I wanna take this opportunity to thank anyone that's left reviews for me and plead with new readers to let me know what they think too :) I hope you are all enjoying my fanfic so far. Theres going to be lotsa slice of life stuff coming up and well...the lurrvely Kai and other characters will be introduced.

Chapter 10.

The camera panned out for a longer shot at Kai and Blake to achieve full body images and that's all the audience needed. From Kais waist stuck the handle end of a golden dagger, the blade of it buried deep inside the beybladers' abdomen and a large circle of crimson blood started to emerge around it. Kais' dark purple shirt had disguised it at first but now it had soaked through so thick that red over came the purple. Pure horror grasped the stadiums' inhabitants and the previously joyous people started to scream and run.

Mr Dickenson wondered. "What on earth has happened? A terrorist attack?" He had no idea of the carnage that was about to unfold. He narrowed his aging eyes at the giant TV screen to take a look for himself. What he saw was... one of his Bladebreakers, Kai with a knife of some kind imbedded into his stomach area and blood was travelling down his clothes. He stood frozen for a moment then a strike of adrenaline kicked in. "I need to get everyone out of here pronto! Oh Christ oh Christ oh Christ. Stay calm Stanley, don't lose your head." Mr Dickenson rushed to the control room as fast as his chubby old legs could carry him; thrusts open the door with a slam and summoned the site manager at once. "We need to orchestrate an evacuation immediately. We need to call the police and an ambulance right now. We have a mad man out there with a knife who has stabbed one of our beybladers. Cut the Live feed immediately! And get me control of the tannoy!" His old and tired head was fraught with panic despite his half collected exterior. He wanted to tend to Kai in any way that he could; but his priority was to tend to the Japanese public first. Security staff and BBA personnel ran around like headless chickens. The old mans' pulse and breath was racing. He pressed the button to allow his voice to be carried to all speakers in the stadium. "Can all ladies and gentlemen please try to remain calm. This is Mr Dickenson speaking as the chairman of the BBA. I need you to remain calm and leave in an orderly fashion. Please do as members of security say; they will guide you to a safe exit. Emergency services have been called and the situation will be dealt with as swiftly as possible."

The once cheering and excited crowd had turned into a herd of panicked beasts who pushed and shoved and trampled if necessary to get to an exit before others. People climbed over seats, left bags, belongings and parents grabbed their children tightly in fear that this maniac would come for them too.

Max watched in awe at all the people flooding out of the stadium seating areas. His every instinct tugged at him that something terrible was afoot. "What's going on? Did I hear him say blood?"

Tyson's head whipped around to his blonde bestie. "Yeah Max I heard him say blood too. Who's bleeding?"

Daichi tried to find some rationale. "Everyone's running but why? A little cut here and there is kinda normal when it comes to beyblading."

Ray and his friends were situated behind Kai therefore could only see the back of him. On the screen however...the Chinese blader was hit with the full picture. He gasped in shock and dismay. So much adrenaline hit his blood stream it made him feel instantly sick. "Guys look at the screen! Is that a knife in Kais body?"

Mariah, Daichi, Tyson and Max shot their gazes up to the screen. A surge of adrenaline, dread and nausea shook their beings, their pupils contracted tight and their jaws dropped wide.

Mariahs' voice stammered. "Hurrrhhhhhhh yeah Ray that looks like a knife or a dagger to me. Crrrrap what are weee gunnnna do?"

Maxs' voice and body was saturated with so much anxiety that he felt he was going to vomit. "Guys we've gotta move now! We've got to do something!"

Tysons' heart was going crazy in his chest, his eyes pin pricks and he could just about mutter out his words. "Yeahhh Kai neeeeds us. We've gotta go help him!"

Mariahs' voice was rushed and panicked. "But what if we get stabbed? We can't just go running up to a knife wielding psycho."

Ray sharply grabbed Mariahs' hands and pulled her body to face him. "I want you to go Mariah. Get out with the rest of them where it's safe."

