Taiy-Chan: Yeah! I've finally got around to write this chapter. Right now, I can say that I don't know where I'll end this chap... Depending on how long it is... Anyways, I've got an idea. Also, there are only a couple of chapters left of this story, before the epilouge. So, be prepared! You kinda get to know more about Pauline, Sara and Morgaine in the beginning of this chap. There wasn't much stuff about them, personally, before, so I decided to add it.
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P.S. At the end of this chapter, one of the chacters are described as 'they' or 'their' and all that stuff. I just want to remind you that this is one person we're talking about, k? Okay.
Chapter #12 When Nightmares Become Reality
Pauline leant against the wall, her breath puffing out in front of her in a cold cloud. They had ran all the way down the tunnel, the drumming of their feet pounding in their heads. Finally, they came to the large, metal doors leading into the Abby, and waited for Kenny's signal.
Now, some of them were resting against the freezing walls, or had just fell right onto the ground, ignoring the hard stones beneath them. Pauline wiped some sweat off from her brow, sighing as her breathing returned to normal. She knew what Morgaine would say if she was here.
'You guys are all out of shape!'
Pauline laughed breathlessly. Yup, typical Morgaine, chiding them all like a mother hen. When her, Pauline and Sara had lived together, they used to call Morgaine 'mom' by accident. Though this pissed her off quite a bit, and whoever said it would get a good punch in the arm, it fitted her well, and she knew it. Morgaine was, obviously, the most mature out of the three, always looking out for them and helping wherever she could. But, because of this, she always put her own problems aside. This had always bothered Pauline. Sometimes, she just wanted to turn around and force Morgaine to tell her everything that was on her mind, at that exact moment, since Morgaine was accustomed to hide her true feelings.
Pauline had once told Morgaine that she should live more, to just let it all out. And she had meant it, even if she wasn't always the most serious one out of them. The most precious thing to Pauline was her family, and her friends were family too. She knew she said it to them a lot, but, sometimes, she just wanted to make sure that they got it. She'd do anything for them, and would always be there for them, even if that sounds a bit on the sappy side. Pauline sometimes felt as if they didn't take her seriously, though, it's not their fault. There were only a couple of rare occasions where Pauline Smith was serious. But when she was, she meant everything she said.
Though the other Bladebreakers might not realize, or know, Morgaine, Pauline and Sara had all left some lifelong friends behind to join the team.
Pauline looked up at the arched ceiling of the tunnel and sighed. And they missed them, immensely.
'Michelle, Emily, Lisa, Alexandra... I hope you guys are okay. And doing better than us...' she thought.
If anything happened to her friends she'd kill. She'd fucking kill! She'd get back at anyone that dared to do anything to her friends, and Pauline knew that Morgaine and Sara felt the same way too.
When they had been in school, Sara had actually been the most energetic of the three. Athletic and always cheerful, Sara could lighten a mood in a flash of a smile. But ever since they left their friends behind, Sara had become quieter. Keeping more things to herself.
'Gonna have to do something about that.' Pauline vowed.
Sara liked to keep a grudge, even if it was something so small, and so stupid, she could be mad at you for months on end. Once, Pauline had said that it was weird that Sara didn't like mayonnaise, and boom! Sara didn't talk to her for two months!
But, everyone has their faults, like Pauline and her insane bossiness. We won't even go there. Anyways, Sara was a great person, funny, though a bit stupid at times, Pauline knew that she couldn't ask for better.
A harsh voice in her ear jolted Pauline from her thoughts. A couple of them jumped.
"Can you guys here me?" it was Kenny, talking threw the earphones he gave them. There was a chorus of 'yeah's, most of them recovering from their initial shock.
"Good. Good. You guys okay?"
"Kenny, we ran down a tunnel. The worst thing that could happen is Tyson going on a rampage and barreling all of us over." Tala said sarcastically. Tyson glared at the red head as the others giggled.
"You can't be too careful. Anyways, I'm going to over ride their computers now and play the video."
The Bladebreakers groaned and Tala grinned.
"You'll have five minutes, five minutes max to get in there and to the prison level. Morgaine and Sara are being kept down there. Though there are no security cameras, there are four guardskeeping watch atthe entrance. You guys have to be ready."
Kai nodded.
"Understood."
"I'll keep you guys informed with how much time you have left, alright? Playing the video in 5...4...3...2...1"
The six teens got ready and Tala stood by the door, waiting for Kenny's signal to open it and run in.
"Go."
"It's now or never!" Tala said as he pushed open the steel door. The hinges let out a high shriek as metal ran against metal. For a second, it looked as though it wouldn't move, but that was a second. After two, the door gave and flung opened and our heroes rushed inside.
"We're in."
Morgaine sat with her back against the cold, stone tiles on the walls. She sighed.
Nothing had happened. After Boris was finished with her, they ignored her like she wasn't even there. And, if she had her way, she wouldn't be.
Morgaine shook her head.
Okay, so it's not so bad. It's not like they're starving her or anything. Three small, though not very good, meals a day to keep her alive. But the thing that bothered Morgaine most was not the food. It was one fact.
It was boring.
