"Talking"
'Writing'
'Thinking'
"Person on other side of phone"
/Bitbeast talk/
/Bladers talking to bitbeasts/
"Russian"
"Italian"
Kimmy belongs to kimmyHiwatari.
A little warning, this chapter is a little darker than the others but there's nothing too bad I think.
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Chapter 14 – Day 14
"Targets Hiwatari and McGregor are unreachable at the moment but that he has ordered for the capture of Target Kon." - One of Biovolt's men.
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"She was murdered, that's when I first met Voltaire Hiwatari."
Bryan's ears rung as the words seemed to echo throughout his head over and over again. Johnny's mother was murdered, and he insinuated it was by Voltaire.
Johnny lowered his head, his forehead banging into his knees. Red bangs brushed against his pants, successfully covering his face. His hands gripped his jeans tightly as he remembered what he had just told Bryan.
"Father? Who is that?"
"Voltaire Hiwatari. He's the one I was supposed to meet."
"Really? Why is he here now?"
"I… have an idea…"
"You… you mean he..?"
"Jonathan… go check on your mother."
Tears welled up in his eyes. He didn't want to remember, but he couldn't stop the memory from repeating. A pain in his heart grew larger and he just wanted it to stop.
"Mother? Are you in here?"
"J- Jonathan…"
"M-mother… are you… are you all right?"
"Tell… tell your father… I'm… sorry…"
"Mo-mother? Mother? Mother!"
Bryan looked up as he heard the sniffle and he immediately felt guilty. Johnny was curled in on himself, his face out of view. 'He's probably remembering it. Damn.'
With a quiet sigh, he wrapped his arms slowly around the unresponsive redhead, gathering him into his lap. Johnny uncurled himself though he didn't seem to realize anything but the memory. He buried his face in Bryan's shirt as droplets of water fell from his lavender orbs. Bryan held him tighter, enveloping the boy in an aura of warmth and comfort.
Although he had no experience in comforting others, his hand found its way to Johnny's back, rubbing it and tracing an invisible pattern.
The redhead slowly relaxed against him and Bryan realized that the boy had thankfully fallen asleep. He pulled back slightly and wiped the tears away with his thumb. Carefully, he stood up and pulled back the covers before he climbed in, Johnny still cradled in his arms.
As he let his head hit the pillow, he pulled the child closer to him and the covers to their shoulders. He soon fell asleep, knowing now that he was willing to protect Johnny no matter what.
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"So? Did you get them?"
"N-no sir." The man muttered.
"What? Why not?" Boris demanded.
"Well… they're being guarded, sir." He explained but that didn't satisfy Boris.
"What about it? This one was as well," Boris said, motioning to a small blonde boy with large blue eyes that glared up at him. His hands were tied behind his back and a gag was firmly tied around his mouth, effectively silencing him. "actually, this one probably had more security. Do tell me what kind of guards the three have."
The man nodded shakily. "Yes, sir. Target Ray Kon is staying between Raul Fernandez and Max Tate, son of Judy Tate. Target Jonathan McGregor," Here, the boy's eyes widened but it went unnoticed by his captors. "is with Bryan Kuznetsov and occasionally Tala Valkov. Target Kai Hiwatari is with Tala Valkov." Balkov scowled.
"McGregor and Hiwatari are highly protected but Kon isn't. He is the only target you will go after at the moment." The man looked surprised. "But sir-" He was quickly cut off.
"Once we have Kon, the rest are sure to follow." Boris smirked darkly. "We want him alive, but other than that..." He trailed off the other man understood what he meant. "Yes, sir." He turned to leave when Balkov called him back.
"Sir?" The purple haired man's smirk grew. "If you are to run into the young Hiwatari or McGregor, they are not to be harmed. Voltaire made it clear what would happen if you did.
For now, the kids we do have are to be kept at the safe house, got it?" He nodded again and thankfully Balkov dismissed. After one last glance at the children, he turned around the corner and left.
Boris nodded to his other men. "Get these children to the safe house and guard them." They nodded back and left, pulling the struggling children along with them.
Balkov laughed and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it and taking a long, deep breath. "Things are working as planned." He muttered. "Now all I have to do is get those three kids. Damn brats. They will pay."
Unbeknownst to the adult, two pairs of large eyes peaked from the shadows. One red and the other gold. They soon disappeared before Balkov turned around.
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Kai and Ray panted as they came to a stop, looking at each other with wide eyes.
"Don't wowwy Way, they won't get wou. I'll make suwe of wit." Kai said, looking determined.
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He stood over him, looking down with a sickening grin on his face. "Hey son." He greeted coldly and the young man slowly lifted a head of messy black hair, locks falling onto his face and cool blue eyes. He didn't say anything and the elderly man laughed.
"Now, now, don't you have anything to say to your father?" The young man nodded. "Su-sur... sure... I... I do..." He spat out some blood, glaring up at his father. His father leaned closer and the young man's leg shot out and kicked at the back of his father's knee. The older man yelled out and fell back as his knee buckled.
