Chapter 6
Later in the day, after Tyler got to know everyone a little, they decided to blade a little bit.
"Alright boys, lets see if I still have it." Megan smirked. She pulled Drakima out of the blade case on her hip and pulls her launcher out of another case.
Tyson, Kai, Tala, Ray, Max, Daichi, Brooklyn, Aaron, Pat, and Johnny got into position as well, across the big outside dish from Megan.
"10 against 1?" Julia gawked. "Are you insane Meg?"
"I think she is." Heather laughed, as her husband had out his laptop yet again and their son copied him.
"Alright guys, lets see how Megan's power levels are doing." Kenny said, typing in some data. Dan looked over at what his father was doing, trying to learn more.
"Alright then." Hiro smiled. "3-2-1. Let it Rip!" 11 blades launched into the dish with the precision, speed and power of the top bladers in the world.
"Alright Drakima." Megan whispered into the air. "Lets show 'em girl." A loud neigh rang through the air as Drakima surged towards her first target. Johnny.
"You're on Meg." Johnny smirked. "Go Salamalyon!" Johnny's fiery red blade surged forward to meet Megan's white and golden one head on. The 2 blades met and Johnny held his own as the two battled it out for a bit, but in the end Megan knocked Johnny's blade out of the dish and back to Johnny's hand.
"Darn." Johnny said under his breath smiling.
"Strata Dragoon!" Daichi shouted.
"Driller!" Pat shouted as they double teamed Megan.
"Oh, you guys are so over your heads." Megan laughed. Drakima smashed into both Daichi's purple blade and Pat's orange/yellow blade. Daichi and Pat gritted their teeth for a moment, but soon Megan hit them both out of the dish.
Megan's peal of laughter rang out as the guys groaned.
"Ray! Max! Lets do this!" Aaron shouted. Ray's grey blade, Max's green blade and Aaron's blue and white blade slammed into Megan's. Megan grunted as the force of three well trained, heavily experienced and extremely powerful blades, bore down on her.
"Driger!" Ray shouted, his white tiger of Lightning materializing.
"Draciel!" Max shouted, his black turtle of Water materializing.
"Drolborg!" Aaron shouted, his red and white dragon of Fire and Ice materializing.
"Drakima!" Megan shouted, and the pure white winged horse of Air materialized.
The 4 blades slammed into each other, each fighting for ground. Megan gritted her teeth as she pushed Drakima harder.
"Hurricane Gale!" Megan yelled. The attack was so powerful that the 3 blades were knocked clear out of the dish.
"Gesh Meg." Ray chuckled.
"So Tyson, Kai, Tala, and Brooklyn are left." Kenny mused. "And Drakima isn't even at her full strength. The only reason why Aaron and Pat lost was because they didn't have as much experience as Megan."
"Dad, do you think Megan can beat the rest of them?" Dan asked, looking intensely at the battle.
"I don't know Dan. It'll depend on her heart and strength."
Megan gritted her teeth as Tyson and Kai double teamed her.
"Having fun now Meg?" Brooklyn chuckled.
"Oh can it Brook! I'm concentrating!" Megan shouted. She closed her eyes, concentrating. Megan gathered her power in her blade, bit by bit. She felt the wind flow through her fingertips, her hair and throughout her. Megan felt her full power contained in her blade as she snapped open her eyes.
"Wolborg!" Tala shouted, his pure white wolf of Ice materializing.
"Zeus!" Brooklyn shouted, his mystical beast of Darkness materializing.
"Dragoon!" Tyson shouted, his light blue dragoon of Air materializing.
"Dranzer!" Kai shouted, his red phoenix of Fire materializing.
"Drakima!" Megan shouted, Drakima materializing for her mistress.
The 5 blades clashed in the middle, huge power waves rippling from where the blades met.
"Ah crap." Julia groaned as she takes a kneel, riding out the waves like she had done her entire life.
The dust settled to show all the blades down in the dish, no longer spinning with elemental power.
"Sesh Meg." Tal groaned, flopping down on the ground. "You're still a beast."
Megan smiled wearily as she picked up Drakima.
"Are you ok Meg?" Tyler asked seeing the look on her face. Kai was immediately at her side a protective look on his face.
"I'm ok Kai." Megan said a hand on his chest. "I'm just a little tired. It's been a little while since I went all out, especially 10 on 1." Megan giggled. Her strength had grown in the past 18 years as her body once again got used to the constant strain of blading.
"That was a little much Meg." Tyson chuckled. The group laughed.
