Chapter 10: Horror Movies
Sasha, Rayne and Andi stood outside Rika's door uncertainly. They weren't sure whether to knock or just barge in like best friends should. It didn't sound like she was crying...or trashing the place either. It was just completely silent, which was sort of eerie."You open it!" Andi whispered at Rayne."Nu-uh! I don't wanna die!" Rayne hissed back."Fine you big whiners, I'll knock." Sasha murmured.Raising her fist, she pounded on the door impatiently. "Yo girl, you better not be sleeping!" she yelled.Rayne's eyebrow twitched.Just an example of how understanding of feelings Sasha could be. Shoving the green-eyed girl out of her way, Rayne slowly opened the door and peeked in.Rika was sitting crossed legged on her bed, toying with her beyblade. She looked perfectly fine, except for the fact she looked happy.Happy?"Uh...are you all right, Blacky?" Rayne asked, slightly confused.Didn't Ray and Rika just have the biggest fight on the face of the earth?Rika grinned. "Totally. Why?" she asked, sounding a bit confused."Um...I'm lost..." Andi said, as both her and Sasha slipped inside."Ok what's with the mood swings? A while ago you looked like you wanted to flood out the city, and now you're all happy..." Rayne asked, kinda freaked out. Rika only smiled wider. "Look, that was a no big. But if you really wanna be nosy...I got a phone call.""From?" Sasha asked, forgetting all about their mission. "From...Derek!" Rika squealed, her grin getting even larger.Rayne's silver eyes widened. "Derek?" she cried, flinging herself onto the bed."That's what I said! Yeah, he says he's coming for the tournament tomorrow!" Rika answered as the other two girls jumped on her bed."Holy cow! Derek's coming! To cheer us on, I hope..." Sasha said."Well, duh! No offence to him but he's no blader." Rika answered.Derek had been one of their best friends since any of them could remember. He always hung around with them back when they were still growing up, even if he got laughed at for it. Derek was like their older brother, he considered them all little sisters that he had to protect from everything."Oh, I can't believe it! I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees how good we've gotten!" Rayne said."That's right! We don't have a team! And we missed registration!" Sasha yelled, starting to panic again."Chill. Andi and I took care of it, we're now officially the Blade Bratz, representing the long-forgotten Canadians!" Rayne cheered, pumping a fist."Except for Andi, of course. One of the good 'ol Yankees..." Sasha said, trying to get a reaction out of the unusually silent girl.Silence."Ok...? Uh, hey Rayne want to go train? I heard this hotel's got a bey stadium down in the basement for competitors!" Sasha said, jumping off the bed."Yeah...sure." Rayne answered, deciding to give the cousins some space.After the two had left, Andi turned to stare at Rika."What?" Rika asked, deciding this wasn't good."I told you already...you can't fool me. I know something's up, and plus, I did witness that cat-fight out there." Andi said."And I told you, it was no biggy. It was bound to happen anyway, we've scrapped since the first time we met." Rika answered, leaning back on her pillows."I know you don't operate like that cuz, I know you better than that. You may talk tough sometimes, but you're usually just as big an air-head as me...or Sasha for that matter." Andi replied, hinting around for an explanation."So what? I don't like the guy; he's totally stuck up with a head 50 million sizes too big. If you're looking for an all-night explanation, you've definitely come to the wrong person. If I don't like someone I'll chew them out, it's as simple as that. " Rika said simply, closing her eyes."Welcome to Liars burg, population: 1." Andi replied, rolling her brown eyes.Rika shrugged, spiky bangs falling in front of her eyes.Andi's eyelids drooped. She'd never understand her cousin or the weird habit she had of activating her whacked out defence mechanism whenever she met someone new."Whatever, keep your secrets. I think we'd better do some training for the tournament before supper." Andi asked, changing the subject."Yeah...we wouldn't want to make fools of ourselves in front of the White Tigers now would we?" Rika asked, hopping of the side of the bed with her blade.Andi nodded an affirmative before they went to find the rest of their team.
