Disclaimer: I don't own the BladeBreakes but I do own the scientist, Shaga, and Shivo(Whom you'll meet in 15 or something…like that… heh, yeah… I think that's right… So I hope you're ready for a long fic… Heh, yup.)
Major warning: Sometime in this fic I'm putting in an intermission cuz this is about 6 pages long sooo, you'd better get readin'!
FYI: Italicized sentences are thoughts.
The Shaga Saga
Ch. 4 The Shaga Saga Begins!
As if it hasn't alreadyKai dove under the icy water again, looking for an entrance to the secret laboratory. He just knew that this was it, years of searching have led him to this. He struggled to swim closer and seen a large hole in the bottom the dam that looked large enough to fit a decent sized submersible in but it was blocked by iron bars. He resurfaced and swam closer then dove below again, there wasn't a current flowing in or out of the tunnel and it seemed to stretch for miles. Kai gritted his teeth in anticipation and squeezed through the barred opening, and swam in further. His weight drug him to the floor and so he began moon walking down the tunnel (For an FYI that's were you make long arching strides like you'd do if there was low gravity). As he continued he noticed light filtering in from an enormous docking bay. Kai kicked off the bottom of the tunnel and shot through the surface, gasping for air. Then once again his weight pulled him back down.
'shouldda tossed my shoes and shirt earlier, when I had the chance.' Kai thought as he struggled to remain at the surface.
He spotted a ladder that went to the top of the bay and began the long accent up. He was almost completely dried off by the time he reached the top. He had stopped just before the landing to look for any guards, there wasn't any. He sighed relieved by that and clambered onto the horizontal surface, glad to have a small break. He didn't rest long before he stripped to his pants only and hung his clothes and shoes on the ladder rungs to dry.
Kai then crept along the wall, watching for anybody that could prevent him from seeing Shaga. He peered cautiously around corners as he navigated through the complex series of maze like hallways and ducking below windows and doors. He stole along until he heard faint voices emanating from the hall before him. He turned to retrace his steps and noticed a shadow stretching out from the hall behind him. He gritted his teeth and reluctantly dove into the darkened room at his back.
Luckily the room was as it appeared, empty. He noticed a laundry chute haplessly hidden behind a large computer. Kai grabbed a sharpie marker from the desks around him and strode to the chute. He marked the opening and eased himself in, deciding that he should venture down first seeing as there's only two openings above him and the fact that most labs hide their most devious and precious secrets in the basement.
Carefully pressing his back to the side pf the chute he began to scale down to the basement, carefully crossing the gaps unseen.
As he got tired of counting the number of floors he had past he heard exited cheers flowing from a seemingly dull area filled entirely with cubical.
"Yeah, she's awake alright! I seen it myself!" One man cried happily.
"That's excellent news, even if a little unheard of." Another lady mused.
"Yes, she's never woken so abruptly before." A nerdy looking guy pondered.
Kai continued on, watching as the floors began to shift more and more into a true laboratory. He watched closely as he noticed the end of the chute was rapidly approaching.
About two openings away from the bottom he noticed a lab that based entirely around a young girl that floating in column of clear liquid. He long brunette tresses flowed with the unseen current that circulated through the liquid. Her lengthy out of date dress mirrored the movement. (Ahhhh! I have so much more to write!)
Kai was mesmerized with her, knowing that was Shaga. He was wasn't the only one to mesmerized to notice anything else, for Kai's trance was broken by pile of red and orange sheets being thrown in his face.
Ideas sparked in his mind as he hastily tore up the sheets and slide into the lab. He tied the sheets onto the air vents and shot his beyblade into the wiring of one the super computers. It sparked and buzzed as it began crashing. Not missing his cue Kai located the fan control and cranked it, lucky for him the fire alarm switch was right next to it.
He pulled the lever and the dancing sheets in the red glow of the emergency light simulated a real fire. The scientist began to panic, frantic to save all the newly acquired data. Meanwhile one scientist escorted Shaga to safety, and in all the chaos over looked Kai. However Shaga didn't, she looked right at him and smiled warmly.
"I'll take her now." Kai spoke up.
"Wha? Who?" The man said, spinning on heels.
Kai kicked the man and grabbed Shaga's hand and pulled to the laundry chute.
"This will be the easiest way out." Kai said simply as he climbed in.
He offered a hand to Shaga; she nodded and took his hand. She climbed up first, carefully sneaking across the openings just as Kai had done earlier. As they climbed, news of Shaga's disappearance began to speed ahead of them.
"What! Shaga's gone! Finder her! Find her, now!" People were screaming and the chaos began to infect and consume more levels as their prey hid skillfully under their noses.
"It won't be long now, before they find us." Shaga said wisely.
Kai frowned at her and nudged her to proceed. She sighed and shook her head at him but continued anyways.
They quickly crossed opening after opening, their anxiety growing as more people began appearing, more eyes to avoid. Suddenly the news they dreaded came.
