One True Team
Hey people! I hope you enjoy this chapter! Many people are telling me to write more of Kai/Solo, so I'll try my best! Enjoy! Send ideas if you want to! Sorry if I update a bit later than usual! I have a piano exam coming up and must practice! Not to mention finish up on homework cause school's almost ending and I have to pass!
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Solo moaned. Her head was spinning, her eyesight was foggy, and she felt really hot. She'd already kicked off all her blankets and even threw away all her pillows, but it was still way too hot in here. She'd even changed into shorts and a T-shirt, but then it got too cold and she ended up wearing her regular PJ's and slept under all her blankets and pillows. Now it was too hot again and for the second time, she had to get rid of the blankets and pillows.
She kept getting dreams and visions of that fateful incident of her driving away from everyone else in a car, leaving the others in the bank. She dreamed of Kai and everyone else on the team telling her to go back to where she'd came from, and then the worst part was that 'she' appeared and started laughing maniacally. Now she was freaked out about going to the championships tomorrow.
Solo wiped the sweat off her brow. She thought of the scary story Saber had told that night. Instead of Lily and Leona, she pictured herself holding 'her' head.
"Who betrayed you?" she asked.
"YOU!" the head screamed. Now my imagination's getting all worked up, Solo thought to herself. She couldn't sleep. It was 1:00 in the morning. She wished Kai would be here to comfort her. Shivering again, Solo closed her eyes and slept uneasily.
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R-r-riiiing! R-riiiiiing! R-riiiiing! "Oh god, is it time to get up already?" There was a loud thud and the ringing of the alarm clock stopped. A light was turned on. Lexis opened her eyes and forced herself to get out of bed. Beside her bed, Terri groaned softly, tired. Saber was still asleep and Solo's eyes were closed, though she kept moving every three minutes. Getting up, Lexis walked from her bed to the bathroom. Feeling against the wall in the dark, Lexis finally found the light switch. She turned it on and screamed out loud.
"What's wrong?" Terri asked her as she rubbed her eyes and attempted to walk into the bathroom. She backed away when she saw what had made Lexis shriek. On the mirror, written in blood like substance, was a message.
"Your doom is near because I will haunt you from your past!" Lexis read.
"How did they get into our room?" asked Terri.
"I'm almost afraid to know why," Lexis answered. The blood on the message was dripping down the mirror on the medicine cabinet. Terri shivered.
"What I still don't get is why they still do these weird threats to us. I mean, we didn't do anything against anyone, did we?" asked Lexis.
"I don't think WE did, but it might be someone else." There were the sounds of footsteps as Solo tiredly walked towards them from her bed. She wasn't feeling that great and would much rather stay in bed.
"What's going on?" she asked Terri and Lexis. They both pointed to the eerie message on the mirror. Solo glared at the message, then breathed out uneasily. Stumbling dizzily, Solo walked out of their room and into the main room. She focused her eyes around their dark room for a second, then slowly turned on the light. Terri and Lexis followed behind her. The room seemed ok. A bit too okay, though. It was really freaky because even though the mirror in the bathroom was covered in blood, the rest of the room was perfectly normal. Terri jumped when she felt something tapped her on the shoulder. It was just Saber.
"What's going on? Did somebody throw up on the mirror or something?" she asked as she yawned.
"In your dreams pal. People only puke blood when they're dying. And you can see that there isn't a corpse anywhere in sight, though you ARE scaring me with the thought of it."
Solo growled, then stormed into the direction of the boys' room.
"Hey wait a minute, Solo!" Terri called out. Lexis ran behind her. But they were too late. Solo had already opened the door and walked in.
"What's up with Solo? She knows better than to barge into the boys' room," Saber murmured.
"I think she's looking for something," Lexis suggested. The rest of the girls followed Solo into the boys' room. Far off in a corner, were Kai and Ray's beds near the window. Both boys had woken up and were sitting up in their PJ's. Kai had the usual why-are-you-bothering-me-again kind of look on his face, but was then replaced by a softer look when he saw Solo looking at him. On the other side of the room, were Tyson and Max's beds. Max had just waked up when Solo had stormed in while Tyson was snoring his head off. The bed closest to the door was Kenny's bed, which was parked next to a closet. (Note: this is a rather big hotel room. So expect more space than your usual hotel rooms). Solo glanced at Kai, then looked at Ray before glaring at the rest of the boys. She walked past Tyson's bed and opened the boys' closet. She looked up and down the closet, then closed the door again empty handed. Turning on the light to the boys' bathroom, Solo peeked her head in. Nothing. There wasn't even blood on the mirror. How strange.
"What's going on?" Ray asked Saber as he leaned forward to give her a kiss.
"There's been a message written in blood on our mirror," Saber told him. "But we don't know what's up with Solo."
"Do you think she could be trying to find if there are anymore threats written in our hotel room?" asked Max. Terri shrugged on that one. No one, except Lexis, had bothered to wake Tyson during all this time. Solo growled, then sighed again as she felt her head.
"Why would they only do it to our mirror and not to theirs?" Solo wondered out loud.
"Maybe we did something against them that caused them to do these threats," Kenny suggested. Then he looked at his watch. "It's 7:00 in the morning. Why don't we get changed? We can have an early breakfast before we start practicing for the finals."
"Aw man! I forgot about that!" Tyson shouted. He had finally woken up.
"Would it hurt if we take a look in your room?" Ray asked. Saber shook her head.
