hello again
Thank you for all the great reviews!
OH! I forgot to mention in the last chapter that the song Kai was singing is called "Gravity" It's the ending song to the anime Wolf's Rain.
I decided to put that in there because I love that song. It's one of my favorites.
sorry for not putting that in the last chapter.
:-P
well, here's the next chapter.
I was going to have Hilary get tortured next, but decided not to just yet.
Some parts may seem a little redundant...sorry.
Kai's father is mentioned a little. Later on I'll go into more details about him.
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Hilary moaned as she felt light on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and gasped.
"Wh...where am I?" She asked out loud as she took in her surroundings. She was in a cozy, medium sized room, that had been painted a light bluish color. There was a bay window at the far wall, and the glass had been barred so no one could possibly escape. She heard a moan next to her and turned to her left to see what was happening.
On the bed to her left, Tala laid stiffly under layers of blankets. A young woman, no older than 30 sat next to him, dabbing the sweat off his forehead.
"Izumi?" Hilary asked softly.
"Oh, good morning! Are you feeling better?" The black haired woman smiled.
Hilary looked confused. "Good...I guess...."
"You're probably wondering what you are doing here, right?" Izumi asked.
The brunette nodded.
"I noticed that you were suffering from the beginning stages of hypothermia, and Tala here, is severely injured. I talked Nikolai into letting me bring you to my room to recover. He wants you all in peak physical health." She looked away sadly.
Hilary suddenly gasped. She sat up, throwing the covers off of her. "Where's Kai? Is he here?" She looked around the room desperately, hoping her boyfriend was standing in a corner somewhere like he usually did.
"Umm...master Kai is with...Nikolai..."
Kai felt a sharp pain in his arm and was immediately awake.
"Good evening young Kai. You're a sound sleeper." A deep voice chuckled.
The blue haired teen craned his head around to see where the voice came from, even though he knew exactly who it was.
Suddenly, a hand came out of nowhere and stuck wire into Kai's collarbone.
Kai cursed loudly as another wave of pain hit him.
"Is this what you did to Tala?" Kai demanded. "Answer me!"
"Calm down young Kai." Nikolai replied. "You're supposedly the strongest, so it will give me great pleasure watching you try to fight. Your little friend didn't have nearly enough stamina to combat my machine, so it will be interesting to see what happens to you." The evil Russian chuckled.
Kai tried to jerk his arms free of the bindings, but it was no use. He heard the machine begin to power up, and panic began to wash over him.
Suddenly, a new sensation of pain Kai had never felt before shot through his body. Kai called out in pain as his whole body began to feel like fire. He clenched his teeth as he tried to hold back his screams.
"Don't do it Kai...don't show weakness...that's what he wants you to do..." Kai told himself as painful waves hit his body over and over again.
Nikolai chuckled. "Go ahead young Kai. Scream all you want. You know you want to." He smiled as he began to slowly increase the power of the machine.
The pain became so intense, that Kai could no longer hold back his cries.
Hilary and Izumi jumped in surprise as they heard a faint scream from down the hallway, but it sounded so far away!
Hilary began to cry softly as the screaming continued. "It's Kai! He's being hurt!" She brought her knees to her chest and covered her ears with her hands. "Make it stop! Please!" She cried.
Tears eventually came to Izumi's dark blue eyes as well. She tried to ignore it as she continued to look after Tala.
After a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity, the screaming stopped, and everything became quiet again.
Izumi sighed. "He finally stopped...I hope he didn't kill him...." She thought to herself.
A few moments later, there was a loud banging at the door. Izumi jumped up and rushed over and opened it. There stood Nikolai with an unconscious Kai around his shoulder.
"Make sure he stays alive." The evil Russian commanded, tossing the teen into Izumi's arms and slamming the door.
"Kai!" Hilary exclaimed.
Izumi dragged the teen's motionless body into the center of the room and carefully laid him down on the plush carpet.
His arms and neck were bleeding, and his skin was bruised and burned slightly, just like Tala. His normally pale skin had gotten even paler, and was ice cold.
"Hilary? Would you bring me that box over on that table?" She asked.
The brunette quickly found the box and rushed over to the woman's side. Izumi took out some gauze pads and placed them over the puncture wounds in Kai's arms and neck.
"Oh Kai..." She murmured, wiping the sweat from his brow. She began to hum a familiar tune to herself.
Suddenly, Kai's eyes opened slightly and he looked up into an unfamiliar face. He moaned softly as he recognized the tune, but as his eyes began to focus on the figure over him, he gasped and his eyes shot open completely.
"Kai?" Izumi started.
The blue haired teen scrambled away from the young woman, his eyes wide with fright. He bumped into a table on the other side of the room, causing a picture frame to fall to his side.
"Kai? What's wrong?" Izumi asked with worry in her voice.
