Shattered Past

By Kitty-Kris

Chapter 16: Soon

Previously on Shattered Past:

"S- STOP! I said stop! Heed your creator you-" Black Dranzer's laugh cut him off "Creator? Foolish human… YOU'RE NOTHING!" he made a rough gesture to the side, sending Voltaire crashing into a wall. He was about to claim his energy as well when a sound from behind him called his attention. A voice… a familiar voice… "Mel! Mel wake up… c'mon please wake up…"

He straightened up and looked back into the room, where Kai was currently shaking Melody, trying to awake her. "Him…" he whispered, slowly walking towards the couple.

n-n On to today's Chappy! n-n:

Kai shook Melody gently, panicking at her lack of responsiveness. 'Mel no… God no!' he leaned his head against her chest, trying to feel her heartbeat, his face going completely white as he noticed there was none. "No… Mel! Mel wake up… c'mon please wake up… Mel…" His voice was nothing more than a whimper now, his arms firmly clutching the body of his girl, his best friend, the only one he had ever allowed to go anywhere near him, the one who… who had his child on her womb… he had so much planned for both of them… and it was all gone now… "Master Kai…" The said boy whipped his head up, tears streaming down from his eyes, glaring hatefully at the man in front of him, who was looking absolutely unaffected with what was happening. "You…" Kai stood up, his fists clenching "YOU!" he ran in his direction, roaring as his fist connected with Black Dranzer's face with all the strength he had.

Black Dranzer gave him a fed-up look, apparently unaffected and grabbed his arm before he could punch him again "Why are you doing this?"

Kai gasped "Wha? HOW DARE YOU! YOU KILLED HER! YOU FUCKING KILLED HER YOU-"

"No . I did not…"

"Yes you did! She has no pulse! She's not breathing! She-"

"She is not dead… she is soulless…" he repeated slowly "Now calm down and-"

"THAT'S THE SAME FUCKING THING! AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN "CALM DOWN"! Fuck you! Let me go!" he got next to his girlfriend again and tightened his embrace on her limp body "Stay . away…" he sneered as Black Dranzer took a step in his direction.

"Actually, you should move away, Master Kai. You see-"

"SHUT UP! I'm not afraid of you so if you think-"

The human Bitbeast rolled his vivid red eyes "Just… move…" Kai was swiftly thrown back into a wall and something kept him there as if gluing him. "NO! Get away from her! Leave her alone!"

"SILENCE! I shall not harm her, now be quiet!" he kneeled down and got his hand behind her neck, his face approaching hers "I- I am sorry, Mistress… I- I though you were someone else…" he kissed her lips lightly ignoring Kai's complaints and death threats, drawing back when the girl in his arms fidgeted, the same white light surrounding her and himself. She opened her eyes and moaned something, clutching her forehead "I am sorry Mistress… please forgive me… I- I got a bit carried away…"

"WHA!" she yelped in surprise and quickly got to her feet, staring down at Black Dranzer's surprised and confused red orbs "G- get away from me you- you- turkey killer!"

Kai blinked at that 'Er, "turkey killer"? Ok…'

Black Dranzer on the other hand merely sighed and tried talking to her "Mistress I-" he started advancing on her direction.

'Turkey- killer?' Kai shook his head furiously and gaped at what he was seeing. She- she was alive? Hey! He was advancing on her! "I SAID GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER DAMNIT!" Melody turned to Kai as she noticed for the first time the boy currently trapped against the wall "KAI! Oh my God are you ok?" she ran to him and tried puling him out of the wall but it was no use. She whipped her head in Black Dranzer's direction, who simply stood there staring at both of them blankly "Let him go!" she sneered.

With a simple bow of the young man's head, Kai's body fell to the floor with a soft thud, Melody immediately kneeling down beside him "Are you ok?"

Kai merely grunted and hugged her tightly "Mel! God, you gave me a scare! I thought you were dead! What the Hell did he do to you? Are you ok? And, turkey killer?" he stroked her cheeks as he looked into her eyes, his brow raised.

She sweatdropped a bit "Er, yeah I- I'm ok… I'm a bit cold and- feel awfully dirty and…" she shuddered "used, but- I'm ok… I don't bruise easily… not psychologically anyways…" she mumbled.

"Right… I'm so gonna kill that-" Kai sneered

"Mistress… we cannot stay here… it is not safe…"

They whipped their heads up in Black Dranzer's direction, eyeing him curiously "What?"

"We must leave this place." He said in the same dull voice, staring at both of them with an equally dull look. "Please follow me…" he was about to turn when Melody's voice stopped him "Wait! Why- why are you helping us? I though you- I mean, why are you- ARGH! Why are you helping me if a minute ago you tried to kill me?"

He sighed in what apparently was exasperation "I . did . not . try . to . kill . you. I- I just thought you were someone else… and I… was too happy to… see that someone again so, I got carried away and ended out- taking your soul from you body. I am sorry…" he lowered his head a bit.

She blinked "Someone else? Who? Your- beloved? But why would you want to harm her like that?"

