Hi everyone! Another installment of Battle Royale! I hope you guys all like this chapter. This one answers the question most people have been asking since I first started writing this fic: Is Tyson Andre?
Well, the simple answer is, read, and you will find out.
Also, I need to make an apology. This fic may not be coming out quite as quickly as it has been the last couple of weeks. My parents think I spend too much time on the computer, so I get only a couple of hours a day, and that's mainly to do school work. This story has been mainly written at school, since I started it, but I have school holidays coming up, which last for two weeks. Once again, sorry. I will try to get the next chapter out before I go on holidays, though.
Ok, Reviews:
Darkspider: It shouldn't be a big honour for me to mention you, but I'm honoured that you think so. ^_^ No, really, it's more of an honour for me to have you read my stuff. So, thanks!
Shinigami29: Thanks. I hope I got the next chapter out quickly enough for you.
Lady Blade WarAngel: Thank you. I'm glad you are liking this.
Mistress of Anime: Yeah, blackmail does suck, doesn't it?
BladeBreaker Girl: I did more! See??? I did!
Again, thanks to my beta-reader, Lady Blade WarAngel for helping me with this.
Disclaimer: If I've said it once, I've said it a million and six times, don't exaggerate!!! Er, I meant that I don't own any thing you recognise. I own the team, the Royals, Andre, Ben, Chris and Daniel.
Please, R+R
Weeping Angel
Chapter 6
Daniel sat on the bed in his brothers' room, waiting for Chris to return. His twin had been on an errand from Ben, going to ensure that everyone the eldest brother wanted there would come. He had just been down to see Tyson, the prisoner. That had been ... interesting, to say the least. Tyson had, accidentally, revealed that he knew more about the team, and the team members, than he should have.
Then anyone should have.
Daniel was debating whether or not to tell Ben about this new development. Obviously, Tyson was not who he appeared to be, but who could have that much information on he and his brothers, and not have them know about it.
Daniel had a theory, and a plan to test out that theory, but he was waiting for Chris to get home first.
'Maybe...maybe it's finally going to happen... Maybe, but I can't be sure... I just hope I'm right...'
*~*~*~
The plane landed in the Tokyo airport, according to the pilot. The three boys on the plane still had no idea just where they were heading, but they had guessed that they were picking up Kai and Kenny.
Sure enough, a few minutes after the plane stopped, the two remaining members of the Bladebreakers got on the plane, and took their seats. Kenny, as usual, was hugging his laptop to his chest, holding it in a protective manner.
Kai looked around the interior of the plane, glancing over the colour designs, to note that the plane had only a limited number of seats. And all but three of them were full.
"Lee?" Kenny asked, as he noticed the White Tiger. "What are you doing here?"
"I got given a ticket," Lee replied, "and I felt I owed it to Tyson to come and help you guys out."
"Oh. That's nice of you," Kenny said.
Lee smirked. "Besides, if we don't get him back, then I'll miss out on the entertainment of a buffet dinner!" he added.
Max and Ray laughed, remembering the time before the semi-finals of the American Tournament, when Tyson had overeaten at a buffet. It hadn't been pretty.
"Please take your seats. The plane will be taking off shortly." An airhostess announced. Kai took a seat next to Lee, and Kenny took the seat next to Max. Ray, who was sitting behind Max and Kenny, passed over a piece of paper to the Chief.
"What's this?" The Chief asked, looking it over.
"We don't know," Lee said. "We were hoping you could tell us what it said."
Kenny paused, as if deciphering the note. Finally he looked up and sighed. "Kai, you read Russian, don't you?" he asked.
"Yes. Why?"
"Because it's in Russian?" Lee asked, half seriously. He had thought he recognised the style of writing, but not the actual content.
"Exactly, Lee," Kenny agreed, handing the letter to Kai. "Can you read it, Kai?"
There was a brief pause, and then Kai took the letter from Kenny. Tense silence filled the plane, while Kai looked through the note. Then he smirked, and everyone let out a sigh of relief.
"It's too complex for me."
"What?" Max asked, disbelief colouring his voice. "What do you mean, Kai?"
"I mean, I haven't studied Russian for a number of years," Kai explained. "And this is in a dialect that I'm not completely familiar with."
"So what do we do?" Max asked.
"Well, from what I worked out, it looks like some sort of instructions. Probably on how to get to where ever it is we're going."
"Any idea where we're going?" Ray spoke up.
"The Royals don't actually have a fixed address, not one that we can find, anyway," Kenny said, typing away furiously on his keyboard. "They are located somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Australasian area, I believe."
"The Austra – what?"
"The Australasian area incorporates Australia, Asia and the islands nearby, like Indonesia and the Philippines," Kenny explained.
"Oh."
"But we'll be on the plane for a while yet," Kenny continued, as the plane started down the runway, preparing for takeoff. "We should all get some sleep. We don't know what we'll have to do when we arrive," The chief suggested.
