13. The Terrifying Truth, a Vow Fufilled
Dealing with adult life, the loss of parents, friends falling out, injuries and hurt is all hard to bare. Add tests and the growing age of sixth form and Daemon Heights is what your outcome is. The Bandits and the Demolition Boys are all going through hell at 'Hell Hole Heights' and dealing with it differently. Will they get over their pasts, graduate and find love, or will the trash can at the bottom of the road be easier for them? Its not easier being 18 and hiding things from your friends is not the option you can take without digging yourself further into your deep secrets and pasts. Mostly Kai/OC, lots of OC/OC and implied Ray/Mariah and Tyson/Hilary.
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Long time no see huh? Lol. Sorry for the wait, and the double update of 12 (cos I changed a few things) but here it is. Now, this is where it could (but hopefully wont) fall apart. Bare with me cos this is the turning point. Enjoy.
Kai pulled from my grip on his hand and rushed off the stage, jumping down in-between the queue for Karaoke. I'm confused. Why did Kai just run off like that? I see Sabre then come back through the crowd with Elisa's hand in one of his and my prawn volovont (can't spell it) things in his other. I look at him.
''Sabre, your turn.'' I say before running and jumping into the crowd after Kai. I vowed to find out what was wrong with him. And I will.
''What's up with her?'' Elisa spoke. Sabre just shrugged and glanced down at Kat's food he had brought. Mustn't waste it.
I wound my way around the dancing people as the DJ put on a filler song before the next Karaoke song came on. The queue was virtually gone now anyway. It's disco time until the end and then a song from us to finish it. That was the plan anyway.
''That was great Kat.''
''Yeah I loved it.'' I nodded and said thanks to the people who asked me.
''Are you doing dedications?''
''Umm, I guess.'' I pushed past the girl and walked on quickly. I couldn't see Kai anywhere.
''Can I ask you something Kat?'' I nod to the boy who blocked my path. Why must I be stopped in the hall like some celebrity? ''Can you sing a song for me and my friends?'' I shrug.
''Depends on whether Sabre knows it or not.''
''No, you, your way better than him. Plus your like me.'' I raise an eyebrow. An admirer, I'll live with that. And why are we alike?
''I'll try.'' I say scanning the crowd for Kai behind him. The boy looks up at me. He's got to be years younger than me, year 7 or 8, the first years, so is way shorter and probably five years younger than me too, yet he seems to look and act even younger than that. Like he's still living his childhood years.
''It'll just be for a laugh, because I know we're not, but can you sing ''We are the Champions''?'' He asked. I look slightly shocked, that was different for once, not your normal, pop songs, before nodding and scanning the crowd again.
''Sure kid.'' I say.
''It's Leon. Like Leo, but just with a 'n'.'' I fake smile, pretending to see the humour in the little kid's words as his black eyes, the same as his hair and my eyes, dance with cheerfulness, and push past him and start my search again. This time I ignore everything said to me as I barge through the dancing people to the side of the hall. Then I see an angel. Well, two angels.
''Ry, Theo.'' I call. They turn to me. Hang on, their holding hands. Oh, I'll ask later. ''Have you seen Kai?'' I ask loudly. Ry nods.
''Went into that corridor a minute ago.'' She said. ''This disco is great. The Bandits rock.''
''Yeah, thanks.'' I say, not really picking up her words, running through the corridor she had indicated to with a nod.
Racing along the virtually empty corridor I look down each new one as I pass it. I growl my strides are being restricted by the damn red leather on my legs that our 'fashion designers' also know as the pair Elisa Tracy and Cassy Camble have put me in. Apparently it shows off my 'nice legs', like I give a damn, there not practical, and I'm finding that out now as my movements aren't as fluid or my strides as long as normal. I growl for a different reason as I pass another corridor.
''Ok, break it up.'' It appears someone has brought some alcohol. They're in the years younger than me for god's sake, way younger, they're not meant to be doing this. Grabbing it off of them I glare at the five boys and three girls there. Two of the boys looked totally pissed and the other three were defiantly getting there whilst they make out with the three girls. Oh, I feel like some rotten scum bag having to see this, I should get paid for it!
''Hey there gorgeous.'' One of the drunken boys slurs. I just growl and point for the exit to the corridor.
''I'll give you three seconds to go away.'' I say quietly grabbing a half full can in my hand and the only full four pack left in my other from the floor near my feet. Most of the packs and cans are spread around the corridor floor, empty and crushed.
