Four

You can't find me

Keep looking

I'm hiding from you

You can't see what your mind is blind to

You can cry out

You can scream

I won't run in

I can't breathe

Fear and panic overwhelmed Ray as he ran into the room. The walls, the floor and the bed sheets were all stained with blood. Kai's blood. He ran into every room, but Kai wasn't there. Tyson, Max and Kenny ran in after him. All the colour was drained from Max's face.

"Jesus Christ…" Max muttered, looking around at the deep crimson stains that were to be found everywhere in the room.

"Was there a struggle do you think?" Tyson asked Kenny. Kenny shrugged.

"I'm not sure Tyson, but I really wish I knew. This is getting scary. First there's Kai passing out on the street, then there's Kai running into us in the square, then there's Kai taking drugs, and now this!" Kenny replied.

"Someone must want Kai out of the picture pretty badly," Lee said, walking into the room and examining it in horror.

"He's…he's not here!!! He's not here!!" Ray cried, panic was now taking him over completely. Mariah put a hand on Ray's shoulder.

"Ray calm down! Getting worked up won't help us find Kai!" Mariah soothed him. Ray started to take deep breaths. Mariah was right. Getting worked up wasn't helping Kai. Suddenly a strange scent came to Ray's attention. He sniffed at the air.

"What is it Ray?" Tyson asked, puzzled as to his friend's actions.

"Chloroform…someone released chloroform gas of some sorts in here!" Ray exclaimed, recognising the scent. "So Kai came back here, but was kidnapped by someone before _we_ got here."

"Biovolt," Tyson said automatically. "It has to be them, considering Kai's history with them. There's no other explanation!"

"Well, we can't just storm in there and get caught," Kenny said, sitting at a desk and opening up Dizzi. "We have to come up with a plan."

"I've got one word for you Chief: Feds," Dizzi said, as Kenny tapped away at the keyboard of his laptop.

"Getting the Russian police involved may be our only card to play," Kenny agreed with his Bit Beast. "They have all the fire power, they'll no doubt help us in bringing the Biovolt corporation to justice!"

"And if they don't help us, I'm storming in there anyway! I have to get Kai out of there!" Ray said, clenching his fists in anger.

"Kai is important to all of us Ray, so don't go doing anything rash until we've actually asked the police for help, OK?" Kenny said, swivelling round to face Ray. Ray nodded. "Well that's good then. We can't report this until tomorrow, because a kidnapping charge can only be filed 24 hours after the person was last seen. Who saw Kai last?"

"I did," Ray replied.

"What happened between the two of you prior to Kai's disappearance? Did you have a fight?"

"I already told you Chief! Kai and I were arguing over the heroin situation and he got mad, then stormed out!"

"Kai and heroin?!! What's going on here?!" Mariah asked, feeling totally stranded where this situation was concerned.

"When Kai was younger, he took heroin. I don't know all the how's and why's, but I do know he must have gotten addicted, because Boris approached him in the street about it earlier today," Ray replied, clarifying the situation for the bewildered White Tigers.

"I never would have thought of Kai as a fool…" Lee commented.

"He's not a fool!" Ray snapped back. "He was only a kid! How could he have known any better?!"

"OK! Calm down Ray! I'm sorry!" Lee apologised hastily.

"It's alright…if I'd stuck up for him like that in our argument then maybe Kai wouldn't be missing…" Ray trailed off into his own thoughts. Maybe _he_ was responsible for Kai's capture.

"Don't blame yourself Ray," Max said. "None of this could have been helped. Kai never told us about this before, and if he had we could have helped him, and _then_ maybe this would never have happened. But Kai's a loner by nature, so he's not used to telling people anything."

"Yet again it's not the sort of thing you bring up in conversation: 'Oh guys, by the way, I'm a former drug addict and I just want you all to know that in case I disappear and get kidnapped by my Grandfather's former corporation!' That's just crazy!" Tyson said, pacing up and down.

"I don't know if I can wait until tomorrow to go out looking for him…" Ray said, looking at his team.

"Well we have no other option, Ray. It's midnight, and it'd be too dangerous for us to be wandering around the streets. Biovolt will be expecting us, that much I know, but whether they'll be expecting the police is a whole other story," Kenny said, closing up his laptop. "Let's just all get some sleep, and we'll go and tell the police as soon as the morning comes. Does that sound OK?"

"Yeah…I guess…" Ray sighed in defeat.

