The World Championships

Chapter 46 The Arrest Of Mr. Coupe And Billu

"Good morning, Beyblade fanatics and welcome to the second last battle in Austria, our first competing team are none other than the Death Stars!"

"The Death Stars are very strong and fierce and they are battling hard for the title!"

All five members of the Death Stars purposefully made their way into the spacious hall, once in they sat down on the bench opposite the closed platform.

"Their opponents are the very new team Risk Factor!"

Risk Factor promptly entered from the other side of the stadium; they were ready with their illegal beyblades for action.

However, neither Mr. Coupe nor Billu would be prepared for the surprise that they were in for.

As soon as they were in the stadium, Risk Factor sat down opposite the Death Stars.

It wasn't long before Ivy stood up and made her way to the closed platform.

"Ivy is stepping up to battle, her Nimbus bit beast's Starshine Gust attack can blow the opponent away!"

Now stood at the platform, Ivy waited patiently for her opponent to arrive.

From the stands, Tyson could see Mr. Coupe addressing Risk Factor.

"Listen up, everybody, I am extremely disgusted at Kristin and Daryl for losing to the G-Revolutions in Athens, so, in this instance, Taylor will blade first and she shall be followed by Giang. In addition, Billu and I have devised a special grappling hook like device that works by remote control, the device will shoot out of their blades and pulls the opponent's attack ring clean off."

Listening to this, Daryl felt conflicted, he was unsure if he should go by Mr. Coupe's plan and win or if he should lose truthfully and honourably. Deep down, Daryl knew he would rather lose with honour than win with deceit.

Seconds later, Taylor made her way up to meet Ivy for battle.

"Taylor will represent Risk Factor this round, she is one tough customer with her Tundra Alpinus bit beast's Savannah Firestorm attack."

As soon as Ivy and Taylor were facing each other, the platform split down the middle, a stadium with a replica of St Stephen's Cathedral in the centre and a village surrounding the sides.

Once the stadium was at the right level, the girls readied their launchers, ripcords and blades and took position. As soon as this was done the announcement happened.

"3,2,1, let it rip!"

Ivy swiftly launched Nimbus into the stadium, Taylor was all too quick to follow suit with Tundra Alpinus. As this happened, Mr. Coupe, Billu and Mr. Daniels watched closely.

Thus far, Mr. Daniels had collected considerable evidence of the illegal beyblades, now was just a question of proving Mr. Coupe and Billu's guilt. Mr. Coupe and Billu watched intently, a remote control was gripped in Mr. Coupe's hands.

"Nimbus, attack!"

"Go, Tundra Alpinus!"

Nimbus and Tundra Alpinus chased one another round the cathedral and into the centre. They clanged hard and sparks flew as they connected.

"Tundra Alpinus, attack now!"

Tundra Alpinus fiercely attacked Nimbus, it slashed it hard and brutally with every blow.

From her ear piece, Taylor could hear Mr. Coupe's voice giving her instructions.

"That's the ticket, Taylor, keep her distracted, I'll tell you when it's time to begin."

"Tundra Alpinus, keep attacking!"

With hard and fierce blows, Tundra Alpinus maintained its fearsome attack.

"That's the way, Taylor, keep her busy while I take care of the rest, Mission Grappling Hook begins."

Mr. Coupe pressed the button on the remote control but to his anger, nothing happened.

"Rats, stupid, worthless remote, work!"

But still, nothing happened, at the same time, Mr. Daniels filmed this occurrence and photographed Mr. Coupe's angry face.

In her head, Taylor heard Daryl's voice telling her that there has to be a reason for winning, else victory is empty.

"Attack, Tundra Alpinus!"

With one more slam, Tundra Alpinus sent Nimbus into the cathedral.

"Nimbus, climb now!"

"Follow her, Tundra Alpinus!"

Tundra Alpinus chased Nimbus up the cathedral, the two blades began leaving marks from their bases on the side.

After a long climb, they reached the top and fought there, sparks shot into the air as they collided.

"Nimbus, slam now!"

Nimbus swiftly slammed Tundra Alpinus off the cathedral's roof to the floor below.

"Nimbus, Whisper In The Wind!"

The huge eagle owl in the jewelled helmet appeared screeching, it shot down from the cathedral like a jet. A gust of wind surrounded the owl as it dived.

Tundra Alpinus was knocked upwards into mid-air, a shocked look crossed Taylor's face.

"Nimbus, finish it with Starshine Gust!"

Nimbus reappeared with a blue glow exuding from its wings, and with a single flap it emitted a powerful gust of wind with silver flecks in it. The gust swept Tundra Alpinus clear of the stadium.

"Ivy wins."

Nimbus returned to Ivy's open hand and Taylor went back to Risk Factor where she was greeted by a livid Mr. Coupe.

"So then, Taylor, do you mind explaining what happened? Why didn't you use the blade I gave you? Have you any idea of the consequences you'll suffer for your blatant defiance?"

"Yes, Mr. Coupe, but I don't care because I'm not sorry for what I did, on the contrary, I'm glad I did it."

Mr. Coupe was shocked at the answer he received; his mouth fell open as did those of every member of Risk Factor.

"Way to go, Taylor."

"I'm disgusted at your foolishness, Taylor, and you had better not try it, Giang."

