Hey, I'm back.
I hope you all aren't mad at me for getting this on late, and my other chapter . . . This is driving me crazy!
OK. There is a new show that came on a couple of weeks ago here in America called D. I. C. E. and one of the main characters, his name is Jet, I think. Anyway, he looks, to me, like a younger version of Tala! I swear he does! He has the same hair (in the same style, too!) And the same eyes! Those same icy blues that Tala has! He looks like Tala when he may have been maybe 12 or 13. If he hadn't gone to Biovolt that is. Tell me if you guys noticed too! I don't wanna be the only one who thinks that.
/ talking between the bit beasts and their masters /
Well! On with the chappie!
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He looked up as a loud clang echoed through the room, causing his head to throb.
A dark figure came in and headed straight to the teen and young boy.
Kai shifted closer to the wall, the fevered, sleeping Joey in his arms, protectively close. The phoenix's breath came in short gasps as his head spun around in circles, causing his vision to blur slightly.
The figure came closer, his face black from the lightless room. He stretched his hand out and grabbed the youngster quickly before the older boy could react. Tossing the boy behind him to two other figures, the man crouched down in front of the shivering teen.
"You afraid of me?" he asked grabbing a fist full of blue hair and yanking it to where his ice met with crimson.
"No," the teen spat. He tried to get out of the man's grasp by forcing himself to the right, but was immediately pulled back by the strong hands.
"I don't think so. You see, I'm here because we found out that your bit beast is missing . . ."
'You just now found that out?' Kai thought to himself. 'They're slower than Tyson.'
The man looked at him full in the eyes. His icy orbs slitted.
"You knew she was gone, didn't you!" He yanked harder on the teen's hair, knocking the boy's head against the wall, and causing him more pain to his already screaming body.
"You'll pay for letting her free!" the man exclaimed. He forced the boy to his feet and pushed him face forward to the wall. Signaling two other men to hold the phoenix, he brought out his three-tailed whip and began unraveling the thick rope.
"Strip him! I don't want anything to take the blow but his body. Someone, go tell master Voltair that we found the one who released Dranzer, now!"
"Yes, Sir!" one of them said and left.
Two pairs of strong hands grabbed the teen and began pulling off what was left of his clothes. After that was through, they grabbed his arms and forced him closer to the wall, preventing any escape.
"Like I said, you'll pay," he said and wound his arm over his head and cracked the whip against the frail body before him.
Tyson's POV -
I jumped as I felt something hot against my leg. Reaching into my pant pocket, I pulled out the object causing the burning sensation.
/Dragoon/ I thought mentally to the dragon spirit inside my beyblade. /What's wrong/
His voice growled in my head. /Dranzer senses Kai. She says that he's in pain. She also can feel him grow faint. She's going to speed up in a moment. Tell the others to hold on./ his male voice said. I gasped and related the message to the others with a worried heart.
Ray looked at me, possibly hoping I was joking. Yeah, right. Like I'd joke at a time like this and about my friend? Don't think so. I can be serious sometimes.
Don't be like Kai and roll your eyes! I mean it! glares at the readers
/Tyson/ I heard Dragoon's voice ring.
/Yeah/
/She's speeding up. Hold on./
/Right/
I grab onto Dranzer's red feathers, holding on for dear life. The others, I saw, did the same. And boy did Dranzer speed! One minute we were over the capital of Beijing in China, the next we were about ten miles from Moscow. And it's only been ten minutes!
"I can see the Abby!" Cheif called.
I looked over his shoulder and immediately recognized the bleak building we had visited last time we were in Russia. We're coming, Kai. Hag on buddy!
Kai's POV -
I gritted my teeth as another wave of pain racked my body, trying to hold back a moan; failing miserably.
"You like that, don't you? You must since you haven't screamed," the man behind me bellowed. He cracked the whip against my back again, causing me to straighten. Doesn't this scene seem familiar?
I coughed, spitting blood to the ground and the side of the wall where my face sat scrunched. I was getting ready for another crack of the whip, when all of a sudden no pain came. I tried to look behind me as I heard voices.