He huffed and looked at her in a mist of disgust and surprise, as if the simple thought of him hurting his beloved was… impossible, ridiculous! "What! I would never! Never! Even if I-" he snickered " let's say, wanted to, I could never. She-" he sighed and took a bored frown, speaking mechanically "She who holds the Blinding Light shall always be immune to any kind of Darkness, no matter how strong or vile it might be…" or at least that is what they said… idiots… You- you should be immune to me as well, seeing as you are the Chosen One… but apparently… not to that level. Humans can't bear Soul Sharing I suppose…" He cleared his throat and paused for a bit, sighing "I mean you no harm, on the contrary. So please, Master Kai, Mistress, follow me…"

Kai quirked an eyebrow "Soul- Sharing? Chosen One?"

He nodded "Soul Sharing is hard to explain. We have no time. As for her… let's say title… Well, she…" he frowned "That is none of your concern. Plus, it is hard to explain as well…" he said in a dull somewhat irritated voice.

Melody sweatdropped "Ok… but er, can you at least tell us why you were exiled in the first place?"

He turned his face away "We must go…"

"But-"

"There is no time to answer your questions, we must go now… you can both walk, can you not?" he asked.

Kai nodded, still eyeing him suspiciously and stood up, his hand firmly clenched around Melody's waist "How can we be sure we can trust you?"

He grinned evilly and snickered "If I wanted you dead, I would have done it already, don't you think? We shall go now."

Melody suddenly remembered something "Wait! My boys! We gotta go get them!"

Black Dranzer looked down at her "Mistress, there is no time…"

"Please! I can't just leave them here! Please Black Dranzer…"

He turned his eyes from hers as if considering it. In deed he should… he had made her lose her parents already… maybe if he helped her she'd give him her forgiveness… "Will you- forgive me for what I did in the past if I- help them?"

She smiled at him "I already did… you didn't mean to, besides, you were just doing your job or whatever you wanna call it so… I- I understand… I suppose…"

Kai looked at his girlfriend and stroked her cheek "Melody… are you sure you mean that? I mean, I thought you were- mad or something…"

She shook her head "No… I talked to my mother about this… she said I shouldn't blame him… and I agree…so stop staring at me like that already and let's go!" she grinned.

Black Dranzer actually smiled at her lightly and nodded, stepping back into the control room. Melody blinked as she stared around "WHOA! You've been busy… Hey look! It's Voltaire!" she knelt down in front of the old man and touched his neck "Hum, he's ok… sadly…" she chuckled dryly and stood again, walking towards the exit door which Black Dranzer blasted away with a jolt in no time, the three of them running their way to the Abbey's dorms, the two humans staring at the Bitbeast with eyes as big as plates.

Melody sweatdropped and thought a bit "Hum, ok… if I'm not mistaken, their room should be just around the corner as well as my old room… so I'll take the chance to get some things I forgot when I ran away. Cool! I was starting to miss my Rammstein CD! Wunderbar!" she chuckled as Kai rolled his eyes and Black Dranzer rose an eyebrow at her "Why would you want a… rock hammer? And a- CD? What is that?"

Both teens blinked at him and Melody quickly tried changing the subject "Er, here we are!" she grinned and knocked on the door, Ian's loud voice was heard cursing from inside "WHAT! We're busy so fuck off whoever you are!"

Melody blinked again and her face started getting redder as a death glare took over her once ever so peaceful features "IAN KAMINOV STEP OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW BEFORE I GO GET YOU MYSELF!"

"WHA?" A loud thud was heard and in no time the four Demolition Boys appeared, their eyes as big as plates "M- Melody? What are you?"

"Shut it and get packin'! I'm getting you guys outta here!" she said with a frown "And YOU! Tell me to fuck off again and you'll see what real pain is!"

Ian nodded nervously and quickly went in along with Spencer and Bryan, Tala staying at the door and glaring at the boy standing behind his best friend "I see your little lap dog tagged along as usual…" he smirked as Kai glared daggers in his direction, turning to the tall man standing just beside him, his eyes closed in a frown. Tala rose an eyebrow "And who's that? Tutankhamen the Third?" he chuckled.

Black Dranzer snapped his eyes open and sent him a burning glare, which caused the red haired boy to fly across the room and hit the opposite wall, much to his team mates' surprise. Ian prodded him with his foot "Now Tala… Did you ask Melly to check out the broom closet with you again? You know how she gets when someone uses sexual innuendoes with her…"

The boys burst out laughing immediately, only stopping when a tall, red-glowing eyed man stepped in, approaching Tala and picking him up by his collar "Do not address me as a human you lousy human! Or I shall make sure it will be your last!" he sneered.

Ian chuckled and poked at him "Hey! A life-sized Egyptian dude! Were the batteries included?" he laughed heartedly again, only stopping when he too was being held by the "life-sized Egyptian dude".

Melody rolled her eyes and sighed "That's enough, now let them go. And you! Get packing! We have no time to waste. I'm surprised Boris hasn't sent anyone out for us yet…" she turned and left the room before the other boys' wide eyes.

"Hn… You are lucky Mistress likes you, otherwise you would not even be breathing right now…" Black Dranzer sneered letting go of the two boys, sending a vicious glare in Tala's direction and leaning against the closest wall, his eyes closed in his entranced frown again.

