hi again!
thank you for all the great reviews!!!
As promised, this chapter has some action in it!
When I was writing this, I thought that everything might of been happening too fast...so if anyone things that, I'm really sorry!
anyway...here's the next chapter!
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The fierce morning light penetrated the teen's eyes as he awoke from his long slumber. He moaned, not wanting to awake to face the nightmare he was living once again. Nevertheless, the teen forced his blue orbs open and glanced around the unfamiliar room.
"Wh...where am I? Did we manage to escape?" He sat up in his warm bed. He looked down on himself and gasped, realizing his clothes had been removed. To his immediate left, he found a clean, neatly folded bundle. He grabbed it and dressed himself.
The teen wearily stood up and cracked his neck. He stepped up to the door, preparing to leave, when suddenly, the knob turned and the door began to open.
He jumped back, seemingly surprised as a familiar raven haired woman walked in.
"Oh Tala! You're up!" She smiled.
Tala sighed with relief, grateful that Nikolai's face didn't greet him.
"How are you feeling? You were asleep for a while."
"I'm fine now..." He gasped. "Where's Kai...an...and Hilary?" He looked frantically around the room before his blue eyes settled on the sleeping form of Kai, his back turned to the two.
He smirked. "Oh...I see."
"They were really worried about you." Izumi said, setting a fresh bundle of clothes at the foot of the second bed.
Tala fell back on the bed and looked at his hands. "What happened to me? I feel..."
"Drained?" Izumi finished.
The red headed Russian looked up at the young woman with confusion in his ice blue eyes.
"Nikolai has taken your powers. It will take some time to regain a little of them, but I don't know if you'll ever get them back completely."
"Has he done this to Kai and Hilary yet?"
"Just Kai....but for some reason, he took more of your powers than Kai's."
Suddenly, there was a loud banging at the door.
"Alright! Lord Nikolai wants the girl now! You've had more than enough time to patch them up!" The guard seemed furious as he continued to pound on the door for emphasis.
Kai moaned as the racket pulled him out of his deep sleep. He opened his bloodshot eyes and crained his neck over to Izumi and Tala. "What's going on?" He asked weakly.
"Wake up! We're in serious trouble!" The red head replied.
Kai, still in a dazed state shook Hilary, waking her up. "Come on, we have to get out of here..." He mumbled.
Hilary was instantly awake, and immediatly climbed out of the bed. "Tala? You're awake!" She exclaimed in excitement as she gave her friend a hug. "What's happening?
"Nikolai's coming to take you. We have to act fast, or risk never getting out of here alive!" He replied.
"Nikolai?!" Kai was now fully awake at the sound of that monster's name.
"Hurry up and get dressed!" Izumi said as she braced the door.
The teen noticed his clothes and grabbed his pants, pulling them on quickly.
All of a sudden, the door busted in against it's hinges. Izumi shrieked in surprise as the guard immediatly grabbed her arm. She struggled against the powerful Russian.
"Hey! Let her go!" Tala exclaimed, punching the guard square in the face. He fell flat on his back, unconscious.
The red head stepped over the guard's body and scouted out the now vacant hallway.
"Let's go!" He said.
Izumi grabbed a bag hanging on a coat rack and followed the teen out.
Kai cursed as he clicked his belt around his waist. He reached for his shirt just as another guard came in and headed for Hilary.
"Kai!" She screamed as the guard grabbed her tightly.
Kai growled. "Hands off!" He called as he jumped over the bed and slammed his knee into the guard's chin. The guard cried out in pain and stumbled back into the hall, releasing his grip on the brunette.
The teen grabbed his girlfriend's hand and rushed to catch up with his friends.
"Kai, you're going to freeze once we get outside!" Hilary exclaimed as her boyfriend struggled to pull on a plain white t-shirt.
"I'll be fine." He replied as they rushed down the stairs to the main level.
Hilary ran off to her left, leaving Kai staring up at the ceiling and examining the walls.
"Kai! Over here!" Hilary called as she joined Tala and Izumi in the next room.
