Well hello there again. This chapter will start a bit slow but the end is better. Besides, I need to put the things down that I want to happen and that's not always as interesting. I was first thinking about making this the last chapter and putting the whole Voltaire revenge thing in a sequel but I have other plans for the sequel so I decided to add it to this story which means you people will have to put up with this story a bit longer. Hope you enjoy reading.
-- 16 --
Aviva's POV:
We receive our prize shortly after Ray's battle with Alan. We're about to go back to the limo when the most unexpected thing happens.
"No! Come back!" we hear one of the guards calling and a man runs up to the stage. My heart skips a beat when I recognize who it is… It's my old step dad.
"Aviva! Great job!" he yells out when he reaches the podium.
"Uhm…" Is all I manage to say because of the shock.
He just smiles warmly and motions for me to come to him and follow. I look at the rest of my team questioningly. Tyson and Max look at him, not even knowing who this man is so they're not really helping. Kai looks suspicious but he's just being overprotective again and Ray, he's nodding a slightly, yet I can see he's a bit suspicious as well. Well I'll go with the nodding of Ray right now since I always liked my dad.
I slowly follow my dad – yes, I'm still calling him that – into a separate room where we can talk, "So… uhm, how's mom?" I ask awkwardly.
He sighs and sits down in a chair, "I wouldn't know." he says. I look at him confused. What? How can he not know! He obviously notices my confusion because he quickly continues, "And the reason why I don't know is because we got divorced."
To say I'm shocked here, would really be the understatement of the century. 'What the fuck! Divorced? How? What? WHY!' Sure, they were fighting a lot when I was still there but that was mostly about me so I thought that that would've stopped when I got kicked out by that bitch!"But… why?" I ask him.
"Because we were only fighting." he says simply.
"I thought you guys always fought over me." I say, casting my gaze to the ground.
"Not only you Viv." he says rising from the chair and pulling me into a hug, "You were just one of the many things we disagreed on. But now for the good news."
"There's any good news to this?" I question, looking up at him again.
He smiles, "Yes there is, very good I think. Since I'm no longer living with Karen, and seeing the fact that I never wanted to want to kick you out in the first place, I want to adopt you again… if you can stand being my daughter again that is."
He's.. adopting me again… NO WAY! This has to be my lucky day or something! WHOOT! I hug my dad as tight as I can, "Of course I can!" I exclaim happily as I nearly choke him.
"Can't… breathe…" he managed to bring out. I quickly released him, grinning sheepishly at him.
"Sorry, couldn't help it."
"Well I'm glad you're so happy about it." at that point, Ray and Kai burst into the room.
"What happened!" they both exclaimed.
I look at them questioningly, "Uhm… What are you guys talking about?"
"We heard you yell." Ray says, "So… uhm…" he looks around the room and sees that nothing is wrong, "why did you scream?"
"Well first of all, if you heard that then you were eavesdropping on me," I say glaring slightly at them, "second, nothing is wrong. I yelled because I got some good news." I say smilling broadly.
Kai and Ray both relax and look at me curiously, "What good news?"
I point at my dad, "He's getting divorced from my old step mom and is going to adopt me again."
Kai rose an eyebrow, "I thought he kicked you out?"
I slap my forehead in frustration, "NO! That was my step mom!"
"… Ow"
I shake my head, "Are you sure we're twins?" I ask jokingly.
My dad looks at me surprised, "Twins?"
"Oops! I didn't tell you that yet!" I slap my forehead again and then walk to Kai and Ray, "I found some of my blood related family; this is my twin brother, Kai." I say pointing at Kai. My dad looks shocked but then gets over it and comes over to Kai.
"Well nice to meet you in that case Kai." he says warmly, stretching his hand out for Kai to take.
Kai glances at me as I nod slightly and he takes my dad's hand and shakes it. "The same." he mutters. He then turns to me, "We better get back to the hotel before all the fangirls and in your case –boys go too craze."
I look at my dad who nods, "I know at which hotel you're staying, I'll come visit in the morning." he says.
"Okay, see you in the morning then." I give him a hug before walking out of the room with Kai and Ray to Kai's limo that will take us back to the hotel for some well deserved rest. The fans are going wild as they try to get to us. Some of the fans are giving either me or Ray envying looks - he has his arm around my waist °squeals mentally°! - but most of them are just going crazy.
We luckily make it to the limo and quickly get inside. Having fans is cool but I don't want to get trampled by them.
