Kit: Okies, peeps. Sorry for the long wait, but I've had a bad case of writer's block, so I took a break and watched a few of my favorite movies to get some ideas. And, viola! Idea!
Tala: (sighs) Yes, I had to sit through 4 hours of Daredevil and Underworld for you people, so be thankful!
Kit: (smirks) C'mon, Wolfie! Ya know ya loved watchin' em!
Tala: (glares) Alright, fine. Daredevil was KINDA cool....
Kit: (laughs) Ha! Knew it! Wolfie, disclaimer!
Tala: Kit doesn't own Beyblade or any of the aformentioned movies. She just owns this story, her characters, and a few other things that shall remain nameless at this time...
Warning: Major angst in this chapter! You WILL need a box or two of tissues!
Rayne sighed as she sat down on the bar, looking proudly at the bills stacked in her hands. She turned to her friends, looking at them with a small smirk, " So, ladies. How many 'billions' did you rack up?" she said to them, receiving a few glares.
Taryn huffed, " Rayne, you're the best girl here. Everyone comes to see YOU perform -and you alone." she said with an annoyed sigh as she counted out the bills in her hand. " But, if it counts, I got about 200 even." she said as she flashed the $200 in Rayne's face, who pretended to look awed.
Rayne replaced her awed look with a smirk, and pushed her money into Taryn's face, " $400 even." she said as all the others either sighed or rolled their eyes.
Tanya sighed, " Like Tary said, your the most popular Coyote here. Everyone cheers for you, everyone wants you, everyone throws themselves at you, everyone wants to see you perform...Excpet for us, that is." she said with a small smile and a laugh.
Rayne pretended to look offended and hurt, " Ya'll don't like to watch me dance...?" she made a faux sniffling sound and her eyes glazed over with fake tears.
Taryn and Tanya looked at eachother, then back at Rayne, then at eachother and burst out laughing, " Oh, Lord, that's rich! That's swell! We needed that laugh." they both said in unison as their laughter died.
Rayne rolled her eyes and hopped down from the bar, her hair swishing behind her as she pulled her purse from behind the bar. She slipped her money into a small pocketbook inside, and turned to her friends while playing 'key-fishing' in her purse, " Well. ya'll I gotta get goin'. Plus, I'm sure Kai's ready to go home." as she said this she looked over to where Kai had moved, so he wouldn't get bumped into as much by all teh other bar-goers.
Kai sat, or slept rather, at a lone table near the back where none had noticed him. His head rested in his arms, which were crossed on the table in front of him. His slate-colored bangs covered his eyes, and to tell the truth, Rayne thought the whole scene looked kind of cute.
She walked over to Kai, a small smile on her face as she went. She came up right beside him and got as close to his ear as she could...Her friends were wuietly sniggering behind her, they knew what she was planning...
She smirked evilly and then...yelled "BOO!" right in his ear. With a startled yelp, he jumped from his seat, wide awake. After seeing his face, Rayne and her friends burst out laughing. He glared at her but the smiled and shook his head.
Rayne shook her head as she laughed, "Sorry, couldn't resist..." she said before another fit of laughing took her over. "C'mon, it's time to go." she said once the fit a laughing had ceased. She gently grabbed his hand, bid good-bye to her friends, and they walked to the car.
Sooner than he liked, they were back at the apartment and at his door, he thanked her for the fun night and bid her goodnight before entering his apartment and gettinf ready for bed.
Meanwhile, Rayne's apartment wasn't any different than his...Other than the fact that a small radio was pushed to her ear and she was nodding her head every now and then as the voice talked to her through the radio. "Right, sir!" she said as she pushed to radio closed and rushed over to the closet. It was going to be a long night...
()()()(Later That Night...)()()()
Kai awoke to some sort of commotion outside. He sat up and carefully got out of bed, not bothering to turn on the bedside lamp on the bedside table in his room. He had left the window open the night before to let in some cool air, and he stuck his head out, amazed at what he saw...
There, jumping around in the moonlight like a grasshopper, was Cat Woman herself, her black leather suit glittering as she moved with fluid grace. Another person was fighting with her, a young man, about his age. He wore a dar blue and black suit, and a dog-shaped mask covered his eyes. Cat Woman had two twin daggers that she handled like a pro, swinging them around like they were blunt spoons, as if she hadn't any idea that she could get hurt doing that.
The young man, on the other hand, had throwing 'stars'. But, they weren't stars, they were sharp shards of glass, and he was throwing them like they were pencils.
The two were fighting so well, it looked like the whole scene had been choreographed by some expensive director. It was amazing!
Cat Woman smirked, her golden eyes glittering in the moonlight, "Well, isn't this a predicament, Wolf?" her voice was teasing. "We seem to have tied in our little quarrel."
