Kit: Ok, here's the new chapter for all my loyal readers...Hope ya'll enjoy it!
Kai: Don't read it, it sucks!
Rayne: Kai, I'm warning you...(raises hand to whack him)
Kai: (flinches) I said nothing..Anyway, Kit doesn't own any of us except for the strange, not-in-Beyblade characters (Rayne, Taryn, Tanya, etc.) so you shall not sue her!
Kit: Yes, now get a move on with the story, I'm sure my readers want to know if Kai unmasks her or not...Funny thing, this reminds me of the time-
Rayne: Get on with the story!
Suddenly, a hand shot up and weakly grabbed Kai's, keeping him from gripping her mask. He looked down, and to his surprise, he saw sharp, stinging golden eyes staring weakly at him from beneath Cat Woman's mask...there was something about those eyes...He'd seen them before, he knew that. But the question was...Where had he seen them?
"D-don't touch..t-the mask..." she choked weakly. Her breathing was abnormally deep and slow, but jagged and shaky at the same time. The hand with which she held Kai's was jittery and shivering slightly, as if she was cold.
Kai stared at her for a second, as if disbelieving what he was seeing, which he was having a hard time believing it. She was injured critically, she could even DIE! And, yet she was trying to fight back. He was obvisously stronger, her efforts were futile against him, especially in her current state. And, yet she didn't give up. He nodded and she released his hand, though she hadn't held it in a very tight grip.
"Who was that guy you were fighting with?" he asked her, figuring she needed to stay awake. If she relaxed too much, her heart could stop beating...
She looked at him strangely, a suspicious gleam in her eyes, "They call him...Wolf. He's a thief, a wrong-doer, much like The Phoenix.." she managed quietly.
Kai stared at her, processing the information. That...nutcase...had been like he was?! No way, he wasn't that bad. He'd never dreamed of killing anyone. The worst thing he'd ever done in his crime years was knock out a cop, and that was an accident! He looked down as she continued with her explaination of who the strange person was.
"Excpet, they're different. The Phoenix wouldn't attack me like that...He was a...gentleman thief." her voice was weak, and hardly audible, not the headstrong, strong-willed, fiery voice he was used to hearing from the young heroine.
He raise an eyebrow, though kept it out ofher line of sight. A gentlemen thief...ME?! he thought to himself.
She coughed and gave a small grunt as she held her stomach, where the villan had stabbed her, face contorted with pain...
Kia thought quickly, jumping up and running straight for his bathroom. He clawed at the mirror to get at the medicine case behind it. Finally achieving his goal, he snatched the first-aid kit from one of the shelves in the cabinet. He was back next to Cat Woman minutes later, pulling open the kit and grabbing the medical guaze, a needle, gloves, and antiseptic. He looked down at her from where he sat next to her as he pulled on the gloves to make sure none of the germs from his hands infected her wounds. He sighed as he threaded a needle. He had no sort of medicinal thread with which to sew the wound shut, so he would just have to improvise.
"I'm not sugar-coating this when I say it's gonna hurt like hell, but you've got to get through it," he said as he picked up the antiseptic and poised it over her stomach."From what I can tell, the dagger missed all your major organs, but you're still in danger of too much blood loss." he said as he tipped the bottle of antiseptic slightly and watched the transparent liquid fall and cover her wound.
She gave a sharp gasp as white hot flashes of pinching, searing pain tore through her abdomen. Thankfully, most of the pain reseded as quickly as it had come upon her, although a twinge now and then reminded her of her plight and kept her from the sleep her body so largely desired. She pushed her abdomen up and then settled it back down to get a bit of the antiseptic on her back to clean that side of the wound as well.
He waited for her to relax a bit, and then set to work on sewing up the wound. There was no doubt in his mind that she would eventually need an operation to fix and internal damage made by the dagger, but right now wasn't the best time for it...
Once he had finished with sewing her up and he had tied the string together to keep the wound from opening on its own, he washed the gloves he had used as thoroughly as he could, then proceeded to throw them away.
She had managed to fall asleep through all the pain, and though he knew that was good for her condition, he couldn't help but worry for some reason. The next morning she might not wake from her slumber, that thought was clear in his mind, but why did it scare him that she might die? Did his heart know something that his head had failed to realize yet?
Kit: Alrighty, then..Ya'll really didn't think I was gonna let Kai discover who Cat Woman really was, didja? That would ruin the whole suspense trip!
Rayne: Yeah, Kai still doesn't know she's me!
Kai: (randomly appears) Who's you?
Rayne: (looks around innocently) I said nothing...
Tala: (rolls eyes) Anyway, READ & REVIEW!!!
