Sentimental: GAH! Writer's block went away, but my computer was being a butt and wouldn't let me on for like...2 or 3 or 4 months. I'm SO SORRY! SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSSOSOSOOSO SORRY! ;-;

Story Inspiration: The song Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin

Disclaimer: (eats her computer) It let me write my fics of fandom before those months it died. X3x

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Diary of Ray

Page 4

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"Tala." I glared silently at him as he smirked mischeviously in response. I was grateful that Spencer and Bryan had been hospitalised from food poisoning at the time, and that Tala had been the only one to arrive. But, I was also as squashed as a fly once the two were out of there.

Now, I bet you're curious as to why I'll be as dead as meat once the other two Russians visit, am I right? Well, let's just say sometime before the announcement of the third world championships, I had gone back to Russia with the Blitzkrieg Boys. We lived inside of my grandfather's mansion, seeing as though we dreaded going back to the abbey. One day I had found a video camera, and I decided to go around filming everything as I was bored. Yes, I was bored. You do realize I'm a human too? Anyway, I heard my fellow Russian friends laughing in a room as I passed. Curious as to why they were laughing, I opened the door, and found them dancing around, all wearing a maid's outfit.

I just stood there, dumbstruck. At first they didn't notice me, but when they stopped, their laughter dispersed as they saw me standing in the doorway, video camera in hand. They chased me around the house nearly all day, but when I ran outside, camera still in hand, I hailed for a taxi. It stopped nearly immediately and I hurried myself in. I turned the camera off and looked out the window, Bryan, Spencer and Tala were all glaring at me from the doorway of the house, scared of being humiliated by going any further. They all crawled back inside the house and I told the driver of the taxi to take me to the airport. Granger was going to get an unsuspected visit. I looked back out the window and saw Tala at the doorway again. He flipped me off.

That's pretty much all. I wasn't able to get my stuff, as I was too scared to go back inside that house with three people out to kill me. So once in Japan, I went to the BBA headquarters and asked Mr.D, in the most Kai-like way I could, if he could make the Blitzkrieg Boys send my stuff over, no questions asked. He happily agreed, a bit confused, I could tell, and I soon got my supplies and lived in the Granger's dojo for the time being. Let me tell you, Tyson was not pleased in the least.

So, now you know why I'm going to be brutally murdered in my sleep.

"Just to let you know," I continue to glare at the redhead, although a small smirk crept onto my face,"I lost the camera."

He just raised an eyebrow,"Aah, but you still remember what happened."

"Yes, I do, and it haunts my sleep every night. It won't leave me alone! It's...horrifying." I smirked even more as he frowned, fury buried in his eyes. He snorted.

"I'm not here to kill you anyway...well...not just yet." I just scoffed, pretending to not be scared,"As you know, Mr.D sent us, well me, over here for a little chit-chat about kitty's condition. So that's the only thing really important to me right now. Now c'mon, everyone's probably waiting at the hotel." he brushed past me and I just watched, before slowly following after. The softness in his tone when he talked about 'kitty', was a bit...odd, even for Tala. Now I figured out something new about the redhead.

He cared about Ray.

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"Tala! How've ya been, buddy?" Tyson bombarded out of his seat and nearly hugged said Russian. He quickly stopped himself though, which was disappointing, I wanted to see Ivanov shred that pig to pieces!

Tala merely shrugged in repsonse and sat down on a couch that had nobody on it. I started to lean against the wall, when Tala shifted his eyes toward me, then to the place on the couch beside him. Grunting, I lazily walked my way over and sat by the redhead, facing Mr.Dickenson and the rest of my team.

We sat in silence for a while, nobody knowing how to start off. A sudden shudder next to me forced me to look over. Tala's shoulders were shaking. He was trying not to cry. I looked back at the others, they didn't seem to notice as they stared in different ways, gazing into space. Slowly, I turned back to Tala, and placed my hand on his shoulder. He jumped the slightest bit and looked at me, his expression unreadable, even to me.

"You okay?" I whispered, he nodded and hastily took my hand off his shoulder. He wasn't okay, I knew it, he knew that I knew it, but he wouldn't want to admit it. I didn't push him any farther, he was already mad enough at me as it was. He quickly shook himself away from the emotion taking control, and got straight to business.

"Tell me exactly what happened to Ray." he said coldly, snapping everyone's attention our way.

"Well..." Tyson started, lightly tapping his head as to refresh his memory. "...I can't explain it."

I felt like punching him in the face.

