Wingzero: Okay, not one of my best
chapter but hey, at least I wrote an update. Ooo, there's two new other chars
going to be introduced in this chapter, but they aren't human. Who are they?
Did I forget to mention, they're twins?
Ray: No, you didn't.
Kai: Are you going to update any of your other fics?
Wingzero: In good time.
Suddenly, everything came to an abrupt halt. I jerked awake from my sleep and
yawn. Surprisingly, Tala didn't have his arm around me. He was nowhere in
sight. I wondered where he could have gone until I heard his voice coming from
the cockpit along with the rest of his team mates. The red head made his
appearance as I sat up and just watched him enter the room. It wasn't that I
liked it. I don't trust him at all.
"So you've finally woken up," Tala tormented me.
"I wouldn't have if someone hadn't used tranquilizers on me," I
snapped back, not in the mood to deal with him. "What do you want
anyways?"
"We're here," Tala replied in his usual cold voice. His team mates
had also entered the room. He must not want to appear weak in front of them.
"If you don't want to be punished, I suggest you cooperate. It will make
things much easier for all of us."
I growled in irritation. There was nothing I can do while he had that remote in
his hand. Knowing Boris, he would have several remotes so that if I managed to
break one, there would be several he can use. I grudgingly stood up and
followed the Demolition Boys out of the copter. That was when I found myself on
the top of a building. More specifically, we were on top of the Biovolt
Corporation.
"Why have you brought him here?" Voltaire yelled at Boris.
"Because he has unique abilities," Boris said smugly with a smirk.
"Why don't you see for yourself? He is quite a handful."
Voltaire nodded his head, though he was very skeptical. He walked over towards
me, expecting me to do something. What should I do in front of him? They
already know my ability to teleport as well as use mental shields. "So
what can you do, boy?"
/I can do a lot./ I replied to him with sarcasm. Boris was panicking by now,
because he thought I refused to cooperate.
"I see," Voltaire said with a small smile. "Mental capabilities.
You don't see those everyday. In the known record, there are three people born
every century with those abilities."
/I never knew that./ I thought, caught off guard.
"Let's go," Voltaire commanded everyone with a serious tone. "We
have work to do." He turned and started to head towards the door.
"The rest of the Bladebreakers will no doubt attempt to rescue their
friend. Don't kill them and make sure Kai is alive. He is important for our
plan of world domination."
"Yes sir!" The minions shouted in unison.
"What about Ray?" Boris asked, glancing over towards me. I hate it
when they included me.
"He's coming with us," Voltaire answered, not bothering to look at
me. "Boris, you're going to be in charge of security and capturing Kai.
The Demolition Boys, our psychic, and I will be occupied."
"Of course sir," Boris said, bowing to his superior.
The Demolition Boys were already going behind Voltaire. My legs refused to walk
forward, but I knew I would receive one of those shock things if I don't.
Suddenly, the tranquilizers began to kick in again. They had used a lot to keep
me down by the feeling of it. I found myself on my knees and no, I wasn't
praying.
Tala turned around and saw me on the ground holding my head. What do you expect
me to do when I was completely dizzy? Don't even respond. I felt my body being
lifted and carried bridal style. I didn't care who was carrying me so long as I
didn't have to walk.
"What happened to him?" Bryan asked.
"We used a little too much tranquilizer on him, that's all," Tala
answered. He spoke a few words, which I couldn't understand at all.
Voltaire responded in the same language as well. He had a small smile on his
face the entire time. Well, I wouldn't call it a smile. It was more like a
smirk. Something told me I didn't want to know or find out. Ugh, there were too
many colors and too much spinning. I buried my head into whoever was holding
me.
A warm hand brushed against my sensitive ear and then stroked it gently. I
closed my eyes and to my surprise started purring again. It must be the cat
inside of me. I slowly drifted asleep once again. Dang, I hate being sedated.
Upon waking up, I found myself lying on top of a bed. My first instinct was to
sit up, but it was very hard to as I was strapped into the bed. I glanced over
towards the bindings and groaned. It wasn't those types that could be undone or
a lock. These were controlled by some sort of mechanism or computer. If I could
locate it, I will be able to escape. Then there was that collar I have to deal
with.
