Disclaimer : Kai and the blitzkrieg boys belong to... (Who do they belong to again?)
whatever Beyblade is not mine.
Truth
Kai's pov...
I watched as Shae was carted off by one of the nurses. A doctor stayed behind, quizzing me for her medical problems and such. I answered all his questions with ease. I knew her problems from that frightening year when Kain and Shae had been with us at the abbey when I was younger.
We sat together in the waiting room anxiety gnawing at my stomach. What had Kain done this time that would leave Shae in such a distressed state? And what about Axel? What happened to him? For Shae to lose her brother…
Moving from this spot might not be a good idea; if she woke up alone in a hospital there was no doubt in my mind that she would go berserk.
Kain, you idiot, what did you do this time?
I stared at the floor, lost in my thoughts. I didn't notice Hilary was poking me until I looked up.
"Hn."
She looked nervous "Um, Kai…not to pry or anything…but who was that girl? Who's Axel? What's going on?"
I closed my eyes; this was going to be hard to explain.
"You can't tell the others."
If she was surprised at my request she didn't show it. Hilary leaned forward, all business.
"That girl is Shae Axel. She brought me some disturbing news." I halted.
Was this a good idea to tell her so much? She was already blown away by the fact I was talking so much. If I told her about Kain she might flip. I decided to go for broke.
"Something's happened to my younger brother."
Hilary's eyes widened and her mouth fell open.
"Bro-ther?" She repeated in shock.
I didn't reply. I didn't want to let her into this madness. She wasn't prepared for this insanity. I had said too much by now but it was enough so she wouldn't ask more.
As if sensing my uneasiness with the topic she stopped asking questions and sat with me in a comfortable silence.
I took Dranzer out of my pocket.
Can you contact Glaive?
Dranzer snapped a reply. What, you think I haven't tried already?
No luck?
None.Dranzer sighed with depression.
Cheer up.I ordered with a small smile appearing on my face.
AH! What happened to the Kai I know? Give me back the real Kai! A few years ago you would have never said anything like that to me…I'm so touched…Dranzer cried out dramatically.
I sighed; she really needed to stop hanging out with Draceil and Drigger. Hopeless, the lot of them. They would spout dramatic lines for everything. It was really irritating when all you wanted to know was if Tyson had gotten up yet.
Shadap you moron!I smirked.
And there's the Kai we all know and…uh…stay the hell away from?
Thank you. Couldn't let anyone think I'm going soft now.
That's what you're concerned about?
Gotta protect my image you know.
You're hopeless!
This is coming from a phoenix that likes to look at herself in every reflective surface available.I countered.
So? Phoenixes are vain. Get over it!She trilled indignantly.
We continued our friendly bickering to keep my mind off of things. It did that pretty easily, Dranzer could argue for hours over the most trivial of topics.
She also could sing really well, she was a phoenix after all and that was one of the things they were famous for. The downside was that she picked up random habits from the other sacred bitbeasts that weren't exactly…well…good habits. Like the drama thing she picked up from Drigger but I think she only did that to annoy me.
"Er…excuse me Sir?" a doctor said politely.
"Hn?"
"She hasn't woken up yet but if she does she won't be moving for a while. She has mild hypothermia and her asthma reacted to the cold so her lungs are pretty badly damaged as well but she'll make a full recovery." He babbled,
"Do you want to see her?"
"Hn."
It wouldn't do any harm would it? I have to look after her for Kain's sake. And If Axel is gone, she's in deep trouble.
I brushed past the doctor into the room. Shae lay on the bed and oxygen mask covering her face. Only the slight beep of the heart machine showed she was still alive. Her auburn hair was spread out over the pillow. Dark circles traced her eyes showing her exhaustion.
She didn't deserve this.
She had inherited her brother's bad luck but unlike him, she did not posses the skill and cunning (No offense to her) to work her way out of these problems. Arson Axel had years to hone a slyness and immense strategic knowledge. Shae was just…how old again? Fifteen? No. Er…was it sixteen? Hell I can't even remember anymore. How long had Axel been gone? How long had he left her to fend for herself?
In a sense he was making her stronger with his absence but Axel cared too much about his sister to leave her defenseless. Maybe…maybe he was counting on Kain to protect her? Nah. I think he was supposed to be more of a fail safe. I don't know what was going through Axel's mind when he left but it was forcing Shae to stand up on her own two feet and beat the crap out of anyone in her way instead of having her brother do it.
Perhaps it was better this way after all.
