Hi you guys, how are you all? I am so sorry for the very late update, I had some technical difficulties and I am certain some of you are anxious for the next update seeing as the previous chapter ended with a cliffhanger. So I am not going to waste anymore of your time, I hope you do enjoy it.

Just a warning for this chapter, there will be violence in this chapter, but also a little surprise near the end of the chapter.

ALSO, there is a AN at the bottom that you have to read in regards to the future updates.

Enjoy!


Chapter 40.2 – final showdown

'We are too late,' Tala thinks to himself in a sombre manner, but he knows that he has to make certain first.

Tala kneels beside Ray and he tries his best to stay calm, despite what Ray has just said; he is hoping that Ray is so conflicted right now that he is unable to feel anything right now, and he inwardly prays that Valerie gets here already because Lord knows how much time Mya has left, if, she still has any time left.

Ray is in such shock that he gets up and stumbles backwards while keeping his eyes on Mya, his eyes still wide while he looks on at how Tala starts to feel for a pulse, but given the frown on Tala's face, it is not good news.

Ray gasps silently to this, "Oh God no, please, no, this...God no, this can't be happening," Ray starts to ramble, he slowly starting to lose touch of reality as he starts to freak out, "No, please, God, no, not like this, please! What about Kai?! Oh God, poor Kai!" and now Ray is starting to grip his hair with both hands as he continues to freak out, his eyes wide and unfocused, "Oh God, she's gone, Mya is gone, he killed her! That bastard killed her! This can't be! God, no, please!"

Both Tala and Mikhail can hear how Ray is starting to lose control, and they can't afford to have him lose focus right now, and so, Tala looks at Mikhail and motions with his head in Ray's direction, Mikhail immediately knowing what Tala wants him and to do, and so without saying anything else, he walks towards Ray, who is still gripping his head while he continues to freak out and ramble on, and places his hands on Ray's shoulders and turns him to face him.

"Ray, you have to calm down, you have to stay focused," Mikhail says sternly but clearly Ray has not heard him as Ray continues to freak out, and so, taking a deep breath, Mikhail suddenly slaps Ray across the face and he is immediately met with silence and Ray suddenly looks at him with a shocked facial expression.

"Sorry, Ray, but you left me no choice; we can't afford for you to lose focus right now because we all need each other right now, for Kai's sake."

"I err...thanks, Mikhail, I needed that one," Ray says as he gently touches his slapped cheek that feels slightly warm, but he does not feel angry because he knows that he cannot lose focus right now, no matter how much he is hurting right now.

He deserved that slap and he is grateful for having these caring friends with him that would not squirm in bringing him back to reality.

Mikhail gives Ray a single nod and then releases his hold on him and walks towards Tala, Ray remaining on his spot while he looks at Tala and Mya's body.

"I think I got a pulse, but it is not strong," Tala says as he keeps his hand on Mya's left wrist, he having held his fingers there the entire time just to make sure that Mya truly does not have a pulse, but relief came washing over him the moment he felt something, and yes, it may not be strong but a weak pulse is more than good enough for him because it means that Mya is still alive and that there is at least still hope for her.

Just then Valerie comes rushing into the room with two paramedic guys, all three armed with the necessary equipment and they waste no time in kneeling down beside Mya so that they can start with their observations. Tala immediately gets up and leaves their side, he joining Ray and Mikhail's side as they start to watch everything unfold in front of him.

Valerie wastes no time in placing the stethoscope on Mya's chest and she focuses on trying to find a pulse, relief also washing over her when she hears a faint heart beat, but it is really weak and they have to work very quickly if they want to save Mya's life.

While Valerie was listening to Mya's heart, the other paramedic started breathing Mya with the oxygen pump while the second paramedic started to get the IV ready so that they can start giving Mya her necessary fluids, because anyone can see that she is beyond dehydrated and weak.

"Okay, pulse is very weak, so I am going to start doing compressions," Valerie says as she rips open Mya's tattered shirt and places the electrodes on to Mya's chest so that they can monitor her heart beat on the heart monitor, and as soon as Valerie connects the wires to the electrodes, they all immediately start to hear the very weak heart beat of Mya, and it is not a pretty sound because it is literally showing how Mya's life is hanging on a thin thread.

Valerie immediately starts to do chest compressions so that she can try and get Mya's heart to pick up some pace, the other paramedic already inserting the needle into Mya's left hand for the IV, the clear fluid immediately starting to flow into her body as the other two try to stabilize Mya.

Ray, Tala and Mikhail can only continue to stand in silence, none of the three men able to comprehend what is currently taking place in front of them. Out of all three men, is Ray the one who is shocked and worried the most because of his close connection to Mya, and seeing her in this horrible situation breaks his heart and hurts him more than he will ever be able to describe, and yet, he can't help but want to cry out for Kai, for what will happen to Kai should Mya not make it.

'Let's pray to God that Kai does not find us because who knows what is going to happen. Please, God, I know that I don't deserve any grace, but please, please don't let Mya die, please, God. We all need in her in our lives, mostly Kai, so please, God, I am begging you, please save our precious Mya, please. She is my sister and I also need her...' Ray is suddenly brought out of his thoughts when Mya suddenly flat lines, he only taking a step backwards while he seizes breathing as his widened eyes start to watch how Valerie and the two men start to revive Mya.

The moment the heart monitor started to flat line, Valerie immediately climbed on top of Mya so that she can do even more sufficient chest compressions, "Come on, girl, don't do this, not now, please not now!" Valerie says worriedly as she continues with her chest compressions on Mya's chest but it does not seem to do anything, "Mya, come on, pull through, come on!" Valerie says out loudly and in a panicked voice and it is clear to everyone within the room that she is trying to control her emotions right now, which is easier said than done.

"Come on, Mya, pull through, please!"

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What no one knows is that Kai is literally a few feet from the room, and what no one also knows is that Kai was listening on his ear piece when Tala had called Valerie and told her that they had found Mya. Kai knows that they have purposefully left him out of their communication, thinking that they have to spare him from whatever they might find, but Kai does not care. He wants to know where Mya is and he wants to see her, he wants to see what Boris has done to her.

The others also don't know that he has been following their location on a locating device and that is why he already knows exactly where they are right now, and as he approaches the room, he can hear all of the commotion going on within the room, he already feeling how an incredible force is crushing his heart and chest because of what might be going on in there, all types of horrible scenarios currently racing through his mind, all of them involving his Mya.

He finally reaches the door and he as he walks in, he sees how Tala, Mikhail and Ray all stand to the side with heartbroken and shocked looks on their faces, the three men all having their sights on Valerie and the others. He finally looks into Valerie's direction and he can only drop his katana as he starts to look on at how Valerie and the other two men are trying to bring Mya back to life.

"Mya," he softly whispers as he slowly starts to walk into the room, every step feeling like a ton of lead is being dropped on to him.

Tala finally notices Kai walking in and his eyes only widen from sheer shock, "Kai! You can't be here!" and just then they all turn to face Kai, the mob boss exclaiming Mya's name as he makes to run at Mya, but Mikhail is quick to grab him and holds him back while Kai continues to scream Mya's name in a pained tone of voice.

Valerie does not pay any attention to Kai as she commands the two men to get the defibrillator started, everyone hearing how the current starts to run to the paddles and the one paramedic quickly squirts the sonar gel onto both paddles, Valerie only saying 'clear' before she shocks Mya with both paddles on to her bare chest, the black haired beauty's entire upper body bucking before she falls back on to the stone floor while she is still flat lines

"Again!" Valerie demands and the process is again repeated with a higher voltage, but no change.

Kai is still being held back by Mikhail, and all he can do is to watch in horror at how the love of his life is flat lining, how she is drifting more and more away from him completely, and it is all his fault.

"Mya!" Kai yells as he tries to get out of Mikhail's grip so that he can get to Mya, and beg her to come back to him, to beg her not to leave him alone in this world, "Mya!"

