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Chapter Eleven
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"Get...here...kids...help now..."
"...wait..."
"Don't...him die!"
"...one's...blood...over the place..."
"Help...now!"
Rei moaned. The voices, so many voices in his head. Fragmented bits were all he could make out. None of it made sense.
"Not...time...help..."
"...another...there..."
"...him!"
"Boy's...going...die..."
Darkness clouded his vision. His mind was black, he couldn't think. Rei grimaced in pain. His body felt as if it were swirling, spinning in all different directions. He couldn't remember. What had happened?
Biovolt. Voltaire. Boris. Black Dranzer.
And Kai. Kai!
Rei groaned, and slowly opened his eyes. Kai, he had to get to Kai. He had to make sure he was all right. Rei's amber eyes stared up at the dark sky above. It was past nightfall. He was suddenly aware of a million flashing red lights, and another million voices. And the sirens. Screaming sirens ripping through his brain. Everything was so loud.
"Stop it..." he said weakly. He tried to sit up, but couldn't. He shut his eyes tightly again, and brought his hands up to his head. It felt like it had been split in two. So loud...
"I need help over here!" someone yelled right next to him. Rei clutched his pounding head and wanted to kill whoever had just yelled in his ear.
"My head," he moaned. "Stop it, you're-"
"Hurry up, he's bleeding bad!" the unbearable voice yelled again.
"Stop!" Rei screamed. His mind was suddenly filled with flashing lights, causing his head to hurt even more. "Stop it, please!"
"Stop screaming, you're going to hurt yourself," the voice said, this time much softer. Rei stopped and took a deep breath before opening his eyes. A lady, probably a nurse, was kneeling before him. He rubbed his eyes and whimpered.
"It's okay, you're going to be all right," the nurse said. She helped him sit up, and Rei took in the damage around him.
The place looked like a war zone. The Russian police were there, along with ambulances and two fire trucks. Yellow police tape was being put up. Biovolt was completely leveled. The destroyed building had been reduced to rubble.
"Where's Kai?" Rei asked urgently. The nurse shushed him again and began applying a bandage around his head. Rei winced, but wouldn't give up.
"Where is he? Is he okay? I have to see him!" Rei persisted. The nurse suddenly spotted another person in need of aid. She stood quickly.
"You were hit in the head, but you don't have a concussion. You might feel dizziness, headache, and fatigue. Go stand by the ambulance," she ordered curtly before running off. Rei stood slowly. The world was swaying slightly, and he didn't want to fall over. His head throbbed painfully, but right now, he had to see Kai. He squinted in the darkness.
"Rei!" Tyson came running up to his side. "Rei, are you okay, man?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Where're the others?"
"Rei!" Max suddenly appeared out of nowhere and almost knocked Rei off his feet in a huge bear hug.
"Max," Rei said, and hugged him back. "It's so great to see you guys. How come you're not hurt?"
"Chief came up with the idea that if we all stayed in that big cage, we wouldn't be crushed by all the falling debris," Tyson explained. "And it worked. That cage sure was strong."
"Yeah, we were fine," Max added. Rei sighed.
"I have a killer headache. It feels like an elephant sat on me," he groaned. Tyson grinned.
"I'm just glad you're okay."
"Yeah, that too," Rei said with a smile. "Now where's Kai?"
Tyson looked at the ground. Rei's eyes widened, and he grabbed Tyson's shoulders.
"Tell me!" he cried frantically.
"He's not dead, Rei, calm down!" Tyson yelled.
"Where is he?" Rei was practically screaming. Tyson pointed to an ambulance, and Rei took off in that direction. He was forced to slow down after a bit due to all the rubble on the ground. When he reached it, there was a pack of doctors and nurses around one stretcher.
"We're losing him!"
"No, we're not! Get him an oxygen mask!"
"Here's one, sir."
"Put the damn thing on!"
Rei's breathing quickened. Kai couldn't die...he needed him. He loved him. Rei turned his attention back to the doctors crowded around the stretcher. Most of them were frantic. There was one doctor trying to stay calm about the whole thing. Trying without much success. Rei peered around, trying to get a glimpse of Kai's face. A nurse moved a fraction of an inch, and Rei saw for a split second.
Blood. Everywhere.
