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Kai stood in the helicopter grinding his teeth, this was impossible, inexcusable, indefensible. He rested his head against the window sighing, How …how could they have lost Max? He wracked his brains, how? He should never have let him take this mission, sending him to Rome with just Kenny as back up had been a bad idea. Beside him lying on a stretcher the Chief was in a bad way, he watched as the field doctor attached a blood bag on to a wire stand.
"How's he doing?"
"He's lost a lot of blood but hopefully he'll make it" Kai nodded and stared out of the window. He thought long and hard trying to get his head into gear about the next step to take.
"Sir!" the doctor was staring at him awaiting orders.
"Take him get him seen to, take the rest of the team with you" Kai jumped down out of the helicopter and began to walk away "Tell the others that I…" he paused "I'm going back!"
"Sir your orders are to return straight away"
"I'm going back" Kai turned and headed back towards the warehouse where they had found the unconscious Kenny. Max was still in there somewhere, OK so he may no longer be breathing but he didn't care he was going to get him back even if he had to clear the rubble from the site brick by brick.
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Kai had been there for about six hours when he heard it, behind him the helicopter set down. He turned and watched as Ray, Tyson, and Rick climbed down and made their way towards him, he nodded to them and they responded with half hearted waved and nods. Slowly silently they joined him amid the rubble and helped him search.
Tyson was working at an area just a few yards from the others when he found it, 'Draciel' the beyblade was lying amidst the rubble, Max must be near by he continued to work until he found a hand, it was dirty with chewed fingernails "Oh Maxie" he whispered. Unable now to stop the tears, crying hard Tyson stood, to call the others.
Hang on did that hand just move?
"Max?" Tyson dropped to his knees again and started furiously to clear rubble being careful not to tread on his friend. Hoping against all hope and reason he worked feverishly "Maxie!" he yelled name and the others looked up. Ray was the first to join him.
"Tyson?"
"Careful, he's under here, he moved I … I saw it" They all looked at him their eyes filled with pity, none of them believed him and he could see that "He moved I swear it!" angry at the disbelief in their eyes he dropped to his knees and resumed his scrabbling search.
They exchanged looks, none of them could believe him. Ray dropped down next to him and helped, soon they were all on their knees trying to clear the rocks on top of the young blader.
"Uuuuuuuuhhhh" the groan that escaped Max was heard by all.
"MAX" Rick was a fast worker and soon they were clearing the last of the rubble, "you're going to be OK buddy" When Kai looked up he saw that Ray had run to the chopper and was now returning with a field medic and a stretcher.
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Max lay in a hospital bed hooked up to machines, Kai bowed his head as he listened to the doctor "He was under there for a while, he is severely dehydrated and needs plenty of fluids. He's tough a fighter, It could be a while before he's better but well it's just lucky you all found him when you did and that there was a doctor with you. We will just have to wait and see I'm afraid. You're other friend Kenny is looking good you can visit him soon" They all watched the doctor walk away. Mr Tatibana stood looking at them
"You boys took a huge risk out there, you could have jeopardized the whole organisation. Not to mention the fact that you three" he pointed to Ray Rick and Tyson "basically stole that helicopter to go help Hiwitari." He looked at the group none of them seemed to be paying all that much attention "Your all suspended for a week, I'll get someone to put you on Kitchen duty." Still none of them reacted Mr Tatibana sighed "Young Max was very lucky" they all looked up now curious "I've had someone down there at the scene, Boris has bought the story released by the press so we can come and go there as we like. It would appear that Mr Tate was standing under a door frame when the explosion happened that seems to have protected him when the building came down. You all did good work." With that he turned and followed the doctor down the corridor."
"Tyson" Kai looked at his friend "If you hadn't found him…"
"If you hadn't stayed to look for him…."
"If we hadn't brought the doctor…."
"If he hadn't been in that doorway! That's a lot of if's" Rick stared at his companions. They all sat for a moment pondering the ifs and maybes. They were in a low mood,
"I guess we've all been assuming that we were invincible," Kai stared straight ahead, "we've all just assumed we would be going home. I keep thinking if we died here…" he trailed off thinking for a moment "I don't think I ever even told Hilary that I loved her, well not so that she'd hear"
"I could make a widow out of Mariah before I even got the chance to marry her" Ray sighed
"I would never been able to say goodbye to grandpa"
"What about my team" Rick said "Emily would have killed me if Max had died, I wouldn't fancy telling his parents either"
Kai stared at his friends faces he saw that to allow them to continue down this path would be a bad idea. He knew when people were about to break he had seen enough of that at the abbey, he tried to think about what normally cheered them up and smiled. Hilary! What would she do? She would tell them to stop getting upset, she would rile them, she would remind them of all they had been through before.
