Author's Note: Yah, I updated! That's one thing off my to-do list. Thanks to those who read this fic! And a special thanks to;

Ma.anda - I put that in because of some of the quotes from the early church fathers, I think they hated woman, one of them said, "A woman is like a temple built over a sewer." My RMPS class laughed at that. Anyway, frighteningly enough that hand-contraption came to me while watching a cartoon. You'll be happy with this chapter. I know you will. Thanks for reviewing!

glitterdvixen06 - It still doesn't, hrm, wonder why? That's quite annoying. -cries- Ah well, evil cliffies are my style, hopefully everyone isn't getting to bored with the cliffy after cliffy thing. Thanks for reviewing!

Blade - I've already hurt Kai, I mean he was shot. Then again Kai is super-human and a measly bullet wouldn't kill him... Or would it? Sorry if I was slow on the updating front but school was being cruel and my social life was at a peak - it's all gone now so more updates, hopefully. Thanks for reviewing!

d1bontemp - My ideas? I get my ideas from... I actually don't know. Plot bunnies seem to come and attack me at random points in the day. Mostly schoo. Which is fine since I get ideas like this. Glad you loved the chapter it was one of my favourites to write. Well thank you for reviewing!

Chapter 17

Kai stopped as he heard the horrifying scream of pain coming from behind him and the three short snaps that had suddenly broken the deafening ticking. He turned around to see Lilita on the ground, stumbling to her feet. She had frozen in fear as she had heard the final tick go off, and had ended up on the floor, cradling the cage that concealed her arm and wept.

He watched as she ran towards him, but suddenly his attention came to the thundering noise that came from up above. The noise moved away, his eyes widened, that was footsteps. Someone was running. "Lita, move!"

With that Kai watched as Lilita past him: knowing that she was in front he turn around and ran, looking back over his shoulder only to see the feet of him coming down the stairs. He was happy that he was running with Lilita that way if one of them got caught: it was possible for the other to run free.But he didn't know what had happened. Why was fate dealing them both a horrid hand?

There was an electrical noise in front of them. Before they knew it, a metal wire fence began closing. The teenagers were exhausted and their bodies could barely cope with the strain that their muscles were being put under.They were only a few metres away. Lilita started lagging behind. Kai didn't notice.The clash of metal hit the stone step, and Kai finally realised what had happened. He turned around and looked at the gate. Lilita looked back through the gate.

They stared at one another for a moment, until...

"Where are they?" Selene hissed, she had told them that Rei had been hurt, did they have more important things to do? Or were they just being slow? She sighed and wondered if there was any point in her staying here, she was tired, but still she didn't really want to leave. Mariah had been annoying her, and there was something else that was irritating about her.

The very way that she spoke to her was degrading, the way she spoke of her to Rei sounded as if she was trying to get Rei to agree that this was all her fault. It was, sort of, but still she didn't want someone whom she didn't know accusing her of almost killing someone. It was his fault for putting himself in that position. "

They aren't here yet... You think..." Selene trailed off hoping that she was just feeling so awful simply because of the night's events and because something bad was going to happen. Rei smiled empathically, he seemed to have been acting as if nothing had happened – as if he hadn't been stabbed. As if he hadn't saved anyone, talk about modest.

"I'm sure their okay." He nodded to himself, but Selene wasn't convinced she was sure that they would have stayed at Grangers, yet when she had called they were just coming. Now five hours on they were still missing. She had phoned Lilita's mobile numerous of times, as well as Kai's both of them told her that they were out of service. She didn't want to think about it.

"What if he got them...?" Selene said miserably, this time Mariah and Lee decided to stay quiet. They didn't really know how Rei ended up being stabbed they just knew that it had happened as he was trying to protect Selene.

"I'm sure they'll both be okay. I'm sure that they were more careful that we were." Rei didn't want to say anything but he was worried. He was nervous about what tomorrow would bring, what would be on the news? The usual boring, overly-exposed fables or would he wake up to strangers talking about a dead friend as if they knew him?

"Rei...I'm sorry." Selene apologised again, but Rei merely shook his head – he didn't want to hear that she was sorry, he just wanted to wake up and hope that this would never happen in reality. Mariah on the other hand had been filled with a sort of jealousy: Rei had never saved her life. Now that he had saved Selene, he appeared to be trying to comfort her more than care about his own wounds, and ignoring her attempts at trying to comfort him.

"You should be! You got him hurt! It's your fault if anything happens to the others –" Selene's eye's widened a fraction as she listened to the pink-haired girl rant, "-if you hadn't wandered away then they would have still been at home! They wouldn't be missing now would they?" Selene tried multiple times to defend herself, though she only imitated a mime as she opened and closed her mouth as she tried to form words.

