Kai's POV
I looked over my team mates as they lounged about the hotel room and sighed, Tyson seemed to believe that now he was world champion, again, he was immune to training, and somehow, the moron had managed to drill the idea into not only Max's, but Ray's and Kenny's heads. I growled quietly as they continued to bum around, this had nearly been going on for half a year and soon they would be announcing the next championships and then they'd be in deep shit.
It wouldn't bother me so much if I had stopped telling them they needed to train, but Tyson let his victory go to his head and decided that he doesn't need to listen to me. I glanced up at the clock – 10.48am...training was due to start in only twelve minutes and anyone could see that wasn't going to happen. I sighed and pushed myself away from the wall, turned on my heel and left to train alone. If any of them had any common sense they'd come out and train with me.
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I continued to train as the sun began to go down for the day, training normally would've finished a good few hours ago, but I wasn't tired and I could carry on for a while longer, even as rain began to fall, it didn't stop me.
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Ray's POV
I yawned as the film Max, Tyson, Kenny and I were watching ended. Kai still hadn't come back inside so I stumbled over to the window sleepily and glanced down to the hotel grounds, and sure enough Kai was out there training. I sighed and yawned again
"Is he still out there?" Tyson asked sleepily
"Yeah" I replied and scratched the back of my head
"He's such a worry-wart" Max grumbled sleepily as he stood up to go to bed "Night guys" he mumbled as he stumbled off to his, Kenny's and Tyson's shared hotel room. Tyson yawned and said his good night's before heading for bed too. Kenny didn't wait much longer and soon I was sitting alone in the living room....it was 11.26pm, I sighed and yawned again before closing the curtains and wandering to bed.
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I woke up groggily as the door creaked. I opened my eyes and was greeted by darkness, save for the moonlight coming through the curtains. I could see Kai's silhouette against the light stumble to his bed and all but collapse. Within a few minutes his breathing evened out as he fell into a deep sleep. I glanced at the clock, 3.42am. I sighed and rolled over, closing my eyes and making a note to myself to talk to him tomorrow.
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I woke up and stretched groggily, glancing at the clock, 7.12am, I yawned and sat up, putting my legs over the edge of the bed and standing slowly I began to leave the room, before I realised that Kai had already left as well.
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"The guy's a machine!" Tyson moaned as we sat at the breakfast table. He shoved some toast in his mouth and crossed his arms "He doesn't need to keep pestering us to train or keep training himself, the next tournament won't be for months yet!" he took a large gulp of orange juice and glared daggers at the table. I laughed at him and began to eat some toast.
We left the hotel after eating and made our way to the cinema for the day, training completely forgotten.
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Kai's POV
I grumbled loudly as the day wore on and not one of the bladebreakers decided they needed to train...again. I growled and pulled the ripcord from my blade, sending Dranzer flying into the ground and off around the obstacle course I had set up.
Perhaps it was just me getting soft? The Bladebreakers wouldn't have dared ignore me before...yet now it was as easy as flicking on the television. I growled as Dranzer flew around the hotel grounds, with me running alongside her.
I stopped briefly to re-launch and noticed Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny sneak back into the hotel, trying to avoid me. I growled again and yanked the ripcord – Dranzer flew out of my launcher and straight into a bench where she bounced off and landed motionless on the grass. I sighed and sat on the bench, letting my head fall into my hands. I had to go to the police station later to sign forms on Voltaire and Boris' arrest. I sighed, hoping they wouldn't pull any tricks out of the bag to get out of prison...I sighed, of course they would try, but the police were ready, they knew about all their tricks, all the abuse and all about Biovolt. I chuckled hollowly, Biovolt, had finally been seized and shown for the fraud it was. The truth about everything that went on inside those walls came out, about the abuse that a select few children suffered all through their childhood and early teenage years, those teenagers being myself and the Demolition Boys. We appeared to be the only ones abused – but we were to be world class Beybladers, we had to be the best at whatever cost, even if that was being petrified to step one foot out of line, or even worse being pushed beyond our limits and killed. I sighed, the Demolition Boys...as much as I hated to admit it, I did miss them...I shook my head violently to get the thoughts out of my mind, it's not like I would never see them again, just that we all had our own lives to lead...they had chosen to return to Russia and live normal lives, trying to forget the Abbey ever existed, while I was left to sort all that was left of Biovolt out...which meant ensuring Voltaire and Boris were sent down, and then making sure that Biovolt was well and truly shut down, and that the Abbey would never be used again, all the experimental equipment that I had become oh so familiar with in my younger days was destroyed and that Biovolt could never return...this resulted in a LOT of paperwork. I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose, thinking about it, I should've gone to do some of the paperwork I had outstanding, and so I left the bench and headed inside to do the stack of work I'd been putting off.
