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Twisted Fate
Chapter 9: Danger
The ship skimmed through the water fast as light. If the Bladebreakers had dared to step out of the cabin, they would have been thrown from the ship by the sheer velocity. Instead, they lay dazed or unconscious from the unexpected sharp turn that had thrown them against the walls of the cabin.
When Kai opened his eyes, everything was blurry. The blow to the head from the speeding ship had caused him to nearly go unconscious. Holding his throbbing head, he waited nearly a half-hour until he could stand again. As the view became clearer, he could see them going faster than he ever thought a ship could go. A sudden jerk and they would be thrown through the glass in front, shattering it into billions of shards.
He sat with his eyes closed against the wall, waiting for the pain to subdue. He put his hand in his pocket and felt Dranzer, safe and sound. Relief washed through him; Dranzer was a part of him and gave him the only security he'd ever had. He was lost without it.
He got up again after a while, shaking off the feeling he had felt so many times when he was younger. The very thought of the dungeons in Balkov Abbey sent a sensation of fear through him. He had felt fear when he was literally thrown into the cells; locked away, a prisoner to his own grandfather. He used to be scared to death of him. Now he felt anger and hate towards him.
'Fear is the path to the dark side,' Kai said to himself. 'Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering,' Kai laughed harshly at how accurately this described his past.
He stood up and saw his friends laying still, unconscious. A faint sound diverted his attention to the communication panel. Kai walked over and saw Mr. Dickenson's worried face.
"Kai," Mr. Dickenson's worried voice came. "I think it's only fair that the Bladebreakers get an explanation for everything that is going on. I'm sorry, I don't have much time, so please tell the others. First of all, the scientist that has been conducting these so-called experiments, he was working for the BBA. The tasks were meant to help improve your teamwork and friendship. We had no idea what he had been doing, how harsh he had been on you! Oh, by the way, did you get the food I sent on the ship?"
Kai nodded, and waited for the old man to continue. "Good, good. Anyway, we never meant for it to be this way, we were under the impression everything was fine and you were well looked after. We have reason to believe he was after your bit-beasts. He had seen the power and potential of the sacred spirits, slowly becoming obsessed. This caused him to do things such as drive you to starvation and so forth. We believe his obsession caused his conscience and awareness to diminish."
Kai confirmed this with a slight nod. "When we finally saw how he was treating you, we immediately sent this ship to your rescue, and dismissed him from the BBA. However, he has just recently hacked into our system and changed the co-ordinates for the ship. We think he is now continuing his pursuit outside of the BBA, now without rules, which will make him even more ruthless. Unfortunately, we cannot do anything until we find him. We are searching as I speak, but we have reason to believe he has fled the country. He will now have nothing to stop him, including sanity, making him more dangerous than ever. Again, I'm ever so sorry this ever happened," the old man said, sweat beaded on his forehead. He gave an audible sigh. "I must go now. Good luck!" he said, sadly. And with that, the transmission ended.
Kai leaned against a wall, deep in thought about everything Mr. Dickenson had just told him. He was interrupted by the moans from his friends, now rousing. "Ow. my head." Tyson rubbed the back of his head gingerly.
When Kai was assured everyone was conscious and awake, he explained everything exactly as Mr. Dickenson had. When he had finished, everyone was silent.
"Wow, that's more than I've ever heard you say at once, Kai," Tyson joked, finally breaking the silence.
"So, you're saying it's gonna get worse," Rei sighed. Kenny frowned and nodded.
"How can it? I mean, I don't think he can make it worse without killing us altogether," Hilary said, dejectedly.
"Hey, cut it out!" Tyson snapped. He saw their surprised faces at the sudden outburst. "Sorry, it's just that complaining's only gonna make it worse! We can't let em get to us!"
"Tyson's right," Kai agreed. "We can take whatever they throw at us head on."
"Even. this.?" Kenny stammered, revealing sparks flying from the communication box. Suddenly, the sparks caught fire, causing the ship to rapidly burn.
"Shoot," Tyson said. "What do we do?"
