Hi again. I can't believe so many of you people are enjoying this Kai
torture! XD Well, here's chapter nine for you. Oh yes, thanks for the
reviews! *throws out Rei plushies* Enjoy. (the plushies and the chapter ^^)
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Chapter Nine
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"Your grandson, Kai, appears to be unconscious, sir," Duane said timidly to Voltaire. Voltaire growled.
"I can see that, fool!"
Duane cowered in his place and fidgeted with his hands apprehensively. Voltaire was quiet for a moment, and then turned on his mic again.
"Boris, come in," he said.
"Sir?" came Boris's staticky reply.
"Get Kai up. No more torture for the time being, just get the damned boy up. I might just have to speak with him myself."
"Right away, sir."
~~~
"Chief, he's not moving," Max said fearfully as he sat in the cage, gazing out through the bars. Kenny didn't look up from his laptop.
"I'm not surprised."
Max eyes shifted shakily to Kenny's face. "Kai's not going to be able to compete at the World Championships...if we ever get out of here."
"I know." The glow from Dizzi's screen reflected off of his face.
Max turned away from Kenny and brought his knees up to his chest, hugging himself. "I just want to die," he whispered. "I'm so scared. What do you think happened to Rei? Do you think they're doing to Rei what they're doing to Kai?"
"I don't know." Kenny's fingers paused for a moment. "I hope not."
"I hope he's okay," Max mumbled. He sniffed. "I wish Tyson were here..."
~~~
Boris made his way over to Kai's motionless body, and saw with no little amount of surprise, that Kai indeed was not unconscious. His eyes were open, and he looked to be staring at the ceiling. His breathing was labored and his eyes were unfocused, but filled with pain.
Boris growled as he knelt by the boy. "Get up."
Kai moaned softly. "Leave me alone."
"Voltaire's orders. Get up."
"Tell Voltaire to go to hell."
Boris sighed in exasperation. He reached out and slipped his hand underneath Kai's back. Kai groaned and shifted uncomfortably. Boris gently lifted Kai up, and he cried out in pain. Boris took advantage of the moment of weakness and pulled Kai up into a sitting position.
Kai shut his eyes tightly. Then he lashed out with his hand and backhanded Boris hard across the face. Boris rocked back, a slight smile appearing on his lips.
"So, you've still got some spunk left in you after all," he smirked. "Voltaire thinks you're almost dead."
"Voltaire this, Voltaire that," Kai said. "Can't you speak of anything else? I'm tired of hearing about him."
Boris clucked his tongue. "I'm actually surprised you're still kicking. I can see why Voltaire wants you by his side when he takes over the world."
"There you go again." Kai leaned his head back in an effort to ease the pain. "Just shut up. I'm tired of hearing your dopey voice as well."
Boris narrowed his eyes. "Voltaire's going to have to teach you some manners. Or maybe I'll do it myself."
Kai was beginning to feel dizzy again, and didn't answer. He groaned quietly and lowered his head. Boris watched stonily.
Kai's thoughts wandered to his team. Max and Kenny were okay for the time being, right where he could see them. Scared, but okay. He had no idea where the hell Rei was, but if Rei had gotten away safely, Kai hoped he never came back to Biovolt. It was hard to fathom that he might never see Rei again, but if he was safe, well, that was all that mattered.
It still blew his mind to know that Rei loved him.
And Tyson?
He'd think about what to do about Tyson later.
~~~
"It's funny," Tyson continued. "How much you hear when you have nothing else to do but listen."
"So you think Black Dranzer is the answer for getting us all out of here?" Rei asked. Tyson shrugged.
"You got a better idea?"
Rei shook his head and sighed. "But from what you've told me about it, it's dangerous."
"Do we have any other choice? Mark and Kathleen were supposed to be guarding me and doing some stupid lab experiments, and they talked about it all the time. (A/N: Anime Fan, you were right! ^^) Mark made the point repeatedly that there was only one blader strong enough to actually use it."
"But we have no idea where Kai is," Rei said in defeat.
"We'll find him," Tyson said, looking at Rei oddly.
"How are we going to get Black Dranzer?"
"We'll find a way...listen buddy, are you okay?" Tyson stopped and faced Rei.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You look really tired, and you're not usually this pessimistic."
