Well then. I honestly think I over came that frigging writers block period. Prepare for some more angst action and human sacrifice. :3 Oh, and this one will HOPEFULLY have RES commenting at the end. The last chapter was posted through a miracle, so she didn't have that much time to edit… hehe…
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"Give me the remote before I whack you with my crutch." Kevin growled, glaring over at Rei, who laughed at the shallow threat.
"Yeah right, Kevin, we both know you couldn't hurt me with that thing. Besides, it's to dark. You'll probably miss."
Kevin narrowed his eyes and glared across the room to where Rei was sitting on the other sofa. Gary sat between them trying to focus on the television, which cast a florescent white glow over the objects closest to it. The television, being the only source of light in the room, was quickly giving Kevin and headache and making him more irate then he really had reason to be.
"Rei, just give me the remote. You're not using it and you know I hate this show."
Rei rolled his eyes. "What's the alternative?"
"Jackass."
"We are not watching Jackass."
"Fine, House is on USA." The two continued the argument for what must have been twenty minutes. After steady protesting, the two decided on the last channel standing that they hadn't voted out. Finally, Gary stepped in.
"There is no way I'm watching the discovery channel." He stated bluntly, reaching over and pulling the remote out of Rei's hand. The two neko-jin stared at him blankly for a moment, but decided that they were too tired to argue any further.
"So what do we do now?" Kevin asked blandly, looking down at the floor with tired eyes.
"We go to bed." Rei announce, standing to do just that. He walked drudgingly towards the bedroom, with every intention of collapsing onto the bed and sleeping late into the next day. Only half way towards his goal, however, a straggled cry came from behind him. Rei spun on his heal to find much to his horror a large man standing behind the couch holding a knife to Kevin's throat. In a flash, Gary grabbed the man's wrist and pulled his arm away from the youngest blader, who turned to find yet another large man diving towards him. Rei raced back towards the sofa, catching the man by his ear and tugging him painfully away from Kevin, who looked after them helplessly.
Rei's mind flew through each thought so quickly that he almost didn't process anything. The men seemed to be armed, but more into the physical scene then the firearm panorama. They were going after Kevin because he was the weakest one and most likely the only one they could really use to get Rei and Gary to sit still. As far as Rei was aware, the two of them were strong enough to do some damage if Rei gave them the chance. So he wouldn't.
By twisting his upper body and slamming his foot into the back of one of the men, Rei was able to shove him into his partner, and the two stumbled back into Gary, who then shoved them clear into the kitchenette. Rei raced towards Kevin who was still in mild shock on the couch.
"Kev, are you alright?" Before the younger boy had a chance to respond, Rei was knocked to the side by a heavy blow on the head.
"Rei!" Kevin called, snapping out of his shock onto to be grabbed by a third man, who pulled Kevin clear off the couch and threw the small teen with ease onto the floor.
Just as the man was about to bring his foot down on the young neko-jin, another smacked straight into his chest, pushing him back over the arm of the couch.
"Kai?" Rei looked up in surprise at the Russian's sudden appearance. Kai ignored Rei and looked down at Kevin with narrowed eyes.
"What do villains see in you as a victim?" He asked, leaving Kevin with a blank look of confusion as he pulled Rei to his feet and turned towards the kitchenette.
"Gary, I need you to-… Gary?" Kai's expression turned from serious to befuddled as he realized that Gary nor the two large men were in sight. Before he could call out the name of the large blader again, however, the man he had shoved over the arm of the couch dove forwards at him, stepping on Kevin's arm in the process.
"Jesus, what is your problem?!" Kevin groaned, kicking his good leg into the back of the man's knee, crippling the man in mid run and causing him to fall forwards, smacking his head on the floor ungracefully and leaving him unconscious. Both Rei and Kai looked at him is surprise, but Kevin was more focused on the bruise that was already developing on his wrist.
Rei quickly looked back towards the kitchenette. "Gary!" He called, his eyes falling upon a half open door.
"In there." He said in a hushed tone, afraid to move towards the room. Kai on the other hand stepped over Kevin and picked up a glass coke bottle that Kevin had so lazily left on coffee table. Stepping slowly and silently, Kai made his way towards the room with Rei close behind him, both boys determined and slightly scared of what might happen. By entering the dark room, they were walking into what might be a trap. But both continued on knowing that Gray's life could be at stack.
If only they had made sure no one else was in the room.
"Aggh!" From the other side of the room, where the two boys had so foolishly left their injured friend, Kevin lay on the floor with the very man who they had though had been knocked unconscious strangling the young blader. The distraction gave the two other men enough time to jump out of the shadows and grab the older teens, leaving them struggling helplessly to break free. In the corner of his eye, Rei saw an unconscious Gary lying on the floor behind the counter in the kitchen area.
"Make a false move, and he chokes to death." The man holding Kevin's neck said in a gruff voice. Both Rei and Kai shook their heads quickly, eyes widened with fear.
"Get them to the other room; I'll follow with this kid." He instructed the two men holding the older teens. With the instructions given, the two men began shoving the neko-jin and the Russian out of the room. Rei looked down to meet Kevin's pleading look as he passed by, but both of them knew that nothing could be done.
With the first four out of the room, the largest of the men roughly pulled Kevin off the ground and dragging him out of the room by wrapping an arm around his chest and pulling the limp teen forcefully after the others. The most Kevin could do was push on the man's tense abdomen, because his wounded leg was useless.