"Good luck with that," Lee said. "We'll be flying out to Austria tomorrow morning, so I'm afraid we can't help. We wish you all the best though."

"Thanks Lee," Ray smiled. And with that the White Tigers left and went into their own room. The Bladebreakers said their goodnights and went to their beds, but Ray couldn't sleep. He was in his room alone, aside from the blood which stained the walls surrounding him. It drove him insane at the thought of what Kai could be going through.

'Kai…I promise you I'll get you out. I won't leave you to die!' Ray thought, before finally letting sleep take him.

~~***~~

Kai woke up and found himself in a dark, barely lit cell, with a barred door and a barred window. He pulled himself to his feet and examined his surroundings further. It was the most dismal and uninviting place Kai had ever seen. The blood that had once poured out of the scars on his arms was now dried to his skin, and the gashes stood out from everything else. With his arm guards missing, Kai didn't have anything to hide the scars and the blood, so he'd have to do without. He took a step forward, only to fall heavily onto his left shoulder. He heard a loud crack, and swallowed down the urge to scream. He looked down at his legs and found that they were both bound together, and attached by a short chain to the wall.

'Shit…' Kai thought, bracing himself up on his elbows. This couldn't be good, whatever way he looked at it. He had a dark and fearful feeling he was in for discovering a whole new world of hurt. He heard loud footsteps approach the cell, and the silhouette of a man stopped in front of him.

"Ah, Master Kai, so good of you to wake up and join us," the familiar voice sneered down at him.

"Boris!!" Kai growled, but his voice sounded weaker and raspier than normal. "Where am I? What do you want from me?!"

"Oh, I want nothing from you, Kai. Mr Hideaki is waiting to see you," Boris replied, unlocking the cell door and calling two guards to him.

"Mr Hideaki?" Kai seemed puzzled, but he assumed Mr Hideaki was Biovolt's new benefactor. It took him a few seconds to work out who Mr Hideaki was. His eyes widened in fear.

"Yes…that's right Kai…Mr Hideaki: your father," Boris smirked at him nastily. The two guards freed Kai's legs and gripped his arms viciously. "Be gentle with the boy. Mr Hideaki wants the pleasure of making him suffer." Kai frowned, gritting his teeth. He'd been right after all. He was carried out of the cell and down a long corridor. Then he went up some stairs, down another corridor, through a door, then down another corridor. Boris and the guards stopped in front of a large metal door. Boris swiped a card key through a small panel to the right hand side of the door, and the door opened. Boris lead the way in, followed by Kai and the guards. Kai was dropped to the floor and held there.

"So, my son, we meet again. I had a feeling things would be this way," Kai's father said, rising from his chair and walking over to his son. He put one hand around Kai's neck and wrenched him up to his feet. "You are going to suffer in ways you have never suffered before. You'll live to regret the day you betrayed Biovolt!"

"Is that…what all this is over?" Kai choked, barely able to breathe in his father's iron grip. "Get a hobby or something. You can't…threaten me into returning to Biovolt…my days as someone else's slave are over!" Hideaki tightened his grip on Kai's neck, causing Kai to whimper unintentionally.

"You never got it, did you? You were always under my control! I always held power over you! Since you were a child, I have had a leash around your neck, and its been tightening year after miserable year that you exist. I've been waiting for this moment…you'll be with your dear mother again!" and with that Hideaki released his grip, and Kai fell to the floor, gasping for breath. "Your mother loved you more than she loved me. You were with her wherever she went, and whenever I tried to get just a little of her time, you always came first!! I tried to dispose of you many times, but she always had to get in the way! Eventually, I just grew tired of her, grabbed a hammer, and hit her with it until she was dead! And you…yes you, her sweet little angel…I shipped you away to this Abbey, hoping that you'd never hinder me or my family again. But alas, you just had to stick your nose in it! My father is in prison because of you Kai! I'll kill you for what you have done!" Kai looked up at him.

"You deserved…all of it…you…you bastard!!!" Kai yelled. Something cold and hard impacted against his face, and he fell back down to the floor. Hideaki had struck him with an iron bar.

"Don't you dare show me such disrespect!" he hissed. Blood trickled out of Kai's mouth and onto the cold floor. Kai lifted his gaze to meet his father's. "Boris. Fetch the hot iron. I think I need to engrave my point onto my son's back, don't you?"