"Go ahead, but it's kind of freaky to brush your teeth in front of blood stained mirrors."
"Why don't you move all your stuff to our room for now and get changed here?" Max suggested.
"Sure, as long as YOU BOYS get out of the room!" Lexis gave them one of her quit-joking-around kind of looks. The boys laughed sheepishly before walking out the door.
"What can I say? Boys think dirty," Saber sighed.
"That's why we should just change in our own rooms instead," Solo muttered.
"But its so freaky there," Terri shivered. "What if the guy who did it is still here?"
"Please!" Saber yawned. "Easy. Just get Max to go with you into the room to pick up your stuff, then come back here and change! Mind you, the guys ain't gonna poke their heads around here cause Solo's going to be guarding the door!"
"I am?"
The biggest mess of all was when they all had to share one sink just to brush their teeth. Terri had accidentally splashed some water on Saber's hand. Saber, who wouldn't miss one opportunity for revenge, whipped the running water from the tap towards Terri. Terri ducked, and the water landed on Solo. Solo got pissed off at getting wet in the morning already and poured her entire cup of water on Saber's head. Needless to say, Saber got a free shower on the head. Soon Lexis joined in the waters' wars in the bathroom. The whole floor got wet. Max had called from outside what was going on, since the girls had locked the doors. And he soon learned a very important lesson: never EVER send 4 girls into the same bathroom. The girls finally got changed, then let the guys change while they waited outside.
Something's not right, Solo thought. She looked around in the main room. Saber and Terri were watching TV. Lexis was looking out the window, and the guys were still in their room. Why would the enemy just mess up their mirror and then not do anymore damage to our room? Solo groaned in pain again as her headache grew worst. Her forehead was feeling warm and she kept getting dizzy.
Kenny was the first guy to walk out of the boys' room. He quickly sat next to Lexis and explained how the tournament would work. Max soon came out with Ray, who both automatically sat next to Saber and Terri. They all got into a discussion about the beyblade battles they would soon encounter with the Howlers. Kai soon came out with an annoyed expression on his face. He probably got at Tyson for waking so late again. He sat next to Solo, who sighed. Tyson finally came out.
"Are we going to eat breakfast yet?" he complained.
"Ok, then let's get going before Tyson starts complaining again." Kenny walked towards the door, then paused as he picked something up from the bottom of the floor where the door was. "What's this?" He picked up an envelope from the floor. It was white and had no name on it. Opening it, Kenny found origami paper flowers inside it. They were dripped with blood. Kenny gasped.
"What's up?" Saber asked when all of them had gathered to see what was going on.
"This." Kenny passed the envelope to Ray, who winced at them as he then passed it to Max to take a look.
"Why would anyone send us such a gross envelope again?" Tyson asked when he took a look.
"I don't know," Lexis said. She passed the envelope to Solo, whose face was pale. She shakily took the envelope, and unlike everyone else, took out the flowers. Each one represented the seven (or six, depending if you count it the Chinese way or the American way) colours of the rainbow. The only flower that did not represent the colors was a black origami flower. It was dripping with blood as Solo took it out. Kai watched in surprise as Solo dizzily unfolded the black origami flower. Inside were the words: "You ditched me in the bank robbery and wouldn't even bail me out from jail! Don't think that you can hide cause I'm going to get you for this!" Solo breathed uneasily. Her hand trembled as she tried to focus her eyes. The room for some reason was spinning in circles.
Solo groaned, then her eyes closed as she felt her head and she collapsed, unconscious. Everyone gasped as she fell sideways. Kai reached out and caught her just before she hit the ground. The note fluttered to the floor.
"Oh my gosh," Terri gasped. Kai looked just as worried as he knelt down on the floor, holding Solo.
"Solo?" Solo didn't respond. Ray stepped forward and knelt down beside the couple. He calmly reached out and placed a hand across Solo's forehead. Kai kind of glared at him, giving him a what-the-heck-do-you-think-you're-doing look. Ray responded with an expression that read relax-dude-I'm-only- checking-to-see-what's-wrong.
"She's got a fever," he told Kai. Kai looked down at Solo. Her face was red, and her breathing was hard and uneasy. Gently lifting her up, Kai carried Solo and placed her on his bed. Max and Terri followed them into the room. Lexis and Tyson meanwhile cleaned up the mess of origami flowers that Solo had dropped before she had fainted. Ray and Saber were getting water, towel, and medicine from the fridge, bathroom, and first aid kit.
"Oh man! Not good!" Tyson replied. "Not only is there another threat, but we have a match to win today and Solo's sick!"
"Well let's hope she recovers quick," Lexis sighed. Saber and Ray entered the room, carrying a wet towel, a glass of water, and a bottle of pills. They handed the wet towel to Kai, who folded it into a small rectangle and laid it on Solo's forehead. He sighed worriedly as he watched Solo. Ray and Saber, who were standing a little farther away from Solo and Kai were looking at the number of pills that were inside the bottle and deciding how many Solo should take when she woke up. Tyson, Lexis, and Kenny stood near the door with Max and Terri. They were all watching the unconscious Solo and Kai. Kai for once finally looked up at his other teammates.
"Listen," he said. "I'm going to look after Solo for now. Go down to the training room and start practicing. I'll meet you guys later."
"But what about breakfast-" Tyson started to say.
"What would you say if more important right now?" Kai cut in. "Winning this tournament for good or eating so you wouldn't cry when you DO lose?" Tyson hesitated, then changed his mind.
