GiGi - Hidy ho everyone!!!!!! Sorry for the late update but I was banned…. Again…. So sad! Oh and if you are the person who deleted my International Idol fic, plz tell me why you did since I don't think I did anything wrong in that fic. Here's the chapter 22!

Everyone - GiGi owns nothing except Tara and Statix…. Thank god….

GiGi - Enjoy their tortures!

Everyone - Hey!

GiGi - Hi to you too! ^____^

Everyone - *sweatdrop* XP Why do we even bother….

GiGi - I don't know! ^^

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Tara glanced at through the a little crack in the wall. She saw a full moon and many stars twinkling in the midnight sky. She smiled and wondered if it would be the last thing that she would ever see.

"At least I can now join my parents now…." she thought happily. There was nothing she could do except try to be happy in the last moments of her life. She just wished she could see Kai again. She felt bad for leaving him alone…. All alone…. With no one except Voltaire, but he was hardly considered a part of the family.

"I'm sorry…." She whispered.

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CHAPTER 22

Tainted

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Kai glanced at his watch. He had 26 minutes left to find Tara and rescue her…. His sister….

Ray glanced at the worried boy running beside him and sighed. Of course he wanted to get Tara back and reunite her with her brother but the silence was killing him.

"Kai…." Ray started as they continued their pace.

The other boy glared at him, his eyes burning through his soul.

"How did you and Tara get separated anyways?"

Kai seemed to ignore the question and continued to run. They reached the last staircase and took it.

"My parents were killed…. BioVault kidnapped us and them separated us I guess…." Kai finally answered in a monotone.

Ray looked away from Kai as he felt regret for the two siblings.

When they reached the top of the staircase, Kai look out his Dranzer and stared at it. Then he opened the door.

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Tara stared at the bars that were separating her from her freedom. That's when she noticed a ring of keys hanging across from her cell. She sat up from the wooden bench and tried to grab it. Obviously she was too far away from it but she still had to try…. Right?

As she slid her arm out from between the two bars, one of them shook violently. Tara grinned and tried to pull it out. She grunted as she started to lift the dead weight of the metal bar. It started to slip out of place little by little. Suddenly it collapsed and almost crashed onto the floor. Tara quickly caught it, praying that no one heard the noise it created. When she heard nothing, she dragged the bar in between the other bars and tried to hook the keys.

Many trials passed and she still had not been successful. She pulled her hair back into a quick ponytail and continued to try her luck.

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"C'mon Kenny!" Tyson cheered as the smaller boy typed furiously trying to break the codes.

Max watched silently as he cue came up. The second the bars released themselves he was to break through the lasers, causing another boulder to come tumbling in. At the perfect time, the boulder would roll right under the crate that would fall, thus eliminating the two roadblocks in their escape plan.

Dizzi started to make a strange beeping sound and Kenny called out to Max, "Now!"

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Kai and Ray stood on one side as they waited for Tala, the last Demolition Boy to appear.

Shuffling of feet echoed the hallways as signaled someone's approach.

"Well well well…." The red head spoke.

Stadium lights flooded the room in pure light. Shadows jumped out from each hallway.

Suddenly a blade was launched at Kai's feet.

Kai growled as he launched his own blade.

"Dranzer! End this quickly!" The mighty phoenix rose from its bit as it spread its wings gracefully.

"I don't think so! Wolborg!" Tala summoned his own Beast into the match. The proud wolf howled as the beydish started to shake.

Ray gasped as the beydish started to split. Both blades were on a different side so there was no way to attack without falling down into the hole.

But to Ray's shock, Dranzer jumped to the other side and began to attack Wolborg.

"I only have 8 minutes!" Kai thought to himself.

"DRANZER!"

"WOLBORG!"

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Tara grinned in triumph, as she finally was able to hook the keys onto the bar. She quickly looked back at cell and tried her best to unlock her cell door.

The door swung open quietly as she held her breath. She sighed in relief as she made her way towards the staircases. (A/N: Yes the dungeon is on the fifth floor…. Don't ask why….) She had some issues to sort out with Boris….

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Tyson, Kenny and Max raced down the hallways and up the stairs as they tried to avoid all the booby traps that were conveniently set out for them. Tyson had already tripped over a wire causing knifes to fall from the ceiling, trying to execute them. And Max had accidentally sneezed causing the walls to collapse on them. They narrowly made it through the traps alive.

"Watch out guys! Dizzi is picking up a huge amount of magnetic charges dead ahead! Be careful!" Kenny warned the two.

"Chill out Chief!" Tyson and Max started as they waved their hands wildly.

Suddenly a computer generated voice started to talk. "Magnetic sequence activated…. In 30 seconds…. 29…. 28…."

Kenny glared and the others chuckled weakly. "Grrr…. It was a motion detector?"

"Um…. sorry?" they stammered as they tried to cover up for their mistake.

Kenny just shook his head as he grabbed their wrists and dragged them to the other side as fast as he could.

"15…. 14…. 13…. 12…."

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Kai wanted to rip that smirk off Tala's face but unfortunately he would probably lose the battle then.

"Volcanic Emission now!"

The phoenix nodded as a huge flame engulfed its body. It looked like a tornado except it was upside down. It exploded and started to burn off pieces of Tala's blade.

The red head only smiled as he watched his blade turn into soup.

"Wolborg! Ice Beam!"

The wolf howled as a beam of light burst from its mouth and straight into Dranzer. The bird was frozen in its place!

"Tara's capture is all your fault Kai!" Sneered Tala. "She would have been able to save herself if it wasn't for you…."

"No you're wrong…. " Kai glared at the red head. "It's all because of BioVault…."

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Tara neared an exit as she heard voices and BitBeast cries in front of her. She winced in pain from her ribs and limped towards the sound hoping it was her friends.

"Kai…. everyone…. please be ok…."

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As Dranzer started to melt itself out of its icy grave, Wolborg started to approach at full speed.

At the exact second that the two blades made contact, Dranzer had melted itself out and Wolborg had launched another ice attack.

"Kai?" Tara's voice rang through the halls as she saw her brother standing in front of her.

Kai and Tala both stared at the girl as their blades stopped in their tracks and just froze.

"Tara?!?!?!?"

GiGi - Phew…. Finally done…. And yet I have so much homework still! Grrrr…. Stupid geography….

Kenny - Gasp! Never insult education!

GiGi - God…. You need a hobby….

Tyson - He has one….

Kai - Geez I don't think analyzing blades is a hobby….

Max - Really? ^_________^

Tara - Just review….

GiGi - Or Bryan gets homicidal!

Bryan - Buhahaha-….

Ray - With what? A carrot peeler?

Bryan - *carrot peeler appears in his hand* What the-….

GiGi - Yup! ^__________^

Bryan - Why me?

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