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Kai awoke to a sharp pain in his stomach, followed by the sound of fresh blood splashing on an unknown surface. The air had left the teen's lungs long ago, and he struggled to get it back. Darkness was his only view. He knew someone else was in there with him, but the darkness had kept the enemy hidden from the young teen's crimson eyes.
There was a snap, and more pain erupted from his skin. He bit his tongue, holding back all the torment he so desperately wanted to relieve himself of. After what seemed like hours of agonizing torture, he fell against his restraints, gasping for breath.
His captor left without saying a word, leaving him there to drown in the darkness, and bathe in his own blood.
"Hil.....ary." He managed to croak out. His body shifted in his restraints, causing the sound of clinging metal to fill his ears. He now knew where he was.
Boris barged into the small room that all the members of the Demolition Boys shared. He was puffed up in rage, and breathed heavily through his nose.
"Tala!" He growled, stomping over to the red head.
The rest of the team scrambled out of his way.
"You all get out of here!" Boris snapped at the teens.
They didn't need to be told twice, for they all rushed out of the room as fast as they could. Sure, they didn't want to leave their leader alone with....him....but it would only make matters worse if they had stayed. Tala knew this, and was always grateful to them for it.
"Give me Dragoon, now!" Boris held his hand in front of the teen.
Panic immediately built up in his ice blue eyes as the older Russian waited impatiently for the sacred bitbeast. Boris raised an eyebrow at Tala's tardiness to answer.
"GIVE IT TO ME!" He yelled, causing the red head's bangs to flutter slightly.
"Um...well..." Tala began. He had been caught without a reasonable response. He didn't know what to say to his trainer.
Boris punched him in the jaw, sending him flying to the floor. "WHERE IS IT!?" He demanded.
"I...I don't have it...."
"WHAT?!" Boris grabbed Tala by his hair and raised him to his feet. "WHAT DID YOU TO WITH IT!?"
He was certainly pissed off now.....Tala couldn't fight against his rage. Another blow knocked the teen out of his grasp and back onto the floor, moaning in pain as some of his red locks were ripped out from his scalp.
Boris landed a kick into the teen's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. The onslaught continued for many moments before he picked the teen up again and carried him down to the makeshift dungeon, to await further punishment.
"Well? We can't just sit here and do nothing! You know the police are incompetent!" Tyson yelled, pacing around the couch in their hotel.
Hilary sat, nestled against the back of the sofa. She had Kai's scarf wrapped all around her, hiding most of her face. She breathed in his scent deeply, it having a calming effect to her. Her face was red and tear stricken, and she felt exhausted from the battle, but she refused to sleep until Kai was back safely.
"Why don't we all go look around town. There can't be too many places Boris is hiding, and they couldn't possibly leave the country, considering the police are already there on the lookout." Rei said.
Max, Kenny and Tyson all seemed to agree.
"You stay here Hil, we'll find him, don't worry." The Chinese blader bent down in front of the brunette, a smile on his face, trying to cheer her up.
"No, I'm going with you." She stood up and walked over to the door. "I promised Kai I would help him, and that's what I'm going to do!"
The boys sighed in defeat. "Alright....let's get going!"
With that, the team rushed out of the hotel and began their search of the Canadian City.
After hours of searching, with no luck, the team sat down on a park bench to take a breather.
"This is impossible! There's no sign of him!" Max exclaimed.
The BladeBreakers were just about to give up hope, when suddenly, Hilary appeared in front of Kenny.
"Hey, Chief. Boris took Dranzer away from Kai at the championship. Couldn't we track her?"
The youngest teen perked up. "That's right! I can track Dranzer's location through Dizzi! Great idea Hilary! I'm surprised I didn't think of it before!" With that, the computer nerd opened up his laptop and began to type furiously at it.
"Slow down Chief! You're killing me!" The bitbeast exclaimed.
"Sorry Dizzi, but we need to find Dranzer, ASAP!"
"Right, I'll get on it!" The computer replied. After a few moments, Kenny gasped as a map appeared on the plasma screen, a red dot indicating where the sacred phoenix resided.