"She must have been abducted and being concealed somewhere until the chaos settled or we widen our search and spread too thin." A man reported.
The lady that appeared to be in charge frowned and waved her arm. The bulky men behind her moved like government agents, dispersing and tracking Kai's movements.
"Look every where! They are still here, seal all exits. Nobody leaves here alive until we find her." The brunette commander declared venomously and with a swish of the lab coat disappeared from view.
"She's kindda scary." Shaga commented in a small voice.
"Yeah, well keep moving, I'll bet they didn't seal off my exit." Kai growled throatily and nudged Shaga forward.
They were almost there and the number of people was still increasing. They now had to wait long duration of time before being able to cross.
Shaga had peered out of the gap and quickly crossed in flurry of soundless black and navy blue. She hovered over the opening, waiting for Kai. He glanced out and swiftly crossed but once past he lost his footing and began to slide back towards the opening. Shaga grabbed his hand and began pulling him up when there was a sudden tug the nearly jerked Kai free from her grasp.
"I found them! I found the captor! He's in the laundry chute!" The main cried cheerfully.
Kai released Shaga's hand dropped till he was level the man. With his free foot he kicked him the man back and tried to quickly clear the opening but this time two people had gotten hold of his foot. Kai struggled to break free then Shaga suddenly screamed. He looked up to see two fiery objects barely larger a golf ball rocketing towards them. Kai pushed Shaga back against the chute, pinning her there and tried to flatten himself against the wall as much as possible with the two men holding his feet.
The flaming objected seared cleanly through Shaga's billowing dress and one grazing Kai's side, burning it instantly. He hissed in pain pushed Shaga to climb on.
"Go, find my friends. They'll be on the bridge the looks out to the dam." Kai instructed in a harsh whisper. "Go!" He encouraged loudly and pushed her harder.
Shaga bit her lip nervously but continued to climb.
She'll find my mark, she'll find my cloths and I know she'll find my friends. I just know it!
Then the people pulled harder on Kai's feet and pried him from the wall. He summoned all the strength he had and forced them to release but at the same time another flaming object brushed against him. It was the metaphorical straw that broke that broke the camels back. Kai lost his grip and fell head first down the strait chute.
This is gonna hurt.
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He plummeted down the chute, picking up speed, he had used the last of his strength up there and was teetering on consciousness, the few words he was able to hear were warped and faint, but he was determined to remain conscious, as long as he was in the chute and no where near the bottom.
Suddenly the voices began to fragment then snapped back into focus. He had managed to recover some energy but still not enough to stop.
Imagine this, I, Kai Hiwatari killed by fall. I come here, successfully infiltrate and captor Shaga, and barely three feet from our sure escape, I give in and am now destine to die. What kind of irony is this, my fall from greatness is an actual fall.
Kai chuckled softly at the bitter irony and watched as people huddled around the gaps nervously pondered their new predicament. Suddenly bits of information back to filter through to him.
"He's approaching the 20th level." A lady said then was cut off by distance.
"Over 35 MPH! That's too fast!" Some people were panicking.
Wow, that has got to record.
Kai amusedly at the frantic scientist, curious about there acts.
Suddenly there was a loud clanging sound that was quickly catching up. The clanging was echoed by four or five other objects bouncing around in the chutes. They suddenly bounced into sight. Five bowling ball sized droids that crashed into him, knocking him against the wall the chute before continuing past him.
Kai gritted his teeth as his exposed skin tried to stick to the walls but was unable to do so. He pushed off the wall and miraculously landed in the arms of half a dozen scientists that were crowded around an opening. Kai struggled to get a grip and climb to safety before they could pull him in but they proved too strong.
"Quit struggling kid, or else we'll drop you!" One man grunted as they began to pull Kai through the gap.
Kai struggled still but not the same degree. Once they got him far enough out that he was in no danger of falling one his captors laughed weakly.
"Good thing we got you, other wise you'd be lab splat." He huffed and people filed in behind them to block Kai from using it again.
A massive army of scientist had him completely surrounded, but for now they were just interrogating him.
"How'd you get in!" "Why didn't you just use the front entrance, like everybody else?" "Where's Shaga?"
"Where's Shaga… Where's Shaga… Where's Shaga… Where's Shaga?" This echoed through his mind and from every mouth there, Kai was hoping that she was at least to his friends by now.
Kai growled at the crowd and folded his arms, glaring into the crowd.
"You make this place seem hospitable for her as cave full of rabid wolves." Kai scoffed, and shifted his glare to the other half.
"You little brat!" A large guy growled and was suddenly a top of Kai.
He picked up Kai by the neck, bring him to eye level. Kai managed to smile and laughed shortly. The man growled and ran at the wall. The scientist dove aside and Kai clashed against the wall. He smashed Kai a second time pinning him against the wall.
