Chapter 8
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"Split up, that way they'll have a hard time finding us." Steth gestured around to halls that crossed over the one they were in.
"Who will? And why?" Michael from the All stars looked at him curiously.
"The guards and servants. Because there are about 20 of them and few of us. And because as soon as that brick wall closes, an alarm will sound, telling someone that the secret door was opened. So hurry, run!" He pushed them away, and they all set off in groups of two. Kenny went with Emily. And Max and Tyson followed Steth as closely as they could. Then a huge siren sounded for a few seconds behind them. "Oh, great." Steth led them to a small room, where they hid as a few guards passed them.
Then they heard the screams of pain once more, but this time closer. Steth gestured at them to hurry up, and they ran down another few halls. They passed a room that looked funny to Tyson. Steth ended up leading them back there, where he looked hollow faced into the room through a small glass window. They all looked in, and were horrified. They saw Kai hung up by his arms and his legs were attached to the wall, too. His shirt had been ripped off, and was on the ground beside his stained white scarf. Steth's eyes followed the others' gaze, and found himself staring at numerous wounds on his chest, still fresh and bleeding. A man was standing in front of him, with a ship in his hand. Kai's head eventually hung down, and his jaws were clenched together as he was whipped again and again. he finally let out a cry of pain again. They could now hear the laughter from the man in front of him. The man eventually left Kai to his shivering and muttering to himself, and left the room via the opposite door.
They rushed in, and looked at Kai fearfully. "Kai?" Max whispered up at his friend. Kai's eyes opened for a brief moment, and glimpsed at his friends as Steth unlocked Kai from the wall. Kai fell flat on his face. His breathing was ragged. Just then, Ray showed up from the same door that he man had left through.
"Ray?" Tyson looked up at him, and his eyes questioned his friend.
"I tried to follow them, but they caught me. I just managed to get free." He panted, and Max and the others noticed a fresh red mark on his face. He helped them stand up Kai. Kai tried to walk by himself, but fell over every few seconds.
"Here," Steth grabbed Kai, and held him up on his back like a piggy back ride. Kai's head collapsed on Steth's shoulder, and his arms sagged down in front of Steth.
"What about the others?" Tyson suddenly realised that there were still his other friends somewhere down there.
"I saw them and told them to go back." Ray recalled at how disappointed they all were when he made them leave.
They rushed out through the secret hidden entrance with no difficulty, but had some trouble pushing Kai through the window, when the other teams showed up, and helped pull him out. They ran as fast as they could from the evil place, with Steth in the back, still holding Kai. They reached the tournament center, but Steth led them to a different room.
"Where are we going?" Emily and Mariah both asked him simultaneously.
"To some of my friends. They can help him." They found themselves confronted by really tall people, all of whom were suspicious until Steth brought Kai forward.
"What happened?" One girl with red hair like Thala's questioned Steth, and glared over at the other people who she didn't recognise.
"I failed to see that he was in danger. And these are his friends, the All Stars, the White Tigers, and the Bladebreakers." He turned around to them, and finally smile. "I'm Steth, for those of you who didn't know. I'm Kai's old friend." He turned back to his friends, and told them something.
"I'm Leo." The one with spike purple hair, black eyes, and a grey suit on waved at them and smiled. He repositioned his glasses, and continues. "This is Spike." He gestured to a younger boy sitting down in a corner, his head in his knees. His head shot up at the sound of name. His blond hair was messy, and his green eyes were really innocent looking. "And this is Anya." The red haired girl bowed to them, and gave Steth a cruel look.
Leo went over to Kai, who they had lay down on a small bed, and he inspected his wounds and cuts. He reassured them all that he would be fine. He cleaned and bandaged Kai's chest, and washed Kai's scarf from the blood stains. The All Stars and the White Tigers left, but The Bladebreakers refused to leave their friend behind.
"We're not leaving without Kai. Please let us stay?" Kenny asked them shyly. He looked around uncomfortable under their gaze, and then gave up and scurried behind his friends.
"Yeah, can they stay?" Spike asked his teammates in a really innocent young voice. Everyone watched him, and sighed.
"Fine." Anya gave in, and sat down in a chair in front of a computer. She indulged herself into other things, and ignored everything else.
"These cuts are recent. But this one-" Leo pointed to the larger one on Kai's side. "This one is older. Maybe a day or two older."
"What? But Kai was with us the whole time, he never got hurt!" Tyson argued until he saw the difference. Leo replaced the bandages, and put a blanket over Kai's unmoving body.
"That's not true. Remember the boulders that just happened to fall down on us?" Max recalled the incident. Kai had been pinned under rocks. Sharp rocks. Ray and the chief nodded as they, too, remembered.
