Hey, last chappie! Have fun.
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He felt in his hands a small dagger appear, dipped in rattlesnake venom. He counted three seconds until he finally threw it.
"Ray, look out!" Kai called, rushing towards his friend as he just realized what Jason was doing.
The tiger looked up just in time to see the poison tipped dagger.
Just in time to notice it spiraling towards him.
Just in time to gasp.
For a moment, Ray's world went dark, but only for a moment.
The tiger looked up as the figure in front of him fell to the ground, the dagger sticking straight up, perfectly perpendicular to the body.
"Cody," a soft voice spoke. The tiger looked over as Cobra stood dumbfounded, his mouth hanging open in shock.
Ray scooted over to the heavily breathing teen and realized it really was Cody. The sandy haired boy coughed and shook as the poison started to make its way into his bloodstream. "Cody, why?" the tiger asked, tears at the edges of his vision. He reached out and lightly touched the handle of the knife before grasping it tightly. "This will hurt, but if I don't get it out of you, you'll die." He pulled back on the knife, hearing the boy gasp back a cry of pain as he slid the weapon clean out of his abdomen. Throwing away the dagger, the tiger ripped off his shirt and tried his hardest to stop the bleeding.
"Tyson, Max," he yelled at his friends, "go call an ambulance." He looked over at Robert and the others. "Robert, help me stop the bleeding."
Kai didn't even hear the tiger as he started barking out orders to save Cody's life. He was too furious.
Like a flash, he moved forward and held Jason by the older teen's throat. All he had to do was flick his wrist and this nightmare would end, but he had other plans. Whipping his head to Cobra's shocked face, he gained his attention.
"Doesn't this seem familiar, Cobra? Huh?" He turned his head back to Jason, the creep that had started all of this. "Tell them the truth, Jason," he hissed. "Tell Cobra who really killed Keith." He tightened his grip to emphasize the situation that the guy was in.
Cobra, feeling small and weak, just stared at his old friend. "Jason?"
"Tell him!" Kai yelled, tears at the edges of his eyes.
Jason gulped and took in a deep breath. "He's right, Cobra. There's no sense in denying it now. After all, Kai here is going to kill me anyway."
It took a moment to answer as the snake stared into his friend's eyes. "No. Kai's not going to kill you."
Kai looked over at him as Jason smirked triumphantly in his grasp. "Let me down," he told the phoenix, and wriggled out of the iron grip.
Cobra walked over to the two slowly, everyone else now watching. Even Cody was watching with his blurring vision. The African stepped in between Kai and Jason, head down, eyes the same.
"No, Kai's not going to kill you," he started, looking up to stare Jason in the eyes, "because I am."
"Wha-"
Without another word said, Cobra reared back and grabbed Jason's throat just as Kai had done a moment ago. Only this time, he didn't hesitate. He flicked his wrist and the older teen lay limp in his hand, no breath or pulse emitting from the body. He let go of the corpse and watched as it bounced once and lay still. Turning back to the phoenix beside him, he spoke softly, "I'm sorry for what I've done, Kai. Keith loved you like a brother. I guess I was somewhat jealous, but I shouldn't have been. I shouldn't have made your life a hell."
"You didn't do that, Voltair and Boris did. As well as Jason," Kai said softly.
Cobra nodded and snapped his fingers. "Dispose of the body," he told his team. "I'm going to make sure I don't lose another brother to that psychotic ."
With that said, his team dragged the corpse out of the building just before the ambulance arrived.
-One year later-
Kai sighed and stretched his arms over his head. Tyson stood with a bunch of kids at the bottom of the hill he was laying on. Ray stood beside him with Max and Kenney, all four of them watching as the dragon tried to teach the kids how to beyblade.
"Kai?" a voice called from behind him.
The phoenix sat up and turned around to face Cobra and Cody both standing there. "Cobra, Cody, what are you two doing here?"
Cody smiled. "I got out of rehab last week back home, and I wanted to come see you and tell you I was now 100 better."
"That's great," the phoenix said softly, smiling at the younger boy.
"We also wanted to let you know that there's going to be a funeral service in Russia for Keith. He'd want you to be there," Cobra said formally.
"I'll be there."
"Great. See you soon, Kai," he said, and with that, they left, leaving no evidence of their existence.
Ray smiled at the phoenix as he settled back on the grass. At least he was relaxing a little bit.
Kai didn't notice the tiger's lingering gaze as he watched the clouds overhead, and once, only for a moment, he saw a face. A dark complected boy with equally dark hair smiled back at him with glittering emerald eyes.
When the face disappeared amongst the other clouds, Kai relaxed even more, a small smile playing on his lips with the memories of a short but good time in his past in Biovolt.
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I know I rushed it, but . . . . I'm kinda short on time. Plus, I'm getting tired of finding ways to put the chapters up.
Anyway, thanks to those who stuck with me through this whole ordeal.
And my last time saying: R&R.
