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Well it's been awhile since I last updated. I think I'm going to write short chapters to get these fics going. But not incredibly short chapters. Long enough to satisfy the readers. Quality over quantity.

Anyways as promised again someone is the center for the chapter. I know I promised I made many of you go into mental breakdowns or the edge of insanity. I apologize for my lack of updating.

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Chapter Three – Lead the Way

Later that night, after Kenny's incident, Tala, Bryan, Kai, and Rei decided to call it a night. They all made their way to the floor they were staying on and went to their designated rooms across from each other.

Kai and Rei, used to this kind of arrangement, fell into their routine. Rei sat on the bed gathering his night supplies while Kai headed into the suite bathroom to change. Piling his stuff next to him, Rei waited for Kai to come out of the bathroom. Trying to occupy his time, Rei decided to go outside for the remaining minutes.

Opening the doors to the balcony, Rei was welcomed with a cool, refreshing breeze. Walking over to the railing, Rei leant on it, closed his eyes and smiled to the sky.

Rei's moment of peace was shortly lived. Hearing a small noise near him Rei opened his eyes only to have something fly towards him and something sharp caught him on his arm.

"Aaahhh!" he yelled and stepped back only to trip over his own feet and land on the solid cement floor heavily. Black dots filled his vision and he drifted in and out of consciousness.

Coming to his senses Rei felt another presence with him. Opening his eyes the haze slowly cleared and Rei realized he was sitting up and leaning against something warm.

Kai who was in the bathroom, heard Rei screamed and ran outside to see Rei lying on the balcony in shock. Running to his side, Kai quickly checked Rei over for injuries and noticed that there was a clean slice on Rei's arm. Lifting Rei into a sitting position he held Rei up with one arm and used his other hand to cover the wound.

Seeing that Rei was coming around he called out to Rei.

"Rei? Focus now….Rei." Rei opened his eyes and tilted his head up a bit towards Kai. He saw worry etched across Kai's face and in his eyes. Blinking, he shook his head and was aware of a stinging sensation on his left arm. Slowly he moved his eyes over to the arm to see a hand covering the wound while blood seeped over the fingers and ran down his arm, leaving a nice spot on his clothes.

Helping him stand, Kai helped Rei to the bathroom, kicking the clothes that he dropped when Rei screamed out of the way, and setting Rei down on the toilet. Washing his hands, he grabbed a cloth and the first aid kit. Kneeling down in front of Rei, he took the arm and carefully cleaned the blood away. Layering the wound with pads, he wrapped it with gauze and taped Rei's arm.

"It wasn't as bad as it looked. What happened?" Kai said getting straight to the point. Rei shook his head, back to his senses already.

"I don't know. I was standing out there and I heard a noise. I opened my eyes and something flew at my and sliced my arm. It was living, because it squeaked or something." Rei answered. Kai thought it over. Grabbing his night shirt from the floor he put in on and helped Rei stand up.

"It was probably a bat. I saw one last night hanging around." He answered. Walking out of the bathroom he grabbed Rei's stuff and brought it to him.

"I'm done in here. You can use it now." Kai said, grabbing his discarded clothes and toiletries. He closed the door leaving Rei to get dressed. Rei sighed as he started to undress.

'First day and already someone's plotting against me' he thought sarcastically.

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The next day came as normal as any day. The sun came out and everybody was busy relaxing.

Tala had decided to wander around for a bit on his own. He didn't have the chance yet to explore the entire hotel.

'It's good to know your way incase something comes up.' He thought. Having explored the outside grounds already, he headed inside and started at the top of the hotel. Each level contained some sort of activity room. So far he had seen an arcade, a ballroom, a library (surprisingly), an art gallery, and a few more exciting (and boring) rooms. Coming to the fifth floor, Tala was welcomed with the sight of one of the hotels indoor pools.

Deciding to check out the pool area, Tala walked into the pool area and walked around.

"Tala." A voice called out to Tala. Tala stopped where he was and turned around.

"Bryan?" Tala asked out. Confused at not getting a response, Tala walked back to the door.

"Tala." Bryan's voice called out again only coming out in the opposite direction. Tala turned around quickly only to be met with a force which knocked him off balance.

Stepping backwards Tala took one step to far and plunged into the pool. Shock coming over him, he quickly tried to reach the surface only to find that he couldn't. Opening his eyes, he looked around and saw nothing there yet he couldn't move.

Not having time to hold his breath when he fell in, Tala realized that his air supply was quickly running out. He tried to struggle but realized he couldn't. Peering though the surface he barely made out the figure that loomed over him. It was big and oozing from what Tala could tell from his state of mind. He saw drops of goop drop into the water and expand starting to consume and bind him. Losing focus fast Tala saw the 'thing' come closer.

All of a sudden he felt the binds break and he was lifted from the confinement. Recognizing the feeling of air, he quickly coughed as he broke out of the surface. Feeling himself on a different surface he let all knowledge go and concentrated on breathing.

After a few minutes, he calmed down enough to open his eyes. At first it was blurry, but his vision cleared and he looked up at his saviour.

Bending over him was Rei who was also focusing on breathing, but also clutching his arm.

"What were you doing Tala?" he asked.

"What?" he said hoarsely feeling his throat burn. Rei looked at him.

"What were you doing in the pool? It closed right now. Didn't you read the sign on the door, or notice that the door was locked?" Rei said.

Sitting up slowly, Tala leaned back on his arms and turned his head towards Rei.

"There was no sign and it wasn't locked. And I was pushed in." Tala said, watching the reaction on Rei's face turn confused.

"What? You're kidding right? It's another one of your pranks right?" Rei said accusingly.

"No. I was pushed it. I heard Bryan's voice calling me and I turned around only to be pushed into the pool."

"Bryan? He's with Kai outside in the training dish. I just saw him a few minutes ago." Rei said. Tala shook his head. None of it was making sense.

"Nevermind. Can you help me upstairs to my room?" Tala asked. Rei nodded and helped Tala stand up. Tala looked over at Rei, noticing that red was leaking through the bandages.

"What happened to you?" Tala asked as they exited the pool area. Rei looked at Tala, confused but the noticed Tala was looking at his arm.

"Oh that. I was outside last night on the balcony and I must have disturbed a bat or something. It flew in my direction and one of its claws caught my arm. It just stings from the chlorine." Rei said smiling.

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"Master, should that of happened?"

The 'master' looked up from his mirror, his knuckles turned even whiter than his already pale hue as he gripped the mirror. He stared forward not looking back at the mirror.

"No."

"What do we do know?" The servant asked looking up at his master nervously. He knew that 'he' was slightly annoyed. He was met silence.

"We move on. This might actually work in our favour."

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Finished. Hopefully you people understood this. I don't want to get too intense to soon. Ruins the idea then.

I'll hopefully have more fics updated within the next few days.

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Devlinn Reiko