It was all over the hands of the doctors and nurses, all over the white fabric of the stretcher, all over everywhere. Kai was bleeding very badly. Rei gritted his teeth and tried to be strong.
Above the constant buzz of the medical team, he heard a pained cry from the stretcher. Rei circled around and finally found a spot where he could see only slightly better. There was so much blood. His breath caught in his throat when he heard a scream from the patient. That wasn't Kai. Kai's voice was different.
Rei stood on tiptoes and strained to see. A nurse moved out of the way and went running back to the ambulance for more supplies. Rei gasped.
It was Boris.
Boris had blood all over him, and was writhing in pain. His mask (A/N: that thing on his face was a mask, right? Or were they some type of high-tech binoculars...?) was off, and his face was covered in blood. Rei flinched at the sight.
Kai. Kai! Where the hell is Kai? Rei thought as he scanned the area around him. For a second, he felt sorry for Boris. He was in a lot of pain, and looked to be badly hurt. But then Rei remembered what Boris did to Kai, and all feelings of sympathy vanished.
Rei walked back toward the ambulance and saw another stretcher with a few doctors and nurses around it. Maybe Kai's over there, he thought as he quickened his pace. He peered over the stretcher and his heart leaped.
It was Kai!
"Kai!" Rei cried as he squeezed his way through to see his face. The nurses looked startled and the doctor looked slightly annoyed. Rei didn't even notice.
"Kai, are you okay?" he asked worriedly. Kai's eyes fluttered open and a slight smile graced his lips.
"Rei," he said softly. "Damn, I thought you were dead."
"I thought the same about you." Rei looked up at the doctor. "Is he going to be okay?"
"I-"
"Doctor! He just flat lined!" a nurse screeched. Rei gasped and was immediately pushed out of the way as a surge of medical personnel came running through.
Just flat lined? Rei thought. His heart just stopped...just like that?
"No, Kai...you were fine a second ago. Please don't die!" Rei said aloud to no one as tears spilled out of his amber eyes. "Please, Kai, don't leave me!"
"Rei," a voice said from behind him. Rei turned to see Tyson.
"Rei, come on. They're going to bring Kai to the hospital. Mr. Dickinson just got here and he's going to get us back to the hotel and then we can go see Kai, if they let us," Tyson said. Rei sniffed and wiped his eyes.
"Okay," he said quietly. "Let's go."
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Tyson stretched out on one of the two king-sized beds in the hotel room, breathing deeply. It felt so good to be back to normal, even though the scenario was slightly amiss. Kai wasn't there to tell him to get his lazy ass up of the bed, or to yell at him for finishing all the food. Tyson shifted uncomfortably.
"When do you think we'll hear about how Kai's doing?" Rei asked.
"I don't know," Tyson answered, and sighed.
"He'll be okay," Max said from the corner, sounding very dubious. Silence reigned once more.
"Argh! I can't stand this!" Tyson yelled, throwing a pillow to the floor. "I hate just sitting here and doing nothing!"
"Calm down, Tyson," Kenny said. "I'm sure Mr. Dickinson will be here soon."
"Yeah, well, that's not soon enough!"
The door opened. Four heads turned to see Mr. Dickinson standing there.
"Mr. D! Can we go see Kai? How is he?" Tyson asked frantically. Rei was right behind him. Mr. Dickinson waved his arms to quiet them down.
"Boys, boys, calm down. Kai's in the intensive care unit-"
"The ICU? It's that bad?" Rei asked. Mr. Dickinson rubbed his eyes.
"He's stable, but critical. And only family members are allowed in."
"What? Kai doesn't have any family except Voltaire and he's in jail!" Tyson yelled.
"We're practically his family, Mr. D!" Max added. Mr. Dickinson nodded.
"I know, and I've gotten permission from the hospital to let you boys see him."
"Can we go now?" Rei asked. Mr. Dickinson nodded.
"Finally," Tyson said as they left the suite and headed for the hospital.
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TBC
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I know I said this was going to be the last chapter, but I think this is a good place to stop. (Even though some of you may think differently.) Well, Kai's not dead yet! Oops, did I just say yet? My bad. Please disregard that. ^^;; Review folks! The next chapter should be the last! (I'm sure this time! ^^;;;;) Oy, I think...
