Kerda: Hey, guys, What's up? I see we have the identity of the brother uncovered in this chapter. I don't know how many thought it would be…(*Tyson puts his hand over her mouth*)

Tyson: She never said anything! Just go on and read, okay, I'll take care of Mrs. Big-mouth here.

Kerda (*frees from Tyson*): TYSON!!! I'm going to…go on and read while

try to kill Tyson, okay, guys? Enjoy. And thank you all who reviewed! And you, Tyson, COME HERE!!!(*Runs off the stage chasing Tyson*)

~Rei's POV~(still)

       " I'm your worst nightmare…" a voice said from behind me and once again I felt the person's hot breath against the back on my head. Suddenly, the light switched on and I was able to look around. The table I bumped against was filled with test tubes. I saw some chairs, a book case FULL of books, even more than in my room! Notes on the table…research notes. I guess the guy behind me is into science, but I still can't see him!

        " Let go of me, whoever you are!" I found my voice and demanded to be free of the person's grasp. Nothing happened, until…

      The pair of hands twisted me around so I was FACING my attacker. His hands were now holding my hands against my side. And another strong grip. VERY strong grip.

      " So you're the new kid in this dump?" he said. I winced as his grip tightened. My attacker was probably no older than I was. I didn't recognize him. He had blue hair, reminding me of Tyson's, only a different shade and shape. His arms' strength was supported by their muscular stage. The guy was wearing a mostly black leather shirt with dark-blue pants and a REALLY long white scarf that went down to his legs. A pair of strangely shaped gloves covered the top first part of his hands. The gloves had strange sharp ends sticking up. NOW I know what poked me in the back. How can he wear that with out hurting anyone, including himself? But the thing that caught my eyes most was probably the blue triangles at the sides of his face. Hmm, the guy seems…tough.

        I looked over him again, but suddenly looked up because I noticed a pair of crimson-brown eyes following my yellow ones. I suddenly met his fiery gaze. Oh, god, the eyes seemed nothing but serious or empty, and at the same time dangerous and angry.

        " Yes, you are the new guy, aren't you?" the guy asked me. I knobbed weakly. I think all my calmness burned away in his eyes, so now I just froze.

        " Korea told me about you," he said and I suddenly found myself facing the wall again. My hands were, once again, pinned against my back.

        " Yes, so I am," I finally stopped staring and started talking. Why?" The grip on my hands got so tight, I winced again in pain. This was NOT what I had in mind when I planned on coming here… 

       " Hmm, you're ten times better in real life than from what Korea told me," the brother said. What was that supposed to mean!?

       " Exactly, what's your name?" his harsh, but seductive tone entered my ears again. I paused for a moment.

       " Rei…" I said slowly, after thinking it over. Suddenly I was pushed against the wall even harder. It came so unexpected, I yelled in surprise. Damn, that guy really knows how to inflict damage upon somebody WITHOUT using weapons!

      " Rei, huh?" I felt his breath against the back of my neck again. What's this guy playing at?!

       " I'm Kai," he continued. Oh, so that's the mystery brother's name! Even the name sounds tough!

        " Fine, but will you let me go?" I tried to say it nicely again. No such luck! I felt myself pushed against the wall again, but this time I was prepared. I had a feeling I could expect that from a guy like him.

        " I didn't tell you to speak, now…did I?" Kai asked me in a lustful tone. So, now I'm supposed to ASK to speak? This guy is definitely NOT GOOD news!!!  

        " Excuse me, but I have the right to speak any time," I said firmly and prepared for another push. Instead…

        " URGH, what are you DOING?!?!" I couldn't help but yell out when I felt his LIPS travel across MY neck. Is this guy a PREV. or something?! God, let go of me!

        To my surprise, just like he was reading my mind or something, Kai stopped. I once again felt his burning eyes in the back of my neck. I was breathing hard from that assault cause I DEFINETLY wasn't ready for that. I could have been ready for even death, but I did NOT expect the guy to start treating me like THAT! But I didn't care for some reason if I was breathing hard. All I wanted was to get out…

       " So, what have you come here for, then, Rei?" Kai suddenly asked. Ha, I don't think I want to stick around anymore, Kai.

       " I wasn't here for anything, just to see Korea," I said slowly. It was quiet for a moment and I let out my breath finally, the one I was holding in all the time.

       " I see…" Kai's voice seemed distant now. If you wish to speak to Korea, you must remain here with us forever!" WHAT!!? That was not the idea!!! 

       " I can't stay here, you, of all people, must know that, Kai!" I said loudly. I have a home to get to and I will NOT allow you to keep me here, even if I do decide to talk to Korea!" Kai snorted.

