So like I said I posted today! This one is longer than the last chapter.

IheartKaiMaxlovely: I used to not like Bryan (insane I know) but he has grown on me and he is a very fun character to write about and have in stories^^. Kai and Tala though are still my ultimate favorites!!!

Thanks for reviewing everyone! Hope you like the chapter

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Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade

"talking"

'thinking'

/Bit Beast talking/

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Chapter 4

Bryan slowly opened his eyes and sat up. It was a lot darker with the fire out. He got up and walked off a little to go to the bathroom. On his way back he happened to trip over someone's backpack and fell right on top of someone's sleeping bag. He expected someone to yell and curse at him but he soon realized that no one was underneath him. Frowning, he got up and walked over to his sleeping bag. He felt around for his back pack and pulled out a flashlight. He shined(shown???) it on the pallet and instantly went alert. He reached over and quickly shook the blonde sleeping next to him.

"Spencer, wake up!" Bryan whispered shaking him on his shoulder.

"What?" Spencer grumbled while opening his eyes.

"Ian's not in his sleeping bag and its in the middle of the night…2:08am to be exact." Bryan told him.

"What!?" Spencer said sitting upward instantly.

Bryan turned his light on and pointed it at the empty sleeping bag. Spencer got up quickly and pulled some matches from his backpack. He quickly restarted the fire before walking over to his redheaded captain. He shook him till he woke up.

"This better be good Spencer, I was having a good dream." Tala said angrily while sitting up.

"Ian's missing. We can't find him." Spencer informed him.

"What?! Well maybe he just went to the bathroom." Tala suggested but the blonde just shook his head.

"What happened?"

The three turned to see Kai sitting up in his sleeping bag. His eyes were half closed and he was looking at the ground.

"Ian's disappeared and we don't know where he went." Tala said.

"Oh…" Kai said before laying back down on his side and going back to sleep.

"GET UP THIS IS SERIOUS!" Spencer shouted.

"Alright I'm up!" Kai said glaring at him. He walked over to them and sat down on the ground.

"So what are we going to do?" Bryan asked.

"How about I go look for him while you three stay here. He's probably still mad at you two and Kai looks half dead." Spencer said. Kai glared at him but was too tired to argue. The chloroform had screwed up his sleeping schedule and he was not happy.

"Ok but if you aren't back in two hours we're going to look for you two." Tala said almost ordering. Spencer just nodded before walking over to his backpack. He grabbed a few things before walking off in the direction where Ian's footprints lead away from the campsite.

"Why do you think he left?" Bryan asked sitting down on the ground also.

"Probably because you two shot down his rock climbing idea really quickly and made him seem stupid." Kai told them bluntly.

"You know what Kai, go back to sleep." Tala hissed, also sitting down.

"Sounds good to me." Kai replied. He laid down on the ground with his arms behind his head and his eyes closed.

Tala just rolled his eyes at him before turning back to look at the lilac haired teen. He looked at his eyes and was shocked that he could actually see some concern there. It was quickly masked though when Bryan saw him studying him.

"Don't worry Bry, Spence will find him." Tala said trying to be comforting.

"I'm not worried." Bryan huffed while crossing his arms.

"Sure, you're just concerned for his wellbeing." Kai said smirking.

Bryan growled and went to hit him in his stomach since his eyes were still closed. He was four inches away from hitting him when Kai's hand shot out by reflex and grabbed his wrist. He easily shoved it to the side.

"How about you two go back to sleep and I will wake you up in two hours if they haven't returned." Tala said

Bryan nodded while Kai shrugged his head to the side. They got back up and went to their sleeping bags and tried to go to sleep.

Tala just looked into the fire and waited for them to get back.

*~*2 hours later*~*

'Something's not right, Spencer's not back yet. He knows I wanted him back in two hours.' Tala thought while staring at the bushes expectantly, waiting for his two teammates to return.

/I tried to contact Wyborg and Seaborg but they are both ignoring me/ Wolborg stated.

'Well I don't blame them, I would ignore you if I could.'

/Hey! Come on! I'm trying to help you here! You know Kai respects his bit beast/

'Kai's crazy and Dranzer's a peacock.'

/I'm telling her you called her that/

'Please don't!

/That's right pup, you best listen to me/ Wolborg said in a smug voice before going away.

Tala sighed before waiting a few more minutes. When there was no sign of their return he got up and woke up Kai and Bryan.

"So I guess we'll go find them. We will leave in five minutes." Tala ordered and the other two just nodded.

They packed their back packs with only the necessary things and put the rest in Ian and Spencer's backpacks. They moved those over to the side with their rolled up sleeping bags. They would come back for them once everyone was found.

They all pulled out their flashlights since it was still dark and started walking though the forest.

They had been walking for a while when Tala's flashlight went out.

"Hey give me your flashlight." Tala said snatching Bryan's away from him.

"NO! TOO BAD!" Bryan shouted grabbing it back.

"I'm captain and I say GIVE IT TO ME!" Tala yelled pulling on it.