"Mariah." Rei turned and looked at the girl who weakly smiled beside him however his facial expression was not one of gratitude. He was frowning, no, glaring at her.

"Don't ever blame the death of someone – especially my friends on another again." Mariah blinked in shock, wondering what she had done to upset Rei so badly. Lee just shook his head at his little sister's antics. He turned to see if Selene had taken Mariah's words to heart, the fact remained she no longer was in the room.

Rei sighed, not only was she now feeling guilty over him but everyone else. If Kai and Lilita ended up with so much as a scratch on them, well he'd have to yell at Mariah for putting Selene under that kind of pressure.

She was on the floor , trembling as she heard the calm walking from behind her. "Run." She whispered and looked up at the boy who still hadn't moved an inch. He shook his head slowly, trying to move something. He was frozen – time stood still, but the echo of his steps made his mind come back to the real world.

"I can't leave you here." He muttered, he couldn't just leave, he would not only be killing her, but he needed her to stay alive. Or else it would another girl dead: because of him. Lilita looked around and saw that the man wasn't running anymore. He appeared happy he was walking, calmly towards her.

"Go to the police." She begged him. At least that way the others could be protected, at least then everyone else would be okay, and there could be no more deaths. She was filled with hope only a few seconds ago, and now. Now she wanted to curl up into a ball and not dare wake.

"I can't...leave you here to die." Kai frowned and looked away from the teenager and watched as the man came a little closer – thankfully he still had a slow pace and a long way to go. He was grateful that the man was so pleased with himself.

"Please. Run. He's coming." She whispered and hoped that Kai would turn around and flee, but he only tried pulling the gate up. "What are you doing?" She muttered, if he didn't run soon they would both be caught. They would both be back in those rooms.

"Saving you." He grunted as the weight of the door only caused his wound to burn painfully, he winced but continued to pull the fence. The man behind Lilita seemed alarmed and began running. "You don't have time! Run! You idiot!" She yelled, though she blinked as Kai lifted the gate up a little further, she looked behind her and noticed that the man was now in a sprint.

Lilita didn't need to be told and quickly squeezed out, only to have Kai drop the gate with haste and grab her free arm only to start running again. She believed that the man was more than furious, but there was something strange... He was smiling. He wasn't bashing on the fence or yelling obscurities at their escape.

After a few moments of running, they slowed down and caught their breath wondering if the killer would be after them. He didn't appear but Kai wasn't going to let his guard down so soon and once again started running.

They were filled with an unbelievable sensation – they had managed to live. They had got out. There was only one problem. Lilita sighed and forced herself to look at her hand, she began crying. It was so abnormal, it looked disgusting. She could see that her thumb was the only one left. Yet she looked at where her thumb lay, there was no wire surrounding it. Not like the others. She was confused for a moment, until the counter started ticking again.

"Kai..." She looked at him hoping that they could stop running, she was struggling to keep up even at this pace. "Please, can we stop...?" She muttered, she felt her legs buckle beneath her, Kai immediately turned around and crouched down.

"I'm...so...tired...I..." She trailed off, her head jolting this way and that as if trying to keep herself awake. "...I don't...feel that good." Kai nodded, though had a concern that she had lost too much blood. The wounds hadn't really closed up, so it was possible. Kai sighed, and wondered where the nearest hospital – or chainsaw was, anything to get this thing off of her hand.

"Come, on. I'll carry you." Lilita shook her head, she hadn't forgotten about his wound, it wouldn't be fair. However, he didn't care and tried to pick her up, but hissed out in pain and put her back down. What were they meant to do?

Tyson and the others were back at the Dojo, waiting for a phone call or seeing if Lilita or Kai would come in. They had disappeared, and everyone was getting worried – especially because of what had happened to Rei. Speaking of Rei, he was still in hospital and now being questioned by police.

"So, you didn't see him?" The investigator scribbled something down and looked at the boy would was frowning at him. He didn't like the way this investigator was speaking to him, it was as if he had done something wrong.

"I told you, it was dark." Rei said with clenched teeth, he had been saying the same things for the past half hour. Why didn't these guys leave and try to find his friends? They had been called up to find the person who did this and in the process find Kai and Lilita.

"So your friend, Kai, where is he?" Rei frowned and looked over at Selene how had recently come back from sulking in the cafeteria and since the police were present she had no intention on leaving. Rei didn't like the looks this inspector and the other police were looking at one another.

"Why are you asking about him all of a sudden?" Rei had only mentioned Kai once, and when he had done so, everything seemed to change. They went from asking simple questions and almost leaving to going over his story again and again.

"He was the last to see Emily, and then you were stabbed...And the girl he was with has disappeared as well then suddenly no one can reach him." Surely this wasn't what it sounded like? Selene believed that the law-enforcement would have helped a little but now she had lost all faith in them. They thought Kai was doing this?