Ray can feel how he is getting choked up about what is currently going on; Kai's pained screams for Mya along with her still flat lining, it truly is something out of a horrible movie, a heart wrenching movie.

The sound that the heart monitor is making from Mya's none existent heartbeat is one of the most horrible sounds that any of them has ever heard, the sound almost mocking them by reminding them that Mya is gone, that she has left this world, that the grim reaper has come and taken her away from them all, and they all are wishing that this could be just one horrible nightmare and that soon it will all be over and they will all just be back at Feniks manor enjoying a family dinner or something, because no one can stand this anymore.

"Clear!" Valerie again says loudly as she again shocks Mya with a higher shock, the voltage being increased after each time, bit still nothing.

Valerie tries again...

And again...

And again...

And again...until she finally realises that she has to accept defeat and that there really is nothing that she can do for Mya; she can't save Mya.

Valerie falls back on to the balls of her feet and holds the two paddles in her hands in a defeated manner, she looking up at Kai with tears in her eyes, "Kai...I...I am so sorry, but..." she says softly and shakes her head from side to side while lowering her head in a defeated manner.

A heavy silence suddenly descends on to the occupants within the room, the only sound penetrating this heavy silence being that of the heart monitor that is still flat lining, but other than that, no one makes a sound.

Mikhail feels how Kai goes weak within his arms and he gently lowers his friend on to his knees and takes a step back. Kai has just collapsed in disbelief because this can't be, this just cannot be.

With unknown strength, he finally crawls over to Mya and stops right beside her, his eyes tearing up when he sees how broken she looks, and he can't help but to wonder what kind of hell she went through before death finally claimed her.

"Mya," Kai says softly as he takes her head in his two hands and lowers his head towards her so that their foreheads can press together, "Mya, please wake up, please," he again says softly as tears start to make their way from his eyes, "Please don't leave me, please."

Kai pulls away and stars to kiss Mya's face all while muttering her name as tears continue to flow from his eyes, "Mya, please come back to me, please," Kai still unable to believe that she is really gone, that his precious Mya is really gone.

Kai sits up straight and pulls Mya up with him, he holding her motionless body tight against his own upper body with his arms wrapped tightly around her as he starts to bawl, he rocking their bodies back and forth as his bawling gets more and more painful with every passing second.

Ray is unable to stop the tears from falling from his eyes as he staggers backwards until his back presses up against the wall and he slides down until he is sitting down with his knees pulled up to his chest while he continues to listen to Kai's painful cries, it being as clear as daylight that Kai is in so much agony right now over the death of Mya.

Tala and Mikhail have turned away to give Kai some respect while he continues to break down over the death of Mya. To these two men it is beyond heartbreaking to see and hear Kai act this way because they have never ever seen Kai so broken down before, and it sure is a very unsettling scene.

"Mya!" Kai again yells as he continues to rock their bodies back and forth, his left hand caressing her cheek in the hopes that it will bring her back to him, "Mya, please! Come back to me! Please! Ana!" Kai yells, he not noticing that he is calling her by her real name now, and yes, the others have noticed this but no one shows any reaction to this.

"Don't leave me, please, please, Ana, don't leave me!"

No one had ever thought that they would live to see the day where Kai would sob like a baby boy, that this strong and fearless leader of theirs would become such a broken man, and it is something that they never ever want to witness ever again because it is not just unsettling to see Kai this way, but plain cruel and heart wrenching.

Kai throws his head backwards as if to cry up to the heavens, his eyes scrunched shut while tears upon tears fall from his eyes, he sobbing and still crying out Mya's name in an anguished manner, "Please, God, don't take her from me, please!" Kai lowers his head and looks at Mya once more, "Please come back to me, my love, please! I am so sorry for everything, please come back! I am nothing without you, nothing!"

Valerie still cannot believe that there is nothing that can be done in order to save Mya, she also silently shedding tears while she continues to both hear and see Kai's broken form as he continues to clutch his dead girlfriend's body close to him, and that sight alone is enough to pull on even the hardest of criminals' heart strings. To see this strong man broken down to a weeping boy over the loss of his lover can bring any person to tears right now, and that is what is exactly happening now.

Kai continues to clutch Mya close to him, he unable to accept the fact that she is gone, that his precious Mya is gone. He has never experienced something like this, and he continues to hope that it is just some horrible nightmare that he is having and that soon enough he would open his eyes and Mya would be there right with him, and by God, he is never ever going to let her go ever again, no matter how much he wants to protect her.

"Mya," he again softly whispers, but just like all the other times, there is no reaction coming from his precious bubbly blonde.

'This can't be it, this just cannot be; there has to be something that I can do,' Valerie thinks to herself while still sitting and crying silently all while keeping her eyes on her broken friend, and just then an idea pops up into her head, a brilliant idea, 'If it could work for Nikki Sixx, then it sure as hell can work for Mya as well,' and at once is Valerie filled with new courage. She quickly tosses the paddles to the side and wipes away her tears with the back of her hands and sits on her knees where she places her hand on Kai's shoulder to get his attention.

"Kai, I am going to bring Mya back, I promise," and this immediately catches everyone's attention as everyone turns to face the beautiful doctor.

Kai only looks at Valerie with his red eyes but other than that, he says and does nothing else.

"I am going to need you to let go of her, Kai, please," and Valerie keeps her eyes on Kai's eyes, she seeing the hurt and sheer agony in her friend's eyes but hopefully those feelings will be diminished shortly and be replaced with hope.

While she keeps eye contact with Kai, she orders the other two paramedic guys to get the adrenaline ready, neither of them saying anything to this.

"Trust me, I am going to bring her back, but for that I am going to need you to let go of Mya, okay?"

Kai looks down at Mya and for the first time he takes in her face: her eyes are closed and she looks like someone who is just sleeping instead of someone who has died, and Kai can't help but think back to all of the times and mornings that he has looked down at Mya's sleeping face while thinking to himself how lucky he is to have this remarkable woman by his side.

Her face is covered in dirt, cuts, dried blood and bruises, which makes Kai wonder what went through her mind when they had done this to her, had she blamed him or did she just wish that death had claimed her already, did she want to die and did she accept death willingly after all of the torture that she had to endure?

Kai places a soft kiss on Mya's forehead and slowly lowers her back down on to the cold stone floor, everyone's eyes turned towards the scene of Valerie having a long needle in her hand and with a syringe filled with a clear liquid, they all wondering whether this is going to work whatever it is that that Valerie wants to do right now.

"You may want to turn away for this, Kai," Valerie says and when she again looks at Kai, she sees a glimpse of a glare, she smirking inwards to see this reaction and without saying anything, she immediately plunges the needle right into Mya's chest, exactly where her heart is and she empties the contents of the syringe into Mya's body, she removing the needle and syringe after doing this and then turns her head towards the heart monitor that is still flat lining, she waiting anxiously to see whether the adrenaline has worked or not.

Everyone is holding their breaths in anticipation and they don't know exactly for what as everyone keeps their eyes on the heart monitor, and to everyone's shock and surprise, the first heart beat is heard.

And then the second...

And then the third...

And then the fourth...

Until Mya's heart beat is returning to an almost completely normal rate and six out of the seven occupants within the room can't help but to burst out on cheers by this; Kai however just looks down at Mya's body in sheer shock because can it be, did Mya really return from the dead?

"Kai?" Valerie calls and Kai slowly lifts his head to look at her, she greeting him with a sincere smile, "She will be fine, I promise, but I have to get her out of here now and I have to get her to the hospital as fast as possible, alright?"

Kai only nods his head to this, he again looking down at Mya. She still looks like a sleeping angel, and she still remains as beautiful as ever despite what Boris and his men had done to her. With a lot of reluctance, Kai finally scoots away from Mya and finally gets up, Valerie and the other two paramedic men quickly going to work to put Mya on to the stretcher so that they can get her to the helicopter and then airlift her to the hospital.

