Chapter 7 The Meeting Part 2
(Flashback sequence)
"Dialogue"
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At Fort Blitzkrieg…
Tala Pov:
Waking up extra early to take care some brat who apparently had to arrive at 7 in the morning is something I Tala Ivanov, captain of the Blitzkrieg Boys don't appreciate. I would normally have someone else do it, but since it's Max of all people, leaving him in the hands of either Bryan or Ian could result in the kid getting killed, since neither of them are especially friendly this early. And letting him find his way around alone wouldn't exactly be a good idea either.
Why don't I have Spencer or Kai do it? You might ask, well Spencer is giving the tour to Tyson, his team and these Saint Shields people while Kai is taking care of Ray when he arrives tonight, so that only leaves me, Bryan and Ian..
So I here I am taking time out of my morning to greet Max and show him around. (Doing nice things like this is not usually my style)
After some time staring at the roof above my bed I finally manage to leave the warmth of my covers, shivering slightly when the cold air hits me, even if ice and snow is the element of my bit beast and considering the fact that I basically grew up on the streets of Moscow and in the Abbey, you would think I could handle low temperature better than most and I can, but there are still moments like these when even would be better off in my warm bed.
After a quick shower and some clothes, I start my journey through the gigantic house we live in. Reaching the main hall and kitchen takes about 4-5 minutes each morning.
Living in a mansion of this size has its pros and cons for sure. Even if the pros outweighs the cons by miles, the maze of halls we are forced to navigate is one annoying downside, even if we are learning the route (as we walk it several times a day) anyone who does not live here would easily get lost.
Reaching the kitchen, I take a quick glance at the clock on the wall 6:32. Having 28 minutes to spare I retreat to the living room with a cup of coffee, getting comfortable in one of the many leather chairs
Max Pov:
Somewhere over Russia one hour earlier…
"Ladies and gentleman… this is your captain speaking, the clock is 5:30 in the morning… we will arrive at Moscow airport in about 1 hour… we hope you have had a good experience traveling with us, we hope see you soon again, please enjoy the rest of the flight… thank you"
This is it! In one hour we will be touching down in Moscow, I haven't been this excited about traveling somewhere in a long time, it might be because I'm going back to where I became a world champion beyblader for the first time ever and maybe because I haven't been there since, Of course that was when I was still a member of the Bladebreakers.
That year had been the best one of my life me, Tyson, Ray, Kenny and Kai on the road together taking on the world as a seemingly unbeatable beyblading force… good times.
But I don't think our lives could ever be like that again, I don't think the bladebreakers could exist anymore, we are just too different now…
Well we did temporarily come together again during the whole BEGA fiasco but that was just for one tournament… not exactly the same, and the purpose was not to be a team again but to save beyblading.
When I think about, ever since I became a member of the Bladebreakers about 3 years ago, counting that same year, we have had to battle a lot of power hungry maniacs, and it was always someone who either tried to take over the world, steal our bit beasts our just ruin the sport itself.
I never actually realized that we have never had a peaceful year… that honestly says a lot about the world we live in…
"Ladies and gentleman, we will be arriving at Moscow airport in 10 minutes, please put on your seatbelt when the lamp flashes right before landing… We here at American airlines wish you a continued good day and we hope you chose us next time you travel"
Well… that is surprising 50 minutes already? Taking a quick glance out the window is all the conformation I need as I can clearly see a large city coming closer.
Packing up the things I brought out at beginning of the flight and placing it in the overhead compartment, I decide to take a quick trip to the bathroom before we land…
The cold climate of Russia hits me like a wall when I exit the airport "this place sure is colder than I remember" I look around for a cab of some sort when I spot a woman waving at me. She looks to be in her mid-20s and is standing by a car with the BBA logo on it.
The car ride took about 20 minutes and I am now standing by the gates of Kai's mansion, honestly… I have never been more nervous in my entire life, and I don't even know why…
I finally manage to work up some courage and press the buzzer next to the gates, after about 5 seconds the gates swing open.
"well… here we go"
My legs feels like they are made out of led as a stalk up the snowy path. The door being twice my height is quite intimidating up close.
Before I have a chance to knock the doors fly open reveling the Russian captain himself, I had to take 3 steps back not to be smacked in the face.
"Hey Max finally here huh, what took you so long?" his face wore an unnatural smile on it (well unnatural for him…) it's honestly quite unnerving.
I put on my best fake smile "traffic" I lied.
I pick up my bags and he steps aside so I can enter, the main hall is huge it's almost as big as my entire house (Kai wasn't kidding when he said that he the lived in a mansion).
I wipe the snow of my shoes and Tala motions me to follow him.
We walk in silence through several corridors before he breaks it.
"So Max… what do you know about this meeting Mr. Dickenson as called? Why here? Why now?"
It takes me a good 30 seconds to answer as I'm pondering on if I should tell him what I know or wait for Mr. D before I reveal anything.
