SORRY! Its not the endings yet! They're the next chapters! Really, I didn't plan this. I just didn't expect the whole thing to come out so long. Well anywayz, hope you people are having a great new year. Ok, I'm gonna stop talkin' rubbish now (are you people actually reading this?) And get on with the story!

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What is light?
It is the absence on darkness.
And what is darkness?
Yeah, its the absence of light.

TO KILL A PART OF YOUR HEART: chapter 10

A.N: To those who can't remember, a bullet is shooting through the SUV's window

If anyone was watching the bullet in slow motion, they would have seen it break the glass. They would have seen the glass, cracked into thousands of pieces, shower onto California's lap. They would have watched the piece of metal as it shot across the cabin towards Kai. And perhaps they would have heaved a sigh of relief when, instead of meeting flesh, it met with glass again, shattering it as well.

However no one was Neo and no one existed in bullet-time, so all they saw were two broken windows.

"What the fuck?" was Kai's outcry. Maybe Kenny would have told him off, if he wasn't feeling the same way.

Cali's police instincts were kicking in. She didn't move, but peered through the rearview mirrors to look for their attacker. Kai's foot was back on the gas again, and the Volkswagen hopped forward.

"I didn't see anyone." Cali informed them.

The car drove past what Kai knew was Kylie's apartment. He hung his head. Then, a thump above them brought him back from the pits of guilt. Something leaped of the roof of the car and onto the road ahead of them. Kai had already hit the brakes.

Two shots and the car sank a bit.

"Damn, the tires!" Kai cursed.

The figure, now recognizable as female, was dashing into the shadows ahead of them.

"We'll have to walk now. We're too much of a target in this thing. Can't run." Cali explained, and, after a look outside, got out.

They got out and walked on. No one was talking so Cali continued. "When we see the Stormhawks, I'll call backup. We stay hidden until the police come, then we move. Wait, what am I saying? You guys don't move at all. You have nothing to do with it."

"No way are we going to sit still while you are in danger." Rei cried.

"Fine." Cali said after a slight pause. "No one said I'm gonna be in danger. So don't move unless you have to."

Rei was going to argue but Kai cut him off. "Quiet"

They continued walking. As on their first trip through the alleys, there was silence. But this silence, as Kai was thinking, had a different texture. There was the dripping sound of water on the pavement, and, once in a while, footsteps.

Then all of a sudden, the girl who had attacked them in the SUV was ahead of them.

"Who are you?" Cali shouted.

"Well, who do you think I am?" The voice came back.

"I have no idea who you are or what you want with us. Did you shoot at my car?"

"And missed too. But don't go 'round thinking I have bad aim. I just didn't want to be killing you off early. before you got to the show." The girl spoke.

"What show?" Cali was aiming her gun. Kai had just noticed it.

"Call me Black Neptune"

"What are you talking about? You didn't answer my question!"

But California's words shot at empty air. Black Neptune had disappeared.

"Is she from the Stormhawks?" Max asked.

"Could be." Cali mused.

Kai shook his head. "Well, she wasn't the girl we met that day."

"How can you tell?" Tyson piped in. "I couldn't see her."

Kai mentally kicked himself. He had forgotten Kylie only showed herself to him! "I can tell by the voice." He said, still cursing inwardly.

~~~~~~~~ With the Stormhawks~~~~~~~~~

They had heard the gunshot.

"What the fuck was that?" Wraite started.

"The cop?" Flyer shrugged.

"Shootin' at what?" Kylie asked.

Then later, the other two.

"Can't hear the car anymore." Flyer noticed these things.

"Walking probably." Leo said.

Kylie noticed how the conversation, if you could call it one, seemed so. static. All of them were tense. Inside, she was worried. Was that really Whitt (A.N: If u don't remember, that's Cali's family name) who shot? Or was she shot at? That would put Kai in danger. But then, who was attacking them. Damn, would they just come here already!!!

She had spoken her last thought out loud.

"They'll be here." A voice called from the shadows. Leo jerked to face it, along with the rest.

The figure came into view. She was holding a gun.

"What the hell are you doing here? Black Neptune?" Leo growled.

"Down, Tiger." She laughed. "Same thing as you. Waiting."

~~~~~~~~ Like, a few meters away~~~~~~~

The BladeBreakers and Cali had heard Black Neptune's answer. She peered around a corner. She saw Black Neptune there, but the Stormhawks and Evan were out of view.

"Right, I'm calling backup."

They waited for four minutes.

Cali kept on looking out at Black Neptune. For the entire four minutes the girl didn't move or speak. Once Cali caught a glimpse of a guy across her. Then her phone vibrated. The cops were near. She only had to give them the go-ahead and they would move.

