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I am so sorry I havent updated in such a long time!! SORRY!!!! I bet you're all pretty mad at me huh? Well at least I'm updating now instead of a year from now!! lol. I guess I better start updating the other stories too hay? lol. Happy New Year for tomorrow!! I'll be out getting drunk with Ms Hiwatari:P

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Previously...

Tyson shook his head and lifted himself up, with the cover, into the hole.

"Honestly, I don't know what Kai see's in her," Tyson whispered to himself.

He felt Hilary kick him in the back.

"I heard that." she hissed.

Tyson smiled sheepishly then reclosed the shaft entrance. They clamboured through the passage and towards the end in the Grand Hall.

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Boris held up the glittering blade for all the teens and kids to see.

"You will all witness the consequences of insolence and disobedience!" He proclaimed. "You will all watch as Kai dies!"

He turned his back on them and turned back to Kai, a grin playing upon his thin lips.

"Scared Kai?" he asked softly.

"Why would I be afraid of what I have longed for since I was a child?" Kai asked darkly. "Even though I no longer long for death, I still don't fear it. I have only one fear, and death is not it."

Boris snickered.

"Are those your final words?" he asked. "Looks like you're finally at the end of the road."

"Looks like it," Kai repeated.

Boris raised the blade. Kai lowered his head and close his eyes, a small smile on his lips.

'I'll miss you Hilary...'

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Normal POV...

Tyson scrambled quickly behind Hilary, his mind racing. He couldn't let Hilary go any further. He knew she was a tough girl but she was no match for even the weakest of soldiers from this abbey. She didn't have a beyblade, she hardly knew how to fight... she'd but cut down in an instant if they engaged in a fight with the enemy.

'If anything happens to Hilary then not only will Kai kill me, but I'll never forgive myself. I have to stop her. She is going to hate me for this.'

"Hilary!" Tyson whispered urgently.

Hilary looked around and gazed at him in confusion. He had his ear pressed firmly against the bottom of the vent.

"Come here!" He continued. "I think you need to hear this!"

Hilary made an ungainly turn in the confined space and crawled over to him.

"What is it?!" She asked.

Tyson raised his head and pointed down. "Listen."

Hilary looked at him curiously for a moment then lowered her ear to the floor, pressing it down hard.

"Tyson? I can't hear any-urh!"

Tyson struck her lightly in the back of her neck, knocking her out cold. A handy trick he had learnt from his Grandpa.

"Sorry to do this Hil," He whispered, lying her down so she'd be more comfortable. "This is the safest place for you right now. I just hope when you get up you'll be smart enough to escape. Kai and I will come back for you by hen though... hopefully. Sorry."

He crawled gently over Hilary's limp body and scurried quickly down the vent.

'I really hope I did the right thing.'

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'This is where it really ends...' Kai thought.

"See you in Hell Kai!" Boris hissed.

Time seemed to pause. Boris had the deadly blade directly above Kai's head in allignment with the back of his neck. The masses of terrified and shocked adolescent soldiers watched with bated breath for the final blow. Then, just as quickly as it had come, the still was broken as Boris thrust the blade down to end Kai's life.

"NO!"

Boris felt something jagged tear into the flesh of his hand. He dropped the knife and swore vehemently, searching for his attacker. Kai's head shot up. Dancing hypnotically in front of him was a familiar white beyblade, its edges sullied with scarlet blood and guarding him from further harm. Boris clutched his bleeding hand and looked around the sea of surprised faces. His eyes widened in amazement at the sight of the beyblades owner. Kai followed his line of vision and felt horror grip him. Tyson was standing at the back of the crowd, his rip cord and launcher still in his hands, looking angrily at the platform and Boris.

"Dragoon! ATTACK!"

Kai saw the beyblade take off and start attacking Boris mercilessly. The attack ring cutting through his clothes and slicing open the flesh. Boris roared in anger and tried batting the blade away.

"Get him!" Boris ordered, pointing at Tyson.

Only the mindless drones among the teens made a move to obey their master, advancing apon Tyson.

"Tyson!" Kai roared, "Get out of here!"

Tyson neetly kicked away a soldier and started running up towards the platform, dodging, punching, kicked, kneeing and elbowing all those that tried to stop his progression. He bounded up onto the platform and commanded Dragoon to attack Boris repetitively. Tyson was already at his friends side, pulling at the chains which bound him.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Kai growled angrily.

"Saving your sorry arse!" Tyson replied. "Fucking chains!" He growled, pulling harder at the shackles.

