Who Are You?
Disclaimer: I don't own beyblade or buffy or any other sources this might relate to. I DO own Kym and the plot, though.
Chapter 16 – Ending
'Ken-nedy got no cash! Ken-nedy got no cash!' the slayers sang happily.
The bladers were struggling to hold in their laughter as Kennedy watched the slayers dancing around her, threatening with her expression to murder each and every one of them.
They were in The Bronze. Kennedy was being teased, as all could see, while Kym and Vi were splitting their sides laughing at her. They had stopped trying to hold it in long ago, and were rolling about clutching their sides.
Finally, Kennedy blew her top.
With an infuriated screech, she started to chase the now-giggling slayers away. Then she collapsed on the floor in a heap. Kym and Vi laughed harder, until neither could breathe.
'Face it Kennedy!' laughed Vi, 'until you get some more cash, they'll never let you live it down!' Kym nodded.
'Right. But until then, I think Willow wants to see you. Hmm, wonder why.' She said mock-thoughtfully.
Vi and Kym both started to laugh as Kennedy went bright red. She scrambled up off of the floor, and started over to Willow.
Vi turned to Lee, who had announced as her boyfriend a few hours ago.
'Wanna dance?' she asked with a casual shrug. Lee grinned and shrugged back, walking to the dance floor with her anyway. Kym smiled after them.
That evening, everyone was woken by a thunderous explosion.
The bladers rushed to follow some girls up onto the top of the abbey, where there were weapons waiting and girls preparing to attack and defend.
Kym, Vi, Kennedy and Sahara were already there: talking quietly with Buffy, Faith, Kendra, Giles and Willow.
Kym walked over to a group of Water Slayers. 'On my word! Prepare to fire!' she yelled. Tala saw Kennedy, Vi and Sahara do the same with their group of slayers.
The four generals exchanged glances with Buffy, Kendra and Faith, who were getting their own weapons ready, and Giles, who was looking for their target.
'East!' Giles bellowed suddenly, pointing to the direction they all supposed was east. The slayers all turned their weapons and focus in the right direction at once, seemingly not needing Giles to point.
Kym pushed a bow and a bag of arrows into Mariah's arms. 'Do you know how to use this?' she asked. Mariah smirked and nodded.
'Best in my village.' She told her confidently. Kym smiled and nodded.
'The target is Caleb and the miniature army of Turok-Han.' She told them firmly. Mariah nodded and began to take aim with a group of fellow archers, including Sasha and Cara.
'You're making her fight? Just like that?' yelled Lee, grabbing Kym's collar. She glowered at him and pushed him away easily.
'She's a slayer! The sooner she gets used to fighting and everything, the longer she will live!' she yelled. 'Right now, the more people we have defending the abbey, the more people will live…including Mariah.' She glanced down at the advancing Turok-Han.
'Take a look at the remaining weapons. If you can use one well, use it. If not, grab something simple, like a knife. If they get in here you'll need it.' She instructed, her voice void of all emotion.
'AIM!' Buffy, Faith, Kendra, Giles and Willow all yelled together. The slayers did as they were told without hesitation, preparing to shoot and focussing their targets.
Kym stood behind and checked over all the weapons she could see.
'Okay Water Slayers! FIRE!' she screamed. The reaction was immediate.
At once, arrows, bullets, and more started streaming through the air from the Water Slayers.
Kennedy grinned. 'Fire Slayers! FIRE!' she yelled, punching the air as she pulled out her own gun.
'Air Slayers! FIRE!' Vi bellowed, louder than any of the bladers had heard her get.
'Earth Slayers! FIRE!' Sahara finished.
'Reload and refire! We can't waste time!' Buffy yelled through the screams and war-cries of slayers everywhere.
'Keep firing! OPEN FIRE!' Kym, Kennedy and Vi screamed.
The battle raged on through the night and into the morning, where Caleb was one of the few remaining.
The Turok-Han had managed to fight back, and had killed about ten to fifteen slayers, whose bodies had been carried quickly away by other slayers who weren't fighting, to be taken elsewhere, so they could rest in peace easier.
The exhausted, bloody and sweaty bladers fell to the ground, panting.
Dawn was starting to rise over them, drawing the fight near to an end, as the Turok-Han either gambled everything, or ran away from the sun slowly creeping up on them, as they had done on the abbey.
Soon, Caleb was left with only a few Turok-Han, who were glancing fearfully at the sky every so often.
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Robert gasped as Kym, Vi, Kennedy and Sahara vaulted themselves over the top of the abbey wall, landing perfectly on the ground before Caleb. They narrowed their eyes and began to fight.
Vi took out a Turok-Han, before another gave her a blow to the back of her neck, rendering her unconscious.
