Chapter 17
The next day after Millie came back from her check-up beaten and bloody, Megan knew what to do. She wasn't going to let Millie be tortured the way she was when she grew up here. She was getting out. Now.
"Alex, let Dylan know that we have to leave today. I can't stand this place anymore. Can you send Kai, Tala and the agents here in half an hour?"
"I can do that. Where are you going to be?" Alex voice cut in and out as if he was getting stuff ready.
"The hanger, we have training practice in 20 minutes. Tell Dylan that I need him now though, Millie's hurt."
"Got it. Good luck." And the connection broke as Alex went to get ready.
"Millie, sweetie, you have to stay awake." Megan knew from experience that you had to stay awake when you were losing this much blood.
"Meg." Dylan whispers, coming into the room, a first aid kit in hand. Together Megan and Dylan gently, but properly wrapped up Millie's head and arm where she was slashed with Boris's whip. They gave her some painkillers and Millie was fully awake.
"What happened Mil?" Megan asks.
"H-he was mad c-c-cause I haven't start-ted by p-p-period y-yet." Millie stutters, clinging to Megan. Megan sighed and held her close, knowing that she was safe.
"We're leaving today Mil, ok? And we're going home."
"Home?" Millie asks, looking up. "B-But my parents are dead."
"But your brother isn't dear." Megan says comfortingly. "You'll live with Kai, and Voltaire and Boris will never bother you again."
"B-But, will you be there?" Millie asks, looking up into her eyes, her stormy orbs brimming with unshed tears.
"If you want me to." Megan smiles softly. Millie nods, hugging Megan closely. Megan pulled the younger girl closer, not wanting this innocent girl to feel anymore pain and misery.
"Ready Meg?" Dylan asks. Megan nods and pulls Millie up to her feet, holding her to her side.
"Lets go." When they stepped out of the room, they were swept away in the tide of people heading to the hanger.
"Meg." A hushed voice said in her ear as a hand caught her elbow and another caught her waist. Megan turned to the right to see that Aaron had caught her elbow, Pat had his small arms around her waist and Tina was at Aaron's side.
"Hey guys, we're getting out of here today." Megan whispered. "Kai, Tala and agents are coming when we are in the middle of our training session."
"Really?" Tina's face lit up like the 4th of July, and Megan knew why. She had been here her entire life, along with Aaron, and it was her that was supposed to have the perfect child.
"Really, so be ready." Megan says. Everyone nods, and Pat and Millie's arms tighten around her.
"Elli Manning! Front and center!" Boris's voice booms as soon as Megan entered the hanger. She pried herself away from the children, and stepped in front of Boris. She checked her mental clock in her head and realized that the agents would be here in 5 minutes, along with Kai and Tala. Time to have some fun.
"Yes Sir?" Megan asks confidently. Boris snarled, and tried to hit Megan across the face. Tried.
Megan caught his hand and bent it over backwards at the wrist. Boris groaned in pain, but the trainers and kids, just looked on in shock.
"Elli! Let go of me at once!" Boris roars. He wrenched his hand form her grasped and tried to punch her again. This time, Megan leaped backwards away from Boris, using the wind. Thats right, she floated away from him. Megan recognized the feeling. Drakima must be near.
Boris looked at her in shock.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not Elli Manning, you idiot." Megan said with fake sweetness. She took out her contacts and the wig that she put on the night before.
Boris stuttered un-recognizable words in his rage as he looked at the girl who had escaped him twice.
"Megan." He growls. "You will pay for this." Megan just smiled as he reached for her throat, but stopped as a gun was pushed up against the back of his head.
"I wouldn't do that if you want to stay alive." A menacing voice said from right behind Boris. Boris froze upon hearing Tala's threat.
"Just in time Tal." Megan smiles sweetly.
"You're forgetting someone, idiots." Boris chuckles, grasping for straws.
"Who?" Megan says, tapping a finger to her lips. "Oh right Voltaire." She said his name with such venom that Boris recoiled away from her.
"Nah, we got him too." Kai voice came from behind Megan. Megan spun on her heel, with the grace of a blader, rubbing it in Boris's face. Kai had 4 agents with him, holding Voltaire in cuffs. Voltaire's clothes were disheveled and he had cuts and bruises starting to form on his face, meaning that he was beaten into submission. Megan glanced at Kai's fists and saw a slight amount of blood, coming from his knuckles, but Megan knew that it wasn't his, it was Voltaire's.
