Max: And it's going to be a lot longer if you don't shut up and get on with it already.
RTC: And people think you're the nice one. You're just as bad as Kai. Disclaimer please!
Tyson: Ray-Tiger-Cat owns lots of stupid stuff, but she does not own Beyblade or me. She has also asked me to point out that there is some swearing in this chapter and yeah...
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Rampage
"Where are we headed?" Ray asked, hoping Kari could actually hear him through the helmet.
"Back to a little known hell where Voltaire used to take Kai," she replied.
'That's the first time she's mentioned Kai in so long,' Ray thought. He was going to say something, but Kari made a very sharp turn, one that would make Tyson's driving look good. 'She's clearly panicked, but why? I'm even calmer and those pricks took my baby sister!'
"Hey, are you listening?" she asked and Ray realized he'd missed something during his musings.
"Um, could you repeat it?"
She groaned, but did as he'd asked. "There's heavy security, so we're going to have to be extra careful. And I guess I don't need to remind you that Boris will do anything to Amie and Lynn, even though they're just innocent children who, unfortunately, got caught up in this mess."
"So, do you have a plan?"
"Yeah, the security is tightest at the ground level and gets easier to break through from there. So if we find a way to get onto the roof without them noticing, we can get in, I hope. From there, we just work our way down a couple of floors, take out some guards, get the kids and go out the way we came." 'It sounds so simple, but I know it's going to be a lot harder than that!' "I've got some weapons stashed on this thing, nothing serious, but a few metal pipes are very useful for knocking people out."
"Sounds good." They rode in silence for another few minutes and pretty soon, Kari slammed on the brakes and got off. Ray followed suite. They both grabbed some of the afore mentioned weapons and tucked them somewhere, such as in their belts or pockets.
"We have to walk a bit further. Voltaire was a paranoid one and he made sure no vehicles could get in. Fortunately for us, there's a path. Come on," Kari said, indicating the narrow path that could have been easily overlooked if you didn't know it was there. They walked for what seemed like an eternity, but was probably only twenty minutes, and found a few large warehouses. It was evident most of them had been abandoned, but one had lights showing through the few windows and the doors were sealed tight.
"Shall we climb?" Ray asked.
"Yeah, we don't have much time." They walked up to an abandoned warehouse and scaled it by using window ledges and other architectural features for grips. There was even and outdoor fire escape for the second floor to the ground floor and the building itself wasn't that tall, only about four stories high. "Okay, that was the easy part. Now we need a way across to Voltaire's old hell hole."
"You got any rope? The buildings aren't that far apart; we could tie the rope ad go across," Ray pointed out.
"That'll work, but we'll have to move quickly, because there are cameras everywhere. We managed to avoid on our way up, because we climbed the side that isn't visible from there, but now we'll be out in the open."
"Oh man, this is going to be emotionally damaging," Kari commented after getting closer to the edge. Ray had already gotten across on the rope, and Kari was left feeling rather nervous.
"I could just go alone."
"You don't know where you're going," she pointed out and with one last deep breathe, she grabbed the rope and let her feet off the edge of the building. A few painful minutes later, she was on the other side. "Remind me to find a new way out."
She watched as Ray smashed the lock on the door to the roof with Drigger. It took him a few tries.
"I know, I know, my blading has gotten bad. I haven't practiced in so long now."
"Hn. This way."
"Breet! Breet! Intruder alert! Intruder alert!" the alarm screeched.
"Great, I was hoping we could get down at least one floor before that went off. Do me a favour and take out any speakers or cameras we come across. That should slow them down a bit," Kari ordered and Ray obliged and took out the nearest one he spotted as Kari took off down the hall at a fast pace. She stopped abruptly as a guard appeared. "Damn. Don't you idiots have anything better to do than serve that bastard?" she asked.
"Grr! I'll get you girlie! He wants to break you personally, because he didn't get the chance to kill your pathetic brother!" he sneered and threw a punch.
"Fuck you! May you rot in hell!" she screamed back and hit him across the back of the head, which successfully took him out.
"Whoa, calm down!" Ray muttered as he caught up, "We'll need to save some of that for Boris himself." Just then another few guards showed up and decided to take out guns.
"Didn't your mommy ever teach you that guns are bad? Guess I'll have to level the playing field," and with that, Kari pulled out one of the pipes she'd mentioned earlier and swung it at them while Ray knocked out another one martial arts-style.
"We'd better pick up the pace!" Ray shouted, gasping for breathe after that encounter.
"Too late for that!" another thug said, pointing a gun at them.
"Run!" They shot down the rest of the hallway, but soon came to a locked door.
"This had better be the stairs!" Ray muttered, along with several curse words, as he smashed the knob with his blade. Thankfully for them, they had guessed correctly and were soon bolting down two flights of stairs, to the floor where Kari assumed Boris would be holding the kids.
"Oh crap. More security," Kari cursed.
"At least there aren't any more guards. Where the hell does Boris find these guys anyway, Evil Villains R Us?" Ray said, the security making him seriously pissed off by this point.
A little more smashing up bad guys later, Kari and Ray found themselves in front of a large door with several bolts and locks. "Think we found it?" Ray asked, sarcastically.
