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"This is talking"
'These are thoughts'

Chapter Nine - Kai's Greatest Fear

"Go Draciel!" Max launched the Beyblade directly at the security system Beyblades. Machines, resembling guns, shot the Beyblades towards any intruders that entered the area. Luckily, Ray and Max where both highly skilled and able to destroy nearly every machine before it launched it's Beyblade. A few machines were missed, leading to a number of deep cuts along their arms mostly. The green Beyblade struck through a number of machines before diving back into it's Beybladers hand.

Ray ran up behind Max, Beyblade and launcher in hand. Max looked back as Ray approached, clipping his Beyblade back in his launcher. "Max this is crazy, we haven't the slightly clue where we're going." Ray stated, quickly launching and destroying a Beyblade mere inches from Max's head.

"Well what are we supposed to do? Ask for directions?" Max questioned as they made their way down the corridor again. Possibly they should have tried a more stealthy approach to their search, but the security system had found them practically straight away. It was only a matter of time before Voltaire's guards showed up, and then they would be in serious trouble.

The two Beybladers made their way slowly through the maze of traps and security systems. Then they hit a wall, a junction in the paths. "Damn..." Ray mutter, looking at the paths on both sides and in front of him. "What do we do now?"

"You take one path and I take the other."

"What?!" Ray looked over at Max and grabbed his arm just before he took off. "Oh no you don't, we are not splitting up."

"But Ray, if we split up we'll cover more ground faster." Max stated, pulling his arm from Ray's grip. "We have double the chance of finding them and less chance of getting caught if we split up."

"But Max we can't-"

"I don't need you to take care of me Ray." Max's voice was stern, but he smiled warmly at his friend. "I know your worried something will happen to me, and I appreciate your concern, but I have to fight for myself. I'm sure I can hold my own by myself, and you know splitting up is our best option."

Ray's gaze dropped to the floor, fists clenched. He sighed heavily and looked up at Max, expression serious. "Alright, we'll split up, but promise me you'll be careful."

"I will. Thanks Ray!" with that, Max turned and took off down the left corridor, Ray darting down the right. It was a risky move, but in the long run it was probably the better idea.

Ray hoped so, or neither 'blader may make it out alive.

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Kai's tears had subsided long ago, and his wounds had ceased to bleed, bandaged up by what remained of Kai's scarf and Tyson's jacket. He had slipped in and out of sleep numerous times, each time awoken by a fresh nightmare of his tortures and sufferings whilst in the abbey, but each time he awoke to the warmth and comfort of his brother, who had not left his side for the hours they had been there. Each time, Tyson would calm him down, and he would realise the nightmarish tortures of reality where not joined by that of his dreams. Each and ever time he fell back to sleep in his brothers arms, peaceful in his dreams before his past came back and haunted him once again.

"Will I ever escape my past..." Kai whispered once he had been awoken by yet another frightening nightmare. This one had involved the resent training process. Ever strike, every hit, it had all felt real. He shivered slightly, looking at Tyson. "It just wont leave me alone."

"Because you won't let it." Tyson answered simply. Kai looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"You think he won't leave you alone? It's because you won't put it behind you." Tyson began, shutting his eyes. It was slightly more comforting when his eyes where closed, as not seeing a thing while they where open made it that much more frightening.

"You don't let yourself forget." he explained. "You think about your past, every day. Of how you where treated and how you suffered. How you felt, how you didn't feel... Kai that's all in the past. The reason it haunts you is because you're afraid to face it. It's over. It's finished. Can't you just forget about that? Do the whole, 'look forward not back' thing."

Kai looked down at the floor, thoughts whirling through his mind. "I've never heard you make so much sense before." he stated, causing Tyson to laugh slightly. "No seriously. I guess I never looked at it like that before..." he smiled and looked at Tyson. "Thanks Ty."

"You haven't called me that since we where kids." Tyson commented, smiling. Max was the only one that had ever called him that before, and that was a once off. It felt good to hear Kai say it, though he still wished he could see him.

"Kai get up."

"What?" Kai looked forward and was slightly surprised to see Voltaire, Tala and Bryan standing before him. Tala unlocked the cell door and stood aside, allowing Voltaire to enter first. Kai growled lowly, but didn't leave Tyson's side.

"Kai what's going on?" Tyson asked, his voice slightly shaky and panicked. He felt very vulnerable in his present stat, and memories of the last time Voltaire entered his cell flashed through his mind. His broken hand tinged slightly at the memory of the doctor's poor help as he subconsciously held his hand lightly.

Kai glanced over at him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Take it easy..." he whispered. Tyson nodded in response, but still remained tense and alert. Kai glared daggers at Voltaire, wishing he had the strength to stand so he wouldn't have to look up at the man. It made him feel inferior.

"Your coming with us Kai."

Narrowing his eyes, Kai turned his head away from Voltaire. "And what makes you think that?" he asked, his tone cocky and uncaring. He caught Tyson smiling slightly at his response.

"Trying to put on a brave face are you?" Voltaire questioned, folding his arms and chuckling. "Why bother? Your brother can't see you anyway." Kai growled at his response, Voltaire merely smirked. "Wolfborg, Falborg."

There was a bright flash and in an instant, both Bitbeasts appeared beside their respective Beybladers. Voltaire glanced back at them, Tala and Bryan standing back. Unfortunately, these Bitbeasts where trained that Voltaire was their master, second only to their own Beybladers. "Get him."

