Chapter 7

Rebellion

…Biovolt Headquarters…

It was nearing eleven o'clock when Tala and the rest of the Arsenic Assassins returned to the headquarters. Hearing the familiar sound of a beybattle, the team swiftly disposed of the Alyona clone and moved to the training room.

"Holy Hell." MK said. "Is she actually battling?" He motioned a pale hand towards the girl standing in the middle of the room.

Alyona was still fighting the boy called Sergei, and she seemed to be relishing the battle. The other trainees watched in awe as this lone girl demolished their 'leader'. The Russian girl had them all practically bowing at her feet. With a quick motion, she finished the boy off.

"Illusion! End his suffering! Illusionist's Lightning!" The proud phoenix gave a loud screech before gathering a white light at the ends of her wings. The now condensed light was shot at Sergei's fish-type bitbeast, but seemed to miss completely.

A moment or two passed before the green Beyblade slowed to a halt and collided with the floor. The white haired boy stared at Alyona with wide eyes before running to her and falling on his knees before her.

"Miss Alyona, that was insane. I swear my allegiance to you, and will protect and assist you however I can." He said, bowing his head before the black haired girl.

Alyona could only laugh while Sergei and the others watched her.

"Th-thank you Sergei, I will be sure to keep that in mind," she said between laughs.

They soon gathered their blades and disappeared to their respected rooms. Tala and Amaya were by her side in a flash. They helped her to her feet and helped her regain posture.

Macha put her hand to Alyona's head and deducted that she didn't have a fever. "Aly, are you ok?"

"Haha, I'm better than ok, my dear. I have come to a realization," Alyona said smiling a smile that was sweet, yet bitter at the same time. "I have realized that although Boris and Susumu are trying to break me, they will never succeed. I have Illusion, and all my friends. They can't do a thing to me." Alyona smirked her trademark smirk.

"Dear God," mumbled Amaya. "She has returned. Will you be staying long, Miss Hikashi?" Amaya quickly smiled then pulled Alyona into a hug. "It's good to have to back Alyona."

Tala mumbled something incoherent, and then strutted to Alyona. "You know," he said. "All Kai ever talks about is you. I talked with him last night, and he wanted to know every little detail about you." The red head stopped talking and then put his arm around the shorter girl. "He wanted to know if you were ok, if you'd gotten skinnier, if your ass got any cuter…"

"Tala! You perv." Alyona yelled, hitting him on the arm. "Geez Ams. I can't believe you're dating this idiot."

Amaya grinned at her best friend. "Me either Alyona. Hey, where'd MK run off to?"

The group looked around to see that the boy had indeed vanished. Even though it wasn't unheard of for MK to leave the group, he usually stuck around if Alyona was there.

Alyona shook her head. "What ever. He probably went to squeal to Boris that I'm talking again."

"That is exactly right. It's so good to see you chipper again Alyona."

The group turned to see Boris and Susumu Hiwatari standing before them. Dressed in black, the two were a fearsome pair.

Alyona's eyes narrowed. "As always, it's a pleasure to see you Susumu-sama." She ignored Boris and continued to talk to the father of her beau; her captor.

"Tala was just about to tell me about tomorrow's line-up. Weren't you Tala?" Alyona gave the boy a sweet smile, before promptly sitting on the side of the beydish.

Tala glared at Alyona, but soon shook it off as Macha and Amaya shoved him forward. "Well Sirs," he started. "The line-up tomorrow will go as such, seeing as they are only allowing for two battles a day… the Black Roses will be against the Blade Bruisers, and Wind Flowers will be against the Blade Breakers. Our fight should be the next day."

Boris laughed. "Mwahahaha! This is perfect! Alyona, this will give you enough time to be reformatted with the cyborg and…"

He was cut short by a quiet voice.

"Triss…"

Boris looked over at Susumu, who stared intently at the black haired girl. "What did you say?"

"Triss. My name is Triss. Not Alyona, regardless of my birth certificate." The girl's eyes flashed red. She stood, and walked towards Boris until she was right in front of the purple haired man. "I have been called Triss for over six years, and I really do prefer that to Alyona, even if it is a pretty name. My name is Triss, and you will address me as such."

"Triss… mumbled Macha. "What have you done?" The Portuguese girl knew what would happen to her friend because of her sudden rebellion.

Susumu came forward and placed a pale hand on Triss' shoulder. "Well…Triss. If you insist on being called by a false name, you shall be called it. But you know what this means for you…I think its time to return to the lab, don't you Boris?"

