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Strength to Go On

Chapter five: She'll not be yours

'Now I'm alone… I should go and look for them.-thought the red haired, staring at the roof. -I should go and take care of my own business, that's my daughter. I should have never let anyone get involved with that thing, it was something I have to solve on my own. Now Kai's son is gone and I actually can tell where he is. I'm a hundred percent sure he's in the abbey, after all, Kai always warned him about that place but never told him explicitly what he would find. For sure, Gou has Kai's same high-level of curiosity, so what else could he expect?'

Tala stood up from the hospital bed in which he was lying and opened the door carefully. He had to get out of there.

As soon as he stepped out of the building, being extremely cautious not to be seen, he took the first taxi that would take him to Moscow. In an hour he would reunite with his friends, their children, and mainly, his daughter.

'This is not funny. Kai's son is playing with my daughter and took her here… I'm sure they are here, but if I tell any of the girls then they wouldn't stop crying and sobbing and do nothing helpful. Is not that they're weak, but they can do nothing here. I just hope I can find Rin in one piece, and I have hope for her… but I have no hope at all for Kai's son.' The black haired man thought worried, while sitting on the plane.

"Passengers, please fasten your seatbelts and put your seats in the right position, we're about landing. Welcome to Moscow, the temperature outside is of sixteen degrees Celsius below zero, we hope you had a good flight."

Gou was lying in the bed of the room where he had been taken to pass the night. He had no idea of where Rin and Makoto could be… but he didn't care either.

There was only one thing on his mind… and that was, the machine. What was that for, how did it work? There were so many questions he couldn't answer… at least, not by staying there on the bed.

He stood up silently… this place had many secrets he should discover, and the night meant plenty of time to do that. Lights were out, what meant no one would see him this time. Being extra careful with his path he started going downstairs, to where his feet would take him.

He gasped at the sound of some breathing… it was snoring. Someone near was sleeping. He tried to make his steps slower but something told him to stop. He rested his back against the nearest wall, and put a hand against his mouth to cover breathing.

"Who's there?" asked a voice in a whisper. He could have swore the voice was familiar, but he wasn't sure. "I asked who's there! I don't fear you Boris!" said the voice again. The snoring could still be heard, so there were at least two people in the room. The fact that this person could fear Boris, made him answer, keeping the low voice.

"Who're you?"

"You're not a man. You're a kid. What are you doing here at this time? If they catch you, there'll be a hell to pay." Warned the voice.

"I'm Gou."

Silence. Kai's eyes opened wide. "G-Gou? What… what are you doing here?" he asked, getting closer to the cell's bars. "Come here, I'm your father." He kneeled behind the bars.

"Dad?... Dad what are you doing there?" he said, suddenly noticing that he was in front of a group of cells. "Who put you in there?" he asked again, unbelieving what his senses told him.

"The man you were following put me here, Gou."

"Boris!" he hissed, suddenly grabbing his father's shoulders. But he gasped at the touch of… blood. "Dad what happened to you?"

"He shot me, Gou. But I'm fine… it's just my shoulder that's all… listen Gou… they have just taken Alessya. I know where they're taking her, because they talked about an experiment. But I can't leave this place, Bryan and I are trapped. Boris has the keys." He explained.

"Are they taking her to the tube?" asked the boy.

"How… how do you know about it?" suddenly Kai grabbed his son's hands.

"I saw it dad… Boris… Boris showed me… the installations because… because I thought…"

Kai's heart started to beat faster. What had he done wrong for his son to think whatever he had thought that made him follow that man? His eyes opened wider and wider as the young teen pronounced the words… well, at least he was telling him.

"Dad… dad I thought he would… he would help me to…"

Kai wanted to scream, to slap his son and yell at him… but stopped his instinct when he felt tears streaming through his hands, that were now on the teen's shoulders.

"Dad I'm sorry I… I thought he'd help me to be like you and… to be a better man… to be perfect."

The man didn't know how to react. He believed that if he opened his mouth to say something he would just yell no sense words to the young boy, confusing him and probably sending him back to the eldest man.

"Go we… we'll talk later…" was the best thing that came to his lips, while his mind had a hard time fighting back his willing to shout.

"Dad… what about Alessya? Where is her? Is she there on the tube?"

"Gou… you have to bring her back…"

"I will dad… I swear." He stated, and stood up from where he was kneeling in order to go for his friend.

"Take care of you..."

"I will…" he answered, turning to leave.

"And Gou…!" Kai called, just to make sure his son knew something he had never told him before… that maybe was more important than any other warning he could give him.

"Yes dad?" asked the youngest, looking back at the crimson eyes that now he could see because of the shy moonlight that came through the small only window that was in the room.

"I love you."

A second that seemed eternity showed everything to be shown in their eye contact. Gou let a warm smile in his face, that one that was so alike the one that his father had in that moment.

Kai watched his son leave, and sat on the floor.