"Back off, Tyson! Nothing happened!" Ray argued, trying to get Tyson to drop the subject.After the weird scene in front of the hotel, Kenny, Max and Tyson had gone straight to Ray. They had found him barricaded up in his room so Tyson had forced his way through, demanding to know what had happened. "Something happened! You made Rika cry!" Max said, remembering the look on the girl's face."So what? Does it look like I care?" Ray asked, irritated with their interrogation."You should! She's your friend." Kenny said."Now you're way off, she is not my friend." Ray answered stonily, crossing his arms."I don't care if she's the devil reincarnated! You're not supposed to make girls cry." Tyson said, matter-of factly."What did you say to her? You wouldn't go out with her?" Dizzi asked, joining in the conversation."I wouldn't go out with her even if it meant I couldn't beyblade anymore!" Ray snapped, golden eyes flashing."Whoa...that must've been some fight..." Max said."Yeah! I'm sure even Kai wouldn't have made her cry!" Tyson said."What did she say to you? That you made her so upset?" Kenny asked."Nothing! Get off my back! I'm over it and she's probably plotting my death by now!" Ray yelled over his shoulder as he stormed off to who knows where."Man, you can't get anything out of that guy." Tyson muttered.
(A COUPLE HOURS LATER)
"Boo-ya! I can still kick butt with the best of 'em!" Sasha cheered, swinging her blade around."Just don't stab yourself in the eye with that..." Kai muttered, walking by her.Sasha blinked and blushed.Rayne, Sasha, Rika and Andi had gone down to the basement to find Kai the only one there. After a few minutes of arguing, the girls decided that Rayne would be their team leader. She was the best choice unless they wanted a deranged psycho like Sasha to lead them around. I think not.Barking out orders like there was no tomorrow, Rayne got them all training viciously with Kai virtually ignoring them. After what seemed like forever, they had stopped and went to have supper. Max, Tyson and Kenny were already in the dining room so the girls and Kai all sat at one big table. With the exception of Ray. He had pulled a Kai-like stunt and disappeared.Now everyone was walking back to his or her rooms, getting ready to hang out before bed."Hey, how about everyone comes to our room and we can watch movies and stuff!" Tyson suggested."Sounds good, but I'm going to change into my PJ's first." Rayne said."Yeah, it's no fun if you're not wearing embarrassing PJ's that everyone can laugh at!" Max said.So everyone separated to get changed, obviously Kai refused, saying he wanted to talk to Mr. Dickinson. If Andi didn't know better, she'd have thought Sasha was pouting.The rest of the guys got changed quickly and were waiting for the girls. They couldn't decide which movie to order so Max and Tyson were having a heated argument on which movie was better. Over the noise of the bickering, no one heard the door open and close until Kenny looked up and saw Ray standing in the doorway."Hey buddy, you're just in time! We're having a sort of slumber party, except without the slumber part." Tyson said, staring up at the Chinese teen."Whatever. I noticed everyone seemed to be hanging out in here." He said simply, taking a seat on the floor."I'll go get some popcorn! We're watching the Halloween movies, since Tyson won't let it go." Kenny offered, getting up and walking out the door."He'd better bring lots of popcorn if you're here, Tyson!" Max joked.Just then, someone knocked on the door before Sasha poked her head in."Hi hi!" she called, before stepping in with the rest of the girls behind her.All of them had their hair down and brushed out, Andi and Sasha had their extra long hair pulled back with ribbons. They looked way different without ponytails or pigtails.Sasha was wearing a tank top and pyjama pants, with fuzzy little black bears on them. Rayne was wearing the same sort of thing, only with blue snowflakes. Andi was wearing a huge t-shirt that engulfed her with shorts you couldn't see with the shirt/dress on and Rika had a tank top with the words 'I leave bite marks' on it and shorts. All of them were dragging blankets, pillows and stuffed teddies with them.
