MasterFranny: well, the new chapter. Hope you'll like it, because I don't know what will happen.
Kai: but you're the authoress! –growls in rage–
MasterFranny: it's just like the part with Kiya –shrugs– that thing is creating itself I do nothing but listen… and write down.
Note: this chapter was BETA read from Kurosaisei. Praise her… she's the one that keeps haunting me so I update more and faster.
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Thanks to everyone that reviewed.
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RATING: R
DISCLAIMER: no own, never will so shut up
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"(Talking into other languages)"
((BitBeast language))
–Dreams sequences, flashbacks, memories–
BREATH OF LIGHT
Chapter 15: Unsealing
Hope, trust, faith,
this is all I care about;
hurt, hate, rage,
nothing of this can make me feel good
but as the darkness approaches,
it's so hard to keep sane,
it's so hard to keep singing.
I can hear sounds of despair,
I can hear sounds of pain
where's the hope,
where's the faith
where's the trust
I was caring for?
Nothing can help me with all this rage,
not even the light,
which is filled with dried blood…
Present, Balkov Abbey, Russia
Boris glared at the five teens as Voltaire stood there, waiting for him to prove they were under his control, and he clenched his fist, barely suppressing his satisfaction, knowing too well how the teens wanted to kill the old man.
He wasn't going to let himself remain under the control of Voltaire; the old man deserved to die, so the power the Demolition Boys owned would be his, and no one else's.
"(Now,)" Boris ordered, a cold smirk appeared on his face. "(Change.)"
Kai glared hard at him, and then he turned slowly towards Voltaire, hatred clear in his expression as he stared at the two monsters before his eyes.
He didn't know how to react, since he didn't want them dead –death would be too generous– but at the same time, he wanted them to suffer, to remember forever what they had done to all of them just for the sake of power.
They were nothing but horrible monsters, creatures not even hell would accept, and still they stood before their eyes, believing to have power in their hands -but they had none.
Kai, Spencer, Ian, Bryan and Tala were not tools- they were not toys to be manipulated by the two insane men- they were human beings; they deserved respect and freedom, and they were not going to submit to them anymore.
They deserved to pay, because he wasn't there to enjoy life, he wasn't there to laugh with them, he wasn't there to smile and say they were his family.
And he didn't want to change.
He'd lived with his other part and he'd accepted what he'd become, but still he wasn't up to change and show he still was under their power. He was free, he wanted to be free, and he trusted the BladeBreakers enough to know they were going to come as well, and they did not need to see what they really were.
The power inside him wasn't born to hurt and kill -not even the dark part- and he wanted nothing but to feel free again, to feel he was normal and not different from the others –he wanted back what Voltaire and Boris took from him when he was little, and even if he knew it could never be recovered, he still wished for the chance.
A chance to know a different meaning for life.
So he lifted his head up with pride clear on his face, and meeting Boris' eyes he stated, "(Niet,)" as he smirked.
Boris tensed and a twitch made its way on his left eye as he glared at them all, confused and slightly afraid. He couldn't understand why they weren't obeying him, why they stood there unmoving, and were not changing.
The serum had to work, it was way stronger than the one he used in the past, it was supposed to make them puppets under his will! Why were they not changing already!
"(You are supposed to obey me!)" he yelled angry. "(I order you to change! Now!)"
It was Tala who stepped towards him, hatred and disgust filling both his azure eyes and his voice as he hissed, "(Don't you realize we are not under the serum? Didn't you realize we would grow up and so would our powers? The serum can't control us; it's weak and we are not)".
Bryan let a wicked smile appear on his lips as he too stepped towards them –he had to control his own desire to kill them because he, too, knew too well they deserved more than just death.
"(Boris,)" Voltaire hissed in anger "(You said you could control them completely!)"
He too knew that they were in a dangerous situation. The guards couldn't understand what that meant, even if they had been trained to know the five had unresisting powers, but rounded the two men as they pointed their guns at the teens, ready to fire if needed.
