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A/N - The rating might change in the future. Just be warned XD
Yeah ... sorry for the late update, I've been busy with other stories and the inspiration hasn't been hitting. I wasn't going to put this one up today either, but I love you guys so much, I changed my mind =D although, you can check out my other story titled Love Hurts. It's Yaoi Kai/Tala angst with a side of Rei/Bryan and one-sided Rei/Kai.
As the Ice Breaks.
Part 15: Team Reunion.
Kai lay in bed, listening to Rei talk about how Mariah was mothering him to death.
Rei had stumbled into his room by accident while trying to get away from a large Russian nurse who was trying to give him a bath. He had been quite shocked to see Kai awake, even thought Kenny had said Kai was all right, he could see it in his eyes that he was lying. So imagine his surprise to walk into Kai's ICU room and see him awake and trying franticly, but failing due to his weakened state, from pretty female nurse obviously smitten with Kai, who was trying to feed him.
Rei would have laughed at the sight, but the large nurse in question had finally found him. Thankfully Mr. Dickinson stepped in, and managed to save the two boys from an incident of utter humiliation. They both had silently agreed to forget the whole episode.
"So, Kai ... how are you feeling?" Rei asked, realizing that Kai really didn't care about his love life.
Kai looked at Rei, his eyes were glazed over from all the medicine and morphine that had been pumped into his bloodstream, "Peachy ..." he said in a soft voice.
Rei smiled and shook his head. "Some thing's never change, do they?" They were both interrupted when a commotion outside caught their attention. Rei stood up and went to investigate.
"I'm telling you, he's come here to kill him. Boris must have sent the bastard." Tyson slammed his fist on the nurses' desk.
People were crowding around them, speaking loudly in Russian. They all didn't understand a word that was being said.
"Tyson?" All five of them turned to Mr. Dickinson, who looked shocked that they were the center of the mayhem.
"Mr. D!!" Tyson ran over, "Kai. How is he?? Tala came over yesterday, he said to see a friend. Maybe he's trying to kill Kai!!" Max and the others also came up and intervened, no one could understand a word they were saying.
"Calm down, boys," Mr. Dickinson took a deep breath, "now tell me everything from the beginning," he raised one finger, "one at a time."
Max started first, "We ran into this kid just now. He said he met Tala, the Demolition boys captain, yesterday, and we was going to see a friend who was in the hospital –"
"THIS HOSPITAL! ... KAI!"
"Relax, Tyson. We're not sure it was really Kai he came to see. Did he say he was going to see Kai?"
"Uhh ... no ... but what does it matter? He was here. Near Kai!!"
"Okay, we'll ask the nurse if she's seen anyone who matches his description yesterday."
They went over to the nurses' desk, where a skinny nurse with a grey streak in her tight bun-hair was standing.
"Excuse me."
She turned her beady eyes to Mr. Dickinson, looking arrogantly at him, "yes?"
"I was just wondering if anyone came here to see a Kai Hiwatari, yesterday. A young boy about this height," he showed someone a little taller than him, "with flaming red hair."
Her eyes widened briefly and something passed through them, it was for just a second, but Lee noticed it. She snubbed her nose. "Why, I do recall a young man asking for the location of Mr. Hiwatari's room yesterday. I did not see his face, but he claimed to be Mr. Hiwatari's brother. If I remember correctly, he was wearing a dark blue jumper with the hood up."
Both Max's and Lee's eyes widened.
"Thank you for your help, miss." They all walked away.
"I saw him." Max said suddenly.
"What do you mean?"
"Yesterday, just before we went to see Rei, there was this person who entered the room. I didn't see his face though, but he seemed to avoid from being seen."
"Yes, I saw him too." Lee crossed his arms over his chest.
Tyson's jaw slammed to the ground, "You ... you ... saw him!!" he eyes bulged out of their sockets. Tyson was advancing menacingly on Max.
"Oh yes. I almost forgot to tell you, Kai's awake."
