I'm back and guess who's here with me? (drum roll) It's Dean!

Dean: Hey everyone! waves

So very sorry for the wait. I've had this really annoying computer virus.

Thank you so much to all the people who reviewed the 11th chapter! You're all awesome! hugs all around! Dean, if you please

Dean: kaiROXmyWorld doesn't own Beyblade

Thanks Dean…now…on with the chapter

Chapter 12

Karina got her camera out. The flash and sound was taken off to avoid blowing their cover. I know I've seen that man somewhere before but where? CLICK! The little preview of the photo came up and she zoomed in. Where have I seen him before? It's eating at me. I definitely know him from somewhere but where?

As Karina was taking photos, PJ was recording the meeting that was happening below them. The two girls still weren't sure about what the men were talking about but so far, it sounded bad.

"So it's settled then. In two weeks, the project will initiate."

The man in the suit had concluded that something would definitely happen in two weeks. The students would have to keep an eye out for anything slightly suspicious. The man walked towards the door before being interrupted by a guard who came rushing through the door. The guard spoke out, "Sir! There's a group of intruders in the premises!"

"Find them and make sure they don't escape!"

The guard answered, "We have discovered that they're in the office sir. They've been locked inside."

"Excellent. Bring them here. We'll teach them about what happens to intruders."

Karina and PJ quickly looked at each other and nodded. They knew what they had to do: find the boys, rescue them…and rub it in their faces big time that they stuffed up.

PJ had a big grin on her face. So much for being fine and not needing any help. He's so going to get it!


"We're locked in? That's not good," said Kale.

"There's got to be another way to get out of here," Dean said as he looked around for another exit. He tried the windows but it was no use. The windows were locked and there was no key in sight. Breaking the window wasn't an option because breaking the window would only draw more attention to the building.

Faint sounds of footsteps could be heard nearby. It was the signal for the boys to be quiet as they listened to what was happening outside in the hallway. They pressed their ears against the door in hopes of being able to hear exactly what was happening outside. BANG! The first thing that rung in their ears was the loud banging noise coming from the other side of the door. The banging continued and was followed by a voice, "INTRUDERS! WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THERE! SURRENDER AND YOU MAY COME OUT ALIVE!"

The yelling on the other side of the door was the warning for them to find a way out of the office they had been stuck in. They checked all the windows but still no success. While they were all running around for an exit, the girls were above them trying their best not to laugh at the boy's actions.

PJ had only one thing to say, "I have to get a video of this."

She turned the camera on and managed to tape the boys running around for an exit. To her, it was the highlight of the day. Karina then whispered, "Should we bust them out of there?"

PJ had a cheeky grin on her face while she was filming. "Give them another five minutes."

BANG! BANG! BANG! The banging at the door was getting louder and it sounded like the guards were going to break the door down.

Karina shook her head at the dimness of the guards. "It's called using a key people. Key's were invented so people wouldn't have to keep buying new doors every time they broke the door down. These people."

The loud banging stopped. Instead, they could hear a jingling noise. It looked like they had heard Karina's comment. They were using a key.

"Guess I spoke too soon," stated Karina.

PJ started to pull on the cover of the air vent. Karina lent her a hand by pulling the other side. Very slowly, the cover came off. Karina placed the cover on her side as she lowered PJ to the boy's level.

"You boys look so funny when you're panicking. I laughed til I cried," smiled PJ.

The four boys turned around with caution. To their surprise they turned to face PJ, who was hanging upside down from the air vent.

"PJ! Wow, am I happy to see you!" Dean remarked.

"You mean there's been times you haven't been happy to see me?" she joked.

Mike wondered, "How did you get in here?"

"Isn't it a bit obvious?" asked PJ as she pointed to the air vent.

Karina called to them from the air vent, "Um.. people...those guards are going to charge in here any second now. It might be a good idea to climb up and get out of here!"

Without any hesitation, PJ signalled for Karina to pull her up. The boys shortly followed after. As soon as they were all out of the office, the air vent cover was quietly put back on. They watched through the bars as the guards rushed into the office, having looks of disappointment on their faces, as they found nothing inside.

"Damn! They must have escaped! Boss won't be happy about this."


"THIS IS UNEXCEPTABLE! I WANT THOSE INTRUDERS FOUND! AND I WANT THEM TO BE BROUGHT HERE! IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD TO FIND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE!"

While the group of teenagers managed to escape, a very angry man strode around. Failure wasn't an option. That was a well-known rule for the guards. Unfortunately, failure was the only thing they could come back with.

After a minute of silence, one of the guards managed to gather his words and say, "I'm sorry Sir but they managed to escape before we could catch them."

The rage-filled man could only answer with more rage in his voice. "I want those intruders found! They can't leave this building with the information they have obtained!"


They had all succeeded in getting away from their doom through the air vent. All the six teenagers had to do now was find out where the exit was.

"Hey Karina, PJ, thanks a lot for getting us out of there." Dean commented.

The second comment came from Mike. "Yeah! That was an awesome rescue!"

Kale remarked, "Your timing couldn't have been any better!"