We're all in very cheerful moods – especially me because of my dad - but tired as well. Tyson and Max are joking about Ray and me but I just ignore them.
Kai is sitting in front of me but the cheerful look he had earlier is gone for some reason. I give his a questioning look but he just shakes his head and looks out of the window. I wonder what's wrong with him… Well I'll find out later when we get back to the hotel. Something tells me that he doesn't want to tell me with everyone else around.
Tyson and Max somehow find a way to stay hyper during the entire ride even though they should be tired… wonder how they do that… I'm getting more tired by the second just by looking at them. If I look any longer, I think I'm going to faint.
Lucky for me, we arrive at the hotel before that can happen. It's already 11 o'clock in the evening so I go to my rooms - after of course kissing Ray goodnight – just like everyone else. I wait for a couple of minutes before I come back out of my room and go to Kai's. I knock on his door and he calls to enter.
I enter his room to see him sitting on his bed, "I figured you'd come." he says. I just nod and sit down next to him after closing the door behind me.
"So what was it that was bugging you in the car? You were as cheerful as the rest of us when Ray won but then you suddenly went to worried." I say, looking at him questioningly.
He lets out a deep sigh, "Remember what Voltaire said to you right before the finals started?" I nod so he continues, "You shouldn't take that lightly. If he says he's going to do everything in his power to get you away from me, than he is."
"I think you're overreacting a bit Kai. What can he do?" I ask.
"Did you forget what happened during this tournament? Boris already tried to kidnap you once and he'll surely do it again." Kai reminded me.
I shudder at the memory, "Yeah, I remember. But you and Ray stopped them, they won't try again, will they?" I ask.
Kai nods, "Yes they will. They'll probably keep trying until they have you." he says.
I shrug, "I don't believe they'd do that. You worry to much Kai." I say before getting up and walking to the door, "Just chill and enjoy the fact that we won and that I won't have to go back to that orphanage again." I then leave the room and go back to my own.
As I lie down in my bed, I have the weird feeling that I'm being watched. I look around but see absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Even though I really don't believe that Boris would try to kidnap me again, Kai's warning keeps repeating itself in my head. I shiver unconsciously and look around the room once more. Still nothing that's out of place or anything. I lie down on the bed and turn off the lights. Damn, the feeling isn't going away… actually, it's only getting stronger. I squeeze my eyes shut tighter and try to fall asleep but I can't… the feeling is keeping me awake.
I sigh and open my eyes just in time to see someone hovering over me. My eyes widen as I see two red eyes staring at me with an evil look on the face that I can only barely see through the darkness. My mouth opens to scream but the person puts it hand over it and only a muffled cry - that no one except maybe the people in this room – comes out of my throat.
I start getting up but feel a sharp object pierce the skin in my neck and I immediately feel drowsy and fall back to the bed. The light is turned on and I see that the person who was hovering over me is Boris. I turn my head slightly to see Alan standing at the door, smirking at me. He walks over as I feel myself drift away into the sleep; obviously the sharp object was a needle with some sort of sleeping drug.
As I can only keep my eyes half open Alan leans down and whispers into my ear: "Now you'll be mine and neither your brother nor cat-boy can save you."
I glare at him as good as I can – which isn't really good considering my condition – and manage to say in a weak voice: "I'll never be yours." After that the drug completely takes over my body and I fall into darkness.
I open my eyes slowly, rubbing my temples because have a huge headache. After I open them, I start doubting if I didn't just imagine opening them because all I see is darkness, thick darkness with absolutely no light. Not even shadows or shapes are visible in wherever it is I am right now.
I get up while slightly wincing at the pain going through my body; everything is hurting. I hold up my hand to see if I can at least see them but the darkness is just too thick and I only stare at the black that surrounds me. I stretch my arms out and start walking around slowly to find a wall of some kind. It becomes clear to me pretty quickly that I'm in a huge room because after about what I think are 5 minutes, I still haven't felt anything.
I let out a sigh and sit down on the ground. 'Where the hell am I? What happened?' I ask myself but of course, there is no reply. I start thinking about what happened and suddenly remember Boris and Alan in my room, the needle piercing my skin and the words Alan said to me.
My hand immediately goes up to my neck and I feel a slight puncture hole there.
"Damnit!" I curse out loud, "When will I ever learn to listen? Kai warned me this would probably happen!"