"So what's the big deal. Why do you think you have to watch Kai's back all the time?" Ray blurted out, and bit his tongue after. He received nasty looks from all of them except Spike who was still watching them all curiously.
"Because. I'm not sure if I should tell you or not." Steth ignored their gazes, and sat down on a chair beside Kai on the bed. "You know how Kai was in the Abbey? Well I was, too. Only I was different. They needed me for some stupid reason, but I could resist them. I almost escaped the Abbey, but they locked me up in a room with the highest security. I'm an experiment gone wrong." He looked down at the ground. "What do you mean, experiment gone wrong?" Max frowned as he tried to understand what Steth meant.
"They grew me in the laboratory." He stopped short, and took a deep breath, as if to calm himself down. "Like a test tube baby. But they tried to cross over my DNA with a bitbeast's DNA. It didn't work out properly. Only a few things actually worked out. But I never let them find out. See, they were trying to make human warriors and bitbeast warriors to take over the world." He was having difficulty telling them, when Kai suddenly opened his eyes. Kai looked up at Steth sadly.
"Why did you tell them?" Kai managed to choke out.
"I had to. I had to tell someone, Kai." He whispered to only Kai, then continued. "I have a few characteristics of my bitbeast. I am determined, I protect the few friends and allies I have, I have a strange power of healing that only works sometimes. And I even feel my bitbeasts emotions sometimes, we are connected in ways no one could ever imagine. The rest of my DNA is something I wish I could get rid of, it sickens me to think of it. I have part of Borris's DNA inside of me." He shuddered, and leaned back in his chair. Kai watched him sadly.
The Bladebreakers were astonished, and when they noticed Kai trying to prop himself up in the bed, thy all ran over to him, overjoyed. He pushed them away, but they stayed beside him anyway, and helped him sit up. He looked down at his chest, and held a hand to the bandage. He looked around, then spoke.
"Where's my shirt?" Kai sounded a little annoyed.
"Oh, here you go." Ray blushed as he handed the irritated Kai his black shirt. Kai slipped it over his head slowly, then found his wet scarf beside him, on the floor. He felt around inside his pocket, and took out Dranzer. He closed his hand around it, then put it back in his pants.
*That's it for now! I'm going camping, so I should have more chapters up in a few days*
-August 21st, 2003, 6:13P.M.
*And thanks to the people that reviewed my story! I appreciate you guys being really honest with my work^-^* *Oh my goodness I'm on someone's Fav. Author list!! I'm so happy ^-^*
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"Split up, that way they'll have a hard time finding us." Steth gestured around to halls that crossed over the one they were in.
"Who will? And why?" Michael from the All stars looked at him curiously.
"The guards and servants. Because there are about 20 of them and few of us. And because as soon as that brick wall closes, an alarm will sound, telling someone that the secret door was opened. So hurry, run!" He pushed them away, and they all set off in groups of two. Kenny went with Emily. And Max and Tyson followed Steth as closely as they could. Then a huge siren sounded for a few seconds behind them. "Oh, great." Steth led them to a small room, where they hid as a few guards passed them.
Then they heard the screams of pain once more, but this time closer. Steth gestured at them to hurry up, and they ran down another few halls. They passed a room that looked funny to Tyson. Steth ended up leading them back there, where he looked hollow faced into the room through a small glass window. They all looked in, and were horrified. They saw Kai hung up by his arms and his legs were attached to the wall, too. His shirt had been ripped off, and was on the ground beside his stained white scarf. Steth's eyes followed the others' gaze, and found himself staring at numerous wounds on his chest, still fresh and bleeding. A man was standing in front of him, with a ship in his hand. Kai's head eventually hung down, and his jaws were clenched together as he was whipped again and again. he finally let out a cry of pain again. They could now hear the laughter from the man in front of him. The man eventually left Kai to his shivering and muttering to himself, and left the room via the opposite door.
They rushed in, and looked at Kai fearfully. "Kai?" Max whispered up at his friend. Kai's eyes opened for a brief moment, and glimpsed at his friends as Steth unlocked Kai from the wall. Kai fell flat on his face. His breathing was ragged. Just then, Ray showed up from the same door that he man had left through.
"Ray?" Tyson looked up at him, and his eyes questioned his friend.
"I tried to follow them, but they caught me. I just managed to get free." He panted, and Max and the others noticed a fresh red mark on his face. He helped them stand up Kai. Kai tried to walk by himself, but fell over every few seconds.
"Here," Steth grabbed Kai, and held him up on his back like a piggy back ride. Kai's head collapsed on Steth's shoulder, and his arms sagged down in front of Steth.
"What about the others?" Tyson suddenly realised that there were still his other friends somewhere down there.
"I saw them and told them to go back." Ray recalled at how disappointed they all were when he made them leave.
