Chapter 3
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Raven grabbed her blade and launcher and clipped them to her belt "I'm going out mum" she yelled behind her into the big empty house, she heard her mother's faint reply and reached for the doorknob. "Where are you going Raven?" he fathers stern voice stopped her in her tracks and she spun round putting her sweetest smile on her face "to see Wyatt of course, where else would I be going?" she hadn't told him about meeting Kai, her father hated blading and anything to do with it. "Fine, but had it over" he replied, his eyes landing on her blade, 'uh oh he's on to me' she had to act fast, "my blade? But it comforts me having it at all times, besides what if those creeps come for me? What then if you take it?" she slowly backed towards the door; she grasped the handle and slowly quietly turned it to open the door. Her father lunged for her blade but she backed out too fast for him and slammed the door in his face behind her, Raven ran all the way to the sanatorium and didn't look back once.
Kai visited Wyatt as often as he could without the others noticing his absence too much. He was usually alone with Wyatt on his visits, and Wyatt was always sleeping, but when he got there today Wyatt was awake and Raven was sat talking to him, stroking his head. "I'll come back another time" Kai said as Raven spotted him, "Don't be silly, Wyatt would love to see you, and we don't mind the company" she smiled softly. Kai sat down in the chair opposite her, Wyatt turned to look at him "Hi Wyatt, it's me Kai" his eyes were empty and he turned back to his sister. "The nurses say that he will never be the same, he doesn't know who any of us are, and he may never talk again. They aren't even sure how long he can be awake like this without having what they've called a 'seizure' you know, where his mind reverts back to the damage they cyber bit beast caused" Kai looked back at Wyatt, he had no idea that it would end this badly, the nurses had told them all the sedation would give his mind a chance to rest and heal, what kind of a life would Wyatt have if what Raven said was true, what if he never spoke again? Or recognised his own family? She'd been crying again, her eyes were puffy and pink Kai thought about his promise to her "I've been thinking…about my promise, can we talk later?" Raven looked up at Kai; "sure" she looked so sad.
They spent an hour talking to Wyatt just about anything, it was good for him to hear familiar voices, but it became clear that as time went on Wyatt was becoming mentally drained, and in the end a nurse had asked them if they could leave so Wyatt could rest. As they headed out Raven broke the silence between them "there's a coffee shop around the corner, maybe we could talk there?" He nodded and she led the way.
Raven wasn't really in the mood for this, I mean she'd had a bad morning and after seeing Wyatt she was feeling worse still. To see her brother like that broke her heart, knowing her father wouldn't go to see him just made her blood boil, 'he thinks that Wyatt deserves this for messing with beyblade but he's wrong' sure he'd forked out to pay for his care but that was out of obligation to his son, not love… he'd made that very clear to her and her mother. As she sat down at the café with Kai she was close to tears again 'no I can't show any weakness, I'm sure he's going to try and ditch me again and get out of our deal'. They ordered their drinks and as the waitress placed her hot chocolate on the table Raven prepared to fight.
Kai had been watching her since they sat down, he could tell she was sad, but as the waitress placed her cup in front of her Raven's facial expression hardened. "So I noticed during our battle the other day that you were struggling to keep up with me, am I right?" Blunt and to the point, he didn't want to drag this out, he'd been gone long enough as it was. She sigh "not struggled but you did take it out of me" she said, her expression remained unchanged, he had to choose his words carefully, she was ready for a fight. "If that's what you call it, point is you were worn out at the end, you're not used to blading at that level on a regular basis" too late she'd lost it, Raven broke out in tears "Your really going to stop me from avenging my brother? Ok I'm not used to that intensity but I have to do this, it's my responsibility, I can't…I can't just…." She got up from the table and walked off; Kai ran after her and grabbed her arm. This was not going well, 'shit she's more fragile than I thought at the moment' "I'm not saying that I want out of the deal, I just think maybe you should leave the battling to me, I won't let you down". She turned round and looked into his eyes "I... you think I'm weak…..I…I guess I am….compared to you" she sobbed, "O…ok... if you think its best, I trust you'll avenge Wyatt for me" Ravens voice had dropped to a whisper, she pulled free from his grip and ran off leaving Kai feeling terrible about what just went down.
Raven found a bench and sat down, she felt like she'd run a marathon. No way was she going home yet, her father would still be there and after her exit this morning she was in for it. No she'd have to wait until dusk when he'd be at work, she could sneak in unnoticed and back out in the morning before he came home. Raven looked around, she was sat looking out at the ocean, the sound of the waves lapping on the beach was interrupted by children laughing below, she gazed down at the beach and saw two boys blading together, they were just having fun, playing for no other reason than enjoying the sport. 'I wish Wyatt could have seen that, that power isn't everything. Its playing and having fun that's the most important thing' but that had all changed now, she knew what Kai had said was the right thing to do, 'he's so much more powerful than I am, and he cares about Wyatt just as much, he'll do it, I'd just get in his way'. The sky got darker and Raven felt her eyes getting heavier and heavier, without realising her body slipped sideways and she fell into a deep sleep.
Kai walked back to Tyson's, he hadn't known Raven a long time but he could tell something was off with her today, at first he thought it was seeing Wyatt like that but now...now he wasn't sure. Two boys ran past him "I can't believe someone would sleep out here" he overheard one of them say. As Kai walked along he saw a figure lay on a bench in the distance 'why would anyone sleep out here in the open?' but as he got closer the clothes looked familiar, 'wasn't Raven wearing a Black dress today?' he looked over the bench at the sleeping girl, shock overtook him it was Raven, she was lay on the bench sleeping so peacefully, he couldn't just leave her there. 'Great how am I going to explain this to the guys?' he thought as he picked her up and carried her back with him.