Ian laughed and his voice resemble a snake's hiss, while his eyes turned into slits at the sight –how could they believe guns would stop them?
With the powers completely in their veins, and in control of their own bodies and thoughts, nothing could or would stop them, they were invincible. Wounds would just heal in few seconds; not even torture would be enough to stop them.
They were going to gain their freedom back.
The whole room was filled with tension- even more than before, the situation had reached an impasse and they were still waiting, Voltaire and Boris looking half-fearfully at their creations on one side of the room and the said creations were glaring at them with smirks of satisfaction and hatred at the opposite side.
In that moment another guard raced inside the room in a hurry, stepping near Voltaire and Boris, panting hard because of his run, not even realizing what was happening around him because he was afraid of Boris' reaction to the news he was carrying.
"(Sir, the BladeBreakers escaped and are now somewhere inside the Abbey!)" his voice trembled slightly as Boris looked at him with pure fury and he stepped back, trying to run away.
"(Can't you find them!)" Voltaire growled, his eyes never abandoning the Demolition Boys "(You useless fool!)"
"(I think t–they're coming t–this way s–sir)" the man stumbled, bumping against the wall with his shoulders in his retreat.
Voltaire growled again and Boris looked back at the teens before them. Maybe the BladeBreakers would be the perfect hostage to have Kai and the others under their will –Kai cared for the BladeBreakers, for how much Voltaire could disapprove this, and the Demolition Boys cared for Kai. So if he threatened the teens here with the BladeBreakers' lives, he was sure they could do nothing to stop him.
He would show them what Kai and his mates were, have them lose their faith, and then they would all fall completely under his power.
The first thing Voltaire would do right after regaining control of his army would be to dispose of Boris –the fool was as useless as a worm now, and he didn't want to share the power with such a shit. Then he would dispose of the BladeBreakers and Mr. Dickinson too; that old man was driving him mad by sneaking into his business in search of proof of his experiments.
And then, the entire world would fall into his hands; the power of the Sacred Beasts completely under his will.
"(Let them come, they will have a surprise waiting for them in here…)" his cruel smirk sending shudders through the D-Boys' frames.
Six year before, Balkov Abbey, Russia
"(I don't know what you're talking about,)" Bryan frowned as he looked at his friend, who was sitting there troubled. "(I've never heard of two Spirit Phoenixes. I thought there was only one…)"
Ian nodded and Spencer just looked, while Kiya placed his chin on his hands, deep in thought. Tala had reported Kai's strange behaviour and his speech about another Phoenix to the others, as if waiting for some help from them –especially from Kiya– but none of them ever heard about other Phoenixes apart from Dranzer.
She was the only one they ever knew, how could another one exist?
"(Kai said it was black?)" Kiya looked up at Tala and his eyes turned slightly cold when the younger one nodded. "(I noticed Kai used to be called into the research lab more often than usual, but I thought it was nothing important… what if Boris decided to clone his Creature?)"
"('Clone' means…?)" Ian looked at him frowning cutely.
"(To create a copy,)" Bryan answered, "(You think Boris doubled Dranzer someway?)"
"(Is that even possible?)" Tala sighed in despair, he didn't know what to do.
He felt deep inside that something really bad was drawing near but couldn't place the feeling, and he was deeply worried.
Kiya didn't know what to do neither, though he was the older one, he didn't know what was happening. What would be the purpose of a cloned Beast? And why was it called Black Dranzer?
Why Black?
Maybe it was a bad one. Kiya knew Beasts could never be evil, that's why Boris could never be able to use one of them, and neither could Voltaire, but if they had found a way to taint the pure Spirits, then they needed to stop him before it was too late.
And Kai was in danger, Kiya didn't know why Boris wanted him to use Black Dranzer, but it was up to no good and Kiya was determined not to let Kai be used by Boris.
"(We need to have Kai always with one of us, we can't let him be alone anymore, and we have to make it impossible for Boris to experiment on him anymore,)" Kiya looked at each one of the others with serious eyes, "(If he's really creating Dark Beasts then we can't let this happen!)"
