blackamber- What evil things will I do in this chapter
Amy- For your sake, I hope nothing...
blackamber- Bu-but I need to or else the story won't progress and you'll never get your children back!
Amy- Good point... just don't make it too bad...
blackamber- (sigh) Fine
Bryan- blackamber would like people to know that she doesn't really like doing this to the twins either... she loves kids and it hurts her every time she has to do something to them...
blackamber- I also hate Cole, Boris, and the Pop-n'-fresh wanna be with a passion (if you guys are confused by what I mean by Pop-n'-fresh... it's basically like the Pillsbury Dough-boy)
Mel- Usual disclaimer
"Momma!"
Amy snapped awake, her breathing uneven. She stole a quick glance towards her still sleeping husband. He looked so peaceful, so relaxed; maybe it was all a dream. She untangled herself from Tala's hold, being careful not to wake him, and traveled towards the twins' room. She was met with disappointment as her silver grey eyes scanned the room. She sank down onto Thea's bed, looking at her worn, stuffed wolf that she had since she was a newborn.
Upon impulse, Amy gathered the stuff toy up, clutching it to her desperately. She heard a creak to the right of her and found Tala in the doorway. He didn't have to ask why she was in here, part of him had hoped the same thing; that he'd wake up and find them safe in their beds.
"Kai will be here around lunch," Tala said, "So will Kaylie, Melissa and the rest of the BBA Revolution. Mr. Dickenson helped get them on a special charter jet that was headed here. White Tiger X and the PPB All Starz will be here sometime tonight or early tomorrow… according to Brook."
Amy just nodded, burying her face into the stuffed animal.
"We'll get them back, Aim," Tala continued, "he can't fight all of us."
"I know," she choked out, still holding the stuffed wolf as though it were the only thing keeping her linked to humanity. "It's just... every minute we spend not trying anything, is another minute their stuck there having who-knows-what done to them!" She pressed the toy closer, her voice dropping to barely above a whisper, "I just want my babies back…"
"Th-Thea?" Dimitri croaked out, coming to and beginning to shiver, "why is it so cold?"
Thea drew her knees up against her chest, "I-I don't know. Dimka… I want to go home."
"Me too… why haven't mom and dad come yet?" Dimitri slowly sat up, his face contorting with pain at the very action.
"I'm sure they're twying they're vewy hardest to save us," Thea said, encouragingly as her teeth chattered. Her breath hovered in the air as it escaped the warmth of her mouth.
"Well, well, look who's up," sneered a guard as the steel door creaked open, "come on, boy, it's time to break you."
"You leave my bwover alone!" screeched Thea, beating her tiny fists against the man's side as he grabbed Dimitri; pulling him harshly to his feet.
"Back off brat!" snapped another, hitting her to the ground.
"Thea!" Dimitri yelled, trying to fight his way out of the man's grasp. After much struggling, he managed to yank his arm free and- ignoring his body's protests- he stumbled over to his sister. "Are you okay?"
Thea nodded nimbly, she clutched her brother's arm as he stood defiantly in front of her, taking a protective stance.
"Aww how cute," mocked the guard that had struck Thea, taking out a whip, "why don't we just do both?"
"You heard the bosses orders," the other hissed, "the boy first, then we'll have our fun with the little girl." The man grinned savagely, marching over to the twins. "Now then, say goodbye to your sister."
Dimitri's eyes traveled from the guard as he was about to grab him again, then to the open door behind them. "Thea! Wun!" he ordered, kicking the man hard in the shins.
The man gave a small yelp as the twins made a mad dash of the door.
"What are you waiting for, you idiot! Get them!" seethed the wincing man.
The guard lunged at the two, but it was not he who caught them. Gil, Cole's father's most trusted underling, and Cole himself did. Gil had caught Dimitri by his bruised arm, yanking him painfully into the hallway while Cole threw Thea harshly back into the room.
"Get out of there you incompetent fools!" snarled Cole, he turned to Gil, "take the brat to the arena, he is to be broken today no matter what."
"Understood, sir," Gil nodded, dragging Dimitri away.
Cole smirked darkly at Thea walking into the room, ordering at the two guards: "Close the door behind you."
Thea backed up against the wall, glaring at the strange man before her.
"You know, you have your father to blame for all this," Cole stated, pinning her against the far wall. "It's a shame that you look like her… even if you have his hair. It was always a shame when she got injured, such a pretty face," he stroked Thea's face for an instant before she jerked away.
"My momma and daddy are coming fwor us! Just wait and see," Thea spat, fighting the urge to tremble. She was scared, of course she was, she was only a toddler still clinging to her mother and father's legs. She sniffed involuntarily, tears welling up in her eyes, "They are coming… you'll see."
"I know they are," grinned Cole, "and I can't wait. I've always wanted to see your mother break, perhaps when she sees the state you two are in, I'll get my wish." Giving the small girl a small, yet hard kick, Cole stalked out of the room.
Momma… daddy… pwease huwwy, Thea silently prayed, wiping tears of both fear and pain from her eyes.
