Chapter 9
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Chapter 9
Emily leaned back against a pale marble wall with her arms crossed and a crabby look on her freckled teen face. Rick beside her with a similar peeved expression and their expensive American bought bags by his feet.
Emily York was now a superstar in the female tennis competitions. She was 18 years old, taller, bigger busted, sexy by anyone's standards but still the same freckled, hot headed data freak. She wore pure white trainers, white socks half way up her legs, a leaf green miniskirt, green fingerless gloves, yellow tank top and an open light-grey hoodie with the PPB Allstarz logo on the shoulders. Her Ginger hair was styled the same as the years before and her eyes were still electric blue.
"Heya Emily, How good to see you after all this time" Blushed Max with a huge but cute grin on his face. His hair wavy, soft and well… blonde. He straightened himself up and coolly put his hands in his pockets.
"Hey Max, how are you? And you Tyson? Daichi?" Emily asked trying not to let her irritable mood show.
"I'm Good I guess" Tyson quibbled. She just sighed with boredom. He couldn't believe how much she had grown over the past years. Certain features caught his eye. He thought to himself "No wonder Max enjoys seeing his mom, he gets to spend time with Emily too" Tyson then cursed his own perverted thoughts and snapped back to reality.
Max started. "And you Rick. How's you? Errrrr" The blonde noticed how displeased the Rock Bison wielder looked. His eyebrows fused and bushy, his arms crossed tightly.
Rick Anderson, a back street beyblader from the Bronx. Not much was known about Rick other than his love for obnoxious garage music and African-American heritage, plus his Rock Bison bitbeast of course. He was well muscled and his grey hair scuffed back into a spiky ponytail. He wore baggy white tracksuit bottoms, white trainers, a black tank top and a dark blue hooded jacket with white sleeves and black cuffs. His trademark Sony stereo was sat by his feet and for the time being… switched off.
"I take it the flight didn't go well?"
"Ever heard of jetlag?" snapped Rick sarcastically.
"Yeah we used to get it a lot. I find a good meal always helps" Grinned Tyson as he flicked his cap.
"Oh umm shall we go. I'm sure we can rustle up some lunch for you when we get back to Tysons, you'll feel a lot better" Chirped Max.
Rick just rolled his eyes and Emily quite liked the idea of food. She always was a great lover of Sushi.
The gang headed off. The two Americans gathered their luggage and proceeded to follow the Japanese boys out. Tyson and Daichi led the way and Max walked inbetween the newcomers. Rick had his stereo cradled by his head with one hand and the other side held the weight of his bag strap. Emily did so in the same manner but under the other arm was an ominous silver metal briefcase.
"So you got the goods Emily?" said Max with a slightly serious tone and his eyes fixated on the shiny object.
"Yep safe and sound Max. We're gunna have to tweak it to Japanese settings but that shouldn't take long at all. Judy ran me through what I have to do"
"How is my Mom? She ok?"
"Judy says she's sorry she couldn't make it but will contact us the second she's free, she's busy but she misses you" Said Emily tenderly. She gave Max a reassuring look; the young Tate boy just grinned sweetly back at her.
"So how are we getting back to yours Tyson" Emily yelled to the bey-champ
Tyson didn't hear her.
"Tyson! Don't ignore me!"
"TYSON!" The blunette stopped and spun on his feet
"Tyson I was asking you a question!"
"Sorry Emily I was off in my own little world again" Tyson nervously scratched his head.
He was thinking about Kai.
After hustling their way past queues and through a hectic sea of travellers they finally made it outside. The boys plus Miss York had found their way to a busy taxi rank where a special BBA minibus was waiting, courtesy or Mr Dickenson himself. The troop seated and buckled themselves in for the short journey ahead. In silence the busy metropolis if Japan whizzed past their windows, the strong sun radiating through its panes, half blinding them. The day was clear with blue skies, an idyllic atmosphere.
