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After explaining the situation to Ray, Max decided to go with Kai to the airport to pick Rika up and was waiting in silence when they heard the plane from Russia had landed. As the people poured out of the gate, Max stared hard trying to guess who might fit the bill as 'Kai's friend'. He looked hard and then at Kai. He saw Kai smile a little and he took a step forward.

"Well look what the dog dragged in!" he shouted. Max saw a girl turn round and smirk at him. She had black hair that went down to the small of her back and had dark eyes. She wore dark jeans, a black top and a brown trench coat over the top. She didn't wear any make-up and it didn't look like she cared too much about fashion. Despite this, Max thought she was rather beautiful. She walked towards Kai holding a bag over her shoulder.

"Well hello to you too!" she dropped her bag and wrapped her arms around Kai's neck. He in return put his arms around her waist and was still smiling. Max was shocked. He'd only seen Kai treat him like that. They parted and she picked her bag up again. "So, when do I get to meet Max?"

"Umm…hello!" Max stepped towards her and held his hand out. She looked at it oddly then turned to Kai and then back at Max. Then a smirk appeared on her face.

"Sorry! Hi I'm Rika. I didn't realise you'd be here too!"

"You don't mind do you?"

"Of course not! It's good to finally meet the…"

"So anyway," Kai butted in. "we'd better find that hotel." Max stared at Kai puzzled while Rika just smirked. They walked out of the hotel and got into a taxi.

"So Rika, what brings you to Japan?" Max felt it necessary to start a conversation since Kai was ignoring them.

"Oh business."

"Business? You work?"

"Oh yeah, have for a long time."

"Do you mind me asking how old you are?"

"I'm about the same age as Kai."

"And you work?" he chuckled.

"Yep. I've worked for the BBA since I was about 12."

"12! What do you do?"

"Well when I was younger I used to test the blades but now I do research and stuff. I'm here for a meeting."

"Wow! That must be really cool!"

"It's alright."

"We're here." Kai said. They all got out of the taxi. "Ray said for you to come over for lunch, do you want to?"

"That would be great but I'll come a bit later if that's alright, I've got to unpack and stuff."

"Sure that's fine! How about 1?" Max asked with enthusiasm.

"Great, see you then!"

"Bye!" Max shouted and him and Kai got back into the car. The blonde snuggled up to Kai holding his hand. "She seems nice!"

"I'm glad you like her." When they finally got back to their house, Ray started shouting at them.

"I'm so sorry about this! Lunch has gone terribly wrong! I'm so sorry Rika!"

"Uhh…Ray? She isn't here." Ray stopped prancing about and relaxed.

"She's coming at 1 if that's alright?"

"Great! Now I have time to prepare a proper lunch. Here," Ray pulled Tyson out of the kitchen and put him in front of Kai. "You take Tyson out of my way by playing video games with him and Max and I will sort out the food!" Kai grumbled and sat with the dragon in front of the TV. Max and Ray went into the kitchen. "So…what's she like?" Ray whispered so Kai wouldn't hear.

"She's nice."

"Nice?"

"Yeah, she's not like Kai or the others, she's quite friendly!"

"Really? And Kai likes her?"

"Yep. He gave her a hug when he saw her."
"Really?"

"Uh-huh. Although, there is something odd about her. You know, the same kind of felling you get around the Blitzkrieg Boy's."

"Yeah I know what you mean. So, will we get on?"

"Probably. I mean I didn't really talk to her much, didn't get much time, but she seems friendly enough."

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You cheated Kai!" Max and Ray stared at each other as they heard the conversation in the other room.

"No I didn't Tyson, you're just crap at it!"

"Best out of three!" they heard Kai sigh.

"Fine." They both chuckled.

"Come on, I'd better start cooking!" Ray said and walked over to the oven, Max following.

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There was a knock at the door.

"Hey she's here!" Max shouted. Kai went to the door but was stopped.

"Wait! Tyson get up, Max stand there," Ray brushed his shirt down and stood up straight. "Okay, let her in!" Kai shook his head and opened the door.

"Hey, nice place." Rika said glancing around.

"Hi Rika!"

"Hey Max, nice to see you again."

"Well are you gonna introduce us Kai!" Tyson said angrily.

"Alright," he said through gritted teeth. "That thing there is Tyson and that's Ray."

