Chapter 21 Persuasion is no easy thing
They all looked at each other and Ray bent down to pick up the envelope. Then he opened it and instantly turned white. " Good God." He gasped and Pandora plucked it out of his hands.
Yune sniffed a bit, " Blood." she murmured. Pandora peered in and dumped whatever was in there out onto the blood stained paper.
It was a finger, the ring finger of someone.
Sapphire Becer or should I say Silver Rye had locked herself in her hotel room. She was like a lost child, scared of the dark. The blankets were wrapped tightly around her and covered her head. Tears streamed down her cheeks, they were here. Voltaire and Boris were here.
A soft knock was heard on her door. " G-go a-away." She whimpered. The person on the other side didn't hear her or ignored her. The sound of the beep of the acceptance of the entry card, reached her ears. And someone entered. Soft footsteps walked over and a hand was placed in her shoulder.
" Who was he?" Sapphire jumped, she knew that voice. A hand tugged the covering away from her face.
" Kai?" she asked weakly and sniffed, smelling his scent.
" Who was he?" he repeated, with ice in each word. Sapphire slowly turned around and hugged his waist.
" Who?" she wasn't really sure why she hugged him; she guessed her need the comfort. Kai stiffened at her touch. " The guy who was hugging you in the park yesterday."
Sapphire gave a dull laugh, " You were following me?" Kai didn't respond and Sapphire drew back.
" You aren't going to believe me if I told you." Her red puffy eyes met his. Kai gave a grumpy reply and sat down on the bed next to her.
" Try." Sapphire gave him a bewildered look. Kai sighed, " Try me." Sapphire shifted uncomfortably, " His my brother."
She peeked up at him through her eyelashes, and could have sworn she saw the look of relief, but when she looked closer, it was never there.
" I believe you." Kai gave a half smirked, and both fell back onto the bed, like they used to, when they were kids.
Sapphire laughed and laid her head on his chest. " Kind of like when we were little, we'd run out at nights and all of us would sit there and watch the sky, and wish for a better life."
Kai made no rely and just stroked his fingers through her black hair. Sapphire rotated so her face was pressed into his shirt. " Do you think we got a better life?"
" No." He couldn't ignore the feel of her; it brought back so many unwanted and wanted memories. Sapphire laughed and turned back around, " It seemed ok for me, I have nothing to compare it to."
They were scrawled out like that, lost in their own thoughts, about life, destiny and fate.
" Kai," Sapphire had about millions of things to say to him, but she picked the one that was nagging at her the longest, " Tyson was wondering…"
Kai turned to look at her, giving her his attention. " If the Bladebreakers could join the Dou Blast Tournament?" Everything came out on a rush of air. Kai raised an eyebrow.
" The Dou Blast Tournament?"
Sapphire shifted uncomfortably, " Um…yeah, you know…the tournament," Kai cut her off.
" I know what the Dou Blast Tournament is," Kai turned the other way, so he could look out of the window. Sapphire sat up and looked at him.
" So?" Kai was silent and Sapphire was just about sure he wasn't going to answer her, " we need a tag team."
Sapphire jumped at his voice, " Well that part is easy." Kai sat up too and turned to look are her with a raised eyebrow.
" Really?" Sapphire didn't see the look in his eyes when she nodded eagerly.
" Yeah, I mean, who wouldn't want to blade with the Bladebreakers?" She turned and looked at him like a child on Christmas, " if not, the Demolition Boys could be-"
" No." Sapphire turned and looked confused and hurt.
" Why not?" she voice had lost it cheerfulness. Kai said nothing and just stood up and left.
Sapphire sniffed and pulled the covers back over, tears streamed down again. She could never understand him. Images of the ring finger flashed back and she let out a muffled scream, she barrowed her self deeper into the bed.
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Hilary was being filled in on what happened by Rei and Max. Tyson was just eating, like always. Kai was on to who knows where and The Fading Lights (Yune, Pandora, Aurora, and Seraphim) were sitting there listening to the story.
The light out side was fading and soon everyone was drifting back into the hotel. " I am worried," Hilary stated. " We haven't seen Sapphire all day."
