Chapter four: Secrets revealed
Christina got up and went to get some breakfast. Mrs. Jones made them fried eggs today. Christina woke the others and they went to the kitchen.
"How's your arm, Christina?" Sabrina asked
"It's getting better" Christina said
"Yeah, if Maya wasn't there, you would probably be in the hospital by now" Lyra said, looking a bit angry at Christina
"Yeah, I know….. Thanks for saving my ass back there and for the help" Christina thanked Maya
"And I'm sorry that I didn't listen to you. You were right. I'm not prepared enough yet. I guess I'll have to choose more appropriate opponent next time." She added.
"You know, I was really scared for you back there. I thought he would kill you, seriously. I'm not saying that you should stop training martial arts, I just think you should seriously work on your skills, so I won't be worried about you every time you fight someone." Maya explained
"Yeah, I really should. And I was hoping, that you could still teach me?" Christina asked
"Sure. Why not? You are a great fighter and I'm not just saying this. But you need time and practice. You can do it, I know that. So just keep training and never give up, ok?" Maya said
"I, I captain" Christina saluted and smiled
Then, all of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Mrs. Jones went to open it. She came back into the kitchen with the four boys behind.
"Would you like to breakfast with the girls?" Mrs. Jones asked nicely
"Sure" was the answer and Mrs. Jones went to fry some eggs
"Good morning everyone" Ozuma greeted
"Mornin"
"How's your arm?" Kai asked Christina
"Fine, thanks" she smiled
"Good, good. So what are you up to today?" Tala asked
"Dunno, we have to practice" Sabrina said
Mrs. Jones came back with the eggs and they were all eating.
"Practice what?" Johnny asked with his mouth full
"We have to practice the songs we're gonna play on Tuesday at Music class" Maya explained
"Oh, I see. So, can we watch you practicing?" Tala asked
"The girls exchanged looks and smiled a bit.
"Yeah, sure." Christina said
"But what about you Christina? You can't play, can you?" Sabrina asked, realizing her mate has a broken arm
"Oh, right. Shit. I can't." she said a bit sad
"Christina, can you play the keyboards with the other hand?" Maya asked, getting an idea
"Yeah……why?" The blonde girl asked confused
"You can't play your bass, but you can still play the bass thing on the keyboards. I think this will do it for now. I'm sure your arm will heal until Tuesday." Maya explained
"That's a great idea! Let's go practicing now! Rock on!" Lyra smiled
They were going to practice in the backyard, so they all went there. Maya came out with her guitar and the keyboards, Lyra with her guitar and the boys helped with the drums and amplifiers. When they were all set, the boys sat down on the grass in front of the girls. They have just realized how beautiful the backyard was. The boys were watching the trees and the big tree house they had, it was similar to the one they had, until Maya broke the silence.
"Ehm, let's play something for a start" she said
"Ok, how about ……. Skater boy" Lyra gave a proposition.
"Good idea" Sabrina said
The girls went on their positions and started jamming. Guys were amazed at their skills. Maya and Lyra were the lead singers/vocals and Christina was a back up singer. They jammed until Mrs. Jones called them in for lunch.
"Wow, you are great! Have you written all these lyrics by yourselves?" Ozuma asked
"Yeah, we wrote it. What do you think about it?" Christina said
"I think the lyrics are great!" Johnny almost yelled.
"Yeah, what do you write about, mostly?" Kai asked
"Umm….mostly about life, love, friendship, our feelings about it….."Lyra answered
"Cool. So these lyrics are written from your personal experiences?" Tala asked
"Yeah, mostly" Maya said
"What about the song Welcome to my life? Is it written from your experiences too?" Kai asked again.
The song went like this:
Do you
ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like
somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do
you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With
the radio on turned up so loud
And no one hears you screaming
No
you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You
don't know what it's like
To be like me...
To
be hurt, to feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be
on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No
you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do
you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left
out?
Are you desperate to find something more
Before your life
is over?
Are
you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone
around?
With the big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep
inside your bleeding
No
you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You
don't know what it's like
To be like me...
To
be hurt, to feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be
on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No
you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No
one ever lied straight to your face
No one ever stabbed you in the
back
You might think I'm happy
But I'm not gonna be
ok
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to
work
It was always there
You don't know what it's like
What
it's like
To
be hurt, to feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be
on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No
you don't know what it's like
To be hurt, to feel lost
To
be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel
like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking
down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's
like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my
life
The girls were very nervous about the question, because they haven't told anyone about their secret. They didn't know how to answer the question and the girls were all looking at Maya. If there was any kind of situation like this they all turn to Maya. It's been their habit ever since they met. The girls felt about her like she was their protector or something.
"Band meeting!" She suddenly said and hurried out of the kitchen.
"Band meeting?" Ozuma asked confused
"Sorry guys, girl talk. We'll be right back" Lyra tried to explain and followed the girls
"What's up with the band meeting?" Johnny asked his mates
"Dunno, maybe there are some things, they haven't told us yet." Tala shrugged
Back with the girls…
"So, how are we gonna tell them?" Christina asked
"Should we even tell them?" Sabrina added
"I think they have a right to know, since they are our friends." Maya said
"Yeah, they are our mates. We should tell them. They will find out anyway, so it's better to tell them now." Lyra added
"It's better to let them know from us, than from the others" Sabrina said
"Let's go tell them. C'mon!" Christina said, going through the door into the kitchen.
When they came in, the boys looked like they wanted some explanations from the girls. They all sat down and looked at each other.