Just sitting there, with nothing to do but just that, sit. The only sound other than her breathing was the always present drip drop of the water from somewhere on the ceiling. Luckily, not on her head.
She had tried everything to relive her boredom. Practice karate, daydream, read the messages off the walls, she even pretended to have a naganata so she'd have something to do! But, after about ten minutes of each of these things, Morgaine would loose her interest and just end up sitting down again.
Most of her wounds had slowly healed. Nothing hurt much anymore. Only if she moved in a certain way, opening the newly formed scabs that had covered her various cuts.
So Morgaine spent most of her time in this cell thinking. One thing she does a lot. Thinking, and remembering. She thought back to the times when her, Sara and Pauline were back in Canada. The good old' days. Everything was perfect back then. They had a tight group of friends, true friends at that, that would die for each other. A big family for when their real families seemed against them, or for when they just wanted each other's company.
Back then, their most worries were of high school. What if they drifted apart? What if they get bullied? What if they turn against each other, forming separate groups?
The sad thing was, that Morgaine, Sara and Pauline never got to live this. They left just after graduating from grade eight for Japan to join the Bladebreakers.
Morgaine knew that after the next tournament, she was going home. Even if Pauline and Sara wanted to stay, though she doubted they did. If anything, they can bring their other team mates with them, back to Canada. And they can go to Henry Street High school with their other friends. It has only been a year.
Again, Morgaine sighed.
Her time in her cell was getting tedious. When will they come for her?
Morgaine glared at the opposite wall as if it had committed the greatest crime.
Can something, anything, please happen!
As if on cue, her prayer was answered. The large metal doors swung open, revealing none other than Boris. Morgaine quickly got to her feet.
Boris sneered.
"Come with me, I believe I have someone here who you'd like to meet."
Morgaine felt dread and worry coil itself around her heart, nearly chocking her. But she pushed down the fear and followed Boris out the door.
Morgaine shielded her eyes from the sudden light, waiting impatiently for them to adjust. When she lowered her arm, it was roughly grabbed and she was dragged off behind Boris.
After many twists and turns, Morgaine and company finally stopped in front of two white doors. Through the small windows on each door, Morgaine could see various counters littered with experiments, science equipment was everywhere, the state of the art technology. And a huge machine in the background that Morgaine couldn't make out. Scientists scurried around the big room, back and forth, like little rodents
'Must be the lab.' Morgaine observed.
Boris opened the doors and she was shoved in.
Morgaine scrunched up her nose in disgust. The smell of chemicals were very strong. She once again looked around the room, her attention drawn to the complicated machine at the back of the room.
Tall and black, the large machine looked intimidating. Random wires ran this way and that around a big, metal square machine. There were a ton of different buttons placed on a control pad. Beside it was four slots. On either side of the machine were two tubes, and another one in the middle.
Morgaine swallowed.
Human sized tubes.
'This must be the machine they're going to use on us...' Morgaine thought.
She dragged her eyes away from the menacing piece of technology and looked to the corner of the room, where the some other object was placed.
Morgaine frowned. It was glass...
She gasped.
"Sara!" she cried, running over to her friend.
Behind the glass wall, Sara was on her knees, her hands and legs chained loosely to the wall. Her head hung. Morgaine hit the glass surface, fearing the worse.
Sara slowly lifted her head, her eyes widened with reorganization.
'Morgaine!' she cried in her mind. 'You're okay!'
Sara had arrived at the Abby sometime in the early morning. All she remembered before that was a heavy weight settle on her, pushing her into a deep slumber. When she woke, she was as she is now. Tied to a wall behind glass. Her head had hurt very badly. But she could do nothing but sit there, the ache in her knees from sitting on them for too long finally lessening into a dull throb.
She hadn't noticed that she had fallen asleep until she heard someone, or something hitting the glass wall in front of her.
"See? I told you that I'd succeed." Boris sneered, causing both girls to whip their heads around to glare at him. "Now all I need is that stupid black haired one, Pauline right, and then I'll have all I need to get the other Bladebreakers to give me their blades."
Morgaine growled.
"Has anyone ever told you that you were a sick, sick, old, hentai bastard?" she hissed.
Boris laughed, cold and hollow.
"I've been called worse." he said, smirking.
Yes, Morgaine had called him way worse in her mind just a couple of seconds ago.
"Now, why don't you join your little friend?"
Morgaine had no time to react, for the next thing she knew, she was on her knees beside her friend, with her hands and feet being chained against the cold wall behind her.
'Shit.'
Boris grinned.
"Now just watch and wait, ladies, for you can do nothing else-"
He was cut off abruptly when all of the screens in the room turned black, letting out a high pitched beep.
"What the hell is going on?" Boris snapped, glaring at the men, running frantically around the room.
"W-we're not sure, sir. The screens just went b-black." one scientist explained.
"I can see that you moron! Now fix it!" Boris ordered.
The scientist were typing away on the keyboards, trying to get the screen to come up again. Suddenly, the wailing of the computers stopped.
Boris sighed.
"Good-"
"Hello? How may I help you?" Everyone jumped at the sound of a voice, being played on each and every computer in the Abby.