       " You're acting like I give you a choice, but…I'm not!" He said. Yah, and just a minute ago he said ONLY if I talk to Korea.

       " Thanks, but in that case, I think I'll pass," I said and was pushed against the wall. Okay, I should have expected that, too.

       " In that case…you're not leaving at all," Kai said and I SWEAR I heard him smirk. I groaned. JUST perfect!!!

       " I'm not staying here!" I stubbornly said. And you CAN'T MAKE ME!" Suddenly I found strength I never thought I had. I ripped out of Kai's gasp and tore towards the first door I saw.

       " You won't make it in my world, Rei!" I heard Kai shout after. I know what's in every dark corner, what's behind every door, what's under any old book that this lab ever contained. You can't hide from me." But I kept running. I hoped he wasn't following.

      After snapping the door behind me, I slipped into yet ANOTHER dark hallway. I made my way through all the doors, hoping Kai wasn't following me. Part of me already hated him…hated him because of the way he treated me, hated him because he doesn't want to leave me alone and hated him because I knew he was right. I could walk through a million passages and still get caught. I did live in this place as long as Kai did to remember every single little thing that goes on here. Why, I've been traveling a few doors now and I'm already lost! And this hallway seems endless!!!

      " Okay, calm down, Rei," I told myself. Don't let Kai get under your skin; he KNOWS you'll be scared of him." And he wants is also, I added mentally…

~Normal POV~

 

       Rei traveled around the corner when he heard footsteps running this way. Only one word flashed in his mind: Kai!

       So, he is after me, Rei thought, running around the corner as silently as he could. Well, he won't fin me that easily. The footsteps now stopped running and were calmly walking towards the corner where Rei was.

      Oh, god, I hope he doesn't notice me, Rei thought as he gritted his fang-shaped teeth and held his breath. He could hear Kai near… 

      Suddenly, the footsteps stopped on the corner Rei was hiding in. Uh-oh, Rei thought, preparing for the worst…

~Rei's POV~

      I think time just stopped. It feels like I'm waiting an hour, but it was probably only five minutes. I gritted my teeth again. Thought I'm glad Drigger's with me. A dark figure stood at the edge of the corner, looking…

        DIRECTLY AT ME!!!!!!! Not GOOD…

      " Hey there," the figure suddenly said. The voice wasn't serious or cool, no, not the type of cool that is defined as in: wow! The type of cool as in cruel and cold. But this voice was happy, curious and…nice? I relaxed and slid down the wall. The figure ran up to me and helped me up.

      " Hey, are you okay?" it was a blonde-haired boy with sky-blue eyes and freckles. He wore overalls and looked HARMLESS enough…

      " Yah, thanks," I said and got up. The figure looked around.

      " Where did you come from?" he asked. Another planet, how's that for an answer!

       " Umm, the outside of this lab," I decided to say anyway. I was just brought in a few days ago." The figure knobbed.

       " Why are you hiding here?" he asked. If you live here, then don't you hide from that Kai? Oh, god, I'm starting to dislike him so much…but then, why am I running away? Am I…a little afraid of what he might do…if he catches me?

       " I'm trying to get away from Kai," I said slowly. The other sighted. Suddenly, I noticed pain I never noticed before in my arms. I looked down to see them red where Kai held me and they were partly bleeding. That guy DID have the strongest grip I ever saw!

       " Is that what Kai did to you?" the stranger asked. I knobbed. I didn't want to say anything at that moment.

      " Gee, Kai's treatment to new guests is harsh, huh?" the figure reached into his pocket. I tensed up! The LAST time I saw somebody do it, specifically some little girl you know, it turned out to be a knife!

      To my surprise, the guy took out a handkerchief and started to wipe off the blood. I just stood there in shock. This guy was HELPING me? That was hard to believe, since everybody else here wanted to hurt me!

       " Thanks," I said once he was done. I'm Rei, by the way." The guy flashed me a smile.

       " Hey, no problem Rei, I'm Max," he said. The name sounded less dangerous than Kai OR Korea! And the guy seems nice.

       " So, Max, what are you doing here, anyway?" I asked and Max gave me a look of surprise. I mean, everybody usually tried to stay away from here."

       " Well, it's a long story, but…" Max said. I was born in this lab!" Huh? BORN in the lab? Is that possible? I mean, of course it is, but WHO is the father?

      " Who's your father?" I asked out of curiosity.

      " Kai," the boy stated calmly. Oh, Kai? Well, sounds, logical. Wait a minute, did he just say KAI?

       " How old are you," I asked suspicious.

