Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a while, I was computerless for two weeks on vacation. Here is the latest chapter, hope you like it. I would also like to say thank-you to those of you that has reviewed.

Whitewingedstallion -- I know! I love cliff-hangers, it just wouldn't be the same without it though, now would it? Glad you liked it.

and-then-he-said-no -- thanks bunches ,smiles,. If you want to know what Kai does your just going to have to read on, aren't you? Hehehe, I'm evil!

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblades, only the unknown characters and the plot

Lost... Again

I was lazing around at home on Saturday and I was really tired after yesterdays practice. I looked over at the clock and yawned, it was 11:00 and I figured I had better get up. I yanked off the covers and sat up, yawning again.

"AIEEEE!" I jumped out of bed and slipped on some clothes I had thrown on the floor. I landed hard on my back and reached my hand up to grab the phone. Why couldn't they have called later? I mean I know it's late but still! I was sleeping. I really need to stop falling all the time too, I'm such a klutz.

"Hello?" I heard some frantic shouting but was unable to decipher what was being said. "You have to speak clearer, I can't understand you."

"Kiwi, you have to come over here right away! It's Lily, she's missing. Ever since she got that new boyfriend she has started to act all suspicious and secretive. She wouldn't even let me meet him, and now she's gone!" Matt sounded slightly crazed and so I decided I had better get over there pronto before he gave himself a heart attack.

"I'll be right over, don't do anything until I get there, I'm sure everything is fine." I hung up the phone quick and got up off the floor. I grabbed some clothes and did a super change, teeth and hair brushing before rushing downstairs.

"Mom, I need a drive!" I thundered down the stairs and ran into my little sister almost falling over, but I didn't this time. Maybe I'm not that big of a klutz.

"She's already gone to work and dads in one of his moods. He won't be fit for human conversation for a couple more hours." My sister, Cranky, okay, her name isn't really Cranky. It should be though, in reality her name is Mila. Her lavender hair was a mess and she had her practice staff in hand. She trains with us sometimes but she prefers her friend's dojo.

"What! How am I supposed to get a ride, they won't buy me a car and now their unavailable." I was starting to panic, I needed to get over there now and I couldn't think straight, who did I know that had a ride? Then it hit me, "Kai!"

"Who?" My sister asked but I was already passed her and into the kitchen. I went to the counter and moved a couple plates and shifted through piles of paper. I moved something that used to me a slice of pizza once and then finally found the phone under a deflated beach ball.

"Hello, is Kai there? Kai? Do you think you can give me a lift to Matt's? He's pretty frantic and I don't have a drive. Thank you so much, see you in ten!" I hung up and turned to find my sister right behind me. She gave me a little smile and I knew she was going to do something rotten.

"Ten minutes? Good, that gives me enough time to change before we go!" She whirled around and raced up the stairs. Enough time to change? Why did she need to change? Unless…

"No! No way are you coming, I didn't invite you and don't think I'm going to!" Ten minutes later Mila and I were waiting in the driveway when Kai pulled up. He was driving a black truck. Okay so I don't know a lot about motorcycles so why would you think I would know anything about trucks? All I knew was that it was big, new, black, and not a pick-up truck. One of those nice ones with the big windows and four doors, I wish I had one.

"I thought you said he drove a motorcycle? Guess I can come after all!" She skipped forward and jumped in the back before I could stop her. I slinked forward and got into the passenger side and slid into my seat. Kai looked over at me and raised an eyebrow.

"Sulking, I never thought you were the kind of person who would sulk." I stuck my tongue out at him and motioned for him to go. We reached Matt's place in twenty minutes and jumped out of the truck.

Matt was pacing by his little car that looked like one of it's tires had been changed recently. That was a little weird, how could Matt's car have gotten a flat, his tires were brand new! He rushed at me a started to rant again, waving his arms around and not making much sense. I tried to calm him down but nothing seemed to work. So I slapped him.

"What is wrong with you! I can't understand a single word your saying again. Chill!" Matt took some deep breaths and tried tounderstand what just happened.

"Lily's been kidnapped," was all he said before he crashed to the ground in a dead faint.

We had Matt inside and laying on the couch and I was trying very hard not to cry. After we got him to wake up he told us the entire whole story.