Everyone in the room looked at each other in confusion.
"AHHHHHHH! IT'S POSSESSED!"
Boris winced as a high pitched scream tore through the Abby, echoing off the stone walls.
The screens turned on, playing a movie. The whole room watched as Tyson threw down the phone and ran out of the scene.
"What the hell...?" Boris muttered, walking over to one computer.
"MEOW!"
Morgaine glanced over at Sara, who turned as well. Both were thinking the same thing.
Help was on the way.
Boris also noticed this.
"They are trying to get in! The Bladebreakers are in the Abby! You!" He barked, jabbing his finger at a passing scientist.
"Y-yes sir?"
"I want you to send all of the guards out to look for the Bladebreakers and stop them with any means possible!" The scientist nodded and ran out of the room.
Boris stormed over to the two girls.
"Don't think that you're saved. Just because your little friends can get into the Abby, doesn't mean they'll be able to get out." he growled.
All Sara and Morgaine could do washope and praythat their friends were safe.
Kai glanced around the corner of the wall, searching for any sign of another person. When he saw none, he ran down to the end of the hall, slipping over to a tall, wooden door and opening it. He turned to the others and motioned, quickly, for them to follow. Once they were all through the door, he and Tala lead them down a set of stairs, taking them deeper into the Abby.
Once at the bottom, they came through another door, walking cautiously down the hall.
"You guys have two more minutes to get down two more floors." Kenny's voice traveled over to their ears. The nodded, not bothering to voice their understanding to him.
So far, they hadn't met up with one single person, but they never once let their guard down.
The Bladebreakers and Tala flew down another flight of stairs.
"They're sending guards out, be careful. One more minute."
They moved faster, their destination right in front of them.
They ran through the last door...
"Time's up."
...Two loud gun shots rang through the room.
Pauline, Max, Tyson and Ray stiffened, looking around at each other, wondering if anyone was hurt. Their eyes eventually landed upon Kai and Tala, standing in front of them, holding two smoking guns.
A pair of guards lay limp on the hard ground, blood seeping slowly from their bodies. Each had a hole through his head.
Pauline grimaced. It was sick. And not in the good way.
Kai turned to them.
"Be on your guard. They know we're here."
The others nodded and they continued down the corridors of the Abby.
Kai and Tala ran around a corner at a T section, Pauline close behind them. But she stopped suddenly when Three men dressed in all black flew by her from another direction, positioning their guns just right...
Pauline lifted her frenzy and fired.
Three shots rang through the halls as the men fell to the ground.
Kai and Tala spun around just as Pauline reloaded her gun.
Tala grinned.
"Thanks."
Pauline smirked.
"Stupid bastards." she muttered, stepping over the dead bodies, Ray, Tyson and Max following her.
Ten minutes later, with the help of Kenny and Bryan guiding them through the Abby, the six had all taken down at least one guard. Shots rang through the corridors, echoing loudly off the walls, but they took no notice. They had something to do.The excitement and fear of the whole situation drove them on until, finally, Kenny's voice drifted to their ears.
"Okay, look down the next hallway."
Kai peeked around the corner, doing as he was told.
"There are three doors. Go to the second one on your right, that's where Morgaine should be."
"Strange..." Kai muttered as they rounded the corner.
"What?"
"There are no guards watching the doors."
Kai stopped right in front of the two metal doors. The others came up beside him, glancing over their shoulders every now and then.
One of them frowned. They had this nagging feeling in the back of their head...
"We should be able to open the lock without too much trouble." Kai muttered.
...They shifted, looking around them...
"How long will it take?" Tyson asked.
...Something wasn't right...
"Not too long.."
...Morgaine wasn't in there...
"Don't let your guard down.There still might be guards around here."
...She had been taken somewhere else, the six of them had to turn back before it was too late...
"Once we get Morgaine, then what?"
...But the feeling didn't go away, if anything, it intesified...
"We'll see. If Sara's there with her, we take them both and get the hell outta here."
...Their eyes widened as realization struck them like a ton of bricks...
"Sounds good to me."
...They were being watched.
...The teen spun around, grabbing their gun and aiming...
...Two shots were fired...
Kai frowned. This was a very easy lock... It wouldn't be hard to open. Like he told Tyson, he could have these doors opened in one minute at the most.
Suddenly, something washed over him, a dark feeling making him want to cry out... Something bad... He slowly turned to make sure everything was all right...
Kai was horrified with what he saw.
The first thing he heard was the horrible shot of a gun being fired, the sickening sound of someone falling limp to the floor.
He felt his friends follow his gaze, one of them cried out.
Kai couldn't move, he couldn't breath. It felt as though his heart had stopped beating...
...All he could do is stare...
...As reality slowly dawned on him...
...As tears fell, unchecked, from his eyes...
...All he could do was stand there...
...As a nightmare...
...Became reality...
"TALA!"
Taiy-Chan: OMG! I really liked that last page or so! Oh yeah! What do you think! Tell me! Review and Taiy plushies for everyone!
What will happen next? Is Kai dreaming? Or is this real? Wait and see!