The only problem is that she wasn't ready to be an Axel just yet and she wasn't strong enough to fight back. And if he left for a good reason it would have to be very serious to call him out.
I shook my head free of those thoughts and turned to Hilary.
"Tell the others I'm going to be away for a while."
She looked at me uneasily. "Kai…"
"Hn?"
"You're not getting into anything dangerous are you?"
I turned my head away and didn't answer.
"Are you?"
I closed my eyes
"Hilary its best you don't know. When you leave don't come back, it'll make you a target."
"Kai what's going on?" she panicked.
"Calm down." I sighed.
She took a few deep breaths and calmed down.
"S-sorry. I was w-worried…"
My eyes widened briefly in surprise. She was worried? About what? Me? I put my hands on her shoulders. My expression softened slightly as I saw her startled face.
"Look. Just stay away from me for the week and you'll be okay."
"What about you?" She cried tightening her grip on my wrist. "Promise me you'll be fine!"
I hesitated. after what I was planning I might not necessarily be 'fine'. But one look at her worried, pleading face I knew she would not leave unless I promised.
"I…promise."
She relaxed and released my wrist from her death grip. Hilary gave me a jaunty wave and opened the door
"I'll see you next week then!"
I let a smug smile twitch at the corner of my lips. She understood. And she would tell no one in respect for my privacy. It was a good thing too. If Tala or any other Blitzrig Boys got word that Shae had turned up they would insist on accompanying me into the lab. After what they had been through, I didn't want to make them live through that again.
I silently began planning in preparation for when Shae awoke.
The whip lashed.
WHAP.
again.
WHAP.
WHAP.
The third cut heavily across Kain's bare back and he choked back a scream of pain. More blood trickled from the slash joining the ever-growing puddle on the floor. He hung from his chains limply, drenched in sweat and his own blood.
The dungeon that was his prison lay in shadows. Even as the whip lashed across his back he smirked. Darkness was his element; he could outlast any torturer they could throw at him. For some strange reason they still believed the dark scared him.
Glaive was gone. Trapped in a complex cybernetic dungeon to prevent him getting to Kain. It was a clever idea but they took Kain's own strength for granted.
If he were to stand against them he would do so alone.
"Give up yet?" a calm and collected female voice asked.}
Kain glared daggers at the woman…no…monster in a white labcoat.
Vena was perhaps the cleanest thing in the grungy cell. Straight raven locks framed her pristine face. She might have been pretty if not for her eyes. Her sickly yellow eyes held an almost bestial intelligence.
She was tired of his resilience. Five hours of torture had made no progress on his mindset.
Determination flared in his eyes and he thrashed against his bonds, proving her point.
"NEVER! As long as I live I will never give in!"
Brave words that would fail if spoken by some but Kain didn't intend to break his word. Unfortunately for him Vena was more interested in breaking his body not his mind. She turned to the guard.
"Once more." she commanded coldly.
The exhausted man obediently raised the whip for another strike. Even he was tiring.
WHAP.
Shae.
WHAP.
Stay safe.
WHAP.
"YOU'LL NEVER BREAK ME!"
Russia
A tall red haired boy strode quietly down the street. Snow coated the pavement making it hard to walk but he never put a foot wrong. A bag of groceries danged from his hand. The corner of his mouth twitched into a smile of amusement as he listened to his friends.
His companions we not so quiet.
"Come on Spencer, pleeeease?" Ian whined, making puppy eyes at the older boy.
Spencer's eye twitched "For the last time…no ice cream! and don't use that excuse ag-"
"But I lived in an orphanage for most of my life!" Ian whimpered pathetically "I have never tasted the divine hevanliness of such a food!"
"er…help guys?"
Bryan joined in the pleading. "Come on Spenc! Pleeeeeeeeease?"
"Why not?" Tala laughed staring at Spencer's defeated face.
"Tala!" he yelled exasperated. "Whose side are you on anyway?"
"Sorry Spenc the ice cream wins every time."
"Godammit!" he howled.
The rest of the blitzkrieg boys scattered, sprinting towards the escaping ice cream cart. Spencer followed them doggedly still yelling in defiance.
"Ice cream is bad for you!"
"I'll buy you a strawberry cone!" Tala called out.
A brown blur speed past the others. Spencer braked by the cart and called back at the others.
"Hurry up then!"
"See," Tala told Ian "That's how it's done."
Ian mock bowed "Thank you great jedi for imparting your wisdom."
"You have much to learn young padawan." Tala continued wisely.
