Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade or any of its characters.

A/N: Been a while updating this purely because I've not had much time to work on it but I'm definitely not leaving this unfinished so please bare with me if updates are sometimes a while apart but I promise I will finish this fic.

Raven tossed and turned that night, she couldn't sleep because every time she closed her eyes she saw Wyatt. He was smiling and holding out his arms beckoning her to come with him but every time she got close enough to touch him he turned into her father and pulled her into a darkness from which there was no escape. She sat up and looked around, it was barely light outside and everybody else was sleeping, she slipped on her coat and boots and went to sit on the porch. The breeze was relaxing and she found herself humming a tune her mother would often sing to her and Wyatt as children, back when life was so simple. She walked over to the pond and stared at her reflection, it was hard to believe she and Wyatt were twins, they looked nothing alike, but despite that she searched desperately for some similarity between them to cling on to. There was nothing. Why would there be? They weren't identical twins and she knew that, but grief overshadowed logic now in Ravens mind. She had no idea what she was doing anymore, the space where Wyatt filled her life was now empty, and she could feel that emptiness growing inside her, taking over, spreading until she felt numb. Her feet had began to take her out of the garden and without thinking she allowed herself to wander without knowing where she was going, but soon she recognised the scenery around her, the long road overshadowed by the trees of the woodland next to it and at the very top her former home towering over her. She walked through the gates and up the path, her mind told her no but her feet carried her inside, up the stairs and into Wyatt's room where she came face to face with her father, it was only then she realised what a state she must look, wandering round in her pyjamas and boots in a coat that was far too big for her. What had brought her here? It was simple, she'd wanted to find something to link her and her brother, anything, just something they had in common that she could look at and remember how close they were, and as her Father gripped her arm she realised too late, her beyblade….. She'd left it behind.

It felt like hours had passed since her Father had locked her in the basement, he'd been emptying the contents of Wyatt's room into bin bags "trash just like he was in life" he'd sneered at her. She was so stupid, mentally kicking herself she realised she'd always had something in common with Wyatt, blading. She banged on the door screaming as loud as she could but no one came, looking around she noticed a small window but as she ran over to it she could see the metal bars on the outside, 'he planned for this' she thought 'I played right into his hands, he knew I'd come back' she banged her head on the wall over and over again until everything went black.

The bladebreakers had looked everywhere for Raven, Hillary was especially worried "she's probably not thinking straight right now, she's just lost her brother and it's not like her to leave her blade behind". Kai didn't need reminding, he'd looked everywhere, everywhere except…. Her home! He ran as fast as he could, Hillary was right, Raven had been completely out of it, she wasn't thinking straight and now she'd maybe put herself in a dangerous situation without taking her blade with her. He had to run faster….. If she was hurt it didn't bare thinking about.

Raven felt a wet cloth brush her face; she opened her eyes and made out the blurred form of her mother. She was washing Ravens head and wringing the cloth clean in a small bowl of warm water, Raven noticed the more she wrung it clean the redder the water turned… was it blood? Her blood? She drifted back out of consciousness.

The next time Raven opened her eyes it was dark out, as she looked around she noticed the basement door was open a crack and a line of light was creeping in where the door was open. She sat silently listening, no doubt it was a trap and he was waiting to catch her trying to sneak off so he had a good excuse to give her a beating. Deathly silence fell all around her, her home was never this quiet. Raven slowly managed to push herself to her feet, shuffling as quietly and slowly as she could she began towards the stairs to the basement door, at the top she stopped at the sight of a pool of blood seeping across the hallway floor, her heart started to pound so fast she felt like it would burst out of her chest and fear gripped her and paralysed her body. She knew she had to get out, it felt like forever before she had enough courage to push the door open and step into the hallway, the sight that greeted her knocked her sick….. There in a pool of her own blood was Ravens mother; a huge open gash on her head was the source. She instantly ran over and began to try and get a response from her mother "please, please, please, PLEASE! MUM PLEASE!" her heart was aching she knew she had to call an ambulance but deep inside she knew it was too late for her mother, the amount of blood suggested she'd been lay there a long time and Raven felt herself start to hyperventilate. Why would her Father kill his wife? It was so obviously him, but her mother had been a faithful wife, she'd stood by him in good and bad decisions he'd made, she never defended him but she never stood up and corrected him either. He really was a heartless evil man, unloving to his children and now the ultimate betrayal to his wife; she looked around panicked, suddenly aware of her vulnerability. She heard the sound of the front door open and as tears flowed free and fear gripped her, the sound of a familiar voice was a shock to her, the word blurred and she felt herself once again drift out of consciousness.

When Kai reached Ravens house the gates were wide open, something didn't feel right, was it a trap? Regardless he ran in and up the path towards the porch, all the time looking out for Ravens father. There was no sign of his car and as he grabbed the door handle and pushed it open nothing could of prepared him for the sight that met his eyes; Raven was slumped over her mother surrounded by a pool of blood, Kai inhaled sharply as he saw the gaping wound on her mother's head and realised that she was dead. "Raven" he spoke softly and almost instantly he saw her body sway and she fell sideways onto the floor, he ran over to check on her, she was breathing and she didn't look too badly injured, he looked around for a phone and spotted one on the far side of the hallway. Kai got up and walked over to the phone all the while looking around for any trace of her father, he rang the ambulance and police and sat down on the floor next to his girlfriend, pulling her into his lap he wrapped his arms around her and wiped the tears from her face with his hand. He had no idea what to do or say if she came to, it was so unfair for her first she'd lost her brother and now her mother, and where was her father? Before he knew what was happening the house was surrounded by flashing lights and sirens and as the ambulance crew came in and took Raven onto a stretcher the police took Kai aside to question him on what had happened. He told the officers how he had found them there and rang them straight away, he was ushered into the ambulance with Raven and everything became blurred to him it happened so fast, one minute he was in a waiting room next he was sat by Ravens bed waiting for her to come to, the doctors had reassured him she had only received minor head wounds and had probably passed out with shock. All he could do now was wait and hope she'd wake up soon, but even then how she would react to what she had seen was a scary thought for Kai. She'd gone into her own little world yesterday after saying goodbye to Wyatt; he couldn't see how she could withdraw herself any more than she already had. He began to fear the worse, that Raven would wake up insane, like Wyatt had been before he died…..