"Thanks a lot guys! Did we do good or what?" smiled Karina as she high-fived PJ.

PJ replied, "Yeah! We did! That was so much fun!"

Karina noticed something. It was bright and it was getting closer as they were moving. "Hey! I can see a light! Straight ahead!"

They began to crawl towards the light. The light became brighter as they got closer.

"Alright! We can finally get out of this stuffy air vent!" cheered Mike.

PJ couldn't help but notice another light to her left. She started to crawl towards it. Before she could move any further, she was stopped by Karina and Kai.

"Where are you going?" they asked.

The raven-haired girl pointed towards the light and replied, "Towards that light."

"But why?" wondered Karina.

PJ answered, "I just wanna find out where it leads to."

Karina turned to face the others. "If any of you want to get out, just keep going. I'm staying here for a bit. I'll follow you all later."

Mike replied to her order, "How bout some of us go outside and the rest of us stay in here in case we need back-up. The people outside can keep a lookout in case anything happens. I even bought walkie-talkies so we could keep in touch."

"Sounds good. PJ, Mike, Kai and I will stay in here. Karina, you and Dean can go outside and keep watch. Agreed?" asked Kale as he handed out the walkie-talkies.

The all nodded in agreement. Karina and Dean crawled towards the exit. PJ kept moving towards the light. She looked down and a satisfied look came upon her face. She turned around and signalled for the rest to take a look.

"Well lookie here. The control room," she said as she started to pull the cover off. The boys couldn't help but notice the belt that she was wearing. On the blet was a coiled-up chain attached. She was uncoiling it. The girl wrapped it around herself once and then clipped the end to a gap in the chain. Before they could ask her anything, she held the end of the chain in front of their faces.

"Um…what are we supposed to do with that?" wondered Mike.

The girl answered, "Hold it. Duh!"

"Why?" asked the orange-haired boy.

PJ explained, "I need you guys to lower me into the control room. I need to take out the cameras first. Then, I'll get the security tapes and then we can get out of here."

"Alright. I like the sound of that," said Mike in agreement.

"Thing is…. how are you planning to take out the cameras?" asked Kale.

Out of her pocket came a remote. She held it in her hand and smiled, "With this. It's the remote for the whole camera system."

The boys stared in astonishment. Mike wondered, "H-How did you get that?"

"I noticed it behind the file cabinet in that office you guys were trapped in. I thought it might've been a good idea to take it… to cause more trouble for the workers that is," she said with an evil smile.

Kale wondered, "How did you know it was the remote for the cameras though?"

She answered, "Easy. There was a manual behind it. It explained everything. Now if there aren't anymore questions, can you lower me down already?"

Kai held the chain as she slowly went towards the ground of the control room. The first thing she did was press the red button on the remote. The screens in the control room shut down and the cameras switched off. After the cameras were down, PJ scanned around for the security tapes. The tapes were stacked on the shelf in front of her. She swung herself towards them but she couldn't get any closer without swinging back. The girl looked up towards the air vent. "Hey, is there any way you could move a little forward?"

Kai tried to move the chain further away from him. Mike grabbed onto the chain on the other side for more support. They looked down at PJ. The only signal she could give them was a thumb up.

PJ looked at the shelf and informed them about her findings. "Okay… the security tapes we've been looking for have turned out to be security DVDs."

"Security tapes or DVDs are usually marked by the date they were taken. Do any of them have today's one?" asked Kale.

PJ looked around for possibilities. Whatever she was looking for wasn't on the shelf. She looked further around the room and noticed a DVD on the table. She tried her best to swing herself around to grab it. Her arm was stretched out and ready to grab the DVD. She could barely touch it. She managed to make it move further towards her, that's when she grabbed it.

"I got it. Pull me up," she said.

The boys in the air vent pulled on the chain. The girl was slowly coming towards the vent. She grabbed onto the edges and pulled herself up. The DVD was handed over to Mike.

"Dean wouldn't happen to have a DVD player on his laptop would he?" she asked.

Mike smiled and nodded, "Yeah, DVD player, speakers. He's got it all."

"Awesome. Let's get back to the others," said Kale.


Sitting on the roof of the building were Karina and Dean. Nothing interesting had happened since they all split up. Dean decided to make things a little more interesting. He turned to face the bluenette girl next to him. "So Karina, what are you doing after this?"

She turned to face him and answered, "After this? Um… I'm going shopping. It's my turn to cook tonight so I have to buy a couple of things from the supermarket."

Dean brushed his hair and replied, "Well, you know that if you need any help I'll be more than happy to lend a hand."

A smile came to Karina's face. "Thanks Dean. I'll make sure to remember that."

Once again, Dean was charmed by her smile. After having a little daydream, he came back to reality and asked her, "So, when are you free? You're new to this town. I'll have show you around some time."

There was an innocent look in Karina's eyes. "Aww, that's so sweet of you." The next thing Dean knew, he had received a hug from the bluenette. He could feel his face heating up and his heart beating against his chest.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from behind them. It was PJ, Kale, Kai and Mike and in Mike's hand was the security DVD.

"WHAT are you two doing? Care to explain Dean?" Kai glared. I never should've left him alone with her.

