blackamber- This is it... the final of We Will Fall Together (sobs!)
Bryan- Umm... it says here you're going to do one more installment...
blackamber- I AM!! But... Tala and Amy won't be the main characters! (wails)
Melissa- Then who will be? (thinks) OH! IS IT ME?!?!
blackamber- NO! You'll find out at the end!
Amy- (sigh) Usual disclaimer
Recap: "Hmm… tell me Tala… how would one without emotions feel if they lost the one they cared about?" asked Boris, nodding to Gil.
Tala couldn't move, he watched the gun change from being locked on him, to Amy. NO…
BANG!
"NO!"
Now, let's further recap…
Amy stared down the barrel of the gun that was pointed at her. She could see Gil's finger twitching on the trigger in anticipation. She knew what was about to happen; she knew he was about to kill her. And yet, she couldn't look away nor could she move. She was frozen, staring at the offending weapon.
And just as the man's finger began to pull back on the trigger, a flash of fur raced past her.
BANG!
"NO!" Amy screamed as a loud yelp echoed through the arena. Yes, it was Amy who had yelled, not Tala. She had yelled as the broken body of her beloved dog slumped to the ground a fresh bullet wound in his chest.
Boris glared at Gil, silently berating him for missing and shooting the furry nuisance instead of the Hiwatari girl, correction, Tala's wife.
Gil snarled bitterly, reloading the gun. At least now there was no mutt to get in the way.
"It is that man from the fort," growled Hein.
"It is," Amy agreed.
"Want me to crunch his face off?" asked Hein with a dark growl.
"Can you do that?"
"No, but I can incinerate him," offered the wolf, appearing beside her in all his glowing glory.
"Incinerating sounds nice…"
"Is that really the best you boys can do?" mocked Cole, his new Ginryu blade twirling beside him with the winged and horned wolf hovering readily above the blade.
"We're just getting warmed up, right Bryan?" Kai turned to his partner, expectantly.
Bryan chuckled darkly, "That's right, you haven't seen anything yet."
"Dranzer-
"Falborg-
"Blazing Stroblitz!" the phoenix and falcon soared towards the wolf, performing their special ability. Falborg's usual Stroblitz attack encased –and strengthened- in a ring of swirling fire, with enough focus, the attack had the potential to be just as powerful as a counter balanced attack.
The combined attack hit Ginryu head on, sending the blade flying backwards, but that did nothing to deter the man controlling the blade's attitude. "Come on Ginryu!" he yelled in frustration, "Shadow Shifter attack!"
"Dranzer! Blazing Gig!" ordered Kai as his blue Dranzer blade broke away from its position beside Bryan's blue Falborg.
"Go on, Falborg, Stroblitz attack!" shouted Bryan. The separate attacks did damage on their own, and fueled the rage burning from within Cole. Any idiot could see what was happening in this beybattle. He was losing.
And because he was losing, he was seething. Frustrated and confused as to why he was losing, he began to transfer his anger towards his bit beast. "Ginryu, finish this! Death's Apocalypse!"
The flaming wolf glared at Gil, receiving a surprised look from Boris. He had never seen a bit beast appear when their blade was not spinning. Gil was unimpressed though, after all, Ginryu was once an untamed bit beast as well.
"I dare you to point that gun at her again," Hein growled, stepping in front of his human friend.
Tala, having regained the ability to move after watching a beloved pet get shot in the place of his wife, gently placed Thea on the ground and stepped protectively in front of her, his Wolborg blade ready in its launcher.
"You know, Hein, I don't get the point behind bit beast experimentation," admitted the man holding the gun, "in my opinion, something so unnatural, should be destroyed."
"We'll see who's unnatural, vermin," snarled Hein, his gold claws digging into the floor of the arena, ready to launch himself at either man.
Gil smirked, about to ready his gun when, "I want that bit beast captured," came an order from his right.
"Sir?" questioned Gil, looking at Boris.
"Such a powerful bit beast, one that can leave its blade… I want him captured," Boris repeated.
"With all due respect, sir, he is an untamed bit beast, I can't captured him," stated Gil, finding the man to be getting on his nerves.
"Then tame him," growled Boris as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'm afraid I won't do that, Boris."
Boris looked at the man in alarm, "What was that?" How dare this subordinate refuse an order!
"I won't tame that bit beast, it –along with countless like it- should be destroyed and that's what I will do," Gil said, indifferent to Boris' tone.
"Now listen you-
Gil turned towards him with the gun pointed at the Abbey Master. "I don't have to listen to you anymore. After all, I have the gun and what do you have? Nothing but the clothes on your back," chortled Gil darkly. (A/N: YAY! New word!)