Mariah scolded. "Oh don't give me that. I'm going wherever you go Ray and that's final." She protested angrily. How dare he even suggest she leave him with that dagger wielding maniac on the loose. When all was said and done, Mariah was right. What do they do...risk their own safety or leave Kai to die?

Max was sweating heavily and his palms sticky with fear. His legs were beginning to tremble. "So what's the plan? We can't just go up to that nut case and ask him to go away!"

Ray was beginning to sweat too, so much so he could feel it travelling down his neck and back. His voice was fraught with worry. A spark of sense took over him and thought back to how they would handle a threat at White Tiger Hills. "We have our beyblades, we will use them to keep Blake away and if he doesn't back away from Kai we will have no choice but to strike. It's illegal to use beyblades on people but Kais life could be on the line here."

Daichi nodded and agreed instantly with Rays plan. "Yeah Kai's in real trouble up there. Let's go!"

Max gripped Draciel tightly in his right palm for comfort. "So it's agreed. We stick together and use our beyblades to fend him off. Mr Dickenson has called the Police no doubt and they will be on their way. We could use the threat of police to scare him off first."

Tyson couldn't wait any more. "LET'S GO GUYS." Dragoon cried in the back of Tysons' skull in support of his Masters' haste.

The group nodded in unison. In a flash they set their launchers up with their beyblades' clicked in and ready to shoot if it came to it. Once locked and loaded they started running towards Kai and Blake. They could feel their hearts thumping louder than the sound of their feet hitting the tile floor.

Tyson -"Hold on Kai. We're coming!"

*Poof* The screens images turned to black as a technician shut off the live feed and all cameras powered down. The lights were turned off too leaving only the burning sunlight to illuminate the dome.

Kai fought to overhear the ringing in his ears and could ascertain screaming from around him. He watched like in a slow motion daydream as panicked people scrambled for the exits like insects. "Why are they screaming? Why are they running?" He thought. He felt outside of himself and a strange feeling washed over him. "What is this wet feeling running down my leg?"

Kai tried to bend to look down at his thighs to investigate, only to be halted sharply by something preventing the bend in his posture. That wet...is blood. He gingerly lifted his hands to touch the foreign object afflicting him. He investigated the handle with his left hand, touched it lightly whilst using his right hand to press against his shirt on the right side of his form. Then the pain hit him like a double deck freight train. The ringing in his ears stopped and adrenaline burst into his bloodstream. "What is this?! I've been stabbed?" His mind raced in terror, his blood run cold and pain engulfed his tummy region. The wound site was burning like a white hot poker was inside, searing and boiling his nerves. He didn't know what to do with himself. Lie down? Run? He knew he had to do something but the pain was so severe that it paralysed him. His bruised ribs, gashes on his arms and smashed elbows were nothing in comparison to this. A mix of fear, indescribable agony and anger shot like a bullet through his soul. His breathing became quicker as panic set in, he began to sweat, his skin went cold and clammy and he felt highly agitated; the classic signs of hypovolemic shock. Kai knew that removing the blade would be the worst thing to do as sometimes the foreign object is the only thing stopping the victim from bleeding out. Instead he tried to apply pressure with his hands as close to the hilt as his pain receptors would allow. Blood seeped through the gaps in his fingers on contact with his saturated purple shirt.

Kais' eyes were wide with sheer horror as he clutched himself. He could barely catch a breath, nausea set in and he fought with himself not to throw up. " 't...believe it. I've been... stabbed but why? Who... is this...guy? Ok. Ok. Don't panic. I must. Stay calm."

Blake had been keenly watching Kai and how he was going to react from across the beystadium. This had all been planned and going just the way he needed it to. He began slowly and calmly walking towards his bleeding and paralysed victim. Blake halted his path abruptly as he noticed 5 figures running in his direction. Tyson, Max, Mariah, Ray and Daichi all in a line with varying degrees of anger and worry spread across their determined faces; their beyblades and bitbeasts locked and ready.

Blake -"That's far enough. Ultimate Shield now." Blake lifted his right arm up and with those words his tattoos started to glow green. A bursting flash of emerald encircled Blake and Kai for about 60ft in diameter. The flash died away and in its place remained a clear solid glass force field surrounding a large area of the stadium in the centre. It covered the beydish completely in a dome shape of its own, the glass was as thick as a brick wall and completely see-through.

