Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade in any way, the only character I own is myself and anything else I use in this story is purely coincidental.
Chapter 9: What Took Them So Long?
In the dungeons the guys were discussing the massive battle they had just experienced.
"That was so totally wicked. I never imagined we'd ever be in a battle like that." said Daichi as he started to imitate all the crazy moves Kai had done to avoid being turned to ashes.
"Daichi, stop that. We beat Black Drazier, great, but we don't know what happened to Dawn. She, and us all, are still in danger while we are in this place." said Ray.
Daichi sat down as he remembered that and Tyson sighed as he looked around their cell.
"I hope Dawn's okay. Only sickos could harm her more." said Hilary.
"Hilary, these are sickos, so anything could happen." said Tyson.
"I just hate those freaks for doing all this. Can't they ever give up and just leave us be?" asked Max.
"I guess not, Max. They keep thinking technology will outdo us." said Kenny.
"They have faith in power too. They keep thinking that the stronger the better." said Tyson and he looked over at Kai's cell.
In it, Kai was sitting against the stone wall at the back, eyes closed in deep thought, but he noticed that his team-mates' gazes had fell onto him.
"What?" he asked them.
"Nothing, but what do you think they've done to her?" asked Tyson.
"Is she okay, Kai?" asked Hilary.
"I don't know." he answered then heard a sound. "You'll know soon enough."
The doors were pushed open wide and a guard came in pulling me by my wrist behind him. He unlocked my cell and pushed me in. I fell to the ground and the guard left with a smirk on his face.
"Dawn, are you okay? What happened?" asked Hilary.
I was looking down with my face covered by my hair so the others wouldn't see and I just stayed by the corner of the cell hugging my knees in close to my chest.
"Dawn, don't hide away like that. What did they do to you?" asked Kai as he came over to the bars nearest my cell.
I looked up slightly, but my hair still covered my face. I could just about see Kai and the look of concern on his face through my thick hair.
"Dawn, please don't hide it away." Kai pleaded and the others sort of looked over best they could.
I moved my hair aside and the blue triangles on my cheeks stuck out obviously to anyone who saw me. Kai gasped in shock and the guys all said "What?!" quite loudly.
"I can't believe they did that to her." said Kai and clenched his fists in anger.
"What, Kai?" Tyson demanded to know.
"They marked her...like they did to me years ago." Kai answered.
"That is horrible." said Hilary in shock.
"Poor Dawn." said Daichi in fear.
"Those freaks. They're going to pay." said Tyson.
"Are you okay, Kai?" asked Ray.
"What do you think, Ray?! I never wanted what happened to me to happen to anyone else." he answered and slammed his fists against the wall.
Ray just nodded and backed off.
"I am so sorry, Dawn. I'm so sorry." Kai said to himself and let tears fall down his cheeks.
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Over in one of the BBA offices, Mr. Dickinson had been working on how to find the Bladebreakers plus he had been contacted about a missing person's ad concerning a young girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, last heard to have been with the Bladebreakers.
"Oh, this is beyond bad. I must find them. What would I do without them? They've become such good friends." he said out loud to himself and he looked at a picture taken from the World Championships when the Bladebreakers won.
"Kai, Tyson, Ray, Max, Kenny and your friends: Hilary and Daichi. Where are you and is this lost girl with you?" he asked the picture.
A knock on the door brought him out of his thoughts and he turned. "Come in."
The door opened and four boys stood there. A tall, sandy blonde haired teen, a slightly shorter grey haired teen, an average height red haired teen and a short indigo haired teen.
"Welcome Blitzkrieg Boys. Glad you could come at such short notice." said the man.
The boys entered and sat down.
"So, any news on the missing Bladebreakers?" asked the red haired teen.
"I'm afraid not, Tala. That's why I've called your team in, hoping you'll be able to help give us some headway on finding them." answered Mr. Dickinson.
"Well, it's a long shot, but have you tried the old Biovolt abbey?" asked the grey haired teen.
