Chapter 4: Peace Never Lasts
Snore... Snore... SNORE! WACK! [Damn it Meg! What was that for!] screamed Mike as he held his bruising check. You just looked at him with a glare in your eye. [Well] Mike growled as you just sat there looking at him. [Annoying bastard] is all you said to him as you rolled over and buried your head deeper into the black mass of covers surrounding you. At least that might block Mike out for a little bit. Mike just sat there for a while staring half asleep at your curled figure next to him on the floor. Muttering a few words he turned in the opposite direction and buried his head into his own blankets. [Are they always like that?] you could hear Luke ask. [No. Dumb ass was just snoring really loud.] Chris answered him followed by a yawn. Which means that Mikes snoring had probably woken him up as well as the rest of the team. [I'm surprised they even get along] replied Luke as you heard foot steps tell you he was out of bed. You could then hear the bathroom door open and water start running in the sink. [You do know that I can hear you] growled Mike as he most likely pulled the covers over his head even more. [Never said you couldn't] Rika replied angrily. {God damn people. Never going to get any sleep on this trip} you thought grumpily as you threw the covers off your body. The heat created by the blankets leaving your body at once. But you didn't care right now. You just wanted to get away from these freaks. Everyone turned to look at you as you walked slowly and sulkily over to your shoes. Which just happen to be on the other side of the room near the balcony door. Fighting the urge to yawn, you headed towards the door shoes in hand. Jess and Devin watched you as you grabbed the door handle. Devin then turned to glare at Mike who was peeking out of the covers to see what you were doing. [Where are you going?] called Chris before you closed the door. [Breakfast.] you answered grumpily as you slammed the door. As you started to walk down the hall, the window to our left caught your attention. Well the sun shinning in your eye was what really caught your attention. Looking out the window it seemed as if the sun was just rising. Sighing you held up your wrist, palm up and looked down at your watch. 6:03 the minute and hour hands read as they pointed to the shinny silver numbers. {Will they ever let me sleep till nine?} you shouted now totally pissed as you slowly started to walk towards the walking down three twenty four step stair cases, you were finally on the same floor as the hotels café. {Too many steps in this freaking placed} you grumbled as you started walking towards the right. A sign on the wall said that the café was just a head. A cute little angel baby hung on the sign and pointed in the direction of the café. {I'm going to rip that babies head off} you thought as you continued to the café. Finally you saw the sign reading Angels Hunger which was the pathetic name of the hotels café. The closer you got to the door, the more great scents of pancakes and omelettes filled your senses. Golden angel wings hung over the door as you reached the entry way. Looking around the café you shuttered. White marble covered the floor just like many of the other main rooms in the hotel. The tables scattered around the floor were small and delicate looking. The tops of the tables were white marble with what looked like gold leafing through it. Then around each table were three golden chairs. No booths were in this place at all. A sign next to you read Please Seat Yourself . As you scanned the room for a seat you found that not many people were in the restaurant. And the ones that were only had a cup of coffee in front of them. {Wonder if that means the food tastes like shit?} you thought as your stomach started to grumble. Sighing you decided to give the place a try since it was right here. Slowly you entered the room thinking that at the moment any food would be just fine with your grumbling stomach. Just as you were about to sit down at the tabled closest to the door, you noticed someone familiar looking sitting at the only table next to the window. Taking a closer look you found that it was Adam. {What's he doing up?} you asked yourself as you slowly started to walk towards him.[I was wondering when you'd get here.] Adam started as he took a sip of his coffee. But he wouldn't look at you. He kept his gaze out the window. You just stared at your brother confused. First he hadn't even looked at you, so how would he know that it would be you standing there? And second how would he know that you would be up this early? Then again why is he up? [Why?] you asked simply as you grabbed the not surprisingly white cup out of his hands and took a sip yourself. Adam turned to look at you with a small smirk on his face. {What's he smirking about?} you thought as you just stared at him. [I knew Mike would wake you up sooner or later] he answered take his coffee back an finishing it off. [I just didn't think it would be this soon]. Just then the sound of classical music filled the air. You looked up and stared disgusted at the speaker system. But you said nothing to your brother. After giving up your glaring contest with the speaker, you turned your attention to the window. A clock hanging on the other side of the street from a phone poll caught your attention. It read 6:27. Not a time you ever want to see. A few scattered people were walking down the street as the sun just made its way to above the building line. Not a cloud was in the sky. All the people looked as if they were on their way to work. And surprisingly they all seemed to have a smile on there face. {How can you be that happy, that early?