Yay 5th chapter finally up.sorry it took so long!!! I hope you like it.oh
and *gets down on knees and looks beseechingly at reader* please please
please please review, otherwise I don't know if people like my fic or
not.or if anyone's even reading it out there.^_^
Disclaimer: don't own Beyblades, natch.
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'Kai'
Kai jerked awake. He had been sleeping hunched over on the ground. It was impossible to find any comfortable surface on the rock floor, plus it was freezing. Better to curl up tight. That way he might keep in some body heat. He looked up. Through a tiny, barred window shone the full moon. Its gentle beams came floating down, caressing his hair, face, shoulders, arms. He closed his eyes, leaning back slightly for a moment. He was hungry. God he was hungry. He hadn't had anything to eat since he came here, and he wasn't even sure how long ago that was. His picnic with Rei seemed like weeks, months, years ago. In another world. A world where there was no Boris and no Biovolt. Where he was with Rei. Be strong. Always be strong. It couldn't be that long could it? Before they were together once more? But already that all too recognisable feeling, of desperation and despair, of not knowing how long you were going to be here for, of not knowing if you would ever get out, of not actually caring whether you lived to see another day, was creeping up on him. The door swung open. He'd been so lost in thought he hadn't even heard the locks pull back. Damn, he wasn't even ready for Boris. Always be ready, always be strong, be alert, ready for anything. That was how you survived.
'Kai, you must be hungry. How about some dinner?' Kai looked up suspiciously at him. Where was the catch? 'All you have to do is blade with Black Dranzer once. Just once, and you can eat whatever you like, and as much as you like. I promise.' Teeth glinted in that familiar cold smile. Kai glared. 'Just once and that'll be enough to hook me on to Black Dranzer's power, and then you'll control me, right Boris?' The smile froze on Boris' lips. 'Don't be so cocky Kai. Remember who's in charge here. I control whether you live or die right now. I could make it so you never see the light of day again. And is it so much to ask?' He waved Black Dranzer under Kai's nose. 'Hold it Kai. Taste the power. Feel what you could be in control of. Know what you could achieve.' Reluctantly Kai reached out and took the blade. And felt.nothing. Nothing at all. But Boris was waiting. Taking a deep mental breath he pretended to struggle with its power, hand shaking, for a few moments before finally casting it aside. 'Excellent Kai. See how easy that was? Just accept the blade. Let it take over. Let it become you. You yourself are worthless anyhow, except for your blading skills. Let yourself become a tool of darkness Kai. You know you can't ever really be anything else.'
'That's not true!' Kai wanted to scream. 'I am something. I'm a human being. And someone loves me and I love him back. There is life beyond Biovolt Boris. But you're so caught up with it you can't see that.' But of course he couldn't say anything like that. Instead he stared down, hair shielding his face, until he was sure he appeared emotionless once more. Boris looked at him for a moment. Then got up and, without another word, picked up Black Dranzer and left.
Kai flopped again. Encounters with Boris always left him drained. And he was growing weaker and weaker. It was harder and harder now to stay focused. To remember what was outside, what he had to live for, to fight for. How long could he keep this up? Once more he looked up, up at the beautiful moon, and admired its magnificence.
Rei looked away. He was down a side ally. It was the following day, and he had been searching, searching in vain. It was so frustrating. Place after place after place. Cathedrals, museums, abbeys, abandoned warehouses. Anywhere and everywhere Biovolt could possibly be. And this was only Moscow. Kai could be anywhere in the whole of Russia. The others now were waiting for the bus. One more stop. One more place and then back to the hotel for another sleepless night. He just wanted it all to be over. But he wasn't going to give up. He would sooner die than give up. Kai was out there somewhere, and he was going to get him back. 'Rei! The bus is here!' Rei looked up at the sound of Tyson's shout. 'Coming!' sighing he looked around him once more. A great tiredness was settling on him. Turning, he walked to the others, climbed on the bus, sank onto the first empty seat and looked out at the moon.