As I entered the room Tyson jumped up "We were just coming out to train!" he said and he flicked the television off. I snarled but said nothing and walked into my shared room slamming the door behind me.
The pile of paperwork wasn't as tall as I had remembered which was a nice surprise, I moved the pile to my bed, settled down and began to read, page after page...
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After reading the hundredth letter from my solicitor about Biovolt I stopped, my head pounding from all the effort of reading and considering each letter, each proposition and each solution, I left the room and headed to the bathroom for some strong painkillers, then to the small kitchen were I quickly swallowed them with water.
As I left the small room, I could hear the television blaring in the living room...I decided to do some more training, the fresh air would help my headache surely...and with that I left the hotel and made my way to a secluded part of the grounds to train for the rest of the day.
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I repeated the same moves over and over...everything had to be 100% perfect. No mistakes and no second chances, which meant I was training well into the night, while my team mates slept in their warm beds. I'm sure I heard Kenny talking to Mr. Dickenson the other day about the other teams going to America for the next world Championship, and we were to meet them there, Mr. Dickenson I believe had arranged for us to arrive slightly early, to allow for Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny to get in some extra practice...but he believed that they were training now, and he didn't want the plane ride to disrupt things too badly right before the tournament. I sighed angrily that my team had absolutely no motivation...
The night steadily grew colder and colder, but I was used to training outside at all hours in Russia so I wasn't about to stop.
I froze when I heard rustling, spinning around on my heel to look behind myself before allowing my eyes to slowly scan my surroundings. After no more than a few moments, Ray stepped into my view, I relaxed and crossed my arms
"Kai?" Ray asked. I rolled my eyes, who else?
"You should come inside" he explained "It's getting cold, you've done plenty of training for today" I growled in the back of my throat, how dare he tell me when to stop training? I turned my back on him and placed Dranzer in her launcher before sending her onto my obstacle course. I could hear Ray shuffle around behind me, but I didn't turn or say anything and after a few minutes he left with a quiet "G'night Kai".
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I couldn't remember what time I made it back inside that evening, it was definitely getting on for 3am, but I was too tired to check the clock properly as I walked in. I flopped onto my bed and crawled under the covers before falling into a light sleep
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I woke up early, glanced out the window from between the curtains and made my way down to breakfast without waking the others. I ordered a slice of toast and a black coffee and slowly ate and drank for only ten or fifteen minutes before leaving, just as the other early guests began to come in for breakfast. The first task of the day was a long run and a visit to the police station, and as I set off I wondered if the others were even stirring.
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Ray's POV
I woke up slowly, the sun was streaming in through the gap in the curtains, Kai must've opened the them. I stretched and yawned, 9.46am I blinked...that late?
I jumped up and left my room, Kenny was sitting in the living room on Dizzi, Max was just emerging from the room and I could hear Tyson snoring loudly in the bedroom.
"Morning Ray" Kenny smiled, Max grinned as he flopped on the sofa
"Nice to have a lie-in eh?" Max smiled, bubbly as ever. I smiled at the teenager and nodded
"We should go get breakfast before we miss out" Kenny advised, I nodded and laughed as I heard Tyson stir at the mere mention of breakfast.
