9: Pain and Regret
I hope you didn't think it was finished, cause its not.
Quick thankyou to my reviewers: Boys-On-Boysenberry, kai baby-girl, Dawn35, devilburns, and sakura9566. Yes, I think Kai is the world best, and as for who is second best...
Disclaimer: And maybe the Ray from V-Force, with the red sash and black fingerless gloves. Kai from V-Force sucked, so just give me plain old BeyBlade Kai. Oh, and Ray's face marks from the first series, cause they seemed to have dropped them from V-Force and G-Revolution
Lee, Ray, Kevin, and Max carefully picked Kai's limp form from the stadium floor and carried him over to the Blade Breakers bunker. Mariah followed them, gently removing Kai's scarf so that they wouldn't lay him on it while at the same to removing the pressure from his throat. Folding it carefully, she slid it under his head as they lay him down, then removed his wristbands and set them down on the ground.
Kenny hung over her shoulder, frowning. "We really should try and get his shirt off so we can bandage his stomach and try to minimise the blood loss."
Tyson blinked. "But we don't have any bandages."
Kevin, Lee, and Ray exchanged a look, then set about removing their decorative white wrappings from their arms, Lee also taking them from around his lower legs. Mariah gently tugged at Kai's shirt, Max holding him up as she carefully slid it up over Kai's head and threaded his arms through before placing it down beside his wrist bands.
Tyson squeezed his eyes closed and turned away. "Man… I don't feel so good."
The three old friends finished peeling off their wrappings, handing them to Gary who handed one back to Ray. "Here, you're gonna to need this."
Kenny looked around, spotting the blood trickling down Ray's arm for the first time. "Ray-"
"Kai first, me later," the elder boy cut in, gesturing for Gary to take the bandages to Mariah.
She bit her lip, tears swelling in her eyes as she took one of the bandages and gently began to wrap the wounds. "All three."
Lee frowned. "What?"
"All three bullets." She looked back at Ray, pain etched into her face. "All of them hit their target."
Max smiled faintly. "Kai always said it would take a lot to bring him down."
Kenny flipped open his laptop, making sure to keep his back to Winton. "Dizzi, do you know anything about medical situations?"
"I'm a bit beast, not a doctor."
"I'm serious Dizzi!"
"I'm sorry Kenny, but I don't. And I can't get anything off the internet at the moment as something seems to be blocking my signal. I can't get any information in or out of the stadium."
Kenny growled, shutting his laptop and looking up at Max. "I don't know anything that can help."
Lee sighed. "In our village, we were all taught first aid at an early age, but aside from Mariah, our minds were focused only on beyblading. Now I wish I had paid more attention."
Ray and Kevin nodded in agreement, watching Mariah as she worked.
"I remember some of that stuff."
Lee turned around sharply. "What?"
Gary pointed toward Mariah. "What she's doin. I remember how to do that. Here, let me show you." He moved toward Ray, taking his arm in one of his large hands and looking down at it. "Bullet went straight through. See, two holes."
Kevin pushed himself up on tiptoe and looked at the wound. "Hey, he's right."
Taking the wrapping from Ray, Gary began to expertly bandage the wound, leaving his three old friends watching in amazement while Mariah smiled.
"I knew there was more to you then food," she said as she finished and looked up as Gary completed what he was doing.
"Sometimes I cut myself on kitchen knives, so I tried to remember what I could."
Ray grinned as he inspected Gary's job. "I must admit I'm impressed."
"So am I." Lee grinned, nodding his approval.
"You both need more then bandages." Mariah reached out to lay a hand on where the blood was already starting to seep through on Kai's abdomen. "You need medical attention, and soon."
"Well that's up to Mr Dickenson and the BBA," Tyson replied, rejoining them. "All we can do is wait."
And you'll all have to wait for my next update.