Wolf's Guardian Angel
"Wolborg, Novae Rog!" Tala yelled to his bit beast. At the moment, he was training in the forest at the base of the mountain, perfecting his wolf bit beast's final assailing. A howling sound belonging to a wolf rang out as it unleashed the attack. Tala smiled at his bit beast as snowflakes started to fall. It was just another day of a frigid Russian winter, nothing new today. Tala picked up his blade to launch again when the sound of footsteps crunching in the snow caught his attention. He looked over his shoulder to see a dark figure moving swiftly and silently through the trees behind him. Growing wary, he slotted the blade into his launcher, ready to fire. Out of nowhere, a black and silver streak whizzed by his head, his genetically enhanced reflexes making him launch his blade at the opposing blade, hitting it dead-on. A cloaked figure stepped into the clearing that the wolf had been training in. He couldn't see their face, for it was hidden by a hood.
"It's been a while, Valkov."
"Who are you?" Tala demanded, trying to conceal the slight panic that had set in.
The person laughed menacingly.
"Tell you what, battle me. If you win, I tell you who I am. But if I win... Wolborg is mine."
"Not on your life."
"I'm afraid you have no other choice."
All of the sudden, a black aura shot out of the person's blade, surrounding the area. Tala growled under his breath and prepared to launch.
"3, 2, 1, LET IT RIIIIIIP!"
Meanwhile, a brunette girl of 16 froze in her tracks, something catching her supersharp hearing's attention. A brief second later, the sound of a wolf's howl was followed by the roar of an all too familiar bit beast. Not again...
Tala sank to one knee in pain, but forced himself to his feet again. Whoever the person was, they were good. Very good. And he was taking a brutal beating too.
"Dryzalaia, final attack! Dark Tempest!"
"Wolborg!"
As Dryzalaia launched the attack not at Wolborg, but at Tala, his bit beast glanced back at its master, realizing the danger he was in from the dark panther bit beast's attack. In one valiant move, Wolborg leaped in front of Tala, taking the full force of the blow.
"NO!"
Wolborg hit the ground, defeated. Tala, badly weakened from the battle, collapsed on the ground into the snow.
"Now your wolf is mine."
No...
"Get away from him! Rycarraea, attack!" He heard a female voice yell angrily, which was followed by a shrill war cry very similar to the one his teammate Kai's bit beast Dranzer made. Dryzalaia roared as whatever emitted the shriek unleashed an attack he could only listen to, apparently winning the battle. As the footsteps belonging to the mystery blader faded away, another set ran over to him. In the background, he could hear rumbling.
Tala... Wolborg managed to murmur weakly.
Wolborg... Hang on...
Tala felt someone turn him over and gently raise him in their arms. He blacked out just as the person pressed his blade into his hand.
Back at the Blitzkrieg Boys' place, Bryan was staring out the window for no reason whatsoever, but was abruptly snapped out of his trance when an avalanche came hurtling down the mountain a few miles off. "Holy shit! That was where Tala was training!" The others ran to the window as the snowy landslide raced down the mountain. They didn't notice the winged figure gliding away with a second figure in their arms.
Ugh... What happened?
Tala opened his eyes again to be greeted by a fire's light.
Master?
I don't know. He cut the wolf off.
Tala looked around to see that he was back in his room with a fire in the fireplace. Someone opened the door as he sat up, rubbing his head where he'd gotten a hit from Dryzalaia. It turned out to be Bryan.
"About time you woke up, you had all of us worried sick. We thought you were dead."
"What the hell happened?"
"Got me. Something happened, and it caused an avalanche. We found you in your room and the window was open." Tala swung his legs over the side of the bed.
"That's ridiculous."
"Well then, I don't know what else to tell you. Hurry up and get ready, we have to meet Mr. D about something."
With that, Bryan left the room.
That's really strange...
"WHAT!"
Mr. Dickenson took off his glasses and cleaned them.
"I'm sorry Tala, but this year the teams need to have 5 people on them."
"And where the heck are we supposed to find another blader?"
