Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. I do own Ellie, Murielle and Kyuuborg. If only it was the other way round.
Sorry it's been such a long time since my last update! I'll try to update faster but I'm entering my GCSE year soon which means a lot of homework. I'll try to update as fast as possible but I can't make any promises. Thanks to all my readers for waiting! Enjoy!
Chapter Ten Dream Sequence
"You bitch!"
"You little piece of shit!"
"You're worthless!"
"I almost died because of you!"
"Why can't you just disappear?"
"You're worse than your brother!"
"Why can't you just die already?"
"Stop crying, you weakling!"
"Don't answer back, you worthless bitch!"
"GET AWAY FROM ME!!!"
Ellie shot up, sweat dripping of her brow as she panted heavily. A small sob escaped her lips and she furiously wiped away her tears only for them to be replaced by more. She bit back another sob and gave a small sniff instead.
'Why? Why is it that my most painful memory of her is not one of when she was hurting me but when she told me to leave her alone? Why? It just doesn't make any sense!" Ellie thought bitterly. She tried to get back to sleep but whenever she closed her eyes the shouting would start again. Ellie got out of her bed and walked quietly out of her room and to her brother's. The door gave a slight click as she opened and closed it and the small girl padded softly to where her Brother and his lover were sleeping. Bryan opened a bleary eye and wordlessly picked the girl up and placed her between him and Tala and stroked her head gently until she was lulled back into sleep.
Bryan gave a soft sigh. It had been a couple of weeks since everyone had left and, for some reason, Ellie's nightmares (or nightmemories, as he liked to call them) had increasing. They knew it wasn't anything she watched or read because they had checked that and she didn't see the maids often enough for them to say anything to her and Murielle…well, she was just Murielle. It definitely wasn't her. All Bryan knew was that the nightmares usually contained whatever his mother had said to Ellie and that at least one of those sentences was about him. He gave a soft growl of frustration and Ellie snuggled closer to him in a subconscious attempt to calm him down. He couldn't help but smile. This happened every time; he would growl and Ellie would try to calm him down even though she was asleep. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his arm. Bryan looked and was surprised to see Tala staring back at him.
"Don't worry, she'll be okay." Tala reassured him. Bryan nodded half-heartedly.
"Yeah, I gue-" Bryan stopped when he felt something wet hit his chest. He looked down to see that Ellie was shaking slightly and when he moved her slightly to see to her face, tears were falling from under her closed eyes. "Ellie?" Bryan and Tala sat up and Bryan leaned his little sister against his chest. "Ellie?" Bryan tried again. He admitted that he was scared. Even with the increasing number of nightly visits, this was the first time had ever started crying. Despite her supposedly fragile exterior, Ellie was actually very strong and hated it when people saw her cry.
"Don't…leave…me…" Ellie whimpered, tossing slightly in Bryan's arms. "Please…I'm…scared…help…" Ellie gave another small whimper before letting out a small scream. Bryan couldn't take it anymore. He shook the girl by the shoulders gently.
"Ellie, wake up! You're just dreaming, wake up!" Ellie woke with a start and looked at her brother, tears still pouring down her cheeks.
"Bryan…" She whispered tearfully before throwing her arms round his neck, openly sobbing. "Bryan! I w-was s-s-so s-scared!" She sobbed. Bryan just looked shocked for about a minute before Tala poked him and he slowly rubbed circles in the small of Ellie's back as she slowly calmed down.
"Don't worry. I won't leave you." Bryan promised quietly, putting his mouth next to her ear so Ellie could hear him over her sobs. The girl tightened her grip around his neck slightly. 'Come to think of it, we've all been really busy this last week. The only times Ellie and I have really seen each other has been during these night time visits. Being alone so much probably brought up bad memories. I know that I had more than one night where I was either locked in my bedroom or pushed outside when I was still living with her.' Bryan thought, mentally kicking himself for missing something so glaringly obvious. Ellie turned round and held one her arms out for Tala who willingly joined in on the hug.