"Come on! Let's go!" Tyson exclaimed.
The team eventually came to a worn down warehouse district. Everything had been abandoned long ago, that is, except for one building. A black van was parked in an alleyway, barely noticeable to anyone.
"Dizzi says that Dranzer is in here, and that means......"
"So is Kai." Hilary finished.
"I'm going to go call the police!" Kenny said as he ran off in search of a phone.
"How do we get it?" Max asked.
"Here!" Rei whispered, walking over to an open air duct.
Kai opened his eyes, once again greeted by only darkness. He was now laying on his chest in a pool of his own blood. He managed to get to his knees, using his arms to support himself, but quickly fell back onto the ground as he heard his arm crack. He spat out more of the crimson liquid as his muscles in his chest tightened.
He had been released from his chains. Had Boris come back while he was unconscious? He glanced at his arm, which had been broken.
"That's new...." He thought to himself.
He lay there in complete silence when suddenly, screams of pain echoed down the hallways, filling the teen with dread. He had spent many nights, and days just like this, and all the other children who heard screams from torture were stricken with worry, dread and panic, for they could be next.
Kai forced his eyes shut as the screams continued. What was worse about it was that he recognized those screams.....they were Tala's.
After many agonizing minutes, the screams subsided, and a door slammed, followed by footsteps.
"I have to get out of here....." Kai told himself as he curled into a ball, blood spilling from his open wounds. "I must....."
Boris burst into another room, where a few men were busy watching computers.
"What is it? I'm kindof busy!" Boris demanded, looking over one of the men's shoulders.
"Intruders sir. We're trying to pinpoint their location."
The purple haired Russian cursed. "It's those damn BladeBreakers.....I'm sure of it." With that, he turned and exited the room, on a search and destroy mission.
Kai had mustered enough strength to crawl over to the iron bars and sit on his knees. The bars were old and rusty, and the teen thought that if he could apply enough pressure, they would move slightly so he could squeeze through. He had done it before numerous times back at the abbey, and it was all thanks to Boris. He would starve Kai, causing him to become dangerously thin, and in doing so, Kai was able to escape from cells like this.
"Maybe I should thank Boris......nah." He said to himself.
The teen grimaced in pain as he pulled at the bars, causing one to creak slightly. With no further luck, he decided he should try and escape now, while he had the chance. Kai held back cries of pain as the rust coated iron rubbed against his body, irritating the open wounds. After a while, the teen burst out and landed on the floor, panting for breath.
"That was close...." He thought as he looked back at the cell he just escaped from.
Kai forced himself to his feet, leaning heavily on the stone wall for support. His muscles felt like Jell-O since all their energy had been drained by BlackDranzer during his battle with Hilary. He felt more blood rush into his mouth and quickly spat it out, sick of it's bitter taste. He thought about those screams, and which direction they came from. Settling on the hallway in front of him, Kai began to shuffle down in search of his friend.
Tala moaned as he came to. His arms were restrained out from his sides, keeping his feet a good two feet from the ground. His ice blue eyes drifted down toward the ground were a pool of crimson blood formed.....his blood. Tala took a deep breath, his chest immediately protested against it, signally that the teen's ribs had been broken. His left leg had a large gash in it, probably from a knife or some other sharp instrument.
Suddenly, he smirked. "I guess this is the end. I'm sorry...I've failed you Kai....." He whispered to himself as his head dropped.
"You'll never fail me Tala." A familiar voice replied, causing the red head to look out into the hall.
There stood his childhood friend, in a similar state as himself, trying to open the door to the cell with a key that had been carelessly hung on the wall. The lock snapped and the door squeaked in protest as it was forced open on it's rusty hinges.
Kai limped in and began to unlock the cuffs holding Tala. The red head dropped onto the already freed teen lifelessly.
"Tala? You alright?" Kai asked weakly.
Tala could only nodded in response.
Kai pulled his friend's arm around his shoulder and began to drag him out of the cell.
"L...Leave me, and get out while you can.....He's gonna catch us like this!"
