Chapter 11: Blackmail
From after the tournament till late that night the Bladebreakers, White Tigers, All-Starz and Majestics celebrated. (Sorry I'm not going to write what happens at the celebration, I'll just get right on with the story). It was about 10:30pm by the time they all left and got back to their hotel rooms.
"Hey Kai, is anything wrong, you look so down" asked Ray
"I'm fine, I really don't wanna talk about it so just leave me alone" was the crimson-eyed boys response
"Ok, but remember if you wanna talk about it I'm hear to listen" said Ray as he left Kai to sit by himself near the window.
Ray walked out the lounge room and to the kitchen where Tyson and Max were helping Kenny clean up.
"Hey Ray, what's up with Kai?" asked Kenny
"I don't know he doesn't wanna talk about it" Ray responded
"So there is something wrong, we just don't know what it is" said Tyson
"Yeah" replied Ray
"What could it be, he's been all depressed ever since that match with Tala this morning" added Max
"Maybe that's why he's upset," said Tyson
"Wha, but Kai won, why would he be depressed about winning, if he lost I could understand" Kenny explained
"Hang on, Tyson could be on to something here, remember just before the battle ended we saw Dranzer and Black Dranzer turn into light and disappear" Ray told them
"Yeah, but what's your point Ray" asked Max
"Maybe Dranzer never returned, and she's still out there," Ray explained
"Hmm, you could be right Ray" Kenny told them
"You think we should go ask him" Tyson wondered
"It couldn't hurt to try," said Max
"Well actually when Kai's involved it probably could" said Kenny
"Oh come on Kenny, Kai's not going to hurt us," said Tyson as he began to walk out the door. When the four of them walked out the kitchen they found Kai standing right by the hotel door about to turn to handle.
"Hold it right their mister" said Tyson with a triumphant look when he saw Kai stop
"Where do you think you're going?" asked Ray
"No where" was Kai's response,
"It doesn't look like nowhere to me" was Max's comment
"Come on Kai, what's up with you" asked Kenny
"Is it because of Dranzer, she never returned to your blade did she?" asked Ray with a look of sympathy
"It's more than just Dranzer and I don't want or need your help in anything so just leave me be," said Kai as he opened the hotel door and was about to step out
"Kai! Come on we weren't born yesterday, tell us where you're going, I promise we won't follow you, we just like to know where you are so that if something went wrong we can find you" Ray explained.
Kai gave a sigh before he said "BioVolt" and turned to walk out the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder attempting to hold him back
"Wait Kai, you can't go back to BioVolt," said Ray
"Yeah, and what ever for" asked Kenny
"That's none of your business" Kai told them in a cold tone
"Look if you're going back to BioVolt then were coming with you" said Ray in a stern voice
"No!" Kai shot back. The others were a little taken aback by Kai's sudden raised voice but they knew that he would give that kind of answer.
"Look Kai it doesn't matter what you say, were coming, we don't want you turning evil again" Max told the slate haired teen
"No, you're not coming, look I…I don't want you getting hurt, I know what my grandfather and Boris are capable of, they won't hesitate to harm you" Kai told the four younger teens.
"Yeah and they'll hurt you too" said Tyson
"It doesn't matter, it'll be nothing that I haven't been through before"
Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny all went wide-eyed at Kai's last comment
"Look just don't, follow me, it's for your own good" Kai said before he turned and walked out the hotel room.
"What did Kai mean when he said 'it'll be nothing that I haven't been through before'" asked Max
"Who knows but I intend to find out," said Tyson before he too walked out the hotel room followed by Ray, Max and Kenny. They all made sure not to walk too fast so that Kai wouldn't know they were following him.
After a long cold walk through the streets of Moscow the four Bladebreakers had arrived in front of a large gray building.
"BioVolt" said Ray in a low voice
"Come on we gotta go find Kai," said Tyson he was about to walk towards the front gate when Kenny called out to him
"Wait Tyson, we need to get in undetected"
"Oh yeah" said Tyson as he gave a sheepish laugh rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.
Kai quietly walked through the deserted halls of the BioVolt abbey, he wasn't too sure where he would find Tala but he had a general idea. He stuck to the shadows so that if anyone were to walk nearby they wouldn't notice him, it also made it hard for any cameras to spot him.
"Sir they have just entered the facility, what now" asked an abbey guard who sat in front of a computer which showed many small screens, in one of the screens you could see the Bladebreakers running across the snow covered earth heading to a large brown oak door.
