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Chapter 37
Rei shot awake at the noise of someone or some people moving round his cage, looking around he saw Tala and Bryan stood over the control panel trying to find the right combination of buttons to open the cage before the others got here. They hit various combinations but nothing happened.
"What have we got here?" came Jason's voice as he started the generator causing a blinding light to fill the enclosure. Tala and Bryan stopped like rabbits caught in the headlight before resorting to their old cold demeanour.
"what's it look like Becca. We're on a picnic" Smirked Tala.
"You two where always going to be trouble" said Toleman standing by Becca handing him a gun. "they have some of our weapons"
"so you will kindly hand them back" smirked Jason moving towards the two, who ducked and separated shooting blindly with the guns that they had stolen seeing as their bit-beasts had been taken from them, when the Abbey had been closed and Boris before he was arrested had all of the Demolition Boys Bit-beasts destroyed.
"Now children didn't you parents ever tell you not to play with guns" grinned Becca sending a volley of shots at Tala who hide behind the controls. The red head got up to take aim but never got to take his shot."Should have taken that warning as well" came Kai's voice as he sent a fist into Jason's face. Becca held his jaw.
"Well if it isn't the phoenix , hope you had fun because that's all you will have." Sneered Jason clicking his knuckles and looking to where he had dropped his gun at the shock of being punched
"Yeah likely" smirked Kai before going for the man, Jason reacted by sending his own fist into Kai's stomach but it didn't phase him at all as he continued to hit the man in the stomach in retaliation, the younger boy. duck a punch from Jason before swiping the legs from under the older man, the bluenet stood over the other man about to land another blow when a shot rang out. Kai slumped to the floor his blood gradually oozed through onto his T-Shirt.
"KAI" screamed Rei smashing his fist against the Perspex not stopping with the pain that radiated through his fists.
"Sorry Kitty cat, seems you mate has gone to see his maker pity I didn't send him" smirked Becca moving over to the cage to taunt Rei who hissed and spat at the older man, who was his god father.
"NO!" yelled Tala firing at the Doctor hitting him in the arm, secretly pleased that he had managed to get the scientist but raging because of what happened to Kai.
"that the best you can do riding hood" grinned Jason sending his own shot at Tala who ducked in time.
"Becca, Toleman back down let our secret do this" ordered Lecoy sending the hooded boy into the area, the light revealing his white teeth but the rest of him was in shadow. Bryan made a run for Kai's body and picked the bluenet up before the action could start, he pulled the younger boy behind the controls and checked him over. He searched for a pulse and felt Kai twitch under his hands, he found the pulse beating strongly.
To suborn to die he smirked to himself before standing to face the new threat.
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Tyson, Max and Kenny crept through the house, doing what Kai had asked them to do to find the security room but had failed to tell them where it was, so here they where going from one room to another hoping that they wouldn't find any trouble, they had found the broom cupboard to the bedrooms but hadn't found the security room that they wanted. They walked up to the end of the corridor and decided that all bets that this was the place, they opened another door revealing a room with 8 cylinders along one wall, and rows of Tv's one man sat watching them, the lone guard hadn't reacted to the opening of the door. Max crept up behind the guard snagging the fire exigquisher as he went a brought his hard over the man's head knocking him out cold.
"go Maxi" said Tyson before going further into the room, they looked at the Tv's to see the fight that was going on below, seeing Tala and Bryan giving a fight against another person, with no sigh of Kai.
"he's probably on the way, got caught up with something" said Kenny as he set Dizzy up on the desk to scan the security. While the younger two looked over the eight cylinders that where on the wall to find that 8 where in use.
"there the Adlets" said Max's running his hand over the material of the cylinders before moving to the next one, it had began to crack and the blade was pulsating green.
"It's Drigger" Max said pointing to the cylinder holding the familiar White blade. Kenny walked over to the cylinder seeing that it was beginning to crack even more.
"Wonder what's up?" said Max as he looked around himself to find away get the blade out. Tyson stepped back and released Dragoon but the blade just bounced off but they noticed that even without their help the cylinder was cracking more and more. Kenny put the volume up on Dizzy to see if she could help.
"Whoa, Drigger's going psycho, so I think that either Rei is in trouble or is angry himself and I'd step back" warned Dizzy as she said this feeling of warmth entered the room with a red light that darted for the cylinder and hitting it dead on melting the material before the red light pulled back into the top of the room and revealed itself to be Dranzer, with the help of the fire the white blade was free and the huge White Tiger bounded out of it roaring loudly, the bit-beast looked at each other passing a message between them before they left the room in a hurry.
