DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST A FAN-MADE STORY!
Such...darkness...Such...cold...
Kai wished he knew where he was, but he couldn't see a thing. And he felt cold, so cold, and lonely...
"Kai..."
"Who's there?" Kai called out, feeling afraid.
"Kai...my darling..."
It sounded like a woman's voice, but who's?
"Wh-who are you?" he called out.
"Kai..." and suddenly, through the darkness, he saw her, a woman with soft brown hair and violet eyes, perfectly identical to his.
Was she...was she his...
"Mother?" he asked.
"Sweetheart, you're my only son...I can't bear to watch them hurt you...torture you...when I love you so dearly...my son..." she said.
"Mum! Mum, I love you too!" Kai said, desperate to reach her, to touch her, the mother he had never seen or spoken to...
"Kai, please be brave, don't give in, don't let them make you do what they want, don't give them the satisfaction..." she said.
"I'll try mother, but, please stay! Stay with me!" he begged her.
"I can't darling...I'm sorry..." she said, a tear running down her cheek.
She was slowly fading, and he could barely see her anymore.
"Mum! Mum wait! Don't go! Please don't go! Don't leave me! I need you mother! I love you!" Kai yelled out, trying to run towards her fading figure, desperate to touch her, just once...
...just once...
...
As he opened his eyes, he could barely see his surroundings. His vision was blurred from his deep sleep. He felt uncomfortable, couldn't move, could barely see. Blinking his eyes a couple of times, his vision finally cleared and realised that he was in the medical room, lying on one of the beds. A mask covered his mouth and nose, facilitating his breathing, but preventing him also from speaking. His whole body was covered in bandages and wires, connected to several parts of his body. He could also see that a couple of straps were tying him down to the bed, pinning his arms to his sides, and another strap ran over his ankles.
They're still afraid that I'll escape, even in this state, he thought.
And then, suddenly, his dream came back to him, and he remembered seeing his mother, begging him not to give up, to stand strong, as she had probably done when Boris had her in his clutches.
Mum...I'll survive, you'll see...I'll live through this! He thought, knowing she could hear him.
His body was aching, and he knew that he had been very close to death. It was a close call, and what shook him was the fact that Tsukino would really never be able to see him then!
I can't die, I won't die! He said to himself.