March 21, 2005.
Taiy-Chan: You've got it! Another installment to Never Forget! Everybody cheer!
You know what? I don't feel like writing today... I'll start tomorrow...
March 30, 2005
Taiy-Chan: Okay! I'll start the chapter. I don't know if this one will be long, I don't have much to put in it, but anyways, an update is an update, ne?
Disclaimer: Taiy-Chan doesn't own Beyblade.
Chapter #10 Final Adjustments
Tala ran down the stairs, still clutching Morgaine's blade in his hand. He found his friends still crowded around Kenny, watching as he came up with a plan.
Tala slowed down to a brisk walk as he entered the room, taking the time to look at everyone's faces.
"I've got bad news." he said, immediately getting everyone's attention. They watched him expectantly as he came over to them.
Tala sat down beside Kai, suddenly feeling guilty. He stared at his lap, wishing that they'd stop staring at him, it wasn't really helping.
Kai eyed him curiously, cocking his head to once side. After a while, he sighed.
"What were you hiding from us?" he demanded. Tala laughed.
"Can never fool you, huh Kai." Tala said, scratching the back of his head sheepishly. He opened up his hand where it had been clutching Morgaine's blade and dropped the purple blade onto the glass table. Pauline gasped and reached out to pick up the blade.
"But.. This is Morgaine's... How did you get it?" she asked, looking up at Tala.
"I was there when she first arrived at the Abby." Tala started. "She had put up a good fight, taking out two of the guards. But they shot her with a tranquilizer and she was taken in. I'd tried to help her, but those gates are pretty tough. She handed me her blade before she fell unconscious."
"Then...what's this bad news about?" Sara asked, almost afraid of the answer.
Tala looked at each of them.
"Just a second ago it started to burn, when I picked it up, I could feel Dream trying to reach out to Morgaine. Something has happened to her."
"Even more reason to start tomorrow." Kenny said, his friends stared at him.
"What...?" Tyson said slowly.
Kenny glanced up at them.
"I've mapped out the Abby using the sketch Tala, Kai and Sara made. I've also hacked into their computers and got all the locations of the cameras and traps. It'll be hard to get in... but I've figured out a route. The sooner we get this done, the sooner Morgaine is back in safe hands."
Everyone nodded.
"But.. Didn't Kai say that they wanted all of the girls? Like, Pauline and Sara too?" Max asked. Kenny nodded.
"Yes, in order to complete the summon, they must have the three top female bladers and the boy's bit-beasts." he explained, pushing up his glasses. Max frowned.
"They haven't made a move for a while now..." he said.
"Maybe they don't know we're here." Ray suggested, shrugging. But Kai shook his head.
"They would expect us to come to Russia, looking for Morgaine. I can't say that they know we're here, staying with Tala, but they do know that we're somewhere in Moscow. The moment they find out where, they'll come again."
"We have to be on our guard." Ray whispered.
"The way they took Morgaine without us even noticing, is kinda unnerving." Sara said.
"Well, we were kinda distracted." Pauline said, glaring at Kenny.
Tala laughed.
"Kai told me about it, man, I wished you got that on tape." he said, trying to picture Kai singing the Teletubbies song. He chuckled.
Kai glared daggers at him, with were ignored. He sighed.
"So, what exactly are we going to do?" he asked.
"You guys are going to go over there and wait by the entrance until I tell you it's safe." Kenny explained.
"And how exactly are you going to do that?" Tyson asked. Kenny looked at Tala, drawing everybody's attention back to the red head, who grinned widely.
"Don't worry, I've got it all figured out." Tala said, waving his hand, brushing off the looks they gave him.
"Anyways, I'll hack into their main computer and play the Hyper video I have on every monitor in the whole facility." The Bladebreakers sighed at this. Kenny laughed. "It should distract them enough for you guys to get in."
"When are we going to do this?" Pauline questioned. "Morning, afternoon, or night?"
"Most likely in the late afternoon. We want to get in there and get out." Tala said.
"Though, most of the time, it doesn't turn out as planned." Pauline muttered.
"Well, now that we have all that figured out," Tala said, getting up and grabbing Kai's hand. "I have to check something with our little captain here." He grinned as he dragged the said teen away, leaving the others staring after him, exchanging glances.
Tala lead Kai through a long hallway, still grinning from ear to ear. Kai sighed.
