Okie dokie, the lip ring was defiantly not wanted! But hey, I have to try these things; I'm big on piercings and tattoos! I'll probably get rid of it. Thanks for all the reviews, I had 11 in one morning, it was very whoa! Keep up the opinions and suggestions, and I'm glad people thought that was their favourite chapter so far, I did work hard on it!! I can't believe this is the 50th chapter! The story will be ending soon, but a sequel is in production, I just need some fresh ideas! (That's a hint to all you readers, suggestions!!!)
The two cars pulled up onto the harbours concrete docks. Doors opened before the cars had had time to completely stop. People poured out of the opened doors, and stood as they took in the surroundings. The remaining blade breakers were there, as was Samantha, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Dickinson.
"Where is he chief!" Tyson yelled in desperation, it had been too long a journey, and time was running short.
"Deep breathe Tyson! Dizzi's tracing the signals. Holy cow!"
That was the closest to swearing Kenny had ever come, and everyone looked on at him with surprise.
"What is it?" asked Hilary, recovering the fastest.
"The signal, it's huge! It seems to be radiating in such a large area, Dizzi's having trouble finding the epicentre." The messy haired brunette answered.
Dizzi retaliated, "I am NOT having trouble, I just feel a little undercharged, and whose fault would that be!"
"No time for you to be sensitive Dizzi, this is serious!"
This time, the trapped bitbeast didn't respond. What seemed like several minutes passed before Dizzi spoke up again.
"In the sea, about a mile out!"
Everyone turned to look out onto the vast, dark and velvety sea.
"No! To your left a bit!" Dizzi almost added a tut and a muttered "idiots" but thought better of it in the situation. This time, all pairs of eyes saw the red glow.
"That doesn't mean what I think it means, does it?" asked a slightly panicked Hilary.
"We need help, we need a boat, that ones on fire!" confirmed Tyson's father. It didn't take anyone a second longer before they ran to the dock house, screaming at the top of their lungs for assistance.
The Kai hybrid made it through the burning doorway to the next room. He grinned as he saw Leon struggling to make it through the flames that obstructed any escape. The fire seemed to be spreading fast, burning the boats material with eager hunger. Kai stalked Leon, the black and red haired boy noticing and shrinking away. He landed up backed against the only wall not burning, one facing the sea, the one with a still form lying against it.
Tadashi.
Black Dranzer faltered at seeing Tadashi, and Kai found the crack in his internal prisons walls. He renewed his struggles to break out with desperation. He had to help Tadashi.
Black Dranzer tried to suppress the annoying tick it had to deal with to have the body it needed. Yet still, something nagged at the dark phoenix, it knew this was wrong, that it was out of control, but it couldn't stop, the feeling was too good to give up. The dark phoenix glared, no it wouldn't give them up, never!
He continued to stalk Leon. He could smell the fear coming from the once tormentor, and it was one of the most satisfying things Black Dranzer could think of.
Leon looked on like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Frozen to the spot, backed against a solid wall. There was only one escape, passed Kai and through the flames. He risked it. He threw himself forward, crying out as he passed the black burning wings, his shoulder now burned. It gave Black Dranzer the pause he wanted. Leon slowed, distracted by his wound, and Black Dranzer flung himself onto the taller boy. They rolled across the heated floor, narrowly missing flames and ragged wooden planks as they struggled against each other. It was a battle that would have made even war gods proud.
Black Dranzer gained the upper hand. He sat astride the laid out form of Leon, his clawed hands gripping Leon's own human ones. He leaned forward to the terror wrought face.
"Do you still want me reptile? Do you still crave revenge blade master?" he hissed into Leon's ear.
Leon could only shake his head, his wide eyes never leaving Kai's burning ones.
Black Dranzer was too deep into his fun. He never thought that Leon was still capable of rational thought, and he would soon regret it.
Leon was scared, of that there was no doubt, but he had been trained well, and the instinct to survive was immense. While Kai seemed to focus on his face, he used the most minuscule of movements to bring a blade to his hands. He stabbed Kai in the thigh, a quick, deep stroke. As Kai leaned back and howled in that unearthly voice with pain, Leon pushed him away, and leaped up and through the door. He was gone by the time Black Dranzer fixed his attention back to his prey.
Not seeing or sensing his prey nearby, Black Dranzer whirled round and headed for the door to the metal room, trying not to limp as his new leg wound pumped fresh blood out, damn mortal body! Looking in, he saw only the old man, dragging himself away from some of the flames that were consuming the cabin. The slimy man was no where to be seen. Then Black Dranzer noted a smashed through porthole, the window and its frame had been completely broken through, and had fallen outwards into the salty water surrounding the boat. Planks had been roughly torn away to make a big enough hole for a man to escape through. Black Dranzer only gained a small amount of satisfaction seeing the bloody hand prints left on some of the more jagged planks.
He turned his attention to the babbling old man in the room. He approached him, and ignoring the incomprehensible words that poured through the grey haired mans lips, grabbed him with a clawed hand and dragged him through to the other room. He was once again standing, staring at Tadashi. Only this time, Kai managed to break free as he tore down the barriers that held him, him and Dranzer both.
Kai fell to his knees as his body changed as the war was fought again. His wings flushed red and black, his hair swirled in black, blue, and crimson, and his downy feathers and scales followed suit with his wings.
Inside his mind, Black Dranzer was weakening. Holding control of the human body was hard, and energy consuming, and Black Dranzer had held on for long enough to weaken the sacred spirit, even one so powerful. Dranzer fought also, fresher then Black Dranzer, but held back. The phoenix wanted to help Kai, by taking over his body; he could let them escape, but Kai didn't want it, and Dranzer could only listen to his master, his friend. Forcing him would make the phoenix more like his darker twin, and the fire bird was not having that.
