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Last time-
I managed to regain control of my emotions and I realized Boris wasn't looking at me but all his attention was directed at the boys. I stood slowly as not to draw attention to my self, the other man Boris had had in the room earlier had disappeared. Typical! Slowly I began to make my way towards the centre of the room. I had no idea what I was going to do but this bustard had my best friends held at gunpoint, I had to do something.
Chapter 3
Six degrees of separation.
I took another step forward but my movement caught Boris's attention. He turned his attention to me and I felt his dark evil eyes burn into my flesh.
"Take one more step and I will shoot you!" Boris gave a laugh that would send a chill down the spine of the devil himself before returning to look at the boys. Once I was sure his attention was fully on the boys I began to move forward again. A few years back I had been taught how disarm my opponent so all I had to do was get close enough…….. but Tala gave me away. He caught my movement in his eyes causing them to dart in my direction. Boris sensing danger turned to look at me.
"I thought I told you not to move." He smirked at me before he pulled the trigger. Searing metal ripped through my soft unprotected flesh causing me to gasp in pain. Tala and Kai made a dash towards me but were stopped by Boris. After all that the stupid bustard turned his back towards me again, it was starting to look like someone didn't pay very much attention to his training.
I let a slight grin spread across my face as I made my way towards him. Once I was right behind him I let out a small chuckle but before he even had time to turn he found himself on the ground face first.
Tala ran towards me and flung his arms around me in a protective hug. It was all I could do to maintain my balance, once I was on firm ground I hugged him as well.
Once Bryan, Spencer and Kai had restrained Boris Kai came over to us and removed me from Tala's death hug. He held me at arms length, being careful of my injured shoulder and checking me for any other injuries.
"Guys I'm fine really." Bryan and Spencer were watching me and Kai to make sure I didn't have and unseen injuries.
"Bullshit! You were just shot. You're bleeding." Tala was on the boarder of becoming hysterical.
"No sweat, flesh wound." I smiled at him even though the signs of pain were beginning to tug at the corners of my mouth.
Kai let out a laugh, it was nice too. Kai barely ever laughed a true laugh infront of other people, it was nice to know all I needed to do was get shot to amuse him. "You've got to give her credit Tala." Kai said as he pulled he to his chest and wrapped his arms around me. "The girls got balls!"
There were a few laughs from around the room and then the entire population of the room besides the five us broke into applause, to be honest it was the first time I had even realized there were other people in the room and then I remembered Joey. I pushed away from Kai to look for him. I found him in the corner where he was being held up by two other kids his own age. I walked over to him and knelt own before him.
"Are you okay?" Joey looked a little pail whether it was from the pain in his ankle or from the fright of the gunshot I didn't know.
Joey tried to speak but not a single sound came out of his little mouth so he just nodded his head.
"Come on, we'll go to the infirmary hey?" I lead him over to the door but on our way I made sure we passed Boris. Kai had just punched him in the face whilst Tala kicked him in the ribs.
I knelt down before him so he could see my face. "You just made the biggest mistake of our life!" I stood up and began to help Joey to the door again. When he was outside I turned back to the boys. "Give him a chance. HEY BORIS." I yelled across at him. "YOU HAVE TWO CHOUCES, YOU CAN LEAVE OF YOUR OWN FREE WILL OR THEY CAN REMOVE YOU FOR ME. SO WHAT WILL IT BE?" Boris didn't reply. "I THINK YOU SHOULD persuade him boys!" i left the room when I heard the sickening sound of a steel cap boot coming in contact with a set of rubs.
"Come on Joey, lets get outa here." I smiled down at the small boy beside me. By now my arm was killing me, it felt heavy and I was having trouble moving it. Luckily Boris missed the bone in my shoulder but it wasn't by much. By now my sleeve was soaked in blood and it dripping off the tips of my fingers. Yeah, I definitely needed a band aid!
Three Days later
"Come Evi, it'll be fun. Besides you need a brake!" Kai practically begged.
"And you think spending a night with a bunch of up tight, rich chauvinistic bustards will be the brake I need?"
"Come on, for me?"
"Kai…. Why don't you take someone else? I'd rather have an early night."
"Because if I have to suffer through this, then so do you."
"Gee, that's a great way to treat a friend." Kai gave me a wicked smile.
"I knew you'd see it my way."
"I'm not going!" I stomped my foot in emphasis.
"Look, we can go get mildly pissed, stuff around for a bit and then come back. We just have to put in an appearance. And besides you get a new dress. Don't make me pull rank Ev." Oh goodie for me, a new dress. Just what I have always wanted.
"When was the last time you saw he in a dress?"
"This morning, why?"
"I wasn't wearing a dress this morning."
"Tala has a photo of you in a little princess dress."
"Kai, I was four years old! I don't wear dresses anymore. Are you getting the point?"
"Nope! Come on, it'll be fun."
"Ggrrrrrr!"
"I'll take that as a yes." Kai smiled before leaving
my room.
That is it; Tala is going to die a very painful and slow death complements of my hands! Something involving rusty raiser blades, honey and a sworn of pissed off ants. You just wait until I get my hands on you.
Five minutes later……
"TTTAALLLLLAAA!" I heard a yelp from behind Tala's closed door. I banged my fist on the big wood monstrosity.
The door clicked and Tala's head appeared with a nervous smile plastered on it. "Hi?"
"Ha, ha, ha. Hi isn't going to work."
"Ah, Hello?" he tried instead.
I let out a sigh, it was so hard to be angry with Tala, even harder when he is your best friend. I looked at the jar of honey in my hand and let out another sigh. "Tala why are you doing this to me?"
"You deserve to be a princess." Damn, how am I meant to argue with that?
