Ray's Journal Entry
On the porch, at noon, a week till August 2nd.
Did you know almost everyone thinks I write in Chinese? I stink at Chinese. But I can cook take-out. Bryan likes my take-out. Okay, now for the bad news. Kai has cancer. Never in a million years did I expect to say those three words in one sentence. I mean, Kai can survive anything, so how on earth could he get cancer? I heard from Tyson who heard from Hiro who heard from Tala that it was because of the stress of looking after the Blitzkrieg Boys, and probably a pile up of all the hardships he's gone through.
I thought Tyson was joking when he told me. I mean, he's the type of person that would joke about something even as serious as cancer. But then he said he wasn't, and I could have sworn he was crying. Yes, we have a phone here. It's just a simple payphone; the elders aren't too used to the idea of technology, no matter how primitive it is. Anyway, he told me everything he knew, and it took pretty long, so the rest of the team came, and I relayed everything to them as Tyson told me. Mariah burst into tears the second I told her it was terminal. She respects Kai a lot, maybe even more than me. Lee was too shocked to say anything; I think he still has a thing for Kai, either that or he just looks up to Kai as being the strongest beyblader alive (mentally, physically and otherwise). Kevin is away at school; Gary has gone off to another village to live with his husband.
And then he told me what Spencer was doing for Kai. Mariah was nodding furiously when I asked them if they wanted to go. I was going, that was obvious, you don't just let your captain stay alone when he's sick; but I wanted to know if they were coming. It was unanimous. Well, it was decided very easily, because there's only three of us. But all the same, we're all determined to do our part for Kai and pay him back for all he's done.
Did you know he only joined up for BEGA to destroy it from the inside? And some people had the nerve to think it was just so he could battle Tyson again. Unbelievable. But yeah, Kai knew that if he joined up with us there'd be little chance of him actually succeeding. And even though that part of his plan failed, he was still determined to bring BEGA down. I know that it was partly because he hated Boris to the utmost core, but it was also because of what it threatened to do to beyblading, and what Garland did to Tala. Kai told me a while after that that getting revenge for Tala was what fueled him to come back to us. Well, one of the reasons, anyway.
So in about two day's time I'm flying down to Russia first, to meet up with Spencer and Mr. Dickenson, and then on the day before Kai's birthday Lee and Mariah are coming down. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I know that even F Dynasty is coming down. I'm just hoping they don't bring their circus family. Or even if they are, I just hope there aren't any clowns. Kai hates clowns. He beat up the one at Max's birthday when the clown came up to him when he was leaving on a tiny tricycle. Max still doesn't know what happened to the clown. I think it was stupid to invite one. Either that or the clown was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Right, that's all for now. Ray Khon, Master take-Out Chef, on the porch, done.