The young man grinned slightly, though in pain, as the the chains that held him rattled from the movement. "Stay the hell away from my sons."
The old man stood up scowling. "Sons?," He laughed darkly, "You only have one son and he is going to be taken care of." The young man's grin still held in place. "I consider him my own, and that's good enough for the both of us."
"I'll be back later." He said and slammed the door behind him as he left. The young man leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes in the darkness of the room. 'They better be all right. If not, they will regret it.'
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He slammed his fist into the wall. "Damn son. What a disgrace to the family name." He muttered but then looked up as he heard someone come down the hall. The man nodded to him. "Sir," he greeted and continued when he nodded back. "Balkov has called in, apparently Targets Hiwatari and McGregor are unreachable at the moment but that he has ordered for the capture of Target Kon."
Voltaire sighed but then nodded. "Good. How soon will we be getting the other two targets?" The man shrugged. "Balkov believes they will come to us after the capture of Target Kon."
"All right, dismissed."
"Yes, sir."
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"Where are they?!" Max watched as he paced back and forth and sighed. The sugar he had inhaled that morning had now dissolved in his system, leaving him with the after effects. He shook his head.
"Raul, they'll be fine," He grinned, popping a candy in his mouth. "Did you really expect those two to not cause any trouble? They haven't played a prank in days! They're probably setting that straight now." The blonde leaned back in his chair but the redhead huffed.
"I know... but after that scare in my room... well..." Max nodded, understanding. Not that long ago, Ray was waiting in Raul's room for him to come out of the shower when he heard something. A man was there and had attacked him, or at least, tried to. With his fast reflexes Ray had accidentally knocked the man out and then proceeded to tie him to the bedpost with his own handcuffs. When Raul had gotten out of the shower he had recognized him as one of the men that had been following certain beybladers. The man had been taken away and no one knows where he went or if there was any information received from him.
Just then, Kai and Ray burst in the room, panting. Raul immediately leaped forward and scooped both of them into his arms. Carrying them over to the couch, he dropped them onto the soft cushions and stood over them with his hands on his hips. The two kids seemed to lean back slightly before Ray shook his head.
"Rawul, wait!" He yelled, shifting slightly.
"Why?" Raul seemed to stare down at the two, showing a side of himself that was very rare to see.
"We have info 'bout Bowis and stuff." Kai quickly blurted out and Raul raised his eyebrows.
"Oh really? What kind of information?" Briefly Kai looked confused before he opened his mouth.
"We heard peepel talkin' and wen' to inves'igate. It was Bowis and these guys, they had little kids like us with them but they wewe all tied up! Then Bowis talked about tawgets..." Kai trailed off here and Raul frowned.
"...Targets?" Ray nodded frantically.
"Yeah! He wanted the guys' to get thwee tawgets. And um...." At this point he looked awkward. "We'we the tawgets." Max, who had been, surprisingly, watching quietly, shot up from his seat.
"What?!" Kai and Ray nodded in sync.
"Me, Johnny and Kai." Ray said.
"Bowis pwanned to get Way, 'cause he thinks' we follow aftew. Me and Johnny awe not to be hawmed." Kai added.
Raul shook his head slowly and sighed. "Better call Tala and my sister." He mumbled, running a hand through his hair.
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"That's your plan?!" There was a sigh on the other line.
"Yes Josh. Now that you're caught up, are you going to help, or not?" Joshua shook his head lightly as if that would clear his head.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll help. Just tell me what to do and I'll do it."
"Good. I knew you couldn't say no. Now, I need you to get the information I need from a contact of mine. I have already informed him that you will be representing me so he's expecting you. Don't worry Josh, he's trustworthy."
"This just isn't about revenge anymore, is it?" There was a brief silence before a long, shaky sigh.
"No. They need to be stopped, not just for us but for others whose lives have been ruined because of them. Oh, and I've found some interesting information..." Joshua's eyes lightened.
"Really? Come on, you know you can't keep it from me now, old buddy." The other man laughed.
"Mmm...I guess." Through the phone, Joshua could hear the excitement in his voice and he couldn't help but smile.
"Tell me what you know."
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/What do you think?/ She asked sweetly.
/I don't know, should we get involved?/ He sounded a little rough.
/Well, we don't need to... but I know we all want to/
/Hmm... that is true. Maybe we should see how our masters handle this/
/Haha, yours would be mad at you now, calling him master./ A sigh was heard.
/Yeah. He hates it./ He whined.
/Then let's just wait and see what they do next./
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Well that's it for chapter 14. I know, I know, it's only 6 pages but hey, that's better than none. And I updated faster than I usually do, so that's good, right? Yeah, I've added more OC's but trust me, these'll be either only briefly mentioned or sort of significant later on. Kai and Ray haven't gotten in trouble...yet, but they will, for now they've only caused Raul to get worried and angry... which is completely unlike him I know. Anyways, Read and Review, let me know what you think!
Later,
W.S. Phoenix