"Ok. We'll start training right now," he said.
"We'll leave you two alone," Max smiled. Kai glared at him. Then turned back to Solo. Everyone else left the room and went on the elevator.
"Gee, I hope Solo's ok," Terri said sadly.
"It's ok. She's probably sick from the flu or something," Max suggested as he put an arm around Terri's shoulder.
"But something's not really quite right," Lexis murmured. "As far as we know, Solo has hardly been sick. She also never fainted before, so this is a first. It could have just been a flu or something, but do you think it could have been something else?"
"Maybe she was worried about the team we would be facing today in the finals round," Saber muttered.
"Or maybe it's something else," Ray murmured.
"Huh?"
"Haven't you noticed that Solo has been acting strangely lately?"
"What do you mean by that, Ray?" asked Tyson.
"She kind of freaked out when she found the knife that was stuck to the door. The knife ran right through the picture of where Solo was standing. She even had the Chief not tell Mr. Dickinson about it. I mean it's one thing about him worrying we might get hurt, but don't you think it could have been another reason that she didn't want Mr. Dickinson to know?"
"Now that you mentioned it, Solo HAS been acting strangely ever since that incident," Saber pointed out. "When she told Kenny not to tell Mr. Dickinson about it, she practically had white knuckles. It was as if she thinks something is going to get her."
"That's it! The message written on the mirror says that your doom is near because I will haunt you from the past," Terri exclaimed. "Maybe that threat was meant for Solo, not us!"
"But why would anyone haunt her from the past?" Kenny asked. "Do you think it could be a ghost?"
"I highly doubt that," Saber replied. "Though I DO think I should have told you a scarier story last night-"
"PLEASE DON'T MENTION THAT STORY AGAIN!"
"Ok." Ray had to try hard not to laugh out loud.
"Now, getting back to today's battle," Lexis reminded them. "We have to do our best. Which means we can't have distractions in our minds, including our own teammates." Max nodded guiltily. He remembered when he was distracted by Terri, who had gotten food poisoned at the time of their beyblade battle. He ended up losing the match because he was too concerned of her safety instead of his battle.
"Unless it's a life or death situation, right?" asked Saber.
"Uh . . . . I don't know about that but, I guess." The rest of the team members stayed silent, each one lost in their own thoughts.
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Kai sat silently beside the sleeping Solo. He had covered her with a blanket, a wet towel on her forehead. Her face wasn't as red as before, but it was still red. She looked exhausted and sick. Kai brushed a strand of hair away from her face, then leaned close and kissed her on the cheek.
Taking out his beyblade, Kai watched it gleamed in the sun. 20 minutes had already passed. He was getting all stressed out and worried because of Solo. She hardly seems tired or even sick for that matter.
There was a slight rustling and Kai turned his head. Solo had woken up, and was trying to sit up in bed. He helped her sit up.
"What happened? Where am I? Where is everyone?" she asked frantically.
"You shouldn't move too much," he told her. "You fainted. And you're sick. You've a got a fever and collapsed while looking at those origami flowers. The others went down to train." Solo looked down.
"Thanks Kai. I appreciate you looking after me." She gave him an affectionate hug. "But you didn't have to look after me. I can take care of myself and the others might want you to help them train." Kai shrugged. He turned his back towards her and looked out the window.
"I couldn't leave you here. I had to look after you." Solo gazed at him. Then felt her head. The fever wasn't gone yet but it wasn't that effective anymore. Looking around, she grabbed the pills and water. She took the medicine and then, attempted to get out of the bed. Kai turned around.
"What are you doing?"
"I have to go train with the others. . . ."
"But -"
"Please. I need to do this. . . . . ."
"Ok." Kai reached out and helped Solo off the bed. "Just promise me you won't do anything crazy, ok?"
"Ok." Without thinking, Kai took hold of Solo and piggybacked her. Solo wrapped her arms around his neck and closed her eyes. She must be still tired, Kai thought as he carried her down the hallway.
"Thanks Kai . . . . .." Solo murmured. She felt safe around him. He kept her feeling warm and secure instead of scared and lonely.
As they approached the training room, Solo slid off Kai's back and walked into the room. She saw that Ray and Saber were working on doubling their speed on their X Claw collision attack. Tyson and Lexis were battling Max and Terri head on without any hesitation. The Chief were analyzing their speeds and moves.
"Solo!" Saber grinned as she saw her friend. Ray looked up and smiled.
"You all right?" asked Ray.
"How you feeling?" asked Terri.
"Did you take your medication?" Lexis questioned.
"When did she wake up?" asked Tyson.
"Are you still feeling dizzy?" Max questioned.
Solo looked about in irritation. Why were so many people concern about her? She frowned. "Yeah. I'm ok. Thanks people, for being so concerned about me." She walked towards a beyblade battle dish and took out her beyblade. Standing next to Kai, Solo whispered something into his ear. Kai listened, then closed his eyes and nodded.
"Alright," Solo said as she positioned her beyblade into a ready for battle mode. "I want to battle one of you as a practice round before the tournament. Who's up for it?"
"I guess I could work on my battling skills," Saber shrugged. Ray nodded when Saber questioned him if it was ok for her to battle Solo.
"Ok. But if you dare to go soft on me just because I'm sick, then I'm going to tear your beyblade down piece by piece till even the best beyblade mechanic in the world won't be able to tell what the heck it is!" Saber grinned slyly.