"Waddya think, Tyson? We gotta abandon ship!" Kenny cried.
"Aren't there any life boats or anything on this thing?" Hilary asked, frantically.
"Already checked, there's none. No lifeboats, life preservers, life jackets." Kenny was near tears now.
"We gotta move before we're trapped," Kai harshly commanded, kicking open the door and ran out, followed closely by the rest. With that he jumped the rail and dove into the water below.
The rest of the Bladebreakers looked nervously at each other. "I'll go next," Rei offered, seeing that nobody else was volunteering. He stepped forward and took a deep breath, then plunged into the sea.
"We have to move fast!" Max said. "Come on, let's go before it's too late." With that, he jumped off the railing into the water.
"Kenny, you're turn," Hilary pushed. Kenny looked more scared than ever now.
"I. can't really. swim." he choked. Hilary and Tyson exchanged nervous glances.
"Don't worry, Kenny. it'll be okay," Hilary said, trying to calm her nervous friend down.
"Yeah, and anyway, it's better than on a burning ship," Tyson said, pointing to the threatening flames that were dangerously close; they could feel the heat of the fire licking their faces. Kenny gave a scared whimper, then jumped into the deep sea.
"Come on, let's go," Hilary said to Tyson. The fire was too close now; they would have to jump immediately. They both closed their eyes shut tightly then dove neatly into the water together.
The icy salt water hit with tremendous impact. Falling deeper and deeper towards the unseen floor they drifted, then struggled to reach the surface and breathe again. When they finally reached the air they needed, they gasped and choked on the salt water swallowed. They then swam as fast as they could away, just in time to see the flaming ship explode, sending burning hot splinters everywhere.
They would have screamed, or cried out but all that could escape their lips were sharp gasps as they struggled to stay above the freezing water that contrasted with the flaming ship pieces in their terrified faces.
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(Rei's POV)
We scrambled onto the largest remainder of the burnt ship we could find. It was nothing compared to the giant luxury ship it had been just moments ago, but we could all fit onto it. It was amazing we could even find this one scrap; the ship had blasted to smithereens. Probably from some sort of flammable and explosive stuff onboard.
Coughing, choking and shivering with fear we sat aboard the makeshift lifeboat. Kai had remained calm throughout, although it must have had some impact that he didn't show. He was like that.
Tyson, Max and I just stared ahead in shock and despair. Everything that had just happened was still a blur - I guess my mind refused to believe it. From the expressions on Tyson and Max's faces, they felt the same way. Apart from the hoarse coughs and heavy breathing, everyone was silent.
I could see tears streaming down Kenny's face as he shuddered and sobbed with the overwhelming stress and despair.
Hilary clung onto Tyson tightly, frightened emotionally scarred from the event. Tyson didn't even respond, and held her in an empty embrace although his mind was elsewhere. Ha, it must have been - Tyson's mind was ALWAYS on Hilary.
We sat on our miserable excuse for a lifeboat for what seemed like eternity, staring as the remnants of our ship sank and drifted away. None of us spoke, until now. "Look over there," Kai gestured towards a boat coming our way.
We all turned and waved like maniacs to the boat, although we were pretty sure they saw us. It was a large ship. The driver stopped in front of us, allowing us to board the ship.
I saw a screen with that all-too-familiar shadowed figure. Now we all let out moans of annoyance and frustration. Evil laughs erupted from the screen. Yeah, he went insane alright. His eyes had that crazed possessed look that we knew all too well.
"Dude, doesn't that only happen with cyber bit-beasts?" Tyson whispered.
"Well, apparently not." I whispered back.
"Good morning, Bladebreakers. I hope you had a good trip." he mocked, laughing harshly. His cold tone and icy laugh made me shiver. "Well I have a proposal for you."
"What do you want," Tyson spat.
He merely laughed cruelly again. "Anxious, are we?" his devious mind enjoyed toying with us. "Here's your offer." With that, a creepy looking kid made his entrance. He looked like he had been raised in the Abbey; he was silent and the only thing we could see was a dead look in his eyes, which were shadowed by his cloak. We could sense he had no mercy or guilt in him whatsoever.