Bryan finished his bag and turned to Kai "Who's that guy? Melody's new boy-toy? I thought she was happy with you…" he smirked.

Kai glared at him "No… that's Black Dranzer."

"WHAT!"

Tala dropped his clothes and gaped at the tall man "Wha? You mean- that guy, used to be a- a chicken?"

Black Dranzer growled at him "I am not a chicken! I am a Dark Phoenix! And you should learn to respect those who are above you!" he finished his sentence with a "huff", turning away from him.

"Dude…" it was all he could say before he picked up his clothes again and quickly packed them, his team mates copying his actions, their eyes never leaving the strange man though.

"Okie boys, I'm ready, got what I left back the other time and, best of all, I found my Mutter CD! So I'll be happily hearing some good old Rammstein while we take our ride!"

Ian rolled his eyes "You know, that obsession of yours with those guys is getting really annoying. Not to mention it's had you babbling non-sense now. What ride?"

The girl beamed at him and giggled happily "Why, the one my nice big brother shall be sending over for us!"

"Huh huh… and how are you planning on making him know where you are and crap?" Bryan rose an eyebrow at her, sitting down on his bed.

She took a small device from her own bag and showed it to them, grinning widely "With this!"

Kai approached her to take a better look at the device. It looked like a walkie-talkie-remote-control-combo-thingy n-n; "Er, what's that thing?"

"Weeeeell… Ya know how the lil' flea always somehow manages to get lost all the time, being how she is…" she rolled her eyes "Well, this here, is something I thought of a few years ago. It allows me to talk to her so I know where lil' miss flea-princess is. And today! I'm thanking all Gods I know for having left this beauty behind!" she finished winking at them.

"Yes!" The slate haired teen hugged her tightly spinning her around "HA! I love you!"

Ian immediately made a gagging sound "Meh, stop the mushy sappy crap you two and get on with it!"

Melody stuck her tongue out at him and started fiddling with the device, a light tinge of pink covering her cheeks "Ok… let's see… Er, can you hear me?" she spoke into the gadget.

Suddenly, a loud gasp was heard from the device causing Black Dranzer to immediately raise his head, his eyes incredibly wide. He turned his head to Melody, gaping at the voice he was hearing "D- Deenix?"

Melody blinked at him "You- know her?"

"MELLY-CHAN! WHERE ARE YOU! WHO ARE YOU WITH! WHERE'S KAI-CHAN! ARE YOU OK! WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? DID SOMEONE DIE? ARE CHIHUAHUAS REALLY DOGS! ARE YOU-"

"TIME OUT!" The girl sighed "Holy Mother of all things Dee, chill out! Is Robert there with you?"

"Yes! I'm so happy you're ok! I was so worried!" Deenix kept whining and apparently crying too. They suddenly could hear Tyson screaming "OW! Let me go! I'm happy too but you don't freakin' need to crush my freakin' ch- ARGH-chest!"

The boys sweatdropped and Melody sighed "Deenix, let him go and tell Rob to send his 'copter over to the Abbey ASAP. Hopefully, we'll all be out in about ten minutes… Oh, and tell him there's er…" she counted the boys "…seven people to take… ok? Melody out and DON'T try to contact again until we're safe with Rob!" she turned the gadget off and nodded to the boys "Ok now, let's go and-"

Black Dranzer interrupted her by clutching her by her shoulders and pinning her to the wall, his face scrunched up in worry and anger "WHERE IS DEENIX? WHERE IS SHE? TELL ME NOW!" he shook her violently, only stopping when two sets of cold hands threw him off her. He went crashing onto one of the beds, glaring around him, only to find no one but the boys, who were staring at him with eyes as big as plates and Melody herself who sighed in relief "I'm sorry about that… ugh, but I think they don't like you much and- well… the fact of you not being very nice to me didn't exactly help… why are you so paranoid about Deenix anyways? She's alright if that's what bothers you… where do you know her from?"

Ian swallowed audibly "Melly… what the Hell pushed him off you?"

She sighed "Remember the Voronezh twins? They're sitting on your bed right now, glaring daggers at him. Anyways-"

Ian yelped and stood immediately "WHAAAAAAAAAAT? THERE ARE TWO GHOSTS SITTING ON MY BED!"

"Ian shut up!" she sighed in exasperation, rubbing her eyes "Ya know what? We're wasting too much time, we- we better go… NOW." Her tone was final, so in no time they were all leaving that room, Ian leading the way to get away from the twins as fast as possible 'Ghosts sitting on my bed! Ugh! And she talks about it like it's the most natural thing in the world!' he shivered and kept walking, glaring daggers in Melody's direction when she went past him along with Kai, both of them whispering to eachother something about Robert's reaction to… something… he sighed and was about to complain loudly when Kai suddenly grabbed his girlfriend's arm, pulling her back just as she was about to turn around a corner.

"Hey?" before she could say anything, he covered her mouth and whispered to the rest of the team "Quiet! Everyone turn around and go through that door… slowly, and quietly…" he said through gritted teeth.

