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Oh my God... we are so sorry for the long wait. Almost three weeks, or something along those lines. With the beginning of school, homework, and all that other funlicious stuff, it's rather hard to keep up with writing. But we managed to get another chapter done... finally.
Don't worry, no more three week waits between chapters anymore... we will have the next few chapters up in pretty close succession... no more than five days between them if we can help it.
Ok, now... on to the chapter!!
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Below decks, where Rei was still hopelessly trapped, Ian sat at a desk, twiddling his thumbs indolently. He glanced at his watch, then stood and swaggered over to Rei. He held his launcher and attached his Beyblade, then held it up to Rei's head.
"A gift from Mr. Bryan," Ian said, punching Rei in the stomach. He sneered then walked out of the room.
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Kai marched along the first class hallway, looking around.
Robert, who was just down the corridor, grinned as he handed a life jacket to a passing passenger. "You can put that on," he shouted after the person, "but it's not like it matters! You're probably going to die anyway!"
Kai walked over to Robert, who was giggling like a maniac. "Hey, where'd you lock up that moron?"
"Hm." Robert took a moment to think, then began, "First, you go down in the elevator until water begins to come in. Climb out in a heated rush as the elevator guy freaks out and leaves you there. Then, go down a bunch of stairs. When you hear Rei screaming, follow his voice and viola! You've found him!"
Kai stared at Robert, slightly appalled at his instructions. In spite of that, he thanked him and wandered off to the elevator.
Following Robert's exact instructions, Kai found Rei in about two minutes. He was handcuffed to a pipe, screeching Kai's name.
"Ah ha... Robert was right," Kai sighed, stepping into the room and staring at Rei.
Rei turned and grinned at Kai. "You've found me! Thank God. Now get the key!" he said, nodding toward a small case on the wall. It was filled with tiny silver keys, each seeming to match one another.
"All of these keys are the same," Kai stated flatly, taking one. He stepped over to Rei and used it on the cuffs, which popped open.
"NO!" Rei screeched, closing the handcuff around his wrist again.
"What are you doing?" Kai asked, giving Rei a startled look.
"You have to be dramatic about saving me! Get an ax! Don't just use the key," Rei whined, pouting.
Kai sighed in defeat. He walked out of the room, grumbling about how picky a handcuffed person could be.
After ten minutes of searching, Kai found the Godforsaken ax and made his way back to Rei. By the time he got to the level Rei was on, it was flooded with waist-high water.
Kai grumbled some more as he waded through the hall, trying to avoid the sparking lights.
He soon returned to Rei's room, ax in hand.
"Okay, take a few practice swings at that cabinet." Rei motioned at a large cabinet near the door.
Kai glanced at it, shrugged, and took a swing at the cabinet.
"Good one! Now, try to hit it in the same place," Rei cheered.
Kai looked at the hole he had made and took another swing. This time, he completely missed the cabinet, spun around because of the force of the swing, and landed in the water.
Emerging, Kai sputtered angrily as he waded to Rei.
Rei gulped as he stared at the ax, but allowed Kai to swing without commenting.
This swing missed Rei and the handcuffs but knocked out one of the cheap pipes.
"Wow," Rei marveled upon being freed, "I thought these were steel. They're just nicely painted PVC pipes."
Shaking his head, Kai grabbed Rei and dragged him out of the room through the rising water.
They made their way down the hall and up the stairs. Rei kicked open a door that was blocking them, and lead Kai into a semi-crowded hall above.
"Hey! You two will have to pay for that! That's Green Star Line property!" a crew member shouted after them.
"SHUT UP!" Rei and Kai yelled over their shoulders, continuing down the hall.
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Voltaire and Tala Brown stared back at the Beytanic. The entire front end had ever-so-slowly began to sink into the ocean.
"Never thought I'd witness this," Tala breathed, watching as large groups of people dropped from the ship like flies from a bug zapper.
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Robert, still grinning, marched up to one of the many crew members who were loading the life planks.
"You realize we can fit many more people on these life planks, don't you sir?" asked the crew member as Robert bid good-bye to a life plank with eleven people, their luggage, and pets on it.
"Yes, but then our rich passengers would have to leave their luggage behind. And we all know the clothes make the man!" Robert exclaimed jovially, slapping the harassed crew member on the back.
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Still below deck, Rei and Kai came across a large group of steerage passengers on and around a set of stairs. At the top, a gate blocked any passage they may have had.
Rei looked around and spotted Lee, who was at the top of the stairs, wrestling with a guard through the gate.
"Lee!" Rei called out. Lee turned and looked down, grinning at the sight of his friend.
"America!!" Lee returned, running down to hug Rei.
"What's going on here?" Rei motioned toward the gate to get his question across.
"America, America America... America America," Lee stated somberly. [Translation: "Rei, they won't let us through... not even the women and children."]
Kai stared at Lee, amazed that he could say so much using only a single word.
Rei made his way up the stairs, through the crowd, dragging Kai with him. "Let us through," Rei said angrily.
"Women and children only," a guard growled in return.
A woman and her child surged through the crowd. The gates opened and they were yanked through. The gates were slammed quickly behind the two.
Rei shook the gate before grabbing Kai again and heading back down the stairs.
"If they won't let us through here, we'll find another way," Rei stated, stalking off with Kai and Lee in tow.
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Ok... that was short... And we were aiming for more. But not much more... sorry. But we will have another chapter up as soon as possible... some time this coming week I suppose.
Well, any questions, comments, anything... review!!
