Disclaimer: I don't own nothing *gins evilly* But I'm certainly having fun borrowing.

Warning: Voltaire is an evil SOB. I think that says it all. (well, not all, after all, I'm going to tell you just what a bastard he is.) Oh yea, story will contain violence and expletives, some sooner, some later.

Author's Note's: Thanks for the wonderful reviews. The sun is out, the birds are singing, and there's poor Kai in the shadows. Gotta love him!!!  Sorry this is short, I generally write longer chapters.

A World So Cold

Chapter II: Trust is Gone

***earlier that day***

The sound of laughter carried on the brisk wind. Despite the winter cold, the Russian children were enjoying the last light of the day in the park. When their parents called for them to come in for the night, the children waved cheerful goodbyes to one another. They returned home with pink cheeks and happy smiles, knowing that their parents would be waiting for them with hot chocolate and a warm fire.

A black car with darkly tinted windows sped by the park, but the man inside took no notice of the children. He stared balefully out the window watching the night creep in. The sun was falling in the west, painting the sky with brilliant shades of red and gold. The glory of it was lost on the man, he was far too busy brooding over the events of the day.

He reached into the hidden cache in front of him and pulled out a bottle of Vodka. Normally he didn't drink, but today he would make an exception.

All his plans for domination, his plots and schemes, everything that he had worked toward for the last 30 years had suddenly slipped through his grasp.

"Everything had gone the way it was supposed to. My grandson was fulfilling his duties and almost all the ancient beasts had been captured. I could see the fear growing in the eyes of those watching the battles. I was moments away from seizing the world as my own."

He glanced back out the window to try to focus his thoughts, but the crimson and gold highlighted sky seemed to only anger him further.

"The world would be mine now if it weren't for you, my traitorous grandson. I gave you everything, strength and power. I made sure you were trained to have no weaknesses, no emotions. And despite all your training, you betrayed me."

Voltaire's took another shot of the vodka, his hands shaking with suppressed rage. His grandson had cost him much that night. He had not only stopped Voltaire's grand plan, but he had destroyed Biovolt as well. The Russian police had arrested the company president directly after the championships ended. It had cost him a lot of money to fix that inconvenience, money spent on expensive cut-throat lawyers. Of course, that was nothing compared to what he had spent to destroy all evidence of Biovolt's culpability in the scheme for world dominance.

I didn't have enough time to dismantle and move everything, so instead I had to settle for destroying it. All the labs, training facilities, and engineered beasts that had been housed in the abbey and at corporate headquarters are no more. Biovolt is dead.

Voltaire spared no thought to those who had been silenced to protect himself and his ambitions. Numerous scientists, trainers, and students had been literally cut from the project to prevent any possibility of their speaking to the police.

The large man shattered the bottle in his hand as he clenched his fists in anger. "Kai, you've allowed that team of idiots to drag you down to their level.  I never thought you would allow yourself to be weakened by such foolish emotions. Obviously, I can no longer trust you to follow your training. I will have to see that you are taught better."

The light outside the car was fading quickly. Voltaire looked out to see the black night pushing the golden-red sun out of the sky. I was delayed too long in that police station. I'll have to move quickly if I am going to reclaim him before he disappears again.

Voltaire brought his fist heavily down on the glass pane that separated him from his driver.

 "Faster, you fool! There is much to do."

-----------------------tbc

*hides*

Don't kill me!! I promise Kai is in the next chapter. Anyone want to guess where the phoenix might be? (and please get your minds out of the gutter, he's not in it ^_~ )

I also promise some action. A good fight to stir the blood, or shed it ^_^

Please, review! Reviews keep me going. More reviews make me happy and that makes me write faster. Since I don't normally write Beyblade, I need reviews to let me know if I'm doing well.

I usually write about my beautiful Sasuke. If anyone has had the misfortune of not hearing about the anime Naruto, I'm here to save you. If you love Kai, you'll die for Sasuke. Dark, beautiful, intelligent, tortured, and out for revenge. My absolute fav to torture these days.

*laughs* In fact I'm updating now to distract myself from the slow download of the most recent episode. The preview showed Sasuke beaten and lying in a hospital bed with someone standing over him holding a knife. AAARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Faster Kaaza, faster!!

BTW, the next chapter will be Way Too Long  *laughs*

*that's the title, not the time it will take to update or the length *