"I think we should follow them" said Dizzy as the younger ones took off after the Bit-Beast to the way that Kai had taken, they ran for what seemed like ages before they all tumbled down the stairs stopping at the scene before them.
Bryan and Tala where holding each other up, blood poured from cuts and bruises had started to form but the fight had stopped as they where now being protected by Drigger and Dranzer, the figure in front of them didn't seem ruffled at all, he just stood there staring at the phoenix seemingly lost in the appearance of the mythical bird, they couldn't see Kai and from what they could see Rei was still in his cage but he didn't seem himself.
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Kai's dead, Tala, Bryan need help Rei's anger rose and bubbled, his rational thought fled leaving a space for only his animal side, blood thirst and rage mixed together, the need to revenge over came his senses none of his human rationality was left. His eyes narrowed until they nearly disappeared his teeth bared and his finger nails extended into claws, he had become the section of the specie that people avoided, he had reverted into what he had evolved from.
He tore at his cage, smashing against it, fists, feet and body all hitting the Perspex hoping to get out, his senses came alive as the first crack appeared, his fists and feet continued to pound the wall, more and more cracked appeared, he wanted out of this cage. With a roar his rammed into to damaged area and it shattered, he sniffed the area around him before prowling towards the hooded figure.
The hooded boy tore his eyes away from Dranzer to watch the Neko Jin prowled towards him, he got into the defensive position as Rei leapt at him, claws out stretch punching the hooded boys shoulders, the boy let out a grunt before throwing Rei off him but Rei flipped in the air and was on the attack again, he kicked the boy before pouncing on top of him.
The others watched in amazement at the way the two boys where fighting, where as Tala and Bryan had done no damage, Rei was ripping chucks out of the hooded figure but receiving no substantial damage or injure to himself. They watched as Rei performed a flip in mid-air landing on his feet and was on the boy again in less that 2 seconds.
The hooded figure pushed Rei off him by kicking him in the stomach and got up his hood falling back revealing his features, Rei doesn't bother to stop and attacks again only to be stopped by Drigger but his clawed hand swiped out and caught the boys face.
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Tyson gasped at the condition of the un-hooded boy was now in after the fight with Rei, all they could see now was the red hair that crowed his head in wild spikes, they could see the blood in his hands as he turned to face Rei who was surrounded by Drigger, he looked at the Neko Jin.
"Kitten's got attitude" he sneered receiving a hiss from Rei who struggled in Drigger's hold as he hit out, sneering the red head turned to the others.
The others looked on in shock at the boy in front of him, they had only glimpsed his features before and Drigger and Dranzer had reacted with that small look on Dranzer's orders, one holding Rei back the other stood over the shocked group.
Max gasped "you look like Kai" he said taking in the boy appearance. He was the splitting image of Kai in the face but looked older with a more tanned skin colour, except he had bright red bangs that was in the wild spikes that Kai had with deep red at the back, he had cold purple eyes and had the Hiwatari face paint in red. He stood up and looked cautiously at Max, he was roughly a food and a half taller that Kai was.
"Kai?" he asked his eyes losing some of their coldness "Kai's dead" he stated his eyes frosting over again.
"Not yet I'm not" gasped Kai as he struggled up using the console for support.
"your not Kai" shouted the boys eyes blazing with confusion. Kai looked at the boy in shock, memories surfaced he moved towards the boy looking up at him.
"L…Lao" Kai stuttered looking into those purple eyes remembering the image of a boy unmoving on the ground blood pouring from his mouth he nearly let go of his support but instead he moved towards Lao. Lao dropped the weapon he had grabbed hold off from the floor to stop Rei, and grabbed hold of the smaller boy.
"Little Kai" he touched his face running it over the blue triangles scarlet eyes met with purple both full of memory, Lao suddenly felt Kai fall limp in his hold so he tightened his hold on him when Kai collapsed. "What?" he said as he lay the bluenet down finding the bullet hole in the T-shirt, stripping back the top he found the wound. "He needs help" Lao shouted looking around him franticly for something to stop the bleeding, the bullet had gone into Kai's shoulder. Dranzer moved over to the two, this movement coursed the others to come out of their shock at the Kai look alike. Max moved over to the two teenagers carefully, not wanting to be in the way but had to ask.
"erm, Lao?" he asked "what are you doing?"
"Helping my little brother" growled Lao untying Kai's scarf and using it as a bandage tightening it around the chest to stop the blood flow.