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Kai's POV
I left the station carrying a box of files that the police officers on the case felt I should have...great, more things to read through. I sighed as another headache made it's appearance.
As I arrived back at the hotel I wasn't surprised to see the bladebreakers weren't outside training but instead were inside eating lunch. I sighed as I walked past the dining hall and headed for my shared room to read over these files...
I dropped the box on my bed and sat down, pulling the largest file out first, get the worst over with.
Imagine my shock when it was my name printed on the front...I frowned, they kept files on us all this time?
Duh, of course they did I mentally cursed myself for my Tyson-like moment.
I flicked the page open, it had all my details on it, mothers name, fathers name, date of birth, place of birth, the usual rubbish. I flicked a few pages into the file, it had all my major battle times and results, it had over 3 pages of experiments conducted during my stay in the Abbey, all my serious and potentially fatal injuries sustained through punishments and training. I growled as I read through the lists of what they'd done to me, everything that had happened...
broken ribs
pneumonia
broken leg
dislocated shoulder
chest infections
fractured ankle
fractured skull
broken wrist
panic attacks
seizures
I paused, seizures?
There was small writing next to a few injuries, I had pneumonia when I tried to escape the Abbey and spent all night trying to find a way out. I'd had seizures following a particularly long experiment involving many different drugs, they found a cure in another drug another note followed *condition to be monitored, cure only temporary*. I dropped my head into my hands, I couldn't remember having seizures, or panic attacks, which seemed to develop through fear...I sighed audibly.
I scanned through the rest of the list, more broken bones and there at the bottom "apparent memory loss" I frowned memory loss I read the small print "no apparent cause" my head was beginning to pound, but I couldn't stop. I flicked through more of the folder, each experiment mentioned in the earlier pages was written about in full detail. I cringed and after reading over a few I flicked past that section to another page of details...I sighed as I read over the sick details the scientists had written "Most effective punishments" I scanned the list quickly and then closed the file. I couldn't bear to read any more.
I placed the file back into the box and flicked through the names of the other files, Tala, Bryan and Spencer each had files, though theirs were smaller than mine by a long way, they were a great deal thicker than the files of all the other kids. I scanned through the other names and came across two names that stuck out in my memory, Billie and Kane. These two were beefy teenagers, and they thought they got a hard bargain when they weren't selected for the world class team...and they made our lives, our being Tala and myself, hell. They used to cause just as many bruises and injuries as the punishments we received when they kept us from meetings and training with Boris.
I sighed and closed the box with all the files safely hidden inside. I'd decided not to read my former team-mates files. They told me what they wanted me to know back in the Abbey, I remembered all they'd told me, and it certainly wasn't mine to read to find out more.
My head was pounding something chronic by the time I'd finished and to top it all off the bladebreakers decided to grace me with their presence. I growled as I searched the cupboard for painkillers, eventually finding the box pushed to the back of the shelf. I took them quickly with water and headed outside for some training and fresh air.
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I arrived back at my room hours and hours later, it had long gone dark outside and the entire hotel was in darkness for the night. I rubbed my temples and headed for the hotel room, the painkillers had worn off hours and hours ago and to my surprise the fresh air hadn't helped my headaches. I sighed as I walked through the deserted reception and towards the lift. I pressed the button but nothing happened...
"Great" I sighed as I headed for the stairs, we were on the 7th floor, which means 7 flights of stairs for me to climb. I growled quietly, although it echoed in the large stairwell. I climbed the steps slowly, my footsteps echoing loudly.
I eventually reached my floor and within minutes I'd taken two more painkillers and was in bed...drifting off into a peaceful sleep.
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I woke with a start. That was an unfamiliar nightmare. I hadn't experienced an 'Abbey' nightmare in almost 6 months...so why now? I caught sight of the box out the corner of my eye...could reading over that file had triggered some memories? I couldn't remember THAT much from the Abbey, but I'd assumed that was one of Boris' tricks so I couldn't tell the police.
'apparent memory loss' did I really suffer from memory loss?
