"So, erm..." Tala began as he fiddled with the lock of Sean's office. "...Why pick me for the job?" he inquried. Nathan said nothing at first while he kept watch. The corridors were dark which didn't help Nathan's currant mood.
"Lin mentioned seeing a pocket worth of lock picks when she was cleaning your room. We didn't really press the matter but as you can see, I need your help." Nathan explained. The red head nodded his head as the lock gave a light click. Tala slowly pushed open the door, noting what he could see from his postion on the floor. He was almost bowled over as Nathan pushed his way inside. "Hurry up." The half-japanese male hissed, pulling a torch into view.
Tala dusted himself down, glaring at other male. "Don't have many manors did you?" he snapped. Tala frowned when he got no reply. Instead Nathan was quickly diving into all the drawers of Sean's desk. "You know, you might wanna make look like no-one's been in there. Otherwise we'll get found out." Tala added hopefully.Nathan continued to ignore him and pulled out a slim folder.
"Found it." Nathan muttered, lying the folder on Sean's desk. Tala joined the male as Nathan shone his torch onto it. The russian rasied an eyebrow at the contents. The two continued to leaf through the randoms pieces of paper before falling on a picture.
"Whoes that?" Tala questioned picking the photo up. Nathan snatched the photo from Tala's grasp and pointed to the door. "Hey, I asked you a question." The russian snapped but his only reply was being pushed out of the room by Nathan. Tala straightened out the jacket he was wearing before turning round to glare at Nathan. Instead he found himself alone. "Now that's just frickin' creepy." Tala cursed before heading back to his hotel room.
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Nathan entered the gym quickly. The place was lit up brightly but Jemma was no where to been seen. The male frowned. Shaking his head, Nathan started to walk towards one of the large bey-dishes when he found his target. Jemma was lying on her back, a pair of large red and black headphones covering her ears. Her beyblade lay to her right as she continued to hammer down buttons on her PSP. Nathan chuckled and slid down into the middle of dish.
Nathan nudged his team-captain lightly with his foot. Jemma glanced over to him and smiled. "You're predictable, you know that." Nathan laughed as Jemma removed the headphones from her ears.
"How so?" she inquried sitting up. She watched as Nathan sat down next to her. "Whatcha got there?" Jemma pointed towards the folder that Nathan held in his hand. The male looked at the folder, sighing a little under his breath. Now he was with Jemma, Nathan was in two minds whether he should give her the folder or not. "Nathan-kun?"
"When I heard that you wanted a certain folder, I knew which one you meant. Your dad's gonna throw a fit when he finds out but I ask Tala to help me break into this office." Nathan paused and tossed the folder towards his friend. Jemma caught it with ease and opened it up. "Figured you wanted it bad enough for one of your friends to take the fall." Nathan shrugged. Jemma looked back at Nathan before pulling him into a hug.
"Thank you."
Suddenly she pulled away. "I'm...I'm..." taking a deep breath, Jemma twisted the hem of her shirt round her finger. "I'm sorry...for snapping earlier." Jemma finished. She scratched the back of her neck as Nathan chuckled to himself.
"You're forgiven."
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May-lin licked her spoon free from ice-cream. Elizabeta giggled to herself and pointed to her nose. "You've got ice-cream on your nose." she informed. May-lin blushed and quickly wiped the mint green coloured dream away. "That's better. Wouldn't want you to be all sticky for Brooklyn." Elizabeta laughed as May-lin's blush got deeper.
"Shut up." The chinese girl mumbled. She flicked some ice-cream at Elizabeta. The scootsih girl whined when a fleck landed in her hair. "Serves you to right." May-lin joked. Her attention was turned to the kitchen door when it slowly opened. "Hello?" May-lin called. Julia waved and quickened her pace.
"Hey you two. I was looking for Jemma but I think I'll hang round here." Julia smiled. She perched herself on a third stool opposite Elizabeta. "So what are you doing besides eating Ice-cream and making a mess." Julia asked. Before Elizabeta or May-lin could answer, the kitchen door opened a second time. The trio tensed for a second before a bubbly Ming-Ming ran towards them, followed by Crusher. "Hey Ming." Julia called.