Lily's new boyfriend had dropped by wanting a private word with Lily. They went out to talk by his car and they started to argue. Matt knew all of this because he had been spying on them form their kitchen window because he didn't trust the guy. When they started to shout at each the guy whipped out a needle or something like it and had stuck it in her. Before Matt could get outside Lily had been packed up into his car. Matt tried to follow him but one of his tires had been slashed so he wouldn't be able to.

"What did the guy look like?" Everyone looked over at Mila and she rolled her eyes. "Come on, maybe one of us can identify him."

"He was tallish and was wearing this white and orange outfit. He had this outrageously red hair that was styled weird. He had really pale skin too, kind of like Kai's. I thought it was weird because everyone around here has a little bit of a tan by now and his skin was still white." Matt glanced up in surprise when Kai glared at him.

"Was his hair styled in a really bizare way? Big, with his hair gelled up on either side of his head into two points, with two strands of hair framing his face?" His usual cold and confident voice sounded unsure, slightly… afraid?

Matt frowned and nodded his head. "Yah, how did you know that?" I was frowning now as well, how did Kai know that, did he know the guy? My frown turned into a glare as Kai just shook his head.

"I need to make a phone call." As Kai started to move away I practically started to hiss and I grabbed his arm.

"No way are you leaving us in the dark if you know anything about what is going on. You know who that guy is and if you need to make a phone call you can make it right here!" Kai glanced over an me with a shocked expression on his face, then he raised one eyebrow and smirked. Yes, you heard me correctly, he SMIRKED!

"If you really want me to." He raised his hand and tapped the side of his head by hiseye twice. Immediately a, a green clear disk kind of thing popped out of nowhere and was positioned over his right eye. It appeared to be coming out of the little black dot that was by his eye, but that's impossible, right?

"Phone. Call Ray." A beam of green light shot out of a small laser type thing that had popped out of the black dot now too. The light turned into a kind of green window with a picture of a guy in it.

"What is it Kai?" I almost jumped to the moon! The picture guy started to move, and now he's talking! This is just getting weirder and weirder. Then Kai answered… but in a completely different language! I couldn't even figure out what language they were speaking, it was like nothing I've ever heard before.

Kai's conversation ended rather quickly and he did the tapping thing again, making the green thingy disappear. He turned and gave me another smile before going to sit in one of the comfy chairs. He leant his head back and gave a sigh before sitting up properly and motioning for me to take a seat.

"His name is Tala and he is a friend of mine, or at least I thought he was. We used to be mixed up with some pretty bad people but with some other friends we were able to escape it. Tala disappeared from our base of operations a few days after I left in search of… something. He hasn't been seen since and the only thing I can think of is that he has become mixed up with those same people again. I have to go."

I was in shock; I couldn't believe this was happening. It has been really weird ever since Kai came… Lily and me didn't hang out as much as we used to, and she didn't even really tell me about her new 'boyfriend.'

"I'm going with you." Matt's voice broke my train of thought and brought me back to reality.

"I'm going to," I insisted. When Mila said she was going as well I turned and glared at her. "This has nothing to do with you, you can't come." Mila just smirked at me.

"I'm pretty sure I have a better understanding of this then you do, have you even seen this Tala guy before? I know I have. I also think I know where they went and I won't tell you anything unless you let me come too." She crossed her arms and leant back against the wall. I can't believe she would do this, especially at a time like this!

"Fine, if you tell us where you can come." I turned and glared at Kai, Mila was not coming!

"No way, I'm going to tell you as we drive, I'll give directions." She smiled smugly and stood up straight. "I'm going to go pack now, and if what I saw was real I'm going to get some weapons. We had better hurry." That last bit was added on as we all, with the exception of Kai, stared at her with mouths open.

Since Mila didn't really want to go all the way to her dojo to get her stuff she borrowed some of mine. She picked out my 'claws' that hooked onto the hand and had four knives that then produced from her fingertips. I took down my double swords and clicked my knife onto my belt and hooked my whip over the knife. I tossed Mila my extra knife and then turned to see how Matt and Kai were doing.

Matt had brought down his favorite broad sword and strapped to his back. He had also let Kai borrow one of his other broad swords, a heavier and slightly longer one. His sword was also strapped to his back and as I looked on Inoticed the differences between them.

