Hey people! Thanks for all the great reviews! I'm sorry I had to kill Ozuma and Tala's grandparents but it had to happen. Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying the story.
PS: I know I might have confused some of you with the whole wife/cousin thing so I'm just going to clear that up.
Mariah's brother Drake is 28 years old and married to Tala's cousin Rio.
Miriam's brother Leo is also 28 years old and married to Ozuma's cousin Julie.
These two couples are spies. They work for Boris under different names so that they can keep an eye on him.
I hope that cleared things up for you guys!
Enjoy!
Chapter 20: Tala's wounds and He knows
Normal P.O.V
Paree opened her eyes slowly. Squinting them to block the sunlight pouring through her large bedroom window. She felt as if someone was hammering on her skull. She slowly sat up and held her head in her hands.
Kai was woken by the sounds of someone groaning. He opened his eyes and blinked a few times in confusion, until he realized where he was. He tilted his head up to see a pale faced Paree groaning and holding onto her head.
"You're such an idiot. If you knew you couldn't handle it, you shouldn't have drank so much last night." He said, as a morning greeting, as he got up from the bed.
Paree simply groaned once more before proceeding to clumsily throw a pillow at Kai. She then tried to get off the bed, but ended up falling, face first, back onto the sheets.
"You're pathetic." Kai said, shaking his head at her groaning form before moving to help her up.
Paree held onto Kai for support, as he helped her stand up. She rested her head on his shoulder before running towards the bathroom.
Kai made a face of disgust, as he heard the sounds of Paree's retching and then the flush of the toilet.
"Kai!…" He heard Paree moan from the bathroom. He cautiously started walking towards the bathroom door.
When he entered, he saw a sickly looking Paree sitting on the small loveseat sofa in her bathroom.
"The medicine's in the first drawer." She said pointing to the table that was littered with hair care products.
Kai searched through the drawer and found the hangover medicine. He gave her a tablet and went to get her a glass of water.
Once she had taken the medicine, she seemed to come to her senses.
"Hey bitch, are you okay now?" Kai asked, as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Yea, yea. I'm going to take a shower." She said before walking through the large bathroom, towards the shower.
"Don't take too long, we still have to go pick up the kid." Kai shouted after her and decided to get something to eat.
He opened the door to her walk in closet and walked through it to another door, which was hidden by a bunch of dresses.
He opened the second door and stepped into a small kitchen. The kitchen had a small two person table with matching chairs. It had a small counter space which had a coffee maker, toaster, and microwave on it. There was a small fridge, shaped and painted to look like a penguin, beside the counter space. Above the counter space their were two cupboards to hold dry foods and dishware.
Kai opened the fridge and took out a juice carton and some waffles. He heated up the waffles and poured the juice into a glass. He was almost done his breakfast when Paree came in wearing a tank top and black capris. She got herself some food and sat down to eat.
"How'd you know about my secret kitchen?" She asked after eating a few spoons of her cereal.
"If you were smart, which you aren't, you would've known that our homes were built by the same company and half the bedrooms have secret kitchens in them." Kai answered, smirking when she glared at him about the smart comment.
"Jerk." She said before finishing off her cereal.
Once they had finished, they decided to drop the last of Paree's things off at Kai's house and then go to the school.
"Aren't you going to shower?" Paree asked as Kai just slipped his clothes from last night on.
"I'm going to shower at home. I don't have spare clothes here." Kai said rolling his eyes.
"Whatever." Paree said and handed some of the boxes to Kai and picked up the last, smaller one herself.
They made their way down the stairs slowly. Once they reached the bottom of the stairs they heard voices coming towards them.
"It's disgusting." They heard Rohin's voice say.
"Yes, it is. The lust for power has driven him mad." Aryan's voice answered.
Kai placed down the boxes he was holding and turned to greet Rohin and Aryan, as they came out of the sitting room.
"Hey guys." Paree greeted them.
"Oh hi. So, you managed to get her home without injury, huh? Not bad." Rohin said smirking at an annoyed Kai.
"Yea. If she had had even a drop more of alcohol, just getting her into the car would have been impossible." Kai answered, and then glared at Paree who had elbowed him.
"Need some help?" Aryan asked gesturing to the boxes lying at Kai's feet.
"Yea, thanks." Paree answered as the other boys picked up one box each, making it easier for Kai, who could actually see where he was going now.
