Shattered Past

By Kitty-Kris

Chapter 7: Nostalgia and Premonitions

"Melly-Chan?"

"Hn…"

"Melly-Chan! Wake up!"

The girl reluctantly opened her sapphire eyes to look into her robot's reddish ones "Hn… What?"

"We'll be there in about fifteen minutes! Isn't it great?" Deenix grinned sheepishly at her.

"Oh yeah, GREAT! You know what that means?"

The robot blinked unintelligently "Huh… no…"

Melody grabbed her and growled "It means that I would have slept another quarter of hour if you hadn't awakened me!"

"Oh, sorry… hehe…"

The girl placed the robot down and sat back, looking through the window 'Hum, foggy today…'. She sighed and turned to the seat next to hers to check on her flight mate. Just as when the plane had took off, he had his earphones on. "Hey Kai?"

No answer. "Kai!"

Since he still wouldn't reply, she decided to make him take his earphones off by pumping up the volume to the maximum.

In a second Kai had his earphones in his hand and was rubbing his ears, annoyance spread all over his face "What was that for!"

Melody smirked "Now that I have your attention, I think you'd like to know that we'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

Kai glared at her "You could have just nudged me you know? You better pray I don't go deaf or I'll kill you…"

The girl chuckled a bit "Ok, sorry but I couldn't resist…"

Kai rose an eyebrow at her and kept his Discman in his bag. "Whatever…"

Suddenly, a high pitched scream echoed through their ears "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIII!"

Melody's eyes were as big as plates "Oh no… Please don't tell me it's it again…"

Kai looked up and was relieved to find Maxes' goofy smile "So, what are you guys doin'? We're playing games! Hey Melly! Wanna play Twister? Or maybe Monopoly? Or even who knows-"

"Would all passengers please fasten their seatbelts, we are about to arrive in Berlin, Germany."

After taking a few breaths, the purple haired girl turned to the hyper cousin of the thing she thought was there for a moment "You heard that Maxy? Now go sit!"

"Ok! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" he practically flew all the way till his seat, causing some people to have shoe marks on their clueless faces.

Melody's eyes were as big as plates again "Er, what's gotten into him?"

The boy beside her shrugged "Believe it or not, that's what happens when he eats something with sugar on it…"

She sweatdropped "Oh, sugar high…" Kai nodded and fastened his seatbelt, preparing himself for the upcoming landing.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Tyson! Get a grip on Max would ya?" said Ray while Max jumped over his head for the hundredth time.

Kai, Kenny and Melody sweatdropped at the vision in front of them. Max was jumping and throwing confetti around Ray (God knows why and where he had found the confetti…) while Tyson ran after him trying to take it from him. Which was, needless to say, a worthless effort.

Kenny sighed "If you hadn't ordered those chocolates, Max wouldn't be like this Tyson…"

The raven haired teen glared at him while trying to grab Max, which caused him to fall flat on his face "Ow!"

Melody smacked her forehead "I don't believe this… MAX!"

The hyper blonde stopped his track in an instant "Yes Melly?"

She pointed at a bench near them "Sit!"

"OK!" he flew to the bench and sat in it, still jumping though.

Melody turned to the rest of the gaping boys "There, now can we go and find this Robert guy or whatever?"

Tyson nodded, still rubbing his nose. He then turned to look at Max, obediently sitting. 'I should have thought of that…' He then felt someone approaching him from behind "Ah, so I was right! I thought all the noise was your work. About time I found you too…"

Max cheered "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ROBERT!" he had a huge, humongous grin upon his face.

Everyone turned to look at who had spoken. There he was, with the same superior stance and superior crimson eyes, that superiorly glanced around him "Hello Maxwell. So, how was the plane voyage?" he superiorly asked.

"Hi Robert! How's it goin'?"

"Hello Ray…"

Tyson grinned "Hey Robbie-boy! What's cookin'?"

Robert looked at Tyson as if he was some street rat and replied after huffing a bit in his usual superiority "Huff, hello Tyson, how are you? Good afternoon Kenny, Kai…" he nodded to the rest of the boys, and then turned to look at Melody, who was looking around for something. His gaze was trapped in her 'How? Who is she? How come she looks so much like- her?'

Ray smirked "Hum, Robert? I know Melly's really pretty and all but, your jaw will crack if you keep gaping at her like that…" the boys laughed while Kai snickered as he watched Robert blinking and looking away blushing "Bunch of uncouth dogs…" he muttered.