" She's just in shock." Yune supplied. Hilary gave a worried glance and stared at Tyson.
" Tyson, can you please eat with manners?" she snapped, causing Tyson to look up, with food in his mouth, open. Everyone cringed at the sight and looked away. Tyson swallowed and smiled.
" Nope!"
Everyone sighed again, " there's no use, he won't change." Max stated and everyone else turned to look at him. "What?"
" Max, you get high on sugar." Aurora pointed out. Max scratched his head and smiled, " But I didn't have any sugar today."
Ray chuckled while the girls sweat dropped, minus Pandora, who looked bored all together.
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" Have we located her yet?"
" No sir."
" THEN GET ON IT, I NEED THEM IN THE DOU BLAST TOURNAMENT!"
" Yes sir."
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Voltaire slammed down the phone and let out a slow breath. " Send in Vega and Elli." Two girls walked. One had red hair and green eyes and the other had dark steel colored hair with a pair of blue-violet eyes.
" Vega," he addressed the dark haired girl, " you are to get close to the Demolition boys and befriend Silver Rye alias Sapphire Becer." Vega nodded and slipped out as silently as she came in.
" Elli," he turned to the red head, " get a spot in the Dou Blast Tournament and eliminate all possible threats." Elli also nodded and departed.
" This better work, I want Rye taken care of."
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Vega Eclatant entered the hotel. She wore a purple shirt a black pants. Sunglass covered her eyes and she walked right up the desk clerk.
" Hi." She lifted her glasses and stared down at the man. The man looked up from him newspaper without interest.
" Can I help you?" he asked in a bored tone. Vega smirked, " oh I hope so."
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After 10 minutes of questioning, she was making her way to Sapphire's room. She stopped and looked around. Seeing no one she knock softly.
Sapphire flinched when she heard the knocking, she slowly crawled out if her blanket fortress, " who is it?" Silence was heard from the other side. Sapphire sniffed once and wiped her tears away and peered through the peek hole.
Vega stared right at the peek hole, wondering who Sapphire Becer was, and why Voltaire wanted her dead so much.
Sapphire narrowed her eyes and opened the door. " Can I help you?" Vega smiled, " I hope so."
" I'm Vega-Eclatant." She hesitated for a bit, but caught the dark look in Sapphire's eyes. She sighed and gave Sapphire another smile. " I was at Biovolt with you."
Sapphire flinched and stood back, allowing Vega to enter. Vega looked around her room and turned to her. Sapphire had her arms crossed, " you've got 10 seconds to talk Eclatant, and make it quick."
Vega sighed, " Voltaire is after you and the Bladebreakers." Sapphire's glare, hardened, " Tell me something I don't know."
Vega shifted and a scowl wormed its way onto her face. " Look I'm trying to help you."
Sapphire snorted and pointed to the door, " Get out, you're working for Voltaire, those who didn't walk away for run away all work for him." Vega frowned mentally; she was a tough nut to crack.
" Look I'm not lying," Vega hissed. Sapphire's narrowed her eyes farther, " I don't care, get out."
Vega stormed out and glared at the shut door. ' Crap! That girl wasn't going to trust her, I just hoped that Elli was doing a better job.'
Elli strode down the sidewalk with a fast pace. Her eyes darted around nervously and she hurried into a pub.
" Vega?'"
" Yes?"
" 'K I got our spot, and I'm filing Voltaire, we'll be out by midnight."
" 'K over and out." Elli clicked off her phone and darted out, bumping shoulders with someone. " I'm sorry." She turned to look at Oliver.
" That's fine," Oliver smiled, " my name is Oliver." Elli nodded her head, " Elli Brass."
" Hey Oliver," Enrique yelled, waving from the distance. Oliver turned and gave Elli another smiled, " Sorry, I'll see you around." Elli stared after him and shook herself mentally, ' Girl, you've got a job to do, escape.'
With that she turned, casting one last look behind her back and fled.
Very short again, I'm not really good at writing long chapters. Wow! It's almost been a full year since I started writing this story. O.o Good god. Please read and review. Thank you! And sorry for pushing this off, been bust and writing other stories, you might want to read, give you a better insight!
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Without wax,
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