"Nice of you to join us Kai." Megan beams. She glances over at the kids and sees Millie beaming, knowing that she was free. But Megan was glad that she didn't drop her guard when one of the trainers noticed Millie's smile. Out of know where, he pulled a gun out and lunged for her. Before anyone noticed, Megan sprinted over, and at the same time, took the gun and pushed the guy away from Millie. Megan stood in front of Millie, taking apart the gun with the air of expertise, as agents secured the other trainers, just in case, but they left this one to Megan.
"Now, thats not nice." Megan says calmly, throwing the pieces of the gun to Kai, but there was an undertone of a threat in her voice. "You must know who I am by now, right?"
"Yea, you're Megan Granger, twin to Tyson Granger, younger sister of Hiro Granger, half sister to Pat McDuff, and wielder of Drakima, the winged horse of Air."
"You forgot one thing." Megan says, meeting the guys eyes. He was probably 35, 6'5" and 200 lbs, but Megan knew she could take him down with out breaking a sweat.
"And that is?" The guy asked cockily. Megan did a roundhouse kick to his jaw and swept out his feet from underneath him in one motion. The guy was on the floor a split second after he talked, groaning in pain. Megan put her foot on his throat and put slight pressure on his trachea. Megan leaned over, arms on her knee.
"That if you ever think about hurting anyone I care about ever again, I will come after you and kill you myself." Megan straightened and fixed her hair as if it was messy. She turned to Connor, who used to be Kai's bodyguard. Connor had a proud smile on his face as he looked at Megan. "You can have him now Connor." Megan smiles, as she takes her foot off of him.
"Thanks Meg." Connor says. He picks up the guy and cuffs him in one motion. "This is a great day." And he led away the guy along with the other agents who took the other trainers, kids, and Boris and Voltaire. That left Megan, Kai, Tala, Tina, Aaron, Pat, Millie and Tina. But all of the sudden there was a shout and Kai and Tala pointed their guns at the door, expecting the worse...well, they got Tyson.
"Gesh guys!" Tyson squeaks. "Put those things down, you might accidentally kill me."
"Accidentally, right..." Kai mumbles, putting the gun behind his back and into the waistband of his jeans. Megan laughs as Kai gives her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Gesh Ty!" Tala shouts, doing the same. "You want to die?"
"No!" Tyson shouts indignantly. "Meg!" As if he just realized that she was there, he went into over-protective big brother mode and grabbed Megan, holding her close. "I'm glad your safe Meg." Tyson whispers in her ear.
Knowing that he needed to know that she was safe, Megan wrapped her arms around Tyson and hugged him close. "I'm ok Ty." Tyson stepped back, and did a double take at Tina.
"So this is the clone...cool!" Tyson smiles like a little kid and Tina whacked him upside the head. Tyson was stunned, but Aaron, Kai, Tala and Megan started laughing hysterically.
"Great, and she acts like Megan too." Tyson moans. Tala wraps an arm around his shoulders in a brotherly manner.
"Sorry man, but we both know how Meg is." Tala says sadly. Megan saw the teasing glint in his eyes though, and she punched him in the shoulder, hard. "Ow!" Tala whines, but he was laughing.
All this time though, Millie and Pat were staring at Kai and Tyson respectively.
"Y-You're Tyson Granger..." Pat says quietly, but everyone's sensitive ears heard it.
"That I am!" Tyson says proudly.
"And you're my brother...thats so cool!" Pat screams. Everyone flinched at the high pitched scream, but Tyson just started talking animatedly with Pat as Megan noticed Millie's stare.
"Kai." Megan says, getting her boyfriend's attention. Kai turned to her, a questioning look in his eyes. "This is Millie, your little sister. Mil, this is Kai Hiwatari, your older brother."
Kai looked her over quickly and immediately noticed her stormy grey eyes, the eyes that marked her as a Hiwatari. She was small for an 8 year old, but her eyes held wonder and imagination. She had bruises and cuts on every exposed part of her skin. He could see the bandage on her arm, and the one around her head and knew that Boris was responsible.
"K-Kai?" Millie stutters. Kai didn't say a word and just picked up the girl and held her close. Millie buried her face in his neck and her little arms wrapped around his neck, holding herself close to him. Megan's eyes were brimming with tears as she witnessed this reunion. Even Tyson and Pat stopped their constant babbling to look at Kai and Millie. For once, Tala and Tyson didn't tease Kai and just held Megan's hands. Megan turned into her twin's shoulder as Tala rubbed the back of her hand.