Melody, who obviously hadn't heard them, turned to the laughing boys "Hey guys! Has any of you seen Dee? I think I lost her when I was leaving the plane…"

Kenny gave it a thought "Hum… maybe she still is in the plane… last time I saw her she was jumping around the kitchen area…"

"Aw man! I'll need to go back for her! AGAIN! Goddamned thing… I'll be right back!" she screamed her last sentence, as she was already running towards the port gate they had came from.

Robert's gaze followed her and when she disappeared into the corridor, he felt an urge to follow her, as if he was afraid she would never return… again.

Ray noticed this "So Robert, what do you think of her?" he asked with a mocking grin.

Robert glared at him "What's that supposed to mean?"

The mocking grin hadn't left Ray's face "Oh, I don't know… but you seem pretty keen on staring at her… what's wrong? Did you finally realize that there are females among us?"

Robert ignored him and turned away with leaving intentions "Just tell her to hurry, Gustoff is outside waiting in my car… we still have quite a big trip until my castle you know…"

The Bladebreakers turned to their leader and grinned at him hopefully, to which he just shrugged and turned away, not being in the mood for fighting them.

Kai left towards the direction Melody had taken, and after explaining an air-stewardess that he was going to get the girl that had gone in just a few moments ago, he was on his way back into the plane.

As soon as he was there, he started calling "Melody! Come on we're waiting for you! Melody!"

"I'm here!" a muffled voice called out from a bit further. He followed it and found himself outside the captain's cabin "Er, are you in there?"

"Hum, yeah…"

"Me too!" a cheerful voice replied as well.

"Oh, shut up! It's your fault we're stuck in here! Kai! I can't open the door, but I think you can open it from that side!"

The boy frowned "That doesn't make much sense you know… normally it opens from that side only…"

"I think it's broken or something… Deenix here wanted to take a look at it… STOP LAUGHING YOU LITTLE-" There was a thud, followed by a complaint "Ow! I'm sorry Melly-Chan… I was just curious and-"

"WHAT do I keep telling you? Why do you always have to be so curious? How many times have I told you that curiosity killed the cat? Or are you that dumb that you don't understand that cats aren't the only-"

Kai chuckled "Melody, save it for now, k? I'll try opening the door…". He turned the knob and just as the girl on the other side had said, it opened. Melody came out looking pretty angry and carrying a pretty sad-looking Deenix "Thanks… I thought I was gonna have to stay there for hours…"

Kai smirked "We don't have hours you know… Come on, let's go. "

The two teens left the plane and were quickly outside, walking towards their group. As soon as they got there, Kenny took a curious look at the almost crying robot "Whoa, what happened Deenix?"

The robot sent him a pleading look as it struggled out of it's Mistresses' grip and hid behind him crying "WAAAAAAAAAA! She was mean to me!"

Melody rolled her eyes "She thought it was funny to reverse the lock of the main cabin's door… causing us to get trapped inside… Oh quit whining Dee! You deserved what you got!"

The robot cried louder and hugged her Mistresses' knees "I'M SORRY MELLY-CHAN! IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN! I PROMISE! PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT ME!"

The girl giggled and picked up the robot hugging it "It's ok… I'm not mad at you… I was just worried… that's all… now STOP crying and let's get outta here… everyone's staring at us…"

The teens looked around, suddenly feeling very self-conscious and quickly left towards the outside, where a big seven-door white jeep was waiting for them.

Tyson whined "Hey Robert! Why can't we go in your helicopter? It would be faster!"

"No it wouldn't, because we would have to make several trips to get all of you there. Now shut up and get in!" the older boy said while opening the back door.

Tyson obeyed reluctantly and was quickly followed by Max, Kenny and Ray. Gustoff waved at them from the drivers seat and pressed a button to close the car door, leaving Kenny drooling and the rest of the boys gaping at the door "High-tech… sweet!"

Out of the car still stood Kai, Robert and Melody, who was still holding a now happy-looking Deenix.

Robert blushed a bit as he approached the girl "Hum, good afternoon, my name is Robert. And you are?" Melody smiled at him as she shook his hand "Hi! I'm Melody, and the little trouble-maker here is Deenix. Sorry if we kept you waiting…"

Robert blushed harder "Huh, no problem… er... I er…" he stuttered. He could hear the boys inside the car laughing like maniacs.

Melody blinked at him "Hum, is something wrong?"

"N-no! I just, er-"

"Ahem…" Robert turned to Kai, whose eyes were almost on fire for all the glaring at him "I thought we were supposed to be leaving now?" he sneered.

