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The electric pain lessened enough for Kai to relax slightly. Perfect for Voltaire's lackeys to move him. He struggled against the chains, only to have the pain return in full to stop him from escaping the chafing chains. He screamed again as every nerve in his body flared and burned, what was the thing on his chest?
"Will you hurry up!" snarled Voltaire, his patients was wearing thin, he needed Kai to join for his plans to work. He didn't have time for him to fight the whole way through.
Kai's injured leg finally gave way as he tried to dig his feet into the carpeted floor. They dragged him across the room towards a pillar. Kai's struggles renewed when he saw the large tube hidden from the door by the pillar. It was the same kind of tube that Kai had experienced at the abbey.
The struggles didn't help Kai, and he was eventually pushed into the tube. He hit the other side of the see through material hard, and stood dazed for a moment, the chains that held him now loose, fell to the floor of the tube. He turned round to find Voltaire watching him.
Kai shrugged off the last of the chain, wanting to open his cramped wings, which of course was impossible in the cramped confines he now found himself in.
"Let me out!" he yelled through the tube.
Voltaire smiled, "until you join Kai, I will do what I can to make you! You won't get away this time."
Kai couldn't believe what went through this mans head; he seriously thought he would take over the world. Kai shook his head, Voltaire might be mentally unhinged, but he was still dangerous. He had destroyed Kai's life before, and was ready to do it again.
"Now, be a good boy and join Biovolt!"
"Never, you know I won't, no matter what you do" replied Kai, smiling with a cocky grin.
"Then I shall leave you to think on it, enjoy!"
Just as Voltaire went to leave the pain erupted again, Kai was sure this time it was worse. He fell to his knees again and screamed with the surprise and pain. Then something happened he didn't expect, the tube began to fill with liquid. It was slow, pouring in gently from the top of the tube. It covered Kai as it descended to the floor of the tube.
Kai began to panic, what was Voltaire thinking? He stood up and clawed at the thing attached to the chest of his t-shirt, but the fluid was like oil, it clung and made everything slippery. He couldn't get a hold on the smooth surface of the object. The liquid was up to his ankles. His hair fell heavily against his face and neck as he began to pound against the hard tube surface. The feathers on his wings started to droop under the weight as they got wet and oily, Kai could hardly move them.
The liquid seeped through his clothes, stinging at his healing wounds, and his fractured ribs started to ache, making breathing harder. He knew he was beginning to seriously panic. He usually liked the slight pressure of water on his body, like when he was swimming in the ocean, but here he had no control, and that was enough to make a phobia ignite. His heart raced under his pale skin, the liquid was now up to his thighs. He began to scream with fear as well as the pain.
He couldn't move his legs, they felt like lead. The liquid moved steadily higher, moving past Kai's waist. He took a moment to hiss in pain as he breathed. It was when the liquid reached his neck that he really panicked, he thrashed against the tube walls, his healing wounds and new ones from the panic stained the bluish liquid pinkish with blood.
A crash distracted him momentarily. He watched as his friends rolled through the door into the room. He called out to them as they began to fight their way through the Biovolt lackeys. He gave one last yell before the liquid covered his face. Now it was only a matter of time.
He closed his eyes as dizziness overtook his thoughts. Then he heard a close crack. He opened his eyes to see Tyson's beyblade repeatedly hit the tube. He leant all his weight on the cracked area and pushed. One last hit and it gave way. Kai slid to the floor, the liquid rushing round him. He lay there, just enjoying the feeling of cool air filling his lungs.
"Kai, Kai, open your eyes!" he heard Tyson's voice call.
He opened them to see Tyson's goofy face looking down at him, a worried expression plastered on it.
"I'm ok" he said before pushing himself up. He stood, his knees sagging slightly before he got his energy back. He took a deep breath before shaking some of the liquid off his wings, though he could still feel it clinging to the feathers.
He had Voltaire in his sights now. The coward was hiding behind a wall of Biovolt goons. Kai smiled slightly and blocked everything else from the situation. Even the pain was numbed. Kai had done this too many times before, but now he knew how a predator felt when the prey was singled out and waiting to be taken down. With a cry he leaped forward and closed the distance between him and his prey.
No one was prepared for it when Kai jumped up and used the oil logged wings to glide slightly over the surprised heads of Voltaire's bodyguards. The winged teen landed heavily on Voltaire. The man cried out with shock and anger and tried to fight Kai off. It didn't work; Kai was feeding off the thrill that these emotions ran through him. His eyes blazed with a blood lust. He began to pound Voltaire's face with his fists.