"I've already arranged for a Ms. Anya Slovanik to come here."
"Ms? As in, a GIRL?"
"That's right."
Tala slapped his forehead.
"I don't believe this."
"I have her profile right here, she's exceptionally good, she could easily be in the top leagues with the rest of you boys."
The Blitzkrieg Boys looked at the monitor as a contour appeared. There was no information on her bit beast nor was there a profile picture. Someone opened the door to the office. Mr. D looked up.
"Hello Anya, just in time."
Tala looked over the newest team member. She was dressed in a black and silver hooded parka and navy blue cargoes. Her long brown hair coming down past her shoulders to just above her mid back was down, making several locks of hair fall over her blazing blue eyes. Around her neck was a strange pendant. It was a yin yang, but rather than black and white, it was made of 2 phoenixes, a blue one and a red one. The red one had a blue eye and the blue one a red eye. What really got him were her brilliant eyes, the ones even more radiant than his own.
"Boys, this is Anya Slovanik. Anya, this is Tala, Spencer, Bryan and Kai."
"Hey guys." She said smiling. The thing about her smile was that it wasn't cheery, it looked sort of smirkish.
"THIS is our new teammate?" Tala snorted in disgust.
"You got a problem with that, Red?" She said back. Her tone was cool, quiet and deadly. In fact, it was so calm it was threatening.
Red?
She leaned against the wall behind her, a patient expression on her face.
"Hmph." Was all Tala responded with.
"I didn't think so." She hissed and closed her eyes.
Tala was suddenly infuriated at her attitude.
"What the hell is your problem!"
Anya opened her eyes.
"I suggest we take this outside."
The next thing the team knew, both Tala and Anya were in their bladers' stances, ready to battle.
"Tala, you can't battle just after you got hurt from that last one!" Bryan pointed out.
"Shaddup."
"3, 2, 1, LET IT RIIIIIPPP!"
The two unleashed their blades, Anya immediately going for the defense.
"Wolborg, attack!"
"Kaexalea, attack!"
Both bladers' bit beasts emerged from their bit chips, Anya's Kaexalea being an Ice phoenix much to Kai's surprise. The phoenix was an icy blue color, decorated with silver armor and marks on its body, either black or sapphire. A white mane flowed out like Dranzer's from under its silver crest, and like the phoenix it resembled on Anya's pendant, it had piercing red eyes. Tala noted that the blue phoenix and the red phoenix's eye on Anya's pendant glowed as Kaexalea was released. As the two Ice types clashed, getting nowhere, Anya made an interesting and shocking move.
"Kaexalea, retreat!"
The Ice phoenix obeyed, once again returning to the containment of its bit chip.
"Rycarraea, your turn!"
This time, the red phoenix and the blue phoenix's eye on her pendant glowed as a second bit beast emerged from the bit chip.
Wait... Rycarraea? Wasn't that the name of the bit beast that saved us?
"Rycarraea, throw him off!"
The Fire phoenix shrieked. It was identical to Kaexalea except that Rycarraea had royal crimson feathers, gold armor and the marks on its body were a very dark crimson color. This phoenix had icy blue eyes, the same as Anya's. Just as Tala snapped out of his trance-like stare at the majestic bird of Fire, it came crashing down on Wolborg. Thankfully, bit beasts healed far faster than their masters, so he wasn't too badly hurt by the blow, but nonetheless, Tala was defeated. Rycarraea returned to his mistress, who wore a triumphant smirk on her face. That was when Kai stepped in.
"How is it that you have two bit beasts, let alone twin phoenixes?"
Anya shrugged.
"To tell you the honest-to-god truth, I don't know. My hunch is that it has something to do with the spilt-colored bit chip and my pendant."
Sure enough, the phoenix portrait on the bit chip was divided by an unseen line. On one side, it was just like Kaexalea and the other was like Rycarraea.
"Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that those two phoenixes are brothers with one missing." Anya said pocketing her blade and launcher.
"Do you know who their triplet is?"
"Some phoenix called Black Dranzer."