*Chapter two??*
K, you know the stuff, I don't own beyblade, nor do I get paid for what I write,
WARNING! just informing you, it may get a little nasty from here, so don't sue if there is some character beating or swearing.
RaiAkuma1@activemail.co.uk
Ok on with the fic.
Tala watched as Draco walked away, frowning before doing the same,
"I do not require your help." he frowned, "Draco doesn't like the idea anyway."
The three paused and cast their eyes upward as two helicopters flew overhead, lights wandering between the buildings.
"It seems they called for backup." Draco muttered, he had turned back to face the pair,
"What are we going to do?" Sasha asked anxiously, "If we get caught…"
A shout broke their concentration as two guards came from the alleyway,
"Move it!" Draco growled, running past the pair as they watched the oncoming guards,
"Right!" Sasha glanced at Tala, then followed after Draco,
Tala turned as the guards stopped,
"Get on the ground!" bellowed one of the men, "I said Get on the ground!"
Tala ignored the man's works and darted off after Sasha and Draco,
"This way!" Sasha hissed pulling Tala into the alleyway,
"I don't need you're help." Tala snarled pulling away from her,
"Just drop it until we're safe ok Tala?" she frowned, "Come on!" she grabbed his arm again as the guards caught up…
Draco had turned down another pathway leading out of the city, waiting until he saw the pair before heading away into the forest.
Sasha sped up as Tala glanced behind them,
"This way!" she said catching sight of Draco in the distance,
The helicopters roared overhead as the pair ducked for cover; Sasha took a small earpiece from her belt and turned on a small button,
"Draco? You there? Give me your location." she asked awaiting his reply, Tala kept lookout as she did this,
"Loud and clear Sasha," Draco replied, "at point Zero 3 in the clearing, head there."
"Alright, be there in five, Tala, lets go," she looked at him, then darted away,
"I am only following to get away" he said following after her, "Don't expect me to stick around."
She ignored his words and headed for their destination.
The helicopter still thundered noisily overhead as they caught sight of the boy,
"What are you doing?" Sasha asked as the boy slipped into the river,
"If we cool our body heat enough, we can slip upstream without being noticed." Draco muttered,
"Good idea," Sasha said, slipping in beside him, "Its freezing!"
"Of course it is." Draco hissed, "You had better get in too." he glared up at Tala,
The boy let out a growl and slipped in, listening as the helicopter flew overhead,
They waited in the river for about half an hour before slipping downstream…
Rain fell softly around them as they pulled themselves out of the water,
"I'm freezing…" Sasha shivered as Tala wrung out his cloak,
"We'll find some wood and make a fire," Draco murmured, you go get some wood." he growled, glancing over at Tala,
"Get it yourself." Tala snarled, "I don't intend to stay."
Sasha looked up at the boy as he sat down on a log away from them,
Draco instead went in search of firewood, and within half an hour he had lit a small fire and was warming beside it.
"Come over and warm up Tala," Sasha turned to the boy,
"Just leave him Sasha," Draco growled, "he doesn't want to sit with us anyway." he turned his back on the boy and poked the fire.
Tala listened to the pair talk as he lay down on the log, casting his gaze upward he looked quietly up at the stars.
Sasha let out a yawn and lent against Draco, "I remember the nights we used to spend outside Draco," she smiled, "do you remember?"
The boy looked down at her with a smirk, "Yeah, I remember, You hated the dark."
"No didn't." Sasha growled, glaring up at him, "Well, I don't anymore anyway,"
"I bet Nightcrawler here is scared of the dark," Draco sneered casting his eyes over in Tala's direction,
"How would he be?" Sasha questioned, "He's spent ages out here Draco,"
"I remember how scared he used to get, Kasuka Onnako,"
Tala ignored the boy's words and rolled over, turning his back to them,
"He just wont admit it," Draco laughed, "he hasn't changed one bit, so much for being in Biovolt eh?"
Tala stared out into the undergrowth, eyes falling upon a darkened shape that moved slowly past them;
He sat up sharply, keeping his vision fixed upon the form as it paused,
"What is it?" Sasha asked, casting her eyes in the boy's direction,
Tala didn't answer as Draco stepped up to investigate,
Whatever it was slipped into the shadows as the boy reached where Tala sat,
"Well?" he hit the boy hard on the back, losing his concentration for a split second, "What is it then? You're scaring Sasha,"
She ignored his comment and looked at Tala, "What did you see?"