"Where is everyone?" I asked no one in particular. My golden eyes
scanned the room. No one else was here, though I found several bit beasts
within tubes filled with a green substance.
I reached out with my mind to see if I could locate anyone within the premises.
There were several people, thinking out loud. I had a hard time sorting out
each person. Great, I managed to find Voltaire, the last person I wanted to
know or see. Now moving along, I went to another mind and found it was Ian.
They were in the same room, but I couldn't tell what they were talking about.
A noise caught my attention and I glanced over towards the door. A young boy,
around ten or eleven, walked through the room. His golden eyes locked onto mine
as he padded towards me. He had a strangely silvery-white hair with two fluffy
ears? What kind of kid was he? I was brought out of my train of thoughts when
he shook my shoulder.
"Who are you?" He asked rather cutely.
"I'm Ray and who are you?" I responded with a warm smile. Hey, this
was an innocent kid, or at least that was what I thought.
"Project X," the child responded.
"What are you?" I questioned without thinking it thoroughly.
"I'm a demon," the child responded. "What are you?"
"I'm a youkai," I replied with a sigh of relief. "So what are
you doing here?"
"I don't know," he whispered softly. "My parents were killed,
and these strange people picked me up. They make me train constantly."
"That's sad," I said. "I don't know what they're going to do
with me. All they care about is taking over the world and they don't care who
they hurt in the process. Voltaire even used his son as a tool for his
ambition."
"That's mean of him," he whispered. That was when I noticed a white
fluffy tail behind him. It swished back and forth. "Family doesn't use
each other."
"Uh... what do you want me to call you?" I asked him.
"Kitsune," the demon chirped happily. When I gave him a quizzical
look, he explained why. "I'm a fox demon."
"No wonder," I said.
"Someone is coming," Kitsune whispered. "I have to go. I'm not
allowed to be out." With that he disappeared in a flash. In the moment, I
realized he didn't have a collar on him as I did.
Minutes later, a certain red head walked into the room. He took a glance around
before taking a seat in one of the chairs. "So how are you feeling?"
"Lousy," I growled at him.
"Your body is accepting the serum," Tala said thoughtfully.
"That's good, which means we can up the dose."
"What are you babbling about?" I asked, curious as a cat or kitten.
"We have given you a serum that should help increase your mental
capabilities," Tala answered with a smile. "It has already been
tested on Project X, but we don't know the reaction to humans or
neko-jins."
"So you're saying that Project X is also a psychic?" I asked
doubtfully.
"Yes, it is," Tala said nonchalantly, though I wanted to smack him
around. Kitsune wasn't an it. He was a living, breathing creature. "A very
powerful one. You two have much more in common than you know it." If he
only knew the demon just paid me a visit, then he wouldn't be telling me about
it.
"What are you here for?" I asked him, getting to the point.
Tala leaned back lazily against the wall. His ice blue eyes stared at me as I
was kind of fidgeting within my restraints. "I was here merely to check up
on you. After all, we don't know how this serum would affect you. The other
Demolition Boys are getting ready for your friends to arrive. No doubt Kai will
be among them."
"You won't get away with it," I spat at him. I tried to lunge at him,
but my restraints held me back. He answered with a chuckle.
"You think I like being controlled by him?" Tala asked with
amusement. "I'm only waiting for a right time."
"Right time for what?" I asked him, but he wasn't able to answer when
Voltaire entered the room. The other Demolition Boys followed not soon after.
"I see you're awake," Voltaire smiled. I was getting to hate that
smile. He pressed a button releasing my restraints. "Make yourself at
home. You won't be going anywhere." With that, he exited the room, leaving
the Demolition Boys.
Ian took a seat in the corner. He allowed his tense muscles to relax now that
the tyrant wasn't in the room. Spencer leaned against the wall and glanced over
towards the smallest of his team mates. He had concern, shining through his
eyes. I knew they had a close relationship, but I don't know how close they were.
Bryan stood off from us. He crossed his arms, before sitting down. I wondered
what was going through his mind.
"So now that the gang is all here, what should we do about Voltaire and
Boris?" Spencer broke the silence with his soft voice.
"Not all of us are here," Bryan spoke up. "We're missing one
person."