"We shall do nothing, let them enter, they may come as a use to us" came the cold voice of none other than Boris.
"Come on you guys, pick up the pace" Ray softly called to the other Bladebreakers that were coming up behind him. When the four of them had reach the door they all pushed as hard as they could opening the door enough for them to fit threw.
"It's dark," said Tyson
"Why thank you captain obvious," said Ray in a sarcastic voice,
It was extremely dark in the abbey, the only means of light were the few candles that lined the walls.
"So where do we go from here?" asked Max
"This way" said Kenny pointing to the right
"Sounds good to me," said Tyson as the four of them set off at a run down the darkly lit hall.
"Haha, we have them right where we want them, go now before they get any further" said Boris looking at six tall muscular men wearing black suits
"Yes sir" the six said in union before they turned and headed off.
"Man, where are we?" asked Max
"In the abbey" said Tyson
"I know that Tyson, I mean whereabouts in the abbey are we"
"Oh, I wouldn't have a clue"
"Well that makes two of us"
"Will you two keep it down?" asked Ray
"Sorry" Tyson and Max both whispered
"Come on we have to find Kai before it's too late"
"Hey do you hear that?" asked Kenny
"What" Tyson couldn't hear a thing
"Well maybe if you kept your voice down you would," said Ray
The four Bladebreakers listened hard, at first nothing but then they could hear a slight tapping sound
"You know it sorta sounds like foot steps," said Max
"You're right" said Tyson
"Hey maybe it's Kai" asked Max getting a little excited
"I somehow doubt that Max" Rays voice was just above a whisper
The four young teens looked hard into the darkness, they then noticed three silhouettes coming towards them
"Uh guys that's defiantly not Kai" Ray told them
"I think that perhaps running is a good idea," suggested Kenny
The other three teens nodded before turning round to run, only to bump into another three men, they turned back again but found that they were surrounded.
"Uh Oh" said Tyson before the six men grabbed the Bladebreakers and carried them off into the darkness of the abbey.
"This hall goes on forever" Kai quietly told himself, "It seems so familiar",
Kai continued down the dark hall until he reached a gray metal door, 'well I guess I haven't really got any other choice' Kai thought to himself as he began to push open the metal door.
The Bladebreakers all fell with a 'thud' as they were thrown into a small rectangular room, the walls, roof and floor were all made of gray stone just like the rest of the abbey.
"Ok well that's just great" said Ray
"Now what?" asked Max
"We can't exactly do anything, were kind of stuck in here" said Kenny
"What do you think they'll do to us?" asked Max
"Probably kill us" said Tyson
"WHAT" Kenny yelled, "No, I'm too young to die, HELP SOMEBODY"
"Chief calm down, where not gonna die, we'll find away out of here, I know it" said Ray trying to calm down a freaked out Kenny.
'All is in place' Boris thought to himself as he stood alone in a room, in front of him was a small brown timber table with a quill resting in the center (you know one of those feathers they use for writing like in Harry Potter). Boris had his eyes set on a large gray metal door that stood a few meters in front of him, he waited patiently for a few minutes before it slowly began to open.
Kai pushed open to door, he stepped into a medium sized square room. To Kai's shock the first thing he saw was Boris, with an evil and devious smile plastered on his face.
"Ah hello Kai, so nice to see you again" came Boris's cold voice.
Kai growled back at Boris
"Hahaha, Not to happy to see me again are you," said Boris laughing
"Where's Tala?!" Kai yelled
"Patients Kai"
"Where is he!?"
"Now, now, no need to yell," Boris said waving his index figure from side to side, "All I ask is that you rejoin BioVolt"
"No way, when will you get it through your thick skull, I'll never return to BioVolt"
"Ah, but I think you might"
"What would you know?" asked Kai
"I'll make a deal with you Kai"
"No!" Kai immediately shouted
"Hang on, I think you may want to hear this, because you see their lives depend on it" Boris said as he held up a small black remote, he pushed the button and the wall to Kai's right opened up, Kai gasped in shock when he saw the four other Bladebreakers all sitting in a circle,
Ray looked to his right and saw Kai standing in front of Boris,
"KAI!" yelled Ray. Tyson, Max and Kenny all looked in the direction that Ray was looking, the three of them also shouted Kai's name when they saw him,
Tyson got to his feet and ran forward only to bump into a glass wall that blocked him from Kai. Max, Kenny and Ray soon followed but stopped a little sooner than Tyson so they wouldn't hit the glass. Tyson and Max continually banged their hands against the glass all the while shouting out the name of their captain.
