Tala: Wow, this is the fastest you've ever updated.

Chaos: Well when you got nothing to do over the holidays this is what happens.

Tonya: Um Chris why are you dancing? *stares at her friend*

Chris: Because I get a big scen- *silence*

Bryan: Shut up! Do you wanna give it away? *glares at the clamped up girl*

Kai: Anyone got any duck tape we can borrow?

Spencer: *sigh* Chaos doesn't own beyblade or its characters, just her OC's and temporarily Chris.

Chaos: Found some! *pounces on the albino and starts to ducktape her mouth shut*

~*Sacrifice*~

Chris was the first one to Tonya's side. She fell to her knees and scooped Tonya up into a hug. Even though she was still dripping wet and full of wires. Once Chris let her go she worked on getting her unhooked as quickly as possible. Tonya winced every now and then, but other than a few tiny holes that would heal quickly she would be fine. She stood up slowly, dizziness rushing to her head. Her legs started to give way threatening to send her crashing back to the ground. But a pair of arms was already there to catch her.

"You ok?" A soft male voice asked as Tonya looked up into those violet eyes.

"Yeah. Thanks." She replied as she steadied herself in his grip. Even though their friends were staring, the two couldn't look away from each other. Not yet.

"Well this is great and all, but shall we focus on the task at hand?" Bryan interrupted as the two both turned to look at him.

"Right. Kai the control to unlock that collar is over there. It's a blue button, can't miss it. Spencer, Bryan, can you two get our blades out of those cases?" Tonya's voice still sounded weak and the others wondered just how ok she was.

While the others busied themselves with their tasks, Tala just kept an eye on Tonya. He watched as her weak gaze trailed over a few cabinets till she found the one she was looking for. She knelt down slowly and pulled out her clothes and shoes that were all together. Again moving slowly she made her way towards the back of the lab where there was a small screen that she could change behind. Tala just shadowed her until she ducked behind the screen, giving her some privacy.

"Ah, much better." Tonya exclaimed as she stepped out from behind the screen in her normal clothes, stretching her arms above her head. "Something wrong?"

"No. Just making sure you won't fall over again." Tala grinned as Tonya rolled her eyes, sparing a small smile to him.

"I'll be fine once we get moving. It's a good thing you got here when you did. A few more hours and I may not have recognized you. I could already feel things turning fuzzy before you showed up." Tonya stretched out her limbs good before standing up and raking her fingers through her damp hair. "Least that goo doesn't mess up my hair."

"Ok enough with the small talk. Since the whole gang is back together I say we finish what we intended to." Chris growled as she rolled her neck around, glad to be out of the collar.

"And that would be?" Spencer arched an eyebrow as Tonya cracked her knuckles and grinned.

"To take this place down and everyone in it." She smirked as her fangs glinted in the low light.

"Are you nuts? We have to get out of here now while we still can." Tala clenched his hand into a fist as he tried to dissuade them.

"No. I'm tired of running. Tired of constantly fearing about myself and all of you. I'm not leaving till I've finished what we started. Even if it kills me." Tonya locked gazes with Tala as she said this, daring him to challenge her.

"I'm with her on this." Bryan spoke up as all eyes turned to him. "If they run, who's to say that they won't come after the girls again? This has to stop now." Bryan stated, giving his full support.

"Plus there is strength in numbers." Spencer mumbled as Tala turned his gaze on him.

"Besides, since when were we the type to run from a fight?" Kai added as Tala gave up.

"Fine. I can see when I'm outnumbered." Tala chuckled as he reloaded his gun.

After outlining their plans, they quickly set out into the compound. By now the guards had caught on to them and were waiting down the ends of both hallways. A spray of bullets rained down from both sides, threatening to tear them all to pieces. But Tonya and Chris were ready. They quickly threw up shields to protect them all and easily redirected the bullets back towards the men. Without saying a word the six of them split up into two smaller groups. Tonya, Tala, and Bryan took one hall while Kai, Chris, and Spencer took another. Ducking into many rooms and doing as much damaged as possible while hunting down a certain man. After combing most of the base, only one area was left. It was where the group all reconvened. Only one place left to check. The south wing.

"Anything in that room?" Spencer called as Bryan ducked back out shaking his head.

"Nothing down here either." Kai called as he returned to the group.

"Damnit! Where in the hell could that bastard be hiding?" Tonya growled as she punched the stone wall in frustration.

"Calm down. Punching walls won't get us anywhere." Tala placed a calming hand on Tonya who tried to rein her anger in.

While the three discussed where Aio could've potentially disappeared to, Chris checked the last two rooms. Not too hopeful of finding anything. Regardless she checked just in case. The first room turned up empty, just like all the others. She almost decided to turn away from the last room and leave it unsearched. That is until she heard a faint noise. A distinct grunt that had been muffled. Without hesitation Chris flung the door open and low and behold there stood Aio. He was grinning as he stared her down. All of the pent up rage Chris had for the man all exploded at once. All of them turned just in time to see Chris charge into the room before hearing the crumble of stone as something shot through it.

"Christine!" Tonya hollered as she darted through the hole first to see her friend picking herself off the ground. Only fifty yards away was Aio, standing near a drop off edge.

"Crashing through that wall should've easily snapped some bones. How is he still standing?" Chris asked aloud as she made it back to her feet.

"Not bad. It seems that you two were truly one of my better projects. But do you really think that I would create two ultra-powerful soldiers and not have a defense of my own ready?" Aio smirked as he dusted off his clothes. "I'll admit I did think that you would snap a few bones. But it seems that the experiment on myself was a success. Thank you for helping me to test it my dear."

