Taiy-Chan: Hey everyone! I'm wrapping up this story, this is the last chapter before the epilogue! Everything has lead up to this one chapter! Oh yeah, you have to actually really READ this chapter, or else some of the epilogue won't be clear to you.

Anyways, let's get this started!

Okay, review responses:

ChibiRiyuki- Lol. I'd give you a Ray and Pauline plushy if I had one! So, virtual plushes!

Samuel Tong- Is Tala gonna live? Well, you'll have to see in this chapter!

Burningfate-Yeah, I really liked the ending too! The Camo Experience can wait until I finish this story, k?

Jo-Chan-ANIME- He he. Don't be envious of me Jose-chan! Your story is awesome!

Demdova- Thanks for the review, but it would help if you actually READ the chapter.

This is NOT a Kai/Tala fic, even though that would've been nice, so when they are being all mushy, they're just being BROTHERS!

Chapter 13 Unbreakable
"TALA!"

Kai dropped him gun, not caring has it clattered noisily on the stone ground by his feet. He ran over to his fallen friend, ignoring the dead man two feet away from him.

Kai cradled the limp body in his arms, his tears mixing with the blood that stained Tala's white shirt.

Kai hesitantly raised his hand to slowly caress the pale cheek.

"Tala?" he whispered, his voice heavy with sadness.

Kai took a shaky breath, not noticing as more tears fell down his cheek in a river.

The others watched silently, not caring about their own tears as they watched their team captain, who was so strong, cry for his fallen friend. They dare not move and break this one final moment...

Blue eyes opened tiredly and fire met ice for the last time. Tala smiled sadly.

"You so owe me." he muttered, his good humor and lovable attitude still there, even when death was so close.

"I owe you everything." Kai chocked out, his breath coming out quick, heavy sobs.

Tala chuckled and shook his head.

"Don't leave me, Tala." Kai pleaded. "Not now..."

Tala only shook his head a second time.

"There's only so much someone can take." he answered sadly.

Kai let out a ragged breath, turning his head to hide his tears. He had to be strong..

Tala frowned at this and slowly raised his hand, turning Kai's head to face him.

"S'ok to cry." he whispered. "Shows that you're human, something that was almost taken away from you."

Kai reached to hold the hand on his cheek. Tala's body was growing rapidly colder.
Tala gently took his hand away and reached tiredly into his pocket, handing the item to Kai.

The crimson eyed boy looked, confused, down at his friend, taking the item and glancing down at it. His eyes widened.

Tala smiled weakly.

"Take care of Wolborg for me, k?" he said in a weak, quiet voice. Kai took the blade and nodded, wiping the tears from his eyes with a gloved hand.

"Wait for me, Tala. Promise me." Kai said, not ever taking his eyes from the redhead's face.

Tala nodded.

"Forever."

"I love you." Kai said softly, his tears clouding his eyes. "My friend... My brother."

"I love you too, Kai, you know that already. Say bye to 'Bry for me k?" " Kai nodded, smiling down at his dying friend.

Tala sighed, his vision was slowly fading. He laughed weakly.

"Goodbye, my friends." he said, smiling at the people around him "Gotta go follow the light." his voice gradually grew quieter as his eyelids drooped. "See you in the next life, don't be late."

"Bye 'Tal." Kai said quietly as the redhead closed his beautiful, ice blue eyes for the last time, his features relaxing. Crimson eyes watched on, hopelessly, as Tala Ivanov let out his final breath and his body went limp in Kai's arms.

Kai took in a deep breath, fighting back a sob. He hugged his friend to his chest, burying his face in the red hair as he cried for the fallen wolf.

Pauline walked slowly over, the whole thing had finally taken its toll on her. She felt as if she'd run a marathon as she knelt beside Kai.

He had been there that morning. They all had been so naive. They all had walked in here, to this horrible place, without knowing what they'd loose in return for their two captive friends. Now, it was too late. Tala... they had never seen the seriousness of this whole situation until that moment, as everything came crashing down... This wasn't a game anymore.

Pauline hugged the blue haired boy, who, for once, didn't pull from the embrace. Her own tears blurred her vision as the others there came over and crouched around them.

They five held each other as they cried for their lost friend.

Somewhere in the cold mountains of this world, a wolf turned his majestic head to the heavens and howled. The sad, mourning sound echoing through the night.

Sara stared down at her fingers, worry etched into her features. What was happening? Was everyone okay?