Kai suddenly kicked out at him. Tyson dodged and Kai's foot made contact with the stomach of one of Boris's soldiers. Tyson immediatly set back to work at the chains.

"Thanks." He said briefly.

Tyson suddenly released the chains and ruthlessly kicked another drone right off the platform, noticing for the first time he was outnumbered one to a hundred, or including the reluctant soldiers, one to a thousand! His eyes darted over to where Dragoon was attacking Boris, the evil man far enough away at the moment.

"Dragoon!" Tyson called. "Free Kai!"

The white blade immediatly stopped its assault on Boris and struck the chains binding Kai, instantly releasing him. Tyson quickly caught Kai as his knees buckled, throwing one of his friends arms over his shoulders and supporting him. Boris did not waste the moment he had in the break of the onslaught. He was instantly barking commands at the adolescent audience.

"All of you! Get him! NOW!"

Slowly, the other teens advanced on the two bladers.

"Get him Dragoon!" Tyson shouted as the blade turned on Boris again. "What do we do now?"

"I don't know." Kai said wearily. "You're supposed to have a plan! Didn't you think this through at all?"

"Sort of." Tyson said sheepishly. "I'm a big picture guy, not a detailed guy. The plan was get in, save you, get out."

"Way to go Genius." Kai said dryly.

He took his arm off Tyson's shoulder and stood up straight, then took up his fighting stance as the army approached. Tyson followed suit.

"You think we'll make it out of this alive?" Tyson asked timidly.

"Doubt it." Kai said darkly. "Tyson..."

The bluenette looked at his friend.

"Thank you."

Tyson was surprised by that. He smiled cheerfully.

"No worries!"

A thin smirk appeared on Kai's face.

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Hilary groaned and opened her eyes groggily, the back of her neck kaining. She sat up slowly and ducked her head a bit so it didn't collide with the vent ceiling. She suddenly remembered what happened and her features darkened evilly.

"Fucking bastard." She whispered. "I will kill him."

She got onto her hands and knees and crawled as fast as possible down the shaft towards the Grand Hall, anxious, not only to rescue Kai, but to wrap her hands around Tyson's throat and throttle him senseless. She could hear noise coming from ahead, Boris's voice standing out over them all.

"GET THEM!" He was shouting, "Keep them alive though! I want to kill them personally!"

Hilary clapped her hands to her mouth as she arrived the end of the vent and looked throught the grills Tyson had replaced. He and Kai were standing up on a platform, surrounded by hundreds of uniformed teenagers, all trying to capture them. Kai and Tyson were holding up well, but they and Hilary knew that it wouldn't last long.Hilary turned around and raced back the way she came.

'I have to get Ray!' She thought desperately, 'Kai and Tyson need help! I must get him! I have to get Ray! Oh God, please protect them!'

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"How much longer are you going to wait?" Ray asked Tala. "We have to get you out of here so we can treat your injuries."

"What about the others? I can't just leave them here."

"I know... but if I get you out, I can come back and help them."

Tala looked at Ray, his icy blue eyes burning into the raven-haired teen. Tala's stare was unnerving but Ray did not show weakness. If he showed weakness then Tala would not leave. He would think Ray too unfit to help the others effectively.

"You all came on a suicide mission." Tala said darkly. "You should never have come here."

"Sorry Tala." Ray said "But we didn't really have a choice. What would you do if two close friends of yours suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth and then you found them in here?"

Tala smirked.

"Probably the same thing you guys did." He said slowly. "Except all of you still have reason and will to live. Kai and I have spent the last couple of weeks, hoping that that day would be our last and that the suffering would finally be over. Even if the both of us make it out of this alive, it will never be over for us. There are other branches of BioVolt and other abbeys. Voltaire is still out there and has many friends that he could hire to hunt us down again."

"Stop it." Ray's voice was harsh and commanding. "You sound like you've already given up Tala."

Ray fixed his amber eyes on the Russian, staring at him angrily. Tala was slightly taken aback by the tone of his voice but smiled softly.

"You're right. What the hell was I thinking?" He stood up shakily.

His wrists caused him great agony, the dried blood which glued the severed metal shackles to Tala's wrists cracked slightly, allowing the wound to seep scarlet again. Tala ignored it and slowly moved his broken body alongside Ray.

"Let's get out of here." He said, already feeling weary.

Tala stepped gently onto his left foot and hissed in pain.

"Is your ankle alright?" Ray asked, holding his arm lest he stumbled.

"Broken." Tala said shortly. "Has been for fair few weeks now. Forget it. Lets go."

Ray admired his detirmination and helped him over to the open cell grills. Tala cast his eyes back down the hall.

"What?" Ray asked.