"You'll die for that punk!" The man snarled, but Kai just continued to smile slyly.
The man growled and ready for another go when the icy commander appeared behind the man. She smacked him across the face. The man dropped Kai and staggered back, dazed by the unexpected slap.
"What was that for, Lorena!" He groaned loudly in a whiny voice.
Kai laughed at the man's actions and returned to his feet.
"Keep this up kid and it might be me trying to kill you." The lady glared over he shoulder at him.
Kai stood his ground and glared back but with twice the ferocity. The lady laughed suddenly and walked over, placing a hand gingerly on Kai's shoulder.
"I'm Lorena Winagoto. You must be the guy Shaga woke up for." She said warmly and the crowd gasped at the news.
Kai titled his head and continued glaring, but in more analytical way.
"Where is Shaga going?" The lady asked and with that a shrill scream rang out from the laundry chute.
The crowd parted and Shaga came blasting out and tumbled onto the ground.
"Shaga!" Kai gasped and raced to her side.
Suddenly the large man hoisted Kai into the air and threw him against the wall.
"You'll regret doing that." Kai hissed venomously as he crouched down on all fours.
He blasted towards the man, running at blinding speeds. The man's face reflected sheer terror as in his mind Kai shifted into a demon. However at the last second Kai veered and aimed strait for the wall. He began running up it and used it to jump onto the ceiling. Kai kicked off the ceiling and collided with the man's shoulders, driving his elbow into the vulnerable nerves. Kai bounced off unharmed and stood at ready. The man rubbed his sore shoulder and stumbled back. He suddenly roared out of pure rage and adrenaline.
"Feisty maggot! If you want to die that badly I'll gladly end it for you!" He raged and ran at Kai with almost inhuman speeds.
Kai jumped aside but the man's reflexes were quick and he swung himself around easily. He charged again, this time he had Kai corned and caught off guard. He caught Kai by the neck again and rammed him into the wall. He instantly began pressing harder and harder into the wall and squeezing his thin neck, trying to suffocate him.
"Put him down." Lorena demanded her voice and glare chilling the air.
The big man dropped Kai and turned to her.
"You see, he started it. He hit me first." The man tried to sound innocent.
"Alls fair in war." Kai said under his breath but the man was listening for a comment and instantly went rampant again.
The man slammed his shoulder into Kai's chest, driving him into the wall. He backed off then repeated, but each time he shortened the breaks between poundings. Then out of nowhere a dazzling blue beam of energy blasted him off of Kai and into the crowd that was too petrified to move. Kai winced in pain as he sunk to his knees and followed the fading particles of energy to Shaga. She stood boldly there, her arm stretched and her face stone cold and unrevealing.
"Alls fair in war." She stated unsympathetically and her steeled exterior melted off and she ran to Kai.
Almost immediately after she spoke Kai's consciousness abandoned him and he collapsed onto the floor.
"He needs medical attention." Lorena said kneeling next to Shaga.
She had just stood with Kai in her arms when a cacophony of screams rang out of the laundry chute.
A body dropped from view but their hands caught the edge of the opening. Ray's head slowly rose up as he pulled himself up.
"Holy cats that's a long drop." He gasped then looked up to see the dismayed crowd circled around him. "Oh man." He sighed tiredly; obviously he had been trying to go undetected. "Oh my God! Kai!" Ray shouted and was on his feet and ready fight in seconds.
The crowd was caught off guard by his appearance and now dumb founded by his last statement.
"What did you do to him! Answer me! Answer me you bunch of freaks! What did you do to him!" Ray shouted viciously, ready to beat the next person to say anything to pulp.
"Relax friend of Kai's, his opponent has already be taken care off." Shaga said soothingly.
"We're taking him to get treatment." Lorena said and rushed away.
Just then max and Tyson clambered into sight. Ray sprang forward and pulled them out of the vent.
"Oww, jeeze my head." Tyson moaned.
"Let's not do that again." Max added, rubbing his head too.
"Where's Kenny?" Ray asked and his was response was from Kenny himself.
"Ahh! Save me! Help!" Kenny's screams echoed from the chute.
Ray caught Kenny by the waist as he dropped into view and pulled him to safety.
"Thank Ray, did ja find Kai yet?" Kenny asked, adjusting his glasses.
"Yeah, sorta…" Ray said softly, glancing towards Shaga.
"Come with me, friends of Kai." Shaga said waving for them to follow.
The four reluctantly got up and followed after their odd acquaintance. After a while Ray was unable to refrain from asking questions.
"Who are you anyways?" Ray started out.
"I am Shaga, of course." Shaga said sweetly and smiled innocently at them.
Dun dun dun, what could possibly be her evil plan? But sorry for the wait and I hope the next update is sooner, but this is the longest chapter I have so it took a while to read and proof read. I hate errors in my writing so I won't release it until it is perfect. Please review! I don't want to set a limit on this one too.
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