Chapter 5
The next day, Megan escorts Mr D to the airport to welcome the bladers arriving as Sarah was getting the hotel ready.
"They will be here starting in 2 minutes." Megan says looking in her iPhone on her calendar. "F-Dynasty in 2, PBB All Starz in 5, White Tiger X in 7, Blitzkrieg Boys in 10 and BEGA in 12. For the Majestics, Johnny's already here obviously, Oliver will land in 2, Enrique in 5 and Robert in 7."
"Good." Mr D nods. "Where is Johnny? Isn't he going to greet his team?"
"Yea, I got a text saying that he is walking in the airport now." Megan says. Since Megan was involved heavily in blading and Johnny McGregor lived in London, it was natural that they would have met sooner or later. Johnny and Megan had met 2 years ago and have been close friends ever since.
"And the boys?" Mr D says referring to the Bladebreakers.
"Right here Mr D!" The 2 turn around to find the 6 men right behind them.
"Bloody hell!' Megan shouts. When she had turned around, Kai was directly behind her. So close, that when she spun around, she collided with his chest. "How the bloody hell, do you do that?" Megan asks, catching her breath.
"Skill." Kai smirks, smugly. She hits his chest playfully, smiling.
"Julia and Raul are here." Max smiles. The group turns around to see Raul and Julia, the Fernandez twins from Spain, walking through the gate with their coach Romero.
"Hey boys." Julia smiles, hands on her hips.
"Julia." Ray smiles. "Raul." He nods to the younger twin.
"Hey guys." Raul smiles.
"Hey Raul, Julia." Megan smiles.
"Hey Meg." Julia smiles. Since Julia only lived in Spain, and was not that far away, she had visited London lots of times. Sarah, Megan and Julia were great friends and did girl stuff together.
"Are we the first to arrive?" Romero asks.
"Indeed you are." Mr D smiles. "Would you like to follow me? We can get a cup of tea."
"Oh wonderful! I'd love to." Romero smiles, and the 2 leave the bladers alone.
"Its only been 4 months since the BEGA incident." Julia says.
"Only 4 months since Boris has been in jail." Tyson smirks.
"Seems like it only happened a couple days ago." Raul smiles.
"I wonder how Brooklyn's been." Ray asks.
"I talked to Ming-Ming." Julia says. "She said that he has completely turned around, but he's still getting heat from people."
"Poor Brooklyn." Max says. "It was all Boris's fault that everything happened, and now he's taking the blame."
"Yea, we'll have to be sensitive around him with what we say." Megan says. She had of course knew everything that happened. Brooklyn is a natural blader, never had to practice one day in his life. He was an unknown, until Boris found him and manipulated him. After Kai beat him in battle, he went insane and almost destroyed the planet. It wasn't until Tyson faced him and made him realize that losing is a part of life, that he calmed down.
"Hello everyone." The group turns to find Oliver Bollinger standing there, bag in hand, smiling.
"Hey Oliver." Tyson smiles. "Long time no see."
"It has been a while hasn't it?" The Frenchman chuckles. "Where's Johnny? Said he'd meet us here."
"He texted me saying that he was on his way through the airport." Megan says.
"Then you must be Megan Masefield. You do look a lot like Tyson, as Johnny said." Oliver smiles. "Enchante Mademoiselle." Oliver says, taking her hand and kissing the back of it. Megan blushes, but Kai frowned.
"I'm here mates!" Oliver drops Megan's hand as they turn to see Johnny running down the hallway, waving his hands.
"Finally Johnny!" Oliver says. Johnny smiles guiltily and shakes hands with his teammate.
"Sorry mate, but the fans were crazy!"
"Yea, ok." Oliver says waving it off.
Johnny turns to Megan and beams. "Lass! Its been a while!" He hugs her tightly.
"Hey Johnny." Megan smiles hugging him back. Only Ray noticed Kai's jaw clench in anger. Johnny stepped back, and looked at Kai critically.
"Kai." He nods.
"Johnny." Kai nods back. You could feel the tension in the air, and for Megan, who was right in between them, it was like suffocating. Thankfully...
"Maxie!" Max smiles as the sound of his partner's voice.
"Rick!" Max 'man-hugs' Rick Anderson, Max's old blading partner. Emily York, Michael Parker, and Eddy Wheeler walk over as well, completing the PBB All Starz, from America.
"Oliver! Johnny!" Enrique Giancario smiles, waving his hands. The Italian blader smiled, shaking hands with his 2 teammates. "Its been forever Tyson." Enrique says, turning to Tyson first. They shake hands.
"It has Enrique." Tyson smiles. Enrique turns to the petite girl in front of Kai, looking at her curiously.
"I'm sorry miss, I don't think I've met you before." Enrique says.
"This is Megan Masefield Enrique." Johnny says.
"Ah Miss Masefield." Enrique smiles. "Johnny has told me all about you."
"Well hopefully thats a good thing." Megan giggles.
"Tis." Enrique nods. "Though you do look a lot like Tyson, that tis scary."
