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chewing my nails off waiting 4 my computer to be fixed. Anyway, here's the
next chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter Two: Captured
Dart peered through a window at the happy group. 'The girl will be the first to go. No one insults me and gets away with it.' The group headed towards a near-by ice cream shop. Dart moved casually after them.
Kai looked back. Someone was following them. He was sure of it.
"What's the matter Kai?" asked Tyson.
"We're being followed," he said.
Rei looked back. He did feel slightly...watchful.
"Oh guys," said Taylor, petting their stuffed animals. "You guys are just being paranoid."
"Maybe we should go home," said Kenny. "Every time Kai predicts something, it usually ends up being true."
"Alright then," said Max. "Let's go."
The Bladebreakers threaded their way through the crowd.
"Hey, where's Taylor?" said Kai.
"She was right behind me a minute ago," said Max.
"She probably saw something she wanted to buy and stopped to look at it," said Tyson.
"C'mon," said Rei. "We should look for her."
"She shouldn't be too far behind," said Kenny.
"Taylor!"
"Hey, Tay!"
"Taylor!"
"Taylor! You here?"
"Taylor, where are you?!"
"I don't see her," said Max.
"She couldn't have just disappeared," said Kenny.
"Aw, how much trouble can she get into," said Rei. "It's only been a half hour."
"You obviously don't know Taylor."
"Well, we just can't leave without her."
"But we looked everywhere."
"Hey guys, what're we doin'?" said a high-pitched girly voice.
"Taylor!"
Taylor was tucking something into her pocket.
"What's that?" asked Tyson.
"Nothing," said Taylor.
"No, really what is it?"
"No, really, it's nothing."
"We were looking for you!" cried Max.
"Well, I was looking for you guys," said Taylor.
"Sheesh! This was a total waste of time."
"We were worried about you," said Kai.
"What for? I'm 13 years old, I think I can handle myself."
Taylor spun around and slipped on some melted ice cream. Luckily, Max caught her.
"Sure you can handle yourself real well."
"Thanks Maxie, and you just shut your mouth Tyson."
"C'mon guys, let's go home," said Kenny.
"Coming, Chief."
The boys headed towards the nearest exit but Taylor stayed behind a little ways. Suddenly a hand covered her mouth and stuck something in her face. A sickly sweet aroma drifted into her nose and she went limp immediately.
"Hey, where's Taylor?"
"Not again!"
"Does she always get lost like this?"
Tyson spotted a policeman and walked up to him.
"Excuse me, sir, my cousin's missing, could you help us find her?" said Tyson.
"What's her name?"
"Taylor Rukino."
The policeman spoke into his walkie-talkie.
"We have a lost child named Taylor Rukino, please call her to the front desk."
"Will a Taylor Rukino please come to the front desk?"
The Bladebreakers followed the policeman to the front desk.
"Any Taylor?"
"I'm sorry, but no Taylors have shown up at all," said the lady at the front desk. Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Hello? Oh," the lady turned to the boys. "Is one of you named Tyson?"
"That's me," said Tyson, raising his hand.
"It's for you," she said, handing the phone to him.
Tyson took the phone.
"Hello?"
The voice on the other end was quiet, but hard.
"Do not seek further help from the authorities. I've got your little cousin. If you want her back, you'll have to come and get her. Do not call the police, if you do, I'm afraid your little cousin won't ever see the light of day again. You've got three hours, starting now."
The dial tone buzzed in Tyson's ear.
"Who was that?" asked Rei.
"I-I just...forgot," stammered Tyson. "Taylor left to go back home, yeah, thanks for your help mister."
He ran off.
"Tyson! Wait!"
The others followed him.
"Tyson, what are you doing!?" said Max.
"Someone's kidnapped Taylor," said Tyson.
"What!?"
Just then, a small toy airplane landed nearby. Attached to it, was a small piece of paper that had a bunch of letters and numbers written on it. 'D-H- C-E B-D-20-8 1-22-5 19.'
