A.N. -

So I know what I'm going to do with this story, every other chapter it's going to switch between pov's. Only if absolutely necessary will I mess with the order. So since we were with Kai last time, we're going to be with Kira. Got it, . . . Good. :3

I'm so sorry it was such a late updating. I couldn't get back on the computer and get on the internet cause it caught a Trojan or something and my mom needed to go get the security stuff so that I could clean it and get back to business. :3 So, sorry. Oh also, I noticed this I kind of made it hard to tell the difference between thoughts and the new found bond speak, so I cleared that up! X)

So just bare with me, kind of slow but it should heat up a little in the end. Things are discovered and a certain some one, some one pops up. I really like him so have no fear, everything will turn out for the better, . . .maybe . .

P.S. - Special thanks to The-Covenant-of-marauders-, and thanks to all who favorited this story, makes feel all happy inside. Critical up build and creative responses welcome.

Anyway, onward with the story.

Legend -

"talking"

Bond Speak

'thoughts'

Kira's POV -

The journey back home was very dull to say the least. We came out the same way we got in only on another side of town and took the long way back.

Kai was whining, . . .as usual. ~For the love of god, shut up!~, I sent over the newfound bond we shared.

He was going on and on about how we should have never gone to Mission City , and how his feet hurt from the long walk so early. Kai was never a morning person, . . .even though it was the afternoon since we had to take the long way.

A wave of annoyance washed over me, ~I'll shut up when we get back home and I can get off my feet!~

I rolled my eyes and kept on going, female, I thought.

"I heard that!", he said out loud. I so got to get use to this new bond thing.

We were just now entering the town we call home. It was a somber town with its occasional excitements from the everyday city life. We passed multiple police squads and even military, we kept to the shadows and back roads to avoid any quarrels if they were still looking for us from before.

We crossed a small market place with stalls out, and tons of people, bustling around trying to get ready for the new work day. Passing a fruit stand I easily swiped two oranges and tossed one to Kai who started to unpeel it ravagely.

~Thanks~, he sent to me. I just gave him a head nod. ~So what are we gonna do now. I mean, its kind of obvious they're going to be looking for us.~

I snatched a newspaper from another stand, ~I don't know but its to late to think of a way of stopping them.~. I showed him the front page. ~They already sent it out.~

The front page had a blurred picture of me and my brother running through one of the streets of the desolated city, taken from a street camera. There were multiple arrest orders given to the public, I growled inwardly causing Kai to flinch.

"What?", I asked.

"Nothing. I just wasn't expecting that. Forgot I can feel your emotions. But isn't it just cool? This, this mind thing. Weird but interesting in the least."

"Yeah, but we got more urgent matters to attend to.", I pointed out. Two cops were showing the picture of us to some of the market men who just shrugged and the cops kept going.

I pulled Kai behind a farmer's booth and we waited until the cops passed before sneaking our way out. "Well this sucks.", Kai said annoyed.

"Tell me about it.". We continued trudging through the market square getting a few questioning glances and skeptical looks. ~Maybe we shouldn't be out here right now~, he sent to me. I felt his anxiousness along with his evermore caution. I felt the same way.

"You're right.", I said turning abruptly down another street causing Kai to play catch up. ~Why do you keep doing that.~

~Habit, I guess.~, I replied being entirely honest. I was nervous about every moving thing, as we stopped at a crosswalk we waited impatiently for the light to go green. As cars whipped past us I saw more and more people head for this cross-walk, it made me antsy.

People were congregating around the both of us also waiting, but the thing that got me were the constant whispers. I was ignoring them, trying to act normal to an extent, until I heard a not so "quiet" person. He was staring dead at me from my peripheral vision, but I saw him quite clearly.

"Hey, aren't those the kids on the loose. I heard there's a reward for their taking in."

'Oh no.' , I thought.

Kai turned and gave me a questioning glance. I tried to reassure him over our bond but it wasn't going to well. I tried to tell him it was alright and to relax but he kept pressing me.

A heavy hand rested on my shoulders and my eyes flew open. ~Run!~, I yelled.

I immediately grabbed Kai and took my chances with the traffic and incoming cars. With a startled yelp from Kai we dodged honking vehicles by ducking and weaving our way through. I turned just in time to see a bright silver flash heading straight for us at incredible speeds.

Out of pure instinct I pushed my twin unto the other side of the street and crouched down into a fatal position, hands over my head, as if that would do anything, waiting for the intense pain and sweet death to hit me.

