Hey, I'm back with another chapter! Finally!

Kai- Been a while. Huh?

. . . Shut up.

Kai- smirks

Do the disclaimer?

Kai- Nope. Joey wanted to do it.

Joey- YEP! I wanna do the discwaimer! smiles

OK. You can do it, then.

Joey- Yay! jumps up and down Discwaimer: She don't own Beybwade! smiles

Good job. gives Joey a hug and a cookie These are my special cookies. winks

Joey- Yay! runs off with the cookie

Kai- sweat drops Did you really have to give him that?

smirks Yep! Oh, and by the way, I can't remember if I said in an earlier chapter or not, but I changed Joey's age, he's now at least four. I had to because I put four-year-old talk for him and I don't feel like going back and changing it.

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They carried their unconscious captain through the building, dodging every person that came within their view, making sure that they did not get caught.

"How much farther?" Max asked breathlessly.

Tala nodded to a door that had just come into view. "Once we reach past that door, then we're home free."

"Good," Tyson said taking a glance at his friend on his back. Kai was still unconscious and barely breathing. "We need to get Kai to a doctor, now." Tala nodded, seeing the worried face of Dragoon's master.

They ran for the door, not stopping for even a breath of air, which they were all losing quickly. Tala rammed his shoulder on the metal frame, making it swing open, the cold air slicing through them like they were butter. Rushing to the wooded area, they quickly saw Dranzer sitting there with her wings laying protectively over the sleeping form of the toddler. Her head went straight up when she heard the bladers's footsteps scrunching in the snow.

"Don't worry, Dranzer. We have Kai, but as soon as we board you need to take off. It'll only be a matter of time before they figure out that Kai is gone,"Tala said, picking up Joey in his arms and waiting for the others to hurry and get on the phoenix's back. Max was first, then Ray, who took Joey from Tala, and as the wolf held Kai, Tyson boarded. "Hurry. You have to get Kai out of here and fast." He quickly handed Kai's slumbering form to the dragon and stood back.

"Wait, Tala. You aren't coming?" Tyson said staring at his friend with a worried expression.

Wolborg's master shook his head. "No. They'll suspect something. I have to stay here. Now, go. Kai hasn't got much time!" He shooed them off as Dranzer flapped her wings gracefully and took off to the sky. Tala watched on until they were out of sight, the phoenix not slowing down as she took her wounded master and his friends out of a dangerous place. "Don't worry, my friend. You and your brother will be safe as long as I'm alive." He shook his head and headed back to the building, thinking of a story to tell Voltair of why his grandson had escaped, although, the man would testify to his being a traitor.

-S-S-S-S-S-

Tyson held Kai's body close to him as they sailed the sky, his eyes wandering over the still form. Tala had given the phoenix his jacket so he wouldn't be any colder than he already was, but the younger teen didn't think that it was helping any. Kai's body was black and blue and purple from head to toe, and he was shivering slightly. "Oh, Kai." His thoughts were soon interrupted as Dranzer rocked back and forth, screeching loudly. "What happened?" he asked as Dranzer rocked again.

Ray looked back at him, Joey now fully awake in his arms. "There are people down there that are shooting at Dranzer. She's trying to out-run them, but it's not working." He grunted as Joey tried to squirm out of his grasp.

"Big Brother!" he cried pushing past the tiger and made his way to Kai who was still lying in Tyson's arms. He gently shook his brother's shoulder. "Wake up, Kai. Wake up, big brother." He started shaking Kai harder, gaining no response. "Big Brother!" Tears started running down his cheeks, one of them landing on the pale face of the older teen. Kai stirred in reply. His eyes opened slowly, focusing on the crying form in front of him.

"J-Joey . . . ?" He looked up at the one who was holding him. "Tyson . . . ?" Before he could do anything else, Dranzer's body rocked again as another blast hit her, making her screech in pain. He bolted up as she faltered in the air. "D-Dranzer, land, please! Don't take anymore pain. Just land!" he screamed at his bit beast. Her head looked back at him, her eyes smiling at the fact that he was awake and alright. She nodded, her eyes skimming the ground below for a place to land safely. She spotted a clearing in the middle of a nearby park. Screeching again, she let her delicate wings glide herself to it, landing gracefully.

The Blade Breakers and the young toddler dropped down to the snow covered floor, gazing on as Dranzer's flaming head reached down to the slate haired boy limping over to her. She began to purr slightly while she sat down to let her master rub his frozen hand across her forehead.

"Are you OK, Dranzer?" he asked quietly, his voice no longer able to go above a whisper, cracking slightly from the effort. She nodded her head weakly and rested it on the ground.

