Vampire Knight: The Kiryu's Pureblood Queen

13- We Are In This Together

Kaito opens his eyes and turns his head to the side to see Alondra still next to him. The ringing in his ears quiets down as he reaches a hand to her back. She flinches at the touch.

"You're awake. Are you still... you?" Kaito questions her.

"I'm... me..." She mutters out weakly. Kaito looks up at the dark ceiling. The scent of blood is strong, and he's not sure how much longer Alondra will be sane. That she won't attack and drink up his blood.

Kaito jumps a bit as he hears Alondra shuffle and struggle to bring herself up to her knees. He clenches his hands and waits for the inevitable. She turns around and has blood staining around her mouth.

"Don't judge me... it's not a lot of blood, but it's enough to help me stay sane. I won't hurt a human." Kaito frowns in confusion at how she got blood. He moves his leg, but Alondra holds up a rat. "This place needs some patching up, but I'm glad it wasn't, or I wouldn't have gotten this..." Alondra gags and covers her mouth.

"Gross..." Kaito can't help but laugh. He chocks it up to the fact that the blood loss made him a bit dizzy and loopy.

"It is... at least it wasn't diseased. What a lucky break. Now we gotta break out." Alondra crawls to the wall and brings herself up.

"And how? You're barely able to stand." Kaito can't bring himself to lift his head.

"Saving the life of a friend gives me strength. You're in trouble, I won't let you die." Alondra looks to the cell bars.

"Don't even think about it. The cell bars will hurt your hands." Alondra doesn't listen to Kaito and grabs the cell bars. It immediately starts to zap up and down her arms, which makes her pull them back. "I told you."

Kaito hears some tearing and watches her wrap what's left of her jacket around her hands and goes again. The zapping still happens as she starts to shake two bars off.

"Freaks of nature, trying to break a cell with your bare hands." Kaito watches her go at it until his vision blurs. His eyes start to close.

"Ah! Yes!" Kaito startles awake as he hears metal clang. He sees that she had already pried off two bars. He looks to her hands at her sides. The jacket was burnt through, and her hands were severely burnt.

"Okay, I got it! Let's go, I need you to keep from having the traps trigger until I can use my powers!" Alondra rushes over to Kaito and pulls him to a sitting position.

"I'll... I'll give you an idea of where the traps are. So-"

"I'm not leaving you behind! If Yagari-sensei doesn't know you're in here, then that means you'd be left behind to die!" Alondra winces as she keeps pulling him up to his feet. Kaito has barely any strength to do so.

"I'm dead weight at this point." Kaito just wants to lie down and sleep. He doesn't have the strength to fight.

Alondra puts Kaito's arm around her shoulders. "Just use me as support."

"You know, I was a part of this. I knew the President had planned to harm you and didn't say anything. This team was intentionally designed to be against you and everything you are." Kaito says coldly. Alondra removes Kaito's arm and sets him against the wall. He leans against it and slowly slides down as Alondra walks away.

"This is for the best..." He starts to close his eyes again and drift off. He then feels himself be moved around and wrapped around with rope. "Huh?"

"I found rope, I'm gonna tie you to me and make my way out. Just guide me." Kaito grunts as Alondra ties him onto her back, even tying his legs around her waist. She wobbles as she settles his weight on him. "Ready!"