Summery: He would never stop fighting again his own Grandfather and the man who they called Boris. But he was not the boy he who he was once. He was broken and afraid for everything around him. Can the new-boy show him how it is outside the walls of the Abbey? Warnings:
What I have to say : Yeah.. I have rewrite this story. Why? I didn't like the other one. I had the feeling that it was stuck in one place and moment. And now there does something more then talking! And like always : Reviews are nice and very welcome :'D And still all the mistakes are on my head, and not on the head of someone else! Enjoy! Don't Become the Darkness ( remake ).
Two crimsons eyes looked up at the grey walls. It was just like there did yell for him. That there where saying "We don't let you go. We never would!" He let his hand running over the cut on is cheek. He shut is eyes down when a sharp pain shot through his head. He sat on the ground waiting for someone to get him and make him ready for the next battle. It was not like anybody would come to help him. Not here, not in these place. And not when he was the grandson from the great Voltaire Hiwatari.
Yeah, you heard well. He was the grandson from the most famous man on the world. Not that he actual did like it. Voltaire was not exactly the lovely granny. He was more like the bad guy. The man who never would love a single man or is family. Only the boy new the secret about Voltaire and the bad things he had done in his life.
"We have a cellmate for you, brat." A cold voice came from behind the door. The boy jumped a little in surprise. He had not hear anyone coming in. When he turned around, he saw is tutor, Boris, glaring at him when he walked inside. An younger boy, but older then him self followed Boris. Fear was written in his ice-blue eyes.
The boy on the ground looked at the red-haired boy. The ice-blue eyes did make him sad. And he hated that. He did always hate it when somebody was sad or afraid. But he couldn't do anything about it. He just sat there hoped that everything would go away and leave him in peace. Still he would give anything to make the another boy happy or make this place more comfortable. But he couldn't. Because when he did, he would be lying to him self and to that boy. And his mother told him once that lying was bad. That's the reason he never lied!
"Why do you think that I want a cellmate. I prefer to be alone. " His voice sounded cold, but if you listen closely you could hear the pain, the fear and the sadness deeply hidden behind his mask.
"And I must believe that?" An evil smirk appeared at the face of his tutor. The boy nodded his head slowly. "I don't lie, Boris and you know that." He spat his one words at Boris.
Boris just ignored him and went back to the boy behind him. "Well, this is your cellmate. Have fun." He begun to walk to the door. Before he stepped out of the room he turned his head to the two boys. "Be ready about five minutes." After he had said that he started walking again.
The boy with crimsons eyes looked at the boy in silence. The boy had red hair and his eyes where ice-bleu. He was a bit longer then himself. The sad look took his attention again. "What's your name and don't lie." He shut his eyes is shame… why did he have to be so harsh?
"My name is Tala.'' The red-haired boy answered with a sad smile. He sat down next to his cellmate. "What's your name?"
"Call me whatever you want, everybody is doing that." Suggested he with an cold-stare. He could feel the eyes of his new roommate in his back. "What?"
Tala kept looking at him, even when he answer the question. "Nothing, its just everybody I ever meet has a name and you don't and that's just weird!" He told the younger boy next to him with a smile. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." It was if he said it so many times that it just not sounded like the true. But like something he had to say. "What is it to you anyway?"
Tala was taken back by the words of the younger man. "I just wanted to be nice.." Even for him sounded it so small, so little.
"Why do you want to be nice?" Tala looked with wide eyes to his cellmate. He hoped that it was a joke, but deep inside he knew, that his cellmate was serious.
If somebody asked what Tala saw when he looked in the eyes from his cellmate, it would be an easy question. He saw nothing. No smile, no pain, just nothing. Like he was just a shell without a soul. And to be honest he didn't like it but when he started the conversation, he saw something. It was nothing big. But if he listed very closely he could hear it. The pain and betrayed in the younger boys voice. But that was before he said something stupid. After that it was a clear view for him. He was maybe a 5 year old child but he knew that there was something wrong with this boy.
"I want to be nice because my mother told me to." He told the boy with a wide smile. "Don't you want to be nice then?"
"No." Was the short answer. Tala nodded an stood up. "I don't understand why you don't want to be nice. But I'm not going to ask you." He bite on his under lip. "But can I at least ask you one question?''
"You just did." Was the cold repay if he rolled his eyes. He didn't wanted to be here. Not with this Tala-Boy. He wanted to be left alone for now and forever. And he hated these conversation.. if you could call it that. It wasn't that he didn't like Tala, but what if this was Boris plan? That if he let his guard down for just a second that there was somebody out there to kill him. Yeah sure, he hated it here but he didn't have a dead wish.
"I mean another question." Explained Tala like it was the normal thing in the world. "Like why are you here?" He tried to ignore the death glare that he was getting. "Don't you have to be with you parents?"