"Umm, Kai?" Tyson came over and placed a gentle hand on the teen's back. "We can't stay here. They would have seen Dranzer land. We have to get out of here."

"Tyson's right, Kai. Come on, let's go," Ray's voice whispered, his eyes going 95 miles an hour, searching for any enemy that would come near.

"I'm not leaving Dranzer," the older teen stated firmly, though his body said differently. His knees kept trying to buckle underneath him, and his sight wavered almost every time he tried to focus on the large figure in front of him.

"Where's her beyblade?" Kenney asked as he came forward.

Kai shook his head. "I don't know," he said weakly, sitting down on the ground beside Dranzer's flaming head. He rested his head on her neck. "They took it when they were experimenting on her."

"Big brother," Joey said rushing over to the teen and jumping on his chest, rubbing his head in the nape of Kai's neck.

"It's OK, Joey," the teen whispered, rubbing the boy's back.

"Kai, we have to get out of here," Max said, glancing at Ray, who's eyes were still searching the surrounding area for any enemies.

The older teen nodded. "Yeah, I know, but how are we going to get out of here with Dranzer hurt and me unable to walk?"

"I'll carry you and Dranzer can try and find her way out of here without being detected. It'll be a lot easier to maneuver around without a load on her back. Does that sound good?" Tyson said.

Dranzer nodded her head, knowing that it was the only option they had, and stood up, making Kai have to force himself to sit up-right. She flapped her wings and took off, leaving the Blade Breakers in the woods to fend for themselves.

"Come on, Kai. Let's get going," Tyson said kneeling before the hurt teen, encouraging him to climb onto his back.

"I don't know, Tyson," the phoenix prince started, Joey still sitting in his lap.

"Well, we don't have time to worry about anything, ok?" Kai nodded slightly, still a bit weaker than he would like. Gently forcing Joey to stand on his own, the phoenix climbed back on his friend's back, draping his arms over Tyson's shoulders. "Alright, let's go." With that, the Blade Breakers left the clearing in which they were in.

-Tala's POV-

I grunted as another punch hit my cheek, causing me to lose my balance and land on my left arm. Taking my right one, I wiped away the blood that had started trickling down from the corner of my torn lip. Looking back up at the hard diamond eyes, I shuttered as I saw him smirk. Bringing out a blood-stained whip, the same one he probably had used on Kai, he raised it over his head, readying himself for a strike.

I was saved, though, by one word.

"Stop," a voice said calmly, making the man in front of me lower his weapon of choice down slowly to his side. Voltair came over to his right side, looking first at me then at the questioning glance at the other man. "Brothers shouldn't harm each other like that when they can work together in catching six kids. Otherwise both of them will die." He looked back at me. I had no idea what he just said. Who were brothers? I knew Kai and Joey were after overhearing Spencer tell Bryan and Ian. But who were Voltair talking about? Surly not . . .

"WHAT?!" I exclaimed looking just as surprised as the older man in front of me, his now soft blue eyes wide with disbelief.

Voltair chuckled. "The world is a small place isn't it?" With that said, he left, leaving the two of us alone together to discuss what the Hell he was talking about.

-With the Blade Breakers-

"I wonder where we are," Tyson said quietly. They were still trekking through the woods, lost and unable to determine where they were heading. Kai was asleep on Tyson's back, his breathing now stronger than earlier. They had stopped a while ago to tend to his broken arm and bleeding back and his hurt leg so the phoenix could at least get a little bit of peaceful sleep.

"I don't know, Tyson. As long as it's far away from that damn place, I don't care," Ray said quietly. He held a sleeping Joey. Kai had asked Ray to carry him when they had stopped.

Flashback

"Ray," Kai's weak voice called as the tiger headed over to the frozen lake to see if Tyson, Max, and Kenny had gotten any luck in braking the ice.

"Yeah, Kai? What is it?" he asked, looking back at the phoenix as he sat, propped up against a thick tree, a sleeping Joey curled up in his lap, the familiar scarf wrapped around his neck, making him look a lot like a younger Kai.

"I was wondering if you could do me a favor?"

"Yeah, anything."

"Could you carry Joey? He has a fever, and I want him to rest as much as he can. He's only four years old, and I don't think I want him to die in the woods from a fever."

"Sure, but answer a question for me?"

"What is it?"

Ray sighed. How was he going to put this? "Joey kept calling you 'Big Brother,' why?"

Kai tensed ever so slightly as much as his tattered body would let him. He sighed. He should have known that they would find out sooner or later. "Joey is my younger brother. How, I don't know. But I was told, and it's the truth, even Tala knows it, that he is my younger brother. I didn't want to believe it at first, but then, as I looked at him and thought about it, I realized that he is. There's no denying it now. Even if someone were to come and prove it wrong, I wouldn't care. I'm going to protect him as much and as long as I can."

