Hoping its right
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot and my one OC
Rating: T
Pairings: Kai/Tala, Rei/Bryan, Kai/Rei, Bryan/Tala, Spencer/Robert, Kevin/Ian, Michael/Lee, Enrique/Oliver, Kenny/Emily Mariah/Brooklyn, Tyson/Max and Johnny/OC
Warnings: Yaoi, implied situations and mild language WARNING contains mentions of rape…not graphic it's just needed for the plot.
A/N Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Drea you have a deal. This is slightly angsty because it tells the story between Tala and Bryan. Oh and I decided that I am going to have three alternant endings Kai/Rei & Tala/Bryan, Kai/Bryan & Tala/Rei and Kai/Tala & Rei/Bryan.
Chapter Nine
"Then I'll marry you," he stated.
"What," she asked in disbelief as Tala squeezed his arm around her reassuringly.
"I'll do anything to be with you Rayne," Johnny replied dreamily.
"I'm sorry Johnny I-I," she looked at Tala for help who shook his head telling her she had to do this on her own, "I'm too young, I'm only sixteen and that's just too young. Besides Daddy said I can't marry until I'm 26. I've only known you for a few days…I'm sorry Johnny…but I'm just not ready."
Johnny nodded not arguing about the decision for the first time in his life, which surprised everyone including himself. His faced saddened a bit but his eyes did not. He knew that if she didn't like him she would just say no; not use all those excuses. He had hope.
"Okay," Oliver began trying to break the awkward silence, "Why don't we figure out what we're going to do for the ball?"
"That's a great idea Oliver," Rayne said thankful for the subject change, "Are we just going to say bring your own date or should we pick random partners?"
Tala's hand tightened on Bryan's.
"I have an idea," Enrique chimed in, everyone groaned knowing that whatever it was had to involve something illegal, "Kenny just got this computer program that can simulate things. We could use it to simulate who would be best fit for one another. Then we could just send out invitations with their dance partner on it."
Everyone was in awe. Enrique had come up with a plan that was not only smart but legal, "Oh but Kenny won't give it to us because we broke the last one we borrowed, so we're going to have to 'borrow' it."
They sighed; so much for the non illegal part, "I'll ask Kenny if we can use it," Rayne said, "He doesn't know me so he won't have any evidence of me destroying a computer program."
"Have you?" Tala asked curiously.
"No well, not unless you count the time I wanted to. I destroyed a Barbie video game that my aunt got me last year…but I was trying to do that."
"Your aunt bought you a Barbie video game when you were fifteen," Spencer asked in astonishment.
"Yeah…they don't really buy anything I actually like…I'm skipping Christmas next year because of it." They laughed; Rayne always knew how to make a situation less uncomfortable.
"Well…," Robert said trying to take control, "Why don't we delegate jobs?"
Tala and Kai both glared at him. They were wayyyy to comfortable.
"What," Robert asked considering their glares, "You're not comfortable snuggling up to your friend's boyfriend are you?"
Kai and Tala glared once again, but did not argue.
"Okay," Robert said happily, "Kai you can make a play list for the dance, Oliver and Rei can pick food, Enrique can..."
"Start the invitations?" Spencer chimed in taking over, "Johnny and Rayne can start decorations, Robert and I will pick a theme and handle the dress code and Bryan can go down stairs and get the boxes of decorations from the basement."
"What about me," Tala asked not liking being forgotten.
"Oh," Spencer glanced at Bryan who looked absolutely frightened, "You can go with Bryan to the basement, that way he won't be alone." Spencer hinted at Bryan's fear of elevators.
"Ok," Tala said cheerfully; glad he would get to be with Bryan.
Everyone parted reluctantly to go do their assigned jobs. Once Bryan and Tala left, Rayne asked Spencer the question that had been on her mind.
"Why is Bryan afraid of elevators," she asked unaware of how severe the answer was.
Spencer looked at Robert uneasily not sure if he should tell them all, "I'm not sure I should tell you. It's pretty bad and I'm not sure you should know."
"Spencer," Kai growled wanting to know the answer as much as Rayne, "We need to know. We're his friends and if we ever have to defend him, we need to know everything. We need to know the reason why he fears them if we're supposed to protect him from it."