Kai just sighed while rolling his eyes. He continued to follow them while they walked and argued. There was barely any light because Tala's had gone out, Bryan's was shining back and forth in the air because of the pulling, and Kai's light was blocked by Tala and Bryan. They continued walking towards some bushes

"Just go change the batt---" Bryan cut off as he felt the sickening feeling of falling. They had been too busy to shine the light forward through the bushes and didn't see the steep sloping ravine in front of them.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Bryan and Tala yelled as the felt the ground give way.

They quickly grabbed onto Kai's arms but he couldn't pull both of them up because of their weight and fell over the edge with them. They tumbled down with some rocks before landing on the bottom. Tala hit the ground and opened his eyes to see his flashlight flicker back on then off as everything slowly turned to black.

*~*Spencer*~*

Spencer made his way through the forest trying his best to follow Ian's footprints. He kept shining his flashlight to the sides, trying to catch a glimpse of his youngest teammate. He continued walking around through the darkness. He paused at one spot and looked forward. He was about to keep walking when he heard a twig snap to his left. He turned swiftly and pulled out his knife. He was about to throw it when he saw a familiar face appear.

"Spencer?" Ian asked walking through some bushes.

"Ian, I almost killed you. I was about to chunk this knife at the bushes." Spencer said putting his knife away.

"What are you doing out here?" Ian asked crossing his arms.

Spencer just scoffed at him.

"Me? I'm trying to find you! Bryan woke up and said you were gone so I came looking for you." Spencer said.

"Well, I'm doing fine on my own thank you very much." He said shoving his big nose into the air.

"Oh really? You're not lost or anything?" The blonde replied raising an eyebrow.

"Nope."

"Well then, I'll leave you to whatever you were doing." Spencer said and began to walk off. He waved his hand in the air as a goodbye as he was about to leave the clearing.

"Uh-Hey! Wait! I'm done anyway so how about I lead you back," He said and ran to catch up to the giant.

Spencer just smirked knowing that Ian would never admit that he had gotten lost. They walked for a while before Spencer broke the silence.

"So why did you go off anyway?" he asked looking down at the boy next to him.

"Well I wanted to prove to everyone that I could do something on my own. I was going to survive out here and stuff until you found me, but you found me pretty quickly." He said looking to the ground.

Spencer remained silent, indicating for him to go on.

"It's just at the Abby I got picked on a lot because I wasn't as strong as you or the others. Actually, I bet he doesn't remember but Bryan bullied me once when we were little. I was only there because I could be classified as a genius. I felt special until I heard about Kai. Like Tala, I hated him for being favored and the center of attention until I saw what he had to go through. I just never felt tough and kids could see that. They only started to back off once you became my friend." Ian told him.

"You just need to be more confident, that's all." Spencer comforted.

"Yea, I know." Ian replied as they walked along.

They walked around for about an hour and still did not end up back with the others.

"Don't you know where we are going?" Ian asked looking up at Spencer.

"Ummm, I got us lost about thirty minutes ago…" Spencer replied while scratching the back of his neck.

"YOU WHAT?! YOU'RE THE ONE TRAINED TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD!" Ian yelled at him pointing at him.

Spencer shoved his hand out of the way.

"Yea I was taught to survive, for when I get lost." He said. He shined the flashlight on his watch and saw he had taken longer than two hours.

"Tsk. Tala's going to be furious with me." Spencer said looking back up.

"Why?" Ian asked curiously.

"Because I was supposed to have been back about forty minutes ago. Oh well, I doubt we'll find our way back tonight. Let's just find somewhere to sleep." He said and looked all around for somewhere to sleep.

"Hey look over there! How about that cave?" Ian asked running towards a cave in the side of a cliff.

"See it's perfect!" Ian said walking inside. He looked around before sitting on the ground.

"Fine we'll stay here. I hope Tala gives up soon so he doesn't search long." The blonde said also sitting on the ground before laying down on his side.

*~*Tala*~*

Tala groaned as he opened his eyes. He closed them quickly when he felt a headache coming on. This time he slowly opened them and saw it was dawn already. He thought for a second before remembering what happened. He sat up quickly but grabbed his head when it protested against the sudden movement.

"Whoa, slow down Tala. I don't think you're brain could handle whiplash right now."

Tala looked up to see Bryan sitting across from him. Tala realized he had been moved to underneath a tree. He touched his forehead and felt a bandage with dried blood underneath it.

"How long have you been awake?" Tala asked sitting up and leaning into the tree trunk.

"About an hour. You've been unconscious for about two hours." Bryan said moving to his side. He began looking over his injuries.

"Are you injured?" Tala said trying to move away from Bryan as he looked at his forehead.

"Better off probably than you and Kai. At worst I have a broken collarbone, but I'm pretty sure it's just sprained, along with some cuts and bruises. You on the other hand have a nasty gash on you head, probably a concussion as well. Does anything else hurt?" He asked sitting back some.