The Russian man snapped his fingers, and Triss' eyes widened. Before she could protest, two men garbed in black grabbed her by the arms and forced her to walk forward.

"Damnit Hiwatari!" Triss yelled. "I swear you won't have me in that fucking test tube for very long!" The girl's yells were soon gone as she was dragged down the hallways to the sleeping quarters.

Tala and the remaining girls looked at each other. "Oh shit," they said in unison.

Boris leered at them. "You are dismissed."

…

"Ouch! You fucking bastards…" Triss yelled as she was carelessly tossed into her cell. The two guards stared at her as if she was a piece of meat, and she quickly jumped from her spot on the floor and slammed the door shut.

'Great,' she thought. 'I just shut myself into a tiny room, and they have the keys… Oh shit. Argh… Illusion, can you hear me? I know it may be hard for you, but I need you to help me..."

Thankfully, the guards had left the moment Triss closed the door. She continued to try and reach her bitbeast, who had been taken from her the moment she had been brought to Black Out Inc., and could only be summoned when in a beybattle. Thankfully, Illusion wasn't one to give up and neither was Triss. They actually managed to make contact once or twice.

"Please! Illusion, I need you to get in touch with Dranzer! Tell him to contact me; I think I need his help…" Triss sighed and sat back on her bed.

After a few minutes, she finally heard the faint sound of rustling feathers, and she knew that Dranzer had made contact. "Dranzer? Is that you? It had better be…"

"Yes Miss Alyona, it is me. How may I assist you?" Dranzer said. His soft voice was heaven to Triss' ears.

"Well, I need you to help me escape. Can you tell me where these scientists are keeping Illusion? I need to get out of here, for the safety of us both. If you help me, I promise I'll come back to the Bruisers… and Kai…"

Dranzer ruffled his red feathers again. "Alyona, I would assist you regardless of your promises. However, I wish to know what will happen if you are caught."

Triss sighed and leaned onto her pillows. "He'll probably have me placed in the test tubes. He knows how much they scare me…"

"He who, my dear," asked Dranzer softly.

"Susumu Hiwatari. Kai's father…And Boris, you can't leave out his ugly mug." Triss thought bitterly.

Dranzer clacked his beak in anger and suprise. "Susumu? He vanished years ago! I, personally, thought the man died. If he is there, along with Boris, then he is probably being controlled by Voltaire… Yes, yes I will most certainly tell you where Illusion is."

Triss sighed. "Thank you so much Dranzer. I'll make it up to you, I promise."

"Yes, yes. Well your phoenix is in the laboratory, apparently she was placed in a machine of some kind, and it's zapping her strength. You may wish to hurry."

Triss got up from the bed and walked to the door. Jiggling the handle and finding it, miraculously, unlocked, proceeded to thank Dranzer again, and left her room

…

After running down halls and barely dodging the sight of at least twenty guards, Triss finally made it to the laboratory. Knowing it was empty she silently opened the door and slipped in.

"Illusion? Illusion, where the hell are you!" Triss whispered. Opening several mid-evil looking machines, she finally came upon a section that held certain bit beasts and beyblades. "Jackpot…"

The Russian girl quickly found her partner and unlocked her from her prison- a spherical jar with a specially made solvent holding it shut. The freed phoenix swiftly flew about the room for a moment before gliding over Triss, and into the white and purple beyblade in her out stretched hand.

"Good to have you back Illusion…"

"Good to be back, Triss," said Illusion. "Now, let's get out of here…"

"Yeah…" Triss agreed. She turned, only to come face to face with Susumu.

"Going somewhere, Triss?" he asked.

"Actually, I was just getting what is mine, and then I was going to go back to my room. Now, if you would excuse me." Triss walked right passed the man and made it to the door before Boris waltzed in.

"You're not going anywhere," said the man in front of her. "Except to be tested on tomorrow morning…"

Triss cringed as Boris grabbed her arm and escorted her back to her cell. She put up quite a fight, and managed to give him a few good kicks.

When they reached her cell, Triss quickly threw her beyblade into her room before Boris could take it from her. Thinking Susumu must have confiscated it he pushed Triss into the grey room and promptly locked the door.

"What an idiot…" mumbled Triss as she picked up Illusion. "But I got caught… shit."

…End Chapter…

A/N- Yes, I know it's not my best work, but I dropped a chapter and kinda needed to improvise from the last chapter… anyways, Please Review!