Hey
everyone! Yes, this story is STILL alive! Sorry it took so
long! As everyone else, I've been really busy and stuff. And plus, I
have a slight case of writer's block with my other stories. As
I said sometime before...probably last chapter...the action will pick
up now. Things just kind of start up here, and take off at full
speed. Hopefully it doesn't go too fast... Anyway... Thanks
for all the wonderful reviews last time, and here's the next
chapter! Enjoy if you can! Special Thanks Lunar
Fire Wreckless Spirit
Jani
Rieme -
WOW! Thank you so much for your review! I LOVE long
ones! Anyway, I'm really happy to hear that you think this story is
too good to correct...that's far from what I think of it
personally...lol...I'm sorry that you were made fun of when you
reviewed that person...that was harsh of him...but I assure you, you
can share your feelings in a review to me anytime and you will not be
made fun of! And I agree with you...Kai is fairly hard to keep in
character. His character type in the anime is similar to my own, but
I don't stay the same every day, and I'm sure Kai reacts differently
in each situation. And as someone has told me, it all depends on how
the story is set up, and the events that happen. Anyway...thank you
soooo much again! I'm so happy you like this story!
I'm glad my comment made you feel better You deserve
it! And I have to agree with your comment about people thinking Kai's
OOC. Character will certainly change in different situations. And
lastly, it is MUCH better to complain and get it out in the open...I
think I'm starting to like it too much! lol. Hope you like this
chapter!
lol don't worry about
ranting in reviews to me I enjoy them actually. People who are
obsessed with things being a bit OOC really need to find a life...I'm
sorry...but that's how I feel right now. If a character couldn't be
taken a little out of his normal behavior, every fic would have the
same
plot...probably...
Chapter
12 - Flight and Fight
Kai's fingers gently caressed
the cool metal of his beyblade deep inside his pocket. He knew that
he was in the fight of his life at this moment, and there was no
turning back now. He had made a promise, a promise to the only person
he truly loved, and he would rather die than to break that
promise.
The air in the hotel room had become stale and heavy in a matter of seconds. The blue headed teen had stationed himself directly in front of the door, his left ear pressed intently upon the paneling, listening for any outside voices.
He took one last glance back into the room, where Hilary and Mr. Dickinson were waiting for him to give the "all clear" signal. The elder seemed terrified, not having to deal with anything like this in his past. Hilary, on the other hand, had a strange aura of peace about her. She knew deep in her heart that they would all get out safely, especially after what she and Kai had to go through just to get here!
Kai nodded at them, and they nodded back. With that, he stood up, making sure that his launcher was securely tucked into the back of his jeans, and reached for the door knob.
Just then, a sickening creak echoed from outside, causing the three to freeze in place.
They were closer now than Kai had originally thought. He muttered a curse under his breath, and once again pressed his ear to the door.
"Get ready..." He started. "Things will happen very quickly from this point on."
Mr. Dickinson had his cane in his hand, ready to strike at anyone that got close enough.
Hilary had absolutely no defense for herself, and the others knew it. She felt helpless, and definitely didn't want to bother anyone...she had already inconvenienced Kai as it was. She figured if she had to, she could put up a good enough fight to hold someone off for a bit. "Heh..." She chuckled mentally. "I guess all that time whipping Tyson around will come in handy after all!"
Suddenly, her gut flipped upside down as she heard Kai slam the door open, and a cry of pain echo from the hallway.
Kai burst out of the room, pulling the door around on its hinges once again and drove a dark shadow into the adjacent wall.
He released the door and took a step back to admire his action. "Out cold...good." Crimson eyes glanced up at Hilary, who just realized she was the only one still inside the room.
"Come on." He extended his hand to her.
With a short smile, Hilary grabbed it and soon felt herself being half dragged through the hallway toward the stairs. She managed to sneak a glance back at the door the had just left, a limp foot sticking out behind it.
Kai had a sneaky suspicion that Boris was watching them somehow. He knew that this hotel had security cameras in the stairways and elevators, and in the lobby, and he was sure that their flight from the room hadn't gone unnoticed.
Suddenly, he skidded to a stop, nearly ramming into Mr. Dickinson. The elder had nearly avoided a bullet to the head as they reached the top of the stairs, three men from the abbey at the bottom.