"Either we both leave, or we don't." Kai replied. He cursed as his broken arm brushed against Tala's back, but tried to ignore it.
Anxiety filled the air, and both of the teen's sensed that this old warehouse had unwelcome visitors. They had to hide in the shadows a few times as guards ran about, obviously nervous about something. Lights began to flash, but no alarm was heard just yet.
Kai and Tala came to a corner. They rested against the wall for a moment, trying to listen for approaching footsteps.
"Think it's safe?" Tala asked, turning to his friend.
"Only one way to find out." With that, the two teen's helped each other off the wall and stumbled around the corner, only to run into another body.
They exclaimed in surprise as they hit each other, knocking everyone down to the ground.
Kai cried in pain as his arm hit the cold stone, relocating the two halves of the bone. Tala fell to his side, and appeared to be unconscious.
The blue haired teen looked at who he just hit, and his eyes grew wide. There, in front of him, lay Tyson, rubbing his head and moaning.
"Hey! Would you watch where you're going!?" He exclaimed, but stopped as he saw who it was.
"Kai!" Everyone exclaimed.
The whole team, minus Kenny was standing behind the fallen navy haired blader.
"Kai!" A feminine voice cried.
Hilary rushed past everyone and embraced the wounded teen, not caring about the blood staining her clothes. She pressed her lips against his cut ones in a passionate kiss.
Everything was happening so fast, Kai didn't know how to react! He let a soft moan escape his throat as he closed his eyes in delight.
"Sorry to break up the reunion, but we have guards on our tail! Let's get out of here!" Rei exclaimed, walking over to his captain and helping Hilary lift him to his feet.
"Watch the arm!" He gasped as Rei touched the bruised skin. They slung his arms around each of their shoulders and carried him along as Tyson and Max did the same with Tala.
"Kenny called the police so they should be here any minute." Hilary whispered.
Suddenly, someone began yelling in Russian behind them. Kai cursed. "It seems they know we're gone now."
The alarm went off, creating a loud racket around the teens.
The beybladers continued down the endless hall until someone stopped them.
Kai's legs gave out on him at the sight of his former trainer, causing Rei and Hilary's grip to slip slightly, but they quickly recovered it.
"Well well well.....Look what I've found!" Boris smirked.
Kai growled as Rei and Hilary took a step backward, trying to distance themselves from the older Russian.
"Haven't you done enough?! Please let him go! If you want my bitbeast, take it!" Hilary cried.
"No Hil!" Kai exclaimed.
Boris chuckled. "That would be heavenly, but it's not just your bitbeasts I want anymore....it's your lives!"
A look of fear crossed everyone's face as the evil Russian chuckled. They all backed away even more once he took out a gun, hidden in his coat pocket.
"And I know just who to start with."
Kai's eyes widened in fear as he aimed for Hilary. With a new found strength, the teen moved out of Rei's grasp and darted in front of his girlfriend just as the shot was fired.
"No!" Hilary cried, tears beginning to fall from her ruby eyes.
Kai's body jerked against her as the bullet entered his chest, sinking deeply into the already bruised and battered flesh.
A throaty gasp escaped his lips and his body fell limp into the arms of his friends. Darkness pulled at his senses as he heard his teammates call out to him. He fought bravely against the darkness, but the dark seemed to be winning.
"One more move and we'll fire!" A voice appeared from behind Boris.
The purpled haired Russian turned around to see guns, pointed at his face, and a squad of police behind them. He dropped his own gun on the ground and held up his hands as a cop grabbed his arms and handcuffed them behind his back.
"Don't worry Kai, this isn't the end!" He yelled at the wounded teen, but he didn't seem to hear him. Either that, or he just didn't care.
"Kai?" Hilary's voice was weak, panic washed over her as the teen slumped forward.
"Oh no! Come on Kai, stay with us! Stay awake!" Rei said, shaking his captain, but to no avail.
Kai had given into the darkness, and no one was able to bring him out of it.
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The next chapter is the last!
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So in return, I've made a long chapter!
