The Unpredictable Battlefield
Chapter 18- Truths
Tyka

The sound of the gunshot brought me back to reality. I snapped my head and I saw Calvin shakily holding the pistol. All I saw was red as I tackled him to the ground, pinning his wrists to the maroon carpet. My eyes boring into his fearful blue-eyes.

"KAI!" I snapped my head back towards Tyson and my heart lodged into my throat. His hand was covered in blood, his yellow shirt rapidly dyeing to the deep crimson. His body writhed in agony. "Kai!"

I glared down at Calvin, wishing my gaze could burn a hole through his head. "Are you fucking happy now? You better pray there is no permanent damage or I will make you beg for death." Heaven knew that there was nothing than I would like more than to beat that little fuck-face till he was bloody...but Tyson needed me. With no other options, I launched Dranzer, she rose up from her bit-chip and locked her fiery gaze onto him. "If he so much as twitches, burn him alive."

Calvin gulped.

Now that I was sure he wasn't going to escape while my back was turn, or attempt to shoot me again, I turned my attention to Tyson, and I could feel my heart breaking. His face was too pale, his lips were turning blue, hie eyes were glazed over and unfocused as tears ran down the sides of his face. I heard him sigh in relief when he saw me. "I thought you left me here." he said, his voice shaking.

"Idiot." I muttered, lightly kissing his forehead. "Let me see." Slowly he removed the hand that was covering the wound and I felt myself wince. Right on the hipbone. As a hundred different scenarios went through my head, I did the only thing I could do...I let Tyson crush my fingers as I called 911. "My boyfriend has been shot."

When the ambulance finally arrived, I grabbed Calvin and threw him into the emergency vehicle with me as the paramedics assessed Tyson's injury and gave him drugs for the pain. There was no way I was letting Calvin out of my sight again and I'll be damned if I was just going to hand him over to the cops. When we got to the hospital, the doctors immediately wheeled Tyson into surgery. I let go of his hand with one last reassuring squeeze.

With nothing else to do, Calvin and I sat outside the doors of the operating room. We sat in silence for hours, when at last I heard him whisper softly, "I never meant for this to happen."

"Well when you take a gun and fire it, what do you expect to happen?!" I snapped, "Why do you think I went to Russia in the first place and went to Boris of all people? I was trying to keep Tyson safe, from you." He stayed silent. "I never should've bought your bullshit about you having any kind of feelings for him."

"I DO!" He shouted, jumping out of his seat. That got a rise out of him. Ice-blue eyes locked onto mine, and that's when I realized how broken he was. His eyes were blood-shot and misty, his eyes had huge bags underneath them. His mouth was trembling like he was about to break down at any second.

He was trying not to cry.

"I never meant to hurt anyone but you Kai! But every time I lined up my shot-"

"Excuse me, are you hear for Tyson Granger?" A doctor interrupted.

Calvin and I both stood at a attention. "How extensive are his injuries?" I asked.

"Well fortunately, the bullet lodged into his hipbone and that's it. The bone is cracked in several places, and he will be in a great amount of pain while it heals, but the bullet didn't fracture the bone nor cause any internal injuries. We were able to extract the bullet without complications. He is very lucky."

I found myself letting out a breath I didn't realize that I had been holding. "Can we see him?"

"Yes. A nurse will take you to the recovery ward in a few minutes." His pager went off. "Excuse me gentlemen, but another patient requires my attention." With that, he took off running down the hallway and Calvin and I were once again alone.

"You!" I grabbed Calvin by the throat and pressed him against the wall. "Don't think that this changes anything. I want answers, and you're going to give them to me." I tightened my hold on his windpipe, silently threatening to crush it. A part of me wishing that he would give me a reason to.

"Alright!" The little bastard choked out as his face started slowly turning blue. "I'll tell you everything!"

"Good." I said, releasing him and he crumpled up against the wall, wheezing and coughing trying desperately to get air back into his lungs. He rubbed his neck where a large bruise was forming. I sat down and in one of the chairs and crossed my legs. Calvin eventually sat next to me.

True to the doctor's word, a nurse came by a few minutes later. "I can take you to see him now."

It was hours before those beautiful mahogany eyes opened. "'At 'appened?" he asked, his speech slurred as drool started dripping down his chin. "'Ater." I held up a water glass with a straw up to his lips and wiped off his chin with a paper towel.

"Swallow." I ordered, behind me I heard Calvin scoff.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Surprisingly, Tyson was the one who glared, going as far as to flip the mouthy brat off. I smirked as I wiped off his chin again. "It was a joke."

