blitzkreig50889: sorry it's taken me so long to update. Chapter 8 is now here! Oh, and so is Spencer.
Spencer: oh joy.
Tala: ah, c'mon Spencer, this will be fun!
Spencer: fun? Tala are you crazy?
Tala: nope!
Kai: yes, Tala you are. Chapter introductions are not fun.
Spencer: thank you Kai!
Kai: you're welcome.
Tala: party poopers.
blitzkreig50889: be nice boys. By the way, where's Ian and Bryan.
Kai: attempting to kill one another.
blitzkreig50889: what?! Kai, go split them apart now before someone ends up dead that isn't supposed to be dead.
Kai: oh, all right, but you owe me.
blitzkreig50889: I owe you nothing other than a kick in the ass. Now go get those two!
Kai: Ok! There's no need for a hissy fit. I'm leaving to get them already, sheesh!
Tala: (to blitzkreig50889) I take it they each have a major part in this.
blitzkreig50889: Not exactly but close enough. Anyway, on to the story. Oh, and Spencer…
Spencer: yeah, I know the disclaimer. I'm doing it now. blitzkreig50889 does not own beyblade or any of its characters. She just owns the ideas she comes up with and her OCs Savannah, Ashley, and Sierra.
blitzkreig50889: thank you Spencer. Now on to the chapter!
Chapter 8—Spencer's Escape
(Spencer's P.O.V.)
It was time. Ian and Bryan were free and waiting on BBA territory for me to join them and keep Tala's escape plan a success.
"Don't worry, Spencer. Savannah's plan will help you out of here," Seaborg reassured me.
"You better hope that's true or we're sunk!"
"Oh, stop being such a pessimistic person Spencer. You'll be fine, especially with your Orca DNA."
I sighed. It was no use arguing with him. He'd only argue back.
"Whatever you say Seaborg," I said in defeat. "Whatever you say. Let's just go get ready to escape so we can get out of here."
"Ok," Seaborg remarked in agreement. "That sounds like a good idea to me."
I just shook my head and walked back to Tala and our shared bedroom.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Spencer walked into his and Tala's shared room, miserable, and closed the door behind him with a slam.
Tala glanced up from the book he was reading. Spencer rarely ever slammed a door or showed any temper at all. Now, it was obvious he was angry with someone or something.
"Hey, Spencer, are you OK?" Tala asked.
Spencer turned around and glared at him, his annoyance with people in general showing in his eyes.
"Just leave me alone Tala," Spencer growled before turning back to the window he'd been looking out of. "My problems are my own, OK? I don't need you there at my side asking stupid questions."
Tala sighed. If he wasn't so tired he probably would've yelled at Spencer, but he just didn't have the energy to let his normally vicious temper snap back at Spencer.
"OK, Spencer. I'll let you alone if you want me to, but if you should want to talk to me before you leave, let me know. You know where to find me." With that, Tala left the room to go think about what was going on.
(Later that night outside Spencer's door…Savannah's P.O.V.)
Spencer was beginning to get on my nerves. He was fifteen minutes late! I so wanted to strangle him.
"Sorry I'm late. Boris took forever to sign my form so I could head outside after hours," A voice from my left said softly.
I turned and glared at Spencer, the owner of the voice. "You're late."
"I know and I just told you why. Can we go now before Boris gets suspicious and decides to come and investigate?"
After a moment of steadily glaring at him I nodded. "Ok, let's get you out of here."
Spencer nodded before following me. "Thanks Savannah."
I gave a jerky nod so he'd know I had heard him.
"Turn here," I said as we reached a fork in the hallway. I was pointing to the right.
Spencer turned and looked at me as if I were crazy. The right fork led straight past Boris' office and to the outside activity center.
"Why do you want to go that way?" He asked in a whisper.
"Because, if we go that way, Boris will just think we're going for a walk and not trying to escape. Once he leaves off watching you, I'll get you out of here properly.
Spencer's eyes gave me a suspicious look, but he didn't say anything.
Slowly he took the right fork. I followed but didn't walk in the middle of the path as he did; I stayed to the shadows so I wouldn't be seen on any Biovolt cameras. Within minutes we were both outside.
Both of us wandered about outside for twenty minutes. After awhile, I gave him the nod of assent to head back in so he could go the proper direction to escape.
"Go back the way we came and stay to the shadows," I warned him as we walked back the way we'd come. Spencer let out a soft grunt to say he'd heard me and did as told. Within minutes we were at the final gate.
