Hey, people! I know it's hard to believe, but I'm back with another chapter! A miracle, I know. Any ways, here we go.

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade.

Mariah's POV

I woke up due to someone shaking me. At first, I see a lavender blob, then when my vision clears, I notice its Bryan. "Get up." He whispers to me. Why is he whispering? What's going on. I look beside me and see Tala sleeping, his arms still around he. Bryan put a finger to his lips, "Sh… don't wake him." I was kind of confused, but I slowly took Tala's arms from around me and got up.

"Where are we going?" I asked. It was still dark out. I was not getting much sleep tonight. "You'll see." I didn't feel right, leaving without telling Tala and part of me thought that I should have woke him up. Bryan and I are in the front room now. Bryan's my friend. He wouldn't do anything to hurt me… right? Kai and Spencer were down stairs as well. Why weren't the lights on? It's too dark. The only light was the rays of light were moonlight coming through the window.

What are they doing and why can't Tala find out? "Come on." Bryan gestured. I walked with him to the door, but when he opened it, I didn't move anymore. The sky was dark and scary and it looked like it would rain any second. The air was thick and warm. "Come on, Riah." He said standing out of the door.

"Where are we going?" I asked again. "You'll see when we get there." He spoke in a quiet voice. Then, Spencer came up behind me. "Just go, Riah, you'll be back." He whispered. "Better hurry, the sun's coming up, that means Tala will be woke any minute." Kai told them. Why couldn't I wake him? Where were they taking me? My eyes began to water.

"I want Tala." They saw that I was about to cry. "Listen Mariah, I'm going to take you to the hospital o.k." Bryan said. "Tala told me the hospital was a bad place." I said taking a step back inside the house. "It's not a bad place Mariah. They're going to help you, they're going to get your memory back." Spencer said.

"Why doesn't Tala like it?" I asked, still unsure of whether I should go or not. "He had a bad experience there." Bryan explained. Everything was quiet for a while, then I said, "I want Tala." Bryan sighed. Then, lightning flashed and I screamed. "Sh…" Bryan tried to clam me, but I started to cry.

Normal POV

Mariah was like a scared and confused little child trying to find her mother. "Mariah please." Bryan pleaded calmly trying to persuade her to go. "No! I want Tala!" Then another flash of lightning came. "What are you doing?" A voice from behind all of them said. They looked back and saw Tala.

Mariah ran form where she was to Tala. She put her arms around him and rested her head on his chest. "Tala, she needs to see a doctor." Spencer told him. "No, she's just fine the way she is!" Tala yelled at them. Another flash of lightning came and thunder roared. "Mariah, go up stairs." Tala told her. She shook her head. "I'm scared."

"What if there's something really wrong with her? What if a part of her brain stopped working!?" Bryan yelled at him. "She. Is. Fine!" Tala yelled again, now trying to convince himself more than them. "Tala, are not making her any better. You know good and well that, if she were fine she wouldn't be staying here! If she were fine, she wouldn't be talking to any of us! And if she were fine, she definitely wouldn't love you!"

These words cut Tala and they cut him deep. He knew what Bryan was saying was true. He just didn't know how to handle it. They were trying to take away the one person that loved him and that he loved back. He didn't want to lose her. What could he do? For the first time in his life, he felt all these sad emotions come to him. He felt like crying.

"Mariah, don't you want to remember again?" Bryan asked her calmly. She turned and looked at him, then looked back at Tala, whom nodded. "Yes." She said in a small voice. "Come on." The lavender haired teen gestured to the door. The confused girl looked back at Tala, whom nodded again. She couldn't see his eyes. They were covered by shadow, so she didn't what he was feeling.

Reluctantly, she walked out the door with Bryan. Tala had to remember all his training in Biovolt just so he would break down when she was walking out of the door. Then, Kai spoke from his position on the sofa. "She'll be back, it's not like she dying. Just a trip to the hospital." He assured his troubled friend.

The redhead put his head down and sat on the stairs. "What if she remembers everything and doesn't want to be with me anymore?" he didn't want to even ask. "Then, you'll just have to be happy for you and… let her go." Kai felt sympathy for his best friend. Tala had his hands on his head. Then the blue haired boy saw a tear land on Tala's pants, then another.

Spencer and Kai just stared at their friend. They didn't know how to handle this situation. I mean if a meter were coming out of the sky ready to kill everyone in Russia, they'd know what to do, but here, they were completely clueless. None of them had ever cried before.

Then, Spencer nudged Kai and gestured for him to go over to Tala. 'Me.' Kai mouthed pointing to himself. 'Yeah! You're his best friend.' Spencer mouthed back. Then Tala sniffed and they averted their eyes back to him. 'Go.' Spencer told Kai.

The unsure two-toned haired boy got up from the sofa and slowly began to walk over to Tala. O.k. I saw something like this on Lifetime last night. I can handle this. He tried to convince himself. Then he made it over to Tala and sat down beside him. Now, what did that one guy do? Oh, yeah!

Then Kai lifted his hand and patted Tala on the back. This is weird. "It's… O.K." he said, still felling awkward. "What… if … she doesn't… love… me anymore." The red head said between sobs.

'What now?' Kai mouth to Spencer whom shrugged in response. "Um…" Kai started. "If it were true love then she'll come back." That seemed to calm Tala down. So, he continued. "Like the one saying, 'If you love something set it free and if it comes back, it means so much more.'" Neither Kai nor Spencer could believe these words were coming out of Kai's mouth.