The trio stayed in the embrace for the rest of the night, Tala's arm round Ellie's waist, Ellie using Bryan's chest as her pillow and Bryan with his arms wrapped protectively round the two of them. Since there was a blizzard blowing and they were all used to the sun waking them up, they slept on. It was only when Kai and Rei came to wake them up for breakfast that they even moved. All being to tired to actually change into normal clothes, they went down stairs in the pyjamas, Ellie wearing long red pyjamas, Bryan with plain black jogging bottoms and a white T-shirt and Tala wearing grey jogging bottom and a blue long-sleeved T-shirt with a picture of a wolf on it. They walked slowly downstairs with Bryan carrying a barely conscious Ellie and Tala leaning on Bryan every step of the way. Kai and Rei raised an eyebrow at their friends' unusual behaviour but said nothing instead deciding to just make sure none of them killed themselves whilst going down the stairs.
Spencer and Ian raised their eyebrows as well when Bryan, Ellie and Tala walked into the kitchen. When they sat down Bryan closed his eyes, Tala slumped forwards and Ellie rested her head in her arms on the counter; all very unusual positions for the three usually very energetic people. It wasn't even because Bryan and Tala had been having sex all night!
"Bad night?" Spencer said sympathetically. All he received in answer to his question was a chorus of moans and groans. "Black coffee, no sugar it is then." Rei frowned.
"Is it good for Ellie to have caffeine?" He asked Kai.
"As long as it isn't too much and it's only used in emergencies like this, then yes." Kai answered his boyfriend. Rei sat back in his seat, mollified, as he watched as the three sleepy Russians gulped down the scorching coffee. They had all now progressed to having open eyes and sitting up with a only a slight slump, quite an improvement considering that they had almost been falling asleep.
"I guess that means no breakfast argument today, eh? And I just got a good insult as well…" Ian sighed, pretending to be disappointed but inwardly rejoicing at the fact that he wasn't going to get his butt whooped by Ellie yet again.
"With the way you're talking people would think that you actually enjoy your arguments with Ellie." Spencer teased. Ian shrugged.
"Meh. You get used to it." Ian said casually as he reached for the pile of pancakes that Spencer had just set down on the table. "After a while, you start to notice a pattern in her insults. They are usually the same word repeated in several languages and it's usually an object in the room. All you need to do to counter it is drag her into a room with nothing in it and then she won't have any inspiration for her insults." The short Russian explained. Just then, Ellie mumbled something about Snorglesmurfs. Everybody looked at her weirdly.
"Something tells me that didn't have anything to do with the kitchen" Tala asked.
"What is a Snorglesmurf anyway?" Bryan asked.
"Small purple and green people that only come up to about your knee who like to steal your chocolate." Ellie replied matter-of-factly. Every body looked at Ian and immediately saw a resemblance. Ian had taken of his hat so you could now see his purplish hair, he was wearing all green that morning, he was quite short and he had a chocolate spread smothered pancake in front of him. Everybody tried to smother their laughs though a couple of sniggers still sneaked through their hands which caused Ian to gain an anger mark on his forehead. Ignoring his so-called 'friends', Ian turned to Ellie.
"Are those the things you were dreaming of when we had to sleep in the living room a couple of weeks ago?" He asked. Ellie nodded. Ian shook his head. "You have weird dreams." This time it was Ellie who shook her head.
"Not as weird as my dream about there being a war between oxygen-eaters and nitrogen-eaters." The small girl told them. She looked pensive for a moment. "I never did find out how that war ended…" By this time, everyone was looking at her slightly weirdly. "What?" She asked innocently.
"Nothing." Rei sighed grinning slightly. "I just wonder what the others would say if they saw you guys acting like this. To be honest, I'm surprised I haven't asked where the real Demolition Boys' are."
"When Boris was around we weren't allowed to act 'normally'." Tala explained grimacing slightly as he remembered his time in the Abbey. Suddenly, he gave a small grin. "But the stuff we got up to when he wasn't there…"
"Remember that time when Boris was away on a business trip so we sneaked into his office and found that pink dress?" Ian snorted. Spencer laughed.
"Yeah, I remember that one! We knocked out one of the guards and put him in that dress and then put him in Boris' office and the best bit was that the guard came to just as Boris was walking in!" He snickered. Rei shook his head in disbelief.
"That's exactly what Mariah did to me once though it was my mum's dress." He told them. "She also covered me in make-up. My mum was really scary when she found out because it turned out that it was her favourite dress."
"No wonder you're gay, what with having Mariah and a scary mother." Tala commented.