"Now that's the Solo we all love and know! You're on!" Saber took out her beyblade and positioned herself for battle. The two players faced the dish. Tyson held up his hand as he stood in the middle of the dish's edge.
"Ok. Ready . . .. 3. 2 . . . 1 . . . let it rip!"
"Let's go Panthera!"
"Take her out, Bengalion!" The two beyblades started spinning around the dish. Saber grinned evilly.
"Since you wanted no mercy, I'll show you no mercy. Panthera, scythe claw attack!"
"Bengalion, Bengal tiger scratch!" Both beyblades collided into each other, then flew back from the impacts of the attack. Solo and Saber growled.
"Come on Panthera! Show Bengalion what you're made of!" A light shimmered from Saber's beyblade as her bit-beast appeared.
"I'm not letting you win this round so easily! Bengalion, attack now!" Bengalion rose from its beyblade and roared as Panthera snarled at it. Even though the two were on the same team, they looked even more ferocious than those on the opposing teams.
"Panthera, black night illusion!" The entire dish turned black as Panthera camouflaged its beyblade along with the dish. Only the red streaks of Bengalion were seen because the rest of Solo's beyblade was also black.
"Steady," Solo told Bengalion. This was just a waiting game.
"Time to end this! Night Cat Attack!" Panthera leaped from out of the shadows, heading for Bengalion.
"Dodge it!" Bengalion moved quickly to one side, sidestepping away from Panthera's attack. Saber gawked as her bit-beast completely missed its target.
"What!? NO WAY! NO one's ever broken out of my attack like this before! Dang it!" Saber clenched her teeth. "Then I guess the trickster's gone and the real panther's here. Panthera, do your stuff!" Panthera roared, then dived into the black dish. The dish trembled violently like an earthquake. Nobody knew what was going on until they saw the inside of the dish cracking. Solo frowned.
"Bengalion! You know what to do!" Bengalion growled, then dive into the center of the dish. The dish broke into two, then into eight as the two bit- beasts continued damaging it. Finally the dish broke into bits and pieces, making the two beyblades shake. Both fell onto the floor, but Panthera then slowed down and finally fell. Bengalion was hardly holding on, but managed to spin while Panthera was down. Saber grinned.
"Hmm. . . . . not bad. . . . . . not bad at all. . . . ." Solo picked up her beyblade.
"I must admit that you almost got me there," she murmured. Kenny's watch beeped.
"Um. . . . guys, I hate to say this, but it's time to go. The tournament is going to start soon. So we better get going."
"Are you kidding? I still have to eat!" Tyson exclaimed.
"You can eat later," said Lexis. "I'll buy you a super duper combo at Wendy's."
"Yeah!" Tyson pumped his fist in the air.
"You guys ready? All our team work comes down to this," Max said.
"Let's show those guys what we're made of," Terri smiled.
"They're going down!" Ray replied.
"No doubt about it!" Saber grinned. Solo and Kai surprisingly smiled instead of frowning as usual.
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"We there yet, Chief?" asked Max. The two teams were now riding their bus to the beyblade stadium.
"Almost. Maybe just a bit farther."
"Once this is over, we're going to celebrate with one heck of a party!" Saber grinned.
"But who's paying?" asked Ray. "Especially since Tyson's going to be there."
"I say Kenny should pay," Tyson laughed.
"What?!"
"No. Dizzy said that he was cheap. She said so during the time Tyson was battling Enrique the first time they met."
"I am NOT cheap!"
"Well excuuuuuuuse me, then!" Ray laughed at Tyson's lame remark, then turned around. Kai was sitting at the back seat with Solo resting her head on his shoulder. He had an arm around her waist and his eyes flickered when he noticed Ray watching them.
"Is she ok?" Kai closed his eyes, and then nodded.
"Yeah. Her fever's recovering, but she's tired." Kai looked down at the sleeping Solo, then kissed her on the forehead.
"Yow-za! Is that where we're going to battle in?" Saber pointed to a large building up ahead.
"Yeah. It's was called the Biovolt Stadium before, but now, I'm not sure if they changed the name of it yet."
"Where's Mr. Dickinson?" asked Terri.
"I think he said that he was going ahead of us to make sure everything is running ok at the stadium," said Lexis. "He said he would meet us there."
"You guys ready to battle yet?" Kenny asked Max and Terri. "We have almost no data on the opposing team, so you guys better be careful."
"Don't worry about it," Max said. "Terri and I are going to do our best."
"And even though if we lose, at least we'll know we lost trying," Terri replied. The bus stopped.
"Well, this is it." Kenny stood up. "This is the battle stadium we'll be battling."
"Alright! Hey guys, no matter what happens today in the beyblade tournament, I just want you to know that we're the best two teams out there!" Tyson cheered. The two teams put their hands together in the center. Even Kai and Solo.
"Let's do this!"
"Win or lose, we'll be friends forever!"
"We'll be cheering for all of you until we lose our voices!"
"You guys ready?" asked Tyson.
"Ready!" everyone else responded.
"Then let it rip!" Solo watched quietly as everyone else yelled and cheered. She had a bad feeling something bad was going to happen.
I guess I'll find out soon enough, she thought. Just wait. . . . . . . .
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= Well, what did you think of that, people? Boring or lame? There's going to be more action next time! After I finish all my tests/exams/and homework! :P Review!