Robert glared back "Be patient… Gustoff!" The middle doors opened and the three teens went inside, Robert first, followed by Melody and then Kai, who hadn't stopped glaring at Robert. The two boys closed the doors, and Gustoff started the engine, making Tyson and Max cheer like two four-year olds who were riding on a pony for the first time in their lives. Melody sweatdropped as Deenix laughed and jumped back into where the "kiddies" were. "Hey Deenix! Wanna play a game?" Max cheered.

Deenix nodded cheerfully and sat at Kenny's lap while Max told them the rules and Tyson exaggeratedly mimicked him from behind.

Melody smiled at them 'They look so happy… everything is so easy for them… no worries, no clouds blocking their happiness… wish I was like that…' she looked at Deenix, who was giggling madly at Tyson's face and saddened a bit as she remembered what her bit-beast had gone through to keep her safe from Boris' hands all those times…

Kai looked at her and frowned "Something wrong?" The girl snapped back to reality and smiled at him "No. I was just thinking… that's all…" Melody sat back and sighed 'I gotta get over that phase of my life…' she thought turning to Kai with a hopeful look upon her face "Kai-Zer? Would you lend me one of your earphones? Please?" Kai blinked at her and reached for his bag "Hum, sure… here" he said while taking his Discman out. He gave her one of the earphones and put on the other one.

"Hum, what is it?" she asked curiously.

"Linkin Park, Meteora."

"Cool!" she grinned.

The two teens were silent for the rest of the trip, since Kai apparently had brought along his full album collection and enough batteries to keep a factory working for years.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

A squeak suddenly broke the silence in the car "Hey! You've got "Dead Letters" too! I love The Rasmus!" Kai grinned proudly at her "It's a special limited edition… I almost had to kill another guy to get it…" The girl giggled and placed the CD inside the Discman.

Robert glanced at them. They had spent the whole trip listening to all sorts of weird uncouth music, and apparently, they still had more for the rest of the trip. 'How can someone enjoy that kind of music? All those so called "singers" ever do is scream… Humph! Classical music is so much better…'

Meanwhile, in the back, Deenix and Kenny watched as Max and Tyson argued over a piece of chocolate Ray had found in his bag. As for the legitimate owner of the chocolate, well… he wouldn't be waking up for the rest of the trip… that was certain…

Robert looked out of the window. It was getting dark and a bit foggy, which was making the German countryside, normally so peaceful looking, resemble a graveyard. He shivered from the thought and turned back to look at the girl next to him. He found her with her head resting on Kai's shoulder and almost asleep from being so tired; probably because she had spent the whole day traveling.

The boy beside her was almost asleep as well, and in a few seconds, he too was resting his head on hers, still keeping a weary eye on Robert, who was still gazing at the girl resting her head on HIS shoulder.

Robert smiled gently. They made quite a cute couple actually… Just like himself and "her" had made a cute duo all those years ago… 'Why can't I stop thinking about "her"… ever since I saw Melody her memory has been haunting me even more than usual… maybe it's because she resembles her so much… I don't know…'

Robert felt his eyes closing 'No, I can't sleep in the car… that's just uncouth…' he thought shaking his head. He decided to turn back to see what the other boys were doing. Max was ranting in his seat, probably because Tyson had eaten the chocolate, while Kenny and Deenix were looking at something in his laptop. He raised an eyebrow at Ray, who was still unconscious and turned to Kenny "What are you doing?"

"Hum, I found this really sweet website about robots, so me and Deenix are checking it out. It's actually pretty interesting!" Robert looked at the laptop with a dubious look "Hum, no thanks… I'm really not that interested in robots and other machines…" he was going to sit back when he had an idea "Er, Deenix? Would you please tell me something?" Deenix looked at him, surprised "Huh, sure… what?"

Robert blushed a bit "Would you, er… tell me something about Melody?"

Kenny blinked unintelligently and Deenix glared at him "What's it to ya?"

The "couth" castle owner looked at the robot like a little kid caught with the jam jar "Nothing, I'm just curious about her… that's all…"

Deenix was still frowning at him "What do you want to know?"

"Hum, nothing much, really…Would you please tell me what's her last name?"

"Nadezhda. What for anyways?"