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Chapter Eleven
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"Get...here...kids...help now..."
"...wait..."
"Don't...him die!"
"...one's...blood...over the place..."
"Help...now!"
Rei moaned. The voices, so many voices in his head. Fragmented bits were all he could make out. None of it made sense.
"Not...time...help..."
"...another...there..."
"...him!"
"Boy's...going...die..."
Darkness clouded his vision. His mind was black, he couldn't think. Rei grimaced in pain. His body felt as if it were swirling, spinning in all different directions. He couldn't remember. What had happened?
Biovolt. Voltaire. Boris. Black Dranzer.
And Kai. Kai!
Rei groaned, and slowly opened his eyes. Kai, he had to get to Kai. He had to make sure he was all right. Rei's amber eyes stared up at the dark sky above. It was past nightfall. He was suddenly aware of a million flashing red lights, and another million voices. And the sirens. Screaming sirens ripping through his brain. Everything was so loud.
"Stop it..." he said weakly. He tried to sit up, but couldn't. He shut his eyes tightly again, and brought his hands up to his head. It felt like it had been split in two. So loud...
"I need help over here!" someone yelled right next to him. Rei clutched his pounding head and wanted to kill whoever had just yelled in his ear.
"My head," he moaned. "Stop it, you're-"
"Hurry up, he's bleeding bad!" the unbearable voice yelled again.
"Stop!" Rei screamed. His mind was suddenly filled with flashing lights, causing his head to hurt even more. "Stop it, please!"
"Stop screaming, you're going to hurt yourself," the voice said, this time much softer. Rei stopped and took a deep breath before opening his eyes. A lady, probably a nurse, was kneeling before him. He rubbed his eyes and whimpered.
"It's okay, you're going to be all right," the nurse said. She helped him sit up, and Rei took in the damage around him.
The place looked like a war zone. The Russian police were there, along with ambulances and two fire trucks. Yellow police tape was being put up. Biovolt was completely leveled. The destroyed building had been reduced to rubble.
"Where's Kai?" Rei asked urgently. The nurse shushed him again and began applying a bandage around his head. Rei winced, but wouldn't give up.
"Where is he? Is he okay? I have to see him!" Rei persisted. The nurse suddenly spotted another person in need of aid. She stood quickly.
"You were hit in the head, but you don't have a concussion. You might feel dizziness, headache, and fatigue. Go stand by the ambulance," she ordered curtly before running off. Rei stood slowly. The world was swaying slightly, and he didn't want to fall over. His head throbbed painfully, but right now, he had to see Kai. He squinted in the darkness.
"Rei!" Tyson came running up to his side. "Rei, are you okay, man?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Where're the others?"
"Rei!" Max suddenly appeared out of nowhere and almost knocked Rei off his feet in a huge bear hug.
"Max," Rei said, and hugged him back. "It's so great to see you guys. How come you're not hurt?"
"Chief came up with the idea that if we all stayed in that big cage, we wouldn't be crushed by all the falling debris," Tyson explained. "And it worked. That cage sure was strong."
"Yeah, we were fine," Max added. Rei sighed.
"I have a killer headache. It feels like an elephant sat on me," he groaned. Tyson grinned.
"I'm just glad you're okay."
"Yeah, that too," Rei said with a smile. "Now where's Kai?"
Tyson looked at the ground. Rei's eyes widened, and he grabbed Tyson's shoulders.
"Tell me!" he cried frantically.
"He's not dead, Rei, calm down!" Tyson yelled.
"Where is he?" Rei was practically screaming. Tyson pointed to an ambulance, and Rei took off in that direction. He was forced to slow down after a bit due to all the rubble on the ground. When he reached it, there was a pack of doctors and nurses around one stretcher.
"We're losing him!"
"No, we're not! Get him an oxygen mask!"
"Here's one, sir."
"Put the damn thing on!"
Rei's breathing quickened. Kai couldn't die...he needed him. He loved him. Rei turned his attention back to the doctors crowded around the stretcher. Most of them were frantic. There was one doctor trying to stay calm about the whole thing. Trying without much success. Rei peered around, trying to get a glimpse of Kai's face. A nurse moved a fraction of an inch, and Rei saw for a split second.
Blood. Everywhere.