It was Voltair. So, he finally made his appearance known?
He, I heard, made his way over to me, slowly. I hate it when he does that . . . It tells my body that something is coming, and boy did it!
"Well, now. You were the one who let Dranzer free?" Voltair said venomously, grabbing my hair and pulling it back with full force. I gritted my teeth in pain. Did he have to pull so hard?
"Master Voltair?" the man behind me asked.
Voltair answered without taking his eyes off me.
"What would you like his actual punishment to be?"
Actual punishment? What was this then?
I saw, with blurred eyes, that Voltair took a while to answer. Probably thinking what the best "punishment" would be for me. He let go after what seemed like forever.
"I give you all of the permission I gave Boris. Do whatever you want with him. I don't care. Just remember our agreement. After you're finished with him, do what I said to do and then inform me. After that, I'll make the decisions. But for now . . ." He pushed my head to the wall to emphasize his point. "You can have him."
I tensed at those last words. Those were the same words he had told Boris so long ago . . . And now this man . . .
Is he even human? No. Apparently not.
Voltair released me and walked out of the small cell, stopping in the hallway as someone called his name.
"Yes?"
"What would you like us to do with the boy?" someone asked, his voice sounded so familiar.
Stretching my head as far as I could, I tried to see who the owner of the voice was. There stood a semi-tall figure in the dim light. He looked about my age with fiery red hair and icy blue eyes. The same eyes that I had trusted for so many years.
Tala.
Voltair stared at Tala for a long time until finally saying, for once, the best thing I had ever heard.
"Do what you want with him, Tala. Take him outside for some fresh air. He won't be getting any for a long while."
Tala nodded and gave me a small reassured look. He knew Dranzer was coming and he wanted to be out there when she landed so Joey would be in safe hands before everything got out of hand.
I mouthed a "Thank you" to him and went back to the man behind me as he landed a blow to my lower back.
Tala's POV -
As I stood outside in the cool air, I watched the sky for any sign of Dranzer or the Blade Breakers. Nothing yet.
Something in my arms stirred and made me look down at the resting boy. His small eyelids opened revealing frightened familiar crimson eyes.
"Where's my big brother?" he asked timidly.
I smiled at him and answered his question with a "He's inside" answer.
"Why isn't he out here with me? I want my big brother!" Joey wailed. He started struggling in my arms. I had to think up something quick before the whole plan was ruined!
"Wait, Joey. Kai told me to take you out here so you can start to feel better. He's busy at the moment so he couldn't come out here," I lied.
"Is the meany man hurting him again like earwier?"
I answered with a solemn nod.
"Oh . . ."
Suddenly I heard a familiar shrill cry coming from the sky. Joey and I looked up greeted by a fiery red bird carrying four familiar beybladers.
"Dranzer!" I cried getting her attention off the batt.
She chirped and came strait for us landing just a few ways into the forest behind the Abby where she wouldn't be seen by those Biovolt lackeys.
I ran over to them, Joey still in my arms.
"Tala!" I heard Tyson's annoying voice call as he saw my form running toward them.
They all jumped off of Dranzer's back and stood there waiting for me to reach them. I went up to the phoenix as soon as I got there.
"Dranzer, Kai's still inside. He needs our help now. Take Joey and I'll sneak them in there to Kai. They should be done with him by now." As I handed Joey to her, he did something I had never in my life seen someone do.
He rejected Dranzer.
"No!" he cried. "I don't wanna go. I want my big brother! Lemme go! I want Kai! Lemme go!"
I held tighter to the young toddler, afraid he might hurt himself or ruin the plans.
"Calm down, Joey. You'll see Kai. I just need you to stay here with Dranzer until we can get him out of there. OK? Do you understand?" I looked down at the youngster, hoping he would do what I said and be quiet until we got the hell away from here.
But he had other ideas.
"No!" he growled, puffing up his face like any toddler would do. It only made him look much more cute and a lot more like Kai. Not like he could get any more like the phoenix prince. He already had his eyes and stubbornness.