Tala, Ray and Mikhail join Kai's side and all four men continue to look on in silence at how the other three go to work, Mya's heart still beating much to everyone's relief.

The two men waste no time in removing Mya from this horrid room, Kai wanting to follow them but Valerie immediately stops him by placing both of her hands on his chest and looks sternly into his eyes, "I want you to stay here and I want you to take care of the bastard that has done this to her, Kai; I want you to kill Boris, make him pay for what he has done to both her and to you, can you promise me that?"

Kai looks at the door where they have just left with Mya and then looks back at Valerie, he still feeling defeated and broken, but he still nods his head to Valerie.

"Good; I will see you all later, ALIVE, got it?"

Valerie gets a silent nod from the four men and nods back, she then making her way out of the room and leaves the four men alone in the room where Mya has suffered countless torturing sessions.

Mikhail picks up Kai's katana and hands it to Tala, they all turning to look at Kai who is currently just staring at the stone floor in a broken manner. Tala takes it upon himself to get Kai out of this funk, and so, he comes to stand right in front of Kai and places his left hand on Kai's shoulder while holding his katana out to him.

"Kai, go get Boris, and TAKE HIM DOWN," Tala says in a darkened manner, he suddenly back in his mob mentality, he also ready to slaughter a few men and bathe in their blood.

Kai looks up at Tala and there is no ignoring the tears in his eyes, "I...I don't know if I can, Tala. I..." Kai then shrugs his shoulders, "I don't have any strength to fight," and then Kai again looks down at the stone floor.

"Kai, look at me," Tala demands and Kai does as he is told, "You can do this, because this is what you are good at. You are Kai Hiwatari, you are the black phoenix of Russia and you are a very powerful and feared man, not to mention a very respected man, and why is that? Because you never stay down, because you always stay strong and get back up no matter what, because you know how to get what you want when you want it. Millions tremble at the mere mention of your name, your name inducing fear and respect in them without them ever having to meet you. You can do this, Kai, you can take Boris down for good this time, and I have no doubt that you will make that bastard pay for what he has done. Go kick some ass and spill loads of blood because you deserve to do so. Now, show me that dark bastard that we all love to hate so much."

Tala smirks while saying the last sentence as he keeps his eyes focused on Kai, he still seeing the clear hurt within his best friend's eyes, and even though he wants to console Kai right now in the way he deserves, now is not the time for it seeing as they have more pending matters to take care of.

Shots being fired and screams of men being slaughtered can still be heard in the distance as the place is being brought down, but not one of the four men are focusing on that right now.

Kai remains to stay quiet and has his eyes closed, and he has taken to heart everything that Tala has just said to him. He is the black phoenix of Russia, he is one of the most powerful men in the world and with good reason. He makes everyone pay that has wronged him, and Boris will be no different. Boris has dared to hurt HIS Mya, HIS woman, and for that, he must die a painful death and he will not receive a clean and honourable death, nor will he show Boris's dead body any compassion. Boris will pay dearly with his blood for what was done to Mya.

Kai keeps his eyes closed as he starts to search deep within him to unlock the darkness that has taken a back seat after he broke up with Mya, Kai willing it forth so that he can take revenge on all that has wronged him and Mya, and he can feel how the darkness starts to rise to the surface, it starting to flow through his veins, it pulsing with sheer evil and for a moment Kai relishes in how addictive it is and he only realises now just how much he has missed this feeling, this feeling of his soul and entire being bathing in the darkness that is him.

Tala takes a step back all while keeping his eyes on Kai, he along with Ray and Mikhail feeling how the darkened aura starts to come to life around Kai once more, the three men literally seeing how Kai is transforming in front of them, how Kai is becoming the mighty Kai Hiwatari once more and they can all just burst with pride right now.

Kai finally opens up his eyes and starts to smirk in a menacing manner, the other three also starting to smirk in a menacing manner when they look into Kai's eyes because there is no doubt that they are in the presence of the real Kai, the Kai that has shown the world why they should both fear and respect him.

The black phoenix of Russia has once more risen from the ashes, and he is pissed and blood thirsty.

Tala hands Kai his katana, the two friends looking each other deep in the eye and Tala can see how the evil and bloodlust is pulsing within those beautiful brown eyes of Kai, and were one to draw a picture of this situation right now, Kai would most likely appear as a demon straight out of hell, complete with large black wings, two horns on his head and a tail that is ready to rip anyone's head right from their bodies in one swift manner.

"Let's go kill some bastards," Kai says, his voice also back to its usual deep, sultry and darkened self, and again the other three men can feel how they want to explode from pride because they get to fight alongside this man, this man that gives evil and darkness a whole new meaning.

Tala, Ray and Mikhail nod their heads while still smirking, the three making way for Kai to pass through first and leave the room, and after he leaves the room, they obediently follow him while getting their weapons ready, all four men having an insatiable bloodlust right now, and it is aimed directly at Boris and his men.

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"Mila, I think it is time for you to leave; I do not want you to get caught up in Hiwatari's fury because he is most likely going to kill you too of he finds out what you are to me," Boris says in a caring tone of voice while looking down at Mila who is currently sitting in front of the fire place and watching the coals slowly lose their glow.

"I am not leaving your side, Boris, so forget about that idea already. I told you that if you die, I die with you, and if you live, I live with you, and if what you have told me is true about this Kai character, I can help you fight him seeing as taking on two would not be so difficult and also not unfair to Hiwatari. We both can bring him down and make sure that you win this war," Mila gets up from her seat and stands right in front of Boris and places her hands on his chest in a loving manner, "I can help you kill Kai, my love, just give me a chance."

Boris takes her hands into his and gives them each a kiss before looking back up into her eyes, "I appreciate the gesture, Mila, but you do not know Kai, and also, I would like to take him on one on one because this is a fight long overdue and we do not want anyone to interfere, so please, Mila, I am begging you, my darling, for your own safety, please get out of here before it is too late. I will come find you after I have killed Hiwatari, I promise."

Mila sighs deeply to this in a reluctant manner, but she does nod her head to show her compliance to his demand, she giving him a deep kiss before walking away. She takes her bag from the bed and heads towards the doors and just as she takes the door handle in hand, she turns to look at Boris one last time, "You better come find me, Boris, so don't die on me, alright?" and she smiles at him after saying this.

"Anything for you, my darling," Boris says as he returns her smile with a sincere and warm smile while he remains standing on his spot.

Mila continues to smile at him and turns around after opening the door and just as she is about to walk out, she freezes right on the spot because she has just come face to face with the menacing Kai Hiwatari and he does not look happy, and with the blood that is covering his arms and face, he looks like some demonic creature from hell, and Mila has no doubt that the blood on Kai's skin is the blood of his victims that he has carelessly killed not too long ago.

Mila drops her bag and steps backwards in the room, Kai following her while he keeps his eyes on her in a questioning manner, he without a doubt wondering to himself who this woman is that is in Boris's bedroom.

After torturing one of Boris's men for information on where Boris can be found, Kai wasted no time in springing towards Boris's bedroom, all while killing as many as he can on the way, hence why he is currently covered in so much blood.

Boris tenses when he sees Kai walking into the room, he immediately grabbing his katana in hand and getting ready to fight Kai to the death; he is just disappointed that Mila did not manage to get out of here in time, and Boris already knows that Kai is going to kill her, and yes, it would be sad to see her go, mostly the incredible sex, but he is not going to slit his wrist over her death any time soon.

"Kai, so good of you to finally join us," Boris says smugly as Mila comes to stand right beside him while she is still looking at Kai with wide eyes, there no denying the fear in her eyes.

She has never met Kai face to face before, but she has heard plenty of stories about him and about how dangerous he can be, how heartless he truly is when it comes to killing those that have wronged him in some way or who has just annoyed him.

