This chapter is dedicated to my sis Keely (x-shadow-x) for being such a big help in this fic! And since she liked this chapter so much! Thank you sis!
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Chapter 11: The Painful TruthAt the BBA Building, Mr. Dickinson's Office
Mr. Dickinson was standing next to the window looking outside when a voice came from the phone speaker.
"Sir, someone's here to see you," informed his secretary.
"Let them in," he ordered.
In a matter of seconds his door swung open and there stood a tall, elderly man with long gray hair and baggy brown eyes. He wore a black cape over his business suit.
"It's been a while," said the duo gray haired man.
"Yes it has, Voltaire," agreed Mr. Dickinson.
"This had better be good or else I'm leaving," snarled Voltaire with distaste.
"Didn't you get my fax?" Mr. Dickinson inquired.
"Yes but I still think it's not all that serious," he said with a rough voice. "So do try to fill me in with details and then I'll see if it concerns me or not."
"Well, Larisa was released from prison and that's never good news, and you know perfectly why," Mr. Dickinson said as he sat down on his chair.
"Of course, she'll be after the truth and a little more," he said as he approached a chair.
"Yes, but I think we'll be able to mislead her on his identity," responded Mr. Dickinson staring at Voltaire's eyes.
"I'm guessing this has to do with the picture you sent me?" replied Voltaire with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes. You see I believe that she really could be a Hiwatari after all. As we both know, she was born the same day as Kai was and from that 'relationship' she could have become pregnant and we didn't find out 'till later on," he informed Voltaire calmly.
"You are referring to that the 'she' that proved to be of some use to us although it was not intentional help?" inquired a relaxed Voltaire.
"Yes, if it wasn't for her unintentional help you wouldn't have gotten what you wanted," he noted with tense.
"Is she even alive? Perhaps we could convince her to be our ally," Voltaire suggested.
"I don't really know, but I found the Shayera's father's phone number, she is her daughter," he stated as he turned around to face the window.
"Shayera. Hmph, I don't really think she is a Hiwatari, she appears to be rather weak," the gray haired man thought out loud.
"Maybe so, but there is always the possibility that she is, and even if she isn't, she could still be of some use to us," he explained.
"I won't deal with this personally. I'll just ask Boris to help you out with all of this. You just get back to me when this is all over," Voltaire declared and stood up from the chair.
"What will you do if she really is your granddaughter?" Mr. Dickinson asked.
"Nothing, although if Kai fails me, she might be useful to me as well," he said as he made his way to the door.
"Very well, I'll try to keep Larisa as far away from Kai as I possibly can. I'll contact you if I need anything," Mr. Dickinson said as he turned his chair around. "But please, don't harm them, they are merely tools in your plan, and I'm doing this against my will."
"I don't think you believe that yourself. And as for harming them, I'll keep that in mind," said Voltaire and left the room.
"That bastard, if I wasn't because I got stuck in the middle of all of this due to that incident I would have called the authorities long ago," Mr. Dickinson hissed.
Meanwhile at the beach…It was dark, the sun had just set but the beaches were full of overly excited people running around listening to music or just talking. Hilary and Kenny were still at the palm tree trying to relax although it started to get a bit cold.
"Who would have thought that it could suddenly turn this cold in a tropical island," said a shivering Hilary as she wrapped herself with her beach towel.
"I know what you mean, I need to put on my shirt!" exclaimed Kenny as he looked in his backpack for a shirt. Just then 4 familiar faces were walking towards them with smiles on their faces and their soaking wet bodies.
"Hiya guys! How's it going so far?" said a cheerful Max.
"We were doing great 'till it started to get cold," stated Kenny as he put on a blue t-shirt.
"Where's Kai?" inquired Shayera as she looked around the palm tree.
"We don't know, he just kinda disappeared," Hilary responded as she tried to open a beach chair.
"Maybe we should look for him guys," Rei suggested as he grabbed a towel to dry his wet hair.
"He can take care of himself. And I told him we wouldn't try to hold him back if he came with us and I don't want to break my word to him," informed Tyson as he squeezed the water out of his hair.
"Maybe I should look for him, I don't think I'm part of your word am I Tyson?" suggested Shayera as she grabbed her backpack to look for something.
"I guess, but…" responded Tyson as he scratched his head.
"Then it's settled, besides you would all probably get lost anyways," she stated as she took her shirt and skirt out of her backpack and put it on.
"Are you sure you are going to be ok?" asked a concerned Rei.