"Well…" I start off trying to sound as confident and honest as I can (which is quite the challenge I might add) "he didn't exactly say, just that it was important and that it concerned everyone that is coming" deciding to go with a lie is a decision I might pay for later…
Tala seemingly accepted the answer, as the silence once again settles between us.
After some more corridors and a set of stairs we finally arrive at my room, man i need a map or something to find my way back in this maze.
Tala hands me a key and a sheet of paper.
"Well that's it! have a nice stay I guess, food in the kitchen, the bathroom is right across the hall from your room" he points at a door behind him "and dinner at six"
Before I could ask about the paper he is had already disappeared behind the corner "great…"
Unlocking the door i examine the room, it's a lot bigger than my own at home, this one has a plasma TV, a king size bed and a mini fridge.
"I can definitely get used to this"
Unfolding the sheet Tala gave me, I realize (with a mixed feeling of happiness and frustration) what it is I'm holding. It's a god damn map.
Spencer Pov:
At Fort Blitzkrieg…
I have once again (On Tala's order) been put on in kitchen duty for the majority of the day, and it is because we are having a large number of guests arriving soon. Which means that we will be 9 more people at the dining table with the exception of Ray who won't be here until later tonight.
I honestly never mind cooking, since nobody else can make anything that is edible on this team. (which is really sad, and kind of pathetic) So it's up to me to make sure they have something to eat other than the junk food they normally get when I'm not home.
What I am serving tonight is a variation of traditional Russian dishes (many of them personally enjoy a lot) hopefully it will be a hit among the guests, if it was anyone besides me making dinner, we would be eating either Pizza or takeout from some Thai restaurant and we can't have that now can we?
Speaking of guests, who is coming you might wonder or you might already know (I really don't care)
Well besides Max who is already here. Those who will be dining with us is Tyson, his team, and these bladers Kai called The Saint Shields, I have never met them, But apparently he has.
"Hey Tala!" I call out from my spot beside stove in the direction of the living room which my captain is currently occupying.
"What!"
"When are Tyson and the others going to be here?"
A few seconds of silence follows, in which I wonder if he actually heard my last question.
Before I have a chance to find out the door to the kitchen opens and said captain walks in.
"Around 5pm I think"
"You think" I ask with a hint of teasing in my voice.
"It's what Kai said, so if it's so unclear why you don't go ask him" he crossed him arms in a childish in manner and sits down by chair beside sink.
"What do you think it's about?" he asks after a few seconds of silence
Being lost in my own little world of cooking and kitchen related stuff so his question caught me completely off guard.
"What is what about" I ask looking over my shoulder at him.
"This entire ordeal… don't you think it's a little weird that Mr. Dickenson calls us up on a random day and asks us to have 10 extra people plus him over for a couple of days.
"Yea… I know it is kind of strange. Maybe it has something to do with Boris? You know since they never caught him after the Justice 5 tournament.
"Maybe… it would explain why all the original members of the Bladebreakers will be here, but it's doesn't explain why this Saint Shields team is coming with them.
"True… it doesn't, did you ask Max about it when he arrived?"
"I did, but he said he didn't know anything, just that it was really important that everyone is here"
"I guess we will have to wait and see if the others know anything when they arrive"
"Yea I guess…" his tone has a hint of annoyance in it which leads me to think that he really wants to know about what's going on, more than me apparently.
Tyson Pov:
Somewhere in the outskirts of Moscow…
Five minutes into the car ride and I'm already bored to death, and it doesn't exactly help that it will take us about 15 minutes more, why does Kai have to life so god damn far away from Moscow anyway?
I'm not the only one who is having a hard time dealing with long drives, Daichi is has been bothering literally everyone in the minibus since we left the airport, and since both my team and the Saint Shields have a female member with equally short temper I'm fearing for the kids life.
Arriving in Russia was quite the climate shock for Ozuma and his team, since they have lived most of their life in South America in their Tribe, in almost tropical climate, and now they had to deal almost arctic climate (which is pretty much the opposite)
Not being quite fond of intense cold myself I still handled it far better than them.
Watching their reaction when we left the airport was positively hilarious.
Ozuma having too much pride for his own good acted like it didn't bother him, but it was clear that he was not liking the situation. And having to wait for our transportation for 10 minutes didn't exactly make things better, it had left plenty of time for Mariam to complain more than Hilary ever has, which is pretty impressive…
Joseph and Dunga had tried to act like their captain but slipped a few complains now and then.
Anyhow our minibus did arrive and now we are headed for Kai's place and I can't wait to see him again, last time we spoke was right before he left with the Blitzkrieg boys after our last battle one year ago.
Since that day we kind of lost contact, as I did with Ray and Max too, But I guess it's time to change that starting tonight!
The minibus came to a halt in front of a pair of large iron gates with the initials Fort BK welded onto them.
"So this is it?" stepping out I glanced up the gigantic mansion behind the gates on the top of a small hill, just by looking at from afar you could clearly see that however built it didn't spare any money on decorations.
"The house plus half of the property is like the size of our village… it's truly enormous" Joseph had no appeared beside me and was also admiring the place, hugging his jacket tightly around him.