Thanks for all the reviews!
This story is nearly complete!
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Kai awoke to a sharp pain in his stomach, followed by the sound of fresh blood splashing on an unknown surface. The air had left the teen's lungs long ago, and he struggled to get it back. Darkness was his only view. He knew someone else was in there with him, but the darkness had kept the enemy hidden from the young teen's crimson eyes.
There was a snap, and more pain erupted from his skin. He bit his tongue, holding back all the torment he so desperately wanted to relieve himself of. After what seemed like hours of agonizing torture, he fell against his restraints, gasping for breath.
His captor left without saying a word, leaving him there to drown in the darkness, and bathe in his own blood.
"Hil.....ary." He managed to croak out. His body shifted in his restraints, causing the sound of clinging metal to fill his ears. He now knew where he was.
Boris barged into the small room that all the members of the Demolition Boys shared. He was puffed up in rage, and breathed heavily through his nose.
"Tala!" He growled, stomping over to the red head.
The rest of the team scrambled out of his way.
"You all get out of here!" Boris snapped at the teens.
They didn't need to be told twice, for they all rushed out of the room as fast as they could. Sure, they didn't want to leave their leader alone with....him....but it would only make matters worse if they had stayed. Tala knew this, and was always grateful to them for it.
"Give me Dragoon, now!" Boris held his hand in front of the teen.
Panic immediately built up in his ice blue eyes as the older Russian waited impatiently for the sacred bitbeast. Boris raised an eyebrow at Tala's tardiness to answer.
"GIVE IT TO ME!" He yelled, causing the red head's bangs to flutter slightly.
"Um...well..." Tala began. He had been caught without a reasonable response. He didn't know what to say to his trainer.
Boris punched him in the jaw, sending him flying to the floor. "WHERE IS IT!?" He demanded.
"I...I don't have it...."
"WHAT?!" Boris grabbed Tala by his hair and raised him to his feet. "WHAT DID YOU TO WITH IT!?"
He was certainly pissed off now.....Tala couldn't fight against his rage. Another blow knocked the teen out of his grasp and back onto the floor, moaning in pain as some of his red locks were ripped out from his scalp.
Boris landed a kick into the teen's stomach, knocking the wind out of him. The onslaught continued for many moments before he picked the teen up again and carried him down to the makeshift dungeon, to await further punishment.
"Well? We can't just sit here and do nothing! You know the police are incompetent!" Tyson yelled, pacing around the couch in their hotel.
Hilary sat, nestled against the back of the sofa. She had Kai's scarf wrapped all around her, hiding most of her face. She breathed in his scent deeply, it having a calming effect to her. Her face was red and tear stricken, and she felt exhausted from the battle, but she refused to sleep until Kai was back safely.
"Why don't we all go look around town. There can't be too many places Boris is hiding, and they couldn't possibly leave the country, considering the police are already there on the lookout." Rei said.
Max, Kenny and Tyson all seemed to agree.
"You stay here Hil, we'll find him, don't worry." The Chinese blader bent down in front of the brunette, a smile on his face, trying to cheer her up.
"No, I'm going with you." She stood up and walked over to the door. "I promised Kai I would help him, and that's what I'm going to do!"
The boys sighed in defeat. "Alright....let's get going!"
With that, the team rushed out of the hotel and began their search of the Canadian City.
After hours of searching, with no luck, the team sat down on a park bench to take a breather.
"This is impossible! There's no sign of him!" Max exclaimed.
The BladeBreakers were just about to give up hope, when suddenly, Hilary appeared in front of Kenny.
"Hey, Chief. Boris took Dranzer away from Kai at the championship. Couldn't we track her?"
The youngest teen perked up. "That's right! I can track Dranzer's location through Dizzi! Great idea Hilary! I'm surprised I didn't think of it before!" With that, the computer nerd opened up his laptop and began to type furiously at it.
"Slow down Chief! You're killing me!" The bitbeast exclaimed.
"Sorry Dizzi, but we need to find Dranzer, ASAP!"