~Zero2-the-scyther
Hey people! I hope you enjoy this chapter! Many people are telling me to write more of Kai/Solo, so I'll try my best! Enjoy! Send ideas if you want to! Sorry if I update a bit later than usual! I have a piano exam coming up and must practice! Not to mention finish up on homework cause school's almost ending and I have to pass!
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Solo moaned. Her head was spinning, her eyesight was foggy, and she felt really hot. She'd already kicked off all her blankets and even threw away all her pillows, but it was still way too hot in here. She'd even changed into shorts and a T-shirt, but then it got too cold and she ended up wearing her regular PJ's and slept under all her blankets and pillows. Now it was too hot again and for the second time, she had to get rid of the blankets and pillows.
She kept getting dreams and visions of that fateful incident of her driving away from everyone else in a car, leaving the others in the bank. She dreamed of Kai and everyone else on the team telling her to go back to where she'd came from, and then the worst part was that 'she' appeared and started laughing maniacally. Now she was freaked out about going to the championships tomorrow.
Solo wiped the sweat off her brow. She thought of the scary story Saber had told that night. Instead of Lily and Leona, she pictured herself holding 'her' head.
"Who betrayed you?" she asked.
"YOU!" the head screamed. Now my imagination's getting all worked up, Solo thought to herself. She couldn't sleep. It was 1:00 in the morning. She wished Kai would be here to comfort her. Shivering again, Solo closed her eyes and slept uneasily.
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R-r-riiiing! R-riiiiiing! R-riiiiing! "Oh god, is it time to get up already?" There was a loud thud and the ringing of the alarm clock stopped. A light was turned on. Lexis opened her eyes and forced herself to get out of bed. Beside her bed, Terri groaned softly, tired. Saber was still asleep and Solo's eyes were closed, though she kept moving every three minutes. Getting up, Lexis walked from her bed to the bathroom. Feeling against the wall in the dark, Lexis finally found the light switch. She turned it on and screamed out loud.
"What's wrong?" Terri asked her as she rubbed her eyes and attempted to walk into the bathroom. She backed away when she saw what had made Lexis shriek. On the mirror, written in blood like substance, was a message.
"Your doom is near because I will haunt you from your past!" Lexis read.
"How did they get into our room?" asked Terri.
"I'm almost afraid to know why," Lexis answered. The blood on the message was dripping down the mirror on the medicine cabinet. Terri shivered.
"What I still don't get is why they still do these weird threats to us. I mean, we didn't do anything against anyone, did we?" asked Lexis.
"I don't think WE did, but it might be someone else." There were the sounds of footsteps as Solo tiredly walked towards them from her bed. She wasn't feeling that great and would much rather stay in bed.
"What's going on?" she asked Terri and Lexis. They both pointed to the eerie message on the mirror. Solo glared at the message, then breathed out uneasily. Stumbling dizzily, Solo walked out of their room and into the main room. She focused her eyes around their dark room for a second, then slowly turned on the light. Terri and Lexis followed behind her. The room seemed ok. A bit too okay, though. It was really freaky because even though the mirror in the bathroom was covered in blood, the rest of the room was perfectly normal. Terri jumped when she felt something tapped her on the shoulder. It was just Saber.
"What's going on? Did somebody throw up on the mirror or something?" she asked as she yawned.
"In your dreams pal. People only puke blood when they're dying. And you can see that there isn't a corpse anywhere in sight, though you ARE scaring me with the thought of it."
Solo growled, then stormed into the direction of the boys' room.
"Hey wait a minute, Solo!" Terri called out. Lexis ran behind her. But they were too late. Solo had already opened the door and walked in.
"What's up with Solo? She knows better than to barge into the boys' room," Saber murmured.
"I think she's looking for something," Lexis suggested. The rest of the girls followed Solo into the boys' room. Far off in a corner, were Kai and Ray's beds near the window. Both boys had woken up and were sitting up in their PJ's. Kai had the usual why-are-you-bothering-me-again kind of look on his face, but was then replaced by a softer look when he saw Solo looking at him. On the other side of the room, were Tyson and Max's beds. Max had just waked up when Solo had stormed in while Tyson was snoring his head off. The bed closest to the door was Kenny's bed, which was parked next to a closet. (Note: this is a rather big hotel room. So expect more space than your usual hotel rooms). Solo glanced at Kai, then looked at Ray before glaring at the rest of the boys. She walked past Tyson's bed and opened the boys' closet. She looked up and down the closet, then closed the door again empty handed. Turning on the light to the boys' bathroom, Solo peeked her head in. Nothing. There wasn't even blood on the mirror. How strange.
"What's going on?" Ray asked Saber as he leaned forward to give her a kiss.
"There's been a message written in blood on our mirror," Saber told him. "But we don't know what's up with Solo."
"Do you think she could be trying to find if there are anymore threats written in our hotel room?" asked Max. Terri shrugged on that one. No one, except Lexis, had bothered to wake Tyson during all this time. Solo growled, then sighed again as she felt her head.
"Why would they only do it to our mirror and not to theirs?" Solo wondered out loud.
"Maybe we did something against them that caused them to do these threats," Kenny suggested. Then he looked at his watch. "It's 7:00 in the morning. Why don't we get changed? We can have an early breakfast before we start practicing for the finals."
"Aw man! I forgot about that!" Tyson shouted. He had finally woken up.
"Would it hurt if we take a look in your room?" Ray asked. Saber shook her head.