"Well, it's been a long two days." Rei rubbed his eyes. He'd been worrying himself sick over Kai.
Tyson looked thoughtful. "Tell me what you think about this: we somehow get Black Dranzer. Then we somehow find Kai."
Rei smiled.
"You said yourself that Black Dranzer is dangerous. Since Kai is the only person who can use it to it's full power, we get Kai to launch it. While I was back in that room, Mark told Kathleen that Biovolt had once been destroyed. And guess who destroyed it."
"Boris?" Rei guessed wildly.
"Kai! He launched Black Dranzer once when he was little, maybe seven or eight years old. It was so powerful, that it demolished this entire place! And also, Black Dranzer draws its power from the blader. If Kai could destroy this place when he was seven, think of how much more powerful he is now!"
"Man...he could level this place. And I bet he would if he got the chance."
"Exactly! All we have to do is get Black Dranzer, get it to Kai and bingo! We make our escape."
Rei raised an eyebrow. "That's all we have to do? Do you know how hard this is going to be?"
"Yeah, but we can do it." Tyson grinned. "Together."
~~~
"Man, this place is so creepy," Tyson said, eyes wide. They were walking down a long corridor cautiously. There were lit candles down the entire length.
"Tell me about it. Why can't this place look like a normal company?"
"Because they're not. They're a shady group of maniacs plotting to take over the world."
Rei had to smile. "That sounds like something out of a comic book."
"Yeah, well, this is Voltaire we're talking about."
Silence lapsed as they walked. Rei's thoughts wandered to Kai, as usual. He found himself thinking of the boy more and more, partly because he loved him, and partly because he was worried about him. If only he knew he was all right, just one hint of a sign indicating that Kai was alive and well would put Rei's mind to rest. Rei shook his head and sighed.
"This is killing me," he said.
"What?" Tyson asked.
"Not knowing where everyone else is!"
Tyson sighed knowingly. "I know what you mean. Man, I thought you all were dead! I didn't know if you survived the plane crash or not."
"We thought you were dead. Well, Kai did anyway. I never really believed it."
Tyson grinned.
Rei went on. "Max was like, totally crushed. And Kenny? Oh, boy. He didn't utter a word that entire day. He didn't even talk to Dizzi."
"Wow. I didn't know I was so loved. So the only person who didn't miss me was Kai. Understandable," Tyson said lightly. Rei frowned.
"Sure Kai missed you. He was just more concerned about the remaining members of the team than...the dead Tyson." Tyson and Rei both laughed. "I can't believe we're actually joking about this."
"Yeah." Tyson yawned.
They reached the end of the hall. A heavy metal door stood between them and Black Dranzer. Rei sighed.
"Great..."
Tyson looked pensive. "A door's a door, no matter where it is. We can get through this." He turned and faced Rei. "Do you know how to pick locks?"
"Not with a hairpin...not that we have one anyway. I can do it with a credit card though."
Tyson fished through his pockets. "I got nothing."
"Wait! Out BBA identification cards!" Rei said. "I think I can work with those."
Tyson looked sheepish. "Um...I think I left mine on the plane." Rei smiled and shook his head.
"Kai's gonna kill you, Tyson. I have mine." Rei knelt in front of the door and stuck it through. He began wiggling it around.
"Are you sure you can do this?" Tyson asked.
"I've done it before," Rei said absently. His tongue was sticking out of the side of his mouth in concentration.
Tyson leaned against the wall. "You can do it, buddy. C'mon, Rei," he said encouragingly.
Click.
"I got it!" Rei stood and pushed the door open.
Black Dranzer was in the center of the room, held down with chains and ropes.
"Whoa...look at those chains," Tyson breathed.
"Is it really that valuable? That dangerous?" Rei whispered. He turned to Tyson. "I'm having serious second thoughts about this."
"We'll never know. Besides, what other choice do we have? We have to get out of here somehow," Tyson said reasonably. His voice was shaking slightly.
"You're right. Well...let's get it out."
~~~
It had taken Rei and Tyson half and hour to loose Black Dranzer. It was safely tucked away in Rei's pocket as he they left the room and went back into the hall.
"Freeze!"
Rei and Tyson both jumped. There, at the end of the hall, were two guards. They had guns pointing straight at them.
