Mizu_Tenshi: I really need more reviewers. They seem to have all disappeared especially the people
who reviewed my 'Somewhere I belong' fic. Where did everyone go? Hello? Is anyone there? *Tumble
weed roles by* Dam!
"…" Speech
'…' Thought
*…* Implied words
'You can't get me down I won't buy it. Won't do what you want me to so don't try it.'
*********************
Chapter 12: The danger inside
Ami basked in the warm sunlight that filtered into her room, she typed softly on her own laptop for any
data on the opposing teams. It was another day and another match for her to make a fool out of herself.
"Crap! I'm late!" Minako practically leaped out of bed.
"Calm down," Ami stifled as laugh as she swivelled her chair round to watch the panicking teen. "It's
only six o'clock, we have a good hour and a half before the match."
"Oh," Minako blushed at her foolishness.
"Tori called earlier," Ami muttered with obvious boredom as she went back to idly clicking through
names of teams. "He said he wants you to go train as soon as you finish eating breakfast."
"And what about you?" Minako put her hands on her hips.
"I'm to continue searching for information," Ami sighed.
"Huh? You don't have to train? You're so lucky," Minako looked at the blonde girl with envy. "Well I
don't want to keep the great Tori waiting," Minako smirked. "I'll see you at the match!"
Ami waited for the sound of the door to shut before she shut down her laptop and packed it up. It was
so dull to scroll through so many names and she had been at it for hours, she deserved a decent break.
A faint knocking on the door made Ami sigh. She guessed it would be either Tori or Sam since Minako
usually pounded on the door, maybe they had come to tell her she was off the team.
'Since when did I become such a pessimist?' Ami wondered as she opened the door.
It wasn't Tori or Sam; it wasn't even Minako, instead there were two very important looking men in
black suits.
"Ami Kagami? Come with us," they ordered. The two men grabbed her before she had a chance to
react. A damp white cloth was placed over her mouth and nose.
Ami's eyes drifted shut; her body fell limp into the arms of one of the men.
"Where's Tarae?" One of the two men grunted to the other.
"It's here, in her pocket," the other person produced the purple and silver blade.
"C'mon, Mr Hiwatari wants the girl as well."
~ At the stadium ~
Once again the Metropolitan stadium was filed with the exciting roar of crowds and the flying banners
of die-hard fans. The sound was deafening but also exhilarating for the competitors below.
"Welcome back folks to the third exciting day of the English tournament, I'm you host Brad Best!"
"And I'm A.J. Topper," the second commentator introduced. "It's the Blitz babes against the
Terrabladers!"
"Yes but what's this? The Terrabladers seem to be short of a few members!"
On the bench Tori and Sam were sitting in silence, their expressions seemed very different but beneath
the mask they put on they were both worried.
"They'll be disqualified if the others don't turn up," Li looked on from the spectator row.
"According to Dizzi, the Blitz babes have quite a good reputation here in England," Kenny said as he
typed on his laptop. "This will be an interesting match…that is, if the others can turn up."
"Yeah, Kai doesn't know what he's missing," Tyson smirked.
Besides Tyson sat Mariah with her hands on her lap as usual. She leaned over o Ray who was sitting
next to her and whispered: "I need to talk to you."
"Sorry I'm late!" Minako almost tripped as she ran, gasping for air.
"Mina, you stupid ditz, it's about time!" Sam yelled furiously. "The match is about to start and we can't
go on without three players! Get a watch you idiot!"
"Hey, I'm here, aren't I?" Minako defended herself from the insults she was receiving.
"Now all we have to do is wait for Ami," Tori frowned. "It's not like her to be late, I'm sure she
wouldn't forget."
"She's another one!" Sam growled. "She can't blade, she can't get here on time, we should just drop
her!"
Minako winced at Sam's words. She knew Sam really wanted to win and her nervousness was making
her edgy and irritable but never before had she heard Sam talk about dropping a team-mate.
"It's okay," Tori tried to calm her down. "If Ami can't be here then I'll blade," he offered.
"No!" Minako and Sam both cried at the same time.
"You're not on top form, you can't fight!" Sam said. "If I get my hands on Ami I'm gonna - "
"It doesn't matter," Tori cut through her impatiently. "I know I'm not in the best condition but as long
as you two win your matches then there's nothing to worry about and besides, we have the elemental
advantage."
"Don't screw up, Mina," Sam shot a warning glare at Minako.