"Ahh…the guy on the phone." She stepped forward and held out her hand. "I'm Rika." Ray took her offered hand and smiled. The girls Ray was used to wore make-up and designer clothes but Rika was wearing the same scruffy clothes she arrived in; black shirt, dark jeans and the brown coat. He looked her up and down discreetly and then at her face. There was something alluring about her. She wasn't particularly sexy, pretty enough but that was all, yet…there was something intriguing.

"Hi." He replied.

"I am not a thing!" Tyson shouted at Kai.

"Well you're certainly not human!" Kai shouted back. Rika turned around and shook her head at Kai.

"Do those to ever get on?"

"Afraid not!" Max replied putting a hand behind his head.

"Ignore sourpuss there, I am human and it's a pleasure to meet you!" Tyson said walking up to her. The 'sourpuss' was growling at him. Rika chuckled.

"I do try! And…it's nice to meet you too." Kai snapped out of his anger and gave her a puzzled look.

"Why the hell are you being so nice?" he said. Everyone looked at him and then back to her.

"Don't know what you're on about Kai. And besides, I said I tried to ignore you, that isn't exactly nice."

"I didn't mean towards me…"

"Just being polite Kai, you should try it sometime." They all laughed and Kai gave up.

"So, shall we go and eat?" Ray said leading them into the kitchen. They all sat down as Ray brought the food in.

"Wow, this looks good!"

"Thanks made it myself."

"Really?"

"Yep!"

"Wow" Max, who sat next to her started to put food on her plate. "Thank you!" Max smiled in return. They ate quietly, random conversation going on although Rika didn't say much.

"Umm…Rika? Are you alright?" She looked up at Tyson.

"Yeah, I'm fine"

"It's just…you're a bit quiet." She smiled.

"Sorry…"

"Rika is just a quiet person, like I was."

"Not that quiet Kai." Rika smirked.

"Oh…Kai! I forgot to tell you, Tala rang earlier!"

"What did he want?"

"Well he didn't say much but he wanted to tell you, you were right about Bryan." Rika started choking on her food and turned away from the table. Kai smirked. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah…I'm fine." She smiled. "Don't suppose he told what it was?"

"No…"

"Damn it!" she turned to Kai and they smiled at each other.

"I knew it!"

"I wonder how they got it out of him!"

"Got what out of him?"

"You know Bryan?" Tyson asked ignoring Max.

"Yep, I know the others too."

"Were you in the abbey?"

"Umm Ray…" Kai started.

"No it's alright Kai. I was kind of evolved."

"And that's all you need to know!" Kai snapped.

"Sooo, what did they get out of Bryan?" Max asked again.

"Well…"

"We can't tell you." Kai interrupted. He turned to Rika. "He'll kill you if you tell them."

"It'd be worth it!"

"Rika?"

"Fine."

"So you ain't gonna tell us?"

"Sorry. Ask him or Tala." They then fell into another conversation. Once they finished dinner, Ray started to collect the dishes.

"Here, let me help."

"No it's ok Rika!"

"After that great dinner I have to help you out somehow!"

"Oh I'm sure he'd love you too but in the bedroom rather than the kitchen!" Tyson said earning a chuckle from Max. Ray glared at him.

"Shut up Tyson!" he growled. Rika smiled at him and took the plates from him.

"I'm helping whether you like it or not."

"Which department?" Kai smirked, the other two laughed.

"Very funny Kai!" she said sarcastically, Ray blushed badly. "Go make out with your boyfriend or something." Max blushed nearly as badly as Ray and the other two stared shocked.

"At least I make out with my boyfriend and not some guy I just met in the kitchen." Kai smirked. Ray blushed even more. Rika placed the plates into the sink and swirled round.

"Get out!" she pointed to the living room. Kai obliged.

"Alright, have fun you two!" he walked out smirking. Tyson and Max laughed and followed. Rika growled and picked up the sponge.

"Umm…sorry…I'm not gonna…"

"I know…." She smirked evilly. She got a glass and filled it with cold water. "Follow me." She said and he did. She sneaked up behind Kai who was sitting with Max watching the telly. Suddenly she threw the water on Kai's crotch. He jumped and Max gasped.

"What the hell?"

"Sorry Kai thought you might need cooling down…you looked a bit…tense." Ray and Tyson laughed. Kai looked at her angrily. "What goes around comes around Kai" she walked back into the kitchen and finished the washing up.