"Yes sir, that would be a most appropriate punishment for such a terribly badly behaved boy!" Boris sneered, walking away to fetch the hot iron. Kai didn't like how this sounded. And he knew it was going to hurt.

~~***~~

It had felt like an eternity for Ray, who only got a few hours sleep, as he was wracked with worry over Kai. The morning sun broke through his curtains and he tore them open, eager to begin searching for Kai.

'I don't care if the Feds don't get involved,' Ray thought. 'I'll find you Kai. I promise I'll help you and always be there for you.' the door to the next room opened. Tyson, Max and Kenny were already awake.

"I couldn't sleep a wink last night! I was so worried about Kai!" Tyson said, yawning slightly.

"Me too, I only slept for a couple of hours," Ray looked over at his exhausted team. They were physically and mentally drained, but they kept telling themselves that things could be worse. They could be in Kai's shoes right about now, being tortured and mutilated by Boris and Biovolt.

"We should get going, I want to just find Kai and end this insanity!" Max said, livening up a bit. Tyson agreed.

"Let's get to it," he said, leading his team out the door. They didn't know how, but they were going to rescue Kai. They'd been through too much to just let him go now.

~~***~~

"Tala!" Bryan said, running over to his team leader and the rest of his companions. "It has just been confirmed by an insider at The Abbey. Kai has been kidnapped."

"What?!" Tala gasped in alarm. His composure was soon restored. "This is bad. Really bad. Now Biovolt has a new benefactor, I don't even want to imagine what they're doing to Kai right now." there was silence. The only noises that were heard were that of the people around them. They were on a busy street in Moscow, sitting on a bench.

"They're probably killing him," Spencer said, rising to his feet. "We can't let that happen!"

"Yeah! We have to fight Tala!" Ian agreed with his team mate.

"I know you're all eager to assist the Bladebreakers, but I don't think now is the time. We somehow need to get the rest of this letter to Kai. It is vital that he reads it and leaves quickly," Tala decided.

"But Tala! They'll kill him if we don't step in now!" Spencer objected.

"Spencer, the remaining Bladebreakers are already on their way to the police station to sort out freeing Kai. We shall just watch for now," Tala replied, trying his best to calm the raging Spencer. It was all a waiting game now, and Kai's life rested with his friends. How they handled it was up to them.

~~***~~

Kai was roused from what was a peaceful and painless sleep by a sharp kick to the chest. His eyes winced and he glared up furiously at his attacker. Boris.

"Good morning, your father wishes to speak to you," Boris said, stepping aside and allowing Hideaki to enter the cell.

"Good morning to you, my son," he said, trying to pull off sounding cheerful, but it came out satanical. "I hope you slept well."

"I'm sure it would have been better if your little lap dog hadn't kicked me," Kai growled, a smirk playing on his face.

"Well, someone has a lot of bite this morning," Hideaki laughed, ushering in two guards, who grabbed Kai tightly and extended out his blood-stained left arm. "Now Kai, we can do this the easy way or the hard way."

"How about not doing it at all?" for his snide remark, Kai received yet another kick to the chest, but this time he reacted upon hearing a crack. He knew that meant a rib was broken, and he let out a small cry in pain. Boris laughed, as did Hideaki.

"You're pathetic!" Boris sneered.

"Now Kai…hold very still…because this is really going to hurt…" Hideaki said, placing one hand tightly around Kai's arm to stop the circulation.

"What, more than the burning or the slashing or kicking? Gee, and all this time I thought you were out of ideas," Kai smirked. His apparent sarcasm was rewarded with yet another sharp kick. Another crack, that made two ribs broken. Kai swallowed the urge to cry out this time, and remained silent.

"That's a boy. Keep quiet now…" Hideaki smiled darkly, and drew a syringe filled with a familiar-looking fluid from his pocket. Kai was really frightened now. He knew what this was. Heroin.

"Oh god no…" Kai muttered, loud enough for his father and Boris to hear. "Please…not this…not this…NOT THIS!!!"

Here I am again

Back in your arms again

I sense you, my love

So all cannot be lost

As I drift away

Into my own euphoria

Follow me down

Stay with me, love

For I cannot bear to be alone

SN: Part 4 all in the can! Woo!! Poor Kai…I really hate to torture him like this, cos he's my favourite and all, but that's fan fiction for ya! It can get brutal! Expect more torture in the next part, and be prepared for Kai losing control. Come on Demolition Boys, move faster!!!

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