Disappointment suddenly filled Robert's eyes as he sat back "Oh, nothing… I thought that maybe she was someone else… never mind…" Robert glanced at Melody with added sadness to his disappointed look 'Guess I have to face it… she's gone and she'll never come back… never again…' he covered his eyes with his hand and tried desperately to fight the tears that he could feel starting to fill his eyes. 'No… I can't cry… I've already cried enough…' He took one last glance at the couple next to him and realized they were both asleep. Even Kai, who always complained about Tyson's laziness.

Kai's P.O.V. Kai's Dream actually… XD

I found myself standing in the middle of nothing, darkness and cold surrounding me like a thick mist.

I tried to look around and realized I couldn't see anything, I couldn't hear anything and I couldn't feel anything but the raw emotion of fear, gradually taking over my senses. I felt like I used to feel when Boris locked me in a dark, smelly room when I was a kid. Helpless, alone… Afraid. "Hey! Can anyone hear me?" I cried into the darkness, but the only reply I got was the echo of my own voice.

I swallowed audibly and cried out to the darkness again, still earning no answer. I sat down and decided the most rational thing to do would be to just wait for something to happen.

Time past by, I'm not sure exactly how much, maybe a couple of hours, until I finally heard something. I stood up quickly and closed my eyes to listen better. It appeared as if someone was approaching me, since I could hear a voice becoming louder and louder. Problem was, I couldn't tell where it was coming from nor what they were saying. I focused and waited.

Suddenly, the voice stopped, and a huge light appeared right in front of me. I tried to shield my eyes with my hand, but the light was too intense and I couldn't see anything. I rubbed my eyes and blinked several times, until I was able to see a figure in front of the light. It was definitely a woman, but I couldn't see her features because of the light coming from behind her.

Her soothing voice suddenly broke the silence "Fear me not young one… for I have come to warn you about how in some time you will have to deal with matters that your mind has tried to block; I came to warn you about your meeting with the ghosts of your past, which will haunt you for three more times in two generations… on the first time, you will find the love of your life, on the second time, you will loose either that love, or what you treasure the most, and the happenings of your third confrontation, will depend on this one choice of yours and your performance on your previous confrontations as well…"

I blinked in surprise at her words "I- don't understand…"

She smiled and bowed down a little "You will understand when time comes… for now, pay attention to the signs, and to everything that will happen to you on the next moments… for all of them shall be crucial on your fate… that is all for now… farewell…" the light started fading away along with the woman's figure. I tried to get answers "WAIT! What did you mean by "the ghosts of my past"? And what signs were you talking about? WAIT!" but it was too late. She had already faded away and I was left on darkness again. 'What the hell was that all about?' I kicked the ground and deciding I had stood there waiting for long enough, I started walking in the first direction I felt like.

I was surprised when after walking for a few minutes I found myself walking through a very familiar stone corridor with several wooden doors, but none would open. Suddenly, I found a black iron door with a huge neon EXIT sign above it. I tried to turn the knob and was shocked when the door started yelling at me saying I was too early and still alone.

With eyes as wide as plates, I kept walking through the corridor until I found my surroundings suddenly change around me. Now I was in what looked like a hospital room. I could hear voices from the room next to mine. I glued my ear to the wall and listened. Two of the voices were very familiar, but once again I couldn't make out what they were saying. I waited for sometime, and I was about to go away when one of the voices I found so familiar screamed, followed by the cheers of the other one… I then realized something… that was ME cheering!

I walked my way towards the door hurriedly, planning on paying a visit to the room next to mine, but something pulled me away from it and back to the great darkness… oh YAY…

I frowned. 'This is getting REALLY annoying. First, a woman comes out of nowhere and tells me some weird mumbo-jumbo, then I find myself in front of a talking "exit" door, I find out that the dungeon or whatever corridor leads to a hospital room with me on the next room, and now I'm back in the beginning…' I glared at no one and yelled my lungs out "WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?" I opened my eyes still growling and sweatdropped at the sight of my grandfather picking up music notes and singing that he'd rule the world with them. I smacked my forehead, and without even taking another look at him, I left the place, adventuring through the darkness again.

This time, I walked for what looked like hours until I finally sensed something behind me. This time I could actually hear the approaching of someone. By the sound of it, it was someone small and moving pretty quickly, as if running from something.

About a minute later, I was able to see a figure a few meters away from me. It appeared to be a little girl, and like I had thought, she was running from something. I called out to her and ran in her direction, hoping that she could tell me what the hell was that place. When I got near her, I was surprised to see that I couldn't exactly see her face properly. Guess it was one of those dreams in which other people don't have faces at all or whatever… Anyways, I don't think I had ever seen her before, even though her gesture and ways looked pretty familiar to me.