Tyson stopped himself in his tracks. "What is that?"

"Hold on guys wait!" shouted Ray who stopped abruptly. Mariah was used to following Rays lead and stopped herself running with cat like reflexes just as he did.

Maxs' brain wasn't ready for commands. All he could think about was getting to Kai. "Whaaaaa" as he stopped himself before hitting the transparent object.

Daichi kept running until *smack*His body hit the glass force field and bounced off it creating two thuds. One when he hit it and the second when his body hit the floor.

Mariah inspected the wall with her hands. "It's a glass wall. This wasn't here earlier."

Ray growled. "HE must have made it somehow with that flash of light a second ago."

Daichi hopped with a monkey like rage. "Hey ASSHOLE! Take this thing down now!"

Tysons' eyes were wide with extreme anxiety and turned to the red head. "Bad idea Daichi; to insult the guy who now has Kai as a hostage in this giant green house.

Max started bashing the glass structure with the fat of the bottom sides of his fists. He knew better than to attack it with the bony parts of his fists...unlike Tyson who gave it a couple of punches and regretted it instantly.

Daichi yelled with his battle face on. "Then there's no other thing for it. Go STRATA DRAGOON!

The other beybladers needed no cue. Each of the fretting beybladers called to their bitbeasts as they fiercely pulled ripcords.

Ray – "Go DRIGER!"

Max – "Go DRACIEL!"

Mariah – "Go GALUX!"

Tyson – "Dragoon we've gotta break down this glass dome pronto. Kai's hurt and he needs our help!"

Five mighty bitbeasts emerged in coloured flashes and wasted no time in attacking the thing separating them from rescuing Kai. Driger and Galux slashed with their feline paws whilst growling and cat hissing. Draciel head-butted again and again with his thick skinned turtle head. Dragoon took swipes with his enormous curved white claws and Strata Dragoon tackled the force field only to be bounced off of it like his master moments earlier.

Blake had no concerns now that his shield was in place and turned his attention back to his paralysed with fear and pained victim. Kai was slightly bent over as he clutched his belly. Intense pain etched across his features as he whined. The dark skinned assailant began striding towards him once more and silently promised there would be no more interruptions.

"It's not fair is it Kai. All this pain. You won't be in this misery for too much longer. "

The silver haired man reached Kais person and stopped close. Kai saw Blakes' feet arrive 2ft away, his line of sight trailed upwards until their eyes met. Blake stayed stoic and still. Kais' feisty attitude took hold; a wave of angered defiance erupted as he launched himself at the man that done this terrible thing to him. Kais' strong blood-coated hands grabbed handfuls of Blakes' cape and pulled at him. This took Blake by surprise but not without a cost to Kai who let out a deep cry of agony from the movement. Blake returned the favour by taking Kai by the scruff of his purple shirt and yanked him so close that their faces were almost touching. This filled the already suffering Kai with even more discomfort; he despised people touching him.

Blake -"You probably want to know why you have a dagger in your body. You are here losing your life because you have something I need. You and your friends have the Four Legendary Sacred Spirits. You are bound to your bitbeasts by trust, friendship and love. You have a bond with your bitbeasts' that almost nothing can break... except death. I will bring YOU death so that I can bond with your bitbeast Dranzer and together we will usher in a new world order. Don't worry I will take good care of your Dranzer. He's an astounding creature and I'm glad I've ended up with him instead. I would have brought home a dragon today if the fool wasn't so late. You stepped in and now I will have the legendary phoenix."

Kais' teeth clenched and emitted a growl. "You want THEIR bitbeasts too?"

Blake smiled sickly. "This is a secret Kai. I know you won't be able to tell anyone soon so I'll share with you. My brothers and sister are coming for the other bitbeasts very soon and believe me they will succeed... like I will today. Together we will begin a new reign over the world."