"Hey girls. You hungry too?" The singer inquried. Crusher sighed a little, wondering how to one of the fridges.
"I'm not. I cam to find Jemma but I found these two instead." Julia giggled pointing to the other two bladers. Ming-Ming waved as Elizabeta returned the gesture. May-lin shoved more ice-cream into her mouth. Crusher slowly opened the fridge. When the fridge was fully open, the blader stared in shock at a figure in th fridge. The figure did not move as Crusher tried to find any life in the figure's eyes. Crusher turned round.
"Hey...Lin is it?...did you know you have a body in this fridge?" Crusher questioned. Ming-Ming stared in horror as the figure began to move, bringing an old hacket into view. "What? Ming-Ming, what's wrong?" Crusher asked as the hacket was brought down onto Crusher's shoulder.
Ming-Ming and Julia screamed.
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Jemma and Nathan jolted from their positions when they heard a scream. The contents of the folder fell to the floor. "What the bloody hell was that?" Jemma wondered out-loud. She bent down to gather the folder and her belongs before climbing out of the dish. Nathan quickly followed. "Where do you think that came from?" Jemma inquried. Nathan paused briefly then dragged his friend out of the gym.
"Sounded like the kitchen." Nathan slammed to a stop, panic clouding his face. Jemma stared at him in confusion.
"Nathan-Kun?"
"May-lin and Elizabeta are in there." Nathan informed as more figures appeared in the hall. Kai, Tala, Brooklyn, Ray and Mariah all looked at each other in confusion and fear. "I take it you heard the scream." Nathan began as he continued to run to the kitchens. No-one gave him a reply.
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The hacket came down on the table with force but the killer was unable to break it. "Hmm...must be getting a little weak." The killer mused. Ming-Ming whimpered as she and May-lin hid under the table. Crusher's body remained by the fridge although he was barely alive. The wound on his shoulder continued to pour out blood as the killer tried to find the other bladers. "Come out, come out wherever you are." He laughed.
May-lin slowly moved from out of the table and grabbed her tub of ice-cream. Ming-Ming grabbed her wrist. "This isn't time to be eating ice-cream." she hissed. May-lin placed a finger to her lips and turned her attention back to the killer. "Lin!" Ming-Ming tried to reason but May-lin was not having any of it. The chinese blader slowly stood up while the killer had his back to her. May-lin watched before readying her throwing arm.
"HEY!"
The killer spun round as May-lin threw the tub. It slammed into his face, coating the killer in mint ice-cream. May-lin cheered to herself before dragging Ming-Ming to her feet. "Get out of here. Go!" May-lin ordered. The singer ran towards the door. She barreled through as the killer threw the ice-cream tub at the door. The killer wiped the ice-cream from his eyes and glared at May-lin.
"You're gonna pay for that!" He yelled and raised his hacket. May-lin backed up before tripping over her own feet. Her bit-chip began to glow in her pocket but May-lin was too scared to even notice. Suddenly the killer dropped the hacket and screamed loudly. "The demon! The demon who lived in that room! How did you get out?" he inqiured as he backed up. May-lin glanced up to see a shadow figure standing or floating over her.
"Shinzu." May-lin whispered. Her bit-beast spoke to her, urging her to her feet. May-lin nodded and ran towards the door. "Bluebell! Julia! Come on!" The Chinese blader ordered. The killer covered his eyes and dropped to his knees giving Julia and Elizabeta enough time to dart for the door. When the killer composed himself, he growled loudly and grabbed his hacket. He ran towards the trio and May-lin and Elizabeta tried to grab Julia's arm.
"You're not going anywhere!" The killer yelled and swung the hacket. Warm blood splashed against the female blader's faces and Julia's head sailed through the air. It landed with a loud thump as her body hit the floor. Elizabeta screamed as she was dragged out of the kitchen. The doors swung shut but the killer didn't care.
As Jemma locked the kitchens door, the killer titled his head back and laughed.
Thank you to Schoolboredom for her review.