Out in the hallway, the lights had been shut off and there was a different man or woman, all equally intimidating, standing at each door. After only a few moments of walking, they arrived at room number 93. The man at the door opened it and let the three men and three prisoners through, where Rei and Kai both bit back a gasp at the sight of all the other bladers sitting on the floor in the middle of the suite, surrounded by four guards. At the sight of the three new arrivals, Emily let out a slight whimper, especially when the largest of the men came in carrying Kevin like a heavy piece of luggage.
The two men shoving Rei and Kai along pushed the two into the group and instructed them to sit down and stay quite. The man carrying Kevin, on the other hand, dropped the youngest in the room onto one of the beds and stepped back. Kevin raised himself onto his elbows but stayed there at the sight of a gun pointing at him.
The room was identical to the one the White Tigers were staying in, and from the door by the kitchenette, a beautiful young women with smooth black hair and a small mole on her upper lip stepped out. At the sight, Kevin let out an uneasy moan while the others gaped in shock.
"Hey sweetie!" She greeted happily, addressing Kevin before casting the others a playful look.
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"Lee, any reason why the front reason of the hotel is smashed open?" Mariah asked, eyes narrowing and concern growing behind her words with each passing second. She stopped walking abruptly as did Lee, who looked at they're hotel worriedly.
"There aren't any cops either. Something's wrong." He mumbled before breaking into a run. Mariah called out his name but followed after him, worried and fear quickly growing in her heart. What if it was happen again? No, Lee was right. The odds were slim…
When the two reached the lobby entrance, they found to their horror that most the windows were completely smashed. Lee stepped through the door as did Mariah, and began looking around the lobby.
It only took a second for the two to recognize the holes in the furniture and the small black shells on the ground.
"Bullets." Mariah breathed, deciding to embrace her worst fear. At the very least, she would find that it was all not true and be relieved.
"Come on." Lee said quickly, pulling her towards the elevators. They needed to get to their room and make sure that nothing was wrong. The elevator rose slowly, floor by floor, background music track by background music track. Mariah was growing impatient as anxiety took over, completely flushing out the rational side of her mind. Just before the ding that alerted the passengers they were at their final destination when off, Lee hit the emergency stop, and received a bewildered look from Mariah. He put a finger before his lips to silence her and carefully pried the doors of the elevator open about three inches, peering out into the hallway. What the two neko-jin saw brought their worst fears into full reality.
A guard of some sort was positioned at each room door. A few doors, specifically the doors of the beyblading team's rooms, were left open without guards. At the other end of the hallway, three large men stood guard of one particular doorway.
"Total take over." Lee breathed shakily, before letting the door close again and sliding back down towards the floor of the elevator.
"What are you doing?" Mariah hissed, her eyes wide in fear. Lee just shook his head.
"You saw all those people. They're huge, and we can't take them. We need to get more help, Mar." He said quietly, before reaching up to hit the descend button on the panel that lined the wall of the elevator. Mariah let him reluctantly, silently asking whatever greater good that was out there for help.
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"Hello. Yes, they were actually quite easy to round up. No, he seems alright. Can't walk though. Yes, they thought I was dead. Funny how many times I've fooled people like that. Yes sir."
The women who had started the entire hostage situation all those days ago flipped her phone closed and turned around to face the gathered crowed of scared teenagers. A long pause followed, before the woman sighed and shooed the men out of the room with a flick of the wrist. The door closed behind them, and the women sat down atop the table. Next to her was an open laptop along with other unidentifiable objects that were probably responsible for the power being out.
"We have some catching up to do, don't we?" She smiled, crossing her arms over her chest happily. Kai was the first to speak up.
"How did you fake your death." The way he stated it made it sound like more of an observation then a question, but she replied to it just the same.
"Yes, I did. It threw you off, didn't it?"
"Why?" Kenny piped up, his voice small and squeaky but still curious.
"Because it would confuse those darn policemen."
"Why come back?" Rei suddenly asked, his voice sounding more stable then the other's. The women looked at him a moment before smiling broadly.
"For the fun of it, of course!" The reply silenced everyone, and made each blader uneasy and more scared then they already had been. The woman took the chance to turn her attention towards her old hostage.
"Aw, you're looking better. How's the leg?" She asked with a smile, gently biting the tip of her tongue between her front and bottom teeth. Kevin swallowed and considered what to say before replying.
"It's been better." He mumbled, eyes narrowing. For some odd reason, he didn't find himself that afraid of the woman. She seemed to be less concerned about making it out alive, and more interested in making small talk. Noting the lack of worry in her eyes, Kevin decided that letting her have power over him threw fear wouldn't help anyone. So, in an attempt to level out his fear, he asked the first question that came to his mind.
"What's your name, anyways?" He tilted his head to the side slightly and narrowed his eyes and if implying that it was a perfectly reasonable question. The woman raised her eyes slightly before smiling.
"I thought you'd never ask."
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xChewy; OMG ROFL HAHA AT UR FYCE. Cliffies are so fun. xD
Everyone in room; AGGH:stones her:
xChewy; Aggh!! ;.;
Mariah; Hey, where is that strange RES person you mentioned earlier?
xChewy; In her bean bag corned playing with a sock monkey.
Lee; Um… What the hell?
xChewy; Okay, so she's probably asleep. But I updated at like, 3am so give me a break.
Mysterious hostage lady; Whatever. Go to sleep.
xChewy; :salutes: Yes ma'am!