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"Go Driger!" cried Ray. Driger rushed forwards, trying to bash Hillary's turquiose blade out of the stadium. Hilary concentrated fiercely, summoning up a powerwave strong enough to send Ray's blade on a one-way trip to the ceiling. Ray looked, stunned, at his smoking blade.
"Told you!" Tyson laughed in his ear. Tyson had already lost to Hilary twice and both bladers were finding it hard to believe she could have got this good in a couple of days. After all, as Tyson put it, you don't get good enough to beat two world class bladers without years of practice, or at least, that was the theory! "I wish Kai was here," moaned Tyson. "He'd know how to beat her!" Unfortunately for them, Kai had woken up with a blinding migrane and after telling them to take Hilary's mind off Max for at least an hour, he had retreated to the bedroom they all shared with a bucket and a KEEP OUT sign on the door.
"So.." Ray mused, "How do we beat someone who knows all our moves inside out?"
"And back to front!" added Tyson helpfully. Ray sighed.
"We've got to come up with a new strategy, something she'd never think of in a million years - Hey, how about this?" Ray leaned over and whispered in Tyson's ear. Meanwhile, Hilary was recovering from the shock of having beaten two bladers in a row without her blade stopping spinning. Ray had been right, this did help take her mind off Max... No, don't think about Max, don't think about how confused and upset he had looked, lying in the hospital bed with wires sprouting everywhere, don't think Hilary, don't you dare think-
"DRAT!" she hissed and re-launched her blade so viciously the friction nearly set her brand-new launcher on fire. What were Ray and Tyson doing anyway? Uh oh, this didn't look good. Why were they grinning? And what were they talking about?
"Are you sure this'll work Ray?" Tyson asked anxiously. " I couldn't stand being beaten three times by Hilary!" Ray sighed.
"Don't worry so much, Tyson! Listen, she's already played three matches in a row, right?"
"Left."
"TYSON!"
"Sorry Ray, um, what were you saying again?"
"So, like I was saying, do you really think anybody could play three in a row and still have enough energy to beat the both of us at the same time? I don't think any of us, Kai included, could do that!"
"Definately not Kai at the moment. He's like a walking zombie! Ha ha, a zombie with a headache, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... OW! Ray, what was that for?" Tyson groaned, rubbing his arm.
"If you guys are quite finished?" Ouch! Ray thought.
"Y-Yes Hilary!"
"Since you've obviously got some type of plan, I suggest you put it into practice!" Hilary said acidly. She'd forgotten how much fun baiting boys was! She grabbed her blade, looked up and blanched at the two(two?) blades facing her.
"Scared?" Tyson challenged. Hilary smiled dangerously.
"Not a bit!"
"And 3, 2...LET IT RIP!" they yelled.
"DRIGER!"
"DRAGOON!"
"Attack!" both boys yelled, their powerful bit-beasts racing towards the apparently defenceless turquoise blade. Suddenly, everything seemed to gang up on Hilary at once. Max and the hospital and blading-and-Max-and-the-bitbeasts-and-MaxandMax andMax... As Dragoon and Driger reached Hilary's blade, her eyes snapped open, she flung her head back and screamed.
"Dyler!"
A massive shockwave pounded through the room, momentarily stunning Tyson and Ray and making their blades crash two metres into the wall, causing a massive crater worthy of a small meteorite. Tyson recovered first, saw Hilary and ran towards her, followed closely by Ray. Together, they lifted the unconcious girl up and tried to wake her.
"Guys," a testy voice complained, "Next time you blade, kindly give me a little advance warning!" Kai was chalk white and trembling. Then he noticed Hilary. " What happened?" he cried, running over as fast as he could and sitting down unsteadily.
"Kai, are you sure you should be up?" asked Ray uneasily, eyeing their captin's drawn face.
"I'm fine, Ray. Now what happened?"
Okay, let me get this straight," Kai asked disbelievingly. "You set both your bit-beasts on her at the same time?" Ray and Tyson nodded mutely. "And she beat you!" He smirked. About time someone took Tyson down a peg or two! "How badly?"
"Look behind you." laughed Ray, pointing towards the still-smoking crater in the wall. Kai whistled approvingly.
"Where's her blade?" All three boys looked around the wrecked pratice room, till Tyson spotted a turquoise flash only a couple of feet away from them and ran to pick it up. As his hand got within touching distance, Hilary stirred and rolled over.
"Huh? Guys, what happened? What was that light?" she asked in a trembling voice.
"Were you scared, Hil?" asked Ray softly. Hilary was still shaken, so instead of putting on a brave face, she simply nodded and started crying. Ray and Tyson took turns hugging and comforting her, while Kai recovered from moving his head too fast. When the pain in his head had dulled to an ache and Hilary's crying reduced to quiet hiccups, he suggested they take her back to the bedroom and tomorrow, they would visit Max and he would ring Kenny.
"Why?" asked Tyson.
"Because they need to know what just happened." Kai explained
"Max too?" asked Ray.
"Yeah. His temperature dropped dramatically earlier. He's almost recovered now." Kai said.
"WHAT? And you mde me miss it?" cried Hilary.
"Yeah, well..." Kai rested his fingertips lightly against his throbbing temples. "Sorry."
" Um, Kai? What did just happen?"Oh God, Kai thought, save me from people like Tyson!
" Tyson, go and get Hilary's blade. Good. Now flip it face up." Utter silence fell as the four of them looked at the previously blank bit-chip.
" Is that what I think it is?" Clever Tyson! Go to top of the class! Kai thought sarcastically. Wait! he thought suddenly. He could still feel the power in the air. Where had he felt it before? Or, not it exactly, but something very similar...
"A...bitbeast..." Hilary breathed, looking in amazment at the blurry form in the chip.
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