Chapter4:

Max picked up the phone. "Hello?" he asked.

"Max! It's Hillary. Gather up the BladeBreakers and meet at Kai's place!" Max nearly dropped the phone.

"Hillary?!" he shouted, surprised. "I haven't heard from you in so long. How are things?" Max waited fo Hillary's response.

"Not well. Lately, Kai's been having dreams about Klara. A couple of days ago, he woke up in a cold sweat, muttering her name. He went for a walk, but when he came back... He hasn't even been talking for the last two days."

Max snorted, "That's not out of the ordinary. But I'll do it. I have so much money right now, I don't know what to do with it. But one question. Why are you at Kai's house? Are you and Kai an item?!" Hillary slammed the receiver and blushed.

Hurry... she thought.

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"Driger! Vulcan Claw!" Driger smashed Galux aside. "I can't believe you actually beat me!" Mariah laughed.

"What's so hard to believe about that? After all, I'm a two time world champ," Rei grinned.

"The fact that you didn't even beat Gordo is enough to tell me that you were slacking," Mariah snorted. Rei frowned.

"Oh yeah? Well...Mariah? What are you staring at?" Rei looked behind him and saw the incoming helicopter. The flying vehicle landed and Max jumped out.

"Max! How long has it been?" Rei cried. He ran over to greet his long time friend.

"Rei! Listen! We have to get to Russia, right away." Max shouted, over the hum of the helicopter.

"Why?" Rei questioned.

"It's Kai. He's having nightmares about, Klara." Rei looked down at the ground moodily.

"But...So soon. When Mariah and I were just..."

Max clenched his fist as he grabbed Rei by the arm and shouted, "You can take your girlfriend with you, now come on!"

"She's not my girlfriend!"Rei shouted.

"She's a girl and she's your friend, right? If so, she's your girlfriend. See how I combined the two words?" Max grinned. So the three hopped into the helicopter. Rei was shocked to see Mariam sitting in the seat next to the driver's.

"What's she doing her?!" Rei cried.

Max gulped and laughed, "Oh yeah. I forgot to tell you, I'm dating Mariam." Rei's jaw dropped.

"Well," Mariah and Mariam giggled together, "aren't you two just full of surprises?"

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Cerberus crashed into Dragoon, sending him to the end of the dish. "Not bad, Zeo, but I can do better!" Dragoon flashed forward in a blaze of fury and knocked Cerberus clean out of the ring.

"Rats! So close. But I'm not giving up," Zeo smiled. He picked up his blade and stared at the bit-chip containing Cerberus. It had already been a year, but it seemed like only yesterday.

Zeo was at the World Championships. He had stolen Dranzer and Draciel and thought he was undefeatable. But Tyson defeated him despite the odds and won back Dranzer and Draciel.

Zeo was, actually, glad. Tyson had stopped him from becoming a monster and made him realize that the combined power of Dragoon, Dranzer, Driger and Draciel could not turn him, a machine created to replace Dr. Zagart's son, into a breathing human.

Tyson saw a helicopter speeding toward them and pushed Zeo to the ground. The vehicle missed them by inches and landed about fifty yards away. Rei and Max jumped out and ran over. Without an explanation, they grabbed Dragoon, Cerberus, Zeo, and Tyson and dragged them over to the helicopter, not wanting to hear their whining.

"Wait! What about my grandpa!" Tyson shouted.

"And my dad!" Zeo cried.

Max smirked, "We called them both on their cell-phones."

Zeo's response was simply, "Oh."

But Tyson shouted, "Hey my gramps doesn't have a cell! He's too poor!" Max shoved him aboard the helicopter as Rei hoisted Zeo.

"Oh, just shut up, dammit! It's Kai! He's reliving Klara through nightmares," Rei glared. Tyson's shoulders slopped.

"Sorry. I didn't know. I thought it was some sort of annual training program."

Max wrinkled his nose and he snorted, "Yeah, that's all you care about. Comics, food, and being lazy. Listen Tyson, I'm sure Kai won't want your damn sympathy, so don't give it to us." Tyson lowered his head as he allowed them to strap him in.

Tyson looked over at Max and muttered, "I forgot you were the only other person effected by her. The way she kidnapped you..." Max stiffened as he sat in the driver's seat. Tyson suddenly became aware of Mariah and Mariam, but said nothing. He was sure he would say something dumb. Only he and Zeo were single, and it was pretty sad.

Zeo watched all of this from confused eyes. Questions rose to the top of his mind as if they were air bubbles through water. "Um, not to be rude and all, 'cause it seems like this Klara was dangerous, but who exactly is she?"

Max looked back and sighed. "I forgot you came along a little whiles after her." Tyson rose his head to Max face.

"It's okay," he smiled. "It's about time I tell him and act a bit mature about it." So Zeo sat back as Tyson, and Rei, explained the whole thing to him.

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Max landed the helicopter and sighed, "Well, here we are, Kai's place."

-End Chapter-

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