"And Aunt Adelaida." Rei shivered. "Whenever I went to her house she would always put me in a dress and make me dance with her son, Chandre." Everybody raised an eyebrow at the slightly girlish name but said nothing.
"Women are scary." Kai concluded after a few moments of silence. Bad move.
"What did you say young Master Kai?" Kai froze and haltingly turned round to see Murielle surrounded by a dark aura.
"M-murielle! I c-can explain!" Kai stammered in fright. Murielle ignored his plea and grabbed him by the arm.
"You know, the library hasn't been dusted in a long time and I'm getting to old to be climbing those ladders. Maybe you could do it for me?" Murielle all but asked as she dragged a fearful Kai out of the kitchen and into the void beyond.
"…He was a brave man." Bryan said solemnly. They all nodded.
"Shouldn't someone help him?" Ellie asked. The remaining Russians looked at her sceptically.
"Ellie, you know that nobody can stop Murielle once she gets going." Ian explained slowly. Ellie shook her head.
"That is only partially true." The girl said seriously. "There is one thing that will always stop Murielle in her tracks and put her in a good mood."
"What?" Tala inquired. Ellie glanced from side to side conspiratorially before leaning in and whispering one word:
"Flattery."
"Flattery?" Rei repeated.
"Flattery." Ellie confirmed.
"How is flattery going to help us though?" Spencer pointed out. Ellie sighed as if it was obvious before leaning in again and forcing everyone into a kind of huddle.
"This is the plan…" Ellie whispered the plan. After much deliberation the final plan had been perfected.
"Is everyone ready?" Bryan asked. Everybody nodded. "Then Operation 'Save Kai From Murielle Using Any Means Necessary' is a go!"
Library
Kai coughed as a shed load of dust blew off the shelf. Why couldn't the others have told him that Murielle was there? Then he wouldn't be in trouble! At least Murielle recognised that he was way past the smacked bottom stage otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit down for a week! Kai coughed again.
"Just because you cough doesn't mean I'll pity you and relent!" Murielle called up from the bottom of the ladder. Kai sighed and smothered another cough. Man, when was the last time these shelves were dusted?
"Excuse me, Murielle?" Kai heard Rei ask from the door. He turned his head slightly so he was able to see his lover. "I was wondering if you could maybe show me how to make those banana and chocolate muffins that you made last week? They were really delicious but I can't find the recipe anyway…"
"Of course, Rei, I'd be happy to show you!" Kai could practically hear the smile in her voice. "Shall we go now?"
"If it isn't a bad time then yes please." Rei replied before giving a slight pause. "However, there is one problem. You are a really nice woman so you wouldn't tell me if I went wrong so I thought it would be best if we had somebody taste test them but everybody else is busy." Kai could almost hear Murielle frowning.
"Well, I suppose Kai could be the taste tester." Murielle suggested after a few moments of thought. "It's not like he's really busy."
"Are you sure? I mean, you were really mad at him half an hour ago. Does he really deserve such delicious muffins?" Kai felt like strangling Rei. Did he want Kai to stay there and cough to death?"
"Oh, don't worry about that! Kai just needed a quick lesson in manners which I think he has learned by now." Kai was practically crying in happiness now. No more dusty books to make him choke! It was a miracle! "Kai, come on down! We need you to do something for us!"
"Coming, Murielle!" Kai called back down the ladder as he quickly scrambled to safety. He threw his boyfriend a grateful glance and Rei sent back a slightly mischievous grin as they followed the old woman out of the Library of Doom and into the Kitchen of Heaven.
Bryan, Ellie, Ian, Spencer and Tala watched warily as Murielle walked past the room they were playing Monopoly in. If she found out that they were busy because they were playing a board game and that was why Rei didn't ask them than she would surely think something was going on. Fortunately, she walked past the room without noticing anything and Rei gave them a thumbs up as he walked past much to Kai's confusion.
"Mission accomplished." Tala said as soon as Murielle was far away. Everybody gave a sigh of relief as they turned back to the game.
"By the way Ellie, how did you know that would work?" Ian asked. "I mean, when did you become so evil?"
"I don't know myself." Ellie replied as she moved her top hat five places. "I think it might be the caffeine though." It was decided there and then that Ellie could never have caffeine ever again.
A/N: Sorry if the ending's a bit weird but everybody needs there evil side! I don't know where I would be without mine!
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