It was a wery cold morning. The sun was about to rise, and the sky was covered in grey clouds. But that could only to be expected here outside Moscow.
A grey wolf ran through the thick snow. The town was miles behind it, and in front was only hills, mountains, and the bright horizon. Finaly on top of the hill, it stopped.
"Hey! Wait!" The wolf turned it's head. A man, only eighteen years old, came running after it. He collapsed in the snow beside the wolf.
"Aaaargh! You're running too fast!" The wolf barked, and ran some metres away.
"Stop teasing me!" Kai shouted after it. "Okay, okay, I'm coming!" He got up from the snow, and ran after it. A cold breeze played gently with his hair, and he was alredy soaking wet from the snow. He smiled, and laughed out loud. Not just because he felt so free, but also because he knew he could keep running forever.
He nearly tripped over something in the snow. He stopped, and looked down. "Aw, come on! I though you were the one who wanted to run? Just-"
The wolf barked at him. "Okay! I'll shut up! What is it annyway?" He looked in the same direction as the wolf. Kai gasped, and threw himself down in the snow, beside the wolf. "Why the heck didn't you warn me?!" he whispered. He lifted his head, so he was able to see. Four men came walking ower the hill.
Kai cursed, and looked around for a escape. He swallowed, tried to think what to do next. The wolf growled, and Kai layed a cold hand over it's mouth. "Shhhhh! What do you think theis is?! Funny?"
He closed his eyes, tried to concentrate, but he was too nervous! Come on!, he thought. The four men came closer by every step! He had to find something warm! Now! He looked around again. Nothing! Except...
"Look, whats that?!" One of the men pointed in his direction. They looked at each other, and then ran over to whatever it was in the snow. Once there, they gasped, and took a few steps backward.
"I've never seen a bird like that in my life!" One of them leaned down. Kai closed his eyes tighter, kept on pretendig to be unconcious. And then, he understood. They were hunters! No other explanation! ...Woooops, not good...Why did I have to methamorf into a phoenix!? Stupid, stupid!
"Look at that colour! What bird is red and golden anyway?"
"Dunno. Maybe we should-" Kai just couldn't stand it annymore! He opened his eyes, and jumped away from the four men. Suddenly, the whole hill was covered in flames. The snow around them, melted faster than you could say: "Hey! It's a Phoenix!"
They yelled, and ran down the hill, away from the fire. Kai chamged back to himself. And laughed when he saw the terrified looks on their faces.
"Now that was funny." He said to the wolf.
:::You're just like your father you know!:::
Dranzer?
:::He also just had to show his powers like that:::
Kai smirked. Aw, I really think I've got more common sense than he ever had.
:::HA! Dream on, you stupid git!:::
You're been spending way too mutch time with Dragoon!
She chuckeled. Kai just snorted back, and started on his way home.
:::Oh, come on Kai! Dont you think I can't see that something is bugging you?:::
Kai smirked, but didn't answer. He started to walk faster, and the wolf ran past him, and down the hill.
:::Kai?:::
Wanna know what's wrong? Okay! It's the robbery! Couse, if you didn't notice, Black Dranzer-
:::I know what happened!:::
Kai sighed. I'm sorry. It's just that...I feel that theres something going on righ in front of my face, just that I can't see it! Argh! He kicked some snow up from the ground, and watched as it fell down again.
:::I understand.:::
Yeah? Hmm...It's not easy, you know. All I can think about, is to get Anya out of that damned place! He was quiet for a while. Just watched the wolf as it played in the snow.
There's one thing I dont understand. When Black Dranzer used me...I thought he wanted the cryptex! But what he wanted...was to kill Loki! And I can't understand why!
Dranzer? Kai stopped. Hey Dranzer, are you there? No answer.
He sighed again. So many questions! And no answers. At all!
He walked over to a small rode, he knew leaded to the city. It was nearly too quiet, the only sound was the fast beating of his heart.
Suddenly, his cellphone rang. He swore in surprise, and pulled it out of his pocket.
"Kai here!" he said.
'Hey dude!' Kai rolled his eyes. That could only be one person!
"What do you want Tyson?"
'Just checking where you are! Runa's been a bit worried you know.' ('NO, I HAVEN'T!' Runa shouted in the background) Kai smiled. "Tell her I'm fine. I'm not far from the town now. I think I'll be there in-" He looked at his watch. "-Two hours, I think."
'You think you could make it in one hour?'
"Why? Something wrong?"
'Yeah, it's terrible! Max is on a shugar high, Loki is practising with his guns again, Ray is shouting at everyone, Runa is trying to make us cleaning our bedrooms, and Gryff is drinking vodka!'
"...Wow. That does soud pretty bad, but...WHAT!? Gryff's drinking vodka!?"
'Yeah! Does he have a drinking problem or something?'
"You kidding? Two bottles, and he's dancing half-naked on the kitchen table! Please stop him, okay? It's for his own good. I guess..."
'Sure. And there was one more thing, we-' The rest of his sentence, drowned in a raelly weird noise coming from behind Kai. He whirled around.
Kai stood still, staring out at the snow landscape. 'Kai? What was that noise?,' Tyson asked.
"Ehm, not shure. I dont think-" A loud snap came from one of the trees to his right.
'Kai? What's going on?'
"I-I'm not shure..." He started to walk fast. He could nearly feel that someone was looking at him!
"Tyson! I think someone is following me!" Kai turned his head several times while he ran, but he couldn't see anything. He stopped. He looked to his right, where it was only trees. As far as he could see, there was nothing there! Maybe he was just seeing things? But that wasn't like him!
'Are you shure?'
"No..." He ran again, faster this time. And while he ran, something came up behind him! He could feel it!
'Kai?! Are you there?!' Now it was Loki's voice he could hear.
"I'm here..." His footsteps echoed in the silence.
'It's okay! Where are you?'
"On a road outside the city!"
'Is there a forest to your right?'
"Loki, I'm being followed! Why are you-?"
'Just answer me! It's important!'
"YES! There is a forest to my right!"
'Now, listen to me! Just stop, and turn around. Tell me what you see.' Kai stopped and did what he was told. 'What do you see?'
"Nothing..." The road was empty. There was nothing there besides him! But he was shure that-
'Kai? Still there?' A loud noise came from his cellphone, and he looked down. "SHIT! Not again!" He dropped the burning cellphone. "It's okay," he said to himself. "Maybe I'm crazy..."
Haha! This chapter sucked! R&R