Kennedy took out the Turok-Han that had attacked Vi, only for another to hit her as well, knocking her as unconscious as Vi.
The same happened to Sahara: she destroyed one, before the last knocked her out.
Kym staked it quickly, and turned to Caleb…
They fought.
Caleb tried many a time to hit her, but Kym managed to dodge most of it. She was tiring, though.
She gasped, and time seemed to stand still, as something hit her.
She slowly looked down, shaking on the spot.
Blood dripped on her fingers as she reached, as if to touch it. She looked blankly at Caleb again, who was smirking triumphantly at her.
He grabbed her by the neck, and lifted her up easily.
It was too much…it hurt…so…much!
Kym screamed.
It was a scream that echoed throughout the world, it seemed, yet was only enough to bring the attentions of everyone still conscious enough to watch to them.
They all gasped, and tried to prepare to fire.
None had the energy, it seemed.
Kym struggled, but her first wound was too much for her to bear.
She held her breath and waited for the end to come.
Caleb cocked his head and grinned maliciously at her.
'See? You could never win against me.' He told her happily.
Kym gasped for one last breath.
'I…was never…the one…to beat…scumbag!' she gasped out. Caleb glared at her, and squeezed her neck even tighter, smirking at the satisfying gasps it caused.
'Become my slave…an I'll let a pretty little thing like you live.' He told her triumphantly. Kym glared at him feebly.
'…Never!' she hissed, gasping and choking as his hands tightened again.
She smiled slightly, staring blankly into his eyes.
'Robert…thanks…for coming…back for me…' she gasped, knowing Kennedy, Vi and Sahara had come to, at least enough for them to hear her.
'NO!' they all screamed, as Kym's head dropped to one side.
Tears streaked the cheeks of all three.
They watched in horror as Caleb let her form drop to the floor, where she lay still.
'NO! Kym! Kymi! Please! NO!' Kennedy cried, scrambling towards her best friend and sister.
Vi followed, while Sahara struggled to her feet to stand on shaky legs.
'NO!' Sahara screamed, tackling Caleb to the ground from behind him, pushing him onto the grass.
She pulled a knife from Kym's belt, from her body, which was lying next to them.
Holding the knife up high, letting the look in her eyes stun Caleb in stillness, she plunged the knife deep into his black heart, with one last war-cry.
There was silence.
…Then sobbing.
Everywhere, Slayers, Beybladers, Watchers and friends alike all mourned her, tears flowing down their cheeks, even for the Russians.
Slowly, one by one, the slayers all stood up again, on shaky feet. They dropped their weapons wordlessly, and saluted Kym's body in unison.
'Kymica Amy Summers, Water Slayer!' they cried together, still holding the salute. Tears continued down the cheeks of many.
Buffy stepped forward, crying also.
'A Slayer can never live forever, we know. You knew this best of all, and respected it. You were never afraid to die, I don't think. You were brave and kind and forgiving. You were a True Slayer…one that doesn't deserve to lie there, cold and dying.' She announced, her voice ringing out, over the city, in silence. She didn't need help, she spoke normally.
The slayers were silently backing her all the way.
'You will be missed, Kym.' She whispered though her voice still somehow reached everybody's ears.
And with that, every single Slayer there was to see her fall, fell as well, breaking down into full tears, mourning a great Slayer, that some had never really known.
They had all heard of Kym, had heard her widely shared wisdom, laughed at her poor jokes, groaned at her strict training, and smiled at her kind and forgiving nature.
And so, they cried.
They cried for her death, they cried for their life, they cried for sadness and yet they also cried for happiness.
For, now although Kym had died, and Kennedy was broken, if only for now, Caleb was gone.
Giles had found that only the life-long knife of a dead Slayer could kill him.
And that is what Sahara had used.
It was over at last.
Slayers everywhere, awoke or blinked out of a state of sadness or sleeping-sadness, and smiled mournfully at the simultaneous loss and victory.
A pearly-white figure, stood learnt against the doorframe, behind the sobbing Slayers. She had long hair that fell to her waist, in a tight bun at the top of her head with two chopsticks fitted into place. It was faintly purple, but had once been much darker. Her hair flowed down below the bun, to about her waist. She had sparkling silver eyes, outlined in black eyeliner and mascara.
She smiled sadly, as she slowly began to fade from view, unnoticed still.
She stood up properly, and saluted them all one last time, stamping her feet silently and grinning, as she shouted the one word that made them spot her, as she finally let Lucy Hanigan lead her away.
'HAA!'
…Oh wow –sob- I finished!
Oh yeah, and that was part of Kym's description from the Prologue before, except lightened to make her ghostly. Also, the "haa!" bit, was what the slayers cried out in chapter 2 when they were training with Vi in the courtyard.
That's it! That's the end of the story! Kym died, but so did Caleb!
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