The scientist spoke again. "This is your opponent. If you lose." With this the driver of the boat grabbed Kenny in a headlock and pointed a gun to his head. I think Kenny fainted from fear and terror.
"If you win, he goes home safely. You have five minutes to decide who will battle for your friend's life." He laughed cruelly; he was completely crazy.
We just stared at each other in shock and fear. None of us wanted to battle; if we lost we would never forgive ourselves. Then again, if we didn't battle, he would die.
"I think Tyson should do it," Hilary stammered. I nodded; Tyson could deal with stress. If anyone could do it, it was Tyson.
"Yeah, Tyson," Max smiled encouragingly. "I think you're our best chance."
"You can do this, Tyson!" I smiled, although I was uneasy inside.
"What do you think, Tyson?" Kai asked, seeing Tyson's nervous face.
"I. I can do this!" Tyson shouted, his confidence returning.
"Be careful, Tyson!" Hilary cried out as Tyson walked up to the beydish to face this new opponent. Kenny's life was at stake.
"There's no way I'm losing," Tyson said confidently. "Don't you worry, Kenny, I'll beat this clown. You're going down!" Tyson smirked at his opponent, ready to counter his comeback. He remained silent. Tyson cocked an eyebrow at the silent blader, surprised at the silence. Awkward silence. "Uh. are you ready to be beaten?" Tyson whipped out his launcher. The blader just drew out his launcher, silently; his expression remained the same.
"Man, that guy keeps a straighter face than Kai!" Max whispered.
"Three, two, one. LET IT RIP!" Tyson yelled. He felt a little embarrassed. usually the opponent shouted it too, but this one just launched it, silent as ever. He got into the intense battle, against his opponent's shadowy blade.
"So who are you, anyway?" Tyson asked as the beyblades sparked as they clashed. The blader didn't make any effort to show that he had heard. "I asked who are you," Tyson said, louder this time. The blader showed nothing. "Aargh, whatever. Dragoon, attack!"
Dragoon charged at the dark beyblade, sending it flying back. In return, the beyblade smashed into Dragoon, sending Dragoon back a fair distance back. The blades threw attack after attack at each other.
"Wow, it's a pretty intense fight there," Hilary commented. "GO, TYSON!" she cheered. "Huh? What's happening?" she watched as the mysterious blade suddenly took lead of the fight.
"Come on Dragoon!" Tyson commanded the beyblade to pursue the dark one. The shadowed blade showed extreme control, knowing exactly where it was going. "Follow it!" The grey blade followed, closely on its tail.
The opponent's eyes glinted for a split second, and his beyblade sped up, flying through the air in my direction; Dragoon following close behind. I shielded my face with my arm. The dark beyblade turned swiftly in the air, but Dragoon couldn't dodge quickly enough. I suddenly felt searing pain as the sharp metal tore through my left arm. I cried out in pain as I fell to the ground, my own blood spilling onto the wooden floor of the ship. I closed my eyes as I felt a rush of pain flood through me, taking me over.
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(Normal POV)
"REI!" Max, Hilary and Kai ran over to their fallen friend, crimson flooding onto the floor where he lay. Tyson stared in shock as he realised what his own beyblade had just done.
"No," Tyson whispered. He looked at his opponent with a fierce glare, to see that his opponent had a smirk on his face. "You freak!" he shouted, as he looked over at his hurt friend. "I'm so sorry," he whispered.
Tyson's opponent laughed. A cruel, maniacal laugh filled the air. Tyson felt rage surging inside him, and finally released it. "You'll pay! DRAGOON ATTACK!" Tyson screamed with all his fury. Dragoon charged at the blade with all of Tyson's anger. It slammed into the blade and sent it flying into a glass panel of the boat. The glass shattered and tiny glass shards flew everywhere, along with pieces of the destroyed beyblade.
The mysterious blader just walked into the shadows, not uttering a single word. Tyson returned Dragoon to his hand and stared at the deep red colour that now covered it.