He and Kai were walking through a field of flowers, hand in hand. Kai was saying something to him, but Rei couldn't here what it was. It didn't matter though, just being with Kai was enough. He felt so happy and safe and warm. He looked at Kai, surrounded by a soft pink glow on the background of a bright blue sky, fluffy clouds and bright sun. This was where he belonged. Kai was smiling at him and saying something. But what? Rei couldn't quite hear. Kai was still smiling, but he appeared to repeat the words with more urgency. What did it mean, what was he saying? Kai was frowning slightly now and seemed to saying the same words over and over again, louder and louder. I can't hear you, Rei tried to say. I'm sorry Kai, I can't hear you. 'Rei.' he could hear it, very softly in the background of his mind, but it wasn't coming from Kai. Frowning he tried to listen harder to the boy next to him, but his name was being repeated again and again, rising up through layers of consciousness, getting more and more clear. 'Rei!' and then he could just hear something from Kai's lips. 'What?' he tried to say, 'I can't hear you'. 'The darkest corridor, the last door. I'm in the darkest corridor, the last door. It's a stone building. The darkest corridor. The last door. Rei! I'm in the.' Beseiged by noise Rei realised he was in two states of consciousness, and rapidly losing the one he wanted to be in, the one with Kai. 'Kai!' he managed to shout, shattering the dream apart, and all he could see was Kai's frightened face, all alone. 'Rei!' 'Tyson! What's going on?!' 'You were saying something.' 'What?' 'I don't know. Anyway wake up properly, we're at the last place.' Rei tried to focus out of the window. It was an ancient stone building, which looked a bit like an old warehouse, black with pollution and age, and moss growing on its walls. It was totally dark. 'Are you sure this is a likely place?' 'We might as well go check.' ''Kay.' Getting up, Rei followed Tyson, still feeling way sleepy. The boys stood on the cobbled pavement, a cruel wind blowing straight through their clothes. Rei shivered. It reminded him of Bryan's attack. And something about the place reminded of him of Bryan, of all the Demolition Boys in fact. There was something here. He watched as the bus drove off into the darkness. It was the last one. They were going to have to walk back to the hotel. But for once he didn't mind. There was something about this place.
He glanced at Tyson. One look at the boy's face told him he felt exactly the same way. He looked at Rei and nodded. I think they're here. I can sense something.' 'It's kind of . cold', Max shivered. 'Reminds me of Boris.' Tyson looked at him for a second, then back at the building. 'Let's go.'
The Bladebreakers started to advance towards the building, but there appeared to be no obvious way in. Walking round one side Rei saw, hidden from the sight of the road, a tiny beam of light, apparently coming from underneath the building. 'Hey guys!', he hissed, and when they looked up, motioned to them to come over. They ran up and followed Rei towards the beam. Closer inspection revealed that it was in fact a basement window, half covered by dirt. Getting on his hands and knees, Rei could just see in. There was a large room, made out of roughly hewn stone, with flat screens on one wall, projecting the images of Beyblades and bitbeasts from computer screens in the middle of the room. People, all dressed in the same odd uniform of face masks and long cloaks walked quickly about, occasionally stopping to confer with one another, or type something on a computer. Occasionally all the workers would stop to look approvingly at a new addition to a Beyblade design or a suggestion for a new attack or defence someone had just suggested. 'Well either that is Biovolt' announced Tyson, who had got down next to Rei, 'Or they're sure keeping new Beyblade designs veeery secret from the general public.' He looked at Rei. 'What do you think?' 'I think that answers your question.' Tyson looked back through the window. Boris had just entered the room, and all movement and noise stopped as he moved towards the centre of the room and started to speak. His voice was blocked by the thick glass in the window. 'Right, that's sorted. Now let's go get Kai!' 'No!' the chief reprimanded as Tyson, already on his feet, prepared to shoot off to find an entrance. 'We have to plan our strategy if we're going to get Kai out safely. We need some idea of the size of the building, its layout, where Kai could be, and how best to rescue him. It is not a good idea to just rush off and go get him. We'll never make it out alive!' 'Kenny's right' Rei said with great reluctance. We might only get one chance at the rescue. Who knows what Boris'll do..where he'll go with Kai if we mess it up. Lets go back to the hotel and work out a plan first. But tomorrow.. Tomorrow we're going in there. And we're going to get Kai back. And make sure Boris never does ANYTHING like this again.'
