blitzkreig50889: I don't think much needs to be said here, but here's the second fic in my major update. Here's the new chapter for Dark Calling and the standard disclaimer that I typically type applies here just as it always has. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter One

CRASH! SCREECH! THUMP! BANG!

Enrique Giancarlo and Jonathan McGregor winced as objects could be heard crashing down the steps in the hallways of the hotel they were vacationing at. Not that anyone could exactly call living temporarily in the middle of the deserts of Egypt a vacation with no air conditioning or silence.

Both sighed without realizing they had done so simultaneously. With the way things were going on in the hallways, one would think a heard of elephants was living in the building.

"Please make it stop!" Johnny whispered as the volume from the noise proceeded to give him a migraine. "Please just make it stop!"

Enrique would have voiced his agreements, but he knew that if Johnny ever heard him speaking the Scot would strangle him. Part of his mind made a mental note to strangle Kai and Tala for talking him and his teammates into vacationing in Egypt.

"Goddamn it!" a voice swore as more banging occurred in the hallway. "Can't you people carry a light weight bag up a set of steps?"

Enrique looked over at Johnny who immediately looked over at him in horror. "Please tell me that is not who I think it is," the Scot pleaded. Enrique would've been shocked had Johnny not been this way for the enitre day.

"Unfortunately, Johnny, that is exactly who you think it is. That is most definitely Ian."

"Oh, no. Someone shoot me now and end this before it gets any worse."

Enrique winced at the Scot's tone. He had this funny feeling things were about to go from bad to horrible.

(Outside in the desert...)

She looked up at the building. It was strange to find herself standing where she was. Not that she minded. She was just surprised at the mission she had been given. To spy on two of the most powerful teams in the world, and to some how keep from being found out was going to be difficult. Of course, she did love a challenge. And as far as she was concerned, this was exactly that.

(Inside the hotel...)

Enrique opened the suite door to see Johnny's worst nightmare standing at the top of the stairs arguing with one of the hotel staff. Ian was as short as ever and just as much of a loud mouth. Thankfully he hadn't turned into Daichi or Tyson in regards to how much of a loud mouth he was.

"Hey, Ian, leave the poor guy alone already and get into the damn hotel room," Tala could be heard ordering his youngest teammate from the bottom of the steps.

"But he dropped my computer!"

Enrique winced as Tala bellowed something at Ian in Russian. Ian smartly became quiet and rushed to the hotel room the boys had had reserved. Enrique was still standing in the doorway of his own shared suite when Spencer appeared at the top of the steps with Bryan right behind him. Both noticed him standing in the doorway, but neither said anything. They were too busy carrying things up the stairs and to their own suite to stop and chat. Kai and Tala followed at a more leisurely pace. Neither noticed Enrique immediately, but once they did they gave him a dark look.

"You couldn't find a room on the bottom floor could you?" Tala growled in irritation.

Enrique simply shrugged. "It wasn't my call to make. You have a problem with where we're located you can take it up with Robert. He reserved the damn room."

Tala simply sighed before saying something to Kai. Kai nodded before heading down the hallway to their suite only to return a few moments later dragging Ian behind him. Bryan and Spencer followed on their own.

Raising and eyebrow, Enrique watched the amazingly organized process. Tala was definitely as much of a leader as ever.

"You mind if we talk now?" Tala queried in Italian. Enrique raised an eyebrow a second time, but gave them a nod all the same. He then proceeded to walk back into his own shared suite. Johnny gave them an irate glare before looking back out the window as if watching something of interest.

"Don't mind him," Enrique said easily. "He's just a little irritable right now."

"Since when isn't he irritable?" Ian muttered sarcastically. Johnny surprisingly stayed silent.

"When he doesn't have a migraine the size of Alaska," Enrique answered before looking over at Tala. "Hope you don't mind waiting about ten to fifteen minutes. Robert went to go find someone to fix the fans and he dragged Oliver with him."