"You will never use me again! I'll kill you Voltaire, for everything you've done, you will die!" he forced the words out as he forced his fists to hit Voltaire again and again. Blood streaked his hands. The bodyguards tried to get to Kai, to pull him off. Kai fended them away with his wings; they beat at the men, and caused a blurry, impenetrable wall of red.
Voltaire managed to heave Kai off and away from his face but Kai wasn't going to give up. He pounced back on Voltaire and began to hit Voltaire's head against the floor. Everyone else flinched as they heard the thuds.
Voltaire moved too much for Kai to keep a grip on his head, so he moved his hands down to strangle him instead. Voltaire choked and clawed at Kai's hands, but Kai wasn't going to give up now. But Kai had let his guard down. He fell forward slightly as one of the bodyguards hit him round the head with a bar.
Kai turned his head to glare with unfamiliar eyes at the man. He growled as he stood up and began to walk towards the man. The man cried out and ran to the door, desperate to escape the winged demon Kai had become. Kai went after him, only to be stopped by his friends. Tyson's dad grabbed Kai round the middle, struggling to hold on as the wings flexed in his way. The other teens grabbed legs, arms and wings. They held on till Kai's fighting was replaced by him laughing instead.
They stared in disbelief as Kai laughed. It was only a reaction though; he was riding the lat wave the adrenalin gave him. He finally looked up and gave way to soft chuckling.
"Are you mad Kai? You could have killed Voltaire!" said Ray.
Kai gave a look over to the still form of the Biovolt leader. "I would have if that man hadn't distracted me from my prey."
The group stood, shocked, as Kai smiled and licked his lips.
"What are you talking about? You couldn't kill him!" cried out Hilary, although she wasn't sure of that anymore.
Kai wormed out of their grip. "Why not? I did that to Boris, I almost killed Voltaire until I was stopped!" he turned to face them and they saw the battle raging in Kai's eyes as he fought to control his emotions. Then he whispered "I've done it before." He looked down, suddenly ashamed of himself in front of his friends.
"What are you talking about Kai?" ventured Kenny.
"I.......I killed someone before. I wish I could say they made me, that it was the drug, but I'm not so certain anymore." He was almost whispering to himself, like the others were suddenly gone and he was on his own.
They watched with a mix of awe and horror as Kai struggled with something deep inside himself. Then Kai clutched his head and moaned, his words became incoherent.
Deep in his mind a war between Kai, Dranzer and Tori raged. Kai blamed himself and it was something that the other two would not accept. He fought against his past, memories flashed freely through his mind; Tori could no longer hold them from him.
In the world of reality, his friends watched on as Kai battled with himself. They watched as he moaned to himself, as he shook his head, and as tears rolled down his face, unnoticed by himself.
Then Kai's wings folded round him, hiding him from the view of the others as he held onto himself. The battle faded in his mind as he began to forgive himself, even if it would never be complete. Red light surrounded the surface of the wings, spreading out to blind those looking straight at it. Everyone in the room blocked their vision with hands till it seemed to fade. When they looked back at Kai, he stood in the fading light.
The wings spread up and out with a loud crack and then faded, leaving behind a rain of softly falling red feathers. Each one faded just before reaching the ground. Then Kai stiffened as the red ball flew out from his heart and back into his beyblade, back were the phoenix belonged. Kai swayed on his feet and began to fall backwards, no longer having the strength or will to stay up and standing. Tyson's dad stopped him before he hit the floor and held him on his feet.
He handed Kai to Ray and bent to pick up the unconscious and bleeding form of Voltaire. They walked on towards the door, where the still mumbling Boris lay where they left him. Max and Tyson took it onto themselves to drag Boris as the whole procession worked its way down the stairs and through halls, before finally walking out the door, and into the daylight.
A police car and an ambulance were waiting outside. Kai watched the scene play out like a slow motion movie. He watched as Voltaire and Boris were police escorted to the hospital, as he was approached by a paramedic, and as he walked away after being declined.
He had survived, and Tori and Dranzer had given him back his memories. He had grown the bond between him and Dranzer, and his friends had rescued him. All he had to do now was completely forgive himself, and he wasn't sure he could do that. He was silent as he boarded the BBA minibus provided for them, and he was silent the whole way back to Tyson's house.
By the time he had reached the house, he had decided. He had to know where he belonged now Biovolt was gone, instead of being happy they were gone, he only felt more lost.
