Chapter 19: Playing With Fire

"xoxoxo"

"This can't be happening!" Katana yelled and Kai hugged her.

"Don't worry, we'll find a way to get out." Kai said as he looked around for a possible way.

"Tala!" Rouge yelled as she came up to Tala and Reivin holding Mikhail's hand. "Tala, I'm scared!"

"Reivin, keep an eye on Rouge and Mikhail. I'm going to go find Bryan, I saw him earlier." Tala said as he went off towards Kai.

"What do we do?" Rei asked as he came up to Kai and Tala.

"We need to get out and fast." Kai said as he rolled his eyes.

"How do we do that genius?" Rei said.

"Guys! No time to be fighting!" Tala yelled. "I may die, but Reivin isn't! So hurry up and help me think!"

"Katana, go with Reivin." Kai said.

"But Kai, what are you going to do?" Katana said as she looked up at Kai.

"I don't know, but you have to be safe. Just go!" Kai said and Katana bit her lower lip but went anyway.

"Where's Tara?" Tala asked Rei.

"With Bryan." He said as he looked around. People were already panicking.

"Good, but we need a way to open the doors." Tala said. He looked back at the doors where the other guys were trying to open. They were locked from the outside.

"How do we do that?" Kai asked.

Tala looked everywhere around the room. He spotted a chandelier and a window near it. "Pull me up."

"What?" Rei asked.

"Pull me up to the chandelier, break the window, and I'll unlock the doors from outside."

Tala said as the three of them went where the chandelier was hanging.

Rei threw one of the chairs up so it hit the window at the top of the wall and it broke. Kai helped Tala get up the chandelier and Tala started to swing back and forth. When he was close enough he let go and held to the window.

"When I open the doors, get all the girls and kids out first!" Tala yelled as he jumped out the window.

Tala ran by the side of the building. He coughed a bit at the smoke but kept on going. The fire was getting bigger and he could see all the smoke on the inside of the building. He got to the front doors and started to pull the metal pole that had been used to block the exit. He coughed more and started feeling dizzy but kept pulling anyway. He managed to get it out and opened the doors.

Xoxoxo Inside xoxoxO

Kai and Rei ran to the front where the doors were.

"Katana/Tara!" Kai and Rei yelled as they tried to find them. They saw them standing near the doors with Bryan. Reivin was hugging both Rouge and Mikhail. Tara was coughing and Katana was covering her mouth and nose.

"Kai!" Katana yelled when she saw him.

"Guys, where's Tala?" Reivin said as the two kids coughed and she covered their mouth and nose.

"He's outside. He's opening the doors so we can get out." Rei said.

"You let him go!" Reivin yelled as her eyes widened.

"What did you want to do, die here?" Kai said.

"Why couldn't you have gone! Tala showed signs of asthma when he was a kid!" Reivin yelled, already close to tears. "What if something happens?"

The doors suddenly opened and everybody looked over there.

"All the girls and kids out first!" Rei yelled as he and Kai started guiding people out of the building.

"Reivin!" Tala yelled when Reivin came out. He went over to her and hugged her.

"Tala, are you okay" Are you having trouble breathing?" Reivin said as she hugged him back.

"I'm fine. Just a little dizzy." He said.

"There's Ben!" Tara said to Tala as she pointed to a white pick up truck.

"Stay here." Tala said as the car drove off and Tala started running after it.

"Rei, stay here and make sure everyone gets out okay." Kai said as he followed Tala.

Xoxoxo In the car xoxoxO

"How could they have gone out!" Ben yelled angrily as he drove out of the path and into the forest.

"You didn't do a good job on blocking it didn't you?" Tony asked from where he was next to Ben.

"Shut up." Ben said. He parked the car and got out and so did Tony.

"Ben, what about Katana? You said I could have her when we came here." Tony said as he and Ben started walking a bit into the forest.

"Yeah well, I lied. You ain't getting her now, I just needed you for my plan on spying on them." Ben said as he stopped walking.

"You used me!" Tony yelled. "We made a deal Ben!"

"You should know better than to trust Ben Valkov." Ben said as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at Tony.

"What are you doing?"

"I have no use for you anymore." Ben said as he pulled the trigger. Tony fell to the ground and Ben kept walking further into the forest.

Kai and Tala got to the spot where Ben had killed Tony and their eyes widened at the sight of Tony lying motionless on the ground, bleeding.

"Go that way, I'll go this way." Tala said as he went to the right and Kai went to the left.

Xoxoxo

Tala stopped when he saw Ben just standing there, hands behind his back. "Hello Tala." Ben said as he smirked.

"Why did you do that?" Tala asked as he started to growl.

"Didn't I tell you I'd get my revenge?"

"You didn't have to risk the lives of so many innocent people!" Tala yelled.

"It doesn't matter. They're safe, thanks to you. Unfortunately, you won't live to see any of them again." Ben said as he walked forward. He moved his hands forward and showed Tala a chainsaw.

Ben laughed like a maniac and pulled the cord to start it up.

"You're mad. Absolutely demented." Tala said as his breath quickened with each step Ben took closer.

"Am I really? I'm just eliminating a worthless being from this planet." Ben said as he pulled his arm back and moved the chainsaw forward towards Tala. Tala quickly ducked and managed to move to the side and out of the chainsaw's reach just in time.

"You're the worthless one! Trying to solve all of your problems by taking it out of others!" Tala said as he dodge another blow that came at him.

Ben just laughed and ran forward towards Tala. Tala's eyes widened and he tried to back away but backed up against a tree. Ben swung the chainsaw to the side and back and then forth. Tala moved to the side but it hit his upper right arm. He fell to the ground clutching his arm.

"I'm going to chop you up in little pieces and then send them to your precious. Now wouldn't that make her happy?" Ben said as he raised the chainsaw for it to have a direct hit on Tala's waist.

Tala closed his eyes and groaned as he waited for the chainsaw to cut him but it never came. He opened his eyes and tried to push away the pain. He looked up to see Kai fighting with Ben, the chainsaw now on the ground.

Kai hit Ben square in the face and Ben fell down on the ground. Kai was panting and Ben smirked. With his right hand, Ben grabbed a rock from the ground from where Kai couldn't see.

"You think you beat me? Think again!" Ben said as he got up in a swift motion. He went towards Kai and did as he was going to hit him with his left but then moved his right hand forward and punched him the rock in the head. Kai fell down clutching his head and Ben smirked and threw the rock over his shoulder.

"Don't move." Tala said as he pointed the gun at Ben. Ben's eyes widened but then he smirked.

"Go ahead, shoot me. Be a killer and live with the guilt you could never handle about killing someone." Ben said as he crossed his arms.

Tala panted from where he still was on the ground. The gun was still pointing at Ben, but Tala's hand was shaking. Tala suddenly brought the gun down and Ben's smirk grew.

"I won't kill you. I won't step down to your level of being a murderer. Do whatever you want, just don't kill Kai." Tala said as he threw the gun to the back of him and landed further in back of the forest.

"I knew you couldn't do it. As for your friend, there's nothing I can do." Ben said and walked to where Kai was lying on the ground. Ben picked him up and dragged him to where a machine Tala hadn't noticed before was. It had a tree log hanging up from a metal wire and a machine to drop or pull it at the end.

Ben put Kai right under the log. Ben went to the machine and kicked it so that the log would fall.