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Chapter 5: When you think it couldn't get worse

At least 2 hours after Kai and Tala's death Rose was thrown into the back of a van with the only reminder of her friends, her Dranzer yo-yo.

'Kai hasn't beybladed since he gave me this when I was 6, does that mean that he placed a piece of Dranzer… nah.'

The van pulled up outside a castle, it was used as a sanctuary, even though the people who brought them tortured the people who were an entertainment to the prince.

"Come on you no good traveller get up, his highness is waiting!" cried a man cracking a whip.

Rose steadily got to her feet, the red stains in her hair still fresh from previous events, not daring to lower the hood on her new found cloak, she walked in the shadow of the man whom she thought would protect her…

A young man with gold eyes and raven black hair tied back in a cloth with matching yin yang headband and gloves watched the oncoming group of people enter his domain.

"Sir?" a green haired French-man asked.

The prince turned to see his good friend behind him, blood stains on his cloak, Tyson looking the same standing next to a shaken Max on crutches.

"So Oliver I see that you did as I asked." The prince replied, 'Though I hope that the people who are at my gate don't see you?' The prince thought sending a telepathic message to the small group of comrades behind him. Seeing the light they departed into the shadowy depths of the castle.

Rose entered the main hall behind Boris not daring to look up and see what awaited her.

"Your gra…"

"Proceed." Said the King.

"I have brought an entertainer, from my arts group, although she is defiant, she has the best act anyone in the kingdom could offer." Said Boris rising from his kneeling position and beckoning behind him to Rose.

"She? I thought that Kai was performing for my father and myself?" the young prince asked. "Please do not be offended, but if something has happened to either Kai or Tala then I would have to hold you responsible." Ray looked directly at Rose, 'Don't be scared I won't hurt you.' Rose lifted her head slightly only to be whipped again.

"Do not lift your head to royalty! Foolish girl!"

Boris raised the whip to strike again but when it came down, Rose held her arm out horizontal and the whip curled around her arm. She smiled, "Hn, nice try…" She pulled the whip out of his hands and tied it to the waistband of her neon pants, which where stained with blood, "If I may speak?"

Ray held up a hand to his protesting father 'Let me speak with her. Could you please leave father?' Ray's father nodded and got to his feet. Bowing to his son, he left the hall, now deprived of all life but Boris, Rose and Ray.

"You traitor!" Boris cried, lunging at the black-cloaked figure.

Rose unfurled her whip and struck Boris across the head making him fall unconscious.

"I apologise." Rose said bowing to Ray, "But I am not responsible for my friends death, I would never betray them, they were like brothers to me…" Rose spoke softly but Ray heard every word. Lowering her hood, Ray uttered a small gasp of sincerity for on Kyrose's face were two cuts one under the other beneath her eye, a bruised one from her recent lashing and a slightly healed one, both were still bleeding, even though the hood covered the base of her hair, Ray could judge from the pool of blood on the floor that she was with Kai when he died.

"Did you know Kai?" Ray asked.

"Yes. I knew Tala as well."

I see then perhaps you could show me what you can do then we can have your wounds tended to and…"

"I don't need your sympathy. There's nothing you can say or do for me and I don't want a miracle." Rose faced Boris, "You'll never change for no-one." She whispered.

'There are secrets that aren't well kept Rose, secrets that will always have an effect on your life, you know of what I speak.'

Rose looked around for the unseen voice only to look back at Ray to see him holding out his hand to her. 'I promised someone that you would be safe, but I can't help you if you aren't innocent. Prove to me that you wouldn't hurt anyone of my court and I give you my word that Kai and Tala will be alright.'

Kyrose ran up to Ray, "If you promise me that they're ok, I'll do what you want, I'm innocent, but no-one can prove it…"

'I can'

End Chapter

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