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"talking"

'thinking'

"(talking into other languages)"

((beatbeast language))

""""""dreams sequences, flashbacks, memories""""""

BREATH OF LIGHT

CHAPTER 14 Troublesome

Coming near the end of it all,

I feel nothing but relief:

finally someone will know

finally someone will understand;

I lived all my life trying to erase the pain

and now... someone will share my agony

someone will help me being accepted,

a friend's word is what I need.

To be accepted, to be loved,

to be trusted and cared of.

My whole life turned to be nothing but a lie,

but a hope of redemption

is still coming my way.

Present, Balkov Abbey, Russia

"(Look at the sweet image... how nice...)"

Tala and Kai froze as they looked sharply up and with the rest of the D-Boys they stared with hate at Boris, who had appeared on the doorframe. The director's face was again hidden by his usual grey mask, and his eyes shone wickedly red. He was wearing a satisfied smirk.

Kai narrowed his eyes sensing the danger, as Tala growled and pulled his love behind his shoulders, in a vain attempt to protect him.

They all shared a hatred that was almost tangible, and the look they directed to the man was as cold as ice. Boris wasn't the least affected as he stepped forwards, lifting his hand to touch Kai in Tala's embrace.

"(Stay away)" Bryan hissed, standing up, his face contorted by rage.

"(Now, now)" Boris smirked some more. "(That was uncalled for. You don't have to be that mad at your director... I see Kai and Tala here found back their memories... besides, now I have all of you under my control... and Voltaire arrived so it's time to move)".

Kai paled hearing his grandfather was anywhere near him, and his grip on Tala's shirt tightened. The wolf sensed it and cast a glance towards him, trying to reassure his love nothing would happen to him. But Kai wasn't looking at him, his gaze fixed on the director, his hands tightened into fists, his face pale and concentrated.

The fear and the tenseness was perceptible in the room, as if it was a physical sensation, and it was affecting all the younger teens, while on the opposite Boris seemed to feed on it.

"(Come on, you don't want me to hurt you... or your friends... I mean the BladeBreakers)" Boris laughed contented. "(They tried to sneak inside, but got caught... you don't want them to be experimented as well, do you?)"

Kai felt his blood turn cold and forced his still weak body to stand up, against the protests of his friends. He looked at his hands and saw they weren't trembling anymore, first sign the fever had calmed down and now the serum was back into his system. The activate serum, not the other one.

The first one was meant to wake their power, the calming one was meant to block them, to control them better. But in the present moment he felt the double energy run inside his body in two distinct flames, sign the first serum had been injected into his veins. It was as strong as it had been when he was younger, but the power he shared with the fire had grown in intensity due to his age and strength, and he felt way stronger than he was years before.

He could feel the power tingle inside him, sparkling from his fingers to his hair, ready to be used -but he couldn't do a thing -the BladeBreakers... his friends... were prisoners of the Abbey, and he had to obey Boris in order to make sure they would be safe.

Just the mere thought of Tyson, Max, Ray and Chief being experimented the way he had to was unbearable for the Phoenix, he was sure they were strong and could survive, but he wasn't as sure about their mental state. They had never met any trouble anywhere like Kai and the Demolition Boys had, so they couldn't even think about surviving under half of the pressure and torture Kai suffered.

So there was nothing Kai could do, but wait.

"(First of all, let me use this)" Boris snapped his fingers and two guards entered the room, each one holding a needle with a strange dark liquid. "(It's the new version of the Serum 02, since the first one hadn't had the effect we expected it to have...)"

Kai felt a stab in his heart at that mention. He knew well what had happened the first time, he knew what had made his powers react.

Kiya...

"(This one is stronger, and I think it will be able to control you without blocking your powers)" continued Boris.

One of the guards approached with care and fear Kai, but the teen remained still, deep in the memories of that dreaded night, and the others calmed down as well, knowing there was nothing they could do.

Kai felt the needle on his arm, and he felt the serum enter his body, leaving a cold sensation. He could feel it was different, he could feel it was stronger, but at the same time, nothing happened.

He knew his system neutralized the serum the time it flew in his veins. It was natural, his body developed a special strength even if he never used his powers, asleep inside his heart.