"Yea it feels like I've been pounded into rocks repeatedly," Tala said holding his head. "Also I think I broke my ankle." He told the lilac haired teen. He had been feeling a throbbing pain at his right ankle since he woke up. Not to mention he most likely had some bruised ribs, if not broken.

"Here try to bandage it. I would but it's a little harder to bandage an ankle than your head with two sore arms." He said handing him a roll of white bandages from his dirty and wrinkled backpack. Tala thankfully took them and began to wrap his swollen ankle.

When he was done he turned to the side and saw Kai laying on some grass underneath the same tree he was under. Obviously Bryan had moved him there as well.

"What about him?" Tala asked shifting so he could get a better look.

"I'm not really sure since he hasn't woken up yet either. All I know is he also took a strong hit to the head. He'll probably try to hide his injuries so keep a sharp eye out for wincing and if he favors a limb." Bryan said seriously. Tala smirked knowing how true that was while looking at Bryan's homemade sling. With at least a broken ankle and a sprained collarbone, there was know way they could get back up the cliff by themselves.

Tala smirking and laughed softly. Bryan tilted his head and looked at him weirdly.

"Ok I think you hit your head a little too hard again." He said moving away from him.

"Oh I was just thinking about how you and short one over there have probably won our bet from earlier." Tala said shutting his eyes again to sooth his pounding headache.

Bryan just smirked when he saw Kai shift slightly.

"Hey Kai, can you hear me?" He asked sitting beside him now. Kai groaned and opened one eye before sitting upward. He hissed in pain and grabbed his side.

"What is it with you two and always having to sit upward!" Bryan said exasperated as he helped him lay back down.

"What happen…" Kai trailed off when he remembered. He turned his head to look at the two with a look of pure rage and fury.

"You two, yet AGAIN, have dragged me into this mess." He hissed at him and they both cringed.

"We're sorry! It was a reflex to grab onto you. If you ate more then you might have been able to hold both our weight." Tala said and signaled to Bryan.

"So, what's injured? Don't try to lie because we will find out eventually. It seems your ribs are already hurt." Bryan said crossing his arms and giving him a stern look.

"I think they're just bruised but that's it." Kai said looking downward.

"Let me see." Tala said trying to move next to him.

"No."

"Oh come on Kai!"

"No."

"Seriously, we need to know how bad they are."

"Don't you trust me to know what's broken?"

"NO!"

Kai sighed but didn't give in. Bryan got angry and shot his hand out to lift his shirt up when Kai grabbed his arm, however he instantly let go and held his arm to his chest. Tala and Bryan both smirked and Bryan held his hand out ordering Kai to hand him his arm. Kai sighed and stuck out his left arm. His wrist was badly bruised and swollen, and was bending slightly. Bryan turned it in his hand and poked it only to be hit in the head by Kai with his other arm.

"It's broken." Bryan said rubbing his head and glared at him.

"It'll be fine just hand me the bandages." Kai said as he grumpily.

Tala picked them up and threw the roll at him and hit him in the head. Kai growled and picked up a nearby stick and launched it back at Tala, hitting him in the shoulder. He then wrapped his wrist and allowed Tala to wrap his ribs as well, and then he wrapped Tala's as best as he could. They decided to get a few hours of sleep before trying to move around.

*~*Spencer*~*

Spencer blinked his eyes when he thought he heard a noise from further inside the cave. He was almost asleep when he heard it again.

"Grrrrrr…"

'Seaborg, what is that?' Spencer asked his bit beast.

/I'm not sure Lord Spencer/ Seaborg replied.

'Hold on, let's see if it happens again'

"…..GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!"

/Oh that. That would be the sound of a territorial female bear Lord Spencer/ The whale said bluntly.

Spencer panicked and quickly shook Ian awake.

"Huh-What?!" Ian asked angrily at being violently shaken awake.

He heard the noise and turned to see a fuzzy brown bear growling at them, showing them its razor sharp teeth and claws.

"BEAR!!!" Ian yelled and scrambled up. He then turned and sprinted out of the cave with Spencer right behind him…and a crazy angry bear chasing them.

They ran through the woods until they saw a ravine. They looked at the other side and saw the distance was too long for Ian to jump it, but Spencer could.

"Sorry Ian, Drastic times call for drastic measures." He said and grabbed the back of Ian's shirt.

"HEY WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU---AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Ian screamed through the air as Spencer flung him across.

Spencer then backed up quickly and ran and leaped over the gap and landed on the grass on the other side. If he had looked down he would have seen three familiar Russians sleeping in the shade, but of course, that would have made things easier. He looked across and saw the bear growling at them and pacing the cliff before turning back around and stalking off.

"Few that was a close one!" Ian said wiping his sweaty forehead.

"Agreed. Let's try to find our way back." Spencer said and they once again began walking in search of the campsite.

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Phew! Another one done. I will try to update soon. Now I have to go running T-T. Stupid soccer practices =P. I hope every is still having a good year, it's almost over!

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