"Listen, Joey, I need you to stay here and wait with Dranzer, and if you don't stay, I won't let you see your big brother ever again," I threatened.
Joey's eyes got wide at that. He whimpered, and I could see tears on the corners of his eyes. "Pwease, I wanna see my big brother again!"
"Then stay here with Dranzer."
He nodded and jumped down from my arms and rushed over to the fiery phoenix, hiding under her wing. I was starting to regret what I said, but if it would get him to stay here . . .
"Let's go," I said leading the pact away from the phoenix and the fevered boy.
Back with Kai -
He looked up as a rumbling sound reached his ears.
They had stopped "torturing" him a little while ago, but his injuries still hurt, very badly. He couldn't move, heck, it was a struggle just to breathe. The whip marks all over his back stung every time he took in a breath of air.
The door opened slightly, letting in some light for visibility. Footsteps echoed through the small room as a figure came closer to the blue haired Russian.
Kai tried to focus his strained and tired eyes on the figure, hoping he would estimate who the figure was before it was too late.
He was too late.
Strong hands grabbed his hair, just as they had done earlier. But this time, Kai didn't try to escape.
"Given up, I see?" the man said.
Kai spat blood in his face. "You only wish," he said quietly, not all that threatening. Even his glare was weak.
The man growled and backhanded the teen across the face so hard that it sent Kai's head crashing against the wall, causing dots of different colors to become visible to the dull crimson eyes. Kai didn't raise his head when the spots subsided. He just let the pain take its toll on his aching body. How much longer was Tala going to take?
"We'll see how well you hold up after I'm through with you," the man said pushing Kai to the floor.
Kai, fully awake and alert now, looked up at the older man with fear plastered all over his features. He whimpered and tried to scurry away from the man, but the guy's legs held him in place. He was now on top of the frightened teen, sitting on top of his waist, his thighs not letting the poor boy away from him.
"P-Please . . ." Kai begged. "Please don't . . ." Tears formed at the corners of his eyes. "Please don't. Please . . ."
"You brought this on yourself. You should've joined Biovolt. Now you have to pay the price." The older man's face came to Kai's, his hot breath making itself known beside the teen's ear. "Boris said you were a lot of fun, because, unlike anyone else, you fought back. I'm hoping that'll happen." He grinned and began running his cold fingers across the boy's bare and scared chest, letting his wet teeth nibble the delicate ear. "Let's play," he whispered.
"NO, STOP!"
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Tala looked up as he heard the devastating words. "Kai," he breathed and began running down the hall, Tyson and the others close behind.
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It had been about ten minutes since the encounter. Kai lay on the floor, unmoving and unconscious. The man sat in the corner looking at the boy.
Kai hadn't even put up much of a fight during the event and now he was asleep, barely breathing. 'If he doesn't join Biovolt now . . . his blood will be mine.'
Kai moaned as he came to, his head and body aching. He tried to move his arms, anything, but stopped short as a great pain ripped through his left arm and side, causing him to hiss in pain.
Footsteps echoing through the room, making Kai jump and look up as a dark shadow crossed his features. The man from earlier stood there towering over him. The teen shivered as a horrible thought crossed his floating mind.
The man knelt down and grabbed a fist-full of dirty slate blue hair. "Now, will you join?"
Kai looked at the man, scared out of his wits, but still determined not to join Biovolt and his grandfather. "No. I told you I'd never join you or that bastard of a grandfather. No matter how much you hurt me."
The man sighed and forcfully let go of the slate blue locks. Straitening up, he pulled out the one weapon Kai hated more than any other. A gun.
How many times had Boris and Voltair used that weapon on him?
The man loaded it and pointed it directly at the teen's head. "You know the rules. Join Biovolt, or die. I guess you chose the dying part, correct?" Coking it, he aimed it squarely at Kai's temple. "See ya."
Kai didn't flinch, but it seemed like time was slowing down. One minute he was looking up at a gun barrel, the next he was staring at familiar golden eyes.
"Ray?" he croaked. "What in the . . ."
"It's okay, Kai. That man is gonna be out for a while," Ray said looking over his shoulder at an unconscious body on the cold concrete.