"It looks like the Terrabladers are able to fight!" A.J. exclaimed, backed up by screams of approval
from their fans. "And up first to fight in the field dish is Lily of the Blitz babes against Tori of the
Terrabladers!"
"Go Terrabladers!" Tyson stood up and yelled, waving his hands around dangerously.
"Sit down before you embarrass us!" Kenny tugged Tyson sleeves, forcing him to sit back down
"Hey, Tori," Minako scanned the crowds while waving back at Tyson. "Kai isn't here, do you think it's
because of…"
"I'll find out later," Tori assured her as he rose from his seat. "Right now concentrate on our battle."
The two bladers met on the opposite side of the dish.
"You ready?" Lily's blue eyes narrowed at her opponent, she raised her yellow blade and launcher to
challenge him.
Tori ignored the menacing look he received from the fiery girl. He knew he wouldn't do as well as he
could but he had to blade to keep them in the tournament.
"3…2…1…Let it rip!"
~ Unknown location ~
Ami winced as sunlight hit her eyes. She suddenly became aware of someone watching her; she turned
her aching neck to gaze upon a silent red haired boy with ice blue eyes. He looked familiar but she was
almost certain that she had never seen him before.
She tied to move but her legs and hands were firmly bound with a length of cord.
"Don't struggle, it'll only make your wrists bleed," the boy advised.
Ami stopped struggling and took up trying to mask the fear in her eyes. She wished she could conceal
her feelings behind a mask of indifference like what the boy was doing now, like what Kai always did.
'Kai! So that's why I recognise this boy. The look in his eyes, the veil that covers his feelings is almost
exactly like what Kai does!' She had no time to congratulate herself on her discovery because the boy
suddenly stood up and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her to her feet.
"Come," he ordered.
For the first time Ami had time to scan her surroundings. She was in what seemed to be an
underground chamber bathed in dim candlelight, around her were four test tubes two of which were
empty and the other two held bitbeasts.
"Ara!" Ami cried upon seeing the purple snake submerged and seemingly unconscious in yellow
liquid. "What did you do to her?" If the circumstances had been different she would never have dared
to say such a thing but fear and worry for her bitbeast blocked out all her reasoning.
"We just made her more powerful," another voice emerged from the darkness. "Well done, Tala, you
may go now."
Tala looked from Ami to the shadows, he seemed reluctant to leave but made his way out of the
chamber anyway.
"Give me back Ara!" Ami demanded.
"Okay, if you agree to work for us," the person emerged from his hiding place. He had purple hair and
wore a black mask to conceal his facial features.
"Work for you?" Ami looked confused. Why would they want a horrendous blader such as her to work
for such an important organisation? Maybe they needed her computer skills but she wasn't *that* good
at computers not as good as Kenny.
"You've got a good synchronisation with Tarae, the highest I've seen, you can have her if you work for
us," the masked man smirked evilly. The girl in front of him seemed the shy and timid type, she would
be easy to break and brainwash. She didn't seem very strong but several months of intense Biovolt
training should fix that minor problem.
'There's a catch here,' Ami suspected. 'This must be some sort of criminal organisation. Well I have a
spotless record and I'm not about to go to jail but Ara or Tarae as he called her…well…'
"We can always force you to work for us," the masked man warned.
Ami tried to stop herself trembling. If she ever got back she swore that she would never go anywhere
without someone else. It was the fact that she had to go through this alone that worried her most, she
had always been a little dependant on her team-mates ever since they had taken her in but now she was
on her own.
She turned her head to gaze at her bitbeast once more. Slowly she closed her eyes and lowered her head
in an act of submission.
********************
Mizu_Tenshi: Okay, so that sucked, it'll get better as I get to the grand finale. No, it's not ending there's
quite a few more chapters to come. PLEASE VOTE on the Ray pairing, I know that most of you voted
but I need to do another toll.
hhtme - Glad you like it, thanks for the review.
By the Stars - Sure, I guess the stupid time zone makes it hard.
starwolf - Thanks so much for all your reviews! I predict about three or four chapters more until the
end.
Lavender - A few more chapters to go. Should Kai keep Dryx? What do you think?
deon - More Kai/Minako next chapter, promise!
heather - It's so cute! I know, I'm hyper.
yinyangqueen - I think I might let him keep it but it's not certain yet.
Anime the Fallen Angel - Food good! I know there was no Kai but I'll make up for it in the next
chapter.