"Tala that is really sweet but did it ever occur to you I don't want to be a princess?"
"Not once, now will you just go? For me?"
"Tala… let me explain something to you okay? I am combat boots and army fatigues not prom dresses and high heals, don't try and make me something I'm not."
"Evi, what's with the honey?"
"Tala you don't want to know!"
"Evi, I'm not trying to make you something your not, I'm trying to make you what you are!" he got back on track.
"No Tala, I have to go and get ready."
"Ev, before you go……. Come and see me okay?"
"Sure." I gave him a soft smile that earned me the same in return.
At six o'clock Evi returned to Tala's room to show him the finished product. She felt so stupid in the dress. It was dark blue with one shoulder that covered her bandage and ran down her arm and covered part of her hand. The other shoulder was left bare and made Evi feel completely naked. The dress ran down to just above her knees where it fanned out in a flattering way. On her feet were a pair of very pretty silver high heals that she was have a hard time walking in.
"You look incredible!" Tala sighed when he saw her.
"I feel so stupid dressed like this."
"Don't, you get to be a princess again." Tala was sitting on his bed and for some reason he looked sad.
"Tala. Will you dance with me?" Evi watched the smile spread across his face as he got off the bed and came towards her. He wrapped his arms around her and they began to dance. Tala hummed a soft slow melody that made Evi want to cry.
You never close your eyes any more
When I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before
In your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it baby
But baby, baby I know it
Tala sung the words into Evi's ear as the two of then danced around the room in slow circles.
You've lost that loving feeling
Oh, that loving feeling
You've lost that loving feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
Whoa-oh
Now there's no tenderness
In your eyes when I reach for you
And girl you're starting to criticize
little things I do
It makes me just feel like crying baby
'Cause baby, something beautiful's dying
Kai walked to Talas' room to find Evi because when he went to get her from her room she wasn't there. When he got to the door he stopped not wanting to intrude on a tender moment.
You've lost that loving feeling
Oh that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
Now it's gone gone gone
And I can't go on
No-oh-oh
Baby baby I get down on my knees for you
If you would only love me like you used to do
We had a love
A love a love you don't find every day
So don't...don't...don't let it slip away
Tears ran down Evlins' eyes but she whipped them away before they could ruin her make up that had taken her so long to put on.
Bring back that loving feeling
Oh, that loving feeling
Bring back that loving feeling
Now it's gone...gone...gone...
And I can't go on...
No-oh-oh...
Something about the way Tala was singing made her heart want to burst. He finished singing but they didn't let go for a moment.
"Tala why are you so sad?" He looked down at me and smiled a wistful smile.
"I'm just having a bad day. It's no big deal." Tala smiled at her.
"Okay, well when I get back we can talk about." She smiled up at her best friend. There was a knock at the door and Kai appeared infront of them. "Are you ready to go?" He was looking at Evi waiting for her answer.
"Yeah, I'm ready." She let go of Tala and took a step back.
Evi looked Tala straight in the eye. "Remember, I'm doing this for you." She told him. Tala nodded before kissing her on the cheek. "Goodbye Evi." Evi gave him a funny look. For some reason his goodbye seemed to have a hidden meaning. "Goodbye Tala, I love you." Kai lead me away after that with an explanation of being late.
We got to the party just after seven thirty and the place was packed. There were so many famous beybladers and important people here I didn't know where to look first. After about a minute I started to calm down and enjoy myself. Kai seemed to be having fun, which was good and within two hours we were both pretty much PLASTERED! We danced and drank and danced some more but there were a couple of people who were starting to creep me out. They kept watching me all the time. And then there were the asshole rich kids who kept hitting on me.
"God is there some asshole jean that kicks in when these dickheads hit puberty or something?" I demanded of Kai
"Yeah, there is actually." We both laughed our asses off at that then went to dance some more.
Evi's POV
The evening was coming to an end and I was completely drunk! I was however having the best time of my life until I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. I turned around and was confronted with the man who was watching me earlier.
"Can I help you?" I asked in a slurred voice
"It is time to go Evlin." What the? The guy knew my name, what the hell is up with that? He began to pull me back through the crowd towards the woman he was with earlier.
"Hey, wait, let me go! KAI!" Kai looked at me with a sad face for a moment before he came towards me and wrapped his arms around me and berried his face in my neck. "It's for the best Ev."
"Wait, what, what are you talking about?" the man had let go of me when Kai had hugged me but now that he was pulling away the mans grip on my shoulder had tightened again.
"Evi please don't make this any harder than it has to be. They're your parents Ev, Tala has been writing to them for ages and then you got shot and Tala decided you had to go…" I cut him off
"Since when does He get to say what I can and cant do?" I demanded.
"Ev just go okay? Do it for us." Tears were welling in my eyes as I stared at Kai. He looked so sincere, his face full with emotion. I knew that all four of them had planned this and that it would be hard for them to let me go but they honestly thought that it was for the best.
"Go and be a princess Evlin." When he said that my defenses broke and I burst into tears. "Kai, I can't go, I don't want to go!" I sobbed. The man or should I say my father was still holding onto my shoulder but his grip was no longer possessive. Now it held pity.
Kai made a dismissive gesture to the man and he began to pull me way. By now people were looking at us but I didn't care. I didn't want to go, I didn't want to leave Kai but most of all I didn't want to leave Tala. God damn it I loved the stupid bugger! I always have.
As the crowd began to close around me Kai turned away, but not before I saw the tears in his eyes.
There you have it folks, another one down. I hoped you all enjoyed it and I cant wait to hear what you all thought if it.
And if any of you guys were wondering what that song was it was 'You've lost that living feeling' by the Righteous Brothers.
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