Kai had two-toned blue hair and Matt with his shock of red hair that was slightly curly and needed a cut. It curled around his ears and the back of his neck and came down into his green eyes that were always searching but happy. The happy glow was gone right now and his eyes had turned emotionless, more like Kai's red globes.

While I had been lost in thought the guys had finished getting ready and motioned to Mila and I that it was time to go. Matt and I slipped into the back seat while Mila took the front to give directions to Kai. We were going to get Lily back.

We ended up at a small warehouse at the edge of town, it was about mid-afternoon now but there was no movement. I moved nervously in my seat and glanced around at the others. If anyone sees us there going to call the cops, we look like a bunch of unprofessional killers! We had swords and knives sticking out over our shoulders and on our hips and we were wearing jeans and t-shirts. Not the easiest outfits to fight in but I guess they'll do.

We slipped out of the truck and made our way across the empty street. We came up to the warehouse but we couldn't see in, the windows were too high up! I motioned for Kai to give me a boost and he cupped his hands together. I jumped and placed one foot into his hands and he boosted me up onto his shoulders. I glanced over and saw Matt doing the same for Mila before cautiously peeking my head up over the ledge to look into the warehouse.

It was kind of dark and it took me a minute to determine what it was I was seeing, and when I did figure out what it was I gasped out loud. There were people milling about and packing things up but that wasn't what was weird, it was what the people were wearing. It was a mixture of medieval and the future. They had swords, axes, knives and spears belted on but they also had little headsets on and machinery attached to there arms and legs. This was too weird.

Mila gave me a small punch in the shoulder to get my attention and pointed to a corner on the back. Lily was sitting with her arms wrapped around her knees on a cot. I wondered why she didn't get up when I noticed a manacle clamped on her leg and a chain leading to the wall. She looked like she had been crying but now she just looked mad. A guy with crazy red hair approached her and she lunged at him when he came into reach. He backed off quickly and looked like he was trying to reason with her but it proved futile so he frowned and stalked away.

"That must have been Tala," Mila whispered into my ear. "Come on, let's get down and figure out how to get in." We jumped down and while I stood watching in case anyone came over hear everyone else had a whispered debate. In a matter of minutes a plan was made that everyone agreed with and we split up. Matt and Kai would crash through the front door and cause a distraction while Mila and I would sneak in through a back door that Matt had spotted when he snuck around the building looking for camera's and guards.

"How are we going to get the lock open," I argued, and would have said more but Mila grinned and held up her lock-picking case. I rolled my eyes and motioned for Mila to follow me. The guys were going to give us five minutes to get into place before they acted.

We snuck around the building and waited by the small door until we heard Matt and Kai yelling like crazy and the clash of swords. We slipped into the building and I used the butt of my knife to knock one of the guard unconscious while Mila dealt with the other. We snuck over to Lily's corner and Mila got to work on the lock while I stood guard. No one had noticed us yet luckily but I kept my eyes peeled anyway just in case.

"What do you think you are doing?" I turned around quickly and gasped; he had slipped right past me and now had Mila by the arm. I let out an angry yell and ran at him. I had one sword in my hand while Ihad beenstanding guard but I now pulled free my other sword and attacked him with twin blades whirling.

He pulled a battle axe out of nowhere and blocked my chop. I swung around and made a cut for his leg, and then his stomach but he blocked every one. I had to admit, he was pretty good. We moved away from Mila and Lily and continued to fight. I noticed now that it was the red-head, Tala that I was fighting.

He made a wide swing with his axe, forcing me to jump back. Before I could move in again he had pulled out a gun and aimed it Lily and Mila, then fired. I screamed out in rage, and before I could stop myself I slipped into a blood rage. I moved in a red haze, not thinking about what I was doing, not comprehending what I was doing. I attacked him for minutes or possibly hours, I was unable to tell. After a while I felt pain rip through my left shoulder. I staggered and fell on one knee and looked over at Lily and Mila.

Through pain filled eyes I watched as Tala stepped over Mila's body and scooped up Lily. He didn't even have to undo her lock, Mila had already done that. He looked back at me and whispered something.

"If you want answers, talk to Veronica." He waved one of the other people over and then that person did something. I couldn't understand what it was as I drifted out of consciousness, only that I knewwe had now lost Lily, again.

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