Sighing Siren - Yes, you were right, my hate goes of to you.
who reviewed my 'Somewhere I belong' fic. Where did everyone go? Hello? Is anyone there? *Tumble
weed roles by* Dam!
"…" Speech
'…' Thought
*…* Implied words
'You can't get me down I won't buy it. Won't do what you want me to so don't try it.'
*********************
Chapter 12: The danger inside
Ami basked in the warm sunlight that filtered into her room, she typed softly on her own laptop for any
data on the opposing teams. It was another day and another match for her to make a fool out of herself.
"Crap! I'm late!" Minako practically leaped out of bed.
"Calm down," Ami stifled as laugh as she swivelled her chair round to watch the panicking teen. "It's
only six o'clock, we have a good hour and a half before the match."
"Oh," Minako blushed at her foolishness.
"Tori called earlier," Ami muttered with obvious boredom as she went back to idly clicking through
names of teams. "He said he wants you to go train as soon as you finish eating breakfast."
"And what about you?" Minako put her hands on her hips.
"I'm to continue searching for information," Ami sighed.
"Huh? You don't have to train? You're so lucky," Minako looked at the blonde girl with envy. "Well I
don't want to keep the great Tori waiting," Minako smirked. "I'll see you at the match!"
Ami waited for the sound of the door to shut before she shut down her laptop and packed it up. It was
so dull to scroll through so many names and she had been at it for hours, she deserved a decent break.
A faint knocking on the door made Ami sigh. She guessed it would be either Tori or Sam since Minako
usually pounded on the door, maybe they had come to tell her she was off the team.
'Since when did I become such a pessimist?' Ami wondered as she opened the door.
It wasn't Tori or Sam; it wasn't even Minako, instead there were two very important looking men in
black suits.
"Ami Kagami? Come with us," they ordered. The two men grabbed her before she had a chance to
react. A damp white cloth was placed over her mouth and nose.
Ami's eyes drifted shut; her body fell limp into the arms of one of the men.
"Where's Tarae?" One of the two men grunted to the other.
"It's here, in her pocket," the other person produced the purple and silver blade.
"C'mon, Mr Hiwatari wants the girl as well."
~ At the stadium ~
Once again the Metropolitan stadium was filed with the exciting roar of crowds and the flying banners
of die-hard fans. The sound was deafening but also exhilarating for the competitors below.
"Welcome back folks to the third exciting day of the English tournament, I'm you host Brad Best!"
"And I'm A.J. Topper," the second commentator introduced. "It's the Blitz babes against the
Terrabladers!"
"Yes but what's this? The Terrabladers seem to be short of a few members!"
On the bench Tori and Sam were sitting in silence, their expressions seemed very different but beneath
the mask they put on they were both worried.
"They'll be disqualified if the others don't turn up," Li looked on from the spectator row.
"According to Dizzi, the Blitz babes have quite a good reputation here in England," Kenny said as he
typed on his laptop. "This will be an interesting match…that is, if the others can turn up."
"Yeah, Kai doesn't know what he's missing," Tyson smirked.
Besides Tyson sat Mariah with her hands on her lap as usual. She leaned over o Ray who was sitting
next to her and whispered: "I need to talk to you."
"Sorry I'm late!" Minako almost tripped as she ran, gasping for air.
"Mina, you stupid ditz, it's about time!" Sam yelled furiously. "The match is about to start and we can't
go on without three players! Get a watch you idiot!"
"Hey, I'm here, aren't I?" Minako defended herself from the insults she was receiving.
"Now all we have to do is wait for Ami," Tori frowned. "It's not like her to be late, I'm sure she
wouldn't forget."
"She's another one!" Sam growled. "She can't blade, she can't get here on time, we should just drop
her!"
Minako winced at Sam's words. She knew Sam really wanted to win and her nervousness was making
her edgy and irritable but never before had she heard Sam talk about dropping a team-mate.
"It's okay," Tori tried to calm her down. "If Ami can't be here then I'll blade," he offered.
"No!" Minako and Sam both cried at the same time.
"You're not on top form, you can't fight!" Sam said. "If I get my hands on Ami I'm gonna - "
"It doesn't matter," Tori cut through her impatiently. "I know I'm not in the best condition but as long
as you two win your matches then there's nothing to worry about and besides, we have the elemental
advantage."
"Don't screw up, Mina," Sam shot a warning glare at Minako.