I sighed trying to remember all the details of my nightmare, but it was like trying to hold grains of sand and I could feel the memories slipping from my mind. I fell back on to my pillows, and closed my eyes, this was going to be a long night.
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I left to train at 4.30am, I couldn't sleep and it seemed pointless to lie in bed trying when I could be training, doing something useful with my time.
At about 8.30am I left training for a coffee, I was tired already and the day was only beginning. I sighed as I sat down at the small table in the hotel with a large mug of steaming black coffee. I drank slowly, enjoying the relatively quiet dining hall, but all good things come to an end. Tyson and the Bladebreakers made their entrance at 8.45. I let my head drop into my hands, just as Tyson spotted me
"Hey Kai!" he called across the large room. I sighed loudly...and took a large gulp of coffee just as the Bladebreakers sat around the table. They broke into conversation amongst themselves and I turned back to my coffee which was slowly getting cold. I can't have sat with them for more than five or ten minutes before there continuous talking began to give me a headache, so I left the table without a word and went for a run around the city we were staying in.
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Ray's POV
"Urgh he's such a grouch!" Tyson complained, Max agreed
"He needs to lighten up"
"Yeah" I nodded, I couldn't help but agree that he was in a permanent bad mood but perhaps it was down to us? "Perhaps we should train today guys" I suggested, maybe it would improve Kai's mood
Tyson's mouth fell open, forkful of baked beans half way to his face. "Stop messin' around!" he laughed and stuffed the beans in his mouth. I sighed and laughed along with him...I was probably overreacting anyway
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Kai's POV
I leant against the wall, it had been dark for a while, must've been later than I thought...I slid down the wall until I was sitting, catching my breath after the intense days training I had put myself through. I smiled at how much I'd improved over the last few days and how much it would help when it came to the tournament.
I wondered when the Bladebreakers would decide to train, I had long given up asking them to, it was up to them now...i knew Mr. Dickenson wouldn't be pleased of he heard me saying that but I had really had enough, I hadn't even wanted to be on the team in the first place, but now I'd been roped in and signed contract after contract and I was stuck for a while yet with the useless 'world champions'.
I sighed and stood up and left for the room, I was so tired.
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After what only felt like a few minutes sleep I shot up in bed wide awake after a particularly horrifying experience from the Abbey...this was one I had forgotten until now...and this one wasn't escaping my mind.
This was the occasion that I'd woken up half way through an experiment. I shivered, I couldn't remember much of what they were doing, just blood, pain, knives, needles and screams, my screams.
I covered my face with my hands and let out a shaky breath, I had been a mess after that experience, they'd had to keep me in confinement from the other students for days until I calmed down, and even then it took Tala ages to set things straight in my head. I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms loosely around them, resting my head on my knees I glanced at the clock, I had gotten just over two hours sleep, but I was so wide awake that sleep wouldn't be an option now. I sighed, great.
I turned my head the other way, Ray was fast asleep, so I decided to sit outside on our small balcony, enjoying the cool night air against my skin. I sighed, why did everything have to come back now...
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I had spent the rest of the night outside and was shaken from my thoughts when ray opened the sliding door at 8 to see if I was alright, I brushed past him without a word, just seeing him annoyed me, as it would've done if I had seen any of my other 'team mates'. I left the hotel and found a small coffee shop to get some coffee for the morning where I wouldn't be disturbed.
I sighed, I had dragged out my coffee for as long as I could and eventually I left for training.
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The day was long and I stopped training at 8pm to get an early night. I trudged up the stairs slowly, they still hadn't fixed the elevators. I traipsed through the doors to our hotel room and headed straight for the bedroom. I heard some 'hello's' as I walked in but I didn't reply. I closed the door quietly and after a shower I settled in to bed and closed my eyes.