"Kai! Move it!" Tala yelled, his voice aggrivated.
The blue haired teen snapped out of his dilusions as he noticed the guards had regrouped and were making their way down the stairs after the fleeing prisoners. He darted off to the open door, slipping a few times on the slick wooden floor before managing to make it safely into the new room.
"What's wrong with you!?" Tala demanded in Russian.
"Sorry...I just haven't seen this place in a long time..." Kai replied solenmly.
"Talk about this later, we have to get out of here!" Hilary exclaimed, butting inbetween the two Russian boys.
Kai looked around the room. A large oak desk sat in the center, surrounded by bookcases containing many volumes of books. "This....this is my father's office..." He murmured to himself.
Izumi was busy digging through one of the desk's drawers. "Ah ha!" She exclaimed, pulling out a silver key.
"What's that gonna do?" Kai asked, helping Tala brace the door shut as the guards tried to force it open.
The raven haired woman walked over to Hilary and slipped the key into a small hole in the metal collar around her neck. A clanking noise, then a pop released the lock, and the oppressing collar fell to the floor.
The teens gasped, staring at the event with wide eyes.
"Here...." She went over to Tala and Kai and released them from their bindings.
"What about these headbands though?" Tala asked.
"I don't know how to get those off." Izumi replied.
Another slam from outside the door shoved the two teens back a step.
"Enough of this!" Tala growled as he held out his hands.
"Can you do it?" Kai asked.
"I think I've saved enough power to at least hold this door shut. Help the girls escape!" The red head replied as his body was surrounded by a blue aura. Soon, the solid wood door had the same aura around it, and everybody heard the guards mumble in confusion as the pounding slowed down.
Kai looked around the large office. There only exit was being held shut, so the only way to go was out a window.
The blue haired teen went over to a fairly large side window and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. Kai cursed to himself.
"All the windows are barred Kai!" Hilary said.
"I know." The teen replied calmly, shoving his elbow through the glass. He carefully removed the remainant around the edges and grabbed the iron bars with his hands.
"You'll hurt yourself!" Hilary argued, placing a hand on his bicept.
Kai paid no attention to her and concentrated on the task at hand. He clentched his teeth together and focused his remaining power. Suddenly, the bars began to creak and bend apart from eachother.
"Hurry Kai!" Tala called from the other end of the room, sweat pouring off his forehead as his power quickly left him once again.
Kai growled, his crimson eyes flashing red. Blood from the cuts around his elbow dropped down swiftly on the shards of glass below him.
Suddenly, he gasped in exhaustion. "That's as far as I can get it. I think you can fit through it." He told Izumi and Hilary.
"But what about you?" Izumi asked worried.
"I can't hold them!" Tala cried as the aura around him faded.
"Just go! Get out of here!" Kai grabbed Hilary and hoisted her up on the window sill. He gave her a quick kiss and told her once again how much he loved her.
She crawled through the iron bars and jumped down into the soft snow.
Kai then helped Izumi up and she followed Hilary.
"Run and don't look back!" The teen called out the window. "And Izumi....thank you for all your help."
"Kai!" Hilary cried.
"Go!"
There was a loud slam, and Kai disappeared from the window.
"Come on, let's go. They'll get out safely." Izumi said as she led Hilary away from the house.
A Russian guard lunged out at Tala, punching him out of his way, only to be met with Kai's fist.
3 more guards filed through the doorway and into the office, surrounding the two teens with guns.
"Do you think we can take them?" Tala asked.
"Oh yeah." Kai smirked.
A few of the guards shouted threats at the teens and readied their guns, preparing to disable the Russian boys.
Kai suddenly grabbed the barrel of the guard in front of him and shoved it backward into the man's chest, sending him back a few steps, gasping for breath.
Tala dunked under another guard's gun and sent his foot up against the guard's chin.
"You little..." Another guard rushed for Tala, ready to club him over the head.