They rushed out through the secret hidden entrance with no difficulty, but had some trouble pushing Kai through the window, when the other teams showed up, and helped pull him out. They ran as fast as they could from the evil place, with Steth in the back, still holding Kai. They reached the tournament center, but Steth led them to a different room.
"Where are we going?" Emily and Mariah both asked him simultaneously.
"To some of my friends. They can help him." They found themselves confronted by really tall people, all of whom were suspicious until Steth brought Kai forward.
"What happened?" One girl with red hair like Thala's questioned Steth, and glared over at the other people who she didn't recognise.
"I failed to see that he was in danger. And these are his friends, the All Stars, the White Tigers, and the Bladebreakers." He turned around to them, and finally smile. "I'm Steth, for those of you who didn't know. I'm Kai's old friend." He turned back to his friends, and told them something.
"I'm Leo." The one with spike purple hair, black eyes, and a grey suit on waved at them and smiled. He repositioned his glasses, and continues. "This is Spike." He gestured to a younger boy sitting down in a corner, his head in his knees. His head shot up at the sound of name. His blond hair was messy, and his green eyes were really innocent looking. "And this is Anya." The red haired girl bowed to them, and gave Steth a cruel look.
Leo went over to Kai, who they had lay down on a small bed, and he inspected his wounds and cuts. He reassured them all that he would be fine. He cleaned and bandaged Kai's chest, and washed Kai's scarf from the blood stains. The All Stars and the White Tigers left, but The Bladebreakers refused to leave their friend behind.
"We're not leaving without Kai. Please let us stay?" Kenny asked them shyly. He looked around uncomfortable under their gaze, and then gave up and scurried behind his friends.
"Yeah, can they stay?" Spike asked his teammates in a really innocent young voice. Everyone watched him, and sighed.
"Fine." Anya gave in, and sat down in a chair in front of a computer. She indulged herself into other things, and ignored everything else.
"These cuts are recent. But this one-" Leo pointed to the larger one on Kai's side. "This one is older. Maybe a day or two older."
"What? But Kai was with us the whole time, he never got hurt!" Tyson argued until he saw the difference. Leo replaced the bandages, and put a blanket over Kai's unmoving body.
"That's not true. Remember the boulders that just happened to fall down on us?" Max recalled the incident. Kai had been pinned under rocks. Sharp rocks. Ray and the chief nodded as they, too, remembered.
"So what's the big deal. Why do you think you have to watch Kai's back all the time?" Ray blurted out, and bit his tongue after. He received nasty looks from all of them except Spike who was still watching them all curiously.
"Because. I'm not sure if I should tell you or not." Steth ignored their gazes, and sat down on a chair beside Kai on the bed. "You know how Kai was in the Abbey? Well I was, too. Only I was different. They needed me for some stupid reason, but I could resist them. I almost escaped the Abbey, but they locked me up in a room with the highest security. I'm an experiment gone wrong." He looked down at the ground. "What do you mean, experiment gone wrong?" Max frowned as he tried to understand what Steth meant.
"They grew me in the laboratory." He stopped short, and took a deep breath, as if to calm himself down. "Like a test tube baby. But they tried to cross over my DNA with a bitbeast's DNA. It didn't work out properly. Only a few things actually worked out. But I never let them find out. See, they were trying to make human warriors and bitbeast warriors to take over the world." He was having difficulty telling them, when Kai suddenly opened his eyes. Kai looked up at Steth sadly.
"Why did you tell them?" Kai managed to choke out.
"I had to. I had to tell someone, Kai." He whispered to only Kai, then continued. "I have a few characteristics of my bitbeast. I am determined, I protect the few friends and allies I have, I have a strange power of healing that only works sometimes. And I even feel my bitbeasts emotions sometimes, we are connected in ways no one could ever imagine. The rest of my DNA is something I wish I could get rid of, it sickens me to think of it. I have part of Borris's DNA inside of me." He shuddered, and leaned back in his chair. Kai watched him sadly.
The Bladebreakers were astonished, and when they noticed Kai trying to prop himself up in the bed, thy all ran over to him, overjoyed. He pushed them away, but they stayed beside him anyway, and helped him sit up. He looked down at his chest, and held a hand to the bandage. He looked around, then spoke.
"Where's my shirt?" Kai sounded a little annoyed.
"Oh, here you go." Ray blushed as he handed the irritated Kai his black shirt. Kai slipped it over his head slowly, then found his wet scarf beside him, on the floor. He felt around inside his pocket, and took out Dranzer. He closed his hand around it, then put it back in his pants.
*That's it for now! I'm going camping, so I should have more chapters up in a few days*
-August 21st, 2003, 6:13P.M.
*And thanks to the people that reviewed my story! I appreciate you guys being really honest with my work^-^* *Oh my goodness I'm on someone's Fav. Author list!! I'm so happy ^-^*