I rewrote this entire story, if you didn't know so tell me what you think. I really like it better this way. It's a little more... interesting.

Trial By Old Flames

Chapter Two: Helixia Demona

Distant Storm

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When I first heard her name, I felt something.

Carrie.

I know it isn't her. It couldn't be. Not after what he had said.

"Don't worry. She'll be gone soon anyway."

She was cursed.

Just like me.

We were brought up to be one way. I never knew that you could change.

But her attitude.

Could it be her?

What if she didn't know that we were wrong?

We were taught to be ruthless.

Not beybladers.

Her name made her sound so innocent, so sweet.

She was second in command.

So she was probably one of the worst there was.

Besides Tala, maybe.

No, not even Tala was that heartless.

Just like me.

"I know." She paused. "But I'm not just your average beyblader."

"This is my battle!" She looked in shock at her brother.

She cares about him.

"Are you sure? They're from The Abbey."

"I can take 'em."

You're in over your head.

The two beyblades circled his red one, smashing into it constantly. Wyatt tried to get away.

"His attack ring is shot."

No shit. What would that silver ring that is lying on the ground over there be?

Mr. Stanley Dickenson ran down to them from the booth where he looked over all the beybladers.

"This isn't fair," Kai voiced.

"No really?" Carrie commented. "Wyatt, let me help you!"

"No!"

"What, you don't wanna let your girlfriend help you out? Afraid she'll get hurt?" The first boy said. He was the bigger of the two of them. Standing over the dish, he looked down. "Looks like you're all washed up."

"NO!" Wyatt jumped up and grabbed his beyblade which was sent flying from the arena.

"And now," the second one said, his beyblade gaining speed, headed toward Wyatt.

"And now you're screwed." Carrie launched her black metallic beyblade at them from a distance, landing directly in front of Wyatt.

"Who're you?"

"Your worst nightmare," She gritted. Kai gasped.

That sounds familiar. But he killed her, just like he promised me, right?

Carrie didn't bother to look at Kai. She heard him gasp. 'Yep,' she wanted to say. But actions spoke louder than words, and she wanted to be just a bit more physical than vocal.

"Get down," Kai said to all of them. "This battle's going to get out of control."

Anyone planning to listen? No. Why would I only know what I'm talking about here?

"Good idea." The boy opposite Wyatt said. Carrie approached the platform, switching places with Wyatt. "I'm going to tear you limb for limb," He said.

The second boy nodded tauntingly.

"Out of curiosity, you did go to The Abbey, right?"

"Yeah," their faces contorted in hatred.

"When were you there?"

"Three years ago," the second one said.

"Alright. Then you weren't there when that girl was there?"

"Who? Boris' second in command?"

"Yeah. That girl, what'd they call her?"

"Hell," Supplied Kai.

"Obviously." Carrie shrugged. "What was her real name?"

The two boys looked at each other. "What's it to you?"

"Nothing." She continued to watch as she was hit relentlessly with attacks.

"You gotta attack, sis!" Wyatt called.

That would be the naive approach.

I can tell she's above that.

"What's your name, pretty thing?" The older of the two asked. She didn't look at him. In fact, he hadn't seen her eyes even. She kept her head down toward the dish.

"Not a talker, eh?" The second one said. He smiled at her. "It doesn't matter. We'll do the same thing we did to him to you," he pointed at Wyatt.

"The hell you will."

"We'll see."

"We will."

The second one sent his beyblade outside the dish, whipping it at Kai and Wyatt. Kai sidestepped it, but Wyatt wasn't so lucky. It had ended up slashing his back pretty good. Not deep, but bloody none the less.

"You just sealed your fate," She said darkly.

"What the hell is going on?" Tyson questioned. The other blade breakers nodded as Kai looked at Wyatt, then to Dickenson.

"Get him to the first aid station," Kai said to the chairman.

"I'm staying." Kai knew better than to defy his friend and shrugged.

"Fine." Tyson took off his vest and handed it to Wyatt, who used it to cover up his bloody back.

"What about my fate?" The second said.

The larger one laughed. "You don't know who you're messing with. We were at The Abbey for three years. Apparently, Boris didn't want us on his world championship team. It was just like Carrie Kane. Boris knew that if he kept training us, he'd end up with someone more powerful than him. That's why he let Carrie go."