A small barrage of bullets shot from the darkness causing the group to hit the ground,
"Lets get out of here!" Draco hissed scrabbling to his feet and moving to run,
"Where are you going lad?" came a voice in front of the boy as Draco came face to face with a handgun,
Sasha turned to see two more figures, "How long have they been there?!" she growled, readying herself for a fight,
"Long enough lass," the man said, "you should have used more cover for that fire of yours." he kicked dirt over the flames
"You knew they were here didn't you?!" Draco snapped glaring at Tala, "You brought them here you traitor!" he moved for his pistol,
Several shots rang out over the darkness as the men fell to the ground, Draco saw his chance and darted off into the forest leaving Sasha to the remaining soldiers,
"And he said you were scared." Sasha growled, turning to Tala,
"Where did those shots come from?" the boy asked, seeming to ignore her question,
"I don't know," Sasha growled, staring out into the dark,
Something moved behind them and another shot was fired; Sasha fell to the ground…
Tala watched her fall and ran to her side checking for life signs,
"She'll be ok." a deep voice muttered from the darkness, "Unlike the others, she is just sleeping."
Tala turned to face the voice, eyes falling upon a tall man,
"Why did you kill them?" Tala hissed,
"Did you not realise they were going to kill you?" the man growled,
"And you aren't?" Tala muttered, a hint of sarcasm in his voice,
"Not exactly." the man sneered raising his gun once more,
Thinking quickly Tala charged to disarm the man,
"Surely you didn't think I was that stupid." the man laughed as more men emerged from the bushes, surrounding the boy.
Tala let out a low growl, eyes flitting between the men that encircled him…
As the man gave the command to seize him Tala dropped to the ground and picked up one of the soldier's guns, firing at the men as they moved in. quickly, he turned back to the first man,
"You're pretty quick lad…" the man muttered hoarsely, pulling a small handgun and shooting the boy in the shoulder,
In reaction, Tala dropped the gun and looked at the small missile, pulling it out and glaring back at the man,
"But you aren't quick enough." he watched as Tala fell to his knees, blue eyes glaring fiercely out at him from beneath his hood,
Moving his hand he motioned for several more men to enter the clearing, some picked up the sleeping bodies, while the rest tackled Tala.
He was thrown in the back of a solitary van, watching quietly as four men placed Draco and Sasha to the side of him,
The chains they had restrained him with bit into his arms as he pushed himself -via the van wall- to his feet, Draco stirred as the van started up, growling and pulling Tala back down.
"It's a waste of time standing up, there's no way out."
Tala growled at him quietly glancing over at Sasha as she sat up,
"W…what happened?" she asked, moving to rub her eyes,
Draco looked at Tala, then turned back to her holding up his chained arms for her to see,
"Very nice… Oh look, you get a free necklace with it!" he muttered sarcastically, tugging at the collar around Draco's neck,
"Get off!" Draco snapped kicking the boy back,
"Guys! Would you just give it a rest for one hour! At least!" Sasha hissed,
"Why don't you all shut up!" boomed a voice from the front of the van, "Then maybe we'll all get some peace and quiet!"
Draco shot Tala a glare then slumped down in the corner,
"Whatever." Tala snarled closing his eyes and ignoring the glare, leaning back against the van wall.
Sasha lay down quietly, watching Draco as he fell asleep, drifting off herself,
Opening his eyes he glanced over Sasha and Draco, shifting quietly over to the doors.
Calmly he undid the lock on the chains, then started on the door, it took him barely five minutes to work it out, awakening Sasha and unlocking the door,
"What about Draco?" Sasha frowned, "We can't leave him here,"
"Why not?" Tala smirked, pulling a face as she moved to wake the boy up,
Once he was awake they slipped to the back of the van, and Tala opened the doors.
"We're going a little fast," Sasha said looking at Tala
The van suddenly jerked to the right throwing the three from the back as it tore around a corner; the doors slammed shut loudly as the three rolled down the side of the hill…
All landed with a thud at the bottom,
Tala was the first on his feet, peering up at the road above them as Draco and Sasha stirred,
"Oh yeah." Draco snapped, getting to his feet as he caught sight of Tala, "let's open the doors and jump!"