She heard Morgaine sigh heavily and looked over at her friend. Morgaine returned her gaze, shaking her head.

"I might just be the paranoid type, but... I have this feeling..." Morgaine paused, looking at the ground. Sara waited patiently for her to continue. Morgaine sighed again and glanced back up at her friend. "I think something happened... something bad."

Sara bit her lip, but didn't say anything. No words were needed, she felt it too.

Bryan stared at the laptop's screen, frowning when he noticed that none of their friends in the Abby were moving from one place.

"What are they doing?" Bryan asked out loud. Kenny looked up from his calculations and glanced over Bryan's shoulder at the screen.

"I have no clue. Should we contact them?" he suggested, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

Bryan shook his head.

"I don't know if this would be the ideal time to interrupt." he said, narrowing his eyes as he scanned the screen.

"Look," he said, pointing at the map displayed on the laptop. Kenny followed his finger to where their group was, unmoving.

"What?" the brunette asked. Bryan shook his head.

"I don't know if I'm right, but see here? There's one guard right near them, but they're not moving away or even moving for that matter. Also, they're crowded around Tala ..." Byran trailed off, letting his words seep in.

"What does this mean...?" Kenny muttered, reaching over to press a key, making the map become larger, zooming in on their friends' location.

Bryan sighed.

"I have a guess... I just hope that I'm wrong."

Kenny shook his head.

"If anything happened, I'd feel at blame. I lead them to the wrong place! Why didn't I notice it sooner?"

Bryan turned to glare at the smaller boy.

"Look, kid. No one's at blame here. An accident is an accident. It's not like you wished this to happen."

Kenny nodded slowly.

"I just wish I knew what was going on..."

Kai looked around at his friends, who were all huddled close together. He shook his head and looked down at the peaceful face of his long time friend. Kai didn't want to leave, but they had to get going. And, he knew that if Tala was here, he'd give them a good kick in the ass and tell them to get moving.

'But what do we do with Tala? We can't just leave him here...' Kai thought.

As if reading his thoughts, Ray spoke up.

"What do we do...?" he muttered, slowly wiping away his stray tears.

Kai's hand suddenly felt very cold, he glanced down and his eyes widened. Tala's ice blue blade glowed in his palm. With a burst of light, the powerful spirit inside it emerged from its blade. It stood in front of them, his head held high.

:I will take him back.: is said in a deep, booming voice.

Kai nodded, looking down at the redhead once more before the others moved aside to let Wolborg come for his master. The great wolf lowered his head to nuzzle his master's calm face. He crouched down to let Kai place Tala on his back. Rising, the wolf turned to Kai, giving the blue haired blader a friendly lick.

:Don't blame yourself, little one. Tala wouldn't want it. You must keep living your life, but you must also never forget all the times that you've shared.: Kai nodded as the ice wolf disappeared down the alleyways, off in the direction from which they came.

Kai sighed and got to his feet, the others had already done so. He looked around at his friends. They were all a mess. Their hair messy and rumpled, a tired look etched into their features, their eyes blood shot from crying. Max's happy blue eyes held no more light. Kai could only imagine what he looked like.

His hair was just as it always was, since it was its style to go everywhere. But his clothes were rumpled and stained with another's blood. You could see that he'd lost some of his earlier energy and eagerness. His eyes were just as blood shot as the others, his face paint smudged and nearly all washed away by his tears. His bangs feel in front of his eyes, but Kai straightened his shoulders and lifted his head up, determination burning like a fire within his crimson eyes.

He picked up his gun from the ground.

Tyson looked at everyone around him, his once happy indigo eyes, duller.

"What now?" he asked.

Kai loaded his gun and looked at each one of them, he took a deep breath and let it out.

"I'll tell you what now, we go and teach that bastard Boris a lesson he'll never forget." he said, reaching up to his ear to adjust his transmitter.

"Kenny?" he said.

There was a pause, then..

"That you, Kai?"

"Yes-"

"What happened! You've been staying in one place for fifteen minute now! And why did Tala leave?"

Kai bit his lip, choosing his words carefully.

"I don't know if you'll want to here this over some walkie talkie. Wolborg should be there soon, he'll explain everything."

"But Kai-"

"Kenny, this is no time for questions. I need you to tell me where Morgaine and Sara are. Now."

They heard a flustered sigh.

"Fine. They're being kept two stories up from where you are now, in the lab. I'm sure you know where that is?"