It couldn't help the battle that was going on inside his heart and mind. It could do nothing to stop it, or calm it. The two powers would fight each other forever, there was nothing he could do, and he simply accepted it. Maybe in the past that wouldn't have happened, he would have fought against them both, but now it was different; he lived almost normally and knew real life, and battles, and people, and he realized long ago he was what he was, and couldn't change it. He accepted his being, and that was what his powers were waiting for.

Both were part of him, no matter what, and both were used to strengthen him some way. He could still feel them fight inside him, but he now knew he could control them if he remained focused.

So he closed his eyes and pretended to feel the serum affect him. He let his muscles visibly relax, and glancing at his friends behind him he saw them do the same. He received the larger amount of serum, since he had to cope with double force, a whole syringe, and the other one was shared between the other four of them.

A common acting, with no words spoken, but an agreement, and they all relaxed. They all felt it wasn't working on them, but they had thought it would be better to fake.

And wait for the right opportunity...

Boris looked at them, waiting. He had never used the serum before on one of the experiments, so he couldn't know what it would really do to them, but as he saw them relax he smirked in satisfaction.

"(Well)" he said turning "(let's go... Lord Voltaire is waiting for us)".

The teens shared a look, and they all agree -it was not yet the time.

Six years before, Balkov Abbey, Russia

Tala knew something was wrong as soon as he saw Kai come back in his room that night. He was glancing distractedly at the floor, his eyes unfocused, and he didn't respond at any of Tala's questions.

At the end the Wolf managed to get his attention, as he grabbed him on the shoulders, meeting his own eyes with a determined glare.

"(Kai, what the heck happened!)" he growled in exasperation.

What he received was a confused and mildly perplexed expression.

"(What do you mean, Tala-kun?)" Kai's voice was low. "(Nothing happened... I feel good that's it)".

Tala knew it was a lie, but at the same he knew Kai would never lie to him, so he observed his koi's face, determined to find out what was wrong -and he succeeded. Kai's eyes were a little unfocused and blurry, and his pupils were constricted, as if he was under some sort of drug. Under his eyes there were deep blue shades, as if Kai hadn't be able to sleep properly in the last hours, and he was paler than usual.

Tala knew instantly he had been put under drugs that were worse than usual; so he picked him up, bridal style, and placed him on the bed, tugging the blankets around him as to make him warm. Kai smiled with a glazed off face, then let himself fall on the Wolf's chest, breathing deeply.

"(What did Boris injected you?)" Tala growled in both fear and rage.

"(Oh -that)" Kai giggled, closing his eyes tiredly. "(He said it was some kind of new serum -stronger, he told me he mixed it with a tranquilizer,)" Kai started to laugh in a low tone, not able to control himself.

"(Kai, please, stay together!)" Tala hugged him tightly, shaking his head. "(What happened then?)"

"(It was so strange...)" Kai glanced up at the red haired boy, with a weak smile that held a tinge of something he wasn't able to detect "(He showed me something new, a new toy just for me...)"

Something cold tugged into Tala's heart hearing Kai's words, even if he couldn't put his mind onto the feeling, he knew it was bad.

"(A toy? Kai, can you describe me that toy?)"

Kai giggled again, sounding and acting like the child he had never been, and looked up at him.

"(Hee hee, Yuri's jealous about my toy!)"

Tala's eyes darkened hearing the name he had swore he wouldn't spoke never again, and seeing his face Kai turned sober again.

"(I'm... I'm sorry)" he mumbled in a slumbered voice. "(I don't know what I was saying... sorry, Tala...)"

"(No Kai you have nothing to be sorry about!)" Tala continued hugging him tightly. "(It was just Boris' fault! But now, what is that 'toy'?)"

Kai put Dranzer out of his pocket with a indecisive look and showed it to Tala. "(It was a new BeyBlade, it had a strange Bit that resembled a lot her...)"

"(Another Phoenix?)" Tala narrowed his eyes deep in thought. "(But that's not possible!)"

Kai shrugged but not replied, then he held his faithful Bey near his heart as he rested his head on Tala's chest, feeling the red haired teen's heart bumps. The loud rhythm was lulling into sleep but before he could loose consciousness, he turned his clouded eyes up at his love.

