The Remedy Chapter 4; Showdown
~Emily~
"Why do I get the feeling that Steve has just signed his own death warrant? That bit beast makes Trygle look like a chicken!" Kenny exclaimed.
"For once I'm inclined to agree." My eyes widened in fear.
"Don't worry, I'm not a savage like the Demolition Boys are. He'll at least have his bit beast left when I'm through with him." Nyassa grinned. "Manitou! Knock him out of the ring and get it over with! Sunfire Cyclone!"
A firestorm easily knocked Tryhorn out of the ring. Steve's eyes widened as his beyblade fell apart. "What the fucking hell?"
"Manitou is the Iraquois' Sky God. He just blew apart Steve's beyblade. He'll be able to put it back together. I'm no savage after all. But the idea is to leave the blader in question traumatized because they think its broken." Nyassa said to Max in a confidential whisper.
Michael just stared. "Emily. I don't think that you'd better fight these guys until you've got your head on straight."
I didn't mind. I knew that they were planning something to do with Michael. Why didn't they just challenge him flat out?
"Well then." Said the figure in the red cloak. "Just you and me Mikey huh?" She asked sweetly.
"I don't even know you and you're using a nickname?" Michael demanded. "What gives?"
"Oh you know me!" She giggled. "SURPRISE!" She threw off her cloak.
The girl beneath it had chin length, messy red hair under a Yankee's baseball cap. Her eyes, they reminded me of... Michael???
"N...NATALY!!!!!!" Michael cried.
"I wanted to surprise you Michael! I kept looking all the time and I never stopped looking for you!" Nataly and Michael threw their arms around each other, knocking over the beystadium in an excess of joy. The two of them fell to the ground, laughing and tickling each other.
"HOW DID YOU ESCAPE??"
"I had help! Robert and Enrique played this really funny trick on Voltaire! And then Diana and Nyassa attacked the Abby! You should have seen the look on Boris' face!"
"I would have thought that Robert wouldn't play tricks."
Robert grinned. "Well, actually Enrique did most of the work. He disguised himself as an abby desciple and checked out the security systems. And, well, flying tops can still do a lot of damage, so Nyassa and I teamed up, but that was ages ago. I thought that Nataly had found you by now."
"You knew all this time?" Michael demanded.
"Hold the phone!" Kenny exclaimed. "What's going on here?"
"Um... well MIchael is my twin. When we were in Kindergarten, I was the one who had Trygle, only he was stuck in this bearclaw necklace that our father had given to me. He believed in bit beasts, so he could actually see them. But mom didn't. I found early on that I could talk to Trygle and Michael couldn't. So when the people from Biovolt came to ask whether or not any of us could control bit beasts, mom sold away her custody without dad's consent." Nataly explained.
"And when they were dragging her off to the car to go to the Abby, Nataly threw the necklace to me, I still catch with that hand, and that's how I got Trygle!" Michael continued.
"Then with Tala's and Brian's help I became the best technician the abby had. But when he heard about Michael, Tala offered to help me. He and Robert were friends since gradeschool, so he managed to get Robert to help him."
"That's where I came in." Enrique grinned impudently. "I'm really good at fitting in. So I came to the abby as a paying student, not an apprentice. That meant that I could leave any time that I wanted. I checked out the security systems with a little help from Tala. Got Nataly to trust me."
"Then in the middle of the night we launched a double attack." Nyassa said, "With help from myself, Carola, Carola's cousin Ozuma, (he was on our team until we got a fourth player,) Diana, Robert, Johnny and Oliver."
"During the furor Brian helped me escape the Abby." Nataly grinned. "After that we went on a trip to Mexico to the Mayan Pyramids to celebrate. That's how I found Master Driger. After that, Ozuma was called away back home. There was a new scanning device back at the labs where he worked that he was being asked to test, but he suggested that I take his place, because I had better empathy with bitbeasts than most of the other possible replacements." Nataly explained.
"We planned how I would return really carefully, all we needed was a where." She went on. "And when I saw you practicing, I knew it was a perfect opportunity."
I drew back from the group. "So who are these guys again?" I asked.
"We're the Connecticut State Team, the Tribe." Nyassa explained. "I'm Nyassa, my father was one of the teachers at the Abby, but he's dead now. He got a huge pension from Biovolt and an enormous life insurance check though, its disgusting to have to live off of Biovolt's so called charity until I'm 18, but at least I don't have to look at Voltaire's snivelling beak all day and say, yes sir or no sir."
"I'm Carola, my Cousin Ozuma is the Lead Equipment tester at the Okinawa Reasearch Center out in Japan. He gets all the latest Beyblades Equipment, so I can usually cash in on the booty once the stuff's been approved as safe."
"I'm Diana, Robert's little sister. I feel really restricted inside stone walls. I love traveling! I like New England a lot, so I managed to get a visa that allowed me to stay and play for the Tribe. I much prefer music to fireside yarns, I've even cut a record deal with Maverick Records, you know, Madona's Label?"
"And..." Nataly blushed. "I'm Nyassa's girlfriend, in addition to being the technician and resident anti-biovolt hacker."
I stared. My face felt hot. I smacked my hands to my face and sobbed. "NOT ANOTHER ONE!!!!!" Before running off.
"What's wrong with her?" Nyassa asked tactlessly.
I never heard Michael's answer. I ran all the way home.