I suppose she was pretty happy to see me, because the minute she saw me her watery eyes won a hopeful sheen as she glued herself to my pants with her little hands "Please help me! He's coming and he'll take me away! He'll hurt me! Keep me safe! Please keep me safe from him! Please!"

I was dumbfounded at this. "Calm down now… first of all, what's your name?"

"Luna…" she whispered

I nodded "Good. Ok Luna, now tell me, who's coming? Why?" I kneeled down in front of her and squeezed her shoulders to try to calm her down a bit. She only drew more tears and shook her head muttering something about a monster.

I frowned "Monster? Are you sure?" she looked at me with pleading eyes and screamed as a high screech filled the silence we were in. "He's coming! Oh no, please help me! Don't let him take me away! Help me!" Without second thoughts, I picked her up and ran the opposite direction from where the screech had come from. I ran as fast as I could, but the screeches were getting louder, making Luna sob louder as I tried not to loose my grip on her. Then, I felt the thing that was chasing us flying just above our heads, and everything happening so quickly I didn't really understand what was going on.

All I could actually realize was that in a second I was shoved by something massive that sent me flying until I landed a couple of meters away, making me loose my grip on Luna in the process. I stood up and panicked, not seeing the girl anywhere "Luna! Can you hear me? Answer me!"

I waited and waited… but I never got a response. I thought everything was lost when I suddenly heard the creature screech again, followed by a little girl's scream. I quickly ran towards that direction as fast as I could. I was almost there when all lights were on again and I found myself standing in the middle of a completely white room. On one of the walls was a large mirrored surface, and right next to it, there was a metallic door. I took a look around the room and froze at what saw right in front of me.

Right there in front of me, lying in a red puddle was Luna. My eyes widened as I looked over her mangled body. It was as if someone had been stabbing her repeatedly… her eyes were glossy and emotionless, she wouldn't move, she wouldn't breathe. I collapsed and noticed a shadow passing over her. I turned my gaze to whatever was above her and felt my mouth and eyes open wider at the huge black bird flying around her like a vulture. I stood up to take a better look at it "No, it can't be…"

The vulture suddenly noticed my presence and landed right in front of me. I was petrified as it smelled me and looked me over, flying off with a screech a moment later along with everything, leaving me in complete darkness and solitude again.

Suddenly, I could hear Luna again "Kai…" I turned to where the voice was coming from but couldn't see anything. "Luna? Where are you?"

She apparently couldn't hear me, since she kept calling me "Kai? Are you ok?" it was getting louder and louder, and I had trouble yelling back "I'M HERE!"

"Kai! KAI!" it was too loud, I covered my ears and watched helplessly as everything faded away including myself, along with the echo of her voice.

End of Kai's P.O.V. Nightmare, actually n-n

Melody nudged Kai as he gritted his teeth and said something about some vulture and an exit door "Kai? Wake up! KAI!"

He snapped his eyes open and breathed sharply, looking around to find everyone staring at him. Melody made the boys get back to their sits and turned to him "Kai? Are you ok?"

He wiped his brow, which was, like the rest of him, drenched in sweat and whispered "I- I'm fine…" Melody made an impatient sound and flicked a strand of hair from his eyes while holding his chin to make him look her in the eyes. "Fine my ass! You had a nightmare, didn't you?"

Kai blushed at how close her face was from his. He could see the concern in her eyes, and he could feel her warm breath on his skin "I- er…" she smirked "Well, don't tell me it traumatized you so much you can't speak now…"

"N-no! I mean, er yeah… it was a nightmare… but don't worry, I'll be fine…" Melody let go of his chin while she gave him a rather tired smile and yawned "I'm sure you will… you're a tough guy… :yawn: wake me up when we get there will ya? Oh, and calm down, k? Your heart's racing like hell…" she giggled as Kai's blush increased, and soon fell asleep resting her head on his shoulder.

Kai felt his eyelids going heavier by the minute, and in no time, just like the rest of the passengers in the jeep, (except Gustoff, or else the car would be outta control! XD) he fell asleep, hoping that this time, no weird people/doors/birds/crazy grandparents invaded his head.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Hey you two! Wake up! We're here!"

Kai opened his eyes slowly and nudged the girl next to him "Hey! Wake up!" Melody copied him and yawned "Hum? What time is it?" she asked sitting up and stretching.

"Around 7:30 PM… so you'll just grab something to eat and get to sleep… it's too late for getting a welcoming dinner and you guys look too tired anyways…" someone said from behind Kai.