Kai finally turns his attention on to Boris, and both Boris and Mila can see the evil and bloodlust pulse within Kai's eyes, he literally being on the hunt for his next victim whose blood he can spill, and right now it is both Boris and Mila that are on his radar.

"How did you like my welcoming present, Kai? I hope Mya was not too damaged or shall I say, too alive, when you had found her?" and the elder man narrows his eyes at Kai in a menacing manner while smirking smugly at Kai, he trying to get a raise out of Kai.

Boris already knows that Kai must be out of his mind with fury over Mya's death which means that he will not be focused on him; the only thing that he will be focused on is to get to Boris, and this will count in Boris's advantage seeing as he will be able to plan each and every attack and step perfectly while Kai would most likely be all over the place, and everyone knows a sloppy fighter is a fighter busy digging in his own grave.

"I must admit, she truly was a strong woman until the very end, Kai, and I was tempted on more than one occasion to take her for myself, knowing that if I had raped her, you would have died with the knowledge that the last man that had touch her intimately was your greatest enemy; now that I think about it, I am actually feeling regretful that I did not do that because that really would have brought the perfect ending to her life, don't you agree?" Boris asks while he continues to smirk smugly at Kai while he continues to look Kai dead in the eye as he continues to taunt him.

Kai is trying his best to stay calm because he cannot lose control right now seeing as he will put himself in harm's way should he lose his mind right now; at least it is clear that Boris thinks that he has succeeded in taking Mya's life so he is going to continue to allow Boris to believe that. There is also no doubt in Kai's mind that this woman must be something to Boris if she feels safe by his side, but either way, she is going to die.

"You will pay for what you have done to her, Boris; mark my words. I will walk out of here with your decapitated head in my hand where I will put it in a glass jar so that everyone can see how I have taken you down."

Mila can't help but to involuntary shiver to that because of what Kai has just said and in that dark and deep voice of his no less, it having sounded so barbaric and inhumane, and now she can really start to understand that Kai truly is a man to fear; there is no denying that he would not follow through with his plans of placing Boris's head in a glass jar, but fortunately for Boris and her, in order for that to happen Kai would have to decapitate Boris's head and she knows that her boyfriend has no intention of having his head removed any time soon.

Boris does feel somewhat uneasy about hearing Kai say that and the look in Kai's eyes shows that he has every intention of following through with his plan, but he is not about to lie down and let Kai take his head; he has spent years training and Kai would be shocked to see just how fit he is for his old age.

"I would like to see you try, Kai, but let me warn you now, that you are not the only one who knows how to fight with a katana," Boris says and he immediately comes into stance so that Kai and he can finally get down to business.

Kai sees this and now he is the one who starts to smirk, although his smirk is not smug like Boris's smirk but rather a menacing one, he again resembling some creature coming out of the fiery pits of hell.

"Really now?" Kai asks and he too takes his katana from his back, the sheath of the katana being strapped to Kai's back, and he also comes into a stance to show that he too is ready to fight Boris.

"Mila, get out," Boris demands without looking at her as he keeps his eyes on Kai, Boris hoping that Kai would not have any objection to this.

"Why not let your little girlfriend stay, Boris? I am sure she would like to see how 'fit and skilled' her boyfriend is," Kai says coyly as he too keeps his eyes solely focused on Boris.

"She already knows that, Kai; she has no business here, this is between you and me, so she has no reason to be here. Go, Mila, now," Boris says more sternly and after giving Boris a side glance, she looks over at Kai and finally leaves Boris's side, she slowly and carefully making her way towards the door all while keeping her full attention on Kai.

She may seem calm on the outside but she is in fact a nervous wreck on the inside, she getting more and more nervous with each step that she takes towards the door seeing as Kai is standing almost directly in front of the door, and she has to pass this murdering psychopath in order to leave.

She keeps her eyes on Kai, he not even looking at her and this does make her feel a little better because it seems that at least Kai has no quarrels with her. Mila is getting closer and closer to the door and just as she is about to walk out and breathe a sigh of relief that she has made it past Kai, safely no less, said man suddenly grabs her by the arm and before she can comprehend what is happening, she feels the cold blade slice across her neck, her blood immediately starting to flow from the long cut and the last thing she hears is Boris yelling her name and Kai smirking at her, darkness quickly claiming her.

Mila's bleeding body falls to the cobblestone floor with a thud and Kai turns to Boris and again smirks at the elder man, "And now we are even, old man; you killed my girlfriend, so it was only fair I do the same to you, don't you agree?"

Boris huffs and then growls before charging at Kai, he holding his katana with both hands as he starts to swing at Kai with all his strength and speed. Kai again smirks to this as he effortlessly blocks Boris's attack, the final battle between the two finally happening, and they both know that only one of them will be walking out of here alive.

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"Well then, I think that is the last of the men," Tala says as he and Ray dumps another body on to the pile of dead bodies, the pile all consisting of Boris's men.

Ray wipes the sweat away from his forehead with the back of his hand as he keeps his eyes on the pile of bodies, "How long do you think we will have to wait for Kai to finish off Boris?"

Tala snorts to this as he crosses his arms in front of his chest, "That may take a while, Ray; you know how that boss of yours gets, how he likes to play with his victims and I am sure that he is going to draw this out for as long as he can because I have no doubt in my mind that he wants to make Boris suffer."

"Aah man, I do hope he hurries up because I feel filthy and I still would like to try and pick up some female company for the evening; it has been some time since I have had someone to keep me warm at night."

Tala laughs at this and shakes his head from side to side in an amusing manner, "I am sure you will be able to get someone, Ray; to be honest, I am surprised that we managed to kill everyone so fast, I was really expecting a tougher kind of battle, a bit more intense than this. I am almost disappointed that it was this easy."

"Yeah, me too; I am also pretty disappointed that we managed to get through them so fast. It seems Boris was all bark and no bite. Did he really think that his so-called army would be able to stop us? The old coot seems to have forgotten that we have professional men on our side, men that have gone through proper training in order to get a place in The Chernyy Feniks; they aren't men who just got handed a gun and then told to shoot, but clearly that was the case here," Ray says as he looks around him, "Boris really is nothing more than a senile old bastard. Let's just hope that Kai gets this over and done with within the minimal amount of time."

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The clanging of steel against steel can be heard in the luxurious bedroom, along with the occasional grunt of a man, it sometimes coming from Kai and other times it coming from Boris as the two continue to fight with their katanas.

Neither of them has broken a sweat so far, and Kai has already admitted to himself within his mind of how he is somewhat impressed with the manner in which Boris is handling the katana; he never knew that the old man could wield anything other than a gun, and this was another thing that has surprised Kai, the fact that Boris demanded they leave out their guns and fight in a good old fashioned hand to hand combat, Japanese sword included, and Kai was quite eager to agree to these terms seeing as it would be so much more satisfying to get his hands on Boris personally and take his life away from him in this manner.

Kai ducks as Boris swings at his head, and while Kai ducks, he drops to his feet and extends his right leg, this causing Boris to fall flat on his ass but again to Kai's surprise, Boris is quickly back on his feet and Kai can't help but commend the elder man for being in such a fit form.

Kai is back on to his feet before Boris is and he wastes no time in swinging at Boris once more, the elder man again blocking it efficiently.

"I must confess, old man, you're not too bad with that sword," Kai says while his katana once more clashes with that of Boris as the two men again put their own strength against the other.

Boris smirks at Kai just before he kicks him in the shins and pushes the young business mogul away, he swinging his katana at Kai's head but just like before, Kai fluently evades it.

"I just hope that you are not intending on fighting me the entire time with just the sword, Boris; I want to see whether your fists can also do some talking of their own."

Boris snorts to this, "Oh, you will be surprised, young Kai; you will quickly come to realise that I did not waste my time just sitting around and wasting away while ordering everyone around me to do my bidding. I actually put in a lot of effort in getting my body fighter ready so that I can kick anyone's ass who thought it would be a nice idea to try and beat on an old man for an easy defeat; I am no one's easy defeat," and as to emphasise on this, Boris tosses his katana a short distance away from himself and comes into a fighting stance, he more than ready to show Kai that he is not a frail old man still trying to be play gangster.