California turned back to the BladeBreakers and nodded to them. Then she walked out to meet her enemies.

~~~~~~~~~ With the Stormhawks and Black Neptune.~~~~~~~~

Kylie saw her first. Kai wasn't with her, but she knew he was somewhere nearby.

"Took you a while to get here." She said, causing the rest of her gang to look at Cali.

A fleeting thought through Cali's overloaded mind told her that Evan wasn't where he was supposed to be.

She kept her expression straight. "You're under arrest for murder and theft. And it's not funny." Cali said before anyone could laugh as she expected them to.

Only Black Neptune did, though.

Kylie stared. "Wait, murder? What the fuck are you talking about?"

"Yes." Cali was having trouble keeping her feelings under control. "For murder of my brother!"

By this time Black Neptune was virtually roaring with laughter.

Leo growled at her. "She has something to do with it. I know it."

California wasn't listening though. She was, slowly, putting her gun away. Kylie watched her. So did the BladeBreakers, peering round the corner.

"What is she doing?" Kenny asked.

No one answered him. Cali now had her gun in her pocket, her beyblade aimed at the Stormhawks.

"I challenge you. All of you."

Wraithe lifted her eyebrow. "Fine, I'll go first."

The blades flew against each other. White and grey clashed, and sparks flew.

"I don't get it." Rei whispered. "Why is she beyblading with them? They're criminals!"

(A.N: Fox in socks.)

"Iynix!" Cali screamed in rage. The white dragon shot out, ever faithful.

With no audible comment from Wraithe, a black and grey swan followed.

It arched its great neck towards Iynix. Wraithe raised her arm and the swan opened its mouth. None of the spectators felt or saw anything, but the dragon was thrown aside, as if by a huge, but invisible force.

(A.N: is anybody as mystified as me as to why I said fox in socks just now?)

"Iynix. Triblaze." Cali's voice was trembling.

The first burst of flame missed the swan, and so did the second. But the third hit its target. The grey blade fell to the floor. Wraithe growled.

Kylie stepped up. "Beat this, cop-girl!"

Once again, blades crashed.

"Iynix! Attack." By now Cali was trembling.

"I wanna get this over and done with." Kylie smirked.

California nearly fainted when she heard Kylie's shriek.

Havoc flew up, higher and higher, until he was merely a blur against the dark sky. He paused and looked down. Nearly human, he sighed and launched himself down, aiming for Iynix.

Cali's blade fell, but she wasn't looking at it. Her gun was aimed at Kylie.

"You killed my brother."

"What the hell? I didn't."

"Whatever." It was obvious she was ready to shoot.

Then Kai's hand fell on her shoulder.

"You're supposed to call backup."

"Fuck you. She killed my brother and I wanna kill her." Cali wasn't thinking straight now.

"How do you know she killed him?" Kai was hoping the police would get tired of waiting and come now. Please, he begged.

"I heard that goddamn scream of hers that day. I know it was hers. Get off me!"

"Cali, please."

Kai realized he'd never spoken to anyone like that before.

Cali hesitated. But her fingers stayed on the trigger.

No way am I letting go now, she thought. She turned to face Kylie again.

Kai tried to stop her, but Black Neptune had grabbed him from behind.

"Don't ruin my fun, boy."

Flyer smiled to himself and started his Harley.

The noise made everyone turn toward him.

The bike started off towards Cali. Before she could shoot, Kai had freed a hand from Black Neptune's grip and pulled her aside.

Flyer turned his bike towards black Neptune instead. The girl leaped to the side, letting go of Kai. Wraithe pointed a gun at her. However, from the Bladebreaker's point of view, the gun was aimed at Cali. Fearing for their friend, they quit hiding and ran towards her.

"No guys, run away! I'm fine, I've called backup!"

They hesitated at California's words.

"Go! Hurry!" She pointed into an alley.

Kenny was the first to start towards it. "C'mon guys, she's right. I can hear sirens!"

He was right. The Stormhawks looked at each other.

Max and Tyson followed Kenny, convinced. Rei stayed behind and looked at Kai. "Are you coming?"

Cali looked up at the bluenette (A.N: I can't remember the name of the author who made up this word, but it rocks!)

"Yeah, you go too."

Kai frowned. No way he was leaving Cali. and Kylie, he admitted to himself.

"Go!"

Unable to decide, he numbly followed Rei. Before he could walk into the shelter of the alley though, a police car drove in and blocked his way. Three others soon followed it, and positioned themselves around the Stormhawks.

END OF CHAPTER 10

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