Max sighed and shook his head,"Well, it first started when we stopped at the airport. We were just walking along when, suddenly, a car just whips past us and we find Ray on his knees, shaking. We frantically tried to help him, and we were shocked at what we saw. He was a mess. His hair had been untied from it's wrap, his forehead was scratched and bruised, his was coughing up blood and he just looked...numb. Kai said he was going to be okay after we took him back to the apartment," Tala looked over at me through the corner of his eyes, eyebrows raised,"we cleaned him up and I kept replacing the cloth on his forehead. Suddenly, his eyes shot open and his skin instantly went pale. Ray's eyes were basically white. Tyson got Kai and we phoned the hospital."

Max shuddered as Tala had a few minutes ago,"It seemed as though someone knew what was going on and what was wrong with him, and Ray was sent in a helicopter to Russia. A while later, Mr.D got a phone call, then he called us telling us that Ray had woken up and was fine after three hours of just being gone. We greeted him and he was blind. He said he was able to see though, and when he was going to announce exactly how, he and Kai fainted at nearly the same time." My eyes widened. Damn that Dranzer! Telling me I was asleep when I actually fainted! That bird is going to get a piece of my mind.

"We brought them upstairs and laid them onto a bed. Ray woke up first and decided to go to sleep, but he examined Kai first at his best ability and told us that he was just sleeping at that time. After a while, we all went to bed...But we all woke up when Ray's screams echoed everywhere. Tyson, Mr.D and I ran downstairs into the living room, where we found him, lying on the ground. H-his eyes were completely wh-white..." Max was starting to cry,"a-and...w-we could see e-everything inside...inside of him. H-his muscles...bones, e-everything...T-Tyson w-wen..." his sentence went unfinished as the blonde buried his head onto Grangers shoulder, sobbing hysterically. Tyson just rubbed Max's back, unsure as to what to do.

"Tyson went to get Kai, seeing as though he hadn't come to see what had happened." Mr.Dickenson continued,"Once Tyson and Kai had come to the living room, Tyson fainted nearly instantly, while Kai just stood there. But soon, Kai also fainted, smashing the back of his head on a vase. We took Kai to the hospital, but left Ray in the apartment, since I had been informed that if something horrendous happened to him, I would phone a hospital in Russia and they would pick him up and take care of him. I was skeptical when I did, but we went to visit Kai in the hospital as the helicopter was on its way. After we knew that Kai was going to be okay, we went back to the apartment and checked to see if they had taken Ray...They had. I was still skeptical, so I decided to call you and your team here, Tala...But it is just you at the moment." Mr.D sighed and wiped his eyes, tears starting to form in them. "...Do you know what could be his problem?"

I looked over at Tala, he was looking down, his bangs shading his eyes. But, he slowly looked up, and I knew he was forcing himself not to cry. I was positive he cared about Ray now. "Did they tell you which hospital Ray would be going to?" he asked, ignoring the old man's question.

"Well...er...no."

"Did you use your cellphone to call them?"

"Yes."

"May I see it?"

Mr.Dickenson dug in his pocket, then brought out his cellphone and handed it over to Tala, who nodded as thanks. Tala came over and sat back down beside me, flipping the phone open as he did so. We all waited, watching him as he glared down at the thing in his hands, pressing buttons and checking through everything. He seemed satisfied with something and he clicked another button, then placed the phone to his ear. We heard it ringing. It had rang four times before someone picked up the phone on the other end.

The voice was muffled to us, but by the looks of things, Tala was not pleased at all to who was on the other line. Quickly, he flipped the phone shut and shoved it into Mr.Dickenson's hands, then he abruptly left the room. I got off the couch and followed after him.

"Ivanov, what the hell?" I yelled, as I caught up to him. He had his back to me. I gripped my hands on his shoulders and spun him around,"Ivanov, what was tha..." I was caught off guard by the look upon his face. His eyes were completely dark as his mouth was closed in a precise line.

"T-Tala?" I gaped as he pulled my hands off his shoulder and he turned to walk away. I grabbed his wrist. "Answer me, Ivanov! Something's troubling you big time! Tell me what it is!"

He said nothing, he didn't even turn to face me. "Tala!" I yelled again, running infront of him,"Answer me, goddamn you!" he still said nothing. I gritted my teeth in fury and brought my fist up to hit him. I stopped completely as I noticed a tear streaming down his face. I was unable to move, I was shocked to actually see him cry. I didn't even do anything when Tala hugged me, his tears dampening my shoulder. He still said nothing.

We stood there, just like that, for who knows how long. Tala soon lifted his head and backed away from me, wiping the rest of the tears from his eyes. "Tala," I said firmly, taking a step forward,"what's wrong?"

He looked at me and shuddered again, he didn't say anything. I was about to open my mouth and say something again, when he decided to speak. Those simple words explained the situation enough by themselves.

"He's back."

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Sentimental: Again, I'm so, so, SO SORRY for not updating in forever! And I'm also sorry that this chappy was shortish and that it only mainly contained explanations which we already know about! ;-;

Nyeeeah. (drowns herself in...chocolate)