Heavenly Flames
Chapter Nine: Mixed Emotionless
Warning: Some language, possible character deaths, implied themes (You know what themes I'm talking about) OC's will be used in this story and they will be important.
Disclaimer: Beyblade is not my creation, while this storyline is; the characters involved, with the exception of OC's, are not.
Black hair fell over closed golden eyes. He was deep in meditation, his thoughts flowing like water through his mind. They had barely made it back in time, he had barely made it back in time. Ixion hadn't had time, as of yet, to inform him of how the events had transpired at the house. Things had only gotten worse when the guards had all but dragged Vale, kicking and screaming, away from the two of them.
Captain didn't like that in the least. He needed to know that his family was safe, period, end of discussion, and right then he had no idea what was happening to his brother. "Captain." Captain opened his eyes, turning around to face the open door. Ixion stood at the door, rubbing her arm to ease out the pain. Chemical removal was always painful. "What is it?" She nodded her head towards the door. "They want us down in the trial rooms for some training." Trail room. That was the name that the other kids had given the hell hole.
It was a room that most kids tried to avoid, for them the trail room was part of life. "I'll be down in just a second." He said. meaning to get back to his meditation. Ixion next statement, however, stopped him in his tracks. "Ray is going to be there." Captain stood to his feet, grabbing his blade from the bed. "Let's go."
Tala grabbed Linra's arm, holding her wrist by his head and glaring at her. "What's the bright idea. Who's side are you on?" Tala demanded, Linra attempted to ripped her wrist away from him, but he held it to tight. Instead she matched his glare with one of her own. "I told you when I came here I wasn't on your side exclusively. Those people you just attacked, that is my family, mine and Ray's, if it wasn't for them you wouldn't have even meet Ray. So I am on their team. Not yours, not Voltaire's. Got it." He shook he head, not letting go of her wrist.
"That doesn't explain why you swung at me." She tried taking her wrist back from him again, this time succeeding. "Because you insulted them!" Tala looked absolutely floored. "Insulted them? How in the world did I insult them? What did I say that you could have possibly taken out of context enough for it to even be a jibe?" Tala asked, shaking his head. Linra crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing.
"You said that they were pets! How is that not an insult?"she hissed at him, her pupils shrinking to mere slits. "Well do you have a better word for it, the blonde haired boy said it himself, they are pets who have been put on a leash." Kai closed his eyes, listening to the exchange with reserve. He was still thinking over what the other nekos had said before they left. "Vale! Or is remember the name of a 'pet' below someone like you."
Tala recoiled. A sudden low feeling setting into his gut. He hadn't meant it all to come out like it had. He had his fair share of names leveled at him in his time, and sending insults like those at other people was something he hated doing. "I didn't mean-" "Don't. I don't need it." Tala began to open his mouth but he didn't know what else to say.
Linra simply shook her head leaning back against a wall, not even looking at the red head anymore. They wanted help, and helping them seemed like the best way to get to Ray, so for now that was what she would do.
Kai closed his eyes as he saw the tension breaking in the air between the two. He had been around Linra for a while and was beginning to get the distinctive feeling that the girl wasn't completely stable. "So Linra, what's the truth. The full truth if you don't mind this time."
Linra looked at Tala still fuming as she pushed harder against the wall then back at Kai. "The full truth is; we don't just need you to save Ray, we need you're help to put an end to the double zero projects." Tala and Kai shared a look, both boys had heard of the project from rumors in the abbey, but no one had ever heard anything concrete. "What do you know about the double zero projects?" Tala asked, leaning forward slightly.
Linra sighed, holding out her wrist that had the ID bracelet on it. "I am project number 00-21, Ray is project 00-22. The others you saw, Vale is 00-13 and his sister Ixion is 00-12, where as our Captain is 00-02. All of us are part of the 00 projects, or the double zero projects." "The weapons project." Tala said, recognizing the name from a report he had read years ago. Linra nodded. She didn't know how much Kai and Tala knew but she wanted to be careful how much she told them, at least for a little bit longer.