Tala lifted his head and looked at Kai. His eyes were now puffy and red. "You think she'll come back?" he asked Kai. Then Kai nodded. Spencer was trying so hard to hold back his laughter. Tala put his head down. "What do I do now?" Tala asked. "Wait." ,was his best friend's answer.

"I'm going to go to my room." The red head said getting up. When he was half way up the stairs, Kai asked, "Are you going to be O.K.?" Tala looked back. For the first time in a long time he saw emotion in Kai's eyes, other than hate and anger. He saw concern and sadness. "Yeah, I'll be fine." He answered wiping his face with his sleeve. Then he continued up the stairs.

5 Hours Later

Tala was stretched out on his bed asleep. He didn't toss or turn and he made no sound. You wouldn't even think he was alive if he didn't, occasionally, take a very deep breath. Sure it was only 2:20p.m., but he didn't get that much sleep last night. He tried to wait until Mariah came back, but sleep overcame him.

In the middle of his room were two posters. One had a painting of Mariah yelling at Lee with tears streaming down her cheeks. The other was a painting of Mariah walking out of the door into a storm. It had a word at the top: Gone… in pretty, pink, cursive righting.

His jacket was carelessly lying on the floor along with his shoes, undershirt, socks and… pants? Well, what does he have on? Oh, boxers, just checking. He was lying on his stomach, not under any cover. Then his room door creaked open.

In the Front Room

Kai and Spencer were sitting on one sofa and Bryan sat on the one across from them. "So, what happened? Why'd you guys take so long?" Spencer asked since he knew Kai wouldn't. "Well, you should have seen how many people were there first on all. We had to wait an about hour and thirty minutes! After we finally got in a room, we waited for a doctor for about 10 minutes."

Bryan stopped to plop his feet up on the armrest. "At first it was a man doctor, but Mariah didn't fell comfortable around him, considering the thing with he brother. So they sent in a woman doctor, which took about 45 minute. She took a long time checking Mariah out (That sounded wrong.). I didn't see any of it though because Mariah didn't have any clothes on except this paper shirt thing which was open in the front and her underwear."

Kai then held up his hand. "If you didn't see anything, then how do you know what she was wearing."

Bryan sighed. "I still had to stay in the room, you know. Mariah wouldn't let me leave." The lavender haired teen explained. "So anyway, when the doctor was done she told me that Mariah had head trauma, but some how she didn't have the normal problems anybody would have. Matter of fact the doctor said she should have been dead since she hadn't seen a doctor after all those days."

Bryan took another deep breath. "A few more day and… she would have been. They fixed the problem though. Now, she just suffers from temporary amnesia. As in, her memory will be restored sometime around."

Spencer shook his head, "Tala won't be so happy about that. He was crying earlier." The blond informed. "He cried?!" Bryan went wide-eyed. "Yeah. After ya'll left he sat down on the stairs and started crying."

Kai sighed, which was very un-Kai-like, and said, "I guess he really does love her." Bryan then sighed, "I wonder what's going to happen when she gets her memory back." They all started to pity their redheaded friend. "Only time will tell, Bry." Was Spencer's reply.

Back in Tala's room

Tala's slowly opened when he felt someone's presence. He found himself staring into big, golden eyes. "Ah!" he yelled jumping up. "What the… Mariah." He breathing heavily, clutching his chest. "Ow… you almost said a bad word." Mariah said in a very kid-ish way.

"When did you get back?" he asked. "About ten minutes ago. The doctor wasn't as bad as you told me." She said putting her hands on her hips. "I got candy and a sticker!" she said showing him her arm; where she put the sticker. "Oh, and I remembered some stuff too!" she said excitedly. Tala's heart began to race. "What did you?"

"My pet tiger, Chaos. I had to leave her back in China. I cried." She said nonchalantly. "Oh, and I saw your pictures! What's that word up there." She asked, pointing to Gone. "It's gone."

"No it's not, it's right here." She asked holding up the picture. "No, the word is gone." Tala chuckled. "The word is not gone, it's right here." She said pointing to it. Tala sighted. "Mariah, this word," he pointed to it. "This word right here reads G-O-N-E. That spells Gone." He broke it down.

"Oh." "You can't read?"

"Not this word, it's in some foreign writing." She cocked her head to the side. "It's called cursive." Mariah smiled. "Wow, you're so smart." Tala raised an eyebrow. "Mariah can I ask you something?" "Yeah, anything." she jumped on the bed.

"Is ignorance really bliss?" Mariah's mouth gaped. "Are you calling me stupid?" she couldn't believe those words had pasted his lips. "Wow! You actually know what those words mean?" he asked with a half smile, talking as if she really were stupid. "Mariah then stood up, fuming with anger.

"You know, just because you just woke up, doesn't give you a reason to be an ass hole!" she yelled at. Now, Tala was beginning to see what he had done. Why do I always say things before I think? He asked himself.

"Another thing, I lose my memory, not my mind!" she yelled head for the door. "Mar-" Tala was about to say something when Mariah stared yelling again, "Oh, and if I'm so ignorant, why are you the one standing in the middle of the room with only your underwear on!? You can answer your own damn question!" With that she slammed the door, yelling things in Chinese. Tala's in trouble

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