Heavenly Flames
Chapter Three: Satin and Castiel
Warning: Some language, possible character deaths, implied themes (You know what themes I'm talking about)OC's will be used in this story and they will be important.
Disclaimer: Beyblade is not my creation, while this storyline is, the characters involved, with the exception of OC's, are not.
Chapter Dedication: This chapter goes out to Mimi 007, I feel this chapter's title suites your style. (Why? I don't know, just do.)
Tala finished his coffee off in one final sip. "So, then it's settled. Kenny, you and Hilary will stick around here and keep tabs on Ray, also do any research you can on Ray's underground status. Tyson, Max, you are with me and Kai. We are going to go take a little trip to the underground." Tala said seeing Kai stand, which meant time to go.
The teams dispersed as they were told; Kenny and Hilary going back to the hospital lobby, with Max, Tyson, Tala and Kai heading for the exit. "So I don't mean to be a downer but last time I checked the underground didn't meet in the local park." Tyson said as they walked out the door
The guys stopped outside the door waiting a minute as Kai made a phone call. "You see Tyson, me and Kai here have made some very strong connections in the underground." Max and Tyson didn't even try to hide the surprise on their face.
"YOU have connections in the underground?" Tyson asked looking towards Kai. Kai sighed, before closing his phone. "Yes Tyson I do. You don't survive long in my world without making connections in dangerous places." Max tilted his head slightly. "What do you mean 'your world'?" Tala rolled his eyes once before sighing in exasperation.
"The world where bad people do bad things to not so bad people for no real reason. And before you ask, yes Max such a world does exist." Kai knew he had to intervene before things got any worse. "As much as I'd love to hear this useless banter, I called Ghost." Tala closed his mouth, the name of their old informant peaking his interest. "So anything good happening?" Kai nodded once before continuing. "He said that there was some major underground action taking place down on the eastside, back ally, Sever Street, he said that if anyone is going to recognize Ray, they'll be there."
Tala hailed them a cab and the guy's pilled in. "So how are we going to do this?" Tyson asked, truth be told he wanted to keep away from the underground at all cost, but he needed to know. "You and Max are going to stay quiet and listen. Don't tell anyone your names or our names. In the underground I'm Wolf and Kai is Phoenix, any of you have a photo?"
Max reached into his pocket. "I have a clipping from when our team photo was in the paper, will that work?" Tala looked at the blond skeptically. "Is it colored?" Max nodded. "Why were you caring it around anyways?" Max looked out the window, not answering the question and Tala just shrugged off his curiosity.
"Here we are kids, east side, Sever street, be careful, this place isn't the nicest spot in town." Kai threw some money at the cabbie. "Thanks for the warning." Max said getting out of the cab. The others followed suit and they saw a grungy looking kid standing at the corner. Max took a deep breath. "Something is so going to go wrong." Tyson muttered.
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I watched as the four boys got out of the cab. How stupid could they be, did they really think they would find answers in this pit? I couldn't believe my superiors had pulled me off my real mission to babysit these jokers. Sure, 10223 and 10533 could be a problem if left alone, but with them having to watch the other two; they weren't really a threat were they?
My mission was more important than making sure two rejected experiments didn't get killed. So what was I doing here? I was close enough to touch them, if the blond one were to step forward two steps he would be on top of me, literally. When they began moving forward however I found my order to not engage very hard to uphold.
10223 and 10533 could sense me. I could tell that as they passed by me, they weren't letting the other two know yet. A fact I found amusing to say the least. They wouldn't know until I let them know it seemed. This should be fun.
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Kaberlin walked back from the conference room, she had taken a nice long coffee break and was now making her way back to Ray's room. When she got to the door however, she went into a panic. Why was the door locked?
She ran towards the receptionist desk. "Someone please tell me why in God's good earth you have locks on your doors!" She yelled only to have Doctor Camron come around to grab her. "Calm down Kaberlin, what are you going on about now? We don't have locks on our doors, that wouldn't be practical[1]."