Amy stole a glance towards Tala, who nodded back at her. Both had easily noticed that the attention of the men before them was completely off of them and focused on each other. Amy suspected that if Gil didn't kill Boris now, Boris would pull something out of that cloak of his and kill Gil, leaving only one of the two alive. That would leave them- her and Tala- to take down the other while he was still reloading his weapon.
They silently launched their blades, keeping Hein and Wolborg close to them as to not alert either man to their plan.
"Now Gil, I can be reasonable," panicked Boris, realizing his mistake of not having a single hired thug that had not originally worked for Erik. After all, they had so easily betrayed Erik to work for him, what was to stop them from betraying him?
"The time for 'being reasonable' has long passed, Boris," smirked Gil, cocking the gun. "I'm running the show now and frankly, you have long since passed your usefulness to me. Goodbye, Boris, it has, dare I say it, been a pleasure?" His sneering taunt echoed through the arena and was quickly followed by the deafening gunshot that was emitted from the gun.
The one good thing at how loud the sound was, was that it perfectly masked Amy and Tala ordering Hein and Wolborg to perform their 'Novae Inferno'. The only sound that followed the gunshot was the agonizing screams of Gil as the flames engulfed him.
Amy ignored the sound, moving over to her barely breathing husky. The dog whimpered, thumping his tail weakly against the floor when he saw his master.
"Hey Nic," she whispered painfully, watching as the dog's eyes began to slowly fade, "you're such a good boy, I'll miss you." She pulled the dog into a hug as he slipped away, entangling her fingers in his red patch of fur at his scruff, his blood leaking onto her pant leg.
Tala picked Thea up off the ground, waiting patiently as Amy bid her dog farewell before standing up and walking over to him. She ran her fingers gently through her daughter's hair.
"Ready to go, sweetpea?" she asked, tenderly.
Thea nodded, shivering slightly from cold and snuggling closer to her father for warmth.
"We just have to pick up your uncles Kai and Bryan on our way out, alright?" she smiled through her pain- the husky who now lay dead behind them meant a lot to her, given to her by Ronnie, for her when she first willingly celebrated her birthday with the Carters.
"This is impossible! You shouldn't still be spinning!" Cole shrieked as Ginryu began to wobble.
"Well we are, so what are you going to do about it?" Bryan taunted, "Falborg, let's finish this!!"
"Go, Dranzer!" Kai ordered.
Both blades struck Ginryu at the same time, sending him soaring against the brick wall and shattering the blade.
"Now," growled Kai darkly as he cracked his knuckles, "it's your turn."
Seeing the murderous glare in Kai's eyes made Cole panic. He looked wildly around the narrow hallway for an escape route, not wanting to face the man's wrath. As he turned to run, he was met with another murderous glare- this one from a sapphire eyed man.
"Hi there, Cole," Tala growled, handing Thea over to Amy.
"Not so tough now that you don't have daddy's men to protect you, huh?" mocked Bryan, taking a daring step towards the trembling, dark haired man.
Tala gave him a hard round house punch, forcing him against the wall, "If you so much as come within twenty feet of my family again, I will kill you."
"I think twenty's still to close," glared Kai, clenching his fist, "make it fifty feet."
Cole gulped and began to nod quickly, trying to ease their tempers. "I won't ever go near you again, I swear it… I'll even leave the country… just please… don't kill me," he whimpered.
"He's not even worth the effort," stated Amy, walking past them.
Tala raised his fist once more, watching amusedly as the man visibly flinched at the action. With a small- yet harsh- laugh, he stepped back and followed Amy.
Cole let out a small sigh of relief, which didn't last long. For as soon as Amy was out of sight, Kai rounded on him and gave the man a punch of his own –which was a lot harder than what Tala had delivered. Satisfied as the man cradled his now broken nose, Bryan and Kai stalked after Amy and Tala.
"Momma… I'm still weally cold," Dimitri mumbled, as Amy helped him put on a sweater.
"I know sweet heart, but you'll warm up," she promised, kissing his head, "now why don't you go bug your father."
"I'm bugging you?" asked Dimitri, looking a little teary eyed.
"I never said that, Dimka," Amy smiled, rubbing her nose against his, "go on now."
Dimitri gave her a small smile before racing out of his and Thea's room.
"Momma, I'm weady to come out now," Thea called from the bathroom as Amy walked past. The small girl insisted that if she was old enough to get kidnapped, then she was old enough to take a bath by herself.
"Okay," Amy called back, walking in. Looking at her soap-covered daughter, she couldn't help but laugh. "I think you missed a spot, sweetpea."
Thea looked up at her in a confused manner.