"Watch out!" Kai's voice called from out of nowhere. The blue haired teen hit the guard with a round house kick, knocking him unconscious.
Soon, all 4 guards were down and out, sparled around the entire office.
"Was that it?!" Kai asked himself, seemingly disappointed. "It isn't like Nikolai to send his lackies after us....is it?"
"I wouldn't worry about it. Come on! Let's get out of here!" Tala replied, heading out the door. "We need to find another way out of this place."
A menacing chuckle stopped the teens in their tracks. Their eyes shot up the stairs to see a dark silowette, making his way slowly over to them.
Kai growled dangerously. "Nikolai..."
The evil man chuckled more as his boots touched the wooden floor of the main level.
"Well well well....I see you've found out the truth, young Kai." Nikolai smirked as he examined the braclet on Kai's left wrist.
The teen clenched his hands into fists. "You killed her....you son of a...!" He shouted.
Nikolai ran a his hand through his bangs and stepped closer to his nephew. "Now that's no way to talk to your uncle now...is it?"
"Uncle?" Tala's eyes grew wide as he exchanged glances between his friend and enemy.
The older Russian removed his goggles, revealing his crimson eyes to the teens.
Both of them gasped.
"How could you!?" Kai demanded, using all his will to hold back more tears. He had heard Izumi tell the story to Hilary.
Nikolai continued to approach the weary teens, forcing them back into the large front doors.
"You know that saying, blood is thicker than water? Well....." He paused, grabbing a hold of Kai's jaw. "It isn't."
With that, Nikolai jammed his arm into Kai's stomach, knocking the wind out of the unsuspecting teen.
Kai grabbed his abdomen in pain, keiling over slightly.
Nikolai smirked as he found his new power of strenght satisfactory. With a flick of his wrist, the two teens were hoisted into the air.
"I'm glad you tried to escape me. It gives me the chance of trying out your specialties." The Russian chuckled and sent the teens flying out the main doors and into the snow outside.
Tala and Kai landed some distance from the old mansion and skidded to a stop, leaving a trail in the white snow.
"Kai! Tala!" Female voices called nearby.
Hilary and Izumi were running over to them.
"I thought you would be far away by now!" Tala exclaimed, turning to help Kai off the snow.
"We couldn't just leave you!" Hilary replied.
Kai moaned and spit out some blood.
"Oh Kai!" A dark voice called mockingly.
Everyone gasped and turned around to see Nikolai walking calmly out of the house after them.
Tala cursed and pulled Kai's arm around his shoulder, hoisting him off the ground. Kai yelled out in pain as his torso streched.
"Be careful, I think a rib might be broken." Izumi said.
"I'll be fine...just go now!" Kai managed to say.
The group began to rush toward the large iron gates at the end of the driveway, Nikolai laughing behind them.
They made their way closer and closer to the end of the driveway when suddenly, Hilary was knocked off her feet and fell to the snow covered ground.
"Ahh...." She hissed in pain and held her head.
Kai unraveled his arm around his friend and fell to his knees next to his girlfriend.
"You okay?" He asked, examining her head.
"What's wrong?" Izumi asked as she rushed back to the fallen teens.
"Something's wrong." Tala said and took a few steps in front of his friends. Suddenly, a sharp pain ran through his head, and he jumped backward.
"There's some kind of barrier here." Tala said, feeling the air for an invisible wall.
"No....those headbands..." Izumi gasped.
Nikolai's chuckled became louder all of a suddenly. The teens turned around to see the evil Russian a few feet away from them.
"You really thought you could just run away from me? Foolish children...those headbands won't let you get 50 feet away from me." He smirked.
"How'd he..." Izumi started to ask.
"My power..." Tala growled.
3 guards ran out of the house as fast as they could and eventually caught up with their boss.
"You've never ceased to amaze me young Kai." Nikolai said snidely. He cocked his head back at the guards. "Take these three back to the lab."
The guards went over to the teens and grabbed them, and tried to drag them back.
Izumi tried to stop them, but was greeted by the barrel of a hand gun.
