I kept my promise. Like I said, here's the next chapter. It's the third to last chapter so enjoy. Oh, and there's violence in this chapter.

"….." Speech '…..' Thought ….. Implied words

Disclaimer: I do not own this anime…do I really have to keep saying this?


Chapter 9 - Attack!

Kai cocked his head to a side in confusion. He would have sworn that Tyson was behind him just a second ago.

Curiously, he stepped back to where he and Tyson were standing but everything seemed clear and the amount of people running around screaming drowned out his thoughts.

That's when the paranoia trip came in. Kai really wished he could stop having them.

What is that explosion had been a diversion from the real attack? There was no point in senselessly blowing a hole in the ground unless the attacker was extremely vindictive or extremely stupid.

Kai, however, decided to believe the worse.

He hurried over to where the rest of his team was idly staring at the smoking crater and tugged ray's sleeve.

Ray turned around to see a pair of large crimson eyes staring at him. "What is it?" he asked.

Kai frowned. How was he going to do this? He had no paper with him; he never really needed any when Tyson was around to translate.

"Can you mime it?" Ray asked, causing Kai to scowl. That was exactly what he was doing!

"Something about us?" Max joined in guessing as Kai pointed to them.

"If only Tyson was here!" Kenny sighed then perked up. "Where is Tyson anyway?"

Kai felt like jumping up and down but he held onto his dignity and nodded instead.

"Tyson's in trouble?" Ray guessed. Kai nodded.

(Tyson's POV)

I didn't really get what was going on. One minute I was following the others to the source of the explosion and the next minute someone had covered my mouth with a filthy gloved hand and was dragging me away.

I tried to struggle. In my panic I forgot that I could breath through my nose and almost knocked myself unconscious.

It wasn't until I was well away from the arcade in a secluded little alleyway did my captor release me.

I spun round, I was going to give whomever it was a piece of my mind but I stopped.

This guy was not big or anything but those eyes were scary. They were so green and so piercing I thought they could cut through metal or something. When I gathered myself back together I yelled. "What the heck do you think you're doing?"

He was dressed head to toe in black but when he smiled it made him seem even more eerie. "You have a meeting to attend. You never should have messed with Biovolt," he said in one of those mysterious voices you find in old black and white horror films.

Well at least I knew who had employed him. What an idiot!

"Yeah, whatever," I waved him away. "I'm not going anywhere with you!"

He smiled again. His hand went to his waist and drew something black and gleaming. "Are you sure?"

I stared at the probably loaded gun, feeling as if I had been swindled somehow. "That's cheating." I moaned. Not that it would make much difference.

"I never play by the rules," the green-eyed man smirked.

I gritted my teeth together to refrain from doing something I would regret. It looked as if there was no way out for me.

"Are you going to come quietly?" he asked and I nodded.

(Normal POV)

"Tyson!" Ray yelled as he skidded down the alley. He was panting heavily, as was Max and Kenny.

"Guys!" Tyson cried. He made for them but the man grabbed him by the shoulder and forced him back. He pointed the gun to Tyson's head and everyone held their breath.

"Stay back!" the man growled. "Don't take one more step or I'll the painting the pavement in brain," he warred them and judging by the look in his eyes he was willing to do exactly what he said.

"You scumbag!" Max cried. "Why do you want Tyson?"

The man smirked but did not answer the blonde's question. Instead, he turned his gaze directly at Kai, who was silently fuming, and his smirk widened. "Ah, Kai, Boris was very upset when we lost you."

Kai gave the man one of his infamous death glares. It was enough to send the hardest of men running but Tyson's captor just waved it off.
"No voice, huh?" He continued casually. "That's good, now you can come with me and I'll let your little dragon go or……" The gun clicked.

All eyes went from Tyson to the man to Kai and then to Tyson again. Kai knew they were all wondering the same thing. What was the leader of the Bladebreakers going to do now?

Kai's hands were curled into fists. He was literally shaking with rage. Who knew what he would do when he was so infuriated?

It happened slowly but Kai took one step forward and then another and another until he was walking towards the man with piercing eyes.

"Kai, what do you think you're doing?" Max asked nervously.

"No, this is not good!" Kenny wailed. "Have you gone nuts, Kai? Stay away from him"

"Don't worry about me, Kai!" Tyson wanted to scream but only the first few words emerged before his mouth was covered.

"Come on, Kai," the man beckoned as if Kai was some dumb dog.

Behind him, the others were calling but none of them moved to block him from his path.

They were just a foot away when Kai held up his hands in surrender.

As quick as lightening, the man handcuffed him with a triumphant "Gotcha! You can go," he said in disgust and shoved Tyson away.

The blue eyed boy fell to the pavement. His friends hurried to help him up but he denied their help.

"I'm fine," Tyson mumbled as he rose from the dirty alleyway floor. He did not pause to wipe away any invisible dust or offer his worried friends anymore reassurance. He stared straight at Kai.

'Why?' Tyson's eyes silently pleaded.

'Because,' was the only answer Kai offered and it was the only one Tyson could find in those crimson orbs.