After only a few minutes I heard Tyson yell "Oh my gosh I love this film!" I covered my face with my hands....why tonight of all nights? I groaned as he turned the telly up for 'better surround sound'. I growled quietly as I could hear an explosion coming from the television, and this was only the opening scene. I swore violently under my breath and pulled the door to the balcony open, stepping out into the cool night air and slamming the sliding door shut behind me. I grumbled to myself for a few long minutes, I could even hear the bloody film outside! I frowned and looked out across the city, it was almost deserted now, it was only 9pm but the nights got cold and dark very quickly. I sighed and sat on the lonely chair on our balcony, pulling my knees up to my chest to keep me a bit warmer.
After an hour or so of listening to the film through the windows, I pulled Dranzer out of my pocket and carefully launched her on the balcony railing, she always helped me to think. I sat in silence just listening to her spinning on the metal.
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I lost myself in my thoughts for a while, until I was brought back to reality as Tyson turned the telly up louder to watch a fight scene with explosives and guns. I jumped and Dranzer fell from the railing and into the garden below. I growled, I couldn't see where she had fallen and that meant I'd have to search for her in all the plants. I sighed and went through the living room, behind everyone else so they had no idea I'd left.
As I arrived below our balcony I couldn't see any sign of Dranzer and so began the long search for her.
After fifteen minutes I found her half buried in dirt and plants. I sighed and wiped her clean before launching her on the pristine lawn.
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I found myself training through the night, exhausted as I was this beat listening to the television blaring and then Tyson's snoring.
I flopped on to a bench and dropped my head into my hands while I caught my breath...i needed food, I couldn't remember the last time I had a proper meal. I headed for the food hall, it was early but surely the place would be open now. Just as I had hoped, it was serving food already. I smiled and ordered a round of toast and grabbed some jam. In only a few minutes I was eating, it was nice to eat something decent for a change. I smiled and slowly drank a few cups of coffee before heading out to train some more, surely it would be any day soon that Mr. Dickenson would be sending us tickets to go to America and I needed to be on top form.
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just as I had expected, only a week or so later – Mr. Dickenson called the hotel and spoke to us
"Hello Bladebreakers" he greeted over the loudspeaker "Now, I'm sure you're all aware that you'll be heading to America soon, and I don't wish to keep you from your training" Tyson shifted nervously and I narrowed my eyes at the back of his head "So I'll make this call quick. Your tickets will be arriving in the next few days, you'll be going out to America at the end of next week, a week or so before the other teams" he continued.
"Thanks Mr. Dickenson" Kenny answered
"Lovely, well I'll leave you all to train, see you in America" Kenny put the phone down and turned to face us.
"oh god what're we gunna do?" Kenny panicked. I rolled my eyes and turned on my heel and began to leave
"Kai you're the captain, you need to train us and fix this!" I growled and spun round to face Tyson
"Tyson. If you, and the rest of this pathetic excuse of a team had listened, then you wouldn't be in this mess in the first place, I can't make miracles happen, we only have one and a half weeks. Training begins in twenty minutes" I left without another word
"But it's 9pm?" Tyson called after me. I didn't reply just continued walking. If they were seriously worried about this tournament then they'd be training right through the night, but I knew they'd only last a few hours, at most.
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I was right, at 11.30 they had given up. I sighed "Training starts at 6am tomorrow, I suggest you get some sleep. You'll be out till this time tomorrow night" I growled as they began to leave, grumbling and complaining.
I readied Dranzer and launched her onto the lawn, they might be done for the night but I wasn't.
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for the next week and a half, leading right up to our flight out I trained the bladebreakers relentlessly. Even I was tired at the end of the two weeks, I hadn't slept all that much, I chose to stay and train after they'd gone to sleep for the night.
I stared out the window as we began the 5 hour flight to America, I could feel my eyes drooping as the flight dragged on...the rest of my team had fallen asleep only mere minutes into the flight, but I needed to stay awake and alert. Dizzi was sitting on Kenny's lap just waiting to be taken, I couldn't risk someone reading all our stats.
I spent the rest of the flight ordering coffee's and watching over the team.
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After we'd arrived in America the rest of the team had perked up and were ready for training, I set them task to complete individually, while Kenny went over strategies with me.
