Taiy-Chan: Hey out there! Yeah, I'm finally updating. In this chapter, we get to know more about Tala. Also, in the next chapter, there will be blood and gore, so I want to know if I should up the rating to R? Tell me.
Anyways, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Taiy-Chan doesn't own Beyblade. She doesn't own Yop either.
"Bla Bla Bla." Voices from the video.
Chapter # 8 Plans
"Yes, this book is about how bit-beasts came to our world. It's a long story, so get comfy."
It took Kai a whole two hours to explain the legend to his friends. At first, they would interrupt him with questions, but after a while, Kai just told them to shut up until he was finished.
Now, they sat in a comfortable silence, taking the whole thing in.
"So... Does this mean that Kai, Tyson, Max and Ray's bit-beasts are the Sacred Spirits from the legend" Pauline asked. Kai nodded.
"Sounds like it." he said. Tala shook his head.
"This just keeps on getting weirder." he muttered. "What have we gotten ourselves into"
"Spirits? Another world? Man, if you told me two years ago that I'd be involved in this, I wouldn't believe you." Ray said.
Pauline smiled.
"I'm always up for a good adventure. I mean, we did save the world once already! We'd be, like, superheroes if we do it again! That would be so cool."
Sara snorted.
"In your dreams, Pauline."
Pauline turned to her and stuck out her tongue.
"At least I actually have the time to dream! I bet you stay up all night with Kai, doing stuff that"
Ray quickly cut her off by clasping a hand over her mouth.
Sara and Kai were both glaring at her, their faces as red as Tala's hair. Ray could feel Pauline's mouth moving from behind his hand. And he had an idea with what she was saying. Once she was done, he released her.
"That's rated R" Pauline shouted quickly. Sara growled as Pauline started to laugh her head off.
"Too bad the pillows are far away." mumbled Sara. Kai snorted.
Tala chuckled.
"I didn't know you were that type of person, Kai. I mean, how old are you again? 16" Kai glared at the red head when he nudged him in the ribs playfully.
"Just shut up." he growled.
"Getting back on task..." Max said before this could go any further. "How are we supposed to get into the Abby"
Kenny turned to Kai.
"How did you get out" he asked. Tala snorted.
"Kai ran out the front doors." he said.
"And no one stopped him" Sara asked.
"There was a fight going on in the basement." Tala shrugged. "No one was in the main lobby."
"You guys know the Abby like the back of your hand, right" Pauline asked, looking at Tala, Kai and Sara. They nodded.
"Unfortunately." Sara muttered.
"How about you draw a map for us? Then, that way we'll be able to visualize it and form a plan." Pauline said, already taking the role of the leader.
Sara rolled her eyes.
"Yes Master."
Sara, Kai and Tala started sketching the Abby, arguing at some times, but they got the job done. Kenny took the paper and looked it over.
"So, there are three exits. One at the front, the back and a tunnel from underground." Kai and Tala nodded. "The front doors are heavily guarded, the whole building is surrounded by cameras. Man, this seems impossible." Kenny let the paper fall slowly back onto the table.
"There has to be a way." Ray muttered. Pauline shook her head.
"We could either have a diversion, or kill all of the guards and destroy the cameras."
"We will need weapons. Though, I don't know where we'll get them." Kai said.
"Why weapons? We have bit-beasts, remember? And we have the Sacred Spirits. We can use them." Tyson said.
"We don't know how." Pauline sighed.
"Things just keep on getting more and more complicated" Tyson threw up his arms in exasperation.
"Well, I guess we're gonna have to steal them from the Abby." Tala suggested.
"What do you mean" Kenny looked at him.
"There's a weapons room in the basement, last time I was there, it was filled with the most modern machinery."
"Coolie. I've always wanted to shoot a gun." Pauline said dreamily. Sara slowly backed away from her.
"We have to get Morgaine out of there. Before Boris puts her through the same thing as we did." Tala said. The others nodded.
"But we can't get her until we know how we're going to get in" Tyson cried.
"I know." Tala whispered.
Later that night, after much times going through plans and then just throwing them away, the Bladebreakers went to bed. Tala stood out on one of the many balconies, staring up at the night sky. He didn't turn when he heard footsteps approaching.
"Hey Kai." he said.
Kai walked up beside him and sighed.
"What are we going to do" he mumbled.
Tala shrugged.
"There's an answer to everything, Kai. You just have to wait to figure it out." Kai turned to his friend.
"They know we're here. They have us wrapped around their finger. We don't know when they'll come next...And who they'll take. The Abby has the most modern technology, as you said. Which also means that it's practically impenetrable. We don't have a plan yet. And even if we did, what if it doesn't work out? What if it backfires"
Tala looked Kai in the eye.
"What if a meteor comes crashing down to earth and destroys it? What if someone is hiding in those bushes with a gun? What if I suddenly kneel over and die? What if? I said this before, and I'll say it again. You never know unless you try."
