Kerda: Well it's been a while!!! I'm glad I'm back here.

Tyson: I'm not; you're mean to me.

Kerda: Oh, be quiet Tyson. Thank you all those who read and review Darina's fiction. She really appreciates that! Here's the next chapter…Tyson open curtain!

Tyson: You owe me lunch for this! (*Pulls curtain up*)

Kerda: Wait, stop for a moment. I have a warning for the readers. I don't suggest you eat and read this fic at this time cause in this chapter; you may loose your appetite a bit. That's all, thank you!

~Rei's POV~

         Talk about reining your appetite!!! When I entered, to my horror before starting on their lunch, all the kids put their shirt halfway up and were talking some kind of TUBES out of the place where their bellybutton is SUPPOSED to be. They all then lich the clear tube up above the plate and I heard some…GROSS sound as I walked over to the table where Kenny and Tyson were properly…eating. Naia was just talking to them.

        I saw some salad disappear down some kid's tube and my stomach turned over. The tubes were SUCKING the food INSIDE the kids' stomachs and a horrible chewing sound came! URGH! I guess this is the way the people eat here.

        Okay, Rei, don't panic, I kept repeating to myself. Just pretend you don't see all the long, sticky looking tu…urgh. I'm making myself even sicker!!! I sat down next to Naia as I saw some macaroni on Tyson's tray…or what SEEMED to be macaroni, since it was covered with some…GREEN, moldy looking things. Now I feel REALLY sick!

        " Come on, Rei, eat your dinner," Naia said. And the chewing sounds…those HORRIBLE chewing sounds. I don't think I can stand being here right now…

         " Aren't you hungry, Naia?" Tyson asked.

        " Not really, I had a snack in my room," Naia answered   

        " Um, I think I'm going to the bathroom," I said. Don't worry, I'll watch out for Korea and if anything happens, you'll be sure to hear from me!" I added, seeing the concerned look on Naia's face. She after knobbed and went back to eating…err, SUCKING!

        I ran as fast as I could out of the kitchen, taking my sandwiches with me. Oh, got, I finally found a nice spot to eat. And I still couldn't get those tubes off my mind.

       " Okay, it's just a way of eating around here," I said and was about to take a bite of my sandwich, when…

      " EWWW!!!!" I suddenly heard a horrible, grossed out screech and turned to see a girl looking at me. I froze with the sandwich still next to my open mouth.

      " Are you really going to eat that through your MOUTH?" the brown haired girl asked. That's so GROSS!" Yah, I'm gonna eat it through my mouth! I don't exactly have a tube in my stomach, you know! Where else would I eat it through? And what's the big deal with it ANYWAY?

      " Umm, I…" I lowered the sandwich and stared at her in disbelief. She rolled her eyes.

       " Why do boys always think they're so cool by being gross?" she headed into the kitchen. I stared after her, too surprised to speak. If eating though your mouth was gross, I don't know WHAT isn't!

         Sighing, I put down my lunch. Those horrible tubes spoiled my appetite anyway! I followed the girl to the kitchen towards the table where Naia was with the others. I had a LOT to learn about this planet and what better way to do so then to pretend you don't even remember about what's right and what's wrong in doing! Besides, if I wanted to talk to Korea again, I needed to know the full description of the inside of the lab…

         " Hey, Rei, all done so soon?" Naia asked once I sat down next to her. Looks like Kenny finished eating. Thought Tyson was still sucking up food like there was no tomorrow…

         " Naia, tell me, why did a girl get grossed out when I tried to eat through my mouth?" Naia wrinkled her nose at my comment.

         " Through your MOUTH?" she asked. Yah, so what was the big deal?

         " That's nasty, Rei, please don't do it again," she continued. Now, HOW am I supposed to not eat at ALL? I don't have sucking tubes coming from the center of your stomach and…ohh; I think I made my stomach turn over again.

         " You mean you don't even remember how to eat?" Naia asked me with a look of disbelief. Would you believe it if I said I didn't know how to eat through my stomach Naia?

         " You just take out the tube inside your lower digesting system and let it such up the food, come on silly, you know that," Naia laughed. I forced myself to chuckle, but inside I was glad she stopped talking about it. If you ever saw it, you would know how I feel!

         " Okay…" I said dimly. Naia, can I ask you something else?"

        " Sure," she replied. What is it?" I wasn't sure how to put this, since I don't want her to think I was going back there again, She'd probably think I'm crazy to go back after what happened. And I don't blame her; if I were her and I knew I was going to go back after near death, I'd think I was crazy also!

        " Could you please tell me about that lab Korea and her brother live in?" I asked, which seemed to take her by surprise.