"What does it mean?" said Kenny, looking around Tyson's shoulder.
"I don't know," he said. "But we've only got three hours to figure it out."
Everyone gathered around Kenny. They were in Tyson's room. Kenny was sitting at the desk, typing away at his laptop and talking to Dizzi.
"I don't know Chief," said Dizzi. "It doesn't make any sense to me at all."
Kai pointed.
"This part here looks like it might be a combination to a lock."
"I thought of that already," said Kenny exasperated.
"It just looks like a bunch of numbers and letters all mixed up," said Rei.
"I don't get it."
They turned towards Tyson, who was lying on his back on his bed.
"Who would kidnap Taylor? I mean, I already know why."
"You do?"
"Sure! It's because I'm the new Beyblade champ."
"Uh, Tyson, I think that title has gone to your head."
"No, he's right," said Kai. "Someone wants revenge on him...or maybe on all of us."
"Then that would mean Taylor is just a pawn, to lure us into a trap," said Rei.
"Then how're we supposed to rescue her?" said Max.
"Ah ha!" cried Kenny. "I've got it!"
"Did you figure it out?"
"It's a code! They've switched the letters with their corresponding numbers and vice versa."
After a minute's figuring, the boys ended up with this: 4835 24th Ave S.
"It's an address," said Rei.
"C'mon, we've only got two hours left."
Kai walked swiftly out of the room, closely followed by the others.
Taylor woke up groggily. She looked around. She was in a plain gray room with one metal door to her right.
'Wait a minute...'
Taylor started. She had been kidnapped!
"Hey you let me out of here!" she said.
She ran over to the door and pulled the doorknob.
"Let me out!"
She pounded on the door.
"Do you hear me?! When I get out of this room, you are so totally dead!"
"Oh I'm so scared," said a voice.
Taylor spun around.
"Where are you? Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"Just call me Dart, and I'm a master assassin. You happen to be connected to my present cases. I'm just using you to get to them. Now shut up and listen. Most likely my cases are on their way to rescue you right now. I'm going to let them find you and get lost in my maze castle. Then, while they're trying to find their way out, I'm going to get rid of them, one by one. Isn't it wonderful! Isn't it grand! I'm so clever!"
"You're trying to kill the Bladebreakers? And, no, it's not wonderful or grand or clever," said Taylor. "Actually it's quite unoriginal. Can't you bad guys come up with anything different these days?"
"Shut up."
A white vapor started leaking into the room. It smelled like burning rubber.
"Now, this vapor will slowly paralyze you, so you won't be able to tell your rescuers my plan. Not only will it knock you out, it will start irritating your lungs almost as soon as you take a breath."
Taylor coughed, her eyes watered.
"Soon, it'll seem like you're breathing in fire, now, that's wonderful. And if your friends don't rescue you in time, you could die."
The voice started laughing.
"Oh please!" said Taylor, in between coughs. "Another unoriginal idea. The evil laugh."
"Shut up."
Dart turned away from the screen and looked at another one.
'Perfect timing,' she thought.
On screen, the Bladebreakers stood at the front gate of her castle.
Dart smiled evilly. Soon, the Bladebreakers would pay for what they did.
*Flashback*
Dart was walking down a hallway of a large monastery that had always been her home. Although she had lived there all 16 of her years, almost no one knew about her. Only her father and a few trusted advisors.
Suddenly she heard an alarm go off and red lights flashed above her head. She ran into a room, where her father stood watching computer screens with a bunch of scientists.
"It's the authorities," one of the scientists reported.
The police ran up to the door and knocked.
"Open up, we have a search warrant!"
Dart's father began yelling out orders.
"Shut down all computer systems! Delete all files! Initiate self destruct system!"
"But sir."
"DO IT!"