"Savannah, I think something's wrong. This is too easy…" Spencer broke off his whisper to me as he heard what I had almost missed.
(Normal P.O.V.)
Spencer and Savannah both whipped around as footsteps approached them from behind.
"Why do we have to patrol these halls? With Boris around nothing ever happens at night," the voice of a Biovolt guard grumbled moodily.
"Yeah, well, there's nothing we can do about it. Take it up with Boris if you're annoyed with your job," another guard said just as moodily.
Both escaping beybladers looked at each other quickly before jumping further into the shadows of the corridor. The held themselves stiffly.
"Hey, Ryan, do you think we really have to go down these hallways?" The first guard said from the fork in the hallways before the one hiding the two beybladers.
"Naw," Ryan, the second guard said. "If there were any trouble makers around we'd probably hear them but I don't hear anything so we're probably safe enough that we don't have to check every corridor around here.
"Good, then let's go hit the sack. I'm exhausted."
For fifteen minutes Spencer and Savannah held themselves stiffly in the shadows, afraid to move and be caught out late at night escaping.
"I think it's safe to go now," Spencer whispered to Savannah. "Lead the way out of this corridor so I can hurry and get out of here before Tala gets tortured again."
Savannah nodded and began to lead the way. "OK. Your escape route is this way."
Spencer nodded and followed quickly after Savannah.
(Kai's P.O.V.)
I watched from the shadows as Spencer followed Savannah through the corridor. He looked nervous and very suspicious of his would-be-savior.
Quietly, I jumped down into the corridor behind them to make sure no one snuck up behind them.
"Hey, Kai, there's a few guards up ahead of them that might give Spencer some trouble. He's pretty strong but I don't think he can handle seven guards," Dranzer warned me.
"Seven? Dranzer are you sure?"
"Yes. At the speed Spencer and Savannah are moving they're going to run into them before they even have a chance to know they're there."
"Great," I grumbled, furious that I hadn't thought to make sure there would be no guards around.
"Don't worry, Kai. I can take care of them if you want me to."
I thought about what Dranzer had asked before giving him an "OK." He disappeared from my side immediately and went to Spencer and Savannah's aid.
Cursing, I hurried to catch up to him so I could help him out.
(Spencer's P.O.V.)
I wanted to kick myself in the ass. How could I have been so stupid to not think there would be guards patrolling the abbey?
"Left!" Savannah barked at me as we hurried into the shadows in hopes of getting the guards off of our trail. They were far too close for comfort.
Suddenly a blur of Red and Gold flew past me. Dranzer had come to aid us, but I was worried about Kai, who had decided to stay and help the rest of us get out.
"Dranzer, don't!" I yelled as I saw a guard swing a gun around and attempt to shot the phoenix out of the air.
Dranzer just flashed me a grin before doing exactly what I had told him not to do. Part of me wanted to strangle Kai for letting Dranzer go like he had, but another part was thankful he hadn't tried to inhibit Dranzer's out of control attitude. Nor had I expected Kai to just appear out of nowhere and join his bit beast in the out of control escape that I had just created.
"Spencer, get out of here!" Kai yelled at me as he jumped in front of a particularly large guard. I had to give him credit though for the guts he had. He was easily three times smaller than the guard he was tackling and yet he didn't seem to be afraid.
Deciding that it was best for me to do as Kai had said, I ran for the water which was now about fifty feet away. I stopped when I reached the shoreline and looked back at the scene behind me. Savannah was handling two guards at once while Kai was still handling the one he'd blocked from reaching me. Dranzer was handling all of the other guards as if they were just throw pillows and rushing towards me. I waited there for the phoenix to see if he wanted to tell me something.
"Bryan's at the first building by the lake on BBA territory. Ian isn't there yet but he will be there tomorrow. Hurry and bring whatever help Ian has managed to get here as quickly as you can. With the way your escape is going I have the feeling that Kai and I won't be able to hide and Tala is going to be in severe trouble. Good luck and see you soon!" With those words Dranzer turned and hurried back to Kai and Savannah who were both struggling in the grasp of three guards.
I turned towards the water. All I had to do now was swim to safety, but I hesitated. In leaving Tala, Kai, and Savannah behind, I was putting their lives on the line. I wasn't sure if I could do what Tala wanted me to do, but I forced myself to think about the benefits of my escape and forced myself into the cold water. This was my only chance, and although I didn't like what I had to do, I did it anyway.
