Chapter no.: 9
Chapter title: Gone…
Story rating: T
BETAed: Phoenix Seal Of Approval and Deathly Royal Degree (CC Queen of Death… teehee)
Disclaimer: Me no own Beyblade. I mean, come on - how stupid are you? If I did own Beyblade, it would contain much swearing, blood, sex and rock'n'roll. And Yaoi. Don't forget the luffly yaoi. But since I don't own it, I have to settle for entertaining you guys with my stories and OCs - which is fine by me.
Warnings: big, creepy spiders… um, that's it, I guess…
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Notes: We slowly get moving now. Onward, ho!
"AH!" She screeched, jumping in fright.
The spider jumped too, scared at the sudden shriek. It turned its eight, beady eyes on her, slowly creeping towards her and backing the Chick into a corner of the metal corridor.
"It's just a spider…" She chanted. "It's just a spider… It's just a spider… It's just a spider… It's just a spider… Oh who are you kidding, Bryony Kuznetsov? It's a huge, hairy, evil spider who's gunna eat you!"
She shrieked again and scrunched her face up, clenching her eyes shut…
"It won't eat you." A voice said. "And you can open your eyes again."
She did so slowly, lilac eyes darting to the space where the spider used to be, before finding sand-coloured boots in her line of vision. Travelling up the legs, equally sandy bandages gave way to slightly baggy trousers… to a sandy tunic and sash… bandaged fingers, hands and wrists that bound the sleeves of the tunic… ending with the sand-coloured face cover and head scarf. Brilliant ruby eyes, which were lined with deep, black kohl, stared at her kindly.
"Who are you…?" She asked hesitantly.
"My name is Nightshade." The boy replied.
"I'm Bryony."
"I know." Ruby eyes glittered with a smile. He crouched. "You're Bryan's sister, right?"
She nodded. "How do you know?"
"I've been watching over you all… making sure she doesn't harm anyone."
"Oh… so you're on our side?"
He paused. "Yes, I suppose. Neutral to some extent, but yes - I am on your side."
"Are you my friend?"
"I don't know." The teen said. "Do you want me to be your friend?"
She nodded. "You saved me from the hairy spider!"
He laughed and stood. "Then I am your friend. But I am sorry to say, that I must leave."
"Why?" She squealed. "Why? Don't leave!"
"I have to." He said softly. "I only came here to deliver a message to someone. Then… I saw there was a damsel in distress, so I had to save her from the mean spider." He chuckled. "We will meet again, Bryony…"
"But - wait!"
But he had disappeared in what looked like a pile of sand. The sand shifted along the floor and disappeared down one of the floor grates.
She pouted with a frown - her new friend had disappeared! She didn't care how he disappeared - only that he had left her!
"Keep us a secret…" His voice whispered in her ear.
Shooting around, she found no one. She was alone in the corridor…
"But warn Tala… she is coming… find her secrets within a heaven-named place filled with hell… go…"
Bryony was scared. Her new friend was… a bit chilling, to say the least.
"Nightshade…?"
"Stay safe, friend…" Came the whispered reply, sounding as if it were on the wind. "I will be gone from this world soon…"
She looked around frantically. Okay, now she cared about how he disappeared. Vanishing into a pile of moving sand? F-R-E-A-K-Y!
But she was calm… yes… she was a very calm person… never one to burst out with such things as-
"BIG BROTHER!"
…that.
"Crusher? Did you hear something?"
The dark skinned boy looked down at his younger sister, her small hand enveloped within his. "No." She said, with a shake of his head.
"Oh…" Monica looked puzzled. "I swear I heard-"
A figure came sprinting around the corridor, a blur of shining lilac and white. Obviously not having spotted them, the figure bowled right into Monica, knocking both down.
"Ow…" They both groaned, clutching their heads.
"Oh my God, I am so, so, so sorry!" Bryony gushed. "Are you okay? I should have looked where I was going! I'm so stupid! Did I hurt you?"
Monica just laughed. "I'm okay, don't worry. Are you alright?"
"I'm 'kay." She replied. "My name's Bryony. What's your name?"
"I'm Monica."
Bryony looked behind her. "Who's that?"
"He's my brother. His name's Crusher."
"Oh… I saw him on the T.V. You'll probably have seen my big brother too." The young Russian said. A light bulb went off in her head. "Oh my God, big brother!"
She scrambled to her feet, dragging Monica with her. "Sorry - hope we get to speak to each other - bye!"
And she sprinted away once again, leaving the two behind, wondering who the strange, twittering girl really was…
He groaned as the light surged through his closed eyelids and as something jumped on him, making the lumpy bed press into his already tired body.
"Big brother, you have to wake up!" The thing yelled in an oddly familiar voice. "Wake up!" He was shaken. "Wake up, you annoying, sleeping… thing!"
"Hey, hey, Bryony, what?" Bryan slurred, sitting up slowly and rubbing his head. Slowly, his eyes flickered open. "What's going on? Did you have a bad dream?"
His sister shook her head. "No!"
"Right…" Bryan sighed. "Start at the beginning."
"I was going to dinner-"
"Without Tala?"
"He wouldn't open his door. And I was hungry." The girl protested. "Now shut up - it's my story-telling time!
"Anyway, I was going to dinner and this huge, hairy spider appeared and it was so scary cos it was all creepy. And this boy appeared! And he saved me from the spider. He said his name was Nightshade - odd name, but his clothing was strange too! He was all covered up in sandy colours apart from his eyes - and they were red… really, really red and the outsides of his eyes were lined with black! It was… but anyway - I asked if he was my friend and he said, "If you want me to." So I asked if he was on our side - he said he was neutral… but more on our side. Then he disappeared! In a second, he disappeared into a pile of sand! Then he said-"
She blinked. 'Keep us a secret…' Oh no! She had blabbed about him when he had said not to!
'Relax!' Said the left side of her mind. 'Take a few deep breaths. He also said he would be gone from this world soon. You have to tell your brother about him to save Nightshade!'
'Shut up!' Said the right side. 'You disobeyed him! He won't want to be your friend anymore! And why should you save him? Why should your brother risk his life to save someone who you don't even know? He's just selfish!'
"Chick?"
She shook her head, clearing her thoughts and stared up into her brother's worried eyes. He lifted a hand and pressed it to her forehead.
"No fever…" Bryan frowned. "Bryony, what's going on?"
"I just told you…" She whispered. "But Nightshade's in trouble. I think… I think he's dying or something. And he risked his life to get in here and get a message to us!"
"What's the message?"
They looked over to the adjacent bed to see Ray sitting up and awake.
"Hey, you didn't expect me to sleep right through the light and noise? I'm half cat, remember?" The Neko-jin protested. "But Bryony, what did Nightshade say?"
"Uhm… 'She's coming' and… 'find her secrets within a heaven-named place filled with hell' or something."
"'Heaven-named place filled with hell'…" Bryan frowned. "The Abbey…"
"Could be." Ray replied.
Bryan sighed. "Great…"
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