The four of them made their way out the door and towards Kai's car.
"So, what were you guys talking about?" Paree asked as they walked towards Kai's car.
"Yea, what's so disgusting?" Kai asked, using his remote to open the trunk of the car.
"Well, last night, after you two left, everything was going okay until the new year actually began." Aryan said with a grimace.
"Yea, it was so dramatic too. What happened was right after the countdown to New Year's everyone started celebrating and then Leo, Drake, Rio, and Julie burst in through the doors. Rio and Julie ran to their parents and started crying and said something about someone dying." Rohin continued.
"Everyone went into the sitting room and we waited for Leo or one of the others to explain the reason why they were there. They told us that Boris had found out that the Mariano and Ivanov elders were in Russia and he captured them to get some information from them, about the bonded ones." Aryan explained.
"Turns out that they didn't say anything. He tortured them and then ordered for them to be killed. Leo, Drake, Julie and Rio weren't able to find the room where the elders were being held prisoner in, so they couldn't help them." Rohin finished and set the box he was holding into Kai's car.
Kai and Paree looked dumbfounded.
"So Ozuma's and Tala's grandparents are dead?" Paree whispered. Rohin and Aryan simply nodded sadly.
"Tala, Ozuma, Brooklyn, Garland, Rio and Julie looked devastated about their grandparents deaths. Not to mention what their parents must be going through." Rohin said quietly.
"We're going to see them later on today. We'll check up on them and see how they're doing." Kai mumbled to Paree.
"Yea. I'll see you guys later." Paree said, waving goodbye to her brother and cousin.
"Alright, see ya squirt." Aryan said with a small smile.
"Name my robotic nephew after me!" Rohin yelled as Kai started up the car.
"Okay!" Paree yelled out the window as they drove out of the Bikonai estate.
"You're not seriously considering naming the kid after your brother are you?" Kai asked a few minutes later.
"Of course not!" Paree replied rolling her eyes.
A blue and black haired figure rolled over in her sleep. She snuggled into the dark blue, silk sheets of the large, four poster bed that she was currently lying in. A few seconds later she opened her stormy blue eyes which were filled with confusion. She lifted her head off the silk pillows and looked at the empty space beside her.
Sitting up she looked around the room in confusion. She stood up and put her night robe on over her night dress before making her way to the bathroom. She came back into the room looking as confused as ever. She searched in the walk in closet and all other rooms that adjoined the one she was currently standing in. Then she noticed that the doors leading out towards the balcony were open.
She silently walked towards the balcony and found who she was looking for. She stood behind the person for a moment before hesitantly reaching out a hand and placing it on their shoulder.
"Good morning Aaliyah." The boy said without turning around.
"How are you feeling Tala?" Aaliyah asked as she moved to stand beside him, and her hand slid from his shoulder onto his own larger hand.
He didn't answer and just stared out into his backyard. He finally snapped out of his trance and looked down at their entwined hands.
"I…don't know." He finally answered. When he saw the look of confusion Aaliyah gave him he decided to elaborate on his answer.
"I'm not sure how to feel. I feel sad because my grandparents are gone, forever. I feel angry because if it wasn't for that bastard Boris, they would still be alive. I feel guilty because I feel that I should have done something to help them or stopped them from going."
Aaliyah just stared at him for a moment, while he once again stared off into space.
"Tala you have reason to feel all this. If you didn't feel it that would mean you weren't human. I know it might be confusing to feel all these emotions at once, but you aren't the only one going through this. Think about your parents, your uncle and aunt, your cousins. They must be feeling the same pain. Ozuma and his family are going through the same pain." Aaliyah said, her voice full of sincerity and honesty.
Tala looked at her for a moment with an emotion akin to appreciation and wonder.
"And even though it might not seem like it, I, too, know what you're going through. I went through it right before I started school. Papa told me and Paree, after we found out about the crystal, that Boris was the man who killed my parents and my uncle, Paree's dad. I know what you're going through and I'm sorry that you and anyone else we know has to feel this pain at all." Aaliyah finished with a trembling voice.
Tala placed his arms around Aaliyah's waist and embraced her tightly. Aaliyah returned the gesture.
"I don't know what I would do if you weren't here right now." Tala whispered into her shoulder.
Aaliyah let out a small laugh and ran her hands through his hair.