"Megan." Max says, taking her hand, pulling her away from Kai and Johnny, who were still staring at each other intensely. "This is Rick, my old partner. Emily, Eddy and Michael. Guys, this is Megan Masefield. She's Mr D's assistant, and runs the London branch of the BBA. And she probably knows all about you guys." Max chuckles. Megan hits Max's shoulder playfully.
"Not that I'm stalking you guys, but I plan every competition and have all the blader's profiles on file." Megan explains.
"Way to freak us out Max. But you look like you could be Tyson's twin..." Rick chuckles. Max smiles cheekily.
"Ray!" A girl screams. And the next thing Ray knows, a girl launches herself into Ray's arms.
"Mariah?" Ray asks, looking down. "Hey!" He smiles, as she backs away. Lee Wong, Mariah's older brother comes over with Gary Li and Kevin Cheng, the rest of the White Tiger X team from China.
"Hey man, how has it been?" Lee asks, giving Ray a 'man-hug'.
"Good, good, you guys?" Ray smiles.
"Great!" Mariah laughs. "Who's this?" Mariah says pointing over to Megan, who was laughing with Rick.
"Megan!" Ray calls. Megan walks over with a smile. "This is my old team, Mariah, Lee, Gary and Kevin. Guys, this is Megan Masefield. She's Mr D's assistant, and runs the London branch of the BBA."
"Nice to met you." Megan smiles.
"You look like Tyson's twin!" Mariah says, looking over her.
"Ummm thanks?" Megan giggles. "And no, I'm not related to him."
"Finally the captain decides to pop over." Johnny smiles, as Robert Jurgen, the captain of the Majestics walks over to the growing group.
"Nice to see you too Johnny." The German smirks. "Oh and where's this Megan women you were talking about Johnny?"
"Over there with the Tigers." Johnny says, pointing over to where Megan and Mariah were laughing.
"Wow, she does look exactly like Tyson, but they're not related you said?" Robert asks, intrigued.
"Not at all, creepy ya?" Johnny says.
"Very." Robert agrees.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Kai." Kai turns around to find his team, Tala Valkov, Spencer Petrov, Bryan Kuznetsov, and Ian Papov walking over, Tala speaking.
"Hey Tala." Kai smirks.
"I didn't know Tyson had a twin." Spencer says, looking over at Megan, who was laughing with Mariah.
"He doesn't. Thats Megan Masefield. She's Mr D's assistant, and runs the London branch of the BBA." Kai says.
"Are you sure?" Ian asks. "I mean, they definitely look related."
"And they act it, but they aren't." Kai says.
Tala chuckles. "Really?"
Kai smiles. "Yea, just watch."
"So Lee, how..." Megan starts to say.
"Lee! My man! How have you been!" Tyson interrupts.
"Bloody hell Tyson!" Megan yells. "I was talking to Lee first."
"I was talking to Lee first...neh neh neh neh..." Tyson mimics. "I can talk to him too!"
"Yea, but don't go interrupting me!" Megan says, hands on her hips.
"I'll interrupt you if I want to!" Tyson says, towering over her. Megan's eyes flare, but then she smirks.
"Fine, then here!" And she knees him when the sun don't shine.
"Ugggg..." Tyson groans in pain, and he drops to the floor. The entire group laughs, as Tyson, the World Champ was taken down by a much smaller version of himself.
"That was awesome Meg." Mariah giggles. Megan smirks and crosses her arms in front of her chest.
"Oh I know."
"Wow, they do." Tala says in awe. "Thats very weird."
"Mhmm." Kai nods, not being able to not laugh.
"Wow, what did we miss?" Megan spins around to see Brooklyn Masefield smiling, with Garland Siebald, Crusher Mason, Mystel Clearwater, and Ming-Ming Kingston behind him.
"Brooklyn!" Megan smiles, launching herself in his arms. Everyone was shocked, including the BEGA team. Then it clicked, their last names were the same! Masefield!
"Uhhh Meg?" Ray asks. "Are you two related?" Megan broke away from Brooklyn, confusion written all over her face. Then realization clicked, and she laughed.
"Oh no. We have the same last name, but no, we aren't related." Megan smiles.
"Then how?..." Max asks.
"Didn't you guys know?" Brooklyn asks, an arm around Megan's shoulders. "I'm originally from Northern Ireland. Megan and I have known each other for 10 years now." He smiles. "I was best friends with her foster brother. When they first brought Megan over, she didn't have a last name. Soon we became best friends and we decided to share my last name."
"Small world then." Ming-Ming smiled. "Wait a minute..." Ming-Ming says, standing in front of Megan. She leaned in, getting a closer look at Megan's face, but Megan leaned back, as Ming-Ming's face was getting too close. Soon Megan was right up against Brooklyn, trying to get her face as far away from Ming-Ming's as possible.
"Personal space Ming." Mystel says, reminding her.
"Oh, right sorry, but you look like Tyson's twin. Its scary..." Ming-Ming says in wonder.
"Thats what I thought, when I first saw Tyson." Brooklyn chuckled.
"Yea, I got tons of press for it." Megan giggles.
"Oh I feel sorry for you." Tyson mocks. Megan glares at him.
"What was that?" She threatens.
"Nothing!" Tyson squeals, hiding behind Gary, as he was the biggest. The entire group laughs at Tyson's misfortunes.