"It was actually not that bad Meg." Kenny said. "You did pretty well. Drakima reached her full power, but didn't over reach herself. And your vitals are all positive, you're just a little worn out, but thats expected."
"Thanks Chief." Megan smiled.
"No problem Meg." Kenny smirked. "It was entertaining to see you whip these boys into shape."
"Oi!" The guys shouted. Megan and Kenny laughed.
"It's true though guys." Kenny said, controlling his laughter. "You've been teaching too much, you guys need to stretch your powers more. Megan's been practicing with the kids, so she's in shape."
"Really now?" Tyson asked, impressed.
"Oh yea Ty." Megan smirked. "My kids could whip your butt any day." She gloated. Mathilda and Seth cheered as Dylan smirked and shook his head.
"Hey!" Tyson complained.
"Oh suck it up Tyson." Kai said. "Anyone could beat you."
"Oooooooooo..." The kids chorused.
"Wanna battle right now?" Tyson challenged.
"You're on!" Kai said right back.
"Woah, woah, hang on boys." Megan said as she and Tala got between the two men and forcibly lower their blades. A battle between the 2 most powerful bladers in the world would be a very bad idea right now. "We do not need another battle between the two of you when you're pissed off." Megan said, pushing her twin back, as he had pushed her back into Tala's back, as he was pushing Kai back.
"Fine." Kai said as he walked away.
"Go Tyson." Megan said pushing him away. Tyson huffed and walked away.
"Whenever those two get together, we always have to break them apart." Tala sighed.
"Rivals. What are you going to do?" Megan shrugged.
As night set in, everyone started to drift off to sleep.
"Kai, you know Tyson's an idiot. You've known him for 21 years, half your life." Megan said, trying to put reason into her husband's thick head.
"And what a horrid 21 years it was." Kai huffed, sitting on their king sized bed, his back to Megan.
"Worse then the Abbey?" Megan asked.
"Definitely."
Megan smiled slyly. She made her way onto the bed and knelt right behind Kai. She leaned over his shoulder and slid her hands over his shoulders and down his chest.
"So...what about me? Uh? Was I not worth all of it?" Megan asked, fake hurt in her voice.
Kai groaned at her touch. "Megs...not fair." Megan giggled and took her hands away, retreating to the opposite side of the bed, teasing him.
"Sorry K-K." Megan said, using his nickname that he only let her use.
Kai smirked, turned around, and pounced on her, pinning her underneath him as she laughed. Kai captured her lips with his own, running his hand through her hair. Megan smiled into the kiss as she dug her hands into his hair, pulling him closer.
"Wow Kai." Megan breathed as they pulled apart for air. "Where did that come from, you're never that passionate."
"Well, I just thought of all the moments that I had with you, and I realized that I love you wholly and completely, so why not show it?" Kai smirked.
"Well, I like the sound of that." Megan purred, pulling him back in for a kiss.
Isabella quietly walked into the kitchen at 4 in the morning. She was restless and couldn't sleep very well.
"Morning Miss Isabella." Wyatt nodded, as he passed her, doing his rounds.
"Morning Mr Wyatt." Isabella nodded.
"You'll have some company in the kitchen, someone else couldn't sleep." Wyatt said, then he nodded and walked down the hall.
Isabella continued on into the kitchen to see that it was Dylan that Wyatt was talking about. Dylan turned from his seat and let a small smiles come to his lips.
"Hey Bells, can't sleep either?"
"No..." Isabella said, looking down.
"Come sit Bells." Dylan said, patting the chair next to him. Isabella blushed, but does as he said. "So, why couldn't you sleep?"
"Thinking about everything thats going on." Isabella said. Speaking to Dylan was easier then she thought.
"About the Abbey and Andrei?" Dylan asked, looking into her hazel eyes. They were such a light brown that they were almost golden in color.
"Yea, although my father wasn't there as long as your parents were, he was used the most by Boris and Voltaire." Isabella said, recalling the stories her father told her as well as those told by Dylan's father.
"The BEGA fiasco, right." Dylan nodded, remembering the story.
"And those that remember it always blame him, even though it wasn't his fault. Luke and I are always yelled at in school and such." Isabella said, tucking her knees into her chest. Isabella rested her arms on her knees, remembering all the bullying that she had to endure in high school.
"Does your father know?" Dylan asked gently, a hand on her elbow.
