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Ch. 3- Questions and Answers
Kai walked across the hall and unlocked the door to his room. They walked in and Marina shut and locked the door behind her. Kai flicked on the lights to reveal a better quality hotel room than the one that Tyson and the rest of the Bladebreakers were in. Kai watched as Marina moved around the room, checking windows and adjoining rooms as if she suspected something might happen. She stopped in the middle of the main room and leaned against the back of the couch. Kai faced her and silently stared. Marina stared back at him until he said, "You first."
"For what?" she replied icily.
"Don't play games. You have answers and I have questions," he said.
"Fine," she said quietly.
Kai sighed then asked, "Why did you want to find me?" [First things first]
Marina looked away, "I get the first question." She looked back at him and repeated her previous question, "Do you remember me?"
He stayed silent until Marina raised one eyebrow and said impatiently, "Well?"
"I remember you a little," Kai replied finally.
"What do you remember of me?" she asked.
"I knew you. You were trained at Balkov Abbey," Kai said.
"You don't remember what happened after the accident? With Black Dranzer?" Marina asked, interested.
Kai narrowed his eyes and replied suspiciously, "I remember. A building collapsed."
"That's all?" she questioned.
"Why?" Kai asked, "Should I remember more?"
She looked at the floor sadly before making her face blank and replying, "If you can't remember than I won't be the one to tell you." [I wonder why he can't remember. Someone must've altered his memory.]
"Fine! Now it's my turn to ask the questions," Kai said coldly.
Marina looked across to the wall and Kai asked, "How did you escape Biovolt?"
Marina stared at the wall and answered, "It's a long story."
"Then I'll wait," Kai said with finality.
She glanced at him and moved to look out the window at the rain. Without turning to face him she said, "It took a few years after you left before I realized what Biovolt's plan was and what they were training us for. I decided that I didn't want to be a part of it and I wouldn't let them use me anymore. I told Voltaire that I wanted to leave and he told me that no one escaped Biovolt. They took away my blade and I was punished and locked in a cell for a week. They let me out and I tried to escape by scaling the wall, but I was caught and put back into the cell. They took my blade again and this time Boris got to punish me personally for two weeks."
"What did he do?" Kai's question cut into her story and she turned to glare at him.
"If you must know, he whipped me," Marina said dangerously and turned around while lifting the back of her shirt a little so that he could see the white scars along her back. "Anyway, I promised not to try to escape again so they left me free to wander. They had two men follow me around to keep a watch on me. I waited a few weeks until my back was healed then stole my blade back and jumped over the wall. (The wall that surrounds the abbey is three stories high in this story) I twisted my ankle but stole a motorbike and got to the town." Marina turned to face him and said coldly, "Happy now?"
"They wouldn't have let you escape so easily," Kai commented.
"I never said it was easy," Marina said dangerously, "You don't need to know all the facts." She crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes defiantly.
Kai looked down. "Why did you want to find me?" he asked finally.
Marina opened one eye, "I have something of yours."
Kai looked puzzled and a little curious. [What could she possibly have that is mine?] Marina unwrapped herself from the towel then hung it on a chair. Then she reached into her bag that hadn't left her side and closed something in her fist. "You forgot this when you left," she said, "I thought that you might want it back."
She held out her fist and dropped something metal into Kai's hand. It was a chain necklace with a small metal pendant on it. Into the circular, flat pendant was etched a beyblade with a small, red jewel in the blade's center. Kai stared at the necklace. It looked familiar. It had been given to him by his…
"You once told me that this was the once thing that your father had given you, that had once been his," Marina said, "I knew that you would have never left this behind on purpose."
She left Kai to stare at the necklace and went into the bathroom. She washed her face with hot water and hung her wet clothes to dry on the shower rack. Then she changed into black pajama pants and a black t-shirt before heading back into the living room. Kai was nowhere in sight so she lay down on the couch to fall asleep.
Kai watched her lay down on the couch then remembered her deal with Tyson. [I guess she can stay her tonight. Tyson owes me big time, though.] He grabbed an extra blanket from a closet and walked over to the couch. "Here," said Kai as he held out the blanket."
"Thanks," Marina said flatly and wrapped the blanket around her. Kai was still standing behind the couch so she said, "was there something else?"
Kai looked indesicive before saying, "I wanted to thank you for returning it to me." [There, that wasn't so hard] "And to say I'm sorry that Voltaire put you through hell." [Damn. Why did I just say that? I never apologize. To anyone.]
Marina stood up and peered at Kai intently before saying, "Don't be. I don't need your sympathy." She looked to the clock, which now read 12:30.
"Hey!" said Kai, getting angry, "I --"
"Shh!" Marina said urgently as she looked around the room cautiously, listening hard. [Damn, I hope they haven't found me. Not yet. Not now. Not here.]
"What?!" Kai whispered, suddenly alert. Marina didn't answer but moved quickly towards him until she had a view of the window. She heard a quiet 'chink' and yelled, "Get down!" as she pushed Kai flat to the floor and the window broke and the door burst open loudly.
OOH, a cliffhanger. Well, sort of. Sorry if the fic sucks so far but I promise that there will be more action in the later chapters. I just have to get all this darn talking out of the way and things about their past will keep coming up. Well, please click the button down here and review! Pretty Please? With a cherry on top? I'll thank all who review personally in the next chapter, including those who have reviewed so far. ;)