       " Fifteen," Max said calmly like it was nothing once again. Wait, but I'm fifteen!!! And Kai looks about the same age as me…so where does that lead us? That Kai is the same age as his SON?! Unless that's just his look and he's really a thirty-year-old guy who's looking like a KID. Yup, sound SO clear…

       " I know what you're thinking, but Kai's not my father in that way," Max interrupted my thought, probably seeing the look on my face. Oh, there's another way to be a father?

      " So, which way is he your father?" I asked Max, confused. He laughed at the look on my face and I don't blame him either. I must have looked really dumbstruck!

       " He…he," Max tried to choke out through laughter. He created me…ha, ha, ha!" Max couldn't hold in the laughter anymore at the end. Wait, did he just say Kai CREATED him? What is he, some kind of a robot or something? Now I was REALLY confused. I'm, like, standing in a dark hallway where lives a guy who wants to hurt me as bad as hell, his psycho sister who wants to KILL me, and a robot boy…I don't know how others would feel about this, but I certainly feel UNCOMFORTABLE!

       " You mean like…you're a robot?" I asked, dazed. Max stopped laughing and wiped the tears out of his eyes.

       " God, you're so funny, Rei," he said. Yah, comedian!

       " Err, thanks I guess," I said, raising one eyebrow.

       " Yes, I'm sort of like a robot," Max replied. I'm actually a clone, but of no one. I have my own heart, my D.N.A. and organs. And I do not work like a robot." Let me correct what I said earlier: a guy who wants to hurt me as bad as hell, his psycho sister who wants to KILL me, and a HALF-robot boy.

       " So, you live here with Kai and Korea?" I asked, trying to look normal. Max smiled and made me relax. This guy's cool (this one is the nice type on cool) in my book.

       " Yah, I see you already met Korea," Max said. Isn't she something?" Yes, she SUUURRREEE is! But mine different form yours! 

       " Umm, yah," I said. She nearly killed me back then!" Max looked at me in surprise again. Gee, for a half-robot, Max seems every bit as human as I am.  

       " Yes, she does that sometimes," Max sighted again. So, you're trying to find a way out?"

       " TRYING is the key word here, Max," I said gloomily. I'm sort of lost…"

       " Is Kai searching for you or something?" the other said. I knobbed and gripped my blade in my hand.

       " What's that?" Max noticed my Drigger. Oh, it's a blade, isn't it? Could I…see it?" I looked at my blade then back at Max.

        " Sure," I said, hoping I could trust this boy. Max stared in amazement at my blade.                 

        " Awesome, you even have your own bit beat," he declared. I think it's cool!

       " Thanks, Max," I said as Max handed me my blade back. He grinned.

      " Your blade is so cool!" he flashed me thumbs up. It made me smile to know at least SOMEBODY here was friendly. Suddenly, Max took out a bey blade also.

      " This is my blade," Max showed me a greenish blade. I also have a bit. His name's Draciel." I looked at the picture in the front. Seemed like a cool bit beast to me!

       " Your blade's sweet too, Max," I said.

       " Thanks, I rea…"

       " MAX!!!" uh-oh. You-Know-Who's serious voice came from somewhere at the entrance of the hallway and cut Max's words off.

       " I'd better go on," Max said, putting his blade away. And YOU'd better go hide!" He flashed my thumbs up again and disappeared out of sight. I liked that kid. But now was not the time to ponder, since Kai could be coming here any second! I left the corner and was now heading down the hallway. I opened the first door I saw once I made a turn and came in. Snapping the door behind me, I looked around. This seemed to be a nice room. There were chairs, a small couch, a table, and even what looked like a radio! Some more books, a bloody knife, a dai-…what?!

        I stopped to make sure I wasn't seeing things. Did I just see a bloody knife? I nearly gasped as I realized I did. And it looked oh too familiar… 

       This was the first time I noticed there was a bed and a lump on it. The lump moved and blonde hair came out. Two blue eyes stared at me and a smile formed at the corners of the mouth on a seemingly innocent face. The small figure sat up and laughed shrilly. Uh-oh…

       " Hey, Kitty, came to play…"

What kind of trouble had Rei gotten himself into? Will he still be in one piece when he gets out…IF he gets out? And what about Kai, what does he want from Rei? Stay tuned in the next chapter to find out.                   

Kerda: And we're back online.

Max: Where's Tyson?

Kerda: Oh, he'll be quiet, don't worry.

Max: Errr…okay. I'll go get him, then. Tyson!!!(*Kerda snickers*)

Kerda: Okay, bye you all, I need to 'help' Tyson get found. He-he.