They shouted to each other, and possibly to others throughout the lobby.
"Damn...we were so close!"
"Kai!" Mr. Dickinson hissed. "The parking garage is at the other end of the hotel! How many men do you think are after us?"
"There's no way to tell until we face them all." The teen replied. "We should split up. If you can get to the car and meet us out front, I'll hold these guys off."
The elder nodded and glanced at Hilary. The brunette nodded. "We'll be alright Mr. D! Just be careful!"
With that, Mr. Dickinson took off as fast as he could, drawing the attention of the two enemies approaching the top of the stairs.
"Go Dranzer!" Kai jumped out from behind the corner and launched his beyblade, disarming the two of their weapons. Calling his Dranzer back to his hand, he leapt off the top stair and collided with one of the men, using him as a surf board and descending the stairs.
He heard the other two curse. "They split up!"
"Find the girl!" One commanded as he jumped down the stairs for Kai.
The blue haired teen dodged a fierce punch and slammed his knee in between his enemy's legs.
The man let out a howl of pain and collapsed onto the floor, twitching slightly.
Kai smirked to himself and ran for the stairs to help Hilary, but another scream of pain echoed from the hallway. "Hilary!"
The brunette appeared with a victorious smile on her face. She brushed off some imaginary dust from her hands and stepped over the kneeling form of another BioVolt lackey.
"Heh...don't worry about me!" She said as she rejoined the older teen on the lobby floor.
Kai walked off cautiously to get a good look around. He thought it was weird that the hotel seemed lifeless, not a soul walking around, or even employees at the counter.
Suddenly, a muffled cry erupted from the front desk, and the two teens rushed over to investigate.
A young woman, in her mid twenties, had been bound, gagged, and stuffed under the desk in a small alcove.
"Oh my God! Are you hurt?" Hilary bent down and began to untie the ropes around her arms.
Kai took the gag out of her mouth. "Who did this to you?" He spoke in Russian, his voice just above a whisper.
"There...there were these men!" Her voice was shaken and panicky, in fact, her whole body was trembling in fright. "They came in and captured everyone in the lobby...they...they took them toward the back and locked them in a spare room!"
"How many were there?"
"I...I don't know...a...about...seven?" She grabbed a fistful of her hair in despair. "But there were more outside!" She glanced over at the black van, parking half way on the curb.
"It's alright now." Hilary tried to soothe her, but she knew that the woman couldn't understand her.
Kai stood up. "Stay here and keep quiet. We're the ones they're after, so they'll leave once we do."
Suddenly, deep Russian voices sounded from the other end of the lobby as three men came in. They appeared to be talking casually to each other, but saw Kai behind the counter.
"There he is! Shoot him! Shoot him!"
Gunfire erupted in the hotel lobby. The receptionist screamed as bullets rattled against the front side of the desk, providing a decent cover for them.
Kai reached for his beyblade and launcher again, not sure how it would fair against bullets, but he had to get those guns out of commotion!
There was a pause in the fire as the men approached the desk in stealth formation. Hilary grabbed a silver bell from the counter and launched it at the closest enemy.
It rang loudly as it hit the man in the face.
"Dranzer!" Kai called out, releasing his blade at the other two. Just as before, their guns fell onto the floor, and they recoiled in pain as the blade ripped across their hands.
"Damn you!" One of the men made a dive at Kai, catching his legs and slamming him to the ground.
The teen grunted in pain as his skull crashed against the hard marble floor. Soon, he felt himself gasping for breath as a large hand squeezed around his throat.
"Get...offa...me!" Kai croaked, his own hand plastered against the bigger man's face, trying to push him off. His vision started to blur, and his lungs burned inside his chest for air.
He heard Hilary scream somewhere to his left. He managed to turn slightly to see what was going on.
"Let me go!" She screamed, clawing at a thick arm around her chest.
"Just knock her out already!" The remaining man said, still holding his head from where the bell hit. "Here...let me do it..."
"Get away from me you freak!" The brunette screamed, kicking her legs as far as they could go. She was amazed to find that her right foot had contacted with the approaching man's groin, and he buckled over onto the floor.
"Alright! Two in a row!" She cheered mentally.