Ray's POV -
We stood in the doorway, waiting for Tala to give the signal.
My blood was boiling. Kai lay there unconscious, unmoving, and naked for God's sake. I had an idea of what had happened, but I didn't want to believe it.
My eyes wandered over my captain's body. They found numerous marks all over his back and bruises all over his arms and lower torso. His left arm and side were not only blue and black but also, on his arm, at least two, maybe more, bones were jutting out, and on his side, red sat, not oozing out, but just sitting there, looking very nasty and possibly needing extreme medical attention.
"Damn, Kai," I heard Tyson say under his breath.
Max sniffed quietly, and I heard Tala's harsh breath as he tried to conceal his anger.
"When can we go in?" I asked Tala, keeping my anger in control, or trying to.
Tala shook his head. "Not until he makes a move. Kai'll be fine until then. Trust me."
I nodded and looked back at my friend on the floor as I heard a soft groan.
I saw the man make a move to Kai and grab his hair, pulling it until Kai looked him straight in the eyes. He asked him something, and I saw Kai answer. The man in front of him, that bastard, let go and stood back, pulling out a small pistol. Aiming it at Kai, I saw him say something before coking it.
That's when Tala spoke up. "Now!"
We headed right for the man, Tyson jumping on top of him, making him mis-fire, the bullet hitting the wall. Tala side-kicked him, knocking him out instantly as his foot connected with the temple of the big head.
I headed to Kai, telling him everything was going to be alright.
"Ray?" he asked, his eyes stood dull and almost lifeless.
"Yeah, Kai. It's me. Everything's gonna be alright. Don't worry." I gently grabbed his right arm and slowly pulled him to his feet.
I made sure we found his pants and gently, but quickly, put them on. (A.N. Hey, I'm not gonna let him go out in the cold without any pants on. That's cruel.)
Normal POV -
Ray helped Kai steady himself on his feet and gently wrapped his arm around the hurt teen's waist.
Tala came over and stood in front of them. He shook his head. "No, someone's going to have to carry him. We don't have enough time."
Tyson nodded and bent down in front of Kai's weak form. "Come on, Kai. Get on," he coaxed.
Kai, too weak to argue, climbed softly on top of his friend's back, draping his arms around Tyson's neck, his head resting on the younger teen's shoulder.
"Don't worry, bud. We'll get you out of here. I promise," Tyson said quietly.
Kai nodded slightly. "I know. You guys are here." With that, the phoenix prince went off to a healing sleep.
Tyson's eyes welled up with tears as he heard his friend say those words. He actually was hoping they would come! He actually . . .
'Oh, Kai . . .' he thought softly before following Tala and the others out the cell door and down the hallway in which they had come before. The only way out of that stupid place without being seen.
With Mr. Dickenson -
Mr. Dickenson strode across the room, the police men behind him every step of the way.
Voltair and Boris would pay this time. They wouldn't get out of this alive, not if he had anything to say about it.
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Alrighty now! This chappie is done! Told ya it was long! Here's a clue for the next one.
I know I promised to reveal the man in this chapt. But I decided to wait till the next one. And sorry about the other bit beast appearance. It maybe in the next chapter or not . . . I haven't decided yet. Also, Voltair finds out about the "Rescue Mission" and tries to stop them from taking Kai and Joey. Will he succeed? Or will Kai and the young boy get out of Voltair's grasp?
Max- You lied to them! smiles smugly
And you didn't when you spilt water on Tyson's bed and blamed him.
Max- . . .
Tyson- THAT WAS YOU!
Kai- smirks Good one, Max. But so over-rated.
Tyson- blinks You're complimenting him! steam starts coming out of his ears
I better see ya guys later before a fight breaks out between these three . . . Ray, can you do the honors?
Ray- Sure. Do you need any help with them afterwards?
Probably.
Ray- OK. She wants you to R&R. Yikes! Kai you really didn't have to send Tyson through the wall! looks at readers See you guys later! runs off to help Taijiya hold a black-eyed Kai back from killing an unconscious Tyson