MERCHANTS 2 [VII] (Ch. 82)
Lingyun's head snaps back towards Raven with terrifying speed, he restrains his want to murder little Raven, he glances at his watch before stepping aside and allowing Raven in, Raven watches guardedly as he steps into the room and to his astonishment the room is empty as though unused,
(I could swear there was someone in here),
{There was} Silver replies,
(Then how!, How the hell does a while room full of drugs just fall out the face of the earth!),
"The president will see you in a bit, feel free to entertain yourself in the club" Lingyun states. Raven purses his lips before exiting reluctantly, Raven makes his way to the bar ordering a fruit juice as he waits, an hour later and the female executive he'd seen calls him up, following her she leads him to the passage and into the room, this time Ivy's present and gathered around them are her friend, each the children of famous persons or insanely rich business tycoons, before them are refreshments, deserts and food, Raven unable to help his usual foodie instincts reaches out and picks something to eat,
"Sorry about earlier, i was a bit unsightly at the time" she says,
"No problem, i'm just visiting anyway",
"Then welcome to the third affiliate" she smiles,
"How's the product?" He inquires with a vague question,
"You're taking it right now, everything on this table has drugs in them" she smiles, "oh my, are they to light for you, i know we Shifters do have a hard time getting high" she muses,
{The insult, to become a Shifter to do drugs, even worse for a Group of lunin's to consider themselves 'Shifters'} Silver sneers,
"I do" Raven replies Ivy, the latter smiles before picking the plate of cake then cutting a piece then handing it to him, Raven reluctantly eats it trusting in his body, unfortunately for Raven the drugs he's ingesting is geared towards getting even the enhanced bodies of weaker Shifters high,
(Silver) he calls,
{Isolate it}Silver states, {if you want to get anywhere with this you need to disperse it through your pharynx and pores while faking being unconscious},
(The hotel) Raven replies understanding at once,
{You've sharpened up} Silver muses, several minutes of eating later Raven fakes getting so high he falls unconscious similar to Ivy and her friends, eventually Lingyun steps in with several security members in tow, they lick Ivy's friends Raven included, he pays close attention to the surroundings well aware of the instant the group step into the elevator,
(The hotel).
The group make their way into a room where they're layed down, after over an hour of waiting eventually Raven falls asleep, he wakes with a gasp at his previously booked hotel,
(Good thing i brought this body along, it's virtually impossible to force this body into sleep, Raven exits the hotel making his way to the club with due haste, several minutes later he arrives there, he's immediately stopped by Daryun and Duke,
"Daryun",
"Raven",
"Do you know him?" Duke interjects,
"Am i not allowed in?" Raven questions ignoring him,
".....you are" he states after contemplating momentarily,
"Is this some weird BL thing?" Duke inquires,
"Shutup!" Daryun exclaims
"Thank you" Raven replies heading into the club, Raven wastes no time heading to the room, luckily Ivy's absence had guaranteed Lingyun's absence, Raven rushes into the room to find out in similar fashion that the room is empty,
"They couldn't have cleaned it all up this fast could they?" He questions trying desperately to solve the conundrum,
"Raven Voss" a familiar Chinese voice calls from behind him, "I've heard alot about you, especially what you did at the fourth affiliate" Lingyun states, Raven turns to lung for him but Lingyun simply smashes the door close and moments later a thick gas fills the air, Raven struggles desperately against the gas, but the amalgamation of hundreds of hallucinogens and continuous outpour weakens his consious mind then finally after several minutes knocks him unconscious.
Raven wakes in his other body and over him naked with his crotch engorged was one of Ivy's friends, Raven reacts on instinct crashing his fist into the teens jaw shattering it,
(Fuck!) He goans, he turns to see Ivy staring with worried eyes,
"Are you okay?" She questions,
"Yeah",
"Good!, You can join us in the game" she states cheerfully,
"What game" Raven frowns,
"Live hunt!",
"What's it about?",
"There are several unconscious clubbers, you find one you like then have your fun!" She states with a bright smile, Raven's face darkens as he reaches for her, a Kunai launches in at him but he ros away in time, he's left with no room for reprieve though as the end of a ridiculously long three piped metal nunchuck launched at him, he takes the full impact with a cross guard locking his abdomen as a heel kick bullets him away tumbling several feet into the ground, Raven rolls away on instinct as the metal nunchuck's craters a hole at his former location,
('Force' coating) he recognizes from the gathering 'Force' around the weapon, Raven holds ground as he waits the executives attack, he ducks under the nunchuck's swing when the weapon suddenly straightens into a pole that crashes against his ribs leaving him winded, he groans followed by a fit of harsh coughs as he staggers to his feet,
{What and ingenious use of modern industrialism, using the presences of 'Force' to make such a weapon},
(Geee, why don't you complement him more) Raven states bitterly,
{Very well, he's head and shoulders above you technically, experience wise and physically, seriously it's amazing, you actually got two bodies captured, i must say, that must be a world record surely} Silver sneers, Raven grits his teeth igniting his Enforcer technique: 'Force' Distribution, concentrating it into his calves and knees he bullets forward and just as he's to be met with the metal pool he forces the 'Force' to run to his Achilles before stalling his pushing leg allowing the raising one to bullet past the pole as the two attacks connect, the man in suit is staggered while Raven is dropped unconscious.
Raven wakes to find himself in a room full of mushrooms,
{Hallucinogens} Silver states,
(Their growing them) he mules,
"Wait!, That means there's a third room, how?!" He questions failing to comprehend the conundrum, shoving aside the seemingly unanswerable questions he turns to alloting energy into his escape, he's left unbound but upon opening the door he's meet by a metal wall, he watches as the wall slowly stretches open, stepping though is Duke,
"Hey, i figured he was holding you here" he states
"What the hell is up with this room?" He inquires,
"Rotation, the room is a six sided room, each with a different distinct association, each rotation must bee set for a given time" demonstrating his words Duke pushes against the door's frame and to his astonishment he watches the metal wall re-emerged, "this is probably how they hide their shit from the police",
"Please!, There are drugged teens and unconscious people, they've been captured to play and are being used as toys to play their sickening fame", Duke purses his lips before relying in a monotonous voice,
"You're barking up the main tree kid, I'm only here for my own personal reasons" he replies, "this is your problem" Duke declares locking the door and rerotating the compartment which causes the gas to be released again then he departs, Duke returns to his post at the main entrance when the voice of Raven's pleas resound in his ears, sighing deeply Duke reluctantly gives the boys a call,
"'who do you need?'" Daniel inquires over the line,
"Tobi and lino" he declares,
(Just my no two and five should be able to get this done, now i just need a way to get into the exclusive hotel, my gut tells me my next clue might be there, the clue to finding him, Corinth).