"Vlad, you weakling! Get up already!" The other man growled, struggling to hold the girl.
She heard a cry of pain from the other side of the room, and saw Kai slowly being strangled to death. His pale flesh had a purplish-blue tint to it now. "Kai!"
Kai's hand was groping around blindly for something useful, but finding nothing. He brought his knee up into his enemy's chest repeatedly, but only to find that he was wearing a thick, bulletproof vest for some reason.
"You...little..." The pained man on the floor had regained his footing, and grabbed Hilary by the throat.
She let out an airy cry of pain, the man's strong hand threatening to snap her neck.
"Dran...zer..." Kai managed to call his beyblade, still spinning near the base of the reception desk. He extended his hand at Hilary and the man strangling her, and the faithful beyblade shot off at full speed, digging into the man's hand.
The brunette dropped to the ground, coughing as fresh air entered her lungs.
Dranzer bounced from the man's hand and hit the corner of the desk, rebounding at the other man who was approaching Hilary again. The cobalt beyblade hit him square in the forehead, and he fell backward unconscious.
Once the teen had regained her breath, she rushed over to help Kai, paying no attention to the other man tending to his hand.
"Let him go!" She cried, jumping on top of the Russian and pulling him off Kai slightly.
The blue haired teen let out a long gasp and immediately began coughing, holding his bruised throat.
"Gah!" Hilary exclaimed as the man easily regained control of the situation and pinned her against his body.
"Foolish girl, you actually thought you'd get away from Lord Boris!"
Suddenly, Hilary felt his body go stiff. She craned her neck to look up at him, and found that his dark eyes were clouded over, his mouth slightly open.
His grip on her was released, and she scrambled away just as he fell face first into the floor.
Kai was standing behind him, holding the man's gun in his hand. He had hit him in the head with the butt of the weapon, instantly knocking him out.
"Are you alright?" His voice was soft and rough, and he immediately coughed again.
Dranzer sped over to her master, and he bent down to retrieve his blade. It had definitely been roughed up during this fight, he just hoped it would hold up.
Suddenly, a car horn sounded from outside.
Hilary rushed over to the lobby door and peered into the twilight.
The blue haired teen looked at the gun in his hand. He shuddered at the thought, but knew that it might come in useful later. Walking over to join Hilary, he turned the safety on, and stuffed it deep into his pocket.
They watched as a black car sped around a corner, headed straight for the lobby entrance.
"Hilary! Kai!" Mr. Dickinson's voice sounded as he blew on the car horn again. The black sedan squealed to a stop, but not before ramming into the back of the van parked in front.
"And I thought old people always drove too slowly!" Kai said out loud, staring at the small accident.
"You alright Mr. D?" Hilary asked as she jumped in the back seat. Bullet holes had penetrated the side of the car in a choppy line.
"Save the chitchat for later and floor it!" Kai shouted, slamming the door as he climbed in.
A couple of other BioVolt soldiers were running down the street toward them, shooting at them in attempt to hit someone.
The sedan peeled out, leaving the hotel in its dust.
"Sorry it took so long for me to get to you..."
"Are you hurt!" Hilary asked, concerned for the elder. He was more like a grandfather to her and the whole team than anything else.
"I'm perfectly fine Hil. Just a few scratches, and a broken cane..." He seemed sad as he mentioned his old cane. "What about you two?" He glanced at the two teens through the rearview mirror. Both had bright bruises around their throats, and were definitely roughed up a bit.
"Speed it up a bit..." Kai suddenly stated, looking out the back.
The black van Mr. Dickinson ran into was now right on top of them, trying to run them off the road.
The car was shoved violently to the side, and Mr. Dickinson fought hard to keep it from running into a newspaper stand on the corner of the street.
The two cars parted for a moment to dodge around a few cars before the van rammed into the sedan again. The elder stepped on the accelerator and got in front of the van.
"Try to keep it straight. I'll get them off our tail." Kai pulled out the black automatic pistol from his pocket and opened the sunroof.
"Where the heck did you get that!"
The blue haired teen's scarf fluttered in front of his head as he poked it out of the sunroof. It wasn't too long before a rain of bullets were fired, and Kai was forced to duck back inside.