"(Boris said... it was fated to be mine)" he mumbled, his lids already closing. "(It was black, you know... and he said her name was Black Dranzer)".

Then he fell silent, and Tala could hear his steady breath as Kai was deeply asleep. He looked down at him, feeling a sudden pain in his heart and not knowing why, and he wished nothing bad would come out of this new bey.

Present, Balkov Abbey, Russia

Boris hauled the five inside one huge training room, making them all fall on the ground restricted by the guards, and glared down at them with satisfaction. After so many years his possessions were finally in his hands and were finally under his whole control; not even Voltaire could stand against this plot of soldiers, and Boris wanted to make sure he would get what he deserved.

He wasn't going to let that old man control his own possessions, he hadn't lived this long working on a serum to control them and then let someone else get the results. Voltaire was just an old man, and it was he who was supposed to be the conqueror of the whole world, not some business man.

So he was ready, when the old man would enter the room, to make the teens change in order to kill him, and then go straight for the world domination.

He laughed dryly and stepped away, preparing himself to show Voltaire who was the stronger one between them.

Tala looked at Kai, making sure he wasn't under the serum, and Kai smiled wearily at him, his eyes already sparkling of suppressed emotions.

"(The BladeBreakers are inside here, somewhere)" Bryan glared at Boris, but the guards were effectively blocking them, surrounding the five who decided to play the part for some more. "(We can't destroy the place, or we would end up hurting them and for how much I could care less for their welfare, Kai cares, so we can do nothing)".

Kai shared a thankfully look with him, knowing too well that Bryan wanted just to kill everyone before his eyes.

He wanted it too, but he couldn't let his 'friends' to get hurt in the process.

"(You really think they are trustworthy)" Tala blinked in mild surprise. "(I'm sorry, but they are not... they are simple humans after all)".

Kai shook his head, his eyes burning with faith.

"(I think they would understand, I think they would accept what we really are!)"

"(Kai, you can't trust so easily someone... they are just kids, they can't face that truth)" it was Spencer's time to spoke. "(They will react like everyone else -they will be disgusted by us)".

"(No, I know you're all wrong)" Kai's eyes sparkled with determination. "(I confide in them, they would understand)".

"(But we won't tell them)" Tala's eyes were sad but as determined as Kai's own. "(We'll keep them as far from this as we can)".

Kai couldn't do but nod. He didn't want to hurt his friends, the only friends outside the Abbey he could manage to get, the only people who actually trusted him to the point of coming to rescue him in the Hellhole.

The door opened and a guard stepped in, his walk unsteady as he stepped towards Boris, whispering something that the boys couldn't catch in his ear. Boris' face cringed in pure rage as he stepped towards the teens, his eyes full of hatred and determination.

Tala and the others felt a cold wave of fear, but knowing they could fight, they remained still, waiting.

They all knew it was coming to an end, and they were ready to show Boris and Voltaire they were not their weapons.

"(Now, as soon as master Voltaire comes in, you have to change)" Boris ordered with venom in his voice.

Ian, Kai, Spencer, Tala and Bryan glanced at each other in confusion.

"(Since you're only under my will, you'll do what I want)" Boris gritted his teeth. "(You will attack Voltaire and kill him!)"

A sudden shock fell on the teens, but they soon recovered, knowing too well someone like Boris couldn't stay under someone else's orders when he had the power under his hands.

For how much Kai wanted to just follow his orders, and kill his grandfather, the rational part of his mind knew he could never do that. He was still his grandfather, and once he longed for the respect of the older man. Now he knew what kind of person Voltaire was, but still he had never ever killed someone when in control of himself, and he wasn't going to do that now.

Voltaire and Boris deserved to rot in prison forever, and he was going to make them pay -but not with their life.

As he glanced to his friends near him, he made a note to himself -they were going to suffer before going to prison.

Suffer for all the years of pain they caused to the children, for the pain they caused to innocent people in order to reach their egoistic goal, for the pain they lived for.

Kai gritted his teeth, his eyes already assuming a golden tone.

He couldn't wait anymore.

Lee panted as he ran up the stairs of the Russian BBA's office, wishing with all his heart to find Mr. Dickinson inside. Michael was right on his heels, panting even harder 'cause he wasn't used to strain himself that way.

