Hey all readers. I think it's obvious that the names of the Bladebreakers in this story are not mine. However, Sam Coredori and her bitbeast Drazema. Along with the team the Carnivora Catz and their bitbeasts are all mine so please don't take them without my position. Thanks bb4564

Chapter 18 – Mistaken Identity!

Kai heard a knock at the door and groaned. "Is it too much to ask for ten minutes of peace?!" He grumbled to himself, pushing himself off the couch where he'd been relaxing. Sam had left only twenty minutes ago and already he was being interrupted! The sound at the door became louder and he rolled his eyes. "I'm coming!" He snapped and the continuous knocking.

Just then a small scream sounded at the other end of the door just as Kai reached it followed by a 'thud' and the sound of running feet. Kai threw open the door and saw someone running down the hall and disappearing around the corner. It was then that he looked down.

There lying face down on the floor was a girl with long black hair. Kai's heart stopped for a moment at the thought that it was Sam, but it was then that he noticed this girl was smaller then Sam and was wearing different clothes too. Sam had been dressed in a blue jacket over a black shirt and jeans. This girl was wearing a purple jumper over a pink shirt and jeans. But other then this, the resemblance was uncanny.

'A mini Sam?' he thought, bending down to check on the girl. 'Great! There's two of them!' On closer inspection, he noticed the girl was unconscious, a bleeding scratch on her head above her eye, which was slowly starting to bruise. As he rolled the girl over to check her pulse, he swore he had seen her before, but he couldn't remember where. Knowing he couldn't leave her out in the hall, he carefully picked her up and laid her on the couch before getting a cold, damp cloth to place on her forehead.

Realising there wasn't anything else he could do, Kai took a seat in the other couch and waited, hoping Sam would return soon. Maybe she'd know who this mysterious girl was…

Sam returned back to her room at ten, Max having returned to his own room. Unlocking the door, she walked into the room and noticed it was uncannily quite. "Kai?" she called closing the door behind her.

"In here!" came the reply. The voice had come from the living room. Taking off her jacket, she hung it on the back of the chair, before going into the living room.

She saw Kai sitting up studying his blade. "Is everything ok? It seems so-" she stopped suddenly as her eyes fell on the girl spread out on the other couch. "Garnet!" She cried, running to the younger girl's side and kneeling beside her. She shook the girls arm gently. "Garnet?" The girl didn't move.

"She's been out for about forty minutes now," Kai commented, watching her closely. Sam didn't seem to hear him; in fact she seemed to have quite forgotten he was there at all.

Rising to her feet, she lifted Garnets head gently and sat down on the lounge, facing Kai and rested the young girls head in her lap. As she stroked her hair, she looked up at Kai. "What happened?" she whispered. Kai shrugged, "Wouldn't have a clue. Found her at the door and brought her in here." Sam nodded and looked back down at Garnet. Her face was pale and her lips slightly blue. After checking her vital signs to reassure herself, she looked up at Kai. "Can you get me a blanket for her please?" Kai grumbled something under his breath but did as he was asked, returning a second later with a blanket.

Sam spread the blanket over the young girl and waited in silence. Twenty minutes later, Garnets eyes fluttered open and she stared up at Sam, a confused look on her face. "Where…. where am I?" Sam shushed her. "You're ok. You're with me." Garnet focused her eyes on Sam's face. "Sam?" Sam nodded. "Oh Sam, I am so glad I found you." Tears rose in her eyes and Sam stared at her. "Why? What's happened?" Garnet smiled sadly.

"I've missed you sis," Garnet whispered, "I've been so lonely since you left and Jazon has been unbearable…" she sighed sadly and Sam felt a ball of guilt well up in her stomach. "I'm sorry Garnet," she whispered, "honest I am. But you know I couldn't stay."

Garnet nodded. "I know, I don't blame you." She looked Sam straight in the eye, "I blame that Jazon!' Sam smiled at the sound of disgust in her voice. "Don't laugh at me Sam!" she growled, "I know you blame him too." She looked at her friend sadly. "I know he broke your heart…that's why you left." Sam stared at her in shock, a slight tinge of pink showing on her cheeks. "Well, well…look who's all grown up, hmmm?" Garnet giggled and suddenly a cough sounded off to one side.