29minutes later
The minibus softly halted just steps away from the entrance to the Granger residence. Tyson. Max, Rick and Emily began to arouse themselves from the doziness of the warm and comfy drive. From the minibus they could see his path covered in golden leaves, the small fish pond with its ornamental waterfall and smooth stone edges. And the dojo, a traditional and well kept Japanese home complete with a bamboo wind chime hanging by the sliding front door.
The two Americans had never stayed in a traditional Japanese home before, it was always hotels with western style settings and furnishings. They peered at the Japanese home in anticipation.
Tyson was the first to bounce off the bus, followed by Daichi, then Max, Emily and then Rick. They were handed their luggage by the driver who soon sped off to his next assignment.
"Well Emily… Rick this is it… my dojo. If you need anything just ask. Kay."
The Quad of Bladers traipsed through the inch high blankets of leaves and approached the doors.
The bey- champ ruthlessly slammed the sliding doors open and yelled.
"Im back!! URHHHH??????? Mariah!! Lee??" he squealed with complete surprise and stepped backwards almost falling back on Daichi.
"What's up Tyson what's all the shouting about" Daichi then shoved Tyson out the way using his elbow as a jabbing tool.
Tyson, Daichi and the American duo stood with their jaws agape at the sight before them.
"Hehe Heya buddy wanna play"
The trio of white tigers plus Hilary were tightly locked in a game of Twister with party music playing in the back ground. Rays body was bent over backwards, Mariah's legs were twisted around Hilary's body with only her hands balancing on two blue circles, Lee was balancing on one leg and one arm crab-like and Hilary had one knee on a red circle and her head was one the green.
"Emily heheh how nice to see you" grinned Mariah as sweetly as she could. A sweat-drop present.
"Erhhhhh you too Mariah, you look …well" replied the tennis champ with an even bigger sweat-drop.
Rick didn't even know what to say.
Tyson looked in pure shock, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"This is crazy guys, I haven't seen you in over 3 years and all of a sudden you're in my living room playing TWISTER. Of all things!"
"Yeah weird eh Tyson?" Chuckled Hilary.
Grandpa Granger appeared from the kitchen doorway wearing a novelty apron of a sexy female body with her breasts out and a large wooden spoon in one hand.
"Food's done peeps! come and GET IT!!!!!"
The tangy, spicy, sweet aroma of Chinese food and the hot scent of soy sauce gripped their nostrils and their stomachs began to wildly growl.
"Oh man I'm starving" Yelled Tyson. He flicked his shoes off in any old manner and ran for the table. Daichi competitively chased after him. That food was theirs for the taking. Then came the door way and like a car jam they got stuck between the doorframe.
"Outta the way Daichi, that foods MINE" Grunted Tyson aggressively
"No way Tyson, I'm still growing, ME FIRST" Barked Daichi trying to use his elbow to lever himself forward.
Rick and Emily respectfully removed their shoes and took a good look round in doing so. Japanese homes were so ornamental and plain compared to western homes. Neat tidy and clean with oriental paper sliders and paintings hung on the wall.
"Thank you Mr Granger sir" Mariah bowed in respect. Lee quickly did the same.
"HAHAH I'll have none of that here me homies! Just relax and chill while ya here."
The two Chinese newcomers blushed and grinned wildly with gratitude and headed for the table. Rick and Emily dropped their bags neatly by the door and followed suit.
The dinner table was overcrowded to say the least. The light brown wooden table was built for large families of 8. So trying to fit three more around it was a bit of a task.
Like swine's squeezed around a trough, the gang ferociously attacked the giant Japanese and Chinese mixed buffet.
Emily enjoyed her sushi dish, Rick attacked some Chinese spare ribs in sauce, Tyson ate everything his fork could pierce, Daichi copied Tyson but had to push himself that little bit further and take bigger bites just to prove a point that he was indeed better than his best friend. Max enjoyed his pancake rolls with rice with a thick 2cm deep coating of mustard. Hilary picked at her food like the little lady she was and Kenny engulfed one dumpling after another. Ray, Mariah and Lee tucked into some rice and fish cakes with a prawn side dish. Grandpa Granger hoofed down anything the ravenous teens hadn't devoured the second the plates hit the table. But unfortunately had the same immature and revolting table habits his grandson possessed. Like belching at the table and talking loudly with his mouthful.
