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Chapter 5: Darkness Takes Over
Back in the dungeons, five hours had gone by and the Bladebreakers didn't have a clue what had happened to me and Kai. Tyson was lying on the cell's floor staring at his beyblade hoping Dragoon would give him some answers.
"This is stupid. Why are we left sitting around not having a clue what's going on?" asked Daichi loudly as he jumped up from where he was sitting.
"Daichi, we're just used as hostages, probably so Boris and Voltaire can make Kai and Dawn do what they want them to do." said Hilary.
"She's right, Daichi. We mean nothing to those two. If Kai or Dawn disobeyed orders or if they didn't care about us, we'd be beaten and left for dead already." said Ray.
"We are in so much trouble." Daichi whined as he sat back down.
"We have to make a plan to get out, then we can help Kai and Dawn." said Max.
"Knowing Kai, he's making plans already." said Tyson as he placed his blade back in his pocket.
"He might be, but it is nice to have a back-up plan isn't it, Tyson?" asked Kenny.
"I guess, but it won't be easy." answered Tyson and the others all nodded.
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Over in the training room, I had been practicing continuously and was now close enough to being the perfect blader. Kai had been training himself, but was so concerned about me that he hadn't got very far.
"Go Black Drazier, attack!" I commanded and my blade circled around and smashed into the wall, but instead of stopping it created a hole and then I called it back to my hand.
Kai watched me and sighed, then he heard the door open and looked round.
"You two have done enough for today. I'm proud of you, Dawn. You've mastered Black Drazier when only this morning, you couldn't even launch a blade." said Boris.
I just smirked and Kai called his blade back then walked over.
"You will be taken back to your cell, Kai." Boris continued and beckoned a guard over.
Kai just turned away from Boris and followed the guard out of the room.
"And you, Dawn, can come with me. We need Voltaire to inform you of the next stage." finished Boris and I nodded then followed him out of the room.
"It will also give me a chance to thank Master Voltaire for this opportunity." I said to Boris as we walked down towards Voltaire's office.
"He'll be most pleased with your co-operation since his own grandson failed him a few years ago." said Boris.
"Yeah, such a fool. He got a taste of true power and then gave it away. He must have been tricked somehow or he would not have made that mistake." I said.
"Exactly, and you will not fail us like he did." said Boris and I smiled.
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When we reached Voltaire's office, Boris knocked on the door.
"Come in." said a voice on the other side.
Boris opened the door and we entered.
"Master Voltaire, she has mastered Black Drazier and it's time to take her to the next stage. Pardon me for being curious, sir, but what is the next stage?" Boris asked his boss.
"Take a seat, Dawn." said Voltaire.
I did and Boris stood not far behind me. Voltaire faced us properly and smiled evilly.
"I'm proud of you for having got so good so quickly, Dawn. You are indeed the perfect candidate for Black Drazier." he said and I smirked.
"Thank you for this opportunity, Master." I said and Voltaire nodded.
"So, now I'd like to say that I can finally test a little something out which would have been used on Kai had he not cast Black Dranzer aside." said Voltaire and Boris looked up slightly in surprise.
"This sounds interesting. May I inquire as to what this 'little something' is?" I asked, but Boris interrupted.
"Master, if you're thinking what I think you're thinking, then it's not a good idea and we never intended to use it on Kai." he said.
"You need a sense of high intelligence and a need to take risks for this, Boris. And yes, okay, I wasn't going to use it on Kai, but only because he was strong enough on his own to handle Black Dranzer. He needed no extra work done, so to speak." said Voltaire.
"I see, Boss. Okay, then let's go for it." said Boris and he backed off from his small argument.
Before Voltaire could continue, I spoke up.
"What do you mean Kai could handle Black Dranzer on his own? I can handle Black Drazier on my own too."
"No, you can't, Dawn. You haven't got the physical fitness of my grandson or the same strong mentality as him. This experiment will help with that." Voltaire said, keeping his patience with me for now.
I just nodded. That was true and I knew it, so I waited.
"Now that's sorted we can begin preparations for the test." said Voltaire and he turned to Boris who nodded and left the room.
"Am I supposed to know what this test involves, Master?" I asked curiously and slightly nervously.
"Why not? I could not tell you and leave it as a surprise of course." said Voltaire and he walked over to me.
I looked up at him with a straight face and he bent down and whispered into my ear. He then backed away as what he had said sunk in and I gasped in shock and slight fear.
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Back in the dungeons, Kai had been put back in his cell and the others asked him what had happened.
"We had to train and now Black Drazier has control over her, so I assume they're moving to the next stage of their plan." said Kai.
"So, where is she now?" asked Hilary.
"She was taken to Voltaire's office and that's all I know." continued Kai.
"This is awful, we can't just keep sitting around here. We have to help her." said Tyson.
"I know, Tyson, but without a plan, we're sunk, so I just hope she'll be okay." said Kai.
"She better be. Shame we can't get through to Mr. Dickinson or someone. Anyone." said Daichi.
The others nodded and Kai looked up with a sigh.
"You can do it, Dawn. Break free of Black Drazier before anything else happens to you." he said to himself.