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Twisted Fate
Chapter 9: Danger
The ship skimmed through the water fast as light. If the Bladebreakers had dared to step out of the cabin, they would have been thrown from the ship by the sheer velocity. Instead, they lay dazed or unconscious from the unexpected sharp turn that had thrown them against the walls of the cabin.
When Kai opened his eyes, everything was blurry. The blow to the head from the speeding ship had caused him to nearly go unconscious. Holding his throbbing head, he waited nearly a half-hour until he could stand again. As the view became clearer, he could see them going faster than he ever thought a ship could go. A sudden jerk and they would be thrown through the glass in front, shattering it into billions of shards.
He sat with his eyes closed against the wall, waiting for the pain to subdue. He put his hand in his pocket and felt Dranzer, safe and sound. Relief washed through him; Dranzer was a part of him and gave him the only security he'd ever had. He was lost without it.
He got up again after a while, shaking off the feeling he had felt so many times when he was younger. The very thought of the dungeons in Balkov Abbey sent a sensation of fear through him. He had felt fear when he was literally thrown into the cells; locked away, a prisoner to his own grandfather. He used to be scared to death of him. Now he felt anger and hate towards him.
'Fear is the path to the dark side,' Kai said to himself. 'Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering,' Kai laughed harshly at how accurately this described his past.
He stood up and saw his friends laying still, unconscious. A faint sound diverted his attention to the communication panel. Kai walked over and saw Mr. Dickenson's worried face.
"Kai," Mr. Dickenson's worried voice came. "I think it's only fair that the Bladebreakers get an explanation for everything that is going on. I'm sorry, I don't have much time, so please tell the others. First of all, the scientist that has been conducting these so-called experiments, he was working for the BBA. The tasks were meant to help improve your teamwork and friendship. We had no idea what he had been doing, how harsh he had been on you! Oh, by the way, did you get the food I sent on the ship?"
Kai nodded, and waited for the old man to continue. "Good, good. Anyway, we never meant for it to be this way, we were under the impression everything was fine and you were well looked after. We have reason to believe he was after your bit-beasts. He had seen the power and potential of the sacred spirits, slowly becoming obsessed. This caused him to do things such as drive you to starvation and so forth. We believe his obsession caused his conscience and awareness to diminish."
Kai confirmed this with a slight nod. "When we finally saw how he was treating you, we immediately sent this ship to your rescue, and dismissed him from the BBA. However, he has just recently hacked into our system and changed the co-ordinates for the ship. We think he is now continuing his pursuit outside of the BBA, now without rules, which will make him even more ruthless. Unfortunately, we cannot do anything until we find him. We are searching as I speak, but we have reason to believe he has fled the country. He will now have nothing to stop him, including sanity, making him more dangerous than ever. Again, I'm ever so sorry this ever happened," the old man said, sweat beaded on his forehead. He gave an audible sigh. "I must go now. Good luck!" he said, sadly. And with that, the transmission ended.
Kai leaned against a wall, deep in thought about everything Mr. Dickenson had just told him. He was interrupted by the moans from his friends, now rousing. "Ow. my head." Tyson rubbed the back of his head gingerly.
When Kai was assured everyone was conscious and awake, he explained everything exactly as Mr. Dickenson had. When he had finished, everyone was silent.
"Wow, that's more than I've ever heard you say at once, Kai," Tyson joked, finally breaking the silence.
"So, you're saying it's gonna get worse," Rei sighed. Kenny frowned and nodded.
"How can it? I mean, I don't think he can make it worse without killing us altogether," Hilary said, dejectedly.
"Hey, cut it out!" Tyson snapped. He saw their surprised faces at the sudden outburst. "Sorry, it's just that complaining's only gonna make it worse! We can't let em get to us!"
"Tyson's right," Kai agreed. "We can take whatever they throw at us head on."
"Even. this.?" Kenny stammered, revealing sparks flying from the communication box. Suddenly, the sparks caught fire, causing the ship to rapidly burn.
"Shoot," Tyson said. "What do we do?"
"Waddya think, Tyson? We gotta abandon ship!" Kenny cried.