"Funny," Carrie said.

I think she's either cracking, or they're done for.

"I've never seen her this steamed before."

That's what I'm afraid of.

"What's funny?"

"The fact that you think you're going to win." Her hands were on her hips.

"We are, if you haven't noticed, you haven't even been able to nail an attack. I'm pretty sure your attack and defense rings are nothing right about now."

"One more attack and you're through!"

"Yes you are." She looked at the situation in front of her. One more attack and she would be done for. This was it. Now or never.

Now or never.

"Attack!" Kai called.

She waited. She let them hit her. For some reason though, it didn't work on her beyblade. She took a few deep breaths, her head hung low. Then, she cracked an eerie smile.

"Do you know who I am?" She asked.

"Are you crazy? We don't care who you are. We're going to beat you so badly."

"I don't think so." She straightened up to her full height. "My name is Carrie Ann Omara, now, but it was Carrie Ann Kane." Her smile now taunted them.

"You can't be serious," the older said.

She pursed her lips together. "Just about as serious as they come. Helixia Demona!"

Helixia Demona.

Shit.

Kai braced himself, grabbing Wyatt by the collar.

In the arena, the black beyblade spun with a revived fury. Carrie held her arms out wide as a twister formed from the beyblade. Two neon green double helixes outlined the twister. The twister took on a maroon color, making the helixes stand out even more. The two other beyblades didn't stand a chance. They were sucked into the vortex like dust to a vacuum. Her bit beast made an appearance, coming down from the top of the funnel. It was a black bird, nastier than Black Dranzer.

The two beyblades were shattered by the massive talons of the bird.

What happened to Pyrina?

My grandfather always said it was the purest of all Sacred Spirits.

Priceless. But it chose someone and mirrored them.

Wait...

It reflects the heart of...

...of the Blader.

"Carrie, stop! It's not worth it!" He passed Wyatt and the others, who were still recovering from the impact of the attack. Kai placed both his hands on her shoulders.

"What would you know?" She asked cruelly. In less than five seconds, she had spun, knocking Kai's hands from off her, and sending him to the floor. The rest of the group stared, looking at the event that had unfolded in front of them. "You're the one who tried to kill me in the first place."

His eyes widened in fear.

I didn't do that to her. I know I didn't.

Kai jumped up. The two boys she had defeated had sped out of there as fast as they had come. It didn't matter. They didn't have anything left of a beyblade. He launched his beyblade, in an attempt to stop the chaos that would probably bring down the arena if it wasn't handled.

"I don't want to fight you."

"I'm not asking you to."

"You're not giving me much choice." Her attack subsided, leaving her bit beast there, in a nasty rage. Kai swallowed his fears, if any, quickly. "Dranzer! Stop her!"

He felt it.

Dranzer, help me.

The mighty red phoenix emerged, engulfing both Pyrina and her master in red flames. She screamed in terror.

It was your only weakness.

"Helixia Demona!" She yelled, louder this time. The black beast tried to create the attack, but the other phoenix was destroying her chance. "God damn it!" She yelled, in anguish. She wasn't one to crack, but he knew she had to in order to get better.

"You have to stop," Kai pressed on.

"I won't! You hear me? I won't!"

"Then you leave me no choice." He looked at Wyatt, who was just about as freaked out as his sister was. However, his emotion ran through his eyes. His sister was a wreck and Kai was obviously the only one able to fix her. "Dranzer, Blazing Gigus Tempus!"

"Helixia Demona!"

A cyclone of fire encircled both of them, causing the bit beast to disintegrate right before her eyes. She screamed bloody murder, staring at her beyblade.

I'm sorry.

The bit was scorched to ashes, and her bit beast was gone. She looked at Kai, her walls gone. Suddenly, her eyes rolled up into her head, and she faced the darkness.

It was the only way.

Kai caught her in his arms just before she hit the ground. He went directly to Wyatt. "Come on, we need to get you two home."

"You better explain," Wyatt said, harshly.

"I will."

The two of them left, leaving the Bladebreakers standing there with Dickenson.

"I think she'd be good for a circuit if she wasn't so-"

"So evil? Yeah," Tyson supplied.

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