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The rebels

Chapter 12

Kai felt something digging into his back. Whatever it was was sharp and beginning to hurt. Kai shook his head, reached under him, and grabbed the sharp object that turned out to be his blade. The second Kai's hand touched his blade he felt a familiar heat.

'Dranzer, what's going on', asked Kai to his bit beast.

'I think you had better wake up fully, young Kai. Strange things are happening around us. We are the last left. Tyson was defeated while you were unconscious and dragoon was taken', said Dranzer softly but with suppressed anger not far away.

"WHAT!" yelled Kai aloud?

"What?" asked Alla jumping up from her chair beside Kai's bed. Kai looked at Alla with utter shock. Kai quickly told himself not to jump to conclusions. The girl before him looked a lot like Alla but Kai still couldn't be sure it was she.

"I am glad to see you are awake", said Alla smiling her first real smile in a really long time.

"Hn", said Kai. Kai got out of his bed fast and hid his dizziness very well. Alla still noticed though. Kai shook his head and walked towards the door.

"Hey where do you think you are going?" asked Alla.

"It's my turn to fight", said Kai simply.

"Hold on," said Alla. Alla got up with lighting speed and grabbed Kai's arm. Kai was surprised by her amazing speed. He tried to push Alla's hand off but she didn't budge.

"Move", Kai ordered coldly.

"Don't you know who I am?" asked Alla. Kai's heart said Alla but his mouth said, "It doesn't really matter. For all I know you are a Slaviers spy".

"I was", said Alla softly. Kai frowned that was all the information her needed. He hadn't survived this long by trusting people he didn't know. Kai walked down the hall of Alla's apartment and opened the door. The door stopped opening as Alla put her foot in the way. 'She is really fast', thought Kai.

"Move", Kai ordered again but this time he spoke with a dangerous voice.

"No", said Alla in an equally scary voice. "Do you want to lose your bit beast? If you go now and lose, you… will not be the only person to suffer. Kai stared at Alla with a blank expression. Since he wasn't shouting at her, she saw this as an invitation to continue. "With all the four bit beasts they can carry out their plan".

"What is their plan?" asked Kai. "You do know don't you?"

"Yes I do", said Alla guiltily. She looked up at Kai whose eyes narrowed.

"First they will attack certain cities around the world, destroying building and lives. They will even attack some of their own to throw suspicion. Their main aim at first will be to cause panic, as much as possible. They will destroy everything and anyone that gets in their way. Then after a while, Slaviers and Mr Becket will come in, act the big hero, and stop your bit beasts. Of course they will only protect those who can afford it", said Alla.

"This… this is all about money", said Kai.

"Yeah money and power", said Alla.

"Well it's up me to stop them, isn't it", said Kai.

"Looks like it," said Alla. "But please, stay here for a bi longer. You are weak even if you won't admit it. You need rest and a plan", said Alla.

"Why should I trust you? For all I know you are a spy and you are just trying to delay me until your colleges come", said Kai.

"Because… because I am Alla", said Alla looking straight into Kai's eyes willing him to remember her. Kai's face gave nothing away.

"I knew you looked familiar", said Kai simply. Alla face was flushed and her heart was beating to fast to be healthy. Yet Kai was standing there completely calm and unemotional as always.

"You still haven't remembered yet, have you?" asked Alla in a small voice.

"Remembered what?" asked Kai.

"The reason I left the abbey", said Alla.

"No. I only remember up to the sixth round of the world championship", said Kai. "But tell me please".

"I am not that sure what happened but I left because somebody I loved died," said Alla.

"Who?" asked Kai. Pictures of Sean and Bradain filled his mind. They were like family. If one of them died he mite have run away with Alla.

"You", said Alla slowly. "I left because you died".

"That's… that's not possible I am alive know now aren't I", said Kai.

"Yeah but I know what I saw and I saw you dead in your cell," said Alla. Kai swallowed hard. Kai remembered after his battle with Brooklyn, the darkness, the pain and then the sudden empty feeling. The pain went away, the warmth of dranzer went away, and everything went away. It had seemed so familiar, like it had happened before. Kai shook his head.

"I still think you were mistaken but it doesn't matter now, I am alive and I need a plan", said Kai.

"Are you going to stay here?" asked Alla.

'I think you should' said dranzer.

'Yeah me too, but I wont be letting up my guard', said Kai to dranzer.

'Do you ever?' asked Dranzer. Kai ignored the question and said to Alla aloud "Yes I will stay here for a bit".

"Great," said Alla and grabbed Kai and hugged him. Kai was too surprised to act straight away but after that past Kai pushed Alla off him, went in to the living room, and sat down on the couch. Alla watched Kai sit down. He was certainly different from the Kai she grew up with. But she was different too and lot different.

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Alla sat down next to Kai on the couch.

"So," said Alla. "How much do you remember about the rebels?"

"I told you I remember up to the sixth round of the world championships. But it comes in bits and pieces so I don't get the whole story".

Alla nodded. 'Great' thought Alla he wasn't to far away. Hopefully he and dranzer would remember how to use 'that' move. She had only heard about the move. But she had heard it destroyed half of the abbey. It was so powerful Boris had Kai's memories suppressed but something had gone wrong and Kai forgot a lot more then was planed. They always wanted black dranzer to be the main weapon of the abbey. Dranzer and Kai were always seen as… well rebels. They didn't want Kai to have a move that could defeat black dranzer. The move had nearly killed Kai when he was younger now Alla hoped he would be ok using it. It mite be the only way to defeat Mr Becket.

Alla looked up to see Kai looking at her curiously. Alla had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts, she had failed to notice the subject of her thoughts had been staring at her. Alla smiled sheepishly.

"I was wondering" said Kai. "Why did you risk so much to save me?" Alla smiled.

"The rebels were my first and only friends. You were the first person to reach out to me. You saved me from myself. If you hadn't I don't know where I would be," said Alla speaking softly. Kai nodded and turned away. There was a long silence Kai and Alla both lost in their thoughts. Alla finally broke the silence.

"So", began Alla. "Do you remember the semi finals of the world championship"?

"The ones last year and the year before, yes," said Kai.

"Wow Kai made a bad joke", said Alla laughing. Kai frowned. He didn't know how the sentence could have been taken as a joke, even a bad one.

"I mean the one we played when we were on the rebel team", said Alla.

"No, not yet", said Kai.

"Is it next on the schedule", asked Alla. Kai frowned at the timing of his flashbacks being called a schedule but nodded anyway.

"O great, you will get to see me kick butt. I played second after you, who of course won. I really showed my opponent who was boss. He thought just because I was a girl he would win. He actually said just before 'it's only a girl'. I remember running down to you guys saying, 'it was only a wimp'," said Alla laughing. Alla was enjoying talking to somebody her own age. She had been so isolated from other teenagers for so long. It was just so nice to talk to Kai even if he didn't really talk back.

Kai closed his eyes as Alla continued talking. Kai started to feel a bit dizzy. Pictures flashed before his eyes. A cell, blood on the floor, eyes pained and defeated staring at him. A mouth moving, Kai couldn't tell what it was saying, a girl screaming and darkness only darkness. Suddenly the pictures faded away and in front of Kai stood Alla. A younger Alla was screaming, "It was only a wimp".

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Alla looked up when she saw Kai sway and fall forwards.

"Kai," she yelled and grabbed him before he fell on the floor. Alla lowered him to the floor. Kai's face flushed but other than that, he lay motionless on the floor of Alla's apartment.

A/n: Ok that is chapter 12 done and dusted. So please review. I will hopefully be updating soon enough. :D :D :D