Taiy-Chan: Okay, I've decided to get the 11th chapter to Never Forget up. I hope you guys like it! This story is slowly coming to an end. i don't know if we'll get 20 chapters this time, but there's still about five to six chapters left, at the most. So enjoy!
Oh yeah, just to let you know, Bryan is a bit OOC in this, I think. But, that's okay, right? RIGHT!
Disclaimer: Don't own nothing...but not for long! Just kidding.
Chapter#11 Time To Play Hero
Kai groggily opened his eyes. Man, he felt like he was run over by a truck. He didn't get drunk last night...did he? What exactly happened last night? He felt something like dread settle in his stomach as he tried to remember. He stared up at the ceiling , his dazed eyes making it look like there were pictures there.
Blurry voices reached his ears.
"I think he's waking up."
"What do you think he'll do?"
"I dunno. I hope he doesn't feel too bad."
"With Sara gone and everything."
That caused Kai's eyes to open wider. He blinked several times as reality hit him.
Last night Biovolt attacked! They took Sara and Dranzer!
Kai shot up in bed, groaning as his head started to pound.
"Hey, take it easy there, bud. They shot you with a pretty heavy tranquilizer." Kai eyes followed the voice and saw Pauline sitting on his bed.
"They took Sara, and Dranzer." he muttered, shifting slightly to lean on the pillows more comfortably.
Pauline's mouth formed a thin line.
"We know. They tried to come for me, but Ray woke up in time. For a price though, his bullet wound through his shoulder is just starting to heal."
"You mean he was shot? Is he okay?"
"I'm fine, Kai." Kai turned to the raven haired boy. "I'm a neko-jin, remember? It was a clean shot, so it'll heal in a couple of hours." he explained, smiling.
Kai sighed. He hated himself for not waking up in time. If he did, then would Sara still be here? There's nothing he could do now. They have to get into the Abby today, before anything happens to Sara or Morgaine.
"Where's the others?" he asked, just realizing that the three of them were the only ones in the room.
"Kenny, Tyson, Tala and Max are downstairs. Tyson is worried sick about Morgaine, Dream's been acting strangely this morning." Ray said, frowning.
Kai got slowly to his feet, he glared at the two when the moved to stop him.
"We have to get a move on, before any body else gets hurt." he snapped, exiting the room, usuing the wall for support as he felt his head spin.
Ray and Pauline glanced at each other before they shrugged at followed him.
The others looked up as the three entered the living room.
"Hey there Sleeping Beauty." Tala said as Kai sat beside him. "You hungry?"
Kai shook his head.
"Not right now Tala. We need to get this plan on the road."
"Then it's a good thing I got here in time." Kai's head shot up at the sound of a new voice.
Bryan was standing behind the couch Tala, Ray, Pauline and Kai were sitting on, his spiked violet hair a bit tousled up. He was wearing a loose, red t-shirt and baggy blue jeans. He smirked at the look of shock on Kai's face.
"Wha...?" Kai stared dumbfound idly at his friends.
"I came here this morning, Tala told me what you guys were about to do, and I'm here to help." Bryan explained.
"Yes," Kenny piped up, "He's going to help us hack into the Abby's system and get a map of the place." Kai nodded, finally getting caught up with the latest news.
Tala grinned.
"Good old computer wiz Bryan." The violet haired boy growled, but chose to let that remark slide for the time being.
"Can I use your laptop?" Bryan asked. Kenny nodded and handed it to him. Bryan moved to the other side of the couch. "Scoot Kitty." he said, motioning with his hand at Ray. The said boy grumbled to himself, but moved over anyways, allowing Bryan to sit down.
"Okay, here we go." Bryan opened up the black laptop and started typing quickly. In a matter of ten seconds, he was done. He turned the laptop around for everyone to see. "I've hacked into the surveillance cameras, it's not very detailed, but you see the stick people?" the others nodded, "Those are the students, guards, scientists and teachers of the Abby. You can't tell them apart, remember, this is a simple map. But before you leave, I'm going to put a tracking device on you, so we can navigate you through the Abby."
"Cool." Pauline whispered.
"If only you came sooner!" Kenny wined. "It would've saved me so much time!"
"Stop your complaining, kid." Bryan snapped, sending the small boy a death glare. "At least I'm here now."
Kenny closed his mouth and quietly apologized.
"So when are we leaving?" Tyson asked.
"As soon as possible. We have to get Sara and Morgaine out of there before something else happens to them." Kai said quickly. Tyson nodded, looking worried.
"I hope they're okay." he muttered.
"Don't worry, bud." Tala said, smiling happily. "Everything will work out in the end."
Tyson nodded and sighed, trying to wash away his concern for his girlfriend.
"So we're going today?" Ray asked. Kai and Tala nodded again.
"As soon as we've all had something to eat." Tala said, getting to his feet.
"Good! I can't wait to kick some serious Biovolt ass!" Pauline cried, jumping up from the couch.