"We had guards search the area, but the only thing that caught their eye was a flash of red light." said Mr. Dickinson.
"Hey, Bryan, that could have been Dranzer right?" asked the short teen with indigo hair.
"It could have been, but don't jump to conclusions like that, Ian." answered the grey haired teen, who was obviously Bryan.
"It might have just been a trick, like the sun's light at sunset or something." said the sandy blonde haired teen.
"Oh, for crying out loud, Spencer, a trick pulled by the sun's light. The sun is yellow." said Ian and the others all stared at him.
"You're an idiot, Ian. Yes, it shines yellow, but at sunset, it can have a red glow or are you too blind to notice that?" asked Tala.
Ian just frowned, but silenced as the others shook their heads and turned back to Mr. Dickinson.
"Okay, boys. You can search the abbey if you wish, but be careful." the old man said.
"Myself and Bryan will search the old dungeons. Spencer and Ian can search elsewhere, but be careful guys." said Tala.
"Yeah of course, Tala." said Spencer.
"Careful is my middle name, Captain..." started Ian then he turned around and tripped over the carpet and stumbled into the wall, making all the guys laugh.
"Then you better change your middle name to Stupidity or Imbecile." said Bryan and Ian just frowned.
"It's nice to know you guys have found fun, so good luck to you in your searches." said Mr. Dickinson.
"Thank you, sir." said Tala and he left the room with his team following.
Once they got outside, they looked in the direction of the abbey, all sighed and headed for it.
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In the abbey, in Voltaire's office, the man himself was trying to make a new plan, and Boris wasn't helping much.
"We tried our ultimate plan, Voltaire. We can't do anything else." he said.
"Stop giving up, you fool. I never should have wasted money on Black Drazier, it's now all gone and nothing came of it...except a traumatized teenager, which is just perfect." Voltaire said with a little sarcasm.
"But Voltaire, we can still make use of Dranzer and the other Bladebreaker bit beasts." said Boris.
"Maybe, but how? All our tests were based around what that brat would do with Black Drazier." said Voltaire angrily.
"We could end her life if she's not useful anymore. Plus, it'd be less of a distraction for Kai. He seems to have grown fond of her." said Boris with an evil smirk.
"Yes we could do that. Giving my grandson a little extra heartbreak will make the small emotions he still has fade away and then he'll belong to me truly." said Voltaire and he also smirked.
"Shall I bring them both to this office, sir?" asked Boris.
"Yes, go get them." Voltaire answered and Boris left the office.
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Not far from the dungeons, Tala and Bryan were running trying to get there as quick as they could.
"We have to be careful, Bryan." said Tala then he dived round a corner.
"I know, dude, but this place was never a picnic to get around." said Bryan as he panted heavily from all the running.
Suddenly an alarm blared.
"Ian." they both thought with a growl.
They heard fast footsteps and a guard found them.
"Intruders on level..." started the guard, but Bryan elbowed him down.
"Tala, you idiot, move!" shouted Bryan and nudged Tala then they both continued on their way down.
They reached the dungeons and entered.
"Kai?" asked Tala.
The other Bladebreakers turned to the doors and smiles lit up on their faces.
"Tala! I never thought I'd be glad to see you." said Daichi excitedly.
Tala smirked a little.
"You guys okay?" he asked as he broke their cell locks apart.
"We're fine." answered Tyson as he got to his feet properly.
"Where's Kai?" asked Bryan.
"Someone say my name?" asked Kai making Tala and Bryan turn around.
"Thank god, you're okay." said Tala.
"I could be better." said Kai.
"Oh my god. What the hell did you do to your leg?" asked Bryan.
"What the hell did I...? I didn't do anything to it. I was attacked in battle, but I can explain that later." said Kai as Bryan broke open his cell.
Once he was out, he came to my cell door and opened it. Tala and Bryan stared as I looked up at Kai entering.
"We're getting out of here, Dawn." said Kai as he pulled me to my feet a little unsteadily.