The tension's mounting..next chapter up very soon, 'kay?
Disclaimer: don't own Beyblades, natch.
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'Kai'
Kai jerked awake. He had been sleeping hunched over on the ground. It was impossible to find any comfortable surface on the rock floor, plus it was freezing. Better to curl up tight. That way he might keep in some body heat. He looked up. Through a tiny, barred window shone the full moon. Its gentle beams came floating down, caressing his hair, face, shoulders, arms. He closed his eyes, leaning back slightly for a moment. He was hungry. God he was hungry. He hadn't had anything to eat since he came here, and he wasn't even sure how long ago that was. His picnic with Rei seemed like weeks, months, years ago. In another world. A world where there was no Boris and no Biovolt. Where he was with Rei. Be strong. Always be strong. It couldn't be that long could it? Before they were together once more? But already that all too recognisable feeling, of desperation and despair, of not knowing how long you were going to be here for, of not knowing if you would ever get out, of not actually caring whether you lived to see another day, was creeping up on him. The door swung open. He'd been so lost in thought he hadn't even heard the locks pull back. Damn, he wasn't even ready for Boris. Always be ready, always be strong, be alert, ready for anything. That was how you survived.
'Kai, you must be hungry. How about some dinner?' Kai looked up suspiciously at him. Where was the catch? 'All you have to do is blade with Black Dranzer once. Just once, and you can eat whatever you like, and as much as you like. I promise.' Teeth glinted in that familiar cold smile. Kai glared. 'Just once and that'll be enough to hook me on to Black Dranzer's power, and then you'll control me, right Boris?' The smile froze on Boris' lips. 'Don't be so cocky Kai. Remember who's in charge here. I control whether you live or die right now. I could make it so you never see the light of day again. And is it so much to ask?' He waved Black Dranzer under Kai's nose. 'Hold it Kai. Taste the power. Feel what you could be in control of. Know what you could achieve.' Reluctantly Kai reached out and took the blade. And felt.nothing. Nothing at all. But Boris was waiting. Taking a deep mental breath he pretended to struggle with its power, hand shaking, for a few moments before finally casting it aside. 'Excellent Kai. See how easy that was? Just accept the blade. Let it take over. Let it become you. You yourself are worthless anyhow, except for your blading skills. Let yourself become a tool of darkness Kai. You know you can't ever really be anything else.'
'That's not true!' Kai wanted to scream. 'I am something. I'm a human being. And someone loves me and I love him back. There is life beyond Biovolt Boris. But you're so caught up with it you can't see that.' But of course he couldn't say anything like that. Instead he stared down, hair shielding his face, until he was sure he appeared emotionless once more. Boris looked at him for a moment. Then got up and, without another word, picked up Black Dranzer and left.
Kai flopped again. Encounters with Boris always left him drained. And he was growing weaker and weaker. It was harder and harder now to stay focused. To remember what was outside, what he had to live for, to fight for. How long could he keep this up? Once more he looked up, up at the beautiful moon, and admired its magnificence.
Rei looked away. He was down a side ally. It was the following day, and he had been searching, searching in vain. It was so frustrating. Place after place after place. Cathedrals, museums, abbeys, abandoned warehouses. Anywhere and everywhere Biovolt could possibly be. And this was only Moscow. Kai could be anywhere in the whole of Russia. The others now were waiting for the bus. One more stop. One more place and then back to the hotel for another sleepless night. He just wanted it all to be over. But he wasn't going to give up. He would sooner die than give up. Kai was out there somewhere, and he was going to get him back. 'Rei! The bus is here!' Rei looked up at the sound of Tyson's shout. 'Coming!' sighing he looked around him once more. A great tiredness was settling on him. Turning, he walked to the others, climbed on the bus, sank onto the first empty seat and looked out at the moon.