After breakfast, our heroes and heroine went to get ready to leave. Kenny and Bryan perfected the plan, while the others went to their rooms to change and/or shower and get all they need.
Kai bit his lip. He didn't want to risk any more people than he had to. He knew that the other Bladebreakers would insist on coming, and that he'd need them if they wanted to get out there alive. But Tala didn't have to come, neither did Bryan. No, he didn't want them to come. What if they were caught again? They only just got free from the Abby. He didn't want to risk their lives again.
One of the things that was fueling all this worrying was the dream he had before they left for Russia. Maybe he was just being paranoid, but he couldn't stop thinking about it. Kai didn't want to lose another friend.
Kai made his way back downstairs, seating himself on the couch beside Bryan to wait for the others.
Tyson put on his red baseball cap, twisting it to the back like he always did. He sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"This is going to be the most dangerous thing I ever do, I know it." he said out loud. "Yeah, I'm scared, but.." he took out Dream, clutching it tightly in his palm. "I'm doing this for you, Morgaine. Just hang on a little longer." Dream glowed in response as Tyson left his room, joining Max in the hallway before they went downstairs.
Pauline pulled on her black, fingerless gloves, pulling up her loose, baggy black jeans. She grabbed a belt from the shelf and quickly did it up. She reached for her comb, but decided to leave her hair down today. Instead, Pauline grabbed the headband that Ray had given her and put in on, pulling out two brown strands in front of it, framing her face.
Pauline adjusted her navy blue halter top and nodded approvingly. She was ready to go. She grabbed her blade from her bedside drawer and turned towards the door.
"You ready?" Ray asked as he came from the bathroom. He was dressed similar to her.
He was wearing dark, loose jeans with a black top that said: Darkstar on it. He stuffed Driger into his pocket and grabbed Pauline's hand.
"Scared?" Ray questioned, grinning and showing off his pointed fangs. Pauline laughed nervously.
"You bet 'cha." Ray squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"Everything's gonna be okay." he whispered.
Pauline nodded and they went to join their friends in the living room.
Tala met up with Ray and Pauline in the halls. He smiled at them in his odd and evil way. Pauline laughed.
"Nothing can bring you down, can it Tala?" she asked.
"Muhahaha..."
"Forget I asked."
Once everyone was seated around the coffee table, Kenny and Bryan briefed them on what to do.
"Okay," Kenny started, turning his laptop around so they could see. "You're going to go down to the basement where Tala has the weapons. Once you are fully armed, you will take the passage to the Abby."
"It's cold down there, just to warn you." Kai said in monotone.
Tala rolled his eyes.
"And they say your element is fire."
Bryan glared at them.
"Moving on." he clicked something on the laptop, and the map of the Abby came up. "You will come out around here" he said, pointing to the screen. "We suspect that Morgaine and Sara are being kept in the cells on the next level down." he said, pointing to another part of the map. "We need to get them out of there as soon as possible, so that is where you will go first. They won't have their beyblades with them so we'll have to find out where they hid them. We noticed that there are a lot of people around this area of the Abby. Somethings going on there, that is where we think they are keeping Dranzer and Dryzer. You'll have to go check that out before we leave."
Bryan took a breath and looked at each of them. "There is a possibility that Sara and Morgaine will be injured when you find them. If that is the case, you will send two people back here with them, understand?"
The others nodded.
"Sounds easy enough." Tyson said.
"Easier said than done would fit better." Kai muttered.
"Yes, it's not as easy as it looks." Bryan continued. Remember, we aren't the only ones that are going to be there. There're a bunch of guards that are way stronger than most of us. Maybe with the exception of Kai and Tala, from all of their training, but still." Bryan looked at them all carefully. "You can't be afraid to kill."
Ray swallowed, and Tyson looked uneasy. Pauline snorted.
"They deserve all they get." she growled, clenching her hands into fists. "No one gets away with messing with my friends! Not while I'm around!"
"If you hesitate, this whole plan might go down the drain." Kai said sternly. "We can't afford risking our lives more than we already have."
Ray nodded.
"Right."
Tyson sighed.
"I never liked making people cry, let alone killing them..." he muttered. "But it looks like I have no choice, do I?"
'I'm doing this for you, Morgaine. I'll try my best and I will get you out of there, safe and sound.' Tyson thought.
Tala stood.
"Alright then, gang. Let's get this show on the road!" The others got up as well.
Kenny walked to each one of them, handing them an ear piece.
"This way, me and Bryan will be able to keep in touch with you. If anything goes wrong, we can always come back."
"We won't be coming back without Sara and Morgaine with us." Kai said. Kenny sighed, but nodded, understanding.
"This ear piece also has the tracking device on it, so we know where you are." he said.
"So you're staying back, Bry?" Tala asked. Bryan winced at the nickname, but answered.
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm needed back here, and plus, if we have too many people, there's less chance that you'd get in there and out without getting in trouble." he said. Tala smiled.