"You would have transformed your sorrow into anger and taken it out on me by teasing and taunting me, instead of expressing your sorrow and dealing with the pain." She said as she pulled away from him and took his hand to lead him back into the room.
Tala grabbed her by the waist and hugged her from behind and said,
"Sorry about that, it's just something a guy's got to do to get a certain girl's attention. Even if it was negative attention." He said with a small smile.
Aaliyah just rolled her eyes at this comment and made her way towards the bathroom once again.
"You're such a jerk. We have to go pick up the baby today, so instead of standing around you should go take a shower in one of the other bathrooms." Aaliyah told him as she went to the walk in closet to get some of her clothes out.
"There are two showers in this bathroom. Why can't we go at the same time?" Tala asked with a frown.
"First of all, the showers are attached and the wall separating them is made of see through glass. And secondly, I need my privacy. So, I'm not taking any chances with a pervert like you." Aaliyah said sticking her tongue out at Tala before running through the second door in the bathroom, towards the showers.
"Damn you woman!" Tala yelled jokingly, through the door. He placed his towel on the loveseat in the bathroom and walked out of the bathroom and to the dresser in his room.
He opened a drawer to get a t-shirt and was about to close it when his eyes fell upon a small package, wrapped in golden wrapping paper.
He picked it up slowly and walked back into the bathroom with it.
He opened it and saw a small jewelry box, with a folded piece of paper attached to it. He unfolded the paper and noticed that it had the same design as the stationary his grandfather used.
He began to read the letter,
To my grandson Tala,
I couldn't find you this morning so I decided to write a small note to you instead. Your Nana and I will be leaving today for our anniversary, as you already know.
Tala, your Nana and I are aging, as much as we hate to admit it. It is our wish to see you grow up and get married and have children of your own someday, but I'm not sure if we will be around for that.
I know that you, as well as the rest of the family, believe that we should not be going to Russia for our anniversary, seeing as it could be dangerous, because of Boris. Let me assure you that we are well aware of this danger, and we thought things through before we decided on going to Russia. And we are certain that there will be no danger to our lives. And even if there is, what difference will that make, we wouldn't go without a fight.
If anything does happen to us, I assure you that your grandmother and I will not leave each others side at all. That's how we've managed to raise your father, your uncle, you and your cousins. We would die with no regrets.
You must be wondering what the point of this letter is. Well, in the small package attached to the letter, is my watch and your Nana's bracelet. We wanted to give these to you in person but we couldn't find you. The bracelet is for Aaliyah, I gave it to your Nana, on our first date. She wishes for Aaliyah to have it. The watch is a present your Nana gave me and I wish for you to have it. I'm also leaving you the Ivanov sword. It has been in our family for ages, and I hope you treasure it as much as our ancestors did.
So much for a small note, eh? Well, I hope you enjoy these gifts. Take care of Aaliyah, she's a good girl and deserves only the best. Your Nana and I know that she'll take good care of you. We'll see you when we come back.
Gerard Ivanov
Tala placed the letter to the side and opened the lid of the box with trembling hands. He took out the pocket watch that his grandfather used to use. He looked back at the letter.
'We'll see you when we come back. Yea, right. You won't be coming back anymore, no thanks to that son of a bitch.I hate that bastard, Boris' Tala thought bitterly as he read the last line over and over, growing angrier by the second
He placed everything down and punched the mirror of one of the make up tables in anger.
He punched it again and again in blind fury, ignoring the pain in his bleeding hand.
"TALA!" Aaliyah's shocked voice yelled. Bringing him back to his senses. Tala looked down at his bleeding hands, then at the package and letter lying on the loveseat, and then up at the shocked look on Aaliyah's face.
He fell to his knees and drifted out of consciousness.
Miriam had woken up early that morning and planned to make good use of the extra hours she had, before Ozuma woke up and remembered the bad news that last night had brought.
She quickly showered and got dressed in a loose t-shirt and boarder shorts. She quietly made her way out of the room and went downstairs and into the kitchen.
After eating some cereal and toast for breakfast, she got to work.
She had decided to try and cheer Ozuma up by making him breakfast today. The catch was that she was going to make the blueberry pancakes that his grandmother was famous for among the families of Ozuma and Miriam's friends.