Kai started to nod, before he caught himself.

"Yes." he answered instead.

"Boris is there with a lot of scientists and guards. Be careful."

"Understood." Kai turned and began to walk back in the direction they came.

"Wait a sec." He turned around to face Tyson.

"What is it?" he demanded impatiently.

Tyson frowned.

"Didn't... Tala have Morgaine's blade?" he asked. They looked at each other, worried.

"He doesn't, at least not anymore." they all turned their eyes on Pauline, who was holding out the purple blade. "Tala gave it to me before we left. Though, it would've been safer back with Kenny..." she said, trailing off.

Max shook his head.

"You never know, it might come in handy once we find Morgaine." the blue eyed blader said. The others nodded.

"We might Dream to help us get out." Ray agreed.

"Now that that's settled. Let's go kick some serious ass!" Pauline cried, punching her hand in the air. There was a chorus of 'yeah's before they turned and followed Kai up the metal staircases to go and save their friends.

The Bladebreakers had gotten in, you could tell by the great number of guards now hanging around the lab. Standing stock still with their guns set and ready to fire, Morgaine just hoped their friends would be able to get in the room, much less get her and Sara out.

Morgaine looked up as Boris walked over to them. She knew something bad had defiantly happened judged by the triumphant smirk glued upon his hideous face.

He stopped in front of the glass cage and slowly tore his eyes away from them, turning to two near guards.

"Get them out of there. It's time to get this going." He ordered. The two men nodded and moved to open the glass doors.

Morgaine flinched away as they moved to unchain her. She'd much rather stay where she was than get pushed into that machine.

But the guard just grabbed her wrists and yanked the chains off her, pulling her to her feet and out of the cage to stand beside Sara.

Boris grinned as the guards held Morgaine and Sara still, making sure that they weren't able to get, or move, anywhere.

"I've just received some wonderful news." he said, his evil smile seeming to grow wider as Sara and Morgaine's eyes widened in shock and dread. "Yes, very good news. It seems like our dear Tala was shot in the chest, and failed to survive it. Such a pity, he was such a good blader." Morgaine and Sara stared at the purple haired man in shock.

"Y-you're lying..." Morgaine whispered. Boris just chuckled and shook his head.

"Do you want to see the tape?" he said, snapping his fingers. A large screen came down from the ceiling, the image slowly coming into view.

Morgaine and Sara watched, hopelessly, as they witnessed Tala's death. This couldn't be happening. This wasn't supposed to be happening!

"N-no..." Sara stuttered, tears slowly making their ways down her face as yet another young teen learned the true meaning of sadness.

Boris laughed his cold, disgusting laugh.

"See? Pathetic." he sneered.

Something in Morgaine's mind clicked and her eyes narrowed dangerously.

"After all his training, Tala couldn't even survive that." Boris said.

Morgaine glared at him.

"How dare you." she hissed, drawing Boris's attention to her. "How dare you insult the dead." Boris just laughed.

"Have I struck a nerve, my dear Morgaine?" he asked.

Morgaine struggled to get out of the guard's grip, but to no avail. She glanced around the room, nothing was there that could help her. Wait... Her eyes landed on a metal pole that had been placed on the ground now far off. It must have been an extra part for one of the many machines in the room. It didn't look that heavy, it was about five feet tall, but it would hurt like hell if it were to hit you. Morgaine's eyes narrowed as she scanned the room and their situation. It just might work...

Morgaine lifted her leg, kicking as hard as she could backwards, successfully hitting the guard behind her in the crotch. He stumbled back, doubling over in pain, holding his precious organ.

Morgaine launched forward as soon as she was released, moving so fast, and shocking everyone in the room, that they had no time to move and stop her. She ran over to the pole, snatching it up from the ground and pivoting on her heel to face her opponent, who was still staring dumbly at her. Morgaine growled.

"No one..." she hissed lowly. "No one insults my friends and gets away with it. The auburn haired girl lunged for Boris, twisting the metal pole in her hands, ready to deliver the fatal blow that she had practiced so many times before.

But that's when the people around her recovered. The guard holding Sara let her go, pushing her to the ground to land heavily on her knees. He ran forward to stand in front of Boris, whipping out his gun and aiming it at Morgaine.

Before he could even move to pull the trigger, Morgaine was upon him. She swung her weapon around, hitting him right in the temple and making him fall to the ground, unconscious or dead, she didn't stay around to find out.