"So what do we know?" Kai asked, sitting at the dinning room table across from Amy. Beside him sat Ian and Bryan, and across, beside Amy, were Spencer and Tala. He had arrived at their house almost five minutes ago and immediately insisted getting to work on retrieving the twins.
"You mean aside from the fact that Boris has god knows how many thugs running around the place now?" Ian asked.
"They aren't his," Tala growled, "they're Cole's… or Cole's father's rather."
Kai narrowed his eyes at the mention of his name. How he just wanted to strangle that man. "How many stopped you when you went yesterday?"
"At least a dozen, but I don't think that was all of them," Spencer said, truthfully, "if that was all they had in terms of defense they wouldn't have sent them all at us."
Kai nodded thoughtfully. "Any idea how to go about this?"
"Considering we don't know the exact number, we can't rely solely on our individual strength, not too mention those guys are carrying guns. And we have, what? Just beyblades?" Bryan sighed.
"I could get us guns," Ian smirked.
"Our shooters may be guns, but that doesn't mean we automatically know how to use them," Spencer interjected.
"What's to know, you just point and pull the trigger."
"So we can blame you if a stray shot hits one of us," Bryan sneered.
"Ian has a point," Tala stated, "I'm not saying we should use guns, but we need something more than just our beyblades."
"Or maybe… our beyblades are all we need," Amy mentioned, her voice barely above a whisper.
"What?" the men looked at her.
"Our bitbeasts… Duo beyblading… it could work," she continued.
"No," Kai said simply.
"Why not? They're the best weapon we've got and we know how to use them properly," Amy argued, "with all of us, it'll take no time at all to teach White Tiger X and PPB All Starz how to Duo bey-battle as well."
"Duo bey-battling is dangerous, Aim, we can't rely on it."
"Kai… please… I know you think that it's too dangerous, but you have to understand it is the only effective thing we can do." Amy paused, taking a deep breath, "And if it means getting the twins back, I'm willing to take the risk that comes with Duo bey-battling."
"Tala…"
"I'm with Amy on this," Tala sighed, "she makes a very good point. Aside from Cole, I highly doubt there are any bey-shooters in there. We'll separate into groups and handle it accordingly."
Spencer nodded, "We know who we're paired with, what about the others."
"Leave that to me," Kaylie said, the first "member" of the BBA Revolution faction to speak. "Let's see here…" She looked over everyone's stats accordingly, laying out files on White Tiger X, PPB All Starz, and the BBA Revolution. "There's definitely going to be some intermixing here…"
She flipped through various papers and then paused, "Okay, I think I have it! Amy did a good job of pairing you guys up, so I'll leave it at that. However, given that technically we have five different teams here, I'm going to put Mel with Daichi and Tyson with Max."
"Wind and water?" Amy asked.
"There's a small chance of hyperresonance, but it's a risk we'll have to take. If it's time flawlessly, the percentage of potential hyperresonance occurrence will drop," Kaylie explained, pushing her glasses up.
"Com again?" Mel asked, not understanding most of what was said.
"If Max and Tyson pull this off, there will be no explosions," sighed Kaylie exasperatedly.
"Oh, gotcha," Mel nodded in understanding.
"Hey, there's no problem there. Me and Maxie will handle it just fine," Tyson grinned exuberantly.
"Right, moving on." Kaylie cleared her throat. "I'm going to put Courtney and Rick together, that way we have a less likely hyperresonance occurrence and still another counter-balance. Brook will be with Lee, Ray with Mariah, and Gary with Emily."
"And the rest of the PPB All Starz?" pressed Spencer.
"Yes well, this is where it gets interesting. I think our best bet in pairing is Michael with Eddie and me with Kevin," Kaylie concluded.
"And why is that?" Hilary asked.
"Michael is wind- we don't want to risk pairing him with Emily for the same reason we are taking a chance with Tyson and Max. I can't pair with Michael either because I am wind as well, that will undoubtedly cause a hyperresonance, so the only way for it to work is to pair Gary with Emily and me with Kevin." Kaylie replaced her files, looking quite content with her decisions.
"You left someone out though," Amy grinned.
"Oh?" Kaylie relooked through her files, trying to figure out who she could have possibly forgotten. "Who? I-I don't see-"
"Sadie."
Kaylie's eyes widened a fraction, "Right! I've forgotten all about her!" She looked at Amy expectantly, "What are her stats and her element?"
"Her element is rock, and her speed and attack are much better than her defense."
"Okay, change of plans. I'm not much of a bey-shooter so, Michael and Gary will be paired together, Emily with Sadie, and Kevin with Eddie. Is this okay with everyone?" Kaylie asked.
A brief nod passed through all the shooters.
"Good, we'll start practice as soon as the others arrive. Our rescue mission will be scheduled as soon as everyone can execute the moves perfectly," Kaylie instructed.
"I don't suppose you will be handling our training?" Amy asked, not overly happy about the fact that this may take longer than a day or two.
"Well, yeah… but not alone. Hilary and Kenny will be assisting me as well."
"Go figure," Tyson muttered, "let her help with training…"
"What's that supposed to mean!?" his girlfriend- Hilary- yelled, hitting his arm.
"Bryan, does Lissa know anything about bey-shooting?" Amy asked.