Loud car screeches, tire squeals, and the all to noticeable smell of burnt rubber filled the air and then it all went quiet. Peeking through one of my eyes they widened in sheer shock. My hands were trembling so hard I barely had any control.

I was face-to-face with a shiny grill of the silver sports car that by mere inches almost killed me!

"Are you mental fleshy!", it screeched at me.

My jaw dropped in hysteria, did that car just talk, no. It was the man driving the car, . . .I hoped. People were shrieking everywhere and Kai ran over to me and helped me to my feet.

I got a good look at the car, it was a sleek looking silver corvette model and had a weird symbol etched to the front of the grill instead of the normal indicating the car company. The driver's door flipped up and he slipped halfway out the car and our eyes met.

He was lean looking with a masculine build, shaggy hair and the most soul piercing blue eyes I have ever seen, they even look like they were glowing. He would have looked like the best guy I've ever met if he wasn't glaring a hole into my skull.

"Are you that stupid to run into the street blindly! I swear its like you don't use the small part of your brain you can actually utilize!"

Kai glared at him, "Move around, jerk!"

The man just glared back and settled his gaze on me, I was still in shock and my mind was on overdrive. This car, . . .or man was giving me this funny feeling in the back of my mind. Something was seriously wrong.

I gave a somewhat bow and a 'sorry' before grabbing a hold of Kai again and disappearing into the large crowd developing, leaving the man and his car in utter confusion.

~What was that all about! You could have been killed!~, Kai sent to me.

~Those people were onto us, I'm sorry I reacted on impulse.~

We pushed through groups of people not caring what happened to them in our haste to get as far as possible from the accident. Looking back I was relieved too see that no one came running after us, and that car was no where in sight.

It was only a lone police car facing dead at us. Inside there was a young looking man staring straight at us without relent. A cold shiver ran down my spine as I stared back.

The soft lights from inside the car gave him a deathly glow. His gaze was piercing my body and going straight down to my soul, spreading unwanted chills throughout my whole body.

Kai turned around also trying to figure out why I stopped moving. He glared daggers back at the cop, and I felt him tense, ready to run at the slightest disturbance.

~Come on.~, he sent to me, already tugging at my arm. I followed him nonetheless stealing a few quick glances behind me to see the cop following my every move.

As we progressed we slowly started to see the changes in city life around us. We were no longer in the clean, litter-enforced city but now we were trudging through the slums.

As the sun started to leisurely dip behind the horizon night life awakened once more. Men and women huddled near barrel fires and others started to curl up under blankets and newspapers.

Gangs were already at it, it amazed me how me and my brother weren't targets yet.

We went in deeper and stopped when we saw the familiar factory doors. Ever since we were casted from society we needed some place to stay.

Entering through a small hole off to the side, we went down a couple halls before turning into a large spaced out room, turning on the lights to be greeted by a familiar site.

Home, sweet home. Pft.

Kai went straight for the mattress we scavenged and plopped down, sending a big plume of dust into the air.

Ignoring him I walked on over to the large chest in the left corner of the spacious room. Opening it I immediately dove for the change of clothes I had.

They weren't new if that's what your thinking, far from it, but I do take pride in how clean I actually got them with constant washing. Boy would I kill for a shopping spree.

I picked up the half shattered mirror up from the floor and looked at my reflection. The reflection of a princess, I thought sarcastically.

I looked back at Kai thinking he heard my thoughts again. To my relief he was already sleeping. To tired to even care, I mused.

I quickly slipped into the cleaner clothes and discarded my old ones in a box for later washing. Remembering the wound I got from earlier last night when I was shot, I ripped away the bloodied cloth, my eyes went wide.

"What the hell?", I muttered probing the area. It was scarier then I thought. There was no wound.

How could that be? I know I was injured. I wrapped up the wound myself. Even the blood on the used cloth was proof enough, only there was nothing there.

Poking at the smooth patch of skin I pulled my fingers away when it flashed a dull blue and a light electric shock pulsed through my hand. I was still staring shockingly at the healed flesh. That's not ok, I thought.

My musings were cut short when my stomach growled, . . .loud.

I let out a stressed sigh, thinking if we should try our chances outside at a time like this for some scavenging. I could hear the varying gunshots ringing off in the distance. We haven't really eaten anything but an orange or two here and there. It was good, but little intervals of food takes its toll on a girl.