More people came at her, but all of them were struck to the ground. There was a pause in their pursuit to stop her, in which Morgaine ran for the guards' limp bodies, throwing the pole to the ground and grabbing two derringers (short, small guns).

The guards were back in action again, lunging at the girl. Morgaine's eyes burned with a deep hatred, she aimed the guns and fired, two of the guards falling to the ground, blood seeping onto the floor.

Again and again, the just kept on coming, only to be shot with deadly accuracy and fall to the ground.

Morgaine faintly heard Sara shouting at her to stop, but it was too late. Morgaine didn't notice that her scabs had opened up again, her own blood staining her shirt. Nor did she feel the hot, wet tears pouring down her face.

Soon, there weren't many guards left, and some of the scientists had been shot and Boris ordered the guards to stop attacking.

Morgaine stood there, in the middle of the room, panting, tears streaming down her face. She pulled the guns' triggers again, only to hear them click lifelessly. Morgaine fell, sobbing, to her knees, the guns falling from her limp grip to clatter noisily on the stone ground.

Sara stared wide eyed at her friend, her own tears wetting her shirt. Her clothes were ripped, having been pushed aside so ruthlessly and nearly trampled by the guards.

Sara sighed. It was over now.

"Are you quite done?" Boris asked, all humor gone from his voice. When neither of them answered, he laughed. "Good, because now that you've taken their lives away, you have to pay for it. I've had quite enough of waiting and dragging this out." Morgaine and Sara were picked up from the floor, and pulled over to the machine that Morgaine had noticed earlier. Neither of them had any energy left to move, let alone fight back. "I'm afraid I can't furlong your deaths any longer, my ladies. We will start the experiment now, so that once your little friends get here, all they can do is hand over their blades and watch as you girls give up your pathetic lives." Boris boasted.

Morgaine and Sara fell limply into their separate green-tinted tubes on either side of the machine. The one in the middle was left empty.

Boris walked over to the machine and dropped Dranzer into one of the four sockets by the control panel. It glowed red as wires attached themselves to it.

"Time to say goodbye." Boris said, pushing a button. A heavy, sticky liquid started filling up the tubes, causing both girls to scramble up to their feet, fear giving them new energy.

"I don't think so." Boris's eyes widened as he turned to the lab's door to face the owner of the voice.

Ray, Kai, Pauline, Tyson and Max stood inside the doorway, their guns pointed at separate people in the room, Kai's aimed right at Boris's head.

Boris opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off.

Kai sneered.

"Time to pay..." he said, cocking his gun. "Game over... Boris." Five shots rang out as each of them fired their guns, the guards and the remaining scientists falling to the ground. Boris's eyes were wide and full of disbelief and anger as he fell to the ground with a thud, blood leaking from the hole in between his eyes.

Kai's head shot up to see Morgaine and Sara hitting the glass tubes desperately. Their faces were pale, and their cries for help getting weaker.

Kai's eyes widened, and he ran over to the machine, pushing the 'STOP' button and yanking Dranzer free of the machine.

Stuffing his blade into his pocket, Kai made his way over to Sara's tube, catching her as the glass doors opened, letting her out.

Tyson ran over to Morgaine, getting there just in time to save her from a nasty fall onto the hard, stone floor. He sighed in relief as he checked her pulse to find it beating normally.

Kai brushed some of Sara's chestnut bangs from her face, caressing the soft cheek.

"Sara?" he whispered. "Wake up..." he let out a small sob as Sara slowly opened her eyes, his shoulders sagging in relief.

"Hey Kai... Thanks for coming to save us." she said weakly. Kai just smiled and leaned down to kiss her lightly on the lips, pulling back to help her to her feet, embracing her in a tight hug once they were up, once again claiming her mouth with his, but this time, more desperately and deep than before.

Tyson waited patiently as Morgaine gradually opened her eyes, blinking at him from behind long lashes.

"T-Tyson?" she muttered, staring up at the blue haired boy.

The said boy nodded, smiling happily, his indigo eyes shimmering with happy tears.

Morgaine frowned.

"W...what happ-" she was cut off when Tyson leaned down to bring his lips to hers in a deep, passionate kiss.

Morgaine's eyes widened as a light blush flushed her cheeks. Then, her eyes slid closed as she melted into the kiss, bringing her arms up to circle them around Tyson's neck.