"A little, she doesn't do it herself, but she knows what I've told her about it," Bryan admitted.
"She can help too then," Tala declared.
"Courtney and Brook are going to call the minute their plane lands, I'll inform them of the plan then and they can pass the word on to the teams," Amy decided, "in the meantime, let's get you guys comfortable, right?" Amy rose from the table, gliding across the room to the exit, "I'll show you guys where you're sleeping."
Kai leaned back in his chair as the BBA Revolution followed Amy towards the stairs. "You're lucky you have a big house," he yawned.
Tala just shrugged, "You're not going to?"
"I'll find my room later," he said, in a bored like manner. "I'm not comfortable with Duo bey-shooting to get Thea and Dimitri back, but if it means watching Boris get torn apart by bitbeasts- something he more than deserves- I'm willing to put my all into this. I don't blame you for what happened, by the way-"
"You shouldn't, I wasn't even there when it happened," Tala growled.
"Just don't let it happen again."
Bryan snickered uncontrollably. Kai's overprotective nature was more than hilarious to the twenty-four year old. He only stopped when both Kai and Tala shot him a glare. "Uhh… I'll go call Lissa…" he excused himself, escaping to the safety of another room.
"Soo," Melissa began, following Amy along the upper portion of the house after she had deposited her bag in her room, "how have you and Tala been?"
"We're good," Amy said, "aside from the twins being kidnapped, we were quite happy."
"Oh… was this their room?" Melissa asked, pausing at a door and peeking in to discover children's toys and two small beds.
Amy nodded, looking into the room sorrowfully. Nicol, looked up at his master, whimpering sympathetically and bumping his head against her leg.
"I can't imagine how it must have felt," Kaylie said, peering into the room as well.
"Yeah, but we'll get them back, and when we do Boris and Cole will pay!" Melissa declared, pumping her arm in the air.
"Don't forget Cole's father," Kaylie reminded.
"Yeah, fatso too."
Amy let out a small laugh at Melissa's name for Cole's father. "I know… but I still wish…"
"They were here?" Kaylie finished.
"Yeah… I keep praying that it's all a dream… that I'll wake up and they'll be right here… but no matter how many times I pinch myself… it's never a dream." Amy grazed her finger along the doorframe. "You have no idea how this waiting is killing me, I know it's necessary to ensure that we get them back and all but-"
"I know," her friends said at the same time, "and that's why, they're going to pay."
"Damnit brat! Why won't you just break!" Gil yelled, snapping the whip against Dimitri's back.
Dimitri winced, but bit back a cry. He may only be four, but he knew better than to give this jerk satisfaction. "Why not hit me wike a weal man! Instead of hiding behind a piece of weather!" he spat at them, blood staining his teeth red. He thought many insults that he could shoot at them; most of which he had heard his father use in a fight before- of course neither his mother nor his father knew that he heard them. Only he kept his mouth shut. His mother would not be proud of him if he sunk to their level by calling them 'inappropriate' names.
He remembered all too well how she had yelled at his father about saying such things.
Gil snarled bitterly, snapping his whip harder against the boy's bare flank. Still not gaining a response, Gil marched over to the boy and yanked his head painfully back by his hair. "Care to repeat that you little cur?" he hissed, dropping the whip and using his now free hand to finger his revolver.
All that his mother taught him about being respectful… about not using 'inappropriate' language in a fight left him as he stared hatefully up into his tormentors brown eyes. Curling his lips into a mocking snarl, he spat the very same words he heard his father use against his opponent. "Go to hell, you cock-sucker."
Of course, the words came out more like, "Gwo to heww, you cock-suckwer," but the meaning was understood. With a vicious growl, Gil smacked the hilt of the gun against Dimitri's head, rendering him unconscious.
"Return him to his containment cell, we'll work on the girl later," he barked.
"But sir, Erik and Cole said-"
"I don't care what they said! I want these brats broken! If it means alternating beatings then so be it!" Gil stormed out of the arena, seething with anger. Not since their mother had he met such a stubborn brat. Hopefully, the girl will be much easier, he thought, walking through the halls to speak with Erik about his plan of alternating between the two. Even if he disagreed, what could the fat old man do?
Yes, Gil may follow Erik's orders… most of the time, but the men who served them knew who was really in charge of them. Erik may march around and spout orders here and there, but without Gil, his plan would crumple. Not even his idiot coward of a son could take power over Gil.
He was the real boss of the guards… and Boris knew that. Which was why he was paying him double to carry out his orders.
Keep believing what you want, Erik, everyone else knows your days are numbered. Gil chuckled darkly, You and your idiot son…
blackamber- :O That was totally unintentional! I just realized now what I have done... I created another evil person!!
Sadie- I thought Gil was always an evil person...
blackamber- He was... but I mean now he's an kind of important evil person... I didn't even plan that...
Kaylie- She's right! It's not even in her notes (flips through pages of random stick drawings of what could possibly happen with random words written at points) ... Your notes are really incoherent...
blackamber- (shrug) I understand what they mean... you just don't understand my language
Kai- Or you're just an idiot
blackamber- (sighs) Why'd I have to bring you back...
Tala- R&R