"Good idea, Chief," Ray said, lounging slightly.
Kai closed his eyes, but with no intention of going to sleep. He still needed to work out how they were going to rescue Tyson.
*~*~*~
Tyson froze as he heard Benjamin's voice in the hallway, and prayed to every god he knew that Ben hadn't spoken to Daniel yet. He knew he had messed up. Daniel had been giving him a small tour of the castle – not like he needed it – and had shown the blue – haired boy his and Chris' room. Inside, Tyson had noticed Kryre, a small bear that Andre had given Daniel when he had been 8, the year before the eldest Royal had run away. But, the Kryre Tyson remembered had two green eyes, this one had one green and one blue eye. Tyson, being the idiot he sometimes was, pointed this out to Daniel.
To make matters worse, when he and Daniel had gotten into a conversation about the pros and cons of learning weapons in schools – Tyson didn't even remember how they got onto this topic! – he had accidentally named Chris' sword, by name.
Daniel had seemed to close off after that, and he took Tyson back to his room shortly after, saying he would be back later.
Tyson had a bad feeling pooling in the pit of his stomach, telling him that he had blown it. Hopefully, they wouldn't be too mad.
Tyson chuckled dryly. Too mad? All he had done was run away, and leave their family. Of course they wouldn't be mad. They would be furious, Ben in particular. Tyson wasn't sure exactly how Daniel and Chris would react, but Ben had always been the hot head of the family, and it looked like things hadn't changed.
Suddenly the door opened again, and someone walked in, obviously a servant. "The Masters would like to you to come to the drawing room. Please follow me." The man requested, turning to leave. He didn't even wait for Tyson to follow.
'I wonder if this is it…' Tyson mused as he followed the man down a hall, in the direction he knew led to the twins bedrooms, not the drawing room.
*~*~*~
"The plane is about to start it's decent for landing. Please fasten your seatbelts," the captain's voice came over the intercom. Everyone did as requested. Kai was sitting next to Lee, Ray next to Max and Kenny had the empty chair next to him. Max had suggested that maybe the empty chair was for Tyson when they brought him home. Lee had shaken his head at that, but wouldn't say why.
Kai was getting suspicious. Lee's actions said that the Chinese boy knew more than what he was telling. Kai had already spoken to Ray, and found out about Lee's little warning, before he had decided he was coming along too. He made a promise to himself that he would talk to Lee soon, before they landed, and find out just what the other boy knew.
Lee was getting nervous. Kai kept looking at him, and it was beginning to get on his nerves.
"Kai, did you want something, or were you just going to keep staring at me?" he finally asked angrily, "Because, it's getting on my nerves."
"You're right. I do want to talk to you," Kai said, leaning back in his seat and closing his eyes.
"What about?"
"Tyson," Kai replied. "I'm guessing he told you about his past." It was a statement, not a question.
Lee nodded. "Sort of. Did he tell you?"
Kai nodded too. "When he quit…he told me his reasons for quitting, before I let him back on the team," Kai said.
"Well, at least I'm not the only one who has to worry about what will happen if the Royals find out," Lee said, letting out a sigh of relief. "I can't believe Tyson hid it from you all these years, though. I mean, he doesn't look like those old pictures of Andre, but…"
"What?" Kai voice was deathly quiet, as he tried to process what he had just heard. "Are you telling me that Tyson, is Andre, from the Royals?"
Lee froze. "I thought…I thought Tyson had told you…" he murmured.
"No. He hadn't told me that," Kai replied, in a voice like steel.
"Damn," was all Lee could think to say.
*~*~*~
The servant led Tyson down one corridor after another. Finally, he stopped in front of two large wooden doors. Chris and Daniels' rooms.
"The Masters are in here," he said, opening the door on the left. Inside, two identical boys stood waiting. As Tyson entered, one of them sat down on the bed, while the other went to lean against the wall.
"You wanted to see me?" Tyson asked, entering. He closed the door behind him.
"Yes, Tyson," Daniel said, from the wall. "My brother Daniel has told me a lot about you," he said, gesturing at Chris.
'They're trying to trick me.' Tyson thought. 'They want me to stuff up…which means they already know…'
"Daniel, don't bother," Tyson said with a sigh. "Just tell me what you want."
Daniel's eyes lit up. "I knew it!" he crowed. "I knew it was you!"
Before Tyson could do or say anything, Daniel had shot up and hugged him. "I missed you, Andre. But you came home!"
Tyson then felt someone embrace him from behind, and knew it was Chris. "Danny, Chris…" he breathed, hugging his brothers back.
After a few seconds, he pulled back. "I missed you guys too."
"Why did you leave?" Chris asked.
"What have you been doing?" Daniel asked at the same time.
"I…" Tyson paused, thinking. "Well…" he began.
*~*~*~
The plane landed, but the teenagers were told to stay on. Another person would be joining them momentarily.
All of the bladders were curious who it was.
But when the person walked on, all they could do was stare.
"YOU?!"