"I'm sure, really" she replied with a smile. "Kenny can always send me text messages to my cell phone."
"I guess, but try to be back in 15 minutes ok?" said Hilary as she sat on her chair.
"Ok. See you guys in a bit," she said as she waved goodbye.
Back with Kai in El Morro:
Kai was still shocked to hear what Larisa had just said, 'it was no mere accident'. Larisa grinned under the long black hair covering her face as she sat next to him.
"I thought you knew? I mean, of all people I would expect you to know. I'm sorry…" she said as she stroked Kai's black locks off his face but Kai slapped her hand away.
"You're lying aren't you? This can't be true! I, they, you…" he said as he tried to hold in his grief and his body became tense.
"If you don't believe me then why don't you ask Mr. Dickinson, or perhaps your grandfather?" she suggested as she stood up looking at the barely visible horizon.
"Mr. Dickinson knew all along?" he asked in confusion.
"Of course, why wouldn't he?" she replied as she slowly got off the wall.
"Liar! He'd never lie to me! He'd never keep anything like this a secret!" he yelled as he abruptly stood up making him lose his balance but luckily Larisa grabbed his shoulder.
"Watch what you're doing boy! You could have killed yourself!" she snarled at him as she shook him.
"Shut up you conniving bitch!" he spat back with rage as he looked at the water below him.
"Don't you dare call me that boy! You're just like your father!" she yelled at him.
"I'm sure you deserved every bit of any insults he could have told you," he hissed but more calmly.
"You don't know your father at all! So don't protect him! He was more of a bastard than your grandfather ever was!" she spat back at him as she got up on the wall once more and turned him around. "And would you stop looking at the water!"
"I will do what ever the bloody hell I want to do, and don't you dare insult my father's memory!" he yelled back at her with his crimson eyes burning with hatred.
"I knew him better than you could ever know! And if you like the water so much why don't you jump! Why you'll be reunited with that bastard father of yours once and for all!" she snarled at him as she grabbed his face to face hers.
"Maybe I should!" he yelled once more as he took one foot off the wall and into the ocean.
Larisa's eyes opened why in disbelief and pushed him off the wall and into the grassy plains that the walls surrounded.
"You stupid child! You could have killed yourself!" she lectured as she sat next to him as he laid on the grass plains.
"I thought you said I should jump? And why do you care?" he snapped at her as he stood up.
"I, because…" she was at a loss for words for once. She didn't know what to say, how to react to those words. She just stared deep into his confused eyes and could not find it in her heart to continue torturing him any further.
"Just shut up!" she yelled and slapped him. "Don't you want to know who killed them and make them pay?" she asked while grabbing him by his shoulder while he remained staring at the grass.
"I guess, but," he began to mumble out.
"But nothing, go after the truth and quit being such a cry baby," she lectured as she pushed him to the ground and stood up.
"Who are you really?" asked Kai as he stared at her green orbs.
Somewhere at the beach:
Shayera was walking near the road looking for Kai. It seemed as if the coastline would go on forever. She wasn't wearing any shoes and the ground felt rather cold. Then a familiar car pulled over and a man got out of the car with a furious look on his face.
"Father? What are you doing here?" asked Shayera shakily. She saw the anger in his eyes. She knew he would probably become violent again but she couldn't run away. She had to stand up to him, but the fear was clearly visible in her eyes. She was in for a fight and she didn't think she'd get away with just a slap this time.
A/N: Hiyaa people! OMG I was so surprised! The last chapter made my hits score go up by 221 hits! That's almost 3 times as many hits as I would usually get! I am so happy about it that I could care less if I still didn't get as many reviews as I wanted! Thank you all so much for reading my fic!
Anyways this chapter did take lots of thinking kind of. But since I had a dream of someone drowning this came to mind! My honorary big sister loved it so it's got to be good too! She said it had raw anger…I don't see any anger here? Do you? Anyways! I started chapter 12 already but it's still under the 'think of what to write' stage.
Thanks to KaiHiwatari10 for your review! I love it when people say they love my fic! I hope you enjoy this chapter as well. Although I think Kai was a bit OOC. Please continue reviewing!
Thanks to Storm of Insanity! I'm sorry I thought you must be a girl but I had to play it safe! The summary is new! My honorary sis wrote it for me! Maybe you've seen her pen name before. It's x-shadow-x. She's an excellent writer! And she says thanks for the 'it's good' thing .
Thanks to BladeBreakers! I'm so happy you still love my fic! Can't get enough of those words! Hope you don't get bored if this story becomes too long.
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