Kai quirks an eyebrow at this but he too tosses his katana to the side and also gets into a fighting stance, he somewhat curious to see what Boris can actually do.

The two are sizing each other up as they both remain to stand in their fighting stances, both already forming an efficient plan of attacks within their own minds. Kai narrows his eyes and he is the first to throw the first punch, Boris blocking it and he too strikes at Kai with his fist and like himself, Kai also blocks it but he immediately head buds Boris which causes the elder man to stagger backwards a few steps but he quickly composes himself once more and only glares up at Kai, the younger man smirking at him.

"What's the matter, Boris, I thought you were this kick ass fighter, so why are you glaring at me then?"

Boris says nothing and only takes a deep breath and after exhaling and allowing a sense of calm to come over him, he suddenly moves at Kai with a speed that the young mob boss did not expect and before he could block Boris's fists, the elder man manages to land two powerful blows on the right side of Kai's body, Boris aiming to cause some damage on to his liver.

Kai groans out in pain but he wastes no time in also landing blows on to Boris, the two finally going head to head with each other to display their brute strength all while trying to kill each other.

Kick is met with kick, blow met with blow, Boris pulling out a few fancy and effective moves that silently surprises Kai, but he does not show it nor comment on it and also manages to display a few skilful moves, and it doesn't take long before the room around them starts to get messed up as the two push and throw each other against the various furniture decorating the room, Mila's body still lying on the floor while being all forgotten.

Neither of them keeps time but a great amount of time has already passed seeing as both men are heaving and are covered with bruises, but still they continue on with their full on fighting.

Boris however intends on finishing this fight any minute now; he may have been using his body this entire time and he may have enjoyed this fight with Kai more than he would like to admit, but he would very much like to get on with this entire thing and just kill Kai already so that he can escape from here. Boris has been keeping an eye on his katana the entire fight through, doing it as inconspicuous as he can because he does not want Kai to even get a glimpse of what is running through his mind.

All at once, Boris jumps and lands both of his feet skilfully on to Kai's chest which causes him to stagger back, Boris landing on his back after kicking Kai, but this is what he has wanted because he managed to land right beside his katana where he quickly turns onto the Japanese sword so that he can pick it up without Kai noticing it, and after retrieving it, he quickly gets back up onto his feet while having his back towards Kai, and yes, this is a bad thing to keep his back to his enemy, but this is in Boris's advantage because he can feel how Kai is coming for him and he waits for just the right moment and just as Kai is about to land a blow on him, Boris quickly turns around and shoves the sword forward and he hits his intended target straight on.

Kai immediately freezes on the spot and just looks at Boris with wide eyes, the elder man smirking at Kai's shocked facial expression, "Like I said, Kai, I am no one's easy defeat."

Kai has no idea how it has happened, but one moment he was about to hit Boris with his fist and the next thing he knows, Boris's katana is sticking out at both ends of his body and he can't help but to clutch onto Boris's shoulders as he gasps out in pain and is unable to hit Boris or do anything else to fight off Boris, thus leaving him completely defenceless in front of the elder man right now.

Boris pushes Kai away from him and removes the Japanese sword from Kai's body, the blade covered in the business mogul's blood, and Kai drops to his knees while he clutches the front side of his stomach with both hands as blood starts to flow profusely from the wound, both the front and the back wound, but he is unable to stop the blood that is flowing from his back.

Boris sneers down at Kai, "Pathetic," he spits with venom in his voice while he keeps his sights on Kai.

Kai coughs a few times and he bends over in order to stop the pain from coursing through his body, "Wh...[coughs] why do you...hate me so much...[coughs]...what did I ever...[coughs] do to you...Boris," Kai asks while he is still bent over in pain as he clutches his abdominal area, he already starting to feel how his body is trying to reserve all that it can.

'This can't be how this is supposed to end, I was not supposed to die by Boris's hand,' Kai thinks to himself while he waits for Boris to answer him.

Boris continues to sneer down at Kai, there not even an ounce of sympathy in his entire being towards the legendary mob boss, and he has heard Kai's question and he will not deny Kai the pleasure of knowing the truth, of knowing the real reason why he has hated Voltaire so much and why his hatred for his grandfather has been passed down on to him.

"Do you want to know why I hate you so much, Kai? Well, I will tell you because I believe you need to know the truth before you release your final breath. You were supposed to be my grandson, you were suppose to be my pride and joy, not Voltaire's."

To this Kai slightly lifts his head to look up at Boris because he has absolutely no idea what Boris means by that, but he does not have the strength to ask, and he trusts that Boris will follow his own initiative and elaborate more on it.

Boris lowers his katana to his side as he turns away from Kai so that he can start his tale, "Everyone believes that my hatred for your grandfather started because of some deal he stole from underneath my nose, but that is not true; that is just something your grandfather started in order to protect his own name," Boris takes a deep breath and releases it before he continues on with his tale, "I once had a daughter, my only daughter and my only child; she was my pride and joy and I loved her more than anything in this world. Annushka was her name and there was nothing that I would not do to see her happy and safe; her happiness and laughter was my happiness and laughter and she was my reason for living , for getting up in the morning and greeting the day with a bright smile."

Boris places his katana on the wooden dresser, his back still faced towards Kai as he starts to go down memory lane, "I remember how the two of us always fought over her boyfriends because I always saw them as scum and they were never good enough for my little girl. She did not have a lot of boyfriends, but it was still enough to give me sleepless nights. And then one day my little girl was all grown up and truly in love for the first time, and I could see the love radiate from her eyes," and Boris cannot prevent the small that is forming on his mouth as he thinks back to how his daughter seemed to have floated on clouds made of red hearts during that time, "Apparently she and this boy had been taking it slow, they trying to get to know each other like in the old days and she had realised that this was the man that she wanted to marry, the man that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with and the man that she wanted to be the father of her children, and as I have said, her happiness was my happiness. However, when she told me who the father of this boy was after telling me that I know his father, I knew that it would not be so easy to marry this boy as she had hoped, and I did not have the heart to tell that to her face, hoping that I was wrong."

Boris rests his left arm on the wooden dresser and looks at the blood covered katana, he still lost in his own world, "The father of this boy was your grandfather, Kai," Boris turning to face Kai, "My daughter and you father were in love before he met your mother."

Kai can only look at Boris with wide eyes, he unable to believe this because his grandfather had never mentioned anything about this to him, not ever; not even Ralph or Oksana had said anything about it.

Boris shrugs his shoulders and he again looks away from Kai to continue his tale, "I had hoped with my entire heart that Voltaire would see reason, I had hoped that he would allow our children to marry because I could see that your father truly loved my daughter and that they really wanted to be with each other, but as always, your grandfather did not care about anyone else other than himself and his family name, and so he had flat out told my daughter and me that we will never ever be in the same class as him and his son, and that he will not allow this ridiculous farce to continue. I tried to plead with your grandfather, to let him understand that our children were really in love and that love does not ask your class, but he just continued to refuse us; I even went as far as to suggest us become allies and join our organisations and in doing so, increase our power and also to extent it, but again your grandfather declined, saying that if he should ever merge with me, it will lower the power and respect of The Chernny Feniks instead of strengthening it, and so, in the end I had no other choice but to let the relationship end."

Boris sighs and he remains quiet for a few seconds as he quietly gets lost in his own memories once more, Kai trying to keep his eyes on Boris but he can feel how his body is slowly starting to shut down, blood still flowing from the wounds.