Giving an embarrassed giggle, Andi pulled her blanket and stuffed squirrel with her as she walked in and sat down in front of the huge TV. Sasha had her blanket tied around her neck like a cape and had a little stuffed vampire clutched in her hand. Skipping inside, she twirled around and plopped down beside Andi. Rayne rolled her eyes and sat down with her big, blue M&M. Rika, being the last, kicked Tyson as she made space to sit with her wolf-teddy.Smiling at Rayne, who was beside her, she didn't even notice who else was sitting beside her. Feeling squished from lack of space, Rika turned to order whoever was beside her to move over. Her eyes widened in remembered humility as she was met with fierce, golden eyes. Bristling in hostility, she kept her mouth shut, refusing to ruin everything because she had to sit beside Wonder-boy Ray turned away as the girl clenched her jaw and stuck her nose in the air. He elbowed Max who was beside him to move down.Max leaned forward to see what was wrong as Ray jabbed his elbow into his ribs. Noticing the neon-bright head of hair, he slid across the carpet, making space. Rika sighed in relief as jerk-wad finally stopped pressing against her as he shifted down. Placing the little wolf in between them, she stretched out her legs so she wouldn't have to touch him."Afraid of cooties?" Ray spat quietly.He watched as she turned to glare at him, her eyes flickering with silver as moonlight shone through the large window. Ray's eyes narrowed as a low, barely audible rumbling met his ears.Rayne blinked and poked Rika in the back. "Are you growling at him?" she whispered in her ear."No..." Rika mumbled, and the sound stopped.Rayne giggled before wrapping her blanket around her and leaning back against the bed as Kenny arrived with lots of bowls of popcorn."Finally, we can put the movie in!" Tyson cried, ready to shove it in the VCR."What're we watching?" Rayne asked."All of the Halloween movies!" Tyson called back as he put in the movie and turned off the lights."Ok, I'm leaving..." Rika muttered to Rayne as she shifted nervously.Horror movies were so not her thing."If it makes you feel better, I'll hold your hand..." Rayne teased.Rika wrinkled her nose and pulled her blanket around her, drawing her knees up.
After the first two movies were over and the third was halfway done, Rika was positive she was going to scream if that lunatic jumped out with a knife one more time. She seemed to be the only one besides Sasha who would jump every time the dramatic music hit its climax and the killer jumped out. Rika was only reminded of it when Ray would turn and sneer at her whenever she jumped.Fidgeting nervously, she tried to ignore the goose bumps and frightened shivers as the stupid music started getting louder and everyone went quiet again. Biting her lip, she watched as the victim walked around outside in the middle of the night."This is the coolest part!" Tyson whispered.He had only said that about a million times and each time he did, someone got killed and gave Rika a heart attack. Sucking in a breath she closed her eyes, hoping to miss it altogether. She listened to the creepy music go on and on until she finally opened her eyes, just when the killer appeared and went on a killing spree.Sasha screamed and curled into a ball while Kenny twitched uncomfortably. Rika on the other hand, jumped 50 feet in the air and screamed even louder than Sasha. Clutching on to something, she listened to Sasha howl in fright.Rika peeked out from under her blanket when whatever she was holding, moved. Glancing to the side, she saw she had clutched on to Ray's arm and was holding on to him like a lifeline. Her eyes widened and she froze. Ray stared at her, an unreadable expression on his face. Tugging back on his arm, Rika snapped out of it and squeaked, dropping his arm like it was on fire and huddled up against Rayne, drawing the blanket straight over her head in embarrassment.She refused to look out in fear of Ray making fun of her until the door opened. Sasha screamed in surprise and Kai paused as he stepped inside. Closing the door, he sat down in a chair a little ways away from everyone, stealing Sasha's bowl of popcorn."Well so glad you could make it..." Sasha whispered sarcastically, straining her arm for her popcorn.Kai casually held it out of her reach until the killer appeared again and Sasha screamed in fright, the blankets tangling around her as she jumped, ending up face first on the carpet by his feet. He watched as she sat up, fighting with the 'evil blankie' who wouldn't let her go. Crab walking over to him, Sasha sat back against his legs, happy to be sitting near someone who didn't pinch her when she spazzed, like Andi.Rika watched as Kai placed the bowl on Sasha's head like a mini-table. She tensed as Rayne poked her in the side, hitting her ticklish spot. Squirming wildly, she tried to move away but Rayne snickered and prodded her side until Rika gasped and jumped away from her, attaching herself to the next body like a leech. 'Uh-oh...' Rika murmured in her head as she remembered whom she was sitting beside.Slowly turning her head, she looked straight up into Ray's face, who by now had a very exasperated expression on. Rika's face went beat red as Rayne laughed into her teddy. Lunging back into the middle, she yelped when Ray tossed her teddy-wolf in her face and shook his head.By now, almost everyone had heard the scuffling going on in the back. Max was biting his front lip to keep from laughing and Tyson was looking back over his shoulder with a confused expression on his face."Come on guys, you're ruining the movie!" Andi called from the very front.Rayne cackled evilly, making Rika stand up. "I'm going to bed, you bunch of lunatics!" she cried, making a beeline for the door."Look at that, you scared her off!" Max laughed.Grinning evilly, Rayne turned back to the movie. But not before Sasha let out another blood-curling scream as the killer got his big, ugly mug right up on the big screen.
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