"Well done… that will help for sure" he heard another voice coming from his same cell. And it was then when he realized that the snoring had stopped.

Ray glanced at his watch. Four am. He stared at the hotel entrance, walked to the reception and asked for room 128. He walked through the corridors hoping to find someone there, to have news from somebody. And stood in shock when he opened the door.

"Hey Ray! What are you… doing here?" asked Makoto, inside the room.

"I… I thought I would find Kai here."

"Yeah… that's what we thought too… come in, we'll explain you."

"We?- repeated the Chinese man. "Who are you with, Makoto?"

"Er… Rin's here…" the man entered the room and sat on one of the two beds.

"Rin?" Ray looked around and sighed in relief when he saw his daughter coming from out of the bathroom.

"They're not- Dad?" suddenly asked the girl, confused at the sight of his father. "Dad! Thanks God you're here! Dad you need to know what happened, they've got Gou in there, he left us and-"

"Rin, calm down. Are you two ok? Does your father know you're here Makoto?"

"Eh… not really… he thinks I'm at a friend's… but my brother knows!"

"Okay… it's better this way… now, where's Kai's son?"

The navy-haired lowered his sight. "I'm sorry I… I let him go."

"You let him go? No… Gou left on his own, Makoto. Stop blaming you ok?" asked the girl, who was now sitting in her father's lap.

"Can you two tell me what happened?"

"Okay.-started Rin. – We arrived here in Kai's helicopter (Gou's idea) in order to look for Alessya. But when we were at the abbey the alarm started ringing and we had to let Gou keep going, that's when we left him on his own because otherwise they'd catch us and we called Makoto's brother asking for help. We came to this hotel looking for Kai and Bryan but when we were here the door was opened and there was no one inside."

A knock on the door interrupted her. They both stared at the room entrance, and Makoto walked to it. "Who's there?"

"Open the door, it's Tala." The teen opened it and let in the red haired in. He glanced at Ray. "You too?"

"I came here looking for my daughter, Tala, I don't know what you mean by too."

"Many people are involved in this thing… where are Kai and Bryan?"

"They… they're not here, we have no idea…"

"There's only one other place where they could be" suddenly he stated, turning round and leaving the room. "I'll be back soon!" he shouted, while running through the hallways.

Meanwhile, Gou moved fast but in silence towards the place where he had been hours ago. 'Why did I have to be so stupid? How could I believe him? My dad… my dad said… he loves me… Boris was wrong… and I let him confuse me… now I have to get back what I came looking for, and that's Alessya.'

A grin in his face, he stopped at the entrance of the same lab in which he had been the night before. He abruptly opened the door and gasped in horror at his sight. In one of the black stretchers was the girl he had come to save, yes…

Needles around her body, piercing her tiny skin showed she was in pain. Tears falling through her auburn eyes, closed, trying to tolerate the hurting she was being put through. She was wrapped in a towel.

"Alessya!" he shouted, making her turn slightly her head and sigh relieved. The boy turned round and stared at the scientist. There were about four of them, all staring at him angrily.

"G-Gou…" her weak voice was almost inaudible. "The one in black.. has… the keys… on his pocket…" she advised.

"Understood. –he smirked. –now let us in peace, and free her!"

"Child, move from our job…" warned one of them. But Gou wasn't going to talk to these men. He punched strongly the closest one on his stomach, making him fall against one of his mates.

"We warned you kid…" said another one, only to be hit on his face. Gou tightened his fists. 'It may be painful for me to free her, but they are not going to touch Alessya.' He had declared. And so he was fighting for her.

He raised his foot and kicked one of them again. This time, on the man's hips. And it seemed to work, so he kept on going. Suddenly he felt a hand on his stomach, hitting hard. He gasped in pain, and his eyes widened shocked when he spitted blood out.

"She'll not… be yours…" he said, and with a last effort he bumped the last man's head, throwing him to the floor, and making the keys fall from his pocket. He stared at the mess he had made. The four scientist were lying on the floor, some blood on their white uniforms. He turned round and faced the girl.

Her body, covered in needles and almost naked, quivered from cold and pain. He ran to her and started removing slowly the piercing objects, her facial features tightening each time it hurt.

"I'm going to get you out of here, Alessya." He promised, holding her strongly, bridal style, against his chest, and starting walking towards the exit.

But he stopped when he noticed someone was blocking the door. He stared at the young figure of a teen about his age, a wide and evil smirk on his face.

"I'm sorry, young hero, that girl you're carrying belongs to me…"

"What do you mean she belongs to you? She's a person not a pet!" he confronted, staring angry at the boy.

"Heh, you should have told him Alessya. Now, where exactly were you going?"

"I'm going to get out of this place, so move!" he hissed.

"You're not leaving until you beat me, Gou, so pick up your Beyblade and let's do this." He said, still smirking.

'I don't know if I can't do it… Dranzer is not that strong…'

So that's it for this chapter! I hope you're liking this story and please review!

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