"It looks like the Terrabladers are able to fight!" A.J. exclaimed, backed up by screams of approval
from their fans. "And up first to fight in the field dish is Lily of the Blitz babes against Tori of the
Terrabladers!"
"Go Terrabladers!" Tyson stood up and yelled, waving his hands around dangerously.
"Sit down before you embarrass us!" Kenny tugged Tyson sleeves, forcing him to sit back down
"Hey, Tori," Minako scanned the crowds while waving back at Tyson. "Kai isn't here, do you think it's
because of…"
"I'll find out later," Tori assured her as he rose from his seat. "Right now concentrate on our battle."
The two bladers met on the opposite side of the dish.
"You ready?" Lily's blue eyes narrowed at her opponent, she raised her yellow blade and launcher to
challenge him.
Tori ignored the menacing look he received from the fiery girl. He knew he wouldn't do as well as he
could but he had to blade to keep them in the tournament.
"3…2…1…Let it rip!"
~ Unknown location ~
Ami winced as sunlight hit her eyes. She suddenly became aware of someone watching her; she turned
her aching neck to gaze upon a silent red haired boy with ice blue eyes. He looked familiar but she was
almost certain that she had never seen him before.
She tied to move but her legs and hands were firmly bound with a length of cord.
"Don't struggle, it'll only make your wrists bleed," the boy advised.
Ami stopped struggling and took up trying to mask the fear in her eyes. She wished she could conceal
her feelings behind a mask of indifference like what the boy was doing now, like what Kai always did.
'Kai! So that's why I recognise this boy. The look in his eyes, the veil that covers his feelings is almost
exactly like what Kai does!' She had no time to congratulate herself on her discovery because the boy
suddenly stood up and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her to her feet.
"Come," he ordered.
For the first time Ami had time to scan her surroundings. She was in what seemed to be an
underground chamber bathed in dim candlelight, around her were four test tubes two of which were
empty and the other two held bitbeasts.
"Ara!" Ami cried upon seeing the purple snake submerged and seemingly unconscious in yellow
liquid. "What did you do to her?" If the circumstances had been different she would never have dared
to say such a thing but fear and worry for her bitbeast blocked out all her reasoning.
"We just made her more powerful," another voice emerged from the darkness. "Well done, Tala, you
may go now."
Tala looked from Ami to the shadows, he seemed reluctant to leave but made his way out of the
chamber anyway.
"Give me back Ara!" Ami demanded.
"Okay, if you agree to work for us," the person emerged from his hiding place. He had purple hair and
wore a black mask to conceal his facial features.
"Work for you?" Ami looked confused. Why would they want a horrendous blader such as her to work
for such an important organisation? Maybe they needed her computer skills but she wasn't *that* good
at computers not as good as Kenny.
"You've got a good synchronisation with Tarae, the highest I've seen, you can have her if you work for
us," the masked man smirked evilly. The girl in front of him seemed the shy and timid type, she would
be easy to break and brainwash. She didn't seem very strong but several months of intense Biovolt
training should fix that minor problem.
'There's a catch here,' Ami suspected. 'This must be some sort of criminal organisation. Well I have a
spotless record and I'm not about to go to jail but Ara or Tarae as he called her…well…'
"We can always force you to work for us," the masked man warned.
Ami tried to stop herself trembling. If she ever got back she swore that she would never go anywhere
without someone else. It was the fact that she had to go through this alone that worried her most, she
had always been a little dependant on her team-mates ever since they had taken her in but now she was
on her own.
She turned her head to gaze at her bitbeast once more. Slowly she closed her eyes and lowered her head
in an act of submission.
********************
Mizu_Tenshi: Okay, so that sucked, it'll get better as I get to the grand finale. No, it's not ending there's
quite a few more chapters to come. PLEASE VOTE on the Ray pairing, I know that most of you voted
but I need to do another toll.
hhtme - Glad you like it, thanks for the review.
By the Stars - Sure, I guess the stupid time zone makes it hard.
starwolf - Thanks so much for all your reviews! I predict about three or four chapters more until the
end.
Lavender - A few more chapters to go. Should Kai keep Dryx? What do you think?
deon - More Kai/Minako next chapter, promise!
heather - It's so cute! I know, I'm hyper.
yinyangqueen - I think I might let him keep it but it's not certain yet.
Anime the Fallen Angel - Food good! I know there was no Kai but I'll make up for it in the next
chapter.
Sighing Siren - Yes, you were right, my hate goes of to you.
