Me: Okay so once again, I have returned to torture these characters further.

Tala: Torture?!

Me: Me did I say torture? I meant...to...well there isn't a nice synonym to the word torture.

Tala:...(slowly edges away)

Me: (Ties Tala up and thrust the disclaimer in his face.) READ IT OR DIE!

Tala: (Reads the disclaimer and then looks at me)

Me: You know I'm getting tired of everyone doing this. First Bryan and now you. Sigh. Roses are red. Violets are blue. Me no own. So you no sue.

Tala:...can you untie me now?

Me: And anything in bold and italics (like this) is Russian. This only applies for this chapter unless stated in future chapters before hand.

(Tala's POV)

I ran through the halls (I seem to be doing that a lot lately) to room 1703. Skidding to a sharp stop so I could turn the corner I came face to face with my old team and the Blade Breakers.

"How is she?!" I yelled as I neared them.

Max looked at me blankly.

"Well?" I asked crossing my arms

"Dude, you do realize that-"

"Yes I do. Now answer my question." I demanded.

There is no need to mention the blue dress that I am currently wearing with matching hair accessories. Apparently some one had leaked it out to Ming-Ming that I was gay and thought that it would be fun to dress the gay guy up in a dress and then sends him running through the halls of a hospital. I almost got kicked out by security and i was mistaken for one of the patients who was there for an abortion. Do I really look that much like a girl? Sigh Luckily she let me keep my pants on. Though I did have to roll them up. I thought that she was going to wax my legs the way she was staring at them.

"We don't know. Bryan went in there a minute ago and he hasn't come out yet." said Tyson coming in to place his hand on my shoulder.

"Touch me and die." I said menacingly.

Instantly his hand that was slowly creeping towards me flew back.

"I thought that-"

"Tyson. I don't have the patience to deal with you today. I already was cornered by Ming-Ming and I don't need your little idea of friendship." I snarled out

Harsh, yes. But do I care? Fuck no. Sighing I pulled Ming-Ming's dress over my head. I growled when it snagged on one of the hair clips. Damn Ming-Ming and her hair clips. Damn her and her dress. Damn Kai and all his psycho-ness. Damn everything. Ouch! This really hurts! It's pulling on my hair! My precious hair! Why and-- oh! Someones helping me. My hair, now free from the evil monstrosity called a dress.

"You know I remember when I had to help my younger sister do this."

I turned around to come face to face with Rei.

"You have a younger sister?" I asked

I stood there shocked. I never knew that.

"Yeah though she doesn't like me much." he said.

"Why?"

Rei blushed a brilliant shade of red and I had to suppress my fan girl squeal.

"She never forgave me for accidentally squishing her pet centipede." he said.

Okay. So you killed her pet bug. Nothing to blush over. Unless...

"...You're scared of bugs?" I asked.

Rei blushed an even brighter shade of red that made my inner fan girl go crazy.

"No!" he said, "Just centipedes."

Don't worry Rei. I'll protect you from the hundred leg monster...Okay when you put it like that a centipede does sound kinda creepy.

"I'm hungry!" Tyson wailed loudly in my ear.

One. This is a hospital, why the hell is he yelling?

Two. Who gives a damn if he's hungry. He has enough fat in his body to last a month with out food.

"Tyson!" said Max, "Not now!"

"But Maxie!" he whined.

"If you don't shut up I will skin you alive. Use your fat to stop world hunger and then what ever is left over is being turned into coats for rich old women who do nothing all day but sit around and nag people." I snarled out.

Silence reigned over our little group. Tyson's eyes went wide when his stomach gave a loud growl. He backed up behind Spencer who merely stepped aside so if I should happen to attack he wouldn't be in the crossfire. Not that he's scared of me. He'd just prefers not to be touched by anyone. Except Yang. Those to were siblings sperated at birth or something.

I sighed. I already miss her. It's not like she's dead or anything...Okay Tala. Reign in your thoughts before you lose it.

(Yang's POV)

It felt as if I was floating. As if I was disconnected from everything. Vaguely did I notice when Bryan entered the room and took my hand. I just stared forward not believing what I heard just a half hour ago. Was it really a half hour ago? I couldn't grasp it. It felt as if I'd been laying here with this news for hours. What am I going to do? How am I supposed to tell him?

"Do you know what it's like to be dead?To float in a land of nothing?" Bryan whispered.

Those lines were from somewhere familiar. Somewhere that I couldn't remember but the lines came automatically out of my mouth.

"Only the foolish think of it as paradise. I've been there and it's not paradise. It's hell"

"But I'm willing to take that over seeing you here. Trying to hide yourself from the world because you're scared and hurt." he placed his hand on my face, "Tell me everything that's wrong."

It was only then that the words I realized were from my mother. A poem she wrote for me when Tala was taken away. A poem that was never finished until now. Hearing those words a tear escaped. I opened my mouth to tell him everything but nothing came out. Instead I shut my eyes and let the overwhelming pain of loss settle over me. In my head the laughter of a little girl came and died. Bryan ran his hand through my hair trying to comfort me. It was then that I told him.