Both girls looked up to see Kai staring at them, having forgotten he was even there. "As much as I hate to break the moment," he said dryly, "but you still haven't explained how you ended up here and unconscious none the less." Garnet pulled a face at him and Sam giggled. Some things never changed. "As much as I hate to admit it…." Sam said slowly, "Kai's right. Why are you here?" Garnet blushed.

"Well, me and the rest of the gang were looking about the shops and well…Jazon was being a pain as always so I kinda wandered off on my own and…"

"Garnet!" Sam chided, "You know Jazon hates it when you wander off!" Garnet rolled her eyes.

"Oh please! Name one thing Jazon doesn't hate…other then himself." Sam had to laugh at this.

"Hmmm…sounds like someone else I know," she looked pointedly at Kai as she said this. Garnet groaned, "Oh no Sam! Please don't tell me there's two Jazon's in the world!"

Sam shook her head and laughed. "Anyway," she said, returning to the topic at hand, "So you wandered off and…?"

"Oh! Ummm…let's see. Oh! That's right. I saw you and that blue haired guy…" Sam interrupted.

"You mean Kai."

"Who?" Sam pointed to Kai and Garnet looked at him. "That was you?" she asked, and Kai rolled his eyes. Garnet shrugged, "anyway, I saw yous walking back to this hotel, but you were so distracted you didn't seem to notice me. So I followed you to your hotel, but then I lost sight of you so I had to ask the receptionist guy where you were and he wouldn't tell me…rude individual! So I waited for a few minutes for you to reappear but you didn't. Then I decided to do what I do best…" Sam groaned,

"Garnet! Please tell me you didn't annoy the receptionist! Please tell me." Garnet giggled,

"Ok…I didn't annoy the receptionist." Sam looked her in the eyes in surprise. "Really?"

"No." Sam leant against the chair in exasperation. "Garnet!"

"What?!"

Sam heard Kai chuckling in one corner. "What's so funny?" she demanded. Kai looked at her, a smug smile on his face. "You and Garnet have a lot in common!"

"I resent that!" Sam declared.

"Hey! What's wrong with being like me?" Garnet demanded glaring at Sam. Sam sighed.

"We're getting off the subject here," she said pointedly. Garnet glared at her but resumed the story anyway. "Well, so once I found out you were in room 204 I couldn't wait for the elevator and took the stairs instead. But I got off at the first floor, and it took me a while to realise that. So by the time I found out you were on the second floor, I was completely confused. Anyway, I eventually found your room and was knocking on the door when someone came up behind me and that's all I remember…" She suddenly glared at Kai, "what were you doing anyway to take so damn long to answer the door?!"

Kai rolled his eyes. "I was enjoying the peace and quite." Garnet pulled a face at Kai again before looking at Sam. "You're right! He is like Jazon!" Sam smiled for a moment then grew serious. "But I don't get it. Why would anyone hurt you, Garnet?" This made everyone think for a moment. Finally Kai spoke up. "Unless they thought it was you." He looked at Sam.

"Huh?" Sam looked confused.

"Well you and Garnet do look alike. I thought it was you when I first saw her." Garnet smiled at this. "So maybe the attacker thought it was you Sam." Sam nodded.

"Sounds reasonable." But she looked troubled.

"What's wrong Sam?" Garnet asked.

Before Sam could answer however, there was a loud knock at the door. Whoever was knocking obviously wasn't very patient as a second later a voice called through the door: "Sam! I know you're in there! Open up right now!" Sam rolled her eyes and Garnet cringed. "Great! Jazon's showed up!" Garnet said sarcastically, recognizing the voice.

Kai stood up and went to the door. A moment later Jazon, followed by the rest of the team entered the room. "Garnet!" Jazon exclaimed, "You have got to stop running off!" Garnet sighed. "Sorry Jazon," she mumbled.

"Sorry? Sorry?! Sorry doesn't cut it! We are going to have a serious talk when we get home!"

"Great!" Garnet mumbled under her breath, rising to her feet and following Jazon out the door.

As they made their way down the hall, she turned back and waved at Sam and Kai. "Bye guys!" she called, "thanks for everything!" Sam waved after her but Kai just turned and walked back inside. "Maybe now we can get some peace!" Sam just laughed and went into her room. "Good night Kai," she called teasingly, "see you tomorrow." She closed the door still smiling. But as she got ready for bed, she quickly sobered up. Voltaire was obviously trying every opportunity to get her. She had to be careful now that she never went anywhere alone. Otherwise she could end up a lot worse then Garnet…she could end up never waking up!