Damaged Pieces (SasuSaku AU)

XV. Delirium

DAMAGED PIECES:

I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff drifting off on the wind. But his hands keep pulling me back: into the alley, and Portland, and a world that has suddenly stopped making sense.

Lauren Oliver, Delirium
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Walls. One. Two. Three. Three walls.

And ceiling. One.

Floor. One.

And bars. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Sev- A fly. Wings. One.. buzzzzz.. thump!

Silence. A Clock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. One. Two. One. Two. Tick. Tock. Ti-

Hands. Two hands. Fingers. One. Two. Thre-

Voice? Far. So far.

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The third morning came. Sasuke was desperate to get out by now and desperate to see the outside. He was sick of being surrounded by whitewashed walls. And he missed his daughter. He was worried to death about her.

He could hear them talking outside. He pressed an ear to the door.

"Why in the hell did you bring the boy?", a man snarled.

Boy? Man.

The other one, Sasuke recognized his voice. "We had no choice. He was able to recognize two of us. And he'd seen us taking the girl."

The girl. Sakura. He felt a pang in his chest.

"Do you recognize this boy?"

Again with the boy.

"Hai. He is Itachi Uchiha's younger brother."

"Exactly, you fool! What the #%&! were you thinking abducting Uchiha Itachi's brother!?"

So, they know Itachi. Itachi! Naruto must surely have called him by now. A ray of hope shone for him.

Focussing back to the conversation, he caught another voice that had joined in.

"..let him go. He's seen us."

"Well, we can't keep him here either." A fourth voice. "Itachi is back. And on the hunt for his brother."

He knew his older brother would put heaven and earth together to find him. His chest felt a bit lighter with some relief. That didn't last long though.

"Should we kill him?"

He could literally hear his heartbeat.

"Are you @$%#ing insane!? I am out! I'd take jail anyday over that madman's punishment."

"Shut up! You're all fools! I told you to take the girl alone. Instead you attack her when she had company. And then you go and f@%ing kidnap Itachi f&!%#ing Uchiha's brother."

"Oi, oi. Calm down. We'll keep him alive for now. If worse comes to worst, we do the same to him as we did to the girl."

His heart stopped. What did they do to her? Sakura.. shit! Shit! Sakura!

The nerve on them. Did the bastards just laugh?!

"...indeed a problem solved. If the police had gotten their hands on her, we were screwed."

His brows scrunched.

"Yeah well, she can't be a witness anymore. We took care of her."

His eyes widened. No. It can't be. She can't be.. just no. He backed away from the door hastily as if it would burn him. He refused to believe it.