The others nodded in understanding, their eyes flashing in anger.
"(I will go and search for Kai,)" Tala stood up and reached for the doorknob, "(I won't let Boris hurt him!)"
"(Call if you need help, ok?)" Bryan looked worried as Tala left, then he stood up and stared at Kiya, "(What if Boris is trying to make Sacred Beasts evil to use us with them? That means our Creatures are in danger as well?)"
"(I don't know, Bryan,)" Kiya sighed and looked at him with uncertain eyes, but then they turned to determination "(But I know I will do anything in order to save you all)".
Bryan, Ian and Spencer smiled slightly, knowing he was not lying –Kiya would do anything to help them, even die.
'Yes, like that would ever happen,' he scolded himself.
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Tala did not know where Kai could be, since he was not in his room and he was not in the main training room, and he felt a cold feeling ran down his back as he quickened his pace and turned to the research lab, hoping Kai was not in there.
As he was running he bumped on a boy from the normal training session and as they collided the other boy fell on the ground with a yell.
He stopped and said "(Sorry,)" but as he looked at him he found he was the boy he knew from before, the one who spoke at him the day he arrived there, and the one he saw Kai protect from two guards, who said his name was Andrei.
He blinked knowing too well what that one thought about them, he hated them a lot, believing they were merely monsters –so did the rest of the Abbey– however he knew this one was quite strange.
The boy with greyish hair looked up but as he recognized the one he bumped onto his eyes filled with hatred and fear as he stood up again, backing away.
"(Stay away of me!)" he hissed in disgust. "(You pathetic filthy monster! You freak!)"
Tala felt anger raise in his chest but willed it away, he was in search for his love it was not the time to stay with that boy hearing him insult what he was.
"(You're nothing but a freak!)" Andrei repeated, "(I can beat you in a match!)"
His hand lifted towards Tala, holding out a dark grey BeyBlade, and to Tala's surprise there was actually a BitBeast on it. It was a…
"(I have no time to lose with you,)" Tala hissed back, willing his eyes to change into his usual silver, and the other boy retreated squeaking, "(I am searching for Kai!)"
"(The ugly freak,)" Andrei snarled, putting away his Bey with a look of discomfort and disgust, "(He's been taken to the demonstration dishes)".
Tala's eyes turned into slits, this was not good at all. Without turning back, he left, running with all his strength towards the demonstration dishes, leaving behind a horrified Andrei, who scowled towards him.
One minute afterwards he recollected himself and walked away, he didn't want to be late, since it was Boris himself who asked to see him.
Tala hurried towards the main dish of the demonstration dishes, which was a giant field rounded by a glassy stand on which bladers stood to watch BeyBattles.
As he approached the nearest stand he could see clearly ten mechanical launchers send the same number of training beyblades into the battlefield, the one Boris used to use to train kids. The training beyblades were metallic and heavy. And they were all going together against a single Bey, which was black and was spinning with grace through the dish.
The black bey was rounded by some kind of strange aura, completely back as well, and Tala felt darkness coming out of it.
At the same it was emanating a power so strong he felt attracted to it, but his attention slipped towards a single person standing meters from him, his eyes glued to the bey in the dish as it smashed the other blades with ease, as if they were butter made instead of metal.
It was Kai.
"(Kai!)" he yelled, approaching the younger boy in worry.
The slate haired boy's eyes did not leave the black Bey in the dish as if not sensing Tala near him, excitement clear in his face as well as something Tala couldn't recognize.
But that something scared Tala, who shook Kai hard by his shoulders, and finally Kai turned his head towards him, blinking as if coming out of a trance.
"(Tala!)" Kai smiled happily and pointed the black bey as it returned in the launcher. "(Look at her… isn't she great?)"
She? Tala turned again to the Bey, not understanding what Kai was saying.
"(Who's she?)" he asked frowning slightly.
"(The Black Phoenix,)" Kai replied with pride, "(Black Dranzer!)"
Present, Balkov Abbey, Russia
"Up there!" Tyson was the first to spot the end of the really long corridor, and his Dragoon shone his light towards the end of it, making his Master sure Kai was up there.