Kaberlin was fuming at this point. "Well than do you mind telling me why I can't get into my patients room!" Camron narrowed his eyes and walked over to Ray's room. After pulling once on the handle however he began to understand Kaberlin's panic.
"Nurse, does Ray have any visitors right now?" Camron asked the startled nurse. The nurse ran and grabbed a chart. "Um, an elder man came in about five minutes ago with a young girl. Last name Hiwatari, first name Voltaire." Kaberlin couldn't hide the panic on her face this time. "What? You just let him, a wanted man, waltz in without so much as a warning to me?"
Mr. Dickenson ran up, Hilary and Kenny right beside him. "Please Abigail, what is the matter?" Kaberlin beat on the door once more. "What is the matter? The fact that this hospital seems incapable of keeping its patients safe, that's what's the matter! They just allowed Satan to walk right in and lock himself in Ray's room."
Hilary ventured to speak despite the fact that Kaberlin was still fuming. "Satan?" Kaberlin took a deep breath before turning her eyes to Mr. Dickenson. "Voltaire has decided to pay Ray a visit, and because he's locked himself in the room, I have no way to make sure Voltaire doesn't do anything."
Kenny and Hilary were both in shock. "Voltaire, but I thought he was in jail!" Hilary called recalling what the others had told her about the man. "Not yet he isn't, so far he has managed to keep himself out of the muck." Kenny ventured a comment this time. "Why is he visiting Ray though?" Mr. Dickenson took a deep breath. "I'm afraid to find out what that man could be planning this time."
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Kai and Tala caught one another' gaze, they both felt it, they were being watched. The guy standing on the corner of the street motioned to the guys with his head. "What's up?" The guy said in a raspy voice, the guy was thirteen, maybe, most likely younger. "Ghost sent us, said there was something going down here." Tala said in a dark tone, falling back into his underground persona.
The kid nodded once before glancing back at the ally. "Have fun," The kid said as the guys pushed past him. Once they were in the ally they found it dead-ended at an old wine cellar."Um, anyone else have a bad feeling about this?" Tyson asked as Tala lifted the hatch. "Well duh, Tyson, if you weren't scared then I would really wonder about your mental capabilities." Tala said smirking.
Tyson was about to argue but Kai's voice cut in. "This place is dangerous Tyson, keep your mouth close. We don't need two team members in the hospital." Tyson quieted down as Tala opened the cellar door. "Time to go boys, keep your heads down and your mouths closed and maybe we can make it out of here alive." Tala said darkly before beginning the descent.
They climbed down the ladder, the light from outside disappearing as they did. Once they were finally at the bottom they realized how dark it was. None of them could see five feet in front of them. "Alright so where are we going?" Max asked keeping his voice low, "Stay down and follow me." They heard Tala's voice, come from somewhere in front of them.
As they continued along the path, light finally came back into their view. The path emptied out into a large stone chamber, lanterns provided the large room with its only light. A Beydish sat in the middle of the room, two bladers stood on opposing sides. They were pretty beat up, blood dripping from one of their faces. The crowed that surrounded them didn't seem to notice the arrival of the four boys.
Tyson looked down into the dish; the blades weren't the kind he was use to. They were patched together blades, which had illegal modifications. One of the blades flew strait up from the dish, slashing one of the bladers on the cheek. "GO!" The injured boy called and the blade in the dish began to spin faster.
"Looks like we showed up just in time, wouldn't you say Kai?" Tala asked looking over at Kai, the smirk on Kai's face told Tala all he needed to know
Tala smiled slightly, they wouldn't be unnoticed for long. "HEY!" All eyes turned away from the match to look at the new comer. A guy who was twice the height of Tala walked over to them, crossing his arms over his chest. "What the heck do you want?" Tala smiled that sly smile that seemed to always mean trouble.
"I would like some information." The guy scoffed before turning away from Tala. "Yeah? I would like a double cheeseburger with fries, doesn't mean I am going to get it. So piss off fork head." Tala tapped the guy on the shoulder, his face calm and unreadable. "What, the-" The guy didn't get to finish his words however for a soon as he began to turn he was decked by Tala.