Tala gave him a quizzical look but still nodded to his comrades, who immediately went in the door's direction. Black Dranzer kept as calm and stoic as always, looking behind Kai and Melody to see a shadow approaching them. In a flash he was gone and they were able to hear a muffled grunt and the soft thud of a body collapsing to the floor, the Dark Lord appearing from around the corner the instant after, his red glowing eyes giving Kai a meaningful look "There are more coming, let's go!" he clutched him by his shirt and dragged him and Melody (who still didn't know what the Hell was happening) into the door the Demo-Boys were currently peeking from, their faces as clueless as their former trainer's.

Kai closed the door behind them and urged for Melody to run, signaling for the others to do the same. They ran for a few minutes until finally Melody stopped her track suddenly, looking around nervously "Uh, guys? Where- are we?"

Tala blinked as he looked around "To be honest… I don't have a clue… I've never been to this side of the Abbey… always gave me the creeps…"

Melody kicked the closest wall and pouted "Great! Now we're lost!"

Black Dranzer smirked for a split second before turning to Kai, his face now as stoic as usual "Master Kai?"

He rose an eyebrow at him "What? I've never been here neither so-"

"You have. And you know it…"

Kai frowned at him "What do you mean "I have"? I have not!"

"Well, no… not physically… but you have been in this corridor… have you not?" he gave him a meaningful look again.

The boy blinked at him and thought a bit, his head suddenly whipping up in realization "Wait a minute!" he stalked to the closest door, made out of wood, and tried opening it, noticing it was locked "Of course…" he swiftly turned to them "Find a black iron door! And don't open it!"

"Wha?" Melody rose an eyebrow at him "Why?"

Black Dranzer smirked "Do as he says… Trust him… he knows…"

Tala rolled his eyes "So if he knew… ARGH! Never mind! Let's just find the stupid door!"

Melody eyed her boyfriend suspiciously "Kai?"

He sighed "I- I had this dream once… I was in this corridor and all doors were locked. All except one made out of black iron. I presume it was open anyways. It had an exit sign above it and it yelled at me when I tried to open it."

Ian eyed him incredulously "A door yelled at you?"

"Found it!" Spencer called out "Now what?"

Kai approached the door and turned the knob, not opening the door though, smiling as it turned completely, indicating it was open "Great… Mel! How long has it been since we've left the room?"

The girl looked down at her watch "Huh, around eight minutes… Why?"

"Then we'll go in about two minutes…" he stated sitting down on the floor, sighing in exhaustion. He needed sleep… he yawned and passed his fingers through his unruly hair.

Melody sat next to him, stroking his bangs away from his eyes "Why in two minutes and not now?"

"'Cause that's when Robert gets here… er, it may sound weird… but the door told me I was alone and early. I suppose it meant I had to wait until it was time or something… Meh, I don't really care… I'm not taking any chances."

She smiled and kissed his lips briefly "Whatever you say… as long as you're happy and we all live!"

Tala spat to the side and leaned against the wall opposite to theirs, looking away in a sneer. Black Dranzer glared at him "I do not understand why you are so upset when she's not even the one you really want… not that you'll have her either anyway…" he said narrowing his eyes at the red head with extreme distrust and disliking.

Everyone looked up at him with clueless faces. Tala glared back "What's that supposed to mean!" he spat straightening up again "What are you insinuating? You don't even know me!"

Melody bit her lower lip. This was not going to be pretty… she looked up at Black Dranzer to see him lower his head a bit, his glare intensifying "I know you better than you think… And I warn you… stay out of my way… I've had enough of you and your schemes…" he sneered.

Tala sputtered "WHAT? What the Hell are you talking about! I didn't even know of your existence until a year ago!"

The tall man huffed at him "You know what I mean… subconsciously never the less… but you do… Now shut up and don't make me kill you, you piece of scum! Traitorous mutt…" he muttered.

Tala was about to lunge at him when Melody stood in his way, frowning at Black Dranzer "What are you talking about? What did Tala ever do to you?"

He threw her a hurt look "The one called Tala did nothing! Nothing…" he breathed, turning away.

Melody took a concerned frown "Black… What's wrong?"

He just shook his head "Everything is wrong… nothing is the way it's supposed to be…" he sighed "But that's destiny for you… you can have everything you've ever wanted one moment, and all that taken away from you the next… everything… do you know- do you even dream of how that feels like? Can you imagine just how much that hurts?" He looked down at her as if he awaited an answer, his eyes full of hurt and betrayal. "And- to know who's fault it is… and you can't even make them pay…" he fisted the stone wall with a loud growl, leaving a visible mark on it.

The girl shook her head slowly and whispered "What happened to you?"

He sighed and just leaned against the wall, his eyes closed in a frown "A lot I'm trying to forget." He said in a final tone as he let himself slide down to the floor, clutching his head.

Tala still sneered at him "Yeah well, that doesn't give you the right to go and insult me you know?"

Melody placed her hands on Tala's chest "That's enough… leave him be…" she whispered softly.

He looked down at her in confusion, but complied anyways "Fine…" he finally said looking away. "Just how long 'till we leave?"

She sighed and looked down at her watch "It's time now… Kai?"

The slate haired teen nodded, looking down at Black Dranzer afterwards "Hey, you're not breaking down on us now we need you the most, are you? I thought you were stronger than that…"

The Bitbeast looked up at him, a determined frown crossing his features "I am." He whispered as he stood "We- we shall go now… Mistress… and youholder of the-" he cringed "-Ice Wolf… I'm sorry… I- I shouldn't have lost control like that."