"Need some help, pal?" asked Tala and he took hold of one of my arms as Bryan helped Kai with his bad leg.
"We better get out of here." said Bryan.
"Forget it, boys. Drop them and you can go freely, but if not, you'll have to pay with them." said a voice and we all turned to see Boris.
Tala and Bryan frowned, but couldn't do much since Tala was holding me up and Bryan was holding Kai up.
"I'll handle this. Let it rip!!" said Tyson.
His white blade spun circles around Boris and Dragoon appeared with a massive twister.
"Whoa, glad Tyson doesn't want to do that to me." said Daichi quietly.
Soon, the twister died down and Boris was gone.
"What exactly did you do to him?" asked Tala curiously.
"Um, let's just say he got blown away since I don't really know." said Tyson and Tala rolled his eyes.
The guys headed out, a little slowly since they were helping me and Kai, then we reached the main courtyard where we caught up with Ian and Spencer.
"Hey, guys. No sign of Voltaire?" asked Tala.
"No, why? Did you see Boris then?" asked Spencer.
"Yeah, the one with gas blew him away." said Bryan, making Ian raise an eyebrow. "Shrimp, Tyson killed Boris okay?" and Ian nodded in understanding.
They heard a van drive up, it was a BBA van and Mr. Dickinson emerged.
"Well done, Blitzkrieg Boys. You got them free." he said.
"We did a good job, sir. Boris is gone for good, but no sign of Voltaire." said Tala.
"Forget about him, we'll get Kai and...wait, what's her name?" asked Mr. Dickinson.
"Her name is Dawn and she's been through a lot." said Kai.
"Okay. We'll get you and Dawn treated then worry about Voltaire." said Mr. Dickinson.
I lifted my head slightly and spoke for the first time in ages.
"Do my family know anything about this, sir?" I asked.
Everyone turned to me. Tala and his team properly noticed my markings then and they all gasped. Mr. Dickinson did too and he was shocked.
"No, they don't, but we'll contact them soon." he answered.
I nodded and looked towards Tala who was still staring. Bryan, Spencer and Ian had stopped a second ago.
"What are you looking at? Wait, are you Tala Valkov?" I asked him.
"Yeah I am and I just can't believe that Voltaire did that to you." he answered and pointed towards my triangles.
"Tala, shut up will you? She doesn't want to talk about them." said Kai and he raised a fist at Tala.
"Like you could hit me in your condition, but I will be quiet." said Tala.
We then all left the abbey for the hospital.
"I wonder if Kai loves me like I love him...and I wonder...will we see Voltaire again?" I asked myself as we entered the hospital.
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Later on, at Tala's base, I had been given a room on my own and I was sitting in it staring into the mirror. My reflection stared back with fear and sadness. I raised a hand and lightly touched one of the triangles on my cheeks and I winced.
"It's going to hurt for a bit." said a voice.
I turned in surprise. I hadn't heard the door open. It was Kai with his arms crossed against the wall.
"I can handle the pain. It's the fact they will never go away." I said with a sad sigh.
Kai walked over to me and placed his hands on my shoulders.
"It'd be better to not keep looking at them in that mirror. Come over here." he said and guided me up and towards the bed and we sat down together, next to each other.
"I'm sorry for..." I said and my gaze fell to Kai's, now bandaged, leg.
Kai noticed and looked down as well.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt too bad and it wasn't your fault." he said and also took a quick glance to his arm which had a bandage too.
"Either way, I was involved and I'm really sorry." I said and let a tear fall.
Kai lifted my chin with his hand gently and his violet eyes met my blue eyes.
"It's okay, I'm sorry I didn't stop it from happening to you." he said. "I didn't save the girl I love..." he added quietly, but I heard.
"What was that, Kai?" I asked.
"Hm...oh. Nothing." he said nervously and turned away.
"You love me? Well, then it can't hurt to say that I love you too." I said and he looked back towards me with a small smirk.
He put his arm around me and pulled me close to him then I wrapped my arms around his neck and we shared a kiss at last.