''Why don't you join us?'' The other drunk one says almost falling on the ground where he sat. I growl and crush the can in my hand making the beer spill over my fingers.
''Get out of here now.'' I say quietly throwing the can to the ground harshly and stomping on it. The six almost sober people nod before dragging the other two away. I'm told I can be very scary to every sane person in the world when I'm angry. Grabbing another can I open it and chuck about half of it down my throat before throwing it to the ground along with the pack. I'll help clean up later or something.
Wiping my mouth with the back of my net gloved hand I begin to 'run' again, as quick as I can in really tight leather that is. Where the hell are you Kai? I ask myself as I search the corridor. I'm coming up to the gym now. I look down it as I run before passing that corridor. I suddenly screech to a stop, my trainers screeching loudly on the polished floor. Taking a few steps backwards I look at the boys changing room door. There's blood on it. I pale slightly before bolting for the door. Someone's in trouble.
Flinging it open, being careful not to put my hands in the blood, I turn the corner and go around the barrier that keeps the changing room from view and look inside of the changing rooms. I've never been in here before, but I now see that it's the splitting image of the girls changing room. Besides the fact that on the back bench there's a black shirt with red shoulder straps and neck. Kai's top. Running over to it feel blood along its front and a few patches on the back and arms. What's wrong with Kai?
''Kai.'' I call desperately, the top clenched in my right hand as I swing round to the changing rooms. ''Kai, are you here?'' I can hear fear in my voice. Then from the shower room, that nobody has used for at least twenty years when they used to have to use them, I hear footsteps on the blue tiled floor. Kai appears in the archway leading to the old worn down showers. I gasp. ''Kai, what happened?'' He sighs.
On his bare chest, which he is clutching to with his hands, is a deep red cut which is steadily bleeding; it looks as though it's been stretched lately. His arms are also cut and his torso is covered in bruises.
''Nothing?'' I stop staring at his wounds and look up at his face. His black eye completes his new look.
''Bullshit Kai. I don't believe you. So tell me the truth.'' He sighs.
''It doesn't concern you.''
''It does Kai, you're a friend, I don't like seeing friends hurt.'' I plead. He turns away showing me even more blood and bruises. I cringe. Sighing I walk up to him and rest a hand on his shoulder. ''You helped me, why can't I help you?'' I say quietly. ''You helped me when I was hurt so now I'm going to help you, whether you like it or not.'' He can't argue with that. His shoulders slump as he turns back to me. I really wish he had kept his top on.
''Ok, I'll tell you.''
Flashback.
Kai sat in his room. He'd got homework to do and he only had an hour or so to do it in. It was Sunday evening, the day his Grandfather was meant to get home from his business trip from over seas. Even Kai himself wasn't sure on what his own Grandfather did. Kai turned the page of his book and began to take more notes again when he heard his door open.
''I'm ok Jeeves, you can leave now. Grandfather won't be long.''
''No need for that Kai, I'm already here.'' The teen turned to the darkened doorway.
''Oh, Grandfather.'' He nodded to the elder. Voltaire looked particularly angry this time, his eyes were bloodshot slightly and his teeth bared. Kai decided not to ask about what had gone wrong at work. ''I'll be done soon.'' Kai said. His grandfather did nothing, only chucked a piece of material onto Kai's bedroom work desk. Kai immediately noticed it as the blue shirt he had wore when he went skating with the Demolition Boys and Bandits the day before.
''Why did you do this?''
''One of my friends was injured and…''
''And you had to help them. Yes, I've heard it all before. That was your dress shirt, why were you wearing it anyway?'' Kai was confused. Why was his grandfather so stressed about a ripped shirt? He only hoped it wouldn't turn out like it normally did.
''It's ok; I'll buy a new one.''
''That isn't good enough Kai.'' Voltaire roared throwing his cape aside and exposing his arms. There, within his bony fingered grasp, was a pen knife. Kai gasped.
''Grandfather, I'm sorry, I didn't…''
''Sorry doesn't cut it. So maybe I'll cut you for it.''
End Flashback.
''Kat, what do you think of my Grandfather? Tell me the truth.'' I paused. Kai now was sitting on bench and I was using tissue paper from the toilets to try and clog the bleeding. It was working, luckily.
''I've only seen him briefly, twice at the most upfront.'' I say. It's true, I've only seen Kai's grandfather at business meetings at either Hiwatari Mansion or Moor Mansion and that has only been twice. ''But, every time I see him he makes me uneasy. He scares me.''
