We Are Not Alone Chapter 3: Imaginary Heroes, a beyblade fanfic

Chapter 3 Imaginary Heroes

Keahi scowled down at the piece of paper in his hand. " What's wrong?" Mahina asked, peering over his shoulders.

" Nothing," Keahi muttered and crumbled the paper in his hand. " Come one, we just got redirected again." Mahina made a face and fingered her moon charm. Keahi nudged her. " Relax, we'll be safe." He headed off.

Mahina snorted and hurried after him. " I didn't mean it like that! Hey Keahi, listen to me! Keahi!" She yelled after his retreating for. She was rewarded with Keahi's laughter. " Stupid twin brother." She grumbled.

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They stood on the helipad and a plane pulled in. The door slid open and Troy climbed out, followed by the Rye and Kingston family. Keahi's eyebrow rose as Savitar carried a young girl down in his arms. Troy hurried into the building. " Good to see you Mahina, Keahi." He spoke as he past. " Allison got sick from some water at one of the stops. We'll be needing medical attention."

Mahina nodded. " Of coarse, come on in. We've got good and bad news to share."

Judy Tate checked over Allison. Judy didn't look much like her original self from the past. Her eyes, a dead blue and gray streaked her hair. Max Tate, her son had been among the first to die. Keahi however looked at Alli with something fascination that couldn't be described.

" She'll be ok right?" Shae asked fearfully and clutched Alli's hand.

Judy turned with a wary smile, " She should be, just a fever that needs to be broken." She stared at Shae and murmured, " Max" to herself. Shae nodded and curled up against Alli.

He murmured to her quietly. " You hear that Alli?" He whispered into her ear. " You'll be ok."

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Troy dropped his hands. " This is bad. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kingston are gone…you sure?" Shae glared at Troy. " Yeah I'm sure." He snapped. " Boris took pride in killing them and I saw. It. With. My. Own. Eyes!" He punctured each word.

" Hey lay off." Troy snapped and stood up to face Shae, who scowled at him.

He sneered coldly. " Nerd." He spat out. Everyone winced at Troy's expression.

" Better a nerd than a helpless cry baby." Troy yelled back.

" Stop it you two." Mahina held them apart. " Now is really not the time to fight." Alexion took hold of Shae's shoulder and hulled him back.

" Don't act like this Shae." Alex growled.

Shae twist and turned, " Don't tell me what to do Lexie!" He shouted back. " Alli and I were the ones to see them die. You don't even care!" He spat out and ran out of the room.

" I'm really sorry about Shae," Alex ran his hands through his hair.

Mahina patted Troy's shoulder and nodded at Alex. " I'm sure we all understand, Shae's angry and confused."

" Let's get to work," Acheron pulled out several files. No matter how much they wanted to mourn for the deaths…there wasn't time. Work needed to be down. This war needed to be stopped.

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Keahi opened the door to Allison's room. He peered in to meet sleepy green eyes. " Hi." He shut the door behind him.

" Hi," Alli mumbled with a weak smile. " Not to sound mean or anything. But who are you?" Keahi chuckled and pulled up a stool to sit down by her.

" I'd say the same thing," He patted her hand. " But a lot more colorful." He teased and offered her his hand. " Keahi Hiwatari." Alli gave him a smile and shook his hand weakly.

" Nice to meet you. Alli Kingston by the way." She glanced around. " Where are my brothers?"

" Talking with the rest of the crew." He patted her hand again. " So…are you ok?"

Alli looked at him listlessly. " I don't know. Am I ok?" They looked at each other silently before Alli burst into tears. " I just want to go home." She sobbed and looked at him. " I just want to wake up in my bed and this is all a bad dream. I want to see my mother standing at the stove making waffles for breakfast. Even if they are burnt." She gave a dry laugh. " I want to see her shuffling papers and smiling at us, like the whole world is perfect. I want to see my dad again. I want to see him swing Shae around, give Alexion new beyblade parts to tinker with. Most of all…" She paused and gave him a desperate look. " I want him to tuck me in at night. Kiss me on the forehead and tell me, everything is going to be alright."

Keahi didn't really know the reason why, but he did it anyway. He wrapped Alli in his arms and rocked her back in forth. Murmuring into her ear everything was going to be all right. He was going tell her that she was going to wake up one day and find out this was all a dream. But he thought better of it. It wasn't s joking matter, even if he had good intentions behind the statement.

" Alli?" Shae stood in the doorway. Tears made his gray-green eyes shine. Alli tried to sit up but got nowhere. Keahi supported her up.

" Come here," She folded Shae into her arms and offered him comfort even when she was hurting inside herself. " Shh, it's ok baby." She kissed his forehead. " Alexion and I are still here for you." Keahi stood and touched her hand.

" I'll wait outside." He tipped his head and watched her eyes will with gratefulness. He closed the door behind him quietly

" You like her don't you?" Mahina stood at the door with her arms crossed. Keahi gave her a look; clearly telling her it wasn't any of her business. " This really isn't the time for a relationship. You know that. And you're my brother, I care about you."

Keahi sighed and gave her a warm smile. " I know you care Mahina and I love you for it." He ruffled her hair. Keahi ran off with Mahina chasing after him.

" You know," Mahina stopped to catch her breath. " I really wish we could jut contact our parents soon." She sat down and took a deep breath.

Keahi was just as winded. " Yeah." He said softly. " I mean how many years has it been?" The siblings stood and watched the snowfall.

" 2 years, 7 monthes, 2 weeks, and 6 days." Mahina said softly. They turned to look at each other. " I mean…since we had…really saw them. Face to face. I know mom and dad are busy trying to save the world and all." She drew small spirals on the snow-covered ground. " But…we're fighting in this war too. Yet, the more we try to help…the more I feel like we never see them."

Keahi sighed and hugged his sister to him. " I know what you mean. But it was our choice to fight this war. Besides, if we did just stay home, we would have never done any of the amazing life saving things. And plus, mom and dad are never home anyway."

" You're right," Mahina laughed softly, trying to forget how much she missed home and her parents. " I'd die of boredom anyway. Besides, I'd probably die young with heart attacks if I was sitting at home nibbling my nails waiting for mail."

They laughed at the image. " Come I'll race you back."

" You're on!" The two raced off yelling.

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It didn't matter if it was a time of war. What children need in their lives weren't burdens that they couldn't handle. They need a life of innocence. Even now, all children have a bit of innocence in them. It should never be stripped away.

However that is what Boris is doing. He's taking everything away, one by one. It was just one of the many reasons he should be brought down. And mark my words: he will be brought down. One way or another, Boris was going to die.

A young girl sat in the cell. She had navy hair and red eyes. She listened to the clunk that singled the change of guards. The lantern light danced into her cell and back out when the guard walked past. She held the only thing she had from her parents before she and her family had been kidnapped. A black book bound with red ribbon. She slid the book shut and glared hatefully at the guards that jeered at her when they past.

Mark my words: They would all suffer for what they had put me through.

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Troy curled up in a chair, laptop in his lap. He looked over the Biovolt plans in Siberia that Ilya Kyznetsov had sent over. He noticed some fine script in the corner of the stolen files. He squinted down a cursed. It was too small. He doubled clicked to pull up a bigger image of the text. " Oh shit…GUYS!" He yelled and tripped over the chair to get out of his room. " GUYS!"

Author's Corner:

Alright. Sorry for this late late update. Really sorry. I jsut got home form Midterms and has spent my inteire week studying. Anyway enjoy.

Read and review please.

Without wax,

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