"So, i'm thinking that in the preliminaries we could use yourself or Max" Kenny continued as I pinched the bridge of my nose to try and contain the headache that was worsening.
"I will" I replied, Kenny raised his eyebrows "Max needs as much time as possible to train, he can use all the extra time he gets to prepare. Same goes for all our matches." I finished
"So. Your plan is to start off every round of the tournament to give us a good start?" Kenny asked, I nodded "Good plan" he agreed. I sighed as he moved on to the next round of twenty questions.
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After finally sorting out a strategy I walked over to the team to see how their training was going. I won't lie, it could've been much better but they had improved by an impressive margin in only a couple of weeks.
They left for dinner and I was about to launch Dranzer when Ray came back outside.
"Thank you Kai, for helping us, even when we ignored you in the first place which got us into this mess" I acknowledged his apology and launched Dranzer "All the teams are arriving on friday, and Mr. Dickenson's arranged a group meal for us all to have a catchup – he's told you that you have to be there" I nodded and turned my concentration to Dranzer as Ray walked off.
Even if Mr. D hadn't told me I had no choice but to go, I would have gone. The Demolition boys would be there, I needed to give them their files.
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Friday arrived all too quickly, the team were finally getting to a tournament worthy standard of blading and I was beginning to relax knowing they could handle a battle with any other teams and have a mediocre shot at winning. But I still didn't relent on the training, they had slacked and the tournament, due to start in a week, was looming ever closer.
The team had left half an hour ago to get ready for this meal, it was a smart casual dress restaurant which meant none of my training clothes were suitable. So half an hour before I was due to be picked up with my team I headed inside to find something to wear.
After searching through my small suitcase I found a pair of dark blue jeans and a black shirt to wear, that would be fine.
I quickly showered and got changed, but as I buttoned up my jeans, they well from just above my hips, were they were supposed to be, to way below my hips, barely staying up. I growled stupid old, stretched jeans. I growled and fished out an old leather belt before pulling off my training top and changing into the shirt. I arrived downstairs just as the limo pulled up to take us to the meal. I climbed into the back silently and listened to the conversation between my team instead of joining in.
"I wonder if they're all the same?" Tyson asked
"Probably" Ray replied "It hasn't really been THAT long since we last saw them" he added
I stared out the window and in a few minutes we had arrived, and apparently were late, I could see everyone through the window already sitting at the group of tables.
"We're late!" Kenny cried as the team jumped out the car and ran inside
I sighed and slowly followed, my eyes feeling heavy as I prepared myself for the night.
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Tala's POV
Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny dashed into the restaurant and threw themselves into their seats. Mr. Dickenson chuckled loudly at the end of the table "It's not like you to be late Bladebreakers" he laughed "Where's Kai?"
"He's just coming" Ray answered as he settled himself down properly. Moments later Kai walked in, he didn't really look up or say anything, he sat down next to ray silently and scanned the room. He looked somewhat different, tired, his eyes were dark, and his face was hollow and his hair hung round his face limply.
"Ah Kai m'boy" Mr. Dickenson grinned
"Mr. Dickenson" He replied politely yet coldly with a nod.
"Let's order then" Mr. Dickenson suggested, trying to ignore the ice-cold welcome from the boy he had grown to see as his own grandson. All of the teams sitting round the table knew of Kai's bumpy childhood, but no one but myself knew exactly what went on behind the doors of that Abbey and how Mr. Dickenson had become the Grandfather Kai had never had.
When Kai had been badly injured he had to be sent to hospital, I never thought to ask exactly what had happened, but he was taken for an experiment one evening and was gone well into the night, myself, Bryan, Spencer and Ian had waited for him, even though only I had endured something close to what Kai had, they knew it was not something to be taken lightly.
He had just seemed worn out when he returned that night but things began to go wrong after that. We had been woken up early, we had to pull Kai out of our cell and up to training, and only half an hour in he had collapsed and within seconds was having a severe seizure. He was kept at the Abbey for a good few weeks after that, the seizures gradually got worse and worse, he began to have panic attacks and the doctors began to worry.