The girl smiled softly at him "It ain't your fault… though I hope you give me a good explanation when we're safe…" she then nudged Tala, who grunted a "Yeah, fine… it's ok…" before motioning towards the door and turning it's knob, revealing one of the outside training arenas behind it. They all could hear the Abbey's alarm sirens, but there was no one on the grounds "Hum… it's too quiet…" Bryan frowned "The Abbey's security's better than this…"

Ian covered his ears "Quiet he says! Yeesh! Stupid sirens! But yeah, you'd expect at least a zillion guards out here…"

Spencer nodded, while Kai and Tala just threw understanding looks at eachother and Melody bit her lower lip "I smell a trap… or something like that… guys, I don't like this…"

Suddenly a helicopter could be heard above them, the group immediately turning their heads up to the sky "Alright! Robbie!" Melody waved her hands frantically, hoping he would see them. Eventually, Johnny could be seen waving back at them from one of the sides of the 'copter, the boy turning back inside to signal back at whoever was driving.

"Hey! Why aren't they landing?" Ian frowned

Spencer looked down at the ground, fixing all the beydishes "The ground surface is quite… unstable…"

"GREAT! Now what?"

"Whatever it is we do, it has to be fast. The noise will definitely draw attention…" Melody thought a bit until an idea popped into her mind. She turned swiftly to Black Dranzer, who stared up at the flying machine in awe "Hey Black! Can you- fly?"

He looked down at her, and as if answering, two large, black wings shot out from his back, flapping a couple of times. The girl grinned widely and turned to Ian "Care to be our test dummy?"

Before the boy could even reply, Spencer and Bryan had caught the drift and were picking up Ian, handing the struggling boy over to the Bitbeast, who blinked a couple of times before taking off in the 'copter's direction, Ian's squeals and screams filling the air.

The ones left back on the ground laughed heartedly until a voice sounded from their left "I FOUND THEM! I!" before the man could continue, what looked like a lightning bolt smeared him to bits. Literally…

They all turned their as-big-as-plates eyes up to Black Dranzer, who apparently was having fun in frying the approaching wave of soldiers, while Ian screamed his head off for him to put him down. Eventually, the rampaging Bitbeast got tired of him and quickly flew the remaining space between himself and the 'copter, dropping the small boy inside.

Ian meeped and crawled away from him, hiding behind Minx, who stared up at the tall man in awe "Er, yo?" she laughed nervously "Ah'm Minx, an' ya ar'?"

"Black Dranzer…" he bowed lightly and jumped off the 'copter to go get another member of the group that still remained down at the grounds.

"Wha!" Johnny blinked.

Tala gulped as Black Dranzer landed in front of them, sending another lightning bolt to a couple of approaching soldiers "Please tell me you're not planning on having him living with us…"

Melody sweatdropped "Er, Bryan? Why don't you go?"

The tall bulky boy rose an eyebrow at her but still got his arm around Black Dranzer's neck, who lifted him up like he was as light as a feather (!). Spencer gaped "And I thought the two of us would have to stay down here…"

Tala shrugged and watched as a soldier ran their way "Hey Melly! Want a new gun?"

The girl nodded slowly and watched Tala and Spencer, who managed to be :quite: taller than the man, beat the soldier to a pulp and take his gun from him. "Here!" the red head grinned sheepishly at her as he gave her the gun, to which she sweatdropped and nodded "Er, thank you er, Ivy… heh heh…"

Kai rose an eyebrow at them "Let me guess… he was the one who gave you that launcher, right?"

She nodded happily and took aim at a nearby door, firing when she realized there were people coming. Needless to say, that caused them to stop their track immediately, allowing Spencer to slam the door on them before they could do anything else. "That'll hold them off for a while…" he said wiping his hands.

Black Dranzer landed softly next to them and gave them a quizzical look "Who shall I carry now?"

The boys turned to Melody at once, who just glared at them all "Oh Hell no! And miss all the fun! You go!" she said pointing at Tala

"Wha! But I- HEY!" before he could complain he was being hauled up by his shirt by Black Dranzer, who was actually chuckling at his screaming and his complaints to put him down. "If you want to… but I do believe the fall would kill you. Not that I care…" That shut him up.

Melody giggled as Tala took the biggest bored and frustrated frown she had ever seen "Aw… poor Ivy!" she chuckled heartedly, hiding behind Kai when the Bitbeast came back, for what they could tell, getting more and more tired, since apparently Bryan's weight and Tala's struggling hadn't exactly been as easy to bear as he had showed. "Who- now?" he said between gasps.

"Maybe you should rest a bit…" She looked at him with a concerned frown

"No… we don't have time… so who do I take now?"

"Huh, sorry to ask you this but… could you take Spencer? I- I need to talk to Melody about something…" Kai stated, looking away to hide the light tinge of pink that took over his features.

"Fine…" Black Dranzer sighed and supported Spencer, calling back as he took off "I'll be back in no time, so make it quick…" he gave Kai a meaningful look and flew back to the 'copter as fast as the extra weight allowed his tired wings to fly.