"That's two questions." The boy went back to stare at the wall. "I'm not going to tell a stranger about my past."
"And you don't have to. I was just curious." Tala said quickly. "So I heard that you are the grandson of the famous Voltaire Hiwatari is that true?"
"What if it is true?" There was a short silence. "What would you do?"
"Well if it is true then you can protect us all!" Tala yelled in surprise. Was this boy really that stupid? "You could tell Voltaire what Boris did to you and the others and then were free, safe! Don't you think so? "
His eyes became more wider if the boy next to him begun to laugh. "Safe?" He stopped and gave Tala an dead-glare. "Do you really think that Voltaire Hiwatari is our ticked to a safer place of freedom?" He shook his head at the foolishness from the other boy. "Do you even know who's the boss is from Boris? Yes, that's Voltaire." There was a short silence. "He knows everything, he knows of every beaten there is been here in the Abbey. He even knows how there tried en kills people in here because this man… is the man who started this place! So no, your plan is not going to work."
"But please tell me he is nice to you!" Tala begged almost. He was shocked to hear this. It hurt him deep that there where children down here, who's beaten every day. But those children where beaten by people there didn't really know and it still hurt a lot. So how much would it hurt if you where beaten by your grandfather who is supposed to love you?
"What is it to you?" He looked down at his feet and then back to Tala if he stood up and hold his hand forwards. "Kai."
Tala looked down at the hand. "Sorry?" He didn't understand what the boy means or for what he was playing at.
"Mine name is Kai." He held his hand a bit higher. "I'm Kai Hiwatari." Tala took his hand and smiled kindly. "Nice to meet you, Kai. And I'm still Tala Valkov."
Kai nodded and let his hand slip out of the hand of Tala. "Come, Boris is waiting at us."
He started walking out of the room. It was the first time in his life that Boris let the door open. Tala started follow him. "How do you know?"
"He said 'Be ready in 5 minutes.' And your new here." He answered easily. "Come on, we have to hurry." Otherwise you got trouble.
Tala kept his mouth shut for a moment. He still didn't like this boy for hundred%. And beside he still wanted a answer to his question. He was never a quitter and he wouldn't start quitting now.
"So, is Voltaire nice to you?" Tala replayed is question. "Just answer the question!!" Kai rolled his eyes again if he opened the door what leaded them to the dinner room.
"Why do you want to know that so badly?" He answered the question with a question. Tala shut is eyes in annoying.
"I just want to know, okay?" Tala answered nervous. Was it so difficult to understand that he really did care. Not that he had a reason to be cared about this person. He wasn't even nice to him. The only thing he as done to him was biting his head of! But he just wanted to know. "So tell me!"
"Whatever." The silence in the gang was broken by Tala who started to laugh as a maniac. Tala stopped quickly when he followed Kai a room in, where there was more then twenty people. Talking, fighting, waiting at something.
A small boy came running to them. "KAI!" He yelled enthusiastically. "Your back!" He stopped running and looked curious at Tala. "Who are you? Are you new? Do you like it here? Did you met Boris already? I bet you did! I'm Ian by the way. But you knew that already. Didn't you? Everybody knows me.. and everybody loves me. That's because I'm the best. Kai told me so, so its true…" Ian was under broken by a door that was smashed open.
Three mans walked inside the room before the last man followed them the room in. Tala looked around to see that everyone in the room stood now straight and in a line. Like there where soldiers and where being controlled.
The only one who where moving was Kai. Who where searching for a person in the crowd. But he never found him. Kai flinched and turned his head to his side when somebody had grabbed his hand. Tala stood scared next to him. Tears was leaking out of his eyes. He never saw Kai flinched or Ian cry out for an stupid reason, the only thing he saw was his own death.
It took two seconds for Kai to realize that Tala was scared for the man before them. The man with the name Boris. 'Don't be scared, I'm here.' He wanted to say it so badly. But he couldn't! If Boris heard him say it then this Tala-boy had a big problem. Or maybe even worse.
"Brats! Listen up! I'm going to say this one more time. There is a tournament coming up. And one team, so lets say, five brats of you get a chance to show me what your worth. " Boris shook his head in shame. "Not that one of you pathetic brats is worth something. So be happy that you get a chance. These week and next week are we going to pick out the strongest and the five strongest will be blading in the tournament. Understand it? Yes? Good. " Boris nodded at the guards.
Boris stood there without any emotions, but Kai saw the lust and the amusement in the eyes of the old man. There were not many of them in the Abbey who could read Boris but Kai could. He was one of the best in reading and hiding from Emotion. Not that he cared, because why would you need something that could used against you?
Boris continue his saying. "And I want you al to meet us new member." He laughed a bit and waved to Tala that he has to come to him.