Hilary screamed as the back window shattered as the bullets hit, and the two teens took cover in between the two rows of seats.
Kai hissed in slight pain and touched his cheek, feeling fresh blood seeping through his fingers.
"Kai!" Hilary reached out to him, her voice full of concern.
"It just grazed me. I'm alright." He waited for the fire to cease, and popped back up, gun at the ready.
He held it as steady as he could, aiming for the front left tire. His finger squeezed the trigger, and a loud bang sounded. Hilary's hands immediately went back to her ears, feeling as though all the gun fire would blow out her eardrums.
The pursuing car's remaining tires squealed against the pavement as the driver swerved to keep it under control. Kai re-aimed the weapon and fired another round, hitting the other front tire.
There was nothing the driver could do to keep the car on the road. The top heavy vehicle swerved to the left, and toppled over on its side.
"Yes!" Hilary cheered.
"Where did you learn to shoot like that!" Mr. Dickinson's eyes were wide in surprise in the rearview mirror.
"You learn a lot of things when living with Tala." Kai replied with a smirk.
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The black sedan proceeded down the streets of Russia silently for about 20 minutes. Everyone inside was beginning to relax slightly, not having anyone following them for a good while now.
Kai had fallen asleep on the back seat, Hilary leaning heavily against him. The blood from the cut on his cheek had stopped, but a trail of it caked his pale skin all the way down to the base of his neck, staining the white scarf around his shoulders.
"Where are we now?" Hilary's voice asked, just above a whisper.
"We're nearly out of Moscow. The airport is about 30 more minutes away though." The elder replied, bringing the car to a halt at a red light.
They waited in silence for a moment, with only the soft wheezing sounds coming from Kai as he slept. All of a suddenly, a violent jerk shoved the car forward into the middle of the intersection.
Kai and Hilary were thrown into the front seats. Kai cursed, the impact instantly awakening him.
"Hold on!" Mr. Dickinson shouted, a horn from a truck blowing as it quickly approached them.
The elder put all his weight onto the accelerator, and the car sped forward to the other side of the intersection, the truck barely brushing by the back bumper.
The two teens were thrown backward, but Kai managed to catch himself this time.
"Not again!" Hilary exclaimed, looking out the busted window in the back. Another car was hot on their trial, but this time it was a some kind of SUV, bright lights glaring into their eyes.
"It's Boris!" Kai's crimson eyes narrowed in anger as he reached for the gun.
The SUV was nearly touching the sedan's bumper now, and Kai fired the weapon at the windshield, shattering it instantly.
That only staled the driver for a moment before it was back on them, bumpers nearly touching.
Kai could see the glaring red lenses coming from the passenger's seat, and he quickly re-aimed his weapon.
"Die Boris!" He yelled out in Russian, finger squeezing the trigger.
A gunshot rang out. Hilary was sure that Kai had fired, but was quickly corrected when she watched the gun drop from his hand and slide off the back of the car.
Kai reeled back in pain, clutching his left hand as blood poured from his knuckles. He hissed in pain, wrapping the end of his scarf tightly around the wound.
Hilary tried to help, squeezing his hand as tightly as she could to stop the blood. She guessed that the bullet that was fired from the pursuing car was still lodged somewhere in his wrist.
"Damn it..." Kai knew that his left hand was now useless to him. "Only Tala could shoot like that..."
"Tala!" Ruby eyes glanced back at the SUV, now ramming into the back of the sedan, willing it to spin out of control. "That means...!"
"Speed it up old man!" The older teen shouted over his shoulder.
"I'm going as fast as I can!" The elder cried. "We're running low on fuel, and it's getting hard to control!"
"How far away are we from the airport!"
"About 20 minutes now!"
"We won't make it unless we can lose them!" Hilary cried.
"We won't lose them...Boris is in that car!" Kai replied, ripping a fourth of his scarf off and securing it around his bloody hand. "We'll have to ditch this car! It won't take much more!"
"We're gonna die..." The brunette curled her legs up to her chest and hugged them. "We're gonna die!"
-------------------------------- Hopefully this chapter came out
alright...I wrote it in one setting, so I really need a break
now! So yeah, please review!
(flops
over) Phew! I'm tired now!