Spencer sighed still unsure whether or not to tell everyone. Robert however had other ideas, "Go ahead Spencer; they need to know."
"Fine," at his word everyone gathered round. They wanted to know what caused the weakness in the seemingly invincible Bryan.
"I hate elevators," Bryan muttered under his breath as Tala hit the down button. Just his luck, they didn't have to wait for the elevator; it was already there.
Tala saw that Bryan was beginning to shake. He grabbed Bryan's hand and led him into the elevator, "Don't worry Bryan," He whispered soothingly, "I'm here."
The doors closed and Bryan began to remember a different time in a much worse place. The reason everyone was so messed up; the place where all evil began; the abbey.
"Where to begin," Spencer asked himself, "The abbey was horrible. Whatever you fear the most periled in comparison. It was the center of all evil and we were in the middle of it…………."
A young lilac haired boy ran down the hallway being chased after by many guards. His name was Bryan and he was stuck living in this hell-hole of an abbey. He was one of their more 'gifted' boys. They saw the way he bladed; with complete brutality. They saw his potential. They wanted to control him; to drain him of all emotions except the rage.
The only problem was they had no way to control him. He had no fears; they had nothing to use against him. If they tried to punish him he would laugh; he didn't care what you did to him because he had nothing to lose. He was untouchable and they were afraid. If they took away everything except the anger who would he take it out on? He had no contact with the outside world; he had no one to take his hatred out on except them.
They had to create a fear when he had no weakness. The only thing they could do was trap him. Isolate him in a place with no contact for hours. Toy with him; make him think he was close to death, only to let him live for another day. All the while he thinks will I be alive tomorrow?
"It wasn't fair what they did to him," Spencer spoke to their attentive faces, "They tortured him more than the rest of us combined and only because he was the best. Sure Tala could blade circles around him but that wasn't true strength. Back then Bryan was our hero. He stood up to everyone. They couldn't get him to break no matter how hard they tried. Sure they broke the skin, but they didn't break his spirit.
Bryan was invincible and I used to think he would save us all. In a way he did. He stood up for us; took the blame when we did something wrong. He got more punishment then the rest of us and I couldn't have taken it. Bryan taught us self defense and if we hadn't gotten it; I would probably be dead. He was so strong physically and emotionally.
They were trying to train him to be emotionless but he already was. He could turn his emotions off when they were around and turn them back on as soon as they left. It made him unpredictable and they didn't like that. They worked in the world of science where everything can be predicted; nothing changes without their influence. The fact that they didn't know what he was going to do next drove them nuts. I even thought they were afraid of him at one point. But all that changed once they installed the elevator."
Bryan was amazing for the age of seven. Well he was before the elevator. They laughed evilly. They thought they had won, but they were wrong. They had only made him afraid of an elevator. Sure they could control him, but it wouldn't stop everything.
What they didn't understand was that an elevator was just an elevator. He knew they wouldn't kill him; they needed him too much. Sure it made him sick and he was afraid of it, but that was nothing. They had to catch him in order to put him in the elevator. What they needed was something that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
One man understood that and his name was Boris. He knew that what they did to Bryan wasn't really a victory; it was just a warm up. They had given him something; not taken anything away. They gave him a fear. Boris wanted to take something he could never get back and as an added side bonus he lose something else along the way, not to mention the fact that he would be afraid forever.
Two words: pride and virginity.
"Shhh Bryan," Tala comforted him. He knew what Bryan was going through, he had been there but nothing compared to what they did to Bryan. Sure they made Tala a cyborg but Bryan's situation was much more devastating. Every time Bryan stepped into an elevator he relived his worst memory.
Bryan's eyes started to tear up as the elevator began to move, "Tala!" He whined sliding to the floor.
Said person ran over to Bryan and hugged him and I mean really hugged him. "Bryan," he whispered in his ear, "You have nothing to fear. I will always protect you no matter what. It doesn't matter where you are I will find you. I would die for you if I had to." Bryan grabbed Tala much harder and began sobbing in his shoulder.
