Jaheira1000: Here you go peeps. Sorry it took so long to get it up…I lost internet access. Gomen! Anyway…I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I wish…

Dedication: This Chapter is dedicated to KaiLover2006, Lioku and Demoness-MarlstonWells69ner. Thanx 4 getting me off my behind guys! The story is still dedicated to Elemental Gypsy who got me interested in the pairing!

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CHAPTER FIVE: A New Hope

All he could see was darkness…it surrounded him completely. He turned left, then right, then left again, but nothing broke the silence of the oppressive darkness around him.

Why couldn't he see anything? There wasn't even a pinpoint of colour to guide him, but suddenly…

He tilted his head to the side.

There!

It was merely a speck, but as he started walking closer it became larger. It was green. As he came even closer it became an eye, one eye became two, and before he knew it there was an entire face.

"Volcov!" He spat out the name as if it was poison. Suddenly, there was a flash of bright light…

Kai groaned as his eyes flickered open. That had been one seriously messed up dream. He opened his eyes fully and looked around expecting to see the familiar sight of his room, but instead was greeted by the sight of a King sized bed with light blue silk sheet and a room that definitely didn't look like his.

As he surveyed his surroundings, flashes from what had happened came back to him and he started mumbling.

"Miguel…made-out…fell asleep…five am…coffee…net…DART!" He shot out of the bed as his mind finished putting the pieces together. He had been kidnapped! He also remembered the last thing he saw, those horrible green eyes that always looked at him as if stripping him of his clothes.

Volcov had kidnapped him AGAIN, and Kai wasn't so sure that the others would be able to find him that fast again. As he was silently mapping out the room in his mind and looking for an escape, the door to the room opened and his 'husband' walked inside.

"Good Morning my dear, how are you feeling?" His only answer was a cold glare.

"Oh, now don't be like that. I'm not going to make you mine yet." There was no visible reaction, but Volcov saw the surprise in his eyes.

"It wouldn't be right for me to do that until I get rid of your little lover boy." Here he finally got a reaction. Kai leapt up from the bed and stalked closer in a menacing manner.

"Don't even think about Volcov." He spat out. His only reply was a laugh.

"Oh, this is priceless. You see, normally I wouldn't care about some small crush, but he has touched what is mine and can't forgive him for that. I saw you two kiss, and I don't want that happening ever again, so my best way of ensuring that is to just get rid of the obstacle." Kai tried to keep a tight reign on his anger. Volcov was trying to bait him and to make him angry. He was obviously trying to distract Kai from making a coherent escape plan.

Unfortunately his methods were working since Kai didn't know if he really was planning to kill Miguel or if he was just bluffing to anger Kai. Giving up the struggle with he thoughts he decided to focus on one thing at a time, but that meant he would have to escape first in order to make sure Miguel was alright.

As his thoughts calmed, he realized that Volcov might see his changed state of mind and decided to make his anger. He then proceeded to hurl verbal abuse at his captor.

When he ran out of insults in English and Japanese he reverted to Russian, and it felt surprisingly good to get it all off his chest, even if he was just faking his tantrum. His mind however, was already trying to think up ways to get out of there…

Meanwhile, Miguel had woken up to the sound of a slight commotion outside the bedroom. He slowly sat up and yawned looking around the room for Kai.

Everything that had happened was still fresh in his mind, so he was surprised to see the room empty of life save himself. Just as he was wondering where Kai had disappeared to, the door to the room was flung open and the other blader's came rushing in.

They all started explaining at once how Rei had come searching for Kai to ask him something, but had found that he wasn't in his room. Not wishing to bother Miguel who was still asleep he had decided to look outside.

As they reached this part of the explanation, Rei stepped forward to finish.

"I found this lying on the ground outside. Kenny analysed it and Dizzy says it was filled with a sleep inducing drug." Miguel stared in horror at the small silver dart cradled in Rei's fingers. His mind clicked the pieces into place and he leaped out of bed in a sudden burst of adrenaline.

"Volcov's kidnapped him again!" They all nodded gravely. Kenny had already begun a search, trying to find out Volcov's last known location. They couldn't afford to waste any time.

Something, however, was bothering Miguel. It njust felt like there was some reason that dart had been left behind. As if to lead him there.

As the thought occurred to him, they heard the sound of breaking glass as one of the windows smashed into tiny fragments. Looking around, the bladers noticed a number of masked men coming in through the their self-made entrance.

The bladers all grouped together and started running. The mansion was huge, so after a bit of running they decided to split up into two groups, but the funny thing was that their pursuers only chased after one of the group instead of splitting up as well.

Miguel's eyes narrowed as he came to a disturbing conclusion. They weren't chasing all of them, they were chasing a specific target. Seeing Rei come to the same conclusion, they nodded to each other and split the group again. Now it was only Miguel and Rei being chased, and they nodded at each other again before splitting into different hallways.

Miguel looked behind him to find himself being chased. He was only mildly surprised to find that he was obviously the target. It made sense to him, since the person who ordered the attack was most likely Vorcov. He had after all made out with Kai who Volcov considered his property, but for the life of him Miguel couldn't figure out HOW he even knew about that.

Shrugging this off however, he yet again turned down a hallway to get back to the others. He knew they would have planned some sort of trap up ahead, and he could only hope they were finished. As he skidded back into the room where they had started running from, Miguel was panting.

After he entered the room, his attempted assailants came bursting in, only to find themselves trapped. The other bladers had used some tapestry's and rope to make a make-shift net to capture the intruders.

In spite of its hastily made exterior, it was doing a very good job of binding them. Especially with Ian skipping around with another tapestry tying them all together.

They all sweatdropped at the sight of Ian skipping around the room before recollecting their thoughts.

Tala and Bryan stepped forward and narrowed their eyes. Everybody decided to let them handle the interrogation since they were so well suited for it. Can anyone say intimidating? I thought so.

After a few minutes and some pain-filled screams later, they had managed to extract the whereabouts of their friend from the now-shaking heap of limbs lying on the floor.

For the life of him, Miguel could not feel pity for the poor sods begging for their lives, spouting something about having family's to care for.

They had taken Kai from him, and he would do anything to get him back. He would not take this lying down. He knew Kai would do the same for him in a heartbeat.

As his depressing thoughts pressed down on him, he realized they would have to make a plan very quickly in order to save Kai, because if Volcov realized his men had not only failed, but spilled the information about his whereabouts, he would not hesitate to move Kai to an unknown destination and they would once again be at square one, not having a clue about where to even begin looking for him.

He quickly drew the other's attention to this fact and they quickly started discussing the plan. They would probably need a diversion of sorts, and then they would also need an infiltration team. And so they quickly put together a plan to rescue Kai…

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Jaheira1000: There you go. I seem to be on a role now. I am able to update all my stories with no writers block at all! Remember to R&R! Go on…shoo! Ja ne:P