"Go ahead, but it's kind of freaky to brush your teeth in front of blood stained mirrors."
"Why don't you move all your stuff to our room for now and get changed here?" Max suggested.
"Sure, as long as YOU BOYS get out of the room!" Lexis gave them one of her quit-joking-around kind of looks. The boys laughed sheepishly before walking out the door.
"What can I say? Boys think dirty," Saber sighed.
"That's why we should just change in our own rooms instead," Solo muttered.
"But its so freaky there," Terri shivered. "What if the guy who did it is still here?"
"Please!" Saber yawned. "Easy. Just get Max to go with you into the room to pick up your stuff, then come back here and change! Mind you, the guys ain't gonna poke their heads around here cause Solo's going to be guarding the door!"
"I am?"
The biggest mess of all was when they all had to share one sink just to brush their teeth. Terri had accidentally splashed some water on Saber's hand. Saber, who wouldn't miss one opportunity for revenge, whipped the running water from the tap towards Terri. Terri ducked, and the water landed on Solo. Solo got pissed off at getting wet in the morning already and poured her entire cup of water on Saber's head. Needless to say, Saber got a free shower on the head. Soon Lexis joined in the waters' wars in the bathroom. The whole floor got wet. Max had called from outside what was going on, since the girls had locked the doors. And he soon learned a very important lesson: never EVER send 4 girls into the same bathroom. The girls finally got changed, then let the guys change while they waited outside.
Something's not right, Solo thought. She looked around in the main room. Saber and Terri were watching TV. Lexis was looking out the window, and the guys were still in their room. Why would the enemy just mess up their mirror and then not do anymore damage to our room? Solo groaned in pain again as her headache grew worst. Her forehead was feeling warm and she kept getting dizzy.
Kenny was the first guy to walk out of the boys' room. He quickly sat next to Lexis and explained how the tournament would work. Max soon came out with Ray, who both automatically sat next to Saber and Terri. They all got into a discussion about the beyblade battles they would soon encounter with the Howlers. Kai soon came out with an annoyed expression on his face. He probably got at Tyson for waking so late again. He sat next to Solo, who sighed. Tyson finally came out.
"Are we going to eat breakfast yet?" he complained.
"Ok, then let's get going before Tyson starts complaining again." Kenny walked towards the door, then paused as he picked something up from the bottom of the floor where the door was. "What's this?" He picked up an envelope from the floor. It was white and had no name on it. Opening it, Kenny found origami paper flowers inside it. They were dripped with blood. Kenny gasped.
"What's up?" Saber asked when all of them had gathered to see what was going on.
"This." Kenny passed the envelope to Ray, who winced at them as he then passed it to Max to take a look.
"Why would anyone send us such a gross envelope again?" Tyson asked when he took a look.
"I don't know," Lexis said. She passed the envelope to Solo, whose face was pale. She shakily took the envelope, and unlike everyone else, took out the flowers. Each one represented the seven (or six, depending if you count it the Chinese way or the American way) colours of the rainbow. The only flower that did not represent the colors was a black origami flower. It was dripping with blood as Solo took it out. Kai watched in surprise as Solo dizzily unfolded the black origami flower. Inside were the words: "You ditched me in the bank robbery and wouldn't even bail me out from jail! Don't think that you can hide cause I'm going to get you for this!" Solo breathed uneasily. Her hand trembled as she tried to focus her eyes. The room for some reason was spinning in circles.
Solo groaned, then her eyes closed as she felt her head and she collapsed, unconscious. Everyone gasped as she fell sideways. Kai reached out and caught her just before she hit the ground. The note fluttered to the floor.
"Oh my gosh," Terri gasped. Kai looked just as worried as he knelt down on the floor, holding Solo.
"Solo?" Solo didn't respond. Ray stepped forward and knelt down beside the couple. He calmly reached out and placed a hand across Solo's forehead. Kai kind of glared at him, giving him a what-the-heck-do-you-think-you're-doing look. Ray responded with an expression that read relax-dude-I'm-only- checking-to-see-what's-wrong.
"She's got a fever," he told Kai. Kai looked down at Solo. Her face was red, and her breathing was hard and uneasy. Gently lifting her up, Kai carried Solo and placed her on his bed. Max and Terri followed them into the room. Lexis and Tyson meanwhile cleaned up the mess of origami flowers that Solo had dropped before she had fainted. Ray and Saber were getting water, towel, and medicine from the fridge, bathroom, and first aid kit.
"Oh man! Not good!" Tyson replied. "Not only is there another threat, but we have a match to win today and Solo's sick!"
"Well let's hope she recovers quick," Lexis sighed. Saber and Ray entered the room, carrying a wet towel, a glass of water, and a bottle of pills. They handed the wet towel to Kai, who folded it into a small rectangle and laid it on Solo's forehead. He sighed worriedly as he watched Solo. Ray and Saber, who were standing a little farther away from Solo and Kai were looking at the number of pills that were inside the bottle and deciding how many Solo should take when she woke up. Tyson, Lexis, and Kenny stood near the door with Max and Terri. They were all watching the unconscious Solo and Kai. Kai for once finally looked up at his other teammates.
"Listen," he said. "I'm going to look after Solo for now. Go down to the training room and start practicing. I'll meet you guys later."
"But what about breakfast-" Tyson started to say.
"What would you say if more important right now?" Kai cut in. "Winning this tournament for good or eating so you wouldn't cry when you DO lose?" Tyson hesitated, then changed his mind.
