After she had called the minister, Alex called for a limo. They went down and it was waiting for them. They got in and began to drive to the Louvre'. They stopped outside a few minutes later and got out. Charlie looked at Alex. Alex worked here sometimes; she was an honorary curator and could come and go as she pleased. She walked in with Charlie at her side straight to the elevator. She pushed the button for the lowest floor there. They went down in silence and the doors opened.
"Why are we here?" Charlie asked her.
"You'll see." Alex said, walking down the white passage towards a metal vault-like door. She took out her honorary curator card and swiped it. The door opened up and they walked in. The room was dark and Charlie bumped into Alex as she stopped. She waited until the door closed before she said anything.
"I've been watching you for years; I think you're ready for this. LIGHTS!" Alex said to Charlie.
The lights came on and they were in a room that had glass display cabinets all around the edges. Charlie walked up to one to her left. Inside the case were collections of swords, longbows and all sorts of weapons. All of them had pictures of animals on them. She walked around until she came to a bit that went into a beyblade.
"Wait, are all of these weapons…" Charlie looked at her sister.
Alex nodded and placed her hand on the glass case closest to her.
"They all contain sacred spirits. Bitbeasts." She said, looking at the weapons.
"Now, Charlotte, I have chosen one for you. I think you'll like it." She said, walking to the other side of the room and taking her necklace off.
She always wore it and Charlie never knew why. Now it was clear. Alex had access to all these bitbeasts. And she had only ever seen Alex wearing a necklace like that. She must have been the only one.
"Hey, no fair, you got to choose yours. I want to choose mine, ooh, what about this tiger, thingy…" Charlie said looking at the glass box with a dagger in it.
"I know you very well, and I have chosen one for you. One that represents you. Your soul and her's are the same." She said, taking out an ancient looking clay jar.
Charlie walked up to her and examined the jar.
"This jar is Egyptian in origin." Charlie said, taking the jar from Alex carefully.
"Yes, this jar was found in Khufu's Great pyramid. It was the only thing in there. Now we know why. Take out your beyblade." She said, Charlie reached into her pocket and pulled out her blade.
Alex took the jar and put it on the ground.
"People thought that the sphinx was protecting the tomb, but in actual fact it was this sacred spirit. Her name is Anukis. It means the 'goddess of protection'." She said, taking the jar lid off.
A golden light flooded the room and Charlie shielded her eyes and she felt her blade heat up. She dropped it and it began to spin on its own on the ground. As they watched, the golden bitbeast appeared. She was a lion with the huge wingspan of an eagle. She looked at the girls and disappeared into Charlie's beyblade. The light faded and when they got their eyesight back, Charlie saw her beyblade was still spinning.
"Now, call to her, with your mind." Alex said, walking up to Charlie, putting her hand on her shoulder.
She looked at Alex with doubtful her eyes. She was afraid. What if her bitbeast didn't like her, what if she didn't even speak the same language?
"Don't worry. It'll be ok." Alex comforted her.
She looked at her blade and thought about the time when she spoke to Dranzer.
"Anukis, can you hear me?" she thought, but nothing happened.
She waited a awhile until she head something.
"What's your name?" Anukis replied.
Charlie sighed out of relief. She was in her blade and alive.
"My name is Charlotte, but I think you can call me Charlie." She said out loud.
"What year is this? You are wearing very strange clothes." She said to her.
Charlie smiled and bent over to pick up her blade.
"2010, I'll explain it all to you, you must be very confused. All you need to know for now, is that I'm your friend. And as long as I am able, I will protect you." She said out loud again.
"Thank you. Now, please excuse me, I feel a strong urge to rest." Anukis replied and then she went silent.
"Sleep tight. Don't let the bey bug bites." She said, putting her blade into her pocket.
She turned to her sister and smiled.
"She spoke to me." She said in a squeaky voice.
"As you get used to each other, you can communicate through mind reading." Alex said, walking towards the door.
"You coming, we need to test your new blade." Alex smiled and walked towards the door.
Charlie ran after then she remembered the doctor said nothing strenuous. She slowed down slightly and walked after Alex. They got into the elevator and Alex's phone rang. She took it out of her pocket and answered it.
