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someone was wondering about that 'third child' i mentioned earlier in this story, well, it is revealed in this chapter! that same someone (sorry i can't remember your name!) kindof figured it out too....so yeah....

here's the next chapter!

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A scream rang throughout the hallway.

"Kai!" Rei exclaimed.

"We have to get out of here!" Max said.

"Kai must be going through something really bad in order to make him scream like that." Tyson thought to himself.

Max, Hilary, Rei and Tyson had been trying to figure out an escape plan for about an hour, with no luck at all. Everytime they came up with an idea, more problems arose. Hilary, though, had been sitting there, barely saying a word. She was in a deep concentration.

"Pssst!" A hushed voice called from the darkness.

Rei peered out the barred door. "Tala!" He gasped.

"Shh! I'll be caught! I've come to help you escape. I...senced you were trying." Tala replied, whispering softly and looking toward Hilary.

"Alright! I knew you would come back!" Hilary whispered back.

Tala smiled and pulled out a ring of keys. After fiddling with it for a few moments, he came to the right one, and opened up the cell door.

"Hurry. We don't have much time!" Tala said as everyone rushed out of the dark cell. "Have you given those pills to Kai?"

"No, I didn't get a chance to. Do you know where he is?" Hilary answered.

Tala nodded. "He's somewhere on the next floor up."

"Is he alright?" Max asked.

"I don't know...something about making him join us one way or another." Tala replied.

"We have to get to him!" Rei said.

Everyone nodded in agreement and ran after Tala down the dark hallway and up a large staircase.

Tala, Hilary, Rei, Tyson and Max all turned a corner. A few steps later, a wall slammed down behind them, trapping them in the new hallway.

"Crap! I didn't want this!" Tala exclaimed.

"It was a trap!" Rei called out.

Suddenly, an elderly man appeared, followed by 5 guards, each armed with guns.

"My my, look what I've caught in my trap." The voice said as the figure came out from the shadows.

"Voltaire!" Tyson growled as the old man's face began visible.

"Thought you all could escape? Why Tala, I'm surprised with you. Who knew you would become a traitor like my dear grandson."

"Grandson?" Hilary asked softly. "This is Kai's.....grandfather?!"

Voltaire's eyes shifted toward Hilary, who glared back angerly.

"Well look what we have here! You came back after....11 years!"

"What are you talking about!?" Hilary demanded.

"You don't remember? What is wrong with all your memories...Kai and Tala always had the same problem. You forget so fast." Voltaire replied.

"Explain yourself!" Rei called out.

"You my dear, are just like my grandson, and Tala here, except you were adopted when you were only 4. Of course, you were only here for about a year." Voltaire explained placing his hand against Hilary's cheek.

She slapped it away quickly. "Don't touch me you monster!"

"She's one of the perfect children..." Tala gasped.

********flashback**********

Tala was walking through the dark halls of the abbey. He had just completed another training session and was on his way to his room.

He sighed. "I wonder if everyone is doing alright?" He said to himself thinking of Kai, Hilary and the rest of the BladeBreakers.

Suddenly, a sharp noise entered his mind.

"We have to get out of here, but how? Kai's in trouble. We need help!" The voice was female, and Tala had heard the same voice before.

He looked around him, trying to figure out were the voice came from.

"Please someone help us....."

"It's Hilary! But how? Could she possible possess...." Tala wondered to himself. "No, it can't be....I would have relized it by now....but stil...."

Tala nodded to himself and took off running down the hall. He knew where to find them, and he felt a since of urgency to get them out.

********end flashback********

"At least one of you remembers....unfortunate for Kai, who probably can't remember anything right now." Voltaire said before turning and walking back down the hallway.

The 5 guards came behind the BladeBreakers and Tala and forced them to follow the old man into the dark hall.

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yup...that's it, i know it's kindof short, but the next couple of chapters are long!

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