"Ok. We'll start training right now," he said.
"We'll leave you two alone," Max smiled. Kai glared at him. Then turned back to Solo. Everyone else left the room and went on the elevator.
"Gee, I hope Solo's ok," Terri said sadly.
"It's ok. She's probably sick from the flu or something," Max suggested as he put an arm around Terri's shoulder.
"But something's not really quite right," Lexis murmured. "As far as we know, Solo has hardly been sick. She also never fainted before, so this is a first. It could have just been a flu or something, but do you think it could have been something else?"
"Maybe she was worried about the team we would be facing today in the finals round," Saber muttered.
"Or maybe it's something else," Ray murmured.
"Huh?"
"Haven't you noticed that Solo has been acting strangely lately?"
"What do you mean by that, Ray?" asked Tyson.
"She kind of freaked out when she found the knife that was stuck to the door. The knife ran right through the picture of where Solo was standing. She even had the Chief not tell Mr. Dickinson about it. I mean it's one thing about him worrying we might get hurt, but don't you think it could have been another reason that she didn't want Mr. Dickinson to know?"
"Now that you mentioned it, Solo HAS been acting strangely ever since that incident," Saber pointed out. "When she told Kenny not to tell Mr. Dickinson about it, she practically had white knuckles. It was as if she thinks something is going to get her."
"That's it! The message written on the mirror says that your doom is near because I will haunt you from the past," Terri exclaimed. "Maybe that threat was meant for Solo, not us!"
"But why would anyone haunt her from the past?" Kenny asked. "Do you think it could be a ghost?"
"I highly doubt that," Saber replied. "Though I DO think I should have told you a scarier story last night-"
"PLEASE DON'T MENTION THAT STORY AGAIN!"
"Ok." Ray had to try hard not to laugh out loud.
"Now, getting back to today's battle," Lexis reminded them. "We have to do our best. Which means we can't have distractions in our minds, including our own teammates." Max nodded guiltily. He remembered when he was distracted by Terri, who had gotten food poisoned at the time of their beyblade battle. He ended up losing the match because he was too concerned of her safety instead of his battle.
"Unless it's a life or death situation, right?" asked Saber.
"Uh . . . . I don't know about that but, I guess." The rest of the team members stayed silent, each one lost in their own thoughts.
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Kai sat silently beside the sleeping Solo. He had covered her with a blanket, a wet towel on her forehead. Her face wasn't as red as before, but it was still red. She looked exhausted and sick. Kai brushed a strand of hair away from her face, then leaned close and kissed her on the cheek.
Taking out his beyblade, Kai watched it gleamed in the sun. 20 minutes had already passed. He was getting all stressed out and worried because of Solo. She hardly seems tired or even sick for that matter.
There was a slight rustling and Kai turned his head. Solo had woken up, and was trying to sit up in bed. He helped her sit up.
"What happened? Where am I? Where is everyone?" she asked frantically.
"You shouldn't move too much," he told her. "You fainted. And you're sick. You've a got a fever and collapsed while looking at those origami flowers. The others went down to train." Solo looked down.
"Thanks Kai. I appreciate you looking after me." She gave him an affectionate hug. "But you didn't have to look after me. I can take care of myself and the others might want you to help them train." Kai shrugged. He turned his back towards her and looked out the window.
"I couldn't leave you here. I had to look after you." Solo gazed at him. Then felt her head. The fever wasn't gone yet but it wasn't that effective anymore. Looking around, she grabbed the pills and water. She took the medicine and then, attempted to get out of the bed. Kai turned around.
"What are you doing?"
"I have to go train with the others. . . ."
"But -"
"Please. I need to do this. . . . . ."
"Ok." Kai reached out and helped Solo off the bed. "Just promise me you won't do anything crazy, ok?"
"Ok." Without thinking, Kai took hold of Solo and piggybacked her. Solo wrapped her arms around his neck and closed her eyes. She must be still tired, Kai thought as he carried her down the hallway.
"Thanks Kai . . . . .." Solo murmured. She felt safe around him. He kept her feeling warm and secure instead of scared and lonely.
As they approached the training room, Solo slid off Kai's back and walked into the room. She saw that Ray and Saber were working on doubling their speed on their X Claw collision attack. Tyson and Lexis were battling Max and Terri head on without any hesitation. The Chief were analyzing their speeds and moves.
"Solo!" Saber grinned as she saw her friend. Ray looked up and smiled.
"You all right?" asked Ray.
"How you feeling?" asked Terri.
"Did you take your medication?" Lexis questioned.
"When did she wake up?" asked Tyson.
"Are you still feeling dizzy?" Max questioned.
Solo looked about in irritation. Why were so many people concern about her? She frowned. "Yeah. I'm ok. Thanks people, for being so concerned about me." She walked towards a beyblade battle dish and took out her beyblade. Standing next to Kai, Solo whispered something into his ear. Kai listened, then closed his eyes and nodded.
"Alright," Solo said as she positioned her beyblade into a ready for battle mode. "I want to battle one of you as a practice round before the tournament. Who's up for it?"
"I guess I could work on my battling skills," Saber shrugged. Ray nodded when Saber questioned him if it was ok for her to battle Solo.
"Ok. But if you dare to go soft on me just because I'm sick, then I'm going to tear your beyblade down piece by piece till even the best beyblade mechanic in the world won't be able to tell what the heck it is!" Saber grinned slyly.