"We'll see ya when we get back." he sang, hugging the violet haired boy. Bryan stiffened and hesitantly hugged the red head back.
Bryan gave Kai a friendly pat as Tala released him.
"It'll be okay." he whispered to the quiet teen. Kai smiled sadly.
"You never know." he muttered.
"Okay you guys, make us proud. We'll contact you before you get in, telling you when it's safe." Kenny said as they headed for the stairs leading down to the weapon room.
"We'll see ya guys!" Pauline called, waving.
They kept on waving until they descended the first flight of stairs, and were unable to see them anymore.
Kai and Tala lead the way down the stairs, the group slipping into a deafening silence. The sound of their footsteps thudding in their ears.
"Man, Kai was right. It's freezing down here." Ray said quietly, his voice echoing off the stone walls.
Kai glared at his red haired friend.
"Told you so."
"Did I ever doubt you?"
"Well..."
"Actually, don't answer that."
The group made their way down the cold hallway, gradually traveling deeper and deeper underground. Pauline shivered slightly. She hated the cold. She sighed and her breath came out in a puff of condensation.
Finally, after what seemed like hours, the band came to the steel door at the end of the final staircase. Tala turned the freezing handle and opened it.
The Bladebreakers gasped as they stepped inside.
"Wow..." Ray whispered, staring at the rows and rows of stacked racks.
Tala turned to them.
"Over there," he said, pointing to a closet on his right. "There are six trench coats that have gun holders in them. I want you to pick one of these and put them on. Then, go through the racks, taking any gun you like. The description of the gun is by the label. Take as much as you can, but as little weight as possible. There are grenades, and small knives in the corner over there." The others nodded. "Get to it!"
They headed for the closet and pulled the metal doors opened.
Tala moved to follow them, but a hand grasped his arm, turning him around again.
"You don't have to go with us." Kai said, releasing his hold on the red head. Tala sighed.
"But I want to. Look Kai, I'm just as worried about Morgaine and Sara as you are. I'm not like Bryan, I can't just sit back and relax while my friends go and risk their lives." Tala said.
Kai frowned.
"But..." he couldn't get his dream from his head. He didn't want to risk any more people than possible...
Kai looked around him. He was standing a long, dark corridor. He could hear water dripping slowly from the brick walls, adding that cold, wet feeling to the weariness in his bones. The corridor's ceiling was shaped like an arch, contributing to the creepy effect you usually get in nightmares. The hallways seemed to stretch on forever, in a never ending tunnel.
The first thing he heard was the horrible sound of a gun being fired, the sickening sound of someone falling limp to the floor. Kai couldn't make out any the people, it was a blur to him, a mix of colours that didn't make sense. But then he saw himself, as crystal clear as a sunny, cloudless day.
Kai let his head drop.
"I don't..."
He watched himself run over to the fallen body, fall heavily to his knees and pick up the limp figure and hug them close. Kai saw himself turn to the people around him, calling for help. Kai could now see other figures, standing behind him as he held the dead body. He was crying. Desperately trying to get them to help him. But they backed away. His cries became louder, tears streaking down his face. Crying, yelling, pleading for his friend's life.
"I don't want to lose anyone else." he whispered.
Tala's face softened.
"Kai..."
"You should just stop trying." the two boys looked up to see Ray standing in front of them.
He had on is black trench coat, they could see the many guns hidden in the open coat. He wore dark boots, which had a small dagger attached to it by a strap. His normally bound hair was in a regular pony tail, in his right hand, he carried a frenzy.
Ray smiled.
"I don't think you can stop him, Kai." he said. "I think I speak for all of us when I say this: We all know that what we're about to do, might be the last things that happen in our life. We understand this. But we don't care. Our friends' lives our in danger, even more so than ours. Like Tala said, none of us can just watch from the sidelines as more of our friends risk their lives. We're not going to let you do this alone, Kai. Sorry to say, but you're stuck with us."
Kai sighed and shook his head, smirking.
"Well I guess I have no choice, do I?" he asked as Pauline, Tyson and Max joined the three.
Max grinned.
"Nope, no choice at all. Whether you like it or not, we're with you on this."
Tala gave Kai a friendly shove.
"Get going, bud, don't want to be left behind!"
A couple minutes later of browsing the shelves for weapons, they were ready. Pauline stood beside the passage entrance. She loaded her gun.
"Well, let's get this party started."
The six teenagers grinned as they ran into the cold corridor. Their jackets flew around them, and their boots clinked with hidden weapons.
They were off to save the world once again, just this time, they had more than just their bit-beasts on the line.
Taiy-Chan: Done! Finally! I really hoped you like it! Would you look at that? I updated two of my stories in two days! WOW! Anyways, I think I've stretched out this story long enough, so it's time to get into the real action! I hope you guys are liking this story, personally, I think it's WAY better than its prequel, what about you?
So review!
P.S. A frenzy is a type of gun. I got it from 007.