The chefs hadn't arrived at work yet, so Miriam had to do everything herself. Miriam got all the ingredients and set them on the counter top in the kitchen. She frowned at the recipe she was reading.
"Add three cups of milk and then stir until batter is…oh damn, I forgot the sugar!" Miriam mumbled.
Half an hour later, the kitchen was littered with cooking supplies and flour. Miriam looked at the plate full of pancakes, topped with butter and syrup, with pride. She was finally done.
She found a small breakfast tray and placed the plate of pancakes, a small bowl of cereal, a glass of orange juice, a spoon, a fork, and a knife on it. She placed the tray on an empty counter in the kitchen and started to clean up.
Fifteen minutes later Miriam was standing outside her and Ozuma's bedroom door, holding the breakfast tray, which was pretty heavy.
'I hope he likes this. And I really hope he gets at least a little cheered up.' Miriam thought as she opened the bedroom door quietly and made her way across the room towards the bed.
She set the tray down on the bedside table and sat down on the bed.
'He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping. But then again I would be pretty exhausted too, if I had broken down like he did. Here goes nothing.' Miriam thought, squirming nervously.
She placed a small, slightly shaking hand on Ozuma's chest and started shaking him.
"Ozuma…Ozuma, wake up. Hey Ozuma!" Miriam said trying to wake him up. She shook him a little harder and his eyes opened a bit.
He blinked a few times and then looked up at Miriam's face.
"Hey." He said as he suppressed a yawn.
"How'd you sleep?" Miriam asked moving over, so Ozuma could sit up.
"Like a baby." He answered, stretching a little as he sat up.
"Oh. I made you breakfast." Miriam said picking up the tray and placing it in front of him.
Ozuma just stared at it blankly before looking up at Miriam with a frown.
"You can cook?" He asked her in confusion.
"Of course, I can!" Miriam said, she watched as he eyed the food warily.
"Just try it. It won't kill you." Miriam said as she urged him to eat it.
"If you say so, I'm not too sure though." Ozuma mumbled as he picked up the fork.
"What'd you say?" Miriam asked narrowing her eyes at him.
"I said, you made blueberry pancakes. They look good." Ozuma lied, and took a bite of the pancakes.
Miriam watched him chew it slowly as if unsure of swallowing. After he had swallowed he just took another bite and another.
"Well?" Miriam said impatiently.
"They're good. They taste like the kind Nana used to make." Ozuma said the last part slowly and his eyes darkened a bit.
"Well, she actually gave me the recipe. She said that if anyone should have the knowledge of how to make her famous pancakes that it should be…me." Miriam said slowly, unsure of how Ozuma would react.
"Oh." Ozuma said. He placed his fork down and ate the rest of his breakfast before returning to finish the pancakes.
Miriam looked at Ozuma's eyes and tried to decipher the emotions they hid. She could see the pain of losing someone, but she also saw appreciation and something akin to mischief.
Her eyes strayed from his eyes to his bare chest. She was brought out of her trance by his voice.
"What?" Miriam asked looking back into his eyes and feeling the heat going up to her cheeks.
"I asked if you wanted the last bite." Ozuma asked with a smirk.
'Oh shit he caught me looking.' Miriam thought, blushing a niceshade of red.
"Um…sure." She answered and moved so that she was sitting right beside him.
She took the fork out of his hand and took the last bite of the pancakes. Ozuma placed the tray on the one of the bedside tables and looked at her for a second.
"Wow! That was good." Miriam said and licked her lips a little to get the syrup off them.
She saw Ozuma's eyes dart down to her lips for a second before they came back to meet her eyes. She smirked inwardly and moved across Ozuma to place the fork in the tray.
"You know, there's something I forgot to say last night before we went to sleep." Ozuma said, after she had sat back down.
"What was it?" Miriam asked.
"Thank you. For being there for me last night. I appreciated it." Ozuma said looking away quickly as if it pained him to say that.
Ozuma looked back at Miriam a few seconds later and saw her sitting there with a shocked look on her face. She looked up at him with unbelieving eyes.
"What did you say?" She whispered to Ozuma.
"Uh…thank you?" Ozuma said unsurely, he was getting nervous from the way she was looking at him.
"Oof!" Ozuma said as Miriam tackled him onto the bed with a hug.
"That is the nicest thing you've ever said to me!" Miriam squealed in his ear as she held onto him tightly.