"Aren't you gonna get her back?" Tyson asked. Kai sighed and sat back down.

"No, not much point." He put his arms around Max and they went back to their original position.

After watching a film with the boys and enjoying themselves, Rika decided it was time to leave.

"Well thanks for a great day guys!"

"Our pleasure!" Ray said grinning.

"Yeah it was great to meet you!" Tyson was also smiling.

"You too. You're not nearly as annoying as Kai said you were."

"You can't compare half a day with 3 years!"

"Before we go back into another argument, it was wonderful to meet you! Hey, what are you doing tomorrow?"

"Umm…" Rika turned to Kai and then back to Max. "Actually Max, I don't…"

"Aawww come on! Your meeting isn't until Wednesday!"

"He has a point Rika," Kai pointed out. Rika smiled.

"Well as long as you're all alright with it…"

"See you tomorrow at 12!"

"Ok! Bye!" Kai opened the door for her and closed it after her. He turned to see the others staring at him with smiles.

"What?"

"You have to bring her round more often! She's great!"

"Yeah and fit!"

"Typical Ray!"

"Well we better get some sleep, night guys!" with that, they all went to their rooms.

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Max got into bed and was immediately pulled into Kai's embrace. The blonde smiled leaning into his captain. Max closed his eyes as Kai trailed kisses up Max's arm and up to his shoulder. "She's nice." The turtle said, falling into a trance with Kai's softness.

"I'm glad you like her." Kai said, stopping temporarily to answer. After a couple more kisses, Kai pulled his lover even closer. "You don't know how important it is to me that you get along...you two are the most important people in my life…"he whispered. Max smiled and turned around to face Kai. He kissed him sweetly on the soft, pink lips.

"Hmmm… I love you Kai…unbelievably so…"Max buried his face into Kai's neck. The bluenette smiled and held him tight.

"Me too Maxie."

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It wasn't right. She didn't want to see this. She looked as the red mingled together. The boy was her age!

"Bryan, she's our only help!"

"What the hell is wrong with you Kai! She's a nine year old girl!"

"So, she helped me outta that cell when you lot only stared!"

"She wasn't meant to be there and she still isn't! Besides, you're Voltaire's grandson, what were we supposed to do!"

"Maybe bring some food!"

"And get punished, yeah, I'm gonna do that for some brat who can't take not sitting in a comfy chair! We all know how rich your 'granddaddy' is!"

She could hear the two boys's fighting, and she would probably have had a go at the lilac haired boy as well if she could stop looking at the redhead. He wasn't dead. He looked alright although a bit annoyed at the other two arguing but that was it. He didn't seem to mind the blood. Maybe she was underestimating this place and overestimating herself. She wanted to help, and she promised she would but…she hadn't expected this. And she thought Kai was in a bad shape when she met him.

The boy was lying on his back looking up at the other two, blood slowly seeping from his head and deepening the colour of the already red hair. She wasn't ready, for god's sake; she still had the bandaged wrapped around her arm! How the hell was she meant to help these boys! The redhead turned his head and looked at her. She was startled; his icy blue eyes were glaring at her with hatred and untrust. She'd prove him. In fact she'd prove all of them. She promised Kai she'd always be there, she promised her uncle she wouldn't give up and she promised her…mum, that she needed to do this.

She closed her eyes and let out a heavy sigh. She was never close to her mum, she didn't hate her but they never saw eye to eye. She only died three months ago but her life had already changed and she was going to make sure it kept changing. She wasn't going to sit back and let those sickos do this kind of things. She hadn't survived that to just sit back and let it happen to other people. She was going to stop it.

"She's more experienced then you think Bry!"

"What the hell has she been through that makes her so much better then us!"

"Nothing but I'm your only link to the outside world and if want help you're gonna need to shut up pretty boy!"

She glared hard at the lilac haired boy and he returned it just as hard.

"So do you…"

"listen up miss-I'm-better-then-you-and-know-everything," he poked her hard in the chest, his eyes never leaving hers and burning with hatred and truth "I will never like or trust you, but we need you to get Tala out and fixed, and I promise you, if you cock this up, I'll kill you"

She shoved his hand away and walked up to the redhead who was also glaring at her, and lifted up his head. He hissed in pain and glared at her harder.