Amy knelt down beside the tub, picking up the facecloth and gently wiping away some grin that was on her face. "Deep breath, baby," she ordered before dunking her beneath the water briefly. "There, now you are soap free," she smiled, lifting her daughter out of the tub.
"I coulda done it," pouted Thea, as she got wrapped in a warm towel.
Amy laughed lightly as she gently began to dry Thea's hair. "You feel better?" she asked.
"I'm still kinda cold… but not wike befowe," Thea replied, trying to help towel herself dry.
"Well, you can sit right in front of the fireplace then," promised Amy, "no matter what your aunts and uncles say."
Thea grinned up at her mother. "I knew you were gonna come… you and daddy… I knew you wouldn't weave us."
Amy pulled her daughter into a tight hug, "If we could have done so, we would have been there much sooner. Your father and I, we'll always come for you when you're in danger or if you need us for anything. We're always here for you, no matter what."
Thea smiled, hugging her mother back. "So… awe you and daddy gonna have more kids now?"
Amy laughed, kissing her daughter's head, "We'll see."
"You guys better hurry up or you'll miss your flight," Tala said, ruffling his twelve-year old son's hair.
"We've got lots of time, right momma?" Thea retorted, shouldering her small carry-on pack.
Dimitri nodded, "Yeah. You just want to get rid of us to have more time with mom," he teased his father.
Amy giggled, a two-year old son in her arms, and a five-year old daughter at her side. "Don't be too much trouble for your uncle," she stated.
"Don't worry mom, I won't be," promised Thea, "though Dimka… I'm not so sure about."
"HEY!"
Tala chuckled, rolling his eyes at his twin children. He gently embraced his eldest daughter, "Have a safe flight, princess."
"I'll miss you daddy," she responded, returning the hug.
"Be good, Dimka," Amy said, hugging her son while minding the little boy in her arms.
"Aww, mom, why do you only say that to me… Thea's just as much trouble," the twelve-year old pouted.
Amy rolled her eyes, tussling his hair, "Because, you always start the trouble."
"Bye monkey, I'll see you in a couple of months," Thea said to her little sister, hugging her.
"Bye…" the little girl said, her soft voice barely heard above the noise of the terminal.
"Come here, champ," Tala beckoned to Dimitri as Thea went to bid her mother and baby brother goodbye. "You take care of your sister, alright?"
"Don't I always?" Dimitri grinned, "you take care of mom… and try not to be… too active,"
"Don't be a smart ass," growled Tala, gently cuffing him on the back of his head.
"Try not to miss us too much momma," Thea said.
"I'll try not to," her mother smiled, "but I can't say the same thing about your father or these two."
"Bye Dylan," Thea said, kissing her baby brother's head.
"Thea… weaving?" he asked.
"Only for a little while… I'll be back before you know it," she smiled.
"Umm… kay," the boy grinned.
"Bye-bye, Dimka," the five-year old girl said, hugging her big brother.
"Take care of yourself, Cali," Dimitri smiled, ruffling the little girl's hair.
A young husky pup whimpered in his carrier, wanting to get out and bid everyone farewell as well.
"Sorry Skye, you can't come out until we get to Japan," Thea told the young pup as an attendant came to take him onto the plane.
"We'll see you there!" the twins called to him as he was carried away.
"Now you really have to go," Tala said.
"We'll be watching for you guys on TV," promised Amy, "good luck."
"Knock 'em dead champ," nodded Tala to his son.
"You got it, pops," Dimitri waved as he ushered Thea towards the gate as she continued to wave to her parents.
Tala looked towards his wife who was waving to their daughter, then looked towards the little girl at her side. If Thea was supposed to look like her mother, than this little girl was a spitting image. Everything from her hair to her eyes screamed Hiwatari blood.
But then again, their second son was almost identical to him. He said almost, for the boy still had a bit of growing to do… okay he had a lot of growing to do. He bent down, lifting Cali up. "Alright, monkey, let's get you home," he said, smiling over at Amy.
Their time as bey-bladers was done. Now it was their children's turn.
blacakmber- If you haven't guessed by now... Thea and Dimitri are going to be the main characters of the last installment... YAY!! ... now I just need a name...
Amy-... If they're twelve... that makes me... Thirty at the end of this chapter... Wow... I'm old...
blackamber- Keith -Claire's son- will also be in the new installment... which I will begin writing as soon as I think of a name... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Bryan- These notes also state that you're planning on having a filler chapter in the middle of your new installment...
blacakmber- Uh-huh... I blame the catchy songs from the Buffy Musical episode... they make me want to have a musical... man... I wish I could WRITE a musical.
Tala- Anyway... R&R