        " Well, no one really asked that question before…" Naia thought for a moment. Well, let's start off with that it's full all kinds of chemicals on the underground floor…" Underground floor? There's more than one floor to the lab?

        " More than one floor?" I asked her. She knobbed.

        " Yes, there are four major places in the lab," she explained. One is the darker part, which is on the upstairs floor, or the ground floor. The second part in built underground, where there are all kinds off passages leading into more small rooms, as well as being where all the fun science stuff its." Fun science stuff? That reminds me a lot of Korea's "fun" time…        

        " You know Rei, all the fun chemicals and chains and all that stuff," Yah, stuff! Like killer bey blades? Or crazed girls? Sound REAL fun…

         " Go on," I said, ignoring one of my most sarcastic moments.

         " Well, there's a maze in the third room," Naia said. A maze? Sound interesting?

         " It's fashioned under a greenhouse and it seems like you're outside," the girl said. The scientist used it for experiments on animals. The maze was aid to be huge, with many false dead ends and only one way out. Oh, and the fourth place is where all the inventions were kept. Nobody was ever there except for Korea and her brother." Hmm…

          " Okay, but are there still animals inside," I asked.

          " Probably," Naia replied. The guy used to experiment on lions and tigers and stuff." She flashed me a funny look.

          " Why so you seem so interested in it?" she looked curious.

          " Oh, just asking," I lied.

          " Trying to avoid another delivery job?" asked Tyson, who FINALLY finished eating. I don't' blame you." If only he knew how far from the truth he was.

          " Well, Rei, I was really impressed with your bey battle with Enrique today," Kenny joined in the conversation.

         " Thanks Chief," I thanked him for the compliment.

         " Rei, do you mind if I…analyze your blade for now?" Kenny suddenly asked. I should have known that was coming! From what I heard, the guy knew EVERYTHING there is to know about bey blading. And he's still out for more…

        " Sure, Kenny, just be careful with it," I said, handing the guy my Drigger blade.

        " I will, don't worry Rei," Kenny replied. Thanks, I think I'll go analyze it right now in my room, okay?" I knobbed.

        " Okay," I also added, seeing the unsatisfied look on his face.

        " Thanks again, Rei," Kenny walked away. Naia turned to me.

        " Rei, we're going to play some monopoly, want to come?" she asked. I decided I saw already too MUCH strange things today, so I think I'll skip!  

         " Nah, I think I'll go outside for a while," I said, looking at the dark sky out the window. Maybe some fresh air will help me think…

         " Okay, go on, Rei," Naia started heading with Tyson towards her room. You're welcome to join us any time, okay?" I knobbed, thankful for that and walked out of the outside door. It was chilly out a bit, but the breeze was so pleasant, I wanted to just fall asleep here.

         The wind pushed my black hair from side to side as I sat down near the bey blade dish. There's always one thing I think of when I look at the stars…silence. The stars in heaven seemed to be a bit closer than here, but these stars had their own beauty…They were like little dots scattered around the sky, like standing still rain…

       And they reminded me of how much I used to love watching the sky at night back at home. The wind kept picking up and dying out, sending shivers up my spine. I looked at the dish next to me. It reminds me of Drigger…there's one mysterious blade. And so was my new friend and partner, the White Tiger bit beast.

       Hmm…I closed my eyes and thought. Everything weird was happing ever since I came here. And why do I feel like Korea can help me get home, why do I feel there's more to her than there seems to be…Could that be true?

    " Hey, Rei," I heard a voice next to me. I opened my eyes and saw Tyson standing next to my under the night sky. His eyes seemed to shimmer while he looked at me and I smiled and leaned up a little, without actually getting up. Tyson's cap was off and his hair was wildly spreading over his face…

     " Hey, Tyson, where's Naia?" I asked curiously. Tyson came up and sat down next to me. The moon was out of the clouds, I noticed.

      " Kenny came in and asked her help, so I guess I was left to do whatever I want," Tyson shrugged. I thought maybe you wanted some company."

      " Oh," I said, still staring at the moon. Tyson looked up with me. He smiled.

      " Cool moon," he said. A full one." I knobbed. Maybe, at home, Lee, Mariah, Kevin and the others are looking at the moon, too. (I spelled their names wrong in the first chapters).

      " It's getting cold out here," Tyson looked back at me. I rolled over to face him.

      " Yah, but I like," I said softly as I let the wind whistle into my ears. Tyson chuckled.

      " Where did you come from, Corcheria?" I shrugged. What's a Corcheria? I wondered, not bothering to disturb the peaceful night air. I suddenly felt myself get up and look at the entrance to the orphanage…

~Normal POV~

       " Come on, Tyson, let's go inside" Rei said, motioning for Tyson to come.

