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Hilary suddenly sneezed.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot all about your clothes! I was going to go get some for you. That jacket isn't much now." Izumi stood up and went over to Kai. "I'll go wash his clothes, and come back soon, okay?" She said, carefully removing Kai's garments from his pained body.
Hilary nodded as the raven haired woman walked out the door, and a guard came in, making sure no one would try and think of leaving.
After 15 minutes or so, Izumi came back in with two bundles of clothes. She glared at the guard, signaling him to leave. Once he was gone, she set on of the bundles next to Tala's bed, and handed the other to Hilary.
"I hope they fit. They're the only ones I could find."
"Thank you." Hilary stood up and walked over to a partition in the far corner of the room. After a minute, the brunette reappeared. She was wearing a maroon sweater that was a little large, but was extremely warm, and a pair of thick jeans that were rolled up at the bottom. For shoes, she wore a pair a brown boots that fit her perfectly!
"They look really good on you!" Izumi smiled.
"Thanks again." Hilary replied and took a seat next to Kai's bed. "How's Tala doing?"
"Well, it's hard to say. He suffered from some pretty bad injuries when Nikolai found him, and whatever happened to him recently has just added to it." Izumi replied.
"I wish I could do something. I could heal him if it weren't for this stupid collar." Hilary pulled at the metal around her neck.
"He should be fine, if Nikolai gives him enough time to recover."
"What exactly does that machine do?" Hilary asked, looking down at Kai's sleeping body.
"From what I can gather, it absorbs your powers. That's why Tala and Kai are so cold and pail. Their life has been drained from them!"
Hilary gasped. That sounded incredibly painful, and she might go through it as well.
"...but there's a problem..." A deep voice suddenly said.
Izumi and Hilary jumped.
"Kai? You're awake!?" Hilary gasped.
"I've been awake for a while..." Kai replied softly.
"What's the problem you mentioned?" Izumi asked.
"The effect isn't permanent. Nikolai would have to kill us in order to obtain our powers fully. We have to get out of here before he decides to stop torturing us..." Kai replied hoarsely. He propped himself up on his elbows and suddenly noticed he was topless. He quickly pulled the sheets up again.
Hilary gasped as she caught a glimpse of his wounds. "Is that from when he shot you?"
"You were shot?!" Izumi exclaimed, rushing over to the teen.
Kai flinched as she got near.
"Don't worry..." Hilary placed a hand on his shoulder. Kai sighed and relaxed a bit.
"Let me see..." Izumi pulled the sheet down slightly and examined Kai's bandaged chest. She pulled back the bottom of the bloody gauze and winced slightly.
"The bleeding seems to have stopped, but I'm going to change the bandage anyway." She got up and retrieved her box of supplies. The raven haired nurse cut the bandages off Kai's well sculpted chest and threw them away. She then began to rummage through her box, looking for fresh gauze.
Hilary winced as she saw Kai's gunshot wound. It was red and looked extremely sore. The skin around the wound was a brilliant blue and purple.
"It looks worse than it is." Kai reassured her, flashing her a quick smile.
Izumi found the bandages and began to cover the wound again. "I can't believe he actually shot you!" She muttered to herself.
Once she was done, Kai sat up against the headboard of the small bed. He glanced at Tala sadly.
"We need to get out of here...now!"
Tyson flopped down on the couch with a loud sigh. "We've checked the whole city and still haven't found them yet!"
"Technically, we didn't really search the whole city, maybe about a forth of it..." Kenny started.
"It's close enough!" Tyson cut him off.
Rei sat down in a chair from the small kitchen. "It's like they just disappeared! Kenny and I went into a shop and asked the owner about Kai, and he just laughed at us, and then said something to all the people in the shop, and they started laughing too!" The Chinese blader sighed and closed his eyes.
"Yeah, someone even told me that Kai was murdered 14 years ago!" Max said.
"Murdered?!" Everybody exclaimed.