Pushing those horrible thoughts away I stood and walked over to Kea's sleeping form. I stood there for a moment before shoving him harshly in the side with my foot.

He jumped from the sudden assault and glared at me with so much hatred. "What.", he ground out.

I ignored his childish no-sleep act, "Come on, we need to find some type of food before we turn in. At least try that is."

He groggily got to his feet and pushed me aside grumbling about inconsiderate siblings and their ever need for food. I rolled my eyes.

"I just scavenged that grocery bag of food remember? You were holding it last night.", I didn't answer. "Well, . . .what'd ya' do with it?", he tried more forcefully.

"I lost it when we split up after getting chased by those military men.", I said, wincing at the obvious mistake I made. Life was tough as it is without me screwing up our survival, even in the slightest.

He closed his eyes trying to understand and seem reasonable, but deep down in my heart I felt the anger and resentment he felt towards me right now. I couldn't even blame him.

Finally he let his shoulders slump in defeat trying his hardest not to yell at me, it wasn't like it was going to improve his or my situation. "Come on. We might find something around here, but you of all people know already, food is the scarcest thing around these parts."

I followed him out our room and crawled through the hole and prepared to face the world, again. It was horrible over here, but us together, we were easily able to fight it off. Whoever came up with the saying, 'It's a cruel world out there', couldn't have been more right.

We were heading back to the city limits, nothing edible could ever be found around these parts, but something kept on nagging at the back of my mind. Like something was seriously wrong, like I was, . . .in danger.

I passed the feeling off as just being hungry from going several days without hardly any food. But moments later it was there again, causing the hairs on my neck to stand straight up.

Looking behind me I immediately noticed the car sitting on the curb from before, the same black and white saleen mustang. I froze in fear, did he follow me and my brother trying to also turn us in, but the cop himself was no where to be seen.

Just an empty cop car.

Kai noted my uneasiness and turned around. He froze up as well. "We better move while the cop is gone.", Kai muttered to me. I gave him a sharp nod and we moved silently down the street before taking a left down another, keeping our eyes peeled for the roaming cop.

We were halfway down the block when we heard loud crunching noises coming from behind us, and we both turned. We watched silently as that same mustang slowly turned the corner behind us, menacingly, and continued to slowly roll towards us crushing the loose gravel on the pavement.

Where was the driver, I thought a million times in my head as it continued the silent drive. Fear was sent through the bond as Kai was the first to gain his senses, he grabbed my hand pulling me down the street as we ran.

The car started its engine with a loud roar and bright lights illuminated our path as the car sped towards us. Looking back I saw that the car was only a few feet away and at the last possible moment I was jerked to the side into a thin alley watching the cop car fly past.

Kai had a look of pure horror on his face as we tried to catch our breath. "What the hell!"

"I don't know! How was it driving?", I nearly screamed.

Loud sirens filled the air and started to grow louder as our stalker sped towards us. "We gotta go!", I yelled.

With that said we took off down the alley, tripping over a few boxes and trash bins, but nothing was going to stop us. We dashed down a main street when we heard a speeding car whip around a corner.

I stole a glance back to see the mustang closing in on us, his lights taunting me by playing menacing shadows on the buildings around. We ran as fast as our legs could carry us, but exhaustion from malnutrition and sleep started to take its toll as we visibly slowed down.

A horrible robotic chuckle rang through the air as we tried our best to keep going.

We crossed a large intersection when a loud metal crash stopped us dead in our tracks. Turning we saw the cop car halfway in an abandoned building flipped up on its roof and a yellow Ferrari with tons of scratches and dents varying on its side from where the collision was.

A strange sound resonated from the mustang and my eyes widened with disbelief. Metal pieces slid out of place only for others to take its spot, and before I knew, recognizable things started forming, such as arms, legs, . . .a head.

Right after the police cruiser changed the yellow one followed suit. Now I know this was impossible, yet, two huge, homicidal robots were circling around each other in a death match right before my very eyes.

The once police car kept looking at me then back to the yellow robot, his crimson red eyes filled with lust, . . .for blood.

"Cool.", I heard. I whipped to face my brother and glared. He gave me a 'I didn't do anything', face.

Looking back up I watched the black one pull out some weird chain with a thousand death blades on it as they spun menacingly at the yellow bot.

