Chapter 1

Tyson ran behind the wall and slumped against it. His breath came out in larger, heavy gasps, catching his breath he looked over the wall and ducked as the great bitbeast slithered by. When he was sure it was gone, he signaled for Max and Kenny to crawl over. As they sidled over he sat down and propped his head down between his knees and his lip quivered, with the threat of sobs that Tyson choked down.

"SHIT!" He swore loudly and Kenny shushed him. Max growled.

"Damn morons. . . . . . . it's bad enough that they take over the world, but noooooo, he has to take over our friends' minds too! Damn that bastard!!!!" Max's eyes were harsh as he muttered out more loud curses. Kenny gave up and opened his laptop, in the left corner was a small slot which looked like bit piece spot. He took his bitbeast out of his beyblade and inserted it into the laptop.

"Now what?!" Dizzi demanded. The youth sighed, being a rebel for 5 years could do that to a person. He glared at the laptop,

"Not now, we need to know if anymore bitbeasts are in the area." He ordered, from being a young boy with messy copperish hair which covered his eyes, and carrying big glasses, he had become a boy with hair that was brushed to the side of his face and colored brown, with hard green eyes and being a tall youth, he was very athletic and smart to boot. Kenny had finally had been able to free Dizzi from the laptop, and still be able to switch her between his computer and beyblade.

"If there's a bitbeast in the area, I can't find it." She replied.

"Like we can trust you again! Last time you said that, we ended up running into all FOUR of those guys." Tyson muttered in anger.

"You wanna do it your way? FINE!" She retorted.

"Enough! It's obvious we have to retreat, let's scram!" Max commanded. He still had messy hair and dark blue eyes, but was far more serious and calm. He didn't shout in joy anymore, or become excited at little things, quite the opposite actually. He was also very tall and lean, but that was expected, all of the rebels were lean and thin, running from bitbeasts and having little food did that to a person. Tyson now had a ponytail on the back of his head, it wasn't bushy like before, but limp and thin, his hair didn't go all over either, he didn't brush it to the sides of his face like Kenny and Max, but the bangs had thinned themselves and were light, almost bouncing above his eyes.

"Right, let's move!" He ordered and they began to stealth walk away behind the boulders of garbage and the walls of broken cement.

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"You lost them?!" Tala demanded.

"Sorry." The youth muttered. His old friends would have known him as Robert, but right now the youth was different, hollow eyed and with an expressionless face, he looked like a robot.

"Get out of my sight." Tala hissed, Robert bowed and left.

"Ray! Get out here!" The red head yelled out. A dark figure appeared at his side, dressed in a black cloak, Ray looked very much like his old self. A long ponytail wrapped in a white cloth which was outlined in red, he wore, instead of that white suit, a dark blue pair of pants, and a black shirt. He held a small badge over his heart which was shaped like an eagle. The sigh of Biovolt.

"Yes master?" He inquired in a light voice.

"Find Tyson and the rest of that rebel group, defeat them, and bring them here. Understood?" Ray nodded and back away.

"And about me?" A cold voice wanted to know. Tala looked over his shoulder in annoyance.

"Go with Ray if you have nothing to do and bring Robert, maybe that useless wretch can redeem himself.. Just don't fail." He commanded and the youth smiled and bowed. Kai then turned and left, he still dressed the same. A black tank top, a white scarf wrapped around his neck. His pants had been switched for a pair of black jeans, and he had black bands around his wrists and his right arm's bicep. His hair was still white in the front and a bluish black in the back. Like Ray he had an eagle pin on his chest over his heart.

"One more thing Kai." Tala said before the youth left. Kai turned

"Don't fail me again. Or else." He ordered and Kai flinched, if he failed again then. . . . . . he didn't even want to think about it. Kai left feeling shivers run down his back.

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"That's not good." Oliver muttered as Tyson told his news.

"No duh shit head!" Johnny yelled. Maria shook her head.

"Enough! This isn't helping. What we have to do is get Ray and Lee back! We have to get them back!"

"Maria!" Emily scolded. "Stop thinking with your heart, ad start thinking with your head!"

"And be like you?!" She retorted. "All brain and no heart?! If that happened then we'd destroy the Demolition boys AND our friends. Is that what you really want to happen to Michael?" She demanded softly.

"Shut up!" Emily hissed in anger. . . . . . . . . . . . and hurt. Emily and Michael had been good friends, it hurt her to know that Michael had been abducted by Biovolt, it had hurt everyone on his team.

"Stop it, this is getting us no where. It's just what Tala wants, for us to fight, that way it'll be easier to pick us off one by one." Kenny told them in fury, they all hung their heads, times had become hard as Biovolt had taken over world.

"Alright, so what do we do?" Kevin wanted to know.

"We need a plan, that's for sure." Steve pointed out.

"Right, a plan that'll help us AND save our friends." Max pointed out with a flinch, Tyson patted his friend on the shoulder, While Tyson still had his grandpa, Max's mom was used as a scientist for Biovolt. Brainwashed like the rest.

"Don't worry, we'll save her." Maria assured him.