Kai's eyes widened and the two Bitbeasts stepped forward, sharp talons scrapping on the stone ground and a low growl emitting from the ice wolf.

"Kai..."

"Don't worry Ty," Kai pushed himself forcefully to his feet, back leaned heavily against the wall for support. He couldn't let Voltaire do what he wanted with him, not without a fight. He brought himself to his feet, away from the wall, and stood strong. He only wished now that he had his Dranzer, but they had taken it from him when he had collapsed.

Voltaire laughed at Kai's actions. The boy couldn't even stand straight; he was obviously drained of energy from loss of blood as he kept swaying slightly. "Do you know how pitiful you look Kai? You can barely stand, let alone fight. Why embarrass yourself by delaying the inevitable?" he awaited an answer, but received none. "Very well..." He nodded to the two Bitbeasts and they launched forward.

Kai waited until the last second and dove out of the attacks path. Unfortunately, his speed and evasiveness had been lowered from weakness, and Wolfborg latched his jaw around Kai's right ankle painfully. Kai cried out as he slammed down on his back, a fresh wave of pain shooting through him.

Falborg flew behind the already immobile teen and latched it's beak into his left shoulder, unfazed by Kai's cries of pain, and lifted him slightly off the ground, tearing into the flesh mercilessly. Out of the corner of it's eye Falborg realised Tyson was struggling to understand what was happening. Not his concern, he had to focus on Kai.

"Bring him to the laboratory in five minutes. I will not wait patiently any longer." Voltaire ordered, leaving the cell and walking down the corridor in silence. Tala and Bryan followed suit, leaving the Bitbeasts to their work.

Tyson felt completely helpless. he could only hear Kai's cries of pain and Voltaire's harsh cold voice. He had never been more scared in his entire life then he was right now. Swallowing hard, he pulled himself to his feet, listening intently for anything that could help him. He wished he didn't have to. Because he couldn't see it left everything to the imagination, making almost every possibility race through his mind.

Kai let out a short cry as Falborg released him from his grip, allowing him to drop to the ground. He gasped and coughed dryly as Wolfborg's grip tightened, feeling as well as hearing the wolfs teeth scraping off the bone in his foot. Voltaire's words began to sink into him. Laboratory? Fear erupted inside him. What did he want to go to the laboratory? What was he going to do to him?

Fear like nothing he felt before overtook him and Wolfborg began to drag him towards the entrance to the cell. His breaths quickened and voice uneven from fear. "T-Tyson!" he cried out helplessly, trying in vain to stop movement by gripping onto anything he could find, but only finding the flat surface of the floor. "Help!"

Pure fear was in Kai's voice, panic like that Tyson had never heard before, clear and piercing. It was enough to infect Tyson's emotions in a second. Fear and panic caused him to freeze temporarily. What was happening?

"Tyson!"

It happened almost instinctually, that Tyson dived forward and, miraculously, grabbed Kai's outstretched hand. Panicking, Kai grabbed Tyson's hand with both his right and left, trying desperately to free himself from the wolf Bitbeast. "Tyson, don't let them take me! Please don't let them take me!" Kai was unable to control his emotions anymore. He had a terrible, foreboding feeling that his whole life had led up to what was going to happen in the laboratory.

Wolfborg growled at Tyson, but the Blader made no signs of moving. Continuing on, Wolfborg realies he was doing nothing but dragging the second boy along with him. No matter, maybe they'd find a use for him to in the lab. Kai was in a terrible state, blood pouring from his fresh wounds, clinging, now, to his brothers arms and crying desperately. "They're to strong Kai." Tyson stated through gritted teeth, trying to free his brother from the grasp of the bitbeast, but unsuccessful.

"Tyson please..." Kai pleaded tearfully. It hurt Tyson deeply for Kai to be in such a state, and it deminished his hopes in domino. Kai was his big brother. Kai was supposed to be able to do anything, to be strong, to protect him, to be their and to never lose. But if his idol couldn't handle this, the one person he admired the most in the world, how could he?

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Tala stood silent by the doorway to the lab, eyes cast downward to the floor. He couldn't believe what he had just heard, of what Voltaire was planning. Even if they weren't related geneticaly, Tala couldn't see why Voltaire couldn't show at least a little compassion for the boy he had, for years, called his grandson.

In his younger years, Kai had respected and looked up to Voltaire, but that respect turned to fear once the training became brutal. How could Voltaire be unfazed by the fact he torn Kai apart and pieced him back together to his will? He destroyed Kai's life, burried his memories and happiness so deep inside him they where nearly lost altogether. But something happened to him the day the Bladebreakers where formed.

When Kai was a part of something, in this case a team, it was an uncomfortable situation, for sure. For a loner to be part of a group was a whole new set-up for him, and he couldn't think on home ground. It was out of fear he kept himself away from the group, but Tyson, Max and Ray proved far to stubborn to just leave him be. They slowly and patiently gained Kai's trust and friendship, and from then one Kai's life was different.

Unfortunately, once Voltaire was cleared of charges, he found Kai and once again attempted to make Kai what he wanted him to be. He never treated Kai like a separate person, like he had emotions or feelings. He believed Kai would learn how to behave if treated in this manner.

Remembering all that, Tala was somewhat less shocked at Voltaire's plans now. He truely had the darkest of hearts, devoid of sympathy, of compassion, of any emotions in general. But now Kai's fate was finnally decided. He would become a slave and servent to the Hiwatari family once and for all...

...as a CyberBlader...

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To Be Continued

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