Kais' heart started beating faster than he had ever felt before and could almost feel the blood rush out quicker, his breathing was rapid at 30 breaths per minute and he was saturated with sweat. Kai didn't know it but medically speaking; he was now in stage 3 hypovolemic shock. His mind raced. "Oh man...I've got to do... something. I...have to get him off me." Kai thought desperately to come up with a plan despite the fast-developing brain crushing headache.

Blake smirked coldly and his red eyes narrowed with the power he felt. "There is no escape Kai. Just accept your fate. Your friends will have to accept theirs when their time comes."

*Donk* * Donk* *Donk* Kai could hear sounds behind him. Noises similar to that of a bird that has just flown into a window and bounced off.

Kai turned his aching head with sore eyes to where the noise was coming from. Several feet away were his friends desperately attacking at the force field he was entrapped in. A new wave of crushing emotion wrapped itself around his heart. Fear. Not for himself... but for the safety of his friends. He watched them for a moment as they desperately tried to smash their way through to help him. Kai felt his orbs well up with tears, closed his eyes, clenched his teeth then muttered to himself lowly so Blake couldn't hear it."I have...to...do...something..."

"Guys! *breath* *breath* You are... *breath* not... safe! *breath*... RUN!"

Kai yelled at the gang to run but they couldn't hear a sound through the brick thick glass wall. He tried to call harder but his lungs couldn't take it for much longer. With each word he yelled, the volume got weaker. "Run! *breath* *breath* Get away... *breath* Why won't *breath* you go... Just leave... *breath* ..me and *breath*...go!"

Blake stated flatly. He was growing bored. "They can't hear you Kai. They are too busy trying to break my impenetrable shield. Even if they combined all their bitbeasts power they still wouldn't be able to break it."

Kais breathing deteriorated but still managed a grimaced dagger stare at his captor. "You *breath* and your *breath*friends... need their *breath* heads tested. You will * breath*...never defeat all *breath* of us. We are too strong for you. We've come *breath*across creeps *breath*... like you before. *Breath* You want... our bitbeasts *breath*to steal their *breath*...power and rule the world...*breath* ...What a joke."

Blake – "As all of the Legendary Bitbeasts together, yes unstoppable in the right hands but face it Kai, after today you won't be one of the guardians anymore. You are going to bleed to death right here with me. You are pale, your lips are beginning to turn blue, your breathing is rapid because your body is being starved of oxygen carrying blood, your heart rate is through the roof, and you are sweating because your body is going crazy as your blood pressure plummets. It's only a matter of time before you lose consciousness and your heart goes into cardiac arrest. Once you let go of life, Dranzer will be mine."

Kais mouth dropped in shock of the realisation that Blake was right. His physical condition was deteriorating and fast. "He's right. I have lost a lot of blood... I've never been in this much pain before... my breathing isn't right and my heart... I've got to do something. I need to get him off me. But first I NEED to get Dranzer away... and then what?"

A louder crashing could be heard from the force fields edge. Kai and Blake turned their heads to see Dragoon, Driger, Draciel, Strata Dragoon and Galux still attacking the wall thick glass with everything they could summon. Kenny, Hilary and Grandpa Granger had escaped the mayhem of the stampeding crowds and rejoined the rest of the gang. Mr Dickenson had safely evacuated the public and abandoned any other chair-manly responsibilities for Kai. Tyson, Hilary, Kenny, Max, Daichi, Mariah and Ray filled any gaps along the wall of bitbeasts and hit at the glass with their fists. Their tiny human efforts made no impact at all on the force field but still...they had to try.

Mr Granger attacked the glass with his kendo stick and Mr Dickenson had picked up a chair and smashed it against the wall, trying his dam best to do something to help. No matter how insignificant; the old guys couldn't just stand back and watch either.

"Kai, we need to hurry this up I'm afraid. You aren't bleeding quick enough and I want my dagger back." As he said the word "back" he withdrew his long golden weapon slowly with his right hand from Kais' pain ridden aching body. Kai screamed at the torture of the blade sliding out. His breathing went from quick and shallow to heavily laboured as blood choked out of his mouth; splattering crimson dots too onto Blakes' cloak, chest, forearms and wrists. Kais eyes were pin prick small as he spluttered and struggled to gain any air at all.