"You've said that 5 thousand times already!!" He shouted in anger. "And it's done absolutely SHIT!" Max ran out of the room slamming the door in his wake. Emily wanted to follow, but Maria shook her head. The copper haired girl sighed and they went back to planning.

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The great form flew overhead, it was white and long, it had wings sprouting out of it's long snake like body, and it had great fangs, like the ones T-Rexs had, it's tail was covered on the back with spikes, long and poisonous. His name was Paladin, and anyone who saw and heard his name, never forgot it. He circled over the blonde haired figure, then vanished with a whisk of his tail and a flap of his wings. Max never looked up.

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'Dragoon, I'm so sorry.' Tyson thought as he sat on his bed. After he'd lost that battle to Tala, he'd lost more, he'd lost his chance to save the world, and he'd lost Dragoon.

"You okay little man?" Anreikai asked, looking at Tyson while leaning in the door frame. Tyson smiled lightly and nodded.

"Kay, just checking, we're holding another meeting. Comin?" He wanted to know,. Tyson nodded again and stood up.

"I'm really beginning to hate that nickname." The blue haired youth muttered, Anreikai laughed and dragged him out of the door.

"Hey baby, what's wrong?" Maria asked.

"I could learn to hate that name too." He told her. She smiled and shrugged.

"Alright, it's obvious we need more fire power, the question is, how do we get it?" Kenny stated calmly.

"Simple, we have to get our bitbeasts back." Everyone stared at Tyson.

"But some of them may have already been lost forever!! Like mine." Maria stated. Kevin nodded.

"And besides, to do that it's most likely we'd have to fight our old friends. I WON'T fight Michael, or Judy" Emily yelled out. "I won't fight Steve either. God damn those jerks, they took everyone. . . . . . ." She trailed off. Tyson nodded in assent.

"He's right Tyson, we might even have to fight. . . . . . . . . .Ray." Maria shuddered. Kenny and Tyson flinched.

"You're right. But we have no other chance, after hiding underground for 5 years, we have to act! Now!" He encouraged.

"But how? We have so little options left." Oliver protested. "We only have mine, Anreikai's bitbeast, Johnny's and Kenny's, Kevin lost his and no one else can fight against those monsters."

"Oliver's right. We have no fire power." Kevin agreed. At this Tyson growled, then jammed his old hat onto his head and stomped out the door.

"Well we have to do something! If you want to wait here until they come for you, or you die that's fine by me. But I'm not waiting anymore!!!!!" And with that the angry youth marched out the door.

"Tyson! Wait!"

"Don't try and stop me chief!" Tyson yelled in retaliation.

"No, I won't stop you. I'm coming with you." Kenny stated and everyone stared.

"Y-you will?" Tyson stammered out.

"Of course." Dizzi replied. "What made you think that we wouldn't?" She demanded. Tyson grinned.

"Thanks you guys."

"Hey baby!! Don't think you're going without me!" Maria called out.

"Me either. After all, a little man like you is gonna need my help." Anreikai said with a wink.

"I'm coming too then, if all of you are set on going, you'll need as much help as possible." Oliver declared.

"You're all crazy. I give up." Kevin muttered plopping down on the floor. "Fine, I'll come too."

"Everyone's coming?" Tyson whispered in disbelief. Everyone yelled and stuck up their hands with a cheer. Tyson smiled and did that little 'rub your nose with your thumb' thing and grinned.

"Then let's go get them!" He shouted and ran out the door.

"I don't think so." A cold voice said, stopping Tyson in his tracks. Looking around he found one person he couldn't face. Ray.

'Shit! They found us!' Tyson thought wildly. His mind raced quickly, and in a desperate move to keep the others safe, he raised his foot and brought it down HARD onto a small lever behind him. The lever shut down and the door to their hiding area shut with a click.

"Tyson!" Kenny cried out as the door slid shut. The blue haired youth grimly broke the handle to the lever and busted the control that the others wouldn't try to come out after him, and so that Ray couldn't get in. But just as he thought it would be tough getting rid of one. Kai stepped out, a grim smile stuck on his lips.

"Hello Tyson, how's it going?" He asked pleasantly as if he were admiring the weather.

"What do you Biovolt freaks want?!" He demanded. Ray smiled.

"Simple." He replied those hollow eyes giving away nothing.

"What we want is you." A voice hissed into his ear, Tyson didn't even have time to react and turn around when the dart was pierced into his neck. He was falling. . . . . falling into darkness.

"Find a way to get the others. I'll take him back to the base." Robert ordered the others. Ray and Kai glared.

"Who do you think that you can order us around?" Kai demanded.

"You're just a lackey, like us." Ray hissed.

"Because I don't have my bitbeast you dolt! In case you have forgotten some of the rebels still have their sacred spirits, I can't battle them." He scoffed.

"Why not?!" Ray demanded irritated.

"Because my blade is still wrecked from that battle with Oliver and Johnny. Remember?" He told them just as annoyed.

"Fine." Kai muttered and walked away with Ray in tow. Robert picked Tyson up by the arm and slung the youth onto his shoulder. Slowly he began to walk back to the home base.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

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