(Kai's P.O.V.)
I watched Spencer as he hurried towards the lake. He was so close to escaping that it took all I had not to turn around and let him know how important a person he was. I guess the only thing that held me back was the knowledge that Spencer already knew he was important.
"Hey, Kai, I could use some help here!" Savannah, Spencer's escape organizer, cried as she tried to handle two guards at once.
I twisted around to help her, but got caught by surprise by the guard I thought I had managed to knock unconscious. "Dranzer, help!" I yelped in thought speak.
"I'm coming," the phoenix remarked almost instantly. "I just had to tell Spencer something, that's all."
Within seconds, Dranzer was plowing over the guards that held Savannah and I. "Run!" he yelled to Savannah. "Kai and I will handle these guys."
Savannah hesitated, but after a moment nodded and took off back inside the abbey and hurried towards her room.
I threw a quick look over my shoulder to see if Spencer had left. I could barely see him on the water as he made his escape.
"Let's finish this now Dranzer, and then let's get Savannah and Tala to safety. I'm not letting them get punished for a stupid mistake I happened to make."
"Kai, must I remind you that this mistake wasn't yours but Spencer's?"
I just ignored him and hurriedly finished off the guards with Dranzer's aid. Needless to say, my hands hurt quite horribly for about two hours afterwards despite Dranzer's healing abilities.
"Hey, Kai, you know something…" Dranzer started before I cut him off.
"Yeah, I know Dranzer. Tala's escape plan is working, despite the mess that accidentally happened here tonight."
"Yeah, that too. But I was thinking about something else."
"Oh, and what was that?" I questioned, curious as to what Dranzer was talking about.
"This escape plan of Tala's has brought you closer to the friends you didn't want to admit you had and you closer to the friends that had hoped you were a friend. Tala might not say it, or Bryan, Ian, or Spencer, for that matter, but they're glad they were able to have a friend like you around to help them when they needed it the most."
I blinked, baffled. After all I had said and done to them in the past they still considered me a friend? Without Dranzer noticing, I smiled and hurried into the abbey to find Tala and Savannah and get them to a hidden spot in the abbey.
(On an airplane to Russia…Ian's P.O.V.)
I sighed. Johnny could be so much like Kai at times it was annoying. At least Cass wasn't all that bad. She at least would talk to me.
"Ian, for the last god forsaken time, shut up!" Johnny yelled at me. I was humming a song that it was apparent he didn't like and wanted me to stop humming.
"You'll have to make me," I said with my usual arrogance, knowing that while we were on the plane I was safe from any particularly nasty ideas Johnny was coming up with. I had gotten a very nasty surprise the day before and knew that because the plane was Mr. Dickenson's Johnny would at least leave off on his threats until we reached Russia.
Still, I was having fun annoying him. He's pretty fun to annoy as long as Salamolyon, his bit beast doesn't decide to be an annoyance.
"Ian, please leave off the humming before we lose our plane. Johnny's starting to smoke at the ears at little," Cass warned.
I turned my head and grinned. He was definitely pissed off at me. Still I knocked off the humming for Cass's sake and decided to look out my window. Within two hours I'd be back in Russia and helping to rescue Tala. All I could do was wait and hope I managed to get to him alive before Johnny decided he had enough of my antics and left me in the dust.
blitzkreig50889: so what do you think?
Kai: interesting that chapter was.
Tala: very interesting.
blitzkreig50889: OK, that tells me your opinions, but what about the rest of you?
Spencer: Sounded good to me.
Bryan: (is too busy glaring at Ian to notice).
Ian: (is too busy glaring at Bryan to notice).
blitzkreig50889: well, I guess I'm not going to get an answer out of Bryan and Ian today. Anyway, hoped you liked the chapter and please review!
Tala: yes, please do. Besides, the humor will be back in the story in the next chapter anyway.
blitzkreig50889: with you and Ian around Tala, that chapter had better have humor in it. I can't have either of you in a chapter without there being humor.
Ian: (stops glaring at Bryan long enough to say one sentence). Hey that's what my specialty is!
Kai: right. Anyway please review and we'll all see you at the beginning of the next chapter.
blitzkreig50889: yeah, what Kai said. See you all at the beginning of the next chapter. Oh, and thank you to everyone that reviewed for the last chapter! I'm glad you liked it.