Before Dean could say anything, Karina explained, "Don't get so worked-up bro. Dean's being nice and he just said that he'd show me around the town. That's all."

Mike could feel the jealousy getting to him. That flirt! Always with the flirting and the womanising.

Dean decided to change the subject before he got beaten up. "So… did you find anything?"

Mike was still out of reality. That was Kale's cue to grab the DVD off him. He held it out to Dean. "We found this DVD. Play it on your laptop."

Dean took hold of the DVD and got his laptop out. The gang all crowded around Dean's laptop in hopes of seeing whom the conversation was between. The DVD started to play. The first thing they saw was the man with the dark brown hair in the suit.

Karina and PJ's eyes widened. Karina cried out, "It's that man! The same one that was at the meeting. I know that I've seen him before but I don't know where."

PJ agreed, "Yeah. He does seem familiar."

"That man… is our principal." Kai explained.

The rest of the boys nodded as PJ and Karina sat there wide-eyed. "No way! That's not right!" was their reaction.

"Well, no matter how unbelievable it is… it's still our principal." Mike said.

"Who's he talking to though? That's the real question," wondered Dean.

The gang looked closer at the screen. The man that their principal was talking to couldn't be properly seen. A mask had covered his face.

"What a weirdo. Wearing a mask at this time and this place? Weird," Mike concluded.

The DVD ended. The gang stood there in silence and question. What was happening with their school? What was their principal doing with an unknown? They had so many questions and very few answers.

"I guess we better return the DVD before anyone notices that it's gone." Kale suggested.

PJ, Kale and Kai made their way back to their air vent. Kale turned around to face Mike, "Are you coming or staying this time?"

Mike answered, "Staying this time."

Kale replied, "Alright then. You do that."

The three teenagers made their way back to the air vent while Mike, Dean and Karina waited patiently outside. Mike was still full of jealousy. He watched Dean with jealousy and caution. He can't flirt with her this time. Not with me on the watch.


The trio was above the control room once again. PJ had been slowly lowered down in the direction of the table. She took out the DVD and quietly put it down onto the table. She breathed out a sigh of relief. No more crawling around in air vents for me. As she relaxed a little, she heard a random growling noise behind her. She turned around to face… a dog. It wasn't any ordinary dog. It was a Doberman. The canine had gritted its teeth and was ready to assault any intruders. PJ paused for a minute as she took a good glance at the ferocious canine in front of her.

Without any further hesitation, PJ cried out, "PULL ME UP! PULL ME UP!"

Her cry was the gesture for Kai to pull her up before she would be torn to bits by a dog. He quickly grabbed the rope and pulled. PJ was quickly making her way towards the air vent. The speed she was travelling at only made the dog bark louder and louder. Kai kept on pulling the rope. After a lot of panic, PJ was finally out of the control room.

"I swear that dog wasn't there the first time I went in," she said as she breathed in a sigh of relief.

As PJ was catching her breath, Kale got out the cover and covered the vent. PJ looked down into the control room. The Doberman managed to find her hiding spot. The dog looked towards the air vent and let out a loud bark.

Surprise was the emotion that hit PJ first. Her body was shocked and jumped a little. This caused her to land onto the person behind her: Kai.

She commented, "Evil dog. Here I thought that dogs were cute."

"You know, you can get off me now," informed Kai.

Hearing that sentence made PJ jump a little bit forward. "Sorry. The dog gave me a major fright."

The bluenette answered, "Yeah I know. It was really easy to tell your fear when you jumped onto me."


Karina looked at her watch and sighed, "It's been a while since they've been in there. Should we go and see how they're doing?"

Mike answered, "I'm sure they're fine."

The air vent behind them managed to come undone. Out of the air vent, stepped Kai, Kale and PJ.

"Okay! Now we're finished!" cheered Dean.

"Okay… so we know that the principal is involved. We have to find out who that man he was talking to was," suggested Kale.

"Yeah, we'll do that later. Right now, I gotta go to sixth period!" said Mike as he ran off towards his locker.

"I think we should be going to class now. Lunchtime is basically over," advised Kale.

"Before we go anywhere, I just have one thing to ask." PJ informed.

"Yeah what is it? Better be quick," said Kale.

"Well, what was it you said before Kai? Something about not needing any help?" asked PJ in a mocking tone.

Kai just let out his typical "Hn."

A big smile came to PJ's face. She proved that he was wrong about it all. Nothing was more satisfying than seeing an egotist admit that they're wrong.


A/N: Leaving the chapter there doesn't really give much clues as to what's going to happen in the next chapter does it? Well, got any suggestions?

Dean: Yeah I have one! Get me and Karina on a date already!

Well that's not really fair to Mike is it? And what about Karina? Ever thought about her?

Dean: Of course I have! I think about her all the time (starts daydreaming)

I don't know what I'm going to do with you Dean. (shakes head) Well anyway, please review!

Dean: Yeah REVIEW! And suggest that I should go on a date with Karina!

Okay Dean, you can stop that now. If you keep that up, you might not even be in the next chapter!

Dean: Okay, I'll be quiet now.