It was all over the hands of the doctors and nurses, all over the white fabric of the stretcher, all over everywhere. Kai was bleeding very badly. Rei gritted his teeth and tried to be strong.
Above the constant buzz of the medical team, he heard a pained cry from the stretcher. Rei circled around and finally found a spot where he could see only slightly better. There was so much blood. His breath caught in his throat when he heard a scream from the patient. That wasn't Kai. Kai's voice was different.
Rei stood on tiptoes and strained to see. A nurse moved out of the way and went running back to the ambulance for more supplies. Rei gasped.
It was Boris.
Boris had blood all over him, and was writhing in pain. His mask (A/N: that thing on his face was a mask, right? Or were they some type of high-tech binoculars...?) was off, and his face was covered in blood. Rei flinched at the sight.
Kai. Kai! Where the hell is Kai? Rei thought as he scanned the area around him. For a second, he felt sorry for Boris. He was in a lot of pain, and looked to be badly hurt. But then Rei remembered what Boris did to Kai, and all feelings of sympathy vanished.
Rei walked back toward the ambulance and saw another stretcher with a few doctors and nurses around it. Maybe Kai's over there, he thought as he quickened his pace. He peered over the stretcher and his heart leaped.
It was Kai!
"Kai!" Rei cried as he squeezed his way through to see his face. The nurses looked startled and the doctor looked slightly annoyed. Rei didn't even notice.
"Kai, are you okay?" he asked worriedly. Kai's eyes fluttered open and a slight smile graced his lips.
"Rei," he said softly. "Damn, I thought you were dead."
"I thought the same about you." Rei looked up at the doctor. "Is he going to be okay?"
"I-"
"Doctor! He just flat lined!" a nurse screeched. Rei gasped and was immediately pushed out of the way as a surge of medical personnel came running through.
Just flat lined? Rei thought. His heart just stopped...just like that?
"No, Kai...you were fine a second ago. Please don't die!" Rei said aloud to no one as tears spilled out of his amber eyes. "Please, Kai, don't leave me!"
"Rei," a voice said from behind him. Rei turned to see Tyson.
"Rei, come on. They're going to bring Kai to the hospital. Mr. Dickinson just got here and he's going to get us back to the hotel and then we can go see Kai, if they let us," Tyson said. Rei sniffed and wiped his eyes.
"Okay," he said quietly. "Let's go."
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Tyson stretched out on one of the two king-sized beds in the hotel room, breathing deeply. It felt so good to be back to normal, even though the scenario was slightly amiss. Kai wasn't there to tell him to get his lazy ass up of the bed, or to yell at him for finishing all the food. Tyson shifted uncomfortably.
"When do you think we'll hear about how Kai's doing?" Rei asked.
"I don't know," Tyson answered, and sighed.
"He'll be okay," Max said from the corner, sounding very dubious. Silence reigned once more.
"Argh! I can't stand this!" Tyson yelled, throwing a pillow to the floor. "I hate just sitting here and doing nothing!"
"Calm down, Tyson," Kenny said. "I'm sure Mr. Dickinson will be here soon."
"Yeah, well, that's not soon enough!"
The door opened. Four heads turned to see Mr. Dickinson standing there.
"Mr. D! Can we go see Kai? How is he?" Tyson asked frantically. Rei was right behind him. Mr. Dickinson waved his arms to quiet them down.
"Boys, boys, calm down. Kai's in the intensive care unit-"
"The ICU? It's that bad?" Rei asked. Mr. Dickinson rubbed his eyes.
"He's stable, but critical. And only family members are allowed in."
"What? Kai doesn't have any family except Voltaire and he's in jail!" Tyson yelled.
"We're practically his family, Mr. D!" Max added. Mr. Dickinson nodded.
"I know, and I've gotten permission from the hospital to let you boys see him."
"Can we go now?" Rei asked. Mr. Dickinson nodded.
"Finally," Tyson said as they left the suite and headed for the hospital.
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TBC
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I know I said this was going to be the last chapter, but I think this is a good place to stop. (Even though some of you may think differently.) Well, Kai's not dead yet! Oops, did I just say yet? My bad. Please disregard that. ^^;; Review folks! The next chapter should be the last! (I'm sure this time! ^^;;;;) Oy, I think...