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Chapter 5

"Ok..ok. We will talk about this tomorrow." Kai declared. "You need to sleep now."

"Do you want to sleep in our bedroom?" Tyson proposed.

She nodded. Max suddenly noticed a dark stain his friend's shoulder.

"Hillary, you're hurt!" He said, knowing that the stain was blood.

"No, it's nothing.." She murmured slightly, trying to hide her shoulder. "It's only a little scratch."

"Show me." Kai ordered.

"No! I telling you it's nothing!" She shouted, getting up with difficulty.

But she was really weak and she broke down on the floor.

"Hillary !"

Kai took her in his arms.

"I'll look after her." He said. "You can turn over to sleep."

"You're sure ?" they asked.

"Yeah...She will be fine. And you need to be in great shape for the next Championship. I guess we'll have to face the Apocalypses. Chief?"

"Yes?"

"Try to collect all the information you can concerning them. We must know what we're up against."

"No prob!"

Kai took Hillary into the bathroom. She struggled for a few moments.

"Kai, leave me alone... please."

"Hillary, you need treatment." He said firmly. "Let me see."

He gently slipped the strap of her pajamas off, to see the deep gash on her shoulder.

"Only a little scratch, huh?"

"It's not serious."

"Yes it is! He did this to you, didn't he?" Kai questioned.

"Yes.....he had... a knife." She finally answered. She placed her head in her hands. "He likes to play with those kind of things."

Kai took disinfectant and began prudently to clean her wound, hiding his anger. She closed her eyes and bit her lip.

"Sorry. I'm done." He said, bandaging her shoulder.

"Thank you. "She murmured, beginning to cry again.

"Hill'..."

He pulled her against him, and stroked her hair gently, making her shiver.

"Hillary." He murmured in her ear. "Please, don't cry. I don't like to see you cry."

"He's dangerous." she sobbed. "He's...very dangerous. He won't leave you alone until he gets what he wants."

"What does he want?"

"....all your Bitbeasts...."

She still hid something from him, but he didn't persist. He just tried to reassure her.

"Hillary... Promise me that you will be careful. I don't want him to hurt you, or worse. Promise me Hill'...."

"I will be, I'm just...so afraid!"

"Stay with us, with me.. I will protect you..."