The slate haired teen turned around to glare at his rival: Johnny McGregor. "Hey Kai, long time no see…" Johnny glanced at Melody and smirked "So, is that your girlfriend? Judging by the way you two were all cuddled up I'd say so… aye?"

Kai glared at him and moved to get his bags from the back of the jeep, while Melody just raised an eyebrow at Johnny who was sending her a curious look as well "Hey Robert!" The older boy approached him "Yes?" he glanced at Melody, who smiled at him making him blush and look away "Er, what is it… Johnny?"

Johnny raised an eyebrow and whispered "Is it just me or does she look a lot like-"

"Not NOW Johnny, later…" Robert quickly interrupted him and went to talk to Melody, who was looking over to the castle "Er, do you want me to help you with your, er, bags?"

The girl blinked "Hum, no thanks, I can manage on my own… but thanks anyways!" she replied smiling "Oh! Just something I've been curious about… who lives in this castle besides you?"

"Uh, no one… only Gustoff… though Johnny's staying with me too… besides that… no one else."

"Hum… must get awfully lonely here…" she said thoughtfully as she smiled and turned to get her bags.

Robert sighed and watched her get her bags, which she dropped on Tyson a few seconds later to make him stop whining about dinner. He couldn't hold back a smile as he thought about what "she" would have done in a similar situation… probably the same thing…

"So you agree with me, no?"

Robert looked at his team mate, who continued "It's either that or you fell for her, 'cause I never saw you so obsessed with staring at a girl like that… I think your eyes are gonna pop out…"

"It's just… I had gotten over her-" Robert cringed at the memory "-over what had happened to "her", and then this girl appears and she resembles "her" so much… it's like she's back to haunt me…" Johnny nodded "That sucks man… but hey, if it makes you feel better, she'll be around for a few weeks, so you'll have the opportunity to stare at her for as long as you want... ha ha…I never thought you'd fall for someone just like that… Now think: if you had that reaction, what will Enrique do?"

Robert looked at him both angrily and suspiciously "I'm not in love with her! It would feel weird, and I don't think she's my type… And what about you?"

Johnny blushed a bit "What about me?"

"What do you think of her, hmm?"

Johnny became REALLY red "Huh, she's huh… cute and… huh…" Robert laughed as Johnny became even redder, and signaled the just arriving teens to follow him, which they all did, craving for a good bed.

Robert turned back to his guests. They hadn't changed at all… Tyson and Max were chatting about what they'd do the next day while Kai grunted that they weren't on vacation and the championship would be in less than a month so they'd have to practice. Ray in the mean time, just rubbed his aching head and agreed with Kai. Robert smiled 'Guess some things never change…'

Suddenly, they heard something collapsing to the ground behind them and Melody screaming as she dropped her bags and ran towards it.

They turned around to see what it was and saw Deenix, who was lying in the floor. Her eyes had lost their usual light and she wouldn't move. Robert told Johnny to take the rest of them inside and stood waiting for the robot and it's owner.

Melody kneeled down beside Deenix and opened a panel on her back "Aw man! Why didn't you tell me your batteries were low? Damn!" She picked up the robot and was going to start walking when she noticed something in one of the castle's windows. There was a woman sitting at one of the windows. She was beautiful, her skin was pale, she had lavender hair and crimson eyes and she was smiling oddly at her. Melody frowned 'I thought Robert said no one was in the castle. Weird…'

"Hey Melody! Is everything ok?" Melody snapped back to reality and looked at Robert "Hum, yeah… Deenix just needs recharging… that's all…" she looked back at the window, but no one was there 'Weird… I could have sworn…' shrugging, she walked back to where Robert was waiting for her, picking up her bag in the way. The boy eyed her curiously "What were you looking at?"

Melody suddenly started feeling a bit dizzy and very tired "Hum, nothing. I… thought I had seen something… but it was nothing… Uh, are you sure that… no one else is in the… castle?"

Robert raised an eyebrow at her. What was happening there? "Yes, why?"

She then stopped her track, rubbing her forehead "Well I- I…" Melody couldn't continue because she suddenly felt a weird mist of cold and hot at the same time and felt her legs collapse under her weight.

Robert blanched as Melody fell to the floor without a sound "Melody! What's wrong?" She wouldn't reply and she wouldn't move. Her breathing was hard, her eyes were almost closing and her face was very pale. Attracted by Robert's shouts, the other boys approached to see what was wrong.