"Kai!" Ray yelled running after Tyson.
They were finally there, and they could feel it was the end of it, they were going to fight and help Kai out of the Abbey, and they were sure Lee and Michael had called Mr. Dickinson.
They were almost prepared for everything.
But the sight before their eyes stopped them dead in their tracks. Kai and the Demolition Boys' team were on one side of the big room, their faces contorted with anger and hatred, and before them, at the other side, there were Voltaire Hiwatari and Boris, rounded by guards with guns pointed at them.
"Kai!" the BladeBreakers, Johnny and Robert yelled, relieved to see he was apparently fine.
Kai's eyes turned sharply to them as well as the Demolition Boys' own, relieved to see they were unharmed. But then Voltaire laughed calmly and the guards ran towards the teens, surrounding them in a flash.
Kai felt anger burn inside him as he felt his control wave, but he steadied himself and gritted his teeth.
"Hey!" Tyson yelled in fear seeing the guns pointed at him, and stepped backwards while Robert and Johnny, being the older ones, stepped forward as to protect the others.
"Welcome here, young boys," was Voltaire's satisfied speech. "I see you managed to pull free and come here… just in time for the party to begin".
"You're a monster!" Max yowled, his fists trembling slightly due to fear and anger as well.
It was unusual to see anger flash in the blonde's eyes, but there it was, no one would touch or hurt one of his friends!
"What do you mean?" Boris' face was the pure incarnation of hell as he smirked to the teens, "I did nothing… you can see Kai and the others are okay…"
"We saw him!" Robert's face was disgusted and full of hatred as well as the others as he looked at Boris. "The… boy in the cage! The one who's not human anymore!"
"Oh… I'm surprised you could actually find him… he's been hidden down there for so many years…" Boris was actually surprised as he grimaced slightly, that was his first mistake while messing with the serum.
He believed there would be just two results, success and the victim would become like Kai and the others, or failure, and the victim would die.
But that boy had been caught in the middle –not completely accepting the serum but not dying neither.
He had been not strong enough to survive the complete changes, but he was not that weak to die, so he had been stuck in–between.
During that speech between Boris and the BladeBreakers, Kai and the Demolition Boys remained silent, staring confusedly at them all.
They couldn't understand what they were speaking about, but the situation was quite creepy.
Tala turned to Kai, his face serious, and looking at him he said what the other Demolition Boys were thinking as well, "(I can't trust them, Kai)".
"(But I do!)" Kai replied, his voice low as not to be heard by the BladeBreakers. "(They would understand… I do trust them!)"
"(They won't understand, they can't accept who we are just because they trust you,)" Bryan stressed his words "(They are not trusting us, but you, and won't trust us even if you tell them we're trustworthy!)"
Kai shook his head, the BladeBreakers stood by his side even when he betrayed them going to the Abbey, and using Black Dranzer, they stood by his side and helped him in Lake Baikal and they were there when he fought against his grandfather.
They proved to deserve his complete faith, and he wouldn't fail them once again, because he trusted them to understand.
Even if his other friends couldn't.
"What did you do to him!" it was Johnny's time to speak as he glared with fury at both Boris and Voltaire, "He was half… monster!"
The word attracted Kai's attention as well as Tala's and the others', and they all looked at the BladeBreakers, Boris and Voltaire.
"He was a mistake during our path to conquer the world," answered Voltaire dismissively, "He was someone unlucky, because he didn't resist our experiments and became a sorry excuse of a boy…"
"We tried to use the serum on him as well," Boris was speaking loudly, but his words could be understood only partially by both sides. "He was stuck in–between and never mentally recovered from the experiment… I think our Tala here knew him long time ago" he turned to Tala, who growled and glared at him.
He couldn't understand what he was saying.
"(You mean…)" Kai understood it before any other could, "(you used the serum with others!)"
He couldn't believe they were not the only ones alive after the experiments, he couldn't believe there was someone else.