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The electric pain lessened enough for Kai to relax slightly. Perfect for Voltaire's lackeys to move him. He struggled against the chains, only to have the pain return in full to stop him from escaping the chafing chains. He screamed again as every nerve in his body flared and burned, what was the thing on his chest?
"Will you hurry up!" snarled Voltaire, his patients was wearing thin, he needed Kai to join for his plans to work. He didn't have time for him to fight the whole way through.
Kai's injured leg finally gave way as he tried to dig his feet into the carpeted floor. They dragged him across the room towards a pillar. Kai's struggles renewed when he saw the large tube hidden from the door by the pillar. It was the same kind of tube that Kai had experienced at the abbey.
The struggles didn't help Kai, and he was eventually pushed into the tube. He hit the other side of the see through material hard, and stood dazed for a moment, the chains that held him now loose, fell to the floor of the tube. He turned round to find Voltaire watching him.
Kai shrugged off the last of the chain, wanting to open his cramped wings, which of course was impossible in the cramped confines he now found himself in.
"Let me out!" he yelled through the tube.
Voltaire smiled, "until you join Kai, I will do what I can to make you! You won't get away this time."
Kai couldn't believe what went through this mans head; he seriously thought he would take over the world. Kai shook his head, Voltaire might be mentally unhinged, but he was still dangerous. He had destroyed Kai's life before, and was ready to do it again.
"Now, be a good boy and join Biovolt!"
"Never, you know I won't, no matter what you do" replied Kai, smiling with a cocky grin.
"Then I shall leave you to think on it, enjoy!"
Just as Voltaire went to leave the pain erupted again, Kai was sure this time it was worse. He fell to his knees again and screamed with the surprise and pain. Then something happened he didn't expect, the tube began to fill with liquid. It was slow, pouring in gently from the top of the tube. It covered Kai as it descended to the floor of the tube.
Kai began to panic, what was Voltaire thinking? He stood up and clawed at the thing attached to the chest of his t-shirt, but the fluid was like oil, it clung and made everything slippery. He couldn't get a hold on the smooth surface of the object. The liquid was up to his ankles. His hair fell heavily against his face and neck as he began to pound against the hard tube surface. The feathers on his wings started to droop under the weight as they got wet and oily, Kai could hardly move them.
The liquid seeped through his clothes, stinging at his healing wounds, and his fractured ribs started to ache, making breathing harder. He knew he was beginning to seriously panic. He usually liked the slight pressure of water on his body, like when he was swimming in the ocean, but here he had no control, and that was enough to make a phobia ignite. His heart raced under his pale skin, the liquid was now up to his thighs. He began to scream with fear as well as the pain.
He couldn't move his legs, they felt like lead. The liquid moved steadily higher, moving past Kai's waist. He took a moment to hiss in pain as he breathed. It was when the liquid reached his neck that he really panicked, he thrashed against the tube walls, his healing wounds and new ones from the panic stained the bluish liquid pinkish with blood.
A crash distracted him momentarily. He watched as his friends rolled through the door into the room. He called out to them as they began to fight their way through the Biovolt lackeys. He gave one last yell before the liquid covered his face. Now it was only a matter of time.
He closed his eyes as dizziness overtook his thoughts. Then he heard a close crack. He opened his eyes to see Tyson's beyblade repeatedly hit the tube. He leant all his weight on the cracked area and pushed. One last hit and it gave way. Kai slid to the floor, the liquid rushing round him. He lay there, just enjoying the feeling of cool air filling his lungs.
"Kai, Kai, open your eyes!" he heard Tyson's voice call.
He opened them to see Tyson's goofy face looking down at him, a worried expression plastered on it.
"I'm ok" he said before pushing himself up. He stood, his knees sagging slightly before he got his energy back. He took a deep breath before shaking some of the liquid off his wings, though he could still feel it clinging to the feathers.
He had Voltaire in his sights now. The coward was hiding behind a wall of Biovolt goons. Kai smiled slightly and blocked everything else from the situation. Even the pain was numbed. Kai had done this too many times before, but now he knew how a predator felt when the prey was singled out and waiting to be taken down. With a cry he leaped forward and closed the distance between him and his prey.
No one was prepared for it when Kai jumped up and used the oil logged wings to glide slightly over the surprised heads of Voltaire's bodyguards. The winged teen landed heavily on Voltaire. The man cried out with shock and anger and tried to fight Kai off. It didn't work; Kai was feeding off the thrill that these emotions ran through him. His eyes blazed with a blood lust. He began to pound Voltaire's face with his fists.