The man growled, ice blue eyes narrowing, "We'll see about that." Following his statement, two throwing 'stars' came flying at her at lightning fast speed. She threw up her throwing daggers, blocking the sharp pieces and they bounced to the ground with acute, resounding 'zing's.
She smirked, her pearly canine teeth giving off a silver gleam in the moonlight, " Saw that coming. Ya missed me, sweetie. Care to try again?" she asked as she rushed forward, her knives gliding around in her hands like blunt batons.
The man. 'Wolf' as she had called him, growled animalistically, and rushed at her as well. They stopped right as they got to eachother, Cat Woman sending one of her knives flying at him, while he shot a few glass pieces at her.
There was a split second of interval where it was dead silence, except for the whizzing of the air as the knife and glass pieces shot through, then both forms turned in the light, facing away from eachother.
Wolf turned first, having caught the blade in his hand just as it reached him, "That was a nice challenge, my dear.How did you fare?" he asked, his voice sadistic and dark.
Cat Woman turned next, pain evident on her face. And, then Kai saw why she was in pain...It made his blood run cold. Two of the three glass shards had flown right past her as she had dodged, but she'd forgotten the third. It was lodged in her hand, blood pouring out of the wound and pooling on the roof of the building below her. With a sharp gasp, she pried the glass for the palm of her hand, the once white, transparent glass stained with crimson blood.
With a sharp, angry growl, she threw the glass pice down, holding her other knife tightly in her useful hand. Then, the battle began again, once again looking as if it had been practiced over and over, almost no mistakes.
But, suddenly, the fight's clean period ended, and Cat Woman didn't come out on top. Wolf had her by the neck, though she was struggling slightly. Both her hands grasped his as she frantically clawed at his hands so he would let her breath.
Wolf's dank, moist breath glided over her face, like the mist of the River Stix itself, "My, you are quite pretty up close. It's a shame I have to dispose of you." and time seemed to stand still as Kai waited for Wolf to reveal what he wanted with Cat Woman.
Suddenly, much to Kai's horror, the knife that he had caught from Cat Woman revelaed itself once more, and fear gripped at the inner wall of Kai's soul. He wanted to save her for some reason, but she was his enemy! He should be happy that she was going to be killed, but he wasn't!
Suddenly, the knife caught the moonlight, and Kai watched, horror-struck as Wolf stabbed Cat Woman, straight through the stomach, with her knife. She gave a muffled choking sound as the kinfe pentrated her entire body, the tip glittering as it stabbed through the back of her shirt. ((A/N: It went all the way through her, from stomach to back.))
"Was a pity though, you had fire in you spirit. I could have used that." Wolf hissed with a gruesome cackle as he walked to the edge of the building...and dropped her off the side...
'No!!' Kai's mind screamed as he watched her fall. He immediately was out the window fully and going down his own building. He landed on the ground just seconds before she did, and caught her just before she hit the ground.
He fell to his knees, with her in his arms. She was unconcious, and had lost a lot of blood. He quickly jumped up, trying to think of what to do. He couldn't take her to the hospital, too many questions that should be left unanswered. He could take her back to his place....
And, so it was decided that he take her back to his place. He carefully managed to climb back to his room from the escape ladder. He laid her on his bed, trying to decide whether to unmask her before tending to her wounds...
Her health was more important than her identity right now. He lifted up her shirt just a bit, enough to see all of the stab. He ran to the bathroom, grabbing a huge roll of gauze and some antiseptic wash. He quickly bathed the wound in the antiseptic, then wrapped the gauze (a lot of it) around the wound. Then, took her hand in his, inspecting the glass wound. A few pieces of gauze and a bit of antiseptic wash later, he had her as fixed up as he could, but he was still worried.
Why should he be worried about HER?! She WAS the enemy...wasn't she?He should hate her! She IS the enemy, but he ust couldn't say no to her. It was something about her. Maybe unmasking her would put all his questions to rest. But, should he do it? What if it was someone he didn't want it to be, then he would have to kill them.
To unmask or not to unmask, that was the question! He looked at her again. It would be beneficial to him to unmask her now, then she would never know he had. But, still what if it WAS someone he didn't want it to be! He watched far too many love stories, the good guy (or girl! ) always turned out to mean something to the bad guy.
After many minutes of debating, he decided...He would unmask her...He stood up, quietly making his way over to her, lest he wake her up. He lifted his hand hesitantly, as if still unsure that this was the right decision. He then, after he was sure, reached slowly for her mask, and almost had his fingers on it...
So, will Cat Woman survive her wounds, and will Kai find out who she is? Tune in next time for the next exciting chapter of this story!
Kit: So...What'cha think? Cliffie! Yay!
Rayne: (gasps) YOU NEARLY KILLED ME!
Kit: (sniffs) I couldn't kill my OWN character! That just wouldn't be nice...
Tala: Anyway, Read and Review quick!
