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The secret is finally revealed!
Why did Mariah run away from White Tiger Hills?
Read on to find out...
[Mariah's POV]
Kai was calm. He didn't say word nor move an inch. His opponent however was as cocky as before, unaware of the destruction he brought upon himself.
"Let the match begin," Ivan said and stepped back.
"3...2...1...LET IT RIP!"
Denis took his position at the center of the dish. Kai took his position away from Denis' blade.
"Defensive style of blading...Didn't expect that from him," Kenny said. "Don't judge a book by its cover," Dizzy said, "It's Mr. Smarty pants whose blading, so i won't do any analysis for him. He doesn't need one anyway."
"Dizzy! Stop being so mean to him. What did he ever do to piss you off?" Kenny was irritated. Dizzi was calling Kai, all kinds of names, for no damn reason. At least that is what Kenny thought. Well, I haven't been here for long, but even I know that Kai and Dizzy never had a pleasant conversation and all they did was piss each other off.
"Oh my God Kenny! Don't be so touchy...I was just kidding," Dizzi said and ran an analysis of Denis' blade.
"Guys! Look at that defense ring..." Kenny showed us the powerful defense ring, that shielded Denis' blade.
I turned my attention to the match. So did everybody. Kai was now rooted at the center of the dish, as Denis attacked. Kai's blade seemed unaffected by those attacks. However, Denis' blade was thrown back at every attack. Kai stood there his eyes closed and hands folded across his chest. Denis kept on attacking, waiting for Kai to retaliate.
"I like to crush my opponents. But it isn't much fun if you don't put up a fight," Denis taunted.
Kai was silent, he didn't appear to be in this world for that matter.
"What is he doing?" Daichi was confused. Max had used the same strategy and almost lost. But Kai wasn't a fool to make the same mistake; he was far from that. So there must be something going on.
"Hey Kenny..." Katya said and sat beside Kenny, "Just zoom in on Dennis' blade once."
"Sure," Kenny did as told. Katya narrowed her eyes at the screen, or Dennis' blade to be more precise.
"Guys! Look at this!" Katya pointed her finger to something around his blade. I moved closer to her to get a better view. i couldn't believe my eyes!
"That's impossible!" I said in utter disbelief.
"What the fuck! That's not happening...Kai's gonna lose!" Max said as he frowned.
"Let me see..." Tyson pushed Max aside to get a better view of the fine thread that was continuously emerging from Dennis' blade. Every time his blade hit Kai's blade an almost invisible spark went off. It wasn't being knocked back by Kai's blade. It was a strategic move. By the time we realized what was going on, everything was over. We turned around to see Kai standing there as cool and calm as before. He didn't give a damn about the dark web that had been spun around his blade covering the entire dish. Dennis' blade moved on the threads of the web but not in the dish.
"What are you going to do now Kai?" Dennis smirked at the phoenix standing in front of him.
Kai finally opened his eyes. His crimson eyes fixed on one thing, his Dranzer. All of a sudden there was silence, the creepy one that gave me goosebumps.
It was, after all the calm before the storm.
"Don't you know?" Kai finally spoke, "Shouldn't play with fire."
The calmness in his voice freaked Dennis out and that was apparent. He stood there frozen, as we watched a tiny flame emerge from Kai's blade.
Dennis smirked. "You're a worse than a fool to think that mere fire can hunt my Hesperus down."
"It isn't just fire...it is Dranzer!" Kai called his bit beast out. Dranzer flew out of Kai's blade vanquishing the threads of darkness around it.
"You'll need more than that Kai. Hesperus!" Dennis' bit beast emerged from his blade as web reappeared around Kai's blade.
At least I thought it was a bit beast. All I could see was darkness taking the form of a huge tarantula and suddenly disappear.
Kai
I have to find another way. The web keeps building itself...
I tried to move Dranzer, but no use. The blade was captured by the web like a spider's prey. My blade was paralyzed even before I realized what was going on.
Moving around in the dish was out of question. But, I could do something else. I saw darkness engulfing Dranzer's feet and slowly moving up. I have to do this before it's too late. Before Dranzer's wings are paralyzed.
"Fly! Kai! Tell Dranzer to fly as high as possible," Katya shouted. I turned around to glare at her, "Stay out of my match!" She flinched.
The expression on her face clearly showed she was hurt. I can't help it. Just when I had it all figured out she had to say her absolutely-not-necessary 'opinion'.
I turned my attention back to the match.
"Dranzer! Fly!"
Dranzer flew up into the air and with him he took the web of darkness, yanking it off the dish.
Dennis' blade fell off the web in the process and wobbled in the dish.
"What the fuck!" he looked like his world had exploded.
I was right he couldn't rebuild his web if he wasn't in contact with it. That is the reason he stationed himself on his web and not in the dish.
On his way up Dranzer had burnt his binds and now was free. This was my chance.
"Dranzer! Blazing Gig!"
With this I knocked Denis out of the dish.
Mariah
Kai won. The match lasted longer than I had expected. After all, we were used to those really short matches that lasted only a few seconds, when it came to Kai fighting rookies. This shows these Dark Knights weren't rookies, but they weren't strong enough to beat Tyson and his team.
When I thought it was all over, something unexpected happened. Our opponent's blade instead of flying towards Denis, flew towards the pole that stood in the corner nearest to Kai. It hit the pole with such force that the pole broke into pieces! Who would expect that.
One of those pieces darted towards Kai; he dodged, thanks to his excellent reflexes.
But another one flew right at me. My mistake was that I was standing too close to the platform.
"Mariah!" I heard Ray.
But it was too late. He won't be able to push me away. Damn, my feet weren't moving! I'm going to kill that Mikhail, after I take care of this rod.
I don't have any other choice. Exposing my secret is far better than dying!
I fixed my gaze on the rod and then it happened.
The rod stopped mid-air just inches from me and fell to the ground, on its way shattering into pieces.
The same room in the quite corner of the mansion...
"The second target identified, sir!"
"Oh don't bother," the boss said leaning back in his 'throne', "She'll be in our hands by tomorrow morning. So, just don't do anything."
"As you say sir."
[General POV]
People were shocked. Scratch it, they were horrified!
They were staring at Mariah, like they had seen a ghost. Or to be more precise, like they had seen a character of X-Men had come into the real world.
"What the hell was that!" Ray said, more like shouted.
He pulled Mariah and turned her around to face him.
"What was that?" he was furious. He had asked Mariah if she was hiding anything from him and she said no.
Now what was this? While people were busy trying figure out what was going on around them and Mariah mentally kicking herself trying to build a sensible answer to Ray's question, Katya was glaring at the Dark Knights, who had a devilish grin plastered on their faces.
So this was a trap, she thought. A trap to expose Mariah? But why? Why did they have to go through all this just to reveal Mariah's secret?
Mr. Dickenson was standing there expressionless. He took his mobile out and called someone.
"I just called to report a confirmation. Need backup immediately," he said.
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