DISCLAIMER: I do not own beyblade
Ghost: Kept you all hangin' for a minute didn't I? Don't worry I'm back in my game with a lot of ideas for this one I'm not done yet by far, I've been having problems with my computer and I was on holiday
CROWSCHAPTER NINETEEN: THE GREAT ESCAPE PART II
They snuck silently into a room filled with beautiful clothes.
"What's this place?" Kenny asked
"Put these on" Quinn answered giving him a silk sleeveless shirt and trousers.
"Quinn are you in there?" came a soft whisper
"Mihoshi is that you?" she replied opening the door a crack.
A well-dressed woman appeared.
"Wow I like your kimono" Max exclaimed
"Don't say things like that to women like them Max, she's a courtesan," Kai snarled
"This courtesan is going to get us out of here, Kai, and anyway courtesan or not she's a person" Quinn growled
Quinn gave a sleeveless shirt and trousers to Tyson.
"Put them on and give Mihoshi your clothes" she instructed
"What about us?" Max asked
"Quinn we only have kimonos, no more waiters uniforms" Mihoshi informed
"I guess you three are going to have to swallow your pride boys" she replied looking them over
"Meaning?" Ray asked
"I don't like where this is going?" Kai said annoyed
"Mihoshi dress Max and Ray" she instructed pulling out a blue kimono and red cummerbund.
Kai glared at her.
"I'm going to be dressing you Kai" Quinn said darkly
"Quinn it's me Michiyo" came another whisper
"Good you can help us, help Ray get dressed, Mihoshi has her hands full" she replied
"So have you by the looks of it" Michiyo grinned
Quinn grabbed Kai wrist and slung him behind a screen, before Kai could lash out or make a run for it Quinn lightly pressed the back of his neck.
"I can't move," he complained
"Temporary paralysis, it'll wear off soon enough" she explained taking his scarf off.
"Kai you done yet?" Max asked
Kai stood before them annoyed.
"Nice outfit" Tyson teased
"Make up and hair needs doing" Mihoshi said firmly
"That will be your job," Quinn said giving Kai's clothes to Michiyo.
"What about you? Where's your kimono?" Tyson asked
"Good point" she replied
"Take one of Mitsu's she isn't here tonight, you'll have to play the house mistress" Mihoshi said brightly
Quinn pulled out a cream kimono and pink cummerbund with flowers on it, she dashed behind the screen and got dressed.
"What do you guys think?" she asked walking out
Ray and Kai were amazed how pretty she looked.
"You look great" Max complimented
Quinn wound her hair up and secured it to her head with the hair stick Cross had dropped.
She went to the door and opened it a crack.
"You look almost like Mitsu" Michiyo whispered stood outside the door.
Quinn took out a mirror and used it to see who was in the bar; she saw her gun resting on an empty table.
"I need my gun, do you think you can get it?" she asked
Michiyo entered the room and pretended to wait tables, she picked the gun up and came back moments later.
"Why do I have to do this?" Max moaned as Mihoshi putting the black wig on him.
"Because you have an innocent face," she replied
Once wigs and hairpieces were in place it was time for makeup.
"Why aren't you wearing any?" Kenny asked
"The house mistress doesn't wear make up" Mihoshi replied
Quinn was becoming frustrated with Kai.
"Stop fidgeting" she growled trying to wipe his triangles off.
"Or I'll permanently paralyse you, I'm not enjoying this either Kai, but hey this is my world, now you're going to know what being an assassin is really like" she added
"We're going to die aren't we?" he asked
"I made a promise to protect you, so if you do as I say we'll make it out of here okay" Quinn asked calmly
Mihoshi took over from her so she could put her gun and holster round her thigh.
"Tyson if you tell your grandpa you ended up in a brothel because of me, I'll kill you" Quinn warned
"Everybody ready? Now for the great escape" she added
"They don't know how to act like women," Michiyo said worriedly
"Crash course boys and girls, you don't look at the customers and you don't speak unless they speak to you, and that goes double for you Tyson," she explained firmly
"Man, this is going to be hard" he complained
"Just remember life or death, that's the stake," she replied calmly
"This shouldn't be hard for you or Kenny" Ray said brightly
Quinn looked at him for a moment.
"Got to do something about those teeth," she mumbled
Mihoshi gave him a fan; Quinn opened the door a crack and looked into her mirror.
"A bunch of low lives not worth bothering about" she muttered to herself.
"Right show time" she smiled
"Quinn is not going to live this time," Chang slurred as he drank his beer
Max started smiling.