Voltaire decided to send him to the largest and best hospital he could in Russia, right in the centre of Moscow, little did he realise that the social workers would be so attentive and pick up on all these little things. Within weeks Kai was taken into Mr. Dickenson's care and kept from the Abbey and soon was treated as Mr. Dickenson's own relative, he had no children himself so Kai was like the grandchild he'd never had.
I never asked what exactly caused the seizures, I never really had the chance to...Mr. Dickenson tried to keep Kai away from us, didn't want him to begin to remember the things his mind had forgotten for him
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The meal came to an end and we all returned to the hotel where Kai began to train, the rest of his team joined him for the start but only managed an hour or so training and came to sit with us enjoying the cool evening air.
After a few hours we all left to get some sleep, Mr. Dickenson had persuaded Kai that he had done enough work for the night and he was forced to get some sleep.
Kai's POV
I fell into a light sleep and was greeted by another nightmare or memory, I couldn't differentiate the two now.
I ran through the corridors, glancing over my shoulder only occasionally, Boris was following me down the corridor, holding a large needle. I skidded round the corner slipping slightly on a small pool of water dripping down the wall and onto the cold stone floor.
I ran a little way and soon realised I was getting into the deepest parts of the Abbey, the further I went the more lost I began to feel. Students of the Abbey weren't allowed in this part and I could feel myself losing my way, which way led back out, which led further in? I had no idea.
I could hear Boris' cold thudding footsteps behind me, I turned left to face a wooden door and quickly turned on my heel and dashed the other way but in those few seconds Boris had gotten closer, much closer. So close that I could hear his steady breathing above my own erratic breaths
I slipped on yet another pool of water but lost my balance and crashed into the hard stone floor, my head cracking against the cold rock. I blinked away the dark spots dancing in front of my eyes and began to push myself up, Boris' foot came down on my wrist holding me in place, I struggled to stand up, anything to get away, I thrashed, tears began to fall down my cheeks
"What's wrong my little phoenix? You're so pretty when you cry" he asked in a sickly voice. I struggled harder as he flicked the needle, effectively allowing any air to the top. He gave the syringe a small squeeze so a small amount of liquid sprayed from the top. I struggled madly, yanking my wrist as hard as I could, I could feel tears spilling freely over my newly tattooed cheeks...the salt stinging
I froze as I heard Boris chuckling sinisterly, echoing in the dark stone corridor. I dared to glance at his face, the only lamp lighting the corridor began to flicker, plunging us into momentary darkness. He laughed louder and I felt myself shiver as his foot lifted off my wrist. I wasted no time in pushing myself up off the floor, ready to run again, I didn't care where, anywhere was better than here...where was Tala? Why wasn't Tala here?
In one swift movement Boris' foot crashed back down on to my wrist. My breath hitched in my throat as loud cracks filled the dingy stone corridor. My vision blurred and grew darker as he crunched his foot down harder, the bones splintering under the pressure. I dared to look at my wrist as he lifted his foot away and felt bile rise in my throat at the splintered bone that had broken through my blood smeared skin. I could hear Boris cackling madly as I tried to calm my breathing which had picked up so much I could feel myself losing control. A sharp stab of pain told me Boris had injected whatever was in the syringe into my arm and I welcomed the darkness that enveloped me.
I opened my eyes wide, covered in clammy sweat, my hands shaking as I ran them through my tousled hair. I held my hands in front of my face and looked at the long white scar on my wrist, one of many. I slowly sighed a shaky breath and looked over to the window, still dark, I rolled over on to my side and closed my eyes in a vain attempt to gain some sleep...before training began at 5.30am.
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There we go, a start of a whole new story. It's all very exciting as I'm sure you can imagine. Unfortunately I won't be able to update as regularly as I'd like, stupid here is now working 2 jobs, that's 6 days a week...Urgh.
Well any reviews are appreciated, or I may just give up on this.
Hope you enjoyed!
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