"How do you know that song?!" His voice was shaky.
"Your mother used to sing it all the time...don't you remember?"
Kai shook his head quickly, not knowing what to say.
"Calm down Kai. You're safe now." Izumi reached out to the teen. He gasped and tried to scoot further away from her, but the table prevented him.
"Sta...Stay away from me!" He demanded.
"What's wrong with you Kai? She's here to help us!" Hilary whispered. Kai paid no attention to her words, but picked up the frame that had fallen with a very shaky hand.
The teen looked intently at the picture as his crimson eyes grew wide. A lady with long, slate colored hair was sitting on a patch of grass with 2 men standing next to her. The woman had crimson eyes, and a large smile on her face with a painted purple stripe on each of her cheeks, while the two men next to her had purple hair, one with the same crimson eyes, and one with dark eyes, but both were happy also! These two men, Kai recognized to be Nikolai and Boris.
Kai didn't believe what he was seeing. He found it hard to breath, and he felt his heart pounding furiously in his chest.
"Wh...what is this..." He said in a quiet voice. "What is this!" He said again, his voice almost yelling. Tears began to weld up in his eyes.
"...that's your mother, and her two brothers..." Izumi replied softly, looking down at the carpet. She wasn't sure if it was the right thing or not to tell him now, but he needed to know eventually.
"N...No! NO!" Kai shook his head, refusing to believe what he was hearing. The tears pulled at the corners of his eyes, but he refused to let them fall.
Hilary rushed over to her boyfriend and pulled him into a comforting hug. He was trembling uncontrollably and breathing heavily.
"Shhh...." Tears began to form in Hilary's eyes as well, never seeing Kai like this before. It broke her heart. He never knew anything about his parents, and was finding out at the worst time and in the worst place. "It's okay to cry..." She whispered in his ear.
With that, all of Kai's defenses broke, and the hot tears began to roll down his bruised skin for the 3 time in his life. After 14 years, all the emotions Kai had held back were coming out. Hilary held him closer to her as he cried softly into her neck. Sobs racked his frame as Hilary rubbed his back. She sniffled a few tears back herself and glanced over at Izumi, who was still situated on the floor. She was crying as well, even more than Kai was!
Suddenly, Kai fell limp in Hilary's arms.
"Kai?" She looked over at his face. He had fallen asleep.
Hilary sighed with relief. "Sweet dreams Kai." She kissed his forehead as Izumi got up and walked over silently to the two teens to help Hilary bring the unconscious boy over to a bed.
"He looks so tired...he hasn't slept much, has he?" Izumi asked, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Hilary shook her head as she pulled some blankets up to his shoulders.
"Then he probably hasn't eaten anything either." Izumi sighed.
The brunette stared at the raven haired woman. She knew Kai like the back of her hand.
"He always did that when something wasn't right. Once he went 3 days without eating....I tried to force him, but he always outsmarted me." Izumi smiled at the memory. "I swear...that boy could sense when something bad was going to happen...."
"How do you know Kai and his family?" Hilary asked, now more curious than ever.
"I was his mother's best friend. When she got married, I came out here to Russia with her. I decided to work around the house and help her out with anything she would need, even though she didn't like the idea." Izumi smiled. "I was with her when Kai was born. I helped look after him when his parents were away. Keira was always afraid someone would try to take him away from her...Kai is like her in so many ways...anyway, when Kai was about 3, he told me to look after his parents. He thought something bad would happen to them. He was so afraid. The next morning, Voltaire barged in with Boris and Nikolai, demanding that Kai go with him. I went and got Mikail, Kai's father, from his office. Mikail was fed up with his father, and immediately got into a huge argument with him. I decided to hide in the kitchen and call the police. The argument got out of control, and Boris took out a gun and shot Mikail. Shortly after, Keira rushed into the room to find her husband dying. He told her to get away, but she didn't listen. Voltaire and Boris left and went outside, leaving only Nikolai. I didn't hear what they talked about, but Keira had ran upstairs. After about 5 minutes, I heard another gunshot, and then Kai, yelling at Nikolai. Then everything went silent, and I heard Nikolai leave, and the car drive off. I stayed hidden, I couldn't move! The police eventually showed up....but by then, Keira and Mikail had...past away, and Kai was nowhere to be found!"
"That's horrible..." Hilary said in a small voice. "Did you ever see him again?"
"I saw him at a court hearing, when Voltaire was taking him away, and a few years later. Mr. Dickinson brought him to me, saying that he found him wandering the streets. He was hurt, and Mr. Dickinson tried to help, but decided to see me, because I'm a nurse."
"Wow! You know Mr. Dickinson?!" Hilary gasped.
Izumi nodded. "He's another friend of Kai's family."
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don't forget to review!
This chapter could have gone on, but it was getting pretty long, so I decided to stop here.