"Why are we even having this conversation?" Bryan sighed.
A furious round of rock, paper, scissors erupted between Tala and Spencer. Tala paid for everyone with much grumbling as the loser. The Russian team continued on their stroll to their apartment. Night had fallen at least two hours ago. The streets were desolate. Any sensible person would have fled to the comfort of their homes by now.
The Blizkrig boys didn't particularly care what sensible people did. They were at ease in the coldness of the night. The darkness was their territory. If any regular bystander were looking on they would see a group of delinquent teenage boys out past curfew. If they looked a second later they would see something quite different.
A elegant white wolf padded alongside Tala. Ice crystals grew on her back, spread open like wings. Wolborg
A raucous falcon flapped above the group. Falborg
A snake wrapped itself comfortably around the youngest member's neck. Wyborg
A miniature whale floated above the tallest and oldest of the bunch. Despite all laws of physics Seaborg could levitate in spirit mode.
This was the second reason for their love of the cold night hours. Their bitbeasts could walk in full view without worry. Though most people did not posses the ability to see them it was a sort of unspoken rule that bit beasts never appeared during daylight unless it was an emergancy. If one looked closer one could see straight through the beast spirits. They wouldn't risk appearing physically just for a nightime stroll.
Wolborg sniffed the night air cautiously something smelt strange…and yet…familiar…
Tala.
"What is it Wolborg?"
An unspoken ripple passed through the beasts. They had been relaxed before but now they were on edge. Seaborg went back to his beyblade, he was of more use on land that way. Falborg flopped down on Bryan's shoulder. He puffed out his feathers and let out a warning hiss through his beak. Fur rose on Wolborg's neck as she snarled, angling her body to protect her master from anything that attacked.
They did not make themselves appear physically yet. If something attacked they would appear, but only then. If they did though, they were exposed and anyone could see them.
Something dark is abroad. She growled.
The teenagers tensed with their animals glancing wearily around the eerily empty streets. Abruptly the beasts relaxed and Seaborg plopped out of his Beyblade and resumed swimming lazily around Spencer's head.
It is gone.
We sure scared it off!Falborg crowed in victory. He launched himself into the sky, flapping around in a victory lap.
Tala and Wolborg shared a worried glance.
I know you recognized the scent, fess up.
Wolborg let out a heavy sigh. Yes.
So?
It… She hesitated.…smelt…like…black dranzer…
What?
But different. Not like the pure chaos of the dark phoenix. like it was diluted or diminished…
Their private conversation was interrupted by the shadow of something passing overhead. Strong gales sent Falborg plummeting out of the sky. Bryan lunged forward and caught him before he hit the ground, as a result both were sent tumbling down the street. The heavy winds pressed down on them, driving even Spencer to his knees.
"Gaaahh!" Bryan roared in defiance as he fought against the oppressing wind. Falborg, nestled on his shoulder risked a glance upwards and what he saw nearly ripped him off his master's shoulder again.
Wolborg solidified and pinned down Tala and Ian, using her heavy fur coat to keep them protected. Seaborg cried out to his unprotected master but Spencer needed no help against the gale. He stood his ground like a towering castle. they wild could do nothing to him.
By the time they recovered the creature was little more than a speck on the horizon.
Wyborg raised his head from the safety of Ian's jacket. That beastie sure looked familiar…
Of course it looked familiar you dope! Falborg shrieked. That was Ryvern!
You sure you didn't hit your head too hard?Seaborg said slowly.
No, He's right. That was Ryvern.Wolborg stated with certainty.
"Where's she headed? Is Shae with her?"
From her trajectory, the wind speed, the amount of miles she could fly in one night- Seaborg rambled.
"A straight answer would be nice!"
Either Japan or China.
"Oh great, two whole countries. That sure narrows it down!" Bryan fumed.
Shae is with her. Wolborg confirmed. She would head for familiar territory and familiar people. Japan.
"Why didn't she come to us then?" Ian chirped naively.
"I don't know. Unless something scared her so bad she had to get as much distance between it and her as fast as possible…" Tala mused.
"It could be that thing from earlier." Spencer voiced in a moment of genius.
If the lassie's heading to Japan, then where's Kain then?Wyborg wondered.
Tala's eyes glinted.
"I think its time we paid Kai a visit."
Introducing the Blitzkrieg boys and their bitbeasts!
yeah they're slightly insane but do you honestly expect to be all fine and dandy after growing up in the Abbey?
From now on when a bitbeast solidifies I'm going to call it
appearing.