"Now how the hell are we going to get in?" Kari wondered and was about to take a swing at the door, when it swung open. "Oh, this is so totally a trap."
"Yeah, but we're going to go in anyway, right? We can take Boris!"
When they entered the doorway, they spotted a long hallway with yet another door at the end. Upon reaching that door, they realized that this one was not locked and pushed it in about an inch. What they found was both startling and saddening. Amie and Lynn were both dangling from chains hanging from the walls. And there was not one guard or camera in this room.
"Like I said before, this is a trap. Remember that and enter cautiously," Kari warned.
"Well, well, well. Look who we have here," the mocking voice of Boris sang out. He had entered through another door that hadn't been visible from where they were standing.
"Give me back my sister Boris! Now!" Ray shouted, and the kids looked up. 'They have all their faith in us,' Ray thought, 'We can't let them down!'
Without any warning, a group of thugs started attacking them. 'We're in trouble now! Where's some help when you really need it?' Kari thought as she tried to get a thug to let go of her arm.
"The kids!" Ray shouted in a panic and Kari looked over to see some thugs going after them.
"Boris, you wouldn't! Don't you dare touch them!" she shouted and could barely be heard over the noise in the room. So far, she and Ray had been too fast for the thugs to do any serious damage, but the thugs were also too strong for them to hurt them as well. 'The kids are all the way across the room; there's no way I can get to them in time with all of these idiots around!' she thought. At that moment, Kari caught sight of a glint from around her neck. 'Of course! It's been so long that I'd nearly forgotten!' Yanking the chain off her neck with one hand, she pulled out her beyblades with the other. It only took her a few seconds to put Dranzer and Dranzelia into the blades and launch them. The blades sliced through some of the chains and Ray, having also gotten the same idea, used his blade to slice through the rest. However, in these precious few seconds, they had let their guard down and Kari felt a searing pain go into her stomach. Someone had attacked her with a knife.
"Drigger, attack!" Ray commanded and his fierce tiger came out of the blade, looking very pissed off. He made short work of two thugs that were standing nearby.
"Dranzer, Dranzelia, double fire arrows!!" The fire arrows that came raining down was fortunately enough to knock out most of the other guards and Boris and it seemed like there were fewer guards now.
'That's odd; you'd think Boris would have more of his minions come in,' Ray thought, completely confused. At that point, he felt a small lump attach itself to his legs. He looked down to see Lynn hugging him extremely tightly while crying her eyes out. Ray scooped her up and returned the hug. "Where's Amie?" he asked out loud and found her running to Kari as though her life depended on it. Surprisingly, she wanted a hug too and, even more shocking, Kari returned the hug.
Out of nowhere, they heard some shouts. They looked up to see their friends standing in the doorway.
"Ray! Guys, we found them!"
"Kari! Holy crap, are you alright?! We came as soon we could, but we got held up by some more thugs," Tala said, indicating several guys that were knocked out behind him. ('That explains why no new thugs came in,' Ray thought, relieved that Boris didn't have some plan up his sleeve.)
"How are the kids?" Hilary whispered, "You should have seen him; he really would go to any lengths to save you, you know."
"The kids are fine. Not so sure about Ray right now," she replied looking over at her fellow cohort in this adventure, who was currently looking a bit dizzy and tired.
"I'm fine. Okay, I will be fine after a bit of rest," he amended when he caught their disbelieving glances.
"Alright, well, we've already called the police, so they should be here very shortly. I think they're bringing some medics with them," Max commented, as he took Lynn out of Ray's tired arms and Tyson took Amie. They all watched as Tala put his arm around Kari's shoulders and led her far enough away that they could not hear the conversation.
"Kari, you really scared me today," Tala told her. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah," she insisted, but it came out rather weakly. And out of nowhere, she started to cry.
Tala stood there, looking ill at ease for a few seconds, but then he pulled her into a hug. "I love you Kari," he whispered and heard a muffled reply which sounded a lot like, 'I love you too.' Tala was mentally debating whether or not he should kiss her, when he felt her body go limp. "Kari? Shit!" he cursed as he felt a warm liquid transfer from Kari to his stomach. She was bleeding badly and he could only assume that she was hiding the injury as to not worry them all.
By this point, the others had figured out what was going on and the police and medics had arrived. Tala watched helplessly as the medics loaded Kari up into an ambulance and he followed them in, despite the protests he received. As the doors shut, Tala noticed Ray also being loaded into an ambulance, attempting to fight them off the whole time and everyone else filing into the police cars to be driven either home or to the hospital.
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RTC: So, I hope you liked, and I hope it wasn't too bad-action-movie-ish. I have actually got the next two chapters written in rough; I just need to edit them and type them and then I'll post. There are actually only three more chapter and then this fic is done!
Kai: Where are you going with this?
RTC: Well, I don't really have anything but a few oneshots planned after I finish this, so if anyone has any ideas for me, feel free to share.
Ray: That translates into: I have no idea what I'm doing! Help!
RTC: Okay, that's true. (Blushes.) Anyway, see you all soon, bye!