"Now that's the Solo we all love and know! You're on!" Saber took out her beyblade and positioned herself for battle. The two players faced the dish. Tyson held up his hand as he stood in the middle of the dish's edge.
"Ok. Ready . . .. 3. 2 . . . 1 . . . let it rip!"
"Let's go Panthera!"
"Take her out, Bengalion!" The two beyblades started spinning around the dish. Saber grinned evilly.
"Since you wanted no mercy, I'll show you no mercy. Panthera, scythe claw attack!"
"Bengalion, Bengal tiger scratch!" Both beyblades collided into each other, then flew back from the impacts of the attack. Solo and Saber growled.
"Come on Panthera! Show Bengalion what you're made of!" A light shimmered from Saber's beyblade as her bit-beast appeared.
"I'm not letting you win this round so easily! Bengalion, attack now!" Bengalion rose from its beyblade and roared as Panthera snarled at it. Even though the two were on the same team, they looked even more ferocious than those on the opposing teams.
"Panthera, black night illusion!" The entire dish turned black as Panthera camouflaged its beyblade along with the dish. Only the red streaks of Bengalion were seen because the rest of Solo's beyblade was also black.
"Steady," Solo told Bengalion. This was just a waiting game.
"Time to end this! Night Cat Attack!" Panthera leaped from out of the shadows, heading for Bengalion.
"Dodge it!" Bengalion moved quickly to one side, sidestepping away from Panthera's attack. Saber gawked as her bit-beast completely missed its target.
"What!? NO WAY! NO one's ever broken out of my attack like this before! Dang it!" Saber clenched her teeth. "Then I guess the trickster's gone and the real panther's here. Panthera, do your stuff!" Panthera roared, then dived into the black dish. The dish trembled violently like an earthquake. Nobody knew what was going on until they saw the inside of the dish cracking. Solo frowned.
"Bengalion! You know what to do!" Bengalion growled, then dive into the center of the dish. The dish broke into two, then into eight as the two bit- beasts continued damaging it. Finally the dish broke into bits and pieces, making the two beyblades shake. Both fell onto the floor, but Panthera then slowed down and finally fell. Bengalion was hardly holding on, but managed to spin while Panthera was down. Saber grinned.
"Hmm. . . . . not bad. . . . . . not bad at all. . . . ." Solo picked up her beyblade.
"I must admit that you almost got me there," she murmured. Kenny's watch beeped.
"Um. . . . guys, I hate to say this, but it's time to go. The tournament is going to start soon. So we better get going."
"Are you kidding? I still have to eat!" Tyson exclaimed.
"You can eat later," said Lexis. "I'll buy you a super duper combo at Wendy's."
"Yeah!" Tyson pumped his fist in the air.
"You guys ready? All our team work comes down to this," Max said.
"Let's show those guys what we're made of," Terri smiled.
"They're going down!" Ray replied.
"No doubt about it!" Saber grinned. Solo and Kai surprisingly smiled instead of frowning as usual.
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"We there yet, Chief?" asked Max. The two teams were now riding their bus to the beyblade stadium.
"Almost. Maybe just a bit farther."
"Once this is over, we're going to celebrate with one heck of a party!" Saber grinned.
"But who's paying?" asked Ray. "Especially since Tyson's going to be there."
"I say Kenny should pay," Tyson laughed.
"What?!"
"No. Dizzy said that he was cheap. She said so during the time Tyson was battling Enrique the first time they met."
"I am NOT cheap!"
"Well excuuuuuuuse me, then!" Ray laughed at Tyson's lame remark, then turned around. Kai was sitting at the back seat with Solo resting her head on his shoulder. He had an arm around her waist and his eyes flickered when he noticed Ray watching them.
"Is she ok?" Kai closed his eyes, and then nodded.
"Yeah. Her fever's recovering, but she's tired." Kai looked down at the sleeping Solo, then kissed her on the forehead.
"Yow-za! Is that where we're going to battle in?" Saber pointed to a large building up ahead.
"Yeah. It's was called the Biovolt Stadium before, but now, I'm not sure if they changed the name of it yet."
"Where's Mr. Dickinson?" asked Terri.
"I think he said that he was going ahead of us to make sure everything is running ok at the stadium," said Lexis. "He said he would meet us there."
"You guys ready to battle yet?" Kenny asked Max and Terri. "We have almost no data on the opposing team, so you guys better be careful."
"Don't worry about it," Max said. "Terri and I are going to do our best."
"And even though if we lose, at least we'll know we lost trying," Terri replied. The bus stopped.
"Well, this is it." Kenny stood up. "This is the battle stadium we'll be battling."
"Alright! Hey guys, no matter what happens today in the beyblade tournament, I just want you to know that we're the best two teams out there!" Tyson cheered. The two teams put their hands together in the center. Even Kai and Solo.
"Let's do this!"
"Win or lose, we'll be friends forever!"
"We'll be cheering for all of you until we lose our voices!"
"You guys ready?" asked Tyson.
"Ready!" everyone else responded.
"Then let it rip!" Solo watched quietly as everyone else yelled and cheered. She had a bad feeling something bad was going to happen.
I guess I'll find out soon enough, she thought. Just wait. . . . . . . .
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= Well, what did you think of that, people? Boring or lame? There's going to be more action next time! After I finish all my tests/exams/and homework! :P Review!
~Zero2-the-scyther