"Right, I'll get on it!" The computer replied. After a few moments, Kenny gasped as a map appeared on the plasma screen, a red dot indicating where the sacred phoenix resided.
"Come on! Let's go!" Tyson exclaimed.
The team eventually came to a worn down warehouse district. Everything had been abandoned long ago, that is, except for one building. A black van was parked in an alleyway, barely noticeable to anyone.
"Dizzi says that Dranzer is in here, and that means......"
"So is Kai." Hilary finished.
"I'm going to go call the police!" Kenny said as he ran off in search of a phone.
"How do we get it?" Max asked.
"Here!" Rei whispered, walking over to an open air duct.
Kai opened his eyes, once again greeted by only darkness. He was now laying on his chest in a pool of his own blood. He managed to get to his knees, using his arms to support himself, but quickly fell back onto the ground as he heard his arm crack. He spat out more of the crimson liquid as his muscles in his chest tightened.
He had been released from his chains. Had Boris come back while he was unconscious? He glanced at his arm, which had been broken.
"That's new...." He thought to himself.
He lay there in complete silence when suddenly, screams of pain echoed down the hallways, filling the teen with dread. He had spent many nights, and days just like this, and all the other children who heard screams from torture were stricken with worry, dread and panic, for they could be next.
Kai forced his eyes shut as the screams continued. What was worse about it was that he recognized those screams.....they were Tala's.
After many agonizing minutes, the screams subsided, and a door slammed, followed by footsteps.
"I have to get out of here....." Kai told himself as he curled into a ball, blood spilling from his open wounds. "I must....."
Boris burst into another room, where a few men were busy watching computers.
"What is it? I'm kindof busy!" Boris demanded, looking over one of the men's shoulders.
"Intruders sir. We're trying to pinpoint their location."
The purple haired Russian cursed. "It's those damn BladeBreakers.....I'm sure of it." With that, he turned and exited the room, on a search and destroy mission.
Kai had mustered enough strength to crawl over to the iron bars and sit on his knees. The bars were old and rusty, and the teen thought that if he could apply enough pressure, they would move slightly so he could squeeze through. He had done it before numerous times back at the abbey, and it was all thanks to Boris. He would starve Kai, causing him to become dangerously thin, and in doing so, Kai was able to escape from cells like this.
"Maybe I should thank Boris......nah." He said to himself.
The teen grimaced in pain as he pulled at the bars, causing one to creak slightly. With no further luck, he decided he should try and escape now, while he had the chance. Kai held back cries of pain as the rust coated iron rubbed against his body, irritating the open wounds. After a while, the teen burst out and landed on the floor, panting for breath.
"That was close...." He thought as he looked back at the cell he just escaped from.
Kai forced himself to his feet, leaning heavily on the stone wall for support. His muscles felt like Jell-O since all their energy had been drained by BlackDranzer during his battle with Hilary. He felt more blood rush into his mouth and quickly spat it out, sick of it's bitter taste. He thought about those screams, and which direction they came from. Settling on the hallway in front of him, Kai began to shuffle down in search of his friend.
Tala moaned as he came to. His arms were restrained out from his sides, keeping his feet a good two feet from the ground. His ice blue eyes drifted down toward the ground were a pool of crimson blood formed.....his blood. Tala took a deep breath, his chest immediately protested against it, signally that the teen's ribs had been broken. His left leg had a large gash in it, probably from a knife or some other sharp instrument.
Suddenly, he smirked. "I guess this is the end. I'm sorry...I've failed you Kai....." He whispered to himself as his head dropped.
"You'll never fail me Tala." A familiar voice replied, causing the red head to look out into the hall.
There stood his childhood friend, in a similar state as himself, trying to open the door to the cell with a key that had been carelessly hung on the wall. The lock snapped and the door squeaked in protest as it was forced open on it's rusty hinges.
Kai limped in and began to unlock the cuffs holding Tala. The red head dropped onto the already freed teen lifelessly.
"Tala? You alright?" Kai asked weakly.
Tala could only nodded in response.
Kai pulled his friend's arm around his shoulder and began to drag him out of the cell.