"So what you kids been yup to these days?" scoffed Grandpa Granger abruptly whist sticking another sweet dumpling down his neck.
"Well…" Emily started "I'm one of Americas top female tennis players now. Ive won 3 gold cups this season" She smirked pigheadedly.
Rick rolled his eyes. He thought "How long are you going to keep bragging." He copied her voice in his head but higher pitched "I'm one of Americas top tennis players yadaa yadda yadda. Lately I've been Judy's Guinea pig. If she needs something tested then I put it against my Rock Bison. To date not much she's produced can withstand a match with my beyblade but then again, not much can" He boasted, then carried on eating.
"We've been training kids how to beyblade back in our home town" revelled the pinkette. Ray just smiled charmingly at her.
"The kids back home have been asking about you Ray, they miss you"
"They aren't the only ones that miss you dude" Lee warmly retorted with a cat-like smile.
Lee had just finished swallowing his last mouthful of fishcake.
"So what's the world Champion beyblader been doing with himself?"
Tyson had a face full of Chinese prawnballs and was physically too over filled to breathe let alone speak, the prawns juices dribbling down his chin. Having completely missed his chance to talk, Hilary politely butted in.
"We've not done much, college work, chores, and teaching kids at the new BBA training grounds. We haven't trained much though. We were only told about the world championships the day before Kai…" with that name her auburn eyes lowered.
There was an awkward silence in the room as Tyson's chopsticks stopped moving and ceased his feasting. Ray and Mariah and Lee looked at each other with discomfort and Emily and Rick felt the same.
The Chief as he was known coughed to clear his throat. Then he boldly stood up from the table.
"I'm ready when you are Emily" he said with gritted determination.
Tyson peered up to the stumpy brunette he so often took for granted.
"Good old Kenny." Tyson respectfully thought.
Kenny nodded at Tyson as if to say "leave it to me, I wont let you down"
Tyson was deeply touched and thankfully nodded back.
Once diner was eaten and the dishes were washed, dried and put away, the crusade of beybladers settled in the front room and patiently waited for Emily to get started. Ray, Mariah and Lee sat in a line (Ray in the middle) with their backs against the wall and legs crossed. The neko-jins talked about all the recent happening of their village and any gossip from either continent.
Emily seated herself elegantly cross-legged in the middle of the tatami-mat floor. She flicked open the catches on the shimmering silver briefcase and gently too out its contents. It looked much like a laptop but with a weird satellite dish attached.
"Whatcha gunna do on that Emily haha, what TV. You aren't gunna catch Sex and the City or Gossip Girl on that"
"You gunna mock this block head? If it's no help to you then I suppose Ill just pack it away and you can find Kai on foot. Is that what you want?"
Tyson began waving his hand apologetically. "Sorry Emily, Gomenasai!"
"No Tyson, I wanna hear. I'm very sorry Queen Emily"
Tyson looked at her in silence with a cocked eyebrow.
"Only kidding" She chirped flirtatiously
Max, Daichi, Hilary and Tyson bundled around them with anticipation and curiosity. Rick stood with his arms crossed up behind them with a half interested expression. Emily played with this thing pretty much everyday for the past week and the sight of it was nothing new.
"Ok Kenny, plug this in for me."
"Sure thing"
He plugged the chord into the power supply in a far wall and crawled back over to Emily as fast as his knees could manage. He then closely perched next to her.
"Hey Ginger, so how does this actually work? And try to make it simple" Quizzed Daichi. Having lived in a little village in the middle of the mountains, technology was a bit alien, getting to grips with a mobile phone was hard enough.