I lie down, glaring at the darkness around me in frustration. I feel like I've lied there for hours - though I'm sure it couldn't have been more than one hour at most - when I hear a door open and dim light washes into the room.
I quickly look at the source of the light and squint my eyes to see a door at the far end of the room I'm in. I also look around the room itself.
I was right about one thing, it's quite big though I must've been walking in circles a bit or I would've surely hit a wall. The room is old, worn and in huge need of cleaning. There is absolutely nothing in it except for a thin mattress in the corner. I must've been lying there at some point but just rolled off and walked the wrong way after waking up.
I then notice someone standing in the doorway, observing me with interest. I squint my eyes once again to see who it is, only to have them widen when I recognize the figure standing against the frame of the door.
"A-alan." I manage to say. My voice is shaky and weak, nothing like it usually sounds like.
"The figure at the door straitens and comes closer to me. As he approaches me, I can see the smirk plastered on his face.
"I see you're finally awake." he says, "Good. Now the fun can really begin."
I get up and back away from his. He already tried to rape me once and that was in a stadium full of people. Seeing that he tried it there, I see no reason why he wouldn't try it in a place like this.
I suddenly feel the wall that I was trying to find so desperately in the darkness behind me and now wish it to be further away from me.
"What now huh? You weren't strong enough at the stadium to stop me and you had your full strength to fight me there, now you're weakened and probably still a bit drowsy because of the drug. I don't think you'll have the strength to fight me off." his smirk turns into a grin as he reaches me and pushes me against the wall, "And, there will be no Kai to stop me this time." he whispers.
Okay, now I'm scared. Alan is totally right, I won't be able to do anything if – or should I say when – he tries to do something this time.
He presses me against the wall even harder and forces his lips on mine as I just close my eyes and try to kill myself with nothing more than my will. He once again forces his tongue into my mouth and explores it, moaning in pleasure.
"ALAN!" he immediately pulls away and looks around with a furious glare on his face as I can do nothing but thank whoever just called that bastard.
"What!" Alan snaps to the person standing at the door, "I got cheated out of this once by that no good brother of hers, don't tell me you're going to do that to me now Drake."
The person at the door who's name is obviously Drake merely smirks at Alan, "Sorry, Boris wants a word with you. You'll have to continue this later."
Alan growls as he releases me and stomps out of the room. I sink to the ground while silent tears run down my face.
I suddenly feel a hand being put on my shoulder and my eyes snap open to stare up at warm hazel brown eyes. Drake is crouching in front of me and staring at me with a look in his eyes that somehow seems concerned, though how that can be is beyond me since he is obviously one of the people keeping me here.
He's got spiky lavender hair with – as I said before – hazel eyes. His face is sharp and if I had to guess an age, I would say he's about 20, maybe slightly younger.
"Don't worry about Alan, Boris ordered all of us to leave you alone so that includes him.
His voice is deep, warm and somehow friendly, "Wh-who are you." I ask with a shaky voice.
"I'm about the only somewhat good guy around this place that didn't want to rape you as soon as Boris and Alan brought you in here. My name is Drake." he says.
He gets up and starts walking to the door again, "I'll make sure Alan keeps his hands of you." he reaches the door and turns around slightly, "You can trust me." he then leaves, closing the door behind him. I hear the sound of a lock clicking and assume that Drake locked the door.
For some weird reason I believe Drake. Maybe it's because he's being nice to me and rescued me from Alan who…
'No, don't think about that Viv.' I push the thoughts that were already crossing my mind away and crawl over to where I remember the mattress to be. Since Drake closed the door behind him when he left, it's completely dark around me again and I can't see anything anymore. I sigh as I feel the thin mattress under my fingers and slowly lie down on it. My body is still hurting like hell and the headache just increased a couple of notches but at least I'm lying on something that is slightly better than the hard ground on which I woke up. I force myself to close my eyes and try to get some more rest, hoping against hope that Kai and the others will find me soon.
Moondalian: And that was it for this chapter folks. I think I'm being a bit hard on Aviva here.
Aviva: YES! You are!
Moondalian: Uhm… I can't help it! It's the plot!
Aviva: Screw the plot! You almost got me raped by Alan for the second time! °starts chasing Moondalian around the room°
Kai: Uhm… no comment here people. Since Moondalian is currently running for her life I'll just do the last announcements. The new review limit will be 98 reviews as you all should've guessed and she wants you all to R&R so just do so. Till next chapter.