Kai cleared his throat and turned to Melody "Look, there's something I need to tell you…"

"Huh, sure! What is it?"

He sighed "Look I- this is gonna sound weird and all, I know… but please… I- I want you to promise me that whatever happens to me, you'll get out of here and you'll raise our kid as far from all this as possible… ok?"

"What the Hell do you mean "whatever happens to you"? We're getting out of this together!" she stated firmly.

"Promise me…" he repeated slowly.

"But-"

Kai let out a frustrated growl and grabbed her by her shoulders "PLEASE!"

The girl squirmed out of his grasp and muttered back "Fine! I- I promise…"

He smirked "Good…" in an instant his lips crashed down on hers, taking her breath away for a few seconds, before he pulled away as fast as he had leaned into her, his face with the same smirk. He stepped back a bit, his eyes never leaving her flustered form "Good… take her away Black…"

"Wha?" she felt someone grab her from behind and scoop her up from her feet "KAI HIWATARI!" she screamed in frustration and tried struggling out of Black Dranzer's grasp, but he was too strong for her so she had no choice but to watch as the soldiers finally took the door down and scattered everywhere, looking for them. Two of them immediately pinned Kai down, who just let them do it without complaining, his eyes never leaving hers "He- knew… he knew they were almost… KAI YOU IDIOT! LET HIM GO!" all the soldiers looked up at them, and Black Dranzer quickly turned around and flew up as fast as he could to get her in the 'copter and out of that place. He was just about to reach it when a loud gun shot was heard and he felt a sharp pain on the back of his right shoulder. He grunted and Melody watched as his eyes went glossy all of the sudden, his wings stopping their motion.

The girl panicked as they began their descent "BLACK!"

He snapped his eyes open and his wings gave a powerful thrust, giving them impulse to rise again. Again, a gunshot was heard, and this time, the sharp pain was felt on his right wing, definitely incapacitating it. The Bitbeast tried his best to fight the throbbing pain that was currently making all of him go numb. 'I- can't- give up- I-'

"I WON'T GO DOWN!" he created another thunder bolt and sent it at the man that had been firing at him, giving an uncertain but powerful final thrust upwards that allowed him to finally reach the 'copter. Johnny and Spencer helped him in while Minx supported Melody, who swiftly turned around to look down at Kai "No… KAI!" she collapsed to her knees as Robert spoke from the driver's seat "There's no time, they're loading a cannon and your friend over there is not in any condition to fly again! We must go… I'm sorry, but we have to…"

"No…" she whimpered softly

"Mel'dy…" Minx hugged her tightly "Ah'm sorrey…"

The girl merely kept looking down at her boyfriend as they drew away from the Abbey, tears brimming her eyes as he mouthed "I love you" at her. Then, the soldiers dragged him back into the Abbey. That was the last time she saw him.

"Kai no…" she sobbed loudly "Why…? How could you be so stupid…"

"He- will be- fine, Mistress… they won't- ugh, hurt him… his grandfather… he needs- him…" she looked back to find Black Dranzer sitting against one of the sides of the small area, clutching his shoulder and gasping for air "You will- see him again… don't worry… Remember, you promised you'd go and take your…" he paused a bit and eyed her up as if measuring her "…your offspring away from this place…"

Melody croaked "What?" she wiped her face furiously "You- are you sure I- he'll be alright? And I'll see him again?"

He smiled weakly at her, to which she just sighed in relief, sadness still showing in her eyes though. "He- left you- something in your pocket- by the way…" Black gasped again.

She quickly reached for her back pocket, which had in deed been feeling weird, and took out a blue Beyblade. "Dranzer… but why?"

"He trusts you to take care of it I suppose…" Spencer stated.

"Oh mah Gawd! Yar bleedin'! We gotta getcha to a hospital!" Minx squeaked as she looked Black Dranzer up and down and from side to side, making him frown at her "Er, excuse me?"

Melody sighed as she kept the top in her pocket again. At least she had something to remember him by… she looked at the injured Bitbeast to check out his state "Hum, don't mind her… just… turn your back to me so I take those bullets out…"

Johnny flinched "Ew! Can ya really do that? I mean, aren't you upset about Kai and stuff?"

"I'm fine. Hey, I- I will see him again, right? Of course I can do this…" she shrugged and took the medical kit from it's locker, kneeling down behind the Bitbeast. "When can I see her?" he asked all of a sudden.

"See who? Here, you better bite this…" she said handing him a piece of twisted cloth.

"Deenix. Why?" he asked looking at it.

Melody rolled her eyes "Well, then don't… don't complain if you bite your tongue. Just don't move… I'm gonna try to find the bullet now… and for that I- well… I need to do this…"

"OW!" he yelled as she made a swift cut on his shoulder, enlarging the wound. "Told you so…" she stated matter-of-factly as she got her fingers in the wound, feeling for the bullet. "This- ain't exactly the best method… but since we have no choice…"

Black Dranzer bit down hard on the cloth, grunting when she finally found it and removed it. "There! Now for the one in your wing…"

Oliver was currently fanning Enrique, who stared at everything with eyes as big as saucers "Blood, blood, blood… so much… BLOOD! GAAAH!"