"What are you saying?" Rei glanced between them all and then finally stopped when he reached the inspector again. He should have known better than to jump to conclusions, he was older and in a superior position.

"If you're friend comes, please tell him to hand himself in for questioning." With that the notepad was shut and the two other police officers stood outside. Rei couldn't believe his ears, they thought that...

"You think Kai's doing this! Are you insane!" Rei hissed he hated that his friend could be in danger and he was being made into a suspect. Kai could get angry so could everyone, but he wasn't capable of killing anyone.

"Usually these sorts of crimes are hate-crimes... So we cannot rule out anything." With that the man left leaving Rei livid and Selene depressed. What was to become of Kai and Lilita? Were they okay or were they already the new victim of the serial killer.

He was sure that he would have bumped into someone, but the streets were quiet, most likely because it was so early in the morning and the alcohol and excitement was wearing off and the real situation was finally setting in. Lilita was currently being carried by piggy-back. In other words, Kai was in little pain, but was finding it increasingly difficult to walk as his legs ached. She was unconscious at the moment.

The metal cage on his shoulder, he had heard it start tickling a while ago, and even the sound of her thumb snapping, but she had remained asleep. Or at least he hoped she was in a deep sleep. He was aware that if anyone had seen them then they would have helped. Hell if he had seen a pair like them walking around he would have asked or done something. He felt her head move to the side – which had been resting on his wounded and bloody shoulder.

"Kai..." Lilita mumbled, waking up, though still unaware that she was being carried. She blinked in surprised as she noticed that she was moving, and blushed when she realised she was being carried. She froze as she knew that if she moved around it would only make Kai's task harder.

Kai stayed quiet, he didn't want her to start walking on her own, if she had lost blood then she would probably stumble about the place. He heard her sniffing and mumbling something but made no attempt to try to figure out what she was saying.

"When you get all better..." Her voice sounded oddly relaxed as if she had to say something but didn't quite know how to say it. The lack of blood defiantly was affecting her. "...I'll give you a hug..." She yawned lightly meanwhile Kai was trying to ignore the sudden chill up his back. "...and...Maybe a kiss... Depending...on whether you want one or not..."

Kai blinked, wondering if she was just kidding or whether she was being completely serious. He cleared his throat wondering if she even knew what she was saying. "...Lita, just..." He trailed off not really knowing what to say. He wasn't exactly the greatest person when speaking to the female species. "...Shut up?" The girl interjected a small smile on her face.

"No, just...remember you said that." Lilita grinned and nodded knowing that Kai was probably blushing so much he resembled a tomato – an incredibly cute tomato at that. She felt her eyelids going heavy again and ended up once again sleeping.

"About time." Kai hissed as he looked up and saw a familiar sign, he was sure that the town wouldn't be that far away. He was going to go and batter down someone's door but he hadn't seen a place which looked as if it would help. Everyone looked suspicious after that ordeal.

The media the next day had a field day. The television ended up smashed by Kai as the stories were fabricated and twisted to make it more interesting to the public.

"Good morning, and with this I'm afraid we have some shocking news to report. Kai Hiwatari and Rei Kon out of the BladeBreakers were terribly hurt after last nights events..."

"Supposedly Kai Hiwatari and Rei Kon were out having fun in the street party but it ended in disaster as Rei Kon and Kai Hiwatari were distracted by some girls partying near-by." The stupid reports continued throughout the day...

"The Angel killer was lurking and he found that his next target would be these girls! Being courageous Rei Kon defended them however was stabbed and the killer ran away, terrified! The girl was not harmed too badly. Rei was in hospital almost all night! But has been released and the police are questioning him on the attack."

"Kai Hiwatari however was separated from the group as another girl enticed him away, and apparently another man shot him, believing that she was his girlfriend. The man also broke the teenager's fingers and Kai rescued her by taking her to hospital, demanding that she be given more medical attention."

"On another note, Mariah Wong told us that the girl that Rei Kon was protecting was at fault and that it was her fault that he was hurt so badly. However her brother Lee seemed to deny anything that went on and gave no comment."

"Also, the female's that were lucky enough to be saved by the two BladeBreakers are apparently friends even though the incident happened in different places and at different times. These girls seem to want this story to die down quickly, to be honest I believe there is more to this story."

"There is also a very strange coincidence that Kai Hiwatari went missing during the disappearance of Emily York and now, he has been hurt himself. Is the Angel killer after him or is... he the killer?"

Author's Note: Well now that everyone's name has been discredited (well okay just Kai's) and Lilita is going to live (that's what you think) and that Kai is going to tell the police everything, again that's what you think. Later! And please leave a review!