Two guys ran to their fallen comrade. Tala laughing at them, for no apparent reason."Who do you think you are?" The guy said as he lunged at Tala. With a smile, Tala side stepped the guys attack, bringing his elbow down on the guys head. Tala didn't see however the other one grabbing at his arm. "Let's see you get out of this." The guy snarled as his friend stood up and grabbed Tala's other arm.
Kai sighed deeply. He knew Tala could take care of himself, no doubt he would be out of that in a second, Kai however couldn't afford Tala to cause anymore fuss then he already had. Kai walked over to them, taking a chance leaving Max and Tyson. Tala however made his move before Kai could get over to him.
Twisting his foot around the inside of one of the guy's ankles, he pulled his leg out from under the guy. The first guy began to go down taking Tala and his other attacker down. Tala pulled the other attacker towards him and pushed off. Leaving his two attackers to land on top of one another. Tala couldn't help himself from laughing. Another guy came up behind Tala. "Alright freak hair who are you? You laid out three of my guys and I want answers."
Kai had thankfully made it to Tala and prevented him from attacking the new guy. "We are simple here for answers, not to make a scene." The guy raised an eyebrow and looked at his three laid out guy. "Could have fooled me. Sorry but you ain't gettin' any answers in this place so I would piss off." Tala tried, really he did, but . . . "It's you aren't getting any answers, moron." Tala muttered and of course it was heard.
"What was that freak? You want to go a round?" Tala smirked; sliding Wolborg from his pocket. "I'm more than happy to beat you to a pulp." Kai grabbed Tala's arm and pulled him back a step. "Tala, we are here for a reason. Not for you to beat the crap out of people." Tala smiled at Kai. "I can do both."
The battle was over a few seconds later. Tala's opponent collapsed on the ground as his blade fell to the ground beside him. Tala walked up to his defeated opponent and held a picture to his face. "I need info on him, feel like helping how?" The guy paled when he saw the photo, one of his previously decked members coming over to them.
"How do you know Demon?" One of the guys asked, nerves clear in his voice. Tala let his eyes widen a fraction of an inch. "Demon? That's his name huh?" Tala allowed himself a sly smile before catching sight of Kai. "Alright you're free to go." The guy clawed his way up running with his gang member behind him. Tala laughed slightly before seeing Kai's face again.
"Oh come on Kai, have some fun. Or at least let me have some." Kai just shook his head, causing Tala to pout slightly. "Fine whatever, oh and interesting fact, your friend was so in the underground and more than that, he was feared." Tyson couldn't stay quite any longer. "Ray? No way, he wouldn't hurt a fly." Tala chuckled slightly before a voice cut into his thoughts. "You said you needed information?"
Tala turned around to see a young kid; he was maybe ten years old with pale blonde almost white hair and almost transparent blue eyes. "Who are you?" Tala asked as Kai and the other two walked over to him. "We can't talk here. It's not safe, I know somewhere that is though, follow me."
"There's an old joint that sells hotdogs down the street a ways, we can talk there." The kid said disappearing. Kai and Tala exchange a quick glace before agreeing. The two started walking out not a word to Max or Tyson. Max and Tyson looked back at the crowd not noticing their missing friends. A fist fight had broken out among four members and weapons had been drawn. Tyson and Max both turned to look for Kai and Tala and when they can't find them both boys panic slightly. "Um, let's go Max." Tyson said, running out behind Tala and Kai, Max only a step behind them.
By time they got topside, the kid was wolfing down hotdogs at a pace that made Tyson sick. "Thanks for the hotdogs. I was starved." He said with a smile. Kai leaned up against a wall, closing his eyes. "You said you could help us?" The kid held up his hand slightly. "First off what are my saviors' names anyways?" The kid asked, seeing Max and Tyson walk up.
Tala grinned leaning against the building. "Names Wolf, the one over there with a scowl on his face is Phoenix, the one with the backwards ball cap is Dragon, and the blonde one is. . . . um," Tala trailed off looking pleadingly over at Max, who shrugged his shoulders. "Come on help me out," Tala whispered to Kai, making sure the kid didn't hear him. "He is?" The kid asked looking at Max.