"L...Leave me, and get out while you can.....He's gonna catch us like this!"
"Either we both leave, or we don't." Kai replied. He cursed as his broken arm brushed against Tala's back, but tried to ignore it.
Anxiety filled the air, and both of the teen's sensed that this old warehouse had unwelcome visitors. They had to hide in the shadows a few times as guards ran about, obviously nervous about something. Lights began to flash, but no alarm was heard just yet.
Kai and Tala came to a corner. They rested against the wall for a moment, trying to listen for approaching footsteps.
"Think it's safe?" Tala asked, turning to his friend.
"Only one way to find out." With that, the two teen's helped each other off the wall and stumbled around the corner, only to run into another body.
They exclaimed in surprise as they hit each other, knocking everyone down to the ground.
Kai cried in pain as his arm hit the cold stone, relocating the two halves of the bone. Tala fell to his side, and appeared to be unconscious.
The blue haired teen looked at who he just hit, and his eyes grew wide. There, in front of him, lay Tyson, rubbing his head and moaning.
"Hey! Would you watch where you're going!?" He exclaimed, but stopped as he saw who it was.
"Kai!" Everyone exclaimed.
The whole team, minus Kenny was standing behind the fallen navy haired blader.
"Kai!" A feminine voice cried.
Hilary rushed past everyone and embraced the wounded teen, not caring about the blood staining her clothes. She pressed her lips against his cut ones in a passionate kiss.
Everything was happening so fast, Kai didn't know how to react! He let a soft moan escape his throat as he closed his eyes in delight.
"Sorry to break up the reunion, but we have guards on our tail! Let's get out of here!" Rei exclaimed, walking over to his captain and helping Hilary lift him to his feet.
"Watch the arm!" He gasped as Rei touched the bruised skin. They slung his arms around each of their shoulders and carried him along as Tyson and Max did the same with Tala.
"Kenny called the police so they should be here any minute." Hilary whispered.
Suddenly, someone began yelling in Russian behind them. Kai cursed. "It seems they know we're gone now."
The alarm went off, creating a loud racket around the teens.
The beybladers continued down the endless hall until someone stopped them.
Kai's legs gave out on him at the sight of his former trainer, causing Rei and Hilary's grip to slip slightly, but they quickly recovered it.
"Well well well.....Look what I've found!" Boris smirked.
Kai growled as Rei and Hilary took a step backward, trying to distance themselves from the older Russian.
"Haven't you done enough?! Please let him go! If you want my bitbeast, take it!" Hilary cried.
"No Hil!" Kai exclaimed.
Boris chuckled. "That would be heavenly, but it's not just your bitbeasts I want anymore....it's your lives!"
A look of fear crossed everyone's face as the evil Russian chuckled. They all backed away even more once he took out a gun, hidden in his coat pocket.
"And I know just who to start with."
Kai's eyes widened in fear as he aimed for Hilary. With a new found strength, the teen moved out of Rei's grasp and darted in front of his girlfriend just as the shot was fired.
"No!" Hilary cried, tears beginning to fall from her ruby eyes.
Kai's body jerked against her as the bullet entered his chest, sinking deeply into the already bruised and battered flesh.
A throaty gasp escaped his lips and his body fell limp into the arms of his friends. Darkness pulled at his senses as he heard his teammates call out to him. He fought bravely against the darkness, but the dark seemed to be winning.
"One more move and we'll fire!" A voice appeared from behind Boris.
The purpled haired Russian turned around to see guns, pointed at his face, and a squad of police behind them. He dropped his own gun on the ground and held up his hands as a cop grabbed his arms and handcuffed them behind his back.
"Don't worry Kai, this isn't the end!" He yelled at the wounded teen, but he didn't seem to hear him. Either that, or he just didn't care.
"Kai?" Hilary's voice was weak, panic washed over her as the teen slumped forward.
"Oh no! Come on Kai, stay with us! Stay awake!" Rei said, shaking his captain, but to no avail.
Kai had given into the darkness, and no one was able to bring him out of it.
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