Kai kneeled down beside her and ordered his team "Quiet down! DON'T touch her Tyson!" He turned to Robert, who was as clueless as he was "I don't know what happened! We were talking and she suddenly collapsed…" The slate haired teen cursed under his breath and looked back at Melody, nudging her a bit "Melody? Can you hear me? Melody!"

She couldn't move. Her head was hurting, she was hot and cold at the same time and her vision was turning white. She felt someone kneel down beside her and nudge her, asking her something, but she couldn't hear anything, she couldn't feel anything, and suddenly, she couldn't see anything anymore neither.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Melody?" someone whispered

She opened her sapphire eyes to stare into a pair of worried crimson ones "Huh? That you Greg?"

Kai rose an eyebrow "Er, it's Kai… Are you feeling alright?" She blinked and sat up "Where- where am I? What happened?"

"That's what we were hoping you'd tell us…" someone said from the other side of the bed.

Melody turned to meet another pair of crimson eyes, though these ones had something different about them… they sort of had the same shape of the eagles' eyes "Oh, hey Robert!" she was going to climb out of bed when he grabbed her. "No, you stay here. The doctor's almost here."

An alarm bell rang in Melody's head "DOCTOR? NOO!" she got free from his grip and ran out of bed in the direction of the door, but it wouldn't open "No, no, no… I will NOT be seen by no doctor! HELL NO!"

"Melody calm down-"

"NO! I swear to God, if that Dr. Frankenstein guy goes anywhere near me I'll blow this whole place to bits!" suddenly, she felt the door open roughly behind her, letting the rest of the Bladebreakers in and making her go crashing to the floor.

Kai ran to her cursing "Damnit Tyson! Be careful!"

"Huh? How was I supposed to know she was standing behind the door?"

Kai kneeled down beside Melody and helped her sit, but she just wrapped her arms around him and screamed into his chest "No! please don't let them take me! I hate doctors! They hurt me! Don't let them take me! Please! Keep me safe Kai, please keep me safe!"

The slate haired teen stared at her, frozen. "Wh- What?"

She looked at him, fear filling her blue orbs and whispered the same words, so that only he could hear them "Please keep me safe... You're the only one I can trust… Don't let them take me… please Kai… Keep me safe!"

Kai gaped at her in shock, eyes really wide 'It's just like in my dream… what the hell's going on?' He then suddenly remembered something the woman had told him: to pay attention to the things that would happen in the dream and in his life… Maybe the whole dream was a bunch of signs and premonitions or something… he didn't care, he never believed in anything like that… all he cared about now was the girl clutched to his chest, pleading for his help.

A huge desperation filled him and he hugged her back protectively, whispering comfort words to her to calm her down "Don't worry, I-I'll keep you safe… I won't let him take you… I promise…"

Melody sighed and hugged him tightly whispering "Thanks…"

Robert stepped closer "But Kai-"

Kai turned to him glaring a bit "No. I don't think we should bring him in." Ray kneeled down and stroked Melody's hair while whispering to Kai "But don't you think it'll be better? I mean, we need to know what's wrong with her, people don't just faint like that… what if she's really sick or something?"

Kai shook his head and turned to Robert craving for a good excuse "No. I… I think it's unnecessary… Now, if it makes you feel better, I'll claim full responsibility if anything happens. Now go call the doc and tell him to go back. I'll try talking to her… and get Deenix too…"

Robert was going to reply, but changed his mind when Melody sent him a pleading look. He then nodded and left the room reluctantly, taking one last look at Melody, who was smiling at him thankfully and still had Kai's arms around her protectively. 'Why such fear because of a doctor? And why did I agree just like that? This girl is nothing but trouble… Just like "she" used to be…' he turned and left the room, leaving the Bladebreakers inside.

After checking if he was gone, Ray helped Kai getting Melody back in her bed while the other boys sat on a couch nearby. Ray went to sit with them while Kai sat on the bed near Melody, who had her head jerked down, hair hiding her face. "He went to call the doctor for him not to come Melody. Now would you tell us what happened yesterday?" She raised her head and got her hair off her face revealing her surprised features "Yesterday? Was I unconscious for THAT long? Jeez! Er, I- don't know…I was just talking to Robert and suddenly my vision turned to white and I couldn't stand… then I was here… Funny isn't it?" n-n

Kai sat back a bit 'Damn! This girl's got some mood swings…' he sighed and looked back at her "Did anything happen before that? I remember when you were picking up Deenix you stared at something in the castle for a long time…"

The girl blinked "The castle? Hum…" Melody rubbed the bridge of her nose as she tried to remember "Oh, yeah! I remember now! I was trying to tell that to Robert too! I saw someone at the window, and since Robert had said the castle was empty I thought it was weird…"

Kai raised an eyebrow "Really? Are you sure? I remember checking out the castle and all the windows were closed and empty. Besides, Gustoff said that since we left about a year ago, no one besides maybe Johnny has been here…"

Melody gave it a thought and shrugged "Oh well… maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me… er, can I go now?"