"Shit," Rei said under his breath.
"We've got 'em now," one guard with a scar running across his cheek said. The other guard was younger with penetrating dark eyes.
"I'd advise you not to shoot," Rei said.
"Oh?" Scar-face said sinisterly. Tyson glanced at Rei out of the corner of his eye.
"What the hell are you doing, buddy...?" he muttered softly, so only Rei heard.
"Chill, Tyson. I've got this under control." Rei slipped his hand into his pocket and extracted Black Dranzer.
The guard's eyes widened at the sight. "Dammit...he stole the bit-beast!"
The younger guard moaned. "Voltaire's going to kill us."
"All I have to do is launch this," Rei said. "And I can take out this entire abbey."
The scarred one looked at the younger one and put down his weapon. "I've been here longer than you, and I know the kid's not lyin'. I've seen it before. That bit-beast can destroy this whole place."
"Well, what the hell are we supposed to do now?!" the other asked angrily.
"Get in there," Rei commanded. They looked up.
"Huh?"
"Get into the room." Rei pointed to the room where Black Dranzer was previously locked up in. "Or I'll launch it. And hand over your radios and weapons."
The guards slowly walked into the room, dropping their radios and guns. Rei slammed the door and placed the heavy lock in place. Tyson let out a tremendous sigh of relief.
"Dude! You rocked!" Tyson yelled.
"I'm just glad I didn't have to launch Black Dranzer," Rei said. He left the radios on the ground, but handed Tyson a gun. "Hold this. You might need it to convince someone to leave you alone."
"Uh huh." Tyson clicked the safety on. "All right."
"Hey!" Rei banged on the door where the guards were in. "Where are you holding Kai?"
There was a silence before someone yelled back. "Go down C Hall, and there's a room at the end. You'll find your friend in there."
"Thanks for cooperating," Rei said smugly. Black Dranzer was back in his pocket. "Come on, Tyson. Let's go."
Hold on, Kai, Rei thought to himself. We're coming for you.
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TBC
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I know I said about ten chapters, but the next chapter won't be the last. I'd say this is going to be eleven chapters. ^_^ Yeah, that seems about right. Well, REVIEW PLEASE and thank you! :) Hehe. See ya soon.
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Chapter Nine
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"Your grandson, Kai, appears to be unconscious, sir," Duane said timidly to Voltaire. Voltaire growled.
"I can see that, fool!"
Duane cowered in his place and fidgeted with his hands apprehensively. Voltaire was quiet for a moment, and then turned on his mic again.
"Boris, come in," he said.
"Sir?" came Boris's staticky reply.
"Get Kai up. No more torture for the time being, just get the damned boy up. I might just have to speak with him myself."
"Right away, sir."
~~~
"Chief, he's not moving," Max said fearfully as he sat in the cage, gazing out through the bars. Kenny didn't look up from his laptop.
"I'm not surprised."
Max eyes shifted shakily to Kenny's face. "Kai's not going to be able to compete at the World Championships...if we ever get out of here."
"I know." The glow from Dizzi's screen reflected off of his face.
Max turned away from Kenny and brought his knees up to his chest, hugging himself. "I just want to die," he whispered. "I'm so scared. What do you think happened to Rei? Do you think they're doing to Rei what they're doing to Kai?"
"I don't know." Kenny's fingers paused for a moment. "I hope not."
"I hope he's okay," Max mumbled. He sniffed. "I wish Tyson were here..."
~~~
Boris made his way over to Kai's motionless body, and saw with no little amount of surprise, that Kai indeed was not unconscious. His eyes were open, and he looked to be staring at the ceiling. His breathing was labored and his eyes were unfocused, but filled with pain.
Boris growled as he knelt by the boy. "Get up."
Kai moaned softly. "Leave me alone."
"Voltaire's orders. Get up."
"Tell Voltaire to go to hell."
Boris sighed in exasperation. He reached out and slipped his hand underneath Kai's back. Kai groaned and shifted uncomfortably. Boris gently lifted Kai up, and he cried out in pain. Boris took advantage of the moment of weakness and pulled Kai up into a sitting position.
Kai shut his eyes tightly. Then he lashed out with his hand and backhanded Boris hard across the face. Boris rocked back, a slight smile appearing on his lips.
