knowlee- Thanks for all the lovely reviews I received! Well, here's chapter 5! Please read and review!

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Chapter 5

Eyes of the Willing

'No way! Why is Mariah here? Is she here to help us or to stop us? No, I mustn't think like that!' Ray thought as he stared at the pink-haired chinese girl. He tried to resist coming out of hiding to see her, but he walked over to her before he could stop himself.

"Mariah?" Ray called to her.

Mariah turned towards Ray with a blank look in her eyes. No emotion shone on her face, so he had no idea whether or not she was happy to see him.

"Mariah," he called to her again, "It's me, Ray. Don't you remember?"

Suddenly, before Ray could react, Mariah pulled out her beyblade and launched it directly at his face! But before it came in contact with him, another beyblade appeared and knocked Mariah's out of the way.

"You okay, Ray?" asked Max as he came out from some crates with his launcher at his side.

Ray breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "Yeah, I'm fine, but I don't know what's wrong with Mariah. She's supposed to be on our side, isn't she?"

Ray and Max looked at Mariah with shocked looks as she replied with a chuckle, "Not anymore."

Mariah's beyblade shot back at Ray, but this time he was ready. He pulled out Driger and launched it before the beyblade could hurt him.

"Mariah, what's wrong with you?" Ray asked her.

A sly grin appeared on Mariah's face as she replied, "Sorry, but you've asked too many questions. Now it's time to finish you. Destroy them now!"

Mariah's beyblade, Driger, and Draciel collided as Ray wondered what happened to the Mariah he knew and loved.

Tyson stared at the figure standing before him. He couldn't believe that after all this time, Kane was back to the evil way he was once before.

"Kane?" Tyson asked.

"Yeah, that's me, Tyson. It's been a while since we last saw each other, hasn't it?" Kane replied as he stepped into the light.

Tyson gave Kane a death glare as he replied, "Last time I saw you, you were flying away in a helicopter. What happened after that?"

Kane smirked as he replied, "Let's just say that I got a little attitude adjustment. Now if you don't mind, it's time for me to eliminate you!"

Kane pulled out his beyblade and launched it directly at Tyson. Tyson moved out of the way and looked over at Kane. He looked at his friend's eyes, searching for a sign showing him that he was just joking around with them. But in Kane's eyes he saw nothing, but only a blank emotionless gaze.

"Tyson?" Tyson heard Daichi speak, "Who exactly is this guy?"

Tyson stared back at Kane. Daichi asked a really good question. Unfortunately, Tyson couldn't find an answer for it.

Red-haired, blue-eyed Tala jumped down from his perch and landed five feet away from a shocked Kai and Hilary.

He chuckled when he asked, "Aww, surprised to see me?"

Kai tried to find his voice, but nothing could make him talk. Hilary was the one to break the silence.

"Tala, what happened to you?" she asked, concern showing in her eyes.

Tala looked over at the brunette and chuckled, "Nothing's happened to me. I'm having the time of my life. Speaking of which, it's time to end yours."

Tala's beyblade lunged at Hilary. Kai quickly snapped out of his shocked state and quickly launched Dranzer. The two beyblades collided and landed on the ground, each ready to attack.

Kai looked at his friend and saw the blank look in his eyes.

"What has the dictator done to you?" Kai asked him.

"Oh, nothing. Just a little more control." Tala replied.

Suddenly Tala's beyblade began to attack Dranzer. Kai quickly focused on the beybattle.

Tala's beyblade and Dranzer were pushing against each other to see who was the strongest of the two. Kai felt Tala's beyblade pushing Dranzer back hard. He could hear Dranzer's cries of pain as Tala's beyblade kept pushing her back.

Hilary stared at the two beybladers as they battled it out. She felt deep concern for the both of them, but mostly for Kai. She could see that he was struggling just to keep Dranzer spinning. Tala, on the other hand, was looking as if he hadn't ever broken a sweat. 'Kai, please be careful.' Hilary thought as she looked back at Kai.

Tala was getting bored. He knew that Kai was trying his best, but it still wasn't good enough. Now it was time to end it.