"Basically Guys… Each of out bitbeasts has a kind of signature depending on its power reading and strength. That signature is picked up by our camera on a satellite in space which then sends details of its whereabouts to this laptop. But this is no ordinary laptop. This actually sends the seeker signals out all over the world and once it finds the bitbeast with the right signature that I specify, it bounces up to the satellite and then back down to me with its location. It's all a bit technical but that's the gist."
"Simple enough for you ?…Wittle Douchi" She'd made a mental note of his "ginger" comment and decided a bit of patronizing was in order.
Her fingers methodically and with precision tapped away much the same as Kenny did when he was on a roll. The loud typing of specifications and endless codes and numbers could be heard all over the room. The tracking device made little computer like beeps and bings as she accessed the different networks and little lights started to flicker on the dishes base.
"Hey Guys what's happening?"
"Tyson just give us a minute. Were just readjusting it to Japanese settings and realigning the search ranges."
"Oh Tyson, just let them do what they have to." Scolded Max.
"Yeah have a little faith" Hilary winked.
"Ok Kenny, were all set to go" The freckled Emily exclaimed.
A pop up stated
"Begin scan"
This is it guys… SCAN….
Emily turned round to face the others. She locked her fingers together and clicked them to release the tension.
"This usually takes a little while so we'll just have to wait. I've requested the whereabouts for Kai's bitbeast Dranzer, its searching all over the world for Dranzers unique signature"
Seconds past in silence…
"wwwwaahhhhhhh Come on" Tyson said, flustered. Wringing his cap into a bent up roll.
"You have to be patient with these things Tyson" Max said. There's nothing we can do my friend so we have to just keep our cool ok."The blonde responded. He was more nervous than impatient.
Draciel's master had so many things on his mind.
"Man I have so many if's going around my head. What if that thing doesn't work?, What if it doesn't find the right bitbeast. I'm worried how Tyson's gunna take it and even more importantly what If Kai's in real bad trouble. We've just been riding on this gadget for hope when we could have been doing something else to help find him. What if Kai's running out of time?"
Lee started. "So Ray…Kenny tells me that you think it's Biovolts misdeeds again."
"Yeah that's right. We found a dart in an alleyway near where Kai was last spotted on CCTV. It had Biovolts emblem on it." Ray replied, trying to keep his voice out of Tysons range.
"Damm crooks, I mean how many times is that man going to get away with stuff like this" cried Mariah.
"The last two times was bad enough, but kidnapping…, that's on a whole new level even for the likes of Boris." Whispered Lee.
"What could he be up to?" the said female Neko-jin
"I don't know Mariah. What even worse is that the Blitzkreig boys have been missing too. The same dart was apparently found at their house."
"Could Boris want them for ransom?"
"Not a clue Lee… I wish I knew" Ray pouted with anguish.
Hilary stared transfixed on the laptop-thingy's screen.
"Come on baby, have a little hope is what my mother always says." Hilary squeezed on a large handful of her pink knee length skirt and prayed.
Scanning……scanning……………………….bing
A pop up came onscreen
BITBEAST FOUND
The laptop/bitbeast tracking thingy had everyone's attention. Immediately Kenny and Emily began deciphering away at its results.
The three White-tigers crept closer. Rick bent forward for a closer look, Max, Hilary and Tyson all touched heads above the Whiz kid duo trying to get a good look despite not understanding a lot of the codes.
"Bitbeast Found"
This is it guys…
"Co-ordinates guys. We have a confirmed location." Like a kid a Christmas, Kenny squealed with Excitement!!
"No way!! Chief. Reallly!! Oh WOW guys this is amazing"
Kenny reached for his trusty laptop which sat beside him.
"Dizzy. wake up… Open google Earth now!!"
"Yawwwwnnn oh oh ok Chief. Right away Captain Chief Sir" Dizzy then made her own computer bleeps and clicks.
"Righto Chief, Here ya go."
Kenny then typed like mad for a few seconds.
"Wait up guys… almost there..."