Thank you for all the great reviews!
OH! I forgot to mention in the last chapter that the song Kai was singing is called "Gravity" It's the ending song to the anime Wolf's Rain.
I decided to put that in there because I love that song. It's one of my favorites.
sorry for not putting that in the last chapter.
:-P
well, here's the next chapter.
I was going to have Hilary get tortured next, but decided not to just yet.
Some parts may seem a little redundant...sorry.
Kai's father is mentioned a little. Later on I'll go into more details about him.
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Hilary moaned as she felt light on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and gasped.
"Wh...where am I?" She asked out loud as she took in her surroundings. She was in a cozy, medium sized room, that had been painted a light bluish color. There was a bay window at the far wall, and the glass had been barred so no one could possibly escape. She heard a moan next to her and turned to her left to see what was happening.
On the bed to her left, Tala laid stiffly under layers of blankets. A young woman, no older than 30 sat next to him, dabbing the sweat off his forehead.
"Izumi?" Hilary asked softly.
"Oh, good morning! Are you feeling better?" The black haired woman smiled.
Hilary looked confused. "Good...I guess...."
"You're probably wondering what you are doing here, right?" Izumi asked.
The brunette nodded.
"I noticed that you were suffering from the beginning stages of hypothermia, and Tala here, is severely injured. I talked Nikolai into letting me bring you to my room to recover. He wants you all in peak physical health." She looked away sadly.
Hilary suddenly gasped. She sat up, throwing the covers off of her. "Where's Kai? Is he here?" She looked around the room desperately, hoping her boyfriend was standing in a corner somewhere like he usually did.
"Umm...master Kai is with...Nikolai..."
Kai felt a sharp pain in his arm and was immediately awake.
"Good evening young Kai. You're a sound sleeper." A deep voice chuckled.
The blue haired teen craned his head around to see where the voice came from, even though he knew exactly who it was.
Suddenly, a hand came out of nowhere and stuck wire into Kai's collarbone.
Kai cursed loudly as another wave of pain hit him.
"Is this what you did to Tala?" Kai demanded. "Answer me!"
"Calm down young Kai." Nikolai replied. "You're supposedly the strongest, so it will give me great pleasure watching you try to fight. Your little friend didn't have nearly enough stamina to combat my machine, so it will be interesting to see what happens to you." The evil Russian chuckled.
Kai tried to jerk his arms free of the bindings, but it was no use. He heard the machine begin to power up, and panic began to wash over him.
Suddenly, a new sensation of pain Kai had never felt before shot through his body. Kai called out in pain as his whole body began to feel like fire. He clenched his teeth as he tried to hold back his screams.
"Don't do it Kai...don't show weakness...that's what he wants you to do..." Kai told himself as painful waves hit his body over and over again.
Nikolai chuckled. "Go ahead young Kai. Scream all you want. You know you want to." He smiled as he began to slowly increase the power of the machine.
The pain became so intense, that Kai could no longer hold back his cries.
Hilary and Izumi jumped in surprise as they heard a faint scream from down the hallway, but it sounded so far away!
Hilary began to cry softly as the screaming continued. "It's Kai! He's being hurt!" She brought her knees to her chest and covered her ears with her hands. "Make it stop! Please!" She cried.
Tears eventually came to Izumi's dark blue eyes as well. She tried to ignore it as she continued to look after Tala.
After a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity, the screaming stopped, and everything became quiet again.
Izumi sighed. "He finally stopped...I hope he didn't kill him...." She thought to herself.
A few moments later, there was a loud banging at the door. Izumi jumped up and rushed over and opened it. There stood Nikolai with an unconscious Kai around his shoulder.
"Make sure he stays alive." The evil Russian commanded, tossing the teen into Izumi's arms and slamming the door.
"Kai!" Hilary exclaimed.
Izumi dragged the teen's motionless body into the center of the room and carefully laid him down on the plush carpet.
His arms and neck were bleeding, and his skin was bruised and burned slightly, just like Tala. His normally pale skin had gotten even paler, and was ice cold.
"Hilary? Would you bring me that box over on that table?" She asked.
The brunette quickly found the box and rushed over to the woman's side. Izumi took out some gauze pads and placed them over the puncture wounds in Kai's arms and neck.
"Oh Kai..." She murmured, wiping the sweat from his brow. She began to hum a familiar tune to herself.
Suddenly, Kai's eyes opened slightly and he looked up into an unfamiliar face. He moaned softly as he recognized the tune, but as his eyes began to focus on the figure over him, he gasped and his eyes shot open completely.
"Kai?" Izumi started.
The blue haired teen scrambled away from the young woman, his eyes wide with fright. He bumped into a table on the other side of the room, causing a picture frame to fall to his side.
"Kai? What's wrong?" Izumi asked with worry in her voice.