"And you! I knew I couldn't trust you. I should have killed you along with my wench of a sister!"
Kai yelled out and began to frail about in his captor's arms. "Don't EVER talk about her like that! Nikolai!" He cursed.
The evil Russian smirked at his nephew and then focused his attention on the raven haired woman.
He extended his free hand and lifted the woman by the neck.
"Let her go!" The teens begged from behind them.
"Say hello to my sister when you join her." With that, Nikolai tapped into the power he stole from Kai and landed his fist in Izumi's stomach, sending blood up out of her mouth.
He released his telepathic hold on her and let her fall to the ground, coughing up blood on the pure white snow. He re-aimed his gun at her head and cocked it.
"NO!" Hilary called out with tears in her eyes. She squeezed the guard's arm with all her might.
Suddenly, the guard screamed in pain as his flesh burned and turned gray. He dropped the teen and tended to his arm.
"Hilary!" Kai and Tala yelled as the brunette rushed back over to Nikolai and his newest victim.
"Stop it!" She called and lunged out at the Russian, ramming into his side just as he pulled the trigger.
Everyone gasped.
"Wench!" Nikolai snarled and brought his gun around, connecting the butt of it to Hilary's cheek.
She flew off the older man and landed a few feet away.
"HILARY!" Kai cried as he struggled even more.
Nikolai picked himself up off the snow and brushed himself off. He looked down at Izumi's motionless body. Even though he missed her head, he got her in the chest.
He smirked and holstered his gun.
"Let's go..." He said, kicking the body out of the way and tossing Hilary's motionless body over his shoulder.
"Izumi!" Tala called out, hoping she would wake up, but to no avail.
Her blood quickly stained the snow around her as a fierce wind blew her hair over her body.
"No!!!" The teens cried.
"She gave her life for us..." Kai thought as he once again fought back his tears. "Just like mom..."
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Don't forget to review!
Ugh! I'm soooo tired! I'm going to sleep now.....
I hope this chapter turned out alright...I really suck at action scenes....oh well...
thank you for all the great reviews!!!
As promised, this chapter has some action in it!
When I was writing this, I thought that everything might of been happening too fast...so if anyone things that, I'm really sorry!
anyway...here's the next chapter!
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The fierce morning light penetrated the teen's eyes as he awoke from his long slumber. He moaned, not wanting to awake to face the nightmare he was living once again. Nevertheless, the teen forced his blue orbs open and glanced around the unfamiliar room.
"Wh...where am I? Did we manage to escape?" He sat up in his warm bed. He looked down on himself and gasped, realizing his clothes had been removed. To his immediate left, he found a clean, neatly folded bundle. He grabbed it and dressed himself.
The teen wearily stood up and cracked his neck. He stepped up to the door, preparing to leave, when suddenly, the knob turned and the door began to open.
He jumped back, seemingly surprised as a familiar raven haired woman walked in.
"Oh Tala! You're up!" She smiled.
Tala sighed with relief, grateful that Nikolai's face didn't greet him.
"How are you feeling? You were asleep for a while."
"I'm fine now..." He gasped. "Where's Kai...an...and Hilary?" He looked frantically around the room before his blue eyes settled on the sleeping form of Kai, his back turned to the two.
He smirked. "Oh...I see."
"They were really worried about you." Izumi said, setting a fresh bundle of clothes at the foot of the second bed.
Tala fell back on the bed and looked at his hands. "What happened to me? I feel..."
"Drained?" Izumi finished.
The red headed Russian looked up at the young woman with confusion in his ice blue eyes.
"Nikolai has taken your powers. It will take some time to regain a little of them, but I don't know if you'll ever get them back completely."
"Has he done this to Kai and Hilary yet?"
"Just Kai....but for some reason, he took more of your powers than Kai's."
Suddenly, there was a loud banging at the door.
"Alright! Lord Nikolai wants the girl now! You've had more than enough time to patch them up!" The guard seemed furious as he continued to pound on the door for emphasis.