Tala knew this was a bad one; he had to resort to drastic measures. Not many people know that Tala can sing, in fact Bryan's the only one that knows. He leaned over and began singing softly in Bryan's ear. He sang a song of undying true hopeless love. He sang the song of their life.
"It wasn't enough for him," Spencer said outraged as much as he was when it happened, "It wasn't enough for Boris to make him afraid of elevators. He wanted more, so much more. He wanted to take the only thing Bryan had left. He wanted to take away his virginity and with that his pride."
He glanced around the room and saw many things. Rei was hiding his face in Kai's chest while Kai had a look of complete horror on his face. Rayne was latched onto Johnny's arm while Johnny pulled her into his lap and circled his arms around her burying his face in her hair. Enrique was bawling while Oliver had a single tear sliding down his cheek.
Spencer glanced at his boyfriend unsure that he could go on telling the tragedy. Robert got behind Spencer and started massaging his back while whispering, "You have to go on," into his ear.
"Bryan was smart. He could tell from the way Boris looked at him that something horrible was going to happen, but he didn't even try to escape. He knew if he left we would get punished for it," Spencer started to cry a bit, "He sacrificed himself for us."
The lilac haired boy was losing. The guards were catching up to him and he couldn't win. He knew they were trying to do something horrible to him but he didn't try and do anything about it. He couldn't escape; that was impossible. There was only one person every ten years that managed to escape and lucky for Bryan it was Kai last year.
Besides what were they going to do? Put him in an elevator. Sure they were freaky but it was just an elevator. He wasn't trying his best to get away because he really didn't care.
They caught him and it was over. He had to go to Boris. They brought him to the elevator and he laughed, "Can't you guys come up with something new?" He asked unafraid.
"Oh but we did my dear boy," Boris purred.
Now he was afraid.
"He should have been more careful. He wasn't worried at all; everything was a game to him. He could have escaped if he wanted to but he couldn't get it out his head that Kai had escaped. Everyone knew that only one person successfully escaped every ten years. Bryan could have changed all that; he was the best but just couldn't forget that one fact. Maybe if we had told him to go he would have, but I doubt that. If there was one person that Bryan couldn't leave behind it was Tala. They were rivals but they were also best friends. They pranked everyone and if you saw one of them you knew the other was hiding somewhere waiting until you let your guard down to get you. Maybe if Tala had told Bryan to go he would have. But the thing was that the elevator kept them from each other. Tala didn't have the chance.
"What are you doing!" Bryan asked scared when Boris picked him up.
"Just giving you what you deserve," Boris said opening the elevator doors.
Instead of seeing the usual empty floor, Bryan saw a table. Not just any table, a table with hand and leg bindings. It wasn't going to be that bad; all he was going to get was a beating. That was nothing he couldn't handle.
Boris placed him on the table and strapped him onto it, not without Bryan struggling though. He wasn't nervous he had been beaten all the time this nothing new…although he did have to give Boris credit, building upon his worst (and only) fear was pretty ingenious.
"Beating me…wow that's something new," Bryan said sarcastically.
"Oh but Bryan, I'm not beating you," Boris started to unzip his pants. Then Bryan began to get it and he was truly afraid; he struggled like he never had before.
A red-haired boy paced the corridor. He was nervous; he hadn't seen his best friend in a week. Tala was mad, ever since that stupid elevator he hadn't been able to prank anyone. He didn't get to see his friend unless they were battling each other in the dish. Even then they couldn't talk much, if Boris saw that they were friends they would be separated.
However yesterday they took a chance. They talked while battling. Although it was only a few words; they meant the world to Tala. "Tomorrow, passage, eight."
They meant that they were going to meet today, but Bryan wasn't here. Tala was worried, Bryan never broke his promise. He would even pretend to cry if he was in a punishment so it would go faster. He was two hours late and that just wasn't good.
Tala figured he was in the elevator, but usually punishments took place during the day not in the middle of the night. They had a strict curfew and Boris didn't like to break that.
The punishment must be bad. That's why Tala decided to go look for him. He knew he couldn't get to the elevator without be caught. There were too many guards surrounding it, plus there were cameras everywhere. Well almost everywhere.