"How do you know that song?!" His voice was shaky.
"Your mother used to sing it all the time...don't you remember?"
Kai shook his head quickly, not knowing what to say.
"Calm down Kai. You're safe now." Izumi reached out to the teen. He gasped and tried to scoot further away from her, but the table prevented him.
"Sta...Stay away from me!" He demanded.
"What's wrong with you Kai? She's here to help us!" Hilary whispered. Kai paid no attention to her words, but picked up the frame that had fallen with a very shaky hand.
The teen looked intently at the picture as his crimson eyes grew wide. A lady with long, slate colored hair was sitting on a patch of grass with 2 men standing next to her. The woman had crimson eyes, and a large smile on her face with a painted purple stripe on each of her cheeks, while the two men next to her had purple hair, one with the same crimson eyes, and one with dark eyes, but both were happy also! These two men, Kai recognized to be Nikolai and Boris.
Kai didn't believe what he was seeing. He found it hard to breath, and he felt his heart pounding furiously in his chest.
"Wh...what is this..." He said in a quiet voice. "What is this!" He said again, his voice almost yelling. Tears began to weld up in his eyes.
"...that's your mother, and her two brothers..." Izumi replied softly, looking down at the carpet. She wasn't sure if it was the right thing or not to tell him now, but he needed to know eventually.
"N...No! NO!" Kai shook his head, refusing to believe what he was hearing. The tears pulled at the corners of his eyes, but he refused to let them fall.
Hilary rushed over to her boyfriend and pulled him into a comforting hug. He was trembling uncontrollably and breathing heavily.
"Shhh...." Tears began to form in Hilary's eyes as well, never seeing Kai like this before. It broke her heart. He never knew anything about his parents, and was finding out at the worst time and in the worst place. "It's okay to cry..." She whispered in his ear.
With that, all of Kai's defenses broke, and the hot tears began to roll down his bruised skin for the 3 time in his life. After 14 years, all the emotions Kai had held back were coming out. Hilary held him closer to her as he cried softly into her neck. Sobs racked his frame as Hilary rubbed his back. She sniffled a few tears back herself and glanced over at Izumi, who was still situated on the floor. She was crying as well, even more than Kai was!
Suddenly, Kai fell limp in Hilary's arms.
"Kai?" She looked over at his face. He had fallen asleep.
Hilary sighed with relief. "Sweet dreams Kai." She kissed his forehead as Izumi got up and walked over silently to the two teens to help Hilary bring the unconscious boy over to a bed.
"He looks so tired...he hasn't slept much, has he?" Izumi asked, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Hilary shook her head as she pulled some blankets up to his shoulders.
"Then he probably hasn't eaten anything either." Izumi sighed.
The brunette stared at the raven haired woman. She knew Kai like the back of her hand.
"He always did that when something wasn't right. Once he went 3 days without eating....I tried to force him, but he always outsmarted me." Izumi smiled at the memory. "I swear...that boy could sense when something bad was going to happen...."
"How do you know Kai and his family?" Hilary asked, now more curious than ever.
"I was his mother's best friend. When she got married, I came out here to Russia with her. I decided to work around the house and help her out with anything she would need, even though she didn't like the idea." Izumi smiled. "I was with her when Kai was born. I helped look after him when his parents were away. Keira was always afraid someone would try to take him away from her...Kai is like her in so many ways...anyway, when Kai was about 3, he told me to look after his parents. He thought something bad would happen to them. He was so afraid. The next morning, Voltaire barged in with Boris and Nikolai, demanding that Kai go with him. I went and got Mikail, Kai's father, from his office. Mikail was fed up with his father, and immediately got into a huge argument with him. I decided to hide in the kitchen and call the police. The argument got out of control, and Boris took out a gun and shot Mikail. Shortly after, Keira rushed into the room to find her husband dying. He told her to get away, but she didn't listen. Voltaire and Boris left and went outside, leaving only Nikolai. I didn't hear what they talked about, but Keira had ran upstairs. After about 5 minutes, I heard another gunshot, and then Kai, yelling at Nikolai. Then everything went silent, and I heard Nikolai leave, and the car drive off. I stayed hidden, I couldn't move! The police eventually showed up....but by then, Keira and Mikail had...past away, and Kai was nowhere to be found!"
"That's horrible..." Hilary said in a small voice. "Did you ever see him again?"
"I saw him at a court hearing, when Voltaire was taking him away, and a few years later. Mr. Dickinson brought him to me, saying that he found him wandering the streets. He was hurt, and Mr. Dickinson tried to help, but decided to see me, because I'm a nurse."
"Wow! You know Mr. Dickinson?!" Hilary gasped.
Izumi nodded. "He's another friend of Kai's family."
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don't forget to review!
This chapter could have gone on, but it was getting pretty long, so I decided to stop here.