} you thought as you just stared at them. [It was his snoring, wasn't it?] Adam said after a couple minutes with out a reply from you. But you didn't answer him this time either. Being half sleep still you weren't really in a talking mood. And Adam knew that. He was just being the annoying ass brother that he is. It was times like this when you liked it better when he was mute. [Fine if you don't want to talk, Ill tell you what Mr. D told me this morning.] Adam said sounding it was punishment. {So that's why he was up early. To talk to Mr. Old Fart} you thought as you finally ripped your gaze from the window. You then just looked at Adam telling him to go on with his punishment. [Well we have a group meeting today at 12:30. He didn't really say what it was for. But he did say that it was important that everyone one from every team has to be at this meeting. I think it has something to do with ball tonight.] he started, but paused as he reached into his pocket for something. Pulling his hand back you saw that he had a black envelope in his hand. [This came for you]. Giving your brother a confused look, you slowly reached your hand out and grabbed the envelope from him. Looking it over you saw your name written in red fancy letters. [Where did you get this?] you asked as you finally slipped into the seat across from him. [The bell boy was bringing it up to the room this morning as I was coming down to breakfast. He said it was very important and that I should give it to you right away. But I knew me waking you up at quarter after five would endanger my life.] he answered staring at his empty coffee cup. You just stared at him for a while. That was a very long explanation for him to give anyone. As Adam kept staring at his empty cup you could tell that he wanted some more coffee. {Dumb ass} you thought as he soon started to look for a waiter to refill his cup. Sighing you decided to just read your letter and get it over with. Ripping open the envelope you found a crimson piece of paper inside. The letter itself was written in black ink. The writing was cursive and very formal. It looked as if it was an invitation to some fancy party. Reading over it, you were shocked with what it said.Danger is coming for your friends my dear wolf. Don't try to deny something that has been coming for a long time. This is something you cant change. And this time nothing will be able to save them. Not even you will stop us this time. We will be getting what we desire this time. Then the same fate will fall on each and every person that is dear to you. Just like... Oh you know who. The one that you couldn't save last time. What a bad friend you are. Letting someone die like that. Just standing there watching their life fade away. How could you stand the look in her eyes? Blood will be on your hands again soon, my little wolf, my dark guardian. It is in your blood after all.
Fear and anger raced through your veins as you refolded the letter and placed it back into the envelop. The letter wasn't sighed but you knew exactly who had sent it anyway. Something you wished you truly didn't know. [What's wrong?] asked Adam as he drank his newly brought steaming cup of coffee. For a while you just sat there staring out the window. Your eyes just staring into the shadows. You were gripping your hands into tight fists. Blood started to run down your palms as your knuckles turned white. [Meg?] Adam said as he looked at you worried. You said nothing but continued to stare out the window. [Meg your bleeding] Adam said as he pushed his chair back to come to your side. [I'm going for a walk] you muttered to him as you numbly stood up from the table. You could hear your chair fall to the floor with a crash as you headed towards the door leading outside. [But its only 7:15] Adam called to you hoping to figure out where you were going, as you opened the door and started to walk down the street. You didn't turn to give him an answer though. You had to much running through your mind to reassure your brother that nothing was wrong. Since something truly was you walked down the street. A cold wind bit at your face as blurred figures passed. It seemed as if you were running pass the people making them blurs. Or they were running past you. Leaving all alone. Leaving you to your own haunting mind. You had no clue where you were going. Or even were you were. They knew where you were, was the only thing that kept running through your mind. They knew were Adam was. But they wouldn't kill him. They needed the light guardian, they needed the dog. Your friends lives were now in your hands. You had to figure out a way to save them. To distance yourself from them. But with people who would stop at nothing to get you and Adam, what could you really do? And do you really want to distance yourself from them? Could you really let go of Bryan and Spencer, Kai and Tyson, Hiro and Mike, Devin and Jess, could you really let go of... Tala. {How could they find us?} you asked yourself as you took a right onto a back street. {Who are they going to hurt next?} {Are they willing to kill again?} {Should I just give in to them?