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Previously...

Kai examined the room quietly. Tala pulled the doctor up and cuffed his hands in the metal clamps.

"So you really did bash the doctor."

"He's with Boris." Tala said flatly. "We have to get out of here. Now."

Kai smirked.

"My thoughts exactly."

"We're taking this guy with us. He can tell us where Boris is."

Kai didn't question him. Tala knew what he was doing. Kai stepped out and headed down towards his own room.

"Wait Kai."

The crimson eyed teen waited for his friend. He could hear Tala dragging Fletcher along the floor with little effort.

"We have to stay together." Tala said. "These guys are loaded and are those short conversation types."

"So they're like us."

Tala smirked. "They aren't that good."

Kai suddenly began to run, a horrifying thought coming to him.

"Hurry! If Fletcher was with Boris then he'd have access to our personal files which include home addresses. Hilary lives with me!"

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Hilary slept peacefully in Kai's huge bed, hugging the spare pillow close to her body, trying to make up for Kai's absence. She was completely unaware of the danger that was heading for her.

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Now...
Hilary's eyes fluttered open, some thing had awoken her. She dismissed it and snuggled deeper into Kai's plush pillow closing her eyes, hoping to fall back into her blissful sleep and happy dreams. A small shuffling noise caused Hilary's eyelids to snap back open. Though she didn't move a muscle. The sound had come from the lounge room, just down the hall and was moving towards the room. Hilary turned in the bed quietly and looked over to the door, thanking God that she'd remembered to close it that night. She removed the blankets from her body and slipped quietly out of the bed, her bare feet sinking slightly in the soft carpet.

Hilary wasn't aware that she was in her silky Tweety Bird boxer shorts and Kai's baggy white singlet, and she didn't care. She crept gracefully to the door and pressed her ear gently against it. Some one was definitely out there. It sounded like there was two of them, possibly three but it was doubtable. They were being very quiet and sneeky but Hilary's keen hearing made it seem as though they were a pair of mumbling, bumbling idiots. She felt her heart begin to race. People were inside the apartment!! What would they do to her if they found her? Hilary swallowed and backed away from the door fearfully as the two people came closer.

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Kai and Tala ran towards Kai's appartment after dumping the unconscious Doctor Fletcher into the basement of Tala's house which was on the way to Kai's apartment. Tala had picked up a second gun for Kai and they were both out of his house again within a few seconds. Kai could see the apartment block just up ahead.

"Come on!" He urged Tala, "We have to pick up the pace!"

Tala sped up and raced beside Kai.

"There is a chance that nothing has happened to her you know."

"I have a bad feeling," Kai said, "She's in danger, I know she is!"

"Well are't we Mr Optimistic?" Tala said dryly as the boys stopped at the apartment block doors.

Kai shoved his key into the hole and slammed the doors open, bypassing the elavator and running straight up the stairs. The elavator would only slow him down. Tala was still in step with Kai and neither boys were panting from the 2 and a half mile dash.

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The two intruders crept silently towards the closed door at the end of the hall way. One was male, tall, bulky and fit, leading the pair. The other, a woman, was slightly smaller but also strong and fit. They both wore black uniforms with the red symbol emblazed on the chest and covering their heads was a black balaclava. Both people were fair skinned. The man had dull brown eyes but the womans green eyes were like perfectly polished emeralds. Both held black guns in their hands, ready for anything.

The man touched a ear to the door. No sounds were coming from inside. Not the slightest sound. The man put his gun back into the holster and grasped the door knob, turning it slowly and opening the door soundlessly.
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Kai and Tala finally reached Kai's floor, breaking their first little sweat.

'Please be safe Hilary!' Kai thought desperately, 'Please, PLEASE be safe!!'

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The man pushed the door open and walked in, the woman right behind him. They looked around the room and noticed that their target wasn't here. The man sighed and took out a radio.

"She's not here boss." He said. "Awaiting your orders."

"Just wait there," a familiar voice crackled through. "She'll turn up eventually."

The man put the radio back into his belt and was too late to see the metal bat swing out from behind the door and club him in the head. The man crumpled unconscious to the floor. The green-eyed woman turned around and saw Hilary belting her senseless partner to a bloody pulp without stopping and obviously not caring that the man was already knocked out.

Hilary was yelling between each swing. "GET-OUT-OF-MY-HOUSE-YOU-BASTARD!"

Hilary suddenly noticed Green-eyes just as she raised her gun and shot at Hilary. The brunette narrowly dodged the bullet which tore a hole through Kai's singlet. Without hesitation, Hilary threw the baseball bat at the woman, scoring her in the chest. Green-eyes whooped in pain and dropped the gun. Hilary ran for her and punched her brutally in the face. The woman felt blood trickle out of her nose and screamed at Hilary, punching the teenager in the face, knocking her to the ground. Hilary felt her whole world become disoriented and her cheek seer with pain. Green-eyes was suddenly standing over her and pulled out a knife. Hilary kicked the feet out from underneeth her and in the same quick motion, kicked the woman in the head, knocking her out cold.