"So, you've still got some spunk left in you after all," he smirked. "Voltaire thinks you're almost dead."
"Voltaire this, Voltaire that," Kai said. "Can't you speak of anything else? I'm tired of hearing about him."
Boris clucked his tongue. "I'm actually surprised you're still kicking. I can see why Voltaire wants you by his side when he takes over the world."
"There you go again." Kai leaned his head back in an effort to ease the pain. "Just shut up. I'm tired of hearing your dopey voice as well."
Boris narrowed his eyes. "Voltaire's going to have to teach you some manners. Or maybe I'll do it myself."
Kai was beginning to feel dizzy again, and didn't answer. He groaned quietly and lowered his head. Boris watched stonily.
Kai's thoughts wandered to his team. Max and Kenny were okay for the time being, right where he could see them. Scared, but okay. He had no idea where the hell Rei was, but if Rei had gotten away safely, Kai hoped he never came back to Biovolt. It was hard to fathom that he might never see Rei again, but if he was safe, well, that was all that mattered.
It still blew his mind to know that Rei loved him.
And Tyson?
He'd think about what to do about Tyson later.
~~~
"It's funny," Tyson continued. "How much you hear when you have nothing else to do but listen."
"So you think Black Dranzer is the answer for getting us all out of here?" Rei asked. Tyson shrugged.
"You got a better idea?"
Rei shook his head and sighed. "But from what you've told me about it, it's dangerous."
"Do we have any other choice? Mark and Kathleen were supposed to be guarding me and doing some stupid lab experiments, and they talked about it all the time. (A/N: Anime Fan, you were right! ^^) Mark made the point repeatedly that there was only one blader strong enough to actually use it."
"But we have no idea where Kai is," Rei said in defeat.
"We'll find him," Tyson said, looking at Rei oddly.
"How are we going to get Black Dranzer?"
"We'll find a way...listen buddy, are you okay?" Tyson stopped and faced Rei.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"You look really tired, and you're not usually this pessimistic."
"Well, it's been a long two days." Rei rubbed his eyes. He'd been worrying himself sick over Kai.
Tyson looked thoughtful. "Tell me what you think about this: we somehow get Black Dranzer. Then we somehow find Kai."
Rei smiled.
"You said yourself that Black Dranzer is dangerous. Since Kai is the only person who can use it to it's full power, we get Kai to launch it. While I was back in that room, Mark told Kathleen that Biovolt had once been destroyed. And guess who destroyed it."
"Boris?" Rei guessed wildly.
"Kai! He launched Black Dranzer once when he was little, maybe seven or eight years old. It was so powerful, that it demolished this entire place! And also, Black Dranzer draws its power from the blader. If Kai could destroy this place when he was seven, think of how much more powerful he is now!"
"Man...he could level this place. And I bet he would if he got the chance."
"Exactly! All we have to do is get Black Dranzer, get it to Kai and bingo! We make our escape."
Rei raised an eyebrow. "That's all we have to do? Do you know how hard this is going to be?"
"Yeah, but we can do it." Tyson grinned. "Together."
~~~
"Man, this place is so creepy," Tyson said, eyes wide. They were walking down a long corridor cautiously. There were lit candles down the entire length.
"Tell me about it. Why can't this place look like a normal company?"
"Because they're not. They're a shady group of maniacs plotting to take over the world."
Rei had to smile. "That sounds like something out of a comic book."
"Yeah, well, this is Voltaire we're talking about."
Silence lapsed as they walked. Rei's thoughts wandered to Kai, as usual. He found himself thinking of the boy more and more, partly because he loved him, and partly because he was worried about him. If only he knew he was all right, just one hint of a sign indicating that Kai was alive and well would put Rei's mind to rest. Rei shook his head and sighed.
"This is killing me," he said.
"What?" Tyson asked.
"Not knowing where everyone else is!"
Tyson sighed knowingly. "I know what you mean. Man, I thought you all were dead! I didn't know if you survived the plane crash or not."
"We thought you were dead. Well, Kai did anyway. I never really believed it."
Tyson grinned.
Rei went on. "Max was like, totally crushed. And Kenny? Oh, boy. He didn't utter a word that entire day. He didn't even talk to Dizzi."