What Boris didn't know was that when he became a cyborg (A/N Let's just pretend that Tala became a cyborg when he was younger ) they gave him the original map. One that included underground tunnels that Boris didn't even know existed. They went virtually everywhere; there was even a tunnel to back of the elevator shaft and that was ironically convenient.
"Tala was smarter than the rest of us," Spencer continued shakily, "He knew that something was wrong before we even knew he was missing. They had that kind of bond and it was unbreakable. It was if they could sense when the other was in danger. Bryan was our hero; Tala became his guardian angel; his hero."
Tala reached the elevator shaft in a few minutes. He saw that Boris had stopped the elevator and hear Bryan struggling. That's when Tala knew he had to do something; anything to save him. Luckily he had gotten one of those electrocuting guns from a guard.
Tala breathed and jumped.
Bryan was now definitely panicking. Boris was unzipping his pants and taking off his boxers! Now he was starting to do the same thing to Bryan!
Everything stopped when they heard a 'thump' coming from the ceiling. The emergency escape hatch opened up and a pale hand emerged. Bryan knew that hand any where! He was going to be saved by Tala!
Tala fired the gun and Boris fell to the floor.
"Tala," Bryan whined scared.
"It's okay Bryan," Tala dropped into the elevator, "We have to get you out of here soon though he's not dead; only knocked out."
Tala unbound Bryan and pulled him off the table and into a really tight hug. They were so glad to see one another safe, that they forgot that Bryan's lower clothed were still off. :D
"We need to go," Tala climbed out of the elevator holding out his hand for Bryan, "Oh and you might want to put your clothes on," Tala grinned while Bryan blushed.
"Boris didn't try it again. He was frightened of Tala now too, he might not have showed it but he was a scared little man. Now every time Bryan steps into an elevator he can't take it. The memories flood back and he can't help but think that Boris will pop out and try to do the same thing to him again. It's especially bad when Tala's not there because he doesn't have his protector.
Maybe if things were different Bryan would still be the same as he was then. Sometimes I see flashes of my old hero, but I guess he will just never be the same. Maybe he's better now but I will never forget the fearless falcon."
"Fearless falcon," Johnny questioned. Spencer glared at him and Rayne hit him over the head.
"You can't tell Bryan I told you. He doesn't want people to know; he doesn't want pity. Don't even act differently around him; nothing has changed you just know the reason why now," Spencer warned not wanting to be killed.
"Fine," Rayne said trying to lighten the mood, "Let's get back to work! Spencer and Robert have you come up with a theme yet?"
"Well we have a few ideas…" Robert answered, "Under the Sea."
"Over used," Rayne replied immediately.
"Dress up."
"It's not Halloween…although I do like scaring people…" She nodded for them to continue.
"There's the eighteenth or nineteenth century theme. You know like Renaissance stuff."
"That's bloody brilliant!" Rayne said laughing.
"You're British?" Johnny asked.
"No…I've just always wanted to say that…"
They looked at her strangely but continued, "You do know you'll have to wear a dress."
"And now it's not."
"And a corset," Spencer added.
"Oh just keep going." Rayne said sarcastically.
"And makeup," Johnny chimed in not getting the sarcasm.
"Do you want to die?" Johnny laughed nervously and shut up.
"It's fine, go with the theme. Just pick out a dress for me…and you'll have to get someone to do my makeup because I'm hopeless. I can do Halloween make up but that's about it." Rayne sighed; she was doomed to failure when it came to make up.
"Keep doing what you're supposed to. Johnny, help Enrique with the invitations; I'm going to get that program from Kenny." Rayne commanded walking out the door.
"Johnny," Robert began once Rayne had left, "Why did you ask Rayne to marry you!"
"I wanted to," Johnny replied bluntly.
"But why," Spencer prodded.
"Because I love her," Johnny mumbled.
"What," Spencer toyed with him.
"BECAUSE I LOVE HER!" Johnny screamed.
Everyone looked in his direction and Spencer and Robert laughed.
"You don't start out by asking someone to marry you," Robert said laughing at Johnny's inexperience. You see Johnny had never been in a serious relationship, he'd only had one-night stands.