"No. Luke and I both agreed not to let him know. He already goes through so much as it is. Luke just yells at people when they bully him, saying that they have no idea what they are talking about. But I-" Isabella stopped, tears coming to her eyes.
Dylan scooted his chair closer to hers. "What?"
"I just don't say anything. I mean, the kids are just spewing what their parents say after all, but-" Isabella choked on her tears.
"It still hurts." Dylan finished for her. Isabella nodded, not knowing what to say.
"Izzy?" Isabella looked up to see Luke in the doorway. As their eyes connected, Luke ran to his sister's side. "It's not your fault Iz, it's theirs. Please don't cry. We boys don't know what to do with crying girls." Luke said, attempting to make his sister laugh. Isabella looked at Dylan and Luke's worried faces and giggled.
"You're right Luke. Sorry Dylan." Isabella said, whipping her tears away.
"It's ok Bells. I have a sister too you know." Dylan joked. Luke and Isabella laughed with Dylan, releasing the tension.
"Alright! I want some food!" Tala shouted, walking in. Following him was Brooklyn, Kai, Seth, Ray, Matt, Ken, Luna, Megan and Mathilda.
Isabella smiled gratefully at Dylan as Luke went to join the others at getting breakfast started.
"You should tell him Bells, then our parents can do something, you know they can." Dylan said softly, so no one could hear him.
"I will Dylan. Thanks again." Isabella smiled. Dylan nodded and went off to get some food. Isabella went up and walked towards her father, who was talking to Megan. It was perfect. Megan was like a second mother to her.
"D-Daddy?" Isabella asked, her voice cracking. Brooklyn's eyes immediately gravitated towards his daughter.
"Sweetie?" Brooklyn asked, touching her shoulder. Megan looked between the father and daughter, unsure if she was supposed to hear this.
Isabella took both of their hands and lead them into the living room, where it was empty.
"Iz, what is it?" Megan asked, feeling lost.
"I was talking to Dylan this morning and he said that I should tell you something, in case you can do anything."
"What about?" Brooklyn asked as they sat down on the couch, Isabella in the middle.
"Ummm, well ever since I can remember, Luke and I have been bullied in school."
"What?" Brooklyn said, his voice raising in volume. Isabella shrunk back into the couch at her father's voice. Megan noticed and calmed Brooklyn down.
"Chill Brook, your daughter's trying to say something!" Megan scolded one of her oldest friends.
Brooklyn calmed down. "Sorry. Go on hon."
"Well they always blame you for the BEGA fiasco, and they yell at us, screaming about all sorts of related things." Isabella said, hanging her head.
The room went silent as Megan and Brooklyn took in the information.
"Oh honey." Brooklyn said pulling Isabella into his side, wrapping his arms around her. Isabella cried into her father's chest, relieving all the emotions that she had bottled up over the years.
Megan though, was boiling with anger. She knew that some still blamed Brooklyn for what went on, but she never thought that kids would be spewing what their parents thought, nor did she think that Isabella had been told so many times that her father was a horrible man that it would so much pressure on the poor girl.
"Don't worry worry sweetie we will fix this." Megan said, touching Isabella's red hair, then she left them to have their father-daughter moment. Megan walked into the kitchen and locked eyes with Dylan, then Kai, Tyson and Tala. They take the hint and followed her down the hall and into Megan's home office.
"What is it Meg?" Tyson asked.
"Dyl. Izzy says that she talked to you this morning." Megan said, turning to her oldest son.
"Yea, why, did she tell you about it?" Dylan said, not wanting to tell her if Isabella didn't already.
"Yea, she told me about the bullying and she told her father." Megan stated and Dylan nodded.
"Bullying?" Tala asked.
"Izzy said that she and Luke have been bullied at school about Brooklyn being their father and the whole BEGA fiasco." Megan explained.
Tyson's face hardened. "But that wasn't his fault! And I should know! I was the one who bladed him!"
"Ty chill!" Tala said holding Tyson back.
"We know Ty. We were there." Kai said calmly, but his eyes were hard with anger.
"Dylan, you know that the kids are going to be going to school with you Seth and Mattie right?" Megan asked.
"Yea, Matt, Lil and I were talking about it." Dylan nodded. Even though, they were all together, didn't mean that anyone was on vacation. The kids were expected to go to school, and even though the parents had gotten a lot of their work done early, there was always more to do.
"Good, I want you guys to watch out for everyone, but especially Izzy and Luke. Can you do that?" Megan asked.
"Of course Mom." Dylan nodded.
"Thanks Dylan. Thank you so much."