Kai smirked "Can't keep you in bed, can we? Just one more thing… have you ever had something like that before?"

"Hum, yeah… it happens to me sometimes when I don't eat... Don't worry about it!" n-n

The boys fell over. Ray screamed in pain as Tyson jumped on him in anger "YOU MEAN TO SAY WE SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT AWAKEN AND WORRIED ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A DECENT BREAKFAST?" Melody giggled and got out of bed, walking towards Tyson "Aw, you guys were worried about me? How sweet! Thank you!" she hugged him and kissed him soundly on the cheek, which made him blush deeply and stop his jumping "Huh, er… I- er… You're welcome…" The girl chuckled and turned around as the door opened, revealing her bitbeast and four boys behind her.

The girl's eyes shone in joy "My Deenix!" The robot ran towards her Mistresses' open arms "Melly-Chan!" Melody laughed and hugged her tightly "Hey, sport! Feeling better?" The robot nodded and hugged her back "I'm so glad you're ok now!"

Melody smiled and looked at the just arriving boys, two of them being Robert and Johnny. She smiled at them "Hi!" One of the other boys, a blonde one, drooled at her for a bit and suddenly flew towards her kissing one of her hands "Hello miss! Are you busy tonight? We could go to this really nice restaurant I know! I'm Enrique Giancarlo, but you can call me Enrique-Poo if you want to!"

Melody gave him a fed up expression "How about I call you Weirdo?"

Robert shoved a very disappointed looking Enrique as the other boys laughed "I'm sorry about that… Herm! These are my other team mates, Enrique and Oliver who will be staying here too. Er, I see you're feeling better…" Melody nodded and waved at Oliver and Enrique "Hi, I'm Melody. Sorry if I startled you or something…"

Oliver smiled "No problem! But I don't understand why you don't want to be seen by the doctor…" The girl's face darkened as she lowered her head "Doctors are evil… they hurt you, they're insensitive to our real needs and, what's worst, they treat you like you're something fragile… Pff… Who needs them…"

Oliver laughed at her stance, eyes closed in resignation and arms crossed over her chest. It reminded him of a boy standing in the same stance not too far from her… "Are you related to Kai or something?" he then looked over the two of them again and shook his head "No, wait, you're much too nice to be related to him…"

Kai glared daggers at him as the rest of the boys laughed and Melody rolled her eyes "That's not true… I'm sure he can be nice too if he wants to…"

Max snickered "Well, he was being pretty nice when you fell asleep… you two were all cuddled up for the rest of the trip like two little love birds…"

Tyson grinned evilly at Kai "Yeah… pretty nice indeed! What's wrong Kai? I thought you didn't like other people going near you. Are you getting soft?"

Kai and Melody avoided looking at each other and blushed while the rest of the room laughed even harder.

"Hey! I know!" Enrique screamed suddenly "Why don't we have a party this Saturday to celebrate your participation on the championship and your newest team mate?" Everyone looked at him considering what he had just said. Robert gave it a thought and smiled "Yes… why not? It could be interesting… very well then. You three, call your friends and tell them to come over the day after tomorrow at around eight PM." He said while picking up the phone.

Enrique blinked stupidly "Huh, the day after tomorrow?"

Johnny sweatdropped "Hum, yeah, like er… today is Tuesday, ya know?"

Enrique blinked stupidly again "Huh-huh…"

Melody sighed and continued "Which means …" she said slowly, as if talking to a four-year old.

"Hum, that the day after tomorrow is… Saturday?"

Melody clapped cheerfully "Good boy! Have a cookie!" n-n

Everyone laughed as Enrique jerked his head and blushed.

Meanwhile, Robert had the phone on his hand and was dialing a number. He had just called over some cooks to help Gustoff make enough food for all the people that were coming, now all it was left to do was to call some maids over to get all the rooms ready, since he knew that the next day they would be necessary for all the drunk and lusted couples that usually came over to Enrique's parties.

R&R PLEASE! n-n