This time Kai raised an eyebrow. "Why would Robert drag Oliver anywhere?"

"No clue," Enrique answered. Kai smacked his forehead in exasperattion but he didn't say anything.

"We'll wait then," Tala said after a moment. "This is too damn important for us to wait too long though. For Robert's sake, he better return soon.

Enrique shrugged. "I wouldn't count on that. He's notorious for being late."

"Why does that come as no surprise?" Kai mumbled before walking across the room to stand by the window despite the occupant of the chair in front of it. Again, Johnny stayed silent.

Ian stared in shock. "Miracle really can happen," he whispered more to himself than to anyone else.

"I heard that, Ian," Johnny growled as Kai turned and glared at his younger teammate. Ian yelped and began to pray Robert would return on time for a change.

(Outside...)

Black fur rippled with the slight desert breeze as gold eyes stared intently up at a specific third floor window. He didn't have to be inside the room to know exactly how many people were there or why they were even there for that matter. He just knew.

Calmly, he stretched out on the sand. He didn't worry about being seen by people; they couldn't see him. In this one instance, he was much like a bit beast. And speaking of bit beasts...

He glanced quickly around him for sight of the ones he needed to see. Sure enough he found them and it was them he would have to get past, a task that wouldn't be in the slightest bit easy. After all, three of the four of them were extremely large, intelligent, and fast. Add to that their strength and keen eyesight and he could easily be spotted.

Casually, he moved towards them. He was instantly spotted, but ignored. Not a single one of the four foreign bit beasts was worried about him and that suited him just fine. Well, at least until the youngest of the four pointed him out to his target's bit beasts.

Once all five of the target's bit beast were looking his way, he slowly turned his back and walked away from them. He'd let them handle the incoming threat without his help.

(Same period of time and location...)

"It's about damn time you five got here!" Salamolyon snapped as several infamous bit beasts approached him and his teammates.

Dranzer, on of the bit beasts Salamolyon had snapped at, glared at the salamander. "Nice to see you too, lizard."

Salamolyon sputtered over the insult but was forced into silence by Griffolyon. A quick glance up showed the griffin looking out towards the desert. "What's wrong?"

"Look."

Salamolyon blinked before doing as told. Sure enough, he could see a black cat-like figure. It had gold eyes and black flames surrounding it's paws. It was the flames that actually caught the salamander's attention. Amphylyon and Unicolyon had noticed the cat as well, and it was Amphylyon who pointed it out to Dranzer.

"Who's that?"

Dranzer turned but said nothing. Wolborg immediately growled, Falborg rustled his wings, Wyborg hissed, and Seaborg simply gave the cat a dark look.

"That," Seaborg explained in place of his angry teammates. "That is one reason of three for our being here in Egypt now."

Griffolyon exchanged a look with his teammates. "Let's go inside and talk about this mystery cat," the griffin advised. "After all, anyone could be nearby listening that should not be listening."

Dranzer nodded his agreement before following after the now worried European bit beasts.

(Inside...)

Tala fought the urge to tap his foot impatiently. How hard could it be to find someone to repair the fans and return to the suite? Surely Robert wasn't dense enough to forget where the hell he was supposed to be.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, Robert returned. Oliver followed into the room, his mood foul. Kai winced as did Johnny at the sight of a foul-tempered Oliver.

"What took you so long?" Ian demanded before his teammates could cover his mouth.

Robert turned and glared at the short statured Russian. "Why don't you ask the hotel staff that question? Maybe you'll get a better answer from them than either one of us did."

"Well, that answers that question then," Enrique muttered before giving himself a quick shake. "So, Kai, Tala, what did you call us here for?"

Before either Kai or Tala could answer, Johnny let out a startled yelp of surprise and jumped across the room just as a startling creature burst through the third story suite window.

Blitzkreig50889: hopefully that wasn't confusing or anything. I tried my best to rewrite the original of this chapter, but I don't think it turned out well. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter anyway. Please review and I'll try and get this fic updated much quicker than I have so far!