Thanx 4 da reviews, I love happy reviews!

I still don't own Beyblade, sorry.

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Rei trembled even more as his 'father' advanced closer towards him.  As Rei saw him smile in the same evil way he had years ago, he finally plucked up the courage to talk,

"If you wanted a punching bag, why don't you go to the store and buy one, or do prefer it when they fight back?" Rei said kicking Yamichi back, which he soon regretted.  The dark haired man rushed forward and grabbed Rei tightly by the neck; he shoved him hard into the cold, stonewall behind him, Rei screamed out in pain as blood trickled from the place where his head had contacted the wall.  Max tried to rush forward but was caught by his metal bindings,

"REI!" He screamed, struggling once more.  Voltaire smiled on the havoc being caused; he turned to his partner,

"Come on, we have more important matters to discuss." He ordered.  Yamici nodded and dropped Rei, who landed with a thud panting for breath.  They walked out the door and locked it behind them.  As they left their laughter could be heard throughout the hall.

            As soon as the door was locked, Max found a pin on the floor and began picking the chains that attached him to the wall, as soon as he had finished; he rushed to Rei's side.

"Rei, you ok buddy?" He asked picking the lock on his chains, breaking the pin in the process.  As soon as Max had released him from the chains, he clutched his head in pain.  Max helped him to sit upright and looked down on him with worry in his eyes,

"Rei, was that really your father?  Why did he do that to you?" He inquired none of this making sense.  Rei looked up at his blonde haired friend with tears in his eyes,

"Th-that is my father, but only by blood." Rei said blinking away tears.

"But, why would your father hurt you?  And why did you never tell us about him before, what happened Rei?" Max asked becoming more eager to hear Rei's story.  Rei sighed,

"Well, ok, I'll tell you, since we have the time.  Soon after I was born, my mother left and since she brought in the majority of our income, my father and me were left in poverty, then my father lost his job and began spending all his money on alcohol and stuff.  Eventually we ran out of money all together and were left without any food or anything, so my father made me go out and Beyblade or work in the fields for money.  I would do this, having no choice, and if I brought back nothing, he-he would abuse me a-and-" Rei broke off into quiet sobs.  Max hugged him tightly,

"I'm sorry Rei, but don't worry, Tyson and Kai will come and rescue us, and we can put your father and Voltaire back in jail, where they belong." He said wiping away Rei's tears.

Rei opened his eyes and looked outside, he figured he must've fallen asleep as it changed to almost pitch black outside, he crawled over to Max, who was lying on the floor shook him gently,

"Max, Max, wake up." He whispered in his friend's ear.  Max slowly blinked open his eyes and looked up at Rei.

"Hey Rei." Rei sat down opposite Max and they just sat in silence for a while, before Max decided to break the empty scene.

"Rei?" He asked slowly,

"Yeah?"

"Um, how do you get someone to you know, like you?"  Rei gave Max a quizzical look,

"Who is it Max?" He asked.  Max shifted in his spot,

"Uh, well, that is, it-it's Tyson." He said nervously.  Rei looked astonished,

"Tyson?" Max nodded.

"Tyson, huh?" He looked thoughtful, "Well, I think he-" Rei was cut off by the door slamming open and a tall, strong looking man walking in.  He picked them up like they weighed nothing and took them off to some other room, were their hands and feet were bound together and they were gagged.  Then Rei was taken away to another room and Max was left alone in the large room.  A shadowed figure smiled and stepped forward into the dim light, there before Max, stood Voltaire, somehow Max knew this was not gonna be good.

Kai, Tyson, Kenny and Hilary trudged along the muddy, hot road following the tyre tracks left behind.  They only had to walk a few more paces before the tracks stopped abruptly.  Tyson sighed and looked around,

"Oh great." He said sarcastically, "This is just great!  They just stop, anyone ever hear of a flying car?  And now I've had no lunch, and I said just stay at home, but do they listen, oh no, no one listens to Tyson."  Kai sent him a classic Kai death glare, shutting him up immediately.

"Tyson, will you shut up for once?  Two of our friends are missing and all you can think about is food?" Tyson glared back,

"Oh, and now your Mr. Sentimental?  And I never even knew you cared." Kai drew his fists up and Tyson did likewise.  Kenny, seeing the situation about to occur, stepped forward in between them,

"Hey, guys, guys.  If we wanna find Max and Rei before something bad happens to them, then were gonna have to work together.  Please, stop the fighting for now."  Kai reluctantly nodded and stretched his hand out for Tyson; Tyson took it smiling slightly.

"Ad Pax?"*

"Ad Pax."  They shook hands and as they parted, Kai saw something on the ground.

"Look at these, these came from a helicopter." He said pointing to two deep lines in the mud.  He leant closer as if trying to see something, there were two deep indentations in the ground,

"And they're from Biovolt." He said darkly, Kenny and Tyson gasped, but Hilary just blinked.

"Biovolt?  Aren't they the guys you had to fight in Russia, the ones ruled by Kai grandfather?" She asked, having been told the story by Tyson soon after Kai came.  They nodded,

"But, I thought you defeated them." She said confused.  Kai stood up,

"We did, but that doesn't stop him, and something tells me he's got a friend."  He said walking forward a bit and pulling a small, black mobile out his pocket.  He began dialling a number into it,

"Who are you calling Kai?" Tyson asked, curious as ever.  Kai didn't even look up,

"Mr. Dickenson of course, I'm seeing if he can give us a lift."

"I don't think we're gonna need one!" Exclaimed Tyson as a large, black helicopter flew straight at them.  On the sides and front BIOVOLT was printed in dark blood red.  Hilary screamed as it got closer and they were scooped up by strong arms and thrown into the helicopter.  Kai glared at his surroundings, this was all too familiar.  The new passengers were each knocked out one by one and blindfolded.  It was obvious that they didn't want anyone knowing where they were headed, or how to get back.  The next thing Kai knew was that he was lying on some grass in front of a tall, dark stone castle.  He saw his friends, who lay around him, begin to wake up groaning.  Once all up, Tyson decided to be the first to raise the question they all were thinking,

"Where are we?"

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Ok, a little random place to stop, but it will make some sense once the next chapter is up.  As always, please review. ^-^