} Just then your knees gave in and buckled under you. The wind howled in your ears as you were sent hurtling towards the ground. Your cheek stung as it slammed into the concrete pavement. And by dumb luck it was the same one Mike had hurt as he threw you off the couch. Looking around from the ground you found that you were at the end of a dead alleyway. You felt truly alone as you looked around to see no one there. Curling up into a ball you backed yourself up to the wall. But you just couldn't let go of the letter. You couldn't let your mind rest knowing that they were out there watching you. Your mind started to think about the last time you had heard from them. Over the three months you were back in the US with your team you had received two letters from them . An actual fear came to your mind as you thought about these people. These people were worse then Diablo. They were actually the controllers of Diablo. And with all the crazy shit that he could pull. No matter what it was. They would do it ten times worse. But why now! Just when your life was finally turning around. You had found your brothers and grandfather again. You were starting to unlock your emotions. The scars of the Abbey were finally starting to heal. Tala, Bryan, Spence, and Kai had just walked back into your life again. So why now! Did they just want to ruin your life and make you miserable? Did they really want to kill you emotionally? Or did they want something else? Just then the vibration of your cell phone snapped you out of your thoughts.[Lo?] you whispered hesitantly into your phone as you sat up and rested your back on the brick wall that was next to you. The sound of a lone car driving echoed threw the ally as it passed. A long pause came from the other end of the phone. You were wishing against all hope that it wasn't Adam or Mike. You didn't feel like being yelled at right now. [Are you ok?] came familiar voice from the other end. But it was your brother or Mike. It was Tala. You were shocked to hear his voice. [Should be] you stated dully as you welcomed that it was his voice on the other end. [Do you know where you are?] he asked suddenly sounding... concerned? After taking a quick look around you realized that you had no clue where you were. Or how you had even gotten there. The only thing you remembered was walking out of the café with Adam calling your name. [No] you said lowly as you placed your head in your one arm that was now resting on your knees. {Damn it! Why do I always run off and never know where I'm going?} you screamed to yourself. [Do you hear a bike?] Tala asked hopefully after a long pause your you and you yelled at yourself. You listened carefully for a minute hoping against all hope that you were hear a bike. But in the end you heard nothing. [No] you answered dully as you prepared to get up and tried to remember how you had gotten here. Not that you would remember much. You were in a daze the whole time you were walking. But then you heard it. The sound of a sport bike. It sounded far away, but you still heard it. [Wait... I do] you said as you slowly stood up and walked to the end of the alley. And sure enough there was Tala riding on a black Suzuki. Quickly he speed up, after noticing you, racing down the street towards you. Slowly Tala coasted to a stop right in front of the alleyway. Pulling off his helmet he hung it on the handle bars and just stared at you from the bike. [What happened?] he asked a little less harsh then normal. [Walking] you replied simply as you walked over him. Tala looked at you for a long silent minute with a strange glare. [Don't run off like that again] he said coldly hoping to hide any emotion that he was feeling. But you still could tell that he was just concerned. You had a whatever look on your face since it sounded like something your brother would say. But you shook it off as a question came to your mind. [How did you know to look for me] you asked as you broke the silence that hung in the air. Tala handed you another black helmet as he said [You never showed up to meet me]. You looked at him like he was nuts. He said to meet you at noon and you had left Adam around seven something. [What time is it?] you asked knowing that he probably wrote the wrong time in the letter. [12:15. Hurry up we have a meeting in fifteen minutes] he said as you got on the back behind him. Wrapping your arms around his waste you felt safe again. And the letters words erased from your was just turning 12:06 as you and Tala walked into Mr. Ds office. As you looked around you saw that everyone was sitting in the same seat they were the other day. Well the people who were there anyway. {These people are way to boring} you thought as you looked around to see who was missing. Tyson and his team were gone. Rika's team was missing as well as Sarah's team. And well the rest of your team was probably with Zatknjisj and F.I.N.E. [Guess were not late then] you said as you decided to break the sitting cycle and sit next to Bryan. [Hey Meg] Bryan said lowly without looking over at you as you took a seat next to him. [Hey] you said semi-unemotionally to Bryan as Tala took a seat next to you. [Where's Kai and Spencer?] Tala asked making you finally noticed that it was only Bryan there. [Talking] Bryan said simply refusing to look you or Tala in the eye. [About...?] you asked surprisingly wanting more information. [Nothing] Bryan said coldly pretending that would stop your asking. Boy was he wrong. But just before you could get your next question out, someone started talking. [Now lets get this meeting started] Mr. D said cutting off your questions for Bryan. [But only four teams are here] said Mariah as she rose her hand as if she was in school. {Retard} you thought as you leaned back in the chair and mentally rolled your eyes. [Well we cant wait for them any longer. We have a lot to cover and if they miss it, well that's there...] and right before he could get fault out the office door slammed open. Everyone's head shot towards the door to see who was coming. You even turned your head to get a look at who the heck it was. In walked a very pissed looking Kai and Spencer. {Now I really want to know what they were talking about} you thought as you gave Bryan a side glance. Bryan saw and just glared at you. {Oh well} you thought as you turned to look at Tala. But you saw him glaring at Kai. {Guessing Tala knows what they were talking about} you thought as you watched Kai glare right back at Tala. {The whole damn teams gone waked.