       " Oh, NOW you want me to come," Tyson remarked, but then grinned. Come on bud, it's almost lights out time." The boys went inside and followed the corridor into their own rooms.

       " Good night, Tyson," Rei said, since Tyson's bedroom was closer to the entrance than his.

       " See ya tomorrow, Rei," Tyson closed the door to his room. Rei followed down the corridor.

       Tonight is the night, he thought. I need to wait till everyone falls asleep. Suddenly, Rei bumped into someone. Both bounced backwards.

      " Oh, I'm so sorry," Rei said when he suddenly noticed those oh-so-familiar round glasses. Hey, Kenny."  Kenny looked at Rei and got up. Rei also stood up.

      " Oh, I'm glad I found you Rei," he said. Because I wanted to give you your blade back. I must admit, it has some awesome stats. I never seen a bey blade like this before, where did you get it?" Rei thought of and answer, but then shrugged. He figured it was better than saying it came from the sky.

       " Figures you don't remember," Kenny sighted. Well, thanks again Rei, bye." He left the corridor to his room.

        " Hmm, good," Rei said, looking at Drigger. I think I'll need your help tonight, Drigger." The blade suddenly glowed, but to Rei's own surprise he wasn't surprised. In fact, it seemed rather comfortable to see that and to have Drigger with him on this mission.

         " So, I guess that's a yes?" he asked, grinning. Thanks, Drigger, now let's wait till everyone falls asleep." He headed to his room, Drigger still glowing in his hand…

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~Rei's POV~

         I wish I had a watch…I probably waited for an hour now! Maybe, now's the time. I got out of bed and grabbed my blade from the table.

        " Are you ready, White Tiger?" I asked my blade. I hope so, because we're going to have to take everything thrown at us." I quietly opened the door and sneaked into the hallway. It was dark, but I could see nobody was around. Slowly feeling around the walls, I stumbled upon the brown, shabby door I was looking for.

        Well, here I go. Making as much less noise as possible, I opened the little creaking door. Inside it was even DARKER than in the hallway. I closed the door behind me and began to creep around the wooden floor. Nobody yet…so far so good! No Korea…at least not till I need to talk to her at the right ti…ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

        The floor gave away under me and I fell through the wood into the consuming darkness…   

                                                ****

         The instant I hit the floor, I jumped to my feet, hoping that wasn't too much of a racket. Hmm, seems quiet. OUCH! I think I bumped myself into a table. Wait…this is a table. Better than killer bey blades! My hands searched the table as I stumbled upon something round. I picked it up and bought it closer to my face. Hmmm, a test tube? With something inside it, no doubt. I didn't want to get myself into a BIGGER mess, since coming here was probably a mistake in the first place.

         This must be the second floor, I thought, putting the tube back where it was. Nothing was seeing, so I was surprised I found the stand where the tube was standing.

          Let's see if there's a way out of…my thoughts were interrupted by a creeping sound a few meters away from me. I nearly gasped. Something's not right here…and I don't just mean my feeling about not being alone in this room…

        Another sound like the one before was heard and before I could jump up, a pain of STRONG hands grabbed my hands and twisted them as well as at the same time I was slammed against the wall. The two hands pinned my hands to my back, not allowing me to turn at all. I gasped of surprise and suddenly felt hot breath against my neck. This isn't Korea, there's no WAY she's THAT tall! But then this must be…the brother!

       " Who are you?" I croaked out as I felt something sharp poke me into my back. The hands holding mine pressed against my back tightened their grip.

       " I'm your worst nightmare…"

Is that person really the brother? What is he going to do to Rei? Is he just as insane as Korea? Find out in the next chapter.

Kerda: ohh, I think Rei's in trouble…

Tyson: Yah, but that brother's not me? I mean I didn't sneak out at night or something and visited my sister, did I?

Korea: How do you, know you just might turn up my brother.(*everyone jumps back from her*)

Kerda: Ahh, what's she doing here?(*Korea flashes her a sneaky grin*)

Korea: I decided to come here while my now insane brother Max terrorizes Rei.

Max: Hey!!! Kai, do I seriously look inane?

Kai: You all look the same to me.

Kerda: Are you lying, Korea?

Korea: Maybe I am and maybe I'm not. You'll just have to see…for all you know; my brother could be Enrique or something.

Tyson: Yah, right, like I'm going to believe HE sneaked out at night to go to the old lab.

Korea: Probably, just read next time.(*everyone groans*)Close curtain!!!!(*Korea takes out her "LITTLE" knife and cuts off the rope holding the curtains.)