Suddenly Tala's blade knocked Dranzer back completely which caused Kai to get knocked back into a bunch of crates which broke on contact!

"Kai!" Hilary cried as she saw Kai ram into the crates.

She was just about to run to see him when Tala's beyblade came in front of her.

"Uh-uh, you're not going anywhere!" Hilary heard Tala speak.

Once again his beyblade lunged at her. Hilary screamed and raised her arms up in defense, waiting for the pain that would engulf her. When she didn't feel it, she put her arms down and found Dranzer pushing against Tala's beyblade once more.

Hilary looked up and saw Kai standing in front of her with blood trickling down the side of his face. Kai looked back at her and their eyes connected for a moment.

"Are you okay?" she heard him ask.

"Yes." she replied.

Kai smiled and then turned back toward Tala. He felt anger build up inside him. Nobody, even a best friend of his, would try to hurt Hilary and get away with it!

Kai poured the anger inside him into Dranzer which caused her to push Tala's beyblade back farther. Kai smirked when he saw the look of fear on Tala's face.

Then he poured the rest of his anger into Dranzer and with one move slammed both the beyblade and Tala into the wall, which knocked Tala out instantly.

Kai panted as Dranzer returned to his hand. He walked over to the main computer and placed a chip into one of the computer's drives.

Back at the hideout, Kenny saw that Kai had put the hacking device into the main computer. He quickly began to type in codes and after breaking the password he was inside the dictator's network.

After a few minutes, Kai heard Kenny's voice come through the microphone that was attached to his ear.

"Alright, I'm in. All you guys need to do now is to destroy the safety boxes and then I'll take it from there." Kenny said.

Kai nodded then he looked around. There on the wall was a silver box that had two big bold words on it that read, 'Safety Box'. He pulled out Dranzer and launched her at it. Sparks flew as the beyblade destroyed the box.

Max heard Kenny's orders over his microphone and answered 'okay' in return. He looked over at Ray and said,

"Ray, Chief's in the system. He just sent a message saying that we've got to destroy a safety box that's in this room."

Ray looked over at Max and replied, "Alright, but where do you think we'll find one of those?"

Max looked around and then found what they were looking for. He motioned over to Ray where it was and Ray nodded.

"Go ahead. I've got your back." Ray said to him.

Max nodded. Then he ran over to the box with Draciel following closely behind. Mariah was about to attack him, but Driger and Ray ran in front of her.

"I don't think so." Ray said to her.

Mariah scowled then she sent her beyblade to attack Driger. Ray groaned at the force of the attack. He didn't want to hurt Mariah, but he couldn't think of anything else he could do to stop her.

Meanwhile Max had reached the safety box. He looked back at Draciel and pointed to the box.

"Attack Draciel!" he cried.

Draciel obeyed and she lunged at the box and destroyed it. Max smiled and turned back to Ray.

"Now let's go help Ray and Driger!" he said to his beyblade.

Then Max and Draciel ran towards Ray to help him in the beybattle.

Kenny's message came in through Tyson's microphone. Tyson listened to it and then began to search the room for the safety box that Kenny was talking about. Soon his eyes saw the box. He launched Dragoon at it and it sparked on contact.

Kane saw what happened and said, "What do you think you're doing?"

Daichi looked over at Kane with a grin on his face.

"What does it look like we're doing?! We're taking the dictator down once and for all!" he replied.

"That's right!" Tyson added as Dragoon came back into his hand.

As Tyson and Daichi were staring down Kane, Kenny sent another message.

"You guys need to get out of there quickly! I'm about to set the detonation time for the dump! You have only two minutes!" Kenny ordered.

Tyson turned towards Daichi and said to him, "Let's get out of here!"

Daichi was confused, but notheless he nodded his head in agreement. They were just about to leave the room when Kane's beyblade appeared in front of them.

"I don't think you're going anywhere!" they heard Kane say.

Tyson and Daichi turned back towards Kane. Suddenly as if they both read each others' mind, they pulled out their beyblades. Tyson launched his at Kane and Daichi launched his at Kane's beyblade.