"Who's that?" Spencer inquired, counting the number of people in the
room.
"Project X," Tala answered his question. "He's somewhere around
here, though I don't know. He tends to pop up when you least expect it."
"What are you guys doing?" I asked them.
"We're planning to get out of here," Bryan answered me. "I'm
tired of being used as a tool and being punished if I fail."
Ian nodded his head in agreement. "We have been in constant contact with
Mr. Dickenson. He's agreed to help us out."
"What about your.." My voice trailed off.
"It's only an act," Tala said casually. "We're completely
different than what we put on." He smirked when a thought came into his
head. "I knew Boris was keeping tabs on me so I had to make it look
good."
"That's nice to know, but what about now?" I asked them.
"They're too busy preparing for the eventual raid," a soft voice
spoke up, startling every one of us. "They won't be giving us up without a
fight."
"X, why don't you enter like a normal person?" Ian teased the fox
demon.
"What fun would that be?" he asked with mirth. "Oh, I forgot to
mention I disabled the cameras in this room. They won't discover it before we
finish our meeting. So does anyone have a way to get out of here without
alerting them?"
"Well, you know I have this to deal with," I said pointing to the
collar around my neck.
"That's no problem," Tala said, waving his hand in the air to
emphasize his point. "Bryan or I can take care of that. The problem is in
escaping. Each of us has tried it with the exception of Kit. If you're
wondering, they think he's loyal to this place as he grew up here for a few
years."
"I'm not partial to the place anyways, it stinks," Kit complained. He
pinched his nose to exaggerate his point. "If I had my way, this place
would have been leveled a long time ago." He released his nose and
growled. I swore he was a real animal.
"Hikari Kitsune," Tala teased him playfully before becoming serious.
"I don't know how our schedules will be affected by the changes so I
suggest we lay low until we can get a feel for them." His icy blue eyes
swept around the room.
"I'll be keeping track of the guard positions," Ian volunteered. When
he saw my confusion, he answered my silent question. "Boris thinks I only
obey orders, but I only do so because I don't want him to become suspicious of
me. He lets me into places where the others don't have access, including the
surveillance and defense plans."
"That's good," I nodded my head in agreement.
"I'll make sure that no one knows of our plans," Kitsune picked up
that position. "Boris and Voltaire will be closely monitored, though I
don't know who else should be."
"The head of security," Spencer spoke up. "As we all know,
Captain Hanis will do anything to be promoted, even sell his own mother."
"That's low of him," I whispered, though I thought no one heard.
"I know," Tala agreed with me. He leaned back and closed his eyes for
a moment. "Until then, we have to stay alive. I'll keep an eye on the newer
recruits and make sure they aren't punished severely. Once we get out of here,
I'm going to return for them."
"You're not going alone," Kitsune jumped onto his feet immediately.
"I'm going with you and there's nothing you can do or say that will stop
me." His response was a cold glare. "Besides, you need someone
watching your back and who better than a youkai!"
"He's got you there," Ian chuckled slightly. "Count me in. I
want to help free the others." He stood up as he started speaking again.
"I don't want any one else to experience what we went through."
"Me too," Spencer said. During the entire time, he kept glancing over
at the shortest member of their team. 'I don't want anything to happen to him.'
/You really do care about him./ I sent only to Spencer, but somehow Kitsune
managed to catch the entire conversation. Don't ask, because I don't know.
/Don't you? But you don't let the others know, because it would only cause the
both of you pain./
Spencer's eyes widen as he heard me mentally. 'You were listening on my
thoughts?'
/No, you were broadcasting them./ I corrected him. /I'm surprised Kitsune
hasn't said anything. After all, I figure he was more sensitive to psychic
waves./
'I would think so,' Spencer thought. The rest of the occupants were completely
confused as to our conversation.
/For once you're right./ Kitsune thought to the both of us. He had a smirk on
his face and Spencer was now sporting a frown.
'What's that supposed to mean?'
/Not now./ Kitsune sent. "We have important matters at hand. I can't keep
them off our backs for now so we have to cease our meeting." With that he
teleported out of there.
"Doesn't he leave the normal way?" I asked out of curiosity.
