"Scouring the city looking for Rei is not how I wanted to spend my Saturday afternoon!" Girag whined, kicking a rock that was in his path. A small snicker came from Alit.
"I'm not exactly ecstatic about this myself. But orders are orders, and Vector will murder us if we don't follow them."
"That's the problem."
"I know this, Girag. But guess what? I know where Rei is at. Shouldn't be too hard to take him down!"
"What?!" Girag would've done a spit-take, had he any drink in his mouth at the time. "How can you know where he is?!"
"Rei is at Yuma's house. And as much as it pains me to have to, we're gonna have to break in and get the grab on that orange-haired nuisance for...whatever reason Vector wants us to."
"He said he wants us to get him so we can try to fuse them together again, duh!"
"Shut up," Alit said. He jumped up and climbed onto a tree limb, then swung up and balanced on it while peering through Yuma's window. Rei was asleep on the bed, and Yuma was way past that on his hammock. Alit sighed and opened the window, then silently sleeked inside. From the ground, Girag watched the smaller Barian's actions.
It wasn't as hard as Alit had thought. He just stepped over a few boxes, then grabbed Rei from where he slept. The orange-haired didn't even stir. With another sigh, Alit turned back to face Yuma. If he were to wake up, there would be nothing but trouble. With an angry growl, Alit grabbed Yuma too, then jumped out the window. He didn't even bother to close it as he landed on the ground.
Now Rei woke up. His violet eyes opened quickly, and he yelped when he looked up at Alit. The green-eyed Barian in disguise smirked.
"You're coming with me," Alit growled. He began to run away with Girag, and allowed Rei to struggle all he wanted.
"No! Let me go! Let me go!"
"Not a chance!"
That was about when Rei noticed the open window that led to Yuma's room. Thinking he was still in there, he took a deep breath, then basically screamed for help.
"YUMA-KUN! HELP ME!"
It was no use. Yuma was too heavy a sleeper to hear. Rei could feel the tears as they streamed down his cheeks. He looked up at Alit with pleading eyes. Alit's green ones seemed to be filled with sorrow. It was almost as if he were saying he didn't want to do this.
But he had no choice.
"C'mon, let's go before Yuma does wake up." Alit vanished with Girag, Rei screeching the whole time.
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"No! No let me go! Let me go!"
"Shut it," Alit growled. He cupped a clawed hand over Rei's mouth to silence him, then tied him to one of the Baira Crystals and made sure to keep his mouth covered with one of Yuma's shirt sleeves. (He'd ripped it off on the way from Yuma's house.) Rei struggled against the ties, continuing to scream from under the sleeve. He watched as the still sleeping Yuma was tied to another crystal, but not nearly as tightly as Rei. He was too weak to escape from something like that.
Girag simply growled. "Go find Vector. I can't listen to human screams too long if they never shut up at some point."
"I am already here."
Now they all turned to see Vector. Rei went wide-eyed and tried to scream again. His whole body began to shake as he stared up at Vector. The gray Barian glared. Seeing his human counterpart was strange, that was for sure.
"Okay. So this means as soon as Mizael returns, we can get started on this." Vector watched as Rei's eyes began to fill with tears. With a clawed hand, he pulled the shirt sleeve down. He watched as Rei chocked for a moment, then clenched his eyes and allowed the tears to fall.
"You're a monster!" Rei finally managed to screech something out. "A horrible monster that I don't want to become part of again!"
"And you don't get a choice. When Mizael returns with what I need, you and I will be one again, and I'll be able to go to Earth to torture Amelia personally."
"No! Stay away from me! Just stay away!"
It was no use. Vector already had Rei in his grip, and escape was not an option for him. The orange-haired let out another scream of terror when he was thrown into one of the crystals. His head throbbed from the pain, and he could hardly breathe. Vector cackled and stood on top of the crystal.
And only seconds after that, Mizael had returned. He had a card clutched in his hand. Polymerization, Rei realized. The orange-haired tried to back up, as if that was going to work inside the crystal, and watched in horror as Mizael held the card up. It flashed with a bright, pink light, which began to slowly make its way to Rei and Vector.
That was about when Yuma woke up. His eyes snapped open when he realized he wasn't at home, and he gasped when he saw what was going on. Yuma said not a word as he struggled against the rope. It was extremely loose, so it was easy to break free of. The pink and black-haired boy smiled when he finally managed to free himself, then stood and ran over. He was amazed Vector didn't notice him. Mizael was just a little too busy to notice what was going on, as were Alit and Girag.
Perfect, Yuma thought. He picked up his speed a bit, then jumped up and tackled Mizael. The Polymerization Card went flying from his hand as he fell to the ground. In two seconds flat, the light was gone, as was Yuma from on top of Mizael. The pink and black-haired ran up and yanked Rei from inside the crystal, then ran away. Rei didn't argue for even a second while they made their oh-so-close getaway.
They took a sharp left, causing Alit and Girag to smack into the wall instead and get too dizzy to follow. Vector skidded around them, then took off into the air. He tried dive-bombing Yuma and Rei a few times, but it just wouldn't work. Rei looked ahead of where he and Yuma were, then gasped when a plan came to his mind.
"Yuma-kun! Take a right here!"
"What? Why?"
"Just trust me! You do trust me, right Yuma-kun?"
"Uhhh...r-right." Yuma did as he was told, taking a right when he found the correct corridor. He watched as Vector smashed into the wall, then turned and continued running. Rei let out a small laugh.
It was always funny when his evil Barian counterpart was hurt in the process of trying to kill him.
"Okay, go to that room right there," Rei instructed, pointing to his left. Yuma nodded and ran inside. He watched as Rei locked the door, then walked with him to the edge of a large Baria Crystal that was centered in the room. The pink and black-haired boy frowned, confused as heck, and turned to Rei for an answer. Rei walked up to the crystal, then touched it. He motioned for Yuma to do the same, which he did. With a bright, pink flash, they ended up back at Yuma's house.
Yuma's eyes went wide. He had never known Rei to be so helpful. The orange-haired across from him smiled and opened the door to Yuma's house, then walked right in. Yuma blinked, then followed as though nothing had happened.
Too bad something had happened. He just didn't wanna think about it anymore.
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Amelia sighed, flicking through the TV channels like nobody's business. She was beyond bored, with no one to talk to at the moment. They were all gone doing something, and she had refused to go with any of them, insisting she'd be fine on her own.
Well now she was starting to regret it.
"Gah! How long can they take just shopping?" Amelia asked herself. She let out a small growl, then sat back with the TV stopped on Criminal Minds. The pinkette was about to doze off for the fourth time of the day when she heard the knock at her door.
No, don't answer it. It could be a trick. That's what her subconscious mind was telling her. But she was telling herself that someone she could trust was at the other end, and that they had probably just locked themselves out on accident. Amelia rolled her eyes and stood up, then walked over to the door and peered out the window.
All she saw was the outside.
"Well that's strange. Oh well," Amelia muttered, turning halfway to the couch. She only made it halfway, however, before a strong grip was around her. The pinkette screamed and tried to escape, but had no way of doing so. She looked up when she had the chance, staring at Alit's green eyes when she did.
They didn't look happy to be doing this.
"Sorry Amelia. I don't want to do this, but Vector has a death wish out on me if I don't. Now, come quietly and I won't have to hurt you."
"Just leave me alone Alit!"
"Not an option for me. I still want to live."
With another defiant scream from Amelia, they were gone, leaving no trace that they were ever there in the first place.