"I hate to do this to you buddy. Dragoon Storm!" called Tyson.

"Final Cutter!" cried Daichi.

Dragoon created a huge tornado that engulfed Kane and threw him up against the wall, which knocked him out instantly. Strata Dragoon formed into a saw and went through Kane's beyblade, cutting it in half.

Tyson and Daichi summoned their beyblades back to their hands. Then they left the room and began to head to the rendezvous point.

Max looked over at Ray once again when he heard Kenny's second message.

"Ray, we've got to get out of here. This place is going to blow sky high in less than two minutes!" he told Ray.

Ray felt his heart fall down into his stomach. He couldn't leave Mariah behind! There was no way that he was going to leave her to die in an explosion!

"Max, I can't leave Mariah behind. I don't want her to die!" Ray said to Max.

Max looked at his friend in shock. He could understand why Ray felt that way, but she was on the dictator's side now so she's the enemy. He couldn't let Ray make a huge mistake.

"I'm sorry, Ray, but we've got to go!" Max said.

"No, Max! I'm not leaving Mariah!" Ray yelled at him.

Max knew there was no reasoning with Ray when he had made up his mind, but they had to get out of here, even if it meant doing it the hard way.

Max sighed, "Forgive me, Ray, but I have to do this."

Ray looked over at Max with a confused look. What exactly did he mean by that? Suddenly it hit him.

"No, Max, don't!" cried Ray.

"Sorry, Ray. Draciel, Gravity Control!" called Max to his bit beast.

Waves of water surrounded Draciel and began to form into a whirlpool. Then the water came together and formed into a giant wave.

Mariah looked up at the wave. She knew that it was too big to dogde so she stood there and let it crash onto her. The impact threw her into a wall, knocking her unconsious.

Once the waves dissappeared, Ray looked at Mariah and saw her knocked out, then he turned to Max.

"Why did you do that?" he yelled at him.

"I had to do it, Ray! Mariah's an enemy now. I couldn't let you sit here and die!" Max replied.

Ray looked at his friend with anger in his eyes. He wanted to prove Max wrong, but he knew that he was right. Ray swallowed down his anger and breathed in. He summoned Driger to his hand and said reluctantly,

"Alright, let's get out of here."

"Right." agreed Max.

Max summoned Draciel to his hand and walked to the door. Ray followed, but not before he took one more look at his beloved pink-haired neko-jin.

Kai turned to Hilary and relayed Kenny's message to her, "C'mon we've got to get out of here before time runs out!"

Hilary nodded and they walked out of the room. But as soon as they reached the doorway, they both heard the sound of the dictator's police force heading their way.

Kai motioned to Hilary to be quiet and they snuck around the corner and began to head towards the way they came in.

Once they got outside, Kai checked to see if the coast was clear, then he and Hilary ran over to the alley where they decided the rendezvous point to be.

As they waited, Hilary began to fear that the others were caught by the police force they saw earlier, but her fears vanished once the remaining GRevolutions came into view. She breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at her friends.

"I'm glad you guys are alright." she said to them.

Max looked over at her and replied, "Same here."

Suddenly the gang heard a loud rumbling sound. They looked over at the ammo dump and saw it slowly begin to crumble to the ground. Each of the GRevolutions cheered all except for Ray who was silently mourning the loss of his friend and love.

Hilary noticed the look on Ray's face and she walked over to him.

"Ray," she asked him, "What's wrong?"

Ray looked over at Hilary. He saw the concern in her eyes and knew that she was worried about him. He knew that he might as well tell her since he knew that she would find out anyway. Ray sighed and was about to answer Hilary when he heard the sound of the police force's voices getting nearer.

The others noticed it too and they began to panic. They had no where to run and the hideout was too far away for them to reach in time. The only option left was for them to stand and fight, which more than likely meant that they were going to die.

Each of them swallowed down their fear and readied themselves for battle. Suddenly they felt pairs of arms grab hold of each of them and pull them in through the wall behind them. The wall came in front of them, leaving them in total darkness and no idea of what exactly was going on.