Kai stood still, his eyes narrowed and shoulders tense, then he sighed, and his body relaxed.
"I hate it when you're right." he muttered. Tala laughed and patted his friend on the back.
"Someone has to be the smart ass in this world. It just happens to be me." he turned serious again. "Look, Kai. They haven't won until they have us lying on the floor, face first and are stepping over our cold, dead bodies."
Kai nodded, smiling slightly.
"Nothing ever brings you down, does it" he asked him.
Tala grinned and shook his head.
"Nope." he put an arm on Kai's shoulder. "Don't blame everything on yourself, man." Tala held up a hand to stop Kai from saying anything. "I know you are. You think that if you found the book earlier, you could've prevented this whole thing from happening."
Kai nodded again.
"You know me too well." he said quietly.
"I know! Scary, isn't it?" Tala leaned over the railing and watched the street below. After a couple of minutes, he turned back toKai."Just remember, nothing is promised in life except for death."
The next morning, our heroes were up early, once again brainstorming ideas about how to get in the Abby.
"Kenny.." Ray said slowly, breaking the silence they had all been in for what felt like hours now. "Can't Dizzi hack into their database and shut everything down? That would at least help us a bit."
Kenny frowned.
"I don't know. I should be able to. But from what I know, they'll find out and stop me." he said.
"Oh, I know" Pauline jumped up from her seat on the couch. "You know how in those movies the bad guys make all of the TV screens turn on and they tell the world that they're going to kill them all? Well, why don't we do something like that? Like, we can play something on Dizzi while Kenny hacks into their system and we get into the Abby"
"It would have to be something really really interesting." Tala said as Pauline sat back down on the couch. "The people at the Abby aren't so easily distracted."
"OH" It was Kenny's turn to jump up as a light bulb came on in his head. "I knew it would come in handy" Kenny dashed out of the room, leaving the others to stare after him, sweatdropping.
"Uhh..." Pauline opened her mouth to comment on how weird that was when Kenny ran back into the room, holding a CD.
He plopped himself back onto the couch and turned on Dizzi. Tyson looked over his shoulder.
"Whatcha got there, Chief" he asked, gesturing to the CD that Kenny was holding.
"Oh, just a little something that Dizzi caught on camera a couple of years ago." Kenny grinned evilly.
Sara's eyes widened as she figured it out.
"Oh no. Please don't tell me you got that on tape." When Kenny smiled at her she put her face in her hands. "Oh God."
"What? What is it" Max asked. Tala leaned over Kenny's shoulder as Kenny inserted the disk and pressed play.
"Why do I get the feeling that we're about to get really embarrassed" Ray whispered to Pauline.
"Maybe it's that weird, crazy, insane, evil...did I say crazy" Ray nodded. "Ok. Anyways, maybe it's that weird, crazy, insane, evil smile he has on."
"Great."
There was silence as the Bladebreakers and Tala waited for the movie to start.
"AHHHHHHH! IT'S POSSESSED" Everyone jumped when Tyson's shrill voice came through Dizzi's speakers. Tala stared at the screen, gaping like a fish.
Pauline slapped a hand over her eyes. "Oh my God."
Ray looked equally as horrified.
Kenny skipped to a later part in the video.
"MEOW" Tala started to laugh when Ray's hyped up voice was heard over the speakers. Ray fought the urge to run and go find a big, concrete desk and bang his head on it.
Kenny skipped through it again.
"Now let's sing a little song with eight little words about a rocket ship and flightless birds..."
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Tala laughed even harder when Kai's voice filled the room from the speakers.
Kai resisted the urge to scream.
"I was wondering when the drink would work." Pauline sweatdropped
"What" Max shook his head.
"I made Kai drink the drink you gave us.. You know the one full of sugar"
"YAY"
"What happened to them"
"I don't know...OMG"
"WHAT"
"They're asleep"
"Hahaha. Being hyper must have worn them out. And I got it all on tape"
Silence fill the room as the laptop's screen faded black. Tala stared at the now blank screen and grinned. He sat back down and looked over at each of the Bladebreakers.
"Well" he said, chuckling to himself. "I think that'll do."
Morgaine tapped her foot, frowning. This was taking forever!
Boris and his big blokes had lead her through a bunch of stone corridors, the sound of the water dripping from the walls and the beat of their footsteps nearly drove Morgaine crazy. They had left her in a cell much like her last one. Dark, cold, damp, miserable. And now, she was just sitting there, waiting for something to happen.
"If they're gonna kill me, they better hurry up before I find a way outta here." she muttered as she got up from her sitting position on the ground. She walked along the perimeter of the room, trailing her left hand along the stone wall. She went in a full circle and stopped.
"It's a wonder how Kai managed to live here for most of his life and not go mental." Morgaine said. If only she had at least something to do. Like, read a book, or whatever.