"Your grandfather ended up sending your father away, to continue his studies abroad all to ensure that he and my daughter never see each other ever again and also to never have communication with each other ever again. My daughter was absolutely devastated by this, her heart was shattered into millions of pieces and so was mine, knowing that there was nothing I could do to help her. Well, after a year your father returned and news quickly travelled that he had met someone else at his university, and it did not take long before they were engaged and married, and that was the last thing needed to push my daughter over the edge. When she saw the wedding of your father and mother in the newspaper, she could take it no more and in the end she ended up killing herself over it, over her broken heart and soul. I was too late to save her and so, because of your grandfather and his god-complex, he destroyed my little's girl life and indirectly killed her, and from that day on I vowed to get my revenge, and I did in a manner. I took away your mother and father, and you were suppose to die along with them because I wanted your grandfather to suffer the same way I was suffering and I had almost succeeded had your parents not decided to leave you home that day. It was quite a blow to my pride to find out that the brat had lived, but I knew that one day I will get my revenge, and today is that day, Kai," and Boris once more turns to face Kai, a look of pure hatred on his face as he glares down at Kai.

Kai has lowered his upper body and he is unable to meet Boris's hateful glare, he in too much pain right now, and also because he wants to keep the hunting knife out of Boris's sight, he having managed to pull the knife from his strapped leg while Boris had his back to him, and he intends on killing Boris with it; if he does not make it out of here alive, at least he knows that Boris will also not make it out of here alive.

"Today I will finally finish what I had started years ago; I will finally put an end to Voltaire's bloodline and then the debt of my daughter's death will finally be paid in full."

Kai hears how Boris comes walking closer to him, he clutching his hunting knife close to his chest while waiting for the perfect moment to strike Boris.

"Today victory will be mine and I will reign supreme, and this time no Hiwatari will stop me," Boris starting to chuckle to this in a menacing manner while he throws his head back, this being what Kai has been waiting for.

Within a blink of an eye, Kai gathers all of his remaining strength and jumps up, he driving the knife straight into Boris's heart and he is met with wide surprised eyes as Boris is suddenly unable to believe what has just happened. He staggers backwards in order to retrieve the bloody katana from atop the wooden dresser but Kai is faster than him, Boris now being the one who is completely defenceless in the presence of his enemy.

Kai kicks the back of Boris's knees which immediately brings the elder down on to his knees, Kai taking a fist full of the elder man's hair and glares down at him, the bloody katana in his right hand, "The Hiwatari bloodline will continue through me, Boris, my grandfather's legacy will continue through me, and there is nothing you can do about it. I am glad that my grandfather did what he did because there is no way in hell I ever would have stomached the fact that I was related to you. I told you that I will be walking out of here with your decapitated head, Boris, and I am a man of my word, oh, and one more thing, Boris, Mya is alive, so that is yet another thing you failed at," Boris's eyes widening even more upon hearing this and the last thing he sees is Kai lifting the katana and bringing it down, the business mogul successfully decapitating Boris's head in one swift movement.

Kai holds the decapitated head in his left hand and raises it up so that it can be face to face with him, he smirking darkly when he sees Boris's wide and shocked eyes while blood flows freely from the head and the headless body.

"Your debt has been paid, Boris, with your own blood, and I will be walking away as the victor here, not you."

Kai drops Boris's katana and retrieves his own so that he can get the hell out of here and get medical help as fast as possible otherwise his victory over Boris will be short lived, and that is the last thing he wants because he wants to savour this moment for as long as he can, and he was serious about putting Boris's head in a glass jar, so the faster he can get out of here, the faster he can get this head into a jar of alcohol to keep as a well deserved trophy.

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He can feel his body is slowly starting to shut down, and the abdominal wound is not helping matters at all. He still has Boris's decapitated head in his hand as he tries to keep himself balanced against the wall, but Kai knows that he is most likely not going to make it out of here alive; he has no way of informing Tala or the others of his position or of his condition because during the fight with Boris, the old fool had managed to destroy his earpiece, so Kai really has no way of being able to inform his men that he is about to die.

Finally, after trying his best to remain strong, his body finally gives in and Kai falls to his knees and then flat on his ass, the decapitated head of Boris rolling away from him after falling carelessly on to the stone floor.

Kai leans against the wall with his left side and closes his eyes because he can feel how the darkness is creeping closer and closer to him, threatening to consume him any minute. However, despite knowing that death is also about to claim him any minute now, he can't help but to smile to himself as he starts to think about Mya, knowing that she is at least safe and that they have managed to rescue her in time, even though it truly was a close call. Were it not for Valerie's exceptional skills and fast thinking with the adrenaline, they would have lost Mya for good, so thanks to all holy entities for someone like Valerie.

"Mya," Kai softly whispers to himself while he continues to think about Mya.

Kai does not care about his own oncoming death; all that matters to him right now is the fact that Mya is safe and alive and that Boris did not succeed in killing her. Kai does not even have the strength to try and crawl his way out of here, his body now completely broken down and weak, the wound in his stomach and back still bleeding which makes him even weaker, but he still does not care. At least is he going to die a peaceful death and with the knowledge that the love of his life is in safe hands and still breathing, and that he has avenged his parents, his grandfather and Mya.

Just then Kai starts to hear heavy footsteps making its way towards him, it most likely being someone to come and kill him because this person does not seem to be in a hurry to reach him which means that it cannot be one of his men coming to his rescue.

The person sounds rather large if the heavy footsteps are any indication, and quite frankly, Kai does not care if this person slits his throat right here because it still does not change the fact that Mya is safe and that Boris is dead.

The person finally reaches Kai but does not say or do anything else, and Kai feeling the person's eyes on him, decides to gather up all of this remaining strength to look this person in the eye and to show him that Kai Hiwatari will still die with his pride intact, and so, Kai finally opens up his eyes and manages to look up at this person, he realising that he was correct in assuming that this is a large person because this person is not only tall but also broad, a real muscular bastard.

Kai looks at this person's face and upon seeing the face of this stranger, he can't help but to softly chuckle to himself because he suddenly realises that he is closer to death than he has realised because he is literally starting to hallucinate, he now seeing the dead people that he had cared for so much in the past.

"Sevastyan," is all that Kai mutters as he lowers his head and closes his eyes once more, he now only smirking to himself.

Bryan also can't help but to smirk down at Kai, "How's it going, kiddo? You look like shit," he says in a joking manner and then hunches down in front of Kai, the mob boss once more opening his eyes and looking at him.

"I can't believe that I am actually seeing ghosts before death is about to claim me; I must amuse this universe quite a lot."

"Believe me, kiddo, I am no ghost."

Kai continues to smirk at Bryan until his head falls to the side limply, he finally losing consciousness. Bryan wastes no time in picking up Kai's unconscious body, he carrying Kai bridal style as he starts to make his way down the dimly lit hallway so that he can get Kai to the safety because he does not want Kai to die seeing as Kai still has so much to live for, namely by making a life with a certain black haired beauty that he still loves very much.

Bryan just glances at Boris's decapitated head and smirks to himself while feeling how his heart fills with pride, knowing that Kai had taken down his greatest nemesis and this time there is no coming back for Boris. Kai has finally taken down Boris, and Voltaire would have been very proud of his grandson's accomplishments.

Bryan just regrets not getting here earlier but then again, he was just very fortunate that both Grigory and Yurik had stumbled upon a few members of The Chernyy Feniks where they found out what is about to go down. Bryan would have liked to join the fight, even with the risk of them discovering him, but he didn't care at that moment because all he could think about was to get to Ana, to save her and to also save Kai should he be in any danger, but again to his fortunate luck, Ana is currently in the best medical care there is and he is able to save Kai.

"Don't worry, kiddo, soon you will be reunited with 'Mya' and I will make sure of it."

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The first thing that he hears is the beeping all around him, he not sure what it is this very moment; the next thing he notices is the pain that he is feeling all over his body, he not sure on why he is in so much pain right now, he not able to form any clear thoughts right now.

He immediately groans from pain as soon as he tries to move his body, a sharp pain coursing through his body that has stemmed from the right side of his abdominal area, and he is still not sure what happened to him for him to be in so much pain right now.