For a few eerie seconds, the room went completely silent. One could even hear the sound of a mosquito breathing. Tyson turned robotically towards Mr. Dickinson, a strange look on his face, almost scary.
"Kai's ... awake?" he looked blankly at Mr. Dickinson.
Mr. Dickinson laughed nervously, for once, actually afraid of his happy-go-lucky blader.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EARLIER?!?!?!" he zoomed off in the direction of Kai's room, leaving the others sweat-dropping behind him.
"I wonder what who was making all that noise just now?" Rei walked back in the room after the noise had stopped, "I just hope it wasn't Tyson or something." He took seat on the chair next to Kai's bed.
Kai just lay there quietly, his eyes closed in concentration.
"Kai?" Rei leaned over his captain, looking straight at him.
Kai cracked open one eye and mouthed a 'what?'
"Nothing. Just checking if you're all right. We wouldn't want –"
At that exact moment, Tyson flew into the room and stopped just a few feet away from Kai. He was panting loudly and his eyes focused solely on Kai. "Kai ..." he whispered, as is his eyes were cheating him. Slowly but surely, droplets of tears were forming in the corner of his eyes and he rushed forward, embracing Kai in a tight bear hug.
"Oomph!" Kai wasn't expecting Tyson to act that way and was caught totally off guard when his teammate decided that he wasn't in enough discomfort as it is, "Tyson ... oxygen ..."
Tyson heard Kai say and let go abruptly. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and sniffled, the happiness showing clearly on his face. All the grief that had been there on the past three days was completely gone, and Tyson was on the fast lane to becoming the same person he was before the Lake incident. "Sorry ..." he said sheepishly, not looking Kai in the eyes.
Kai sighed and studied Tyson intently, noting the dark bag under his eyes. He raised his right hand slowly and patted Tyson on the shoulder.
Tyson looked slowly at his captain, smiling brightly. He was about to say something, when a cough was heard from the chair next to Kai. "Rei," He looked startled to see Rei there, "I didn't see you."
"Gee ..." he looked at Tyson with half-moon eyes, "glad to know that I'm being missed." He held his heart in mock sadness.
Tyson smiled and leaned over to grab Rei in a brotherly hug. Suddenly, another pair of arms encircled him and he looked back to the grinning face of Max.
"Hey guys, don't leave me out of this." The three of them laughed, before turning their attention to Kai, who just murmured a 'no' and shook his head weakly.
They smirked evilly and glomped Kai all at once, much to the chagrin of their captain who didn't have enough strength to move them, but didn't seem to be making an effort to either. He just smiled weakly and let them hug him, this one time.
From the door, Mr. Dickinson stood with Lee, Robert and Michael. "We should leave them for a while."
The three of them nodded and left the teammates to their reunion.
"What? - Are you absolutely sure? – Very well then." Boris placed the receiver back on it place, his face impassive. He went over to the large screen that occupied his wall and pressed a few buttons. After a few seconds, the stern face of Voltaire came on.
This must be good news, Boris. I will not tolerate another failed attempt from you.
"No, Voltaire," he smirked, "I have just gotten news from one of my people at the hospital, Kai has awakened."
Really?he smirked evilly, my, this is good news.
"I knew you would like it. Also, it seems that 'someone' decided to pay young Kai a visit without out permission."
Which 'someone,' might I ask?
"No one you need to concern yourself with, sir. He will be given his own in due time, I assure you."
You'd better, Boris. And do inform me when the first experiment had finishes, I would like to see result of your so-called brilliant plan.without another word, the screen went blank.
"You will see the result alright, oh will you see," Boris glared at the empty screen. He turned at the knock, "enter!"
An old man dressed in white lab coat walked into the room carrying a chart. "Sir, the first phase if the plan has been successful. Shall we move on to the second phase?"
"No not yet. I would like to pay a visit to the patient before that. Now leave."
"Of course." He handed Boris the chart and left.
Boris studied the chart, his face broke into a menacing grin. "Soon, my son."
He threw the chart onto the table with the picture on it falling upright and the face of a young redhead with icy blue eyes stared back.