"Miriam…can't…breathe." Ozuma managed to get out.
"Oh sorry!" Miriam said getting off of him quickly and watching as he caught his breath.
"I was just really surprised and happy and are you okay?" Miriam said looking at Ozuma with concern.
"Yea, I guess. But it's true. I really appreciate the fact that you comfortedme when I was…upset." Ozuma said looking away with a frown.
Miriam laid down and snuggled against him. Ozuma instinctively put an arm around her waist.
"Ozuma. If you're still upset about what we were told last night, maybe we can stop by my house on our way to school and you can talk to my brother and Julie. They must be feeling pretty bad too. And maybe you can talk to them about it." Miriam said as she traced patterns on Ozuma's chest and abs, with her index finger.
"Maybe. I'm going to go take a shower now." Ozuma answered in a monotone voice.
Miriam watched him get up and walk over to the bathroom. She got up and placed the breakfast tray by the door for the maids to take, when they came to clean the room.
Her cell phone rang a few times and she went to answer it.
"Hello?"
"Hey Miriam. How's Ozuma doing?" Aaliyah's voice said.
"Oh, he's okay, I guess. He was really upset last night. What about Tala?" Miriam answered after checking to make sure that Ozuma couldn't hear.
"Same. I felt helpless, you know. I could deal with Tala being sad, after we found out about our pet wolves a few months ago, but this time he looked like a lost little puppy." Aaliyah replied.
"Yea, Ozuma had that same look. I didn't know what to do, so, I tried my best to comfort him. I can tell by the look in his eyes this morning, that he's still thinking about it. He just went to take a shower." Miriam told Aaliyah, as she brought the baby's car seat out of the walk in closet.
"Oh shit! That reminds me why I called. Keep an eye on Ozuma, even when he's in the shower!" Aaliyah's voice changed to a panicky tone.
"What? Why?" Miriam asked, concerned about what Aaliyah had to say.
"Tala and I woke up and talked a bit. Then I tried to distract him from thinking about his grandparents death, by teasing him and running into the shower saying he would have to wait until I was done. He joked around too, so I thought he was okay for a while, that he forgot about the pain he was feeling for a little while. And then I heard some noises so I went to check what it was and Tala had broken one of the vanity mirrors in the other half of the bathroom. His hands were bleeding and he lost so much blood that he blacked out. I was so terrified. But I put some bandages on him and helped him shower and stuff. Rei and Mariah came by to help me bandage him and helped the maids clean up the glass. And then Tala showed me the reason why he did that and I saw a letter that his grandfather had left him and I realized that he had gotten angry again and that's why I called you. To make sure that Ozuma didn't do anything stupid." Aaliyah explained.
"O..Oh my god! Hold on!" Miriam said quickly and left her cell phone on the bed.
She hurried towards the bathroom door and tried the doorknob.
"Oh shit! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!" Miriam cursed and she tried again.
"Ozuma! Ozuma open the door!" Miriam said while knocking on the door.
She got no response. She ran back to the bed and got her cell phone.
"Aaliyah! H…He's not opening the door. It's locked. I tried knocking but he's not responding." Miriam said hurriedly and ran her hand through her hair.
"What! Okay keep trying. We'll be there in a few minutes. Keep trying." Aaliyah said before hanging up.
Miriam put her cell phone away quickly and went back to knocking on the door. She heard some noises coming from inside the bathroom and started knocking on the door even harder.
"Fuck!" Miriam yelled and kicked the door in anger.
She went to the bedside table and started searching through the drawers. She heard some knocking on the bedroom door and opened it to find Tala, Aaliyah, Rei, Mariah and Kai standing there.
"Kai and Paree are going to go pick up the kids and they'll tell the teacher as to why we're missing." Aaliyah hurriedly explained as she and Mariah went to try and calm down a frantic looking Miriam.
"Where's you car seat for the baby?" Kai asked.
Miriam went to the side of the bed and quickly brought it over to Kai, who was still standing at the door.
"I have to go now, Paree's waiting in the car, but fill me in later." Kai said quickly before going down the hallway and stairs, towards the exit.
Miriam turned to Rei, Mariah, Aaliyah, and Tala. She glanced down at Tala's heavily bandaged hands.
"We're going to take him to the hospital later, I couldn't get all the glass out of his skin." Aaliyah said noticing Miriam's glance.