"We've all got to stop" Kai watched as they all stared at him "We've been in bad situations before, and look at us all we survived then, we can do it now." They all looked a little doubtful "We can do this, we will do this and we will return home together. After all you and I," he looked at Tyson "last time we battled it was a draw, we still need a rematch." The others grinned and nodded Tyson especially
"If you think you can handle it buddy!"
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Hilary and Mariah sat outside of Tyson's Dojo enjoying the sun they were both about eight months pregnant and they really looked it, Hilary gazed over to where their friends were practicing both White Tiger X and the PPB All Starz had teamed up to enter into the adults championships, they were working hard. Hilary often wondered how she and Mariah would have survived these last few months without them. They had been supportive and she would have missed the loud battles she was used to hearing at the Dojo. Lee had calmed down. Slightly! Recently he had stopped saying he was going to kill Ray now he just wanted to kick his head in. Not really a bigimprovement but better than before!
"Urara?" Mariah asked
"Miguel!"
"Lee" Hilary looked over at her brother,
"Male or female version?"
"Either!" Mariah laughed "I don't know what I'm having yet"
"Hey just cause I couldn't wait to find out, I'm glad it's a boy" Hilary stared at her belly "I wonder if he will look like Kai?"
"I want mine to have my hair"
"Even if it's a boy?" Hilary grinned at the idea of some poor boy having to get through school with pink hair "I mean thats basiscally ensuring social ostracisation"
"OK maybe not," Mariah sighed smiling "God I could kill for a cup coffee"
"Me too! Do you think we could sneak out and get one" Hilary questioned Mariah looked over at their friends as they practiced.
"With the baby beyblade police on standby I doubt it " Hilary looked over as well,
"They are all being so sweet" she said
"Yeah" Mariah agreed "helping us eat right, making sure we exercise properly, not letting us to near their games in case we get hurt"
"They're driving me crazy!"
"Me too, I am this close to killing Lee!" she held up her hands a little distance away from each other.
"You OK girls?" Lee and Daichi called over, both girls smiled and waved
"Ok this close to killing him" Mariah clapped her hands together "I'll get the gun you come up with a cover story!"
"Mariah they just want to help" Hilary pulled her self up to get more comfortable seeing this Grandpa came over,
"You all right my little mommas to be?"
"Fine!" Hilary smiled as he walked away "So I was thinking that we could say it was an insane serial killer who looked like he escaped from a maximum security prison" They laughed together,
"OOOWW!" Hilary clutched her stomach, that hurt!
"What's wrong?" Mariah stared at her friend concerned
"Nothing he's just kicking harder than usual I think" Mariah put her hand on Hilarys stomach
"I feel nothing!"
Hilary felt a dampness and looking down she saw something awful "Oh my God!"
"Hil's what is it?"
"I think my water broke" Mariah stared in disbelief
"But its too soon!"
"AARRGH!" Ok that was definitely a contraction "Try telling him that."
"Help," Mariah pulled herself up with a struggle and to their left the beybattles froze and everyone came running over "someone call an ambulance!"
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"You're here with Ms Tatibana?" The youngdoctor looked over his glassesat the group
"That's right"
"Are you family?" Grandpa stepped forward
"I'm her legal guardian"
"Right! Well the baby seems fine a little small at 5 lb2 oz so we have placed him under observation for now. It's Hilary herself that I'm worried about"
"She is alright?" Lee stood staring, the doctor looked at the large group in front of him they all looked incredibly concerned
"I am afraid I can't answer that for sure, there were some complications during the labour and after 43 and a 1/2 hours of labour shes going to need plenty of rest. Shes unconscious but we have high hopes for a recovery"
"Can we sit with her?" Mariah pleaded
"I'll allow two of you to go in but she needs a lot of rest."
Ok I know you're probably all mad that I let you think Max was dead for so long but here's the thing I really was going to kill him. I really was but I couldn't do it! The minute I posted that chapter up I felt so bad, Max is one of my favourite characters I couldn't let him die! I know sad and pathetic but there we are I have gotten to attatched. I might kill someone off if I can handle it, but lets face it everyime someone stops breathing in this thing I bring them back!
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