"Um, his name is . . . Gamera![2]." Tala said proudly, everyone sweat dropped. "Um, Gamera? Allllright suure, whatever works for ya." The kid said eating another hotdog. Max walked over to Tala, his eyebrow twitching slightly. "Gamera, really T- Um, Wolf." Tala laughed nervously before whispering back to Max. "You try coming up with something cool and threatening when all you have to work with is a turtle! It's more pressure than you think." Max was about to say something when the kid interrupted. "Wolf, right?" The kid asked looking up at Tala with a odd look in his transparent blue eyes.
Tala pushed away from the wall with Max behind him, the two of them joined Tyson and Kai by the kid. The kid polished off the last hotdog and downed his drink before looking back up at the four. "Yeah, what's up?" The kid smiled brightly.
"I just needed to thank you for taking out those dickheads." Tala blinked once before the kid continued. "You see you helped me out a lot there, I had gotten in pretty bad with them and if you guys hadn't came along . . . well I don't really know what would have happened. So in return I thought I would help you out. You see I am an informer. Information is the name of the game, and I am the best in the biz."
Tala narrowed his eyes and looked up at Kai, when he got a nod, he continued his interrogation. "If you're an informer, why were you battling?" The kid laughed nervously before standing up. "Funny story about that, you see I kind of got in some money trouble, you know debt and what not, and that guy you took out wanted the money right then. The one I was fighting was one of his lackeys, and you see I didn't have the cash so . . ." Tala rolled his eyes seeing where this was heading.
"So you challenged him to a battle to try and get you out of it." "Right!" The kid said happily. "But you see I lost, if you guys hadn't butted in, I would be a goner right now. Which brings us back to my original point of order; your want for information. So what can I do you for?"
"We are looking for information on someone we believe was an underground blader. Rumor has it he went by the alias, Demon. You know anything about him?" The kid shook his head sadly. "Sorry, wish I could say I do but once they get that high in the food chain, you learn to butt out."
Tyson, once again, blew his, 'stay quiet' command. "R-Demon was a big shot down here?" The kid looked over at Tyson skeptically. "Yeah he was, you don't get a name like demon, from picking flowers and saying pretty please. I am afraid however if you want to know more about Demon, you have to talk to Satan." Max tilted his head in confusion. "Satan? Like the devil?" The kid shook his head no. "No, Satan like his partner." Tala rubbed his temples. "Satan," He laughed dryly "Go figure, alright so how do we find this Satan?"
The kid rubbed his hands together. "Well you see this is where things get interesting. Satan is a very private, very important person." Tala sighed. "Of course he is all those bad people to tempt and all." Kai rolled his eyes; sometimes Tala could be as childish as Tyson. "Ah, but don't despair because you see the reason you are in luck is, Satan is my brother!" All four of the boys about fell over at the statement.
As Tala recovered his eyebrow began to twitch. "Um, kid is there a reason you didn't mention this before?" The kid smiled brightly at them and looked down at the hotdog papers. "You wouldn't have bought me food if I had." Tyson scrunched his face together trying to put things together. "Um, whatever your name is, if your brother is all scary and in charge and stuff why didn't he just help you out?" Tyson asked after a few moments.
The kid rubbed the back of his head. "Oh sorry, names Castiel[3] and the reason my brother didn't help me out is he has been trying to teach me a lesson about staying out of trouble, guess I'm a slow learner." Tala opened his mouth but closed it again, thinking. "Wait your brother is Satan, and you're Castiel, like the angel?" Castiel nodded once before smiling. Tala shook his head. "Well then there is nothing off about that." Tala muttered the last part to himself but Kai heard and even he couldn't help smirking.
"So angel, how do we find Satan?" Tala asked smirking a little, if Castiel was bothered by Tala's statement however he didn't show it. "I'll have to take you to him. Like I said he is very private, he is also very busy. Since you guys helped me out however I am pretty sure I can convince him to see you. Although I will say this, I can only get you in. Once you're in, I can't promise anything and you may even have to battle him." The others exchanged a quick glance but they were all thinking the same thing. If they were going to find out anything about Ray's past, Satan was the only lead they had.