"Apparently that person hasn't been watching us beyblade for the past 6 years!" Tyson replied.
"Well, I don't know where else to search! Maybe we should just wait until Mr. Dickinson gets back." Kenny stated suddenly.
Mr. Dickinson trudged through the snow covered sidewalk. He had just come out from the local police building with no luck about the where abouts of Kai or Hilary. Even though they told him they had been searching the city for the two teens, he still felt anxious, and had a feeling that the police wouldn't help much. He turned the corner and stopped in his tracks.
There, in front of the elder, stood what once was Balcov Abbey. It had been converted to a training center for the BBA, and didn't look so threatening now. In fact, if you didn't know what occurred in that building, you wouldn't have been able to tell it was a dreadful place of torture. Suddenly, a thought struck Mr. Dickinson's mind.
"Kai told me he gave control of this place to Tala. Maybe I can find out something here!" The BBA president thought as he began to walk across the street.
He stepped inside the doors into a large lobby. A giant fireplace burned brightly at the far end with couches in front of it. Children walked around and talked with friends. Mr. Dickinson continued inside and walked up to the front desk.
"How may I help you sir....Mr. Dickinson?! What are you doing here?!" The woman exclaimed. She wasn't expecting to see the BBA president.
"Good afternoon." The elder smiled. "I'm looking for someone...is Tala or any of the Demolition Boys here?"
"I'm sorry sir. Tala, Ian, Bryan and Spencer all went their separate ways a while ago."
"Could you tell me where they are now?"
The woman looked through papers on her desk. "Well, Ian, Bryan and Spencer have all moved back with their families to different countries...but Tala stayed here in Russia."
"Really!? I need to talk to him! Where can I find him?"
"I'm sorry sir....Tala disappeared almost a month ago. No one has seen him since!"
Mr. Dickinson was shocked. "Where was he staying before he went missing? Do you know?"
"Ummm..." The woman looked through her papers again. "I think he was allowed to stay at the old Hiwatari Mansion...but that place has been abandoned for a long time."
"Th...thank you." He turned and began to walk out of the lobby.
"Nikolai must have him too!" He thought to himself. "But wait...I thought that place was destroyed! I guess it wouldn't hurt to look."
He took out a cell phone from his coat pocket and dialed a number.
"Hello Kenny, it's Mr. Dickinson.....yes, I'm fine....I'm going up to Kai's old mansion, I might have found a lead...well, alright....I'll meet you boys up there....okay, goodbye."
The elder put the phone away and walked up the snow covered sidewalk a bit before flagging down a cab.
"Take me to the Hiwatari Mansion." Mr. Dickinson said as he climbed in the back of the sedan.
"Yes sir!" The cab driver replied.
"Where is he?"
Tyson, Rei, Max and Kenny had all arrived in front of the old mansion's iron gates. Mossy stone walls loomed over the sidewalk, keeping out all possible intruders.
Max looked through the iron gate up the hill to where the large house was situated. The grass on the estate that wasn't covered in snow was a brownish color, and obviously hadn't been cut in a long time. It was even beginning to grow in the middle of the drive way. At the very top of the hill, Max could make out what looked like to be a dead garden with a large fountain in the middle. The house itself had a dark aura to it, sending a shiver down the blond haired beyblader's spine.
"Relax Tyson. We were closer to this place than Mr. Dickinson was." Kenny replied.
"Hey guys...I don't know about this...." Max started.
"What's wrong Max?" Rei asked.
"Are you scared?" Tyson asked in a mocking tone.
"Well, just look at it! It looks like one of those houses in those horror movies with the vampires and ghosts and stuff!"
Tyson went up to the gate and took a quick look at the mansion.
"It certainly looks like a place Kai would live." He said.
"I wonder why Kai never told us he used to live in a spooky old house...." Rei said to himself.
"Maybe because he can't remember?" Kenny offered.