The whole room was silent. Anticipation stunned the air like an electric charge and everyone bit their lips and held their breath. Except for Tyson who twisted his cap into an even tighter roll, being a miracle if it returns to its original shape. And Hilary who continued to grip a small section of her skirt tightly; causing it to wrinkle.
"Oh my Gosh. Guys…Kai's in Russia… at Biovolt." Kenny exclaimed.
"See we knew it all along! We've been wasting time sitting here when we knew in our hearts they were in Russia." Tyson yelled angrily.
"Ok Tyson just cool it for a second" Said Max, trying his best to contain Tyson's temper.
"Ok so what now?" retorted Rick plainly with his arms still crossed.
The whole room was in an up roar of surprise, excitement and fear.
"Oh Mann how are we gunna tackle Boris?" Whimpered Hilary, still clutching onto her skirt.
"At least we know where he is now and we can begin to make plans" Comforted Mariah. She took Hilary's hands and held them with a courageous smile".
"Yeah Boris wont know what's hit him" Snapped Hilary back to her usual enthusiastic self.
"I say we call the police" Said Ray
"and then Mr D." finished Tyson
"I'll get the phone." Max felt so relieved.
"Thanks Mom. Because of you, we know where Kai is now and we can finally make our moves, thankyou Mom"
Tyson unfolded his cap and began returning it too its original shape. Although wrinkled it popped back into shape pretty well. He replaced it back on his head and smiled triumphantly.
"Great, we know where you are Kai, were on our way pal" He scratched his top lip with a finger went to thank Emily.
"Hey Emily, I wanna thank…"
"Hey GUYS!!" yelled Max. Max's voice was filled with deep seriousness and urgency.
Max ran into the living room with a deeply worried expression on his face.
"Max… whatzup buddy" Tyson frowned with concern.
"Tyson…I've just picked up the phone to dial for the police and your phone lines been cut."
Tyson marched over to Max with quick angry strides.
"What do you mean, cut?"
Tyson marched over to his phone station and as the blonde said. The line connecting the landline to the phone had been cut.
Ray appeared from behind and picked up the severed ends.
"This has been cut by a sharp blade… a beyblade?."
"RAY!! "Mariah called in a panicked tone.
TYSON!! MAX!! Get in here! Ordered Emily.
The trio of Bladebreakers rushed in. A dark grey beyblade was sat spinning dangerously in the middle of the floor.
"Its just crashed through your wall man" Exclaimed Lee.
"It nearly hit me" whimpered Emily.
The blade then smashed another hole through Tyson's wall and out into the garden.
It came from outside. Whosever's controlling it is outside!"
"You coming Daichi?" yelled Tyson.
"Yeah right behind ya Tyson" replied Daichi.
"Tyson wait!!" yelled Emily.
"Grrr Idiot!
Max, Ray, Mariah, Lee, Rick and Emily all readied their beyblades in their launchers and rushed outside. Kenny stayed and guarded the precious technology and quivered.
"Whos out here!!!!"
"Yeah come out ya chicken"
"Hey where are ya. Come out unless ya scared of losing"
"The beybade was no where to be seen, not a blader around. It was getting dark outside and the sun was setting."
The group of eight bladers stood with their launchers ready and eyes hunting for a target. A minute or so passed and… nothing.
"Who ever they were they're gone now"
"Lets turn back, we don't wanna leave Kenny on his own for too long"
"Hey Tyson whats that on your porch"
A black envelope…
Tyson begins to march over to it. Ray gets infront of him and pushes him back.
"Wait Tyson, let me."
"Ray… whatzup? Whats the matter with you"
"It could be a trap and I'm more careful than you"
Tyson huffed. "But he's right"
Ray cautiously picked the black envelope up and looks inside it.
"Guys… It's a CD."
"Hey guys. Did you find them? Who shot that beyblade?" Kenny quaked
"Urhh What you got there?"
"Here Emily, Play it."
Emily inserted it into her laptop.
Open…
File open…
"It's a video file"
Emily looked around at all the other guys. Their faces were grim.
PLAY…
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