Chapter 9
It was a hour later...
Megan had gone through surgery, and was going to be ok...but she wasn't going to be able to blade for a while, and she wasn't going to be able to move her mid-section very well for a couple weeks.
Kai was freaking out though, in the hall. The image of her bleeding on the pavement, unconscious, was replaying again and again in her mind.
"Mr Hiwatari?" The doctor asks. Kai shot up, standing in front of the doctor. The doctor smiled knowingly. "You may go and see her now, but she's still not awake."
"I understand. Thanks." Kai nodded. The doctor smiles and opens the door for him. Kai walks in seeing Alex in the corner, keeping an eye on her. Alex nodded and left the room. Kai sat in the chair by her bed and took her hand in his.
He was so worried about her. In the short 9 days since he met her, he had grown to love her. He couldn't explain it, but he had made a strong connection with this girl, who had a mysterious past.
Megan stirred as she woke up. She felt someone's hand in hers and squeezed it, reassuring herself that she was indeed alive. Her whole body felt stiff and when she moved her head, a shooting pain radiated throughout her body. She groaned as the pain subsided.
"Meg?" She heard someone say. She gently opened her eyes, to see Kai sitting there, a worried look on his face.
"Kai?" Megan says softly. Kai smiles and squeezes her hand back.
"Hey Meg, you feeling ok?" Kai asks. Megan sits up, only to fall back on the bed in excruciating pain. "Megan!" Kai shoots up and touches her cheek reassuringly.
"It really hurts." Megan groans, turning her face into his palm.
"Thats what you get for getting shot Meg." Kai says reprimanding her, but he was severely worried.
"Shot?" Megan asks. "How did that happen?"
"Alex and M16 are looking into it Meg, but they don't know yet."
"Ugg, I can barely move." Megan groans.
"The doctor said that you wouldn't be able to move very well for a while." Kai says softly.
"I hate the hospital." Megan groans. Kai chuckles.
"Go back to sleep Meg, you'll need it." Kai says.
"K Kai." Megan mumbles, falling asleep. Kai takes his hand away and heads to the door, to let Alex back in. Before he reached the door though, the door whipped open, revealing Tyson.
"Meg-!" Kai clapped his hand over Tyson's mouth before he woke up Megan.
"Tyson. Shut it." Kai growls, low under his breath. "She's sleeping."
"Mry." Tyson mumble...aka...'sorry'. Kai pushed Tyson back out the door, just to find Johnny, Brooklyn, Julia, Raul, Sarah, Alex, and the rest of the Bladebreakers in the hall, and probably the M16 agents somewhere.
"Alex, she's asleep again." Kai says.
"Thanks Kai." Alex nods. "Emma?" Out of no where Emma appeared. "Watch her as I fill everyone in."
"Yes sir." Emma nods and she walks in, closing the door behind her.
"What's up Alex?" Brooklyn asks.
"We found out that the guy who shot Meg was indeed working for Voltaire and Boris. But they are still not in the UK. We traced the money that they paid him with." Alex explains to the group. "The bank account came from Kiev, Ukraine."
"Not that far from Moscow." Kai says.
"He's slowly moving towards the UK." Johnny says.
"Yea, he is." Alex nods. "We need to keep this from the press as much as we can. Sarah?"
"I'm already on it. The official story is that Megan broke up a shooting. It was the only cover up that explains her getting shot at, and making her look good." Sarah explains.
"And it sounds like something Megan would do." Brooklyn says, rolling his eyes. "Always putting herself in danger."
"Thats our Meg." Julia smiles.
The next day, Megan was released. The hospital offered her a wheelchair to use for the next couple of months, but she out right refused, being stubborn.
"Megan, come on take the wheelchair." Sarah whines.
Megan winces as she takes a step. "N-No. I'm good. I- ow..." Megan hisses. Her body still hurt. Apparently when she fell, she had cracked a rib, then the bullet cracked another rib. Not to mention all the pain of just getting shot.
"Sarah, she's not going to change her mind, she's too stubborn." Johnny says, with a smile playing on his lips.
"Put a sock in it Johnny." Megan hisses. She wraps an arm around her stomach, as if holding her body together.