"Straight face Max" Michiyo whispered
They each picked up a tray.
"Ray stand in the corner and look pretty," Quinn instructed
"What happens if she escapes?" Dan Young asked
Dan Young and his brother Hun were the sons of Jing Young an overload in Japan; they were no strangers to Quinn, the whole Young family wanted her dead as much as Chang did.
"It won't happen" Luc Chung replied
Luc Chung had taken over the family business, and was now the man that kept the streets of Tokyo well stocked with heroine as well as opium; Quinn's first job was to take out his father Pen Chung and Luc wanted nothing more than to get his sweet revenge.
"Quinn's death card has just come up" Hun Young replied
"You speak of her as if she was a ghost, she's a girl not a spirit, I would be very impressed if she escaped alive," Chang answered
"It's not like she and the Bladebreakers can walk out the front door without getting passed us" he added
Kai had been collecting their glasses listening to their conversation; he looked up and glanced at Quinn.
"Fools she's right under your nose" he thought
Quinn had her own problems.
"Hello Mitsu, tonight I have enough money for your services" said a customer
Quinn looked down and grinned at him.
"I don't think you can afford my services Ju Wong, the house mistress isn't allowed to be propositioned by anyone other than the one who owns her, and I'm afraid you're going to have to ask Chang and I'll tell you now he isn't in the generous mood," she said trying her best to imitate Mitsu's voice
"I think I want this one tonight," said another customer placing a hand on Max's thigh.
Quinn could see a flushing pink begin to rise in his cheeks.
"Why have her when Mihoshi is free Chong Wan?" she suggested
"Then I must take the house mistress's suggestion" he grinned
Max exhaled a sigh of relief.
"Head for the alley next door, hide in the dumpster" she whispered
Max slipped out and hid in the dumpster.
"Hey my clothes" he exclaimed in delight
Quinn kept her eyes on the others like a hawk.
"Okay Kenny your turn" she instructed
Kenny slipped out unnoticed, but his heart thumped in his chest expecting to be caught at any moment.
"Hey Kenny" said Max now wearing his usual dungarees and t-shirt happy to see him.
"Tyson you're up, don't blow it" Quinn whispered sternly
Tyson slipped out, Kai and Quinn began wiping up tables and listening to the plot.
"I was thinking we can't claim the bounty if we blow Quinn to hell can we?" Hun Young said thoughtfully
"There will be something left of her hopefully her head, that's why the Bladebreakers were attached to the bomb, master Kai unfortunately will get the brunt of the blast" Chang explained
"It's the legend they say about her being immortal has got me a little spooked I guess" Hun replied
Quinn's eyes narrowed.
"What legend?" Luc Chung asked curiously
"It's just a myth Hun, to scare those like us" Dan cut in annoyed
"No really tell us what legend," Chang asked
"There was one time when our father thought he had cornered Quinn, he escaped with his life until she came back to finish the job, he had told us that she had said something very unusual to him before she was about to die.
She had said that her soul belonged to god, but her flesh was far passed redemption and that it belonged to the black dragon of her clan." Hun explained
Quinn's was trying hard to ignore the story; Kai however was becoming more intrigued.
"That doesn't explain why she's immortal," Luc complained
"I'm getting to it, my father didn't believe such a thing at first until he saw her tattoo, Quinn has a black dragon tattoo that covers the middle of her back" Hun finished
"Then what happened?" Chang asked
"Our father shot her and believed her to be dead, but that was soon short lived, a couple of months went by, then out of nowhere she came and finished her job, so you see the black dragon had indeed saved her skin" Hun answered
Kai looked at her wide-eyed, she looked at him poisonously.
"You're turn to leave" she ordered through gritted teeth.
She noticed Chang had left his place and had gone over to Ray.
"Uh oh" she thought watching him slide a hand down Ray's waist and take him away.
"Just great, I'll kill him," Quinn thought angrily
Kai did as he was told waiting for the right moment to slip out, he too had noticed what had happened, Quinn gave him a reassuring look before following them.
Mihoshi took her aside and slid a panel in the wall open revealing a passageway.
"You're one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen" Chang said seductively
"Poor Ray" Quinn thought sympathetically
She could hear every sick pathetic lie while she was standing behind the panel of his private room; Ray lay helplessly on the bed he was too frightened to move.
Clack! Click!
Came the sound of a gun being loaded behind the wall, small ray of hope rose in his heart, Quinn watched Chang through the cracks in the wall and saw him leave the room she slid the panel open and swapped places with Ray.