They had managed to get on the first taxi since no one of them knew how to reach the BBA's quarters from the Abbey, and when they finally were able to think properly they had realized there was no certainty Mr. Dickinson would be in his office, since he seemed to had disappeared when Tyson and the others needed him the most.

They could only wish, and as they knocked at the front door, they held their breath in expectation.

"(Yes?)" a voice could be heard from the inside, and both teens breathed in relief.

"Mr. Dickinson!" Lee and Michael jumped inside the office, finding the BBA's director speaking on the phone.

As soon as the old man saw the two captains he thanked whoever was on the other end of the call and put down the phone, turning to them with a relieved expression.

"My, boys, haven't you realized I've searched for you all the morning?" Mr. Dickinson's voice was filled with worry. "Where are the others missing? Where is Kai?"

"Kai's being kidnapped!" Michael yelled, loosing his temper. "When the 'breakers called the police, they laughed their heads off, and you were not in your room, and neither were Judy or Tyson's father!"

Mr. Dickinson's face turned white as he listened to Lee's and Michael's speech about their decision to go and help Kai all by themselves, and that they had been caught while trying to find him.

"We were trying to understand why Kai was injured" Mr. Dickinson stood up and grabbed the phone again, dialling a number. "We were searching for proof, and now we have it" he steadied himself and started to talk in the phone in fluent Russian.

After one moment he nodded and leaving the phone he hushed the two captains out the room, down the stairs and outside the building, where two cars of the police where already waiting for them, and inside Kenny, Bruce and Judy looking at them worriedly.

Lee and Michael jumped inside the first car with the Chief as Mr. Dickinson placed himself in the second with Tyson's father and Max's mother, then the two cars raced out for the Abbey.

Each one of the occupants of the cars were wishing the same thing -not to be late.

"That way, hurry up!"

Johnny was the first of the group to reach the main corridor, thanks to the way their Beasts were giving them, and glanced at the left, feeling his Salamulyon roar and sparkle with light.

He knew they were reaching Kai, and he was desperate to arrive to him before anything could happen. Behind him the others were running too, in their hearts the same wish the Scottish had -not to be late.

Inside the BitChips all the beasts trembled and waited in fear, because they knew it was already too late, but they were sure the boys could stand what they were going to discover in the room up the stairs.

Invisible by human eye a link was formed between the 'Breakers Beasts and Kai's own, as the Spirits communicated with each other.

((It's going to end soon)) Dragoon promised as he tried to calm down Dranzer. ((We will be soon there and...))

((And what?)) Dranzer's voice was desperate. ((My master and his friends are going to change, and I don't share my Master's opinion about your Masters!))

((You need to trust us more, and have faith in them)) came in the calm voice of Draciel. ((I am positive they will understand)).

Driger stayed silent as the others debated, his faith in Ray never failing but at the same feeling a cold sensation in his heart.

Maybe they would be able to accept it, but it was going to be too fast, and he wasn't sure there could be time for a second option.

((Nothing bad's gonna happen)) Dragoon stated. ((I am sure of that)).

Dranzer sighed cutting the connection -she wished Dragoon was right, but something was telling her it couldn't be that easy.

The time had come.

Kai, Bryan, Tala, Ian and Spencer looked sharply up as the door opened and Voltaire Soichiiro Hiwatari stepped inside, surrounded by armed guards, his face full of determination and disgust as he glared at the five teens that were part of his personal arm.

Boris looked at him too, his eyes sparkling with excitement as he waited for the opportunity to strike his last order, to finally get rid of the old man, to finally being able to rule the world all by himself.

Kai noticed the slight tenseness in his friends' bodies and closing his eyes he let himself change, just a little, just the slightest change, using it to call out for them, reassuring the four it would be all okay.

And then, the spoken order that would start the end.

"(Now)" Boris looked at them. "(Change)".

MasterFranny: now it will be really the end. It's finally coming to an end, just a few chapter more and it's finished.

Now remember to leave a review before shutting down the connection, okay? That would be appreciated!

MF

PS oh, and, sorry if it was so short. The next one will be longer. Plus, I was thinking, would you like me to put an epilogue which is to introduce the sequel, at the end of the story?