"I wonder where they have gone to?" Emily looked in the direction of the forest where the five boys had got to practice.
"Trusting Tyson, they probably went for food." Dizzy spoke up from the laptop.
"Dizzy's right. But after what's been happening this past week, I'd say Tyson deserves some time out from the stress. I mean, I haven't seen him this stressed out since the time the shop sold out of onion dip." Kenny typed away at his keyboard.
"How very compassionate of you, Kenny."
"Oh Emily," Judy called out to her as she came through the door, "how is the reconstruction of Dragoon going?"
"Very smoothly, Judy."
"Good. I have called in someone to help with the other blades too. He'll be arriving tomorrow." Without another word, she walked out.
"Hmm ... I wonder who Judy called. He must be good, if she asked for his assistance. Who do you think it is Kenny?"
"One other thing," Judy walked back into the room, "Mr. Dickinson called, and he said Kai has awakened."
"Really?" Kenny jumped out of his chair, "Tyson would be delighted to hear the news."
"Maybe we should go look for them." Emily suggested.
"Us? As in you and I?" Kenny stuttered, "just the two of us?" he turned tomato red and began to sweat.
"Of course," Emily looked strangely at him, "don't worry, it's not like we're going to run into the Demolition Boys or anything. Of course, it would be a tad disconcerting if one of us were to have feelings for the other," she laughed at her own statement, "What am I saying? Come on, Kenny."
Kenny had turned all the different colours of red as Emily finished her sentence, "S-sure," he stuttered.
"Aww ... what's this? Has Kenny got a little –"
He slammed shut the laptop, silencing whatever Dizzy was about to say. He followed Emily slowly, sweat pouring down his face.
"– And then, Max totally creamed Michael. You should have seen the look on his face." Tyson was rolling around on the floor. Rei and Max looked amused at his antics, while Kai shook his head disapprovingly yet he had a small smile playing at his lips.
'Some things never change.' Kai thought to himself while shaking his head.
"Relax Tyson, and breath. We don't need another member in the hospital." Rei nudged him playfully with his toe.
"Kenny?" Kai spoke up suddenly.
"Huh? The chief?" Tyson rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "last time we saw him was at the house. He was upgrading the Beyblades or something, with Emily," he grinned evilly, "you know? Of course not, having been out of commission for sometime. The one and only chief has a crush with the one and only All-Starz brainiac."
"Who? Max's mom?" Rei mocked a confused look.
"Hey!" he laughed when Max, who looked taken back, tackled him to the ground.
Kai smirked, "Seems that Kenny does have something other than spare parts in those pants of his?"
The three of them turned abruptly and looked shocked at Kai, before bursting out into laughter at his comment.
Boris walked into a brightly lid room. It looked more like a lab, with all the machines, training regiment equipments and large see-through tube with, what looked like live animals in them. The animals' types ranged from felines, to primates to reptiles, and even a baby whale. At the edge of the white room, there was an empty tube that was about the right size to fit a human being into.
Boris smirked, and walked to the right, where there was another door. He unlocked it using a card key that hung around his neck. As the metallic strip on the side ran across the device on the wall, the red light turned green, and the metal door slid open to reveal some kind of operating room. Right in the middle, there was a stiff looking bed and it seemed to be occupied by someone.
Boris walked over to the bed and looked at the person lying in it.
Tala shuddered at the draftiness that surrounded the room. The fact that he had nothing on, except a flimsy looking blanket, didn't help with the chill either. However, the blanket covered only the lower part of his body and left the upper part bare. He didn't seem to be restrained, nevertheless, did not appear to be making an effort to get himself out of his predicament. His icy orbs turned as he noticed the presence of another person in the room.
"Boris ..." he spat out, but his voice coming out as nothing more than a whisper, "what did you do to me?"
"Calm down, my boy," Boris walked over and leaned over him, looking him straight in the eye, "I heard that you went to visit Kai the other day."
Tala narrowed his eyes slightly.
"So how is young Kai doing?" he smirked, "you wouldn't know, would you? But, I am in a particularly good mood today, so I think you'd be pleased to know that Kai has awakened."