Kai didn't want to be controlled, not even by Dranzer, but he needed the phoenix's strength to survive this. Kai's body began to alter again. The wings began to fade, as did the scales, the downy feathers, and the overlapping images of the phoenix's head, feet, and clawed hands. What was left was Kai, with blue and red eyes, and blue and red hair. A part of Dranzer was willing to stay in the fusion, to make sure his comrade lived. If Kai didn't survive this, then neither would Dranzer, that was a decision the phoenix made, and he was determined to stick by it.
Kai looked down at the staring man held by one hand.
"You were too weak to keep the fusion! Let me die here boy, I want no more of this charade, if I cannot rule Biovolt, then it shall die here, with me!" Voltaire spat out, no longer terrified now that Kai was no longer the monster, just the pathetic boy he had no use for.
Kai scowled down at the man, "death is too good for you, an easy way out, I want you to live to suffer for your crimes."
He dragged the man to where Tadashi lay, Dranzer pushing in some of its strength so Kai was able. Kai let go of Voltaire, and rolled Tadashi into his arms. She lay, pale and cold, as he hugged her to him. He felt a shallow breath, a flutter of her heart. She was still alive. If anyone was there to have seen it, they would have watched Kai at his most tender. He held her gently, whispering her name. A hand reaching to push a lock of her hair from her face. His eyes were soft; no hardness remained in them at this time, as his friend needed him. She stirred, but did not awaken. Her mouth parted slightly, and Kai noticed her canine teeth were longer, sharper then what they had been. A remnant of her unsuccessful fusion?
Then he remembered Voltaire. He laid Tadashi down lightly, and stood. He winced at the pain his still bleeding leg gave him. He found Voltaire, dragging himself along the burning floor. It reminded Kai that time was short; he needed to get out of here before the fire prevented it. He felt no sympathy for the man as he dragged him back to where he had left Tadashi. He looked around the smoky room, and saw what he needed. Rope lay coiled by one corner, not yet reached by fire. He retrieved it, and got to work with Voltaire. He bound the mans hands, and then folded his legs and tied them too, making sure they wouldn't drag far behind him. He shouldered a loop of the rope he had made, and allowed Dranzer's strength to let him carry a outraged Voltaire on his back. He went back to Tadashi, and scooped her into his arms.
Now with the two people he could rescue, he made a break for the door. Flames obscured his vision, and smoke choked his lungs, but the door he cleared. Now he needed to get to the deck, and he only had to run up burning hallways and stairs to do it. He pushed himself forward, trying to ignore Voltaire's struggles as the large man put up a fuss.
"Shut up!" he growled, but the noise was lost as something in the ship collapsed. It wasn't till Kai reached the stairs that he noticed how badly his leg was bleeding. He gritted his teeth as he forced each leg up another step. The open door got closer, and amongst the heat and smoke Kai could feel fresh, cool air. He stumbled out onto the deck. Gaping holes lined the floor of the deck, pits that led to an inferno of certain death.
Pushing down thoughts of all of them falling into one and being barbequed, Kai took steps gingerly across the creaking planks to get to the railed side. The floor groaned ominously as he got close, and he fervently prayed to what ever god would listen that he made it to the boats side.
He made it. He took a deep breath as he put Tadashi smoothly on the deck before un-shouldering Voltaire. He quickly undid the ropes he had tied him with.
"I hope you can swim old man!" he said to Voltaire, a wicked look curving his mouth, and putting a gleam in his eye. Voltaire had no time to protest as Kai heaved him up, and over the side. He waited a few seconds to hear the splash. He then picked up Tadashi in a swift swoop, and hauled himself onto the rails. He held on to her tightly.
"Sorry Tad, this bath will be cold" he whispered to her unconscious form. He then dived in.
He twisted himself in the air so that he hit the water on his back. He almost gasped as the cold water enveloped him. He kicked out as soon as he could to reach the surface. Still holding onto Tadashi, he broke the thin membrane of water and breathed deeply. He held Tadashi so that she could breathe unobstructed by the cold waves.
He looked around, and located Voltaire, splashing and spluttering a little way from them. He kicked and propelled himself towards Voltaire, forcing Tadashi onto his back in the process. He wrapped her arms over his shoulders, holding her so that she lay on his back, her head against his, and free to breathe. He grabbed Voltaire by the scruff of his clothes and began to swim away from the boat. If it sank, he didn't want to be close enough to get pulled by the sudden down pull it would cause.
God he felt tired, and he tried to ignore the icy burning of his leg, and the irritating floundering of Voltaire. He hoped the freezing water wouldn't numb his muscles, not before he had a chance to feel land again. He headed towards shore, and the most welcoming lights he had ever seen. He felt Dranzer's energy flag, the phoenix becoming more of a hindrance then help, and released the phoenix's grip. Dranzer didn't let go with out a mental fight, but Kai overpowered him. Now Kai was alone, he hoped he could survive.
They had managed to wake up most of the seaside town. With some explaining, and a few introductions, they had gotten the dock master to alert the nearby life guards. People now lined the docks, watching the burning glow in the distance get brighter as more of the boat was consumed by flame. Now three fast boats were ready and boarded. Each held two lifeguards, and the people who cared about Kai. One boat had Tyson's dad, Tyson, and Kenny, another held Samantha and Max, and the last had Hilary and Ray. Kenny had rushed the scene by declaring the signal much weaker.
Everyone prayed Kai had gotten off the boat, but only Ray said something in the grim silence as the boats started off in search for the bluenette.
"Hold on Kai, we're coming."
It was shared by everyone.