"Aren't there any life boats or anything on this thing?" Hilary asked, frantically.
"Already checked, there's none. No lifeboats, life preservers, life jackets." Kenny was near tears now.
"We gotta move before we're trapped," Kai harshly commanded, kicking open the door and ran out, followed closely by the rest. With that he jumped the rail and dove into the water below.
The rest of the Bladebreakers looked nervously at each other. "I'll go next," Rei offered, seeing that nobody else was volunteering. He stepped forward and took a deep breath, then plunged into the sea.
"We have to move fast!" Max said. "Come on, let's go before it's too late." With that, he jumped off the railing into the water.
"Kenny, you're turn," Hilary pushed. Kenny looked more scared than ever now.
"I. can't really. swim." he choked. Hilary and Tyson exchanged nervous glances.
"Don't worry, Kenny. it'll be okay," Hilary said, trying to calm her nervous friend down.
"Yeah, and anyway, it's better than on a burning ship," Tyson said, pointing to the threatening flames that were dangerously close; they could feel the heat of the fire licking their faces. Kenny gave a scared whimper, then jumped into the deep sea.
"Come on, let's go," Hilary said to Tyson. The fire was too close now; they would have to jump immediately. They both closed their eyes shut tightly then dove neatly into the water together.
The icy salt water hit with tremendous impact. Falling deeper and deeper towards the unseen floor they drifted, then struggled to reach the surface and breathe again. When they finally reached the air they needed, they gasped and choked on the salt water swallowed. They then swam as fast as they could away, just in time to see the flaming ship explode, sending burning hot splinters everywhere.
They would have screamed, or cried out but all that could escape their lips were sharp gasps as they struggled to stay above the freezing water that contrasted with the flaming ship pieces in their terrified faces.
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(Rei's POV)
We scrambled onto the largest remainder of the burnt ship we could find. It was nothing compared to the giant luxury ship it had been just moments ago, but we could all fit onto it. It was amazing we could even find this one scrap; the ship had blasted to smithereens. Probably from some sort of flammable and explosive stuff onboard.
Coughing, choking and shivering with fear we sat aboard the makeshift lifeboat. Kai had remained calm throughout, although it must have had some impact that he didn't show. He was like that.
Tyson, Max and I just stared ahead in shock and despair. Everything that had just happened was still a blur - I guess my mind refused to believe it. From the expressions on Tyson and Max's faces, they felt the same way. Apart from the hoarse coughs and heavy breathing, everyone was silent.
I could see tears streaming down Kenny's face as he shuddered and sobbed with the overwhelming stress and despair.
Hilary clung onto Tyson tightly, frightened emotionally scarred from the event. Tyson didn't even respond, and held her in an empty embrace although his mind was elsewhere. Ha, it must have been - Tyson's mind was ALWAYS on Hilary.
We sat on our miserable excuse for a lifeboat for what seemed like eternity, staring as the remnants of our ship sank and drifted away. None of us spoke, until now. "Look over there," Kai gestured towards a boat coming our way.
We all turned and waved like maniacs to the boat, although we were pretty sure they saw us. It was a large ship. The driver stopped in front of us, allowing us to board the ship.
I saw a screen with that all-too-familiar shadowed figure. Now we all let out moans of annoyance and frustration. Evil laughs erupted from the screen. Yeah, he went insane alright. His eyes had that crazed possessed look that we knew all too well.
"Dude, doesn't that only happen with cyber bit-beasts?" Tyson whispered.
"Well, apparently not." I whispered back.
"Good morning, Bladebreakers. I hope you had a good trip." he mocked, laughing harshly. His cold tone and icy laugh made me shiver. "Well I have a proposal for you."
"What do you want," Tyson spat.
He merely laughed cruelly again. "Anxious, are we?" his devious mind enjoyed toying with us. "Here's your offer." With that, a creepy looking kid made his entrance. He looked like he had been raised in the Abbey; he was silent and the only thing we could see was a dead look in his eyes, which were shadowed by his cloak. We could sense he had no mercy or guilt in him whatsoever.