''He scares you?'' Kai asks. I nod and wipe some of the blood from his back. I'm not easily scared by anything now. Not after what happened to me when I was thirteen.
''His eyes, they're, just horrible. They're the eyes of a madman; whenever I see them they just draw me in to an evil pool of darkness. There like the eyes I remember that shoot my parents.'' I say quietly. ''I can't believe he did this to you. Why?''
''His business is failing, and has been for the last year or so, stocks are down or his business partners aren't with him anymore or something.'' Kai explains. ''Every time something goes wrong, it's always me now.'' I can sense he's upset. I feel his body heave slightly as if he's beginning to sob. I can't see though, his head is bowed from view.
''There's something more isn't there?'' I ask. He nods and looks at me. Why is he crying like that? His cheeks are streaked with tears making his pale skin turn red. He looks like nothing I've ever seen him as before, this is scaring me too, Kai is meant to be strong, not like this.
''I can tell you, because you know.''
''Know what Kai?'' I ask calmly. He's making no sense. I can see his tears breaking from his eyes. Kai is crying, this must be bad. He's not in pain from his injuries. It's something different.
''I wish it wasn't like this. Kat, I really want my parents back.'' I nod.
''Me too, but they can't come back.'' I say. He nods sadly before suddenly he leans into my shoulder, resting his head against my neck and under my chin, as I sit next to him. I instantly get this wired 'mothers instinct' type emotion running through me and, following it, I hug him back tightly as he sobs into my shoulder. What's wrong with him?
''Kai, you're going to have to tell me what's wrong.'' I say. I'm surprised at how calm my voice is. In reality, I'm really scared. What if Voltaire does this again, or goes further and Kai ends up dead!
''I don't want to go back there again.'' He says, crying. He's eighteen and is scared of his grandfather, Voltaire really is evil, I know it, his eyes told me when I saw them, I've been able to judge people by their eyes and movements since the murder. I feel my shoulder start to go damp from his tears and his back is bleeding again, the sobs are making the blood flow more. Taking my scarf from my neck I wipe his back and hold the scarf against the biggest cut there, his chest has stopped but his back hasn't, it's more like a stab wound than a cut.
''Then try and go to Tala's house or something.'' I advise. Maybe I should sign up to be a hear to hear mentor. To help other people with their troubles.
''I can't.'' He sobs into my shoulder. I glance down at him before resting my chin on his mass of blue and grey hair.
''Why?'' I ask him calmly. To be honest, if I was breaking down because of my parents deaths I'd go to my brothers but as Kai doesn't have any, if I was in his position with that as well, I'd go Elisa and Cassy, to my team, not my rival. So I ask myself now, why am I so special to the boy that's breaking down in my arms?
''Because he doesn't know how it feels, to have your parents gone, murdered. You and I have that in common.'' He says quietly. Hang on a minute…
''What? Murdered? Your parents died, when you we're younger, eight years old, in a freak car accident yes but they weren't murdered, you told me.'' I sound desperate. He pauses and looks up at me. His face is red with tears, his crimson eyes puffy.
''Grandfather killed my parents, he told me, last night, he arrange for their car to be hit head on by that lorry, one of his followers was driving it. He said they wouldn't agree to running his business so he got rid of them. Biovolt deals in the trading, torture and testing…of humans.'' He watches as I turn wide-eyed, but he hasn't finished yet. ''It uses ways to draw spirits out of animals to make them into bit beasts like Dranzer and Whisper. It trades humans to train them to be able to control the bit beasts, its basically torture.'' I was shocked.
But slave trading is dead; human rights make sure of that, and testing on them is against the human rights campaign too and torture is just out of the question. How is Voltaire getting though it? But he is a devious scumbag, he's probably found a way to break the law without anyone realising it. He must have let it slip to Kai last night in his anger.
I thought I was surprised then but soon Kai speaks again and I'm defiantly in shock. ''He says I'm next.'' I gasp and pale. Oh my god.
The pair wove their way through the crowd. Kat leading with Kai trailing, trying to hide his face. It was around 8pm by then, they had another hour. Walking up behind the stage Kat found Elisa sitting at her keyboard eating what looked like to be the prawn volovont things she'd asked them to get for her, while Sabre stood at the front of the stage near the crowd, talking to a group of boys asking him something. The rest of the crowd were dancing. The Karaoke was over and the DJ's music was now pumping through the hall and to the people outside dancing in the slowly fading sunlight. Leo and Cassy sat behind the drum kit eating, Cassy on Leo's lap.