Kai moaned as the racket pulled him out of his deep sleep. He opened his bloodshot eyes and crained his neck over to Izumi and Tala. "What's going on?" He asked weakly.
"Wake up! We're in serious trouble!" The red head replied.
Kai, still in a dazed state shook Hilary, waking her up. "Come on, we have to get out of here..." He mumbled.
Hilary was instantly awake, and immediatly climbed out of the bed. "Tala? You're awake!" She exclaimed in excitement as she gave her friend a hug. "What's happening?
"Nikolai's coming to take you. We have to act fast, or risk never getting out of here alive!" He replied.
"Nikolai?!" Kai was now fully awake at the sound of that monster's name.
"Hurry up and get dressed!" Izumi said as she braced the door.
The teen noticed his clothes and grabbed his pants, pulling them on quickly.
All of a sudden, the door busted in against it's hinges. Izumi shrieked in surprise as the guard immediatly grabbed her arm. She struggled against the powerful Russian.
"Hey! Let her go!" Tala exclaimed, punching the guard square in the face. He fell flat on his back, unconscious.
The red head stepped over the guard's body and scouted out the now vacant hallway.
"Let's go!" He said.
Izumi grabbed a bag hanging on a coat rack and followed the teen out.
Kai cursed as he clicked his belt around his waist. He reached for his shirt just as another guard came in and headed for Hilary.
"Kai!" She screamed as the guard grabbed her tightly.
Kai growled. "Hands off!" He called as he jumped over the bed and slammed his knee into the guard's chin. The guard cried out in pain and stumbled back into the hall, releasing his grip on the brunette.
The teen grabbed his girlfriend's hand and rushed to catch up with his friends.
"Kai, you're going to freeze once we get outside!" Hilary exclaimed as her boyfriend struggled to pull on a plain white t-shirt.
"I'll be fine." He replied as they rushed down the stairs to the main level.
Hilary ran off to her left, leaving Kai staring up at the ceiling and examining the walls.
"Kai! Over here!" Hilary called as she joined Tala and Izumi in the next room.
"Kai! Move it!" Tala yelled, his voice aggrivated.
The blue haired teen snapped out of his dilusions as he noticed the guards had regrouped and were making their way down the stairs after the fleeing prisoners. He darted off to the open door, slipping a few times on the slick wooden floor before managing to make it safely into the new room.
"What's wrong with you!?" Tala demanded in Russian.
"Sorry...I just haven't seen this place in a long time..." Kai replied solenmly.
"Talk about this later, we have to get out of here!" Hilary exclaimed, butting inbetween the two Russian boys.
Kai looked around the room. A large oak desk sat in the center, surrounded by bookcases containing many volumes of books. "This....this is my father's office..." He murmured to himself.
Izumi was busy digging through one of the desk's drawers. "Ah ha!" She exclaimed, pulling out a silver key.
"What's that gonna do?" Kai asked, helping Tala brace the door shut as the guards tried to force it open.
The raven haired woman walked over to Hilary and slipped the key into a small hole in the metal collar around her neck. A clanking noise, then a pop released the lock, and the oppressing collar fell to the floor.
The teens gasped, staring at the event with wide eyes.
"Here...." She went over to Tala and Kai and released them from their bindings.
"What about these headbands though?" Tala asked.
"I don't know how to get those off." Izumi replied.
Another slam from outside the door shoved the two teens back a step.
"Enough of this!" Tala growled as he held out his hands.
"Can you do it?" Kai asked.
"I think I've saved enough power to at least hold this door shut. Help the girls escape!" The red head replied as his body was surrounded by a blue aura. Soon, the solid wood door had the same aura around it, and everybody heard the guards mumble in confusion as the pounding slowed down.
Kai looked around the large office. There only exit was being held shut, so the only way to go was out a window.
The blue haired teen went over to a fairly large side window and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. Kai cursed to himself.
"All the windows are barred Kai!" Hilary said.
"I know." The teen replied calmly, shoving his elbow through the glass. He carefully removed the remainant around the edges and grabbed the iron bars with his hands.