"Cop that bitch." Hilary panted, pulling herself up to her feet. 'Thank you Kai for teaching me how to fight!'

She bent over and retrieved the metal baseball bat, which was signed by Darryl Strawberry and had been given to Kai as a gift. Kai didn't care for baseball and kept it in his closet. Hilary suddenly heard feet pounding the outside corridor and someone enter the apartment. Hilary hid behind the door again and waited as the rapid footsteps travelled through the lounge and into the hall. Hilary clenched her teeth, unconsciously closed her eyes and swung the bat around the door, screaming in effort. She felt the bat stop in mid air and opened her eyes to find herself starring down the barrel of a gun. She screamed and released the bat and fell backwards onto her bottom.

"WHOA! Tala! It's okay!"

Hilary looked at her 'attackers' and saw Kai holding the bat she'd just swung at him and Tala aiming a gun at her. Tala realised it was Hilary and lowered the gun. Hilary was breathing heavily in both panic, relief and exahaustion. She got to her feet and literally jumped on Kai, wrapping her legs around his waiste and hugging him as tight as possible. Kai ignored the fact he couldn't breathe and hugged her back, dropping the bat. Tala assessed the damage and whistled.

"Did you do all this Hilary?"

"Yes." She said, her voice muffled by Kai's chest. "They had guns Kai! GUNS! Who are they?!"

"Maybe if you let him breathe he'll be able to answer." Tala suggested.

Hilary let go of Kai and gazed at him through tear rimmed ruby eyes. Kai felt fresh breath in his lungs and put his hands on her shoulders.

"They are working for Boris." He said calmly. "We ran into one of his assassins at the hospital. I'm guessing that was why we were kept there so long. Fletcher was just waiting for the order."

"You mean that nice doctor?" Hilary asked in disbelief.

"He wasn't that nice." Tala said defensively. "He cuffed me to a bed and tried to blow my brains out!"

"Yeah, but thats you." Hilary replied. "He was a nice person to everyone else."

"Oh yeah, he turned out to be a real charmer." He retorted dryly.

"Stop bickering," Kai cut in, feeling like he was babysitting two pre-schoolers. "We have to get out of here and back to your place Tala. We'll get Fletcher and go over to Tysons house. Boris will have your address but not Tysons because Tyson wasn't admitted to te hospital."

Tala and Hilary nodded. Kai turned to his girlfriend.

"You might want to put some proper clothes on too."

Hilary looked down at her pyjamas and nodded sheepishly.

"Tala and I will wait in the lounge room for you." Kai kicked the male assassin, "We'll take these two out and tie them up and lock them in the cupboard."

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It was now two o'clock in the morning and Kai was carrying Hilary, who had fallen to sleep, on his back. Tala dragged Fletcher along the pavement, not caring if he was cutting up the evil doctor. Each time Fletcher groaned or sounded like he was about to wake up, Tala would give him a good wack on the back of the head with the hilt of his gun. Kai had long since given up on asking how his friend got all his guns, he guessed that Tala had friends who sold them or something. Then again, he must have kept his own personal stash of weapons from their days in Balkov Abbey. Kai spotted Tyson's house up ahead.

They entered the Granger's well kept yard and walked straight up to the door and knocked hard, obviously not caring that it was 2 in the morning. They heard shuffeling on the other side of the door and then it opened, revealing a very weary looking Ray. He yawned and looked at them oddly, then rubbed his eyes and stared.

"Um... hi guys... uh... can I ask why you have Doctor Fletcher bound, gagged and unconscious?"

"We'll explain later." Tala said. "Can you let us in?"

Ray nodded and stepped aside as Tala dragged Fletcher in unceremoniously. Kai and Ray heard Tala snicker when the doctors head bumped a table. Kai walked in and Ray closed the door.

"So Tala really did bash up his doctor?"

Kai nodded. "The good doctor there is working for Boris and he tried to kill Tala. How come you're here?"

"Living here temporarily." Ray replied simply. "Parents went back to china for a few months."

Kai nodded and went into Tyson's lounge room where he rested Hilary down on the soft couch. She mumbled incoherently and continued to sleep. Tala walked in silently and without his hostage,

"Where's Fletcher?" Kai asked.

"Tied him to a chair in the kitchen and duct taped his mouth shut, so I hope he hasn't got a blocked nose." Tala said flatly. "He wont be up for a good long time so we can all get some rest. Good night."

Tala took over the other couch and closed his eyes, falling to sleep instantly. Kai shook his head at his friend.

"Well," said Ray yawning, "I'll just get a blanket or something for-"

"Don't worry about it Ray." Kai said. "We'll be fine. Get some sleep. You definitly look like you need it."