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I couldn't believe how stupid they were. They were leading me right to the head of the snake. This was why my superiors had put me on these jokers. Without the leader, the underground bladers would become free agents, and with BioVolt starting over, some bladers who were willing to do anything to survive were the perfect candidates.
It was somewhat ironic that, Castiel, the angel was going to lead the way to the fall of Satan. Guess his name was more accurate than those jokers gave it credit. If this worked, it may tip my hand, but no doubt the end result would be well worth it. Besides by now Lord Voltaire would have moved on the real target and as long as that plan was on course, whatever happened on this end was collateral damage, right?
Either way that's what I planned on calling it, that way they couldn't get mad. I'll prove to them once and for all they made the biggest mistake ever when they moved me from the special opts section into that pit they called the abbey. I would prove myself and once and for all get out of the shadows of those two jokers that Boris and Voltaire were so obsessed with.
I would once and for all prove I, above all others, am worthy to exist. I would kill Satan, and his angel, and then I would be free to get new recruits for the revolution that was coming. Whether they knew it or not, this was just the beginning of the end.
A/N
[1] So I know some Hospital's do have locks on their doors, but for the sake of the story let's just say this one doesn't, Okay? Okay, moving on . . . .
[2] Alright for those poor deprived people out there, Gamera is a flying turtle from the old Godzilla movies, I think he had his own movie too, it's just that he is so, I don't know chessy, that I thought it would be funny if Tala thought up something like that.
[3]The final thing is Castiel is an angel, I have been watching a lot of Supernatural lately so when I needed an angel's name, well you know why I chose that one if you know what Supernatural is, if you don't know what Supernatural is once again deprived!
REVIEWS:
NejiKoriKaze: Thank you very much, hope you keep enjoying the story.
Mimi 007: *Sweat drops* Alright sure, whatever makes you happy, if you do figure out what is wrong with Ray I am going to bow down to you for awesome deduction skills, haha. Oh and thanks about the style, again, you are going to make me blush though. . I figured you would like "I" evil, that's a harsh word to describe anyone so lets say "I" is Evilish, kay? Yay you like the underground, good. I thought it would help explain why Ray was so, stand offish and kind of mean when they first met. Can't say much about "I" that "I" hasn't already said. …. Santa? Okay . . . that would be interesting but not really scary. Sorry the underground thing was hard to understand, I sort of made it that way on purpose, because they were explaining it to Hilary and you know how thick she can be at times, but I hoped once they were in the underground it would help explain more about what it is. (So no it's not because your foreign) I am going to have to start answering your last, I mean my goodness. Haha no, thanks for all your reviews they mean a lot.
Suzanne: Well it is sort of about angels and demons, but not in the way you thought I am sure. I am glad you like my stories, hope you keep on liking them.
Racerabbit: Awesome, I am glad you like it so much. P.S I know I wanna get my Ray out of the hospital soon, it's better when all three are kicking butt, but alas he must stay there for a little longer.
My Own Demise: Of course I dedicated a chapter to you, it's not the first time I have. Good I am glad you like the underground, the fall back was what I was looking for when I came up with it. Oh I am making you wait longer to find out about Satan, but don't worry soon. Kaberlin isn't all over the place, she is just a little . . . over the top? I tried to hurry ya know, but there you go Tala in the underground.
NEXT CHAPTER: Desperate Memories
"Not near long enough." Ray sneered weakly.
A possession was all he had ever been,
"Pay extra and I'll make sure he does whatever you want." The man sighed pulling out a wad of cash.
When the guys entered he looked up slightly, his pitch black eyes looking utterly inhuman in the dim light.
"He looks happy. I wish . . ."
"When was this taken?" Max asked his eyes wide
"That blade is pure evil, that's all I need to know and you will do well to keep it locked up." Tala said darkly,
"This will take you all the way out. Run and don't look back."
Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Tala thought bitterly as he began to walk away.
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Anyways hope you all enjoy.