Me: I meant to get this up sooner, so sorry!
Tala: Shouldnt' you just put it up and pretend you didn't forget about it?
Me: Just shut up...shut up and walk away.
Tala: Then who's gonna do the disclaimer?
Ian: She doesn't own beyblade.
Tala: -gasp-Traitor!
Ian and Me:...
"And so this is…" Rei was staring at Tala in horror who was trying to give him the talk even though he had about god knows how many times.
"Tala, you better not be harassing Rei," a gruff voice said.
"Bryan! My savior!" Rei said happily, running up to hug the man for saving him. Bryan wrapped his free hand around the boy's shoulders.
'He's either really oblivious to Rei's feelings or he's just blind to his own,' Tala mused. "What cha got in the box, man?"
"Just some food," Bryan said. "Don't need Rei tiring himself out from cooking. What's all this talk about a savior?"
"He was trying to give me 'the talk'," Rei hissed, glaring at Tala.
"You've given it to him god knows how many times," Bryan rolled his eyes. "Unless something's changed Tala…"
"Nope, nothing much," Tala said, seeming to be off in his own world.
"You gonna let go of me so I can get this food into the kitchen?" Bryan asked. Rei blushed and nodded, reluctantly letting go of the older man.
"I thought I heard someone else…" King said.
"Oh, yeah… Bryan's here," Tala said offhandedly, concentrating on Rei. "Hey, Rei, you and I need to have a little talk later." Rei didn't respond but instead picked up Ren, who had come in with King, and went upstairs.
"Is everything alright?" King asked. Tala sighed.
"It's not so much of an 'alright or not' situation… More of a Rei has a crush on Bryan situation," Tala sighed. King was silent before giving Tala a quick hug. As he was about to pull away, Tala wrapped his hand around the petite man and pulled him into his chest.
"Tala?" King found himself whispering.
"It's easier to think…" Tala whispered, "when you're close to me." King felt his cheeks heat up and allowed himself to be enveloped by Tala's warmth. He felt fingers threading through his hair and he pushed himself closer to Tala, if that was possible.
Tala's phone began to ring and he used one hand to answer it, frowning when he saw that it was a hospital number.
"Hello?"
"Tala…its Kai,"
"Oh hey… why are you calling from the hospital?"
"Ren fainted,"
"What?! Is she okay?" Tala asked.
"She's fine…we're just waiting until she wakes up," Kai said. Tala frowned, hearing the man stressed out was never a good thing.
"You need me to come over there?" Tala asked.
"I think…I think we'll be fine," Kai sighed. "Look, I want you to get dinner ready. It is a simple, easy task. Can you do that for me?"
"I could…but Bryan brought it over for us," Tala said. "Can we eat that instead?"
"Even better," Kai said. "I gotta call Ian now, see you at home."
"Alright, bye," Tala said, hanging up.
"What was that about?" King asked.
"Ren fainted," Tala said and then he saw King's expression. "She'll be fine…just needs bed rest, you know?" King nodded.
"Okay…" he said. "Okay…" Tala sighed and led King to the couch, sitting both of them down.
"I have to get back to work Kai," Spencer said. Kai looked up when the man placed a hand on his shoulder and he nodded.
"Thanks for staying, Spence," Kai sighed.
"She's going to be alright," Spencer said. "I mean, come on, she hangs around Tala."
"You've been spending too much time around Ian and Rei," Kai rolled his eyes. "Go on and get your butt to work before it wears off on me. Go on, go." Spencer chuckled and closed the door behind him.
Kai sighed and leaned back in his chair. He didn't really want to leave with her waking up but-
"THE DONOR IS NOT-" Kai looked up and rushed forward just in time to catch Ren from falling off the hospital bed. He gave her sleeping form a weird look and then she blinked slowly and opened her eyes.
"Owl?" she muttered.
"I'm not a bird, Ren," Kai said, amused. "Were you dreaming?"
"Uh, yeah…I think," she said. "That's like day dreaming but you're sleeping, right?"
"Yeah," Kai said. "So do you remember your dream? You were saying something about a donor not being something."
"No! No, I don't remember!" she said, bolting into a standing position. "Nope, why would I be dreaming about a donor?"
"Hey, your dream, kiddo," Kai shrugged. "You ready to go?"
"Sure? Where are we?" she asked.
"Hospital. You fainted," Kai said. "You sure you're alright?"
"Fine…" Ren said smiling innocently. "Let's go…" she took Kai's hand and Kai allowed her to pull him out of the hospital.
'She's obviously lying to me…' Kai thought. 'But if she doesn't want to tell me, she's not very likely too if I tell her I know that she's lying. She'll just deny it.' He opened the car door for Ren and then handed her his cell phone
"Why are you giving me your cell phone?" Ren asked.
"You know what a cell phone is?" Kai asked, surprised.
"Well, you and Tala talk on them so much…" Ren said. 'Shoot… He's gonna find out sooner or later!'
"Call Tala…and tell him you're okay? You know how to use it?"
"Yeah," she said. Kai watched her from the corner of his eye as he backed out of the parking lot. He frowned when she had dialed his number without going through the phone book or hitting the speed dial.
"Ren, did you memorize his number?" Kai asked.