"What is he talking about?" Bryan asked as he raised his gun.

"He's like us." Tonya stated as she understood the meaning in his words. "He altered his own body with the beast DNA."

"It's nowhere as perfect as what I did with you two. But it does have its perks. The speed and extra tough body is a plus, but unfortunately that's all I have." Aio sighed as he rested his head against a finger.

"Boo fucking hoo." Kai spat as he looked at the man.

"Now the only question is, which of you rats do I take out first?" Aio smirked as he trained his eerie teal eyes upon all of them.

In a blink of an eye he was upon them. Taking aim, he easily sent Spencer flying first back into the stone wall. The big boy hit the wall hard and fell to the ground. Blood trickled down the side of his face as he lied there unmoving. Bryan raised his gun in order to strike the man down for doing that to his friend. But once again he moved to fast and slammed Bryan down into the ground, snapping a few ribs in the process. Bryan spat up blood as he too fell unconscious. Tala tried to lash out at Aio, but was stopped by someone else.

"I don't think so."

Craig smirked as he caught Tala's fist easily. He brought his foot down hard at an angle on Tala's ankle, snapping it in half. The wolf cried out in pain as Craig only intensified it by adding pressure. Tonya easily launched her blade towards Craig, causing him to drop Tala in order to defend himself. He has his own blade ready and waiting as he launched it and met her attack in midair. Without a word from their masters both beasts rose up as the battle begun. Both Kai and Chris were momentarily distracted, giving Aio all the time he needed to sneak up behind Kai.

"Now dear Christine. I suggest you drop your blade now. Otherwise this young man here will have to pay if you don't." Aio chuckled as he held Kai at his mercy. Ignoring the battle at hand she did as she was told and dropped her blade, taking out the bitchip first. "Good girl. Now destroy."

"Don't do it!" Kai hollered as Aio twisted one of his arms roughly upwards to silence the boy.

Reluctantly Chris rose her foot up and then slammed it hard back down, destroying her blade. Not having anything to channel her energy through Chris couldn't bring out her bitbeast. Leaving her on level playing grounds with Aio. Which is exactly what he'd wanted. After seeing the destruction of her blade Aio decided to deal one last blow to the girl before him. With the arm he already held behind Kai's back, he twisted it up higher slowly earning painful screams from Kai. He kept twisting until an awful snap could be heard. Aio dropped the boy who was on the ground writhing in pain as he held his limp arm which was bleeding from the bone that jutted out of it.

That was the final straw. Releasing her bonds she dove towards Aio and tackled him to the ground. While she didn't have her blade to summon her beast, she still had access to her power and intended on using it to rip his throat out. Aio had expected the charge, but not the ferocity behind it. On her first swipe Chris drug her sharp nails down his face, leaving five deep bloody lines behind. He threw her off, sending her crashing into a large boulder. Chris pulled herself out of the boulder as she spat out blood, keeping her eyes upon Aio. She'd blinded him in his left eye and Aio wasn't happy about it. He yelled as he charged towards her, intending on making her pay.

In the other battle Tonya easily held the upper hand. Craig was being forced back with each attack that Tonya flung at him. She had no mercy for the boy after what he'd done. Each strike drew blood and only weakened him. He knew that he would have to finish this quickly. Tonya could sense that victory was at hand. While she should've been more cautious and finished him slowly she let her eagerness blind her actions. On the finishing blow she struck wildly, only hitting Craig's side. Fighting through the pain Craig drew a knife and quickly drove it clean through her. Tonya felt herself grow cold as she slowly sank to her knees holding the gaping wound. Craig stood over her basking in his glory. He only got to enjoy it for a few seconds though as a gunshot rang out loud and clear, bullet hitting its mark. Craig dropped quickly as his life was extinguished.

"Tonya?" Tala called out as he tried to pull himself to the wounded girl.

The simple call was all it took to distract the other two. Chris turned, horrorstruck, to see the condition her friend was in. Seizing the moment Aio pulled a knife of his own and drove it down into Chris's shoulder. She cried out with pain as the knife stuck out of her skin as she stumbled away. Aio quickly produced another knife and intended on driving this one through her heart. While he succeeded in driving the knife in, he missed his intended target. Someone else however hit theirs right on the mark.

"C-Ch-Chris…Re-member wh-when….you sa-aved me fr-from…those guards…tw-o y-years ago?" Tonya asked weakly as she spat up blood, turning to grin at her friend. She was on the receiving end of Aio's knife, just like he was on hers.

"Tonya what are you doing?" Chris asked as she felt tears forming.

"It was…m-my turn…to…s-save you." Tonya grinned as she looked over her friends. "Sorry that…all o-of us…c-couldn't go…ho-me alive." Tonya whispered as she looked over everyone. Even those who'd been knocked out were coming around to see the final conclusion of this battle.

Before she could hear the pleas of her friends she used the last of her strength to throw Aio, and herself, over the edge. All they could hear was the occasional snapping branch before total silence. Chris ran over to the edge to see if there was any chance that her friend had survived. But thick branches covered most of the drop, not showing exactly how far the two had fallen. Chris sank to her knees as the tears ran freely. She threw her head back and cried out as long as she could for her fallen friend.

I know everyone will be dying to know if Tonya lives or not, but guess what? You'll just have wait and see! =) Anyways the next chapter probably won't be up too soon because I need to give attention to my other two stories for a bit. So don't kill me because I left everyone with a cliff hanger. *begs* Reviews are always welcome!