He and Kai were walking through a field of flowers, hand in hand. Kai was saying something to him, but Rei couldn't here what it was. It didn't matter though, just being with Kai was enough. He felt so happy and safe and warm. He looked at Kai, surrounded by a soft pink glow on the background of a bright blue sky, fluffy clouds and bright sun. This was where he belonged. Kai was smiling at him and saying something. But what? Rei couldn't quite hear. Kai was still smiling, but he appeared to repeat the words with more urgency. What did it mean, what was he saying? Kai was frowning slightly now and seemed to saying the same words over and over again, louder and louder. I can't hear you, Rei tried to say. I'm sorry Kai, I can't hear you. 'Rei.' he could hear it, very softly in the background of his mind, but it wasn't coming from Kai. Frowning he tried to listen harder to the boy next to him, but his name was being repeated again and again, rising up through layers of consciousness, getting more and more clear. 'Rei!' and then he could just hear something from Kai's lips. 'What?' he tried to say, 'I can't hear you'. 'The darkest corridor, the last door. I'm in the darkest corridor, the last door. It's a stone building. The darkest corridor. The last door. Rei! I'm in the.' Beseiged by noise Rei realised he was in two states of consciousness, and rapidly losing the one he wanted to be in, the one with Kai. 'Kai!' he managed to shout, shattering the dream apart, and all he could see was Kai's frightened face, all alone. 'Rei!' 'Tyson! What's going on?!' 'You were saying something.' 'What?' 'I don't know. Anyway wake up properly, we're at the last place.' Rei tried to focus out of the window. It was an ancient stone building, which looked a bit like an old warehouse, black with pollution and age, and moss growing on its walls. It was totally dark. 'Are you sure this is a likely place?' 'We might as well go check.' ''Kay.' Getting up, Rei followed Tyson, still feeling way sleepy. The boys stood on the cobbled pavement, a cruel wind blowing straight through their clothes. Rei shivered. It reminded him of Bryan's attack. And something about the place reminded of him of Bryan, of all the Demolition Boys in fact. There was something here. He watched as the bus drove off into the darkness. It was the last one. They were going to have to walk back to the hotel. But for once he didn't mind. There was something about this place.
He glanced at Tyson. One look at the boy's face told him he felt exactly the same way. He looked at Rei and nodded. I think they're here. I can sense something.' 'It's kind of . cold', Max shivered. 'Reminds me of Boris.' Tyson looked at him for a second, then back at the building. 'Let's go.'
The Bladebreakers started to advance towards the building, but there appeared to be no obvious way in. Walking round one side Rei saw, hidden from the sight of the road, a tiny beam of light, apparently coming from underneath the building. 'Hey guys!', he hissed, and when they looked up, motioned to them to come over. They ran up and followed Rei towards the beam. Closer inspection revealed that it was in fact a basement window, half covered by dirt. Getting on his hands and knees, Rei could just see in. There was a large room, made out of roughly hewn stone, with flat screens on one wall, projecting the images of Beyblades and bitbeasts from computer screens in the middle of the room. People, all dressed in the same odd uniform of face masks and long cloaks walked quickly about, occasionally stopping to confer with one another, or type something on a computer. Occasionally all the workers would stop to look approvingly at a new addition to a Beyblade design or a suggestion for a new attack or defence someone had just suggested. 'Well either that is Biovolt' announced Tyson, who had got down next to Rei, 'Or they're sure keeping new Beyblade designs veeery secret from the general public.' He looked at Rei. 'What do you think?' 'I think that answers your question.' Tyson looked back through the window. Boris had just entered the room, and all movement and noise stopped as he moved towards the centre of the room and started to speak. His voice was blocked by the thick glass in the window. 'Right, that's sorted. Now let's go get Kai!' 'No!' the chief reprimanded as Tyson, already on his feet, prepared to shoot off to find an entrance. 'We have to plan our strategy if we're going to get Kai out safely. We need some idea of the size of the building, its layout, where Kai could be, and how best to rescue him. It is not a good idea to just rush off and go get him. We'll never make it out alive!' 'Kenny's right' Rei said with great reluctance. We might only get one chance at the rescue. Who knows what Boris'll do..where he'll go with Kai if we mess it up. Lets go back to the hotel and work out a plan first. But tomorrow.. Tomorrow we're going in there. And we're going to get Kai back. And make sure Boris never does ANYTHING like this again.'
The tension's mounting..next chapter up very soon, 'kay?