"You're not gonna last long if you go out with this wound"

She ripped part of her shirt and tied it round his head tightly.

"That's why you're taking him out asshole!"

"Look Bryan, if you don't shut up I'm gonna leave him here to slowly rot." She turned back the boy in her hands and tied the material up. She'd spent enough time in hospital to know about these things.

She watched as Kai and Bryan lifted Tala up and carry him the way she'd came. She ran after them and looked down at her hands covered in blood. They slowly grew and the darkness was lifted and voices faded in.

"How the hell did you manage this Tala?" she asked as she pushed the hole again.

"Sorry Riks (nick-name). Didn't think they'd shoot!" she looked up at him and saw the sly smile he was giving her. He was at least seven years older now and very hansom. She smirked as she continued to try and get the bullet out.

"Well the guns may have been a clue Tal" she replied and apologised quickly as he hissed in pain.

"Suddenly grown a conscience have we?"

"Shut it Bry!" she growled as she bandaged the muscular shoulder. "There you go Tal, but you might want to actually see a doctor."

"Yeah, knowing her she's probably cocked something up,"

"What like you with that Ray guy? If you had asked, I could've told you ripping him apart wasn't a good chat up line,"

"I don't fucking fancy Ray!"

She saw Kai, who was standing next to the falcon; give him an unimpressed look...

"Why don't I believe you…"

"This coming from the love-sick pansy who's crushing over a blonde, six year old boy!"

"He's not six!"

"Great argument Kai…" she deadpanned.

"And you can't comment! Even after his confession, you're still drooling all over Kai!"

"Oh enough with the I love Kai stuff! I don't care about your fetish; I don't fancy Kai and never will, that's just gross!"

"Fetish? Of you? Get over yourself cunthead! I'd rather puncture my own lung then spend time with you! I'm only here for Tala and Kai, not you!"

"And yet you can't stop talking to me? I'm flattered Bryan but I thought you went more for men?"

"Even if any of that was true, you couldn't blame me for getting confused. Tranny…"

"This coming form the guy with lilac hair and mascara!"

"I don't wear mascara!"

"Then you're naturally girly? Impressive"

"Say one more thing shithead and I'll flatten you!"

"Course you will, cos you're so strong! Bring it twat!"

They were up close and growling at each other.

"Guy's break it off! We don't…"

Gun shots and shouting interrupted Tala and snapped the other two out of there argument. Kai and Tala started to run as Bryan looked to where the noise was. As Rika reached into her pocket for the gun, they started to run. A shot was fired and…

Her long lashes flew open revealing dark eyes. They stared up at the ceiling as the memory washed over her mind. Once her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she sat up rubbing her face. She sighed and got out of bed, heading towards the bathroom.

She was wearing a white vest and boxers, her usual night wear. As she walked past the full length mirror she stopped and stared at herself. She watched as the reflection touched its muscular left arm. Her fingers gently ran down the ripped skin and over the ripples that were often left on such a wound. After ten years, it still amazed her how she couldn't feel the touch. As she reached the bottom of the scar, near her wrist, she put her finger in the gap and travelled back up. Her index finger fitted perfectly in the tare and she shivered in disgust as the edges of the rip brushed unpleasantly against the joint above her fingernail. As she reached the end on her shoulder, she smiled. As much as it hurt when it happened and as much as it had cost her in her life, and would always, she never wanted the scar to leave her arm. It was his scar. It was the only physical sign that she would do anything for him and he would always be there to guard her back. When she got that scar, she had risked her life for him and he had made sure that she didn't lose it. But they were older now, they all were. Spencer and Ian had gone their own way, Bryan may still hate her, but he was ever maturing, finding interest in Kai's team-mate, Tala was still flirtatious but now he had fangirls to practice on, she had a job and travelled a lot and Kai had a boyfriend he wouldn't risk losing. There was little evidence of their dangerous life before hand. The cuts and bruises from the abbey had healed, the heroine scars had faded into the skin as did the nicotine stains and they no longer had use for guns and barely fought. There were only two pieces to suggest that they ever lived such hard, fast-paste lives, and they were the muscles on each of their bodies and this scar on her arm.

She smiled and walked into the bathroom. She splashed the water in her face to cool the heat of her skin and got back into bed. She closed her eyes hoping to go into a dreamless sleep, as she and the Blitzkrieg Boys always did.

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Long chapter sorry.

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