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"Blah" – talking
'Blah' – thinking
Change of place/time
Chapter 9
Kai was awoken as Boris slammed the cell door; he looked up at the hated man coming towards him, wondering what he wanted with him now.
"Ahh, it seems your 'friends' are having a little trouble working out the 3rd riddle. I'm afraid that if they don't find it out soon then they won't be seeing you ever again, not that it matters," evilly smirked Boris.
"What riddle?" asked Kai not showing the confusion he was feeling.
"Oh that's right I forgot to tell you. I left clues in the form of riddles for your team mates to figure out to see if they could find you here. They're not that hard so I'm sure they'll be here quite soon."
"You said you would leave them out of this, we had a deal," tried to shout Kai, his vision starting to blur.
"We never had a deal, that was all part of my plan. You think I'd just let you wander freely out there with your 'friends' getting punished every now and again."
"You've got me now so why do you still want them?"
"Again part of my plan; I told you that it was either your so called friends get hurt or you suffer the pain instead. You chose the latter much to my displeasure. This also made things easier, because as the more beatings you took the weaker you got, and that made it easier to bring you back with little resistance. And with your team here, it'll help to keep that resistance down.""
The bluenette looked down at the floor hiding his shock, wondering why he didn't figure this out sooner. He had thought it too good to be true; the worry of something happening eating him up inside.
"I bet you're wondering why you didn't figure it out sooner, or why I suddenly want you back again. Do you want to know why?"
Kai kept his head down, knowing that if he looked up, too much of what he was feeling would be given away.
Boris moved closer to Kai before saying, "Because you fell in love. Love has made soft. That is why I brought you back as you needed to be reminded of what was taught to you. "Now come on you worthless brat, it's time for training." Boris unlocked the chains around Kai's wrists, while aforementioned boy managed to stay on his feet for a while before his knees gave way.
"Get up," demanded Boris as he kicked Kai's ribs, he clutched his already sore side. "I said get up." And he kicked him again rolling him onto his back. Kai looked at Boris through half open eyes before closing them and trying to sit up but failed.
"Come on I know you can do better than that, or did I tire you out this morning?" Kai remained still. Boris then stamped down onto Kai's chest making him sit bolt upright. Kai grabbed his chest, gritting his teeth in pain. "See what happens when you don't try hard enough," sneered Boris.
"I…was…trying," whispered Kai, as he spat out some blood onto the floor.
"You were, oh well," said Boris as he dragged Kai to training.
Tyson's Dojo
Hilary woke as the sun hit her face. She yawned and stretched before looking at the clock, it read: 10:30. She quickly jumped out of bed to go get washed and dressed.
"Bout time you woke up," smiled Tyson, as Hilary walked into the kitchen smiling back. "Breakfast is almost ready."
When they were eating breakfast Hilary quietly requested, "Have any of you found out the riddle yet?" Everyone looked at her before shaking their heads.
After breakfast, Tyson and Max sat on the sofa the TV on and were not paying attention to it for once; while Hilary and Ray leant against the back of the sofa deep in thought.
"Trapdoor," randomly said Tyson.
"Shut up Tyson we're trying to think," shushed Ray.
"No, no I'm beneath you, yet I can help you get to where you want to go. So a trapdoor is beneath you right like under a rug or whatever and it will help you get from one place to another say like if you want to hide or something. I'm, a trapdoor," clarified Tyson.
"Oh yes, thank you so much Tyson," shouted Hilary as she ran over and hugged him.
"But where are we going to find a trapdoor in that old dump?" asked Max.
"The only way we are going to find out is if we go there," said Tyson as he ran to get his shoes on, Hilary close behind him.
The four teens practically ran the whole ran to the place they had left yesterday. The door they had broken down yesterday had strangely been bordered over again.
"Well I guess we're just going to have to break it down again," said Ray as he kicked it again only this time it didn't break. "Ow, that hurt." he said as he rubbed his sore ankle.
"Well we could always try to get in through a window," suggested Hilary.
They nodded and went to look for a window that was low enough and that wasn't boarded up, their search came up empty.
"Hey you guys what about this one?" shouted Hilary as they all came running.