"Well, thank you for your co-operation, gentlemen but we'll be making of leave now," the man did a magician's bow and turned, dragging Kai along with him.

"Wait!" Tyson cried though he knew it would be no use trying to talk to a member of Biovolt but he had to try something.

Miraculously, the man paused.

"W - where are you going?" Tyson stuttered.

"To Biovolt. It was a fair exchange after all."

"You can't take Kai!" Ray yelled furiously. His golden eyes flashed angrily and he bore his fangs in a threatening manner but not even that could unnerve the Biovolt employee.

"Yes, I believe I can," he said with all the calmness and arrogance of anyone trained by Biovolt.

"But - " Kenny opened his mouth to protest but the man cut through him.

"Oh, and one last thing." He drew his gun.

A loud bang resounded through the alleyway, scattering any nearby birds that in turn squawked in fright. The sound was almost deafening but to everyone involved everything was muffled and the events were sluggish as they played out in front of them.

There were looks of horror, looks of shock and one look of malevolent satisfaction. Only one expression was strangely calm and that was Tyson's was he fell to the floor with red lotus stain spurting near his stomach.

Then someone seemed to remove the haziness and everything went into fast forward.

"Tyson!" Max screamed.

"Tyson!" Kenny joined in.

"That's for wrecking our labs," the man muttered.

"You bastard!" Ray swore. His eyes were flaming and watering at the same time as he approached the man.

"Don't come any closer," the man pointed the gun at Ray.

"That's not going to stop me!" Ray yelled. His fury had defeated his common sense in the battle to get revenge.

Another shot was fired. Ray felt a searing pain as he flung himself to the floor. The sound exploded from the end of the gun but it had missed its target.

A trickle of blood ran down the raven-haired boy's arm. When he looked up he saw the man trying, with great difficulty, to restrain Kai.

Kai was twisted and writhing like a fish, trying to bit or kick the man since his hands were restrained.

Blinded by pure anger, he failed to block the hard punch aimed at his head.

Ray watched Kai crumple into an unconscious heap on the floor.

"Well, boys, I'll be making my leave now." Picking up Kai's limp form, he saluted mockingly and ran.

"Ray!"

I'm fine," Ray assured his friends.

"Kenny, call an ambulance," Max ordered.

Kenny nodded then asked. "What about Kai?"

"There's nothing we can do now," Ray shook his head sadly. "First we have to help Tyson."

As Kenny rushed off to find a phone Ray and Max carefully crouched by the side of their injured friend.

Everything seemed bad. The blood seemed to keep flowing out and Tyson was muttering inaudible things under his breath.

Max shuddered. Tyson's eyes were always sparkling with laughter but now they were partly glazed and distant.

"Hold on Tyson, we're gonna get you some help, okay?" Max clutched the boy's hands.

"Yeah, you'll be fine," Ray added and was ashamed to that his voice lacked the conviction Max's voice had

"The ambulance is coming," Kenny informed them as soon as he returned.

Max looked around but there seemed to be no help arriving. Ray's arm was bleeding badly but he refused to allow Kenny to treat it.

In the shadowy alleyway it seemed as if it there was just one dying boy and his friends left in the whole world.

The handcuffs were removed and Kai was thrown into a dark and dingy cell. Damp straw and the smell of dead and rotting rats lay thick in the air.

In the corner, Kai curled up into a ball. If a mouse were to scurry along the stone floor it might just be able to see the faintest glimmer in those mournful crimson eyes.

It seemed like an eternity before any sound emerged down the hall. Kai perked his head up and listened to the echoing of footsteps approaching. It was Boris.

The door opened and light flooded into the dark cell before the door slammed shut and the light was gone. "Well hello Kai," Boris greeted him in his usual satanic manner. "I hope Callum wasn't too hard on you. We were so upset when you left us."

Kai bared his teeth in a snarl. Everything about Boris made him was to rip out the man's head and spit down his neck.

"Now, now," Boris waved a finger, "no need to be unfriendly, I have a big future planned for you, a future that does not include the Bladebreakers, especially a certain meddling little boy!"

Kai was visualising what it would look like if he shoved Boris in a blender but the words 'meddling little boy' caught his attention.

"Your grandfather will not be happy when he hears you new show of…emotion," Boris spat the last word out as if it was a particularly sour lemon. "Especially considering who it's towards."

'What would you know about emotions?' Kai wanted to ask to he resolved to just scowling.

"I have so much planned for you," Boris said almost dreamily. "The experiments have been tweaked up to perfection. Tomorrow we shall continue where we left off shall we?" he grinned sadistically, leaving Kai to his own thoughts.

Kai spat at the floor where Boris once stood. His mind was made up. He would somehow have to escape tonight or else they would start the experiments on him and then he might never be able to return to where he belonged.

He tried to think but his mind constantly wandered to Tyson and whether he was okay or not.

As he felt night settle in he still had no plans and tiredness was threatening to overcome him.

Soon, he gave in to the darkness of sleep.


Hope you all enjoyed that. I'm not making any promises this time but I'll probably have the next one up soon.