~Emily~
"Why do I get the feeling that Steve has just signed his own death warrant? That bit beast makes Trygle look like a chicken!" Kenny exclaimed.
"For once I'm inclined to agree." My eyes widened in fear.
"Don't worry, I'm not a savage like the Demolition Boys are. He'll at least have his bit beast left when I'm through with him." Nyassa grinned. "Manitou! Knock him out of the ring and get it over with! Sunfire Cyclone!"
A firestorm easily knocked Tryhorn out of the ring. Steve's eyes widened as his beyblade fell apart. "What the fucking hell?"
"Manitou is the Iraquois' Sky God. He just blew apart Steve's beyblade. He'll be able to put it back together. I'm no savage after all. But the idea is to leave the blader in question traumatized because they think its broken." Nyassa said to Max in a confidential whisper.
Michael just stared. "Emily. I don't think that you'd better fight these guys until you've got your head on straight."
I didn't mind. I knew that they were planning something to do with Michael. Why didn't they just challenge him flat out?
"Well then." Said the figure in the red cloak. "Just you and me Mikey huh?" She asked sweetly.
"I don't even know you and you're using a nickname?" Michael demanded. "What gives?"
"Oh you know me!" She giggled. "SURPRISE!" She threw off her cloak.
The girl beneath it had chin length, messy red hair under a Yankee's baseball cap. Her eyes, they reminded me of... Michael???
"N...NATALY!!!!!!" Michael cried.
"I wanted to surprise you Michael! I kept looking all the time and I never stopped looking for you!" Nataly and Michael threw their arms around each other, knocking over the beystadium in an excess of joy. The two of them fell to the ground, laughing and tickling each other.
"HOW DID YOU ESCAPE??"
"I had help! Robert and Enrique played this really funny trick on Voltaire! And then Diana and Nyassa attacked the Abby! You should have seen the look on Boris' face!"
"I would have thought that Robert wouldn't play tricks."
Robert grinned. "Well, actually Enrique did most of the work. He disguised himself as an abby desciple and checked out the security systems. And, well, flying tops can still do a lot of damage, so Nyassa and I teamed up, but that was ages ago. I thought that Nataly had found you by now."
"You knew all this time?" Michael demanded.
"Hold the phone!" Kenny exclaimed. "What's going on here?"
"Um... well MIchael is my twin. When we were in Kindergarten, I was the one who had Trygle, only he was stuck in this bearclaw necklace that our father had given to me. He believed in bit beasts, so he could actually see them. But mom didn't. I found early on that I could talk to Trygle and Michael couldn't. So when the people from Biovolt came to ask whether or not any of us could control bit beasts, mom sold away her custody without dad's consent." Nataly explained.
"And when they were dragging her off to the car to go to the Abby, Nataly threw the necklace to me, I still catch with that hand, and that's how I got Trygle!" Michael continued.
"Then with Tala's and Brian's help I became the best technician the abby had. But when he heard about Michael, Tala offered to help me. He and Robert were friends since gradeschool, so he managed to get Robert to help him."
"That's where I came in." Enrique grinned impudently. "I'm really good at fitting in. So I came to the abby as a paying student, not an apprentice. That meant that I could leave any time that I wanted. I checked out the security systems with a little help from Tala. Got Nataly to trust me."
"Then in the middle of the night we launched a double attack." Nyassa said, "With help from myself, Carola, Carola's cousin Ozuma, (he was on our team until we got a fourth player,) Diana, Robert, Johnny and Oliver."
"During the furor Brian helped me escape the Abby." Nataly grinned. "After that we went on a trip to Mexico to the Mayan Pyramids to celebrate. That's how I found Master Driger. After that, Ozuma was called away back home. There was a new scanning device back at the labs where he worked that he was being asked to test, but he suggested that I take his place, because I had better empathy with bitbeasts than most of the other possible replacements." Nataly explained.
"We planned how I would return really carefully, all we needed was a where." She went on. "And when I saw you practicing, I knew it was a perfect opportunity."
I drew back from the group. "So who are these guys again?" I asked.
"We're the Connecticut State Team, the Tribe." Nyassa explained. "I'm Nyassa, my father was one of the teachers at the Abby, but he's dead now. He got a huge pension from Biovolt and an enormous life insurance check though, its disgusting to have to live off of Biovolt's so called charity until I'm 18, but at least I don't have to look at Voltaire's snivelling beak all day and say, yes sir or no sir."
"I'm Carola, my Cousin Ozuma is the Lead Equipment tester at the Okinawa Reasearch Center out in Japan. He gets all the latest Beyblades Equipment, so I can usually cash in on the booty once the stuff's been approved as safe."
"I'm Diana, Robert's little sister. I feel really restricted inside stone walls. I love traveling! I like New England a lot, so I managed to get a visa that allowed me to stay and play for the Tribe. I much prefer music to fireside yarns, I've even cut a record deal with Maverick Records, you know, Madona's Label?"
"And..." Nataly blushed. "I'm Nyassa's girlfriend, in addition to being the technician and resident anti-biovolt hacker."
I stared. My face felt hot. I smacked my hands to my face and sobbed. "NOT ANOTHER ONE!!!!!" Before running off.
"What's wrong with her?" Nyassa asked tactlessly.
I never heard Michael's answer. I ran all the way home.