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Together Again
By Darks Light
25th of the 8th – present time –
...Kai's POV...
I sigh and look up at the sky and I know your watching me, you always liked it here; both of you. I feel my eyes watering, though these aren't tears of pain or sadness but tears of joy.
"Tala, I told you, the three of us would be together again."
23rd of the 8th – 2 days prior –
It had only been a few days since we had left Boris and the others at Biovolt to start our own business personally I was sick of getting the short cuts in everything when it was us who did all the work. Tala and I we were dealers though not just drug dealers, we could get you anything you wanted; at a price.
Why did we do this? It was simple, we needed the money. My grandfather had cut me from the Hiwatari heritance along time ago and Tala, he had nothing, his life was already owned by Biovolt due to debts. I guess you could call those our main reasons. I wanted the money so Rei and I could escape the projects to somewhere better, I had given Tala the offer to come with us, but he hadn't given me an answer yet.
I skid around a corner and into a familiar alley to come face to face with a pair of ice blue eyes I have never been more happy to see, however the truth is I'm not happy; far from it. Tala looks over my face, reading every emotion I wasn't able to hide under my usual blank expression, I can tell his anxious to hear why I asked him to meet me here. I look into his eyes and unlike his blank face they seem to shine with concern.
I can feel my emotionless mask slowly slipping away as I try and explain the situation to Tala.
"He's got Rei," I tell him in a defeated gasp, though he looks at me confused. I move, slamming my fists against the alley wall in a mixture of anger and frustration before I tilt my head away from Tala; I can feel the tears filling my eyes.
"They've taken Rei...there's blood...Rei's blood...Boris, he wants...he wants a million dollars US for his return," I push myself off the wall and lash out at a nearby trashcan sending it smashing deeper into the alley.
I pace up and down, down and up, trying to calm my emotions down, however my efforts are futile; I slump down against the opposite wall.
"I haven't got that kind of money... I haven't even seen that kind of money," I tell Tala.
"We'll get it," he tells me simply as he walks towards me, "you could always ask...what's his name...that Tyson guy and his friends, I'm sure they've got money," Tala adds. I snap my head up and glare at him.
"No. It's not their problem, its mine. I stuffed up...I should have known."
I get up again and walk around the alley kicking out at a pile of old boxes.
"It was stupid to leave Boris," I kick out at another one of the boxes but miss and collapse on the floor.
"Kai, getting frustrated wont get you anywhere."
I sigh, Tala's right. If I want to get Rei back I'm going to have to calm down. I look up at Tala,
"Where am I going to get that kind of money from?" I ask and he walks towards me before sitting down beside me.
"We'll get it. I've got a couple of hundred, we can do what we do and sell some of our shit...it'll be ok."
He looks at me with our trademark emotionless expression, though his eyes smile almost caringly, I manage a smile,
"Thanks," I tell him as I put my anger behind me, it will only cloud my judgement.
"You know I'm always here for you...what ever you need..."
I look up at Tala as he puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Just ask me," he finishes and I place my hand on his and smirk at him,
"Where would I be with out you?" I ask,
"Probably still working for Boris or lying dead in a gutter somewhere," he jokes as we stand up off the alley floor.
"Ok, Lets see what we've got and what we've gotta get..." Tala tells me and I nod in agreement,
"Meet at my place," I tell him before turning to leave,
"Everything will be alright k Kai," Tala tells me, I turn. Nod and then run out of the alley.