''Elisa.'' Kat called. The girl turned to her team captain lazily. ''I'm going.'' The Pianist/singer/guitarist/multi instrument player then suddenly woke up again.
''But we need you, we've got dedications yet, plus ''Patience'' and you promised a boy you'd sing for him, he's told us, unless it's a lie.''
''No, I'm going now.'' Kat ordered. Elisa then looked concerned.
''Kat, what's wrong?'' Kat sighed.
''Nothing that concerns you.''
''I'm your team mate and friend, everything you do concerns me.'' Kat nodded, although they had fallen out majorly the few days before she knew that her friend would care for what she was doing and why she looked so depressed, and probably why her scarf was now not on her neck and instead, stuffed, blood splattered in her pocket. Not that Elisa knew of that.
''No, it doesn't concern the Bandits so in turn it doesn't concern you.'' Kat looked too determined for Elisa to try and stop her. The plain brown haired girl nodded.
''But we'll need another guitarist.'' Kat growled as she thought.
''Get that Ben Archer kid from our class. He's part of a band outside of school, I think he plays lead guitar, if I can remember I've given him a few tips now and then. He should be able to figure it out. If not, you play, I know it's not your speciality but you can at least play Patience, work around me ok.'' Elisa nodded. Kat was on a mission and it was best she let her complete it. ''And ring Ty for me, he'll collect everything after the show, I'll be longer than that probably, say Kat's busy and I'll explain to him later.'' Elisa nodded again.
''Good luck with what ever the problem is.'' Elisa said. Kat nodded before reaching up to her head and taking her head mic and tossing it to Elisa whose reactions easily caught it before the Triagon walked off with a fast and determined stride propelling her. Back to Kai, back to her car, back to Hiwatari Mansion, back to get Voltaire…
''You didn't drive today did you?'' Kat asked. Kai shook his head. He really wasn't in the mood to talk now. Kat's glare hadn't left her face since he'd confirmed the murder of his parents to be the truth and Kai himself just wanted to cry again. ''Get in then.'' Kat said opening her Lotus Motorsports door and getting into the drivers seat. Kai got into the passenger seat beside her.
''What are you going to do?'' He asked. He felt like some kid. He didn't want Kat to see him like this, but to be honest with himself, he didn't think Kat had noticed that much. She was very protective, and after he had told her about his grandfather, he didn't know what she was going to do; he didn't think anyone did when she was in this type of mood. And the fact that she wasn't answering his question to what she was doing wasn't helping that.
Kat shoved the key into the ignition and turned it harshly. Turning backwards so she faced out of the back window she revved the engine before reversing and pushing the accelerator down brutally making the back wheels of her car spin before they shot out of the car space. Twisting the wheel around and facing forward she revved the engine again and soon they were shooting along the road outside of the school.
''Kat.'' Kai said, trying to prompt an answer from his friend. Kat paused as they sped along the empty but light streets.
''I'm going to pay your Grandfather a visit.'' She said finally. Kai looked across at the younger girl. He knew what she meant by visit, she was a user of he didn't know how many Martial arts, and she didn't just pay someone a visit after they had done something wrong without using her skills.
''What? Kat, don't, just leave him, I'll know next time, I'll lock my door I'll…''
''Kai, your 18, why haven't you reported this, or done something, it must have been happening for years if every time you missed school was for that reason.'' She barked angrily. Kai was taken aback but in his state he wasn't his normal self so was more scared of her angered voice than normal.
''He's the only family I have left. What would you do if Tyson did this to you, or Phoenix or Fly?'' Kat sighed.
''I suppose your right.'' Kat admitted. She smiled across at him. At least I know my brother isn't a murderer. Anyone of them. She thought looking back to the road. And at least I don't live with a murderer. ''I was planning on sending your Grandfather to his grave where he belongs.'' Kat heard Kai gasp slightly.
''But you'll be sent to jail, and you can't do that to him, even after what he's done.''
''Yeah I know.'' Kat admitted. ''It's too much like the movies anyway, but I'm still going to talk to him.'' She said. Kai nodded. ''This talk might just involve a bit of violence though and then we're going to the police station, we're reporting this.''
''You can't.'' Kat sighed.
''Kai.''
''I know, but, Kat, just don't, for me. It'll work out, he'll see what he's done wrong after what you say to him I'm sure.'' He looked at her. Kat nodded. To hell he will.
(Kat's on a rampage and she's not going to take any prisoners. Well, maybe she'll have to because this isn't a death fic. But how will Voltaire react, and will this get Kai into even more trouble? REVIEW PLEASE
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