"Kai?" he suddenly hears on his left side, but he is just too tired to open his eyes right now, but he has to know what is going on, and hopefully whoever has just called him would be able to give him some answers.

So, with a lot of effort, he manages to open his eyes, even if halfway and the first thing that he sees is Valerie's smiling face looking down at him, he not even smiling back, and now that he knows that it is at least a familiar face, he closes his eyes once more but does not fall asleep.

"Welcome back to the world of the living, Kai, how are you feeling?"

"Thir...thirsty," Kai manages to say, he immediately taking notice of how hoarse his voice sounds right now, he still not sure what the hell has happened to him; his mind is a complete mess right now.

He hears how Valerie moves around in the room and not long after, she instructs him to open his eyes and he sees how Valerie is holding the cup of water for him, she helping him to drink it and Kai gulps it down as fast as he can, he not realising that he was this thirsty, and he asks for more but Valerie declines his request saying that she can't give him too much water right now because he may throw up.

Kai again closes his eyes, he now slowly starting to come to grips with what has happened, flashes of events going through his mind.

Valerie starts to take Kai's vitals all while keeping her eyes on him, and she can see how Kai starts to frown, he most likely trying to remember what has happened; she herself is not sure what had happened seeing as she was with Mya the entire time, and she can only tell Kai what she has been told by the others.

"You okay, Kai?" she asks while she continues to write down her observations, Kai currently being in the ICU, along with Mya that is lying next door to him, but she is not about to tell him that because Kai would most likely try to get out of the bed so that he can go to her, and Kai is in no condition to get out of the bed any time soon.

"What...happened?" Kai asks while his voice still sounds hoarse.

"What exactly do you remember, Kai?"

A moment of silence descends upon them as Kai tries to put his thoughts in order, he seeing his katana and how he fights with it, slicing necks and abdomens with his weapon, and there was even a woman whose throat he slit with his katana. He finally sees Boris and how they fought, Boris mumbling something about how Kai should have been his grandson, and then he finally sees Mya, her body just lying there unresponsive, and as if lighting has suddenly coursed through his body, his eyes shoot wide open as he gasps.

"Mya!" and at once he tries to get up, but Valerie is quicker than him and she immediately holds him down, she feeling fortunate for Kai's weak state of being because now she can keep him down without the help of other people.

"Calm down, Kai, she is fine," and even though Valerie knows that this is not true, she is not about to tell Kai the truth.

"Where...where is she?"

"She is in the hospital, Kai, and they are taking good care of her; Boris did not succeed in taking her away from you, I promise, but you can't see her right now, Kai, seeing as you are very weak and you yourself have your own badge of wounds that first need to heal before you can even start thinking of getting out of bed, so calm down."

Valerie feels how Kai's body relaxes the moment she tells him that Mya is being taken care of, but she knows that he is actually burning to see her. She still cannot understand why Kai had broken up with Mya because it is still as clear as daylight that he loves her more than anything else. She knows that Tala had said something about Kai wanting to protect her, but she can't help but shake the feeling that there has to be another reason, a reason that Kai will most likely take to his grave one day.

"I promise that as soon as you are strong enough to get out of bed, that I will take you to see her, Kai, you have my word, but for now you have to rest, please, because the more you try to get to her while being in this weakened state, the longer it will take for you to recover and to properly see her."

Kai hears what Valerie is saying, but all that he sees in front of him is Mya's broken body, along with the flat lining of the heart monitor mocking him.

Valerie gets no word from Kai and she takes this as a sign that he is going to comply with her demands and after being certain that Kai is calm enough, she releases her hold on him and steps back where she picks up the clipboard once more so that she can make a few notes about Kai's condition, she thinking that it might be for the best if they keep Kai slightly sedated so that his body can rest properly.

Valerie starts to write but she is suddenly interrupted when one of the nurses come rushing into the room in a panic, "Doctor! It's Ms Azarov, she's gone into cardiac arrest!"

Valerie drops everything and just explains 'shit' before also rushing out of the room, she not even thinking of looking back to make sure that Kai is alright.

Kai has heard what the nurse has said and he can already hear how everyone is moving about and shouting orders as they try to save Mya.

"Mmmm...Mya..." he whispers hoarsely as he tries to get out of bed and instead of getting out of it like a normal person, he falls out of it and lands on the cold floor with a thud and he groans out of pain as his wound immediately starts to throb with immense pain, but it does not hinder his motivation in trying to get to Mya.

However, Kai is just too weak and he tries to pull himself towards the door with his arms, but he is unsuccessful for various reasons, he still muttering Mya's name in a hoarse voice. What Kai does not notice is that his wound has opened up and it is already bleeding through the bandages.

The last thing that Kai hears is someone saying 'clear!' before everything around him starts to turn dark, unconsciousness claiming him as he continues to lie on the floor while blood flows profusely from his wound, both the front and the back side; the last movement he makes is to try and reach for the doorway with his right hand, the hand falling limply to the floor as Kai finally loses the battle of staying conscious.

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It is late afternoon and Tala and Alisia are making their way towards the ICU so that they can pop in and see how Kai and Mya are doing. No one knows the true extent of Mya's injuries and Valerie has said that she will give them all the necessary details as soon as they come during visiting hours.

Tala is still sore but other than that, he is completely fine and just very relieved to be back in Alisia's arms; she nearly tackled him to the ground when he got out of the car at her sister's house, she crying tears of happiness upon seeing her husband alive and well. The married couple has agreed that her sister still look after the twins for a few more days so that Tala can rest properly but he has not done much resting since getting back home because he just wants to make love to Alisia all the time, despite his body being sore and protesting almost all the time. He is thankful for having his wife with him and for still being alive, and he does feel guilty because of Kai and Mya and the state that they are in, but his wife comes first.

Tala does however feel very fortunate about the fact that both Kai and Mya are safe and in excellent care; however, there is something that bothers Tala and that he just cannot shake from his mind, and that is about how in the hell Kai managed to come up all of those levels while being in his condition? When they had found Kai, he was completely knocked out and covered in blood, and upon closer inspection, they discovered Kai has been stabbed, so Tala wants to know how the hell Kai managed to get up top while being in that horrid condition.

The love birds are walking arm in arm, all loving and smiling to each other and just as they turn around the corner that leads to the ICU department, they are met with Valerie, who is currently leaning against the wall while resting her forehead against it with her eyes closed, concern and panic immediately setting in with both Alisia and Tala as they both start thinking that something must have happened to either Kai or Mya.

Tala gently pulls away from Alisia and walks ahead and he reaches Valerie first and places a hand on Valerie's shoulder which immediately startles her, but she smiles when she sees that it is Tala and Alisia.

"Hey, how you guys doing?" she asks and one can not only see, but also hear, just how tired she truly is, her eyes red and she already sporting dark circles under her eyes.

"We are doing just fine, but what is going on, Val, you don't look so good; is something wrong, did something happen?"

Valerie shakes her head from side to side while tears start to well up within her eyes, and Alisia wastes no time in pulling the doctor/mobster into a consoling hug, Tala just placing a hand on each woman's shoulder as his form of comfort while he feels very uneasy and also very panicked on the inside, all sorts of thoughts running through his mind right now.

Valerie finally composes herself after a while and pulls out of Alisia's safe embrace, she wiping away her tears with the back of her hands while smiling at both Alisia and Tala, the married couple returning it while they patiently wait for Valerie to tell them what is going on.

"Sorry, you guys, and also thanks, I really needed; I didn't mean to upset you guys."

Alisia waves if off before crossing her arms in front of her chest, "Don't mention it, but seriously, Val, what is going on that has got you so stressed?"