"Exactly where are you dragging me off to again?" he asked.
Tala turned back to him, a smile ever present on his fair face.
"I'm going to show you the weaponry." he said, leading Kai down another set of stairs.
"Just how far underground is this place?"
"Stop whining and shut up."
"Yes mam."
"Don't make me hit you."
"...It's as cold as hell down here."
"Hell isn't cold, Kai."
"It's still cold. Minus one hundred." The latter was muttered.
Tala rolled his eyes, their footsteps echoing off the stone covered walls.
"Who knew that the great Kai could be such a baby." Talasaid to himself.
"Holy fuckingshit! There'ssnow down here!"
Finally, after what seemed like a century to Kai, they reached the last door down a long, never ending hallway. Tala let go of Kai's hand and opened the door, stepping in.
"Why does this place have to be so far..." Kai stopped short as he walked in, staring at his surroundings. "Nevermind."
What seemed like hundreds of tall, metal racks lined up and down the long, stone covered room, which, to Kai, looked like another big hallway, but what would he know? Dim lights illuminated the 'room' giving the whole place an eerie glow.
But it was what was stacked on the metal shelves that caught Kai's attention. Thousands and thousands of guns, any kind you could name, was sitting there on one of the racks, with about ten more duplicates lined up beside it. Machine guns, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, you name it, it was there. Boxes of grenades and proximity mines, detonation mines, stacked up on top of one another. The most high tech equipment lined neatly, so many that it would make James Bond seem dull.
"This is my little collection. It grew a bit over the last few years." Tala said, smiling proudly.
Kai gaped at him.
"Little? LITTLE! You have enough guns to arm to America's fucking military! How the fuck...Actually, I don't want to know." Kai gasped for breath after his sudden outburst.
Tala laughed.
"Think it will be enough?"
"Hell yeah."
"Good."
"Tala." Kai said, picking up a rifle from the shelf and turning it over in his hands.
"Yeah?" Tala called as he strode through the many rows of weaponry. Kai put the gun back and turned to another shelf.
"Just how are we going to get all of this stuff upstairs?" he asked.
"We don't have to. There's an underground passageway from here to the Abby." Tala answered from many racks down.
"Huh? Why didn't you tell us that?" Kai demanded. He could practically see Tala shrug.
"I forgot."
"It would've made Kenny's job much easier." Kai scolded.
"It only leads to the basement, one of the hallways by the sleeping quarters. We still need all of the information Kenny has. The passage won't take us straight to Morgaine."
"I see. But still..."
"I was going to tell them today, but I forgot."
"That's sad, Tala."
"We better head back. I smell lunch." Tala said, heading for the door, Kai followed.
"You can smell it from all the way down here?"
"Muhahahaha..."
"You scare me."
About an hour later, Kai and Tala arrived back at ground level.
"Warmth!" Kai cried as they came up the last flight of stairs.
Tala laughed.
"I wish I had a camera."
"Thank God you don't."
Tala and Kai headed for the living room, finding the rest of the Bladebreakers still sitting around the coffee table.
"Time for a break you guys! Lunch!" Tala called, his friends looked up.
"Finally! I'm starving!" Tyson cried, jumping to his feet. Pauline and Sara rolled their eyes, smiling at each other. How did Morgaine fall for this guy?
The Bladebreakers ate silently, talking once and a while. Kai frowned and turned to Tala.
"Aren't you going to tell them?" he hissed.
Tala looked up from his plate, fork frozen halfway to his mouth.
"Oh yeah."
Kai slapped his forehead.
"Let me guess, you forgot again?"
"This food is good!" Tala said, emphasizing his point by taking a huge mouthful.
Kai shook his head and turned to his friends.
"Tala has something to tell you guys." he said, turning once again to his red haired friend.
Tala wiped his mouth and placed his hands out in front of him.
"We don't really have to worry about getting into the Abby." he said.
"Really?" Max asked, staring at him. Tala nodded.
"Yes, downstairs-"
"A hundred miles away."
"Shut up Kai. Anyways, downstairs, in the weaponry room, that I showed Kai today, there is an underground passage that leads into the Abby." Kenny stared at him.
"So I went through all of that..."
Tala shook his head, his twin bangs flopping from side to side.
