8Silver: It's been a while since I posted the first chapter, but SongSiren wants me to continue... so I will continue:grin:
Todd: ... it really does take a while to rewrite chapters that are already set in stone so be nice...
Silver: Thanks Todd! Now on to our Chapter!
Chapter 2
Yume stopped struggling for a moment. "Experiment? And what, pray tell, do you mean by that?" she questioned, fearful of the answer.
Doctor Demonic looked at his 'patient' with a calculating expression. He seemed to be debating on whether or not it would be wise to tell Yume exactly what part she was to play in his experiment and by the look on Shin's face, Yume concluded he had no clue as to why Yume was the chosen link.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to tell you... I've come up with a brilliant concoction to use for a blackmail of sorts and you, lucky duck, are the top nominee for the trial run." Doctor Demonic chuckled darkly while Yume gathered he thoughts for her next question.
She couldn't come up with a cleverer way to phrase it so she settled with, "Why me?"
"Ah," sighed the doctor while his eyes took on a whole new glint of malicious ferocity, if that were at all possible. "You see, you're not just anyone, Yume Shirker... for you are the daughter of Jounichi Shirker and Tea Kuniki making you a demon of extraordinary powers over ice and wind... Not the mention that your father was the bane of my existence until that most joyous day when I arranged for both him and your mother to be assassinated at that lovely garden party that had been dedicated to all their hard work under the orders of the great, Lord Koenma," hatred and malice were fused into the title of the man who had supposedly been Mr. and Mrs. Shirker's employer.
Doctor Demonic paused to let the information sink into Yume's head and heart. She'd completely given up her futile attempts to release herself from the metal bindings. Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes but she wouldn't give this lunatic the joy of seeing her pain.
When she finally trusted her voice not to betray her emotions, she spoke again. "Who is it you're trying to blackmail?"
He let out a short bark of laughter to mock her pain... her situation... and her suddenly overwhelming ignorance to what she really was... not human but demon...
"Koenma, of course! And how, you may wonder, am I to do this? And furthermore, what is the concoction I mentioned earlier have to do with it?" He prolonged answering the questions for a dramatic effect.
"Let's begin with the latter... it is a lovely little mixture of spirit energy and blood from none other than one of the members of Koenma's own Reikai Tantei! An ice and fire demon whose name escapes me as of the moment but who is one of Koenma's strongest and most advantageous allies.
"I will inject his blood into your veins which will connect your nervous systems... whenever the boy gets hurt you will feel that pain, no matter how slight... this way, if I don't get what I want, Koenma will have it on his conscience that an 'innocent bystander' is getting hurt at his 'soldiers' expense!"
A sudden wave of despair descended upon Yume who was completely bewildered at her vast ignorance. Unknown to either doctor nor patient, a look of complete remorse paraded across Shin's face.
Yume was jerked out of her rampant thoughts when a needle pricked her arm... needless to say, her fear of needles rendered her unconscious...
Silver: Voila! Hope you liked it!
Todd: Bye!