Dart's father turned to her and pointed to a door marked, 'Emergencies Only.' She ran to the door, flung it open and ran down the long steps. Up above her, she could hear the crackle of electricity and a few small explosions. She ran down the tunnel until the sounds grew faint and the walls of the tunnels turned earthy. Dart climbed up a ladder and pushed at a trap door. Roots and bits of dirt rained down on her. She climbed out of the hole and turned back to look at the place that was once her home. The police were dragging her father into a police car.
"I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE ON THOSE BLADEBREAKERS! MARK MY WORDS!"
They threw him roughly into a patrol car and drove away.
*End Flashback*
"Well that's a classic."
Everyone stared up at the imposing castle. It was tall and spindly, looking like it could fall apart any second.
"Are you sure this is the right address?" asked Kenny, nervously.
"4835 24th Ave S," Tyson confirmed.
The gate slowly swung open.
"Whoever lives here isn't very original."
Everyone walked warily into the large yard. They slowly made their way to the front door. Kai reached out for the doorknob but before he could open it, the door swung creakily open by itself. Inside, the house looked like a classic Gothic house. Tall candelabras holding melting candles. Dark, depressing, and/or gory pictures hanging on dusty black walls. Black curtains draped anywhere and everywhere.
"So not original," whispered Max.
"Hey, look!"
Tyson pointed at a shiny titanium door.
"Kinda out of place in here," said Rei, walking to it and opening it.
White gas billowed out, smelling like burning rubber.
"PU!"
Just visible through the haze was a limp body, lying on the floor.
"Taylor!"
The boys tried valiantly to rouse the sleeping girl, but she refused to wake up.
"We have to get out of here," said Kenny. "This gas is toxic!"
Kai pulled Taylor onto his back.
"Let's go," he said.
The Bladebreakers ran out of the room, coughing profusely. They waited to catch their breath.
"C'mon, let's get out of here," said Tyson, pulling at the door. It didn't budge.
Max twisted the doorknob and pushed. The door still didn't move.
"Strange," he said. "That usually works."
"Oh no," said Kenny. "It's locked, isn't it."
"There's gotta be another way out," said Kai, turning around and walking off into a dark corridor.
Kenny shivered.
"I'm not gonna like this."
The Bladebreakers wandered through the spooky house uneventfully.
Kenny looked up nervously at the grimacing gargoyles above him, unaware that he was falling behind.
"I feel like I'm in some scary movie and any second I'm gonna turn a corner and-ah!
The ground beneath Kenny split open revealing a pit full of poisonous snakes.
"Chief!"
Tyson pulled Kenny up out of the hole.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Your laptop ok?" said a soft voice.
"Taylor!"
"Are you ok?" Max asked in a worried voice.
She smiled, her eyes still closed.
"Give me a day or two and I'll be fine, but for now, Kai will just have to carry me."
"How did you know it was Kai?"
"Hey, I'm a girl, I know these things. Besides, who else wears sleeveless shirts?"
Taylor's voice hardened.
"But someone who calls themselves Dart is trying to kill you. This place is loaded with booby traps and it's probably much more high-tech than it looks," she said. "So you guys have to be on your guard. And don't split up, Dart wants to finish you guys one by one."
"Do you know if there's another way out?"
"No, that's all Dart told me before she started pouring in that knock-out gas."
"Well, we better keep searching, if we're ever gonna make it outta here."
Somewhere underground, Dart cursed.
"Looks like I underestimated the physical stamina of that snotty little brat. She's recovering faster than I thought. But that's alright, it won't do them any good anyway."
Dart turned back to the wall of computer screens.
The Bladebreakers were making their way to her next little surprise.
Oho ho ho! I'm feeling evil right now! That's good for me and bad for you! Oho ho ho! Don't forget 2 review peoples! C'mon, be nice.please! Neway, the next chapter will be coming soon, hopefully tommorow, or the day after. How can you not like a person as dedicated as me? WEEEEE! Ok, yeah, I'm ok.
