Title in the working First Chapter

Chapter One

    The sticks is what scared him, shooting towards one’s face is always a weird thing to experience.  He covers his face as the sticks surround him, encasing his body into a tight cocoon.  He struggles against the moving sticks, fighting for freedom of movement. The sticks leave him a window to see his team member and friend be surrounded in sticks as well.  Before he could shout, the sticks close the window and forces closer to his body.  He could feel himself going numb, scared of what might happen once he goes unconscious.  

    As the sticks surround the body a lady with bright red hair watches with a smile on her face as the two swarms of sticks surround the black op soldiers’ bodies, rendering them unconscious.  She walks between the two, lifting her hands as if to grab a hold leashes for the swarms and leads them to a staircase leading to the basement.  The sticks swirl in anticipation as they are lead down the stairs toward what look like medium sized cages with bright orange outlines on the doors and fastings.  The bars are as thick as a giant’s fingers and was hardly wide enough to call comfortable if one was awake to know where they are.  She opens the door to one and lets the swarm with the leader slide into place on a pallet meant for a bed.  She closes and locks the door, moving to the one down one to put the other in it.  

    She watches the one with the team member go in, thinking of plans she could use him for if she could get him to do her bidding.  She finishes locking the two away and goes to find her husband, wanting to let him know that two of the team thats been snooping around have been captured and secured into cages.  She wanders the dark halls as the children of the school sleep, unaware of the dark practices done by the very people they look up to and rely on for guidance.  She heads to the main office and knocked softly on the door, listening to the soft murmurs of her husband being on the phone.  She enters the room, not caring for him being on the phone and goes to lay on the couch, waiting for him to finish.

“And what is with the sudden visit oh darling wife of mine?” The man asks as he puts the phone on the cradle again.  She smiles and sits up again, watching as her husband stacks some paper into a neat pile.

“Oh you know, just finishing capturing two of the most annoying army group that we know of so far.” She replies as she walks over to him, swaying her hips a bit.  He smiles as he watches her walk to him, shifting a bit in his seat.

“Really now? and I take it the sticks are eager for a taste of their energy and power?” He asks, raising an eyebrow to the news.  She lets out a giggle and sits on his lap.

“Oh they are very eager, the one with the leader almost immediately took it all. I had to call it off just to keep the man alive.” She states and lays her head on his.  He smiles and kisses her before motioning her to get up.

“Well now, maybe I should go and see our prizes, go off to bed love you did a lot today.” He says and heads to the door with her, holding her hand as they walk to the door.  Down below, the swarms let off both soldiers, allowing to wake a slightest bit to understand that they have been captured.  The leader groans, feeling numb and weak from the sticks absorbing his energy.  He sits up with a groan and winces as he hits his head.  while rubbing his head, he watches as the sticks move away from him and to the side, allowing him to see an empty cage next to him.

“Hito?” He calls out, sensing the sticks react to him calling out to his team member.  A muffled noise can be heard farther off to his left.  The sticks circle slowly to his right, making him feel uneasy as they move.  The silence creeps on him as the sticks become silent .  He lets out a sigh and curls up a bit, unsure of what will become of him and his friend.  He ends up falling asleep, only to wake to the door of his cage opening and the sticks moving to keep him in place.  He struggles against the sticks, stuck looking into the face of a man with a receding hairline.

“Well now, you are a scrawny one compared to the other one.  Maybe we should have you be fattened up a bit hm?” The man teases, closing the door and walks farther down, finding the second soldier still and lightly breathing.  He scoffs and closes the door with a bang and stalks over to the first one again, nearly ripping the door off its hinges.

“YOU” He shouts, causing the male to jump only slightly.  The man grabs him by the jacket and pulls him out of the cage, making his feet fall with a thump.  The swarm of sticks follows closely behind, ready to restrain the male.  The bigger man drags him to where Hito lays in the cage and nearly slams his face into the cage door.

“FIX HIM!” The man bellows, nearly slamming the soldier’s face into the cage again.  The soldier coughs, feeling blood run down his face.

“Alright, alright just stop trying to bash my face in.” He states, raising his hands to show conceit.  The man lets him go and fixes himself before opening the door.  The soldier steps forward to check on his friend, only to have a hand shoots out from the cage and grabs his neck, causing him to let out a cough.  The captor only watches, a smile on his face as the leader struggles to get out of the grasp to breath.

