himself as the barrier smashed into their side. It sent them skidding through the space where the barrier used to be, and Chin-mae heard the others yell.
He sucked in a breath when the car kicked back into life again just in time for them to skid off the road through the space where the barrier had been and into the mud that was past it.
"Now?" Chin-mae hissed, trying to get the car to move. The car was running again, but the wheels were spinning out in the waterlogged mud, unable to get any traction. "Are you serious?" The car had finally started up again for them to be fucking stuck like sitting ducks!
"What's it doing now?" he demanded, only hearing more mud splattering uselessly everywhere.
"Not coming closer?" Tao squeaked.
Chin-mae shivered, feeling the ground moving again. Not in the way he wanted it to.
[It's getting more lamps.]
Great. But it was better than it attacking them head-on. It using projectiles meant more chance of it missing. But why was it - He could think about it later.
They were still stuck in the mud though and Chin-mae gritted his teeth, trying whatever he could, but all that seemed to do dig the car in deeper. Or maybe it was the water that had a hold on them, sucking them further into the ground.
Chin-mae chanted a litany of swear words under his breath, not aware of ones he was even using, but else could he fucking do?
"It's gonna throw!"
"I can't-!" There was nothing he could do but glare at his dashboard and will it to move, throwing every single bit of emotion he had at it.
The car lurched to the side, an almost hop, and they thudded onto solid ground. Chin-mae's frustrated anger dissipated into startled surprise as he stared, not understanding. Wha-
[Chin-mae!]
Don't think. Don't think about what the fuck just happened and just get the fuck out of there first. He could have the luxury of thinking later when they were safe. If they could get safe safe from that thing.
"Chin... What...?" Tao said, his voice wavering.
"I don't know," Chin-mae bit out. "Later." They couldn't try to figure out what the fuck just happened when the thing was still attacking them!
The car rumbled under them and Chin-mae let out brief sigh of relief as it found the traction it needed and they thumped properly back onto the road.
He was too tense to flinch when the lamp hit, the car shuddering at the impact, but the car didn't die this time. That was what mattered.
"C'mon," he muttered under his breath. "C'mon..." The other two were quiet but he didn't risk glancing at them. "What?"
"I think it's actually stopped this time?" Tao whispered. "It ran out of juice."
"Takeo?"
[I think he's right...] Takeo said, his voice slow. [It doesn't seem to be moving, and look at what it looks like.]
"Yeah..."
Chin-mae frowned, risking a glance in the rearview mirror. It was a wall of water still, looking smaller as they increased the distance between them but...
"It looks a little thinner, doesn't it?" Tao whispered, like saying anything louder than that would anger it and make it come after them again. Not that Chin-mae blamed him, his own breathing seeming far too loud to his ears. "Almost like a snake now instead of-
"Okay, never mind!" Tao yelped and Chin-mae gripped the steering wheel. "It's gonna throw things at us again!"
Fuck. "But..." Chin-mae said, frowning. "It's not chasing us anymore?" Lightpoles being thrown at them was bad, but it seemed like it was a last ditch attempt when it couldn't reach them anymore.
There was a small pause. [Yes, it seems - left!]
Chin-mae swerved, the car jumping into the air for a second from the impact. He glanced at the pole from the side mirror. "I think its aim's getting better," he muttered. They were lucky none of those had hit yet. And they shouldn't now. So long as he didn't relax too early.
"Hah, yeah... It's had a lot of practice..."
Chin-mae snorted. "Is it still stopped?"
[Yes, it seems like it.]
"Good," Chin-mae muttered, just wanting to stop and get the feeling in his hands back, but he couldn't risk it. Maybe it was playing with them now, just pretending to be stuck to make them put their guard down before it struck. Now was the worst time to relax.
Tao let out a weak chuckle, half-collapsing against the seat but not straightening just yet. "So. What do you think the media'll say when people start commuting and see this."
"Gas leak," Chin-mae said, and there was a ringing in his ears that he hoped would go away. He wasn't sure where the answer came from, but his brain insisted on it.
"Really? We're in the middle of nowhere."
"Gas leak," Chin-mae repeated. "It would explain why one part of the road is torn up and the lightpoles are embedded in the ground." He wasn't even sure why he was having this conversation but he latched onto it, needing something else to think about rather than trying to understand or think about what had just happened.
"Not really... It doesn't... But close enough. It's that or a bomb, and who'd believe someone just put out a bomb in the middle of nowhere." Tao waved a hand towards their surroundings. He paused, cocking his head as he considered it. "Well, I guess unless it was to stop traffic and that's definitely what that's gonna do. I have no idea how long that's gonna take to clear up," he finished, his voice quieter.
"There's still the other side of the road," Chin-mae said. Most of the damage was on their side of the road as far as he could tell.
"It'll still be bottle-necked," Tao pointed out, "but yeah. Could be worse."
Like them all being dead.
"It's still not coming?" Chin-mae asked, trying to not let that thought overtake everything.
[No.]
"Good." He wanted to close his eyes in relief, but he couldn't, not now. He could collapse when they were safely away from that monster. Wherever that could be.
"Takeo?" Chin-mae heard Tao say, and glanced over to see Takeo pressing a hand to his head, his eyes closed.
[I'm...fine,] he said, his voice a little strained. [I just have a headache.]
Chin-mae winced. If Tao worrying about being caught breaking into the aquarium had given him a headache, both of them panicking about them being attacked...
"After all that," Tao said with a weak laugh, "I'm not surprised. We'll try to think quiet thoughts from now on?"
If only because all three of them were going to conk out from sheer stress and exhaustion.
"We need to stop somewhere," Chin-mae muttered, glancing back at the rearview mirror. With his nerves shot as they were, he wasn't sure if he would be able to keep driving for the night.
"You've got nooo arguments from me," Tao said. "Just not a place that's near a body of water, yeah?"
Chin-mae snorted. "Of course."