Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Tears ❯ Revenge: Part II ( Chapter 12 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: DarkFangs 
Anime/Manga: Beyblade Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.15.2007 | Pages: 5 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 167 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Beyblade Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 12.15.2007 | Pages: 5 | Words: 6.4K | Visits: 167 | Status: Completed
Summary/Disclaimer: check the prologue, I don't repeat myself.
“...” speaking
`Italics' thoughts
:: … :: bit beast talking
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Chapter 11... Revenge: Part II
And it was right then that he knew something was not right. `It's not her'. She would never look at anyone that made her life a living hell like that, not even if her life depended on it. Her pride would never let her.
“As you can see, Kai-”
“That's not her.”
Everyone turned to look at him, surprised, “What?”
“I don't know what you did, but that is not her.” He tried in vain to free himself from the guards.
“Fine!” `Iris' sneered, her form suddenly changing into a tall and older woman, her blonde her caught in a tight high ponytail. Every pair of eyes observed her in awe and even slight fear, except Voltaire's. She turned to the latter, “He is smarter than I had first thought... What do you plan on doing now, old man?” her voice had a slight accent.
“Patience is a virtue, my dear Velane. If he can't be fooled, we'll continue with the plan. In a more... forceful way.”
“Do not forget our deal, human...” she grinned, her long canines glistening menacingly from the semi-dark environment, “If you do, I'll make sure you won't live to know how it feels to fool unus strix (1).”
“I'm sure you will.”
Said Velane turned around, slapping Boris' hand away from her shoulder, a snarl on her lips, as she exited the room.
“Now, Kai... You realize this will happen, because it was your own free will, don't you?”
As the teen prepared to snap something back at his grandfather, a sharp pain was felt right at his nape. The smirking face of Voltaire was all he remembered before everything went black.
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“Great, now what? We just wait?” Ian glared at the Abbey, as he paced outside. Most of the students were out, safe and sound; the only ones who didn't get out were the Shadowed Blades and a few more. Escaping and beating up a few guards on their way for pure fun was also quick and now both he and Spencer were waiting outside. The surprise was to find the Majestic's on their way. “What a stupid, stupid, fucked up plan, Kai!” Ian continued complaining.
“You heard him. After finishing each part of the plan, we had to get out. Ray should be coming out soon too.” Spencer stood beside the short boy's pacing, silently observing the building. In his hand, he absently twirled Seaborg around, `Just to be sure.. Better safe than sorry.'
“What!? And stay here?! My cousin just entered when I had my back turned! We need to get her back, NOW!” Johnny waved his arms widely, pointing to the Abbey, starting to get agitated, “God knows if she manages to get out alive!” Indeed, young Rosemary had sneaked inside, without them knowing.
“And what are you doing here anyways? No one said you should have even come!” the purple haired Russian took the chance to also snap at the snobbish team. What did they want, complaining about a spoiled little girl when she and a few more people, their friends, may die?
“It was Rosemary herself that insisted we should come and help you. You should be happy she even thought of you. I don't seem to find a reason as to why she would want that, though...” Robert muttered the last part to himself.
“And by doing her stupid bidding, look at what just happened! I'm going after her.” As the redhead prepared to start walking, a cloaked figure walked in front of him suddenly. With a nod, it made him fall backwards to the floor, without as much as touching him.
Its voice was feminine, even if it was anything that neither of them had ever heard before, with a slight accent, “If I were you, I wouldn't do that. Leave it to us, human. They won't get her.” With that, it was gone in a cloud of black smoke. A shiver ran down the spine of everyone as a sudden cold enveloped them all.
“What was that... thing?” Ray voiced everyone's thoughts, as he came out from the Abbey. No one could answer him.
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Tala stopped, leaning against a wall, as he caught his breath, Ten still in his arms. The girl in question moaned softly as her eyes opened gingerly, slowly focusing on him. Her lips started to form a smile, but it soon turned into an embarrassed one as everything came back to her. Especially when the boy holding her was the one she had just kissed.
He put her down gently, still supporting her, as his eyes searched hers, “You ok?”
“I am, now. Thanks to you.” She took a step back, the distance managing to keep them from other thoughts, “We-We have to go back.”
“No, we have to get out of the Abbey, not meet up with the others. You heard Kai. And for once, he's right.” he started walking away.
“But what about them? What if they can't make it? What then?” she fought back the urge to shout some sense into him. The boy who has just been caring a few seconds ago was ready to leave his friends behind without even taking a glance back. “We can help them!”
Only a sigh met her ears, “We really don't have a choice in this. It's them or us. If we choose them, we'll probably put everyone at risk, as well as ourselves.”
Looking around one last time, she followed silently, knowing he was right.