But Tala never moved. Kai signed and started walking as he pulled Tala with him. "Boris." He greeted Boris without any emotions.
"Hello there, young Phoenix." He licked his lips and smirked towards the boy who stood defective beside his scared cellmate. "And Yuriy." He looked down to Tala and smirked evil. "Ah, are your scared Yuriy?" Tala eyes became wider when he heard the name 'Yuriy'. Kai only stared at Boris like he was gone crazy. But his mind told him that Tala was a betrayer, that he couldn't be trusted. That he had lied to him. "I see didn't told it, did you?" Tala how naïf he was shook is head. Boris only laughed and glared at Kai. "Did you trust him, Young Phoenix?"
A many children sniggered quietly. There knew that Kai never had trusted anybody. So why start now? Boris turned his head to the other children. "Aha, where, where we? O right. So many of you heard. This is Tala." He turned back to Tala and Kai. "Kai answer me."
Kai looked at Tala and saw the hope in the eyes of his cellmate. He knew what he had to say to hold him safe. But he knew to how much is words would hurt the boys. But beside there where more then twenty's children listening to the conversation and if there knew that Tala was becoming his friend. There would beat him up. And still Tala had lied to him. And since when did he care, he had never cared about anyone! "No, I don't trust him." Yes I did. Tala led his hand slip out the hand of Kai. Boris smirked and was ready to say something but Kai was not done yet.
"Emotion, friends, trust and family is a weakness." He held his face in check. "And your not allowed to show any weakness in this place." He send an death-glare to Boris when he continued. "So why would I trust a boy if I don't even know him, Boris?" He smirked. He knew that he had beaten Boris in his own game.
There was a short silence in the room when Boris broke it. "You think you're smart, don't you?" He took a step forwards. "But your nothing and you see!" He slapped the boy middle in the face. "Have you still something to say brat?"
Kai nodded slowly and smirked at Boris. "Yeah, you slap like a girl."
If not everybody was to scared to do something there would be laughing now. But no one dared to do that. Maybe Boris deserved to be laughed at but if there did that there would be next. "BORIS!" Ian was the only who where brave enough. "Don't lay a finger on him! Or I kill you! And I do it! I will really do it! And then your dead, and then I'm the one who's gonna take over the world! And everybody will now my name and then I'll be loved by everyone. And no one will remember you… MWHAHAHAHA…" His voice faded away if a guard dragged him out of the room.
Boris went back to Kai and slammed him in the wall. "Don't you dare…" He took the hair of the younger boy in his hand and pulled him up. "To say that ever again!" He slammed the head in the wall and let it fall out of his hand.
He watched how Kai sat straight up. There sat blood on his cheek and hairline. He spat some blood out of his mouth and looked emotionless at his tutor. "You. Slap. Just. Like. A. Girl!" He spelled every word he said. And before he could say 'I got you mad!' Boris smashed his feet in the stomach. That was followed by the another feet that smashed in his face. He cried out in pain. Boris smirked and waved at two guards that there could go on with the beating.
The guards walked up to him and began the beating with Kai. Boris nodded with pleasure before he went back to the rest of the brats. "I want everyone in his room in one minute. If you ot then you will be punished. Understood? GO NOW!" Almost everyone started running. Scared that Boris will be mad if there don't.
A small group walked like there had the time of them living. The biggest of the group walked up at Tala who stood there, not knowing what he had to do or where to go.
"Hello." The voice was bitter. "So you're a friend of Kai he."
Tala shook his head. "No, I don't think so." He lowed his head in shame. "I lied to him."
The boy started laughing. "So you don't mind helping us out?" He turned his head to the group and nodded at something. "But before we starting on that subject. Do you speak Russian?"
"A little." Tala smiled. "'My mother and father are born in Russian but were lived in England, because my mother worked there. But then she died and dad wanted back to Russia and I had to learn it."
"So if we would start talking Russians you wouldn't understand it?" Tala shook is head. "Good. Now up to the business, do you want to help us?"
"With what?"
"The only thing you have to do is, giving this to Kai. Nothing more." The boy smirked. "Just say, that Bryan asked you to give this to him and he would take it. And we do the rest."
"Yeah.. I think I could do that." Tala took the piece of paper. "So your name is Bryan?"
The boy started to laugh. "I never said that kid." He turned back at his friends. "Do you hear that, he thinks I'm Bryan.. he couldn't be more wrong…" Some of the children in the group started to laughing. The boy sniggered back and waved to them that there could go. "Do you know where you have to go?"
"Euh.. No, I don't." He looked up to the boy with hope. Maybe he would bring him! "Do you know where my room is?"
"You're the cellmate from Kai right?" He asked with a bitter undertone. Tala nodded. "Oké. Come on, I let you see where that is. "
Tbc.