SEEYA! ~LadyofAnime
Chapter Two: Captured
Dart peered through a window at the happy group. 'The girl will be the first to go. No one insults me and gets away with it.' The group headed towards a near-by ice cream shop. Dart moved casually after them.
Kai looked back. Someone was following them. He was sure of it.
"What's the matter Kai?" asked Tyson.
"We're being followed," he said.
Rei looked back. He did feel slightly...watchful.
"Oh guys," said Taylor, petting their stuffed animals. "You guys are just being paranoid."
"Maybe we should go home," said Kenny. "Every time Kai predicts something, it usually ends up being true."
"Alright then," said Max. "Let's go."
The Bladebreakers threaded their way through the crowd.
"Hey, where's Taylor?" said Kai.
"She was right behind me a minute ago," said Max.
"She probably saw something she wanted to buy and stopped to look at it," said Tyson.
"C'mon," said Rei. "We should look for her."
"She shouldn't be too far behind," said Kenny.
"Taylor!"
"Hey, Tay!"
"Taylor!"
"Taylor! You here?"
"Taylor, where are you?!"
"I don't see her," said Max.
"She couldn't have just disappeared," said Kenny.
"Aw, how much trouble can she get into," said Rei. "It's only been a half hour."
"You obviously don't know Taylor."
"Well, we just can't leave without her."
"But we looked everywhere."
"Hey guys, what're we doin'?" said a high-pitched girly voice.
"Taylor!"
Taylor was tucking something into her pocket.
"What's that?" asked Tyson.
"Nothing," said Taylor.
"No, really what is it?"
"No, really, it's nothing."
"We were looking for you!" cried Max.
"Well, I was looking for you guys," said Taylor.
"Sheesh! This was a total waste of time."
"We were worried about you," said Kai.
"What for? I'm 13 years old, I think I can handle myself."
Taylor spun around and slipped on some melted ice cream. Luckily, Max caught her.
"Sure you can handle yourself real well."
"Thanks Maxie, and you just shut your mouth Tyson."
"C'mon guys, let's go home," said Kenny.
"Coming, Chief."
The boys headed towards the nearest exit but Taylor stayed behind a little ways. Suddenly a hand covered her mouth and stuck something in her face. A sickly sweet aroma drifted into her nose and she went limp immediately.
"Hey, where's Taylor?"
"Not again!"
"Does she always get lost like this?"
Tyson spotted a policeman and walked up to him.
"Excuse me, sir, my cousin's missing, could you help us find her?" said Tyson.
"What's her name?"
"Taylor Rukino."
The policeman spoke into his walkie-talkie.
"We have a lost child named Taylor Rukino, please call her to the front desk."
"Will a Taylor Rukino please come to the front desk?"
The Bladebreakers followed the policeman to the front desk.
"Any Taylor?"
"I'm sorry, but no Taylors have shown up at all," said the lady at the front desk. Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Hello? Oh," the lady turned to the boys. "Is one of you named Tyson?"
"That's me," said Tyson, raising his hand.
"It's for you," she said, handing the phone to him.
Tyson took the phone.
"Hello?"
The voice on the other end was quiet, but hard.
"Do not seek further help from the authorities. I've got your little cousin. If you want her back, you'll have to come and get her. Do not call the police, if you do, I'm afraid your little cousin won't ever see the light of day again. You've got three hours, starting now."
The dial tone buzzed in Tyson's ear.
"Who was that?" asked Rei.
"I-I just...forgot," stammered Tyson. "Taylor left to go back home, yeah, thanks for your help mister."
He ran off.
"Tyson! Wait!"
The others followed him.
"Tyson, what are you doing!?" said Max.
"Someone's kidnapped Taylor," said Tyson.
"What!?"
Just then, a small toy airplane landed nearby. Attached to it, was a small piece of paper that had a bunch of letters and numbers written on it. 'D-H- C-E B-D-20-8 1-22-5 19.'