"Wow. I didn't know I was so loved. So the only person who didn't miss me was Kai. Understandable," Tyson said lightly. Rei frowned.
"Sure Kai missed you. He was just more concerned about the remaining members of the team than...the dead Tyson." Tyson and Rei both laughed. "I can't believe we're actually joking about this."
"Yeah." Tyson yawned.
They reached the end of the hall. A heavy metal door stood between them and Black Dranzer. Rei sighed.
"Great..."
Tyson looked pensive. "A door's a door, no matter where it is. We can get through this." He turned and faced Rei. "Do you know how to pick locks?"
"Not with a hairpin...not that we have one anyway. I can do it with a credit card though."
Tyson fished through his pockets. "I got nothing."
"Wait! Out BBA identification cards!" Rei said. "I think I can work with those."
Tyson looked sheepish. "Um...I think I left mine on the plane." Rei smiled and shook his head.
"Kai's gonna kill you, Tyson. I have mine." Rei knelt in front of the door and stuck it through. He began wiggling it around.
"Are you sure you can do this?" Tyson asked.
"I've done it before," Rei said absently. His tongue was sticking out of the side of his mouth in concentration.
Tyson leaned against the wall. "You can do it, buddy. C'mon, Rei," he said encouragingly.
Click.
"I got it!" Rei stood and pushed the door open.
Black Dranzer was in the center of the room, held down with chains and ropes.
"Whoa...look at those chains," Tyson breathed.
"Is it really that valuable? That dangerous?" Rei whispered. He turned to Tyson. "I'm having serious second thoughts about this."
"We'll never know. Besides, what other choice do we have? We have to get out of here somehow," Tyson said reasonably. His voice was shaking slightly.
"You're right. Well...let's get it out."
~~~
It had taken Rei and Tyson half and hour to loose Black Dranzer. It was safely tucked away in Rei's pocket as he they left the room and went back into the hall.
"Freeze!"
Rei and Tyson both jumped. There, at the end of the hall, were two guards. They had guns pointing straight at them.
"Shit," Rei said under his breath.
"We've got 'em now," one guard with a scar running across his cheek said. The other guard was younger with penetrating dark eyes.
"I'd advise you not to shoot," Rei said.
"Oh?" Scar-face said sinisterly. Tyson glanced at Rei out of the corner of his eye.
"What the hell are you doing, buddy...?" he muttered softly, so only Rei heard.
"Chill, Tyson. I've got this under control." Rei slipped his hand into his pocket and extracted Black Dranzer.
The guard's eyes widened at the sight. "Dammit...he stole the bit-beast!"
The younger guard moaned. "Voltaire's going to kill us."
"All I have to do is launch this," Rei said. "And I can take out this entire abbey."
The scarred one looked at the younger one and put down his weapon. "I've been here longer than you, and I know the kid's not lyin'. I've seen it before. That bit-beast can destroy this whole place."
"Well, what the hell are we supposed to do now?!" the other asked angrily.
"Get in there," Rei commanded. They looked up.
"Huh?"
"Get into the room." Rei pointed to the room where Black Dranzer was previously locked up in. "Or I'll launch it. And hand over your radios and weapons."
The guards slowly walked into the room, dropping their radios and guns. Rei slammed the door and placed the heavy lock in place. Tyson let out a tremendous sigh of relief.
"Dude! You rocked!" Tyson yelled.
"I'm just glad I didn't have to launch Black Dranzer," Rei said. He left the radios on the ground, but handed Tyson a gun. "Hold this. You might need it to convince someone to leave you alone."
"Uh huh." Tyson clicked the safety on. "All right."
"Hey!" Rei banged on the door where the guards were in. "Where are you holding Kai?"
There was a silence before someone yelled back. "Go down C Hall, and there's a room at the end. You'll find your friend in there."
"Thanks for cooperating," Rei said smugly. Black Dranzer was back in his pocket. "Come on, Tyson. Let's go."
Hold on, Kai, Rei thought to himself. We're coming for you.
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TBC
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I know I said about ten chapters, but the next chapter won't be the last. I'd say this is going to be eleven chapters. ^_^ Yeah, that seems about right. Well, REVIEW PLEASE and thank you! :) Hehe. See ya soon.