"Yeah, right. Like they're going to try to keep you entertained." Morgaine mumbled.
To pass the time, Morgaine decided to practice her karate. It had come in handy yesterday. And she had a feeling that she'd need to defend herself again, before this was all over.
'Step. Right punch. Turn. High block. Punch. Roundhouse kick. Turn. Low block. punch. Front kick.'
Morgaine stopped in mid-kick and sighed. She stood still for a moment before she lay down on the ground, the cold, damp stones cooling her hot body.
"Even that is getting boring." she said. "I wish I had something to drink. Like that Yop stuff or something." Morgaine paused. "No, let's not think about that. We don't want that song stuck in our head."
"When I wake up in the morning and I'm still asleep, I really don't want no toast."
Morgaine groaned as her brain did exactly what she didn't want it to do.
"Give me Yop, me mama. Smooth. Yop me mama. Give me Yop, me mama, when the morning comes."
"Ugh." Morgaine sighed in frustration and flopped back onto the ground.
"Just great. Boris will be torturing me and threatening me and I'll be singing the Yop song in my head." she muttered.
She sat in silence and the cold and dark of the chamber started to seep in. Morgaine remembered the first time she had seen the Yop commercial. It was pretty funny. The song now brought back memories of her, Pauline and Sara walking home from school singing it at the top of their lungs. Good times.
Morgaine sighed sadly. She missed them. Morgaine brang her knees up to her chest and hugged them. The cold and dark of this place finally getting to her. She could feel fear start to seep in.
Kai and Tala survived through this, why couldn't she? She was just as strong as they were, right? Morgaine buried her face in her hands.
"Stop thinking like that." she muttered. "Everything will be okay."
Morgaine shook her head. She wasn't born a worrier like Tala and Kai. She had a strong spirit and one heck of a punch, yes, but she didn't know what it was like to be tortured, beaten. Of course she didn't! She was just a normal girl.
"A normal girl who got herself in the middle of a plot to take over the world." Morgaine thought bitterly.
Yes, she knew that she had the willpower to get through this, but that was mentally. Physically? She didn't know. She just hope she'd last long enough for her friends to come help her.
They will come, right? Tala promised. But a promise is not something set in stone. It can be broken easily, even if not on purpose. What if her friends couldn't get here? What would she do.
"All I can do is trust them. I will get through this, and nothing Boris does will change that. I'm more than that smart, dictionary girl everybody thinks I am. I may not be a trained worrier like Tala or Kai, but I can really kick ass when I want to." Morgaine smiled. Yeah, she should stop feeling sorry for herself. She'll try to buy her friends time. That's all she could do.
Suddenly, the door burst open, light flooded the room. Morgaine squinted her eyes until they adjusted to the light. When she opened them, Boris was standing in front of her.
"Took you long enough." Morgaine growled.
Boris snorted, but other than that, he ignored her comment. Morgaine now noticed two heavily built men. Once again, wearing all black.
"This place could use some colour." Morgaine thought, resisting the urge to roll her eyes.
"I think it's time for our new...guest to learn her first lesson." Boris said, smirking. The two men on either side of him smiled as well.
"I'm not as easy to break as you think I am." Morgaine hissed.
"Just be glad that you're alive. Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, I won't kill you...yet" Boris grinned wider.
This time, Morgaine did roll her eyes.
"That is so cliché." she said.
Boris laughed, a sharp sound that wasn't pleasant.
"I think we should test your theory. You can't be broken? Well, that's what Kai said." Morgaine stiffened, fear creeping back into her. She didn't answer.
"Now, Brand" Boris turned to the man on his left. "Go open that door."
Brand nodded and walked over to the wall, his heavy footsteps echoing loudly off the stones. He opened a door that Morgaine hadn't seen. It was a part of the wall, the outline of it could be barely seen against the stone. Brand swung the door open and turned to face Boris.
Morgaine's eyes widened. The hollow part behind the door was filled with sharp blades, spiked chains and leather whips. The metal glinted as the dim light from the hallway caught it. Morgaine fought the urge to scream.
"Calm down Morgaine. You can do this." Fear coiled around her as she turned her eyes back to Boris.
He smiled. A sick, cold, evil smile that made Morgaine want to throw up. He then turned to the man on his right.
"Chain her up."
Morgaine's heart raced as the big man stalked towards her, heavy chains held tightly in his hands. Morgaine didn't move from her sitting position on the hard ground. She couldn't. She knew that even if she tried to stand, her knees would give way and she'd just be on the floor again.
One thought raced through her mind as her hands were chained to the wall.
"Am I strong enough to survive this?"
Taiy-Chan: YAY! I'm done! I didn't have to go to school this morning 'cause the buses were cancelled. I hope it's not too short! Anyways, the next chapter will get pretty gory and I'll try to do it as best as I can. Just, can you tell me if you think I should up the rating? Please, RR!