Break in

Yukki's day at school was very boring, it was the same boring material and the same busywork they always gave. She seriously doubted any of the teachers were actually interested in teaching. In addition, walking to and from the various classes was extremely exhausting for her, and she would always be late. Soon enough, school had ended and she was already getting dropped off back home by the school bus.

Hours pass, and unbeknownst to anyone, from afar, the scene of a thug with a suspicious expression and his two buddies could be seen pointing towards the small house that Yukki and Leonard live in.

The thug in the lead chuckled, "That's the place. Only two people live there, the schoolgirl, and her brother. Except, he's at work, so she's all alone." The three men then shared a glance at each other. The thug with a long black chain around his neck glanced at the slim last man who was slightly frowning, but the lead thug raised his voice "You're the only two who haven't seen this little girly yet. Small, petite, I can't wait to bring her to the boss."

The lead thug turned around. "Even better yet, I heard she's weak? Can't even walk far without having her brother help her. It'll be easy, break-in, take her, get out. There's no one here! Even if there was, who would try to stop all 3 of us?" His grin expanded, "Best part, this is the best opportunity to gain favor with our new boss! I've heard if we can get him enough workers... at the very least, we'll be less likely to get him in a bad mood…." As he said that last part, he showed a nervous expression on his face. "Wouldn't want to have such a ruthless and powerful man mad at you. He killed our last leader like it was nothing!"

"Ok, shhh, it's time!" the thin one said. The three of them approached the front door. The man with the chain approached with his crowbar and slowly pried open the door.

The door creaked open slowly. The man tried opening the door fully, only for a second lock to stop the door from being opened fully. The noise of the door stopping because of the chain echoed through the house, instantly alerting Yukki!

Thump. Thump. Yukki hopped out of bed, ready to greet her brother…. 'No...Leo would have knocked before entering like he always does.' Yukki froze like a statue, too scared to even move. Her mind raced to every possible outcome. 'Looters? Intruders? Kidnappers!' Leonard had warned her before that if someone had entered the house while she was alone to hide and don't worry about them stealing anything. Yukki ran to her door and locked it, just as Leonard had instructed. She turned to her closet door and hurriedly drew it open. She got inside and hid as far in the corner as she could, to where not even the light of her room's light reached her.

She thought long and hard while she waited in her room. 'I could go out through the window...no, my window is broken and doesn't open up big enough for me to fit through.'

"Haah... Aaah..." She took hard breaths as she groaned attempting to think of any other way for her to get out of the house and away from the intruders.

In the other room, chairs were being overturned and room doors were being opened one by one. Faint murmurs to each other could be heard through the house and they got louder and louder, as they got closer to the rooms leading up to Yukki's. Open. Close. Open. Close. 'Please don't come here..' Yukki thought. Tears flowed down her cheeks as she sat in the corner, terrified to the point she couldn't run even if she tried.

Thud!

The thugs were at her door.

Yukki's mind went blank. Her heart was racing so hard that her chest hurt. Her body recoiled into a ball and she covered her mouth. 'please… just leave…' The door handle kept rattling. They were not leaving. Yukki grabbed a few shirts she had and piled them in front of the closet door, and covered herself with clothes. 'Surely they wouldn't check under here…' Yukki thought to herself. She was shaking and her face was completely cold.

Bang!

The door to her room was thrown open. Yukki immediately felt a formless pressure intensifying.

"Here we are." The black chained thug who slammed the door open exclaimed. He signaled for his buddies to come closer. "Searched this whole place and nothin. Can't believe we missed this door! Clearly a girls' room." The slim man entered, "There's no one here! She must be out with her brother. This mission was a dud. After they discover they were broken into, it wouldn't be a good idea to barge in a second time."

"Alright, alright, let me in." The lead thug moved in, his face slightly frowning at the slim man's words. He looked around the room, before spotting the window. "Hey guys, take a look at this." He walked towards the window. "You think she escaped through the window?" he turned and asked the others. The thug with the chain responded, "Maybe? Try opening it, see if she could have escaped through it."

