HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kai- sweat drops A little hyper aren't you?
Yep. Do you know which chapter this is?
Kai- blinks Should I?
I would think you would! You're in the thing!
Kai- If I remember correctly, you've had me beaten and half-dead-half-alive for the past few chapters!
blinks But that doesn't mean that you don't know the number of the chapter afterwards.
Kai- growls
sighs Oh, well. This is the SIXTH and I repeat SIXTH chapter!
Kai- rolls eyes Whoopie . . .
Shut up. On with it!
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Suddenly, Kai's memory kicked in. "You - You're Chris!"
Chris nodded solemnly. "Yes," he said quietly.
Kai couldn't believe it. After all these years of thinking that Tala's older brother from way back when was alive! "How . . ."
"We don't really have time to discuss anything. Voltair and his men will be here soon. You have to get inside and enroll in an unknown alias. You have to hurry, though," Tala said interrupting his friend and brother's conversation. He ran down the steps and, with Tyson's help, aided Kai up to the front of the building, the others close behind.
-One hour later-
They had listed Kai's name and contacted Mr. Dickenson's cell phone in only a matter of minutes, and with time to spare . . .
Tyson sighed as he shifted in the seat he was in to a more comfortable position. He looked towards the white bed that seemed to almost blend in with the rest of the room. Kai lay asleep, breathing regularly again after coming out of his surgery ten minutes ago. Joey lay sleeping beside the teen, curled up almost like a small dog beside Kai's side. The scene seemed almost cute if it hadn't been for the bandages wrapped around the older boy's body and the flushed cheeks of both boys. Kai's ribs had been broken, left arm too. He had internal bleeding ranging from his left side, below his ribs, to about an inch above the knee. He wouldn't be walking for a while, that was for sure.
Tyson's gaze moved from the two in the bed to the ones around him. The others were asleep, with the exception of him and Ray. Ray's gaze never left the phoenix's. Tyson was suspicious of this at the beginning, but as he thought about it, Ray and Kai were always paired up together when they were traveling, so he guessed it only seemed fitting. He would have done it for Max or Kenney. Hell, he would have done it for any of them!
Dragoon's master shook his head before the conversation he was having with himself ended up confusing like all the other times.
Tala and Chris, whom they now found out was Tala's long-lost-older brother, were out making sure Voltair didn't come in checking each of the hospital rooms.
They really didn't want to have to deal with the old man until Mr. Dickenson came with the police.
Tyson looked over at the bed as a soft moan came from one of the boys. Kai shifted his head slightly on the pillow and opened his eyes, focusing on both faces looking softly at him.
"Ray . . . Tyson?"
"Hey, Kai. How are you feeling?" Ray asked quietly. He shifted closer to the phoenix.
Kai relaxed heavier on the bed. "Tired." He looked over at the small bundle next to him with wary eyes. "How's Joey?"
"He'll be fine, Kai," Tyson answered, getting up and striding over to the other two boys. "The doctor said that he just had a fever. It broke while you were in surgery. It should be almost back to normal by now."
Kai nodded and closed his eyes briefly. "How are you guys? And Tala and Chris?"
Ray smiled and shifted in his chair. Being in the same position for almost two hours straight was enough to make anyone want to get up and move around. Though, he wasn't going to any time soon. Kai needed all of them with him. "We're fine, Kai. Just worried about you. Tala and Chris are trying their best to keep Voltair from coming inside the hospital. If Mr. Dickenson doesn't get here soon with the police, then Tala and his brother won't be able to keep that man from coming in much longer."
Kai nodded, still too tired from the many drugs given to him to keep the pain at bay. "What about Dranzer? Have you heard anything from her yet?"
Tyson shook his head in dismay. "Cheif and Dizzy contacted her. She's at my house right now, but she's going to need her blade soon. She keeps getting weaker and weaker. Cheif fell asleep here working on a new blade for her."
Kai felt as if he had been stabbed. Just hearing that his first true friend was in pain made him feel sick.
And guilty.
"Sh - She shouldn't have come back . . . I told her to just warn you guys . . . I didn't think . . ." Kai's body shook, his tousled bangs falling in front of his eyes. He felt like he was on the verge of a breakdown. Too many things had happened in the last week.
Ray reached over and pulled the phoenix into a small hug, Tyson following. "It's OK, Kai. She'll be fine. And you and Joey will too. Everything's going to be alright," the tiger soothed, rubbing the older teen's back while Tyson traced hidden patterns along Kai's arm to calm him down. Kai needed to be calm, not tense, lest he make himself sick from the drugs messing with his system.
It took the older teen a little while for his body to stop shaking.
Ray helped Kai lay back down gently, covering the phoenix's chest with the sheet once more.
He looked over at the still sleeping toddler. "I can't believe he's still asleep." Ray shook his head. "He wouldn't go back to sleep until you got out of surgery earlier. I would think with you awake, he would wake up too."
Kai smiled softly at the comment, remembering well when they were suck in that damp cell.
"Kai, Mr. Dickenson will be here in about ten minutes. Once he's here, we won't have to worry about Voltair anymore," Tyson said smiling at the phoenix.
Kai nodded at that. Just the thought of getting away from that was making him feel much better.
Just then, the door opened up, revealing a young nurse carrying a tray full of hospital food. She smiled when she caught the eyes of the three teens. "Well, Mr. Carrington, or should I say Castel, how are you feeling?"
Kai nodded slightly, remembering the name that they had put down as his alias.
The nurse smiled again. "I brought some food for all of you, even for that little boy there. You all should have some. I'm sure you're famished." She set the tray down. "The doctor will be back in a few minutes to check up on you." With that, she left.
Tyson breathed a sigh of relief. He was expecting Voltair to be the one to walk in instead of the nurse, but she was cute. He blushed just thinking about it.
Kai sighed, looking at the food with hungry eyes, but didn't dare taste it. Knowing Voltair's connections, he didn't dare do anything until they were well out of Russia.
"Aren't you hungry, Kai?" Tyson said, reaching for the food.
Ray slapped his hand away. "Tyson, that could be poisoned. You know Voltair's expecting us to be here."
Kai nodded. "Yeah, and if that nurse works for him, she would've put something in it." But just looking at it made his stomach growl. He hadn't eaten in about a few days. Well, only enough to keep him alive, which wasn't very much at all. He groaned and switched his view to a picture on the wall.
Ray got the hint and took the tray, dumping it in the hallway garbage can, and returning with the empty tray. He shook his head, setting the tray on the table. "Why don't you get some more rest, Kai? We'll be alright."
Kai closed his eyes for a brief moment before nodding. "Okay, Ray." With that said, he drifted off to a dreamless sleep.
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It's short, I know, but oh well. Sue me.
Really, don't. I only have four dollars and fifty cents to my name! PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AWAY!
Anyway, sorry for no bit beast. I changed my mind. I think that I want to end this in the next chapter.
R&R Viewers!