"It's true that the weapons project is another name for it but those in it prefer the double zero project. Anyways over the years there has been many people in and out of the double zero project. Some Neko-jins, some humans, some other experiments that Boris and his flunkies thought were good ideas at the time. All of us were kept in a separate wing of the bases, in order to help keep BioVolt running smoothly and sorted. The biggest reason for the weapons project was so they would have something to send in when the time came that they wouldn't have to worry about bringing back out. A weapon is only important while it is useable."
"Alright princess, lets get to what really matters." Tala smirked, seeing the glare that she sent his way. Linra however didn't dwell on it for long. Kai rolled his eyes, seemed all was forgiven between the two. "Yes lets. The reason behind us deciding to get help now is that BioVolt is planning on finishing what they started all those years ago and they are going to finish making the Black bitbeast, and now that they have Ray back, I am willing to beat anything they are going to move forward their plans even more so."
"Black bitbeast, like Black Dranzer?" Linra shook her head. She was paranoid, but come on why shouldn't she be. "I don't like talking about this." She muttered.
The sound of spinning blades filled the air as the helicopter took off from its station in Japan. Blonde hair flew around the persons head as the wind came through the still open door of the back. Raw circlets of flesh bleed from under the rope binds that tied the figures hands in front of him. His cat-like green eyes taking in the scene carefully.
Two men sat in the seats opposed to the boy. The two men conversed about things as they pulled the door shut. The boy, who went by the name of Vale to those around the corporation, was seated on the floor of the helicopter. They had separated him from the rest of his team shortly after they returned to base in Japan, and now he was realizing they meant to keep them separate from one another.
Vale wasn't good with being away from the others, especially not his twin sister. Something in the pit of his stomach, however, told him to hold his tongue. Hiwatari never did anything without a reason, and it wouldn't help Vale to have a fit here anyways. He was miles above any land mass with no idea as to where he was heading, much less what they were over.
His best bet, he decided, would be to keep silent and listen to what the guards had to say. On long trips, like this one was looking likely to be, the guards had a tendency to talk, especially when they thought whoever they were watching was asleep.
Vale decided he would pretend to slip off to sleep after about ten minutes of glaring and harsh silence. That was normally enough to make the guards want to talk the second they thought they could.
Ray stood from the ground. His strength was all but recovered and all his injuries had healed over, meaning he had gotten out of Cherserb's range. He looked around at what he had to work with. The area was a simple low level cell. Not to different from the ones he had spent part of his childhood in. It had crisscrossing pipes that lead down through the wall as well as part of the ceiling.
There was a single "bed" in the corner with a sheet pulled tight over the paper thin pillow. The walls were made from cold steal while the floors were an old stone, meaning this room had been remodeled since the base had been built.
He closed his eyes, his heart and mind seeking out the comfort of his bitbeast. 'Drigger, hey Drigg, can you hear me?' Ray waited a few moments hoping for a response of some form to come. When none came Ray let out a sigh. 'Should have figured. Chances are Drigger is still back wherever Cherserb is. It was to much to hope for that I would be able to find Drigger and stay hidden from Cherserb.'
Ray walked over to his bed, leaning back into it he started messing with his hair. It was a wreak and he had no intentions of looking like that regardless of what they wanted him to do. Every little normality he kept, would help his strength and weaken BioVolts control.
He was already thinking up a plan of how to escape. He may not have been strong enough to stop the event from happening, but he was far from helpless. He had no intentions of becoming the child in need of a rescue yet again. He had played that part plenty of times in his life, and he wasn't going to be playing that part again anytime soon. He had his strength and he had his mind, and as long as Cherserb stayed gone, he had plenty of time.
Ray sat up straight as he saw his door coming open. His body tensed and ready to fight if it came to that. "Calm yourself neko." Ray knew the voice, but it didn't do anything to expel his discomfort, if anything it made it worse. "Bryan, what are you doing here." Ray demanded, not dropping his guard. Bryan shrugged his shoulders, his eyes dark and emotionless, or so Ray thought. "I was brought back for my skills in certain arts." Ray narrowed his eyes knowing perfectly well what 'arts' Bryan was referring to.