"Shit! Are you sure Ozuma's still in there?" Rei asked after trying to open the door.
"Yes, I didn't see him come out. Ozuma didn't tell me if there is, but I think there's a key to the door, somewhere in here. I was looking for it when you guys knocked." Miriam told them.
"Okay, how about we keep looking and you boys try to knock the door down or something." Mariah suggested.
Everyone went with this idea and started their job.
Miriam went back to looking through the bedside table drawers. Aaliyah checked around the computer desk; while Mariah looked through the sofas and around the coffee tables in the living area that was on the side of the room that was opposite of the bathroom.
Tala and Rei were knocking on the door and slamming against it with their shoulders in hopes of breaking the door down.
About ten minutes of frantic searching and door banging later, Miriam yelled, "I found it!"
Everyone turned their attention to Miriam as she tried to unlock the door. It didn't work the first few times and she looked at the key in confusion.
"Maybe you put it in upside down?" Mariah said, taking the key from Miriam and putting it in the keyhole.
She wriggled the key around a bit and shook the doorknob a little. After a few seconds they heard a distinctive click and Rei shoved the door open.
They saw a man dressed in black, with his back to them, standing by an unconscious Ozuma.
"Hey!" Tala yelled getting the man's attention. The man in black saw them and started climbing out the window.
Rei, Mariah, and Aaliyah ran to the window to try and catch him. Aaliyah caught a wire attached to the man's headset and pulled but unfortunately the man pulled free and jumped to the ground, landing on all fours.
"Shit!" Rei, Mariah, and Aaliyah yelled at the same time.
"We are on the third floor of the house, so he might've injured himself in the fall, I'll get the security to try and catch him!" Mariah said, running towards the intercom system by the door.
"Let me see that." Tala said pointing to the headset dangling in Aaliyah's hand.
She handed it over to him, trying not to put pressure on his wounds.
Tala examined it and the others looked at him in confusion.
"What are you looking for?" Aaliyah asked curiously.
Tala simply held it up and took off the soft padding on the earphone part.
The other three looked at the small gold paint inscription on the black metal, the girls gasped as Rei read it.
"Boris Inc."
Kai and Paree entered the family studies classroom to find people staring at them, for carrying in four car seats instead of one.
They went to the back of the class and placed the car seats on two long desks.
"Hello children! I assume you all had a nice holiday so far. You still have one more week of holidays but you start your projects today. I will come around and give you your robotic child. They have been made to look very real. It is good that you have all brought your own supplies for the child. I will come around in alphabetical order." Ms. Ruiki, the family studies teacher, said.
Kai and Paree waited patiently at the back of the classroom until she came to Kai's last name.
Ms. Ruiki came up to them and handed Paree a small bundle wrapped in a blanket.
"That is your child. You are responsible to feed it, clothe it, bathe it, play with it, change it's diaper, and care for it. Now, before I go, I was wondering as to why you have four car seats and why your friends aren't here with you?" Ms. Ruiki said looking at both of them through her glasses.
"You see Ms. Ruiki, Ozuma has just recently lost some very close family members and Miriam is staying with him to help him through things. Tala was in a small accident and he was terribly wounded so, Aaliyah had to stay with him to change his bandages and help him around the house. Rei is sick and Mariah is tending to him. They asked us to pick up their project babies." Paree answered while adjusting the bundle in her arms.
"I see. Well, it's very kind of you to help them out. I'll be right back with their children as well." Ms. Ruiki said with a smile.
When she left Paree looked down at the bundle in her arms and removed the blanket from it's face. The child she was holding had skin as pale as Kai's. The child had hazel-green eyes like Paree's. The child's hair was a combination of black, like half of Paree's hair, and blue-gray, like half of Kai's hair. The child had sharp facial features like Paree did.
"Aw…Aren't you a little cutie?" Paree cooed as she brushed the child's messy hair.
The child yawned a little and blinked up at Paree. Paree moved closer to where Kai was standing with the other car seats.
"Look Kai." She said not averting her gaze from the child.
Kai stared at the child with a shadow of a smile on his face.
"Paree, Kai?" Ms. Ruiki said as she came up to them with a small stroller-like cart.
"This is Miriam and Ozuma's baby." She handed Kai a girl with blue hair and honey brown eyes. Kai placed the child in the green car seat.