"Bryan...she's gone...our Anastasiya is gone." I whispered around tears.(1)

For the very first time in my life I actually saw Bryan cry.

(Tala's POV)

It's been four hours since I got here. Three hours ago the blade breakers, minus Rei, apologetically left. Two hours ago, Ian fell asleep while leaning on Spencer. Spencer promptly moved causing Ian to fall on the floor and to stomp off angrily through the halls. One hour ago, Spencer went to go get drinks and find Ian. Leaving only me and Rei here. Normally I'd be ecstatic but not today. In four hours, Bryan has still not left Yang's hospital room. Hanging my head into my hands I did the one thing that I knew to do in this situation. I prayed. (2) I could feel Rei's hand on my back comfortingly. I looked up when I was done and stared at the hospital door. I must of looked like a lost puppy or something because next thing I knew I was somehow in Rei's arms. He was whispering comforting words in Chinese to me and in that one moment I felt as if I was a child again and I was regaining something that I lost. This was it. The moment that I would confess to him.

"Rei. I--" I said but I got cut off by the twisting of the doorknob.

Bryan, who was always considered to be a very proud person, came out. His head hanging low and his bangs hiding his eyes. I stood up and took two strides towards him. Rei had stood up behind me and was watching from his spot.

"How is she?" I asked.

He stood there silently before he leaned forward into my chest. If it weren't for the fact that my shirt was getting wet I would have never known that he was crying. His tears made my mind jump to all different conclusions. Was she paralyzed? In a coma? Or...

"She's gone...my little girl."he said as he collapsed in my arms.

In that instant the sounds of everything rushed in my ears. Everything was to loud. I could hear Rei yelling out our names. Not understanding what happened. Him fearing the what could cause this to happen. Ian and Spencer running down the hall towards us, the drinks they were carrying hitting the floor. Each drop splashing on the hard white tile. The sounds of doctors scurrying to and fro to their various patients. It made it feel as if my head was going to explode. But even though everything was loud in my ears everything was moving as if in slow motion. It took Rei an hour to reach me and Bryan though he was only two steps behind me and Spencer and Ian were a mile away with how long it was taking them to get here. My breathing came out in gasps as I looked around for some sort of comfort. Anything!

The sounds of my own tears coming out broke the time sound difference, in fact they shattered it. I saw that everything that was slow move quickly again. But they blurred with something that I remembered but couldn't recognize. In front of my would flash between the hospital and and a black room with a leaking pipe. The sounds would switch from Rei yelling my name to the sound of water dripping. From Spencer and Ian trying to get Bryan to stop crying to a sunset that was reflected perfectly in a lake. The speed in between them flashes increased until I could separate them anymore. Was Rei giggling like a 7 year old girl or my mother yelling out my name as if I was going crazy? Or maybe that was it. I was losing i or do people who go crazy realize it? Does that make me still sane? I don't know anymore. I just want everything to go away. Leave. Leave me!

I stood up and ran away. I probably looked even crazier on this run than my last one through this hospital. Bare chested, tears streaming down my face. Though I wouldn't blame them. Right now I'm not to sure of my sanity. In fact I'm scared. Terrified. I don't know what's happening or what's going to happen. I stumbled as I made my way out of the back doors out the hospital and was greeted by the cold night air. In my mind everything suddenly became quiet but I continued to run. I ran until I was in the middle of a forest. Tripping I laid there on the ground. My mind registering that I had just scraped my arm, was cold, lost and alone. Sitting up I looked around to bear my surroundings but I was in a foreign land and there was no way for me to find out. But maybe this was better. To not be found. To sit here alone, cold and unfeeling. Maybe Boris did have something with the idea that all emotions are useless. I mean who needs hurt, fear, confusion, and sadness? Not me. I don't want them.

I looked up to the sky and watch as the stars looked down upon me. I reached up to them but as always they're to far to reach. Only to be admired from a distance. I put my hand down and let the silence enfold me. I curled up and put my head in between my legs and silently wished that I could become a star. (3)

1- Anastasiya was the name that Bryan and Yang was going to give their daughter.

2- Before you ask, Tala has no religious affiliation. But being Russian he's most likely going to have some knowledge of Catholicism or at least acknowledge it.

3- Yes we know Tala is a star in the sense that he is famous. But what he wants is to be so distant from the world that he's not even part of it just like a star.

A/N: And it's done! Everyone say Yay! (silence) Okay. Be that way. See if I ever update again! (two people clap) ...okay that's not cool but at least it's something so maybe I'll update. Anyways! I have a challenge for everyone! Whoever can figure out the connection between Kai and Black Dranzer gets a cookie! So get out there and figure it out! Domo Arigato to those who reviewed and JaNe.

Oh! The thought just struck me! If you want to see the poem justclick on my profile. It's an old poem but I still use pieces of it here and there in my wirtings.