"He hates being normal," Tala chuckled before regaining his
composure. It was then the cameras started acting up and the Demolition Boys
immediately went into their serious positions. I swore if I had met them in any
other circumstances, I might have become friends with them. They seemed to be a
nice group, once you get to know them.
An even younger human child entered the room. His dark blue eyes held some life
to them, indicating he was one of the newer recruits. He had spiked blonde
hair. "Voltaire has ordered another be administered to both the Project X
and X1."
Tala nodded his head, acknowledging the order. All of them knew how to give
shots, because they had been forced to give it to Project X on several
occasions. The four boys were the only ones who were able to accomplish this
task without being severely injured or close to death. He turned away from the
boy to face me. I could see that he didn't want to do this to me, but orders
were orders and there wasn't anything he could do about it, yet.
"We have been informed Mr. Dickenson and the rest of the Bladebreakers have
left Japan. They are heading this way as we speak."
"Is there anything else?" Tala asked harshly, causing the boy to
flinch.
The youngest occupant of the room knew how violent the team captain of the
Demolition Boys can be, though he doesn't pick on people for no apparent
reason. He tended to become involved in fights with hot headed bladers, because
they had no room for arrogant bladers there. Besides, someone had to put those
jerks in their places, might as well be him. He nodded his head. "He also wants
you to take Ray to his 'room' so that he can recover and you are to be nearby
just in case if someone tries to foolishly rescue him."
"Of course, we can't let the little kitten fall into the wrong hands, now
can we?" Tala said with hidden amusement.
I growled at him, pretending to be very pissed off. Upon hearing me, the
younger kid jumped up with fright and took off as if his pants were on fire or
he was being chased by Voltaire. Man, the kid can run fast. I felt his mental
aura go speeding away from us.
"Let's get this done and over with," Bryan said. He had a bottle of
clear liquid and a needle. As he approached me, he filled the syringe with the
fluid. "This won't hurt if you don't move around." He tore open one
of those weird smelling swabs and cleaned off an area on my arm.
"Where's Tala going with that?" I asked, looking over at their team
captain who was leaving with a bottle of white liquid.
"He's going to give Project X his shot," Bryan responded. "I
suppose you're wondering why his medication is a different color." I
nodded my head saying for him to continue. "You have a more diluted form
of the solution. He has a concentrated version, because it takes more to affect
him than any normal human."
"I understand," I comprehended. I glanced over to see if he was going
to stick the needle in me. "Is it done?"
"Yeah," Bryan said, placing the equipment away and removing the
bindings from me. Ian and Spencer were waiting for their team mate to finish up
with it.
An hour later, we were all camped out in one of the rooms. I wouldn't exactly
call these rooms, because you can see everything inside of it. If you asked me,
they were more like prisons. Kitsune had curled up against the corner of the
bed. His tail was draped across his nose and he was fast asleep, dreaming of
whatever foxes dream of. Tala sat next to the sleeping fox. He gently stroked
the two white fluffy ears and hair. Bryan was lightly sleeping near the
entrance to the 'room,' as if we needed him to be a look out. Spencer and Ian
were close together, but made it so that they looked like they were just team
mates or friends, not lovers.
"What time is it?" I yawned, asking anyone in the room who was awake.
"It's midnight," Tala answered. He looked up from where he was
watching the fox youkai sleep peacefully. "You should go back to bed.
They're going to put you through the wringer tomorrow to see how far your
abilities are."
"Okay," I said, reluctantly. "Tala?"
"What is it?"
"I was wondering if you know anything about Kai?" I inquired
hopefully.
"We were always competing against each other, trying to outdo one
another," Tala sighed wistfully. He resumed to stroke Hikari's hair.
"Everyone thinks we're going at each other's throats. Well, it was true at
first, but now I have more important things to take care of. I have a team to
look after so I haven't thought about getting my revenge on Kai for a long
time. It's now more of a habit to hate him."
"It doesn't make any sense, why he acts the way he does," I
whispered, though the red head had to strain to hear it.
"You'll have to ask him that, because it wouldn't be right for me to tell
you about him without his permission," Tala said softly. He glanced
outside the window to where the stars twinkled in the black sky.