"Or maybe because something terrible happened here, and the ghosts of Boris and Voltaire haunt the place, waiting for the BladeBreakers to show up again so they can have their revenge!" Tyson crept behind Kenny's back silently before suddenly grabbing his shoulders. "BOO!!!"
"AAAHHHHH!!!" Kenny screamed, nearly dropping Dizzi. "Tyson! That wasn't funny!"
Rei, Max and Tyson all burst out in laughter.
"Oh come on Chief! You know there's no such things as ghosts!" Rei said as his laughing ceased.
"Hello boys! I didn't think you would get here so early!" A voice said behind the group.
"Hi Mr. Dickinson!" They all chimed.
The elder turned around to pay the cab driver and thanked him in Russian before continuing up the sidewalk to where they BladeBreakers waited.
"Cheery place, isn't it?" He smirked as he looked at the house.
The teenaged boys laughed nervously.
"How are we going to get in? The gate's chained." Max asked.
"No problem!" Tyson exclaimed, extending his launcher in front of him. "Let it rip!"
Dragoon shot off his launcher and rammed into the chains around the gate, shredding them.
"Oh yeah!" Tyson cheered as he stuffed Dragoon back in his pocket.
"I had a key Tyson." Mr. Dickinson sighed.
"Huh?!"
"I picked it up at the new training center...oh well." Mr. Dickinson opened the gate.
The team began to walk up the hill toward the old mansion.
"How did you find out about this place?" Max asked as they got closer to the top of the hill.
"I went to the new BBA training facility and asked about the Demolition Boys. It turns out that Tala was the only one that stayed in Russia, but he went missing about a month ago. They said that he lived here for a while." Mr. Dickinson explained.
"But Tala's one of those 'perfect humans' like Kai and Hilary. Nikolai would already have him!" Tyson said.
"I know, but maybe there's something here that can help us find out where he is. If we can locate Tala, we'll be able to find Hilary and Kai!"
"And Nikolai..." Rei added.
The group finally made it to the courtyard. They looked around for any sign of life, but found nothing.
"The windows have been barred...." Mr. Dickinson said as he examined the side of the house.
"Hey! Look at this!" Max called out.
Everyone rushed over to Draciel's master, who was standing far into the dead garden.
"What is it Max?" Tyson asked.
The blond pointed to the ground where a large carved and polished stone lay.
Rei bent down and wiped the remaining snow off it as Mr. Dickinson arrived on the scene.
"Mikail and Keira Hiwatari?" The Chinese blader read the only words he could make out.
"Oh my goodness!" The elder exclaimed.
"What do they say?" Max asked.
"It's a grave marker! Great friends, loyal parents. Rest in peace Mikail and Keira Hiwatari." Mr. Dickinson read the stone.
"Grave marker?!" The teens jumped back slightly.
The elder sniffed back a tear. "This is the grave of Kai's parents!" The BBA president fell to his knees.
"What?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"I wonder if Kai even knew it was here...." The elder thought.
"Wow! Kai had parents!" Tyson said.
"Yes, but unfortunately, he didn't know them for long." Mr. Dickinson got off the ground and dusted off his pants.
"What happened?" Rei asked. Curiosity grew through the group of teenagers.
"I....it's not my place to tell you." Mr. Dickinson turned away and looked back at the house.
The boys said a quick prayer before walking silently out of the garden. Tyson banged on the large doors and tried to force them open.
Rei and Kenny looked through the foggy windows.
"It looks like nobody's home." Max said, somewhat disappointed.
"Come on! Open up! Kai! Hilary! Tala! Are you in there!?" Tyson yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Let's go Tyson." Rei placed a hand on his shoulder.
"But they might be inside!" Tyson protested.
"We can't go in there. We'll have to leave that to the police." Mr. Dickinson said sadly.
"But...."
"Let's just go..." Kenny said.
The navy haired beyblader growled and slammed his fist against the door one last time before walking off the porch and joining his friends in the driveway.