"But Hil that one is still boarded up," stated Tyson.
"I know, I know but the boards on this one are really weak because it's rotting see, and anyway it's quite low so maybe we could try and pry them off ourselves."
"Or maybe Ray could just kick it open, like he did the door," said Tyson.
"Well why don't we try Hilary's idea first we might find that easier than letting me do all the work," suggested Ray as he went to grab a board.
Hilary and Ray worked on the higher one while Tyson and Max did the lower. Hilary and Ray managed to get theirs off while Tyson and Max were having some difficulty.
"Here lets all pull it together." proposed Ray, they all nodded. "One, Two, Three pull!" they all fell backwards onto the floor, the last piece of wood coming with them.
"Yeah, we did it!" cheered Tyson.
"Okay now the easy part is over, we now have to get in there and find that trapdoor," said Ray.
"Okay, I'll go in first," offered Hilary.
"You sure?" asked Ray, Hilary nodded a small smile on her face.
"I'll be careful, and you guys will come in soon after so I won't be on my own for that long," she told him.
The windowsill came up to Hilary's chest, so with a little help she managed to get up onto and jumped into the room. As she landed the floor beneath her shook a little causing her to lose balance and fall over. As she went to stand the floor again started to move, so she stay sitting on the floor and looked back up at the window.
"Hey guys-" Hilary started, but she was cut short when she heard a creaking sound and looked around wondering what it could be when suddenly the floor below her gave way causing a scream to escape her lips.
Once the boys outside had heard her scream, they stopped what they were doing.
"Hil, Hil are you okay?" shouted Ray leant on the windowsill so he could peer into the room, but saw no sign of Hilary.
The brunette coughed waving her hands in front her to clear the dust, before replying, "Yes I'm fine. This soft chair I landed in broke my fall."
"What do you mean the chair broke your fall?" asked Ray.
"I think I fell through the trapdoor, or that piece of floor I fell on was really old," cleared up Hilary.
"Well, can you get up?" asked Ray.
"I think so," said Hilary as she stood on the chair, her head poking out of the hole, before jumping down again.
"What can you see?" asked Max this time.
"Um, it just looks like a small room. It has an armchair a table and a bookcase. Hey guys I found the clue!" she shouted grabbing it off of the table.
"That's good, now you can get out," said Ray.
"No, no. You have to come down here because I found something weird."
"Okay, okay we're coming," shouted back Ray as he jumped in, followed by Max and Tyson.
They all landed in the same chair Hilary had done, thankful that they had that to land on rather than the cold stone floor.
"Hil, are you here?" whispered Tyson.
"Why are you whispering Tyson there's nobody here except us, and I'm over here," said Hilary as she came out of the darkness in front of them making them jump slightly.
"Anyway the riddle reads; I have no voice yet I speak to you; I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree; I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you anymore. What am I? Which is on something that has legs but walks not, a strong back but work not, two good arms but reach not, a seat but sit and tarry not, what am I?" read Hilary.
"Hey that's unfair there are two this time," whined Tyson.
"Well it did say that they would get harder each time Tyson," reminded Max.
"Hey, hey I think I know the second one!" shouted Max
"Well spit it out then," interrupted Tyson.
"Well I was about to. A chair, because it has legs but it can't walk, the back of the chair to keep you in so it has to be strong and a chair can have armrests and a seat so you can sit on it but it can't take you anywhere," finished Max.
"What would you put on a chair" asked Hilary, more to herself than to anybody else.
"A cushion," shouted Tyson.
"No duh Tyson, but a cushion doesn't speak to you, have leaves, or a spine or hinges does it, so can you think of anything else?" shouted Hilary as she picked up the nearest thing to hit Tyson with.
"Hil, Hil stop that's it," stopped Ray.
"What's it?" she asked just blinking at him.
"That book you have in your hand where did you get it from?"
"Over there on that cha- Oh yes a book, it's a book I get it now. Who would have thought me trying to hit Tyson would actually help one day." Max and Ray laughed while Tyson just glared at them.
"Oh yes Hil what did you want to show us before?"
"Just follow me," she said as she walked back into the darkness she had come from the other three following her.
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