"I understand." Slowly I drifted off to slumber.
************Back to the Bladebreakers************
"I can't believe we let them get away with Ray," Tyson growled. He
was currently using the chair in front of him as a punching bag. It was a good
thing no one used that seat.
"Cool it Tyson," Kai barked at the frustrated blader. Even though he
didn't show it, he was very concerned and worried about Ray. The neko was the
first person to ever break through his icy exterior and the first person to
accept him for who he was without any slight hesitation. "Ray's going to
survive this. He's too stubborn not to."
"Yeah, you do have a point," Max said thoughtfully. He flopped back
onto his chair. "I wish we could have done something to prevent it from
happening. I feel totally.. useless."
"Don't feel that way," Kenny placed a hand on Max's shoulder.
"We'll help him somehow. I know we can."
"Not unless if they have project X there," Kai said without thinking.
"Is project x Black Dranzer?" Tyson was the first one to ask.
"No, Project X is completely different," Kai answered, knowing they
will keep on pestering him until they spilled it. "Project X is a youkai
child with powerful psychic abilities. I haven't seen much of him while I was
there, but that was a long time ago. No doubt, he has increased in his power
and I don't know of his loyalty to Biovolt."
"He's not loyal, I can assure you," a deep voice sounded behind them.
The three bladers jumped from their seats to face a black haired Kitsune
youkai.
"Who are you?" Kai asked, eyeing the intruder very suspiciously.
"I'm Yami Kurai," the youkai answered with a slight growl.
"Hikari Kitsune is my younger twin brother."
"How can you help us?" Tyson asked the next question.
"I'm a psychic," Kurai answered with a grunt as well. "Ray will
be safe for now as they plan on using him as a weapon."
"They won't if I have anything to say about it," Kai growled at no
one in particular.
"Relax Kai, we'll get the both of them back," Kurai said, in a
composed manner.
"You don't know how the Abbey operates," Kai scowled at the Kitsune
youkai.
"My brother has been keeping me up to date," Kurai answered off
handedly. "He and the Demolition Boys were setting up a plan to free the
prisoners of the Abbey. When they captured Ray, everything was thrown off
schedule."
"Wait a second, I thought the Demolition Boys were Voltaire's
puppets," Kai spoke up, jumping out of his seat, causing his present team
mates to fall of their chairs in surprise. "They always wanted to please
him especially, Yuri."
"Who's Yuri?" Tyson asked Kai.
"Yuri was Tala's name before he joined the Demolition Boys," Kai
explained. He sat back down as the others scrambled to their seats. "Ian
used to be Ivan." He named off the rest of the Demolition Boys. (^^U I
forgot what they're Japanese names were.)
"Why do you think they changed their names? Tyson asked a stupid question.
"Because they don't wan any connections to their past, including
names," Kurai answered before Kai could open his mouth. "That's how
they are."
"That's harsh," Max whispered, full of sorrow. He glanced over to
Kai, wanting to know if he had his name changed too.
"I didn't have mine changed, because I lived with my 'grandfather' before
I arrived at the Abbey, so I was allowed to keep my birth name," Kai
replied, though he kept his gaze on the stranger.
Kurai turned around to leave, but a small hand reached out to him. He turned to
face the owner of the hand. "What do you want?"
"Please stay with us?" Blue eyes gave him the puppy look.
Instantly, the dark youkai knew he was in for it. His brother used to give him
that look all the time when he wanted something. He turned away so that he
wouldn't cave into Max's request. "I have business to attend."
"Pretty please?" Max pleaded with the Kitsune. "With cherries on
top?"
Kai grunted something that sounded like, "Accept so he would shut
up."
Kurai turned to face Kai but instead received the full blast of Max.
"Fine." He sighed exasperatedly. Today was going to be a long day for
him.
Max jumped up from his seat and hugged him. "You're not going to regret
it!"
'I already am,' Kurai thought to himself as the plane entered the Russian
capital.
Ray: Hey, I'm not rescued yet.
Kai: Duh, she has to set up for your rescue.
Ray: I knew that! ^^U
Wingzero: --U Right Ray.
Ray: Where's Tyson?
Wingzero: At the all you can eat buffet. I forgot to mention, I have my own
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