"Aww..." Pauline muttered as the two couples embraced each other. "So cute.."

Max just shook his head, smiling.

Ray turned to the black haired girl and grinned.

"Feeling left out?" he teased. Pauline just 'humphed'. She let out a little squeak when Ray turned her head slightly and crushed his mouth to hers, causing her to gasp. Ray took this opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth. Pauline grasped Ray's shoulders and leaned in closer to the raven haired boy, deepening the kiss.

"Hate to interrupt you guys." Max said, causing the couples to break apart. Max laughed at their embarrassed faces and continued. "Let's get outta here."

They nodded, all of them agreeing hole-heartedly.

Kai paused on his way to the door, turning around to face the lab's machines.

"Wait a sec." he said, pulling out a grenade. He readied it and threw it back at the machinery, hurrying out after the others.

"Let's get moving. That blast will most likely hit other areas. This place will be om fire soon." Kai explained quickly.

Sara bit her lip.

"What about the other kids here in the Abby? How will they get out?" she asked. Kai frowned.

"Yeah." Morgaine agreed. "I think we've all done enough killing for the day." she said quietly.

"I'll take care of it." Kai assured. "But let's get going first." the others nodded, and they left the hallway just as the grenade went off, fire erupting through the open door.

The group made their way back to the entrance where they came in. Down the last hallway, Kai paused in front of the fire alarm. Reaching out, he yanked it down, the loud siren going off, echoing through the Abby.

Kai turned and ran to catch up to his friends.

Once they made it to the door, they all stopped in their tracks. It seemed like the blow from the grenade's explosion caused the wall to collapse, the door with it.

"Damn." Tyson cursed. "How are we going to get back out now?"

Sara, Morgaine and Pauline looked at each other before moving over to the fallen rocks.

Using only their hands, the girls managed to dig enough into the fallen rubble for their plan to work.

Reaching into one of her many pockets, Pauline pulled out four grenades, handing two to Sara and Morgaine. The three readied them and tossed the grenades into the little hole they dug. Sara, Morgaine and Pauline got to their feet quickly and turned to drag their friends from the entrance to the passage, falling to the ground behind a pile of rocks and covering their ears.

"What the hell did you girls do!" Kai shouted as the grenades went off, the explosion ruffling their hairs and sending the rocks blocking their way out flying through the air.

After the commotion died down, Sara peeked her head up to inspect their handy work. She smiled at what she saw.

The rocks had been blown to pieces, leaving only a bit of rubble blocking the doorway, now, they'd be able to go out.

She stood, Pauline and Morgaine getting up after her.

Sara turned to her boyfriend and winked.

"We were just solving the problem." she sang as the others got to their feet.

"I never, ever want to see these three in one room stuck with a bunch of weapons." Ray muttered. Max, Tyson and Kai nodded their agreement.

"Well," Pauline said, hands on her hips. "What are you guys waiting for? Are we going or not?"

Morgaine shook her head, leading the way out.

The Bladebreakers knew that their journey had come to an end. Even through everything that they faced, they ran down the dark corridor with smiles on their faces. Yes, Tala was dead, and they knew that more tears would be shed for him. But he will always be there, with his wacky humor and teasing smile, ready to give them a good shove in the right direction.

They had learned a lot through their adventures together. The joy of having true friends that you could trust with your life, and the deep sorrow of loosing someone close to you. Things like these shaped people's lives. But they could only move on, because time never stops for anyone.

Through their adventures together, for they had many more, Morgaine, Pauline, Sara, Tyson, Max, Kai and Ray found people that were worth fighting for, and made memories that they knew, they'd never forget...

The End
This story has been dedicated to: Jo-Chan-ANIME,"Morgaine", and Burningfate,"Sara". Thanks for putting up with me! Luv you guys like the sisters I've never had!
Taiy-Chan: And there you have it! It's done! WOOHOOO! What'd ya think? Was it good? This was, by far, the longest chapter that I've ever wrote. Give me your feedback, I love reading about what you think.

This is not truly the end. I'm writing the epilogue right after I put this up. It'll be up in the next week, before me and my friends leave for Washington D.C. for our grad trip! So, don't go away, there is one last installment of Never Forget that you must read, for that is the real ending. One more chapter, and then it's done. Be sure to read it.

And, hey! If you give me nice lil reviews, I just might get the epilogue up sooner!

Thanks to all that have read and/or reviewed this story.

Taiy-Chan