Melody rolled her eyes as she removed the other bullet as well "Spencer?"

The large boy glared at the blond Italian, clicking his knuckles, which shut him up. However, when Melody started to clean the wounds on the Bitbeast's back, he could be seen taking a paper bag and making gagging sounds into it, causing everyone to raise an eyebrow at him. "ARGH! Fer cryin' out loud! I's juss a lil' blood!" Minx growled

Black Dranzer grunted and bent his neck back, sighing as his wounds closed in a matter of seconds, his wings finally drawing back into his back. "Thank you, Mistress…" he said before turning around and sitting against the wall again, one of his knees pulled against his chest "Now where's Deenix?"

The girl kept the first-aid kit back in it's locker after cleaning her hands and sat next to Tala, resting her head on his shoulder "We'll be meeting her now… Where do you know her from anyways? Don't tell me she is you beloved!"

He blinked and shook his head "No… she- she's my- my…" he looked at them all and blushed very lightly "…my- friend…" he finally said.

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

"MELLY-CHAN!" Melody fell back before she had even taken a step out of the helicopter, her trusty Bitbeast clutching her waist with all her might, and apparently screaming as loud as she could as well "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! WAAAA!"

She blinked down at her, feeling extremely uncomfortable as she noticed the way Black Dranzer stared at them both, everyone else down at the Hotel's rooftop staring at them too. The Majestics, the Demolition Boys and Minx looking pretty apprehensive. Deenix finally felt everyone's stares on her, raising her head to look up at her Mistress "What's wrong? And- where's Kai-Chan?"

"Kai- he- he stayed back… we- we weren't able to- to-" Melody merely looked away and pointed at Black Dranzer "There's someone here for you…"

The small robot blinked at turned to see what she was pointing at, yelping and hiding behind her immediately "WHAT'S HE DOING HERE!"

Melody cleared her throat, feeling extremely awkward all of a sudden "Er, well he- saved us… so I guess bringing him along and all was the least we could do… besides, I thought you'd be happy to see him since he's your- well, friend and all…"

"Wha? Friend?" Deenix turned completely red as her eyes locked with Black Dranzer's, averting his gaze immediately "Oh, right…" she mumbled.

He motioned towards her and kneeled down, lifting her chin to make her face him "What happened to you, Phoenix of Energy?"

Deenix sobbed softly "I- they said I was- the- product of a sin so… they exiled me away too… Red-Chan tried to stop them but-"

"They did WHAT!" Black stood immediately, glaring down at her "How dare they…" he muttered through clenched teeth

"Da- Dark Lord please…" Deenix whimpered "No more fights… I- don't want you to be taken away again…" she latched onto his knees "Please… Blacky-Chan…" she begged.

Everyone blinked at the scene "Er, ok… who's that guy, and what the Hell's this all about?" Tyson vocalized everyone's thoughts as usual

"Yeah, and where's Kai?" Max asked

Melody whimpered softly, causing her brother to quickly be at her side, hugging her tightly as he kissed the top of her head "It's ok Luna… you said yourself we'll see him again… he'll be alright… now come on… you- all of us… need to rest…"

"But Robert!" Tyson whined

"No. We're all tired and we need to rest. We'll leave this place at dawn, and go somewhere else before Voltaire finds us. Everything will be explained in a while, in my room, not now! Now go!"

Everyone grunted and motioned inside, Melody dragging Deenix away from Black Dranzer, who followed closely, his eyes never leaving the small Bitbeast.

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

"Ok, everyone here?" Johnny looked around the room. The rest of his team sat on a couch while the Demolition Boys sat on another couch, two of them, Bryan and Ian, sitting on each of the arms of that couch. The Bladebreakers sat down on the floor, except for Kai, who wasn't there, and Melody, who sat as far from them all as she could with Deenix on her lap and Black Dranzer standing right next to her. Meanwhile, Minx and Jessica sat on Robert and Enrique's laps respectively. Johnny nodded and sat next to his captain, nodding for him to start "Good! Now first of all…" he turned back to look at Black Dranzer, who looked out the window with a pensive frown. "Who, or what is that?"

Melody rose her head from her lap "That's Black Dranzer. I thought I had told you that…"

There was a general gasp, while Robert frowned at her "You were disturbed Luna, I- I didn't think you were serious… apparently… I was wrong…"

The girl sighed in exasperation "Serious? You mean, you thought I was joking? Oh sure! There are lots of guys that can fly around like that! Why would I be serious considering that!"

"Luna, I didn't mean-" Minx suddenly stood and walked up to the Bitbeast, who gave her an unamused look "Hum… uh-huh… tha' juss won' do! C'mere!" she clutched his arm and dragged him to a closet, opening it and peeking inside "Hum… if yar Black Dranza'… then all ya wear is black, righ'?"