"Wolborg."

"We'll get it back Tala."

The red-haired Russian nodded. Ray cupped his hand then boosted Tala up out of the open window. Tala climbed through and dragged himself through the pure white snow, staining it with blood from his injuries. It felt like knives were slicing at his skin as the snow touched the flesh where his tattered clothes had exposed it. Tala ignored the cold and turned back to wait for Ray. The raven haired teen was about to jump up when a shout behind him mad him stop.

"Hey! Get that kid!"

Ray looked around and saw two, bulky, uniformed guards running towards him. Ray took up his fighters stance and in a matter of seconds, both guards were lying senseless at his feet. He jumped up and grabbed the edge of the window, climbing out gracefully. The moment he was standing, he pulled Tala to his feet and started to trot as fast as his companions injuries would allow, towards the opening in the fence.

"We have to go! Now!"

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Hilary found herself almost at the stairs that lead down to the prison cells. She ran quickly but felt a huge weight knock her sideways, crashing her frail body against the stony wall. She looked up at her attacker in panic and saw several uniformed teenagers. Their eyes were dull and hollow and their faces were completely void of any emotion. The lights were on, but no body was home. Hilary made to run away but they quickly pinned her to the wall.

"Lord Boris will like you." The female drone said in toneless voice. "You will be punished for coming here."

Hilary felt her panic mounting as one of the soldiers contacted Boris through an earpiece.

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Dragoon had finally returned to its masters hand. Boris had hidden himself behind a wall of teenagers, letting them take the hits intended for him. Tyson growled and reloaded Dragoon into its launcher, then pulled the ripcord as hard as possible. The blade flew out, injuring and knocking out soldiers left right and centre.

"We can't keep this up Kai!" Tyson said, starting to feel the very first signs of fatigue. "There's just too many!"

Kai was even worse off than Tyson. He kicked a soldier in the face harshly and turned to his friend.

"I know. Try and hold out as long as possible!"

Boris was completely separated from the mel'ee when a voice came through on his earpiece.

"Master Boris. We have located another intruder. A female. What do you wish us to do with her?"

Boris thought about it for a moment, a plan forming in his mind.

"Put her in the Solitary Confinement cell. Make sure she isn't seen by anyone!"

"Yes sir."

'A female intruder?' Boris thought with an evil smirk. 'Must be Tachibana.'

Tyson quckly summonded Dragoon back and shoved the blade into his pocket before it was trampled and completely destroyed. Tyson backed up so he and Kai were back to back. Kai, he noticed, wasn't looking to good. He had around a dozen re-opened wounds and was breathing raggedly. One soldier finally got through his defences and dealt Kai an agonising punch to the cheek. Kai stumbled sideways and was instantly siezed by the other teens. Tyson turned in alarm.

"Kai! Ugh! What? No! Get off me you bastards!"

Two soldiers had grabbed Tyson by the arms and were finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a good hold of him. Another boy grabbed Tyson around the neck from behind him and kicked in the backs of his legs. Tyson fell to his knees painfully and felt his arms forced around behind his back. The whole time he struggled, not once making it easy for the enemy. He swore colourfully at them and head-butted many in the stomach then his hands were tied and he was completely restrained. The teenagers not holding the two boys dispersed and made room for Boris. The violet haired russian strode forward and stopped before them, his face, arms, chest and calves viciously cut and bleeding.

"Damn Boris," Tyson said smugly, "You look like shit."

Boris kicked the teen harshly in the face. Tyson turned his head enough to make Boris miss the main of his face, catching the side of his head instead.

"Ow."

Kai struggled against his captors to try and get at Boris but it was in vain. Boris turned his attention to the boy he'd almost killed.

"Don't think this changes anything Kai." Boris sneered. "You are still going to die for your disobedience. Only I have thought of a more painful way to do it."

He chuckled softly. Kai glared at him.

"Great." He said sarcastically. "Why don't you just kill me now and get it over with?"

"Any reason you haven't already kiled me yet?" Tyson asked, his head still spinning from Boris's kick.

"Oh I just like you too much." Boris said cheerfully.

"Oh goody." Tyson said dryly.

"Cut the crap Boris!" Kai said venomously.

"You really want to know how your going to die?" Boris's voice contained almost unbridled amusement. "I'll tell you."

Kai and Tyson both listened silently.

"The answer to both your questions." Boris announced. "Tyson, I am going to make you kill Kai!"

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I am sorry about the wait!! for all of you!! I bet you're all pretty pissed off hey? lol. Sorry!!! At least I updated:D

Happy New Year everyone!!!!
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