“Hito...Stop it’s me…” The leader gasps as the hand tightens.  The second soldier stares with a blank expression.

“Enough 34.  We need to have him alive.” The captor orders.  Hito lets go of his friend, dropping him making him gasp for breath.

“W-What did you do….” The leader asks, holding his own neck.  The captor just smiles as the sticks swarm around the gasping prisoner again.

“Oh just a little bit of brainwashing.  Just keep in mind, I could have just let him kill you.” The man states before making a motion with his hand, having the swarm of stick surround the prisoner and lifts him into the air.

“Bastard...I’ll kill y-” The leader states before being covered completely by the sticks and rendered unconscious.  The captor just smirks and sends the swarm back to the other cage.  He turns to the brainwashed soldier and lets out a tsk.

“That was a rude thing to do to your new play toy.  I guess we will have to do a bit of tweaking with your training.” The man states before motioning for 34 to follow him.  34 gets out of the cage with the swarm of sticks behind him.  As they walk, the captor goes and locks the leader’s cage after closing it.  He leads 34 to a room with a single desk and a tv in a cart in front.  34 goes to sit in the desk.  The captor turns on the TV and sets up a program for the brainwashing, leaving the swarm with the prisoner and goes to mess with the leader again.  A scream is heard from the room behind him, making him let out a sigh as he turns to go see what was wrong with 34 now.  As he enters he finds the desk turned over and the prisoner huddling in the corner with the swarm circling around him.

“34….what did you do now?” The man asks calmly, hands clenched and slightly shaking.  The prisoner lets out an inhuman noise as the man comes closer to him.  The swarm goes closer to him, making him relax a little.

“Oh this is interesting, you welcome the sticks and fear the one that controls it….but what if the one controls it make it so you are hurt by the very thing you trust?” The man states, making a motion for the sticks.  The sticks turn and one ends up stabbing the soldier in the foot, making let out a scream of pain.  The man watches with a blank expression as the soldier goes to grab his foot, only to be stabbed in the right hand by another stick.  The screams became louder, almost echoing through the basement.  the rest of the swarm begins to go closer to the screaming soldier, making him cringe in fear from the swarm as it envelopes him, almost soothing him to sleep.  The man watches before leading the swarm back to the cage, feeling more tired than before and simply places the prisoner in the cage before locking it and going upstairs.

“Damn prisoners….this is going to be harder than I thought.” He grumbles as he goes to sleep with his wife.  As the prisoners sleep, the thought to be brainwashed prisoner whimpers as he slowly pulls the sticks from his foot and hand.  The sticks had backed away from the prisoners, only there to keep them in line.  The leader shifts in his sleep, dreaming about his family now.  Hito lets a green glow from his hand, closing the wound on his foot and moves to heal his hand.  The swarm shimmers as he heals himself, reacting to his power.  He finishes and slumps a bit, feeling much more tired than before.

“Kyono...are you awake?” Hito asks quietly, feeling some loneliness creep on him from the dark.  He hears slight movement from a cage farther from him.  He lets out a sigh and lays on the pallet in silence, listening the the sticks thunk together as they lie next to him.  He drifts off to sleep, unaware to a set of eyes watching him through the bars.  The two prisoners sleep, unaware that the swarms have them to another place of the building, resting from watching their ward.  In the early morning, the leader wakes to screams and shouts.  He bolts upright, smacking his head on the top of the cage.  He groans and rubs his head, noticing that the swarm was not around him anymore.  He sighs and lies on the pallet again, wishing it had at least some sort of padding to it.  The sound of a door opening catches his attention, only to see his friend be escorted by the man by the arm.  His friend looked tired, eyes sunken and glazed over.  The man stops in front of the leader’s cage, opening it and motioning for the man to come out and follow.

“If you try anything I will kill you.” The man states as the leader crawls out of the cage.  The captor leads the two farther down the hall, passing many doors.  After a few minutes, they arrive to a single door, leading to a dark room.  The man stops the two and opens the door, flipping on a few light switches to reveal a large room. Hito automatically enters the room, as if he knew what to do.  Kyono follows behind, unsure of what may happen once he entered.  The captor follows behind them, locking the door behind them.  Hito stands at one end, staring at his friend, causing Kyono to feel uneasiness as he stares back.