The door to the room they were in burst open revealing men in suits holding guns all aimed at the startled boy's faces. Kai was wide eyed at the men.
"Is this the police?" He hissed to the boy.
"No"
"I don't know if I'm glad about that or not" he admitted as he sank back into his friend who wrapped his arms around the younger, trying to make him feel safe. He could see what was going on through that boy's head. To the world he was an unreadable book, to Tala, he was as easy to read as a two year olds picture book.
"Don't be glad, be quiet, I'm not going to let them hurt you" he told the boy whispering in his ear and watching as the men encased them in an unbreakable barrier of their bodies, guns all trained at their heads. Swallowing heavily Tala tightened his grip on the child in front of him as the barrier broke and a tall man with purple hair stepped forwards. He had black goggles covering his eyes, their blood red lenses hiding his cold steel coloured eyes.
A smirk was covering his face as he stepped closer to the boys.
"Well, well, look what we have here. Tala and Kai, I bet you two thought you could escape. Didn't you? Well, guess what, you failed. I thought I had taught you that not everyone is to be trusted boys. And you two trusted the wrong man. Darren; is a low level employee at the abbey, a new guard who's only been there a few weeks. That's rather lucky for me; you two didn't recognise him well enough to be on your guard. Well, I'm going to teach you just how bad a flaw that was." With a single motion of his hands the guards surrounding them, closed in and grabbed at the boys, pulling them apart.
"Hey, get off me! Kai, where are you?!" Tala shouted out as the guards blocked his path.
"Now, now Tala, be quiet, we wouldn't want the guards to become distracted and to accidently pull the trigger on young Kai, now would we?" Boris asked, his voice full of smugness, he knew he had won. There was never any doubt in the tall man's head.
"Let go of me, where is Kai?" Tala still demanded, the threat not making him be quiet but still keeping his voice down.
"He's safe, but he won't be for long. I've contacted Lord Voltaire and we both think Kai should be taken from the abbey and returned home. I don't know who I think has it worse off, we both know what Voltaire's like when he's mad. And right now, he's infuriated. I'm sure Kai's going to be in a lot of pain when he gets home" Tala glared at the man and tried to kick out at him but his foot was caught.
"Darren said he'd called the police" Tala told him as he pulled his foot free.
"He did, but after calling us, and I can assure you Tala, we have guards in there who're taking him back to the abbey to be killed." Tala gulped at the man's words.
"I want Kai" he told him, his voice quiet.
"Too bad Tala, after today you're never seeing Kai again." Tala hated Boris at this moment, he'd never liked the man but now he loathed him.
"I hate you" he shouted at the man as he went to kick him again but the guard just hauled him higher from the floor, choking him. Grabbing at the collar of his shirt he pulled it down as much as he could, trying to get air into his lungs.
"Now, now Tala, let's not be immature. If you're good, I'll let you say goodbye to your dear best friend" the man's voice was cold and sickly sweet, verging on mocking. Making Tala want to be sick, how a man like this had control over his life made him hate himself.
"Fine, I'll be quiet, just let me talk to him" he answered through gritted teeth. He wanted Boris to suffer for what he was causing, but if he voiced his thoughts to anyone. He knew he'd pay for it. Boris held his hand up in the air and the room stood still, a path being created towards the bluenette who was hanging by his scarf.
"Bring Kai" he ordered as he stood back slightly to allow Tala to say his goodbyes to his friend. They held the two just far enough apart so they couldn't quite touch each other.
"You're leaving" Tala whispered as he rubbed at his eyes.
"I know, they said my grandfather's just pulled up outside. They were about to take me away." He rubbed at his eyes, too. He didn't want to leave Tala.
"So this is goodbye?"
"Seems that way" Kai answered as he tried to reach out to Tala who followed suit, but they were just that fraction too far apart.
"Promise me you won't change" the redhead practically begged. He didn't want Kai to change, Kai was innocent; he knew that if he was with Voltaire that innocent child would go.
"I'll try"
"Don't try Kai, promise me. Promise you'll stay just the way you are. Don't let them break you."
"I promise, but you have to too"
"I promise" with that the boys were separated, one being taken through one door and the other through the next. As the bluenette turned and tried to catch a glimpse of his friend one more time he could see the sky starting to creep into the corner of his vision and knew that they were going outside.
Turning from the building his crimson eyes met with a cold red.
"Hi grandfather" he greeted, his voice turning pitiful. He'd never been able to gather much confidence with the old man.
"Boy, I'll deal with you back home. Put him in the back"
The man holding him all but threw him into the back of the limo, his body sliding off the seat and landing him on the floor. As he struggled to push himself back onto the leather he could see the old man climbing in the car, slamming the door behind him. Cringing at the slam of the door he stared up at his grandfather. But the harsh glare he received made him snap his head in the other direction.
He turned his attention to looking out over Moscow through the tinted glass. He tried to turn his attention away from his best friend but he just couldn't do it. He couldn't stop wondering if he'd ever see his friend again. But he did know that he'd keep his promise, he'd try his hardest to stay as he was. Just like Tala would do for him.
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But just four years later, despite how both boys tried, neither was able to fulfil their promise. Voltaire won, and both boys were broken.
This was the final chapter, I hope everyone enjoyed reading. And please read review