Ray nodded, believing everything that his friend said. "Don't worry, we'll help you. They won't get Joey again, nor you. We'll make sure of that."

The phoenix looked up. "Thank you, Ray."

End Flashback

Ray's eyes glazed over with tears as the flashback came and went. Before Tyson could see anything wrong, the tiger turned around. He couldn't let anyone see him get emotional. With Kai hurt, he was the leader on this expedition, and supposed to be the strongest. He couldn't let his emotions get in the way, and he couldn't let the others see, otherwise, they'd get worried and scared. He couldn't have that, could he?

They walked for another hour without any discussion, that is, until Joey woke up.

The small boy stirred in the tiger's arms, looking up at him after rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "Who are you?" the boy asked innocently.

"My name's Ray. I'm a friend of your brother's." Ray smiled at him as Joey smiled back, his eyes still slightly heated from fever. "Why don't you go back to sleep? You still need to rest."

The small boy yawned. "Ok. Where's Kai?" He turned his head from side to side, looking for his elder brother.

"Kai's asleep, too. He told me to tell you that you need to rest. Ok?" the tiger said, hoping the boy would believe him and go back to sleep.

He did.

"Ok," he said quietly, closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep again.

'He must be really tired,' Ray thought to himself, looking up at a sudden stopping movement caught his eye. Max and Kenney had stopped walking, waiting on Ray and Tyson to catch up. "Sorry we're so slow," the tiger said smiling at his friends.

Max and Kenney shook their heads. "Don't worry about it Ray," they both said in union.

Tyson came up a few seconds later. "We need to hurry and find a hospital. Kai's breathing is getting weak again."

Kenney nodded, opening Dizzy. "Dizzy, is there any place nearby that has a hospital?" he asked the laptop.

"There sure is, Chief! Not too far away either. Just keep going straight and you should see the buildings."

"What town is it?" Ray asked the female voice.

"I believe it's Moscow, Boys!" she replied triumphantly.

The boys looked at each other, smiles on their faces. It wasn't long until they reached the edge of the city, and low and behold, the hospital was just a block away!

"There it is!" Tyson cried, quickening his pace. He stopped as two men came in front of the building, though. One of them he never wanted to see again, the other, he was surprised about. "Tala!"

"Tyson," Tala's voice was cold and emotionless, although his eyes said different. Kai was still hurt and Joey looked as if he still had a fever. 'Great. I didn't want this to happen. I have to think of something before this gets out of hand. They still don't know everything, and Voltair will be here shortly. I have to get them to trust the both of us before then.' Tala stopped his thinking as the thoughts registered. 'Wait. Did I just say that they'd have to trust the BOTH of us? They never will! Not after what happened. But if they could forgive me and Kai for taking their friends' bit beasts, maybe . . . .'

"Tala, what's going on?" Tyson asked.

"Tala?" a weak voice asked. Tyson felt his friend's head move as Kai looked up at his old friend's face. "What are you doing here?" He was about to ask another question when the other face set into his mind and memory. His whole body tensed.

Tala gazed on his friend's face. Kai still had a fever. His eyes still sat heated just like his now awake younger brother's.

"Kai . . . ." the wolf's voice said softly. "This isn't what it looks like."

"Then what is it!" Tyson's angered voice cried.

"Listen to me." Wolborg's master's voice was calm as he said every detail of the older man and him being brothers, and about how they found out that there was a syringe in Tala's brother's blood stream, causing him to do the things he did. That it wasn't his own doing. They had found out that it was the same syringe that Boris had used on Kai years ago when he was forced to kill a boy that lost against him. Only this time, it was stronger. Making him do everything that Voltair said without any control over his body.

Kai eased himself down off of Tyson's back, with his friend's help of course. "Tala . . . ."

"You have to believe me, Kai. I know it's hard to believe, but would I lie to you?"

Kai shook his head. "I believe you, but . . . ." He looked warily at the older man.

The man shook his head, his blue eyes soft and somewhat comforting, rivaling those of Wolborg's master. "I really apologize, Kai. I regret everything that I did to you. If I could go back . . . . I would stop myself immediately. But Tala's right. I did not have any control over my body. Please forgive me . . . . . ?" His eyes were watering with tears as he said everything.

Suddenly, Kai's memory kicked in. "You - You're Chris!"

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Yep. I'm leaving it at that! smiles evilly I like cliffhangers. Can you tell?

I know I promised a bit beast revelation in this chapter, but I decided to wait until the next one. But I did keep to my promise to reveal the man in this one! sweat drops

R&R!