"Tyson! Rei! Kenny! Max! Mr. Dickinson! We're up here! Help!" Hilary yelled, pounding on the glass window of the room.
"Shhh! They can't see or hear you Hilary!" Izumi said.
"Quiet down in there!" The guard stationed outside in the hallway yelled, pounding on the door for emphasis.
"Oh no...." Hilary muttered as she looked down on her friends, walking down the driveway to the entrance gate.
Kai sighed as he rubbed his thumb over his mother's face again.
"Is that the first picture you've seen of her since...." Izumi asked softly as she dabbed a cool cloth over the teen's forehead.
Kai nodded and continued to stare at the young woman in the picture frame.
"Here..." Izumi took his left hand and slipped a chain bracelet over it. The thick metal chain connected to a plate that had a phoenix carved into it with Russian words around the edges.
"Always remember to rise again..." Kai read the words. He looked up at the raven haired woman with confusion in his eyes.
"She wanted you to have that...when you were older. Now....get some rest. You're still very weak."
Kai watched her walk over to Tala's bed and tend to him. He turned over on his side and let his head fall heavily back onto the pillow.
"Kai?" Hilary's voice asked suddenly.
The blue haired teen forced his eyes all the way open and stared at his girlfriend.
"Are you feeling better?" She asked, smiling.
Kai looked at her for a moment and smiled back. "You looked exhausted." He moved over as far as he could and pulled back the cover. "Here." He patted the mattress.
Hilary hesitated a moment but decided to crawl in next to him. Kai covered her up with the blankets and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling him closer to himself.
"You're cold." He whispered in her ear. "I love you." He kissed the inside of her neck.
Hilary brought a hand around to caress his tear stained cheek. "I love you too."
Soon, the two teens fell asleep with hopes of joining their friends and families, once again.
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thank you for all the great reviews!
Here's the next chapter...it's REALLY kindof boring....the next chapter will have more action in it.
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Hilary suddenly sneezed.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I forgot all about your clothes! I was going to go get some for you. That jacket isn't much now." Izumi stood up and went over to Kai. "I'll go wash his clothes, and come back soon, okay?" She said, carefully removing Kai's garments from his pained body.
Hilary nodded as the raven haired woman walked out the door, and a guard came in, making sure no one would try and think of leaving.
After 15 minutes or so, Izumi came back in with two bundles of clothes. She glared at the guard, signaling him to leave. Once he was gone, she set on of the bundles next to Tala's bed, and handed the other to Hilary.
"I hope they fit. They're the only ones I could find."
"Thank you." Hilary stood up and walked over to a partition in the far corner of the room. After a minute, the brunette reappeared. She was wearing a maroon sweater that was a little large, but was extremely warm, and a pair of thick jeans that were rolled up at the bottom. For shoes, she wore a pair a brown boots that fit her perfectly!
"They look really good on you!" Izumi smiled.
"Thanks again." Hilary replied and took a seat next to Kai's bed. "How's Tala doing?"
"Well, it's hard to say. He suffered from some pretty bad injuries when Nikolai found him, and whatever happened to him recently has just added to it." Izumi replied.
"I wish I could do something. I could heal him if it weren't for this stupid collar." Hilary pulled at the metal around her neck.
"He should be fine, if Nikolai gives him enough time to recover."
"What exactly does that machine do?" Hilary asked, looking down at Kai's sleeping body.
"From what I can gather, it absorbs your powers. That's why Tala and Kai are so cold and pail. Their life has been drained from them!"
Hilary gasped. That sounded incredibly painful, and she might go through it as well.
"...but there's a problem..." A deep voice suddenly said.
Izumi and Hilary jumped.
"Kai? You're awake!?" Hilary gasped.
"I've been awake for a while..." Kai replied softly.
"What's the problem you mentioned?" Izumi asked.