"Your all the same." Ray said with slight disgust, which caused Bryan to smirk, just the smallest of motions, but Ray knew just how big that was for the other teen. "You think you are so much better then us half-breed? It may be true that we abbey kids aren't the most excepted in the world, but at least we aren't tossed aside with the trash when are abilities are found." Ray narrowed his eyes but didn't retaliate. It was hard to fight a point that was completely true.
"You didn't really just come in here to have small talk did you 10-3-18?" He used the others number in an attempt to bait him into reacting, unfortunately it did nothing to phase Bryan. "No you're right I didn't. Boris wants you in the training level." Ray stood from his bed walking over to Bryan. "Alright then, lets get this over with."
Bryan stepped out before him, not waiting to see if Ray was following. There was no point to, he had nowhere else to go and he would end up where they wanted him, one way or another. "What are they expecting me to do? I don't have a blade so I can't battle." Bryan shook his head before stopping at the door at the base of the hall. Ray mapped out the area of the surrounding halls. Any doors, windows, people or other things that he may have needed in his escape went into his memory. "They expect you to do as you are told."
Ray would have laughed if the situation had been any different. For someone that was supposedly so well behaved, he had always had trouble doing as he was told. He could see the halls passing as he walked through. He wondered for a little bit where he was. He had no idea where he was, or even what country he was in. BioVolts shell companies still existed in almost every country, meaning they could have shipped him out to just about anywhere.
I stood on the deck overlooking the water. Wind whipped by me faster then could be noted. I was excited, more then excited actually. There was a pure adrenaline pumping through my body that couldn't be explained. If only I could stay in this state forever. I looked down at my hand as I felt a pinch in my hand, blood welled around the cuts that my beyblade had made.
My smile grew wicked as I threw my head up and laughed. A laugh that would have done even my father proud. I could see the sky spiraling around me as my bodies natural dopamine began kicking in. There was a natural high I was feeling at the time and I loved it. Adrenaline was the gift of the gods and I was in love with that gift.
I brought my vision back down, my heart pounding out of my chest.. I could see the helicopter slowly coming into view. The fun was going to start very soon.
{A}{N}
Oh, my GOSH this is soooo freaking short! I am so sorry everyone, I have been having major issues with my writing lately. Sooo sorry again.
On to reviews:
Chaseha-Wing: No, he hasn't even known a proper hug, I am not sure he or Bryan would take one. . . they might punch someone if they tried.
Mimi 007: Yeah I am glad that you have had time for me. And to explain no, Kaberlin is not dead(Wow how said is it that I took a little bit to remember who Kaberlin was. *Sweat drop*) Bryan and his brother had different mommies because Boris is a player(okay that sounds strange) and yes I borrowed some thinking from a certain other story that helped me like Bryan, hehe. I am glad you like the Neko's as well, to be honest I love them, which is sad cause I know how this ends. Thanks for loving my stories it means so much. His name is 10-7-04, Bry is 10-3-18 Tal and Kai are 10-2-23 and 10-2-33 (meaning it is double, single, double everytime, hope that helps) and don't worry I wasn't going to answer, I can't revile my secrets yet. I love what Rei is going to do so I am sure you will too. I love redheads. For some reason, they are just epic!
NighttimeFirefly: Thanks so much for your kind words and I am so sorry it took me so long to come out with such a small chapter. Gah I am falling behind.
Racerabbit: Thanks for so much for understanding, I really am trying but it isn't working very well. Oh and everything is going to be explained in due time, promise. I am glad that you still like Rei's personality in this story and also you will find more out about 10704 in the next chapter. Which hopefully will be up sooner.
Well all this aside I hope you all still enjoyed, and for a little bit of light, I am already working on the next chapter for this, so yay!
~Gateway~