The black one struck the yellow one hard and sent him sprawling into another desolated building. But as soon as he was down, he was back up with a weird looking gun that extended from his fore-arm and fired.

The shot rang through out the air and the black one was sent flying with a loud roar. Then all hell broke loose. Shots were exchanged from both sides and I didn't know which one I should be more afraid of. Oh well, I'll just settle for both.

I ran when I noticed the shots were getting closer and closer to me and I ran to the other side when a large piece of debris was thrown my way from an explosion.

I hid behind a large chunk of concrete as explosions washed me with heat. But something was wrong, so wrong.

Looking around dread filled me. Where was Kai?

Adrenaline filled me all over as I frantically searched for my missing sibling amongst the torn concrete. The robots where getting closer as the yellow one was being pushed back from the fire.

Then my eyes landed on the small lump of flesh in the middle of the street beneath a whole pile of rubble. "Kai!". Jumping up and over my temporary haven I dashed for him.

Reaching him I noted the large piece of concrete trapping him from escape. "Help me push this off."

Without any hesitation I tried with all my strength to lift it off of him but to no avail. "Its too heavy!"

"Well, try harder!", I grunted hard as I tried and tried to lift the obstacle off. A loud sound of a gun going off made me whip my head around just in time to see the bright, red ball of fire hurtling towards me.

The yellow bot saw it to as he had a look of fear and anger written on his face, looking at me he tried to intercept the shot but was no where near us to even begin to help.

I grabbed Kai by the hem of his torn shirt and closed my eyes, wishing that this wouldn't be the end. Then it hit me.

I had the feeling of being weightless and everything was white around me followed by a sudden rush of wind.

I hit the ground hard, broken bits of glass penetrating my skin as I groaned from the pain. What the hell happened now, I thought. Risking it, I opened my eyes and rolled over getting cut by a few stray pieces of glass.

Everything was quiet as I looked up. Both robots were staring at me as if I was the devil himself. Then the black one spoke up, disgust and venom dripping off his words. "You pieces of Auto-scrap will NOT have it!"

Throwing himself at the yellow mech, who growled his challenge, they started to brawl in hand to hand combat. I watched on, wide-eyed before snapping out of it, a tugging feeling on my heart. It was weird to say the least but I felt it, nonetheless.

Another groan caught my attention immediately as I saw Kai laying a few feet away from me, covered in blood and dirt. "What the heck was that."

No time for explaining now, heck, I didn't even know what happened, but I wasn't about to question it if it saved our lives.

Grabbing Kai by his collar I hauled him to his feet and tried to avoid the constant fire and explosions raging from the two fighting death robots.

'Stupid, stupid, stupid! I just had to be hungry! Then, we wouldn't be in this mess!', I thought completely annoyed with this scenario.

An explosion rang off to close to my right and something large started to crumble. Looking up, me and Kai watched horrified as the nearest building was toppling over on us. Bricks and dust flying everywhere.

Without me even really noticing what happened, Kai left my grasp and stood protectively in front of me hands raised in the air.

Everything happened in slow motion as two small balls of blue light and energy dropped from his palms only to spread out in a thin layer with blue electricity going through it.

The building completely collapsed on us and I held Kai as tight to me as physically possible, praying to whatever god was there to hear me, to let us be ok.

Darkness washed over me behind my clenched eyelids before it was replaced by constant glows of red and orange. Throwing my eyes open I watched horrified as shot after shot from the black monster blasted the shield Kai was somehow creating.

Kai gasped from each burst but tried his hardest to keep it up but ended up losing the battle. It flickered out with an electric hiss and one last glowing shot was fired at us.

It had noting to stop it as it exploded right in front of us. Tremendous heat washed over me and blew my hair back before me and Kai were completely blown away.

I landed hard on something and felt a sharp wave of pain wash up my side. Why was this all happening? And how did we get into this mess?

I couldn't move my body but I ran my fingers across my side and lifted them to my face. Blood was everywhere on my hand. I was dying. I had to be, my vision was blinking in and out and I didn't know how much longer I could hold up.

But I felt this scared longing in my heart again, it was Kai. I looked up slightly just in time to see the same silver corvette that almost ran me over earlier stop dead in front of me.

My vision blurred tremendously before blacking out leading me into a numb embrace.

But I could have sworn that the sleek, silver car just transformed.

A.N. -

So what'd ya'll think? Huh, huh, huh! Plz review you guys it gives me that push to go on.

=^-^=, kitty out.