Far From Here
A/N: In answer to your question, Pyscho_chik, about the hair thing, my logical brain insists that no person can have hair like Kai's that is naturally coloured. My decision is that the slate part is bleached. Oh! And if anybody recalls the names of Tala and Bryan's bitbeasts, please tell me! PLEEEEEEEEEEASE! It's crucial, man! I'm improvising in this chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I own only Dawnfaith. Yadayadayada, you all know this perfectly well.
CHAPTER 4: MASTER FILES OF BIOVOLT TRAINING ABBEY 1993
Rei, Tyson, Max and Chief stared at each other in surprised shock; now playing on the cyber-TV channel was some sort of small children's show, with happy dancing singing pink rhinos with green polka dots. Dizzi, disgusted, flicked the cyber-TV off, reverting back to the abandoned Beybattle analyzing screen.
Guys, think this through clearly. Dizzi ordered. What are the chances that it's our Kai?
"What are the chances of there being two Kai Hiwataris in this world?" Chief snapped back hoarsely.
All right, got me there. Dizzi groused. Well, I don't really feel like getting my hard drive stuck in this mess.
"Neither do I," Rei admitted.
However, if people wanted to find out more information, I can hack into the abbey's old files. Dizzi was quick to add.
"Yeah!" Tyson and Max enthused; the promise of an adventure that would definitely end in a sticky situation was more than enough to capture them.
"All right," both Rei and Chief heaved great sighs.
Hang onto your seats, boys, we're taking off! Dizzi announced cheerfully as the screen flickered and then appeared on a webpage screeching
MASTER FILES OF BIOVOLT TRAINING ABBEY
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
HACKERS WILL BE PROSECUTED TO FULL EXTENT OF THE GLOBAL LAW
YOU WILL NOT CRACK THROUGH THIS
GIVE IT UP
NOW
"Well, they've got nothing to hide," Rei snorted sarcastically.
"What d'you suppose the password is?" Tyson asked.
Meanwhile, Chief was busy typing in possible passwords as fast as his stubby fingers would allow. Biovolt. Boris. Voltaire. Abbey. Training. Beyblade. World Domination (hey, it was worth a shot!). Demolition Boys.
"Try 'password'." Max suggested. Chief cocked an eyebrow, but typed in Password and got quite a shock when the screen changed to reveal several tabs and links.
"You're a genius!" Rei exclaimed, ruffling Max's hair affectionately.
"So, what do we try first?" Chief asked, looking in dismay at the tabs and links, which must've numbered in the hundreds, at least.
"Maybe… this one," Max suggested, pointing to a random button. The button read Stats 1993. "That's the year the two boys disappeared, wasn't it?"
"Yeah," Rei responded, knocking Chief's hands off the keyboard and clicking the tab. It pulled up a screen with various incomprehensible charts and graphs and looooooooooong lists.
NUMBER OF FLEETERS (as of December 31): 6250
NUMBER OF NEW RECRUITS (as of December 31): 50
NUMBER OF DISPOSALS (as of December 31): 390
NUMBER OF UNACCOUNTED, PRESUMED ESCAPED (as of December 31): 10
NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS PARTICIPATED IN: 32
NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS WON: 30
NUMBER OF BITBEASTS ISSUED (as of December 31): 15
BLOCKS/ROOMS DISPOSED OF ON ACCOUNT OF LOST TOURNAMENTS: B1 R1, B13 R11
BLOCKS/ROOMS OF DISTINCTION: B1 R3, B13 R13, B48 R23
FLEETERS OF DISTINCTION: R13 B13 F1, B13 R13 F2, B13 R13 F3, B13 R13 F4
AGE VARIANTS OF TOTAL GROUPS (as of December 31): 5 - 19
"Oh, come on, this is useless junk!" Tyson finally growled, after another block of such statistics. "This is just numbers and random letters!"
"No, wait," Chief said, holding up a hand. "They keep mentioning blocks, rooms and fleeters. And the letter B, R and F and numbers keep reappearing. What if it all represents codes or something?"
"Block, Room, Fleeter." Rei said suddenly. "And the numbers attached. B13 R13 F1. Block 13, Room 13, Fleeter 1. An identity number. Now if we could get names to attach…"
"Files 1993!" Chief, who had reverted to the home screen of tabs and links. He hastily clicked it and started scanning. "What was the numbers that keep coming up most often, Rei?"
"B13 R13." Rei responded. Chief found the tab bearing B13 R13 and tapped.
B13 R13
TOTAL NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS PARTICIPATED IN: 16
TOTAL NUMBER OF TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS WON: 16
GENERAL LINE-UP: B13 R13 F1, B13 R13 F3, B13 R13 F4
GENERAL BACK-UP: B13 R13 F2, B13 R13 F5
OCCUPANTS (5)
IDENTITY NUMBER: B13 R13 F1
NAME: Nicholae, Tala
ALIAS GIVEN: n/a
ALTERATIONS MADE: n/a
BIRTHDATE: September 1, 1988
BITBEAST: not issued yet, currently using Gerego
PRESENT STATUS: accounted for, competing
IDENTITY NUMBER: B13 R13 F2
NAME: Bennett, Benjamin
ALIAS GIVEN: Blair, Bryan
ALTERATIONS MADE: modified memory
BIRTHDATE: June 18, 1988
BITBEAST: not issued yet, currently using Desimir
PRESENT STATUS: accounted for, competing
IDENTITY NUMBER: B13 R13 F3
NAME: Yvan, Alexei
ALIAS GIVEN: Tchaikov, Alexei
ALTERATIONS MADE: modified memory, spirit binding
BIRTHDATE: December 31, 1988
BITBEAST: issued, Lydon
PRESENT STATUS: accounted for, competing
IDENTITY NUMBER: B13 R13 F4
NAME: Camden, Kai
ALIAS GIVEN: Hiwatari, Kai
ALTERATIONS MADE: memory erasage, memory implantation, branding, spirit binding
BIRTHDATE: December 25, 1988
BITBEAST: issued, Dranzer
PRESENT STATUS: accounted for, competing
IDENTITY NUMBER: B13 R13 F5
NAME: Perez, Mateo
ALIAS GIVEN: n/a
ALTERATIONS MADE: n/a
BIRTHDATE: February 3, 1984
BITBEAST: issued, Bomero
PRESENT STATUS: unaccounted for as of December 25
"Holy flying cows!" Max whistled. "There's enough incriminating info in that to get the whole lot of them in prison."
"We can't be the first people to have hacked in." Chief shook his head. "Too simple a password."
"You're right," a harsh voice came from behind them.