"Little brother?" asked Tyson stopping his rushing round. Lao ignored all other questions, concentrating on stopping the blood flow from Kai's shoulder. "Hey we're talking to you!" shouted Tyson.
"And I'm busy, go talk to that cat thing" ordered Lao trying to keep Kai awake. Max sat down by Kai head and put it on his lap.
"Come on Kai you know that Rei needs you, we all do. You have to stay with us" he said strongly
"I'm not going anywhere" croaked Kai trying to sit up but was pushed back down by Lao who was tying off the scarf.
"awake then" beamed Tala his weapon trained on Lao daring him to make the wrong move. Kai looked at Lao.
"I thought you had been killed" he said pain in his voice.
"and I thought you had" said Lao sadly.
Drigger was struggling to hold the feral Rei, who was very quick with his punched and kicks, it seemed that all human Rei had gone until a spark of confusion filtered across his eyes as he stopped struggling, tilting his head to the side looking at Kai move and act with Lao.
"Why Kai with red man?" he asked in a childish way, slow as if he was trying to speak English for the first time.
Kai and Lao looked over to the Neko Jin at the question.
"the kitten speaks" smirked Lao, as he helped Kai sit up but the bluenet pulled away and did it himself.
"Rei come here" said Kai strongly watching Rei walk towards him, Drigger watched Rei like a hawk ready to react if he needed to. Rei still had his claws were still out, he came and sat at Kai's side.
"this is my brother" said slowly Kai, Rei looked at the bluenet then the red head, his eyes still slitted and he bared his teeth.
"but he hurt Ta and Yan" said Rei. Max looked at Drigger for an explanation about the slow childlike language, that was so unlike Rei's usual vocabulary.
"Rei has reverted to his natural animal self, very child like in the way he feels and speaks but it knows all that Rei does and will become the Rei we knew in a matter of time" the great Tiger explained. Dranzer went to stand beside Kai, shrinking down to the size of a normal bird.
"Master Kai" she said happy to see him alive.
"Dranzer" smiled Kai reaching forward to stroke her feathers.
"My, Dranzer haven't you grown" smiled Lao looking the Phoenix open. Rei hissed at the boy because he was being ignored he wanted answers to why he couldn't attack the boy.
"the reason I hurt Tala and Bryan was because they where going to harm my boss and still are for that matter, What's going on?" Lao asked looking at the group.
"we came here to get Rei, Bryan and Tala agreed to help. Becca and Toleman the ones that Captured Rei by crashing out bus" explained Kenny. "Toleman killed Rei's parents"
"No Becca!" growled Rei "he going to be in pain" he vowed as he leap up only to be caught by Kai.
"I don't think so Kitten" said Kai holding Rei "not until we're ready"
Rei hissed at Kai and everyone tensed if Rei attacked Kai they wouldn't be able to do anything, Drigger moved in closer but stopped as;
"Don't pull that with me" warned Kai glaring at Rei who turned sulkily away, "now that's done, I think we need a plan"
"why are you going against Lecoy, he's grandfathers employee" asked Lao for genuinely confused at why his little brother was going against the family member that had helped him.
"Voltaire is no longer my family" sneered Kai getting up, putting the pain away and he began to walk away.
"What, Why?" asked Lao his anger rising as he grabbed Kai shoulder releasing it at the warning hiss from Rei who was looking for the best time to strike. "he is our only family"
"BECAUSE HE KILLED OURS" shouted Kai before getting his anger under control "he told me you where dead"
"No it can't be" whispered Lao pulling away from the others, his head reeling. "but? It can't be"
"Red man knows truth can we go" pushed Rei facing the way that the men had left before this had all happened.
"No" said Kai sharply, watching as Rei sat back down glaring at him before he turned back to his brother "I'm sorry Lao but Voltaire is nothing but a user and I helped put him away"
"So all my life was a lie" whispered Lao looking into Kai's eyes seeing the truth that was in the depths " he told me there had been an accident, you and out parents died in a car accident. All I could imagine was your 3 year old body without your bright eyes." He said in memory looking into lose bright Scarlet eyes.
"At least you got it easy" spat Bryan ignoring Kai's warning glances "I heard what Voltaire use to say to Kai, saying that it was his fault that he killed them."
"Bryan stop" growled Kai glaring at the older boy "it's the past, I want to know if you'll help us" he asked Lao " because if you're against us then get out of my way"
"I have to look after my baby bro" said Lao seriously, his need to be with the brother he thought was dead was more than the need to be loyal to the man that had lied to him through out his life.