"What does it mean?" said Kenny, looking around Tyson's shoulder.
"I don't know," he said. "But we've only got three hours to figure it out."
Everyone gathered around Kenny. They were in Tyson's room. Kenny was sitting at the desk, typing away at his laptop and talking to Dizzi.
"I don't know Chief," said Dizzi. "It doesn't make any sense to me at all."
Kai pointed.
"This part here looks like it might be a combination to a lock."
"I thought of that already," said Kenny exasperated.
"It just looks like a bunch of numbers and letters all mixed up," said Rei.
"I don't get it."
They turned towards Tyson, who was lying on his back on his bed.
"Who would kidnap Taylor? I mean, I already know why."
"You do?"
"Sure! It's because I'm the new Beyblade champ."
"Uh, Tyson, I think that title has gone to your head."
"No, he's right," said Kai. "Someone wants revenge on him...or maybe on all of us."
"Then that would mean Taylor is just a pawn, to lure us into a trap," said Rei.
"Then how're we supposed to rescue her?" said Max.
"Ah ha!" cried Kenny. "I've got it!"
"Did you figure it out?"
"It's a code! They've switched the letters with their corresponding numbers and vice versa."
After a minute's figuring, the boys ended up with this: 4835 24th Ave S.
"It's an address," said Rei.
"C'mon, we've only got two hours left."
Kai walked swiftly out of the room, closely followed by the others.
Taylor woke up groggily. She looked around. She was in a plain gray room with one metal door to her right.
'Wait a minute...'
Taylor started. She had been kidnapped!
"Hey you let me out of here!" she said.
She ran over to the door and pulled the doorknob.
"Let me out!"
She pounded on the door.
"Do you hear me?! When I get out of this room, you are so totally dead!"
"Oh I'm so scared," said a voice.
Taylor spun around.
"Where are you? Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"Just call me Dart, and I'm a master assassin. You happen to be connected to my present cases. I'm just using you to get to them. Now shut up and listen. Most likely my cases are on their way to rescue you right now. I'm going to let them find you and get lost in my maze castle. Then, while they're trying to find their way out, I'm going to get rid of them, one by one. Isn't it wonderful! Isn't it grand! I'm so clever!"
"You're trying to kill the Bladebreakers? And, no, it's not wonderful or grand or clever," said Taylor. "Actually it's quite unoriginal. Can't you bad guys come up with anything different these days?"
"Shut up."
A white vapor started leaking into the room. It smelled like burning rubber.
"Now, this vapor will slowly paralyze you, so you won't be able to tell your rescuers my plan. Not only will it knock you out, it will start irritating your lungs almost as soon as you take a breath."
Taylor coughed, her eyes watered.
"Soon, it'll seem like you're breathing in fire, now, that's wonderful. And if your friends don't rescue you in time, you could die."
The voice started laughing.
"Oh please!" said Taylor, in between coughs. "Another unoriginal idea. The evil laugh."
"Shut up."
Dart turned away from the screen and looked at another one.
'Perfect timing,' she thought.
On screen, the Bladebreakers stood at the front gate of her castle.
Dart smiled evilly. Soon, the Bladebreakers would pay for what they did.
*Flashback*
Dart was walking down a hallway of a large monastery that had always been her home. Although she had lived there all 16 of her years, almost no one knew about her. Only her father and a few trusted advisors.
Suddenly she heard an alarm go off and red lights flashed above her head. She ran into a room, where her father stood watching computer screens with a bunch of scientists.
"It's the authorities," one of the scientists reported.
The police ran up to the door and knocked.
"Open up, we have a search warrant!"
Dart's father began yelling out orders.
"Shut down all computer systems! Delete all files! Initiate self destruct system!"
"But sir."
"DO IT!"