"Thanks Kai..." Ray said sleepily. "I think..."

He walked out of the room and left Kai with the two sleeping forms of Hilary and Tala. Kai slipped in behind Hilary on the big couch, wrapped his arms around her waiste and tried to relax. He missed the feeling of her against him but found his mind racing, thinking about what Boris was up to now. Before he knew it, he was fast asleep.

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Tyson sat wide eyed listening to Mr Dickenson on the phone.

"Yeah, sure Mr D." He said quickly. "Thanks for letting me know!"

Tyson slammed the phone down on the reciever on his bedside table then raced out of his room.

"Hey Ray!" He called running towards the kitchen where he knew the raven haired teen would be making breakfast. "You'll never believe this! Kai and Tala escaped..."

As Tyson entered the kitchen, his words got stuck in his throat.

"Escaped from the hospital?" Ray finished for him. "Yeah, I know."

Tala, Kai and Hilary were sitting at the table, waiting patiently for Ray to finish making pancakes for them. Tyson spotted Tala poking at a man bound to a chair, snickering evilly at the adults apparant discomfort.

"Uh... Tala?" Tyson said hesitantly. "Isn't that Doctor Fletcher?"

"Yep." Tala said cheerfully, prodding the mans gut with a fork.

"Can I ask why you have him tied up to one of my chairs and stabbing him as though checking how tender he is before you eat him?"

"Because if I didn't tie him up he'd run away." the red-haired Russian replied simply, "And I'm stabbing him because its fun."

Fletcher glared at Tala who merely sniggered. Tyson rubbed his brow wearily.

"Dude, it's too early for this shit."

"It's ten in the morning Tyson!" Hilary said, already losing her patience.

"Exactly."

Tyson sat down at the table with them just as Ray put down the large plate of pancakes, and maple syrup. Tala took three pancakes, almost drowned them in syrup then broke a small piece off, holding it tauntingly in front of Fletcher's face.

"I bet you're hungry aren't you?" Tala said in a falsly sweet voice. "If you tell me where Boris is then I might give you a bite!"

Fletcher gave him a look which said 'Don't insult my intelligence' and 'Fuck you' at the same time.

"Fine." Tala shoved the pancake into his mouth then turned back to the table.

Tyson was starring at him oddly. He finished swallowing his fourth pancake.

"Why is Fletcher here?! I understand he cuffed you to the bed... but it looks like you've already bashed his face in!! I didn't know you were going for abduction too!"

"Oh yeah, you don't know." Hilary said, remembering. "The nice doctor here is working for Boris."

Tyson choked and gagged on his pancake. Ray suppressed a laugh and patted Tyson on the back. Tyson finally swallowed the food and looked at Kai and Tala incredelously.

"Are you serious?!"

"Kai and Tala aren't the type to lie about something like that Tyson."

The group turned around and saw Hiro leaning against the door frame. Kai and Tala glanced at him before continuing to eat their breakfast. Hiro sat down at the end of the table.

"So does that mean that Boris is still out there?" He asked.

"He is." Hilary answered. "I heard his voice over a radio that the assassins had. He was ordering them to wait for me at the appartment."

"Hold on," Tyson said holding up his hands for them to slow down, "Assassins?! Can you please tell us the whole story? From start to finish?!"

Tala, Kai and Hilary looked at each other then agreed. Once the three of them had finished telling their parts of the story, Tyson, Ray and Hiro were stunned into silence. Tyson sat back in his chair.

"Like I said before, it's too early for this shit."

"I reckon." Ray agreed.

Tala ignored them and turned towards his captive, ruthlessly tearing the tape quickly from Fletcher's mouth.

"Dude," Tyson said, holding his own mouth, "That was cruel and cringe-worthy."

Tala and Kai ignored him and turned their chairs around to face Fletcher. The adult felt his lips burning, the tape had torn away the top layers of skin and now his mouth felt raw.

"Okay Doc." Tala said coldly, "You're going to tell us where Boris is."

"What makes you think I'll do that?" Fletcher sneered.

"Because we lived in Balkov Abbey for almost our entire childhood," Kai expained as he walked over to the cutlery drawer and pulled out a sharp knife, his voice sending chills down even his friends spines, "Boris taught us how to be his perfect soldiers and being a soldier, you need to know how to force information from your enemies. Now, seeing as though you work for Boris, you surely would have seen how he trains his minions to do this... haven't you?"

Fletcher swallowed but made no reply. Tyson, Ray, Hiro and Hilary felt very uncomfortable and intimidated.

"It doesn't matter if you have or haven't..." Tala said darkly.

"Because if you don't tell us what we want to know," Kai came back and stood before the bound man, staring at the glittering knife, "You will find out, first-hand, just how affective our methods can be."

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