Tala's eyes widened, and a ghost of a smile flashed past his face, before disappearing as Boris continued on his tirade.
"Unfortunately, that would do you no good. I'm pretty sure you are feeling extreme resentment towards me now. You must feel like punching me, don't you?"
Tala's icy blues' flashed with raw fury directed to the sadistic director. "What have you done to me?" his words were dripping with venom.
"Not as much as I would have wanted, given the current circumstance were are dealing in now, although, I can't say that I am not pleased with the results so far," he clasped his hands behind his back and turned his back to Tala. "Seeing as how you are the one we will be performing the tests on, I thought I might fill you in on the details."
Tala took a deep breath and tried again to move his arms, and any other part of his body, but failed once again.
"You see. The reason why both you and Kai are so invaluable to the Biovolt Corporation isn't only because of your natural talent, its is also because a tiny chip," he turned back to Tala, "implanted in your necks before you two were even born. There is also another reason, but we'll leave that one for later."
Tala's eyes widened as he took in everything Boris was saying.
"Kai knows this, that is why he never takes his scarf off, and why your uniform has been designed as such. These chips, when activated, can open a world full of possibilities for a blader. It increases your intelligence, sight and hearing by ten times. However, the activation of these chips have not been some of the pleasant ones. Many have lost their sight or hearing, lost physical control of their bodies and died, even before these chips were activated. Like you have lost most feeling in your entire body. It won't last long in your case, thankfully. It's just the result of the surgeon tampering with a few veins in your neck to prepare the chip for the experimentation that is coming next."
"You sick bastard."
"Aren't I? But ... if I am a sick bastard, by the laws of genetic, that makes you one too." He smirked evilly.
"What do you mean?" Tala looked distrustfully at Boris.
"It's not important now. What's important is that you get your rest, you have a long day ahead of you." He started to walk away. He stopped suddenly and turned back to Tala, "by the way. I think you'd be pleased when you see the improvements we have done to Wolborg." He then left, leaving Tala staring dumbfounded at his receding form.
"Boris!" Tala shouted to him, "BORIS!!" he breathed heavily. Once again left alone in the cold room, now with even more things on his mind.
"Hurry up, Kenny. It's getting dark." Emily marched forward, eager to get out of the forest before the day got any darker. They had spent the best part of the afternoon searching for Tyson and the others.
"Emily, w-wait up." Kenny walked as fast as his short legs could carry him.
"Get a move on it, Kenny. I wouldn't want to get stranded in these woods at night. Science only knows what kind of creatures roam these parts at night."
Kenny silently patted himself on the back for succeeding to no make a complete fool of himself in front of Emily for the entire day. He was too caught up in his thoughts that he didn't realize when Emily stopped suddenly and walked straight into her. He blushed crimson, and started sweating again. "E-Emily ... I-I'm so sorry. I didn't realize –"
"Kenny ..."
"What's wrong?"
Emily looked stunned and just pointed to something in front of them.
"W-What is it?" he stuttered and started shaking slightly. He looked to the tree where Emily was pointing. "What? It's just a bunch of broken branches ..." his eyes bulged out of their sockets, "THE SAME BROKEN BRANCHES WHICH WE PASSED BY TWO HOURS AGO!! OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!! WE'RE LOST!! WE'RE GOING TO STARVE TO DEATH!! WE'RE GOING TO BE EATEN BY WOLVES AND BEARS AND –" he was stopped short when Emily came up and slapped him across the cheek.
"Kenny, get a hold of yourself. We're going to be fine ... just fine." 'I hope.' She looked around frantically. "Everything's going to be fine."
The moment that she said that, there was a loud howling sound heard from somewhere to their left. Both of them turned white and clutched each other, sweating profusely for what would be their most exciting night yet.
End Part 15.
What are they gonna do? [[Grins evilly]] And ... NAKED TALA!! I swear ... I was drooling all over the computer as I wrote that scene . ... ehehehehe ... Tala ... [[drools self to dehydration]]