Dart's father turned to her and pointed to a door marked, 'Emergencies Only.' She ran to the door, flung it open and ran down the long steps. Up above her, she could hear the crackle of electricity and a few small explosions. She ran down the tunnel until the sounds grew faint and the walls of the tunnels turned earthy. Dart climbed up a ladder and pushed at a trap door. Roots and bits of dirt rained down on her. She climbed out of the hole and turned back to look at the place that was once her home. The police were dragging her father into a police car.
"I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE ON THOSE BLADEBREAKERS! MARK MY WORDS!"
They threw him roughly into a patrol car and drove away.
*End Flashback*
"Well that's a classic."
Everyone stared up at the imposing castle. It was tall and spindly, looking like it could fall apart any second.
"Are you sure this is the right address?" asked Kenny, nervously.
"4835 24th Ave S," Tyson confirmed.
The gate slowly swung open.
"Whoever lives here isn't very original."
Everyone walked warily into the large yard. They slowly made their way to the front door. Kai reached out for the doorknob but before he could open it, the door swung creakily open by itself. Inside, the house looked like a classic Gothic house. Tall candelabras holding melting candles. Dark, depressing, and/or gory pictures hanging on dusty black walls. Black curtains draped anywhere and everywhere.
"So not original," whispered Max.
"Hey, look!"
Tyson pointed at a shiny titanium door.
"Kinda out of place in here," said Rei, walking to it and opening it.
White gas billowed out, smelling like burning rubber.
"PU!"
Just visible through the haze was a limp body, lying on the floor.
"Taylor!"
The boys tried valiantly to rouse the sleeping girl, but she refused to wake up.
"We have to get out of here," said Kenny. "This gas is toxic!"
Kai pulled Taylor onto his back.
"Let's go," he said.
The Bladebreakers ran out of the room, coughing profusely. They waited to catch their breath.
"C'mon, let's get out of here," said Tyson, pulling at the door. It didn't budge.
Max twisted the doorknob and pushed. The door still didn't move.
"Strange," he said. "That usually works."
"Oh no," said Kenny. "It's locked, isn't it."
"There's gotta be another way out," said Kai, turning around and walking off into a dark corridor.
Kenny shivered.
"I'm not gonna like this."
The Bladebreakers wandered through the spooky house uneventfully.
Kenny looked up nervously at the grimacing gargoyles above him, unaware that he was falling behind.
"I feel like I'm in some scary movie and any second I'm gonna turn a corner and-ah!
The ground beneath Kenny split open revealing a pit full of poisonous snakes.
"Chief!"
Tyson pulled Kenny up out of the hole.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Your laptop ok?" said a soft voice.
"Taylor!"
"Are you ok?" Max asked in a worried voice.
She smiled, her eyes still closed.
"Give me a day or two and I'll be fine, but for now, Kai will just have to carry me."
"How did you know it was Kai?"
"Hey, I'm a girl, I know these things. Besides, who else wears sleeveless shirts?"
Taylor's voice hardened.
"But someone who calls themselves Dart is trying to kill you. This place is loaded with booby traps and it's probably much more high-tech than it looks," she said. "So you guys have to be on your guard. And don't split up, Dart wants to finish you guys one by one."
"Do you know if there's another way out?"
"No, that's all Dart told me before she started pouring in that knock-out gas."
"Well, we better keep searching, if we're ever gonna make it outta here."
Somewhere underground, Dart cursed.
"Looks like I underestimated the physical stamina of that snotty little brat. She's recovering faster than I thought. But that's alright, it won't do them any good anyway."
Dart turned back to the wall of computer screens.
The Bladebreakers were making their way to her next little surprise.
Oho ho ho! I'm feeling evil right now! That's good for me and bad for you! Oho ho ho! Don't forget 2 review peoples! C'mon, be nice.please! Neway, the next chapter will be coming soon, hopefully tommorow, or the day after. How can you not like a person as dedicated as me? WEEEEE! Ok, yeah, I'm ok.
SEEYA! ~LadyofAnime