"Gods, where do I even begin?" Valerie says as she runs both of her hands through her hair, "Okay, first off, both Kai and Mya are alive, but not without complications. For one, Kai is currently back in surgery because the stubborn ass managed to fall out of his bed in his attempt to get to Mya and in doing so, he opened his wounds and who knows what other damage he has caused with his tumble out of bed, and Mya," and to this Valerie again shakes her head while she tries to keep the tears at bay, "Guys, I don't know if she is going to make it. Since we got her out of there, she has already gone into cardiac arrest twice and one more would be the end of her; Mya will not survive a third cardiac arrest. She is really not doing well, you guys; Boris really did a number on her."

Alisia and Tala look at each other with worried faces before looking back at Valerie, "What happened to her, Val, what did Boris do to her exactly?"

Valerie takes a deep breath as an attempt to gather courage to tell Tala and Alisia the extent of Mya's injuries, "Okay, here it goes: both shoulders are dislocated, along with her left hip, jaw and right knee; she is severely dehydrated and malnourished, and she has severe inner bleeding, along with a large amount of blood loss; she has head trauma and a ruptured spleen, seven broken ribs, three cracked vertebrae, her right wrist is broken as well as the left side of her collar bone, a punctured lung, various deep cuts and bruising all over her body, and lastly she has septicaemia which has already caused her kidneys to start failing and of it goes on like this, she will have to receive dialysis shortly. The only positive thing that I can say is that Boris has kept to his word in not allowing Mya to be raped, but it seems that the sick bastard made up for it in other ways."

Both Tala and Alisia look at Valerie with wide eyes and dropped jaws, both of them in sheer shock upon hearing the extent of Mya's injuries, "I...had no idea it was this bad; Jeeezus, Val, how can anyone survive something like that?"

Valerie again shakes her head from side to side, "I have no idea, Tala; all I know is that if we showed up even five minutes later, she would have been lying in the morgue right now instead of the ICU, and that is just the physical injuries; who knows what kind of mental and emotional damage and trauma Mya will have when she wakes up because no one can walk away from something like that without some form of emotional scar or something. Mya is going to have one hell of a road in front of her if she is to recover fully from this.

Tala and Alisia once more look at each other, both still shocked, "Kai is going to be heartbroken when he hears about Mya's condition."

"Let's just hope that Mya survives this entire ordeal, but in all honesty, I would not blame her if her body just shuts down completely after all it has been through and just calls it a day; it would almost sound like the most humane thing to do, to allow her to succumb to her wounds, but for both Kai and her sake, I really hope that she pulls through so that she can give Boris one big 'F you' and claim to be the ultimate winner."

"Here is to hoping that Mya pulls through."

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Bryan continues to keep his eyes on the entrance of the hospital to see whether a lone nurse will come walking out so that he can ambush him or her, but up until now everyone has been coming out in groups on pairs.

'One could almost swear that they are too chicken shit to walk on their own in fear of being attacked, but then again, that is exactly what I plan on doing as soon as one of them are on their own; I don't want to do it, but these are desperate times.'

Bryan continues to hide behind his truck that is parked in the parking area of Hiwatari's hospital, it being the day after the attack and up until now he has been unable to find out anything about Kai and Ana's condition, and that is why he has no other choice to take matters into his own hands, and by doing so he has to obtain an access card and then create a fake identity so that he can appear to be one of the nurses of the hospital, despite he not even having 5% of the knowledge that is required to be a qualified nurse, and that is why Bryan hopes that he will not be expected to do anything difficult or to assist any of the doctors because then he will immediately be discovered, and if that happens, he will be forced to kill a few people in order to keep his secret safe.

Another five minutes passes before a male nurse comes walking out through the doors, and to Bryan's fortunate luck, this one is alone. Bryan wastes no time in starting to follow him to his car and just as the male nurse is about to get into his car, Bryan hits him over the head which causes the male nurse to fall unconscious, and Bryan quickly goes to work in putting the nurse into his car and then also very quickly takes his access card and after making sure that the coast is clear, Bryan heads back to his truck and he can't help but to smile to himself about how easy it was to get it.

"Sorry, dude, but I need this more than you do right now because there are two people in there that I care for very much, and I need to see them both as quick as possible, so again, sorry for bashing you over the head, but you will wake up without any damage. You may have some headache, but other than that you will perfectly fine."

Bryan finally reaches his truck and gets in, he quickly reversing from his parking spot so that he can go to Yurik's place. Bryan does not care if his friend has to work the entire night, but by tomorrow morning, Bryan wants to appear on the hospital's system so that he can get to Kai and Ana, mostly to Ana because he wants to see with his own eyes whether Ana is doing fine or not.

Bryan can still clearly remember how it had felt like his entire world was falling apart around him when he heard that Boris has taken Ana and that Kai is rescuing her while he intends on bringing down the entire place while doing so; he just knew that he had to get to this place to at least try and keep them alive, even if it meant that he had to kill Boris with his own hands, but he was too late seeing as he received this information way too late and also just by sheer luck.

Bryan's heart is suddenly filled with lots of pride upon thinking back to how Kai has finally beaten Boris for good, and that he has taken Boris's head from his body as a form of a trophy or something; just too bad that he had to let it go along the way because Kai would have liked to keep the head of his worst enemy in a jar of alcohol.

'Maybe I should go back and retrieve the head and give it as a present to Kai, anonymously of course.'

Bryan nods his head to this, "Yeah, I think that is exactly what I am going to do; while Yurik gets my shit ready, I am going to go back and retrieve the head, and then send it to Feniks manor for them to keep until he gets out of the hospital. I am certain that Kai would appreciate it very much."


Okay, just a quick note before I say anything else: for those of you who do not know old school rock, Nikki Sixx is the bassist and co-founder of the 80's rock band, Motley Crue, and in 1987 he was declared clinically dead for two minutes after a heroin overdose, but thanks to the paramedic who was called to the scene, recognised Nikki and seeing as the paramedic guy was a fan of Motley Crue's music, decided that he at least had to try something and so he gave Nikki two shots of adrenaline and today Nikki Sixx alive and healthy and sober as can be, all thanks to one devoted fan, and that is where I got the idea of reviving Mya with the adrenaline; she was never suppose to die by Boris's hand.

But anyway, who got teared up in that section of Kai crying and breaking down with Mya's death? In order for me to write that scene, I listened to a few game of thrones songs, the very sad and beautiful ones for my inspiration for that scene and I must say that I am not disappointed in it. Here are some of the names of the songs that I listened in case you guys maybe want to check it out, and also, I am a HUGE GoT fan and their music is absolutely mind blowing!

Game of thrones ost: composer, Ramin Djawdi, and the songs are:- goodbye brother; the north remembers; farewell.

The last song is just so, so heartbreaking for me and that one helped the most with that scene.

I know there may not have been a lot of action between Kai and Boris but by now I am seriously tired of writing those scenes, and who is glad that Boris is finally out of the picture and who was surprised by Boris's confession? In chapter 38 at the beginning there is a scene with Boris thinking back to his daughter after rescuing that Mila woman, so yeah, that was the hint of what was to come in regards to Boris and the real history of his hatred towards Voltaire and why is was passed on to Kai, but yes, Boris is finally and completely out of the picture, never to return again.

And also, who is glad to see that Bryan is back? He is back and he will remain in the story until the very end.

AN: I can't believe that I have to do this but yes, life has caught up with me and I am sorry but the next update will not be on time at the end of the month. I had really tried since last year to stay up to date with my work but life has just caught up with me and I have been going through a lot of difficult things and unfortunately my story had to suffer as well as fanfiction, but I am slowly completing the last two chapters, I am already two thirds done with the next chapter, chapter 41, which will be divided into three parts, maybe four, but so far it is three parts, 80, 81 and 82, so it may be a month before the next update, maybe shorter or maybe longer, who knows but I will try my best, so yes, there will be no update on the 31st of this month. I really am sorry but 2020 truly has been a shitty year for all of us, some more than others, but let's hope 2021 will be better.

As always, thanks for the ongoing support and take care you guys, and a happy new year to everyone! Lots of love.