Quinn adjusted her grip on her gun and waited, Chang came back in, he was too drunk to notice that his courtesan had swapped places with his executioner, he knelt down with his legs akimbo over her waist and began kissing her shoulders and neck, within moments he felt cold, hard metal against his temple he looked down and came face to face with an angry looking Quinn.
"Mafia my ass, you underestimate me Chang, it was only a matter of time before I would escape" she said pleased
"I should have known, but one thing oh great assassin you're forgetting, you pull that trigger and some of your old friends are going to hear and come looking for me" Chang said confidently
"Well it's a good job I fitted my silencer on it" she replied
Chang went a little pale.
"What I can't believe is that you'll pay my unit to kill me, when you know there's a handsome sum for me if I'm alive, so tell me who put the hit on me?" she asked angrily
"I won't tell you" he replied
"Johnny can I be frank, you're looking terribly anaemic I think you need more iron in your diet" she said lightly squeezing the trigger.
"Voltaire's going to kill you before you kill him" he replied
"Good boy not so bad was it?" she asked sarcastically
"One thing I must ask Quinn, how are you feeling? You know if your blood isn't cleansed you won't make it to nightfall" Chang said gleefully
"I have a strong constitution" she replied she shot a hole in the wooden panel wall.
Chang reached out and grabbed his gun and pulled the trigger, nothing happened he looked at it in shock.
"Oops someone left the safety on" Quinn said before making her exit back down the passage way.
"Women will be the death of you one day Chang," she added
She ran down the passage and out into the alley.
"Something bad's happened she's taking too long" Ray said concerned
"Stay. Put" Kai ordered
She climbed into the dumpster, everyone looked at her relieved.
"Okay kids everyone in the car" she commanded breathlessly
"What car?" Tyson asked
Quinn produced the car keys and pressed a button, a two-toned Porsche appeared.
"This car" she replied
Everyone got in.
"Ladies and gentleman this is your captain speaking, I request that you please buckle up as there will be a lot of turbulence on this flight thank you" she joked before reversing out the dumpster blowing the door straight off.
White smoke went pluming into the air as the tyres screeched with the friction.
"What did you do rob a bank?" Tyson asked
Quinn didn't answer.
"We're free" Max yelled
"You think so tell that to the helicopter following us" Quinn replied dodging the traffic.
She pressed a button it moved the back seats back further.
"It's got friends" Kai replied looking in the mirror and seeing black sleek cars closing in like sharks.
"Don't panic" she said firmly
"First we'll ditch the helicopter, then it's mates okay?" Quinn asked calmly
They were heading for the highway; they were going to be an easy target.
"Come one, come on" she muttered under her breath
Kai noticed her thumb resting on a button on her gear stick, the helicopter aimed two heat seeking missiles at the car.
"Come on I'm waiting" she said annoyed
"I have to know are you insane?" Tyson yelled
Quinn didn't answer; instead she wound down the windows, the missiles went hurtling towards the car Quinn pressed the button on the gear stick sending the driver and passenger seat back, the missiles passed through one open window then out the other.
They rocketed towards the sky then crossed over and came back round, Quinn closed the windows and sent two missiles of her own to intercept them, she then sent two heat seeking missiles at the helicopter it pulled away quickly trying to out fly them.
Bang!
Came the explosion, Quinn brought up a small computer in the dashboard.
"That was helicopter it blew up over an air strip," she informed them.
"Okay now for our buddies following us" she added looking at the cars filtering through traffic
She left at the next exit and stopped, a car went by then Quinn started the car again and drove after it.
"It's Cross" Ray exclaimed
"I know who it is," she snapped before taking the cars tyres out.
Cross's car ground to a halt she got out looking annoyed; Quinn stopped the car and got out, everyone sat in silence watching the two twins talking, Cross threw her arms around Quinn and hugged her.
"Looks like she's on our side" Kenny said delighted
The twins got in the car.
"Good to have you on our side" Max said pleased
"I can't let my sister have all the fun can I?" Cross replied
Quinn smirked at the remark the car pulled away sending grit up into the air, within moments they were being followed.
"Friends of yours?" Cross asked looking out the back window
"Well when you're popular" she replied
"Auto drive" Quinn commanded then took out a cigarette.
"Thought you said you quit smoking?" Cross complained
"I'm trying to quit the patches" she replied lighting it
She took a couple of drags before opening the window again and throwing it out, a wall of flames sent the pursuing cars up in flames.
"You see smoking can save your life in some ways" Quinn said relaxing into her chair