"Uh uh. It comes out around the sleeping quarters in the underground Abby." he reached over and grabbed Kenny's laptop, typing on it for a second before turning it around for everyone to see.
"We will come out around here." he said, pointing at the map on the screen. "Morgaine should be over here, one level below us." Tala said, pointing to another location. "We still have a lot of ground to cover." he pushed the laptop back to Kenny.
"So, when are we heading out?" Kai asked.
"Tomorrow afternoon."
Ray frowned and slowly opened his eyes, what had woken him this time?
Ray moved to sit up, but froze as he heard voices coming from the window. He turned slightly, trying to see who was in the room.
Cool, night air brushed past him, making his hair ruffle in its wake. Someone had broken in.
Ray's sensitive hearing picked up quiet footsteps approaching his bed. He close his eyes slightly and feigned sleep. He sensed someone come to stand beside his bed, a cool point touched the base of his neck.
Ray jumped up and knocked the needle away, startling the men surrounding him. His eyes scanned over them quickly. Ten Biovolt spies.
Ray turned quickly to Pauline's bed and scrambled over. As he passed the small bedside table, he grabbed their beyblades, stuffing them into his pocket.
He knocked the black clad men away from the sleeping form of his girlfriend. They pulled out long guns and aimed it at him. Ray quickly picked up Pauline, bridle style and ran for the door. He felt searing pain rip through his shoulder, but ignored it. He dashed out of the room and down the hallway, coming to a stop by the spiraling stairs.
Ray set Pauline carefully on the ground.
"What's happening?" Pauline asked, her voice heavy with sleep.
"Biovolt broke in, they came to get you.." Ray said, still gasping for breath. Pauline's eyes widened, the news jolting her fully awake. She studied him.
"Ray!" she gasped. "You're bleeding!" Ray glanced at his shoulder, where Pauline was pointing. So that's what had caused him pain. He had been shot.
"It's only a little scratch." he said, brushing off her concern.
"Only a little scratch! That bullet went right through your arm!" Ray winced, he could feel his body already stitching up the wound.
"Let my demon blood take care of it." Ray said, looking behind Pauline. They were coming.
"We have to hide." Ray said, getting up from his kneeling position. Pauline followed.
Ray grabbed her hand and raced down the hall, Tala had told him that his house had many hiding places hidden in the walls, but where were they? They had no time to search the walls.
Ray pulled Pauline around a corner and leaned against the wall. Heavy boots thudded on the carpeted floor.
Ray motioned for Pauline to be quiet, she nodded.
Ray glanced around the corner, the spies were talking in a crowded group, they were holding something...
Ray sighed with relief as he watched them leave through one of the many glass windows in the hallway. But then he caught sight of a body clutched in one of their arms. Ray heard Pauline gasp.
"Sara..." she whispered. Ray paled.
When they were finally gone, Pauline and Ray having waited a couple of minutes after they left, the two came out of their hiding place. Pauline crumpled to the ground.
"They have both of them now.." she muttered, burying her face in her hands. Ray leant down and held her close.
"What are we going to do now?" Pauline said quietly.
Ray frowned.
"I'm just wondering what happened to Kai."
Kai had awoken immediately when the Biovolt spies entered the room her shared with Sara. He shot up in bed when they god close and struck out at the nearest to him, successfully knocking three men unconscious. But they had studied his abilities and easily overpowered him. Boris had sent the strongest and the biggest men to help capture Sara, knowing what Kai was capable of. They crowded him, making it harder for him to inflict any damage or get to Sara. They pinned him to the bed and jabbed the needle into his throat, the strong chemical taking over at once.
They moved away from the fallen blader as he slumped in his bed, his eyes glazed over. Finally they left, going out he bedroom door. His last thought was one full of dread because not only did they have his girlfriend and her bit-beast, they had Dranzer now too.
Taiy-Chan: Whoa, that was longer than I expected! Was it good? Tell me! I liked the part with Tala and Kai the best, personally. Anyways, don't forget to check out my two new one-shots! Slow and Silent and Nothing to Lose! If anything, just take a look at Nothing to Lose, I really am proud of that one...
You better, or I'll take my time updating this...which means my other stories will have to be put off for even longer...
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Taiy-Chan: What the fuck are you doing here! (throws Mrs.Provenche off a cliff) I've always wanted to do that. But you heard her!
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