He nodded slowly, not really understanding what was going on "Well then… take this, an' this… an' huh… yeah, I guess these'll fit ya…" she dropped a black t-shirt, black trousers and a pair of black sneakers on his hands and pushed him towards the bathroom "Naw… Ah wan' ya tah take a nahce showa', since ya stink, (no offence) and then dress up with thos', okie? An' dun worrey! Ah'm sure ya'll look reahlley handsum!" she grinned sheepishly at him, the tall man glaring daggers at her for insulting him and asking him to dress like a- human, everyone else in that room gaping at her for what she was saying "Oh-my-God he's gonna kill her!" Ian meeped. Robert was about to stand to protect his girlfriend when Melody spoke up in a dull voice "Just do it Black and she'll get off your hair… besides, she's right. You do need a shower."

Black Dranzer glared at her as well but still sighed and turned around, slamming the door behind him. Minx beamed everyone a smile and sat back on Robert's lap, who glared at her "Are you crazy?"

"Sum peeps think so, yeah. Whah?" she asked fluttering her eyelashes innocently. Robert groaned and shook his head "You're impossible!"

"Whah yeah, sum peeps say tha' too!" she grinned as everyone chuckled lightly.

Robert cleared his throat and restarted "Alright, settle down. Now, Kai stayed back because we- we weren't able to go get him. Black- Dranzer had been shot and was unable to fly, and we had to leave anyways because they were setting up some sort of cannon to shoot the helicopter down."

Tyson stood, glaring at him "So you just- left him there to die! How could you!"

"Tyson SIT DOWN!" Melody stood and stalked to where he was, pushing him down "He- I mean… he…" she sobbed and covered her head shaking it repeatedly in denial "We- I'm sorry… there was nothing we could do and- and it was all my fault… If I hadn't-"

"SHUT UP! Don't you start with that shit now Melody, or I swear to God I'll kick your ass!" Tala stood as well and shook her by her shoulders

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY SISTER YOU!"

"OR YOU'LL WHAT!"

"STOP IT! This ain' getting' us nowher'! Set'le dow', an' sta't all ova!" Minx pushed Robert back down and gave Tala a meaningful look.

Tala huffed and pulled Melody down with him, sitting her on his lap, his arms firmly latched around her quaking form "Calm down Melly… we-" he sighed "We'll go and get him as soon as we get a chance… I- I promise…"

She smiled weakly and nuzzled into his chest, sighing deeply "Thank you Ivy…"

"Ssh… now sleep… you look like you haven't seen a bed in ages!"

She sobbed loudly at that "I- have… thank your "Master" for that…"

"What?" Bryan's eyes narrowed dangerously "Did he touch you?"

"I think it's obvious he did quite more than that. He- he raped her before she was taken to the lab where I was finally released." A voice spoke from the door. Melody looked up at him, smiling weakly. His hair was still dripping, and he had the clothes Minx had given him on, and apparently he didn't feel too comfortable with them neither since he kept tugging at his pants and the shirt, and his feet kept taping against eachother as if he was trying to get sand out of his shoes. He motioned to the couch and stroked her temple lightly "You will be alright Mistress… now sleep…" he whispered, drawing his hand back when the girl sighed deeply and closed her eyes, dozing off into a sound sleep.

"You better lay her down." He said bitterly to Tala as he motioned to where Deenix sat, looking down at her. "I'm sorry this happened to you…" he whispered. The robot shook her head and smiled up at him, turning back to Robert again. The tall captain sighed and started his questioning, the Demolition Boys and Black Dranzer telling everything they could about what had happened (though what REALLY happened during his awakening was partially omitted…). When asked about himself and Deenix, the tall Bitbeast merely grunted it was none of their business and turned away from them, motioning out to the balcony.

Deenix yawned and crawled to Bryan's lap "Hum… leave Blacky-Chan alone… he's been through so much already… he's not as bad as you think he is, trust me… he just… misses his- beloved… badly…"

"Who waz shey?" Minx asked softly.

The robot shook her head "No one you'd ever known or ever heard about… but she…" she smiled lightly and turned her eyes to her Mistresses' sleeping form "Melly-Chan reminds me of her sometimes though… that's why I- took a liking for her. And she sounds pretty much like her too… only she's also very different… but I still love her… very much…" she yawned again and turned her eyes off, falling asleep.

Ray sighed and stood up, motioning towards the window. He looked down at the busy Moscow streets, sighing. There were some hard times awaiting them all… only God knew when it would be safe enough to go rescue Kai… and until that time came, it could be days, weeks, months, even years… and then there was the fact that they had to stay undercover somewhere, they had to remain hidden at least until Melody's kid was born. And after that… who knew?

He turned to look at his teammate and trainer, currently sleeping on her brother's bed, a blanket covering her slim frame. Her chest heaved slowly, and her face, even paler than usual was one of peace. 'She's amazing… she's lost Kai, she was raped by that- thing and she still manages to be calmer than most of us if not all.' he sighed and looked back outside 'I hope we do get him back. She won't stay so calm and… happy so to speak for much longer, and that would start affecting us all too. We need her. And we need Kai. Never realized how important he was to us all until he was… taken away. Now I think about it… I miss his presence. Always there, even if never acknowledging it. Let's just hope he's fine…'

Outside in the balcony, stood a tall shadow, looking away at the horizon. Everything was quiet. He slowly rose his head to the moon, staring intently at it, his voice nothing but a whisper "Blue… it won't be long now… you'll be mine again. Soon… ever so… soon…"

RR PLEASE! n-n