"This is Mariah and Rei's child." She handed Kai a girl with black and pink hair and amber eyes. Kai placed the child in the baby pink car seat.
"And this is Aaliyah and Tala's child." She said and she handed Kai the last child in the stroller. The child had sea blue-green eyes, sharp facial features and black and red hair.
Kai placed the child in the blue car seat and helped Paree place their child in the black and white car seat.
"Alright class. Now, that you have your children I just need to say a few more things and then you are dismissed. These children will grow as normal babies would. Make sure to take proper care of them. They have recording devices inside which record every activity it does and whether it is taken care of or not."
"When you come back to school next week you will be attending all regular classes except for Math, English and this class. Since this major project is the last for all three subjects you will not need to come to these classes until June 15th, a week before school is over."
"Well, that is all. You may leave now." Ms. Ruiki finished.
Paree and Kai picked up their car seats and made their way out of the class.
They placed the car seats on the back seats of the large SUV Kai had decided to bring, which ended up being a good idea.
They were on their way to Ozuma's house when Kai's cell phone rang. He was still driving and tried to get it from his jeans pocket, but it seemed to be stuck.
"Here, I'll get it." Paree said, and she took it out of Kai's pocket to answer it. She smirked to herself when she saw Kaisquirm uncomfortably, after she hadtaken the cell phone.As she lookeddown to press a button to accept the call she noticed a slight bump in Kai's pants and turned away quickly so that he wouldn't see the blush on her cheeks.
"Hello." She said.
"Paree? Did you get the babies?" Aaliyah asked on the other line.
"Yea, we did. They're pretty cute for robotic babies." Paree joked.
"Really! What do they look like!" Aaliyah asked in excitement.
"Aaliyah!" Mariah could be heard scolding Aaliyah.
"Now is not the time for that! Give me the phone. Hello Paree?" Mariah's voice came.
"Hey Mariah, what's going on? Did you get Ozuma out of the bathroom?" Paree asked.
"Yea. We'll tell you about that later. Are you guys on the way?" Mariah asked.
"Yea we're about," Paree looked at Kai and asked "How far?"
"A street." Kai answered in a slightly high pitched voice. Paree raised an eyebrow at him but decided not to comment.
"We're about a street away. We'll be there soon. Bye." Paree said before hanging up.
Mariah got off the phone and gave it back to Aaliyah.
"They're on the way." Mariah informed the group in the bathroom.
"Security managed to catch the man and he's unconscious right now." Tala said as he walked into the room.
"Hey guys, look at this." Miriam said from her spot on the floor.
They looked at Miriam, then at Ozuma's neck.
There was a small, dart in the side of his neck with a liquid in it. They watched as Miriam took some tissue in her hand and pulled it out.
"I think it's some kind of knock out fluid." Rei said taking the dart from Miriam and placing it on the counter.
Mariah went and sat by Miriam. Miriam had Ozuma's head in her lap.
They heard the bedroom door open and Paree and Kai came in.
"We left the babies in the sitting room, downstairs." Kai explained, as he and Paree walked into the bathroom.
"Who was the man tied to that chair, downstairs?" Paree asked.
"One of Boris's men. He snuck in through the bathroom window and knocked out Ozuma with some kind of liquid that was in that dart and jumped out of the window when we got in here." Rei explained, pointing towards the dart.
"Oh, did you call the elders." Kai asked.
"Yes, they're all on their way here from work." Mariah answered.
It was quiet for a moment.
"Why don't you move him to the bed?" Paree suggested as she saw the awkward position that Ozuma was lying in.
Rei and Kai went to Ozuma and picked him up and moved through the bathroom, towards his bed.
The girls sat on the sofa and beanie bag chairs by the bed.
Miriam suddenly came running out of the bathroom.
"What's wrong?" Mariah asked worriedly. Miriam simply handed her the small note.
Mariah's eyes widened as she read it.
"What does it say?" Tala asked curiously.
"I know who the spirit holders of the crystal are. Boris." Mariah read aloud for everyone to hear.
"No!" The teens looked towards the direction where the voices came from, and saw the elders standing in the doorway.
Hey guys! That was my attempt at a cliffy! I hope you liked this chapter. The next one will be up soon. School's over so I'll be able to post up the chapters faster than before. The next one will be out in a few days.
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Byez,
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