The lead thug tried pushing open the window. It moved a few centimeters before making a loud sound. The metal of the mechanism was rusted beyond repair. The thug didn't notice this and kept trying to push it open. He groaned and moaned while trying to open it. He finally gave up and grabbed the other thug's crowbar and tried prying it open. Despite having the crowbar, he still couldn't open it, and in a rage hit the window with the crowbar, over and over till it shattered.

A loud gasp was heard from the closet.

The three thugs jumped and turned to the closet. They all looked at each other and instantly knew what was going on. The slim thug and the one with the chain grabbed the two doors and ripped them open. The lead thug looked in the closet. He kicked the pile at the door and saw a big clump of clothes in the corner. He smiled. He slowly reached towards the pile. Suddenly a head emerged from the pile. Yukki bit the man's hand and burst from the pile.

"YAHHH" He screamed out in pain, "GET THAT BITCH"

Yukki tried running to the door, but was met by the man with the chain. He grabbed her arm and threw her to the floor.

"No! Just let me go!" she yelled. The lead thug was holding his hand that had blood dripping from it because of the bite. He stood over her with a face full of anger. He grabbed her by her school shirt collar and backhanded her. "Quick, let's get this bitch in the bag!"

"NO!" Yukki couldn't help but suddenly jump in fear as she was grabbed. Closing her eyes, she kept fighting the intruders.

Seeing that she was already in this situation, she hurriedly yelled out, "I won't tell anyone you guys were here! I'll say I was asleep or something! I'll say I don't know what you guys look like! I won't rat you guys out, please let me go!"

"Hahahahahh" The lead thug laughed at her words. "Your words are reasonable, little lady. Only one problem, the entire reason we're here is for you." With that, he pulled her chin up, getting his face in close to get a good look at her face. "Sure enough, a natural beauty. The boss will definitely like this one!"

Yukki couldn't help but involuntarily question, "B-Boss…?"

"Yeah!" He couldn't help but start bragging. "You'll be turned into a servant, like the others. You'll offer everything you have. You'll clean, cook, serve…...work. I've never failed him in getting the best girls."

Saying that, he suddenly thought of something, he grabbed her face and forced her eyes open, looking directly into her eyes, "Listen here girl, when you're in front of the boss, do your best to impress! No matter what he says, follow his orders!" If you make a bad first impression on him, you'll be lucky to stay alive! Or perhaps unfortunate… because if you screw this shit up, we'll be the first to make your brother's life a living hell!"

'Leo..' Yukki was frozen. There was really nothing she could do at this point, and she was even feeling faint. Should she scream? But before she could think further, reaching into his bag, the slim thug pulled out a wet towel and pushed it up against Yukki's face, keeping it there until she fainted.

The thug that opened the door walked up, spinning his metal chain around as he faced the lead thug. "How about I carry this girl home." The thug lifted her up over his shoulder. "Hey, pass me the body bag." The slim thug sighed, he wore a facial expression that clearly expressed that he didn't want to be there, but he still pulled out the body bag as asked of him.

His facial expression didn't go unnoticed by the lead thug. He scoffed at the other two thugs, they weren't as ruthless and wouldn't go the same lengths that he had for the gang. Chuckling, he watched as they stuffed her body into the bag.

"This is the last one right?" The slim thug questioned the lead thug.

"Yeah, this is the last one our lookout has spotted for us" He responded as her body was half way in the body bag.

....

A few minutes before, Leonard had finished work early. He was in the middle of jogging back home. He decided to take a few hours off and just tell his boss that he wasn't feeling well. Today he just felt like seeing Yukki as soon as possible. Of course, he did not forget to scan the surrounding area and engrave it to heart as he passed by. He had already even located a few potential targets to steal from. Now, he would just need to investigate them and narrow them down. He looked down and sighed, such a thing was very dangerous! The worst part is, he wasn't even doing it for a huge amount of money. At most, he would get a few thousand per place. Still, it was more than an entire month's worth of money!

He was nearing his house. He smiled, it was strange, but he wanted to see Yukki as soon as possible, he was still worried about her after what had happened with Elder Zhou. As he took steps forward, his attention was instantly brought to something.

He had a window that was completely and utterly broken, smashed to bits. There was glass all the way to the front door. Leonard was shocked.

'THAT'S YUKKI'S WINDOW!'