"You wanted out didn't you?" Tala snarled, "I merely helped you to escape." he walked past the boy and into the forest,
"Tala wait!" Sasha jumped to her feet and darted after him,
Draco growled and followed; catching sight of Sasha he made his way towards her,
"Where is he?"
"He just disappeared," Sasha said quietly, "I followed him so far, but when I got here, he wasn't there,"
"Who cares, if he doesn't want to hang around with us, then that's his hard luck." Draco frowned, walking past her, "Come on, there's a village just up here." Sasha let out a quiet sigh and followed after the boy.
Tala watched them leave before jumping down from the tree.
"You didn't want me along anyway…" he muttered heading in the opposite direction.
Walking through the gates of the village Draco headed straight for the inn.
Sasha followed quietly, glancing around at the village folk as they drank their brandy bitter…
"Anythin' I can help you with?" asked the man at the bar,
"Give me the strongest thing you got!" Draco growled slamming a few gold pieces on the bar,
Sasha frowned, "Do you have any rooms free?"
"Aye, we do." the man said with a smile, Draco saw this and grabbed the man's collar…
"Get your eyes off of her, she's mine." he hissed, releasing the man and watching as he cowered backward,
"Aye sir, I was only being gentlemanly, its what I do." he placed Draco's drink in front of him and moved to help another customer,
"He was only trying to be nice Draco." Sasha growled, "and I don't belong to you." she watched as Draco took a sip of his drink,
"Ya'll said you wanted a room?" asked a young woman, "There's two free if ya don't wanna share."
Sasha nodded and followed the woman upstairs,
"That your man?" the woman sighed as they reached the room,
"We are just friends," Sasha muttered,
"Oh, that's good, he looks rather punchy that one," she opened the door, "Now, I'm in tha' room over there if ya'll need t' talk ok lass?" she pointed to the room across the hall,
"Thanks," Sasha took the key and entered the room,
"Oh, by the way, the name's Beatrice, need anythin' just ask for B," she smiled, heading back down the stairs.
Quietly locking the door behind her Sasha placed her backpack down on the bed.
Moving over to the window she sat down, looking out over the street.
Sounds of commotion downstairs reached her ears and she knew Draco had started a fight… quickly, grabbing her pack she darted down the stairs.
She narrowly missed a flying bottle as it smashed into the wall beside her, splashing its contents all over,
Casting her eyes to the right she saw the pair as both were thrown from the inn,
"Hey missy, ya'll pardner just went loopy as I came down here," B muttered, "Boss got him throw out,"
Sasha cursed quietly under her breath and headed outside where the fight continued…
Draco and his opponent had locked arms and were trying to push one another into stalls and barrels,
Sasha darted toward the pair and managed to slip in-between them, ducking as the opponent's fist flew her way;
"How dare you try to hurt her!" Draco snapped, throwing a punch at the man,
"Give it up." the man smirked, grabbing hold of Draco's wrist and squeezing hard,
Draco let out a howl and pulled away as a loud crack echoed amongst them…
The man scowled down at him before returning to the inn;
"Draco!" Sasha hissed, "Are you ok?" she helped him to his feet,
"That bastard broke my wrist!" he snarled between breaths of pain, clutching his arm close to his chest,
"You shouldn't have fought him Draco," Sasha sighed, "Its your own fault… come on, lets go get that wrist seen to."
"Let go of me Sasha!" Draco barked picking up a rock with his good hand and throwing it through the inn window…
"Draco!" Sasha screamed in shock, looking around worriedly, "Was that really necessary?!"
Several men emerged from the inn, eyes turning immediately to Draco,
"Let's get out of here Draco!" Sasha hissed quietly, but Draco remained stationary, eyes fixed upon the approaching men.
A dark police van drove -sirens blaring- around the corner, coming to a halt as two officers stepped out.
Both made their way over to the group as they circled around Draco, apprehending the boy without question and asking around as to what had happened.
Sasha watched quietly as the men returned to the van, closed the doors and drove off; a sense of anger brewed inside her as she watched it disappear through the gates,
"You ok hun?" B asked, walking up behind her, "You still have that room booked back there," B said placing a hand on Sasha's shoulder, "You stayin'?"
"No thanks," Sasha muttered, turning to leave,
"Then you aughta take your money back then," B said quietly, slipping the change into Sasha's backpack,
"Thanks…" Sasha mumbled, walking towards the gates,
Ok, that's so far, it is continued, but I gotta write that bit first ^_^