The scientist spoke again. "This is your opponent. If you lose." With this the driver of the boat grabbed Kenny in a headlock and pointed a gun to his head. I think Kenny fainted from fear and terror.
"If you win, he goes home safely. You have five minutes to decide who will battle for your friend's life." He laughed cruelly; he was completely crazy.
We just stared at each other in shock and fear. None of us wanted to battle; if we lost we would never forgive ourselves. Then again, if we didn't battle, he would die.
"I think Tyson should do it," Hilary stammered. I nodded; Tyson could deal with stress. If anyone could do it, it was Tyson.
"Yeah, Tyson," Max smiled encouragingly. "I think you're our best chance."
"You can do this, Tyson!" I smiled, although I was uneasy inside.
"What do you think, Tyson?" Kai asked, seeing Tyson's nervous face.
"I. I can do this!" Tyson shouted, his confidence returning.
"Be careful, Tyson!" Hilary cried out as Tyson walked up to the beydish to face this new opponent. Kenny's life was at stake.
"There's no way I'm losing," Tyson said confidently. "Don't you worry, Kenny, I'll beat this clown. You're going down!" Tyson smirked at his opponent, ready to counter his comeback. He remained silent. Tyson cocked an eyebrow at the silent blader, surprised at the silence. Awkward silence. "Uh. are you ready to be beaten?" Tyson whipped out his launcher. The blader just drew out his launcher, silently; his expression remained the same.
"Man, that guy keeps a straighter face than Kai!" Max whispered.
"Three, two, one. LET IT RIP!" Tyson yelled. He felt a little embarrassed. usually the opponent shouted it too, but this one just launched it, silent as ever. He got into the intense battle, against his opponent's shadowy blade.
"So who are you, anyway?" Tyson asked as the beyblades sparked as they clashed. The blader didn't make any effort to show that he had heard. "I asked who are you," Tyson said, louder this time. The blader showed nothing. "Aargh, whatever. Dragoon, attack!"
Dragoon charged at the dark beyblade, sending it flying back. In return, the beyblade smashed into Dragoon, sending Dragoon back a fair distance back. The blades threw attack after attack at each other.
"Wow, it's a pretty intense fight there," Hilary commented. "GO, TYSON!" she cheered. "Huh? What's happening?" she watched as the mysterious blade suddenly took lead of the fight.
"Come on Dragoon!" Tyson commanded the beyblade to pursue the dark one. The shadowed blade showed extreme control, knowing exactly where it was going. "Follow it!" The grey blade followed, closely on its tail.
The opponent's eyes glinted for a split second, and his beyblade sped up, flying through the air in my direction; Dragoon following close behind. I shielded my face with my arm. The dark beyblade turned swiftly in the air, but Dragoon couldn't dodge quickly enough. I suddenly felt searing pain as the sharp metal tore through my left arm. I cried out in pain as I fell to the ground, my own blood spilling onto the wooden floor of the ship. I closed my eyes as I felt a rush of pain flood through me, taking me over.
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(Normal POV)
"REI!" Max, Hilary and Kai ran over to their fallen friend, crimson flooding onto the floor where he lay. Tyson stared in shock as he realised what his own beyblade had just done.
"No," Tyson whispered. He looked at his opponent with a fierce glare, to see that his opponent had a smirk on his face. "You freak!" he shouted, as he looked over at his hurt friend. "I'm so sorry," he whispered.
Tyson's opponent laughed. A cruel, maniacal laugh filled the air. Tyson felt rage surging inside him, and finally released it. "You'll pay! DRAGOON ATTACK!" Tyson screamed with all his fury. Dragoon charged at the blade with all of Tyson's anger. It slammed into the blade and sent it flying into a glass panel of the boat. The glass shattered and tiny glass shards flew everywhere, along with pieces of the destroyed beyblade.
The mysterious blader just walked into the shadows, not uttering a single word. Tyson returned Dragoon to his hand and stared at the deep red colour that now covered it.
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End of chapter! Sorry it's short. Review PLEASE!! It keeps me going!
~ Penguin Pop