Tyson, Ray, Max, Mariah, Daichi, Mr Dickenson, Grandpa Granger, Hilary and Kenny all gasped with pure unbridled horror as Blakes' cruel treatment of their much loved friend continued. They felt so useless. They felt their hearts burst as they saw Kai writhe in Blakes grip and his mouth open to cry/call or scream...whatever noise came out of Kais mouth they could tell it was through pain.

This propelled an overdrive in effort.

Tears were starting to form in Tysons' brown eyes. "GRRRRRRRRR BLAKE! Hit it harder Dragoon! Kai's running out of time!"

Rays anger reached boiling point. He growled to Driger with all the energy he could exert. "Gatling claw Ultra!"

Maxs' heart had already broken. Tears began streaming down his freckled cheeks. He grit through his distress and called to his friend. "Draciel SMASH IT NOW!" Draciel tackled the structure so hard that Max worried that Draciel would crack his shell. Draciel was certainly going at full strength.

Strata Dragoon was as raged as his master was...Daichi was red faced with grief and anger.

Appalled by what she just saw; Mariah ramped up her attitude. "Go Galux, let's break this thing!"

Hilary threw her curled feminine fists harder at the crystal wall, her wrists throbbed but she wouldn't stop and cried out. "Blake I don't know what you want but please let Kai go!" she pleaded with heavy tears streaming down her frantic face.

Mr Dickenson threw the chair he was using to the side of him and decided to join Hilary and smacked the glass beside her. "Blake. Listen to me! I am the Chairman of the BBA. What is it you want? I'm sure we can negotiate something." His eyes were puffy and his voice desperate.

Kenny fell to his knees and sobbed quietly into his palms, his nose was running with the pressure around his eyes and sinuses. "Please please leave him alone. Please." He couldn't watch Kais ordeal anymore and wistfully looked to the ground beneath him. An eternity passed when a brainwave struck, he leapt to his feet and sniffled back his running nose. "How about tunnelling under it? We could smash through the tile and concrete layer of the floor?

Mariah immediately stopped her assault on the wall. "It's worth a try Chief."

Ray ceased his attack too to analyse Kennys' suggestion. "For all we know the force field stops at ground level which means if we smash away the flooring we can make an opening. All we would need is a gap of a meter or two we could squeeze under this thing.

Maxs' cheeks were wet, Daichi was engulfed in rage, Tyson had tear marks trailing his tanned Japanese face but each knew what they had to do and the gang took no time to get to work on the new plan. Driger, Galux, Draciel, Dragoon and Strata Dragoon began attacking one large area beyblade after beyblade, giant paw after giant claw, scraping and grinding away until they would have their opening. The tiles came away within a few seconds but the industrial concrete was the best of Japanese construction and was proving terribly harder to break through.

Kais' voice was croaky and his breathing extremely laboured now as his body desperately tried to pump blood around that wasn't there anymore. His face was ghostly white and blood trickled down one side of his chin from the coughing. "Blake...*raspy breath*If you think *raspy breath*you are getting... *raspy breath*...my Dranzer *raspy breath* you have another *raspy breath* thought coming. Dranzer will NEVER bond *raspy breath* with you and *raspy breath* I won't let you have... *raspy breath*... him."

Kai summoned all the strength he could in his body to push Blake back and successfully snapped himself out of his attackers grasp. He did so with such force that Blake had to use his back foot to stop him from falling backwards, not something Blake was too happy with but he decided he would give Kai a little space to do what he wanted for his final moments in life; after all he had nowhere to run.

Max - "Hey look Kais fought him off!"

Grandpa Granger -"Yeah get away from that cretin Kai!"

Hilary -"That's it keep fighting him Kai!"

Kai clutched his wound immediately, began applying as much pressure as his aching arms could and scampered away.

Daichi -"Where's he going?"

Ray -"He's picking up Dranzer. He won't leave Dranzer behind."