"The effect isn't permanent. Nikolai would have to kill us in order to obtain our powers fully. We have to get out of here before he decides to stop torturing us..." Kai replied hoarsely. He propped himself up on his elbows and suddenly noticed he was topless. He quickly pulled the sheets up again.
Hilary gasped as she caught a glimpse of his wounds. "Is that from when he shot you?"
"You were shot?!" Izumi exclaimed, rushing over to the teen.
Kai flinched as she got near.
"Don't worry..." Hilary placed a hand on his shoulder. Kai sighed and relaxed a bit.
"Let me see..." Izumi pulled the sheet down slightly and examined Kai's bandaged chest. She pulled back the bottom of the bloody gauze and winced slightly.
"The bleeding seems to have stopped, but I'm going to change the bandage anyway." She got up and retrieved her box of supplies. The raven haired nurse cut the bandages off Kai's well sculpted chest and threw them away. She then began to rummage through her box, looking for fresh gauze.
Hilary winced as she saw Kai's gunshot wound. It was red and looked extremely sore. The skin around the wound was a brilliant blue and purple.
"It looks worse than it is." Kai reassured her, flashing her a quick smile.
Izumi found the bandages and began to cover the wound again. "I can't believe he actually shot you!" She muttered to herself.
Once she was done, Kai sat up against the headboard of the small bed. He glanced at Tala sadly.
"We need to get out of here...now!"
Tyson flopped down on the couch with a loud sigh. "We've checked the whole city and still haven't found them yet!"
"Technically, we didn't really search the whole city, maybe about a forth of it..." Kenny started.
"It's close enough!" Tyson cut him off.
Rei sat down in a chair from the small kitchen. "It's like they just disappeared! Kenny and I went into a shop and asked the owner about Kai, and he just laughed at us, and then said something to all the people in the shop, and they started laughing too!" The Chinese blader sighed and closed his eyes.
"Yeah, someone even told me that Kai was murdered 14 years ago!" Max said.
"Murdered?!" Everybody exclaimed.
"Apparently that person hasn't been watching us beyblade for the past 6 years!" Tyson replied.
"Well, I don't know where else to search! Maybe we should just wait until Mr. Dickinson gets back." Kenny stated suddenly.
Mr. Dickinson trudged through the snow covered sidewalk. He had just come out from the local police building with no luck about the where abouts of Kai or Hilary. Even though they told him they had been searching the city for the two teens, he still felt anxious, and had a feeling that the police wouldn't help much. He turned the corner and stopped in his tracks.
There, in front of the elder, stood what once was Balcov Abbey. It had been converted to a training center for the BBA, and didn't look so threatening now. In fact, if you didn't know what occurred in that building, you wouldn't have been able to tell it was a dreadful place of torture. Suddenly, a thought struck Mr. Dickinson's mind.
"Kai told me he gave control of this place to Tala. Maybe I can find out something here!" The BBA president thought as he began to walk across the street.
He stepped inside the doors into a large lobby. A giant fireplace burned brightly at the far end with couches in front of it. Children walked around and talked with friends. Mr. Dickinson continued inside and walked up to the front desk.
"How may I help you sir....Mr. Dickinson?! What are you doing here?!" The woman exclaimed. She wasn't expecting to see the BBA president.
"Good afternoon." The elder smiled. "I'm looking for someone...is Tala or any of the Demolition Boys here?"
"I'm sorry sir. Tala, Ian, Bryan and Spencer all went their separate ways a while ago."
"Could you tell me where they are now?"
The woman looked through papers on her desk. "Well, Ian, Bryan and Spencer have all moved back with their families to different countries...but Tala stayed here in Russia."
"Really!? I need to talk to him! Where can I find him?"
"I'm sorry sir....Tala disappeared almost a month ago. No one has seen him since!"
Mr. Dickinson was shocked. "Where was he staying before he went missing? Do you know?"
