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Chapter 9: Meanest, Cowardly Trick
The following morning, in Tyson's training room; they tried to think of a plan.
"I don't like the idea of any of us going too far without telling someone where they're going." said Kenny. "Just in case."
"I agree with that. By the way, Kenny, should I warn Peter about George?" asked Marilyn.
"Yes, but be careful on the way to his cave." said Kenny.
Marilyn kissed Brooklyn then left.
"So, what are we going to do? Should we contact some of our friends in the other teams?" asked Tyson.
"Not this time, Tyson. We shouldn't put anyone else at risk. We've always relied on our friends. I know most of the time we wouldn't win without them, but this time, I think we should go it alone." said Kenny.
"Okay, but it means we need extra strength and that will take a lot of work." said Max.
"Kai, let's go practice." said Kiri.
They headed out and the others decided to watch so Kenny and Dizzi could focus on the one match. Not far from the old wood, Marilyn was very quietly heading to Peter's cave.
"I have to be careful. I can't let George find me all by myself." she said to herself.
She reached the cave and entered. The lights were out and it was silent.
"Peter? Are you in here?" she asked.
"Marilyn! Get out of here, now." he said urgently.
"Why, Peter? What's happened? I can't see a thing." she said.
She found the light switch and saw that the room was wrecked and Peter had been locked in a makeshift cell.
"Peter, you look terrible. Was it George? A mysterious beyblader with a fast launch?" asked Marilyn.
"He said his name was George, but anyway, get out of here. He'll be back soon." said Peter.
Marilyn headed for the exit, but the door slammed shut and she couldn't open it.
"George, I know it's you. Why are you trying to harm my brother? I thought you only wanted Zeus." she asked.
"Marilyn, listen closely. You've known Brooklyn long enough to know that Zeus is too powerful for me to defeat at the time being. By borrowing what's left of your brother's lab, I can steal Insective and use him along with my own bit-beast to defeat Zeus." said George.
"Why would you tell me all this? I could tell the others your plan and you wouldn't succeed." she said.
"You could tell them, but I won't let you leave." said George.
She stood in her fighting stance, prepared for any move he might make.
"You think your physical fighting training will help you against me." and he laughed.
He started to jump around the room like a grasshopper and eventually got behind her.
"See, you didn't even notice me." he laughed and she flipped away from him.
He had already jumped and got behind her again. He grabbed her and threw her in a cell like Peter.
"Peter, what can we do?" she asked.
"The others know you're here. They'll come, eventually. I hope it will be sooner rather than later." said Peter.
At Tyson's place, Kenny had gathered all the new data except Brooklyn's. They had decided to do his data last because they didn't want to risk using up too much of Zeus' energy in case George showed up.
"Well, Brooklyn, show us how well the control on that beyblade is." said Dizzi.
Brooklyn was totally distracted though and his beyblade hit everything on the obstacle course and then stopped spinning.
"What happened, Brooklyn? Something bothering you?" asked Kenny.
"I guess so. This hasn't happened before. Even when I first started beyblading I did better than that." he said picking up his beyblade.
He tried again and hit half the obstacles.
"Brooklyn. We know you can get through this. Focus." said Kai.
Brooklyn hated being told how to beyblade, but he knew Kai was right. Yet, he couldn't get his focus up and still managed to hit one obstacle.
"I think he has too much of Marilyn on his mind. She has been gone a while." whispered Kiri to Kai.
"He's got to get his act together or he'll be easy pray for George." said Kai.
Brooklyn sat down by the wall and stared at his beyblade trying to get his concentration back.
"Brooklyn, if it worries you that much, we can go find Marilyn." said Tyson.
"Not a good idea, Tyson. We're going to have to stick together to make sure George can't single us out." said Kai.
They decided to go out and find her, but they didn't go far because George was sitting in a tree waiting for them.
"Bladebreakers." he called.
"Oh, great, you again." said Tyson.
"We don't have time for you, so why don't you stay in your little tree with your furry family and some bananas?" asked Daichi mockingly.
Tyson grabbed Daichi and held his hand over his mouth.
"He didn't mean that." said Tyson hurriedly.
"I'm not interested. Anyway, if you want my personal opinion, he's the monkey boy." said George.
"Been there, done that. Tyson used to call me that and you know what, I've got over it. So, you can't use it on me." said Daichi who had broken free from Tyson's grip.
George jumped down and simply pointed over to the right of him and there was Peter, just standing there.
"Peter, what's going on?" asked Tyson.
"He has used my lab, or what's left of it, to do something terrible. I should have stopped him. I'm sorry, Brooklyn, he overpowered me. He has taken Insective and has control over Marilyn." said Peter.
"He's taken Insective and has control over Marilyn?" asked Tyson. "How did you manage that?"
"Didn't you hear your friend? I used the technology in his lab to extract Insective from the beyblade and then I created a means of controlling Marilyn. Come out, Marilyn." said George.
Marilyn appeared. She had a sort of mini tiara on her head and was carrying a double-bladed spear.
"Marilyn, put the spear down." said Brooklyn.
She jumped at him and swung the spear, he just managed to jump back out of the way.
"Marilyn, what's going on? Say something." said Kiri.
She did a side flip while swinging the spear and Kai pulled Kiri out of the way and the spear's blade hit the ground.
"Can she acknowledge us?" asked Kenny.
"I don't think so, chief." said Max.
"I never realised her skills were so good. Even if you had a weapon, you wouldn't be able to defeat her." laughed George.
"Marilyn, can you remember any of the fun we've had? Can you not remember who we are?" asked Brooklyn.
"Brooklyn, stay back." warned Kiri. "She can hurt you."
"If we can get through to her, we will be safer." said Brooklyn.
As he approached her, she didn't attack at first, but she sure didn't seem happy to see him either.
"This is not what I want to see. Marilyn, strike him, now!" ordered George.
The tiara glowed and she swung the spear.
"Brooklyn!" shouted Kiri.
Daichi jumped in front of Brooklyn and pushed him backwards, but the spear this time had caught them.
"Daichi, are you okay? Did you get caught?" asked Tyson.
Brooklyn got up and turned Daichi over, he had been cut, but it wasn't too deep.
"Thank you, Daichi. Max, get him to hospital." said Brooklyn.
Max left with Daichi, leaving Kai, Kiri, Tyson, Ray, Kenny and Brooklyn against Marilyn and George.
"Don't rely on getting too close, Brooklyn." whispered Kiri.
Marilyn faced them with the spear at her side. Being beybladers, what chance do the Bladebreakers and Brooklyn have against a fighter with a spear?