"Yes, Mr. Coupe, I understand. It's Daryl, he's the one behind all this, Mr. Coupe."

"Daryl?"

"Yeah, it's true, you're the one who told us to disobey Mr. Coupe, so you should fight the next round and maybe you can prove why you're such a big hero."

"Aw, Giang."

The other four members of Risk Factor nodded in approval.

"You're with me."

"To the end."

Mr. Coupe was white with fury, he stormed over to his team.

"What's with all this babbling, you are my soldiers and the only one you should be listening to is me."

Daryl walked confidently away from Mr. Coupe and towards the stadium. Seeing this, Mr. Coupe furiously blocked Daryl's path.

"Don't you dare walk away from me, Daryl."

"We're through being used by you and Billu, so here's the deal, Coupe, consider yourself fired, we are no longer your puppets, we are now bladers who battle with courage, honour and truth."

"If that's how you feel, Daryl, Billu and I will leave but you are nothing without us and don't ever come running back to us."

It wasn't long before Daryl reached the stadium and took position.

"It looks like Risk Factor have switched over, and are sending Daryl to battle."

"I wonder why."

"Maybe they want to win."

No sooner had Daryl arrived, Luna walked up and met him at the stadium.

"Luna, regardless of whether you win or lose, make sure you give it your best shot!"

"I will do, Tala!"

Luna's heart beat faster when she heard Tala's voice, her boyfriend had encouraged her and filled her with confidence.

"His opponent is Luna the howling wolf of the Death Stars; this should be good!"

Luna quickly readied her launcher, ripcord and beyblade and took position.

"It looks like we're ready to start round two."

"3,2,1, let it rip!"

Luna and Daryl swiftly launched their beyblades on either side of the cathedral.

"Swampland Siamensis, attack now! It's time to give it our all!"

Swampland Siamensis heeded Daryl's command, it went on a ferocious attack, striking Greyfang fast and hard.

"Go, Swampland Siamensis!"

Maintaining its attack, Swampland Siamensis hit Greyfang at every angle.

"Greyfang, attack now!"

Greyfang understood Luna's commands and struck back, even though Swampland Siamensis was continually hitting hard.

"Coupe, Billu, watch and learn, you'll see I can win honestly!"

"You're failing to look at the big picture, Daryl, you stand absolutely no chance!"

"Time to bring my attack! Time for my Quagmire Driver!"

Swampland Siamensis slammed Greyfang with increased speed and ferocity.

"This isn't over yet!"

"What do you mean?"

"Greyfang, Chaos Moon Blaze!"

An emerald green full moon rose, the huge black North-western wolf appeared with a howl, it breathed a blast of fiery green energy from its mouth, Luna's blade was encased in green light and it slammed Swampland Siamensis out of the stadium and to the floor.

"Luna is the winner of round two, what an excellent battle! What speed! What honour!"

Greyfang returned to Luna's open hand while Daryl picked up Swampland Siamensis. As soon as Luna won, Tala walked down and the two lovers stood with their arms wrapped round each other's waists.

"Luna, you were really good, congratulations."

"Thanks, Tala, I know you'll win next time."

"See what I mean, there is no doubt that I'm right."

"Coupe was right, I lost but I only gave it my best shot."

"Daryl, Daryl, Daryl, Daryl!"

Daryl's thoughts were broken, he looked up and heard the crowd chanting his name, even Tyson.

Mr. Coupe and Billu were gobsmacked at this occurrence, they looked at each other in frustration.

"I don't believe this!"

"Let's give it up for Daryl, he came up short but he put his heart and soul into it and he showed us that it isn't about winning or losing but playing the game honestly, well done, Daryl!"

"No, it can't be!"

Daryl raised Swampland Siamensis in the air as the crowd chanted his name.

"I love this."

"Daryl has turned out to be an honest blader."

"I thought Daryl was a dud but he's turned out to be an alright guy."

"I guess when someone comes clean and tells the truth about their cheating but then plays by the rules, you have to respect that, I'm proud of you, Daryl."

At the same time as Daryl went back to Risk Factor, Mr. Daniels and Sherlock made their way down. Mr. Daniels was holding two pairs of handcuffs and keys in one hand, in the other he held Sherlock's lead.

"Nice one, Daryl."

"Good job."

"Really proud of you."

"Yes, that was excellent."

"Hey, guys, I'm really sorry I fouled up."

"Of course, you didn't, you won."

"You also showed us the right way to blade."

"Your actions were truly amazing."

"Yes, because of your actions, a new team has started."

"Thanks, guys, I really appreciate it, now let's get ready for our next battle!"

Mr. Daniels locked the first pair of handcuffs on Mr. Coupe, the other pair were locked tight round Billu's hands.

"You two have been found out, it's life in jail for the pair of you."

With Sherlock by his side, Mr. Daniels led Mr. Coupe and Billu out of the stadium and to his police car and drove them to Justizanstalt Wien-Simmering where he locked them up for life and threw away the key.

"What an ending, a truly honest loss by Risk Factor and the end of Mr. Coupe and Billu's cheating! The question is will Risk Factor continue their newfound honesty for the remainder of the tournament, now that Mr. Coupe and Billu are locked up in prison. Join us tomorrow for Vienna's final match between the Majestics and the PPB All Starz!"