"Hurts don't it." Alex smirks.
"Alright guys, its not her fault that she got shot." Ray says.
"I'm with Ray." Megan groans, leaning against the wall in the lobby. Kai smirked from his position, leaning against the wall in front of her. "Can we leave now?"
"Sure Meg." Tyson smirks. "As soon as you can walk." The groups laughs.
"Haha, guys." Megan frowns. "Real funny. Oww!" Megan winces in pain again. Kai darts forward and wraps an arm around her shoulders. Megan leans into him, her arm still around her midsection.
"Jeez Meg." Kai chuckles. "Your too damn stubborn for your own good. Aren't you?" Megan looks up and smiles.
"You know it!"
Kai shakes his head and slowly walks Megan out of the hospital.
"Ok, ok, not to fast Kai!" Megan hisses.
Kai chuckles. "Meg, we aren't moving very fast." Kai was helping Megan up the stairs of her apartment so that she could get some sleep.
"Ooooo... I really did it this time didn't I?" Megan moans as they open her bedroom door.
"Yea." Kai smirks. "You did. Glad your admitting that your hurt." Kai gently lays Megan down on her bed, careful of her ribs. Megan laughs softly.
"Guess I really am stubborn. Huh?" Megan says.
"Yup." Kai says. Megan giggles. "And thats why we love you."
"Awww..." Megan smiles, as Kai pulls the covers over her. "You guys are so sweet."
"We know." Kai smirks. "Get some sleep Meg, you'll need it."
Megan carefully rearranges herself, getting comfortable. "Thanks Kai, I will. Nighty..." She mumbles out the last part, immediately falling asleep.
Kai smiles softly, brushing his hand over her cheek. He looks at her once more and decides to go downstairs and watch some TV to pass the time.
As he got downstairs, he saw Emma, Alex, Bryan and Connor Sherman, Kai's other bodyguard, in the living room.
"Hey guys." Kai says shocked. "What happened?" He could clearly see that they were all tense.
"Its Voltaire and Boris, Kai." Alex says carefully. He knew that Kai, more then anyone else had more history with the 2 then anyone else. After all, Voltaire is still his blood related Grandfather, no matter how hard Kai wished it weren't true.
Kai gaze hardened at the mention of the 2 demons. "Where are they? I thought you just said that they were in Ukraine."
"That was before we got new intel 5 minutes ago." Connor says.
"The credit card used to pay off the shooter...we got a hit." Bryan says slowly.
"Where?" Kai almost growls out.
"Northern Ireland." Emma says.
"It looks like he was checking out my old hometown." Alex says.
"You mean where, you, Brooklyn and Megan are from?" Kai asks.
"Yea...though I don't know why." Alex says, truly baffled. "He shouldn't know that I exist, and he has no reason to go after me anyway. Megan has nothing to do with this and why go after Brooklyn? Brooklyn already failed, why go after him again?"
"I don't know." Kai says, serious. "But we better be careful. Especially now that they are so close."
"Agreed." The agents nod.
Kai decided not to tell Megan what was going on. She had nothing to do with this anyway. But he did tell BEGA, his old team and the Bladebreakers. This did involve them.
"Are you serious?" Tala shouts, furious. Kai had told everyone to come over to Megan's place as he didn't want to leave her.
"Shut it Tal!" Kai hisses, pointing upstairs, indicating that Megan was indeed asleep.
"I'm sorry, but the men are only 10 hours away." Tala says, much quieter, but still just as pissed off.
"Calm done Tal." Spencer says. "We know. But there isn't anything we can do just yet."
"Yea, we just have to be extra careful now." Max says.
"Very careful." Garland says. "These guys are sneaky."
"Have you told Meg?" Brooklyn asks, as everyone looks at Kai.
"No." Kai says. "And she shouldn't know. This has nothing to do with her and will only cause her more stress then she already has." He said it with a tone of finality, that no one questioned.
"Well," Sarah says. She was called for scheduling reasons. "Thats all well and good. I agree with you. But what should we do about the tournament? I mean, it definitely leaves everyone more open, but if we cancel, then Boris and Voltaire will now somethings up."