"Ummm..." The woman looked through her papers again. "I think he was allowed to stay at the old Hiwatari Mansion...but that place has been abandoned for a long time."
"Th...thank you." He turned and began to walk out of the lobby.
"Nikolai must have him too!" He thought to himself. "But wait...I thought that place was destroyed! I guess it wouldn't hurt to look."
He took out a cell phone from his coat pocket and dialed a number.
"Hello Kenny, it's Mr. Dickinson.....yes, I'm fine....I'm going up to Kai's old mansion, I might have found a lead...well, alright....I'll meet you boys up there....okay, goodbye."
The elder put the phone away and walked up the snow covered sidewalk a bit before flagging down a cab.
"Take me to the Hiwatari Mansion." Mr. Dickinson said as he climbed in the back of the sedan.
"Yes sir!" The cab driver replied.
"Where is he?"
Tyson, Rei, Max and Kenny had all arrived in front of the old mansion's iron gates. Mossy stone walls loomed over the sidewalk, keeping out all possible intruders.
Max looked through the iron gate up the hill to where the large house was situated. The grass on the estate that wasn't covered in snow was a brownish color, and obviously hadn't been cut in a long time. It was even beginning to grow in the middle of the drive way. At the very top of the hill, Max could make out what looked like to be a dead garden with a large fountain in the middle. The house itself had a dark aura to it, sending a shiver down the blond haired beyblader's spine.
"Relax Tyson. We were closer to this place than Mr. Dickinson was." Kenny replied.
"Hey guys...I don't know about this...." Max started.
"What's wrong Max?" Rei asked.
"Are you scared?" Tyson asked in a mocking tone.
"Well, just look at it! It looks like one of those houses in those horror movies with the vampires and ghosts and stuff!"
Tyson went up to the gate and took a quick look at the mansion.
"It certainly looks like a place Kai would live." He said.
"I wonder why Kai never told us he used to live in a spooky old house...." Rei said to himself.
"Maybe because he can't remember?" Kenny offered.
"Or maybe because something terrible happened here, and the ghosts of Boris and Voltaire haunt the place, waiting for the BladeBreakers to show up again so they can have their revenge!" Tyson crept behind Kenny's back silently before suddenly grabbing his shoulders. "BOO!!!"
"AAAHHHHH!!!" Kenny screamed, nearly dropping Dizzi. "Tyson! That wasn't funny!"
Rei, Max and Tyson all burst out in laughter.
"Oh come on Chief! You know there's no such things as ghosts!" Rei said as his laughing ceased.
"Hello boys! I didn't think you would get here so early!" A voice said behind the group.
"Hi Mr. Dickinson!" They all chimed.
The elder turned around to pay the cab driver and thanked him in Russian before continuing up the sidewalk to where they BladeBreakers waited.
"Cheery place, isn't it?" He smirked as he looked at the house.
The teenaged boys laughed nervously.
"How are we going to get in? The gate's chained." Max asked.
"No problem!" Tyson exclaimed, extending his launcher in front of him. "Let it rip!"
Dragoon shot off his launcher and rammed into the chains around the gate, shredding them.
"Oh yeah!" Tyson cheered as he stuffed Dragoon back in his pocket.
"I had a key Tyson." Mr. Dickinson sighed.
"Huh?!"
"I picked it up at the new training center...oh well." Mr. Dickinson opened the gate.
The team began to walk up the hill toward the old mansion.
"How did you find out about this place?" Max asked as they got closer to the top of the hill.
"I went to the new BBA training facility and asked about the Demolition Boys. It turns out that Tala was the only one that stayed in Russia, but he went missing about a month ago. They said that he lived here for a while." Mr. Dickinson explained.
"But Tala's one of those 'perfect humans' like Kai and Hilary. Nikolai would already have him!" Tyson said.
"I know, but maybe there's something here that can help us find out where he is. If we can locate Tala, we'll be able to find Hilary and Kai!"