"Only one ever survived, but unfortunately he couldn't accept it," Boris 'tck'ed shaking his head. "He did not die, but he wasn't a success".
Kai's eyes widened in astonishment, if that boy was alive he wasn't a failure, but if his body couldn't fight then…
"(Oh my God he's stuck in–between…)" his voice failed him and it trembled.
The Demolition Boys arrived at the same conclusion and paled, while Tala stepped forwards growling.
"(You said I knew him)" he hissed. "(Who is he!)"
"(His name was Andrei,)" was Boris' calm reply. "(His beast was a Bat)".
Tala frowned again, trying to remember, then his mind recalled a young boy with greyish hair, hatred filled eyes as he looked at him, his BeyBlade pointed towards him as if challenging him.
He paled, he could remember too well the boy, he hated them for what they were, he was disgusted by them and now he was one of them… with the exception that he was stuck in–between, he was a real monster, not human anymore but also not changed.
This was the worse punishment one could have, being turned into something you hate and fear, forever, without the hope to ever return normal again… this was far worse than his own destiny, far worse than death, the worse nightmare.
Tala shuddered in fear and disgust, trying to picture in his head what could be now his shape. Andrei hated them all, but this was too much for him, too much for anyone.
Robert stared silently as the Demolition Boys and Kai paled, he was sure they did not know what happened to the boy.
"Stop this useless speech," Voltaire growled and lifted his right hand towards the BladeBreakers "You're going to obey me, unless you want me to kill them!"
The guards prepared the guns, ready to shoot the BladeBreakers if Voltaire ordered them, and the teens stepped backwards, afraid.
"You won't hurt them!" Kai tried to dart forwards but Voltaire merely moved his hand threateningly so he stopped dead, he was trapped.
He did not want his friends to be hurt or killed, but he did not want to follow his grandfather's orders.
He didn't want to change, not before their eyes, not now, not to kill… he wanted just freedom! Why was that so hard to gain!
His breath quickened as he felt his powers start to rise in his body, already flowing against each other in order to claim control of him. They were fighting and he tried to will them to stop, he knew too well what would happen if he lose control…
"I won't if you accept to obey me," replied Voltaire. "I will let them live and I won't hurt them".
Kai gritted his teeth, he couldn't, he just couldn't…
Ray growled deeply in his throat, they had decided to come to save Kai, instead they'd become hostage and Kai was going to let Voltaire control him just for the sake to save them! They were useless!
Tala and the others did not know what to do, they did not want Kai's friends to get hurt, but it was not acceptable to be controlled by Voltaire!
"You won't have Kai under your will!" Tyson yelled pulling his Dragoon out of his pocket again, "We won't let you use him in your experiments! DRAGOON!"
But as he launched his Bey against Voltaire, and the man turned to him in surprise, Johnny jumped onto one of the guards in a vain attempt to disarm him.
Seeing this the guards fired, hitting Tyson on his shoulder and Johnny on his left arm, while the rest of the teens yelled in fear.
As if seeing it all slowed down Kai stared in shock while Tyson fell on the floor, blood coming out from his wound, Dragoon missing Voltaire and falling away.
Tu-tum.
His heart was the only sound he could hear, as if the world became silent. No other noise than his heart beat at first slow, as Johnny bumped against the guard, who fell with him as well as the Scottish groaned in pain, a pool of blood already forming under his body.
Tu-tum.
He saw Robert yell before kneeling near Johnny and shaking him.
Tu-tum.
He saw Max and Ray ran near Tyson crying.
Tu-tum.
Voltaire was laughing at Tyson and Johnny, his face contorted in evil satisfaction.
Tu-tum.
Boris turned to Kai and yelped in fear, his eyes were shining in gold and black, his entire frame shaking with rage as a dark aura surrounded him completely.
He knew too late what was going to happen.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGHH!"
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MasterFranny: wow, it's coming to an end! Hope you'll like next chapter. And review if you want! It would make me happy!
Annnnd… well, you finally understood who the boy was, ne? The freak. It was easy since he was the only one with grey hair… anyway, review!