"Basted" Kai growled to Boris as he clenched his fists,
Boris could only laugh
"I told you not to come here!" Kai shouted to the other Bladebreakers
"Now Kai that's no way to treat your friends"
"What would you know about friendship?"
"I guess nothing, but then neither should you" Boris said in a somewhat mocking tone
"We trained you to be the best Kai, you were void of any emotions, but now I think this new emotion you've picked up may work to my advantage"
"What!" Kai was hoping Boris didn't have planned what he thought he did
"Hmm, how's this Kai, I'll let them go, they'll be free to leave unharmed and all you have to do is rejoin BioVolt, how about it" asked Boris, Kai was silent as he thought it threw 'wait what am I thinking I have to, grr why did they have to follow me'
"Kai don't, don't do it we'll be ok!" Tyson shouted
"To make the decision easer I'll throw in this," said Boris as he pushed the button on the remote once more, another part of the right wall opened up. Tala sat slumped against the wall, his once white pants and top drenched with scarlet blood, the foul fluid also smeared across his face and a large gash across his chest, the fabric of his shirt ripped open exposing the pale flesh underneath, realizing that bright light had filtered into the room where he sat the flame haired teen slowly opened ice blue eyes, looking up he spotted Kai staring back at him. Struggling to stand Tala placed his weight against the glass wall that separated himself from Kai,
"Kai! Don't listen to him, don't agree to anything he says" Tala yelled as he strained to find his voice.
"Tala" whispered Kai
"So Kai, I'll let Tala and the Bladebreakers go free, just hand over your freedom"
"No don't Kai, you can't" Tala continued to shout out to Kai
"Boris is blackmailing Kai into rejoining BioVolt" Kenny explained
"Maybe we shouldn't have come after all," said Max looking very depressed
"No Kai go now save yourself" yelled Ray
"Come on Kai, they can walk right out of here unharmed, how ever, if they come back on their own accord in some lame attempt to save you, I will not hesitate to kill each and every one of them, I also guarantee that I will not send anyone out to kill them in the future, they will be completely forgotten"
"No don't Kai, don't" said Tala shaking his head.
"Alright, now let them go," said Kai
Boris gave an evil smile before pulling out a piece of paper, written across the top of the page was 'BioVolt Corporation' in big letters, just below was the word 'signed',
"Now sign away your soul," said Boris picking up the quill that lay on the table. Boris passed the quill to Kai facing the pointed end at him, Kai slowly stretched out his hand. Just as the tip of the quill touched the center of Kai's palm, Boris pulled it back slightly, drawing a thin line of blood across the blue haired teens palm. Kai winced in pain, as his skin was ripped open. Boris turned the quill round so the feathered end now faced Kai. Kai grabbed the quill, which now dripped with his blood, putting the paper on the small table Kai signed his name in blood.
"Excellent" said Boris, the letters of Kai's name began to glow and peel away from the paper, within seconds the letters of Kai's name floated just in front of Boris. The others all stared in awe at the letters that floated in front of Boris, never had they seen such a thing happen. Boris stretched out his hand and closed his fist around the letters making them disappear.
"Let them go!" Kai yelled to Boris
"As you wish," said Boris as he raised the remote again, after pushing the button the glass walls opened up allowing the Bladebreakers and Tala to step out,
"Now go, leave and don't come back!" Kai yelled to his teammates and friend before they had a chance to say anything.
"Take him away," said Boris just as two men wearing black suits entered the room. The two men walked over to Kai each grabbing one of his arms, they began to pull Kai away when he shrugged them off and said "I can walk myself", the two men looked over at Boris who just nodded, the men proceeded to the door followed by Kai.
"What are you going to do to him?" asked Ray
"Why don't you come with me and find out for yourself?" Boris said as he began to walk over to the door Kai had just walked threw. The Bladebreakers all looked a little nervous,
"Don't worry I don't bite…much" Boris said before he started laughing. He gestured the teens to follow him.
"Should we go?" asked Tyson
"Well it will be the only way to know what they'll do to Kai," said Ray
"So I guess we'll take the chance that he won't hurt us" asked Kenny
"Yeah, I guess," said Tyson before he went off in the direction of Boris
'Kai, why you didn't have to come, I was fine here by myself' thought Tala as he followed the other four Bladebreakers.