"And Nikolai..." Rei added.
The group finally made it to the courtyard. They looked around for any sign of life, but found nothing.
"The windows have been barred...." Mr. Dickinson said as he examined the side of the house.
"Hey! Look at this!" Max called out.
Everyone rushed over to Draciel's master, who was standing far into the dead garden.
"What is it Max?" Tyson asked.
The blond pointed to the ground where a large carved and polished stone lay.
Rei bent down and wiped the remaining snow off it as Mr. Dickinson arrived on the scene.
"Mikail and Keira Hiwatari?" The Chinese blader read the only words he could make out.
"Oh my goodness!" The elder exclaimed.
"What do they say?" Max asked.
"It's a grave marker! Great friends, loyal parents. Rest in peace Mikail and Keira Hiwatari." Mr. Dickinson read the stone.
"Grave marker?!" The teens jumped back slightly.
The elder sniffed back a tear. "This is the grave of Kai's parents!" The BBA president fell to his knees.
"What?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"I wonder if Kai even knew it was here...." The elder thought.
"Wow! Kai had parents!" Tyson said.
"Yes, but unfortunately, he didn't know them for long." Mr. Dickinson got off the ground and dusted off his pants.
"What happened?" Rei asked. Curiosity grew through the group of teenagers.
"I....it's not my place to tell you." Mr. Dickinson turned away and looked back at the house.
The boys said a quick prayer before walking silently out of the garden. Tyson banged on the large doors and tried to force them open.
Rei and Kenny looked through the foggy windows.
"It looks like nobody's home." Max said, somewhat disappointed.
"Come on! Open up! Kai! Hilary! Tala! Are you in there!?" Tyson yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Let's go Tyson." Rei placed a hand on his shoulder.
"But they might be inside!" Tyson protested.
"We can't go in there. We'll have to leave that to the police." Mr. Dickinson said sadly.
"But...."
"Let's just go..." Kenny said.
The navy haired beyblader growled and slammed his fist against the door one last time before walking off the porch and joining his friends in the driveway.
"Tyson! Rei! Kenny! Max! Mr. Dickinson! We're up here! Help!" Hilary yelled, pounding on the glass window of the room.
"Shhh! They can't see or hear you Hilary!" Izumi said.
"Quiet down in there!" The guard stationed outside in the hallway yelled, pounding on the door for emphasis.
"Oh no...." Hilary muttered as she looked down on her friends, walking down the driveway to the entrance gate.
Kai sighed as he rubbed his thumb over his mother's face again.
"Is that the first picture you've seen of her since...." Izumi asked softly as she dabbed a cool cloth over the teen's forehead.
Kai nodded and continued to stare at the young woman in the picture frame.
"Here..." Izumi took his left hand and slipped a chain bracelet over it. The thick metal chain connected to a plate that had a phoenix carved into it with Russian words around the edges.
"Always remember to rise again..." Kai read the words. He looked up at the raven haired woman with confusion in his eyes.
"She wanted you to have that...when you were older. Now....get some rest. You're still very weak."
Kai watched her walk over to Tala's bed and tend to him. He turned over on his side and let his head fall heavily back onto the pillow.
"Kai?" Hilary's voice asked suddenly.
The blue haired teen forced his eyes all the way open and stared at his girlfriend.
"Are you feeling better?" She asked, smiling.
Kai looked at her for a moment and smiled back. "You looked exhausted." He moved over as far as he could and pulled back the cover. "Here." He patted the mattress.
Hilary hesitated a moment but decided to crawl in next to him. Kai covered her up with the blankets and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling him closer to himself.
"You're cold." He whispered in her ear. "I love you." He kissed the inside of her neck.
Hilary brought a hand around to caress his tear stained cheek. "I love you too."
Soon, the two teens fell asleep with hopes of joining their friends and families, once again.
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i know this chapter was really bad...sorry, I'll do better in the next chapter...at least I hope
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