Nathan Pedde - Tokyo Tempest

“This is ridiculous.” Sakiko said, “Its cold in here at night.”

Sakiko picked up her sleeping mat and plopped it next to Yuki’s mat. Then dragged Darren’s over to be next to Yuki’s.

“Or did you want to be in the middle?” Sakiko asked Darren.

“I’m good at the end,” Darren said.

Yuki and Sakiko quickly fell asleep curled up together. Darren stared into the darkness. Thoughts of home, his mom, his dad, his sister and his brother raced around his head. In the silence of the night, tears rolled down his face. Like all nights he had spent in this dark storage unit, Darren spent it with tears rolling down his face. After a little while of him silently sobbing to himself, Darren finally fell asleep.

He dreamed that a massive water monster was chasing him down the street. Except he was back home in Vancouver and he was trying to catch up to Yuki, who kept calling to him. Nothing made sense. He wondered why he was in Vancouver and not in Tokyo. He also questioned how he got there from Tokyo.

“Darren wake up.” A voice called in the darkness.

Darren opened his eyes.

Yuki and Sakiko stood overtop of him, a flashlight was shining into a white cardboard box. The light bounced around the storage unit and lit up the room.

“What is it?” Darren said, “Is it time to get up?”

“No.” Yuki said, “You were calling out and talking in your sleep.”

“Nightmare,” Sakiko said.

“Sorry.” Darren said, “I had a hard time getting to sleep. That’s all.”

“That’s okay,” Yuki said as she lay down beside him.

“I think you need comforting,” Sakiko said as she lay down on the other side of him.

In the darkness of the storage unit, Yuki leaned into Darren and kissed him on the lips. Darren felt himself melting into her. A moment later, Yuki released his lips from its passionate embrace.

“Hello,” Darren said.

Yuki smiled, “It felt like the thing to do.”

“I like it,” Darren said.

“Don’t forget about me.” Sakiko said, “I don’t want to be stuck watching.”

Darren felt his face get hot.

“We’re in this together.” Sakiko said, “The three of us.”

Darren was at a loss for words.

“Each of us has loved ones that are unaccounted for.” Sakiko continued, “Each of us is suffering from hurt, heartache, and pain. We need each other in more ways than one. I love each of you, and I’d like to show it any way I can.”

Sakiko reached over and touched Yuki’s chin. She raised her chin up and kissed Yuki on the lips.

“Sakiko.” Yuki said, “I don’t know.”

“Shh.” Sakiko said, “Darren doesn’t mind, right?”

Darren blubbered incoherently.

Yuki kissed Sakiko on the lips back. Then Sakiko kissed Darren, and Darren kissed Yuki.

Sakiko undid the top of Darren’s pants and pulled at his boxers.

Yuki and Sakiko kissed and sucked on Darren. Sakiko lost her pants at some point, and Darren discovered the intense feeling of her sitting on his face.

Darren was lost in a sea of passion when one of the girls, Darren wasn’t sure which put a condom on him. Yuki and Sakiko took turns riding him like a horse.

After what seemed like a couple hours, the two girls were cuddled on either side of Darren. Darren felt each of their soft breasts against his skin.

“How long has it been?” Darren asked.

“Twenty minutes,” Sakiko said.

“That’s it.” Darren said, “It felt like longer.”

“You sure did last a long time.” Sakiko said, “Some of the boys from the Katana Club only lasted a few minutes.”

“Katana Club?” Yuki said, “Sakiko. Really?”

“You mean you weren’t fooling around with them?” Sakiko said, “They said you were. That’s why I did it with them.”

“A couple of them tried, even got my top off, but I didn’t go all the way,” Yuki said.

Yuki leaned over to Sakiko and punched her in the arm.

“You aren’t angry?” Sakiko said to Darren, “Are you?”

“Why would I be angry?” Darren said, “The world has gone to shit. I’m just glad that I get to spend it with two pretty, loving angels.”

Sakiko kissed Darren on the lips. Darren felt her tongue go into his mouth.

“Sakiko?” Yuki said.

“Yes, Yuki?” Sakiko asked.

Yuki kissed Sakiko on the lips.

“Are you two ready to go again?” Darren asked.

“We are women, we’re ready anytime,” Yuki said.

Then a bang echoed through the building. The bang shattered the silence of the night.

Darren was up and off the floor, he grabbed a nearby flashlight and turned it on.

Yuki and Sakiko were awake next to him.

“Get dressed.” Darren said, “I’m gonna take a look.”

Another bang echoed through the building.

Darren put on a pair of pants, a shirt, and a pair of boots. Darren pulled the handgun from its hiding place. He handed his flashlight to Yuki.

“Keep silent and turn the light off once you’re dressed.” Darren said, “I’ll be right back.”

Darren left the storage locker and went down the hall towards the sound. His eyes quickly adapted to the lack of light. Darren got to the front of the storage area.

Large piles of people’s stuff were stacked in front of the bay doors and in front of the door to the office.

Another loud bang echoed through the office door.

Darren crouched down next to the pile of books.

“Its bloody blocked with stuff.” A voice said from the other side in Japanese.

“That means people are living in this.” A second voice said in Japanese, “You probably woke them up, and now they know we’re here.”

“So.” The first voice said, “They’re probably pissing in their shoes.”

“If they have food and are living in here, we should take it. If they know that we’re coming, then we’ve lost the element of surprise.” The second voice said, “Check the other doors. See if they’ve blocked them all.”

Darren heard footsteps echo from around the building. They exited the office and walked into the loading bay.

“There’s a loading bay door and a man door.”

A bang echoed through the man door.

“Its blocked too.” The first voice said.

Darren heard the second set of footsteps echo from the office to the loading bay.

“I doubt this place is full of supplies.” The second voice said.

“Remember what that kid and his girlfriend said yesterday.” The first voice said, “That he knows of at least one prepper that uses it for storage.”

“Who knows how much supplies are actually here.” The second voice said, “That kid could have been lying.”

“But any amount of supplies is good, right?” The first voice said, “That’s what the boss said.”

“So how do we break in?” The second voice said.

“We bring in the truck and use it to pull down the bay doors.” The first voice said, “Boom. We’re in.”

“How many people do you think are in here?” The second voice said.

“Not a lot or else they would have ventured out to gather supplies.” The first voice said, “And then we would have seen them.”

“When do we do it?” The second voice said.

“Tomorrow night.”

Gravel crunched as the two people walked away from the loading bay. Darren heard them enter the office and then the crunch of broken glass announced that they had left.

Darren walked back to the storage unit.

Yuki and Sakiko sat in the darkness waiting for Darren to return.

“Its me.” Darren said, “I’m back.”

Yuki turned on a flashlight.

“What’s going on?” Yuki said, “False alarm?”

“No.” Darren said, “People are getting desperate. A couple thugs were sizing up the building. They’re gonna hit us tomorrow night.”