The dual haired man stomped over to the beydish, scooted down the sides, he then half fell-half knelt in the circular upturned dome and shakily scooped Dranzers blue and red beyblade up with his right hand, carefully ensuring his left remained on his gaping bleeding hole. "I've got you my friend." Dranzers' master forced himself up the steep edge of the beydish and made his way towards his frantic, worry soaked, distressed friends. A thick trail of blood followed behind him. Blood had pooled inside his left shoe from where it had run down his trousers and squelched out with every left footstep. His hands were stained and wet with a layers of dried and fresh blood. He pressed as hard as he could on his injury with his left hand, constantly reminding himself he needed to keep pressure on it. Dranzer was cupped tightly in his masters' right hand. The broken phoenix cooed soothingly to Kai in an attempt to comfort him in his agony.

Tyson -"This way Kai, Come this way!

Mariah – "Keep coming this way Kai!"

Seeing Kai fend off Blake and making his way towards them filled everyone with a slither of hope. Finally maybe Blake had let him go? Maybe Kais condition wasn't as bad they first thought seeing as he had managed to fight off his assailant?

Kais body was cold, his blue lips parted as he struggled for breath. He didn't have the energy for anymore speaking. He could only think of survival now...and getting to Tyson and the others. "That's it...I'm doing good... Keep putting pressure on the wound, try to stay calm... The guys are right there. Just gotta get to them... One foot in front of the other; I can do this."

Meanwhile Blake watched Dranzers' current guardian like a hawk with his arms crossed and a serious face. If he had a wrist watch he would be checking the time and getting frustrated at how long this was taking. Instead, he waited intently for Kais demise.

Max cried. "That's it Kai you're nearly with us. We'll break through this thing, just you watch."

Hilary wiped away tear after tear. "You're the man Kai. Good job just a little further!"

Kai could see Tyson, Max, Ray, Hilary, Kenny, Grandpa Granger, Mr Dickenson and Daichi watching him trying to make it to them. They were still trying desperately to break the force field separating them. He thought how stupid they were for not running no matter if they heard him...they should have lip read. As Kais' swaying and lurched form travelled on, he could finally see his friends' faces as opposed to figures in the distance. He could see their lips moving but couldn't understand what they were saying. In a healthier state could lip-read but the throbbing headache and fatigue scuppered any intellect or concentration to do anything other than walk and breathe. The blood trail behind him was getting thicker and longer. He had never felt so heavy and each step became harder and harder to do. His chest hurt almost as much as his abdomen. His heart felt like it was going to explode, was this the onset of a heart attack? The pain rocked his body like an earthquake and finally it was all too much. He fell to the ground bashing his knees and elbows with the smack of flesh and bone against tile. He pressed against the floor on all four limbs and attempted to get up. His blood drained, oxygen depleted body couldn't do it. The gang watched with breaking hearts as their once so strong, never staying down team mate fought with gravity to resurrect himself.

He coughed more bright red blood and a splattered puddle was created beneath him. Kai spoke to his bitbeast and cursed how far Tyson and the others were. "Must keep...going... they are right there Dranzer. See... we are not... far... now."

Max felt his heart break as Kai hit the floor. "Nooo he's fallen over!"

Tysons heart felt like it had stopped as Kai struggled to get to his feet. "Get up bro!"

The phoenix master attempted to get to his feet one last time. He took the deepest breath he could gather, pushed up with his arms and knees at the same time, his body lifted until... his left knee slipped on the bloody floor beneath. His own blood had been his downfall and his body crashed down onto the stone cold tiled floor. His body had nothing left to give now. His once strong and athletic body was giving up. Kais bleeding and clammy body was lying on his left side and sought to find some comfort by using his left arm as a pillow. Instinctively he tucked his right leg upwards towards his navel to stabilise himself and create a barrier for his wound.

Grandpa Granger was snivelling and tears streaming down his face. "Come on K-Man get up, we think were nearly through. The grounds chippin away nicely. Just hold on were comin for ya."

Sure enough the concrete was giving way and a small crater was starting to take shape.

A new feeling engulfed Kai as he began feeling tired. The adrenaline had completely washed away, his breath was calming and the pain was subsiding to a cold senselessness. A great wave of heavy exhaustion engulfed his weakening body. "No...I need to stay awake...stay awake... I'm nearly there... Just keep going."