"Hey, where are you guys…oh, well…oh that might be a problem…we're at the Louvre'…yeah…yeah…of course…ok…bye." She said, hanging up the phone and putting it back in her pocket.
"Who was that?" Charlie asked.
"That, is a surprise." Alex said.
"Well, I don't think I can handle another one. Maybe I'm tired because of Anukis, but I really need to lie down for a while." She said, rubbing her forehead.
"Hey Alex, Anukis and Black Dranzer, they should get on, right?" Charlie asked her.
"Don't worry, I'll teach you a little trick. They'll be fine." She said unflinching.
The door opened up and Charlie took a step forward and stumbled. She caught herself against the elevator wall.
"Charlotte!" Alex screamed and held her up.
"I'm ok; I just need to sit down a little." She said, as Alex helped her to a chair.
She sat down and heard the doors of the wing of Ancient Mythology open. She put her head between her knees and waited for the spinning to stop. She heard voices but she didn't recognize them with all the spinning going on in her head.
"So… what you doing tonight?" she heard someone say.
"Nothing, and I want to keep it that way, Ray." Alex said.
Charlie looked up and the Bladebreakers were there.
"Hey, good morning, sleep well?" Tyson joked with Charlie.
"Oh, shut up Tyson." She smiled at him.
"When did you guys get here?" she asked them.
"We came straight here." Max said.
"We were worried about you." He added smiling in his very friendly way.
Only Max could smile like that. She smiled back. Tyson offered her his hand to help her up.
"Thanks, but I'm stronger than I look now." She smiled back, reaching for Tyson's hand. He helped her up and she looked around.
"Not that I'm glad to see you guys, but… where's Kai?" she asked them they looked at each other and then back at her.
"Um, Charlie, Kai's at the hospital." Ray said, walking past Alex and coming to the front of the crowd.
"Hospital, why, is he ok? I need to get there now…" she said, before she turned and began walking towards the door.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and it was Tyson. She turned and faced him.
"I don't think that's a good idea." He said, looking back at his team.
"Why, what happened?" she asked him.
He took her back to the chair and sat her down.
"There was an… accident." He said, looking at her.
"Kai looks really horrible. I don't know if he'll ever be the same." He said.
She stood up and pushed him aside.
"I'm going. I don't care what he looks like or how bad it is. I'm going to see him." She said, walking towards the door.
She clenched her two blades in her hands and asked them to help her and give her strength.
"Charlie." Alex called, walking out from behind the Bladebreakers.
She turned to face them and then the door creaked open again. She paid it no attention.
"I love Kai, I'm going to be there for him... no matter what." She said.
"I will take you back to Russia now. You might have got away before, but now the game is over." Someone said behind her in a Russian accent.
She felt the blood rush from her face and her skin go cold. It was Tala, it had to be. Or one of Boris' goons. She turned around to see grey eyes looking at her. She stepped back.
It was Kai. He was standing there smiling at her. He was perfectly fine.
"Kai, but Tyson said…" she whispered, looking at Tyson, who just smiled at her and laughed soon after.
"Don't believe everything Tyson says." Kai smiled at her.
He made to hug her but she stopped him.
"What, I'm serious. Kai will never be the same again. Not after meeting you." Tyson rolled around on the floor. She smiled at him and turned back to Kai.
"Sorry, but it still hurts a little." She said, slowly lifting her arms around his neck and hugged him tight.
"I thought…" she said to him and turned back to face Tyson.
"Damn you, I'll get you back someday." She said to him, leaning heavily on Kai.
Tyson looked up at Alex and jumped up, ignoring Charlie's threat.
"Hey, I want to battle you, come on, you promised." Tyson turned to Alex.
"I don't have time now." She said, looking at Charlie.
She smiled at Alex and winked.
"Why don't you educate him? He's a little ignorant." Charlie smiled at her.
Alex smiled back and turned to Tyson.
"Come on, I know the perfect place." She said, walking towards the doors.
Kai walked ahead and Charlie stumbled. He turned and saw her falling and caught her and looked as she struggled to regain her balance.
"You're not okay, maybe you should go back to hospital." He said, letting her lean on him.
"I'm okay, besides, seeing Tyson getting beaten is worth it." She said, walking out after them.