"We have to keep it going." Tyson says. "We just have to tighten security and be more careful as we blade. I mean, I know we all want to win, but this doesn't count for anything and I think its more important that we stay alive."
"Wow." Ming-Ming chimes. "Thats one of the smartest things I think I've heard Tyson say."
The room laughs, relaxing just a little as Tyson pouts.
"Oh chill Ty." Daichi chuckles. "We're just having some fun is all. While we can that is..."
Everyone stopped laughing as Daichi spoke.
"So no telling Megan?" Bryan asks.
"No telling me what?" The group turns around to see Megan on the stairs, in sweatpants and a t-shirt, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She yawns as she speaks, stretching her muscles. "What guys? What aren't you going to tell me?" She asks, walking into the room, standing between Brooklyn and Kai.
Everyone looked anywhere but Megan's face as they were unsure how to answer her.
"Well," Tyson says, rubbing the back of his head. "We didn't want to tell you that the press was talking about you and me again. We know how it gets on your nerves." Everyone let out a collected sigh of relief as Tyson covered their asses. Thankfully Megan didn't notice as she was fuming about the stupid press.
"Bloody Hell!" She shouts. "I get shot and all they can talk about is Tyson and I. Brilliant! As if I want to be related to Tyson!" She rants.
"Oi!" Tyson says, catching the last part. The group laughs as Megan sticks her tongue out at Tyson. "I'm gunna get you!" Tyson says and he sprints across the room. Megan giggles, running behind Kai, her hands on his back, looking over his shoulder, but because of the height difference, it was more like looking around his arm. Tyson stops short in front of his captain, as Kai crossed his arms. Tyson tried to get by his older teammate, but Kai would just turn around, still facing him, as Megan stayed behind Kai, giggling uncontrollably, as the entire group laughed.
"Come on Kai, let me get her!" Tyson says arguing with his captain. Kai just glared at him, telling him, 'hell-no'. Megan took the opportunity, and tried to run across the room, into the kitchen, but due to her injury, she couldn't run very fast. Tyson saw this and smiled. Surprisingly, before Kai could intercept Tyson, Tyson sprinted around his rival, and grabbed Megan from behind, though being careful not to hurt the fragile girl.
"Tyson!" Megan yelled, trying to squirm out of his arms, painfully so. "Ow...Tyson, let ow...go!" Tyson smirked, and holding her with one arm around her mid-section, he put his finger in his mouth and then stuck it in Megan's ear, effectively giving her a 'wet-willy'.
Megan screamed.
Like a girly-girl scream. Everyone covered their ears, laughing their heads off as she screamed.
"Tyson!" Megan screamed. "That was so nasty! Ewwww! Ewww! Ewwww!" Tyson lets her go, and she whips her ear, trying to 'cleanse' it. She was hopping around like a little girl, mumbling, 'ew, ew, so nasty, ew, ew.'
"Tyson!" Max tries to scold, but he couldn't help himself as he started cracking up, leaning against the wall for support.
"Ewwww..." Megan groans again. Tyson laughed, falling on the floor. Megan frowns, and kicks his side.
"Oww!" Tyson shouts, clutching his side. Even though Megan was hurt, she could still kick pretty hard.
"Ow." Megan mumbles, holding her mid-section. Her ribs were killing her right about now. Kai noticed, and hit Tyson on the back of his head, as Tyson stood up.
"Oi!" Tyson complains. Kai just rolls his eyes, and walks to Megan's side.
"Come on Meg, lets get you on the couch." Kai says taking her elbow. Megan nods, and with Sarah's help, Kai and Sarah gently set Megan down on the couch. Everyone excused themselves except Brooklyn, Sarah, Tala, Alex, Emma, and the Bladebreakers.
"Want some tea and soup Meg?" Sarah asks, smiling.
"Yea, thanks Sar." Megan smiles back. Sarah nods and takes Ray into the kitchen to get her some food.
Megan groans, gently leaning back into the pillows, her feet coming up on the couch as well. "Much better." Megan sighs, content, as she closed her eyes.
Kai smiled down at the girl. He definitely didn't want her to worry anymore. She looked so content on the couch at that moment. He didn't want to freak her out, by letting her know that Boris and Voltaire were in her hometown, sneaking around.