"You'll hurt yourself!" Hilary argued, placing a hand on his bicept.
Kai paid no attention to her and concentrated on the task at hand. He clentched his teeth together and focused his remaining power. Suddenly, the bars began to creak and bend apart from eachother.
"Hurry Kai!" Tala called from the other end of the room, sweat pouring off his forehead as his power quickly left him once again.
Kai growled, his crimson eyes flashing red. Blood from the cuts around his elbow dropped down swiftly on the shards of glass below him.
Suddenly, he gasped in exhaustion. "That's as far as I can get it. I think you can fit through it." He told Izumi and Hilary.
"But what about you?" Izumi asked worried.
"I can't hold them!" Tala cried as the aura around him faded.
"Just go! Get out of here!" Kai grabbed Hilary and hoisted her up on the window sill. He gave her a quick kiss and told her once again how much he loved her.
She crawled through the iron bars and jumped down into the soft snow.
Kai then helped Izumi up and she followed Hilary.
"Run and don't look back!" The teen called out the window. "And Izumi....thank you for all your help."
"Kai!" Hilary cried.
"Go!"
There was a loud slam, and Kai disappeared from the window.
"Come on, let's go. They'll get out safely." Izumi said as she led Hilary away from the house.
A Russian guard lunged out at Tala, punching him out of his way, only to be met with Kai's fist.
3 more guards filed through the doorway and into the office, surrounding the two teens with guns.
"Do you think we can take them?" Tala asked.
"Oh yeah." Kai smirked.
A few of the guards shouted threats at the teens and readied their guns, preparing to disable the Russian boys.
Kai suddenly grabbed the barrel of the guard in front of him and shoved it backward into the man's chest, sending him back a few steps, gasping for breath.
Tala dunked under another guard's gun and sent his foot up against the guard's chin.
"You little..." Another guard rushed for Tala, ready to club him over the head.
"Watch out!" Kai's voice called from out of nowhere. The blue haired teen hit the guard with a round house kick, knocking him unconscious.
Soon, all 4 guards were down and out, sparled around the entire office.
"Was that it?!" Kai asked himself, seemingly disappointed. "It isn't like Nikolai to send his lackies after us....is it?"
"I wouldn't worry about it. Come on! Let's get out of here!" Tala replied, heading out the door. "We need to find another way out of this place."
A menacing chuckle stopped the teens in their tracks. Their eyes shot up the stairs to see a dark silowette, making his way slowly over to them.
Kai growled dangerously. "Nikolai..."
The evil man chuckled more as his boots touched the wooden floor of the main level.
"Well well well....I see you've found out the truth, young Kai." Nikolai smirked as he examined the braclet on Kai's left wrist.
The teen clenched his hands into fists. "You killed her....you son of a...!" He shouted.
Nikolai ran a his hand through his bangs and stepped closer to his nephew. "Now that's no way to talk to your uncle now...is it?"
"Uncle?" Tala's eyes grew wide as he exchanged glances between his friend and enemy.
The older Russian removed his goggles, revealing his crimson eyes to the teens.
Both of them gasped.
"How could you!?" Kai demanded, using all his will to hold back more tears. He had heard Izumi tell the story to Hilary.
Nikolai continued to approach the weary teens, forcing them back into the large front doors.
"You know that saying, blood is thicker than water? Well....." He paused, grabbing a hold of Kai's jaw. "It isn't."
With that, Nikolai jammed his arm into Kai's stomach, knocking the wind out of the unsuspecting teen.
Kai grabbed his abdomen in pain, keiling over slightly.
Nikolai smirked as he found his new power of strenght satisfactory. With a flick of his wrist, the two teens were hoisted into the air.
"I'm glad you tried to escape me. It gives me the chance of trying out your specialties." The Russian chuckled and sent the teens flying out the main doors and into the snow outside.
Tala and Kai landed some distance from the old mansion and skidded to a stop, leaving a trail in the white snow.