Kai s broken and partly curled form was about 10 ft away from the invisible barrier keeping him from being at last near his friends. His ears began to ring again and a skull crushing migraine had taken hold. The cool hard floor became surprisingly comfortable and he was glad to be lying down. He felt colder than he had ever felt before and noticed his fingernails were blue. He clutched onto Dranzer hard like a child squeezes a teddy bear for comfort. He promised his beloved fire bird to never to release his grip as he held his beyblade close to his heart.

Hilary wiped away a barrage of tears as she begged. "Come on Kai get up!

Daichi yelled with tears forming in his eyes now. "Kai you've gotta get up. You just gotta!"

Kenny sobbed uncontrollably and couldn't wipe away the tears quick enough. He had run out of ideas and his mind turned to analysing Kais body condition. "He's in a real bad way. He's bled too much."

Daichi – "No Kai, please don't give up!"

Tyson shouted with tears ripping down his now sore cheeks. "Yeah bud you're not far now. Keep going. Get up! Get up!

Ray blubbered with tears streaming down his cat features. "Kai I know you're tired but you've gotta get up. Fight it!...come on!"

Now that Kai was so close, the group so desperate to help him could see how severely injured he really was. The sight of Kais' crimson covered body and clothing shocked them when they didn't think they could feel anymore distress. Kai was always such a dignified, clean, well dressed person; reduced to a blood coated wounded creature. His face shiny with sweat, he was pale naturally but now he was gravely white. His brown shoes were red, the full left trouser leg was red and blood had travelled onto the opposing leg, his purple shirt was a deep red/purple completely around his left flank and travelled through the fabric to half way up his chest and round to his back. His gloves and hands were saturated and the blood had flicked, smudged and travelled up his forearms. He had blood on his chin and front of his shirt. Kais eyes were like coals in his head and the fire in them was burning out.

Tyson face was now saturated with tears, his eyes puffy. "Come on Dude! No time for nappy byes now! Get up. Please please"

Daichi – "Kai you can get through anything. Just get up will ya!"

Grandpa Granger – "Come on DUDE! We need ya!"

Mr Dickenson – "Yes Kai you're so close, just get up once more. Please. Just a few more steps."

Mariah – "Kai come on! You're not givin up are ya?"

Kenny – "KAI WE NEED YOU!"

Max – "KAI DONT LIE DOWN PLEASE. STAY WITH US!"

Ray – "KAI COME ON! GET UP! STOP MESSING AROUND YOU GOTTA STAND UP!"

Tyson – "DUDE! BRO! PLEASE...DONT LEAVE US."

Kai moved his head a few inches on his arm-pillow and took a few moments taking in the sight of his long term friends as they cried and begged at the barrier . As much as he wanted to keep going, he couldn't. All fear or awareness of Blake had gone. He didn't care anymore and a blanket of numbness took over. Dranzer telepathically screeched at him to get up but he could physically go no more and soon the cries faded into a muffled static. Kai felt no more pain in his abdomen, head ache was gone, his breathing was slow and his heart felt calm. He wanted one thing...to sleep and it beckoned him like a warm pair of arms.

"Dranzer...Ty..son...Ray...Max... I need...to...slee...p...no..w..." He inaudibly whispered to himself and his consciousness floated away. A single tear from each eye cascaded the way gravity dictated, his body went limp and his chest stopped moving.

Kais' body didn't have the time for the brain synapses to fire to shut his eyes and so his orbs remained partially open. His lips were a ghostly blue and just about closed where blood seeped out of them and onto the grey tiling. Blood covered one side of his face where the crimson liquid ran like a river with gravity. A sizeable pool of crimson had formed around Kais' body and saturated any cloth it came into contact with. The stunned onlookers stared at Kais' body, desperately hoping, wishing, pleading to see a hand flicker or his chest to rise or something...

Ray -"NOOOOOOOO! Kai WAKE UP!"

Max – "He's just sleeping right? Right?"

Tyson – "KKKKKKKAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"