"Yeah," she said. Kai raised his eyebrow.
"When did you…?"
"Hi Uncle,"
"……."
"No, I'm fine,"
"……."
"Kai's here,"
"……."
"I memorized your number," Ren said gleefully.
"……."
"Okay, here," Ren said, handing the phone to Kai. "He wants to talk to you."
"Hey," Kai said.
"She memorized my number," Tala said.
"Probably when I told her to call you after we painted," Kai said. "Anything from Ian?"
"Not yet," Tala said. "He's probably working extra hours."
"Ian?" Kai snorted. "Whose good side is he trying to get on?"
"The one that doesn't get him fired," Tala said.
"Point taken,"
"Hey, did you get a hold of Ian? You said that you needed to call him," Tala said.
"Yeah, I did. I'll tell you about it when we get home," Kai said.
"Alright, bye,"
"Bye," Kai said, hanging up the phone. He sighed, remembering his phone conversation with Ian.
Flashback
"Hello?" Ian answered.
"Hey midget," Kai said.
"Are you trying to get me fired too?" Ian grumbled.
"No, that's all Tala. I need you to get some information for me. Can you do that?" Kai asked.
"Sure but make it fast,"
"EX#012014. I need information on it," Kai said. "And while you're at it, look up Dr. Zaggart. He was head of the experiment so he shouldn't cause too much of a problem."
"Wasn't that your grandfather's thing that was bred to kill you?" Ian said lazily, twirling the phone cord around his finger.
"As far as we know," Kai said. "And Ian?"
"Hm?"
"Stop twirling the cord around your finger,"
"How'd you-?!"
"It gives off bad reception," Kai smirked. "And you are moving in with us, right?"
"You and Tala won't leave me alone until I do, will you bastards?"
"Not a chance," Kai said.
"Fine, fine... just give me a few days," Ian said.
"Glad you understand,"
"See you,"
"Bye," Kai hung up and put the phone in his pants pocket.
End Flashback
Ren sighed as she played back her phone conversation with Tala. She hoped that Kai hadn't yet reached the conclusion that she remembered her past- not to mention number she shouldn't remember.
Flashback
"Ren, did you memorize his number?" Kai asked.
"Yeah," she said. Kai raised his eyebrow.
"When did you…?"
"Hi Uncle,"
"Hey baby girl. So you finally decided to wake up…You're not in extensive care or anything are you?"
"No, I'm fine,"
"Where's Kai?"
"Kai's here,"
"Alright…So you gonna give him the phone?"
"I memorized your number," Ren said gleefully.
"Really? He didn't tell you? Don't answer that. Can I talk to him?"
End Flashback
"Damn…why do we have to dig through all this junk?" a worker asked.
"Cause it's our jobs," his friend elbowed him.
"What's the story behind this freaking place anyways? It's giving me the chills."
"They said a lab experiment went wrong and some chemicals blew up,"
"Damn, what kind of chemicals were they messing with?"
"Dangerous ones,"
"This is why I didn't become a scientist,"
"No, you didn't become a scientist because you had a crappy grade in science,"
"Hey, what's that?"
"Documents…on EX#012014?" he said, picking it up.
EX#012014
Dominant blood donor: Kai Hiwatari
Subdominant blood donor: Rei Kong
Considered donors: Tala Ivanov (wasn't used because the project had more chance of being found out)
Bryan Kuznetsov (was tested but ended up in failure)
Hiro Granger (His father, Bruce Granger, threatened to stop working on the project)
Breed: Celestine
Celestine: A civilization said to have died out approximately anywhere from two hundred and forty-five (245) years to two hundred and fifty-two (252) years.
In legend, Celestine citizens were said to be a peaceful, docile race. But their choice of weapons, the way their bone structure was shaped, and the documents that were found and translated (Translated by Bruce Granger) suggest that the Celestine were not peaceful and docile…but trained killers, with the lust for blood when threatened or sometimes even when they were not in danger.
Bruce found another document that suggested that usually, the Celestine were able to overcome the bloodlust but EX#012014 (with the right blood donors) is believed to have the traits that the man sponsoring this project is looking for to become a weapon that cannot be killed.
When the fossil was revived and docile, unusually so, it became obvious to the sponsor that the other donor should have been Tala Ivanov, no matter the cost. But we can't just turn the child back into a fossil. It's too late for that...and now all of our lives are in danger. By the sponsor and the things that attack the labs randomly, one demanding that the child be given to him and the other that she be killed immediantly...
The others think that there is only one of them but I can see that there are two... The second one claims that she will become unusually (and uncharacteristically) violent if she is allowed to live...the other says he will control her...
I don't know which one of their hands I want that girl to go to when they finally decide to destroy the lab but for now...we are moving her. The sponsor doesn't want the Celstine, that had somehow survived for over two hundred years, to get their hands on her.
But she is undoubtfully going to take the path of destruction, on the sponsor's side or not, I don't know.
Me: I wanted to put more Miguel/Kai in there! I really did but I couldn't find a spot...wah!
Tala: Quit complaining...
Me: So how'd you guys like it? Please review!
Tala: By the way, she's just making this up as she goes along...
Me: Not all of it!
Tala: Oh yeah?
Me: Yeah! The eye thing I thought of in science class! So ha!