"Can we get going, I'm freezing my ass of out here" Mariam was standing by the gate with her bag. "We should get going" Ozuma agreed with her.
"Well why the hell are you just standing there" Hilary walked past me with a quick pace over to the stone pillar in which one of the gates where connected to.
Pressing a button located on said pillar, a buzzing noise was heard and then after 5 seconds the gates swung open.
The events that followed our entrance into Fort Blitzkrieg (as Tala like to call it) was quite the adventure in its own regard.
Well the fun began when the Saint Shields and the Blitzkrieg Boys first met in the hall, Ozuma and Tala both being the dominant captain type had a long glaring contest to see who was the Alpha male out of the two… well that's how Kenny explained it afterwards, Mariam and Hilary and just called it an annoying dick measuring contest.
After that Spencer gave us the tour of the place, starting with our rooms, it turns out that Mariam and Hilary got a room together and I was bunking with Kenny and Daichi while Ozuma, Dunga and Joseph had their room (was fine with it until I found out that Max had his own room…) later we were shown to how to get back to the main hall and were the kitchen and living room/Dining hall was, which later proved to be a lot more difficult than we originally thought.
After that we had a lovely dinner courtesy of Spencer (I never knew he could cook so well) and now everyone is just lounging around the TV and Fire place.
"You know what we should do!" Max Naturally loud voice broke the silence in the room and everyone stared at him.
"What?" came the voice of Bryan who was had occupied and entire sofa for himself and was spread out all over it.
"We should play… Truth or Dare!"
Loud groans followed by pleading and some "HELL and FUCK NO" came from every corner of the room immediately shooting down the blonde's idea.
"Aw c'mon guys! It could be fun"
"Yea why not" I said and sat up in my leather chair "I mean it's not like we have anything else to do right?"
"True" Dunga said and stood up "going to take a leak be right back"
"Alright fine!" Bryan said and stood up as well, walking over to a cabinet beside the fireplace, he grabbed a half full bottle of vodka and returned.
"Are you going to drink that" Mariam stared at him.
"We need a bottle right?" Bryan rolled his eyes at her innocence and then emptied it in less than 20 seconds.
When he was done he laid the now empty bottle down on the table.
When Dunga returned from his bathroom break 3 minutes later everyone was ready.
"Alright" Tala said and looked around the room "since this was Max stupid idea, he will spin first"
He sat down and motioned Max to spin it.
The blond gave it a hard spin, and after a good 35 seconds it finally landed on… well me
"Fuck" I swore but not loud enough for anyone to really hear.
An evil unnerving smile spread across the face of my American friend as he stared me down like a hungry beast.
"So Tyson… my dear friend, Truth or Dare?!"
I stared up at him, he looked like he was possessed or something and in that moment only one thing came to mind.
This is not going to end well...
Kai Pov:
We are currently 1 hour and 30 minutes into this stupid game of Truth or Dare and it's nearing its end. I would be lying if I said that it hasn't been a fun experience but… it's still a stupid game nonetheless.
A lot of things have happened in these 90 minutes, a lot of hilarious dares have been dared and a few "shocking" secrets have been revealed.
I'm not really going to go into it all too much since we have been playing for a while now, but the highlights of the game was the following.
Tala daring Tyson to ask out Mariah in person in front of Ray (I can't wait to see that)
Apparently Ian writes fanfictions to some shitty anime that he watches (Who the hell writes fanfictions anyway?)
Max daring Tyson to dress up in tight leather pants and a deep v neck shirt at the meeting with Mr. Dickenson.
Bryan Daring Tala to give up alcohol for 3 months (that one is never going to hold)
We learned that Dunga dyes his hair blond (did not see that one coming)
We also learned that apparently Spencer reads Ian's fanfictions… (WTF)
And finally the soon to be dead little bastard known as Daichi dared me to go on a date with the most insane fan girl he could find, like I said… stupid game.
The sound of our doorbell caught my attention and seemingly the attention to everyone in the room as the game just stopped.
The silence that filled the room when the game stopped lasted until the doorbell rang again.
"Someone want to get that" Tala stared at me in way that made it look like he was trying to communicate with me telepathically, telling me to get the door because its Ray and he is my responsibility.
Climbing to my feet I left the room and my guests and soon after the game started up again as if nothing had happened.
The doorbell rang for a third time before I reached the door, he must be getting impatient I taught as I unlocked the door and pushed it open revealing the missing Bladebreaker and final guest.
"Hello Ray" I said and put on the best smile I could muster "finally here huh?"
"It's been to long Kai" the nekojin smiled back "way to long"
Finally and update huh? Yeah I know it has been a long time since last post, But it's just that I have had a hard time getting anything done with this story.
Well anyway I'm back now so I promise chapter 8 will be up really soon, since I know pretty much exactly what to write already.
And for those who wants to know, this story is going to be incredibly long as it expands over 3 years' time, it will be way above 100 chapters so those of you who like a long story with massive character development and backstory/lore will be pleased.
Well as always review and I will update soon.