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?

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