"Kai! Tala!" Female voices called nearby.
Hilary and Izumi were running over to them.
"I thought you would be far away by now!" Tala exclaimed, turning to help Kai off the snow.
"We couldn't just leave you!" Hilary replied.
Kai moaned and spit out some blood.
"Oh Kai!" A dark voice called mockingly.
Everyone gasped and turned around to see Nikolai walking calmly out of the house after them.
Tala cursed and pulled Kai's arm around his shoulder, hoisting him off the ground. Kai yelled out in pain as his torso streched.
"Be careful, I think a rib might be broken." Izumi said.
"I'll be fine...just go now!" Kai managed to say.
The group began to rush toward the large iron gates at the end of the driveway, Nikolai laughing behind them.
They made their way closer and closer to the end of the driveway when suddenly, Hilary was knocked off her feet and fell to the snow covered ground.
"Ahh...." She hissed in pain and held her head.
Kai unraveled his arm around his friend and fell to his knees next to his girlfriend.
"You okay?" He asked, examining her head.
"What's wrong?" Izumi asked as she rushed back to the fallen teens.
"Something's wrong." Tala said and took a few steps in front of his friends. Suddenly, a sharp pain ran through his head, and he jumped backward.
"There's some kind of barrier here." Tala said, feeling the air for an invisible wall.
"No....those headbands..." Izumi gasped.
Nikolai's chuckled became louder all of a suddenly. The teens turned around to see the evil Russian a few feet away from them.
"You really thought you could just run away from me? Foolish children...those headbands won't let you get 50 feet away from me." He smirked.
"How'd he..." Izumi started to ask.
"My power..." Tala growled.
3 guards ran out of the house as fast as they could and eventually caught up with their boss.
"You've never ceased to amaze me young Kai." Nikolai said snidely. He cocked his head back at the guards. "Take these three back to the lab."
The guards went over to the teens and grabbed them, and tried to drag them back.
Izumi tried to stop them, but was greeted by the barrel of a hand gun.
"And you! I knew I couldn't trust you. I should have killed you along with my wench of a sister!"
Kai yelled out and began to frail about in his captor's arms. "Don't EVER talk about her like that! Nikolai!" He cursed.
The evil Russian smirked at his nephew and then focused his attention on the raven haired woman.
He extended his free hand and lifted the woman by the neck.
"Let her go!" The teens begged from behind them.
"Say hello to my sister when you join her." With that, Nikolai tapped into the power he stole from Kai and landed his fist in Izumi's stomach, sending blood up out of her mouth.
He released his telepathic hold on her and let her fall to the ground, coughing up blood on the pure white snow. He re-aimed his gun at her head and cocked it.
"NO!" Hilary called out with tears in her eyes. She squeezed the guard's arm with all her might.
Suddenly, the guard screamed in pain as his flesh burned and turned gray. He dropped the teen and tended to his arm.
"Hilary!" Kai and Tala yelled as the brunette rushed back over to Nikolai and his newest victim.
"Stop it!" She called and lunged out at the Russian, ramming into his side just as he pulled the trigger.
Everyone gasped.
"Wench!" Nikolai snarled and brought his gun around, connecting the butt of it to Hilary's cheek.
She flew off the older man and landed a few feet away.
"HILARY!" Kai cried as he struggled even more.
Nikolai picked himself up off the snow and brushed himself off. He looked down at Izumi's motionless body. Even though he missed her head, he got her in the chest.
He smirked and holstered his gun.
"Let's go..." He said, kicking the body out of the way and tossing Hilary's motionless body over his shoulder.
"Izumi!" Tala called out, hoping she would wake up, but to no avail.
Her blood quickly stained the snow around her as a fierce wind blew her hair over her body.
"No!!!" The teens cried.
"She gave her life for us..." Kai thought as he once again fought back his tears. "Just like mom..."
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Ugh! I'm soooo tired! I'm going to sleep now.....
I hope this chapter turned out alright...I really suck at action scenes....oh well...