"You will never use me again! I'll kill you Voltaire, for everything you've done, you will die!" he forced the words out as he forced his fists to hit Voltaire again and again. Blood streaked his hands. The bodyguards tried to get to Kai, to pull him off. Kai fended them away with his wings; they beat at the men, and caused a blurry, impenetrable wall of red.
Voltaire managed to heave Kai off and away from his face but Kai wasn't going to give up. He pounced back on Voltaire and began to hit Voltaire's head against the floor. Everyone else flinched as they heard the thuds.
Voltaire moved too much for Kai to keep a grip on his head, so he moved his hands down to strangle him instead. Voltaire choked and clawed at Kai's hands, but Kai wasn't going to give up now. But Kai had let his guard down. He fell forward slightly as one of the bodyguards hit him round the head with a bar.
Kai turned his head to glare with unfamiliar eyes at the man. He growled as he stood up and began to walk towards the man. The man cried out and ran to the door, desperate to escape the winged demon Kai had become. Kai went after him, only to be stopped by his friends. Tyson's dad grabbed Kai round the middle, struggling to hold on as the wings flexed in his way. The other teens grabbed legs, arms and wings. They held on till Kai's fighting was replaced by him laughing instead.
They stared in disbelief as Kai laughed. It was only a reaction though; he was riding the lat wave the adrenalin gave him. He finally looked up and gave way to soft chuckling.
"Are you mad Kai? You could have killed Voltaire!" said Ray.
Kai gave a look over to the still form of the Biovolt leader. "I would have if that man hadn't distracted me from my prey."
The group stood, shocked, as Kai smiled and licked his lips.
"What are you talking about? You couldn't kill him!" cried out Hilary, although she wasn't sure of that anymore.
Kai wormed out of their grip. "Why not? I did that to Boris, I almost killed Voltaire until I was stopped!" he turned to face them and they saw the battle raging in Kai's eyes as he fought to control his emotions. Then he whispered "I've done it before." He looked down, suddenly ashamed of himself in front of his friends.
"What are you talking about Kai?" ventured Kenny.
"I.......I killed someone before. I wish I could say they made me, that it was the drug, but I'm not so certain anymore." He was almost whispering to himself, like the others were suddenly gone and he was on his own.
They watched with a mix of awe and horror as Kai struggled with something deep inside himself. Then Kai clutched his head and moaned, his words became incoherent.
Deep in his mind a war between Kai, Dranzer and Tori raged. Kai blamed himself and it was something that the other two would not accept. He fought against his past, memories flashed freely through his mind; Tori could no longer hold them from him.
In the world of reality, his friends watched on as Kai battled with himself. They watched as he moaned to himself, as he shook his head, and as tears rolled down his face, unnoticed by himself.
Then Kai's wings folded round him, hiding him from the view of the others as he held onto himself. The battle faded in his mind as he began to forgive himself, even if it would never be complete. Red light surrounded the surface of the wings, spreading out to blind those looking straight at it. Everyone in the room blocked their vision with hands till it seemed to fade. When they looked back at Kai, he stood in the fading light.
The wings spread up and out with a loud crack and then faded, leaving behind a rain of softly falling red feathers. Each one faded just before reaching the ground. Then Kai stiffened as the red ball flew out from his heart and back into his beyblade, back were the phoenix belonged. Kai swayed on his feet and began to fall backwards, no longer having the strength or will to stay up and standing. Tyson's dad stopped him before he hit the floor and held him on his feet.
He handed Kai to Ray and bent to pick up the unconscious and bleeding form of Voltaire. They walked on towards the door, where the still mumbling Boris lay where they left him. Max and Tyson took it onto themselves to drag Boris as the whole procession worked its way down the stairs and through halls, before finally walking out the door, and into the daylight.
A police car and an ambulance were waiting outside. Kai watched the scene play out like a slow motion movie. He watched as Voltaire and Boris were police escorted to the hospital, as he was approached by a paramedic, and as he walked away after being declined.
He had survived, and Tori and Dranzer had given him back his memories. He had grown the bond between him and Dranzer, and his friends had rescued him. All he had to do now was completely forgive himself, and he wasn't sure he could do that. He was silent as he boarded the BBA minibus provided for them, and he was silent the whole way back to Tyson's house.
By the time he had reached the house, he had decided. He had to know where he belonged now Biovolt was gone, instead of being happy they were gone, he only felt more lost.