Oh my God... we are so sorry for the long wait. Almost three weeks, or something along those lines. With the beginning of school, homework, and all that other funlicious stuff, it's rather hard to keep up with writing. But we managed to get another chapter done... finally.
Don't worry, no more three week waits between chapters anymore... we will have the next few chapters up in pretty close succession... no more than five days between them if we can help it.
Ok, now... on to the chapter!!
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Below decks, where Rei was still hopelessly trapped, Ian sat at a desk, twiddling his thumbs indolently. He glanced at his watch, then stood and swaggered over to Rei. He held his launcher and attached his Beyblade, then held it up to Rei's head.
"A gift from Mr. Bryan," Ian said, punching Rei in the stomach. He sneered then walked out of the room.
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Kai marched along the first class hallway, looking around.
Robert, who was just down the corridor, grinned as he handed a life jacket to a passing passenger. "You can put that on," he shouted after the person, "but it's not like it matters! You're probably going to die anyway!"
Kai walked over to Robert, who was giggling like a maniac. "Hey, where'd you lock up that moron?"
"Hm." Robert took a moment to think, then began, "First, you go down in the elevator until water begins to come in. Climb out in a heated rush as the elevator guy freaks out and leaves you there. Then, go down a bunch of stairs. When you hear Rei screaming, follow his voice and viola! You've found him!"
Kai stared at Robert, slightly appalled at his instructions. In spite of that, he thanked him and wandered off to the elevator.
Following Robert's exact instructions, Kai found Rei in about two minutes. He was handcuffed to a pipe, screeching Kai's name.
"Ah ha... Robert was right," Kai sighed, stepping into the room and staring at Rei.
Rei turned and grinned at Kai. "You've found me! Thank God. Now get the key!" he said, nodding toward a small case on the wall. It was filled with tiny silver keys, each seeming to match one another.
"All of these keys are the same," Kai stated flatly, taking one. He stepped over to Rei and used it on the cuffs, which popped open.
"NO!" Rei screeched, closing the handcuff around his wrist again.
"What are you doing?" Kai asked, giving Rei a startled look.
"You have to be dramatic about saving me! Get an ax! Don't just use the key," Rei whined, pouting.
Kai sighed in defeat. He walked out of the room, grumbling about how picky a handcuffed person could be.
After ten minutes of searching, Kai found the Godforsaken ax and made his way back to Rei. By the time he got to the level Rei was on, it was flooded with waist-high water.
Kai grumbled some more as he waded through the hall, trying to avoid the sparking lights.
He soon returned to Rei's room, ax in hand.
"Okay, take a few practice swings at that cabinet." Rei motioned at a large cabinet near the door.
Kai glanced at it, shrugged, and took a swing at the cabinet.
"Good one! Now, try to hit it in the same place," Rei cheered.
Kai looked at the hole he had made and took another swing. This time, he completely missed the cabinet, spun around because of the force of the swing, and landed in the water.
Emerging, Kai sputtered angrily as he waded to Rei.
Rei gulped as he stared at the ax, but allowed Kai to swing without commenting.
This swing missed Rei and the handcuffs but knocked out one of the cheap pipes.
"Wow," Rei marveled upon being freed, "I thought these were steel. They're just nicely painted PVC pipes."
Shaking his head, Kai grabbed Rei and dragged him out of the room through the rising water.
They made their way down the hall and up the stairs. Rei kicked open a door that was blocking them, and lead Kai into a semi-crowded hall above.
"Hey! You two will have to pay for that! That's Green Star Line property!" a crew member shouted after them.
"SHUT UP!" Rei and Kai yelled over their shoulders, continuing down the hall.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Voltaire and Tala Brown stared back at the Beytanic. The entire front end had ever-so-slowly began to sink into the ocean.
"Never thought I'd witness this," Tala breathed, watching as large groups of people dropped from the ship like flies from a bug zapper.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Robert, still grinning, marched up to one of the many crew members who were loading the life planks.
"You realize we can fit many more people on these life planks, don't you sir?" asked the crew member as Robert bid good-bye to a life plank with eleven people, their luggage, and pets on it.
"Yes, but then our rich passengers would have to leave their luggage behind. And we all know the clothes make the man!" Robert exclaimed jovially, slapping the harassed crew member on the back.
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Still below deck, Rei and Kai came across a large group of steerage passengers on and around a set of stairs. At the top, a gate blocked any passage they may have had.
Rei looked around and spotted Lee, who was at the top of the stairs, wrestling with a guard through the gate.
"Lee!" Rei called out. Lee turned and looked down, grinning at the sight of his friend.
"America!!" Lee returned, running down to hug Rei.
"What's going on here?" Rei motioned toward the gate to get his question across.
"America, America America... America America," Lee stated somberly. [Translation: "Rei, they won't let us through... not even the women and children."]
Kai stared at Lee, amazed that he could say so much using only a single word.
Rei made his way up the stairs, through the crowd, dragging Kai with him. "Let us through," Rei said angrily.
"Women and children only," a guard growled in return.
A woman and her child surged through the crowd. The gates opened and they were yanked through. The gates were slammed quickly behind the two.
Rei shook the gate before grabbing Kai again and heading back down the stairs.
"If they won't let us through here, we'll find another way," Rei stated, stalking off with Kai and Lee in tow.
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Ok... that was short... And we were aiming for more. But not much more... sorry. But we will have another chapter up as soon as possible... some time this coming week I suppose.
Well, any questions, comments, anything... review!!