"You try getting shot after kissing the guy of your dreams and let's see if you feel like laughing."

Calvin looked down. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shoot you Tyson."

"No, but you were trying to kill Kai, weren't you?" Calvin went silent. "Kai was right about you all along. My question is why? Why do you want to kill Kai? What did he ever do to you?"

Calvin took a shaky breath, glancing up at us. "I'll tell you, but you won't like it."

"Try us."

"I was born in Balkov Abbey. Voltaire and Boris decided to take their research to the next level and right from the womb I was subject to their experiments. My earliest memory is pulling a ripcord, then getting beaten for not doing it fast enough. My mother was my only sanctuary. I used to lay with her at night and she would tell me stories of life outside the dreary concrete walls. All of that changed though. One day I came to our bedroom and she wasn't there. I huddled myself under the blankets and cried myself to sleep that night. The next morning I was taken to endure the treacherous training as usual. Anytime that I enquired about her whereabouts, I was hit. Soon, I learned to stop asking. I didn't see her for nearly a week. When she returned, it was with a new baby in her arms. That baby, was you Kai."

My face remained neutral, I didn't believe a word of it. "So you expect me to believe that we're brothers?"

"Half-brothers, yes."

"I KNEW you guys were similar!" exclaimed Tyson, looking back and forth between the two of us. "The way you carry yourself, similar facial features. Hell, even your clothing tastes are the same! That makes so much sense!"

I glared at him. "Don't tell me you actually believe this bullshit." Having enough, I turned to leave.

"Your left shoulder blade."

I froze. How could he-

"There's a scar on your left shoulder blade from a knife wound when one of the boys at the abbey became jealous of your blading skills. It was me who scared the prick off and treated your injury. You're also crazy about mint chocolate, allergic to bees and your blood type is A-."

My eyes grew wide as saucers. No one knew those things about me. No one. I turned back to look at him, crossing my arms over my chest. "Fine then. If you're really my older brother, then why are you not the heir of Hiwatari Enterprises and why are you trying to kill me?"

"Your first question answers your second question. Voltaire chose you to be the heir because you showed more potential than I ever did. When you destroyed the abbey and lost your memories, Grandfather took the opportunity to send you off to boarding school and recruited you to help him collect the bitbeasts, while he left me to rot in that hellhole. But you have shoved every opportunity he has given you back in his face, opportunities that most people would kill for! Well he must've had enough, because he took me aside – the first time he acknowledged my existence in 10 fucking years and he offered me a deal. He told me if I could prove myself and kill you, then I would be named the true heir to Hiwatari Enterprises. But as it turns out, I can't even do that right! Because every time I would line up my shot to kill you, all I would see is you as a baby and our mother asking me to protect you, because I'm your big brother!" He was crying now, cradling his head in his hands.

I was shocked. Numb to the core, because there was something deep inside me saying that every word that this boy said was true. As I stood there, standing like a stone statue, unsure of what to say, Tyson rescued me. "Cheer-up dude. Boris and Voltaire are bad guys. They don't understand the meaning of the word compassion. The only reason that Kai has been able to escape them is because he knew what they were doing was wrong and he forged his own path."

"I understand that now. Thank-you Tyson. You were the first person to show me any shred of kindness since my mother. I think that's why I fell for you so hard." I watched Tyson's cheeks turn red as he rubbed the back of head nervously.

"Oh boy, both Hiwatari brothers are in love with me, how lucky can a guy get?" I could feel the vein on my head throbbing as I growled and shot him a glare. "Woah! Take it easy Kai!" I sighed and tried to calm my jealousy as drool started trickling down Tyson's mouth again, gently wiping it away. "Thanks Kai."

"How do you not feel it?"

"The drugs I'm on are fucking amazing dude. I feel like I'm floating." He turned to Calvin. "I'm sorry, I think that you're great guy and all, but my heart has belonged to Kai for quite sometime now. We can still be friends and hang out together though..." He trailed off and looked down at his side, "...well if you promise to quit trying to kill us."

Calvin brightened. "Really? After everything I've done?"

"Pffft, don't sweat it man. After all, Kai kinda went on a bitbeast rampage at one point. All you gave me was this super-cool scar I can show off to the guys!" He gave a hearty laugh, before pausing, "Does Gramps know I'm here?"

Calvin and I stared at each other blankly.

"Really? Kenny? Bryan?"

We shook our heads.

"Oh for fuck's sake guys! They're in the same freaking building as us!"

RPS: So yeah...super late, I know, but that's because life gets busy and I basically re-wrote half of it. Thank-you to all our reviewers :)