"You have to date them first. Rayne still hasn't said yes. You have to get her attention. Do something for her that's romantic."
"Like I'm going to be able to think of something like that," Johnny pouted.
"I have an idea," Robert began, "You take her out to dinner."
"Oh," Johnny said suddenly becoming brilliant, "I have an even better idea…"
"Kenny!" Rayne said seeing him.
"W-who are you and h-how do you know my name?" He responded scared.
"I'm Rayne and I know all about you," Rayne grinned, "I was wondering if I could borrow your simulation program."
"Why do you want it," Kenny said protectively.
"We want to use it to simulate couples for the dance. That way everyone ends up with a partner."
"I don't know. Who is this 'we' you speak of?" He asked still unsure.
Rayne was about to lie when Emily came to her aid, "Oh just let her have it Kenny; it's not like she's going to break it. She's not going to be around the Majestics at all. Are you Rayne?" Emily smiled; she had seen Rayne with them earlier.
"Fine, here you go," He said handing it over, "Don't break it…or else."
Rayne smiled at his threat and took the disc gratefully. She walked away as fast as she could before he would change his mind.
When Tala and Bryan got back, they were surprised with the sight they saw. Nothing was done.
"What did you do while we were gone? Tell stories?" Tala said sarcastically.
Rei grinned at the irony, "No we have everything set up. It's in the ballroom downstairs. What, did you think we were having a ball in our room?"
Tala glared, "There was only one box marked decorations in the basement and it's filled with napkins."
"What?" Rayne asked grinning, "A party isn't a party without the napkins!"
Bryan and Tala glared and walked out of the room. They were going to take the stairs to their rooms.
"Okay you guys can go now," Rayne said, "We're almost done."
Rei and Kai nodded heading out the door.
"I'm going to bed. Which means I'm going to Johnny's room because I have no doubt that you won't try to get me naked with him again. I'd rather stay clothed and be with him; than be taken from my room, stripped and then be with him. It's not like I have any clothes any way…Here's the program. Have fun, just don't break it; Kenny threatened me." She laughed as she entered Johnny's bedroom.
"I'm going to go too…" Johnny said wanting to spend as much time with Rayne as possible.
"Fine just leave us be with your future wife," Enrique mocked.
"At least I'll have one," was the reply.
"Ah but that's where you're wrong," Oliver looked at Enrique strangely, "I'll have a husband which out rules wife any day," Oliver's look changed from worry to amusement.
"Are you sure about that," Oliver said sneakily.
"You bet I will," Enrique replied jumping on Oliver and kissing him.
"So are they engaged now," Spencer asked confused as the couple fell to the floor.
"I guess so," Robert replied, "Now come on. Someone has to pick the partners.
They put in the data and ran the program.
"Rayne should be with Mariah." The computer spoke monotone.
"I guess Rayne has a thing for red heads," Spencer said amused.
"Mariah has pink hair."
"Pink, red same difference. Now why did it put them together…Rayne isn't gay."
"You forgot to make her straight didn't you?" Robert dead panned.
"I guess so…," Spencer replied, "Moving on. Next up Kai, Rei, Tala and Bryan!"
Everyone gathered round, including Enrique and Oliver who had briefly stopped their make out session.
"They are interchangeable." The computer continued monotone.
"What? What does it mean interchangeable?" Oliver asked confused.
"Apparently," Robert answered, "They are fit to be with any of the other three. They are interchangeable."
"Which one do we pick?"
"I don't care just pick one," Spencer said slyly, "I want to go to bed."
"So do I," Both Robert and Enrique chimed in.
"Fine." Oliver said quickly hitting a random choice also wanting to go to 'bed.'
Choice A- Tala/Bryan Kai/Rei
Choice B- Tala/Rei Bryan/Kai
Choice C- Tala/Kai Bryan/Rei
Who do you choose?
That's all for chapter nine. The next three chapters will be interchangeable. All of them will be completely different storylines though…they won't get together in the same way at all.
Sorry it's late. I was almost done yesterday and I was going to update but my friends came over and wanted to make a movie. I had to play the vampire because apparently I have the best evil glare and the palest glare. I have never had so much makeup on in my life…R&R
