Chapter Nine

"These two boys would make an excellent edition to my team," Giovanni announced. "They will improve Team Rocket for sure. You made the right decision dragging them into Battle Royale."

"So what are you going to do about the deceased trainer's pokemon?" Simon asked.

"They will all be split between the winners," Giovanni announced. "And there will be an open invitation to join Team Rocket in our plan to conquer the world. We are already collaborating with Team Galatic."

"Sounds very ambitious," Simon thought. "But what if the winners refuse to join your team?"

"It would be a shame, but there will be no hard feelings. We'll just keep the pokemon to ourselves."

...

Ash, May, Tyson and Kai were in the little hut near the beach. May didn't want to look out of the window because she could see Zoey and Dawn's corpses floating towards the shore. It made her want to cry, something inside her was telling her not to cry, so she didn't look out the window. She crouched down next to Ash.

Tyson and Kai laid ack on the double bed. They were relaxed as if they were on a holiday. The four of them where waiting for an announcement.

"It's midday," Simon announced through the microphone. "The killing has been slow. Boy 1 and Girl 20 have been eliminated. Gary and Duplica are dead which means there's only six of you left. It really does get intense. There's only two girls left and four boys to fight over who is the survivor. The danger zones remain the same as last time so avoid them unless you want to die."

"Since we might not be seeing each other again," Tyson admitted. "We can at least get to know each other for a bit. So what's you're names?"

"I'm Ash."

"I'm May."

"I think you're wasting your time trying to talk to these losers," Kai told Tyson. Kai faced the wall pretended to doze off. "We should have killed them a long time ago. In fact, coming to this island is starting to become a waste of time."

"Then why are you here anyway?" May asked.

"Ask Tyson," Kai muttered. "He's the one who's knows what we're doing here but won't tell us."

"I'd have to kill you if I told you," Tyson said. "Right now it's better left unsaid."

"Okay," May said. "Not exactly what we wanted to hear, but this isn't where we want to be."

"Ash and May, I'm sorry you're losing your friends like this," Tyson said. "It's a terrible way to loose all your precious friends. It just reminds me what it could have been like last year."

Ash jumped up. "Last year? You mean... You where here before?"

Tyson nodded and then asked, "do you have any idea why they confiscated all your pokemon?"

"To make sure we can't escape..." said May.

"Exactly," Kai announced. "Last year this island was filled with beybladers. Nobody wanted to kill anybody. We all worked together to break the system and used our blades to destroy the systems. We all sailed back to our homes. Some of us were harmed, but nobody died."

"Beyblading has been less popular as of now," Tyson said. "Battle Royale Press tried to ruined our reputations. Beyblading has been banned at the moment and they said if we could find a way out, we could uplift the ban."

"Does that mean you're gonna kill us now?" May asked. Goosepumps crawling around her skin. She tugged onto Ash and held onto his chest.

"Nah," Tyson replied. "You guys are all right. I want you guys to win."

"Thanks," May said. "So did you kill anybody in this game?" Kai and Tyson had both nodded. "I have too," May confessed.

"I'm the only survivor who hasn't killed anybody," Ash stated. "I'm pretty lucky to be alive and to have May with me. Once we get out, we're going to be reunited with all our pokemon. I think I'll work harder this time."

"Who did you kill May?" Kai asked. "You know all thier names, and we kinda know what they look like."

"I killed Soledad," May told them. "She had just killed Harley and she went out to attack me so I stabbed her leg and left her for dead."

"Is this the knife you killed her with?" Kai asked. He stood up, reaching for his bag he picked up the knife that exactly like the one that she used to stab Soledad.

"Yeah."

"You didn't kill her then," Kai confirmed. "She was still alive when you left her." He put the knife back into his bag and laid back down again. "I'm surprised Tyson murdered someone before me."

"If wasn't murder it was self-defense!" Tyson insisted.

"You also made them girls jump of the cliff they were that scared of you," Kai hissed at Tyson.

"They were going to jump off anyway," Tyson said. "The ginger one said I love you really loudly. Remember you killed that black guy?"

"You helped me."

"FUCK YOU!" May screamed. "That was Brock. He was a friend of mine," May sulked. "He's a friend of Ash too! We used to travel and go shopping together."

"I think I'm going to regret asking this but how did you kill him?" Ash asked. He gulped, closed his eyes and hugged May again.

"Brock was chasing me. He had a feeling that Tyson and I were Simon's agents and faking our love. So I chased him and shot him. That damn nigger had bullet proof vest. So Tyson head-locked him and I shot him in the head."

The truth only made May cry even more and even Ash joined in.

"How are we suppose to trust you?" Ash whimpered.

"You don't have to," Kai said.

"Kai!" Tyson rolled Kai forward and said, "I know we've only known Ash and May for a only a day but we have to trust them. We gotta make sure they win. We need to help them defeat that Paul and Cynthia."

"Like I care about Paul and Cynthia," Kai muttered and rolled back to the wall.

"Please," Tyson begged. "We all have to work together. Tomorrow Paul and Cynthia are going to give us a face off. Come on Kai we gotta kick their killing asses."

As if a bomb had just exploded, a window shattered with a spear crashing through the hut. Ash and May screamed and rolled over to Tyson and Kai.

"Looks like it's today," Kai announced. "Let's get outta here and fight."

"Do we have to?" Ask asked.

"If you want to get out alive you better get out and FIGHT! HURRY BEFORE HE THROWS THE GRENADE!"