"Well, are you going to tell us now?" Ozuma asked
"Umm….yeah…"Lyra began slowly
"Ok. We all used to have families. Each of us lived a happy life until our parents died. We ended up in a street for two months, until we met each other one day. We found out that our parents left us quite a lot of money so we moved together and bought a house. We've been living in England for two years until I found out that my grandpa who I never met, died and left me all the fortune. And so we moved in here, which used to be his mansion." Maya explained
They were all quiet for a while, because the boys were quite shocked about what they have just heard. "They are actually orphans?" they asked themselves.
"Is this true? I mean…..are you really orphans?" Johnny asked still a bit shocked
"Yes. We are actually orphans. But we are lucky that parents and Maya's grandpa left us all their fortune." Lyra said a bit embarrassed
"I bet you didn't expect this" Sabrina added lowering her head
"No……we didn't. We thought you were rich, because of this big mansion." Tala said, still in shock
"It seemed like that, didn't it? But we aren't rich. Until the money runs out, we're staying here" Tigress said
The boys exchanged their looks and nodded to each other.
"I wish we could help, seriously. But we are kinda in the same thing as you girls are." Ozuma explained
"Wha….What do you mean?" the blonde girl asked, not getting it.
"He meant to say, that we are orphans too. We live together in a tree house." The blue haired guy explained
Now it was the girls' turn to be shocked.
"Why didn't you tell us?" The black haired Tigress asked, staring at the boys in disbelieve
"We….we thought you wouldn't like us, if we were orphans and we didn't tell you because we thought you were rich and wouldn't like to be friends with orphans" Tala explained a bit scared of Maya's glare.
"You thought that! Even if we were rich, we would still be friends with you! We're not like those rich people who want to be the best and have rich friends" Sabrina almost yelled in double shock
"Uh, sorry. We just thought this would happen, if you were rich, nothing more." Johnny apologized
"It's ok, we forgive you. Can we see your tree house, please?" Lyra asked curiously
"Oh, that. Umm…..yeah, sure" Tala said
"There is just one thing you should know about it. Don't tell anyone where we live and we won't tell your secret, ok?" Kai asked
"Ok" they answered
"Cross our hearts and hope to die, if we tell" Christina said
"Ok, let's go" Ozuma said
They followed the boys into the forest and after ten minutes, they reached the tree house. It was quite big, but not as big as the girls had. But it was beautiful anyway. Whoever built it, the tree house was awesome
"Wow, did you build this?" Maya asked
"Yeah. It took time, but we managed to build it." The hot-headed guy answered, looking at their tree house
The boys were very happy, because the girls liked their tree house. They climbed in and looked around
"Whoa! This place is huge!" The purple haired girl yelled amazed
"So guys, what is your story? We told you about our story, now is your turn" Lyra said, sitting on one of the beds
"Yeah, let's hear your story" Christina said, sitting beside Lyra
"Ok. Umm…..well, we were thirteen years old. Every kid in the town had a beyblade and so did we. We trained very hard and beat all the others. By that time, we didn't know each other yet. Each of us has a bit-beast, given from our ancestors. Then one day, a strange man came. His name was Jack. He captured every kid with a beyblade and tested him. We were captured too. He wanted to create a team, which would win against all opponents in the world so he could blackmail everyone. And at the end unfortunately, we were the chosen ones. We were brainwashed and didn't know about it. We wanted to escape, but we couldn't. We had to do whatever he wanted us to do. He didn't care if we were hurt. He was actually torturing us. But then one day, I accidentally bumped into the wall and got back to normal. I saved the others and made them back to normal. We escaped. And now we came here, we made ourselves a home and basically we are still running away from Jack. We just hope he'll never find us. And since then, we've been together" Tala explained calmly
"Oh my god! You were tortured by Jack too!" Sabrina yelled
"You know Jack! How! I mean, do you even know what a beyblade is? Do you even beyblade?" Johnny asked surprised.
"Of course we know how to beyblade! We were the ones who were chosen too. He wanted to make a girl and a boy team!" Tigress said in shock
"He collected girls and boys from all over the world!"
"How come you didn't tell us about your beyblades? We thought everyone forgot about beyblading" Ozuma said
"We didn't tell you, because we wanted to forget about what happened with us when Jack captured us. We quit beyblading exactly two years ago" Lyra explained
"We were all at the same place at the same time, but we didn't know about it" Kai said
"Ok, then. You said you know how to beyblade. We want to challenge you then." Tala said suddenly
"But…but we can't fight you, because we haven't trained" Christina defended herself and the girls
"Well, you better start training again, because if Jack finds us, we'll have to defend ourselves" Kai stated
"And you'll have to help us stop him also" Johnny added
"You want to stop Jack! But that's impossible! Who knows how many people he has, probably a thousand or more and you want to stop him! In case you haven't noticed it's just the eight of us!" Sabrina yelled, losing her temper
"Calm down, girl! No need to panic" Lyra tried to calm her, but made it even worse
"Calm down! How can I calm down! We haven't trained for two bloody years! I thought we were through this! Now we'll have to start all over again!" Sabrina yelled back to Lyra
"Ok, that's it. Stop fighting already! Guys, I think we'll have to leave now, because it's getting late. I promise we'll bring our beyblades tomorrow after breakfast. I think you're right, Kai. We better start training. Who knows when Jack is going to pop up. Good night, guys" Maya said and started to drag Sabrina away
"Good night!"
"Be careful!" Tala shouted behind them
"Don't worry, we will!" Maya smiled