} you thought as you for once in your life turned your attention back to Mr. D being total pissed by the confusing Russians that surround you. Kai and Spencer looked at you weirdly since you were sitting in the middle of Tala and Bryan which was breaking up their team. Looking around the only spots open near their team was one spot next to Bryan and one next to Tala. Spencer gave Kai one last glare before sitting next to Tala. Kai glared right back at him and sat next to Bryan. Who also glared at him. {Wow happy times in this team} you thought sarcastically as you looked at both of them. But just as Mr. D was about to say something to the Blitzkrieg Boys the office door came slamming open again. Following right after was a loud eruption of noise. Everyone just stares as team Zatknjisj and team F.I.N.E. walked in the door. Looking over the situation a huge smirk appeared on your face. Luke was holding Rika back as she swung madly at him to let her go. Then Seth held Sarah back as she did the same thing. [Um are they trying to fight each other?] Lee asked as he watched with confusion written all over his face. You smirked knowing the answer. [No] Eric said simply as he walked over to the table and took a seat. Mark followed Eric and took the seat next to him. Looking at him you could see that he had black and blue marks on each of his cheeks. As you continued to study his bruises he looked up to find you looking at him. Giving you a short head nod he said hello. You smirked and returned the nod. Chris then soon followed the guys to the table bored as heck with the fighting girls. Chris took the seat across from you which was two away from Mark and three away from Max of the PPB All-stars. Spotting you across the table he looked at you strangely. [Ditching your team I see?] he asked making everyone look at you. Hearing is voice you opened your eyes that you had closed pretended you weren't here. [What are you jealous that I would never join your team.] you asked smirking at him. Chris turned the smirk that he had resting on his face into a frown. [Ya she really is to good to be on your team] stated Sully as he took a seat next to Chris. Glaring Chris turned to look at Sully. [You do remember that he's on your team] said Spencer mockingly. This made you look at him. He hardly ever talks to his team, why would he talk to Sully? Especially when they hate each other. [Yes I do. But she's better suited for our team then yours.] Sully retorted as he sneered at Spencer. Everyone was now looking at the two bickering boys. But they quickly turned around to see that Rika had broken out of Luke's grasp. Luke quickly chased after her as she headed straight towards Mark. [EVERYONE SIT DOWN NOW!] screamed Mr. D as he slammed his hands down on the table. The table shook threatening to spill the glasses that were on top of it. Everyone looked at Mr. D with shock. Well excluding you, team Zatknjisj, and team F.I.N.E. Most of your meetings with him pissed him off enough to do that three or four times a meeting. Rika stopped running only a couple feet short of reaching Mark. She stood their glaring for a minute before she turned and sat down next to Chris. Seth then slowly let go of Sarah and they both walked calmly towards the table. Once everyone was sitting Mr. D began the meeting again. [So I've called you here to talk about the ball tonight] Chris opened his mouth to say something, but Mr. D just shot him a death glare and Chris quickly shut his mouth. [Now I believe that with two new teams this year we should get to know one other better. With that in mind I've come up with a great plan for you meet new team members, or to just spend time with people from other teams that you normal wouldn't] {Great... I already know I'm not going to like this} you grumbled in your mind as Mr. D rambled on. [And as you know this year in the world champion ships two teams will be paring up and fighting together. And since each team, except the Majestics, has at least one girl. The girl from your partner team will be the date for the team leader of your team.] Mr. D finished with a huge smile on his face. But his smile soon turned around once he saw that all the team leaders and girls were glaring at him. [Well let me tell you the pairs so there's no question of who's going with who] Mr. D said nervously as he picked up some papers in front of him. [Hilary of the BBA Revolution and Luke from F.I.N.E.] {That's not going to be fun at all for Luke} you thought seeing Hilary drool over Luke as he calmly sat there and pretended he was somewhere else. Next to Hilary Tyson sat there fuming. [Robert of the Majestics and Emily of the PPB All-stars.] Emily and Robert just looked at each other like it could be worse. {Probably going to be the best match up} you thought waiting to hear the next pair. [Tyson of the BBA Revolution and Rika of F.I.N.E.] {Not good.} Rika's jaw literally dropped as she looked at Tyson in disgust. But Tyson didn't notice, he was to busy being amazed that he was going with Rika. [Ray of the White Tigers and Sarah of Zatknjisj] Sarah looked at Ray as he looked at her. They both nodded and everyone seemed to be fine with the pairing. Well everyone except Mariah. Her eyes were blazing with fire as she glared at Sarah. Sarah turned to look at her and just smirked. You just had to smirk at that. You found it funny when every anyone pissed off miss happy pink sunshine over there. [Eric of team Zatknjisj and Mariah of the White Tigers] {Would really hate to be Eric right now}. Eric just glared at Mariah and Hilary as they fought over who had the best date. Luke acted oblivious to it all. Ray seemed as if he couldn't care less. Then on the other hand Tyson looked ready to kill. [Meg of Lunar Ray and...]