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Kai finally came around, feeling a massive head-ache already forming. Slowly, he opened his eyes, flinching slightly at the bright light that greeted him.
The first thing he noticed was that he was bound at the wrists and ankles. The second was that he couldn't feel Dranzer's presence anywhere near him. At that, his eyes snapped open. `Dranzer...'
No answer.
“Ah, you're awake.” A familiar voice sounded from behind him. Voltaire walked forward, stepping into his field of vision.
“What do you want.”
The man seemed to ignore the question, “If you weren't so foolish, this wouldn't be necessary.” A smirk was glued to his lips, “You didn't need to suffer like this, Kai. Don't think this is easy for me; you are the next generation of our family after all.”
He almost laughed, “And you expect me to believe that...”
“Do as you wish. But if you were intelligent, you would have brought the girl here, as soon as you knew she was this powerful.”
His eyes narrowed, “I'd never bring someone here for you to make experiences on. You did enough already.”
“It's a shame, really. You would be a good ally to The Cause.” The woman from before stepped out of the shadows. As she passed by him, her hand lingered upon his cheek lightly. Much to his surprise, it was cold as ice. Not the normal cold when you're in winter, but inhumanly cold. He recoiled from her touch, goose bumps forming over his skin.
“Sir,” another voice joined the conversation. Boris'. “Should we start?”
Voltaire turned around, once more smirking, “Ah, yes. Please do. Our guest is waiting, after all.” Boris left after that. Silence ensued.
Until a surprised and slightly painful intake of breath sounded. It took him a few moments to realize it was his own. Something was wrong. His mind hurt as hell, and he could barely keep his eyes open.
A soft chuckle, which seemed extremely loud now that the pain was almost unbearable, sounded just beside his ear, “Can you guess what is wrong, young Kai? Why does your mind hurt so much?” the voice sounded amused at his pain. He stayed quiet though. Another chuckle, “Where could Dranzer be?”
`So, that's it...' He finally understood. Something was wrong with Dranzer. And Kai was feeling the same. Or a portion of it. `The part of the pain Dranzer can't hold out...' “What the hell are you doing to him.” More like an order than a question, but he answered him nevertheless.
“Don't tell me that you don't know? What do you think Black Dranzer really is? He's nothing more than Dranzer himself, but with dark power, instead of the power of the Light he has. For now. Besides, with our technology, it will be easy to modify a few cells and multiply his power.”
“That would destroy his power's donor, meaning Dranzer!”
“And your point is?”
The teen opened his eyes regretfully, “You won't manage to control him. You'll create a monster that, in the end, will turn against you! Can't you see? It's completely useless.” He managed to invoke a small smirk, “Whatever you do, you'll lose.”
“Ah, but what if we can control the monster? That way, you're the one who will lose. BIOVOLT is much more advanced than you think.” Voltaire turned away from him, “Prepare phase two.”
A few seconds later, the pain intensified. He couldn't help a groan, as he tried to shut his mind from the intense pain. `I can't even imagine how Dranzer's feeling.' “Dranzer...” a soft whisper left his lips.
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As she was ready to continue on her way, Bryan pulled Iris to the side. “What the hell are you doing?!”
“You promised, or did you already forgot?”
“Huh?”
“Iris, as soon as we got Black Dranzer, we were supposed to get out of here as quickly as we could. Let's go!”
“No!” she pulled her arm back as if he was taking her to her own death, “Are you mad? I'm not leaving until everyone's safe!”
The boy sighed, muttering something about women under his breath, “Look, we need to get out of here, right now! I said I would get you out of here, and I will. Even if I have to knock you out to do so.”
She gave him a look, “As if!” as he pulled her along towards one of the exits. With one last look over her shoulder, she followed.
As they both saw the others ahead, a sudden explosion made them look back to the Abbey once more. Their eyes widened. A fire had started in the second floor.
`And Kai, Boris and Voltaire are probably on the upper levels. Which means, neither will have a way out!' Iris's heart clenched, suddenly remembering something. `He placed something on my pocket..' She took it out. A bright silver band greeted her matching eyes. Taking a closer look, the ring had two small phoenixes, in two symmetric stances, their wings opened wide.
Her hues glanced back towards the buildings, `Don't you dare dying on me now... Not like this... Please...'
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Boris watched with glee as the power revealed itself. The beyblade had been released, as was the Fire Phoenix. But being protected by a powerful force-field didn't give the bit beast a very good chance to free itself. Not now, at least. Lasers were being shot in specific places of the room, trying to control the phoenix, which was doing everything in its power to prevent them of doing just that.
Dranzer screeched loudly, as the lasers kept coming. It wasn't to hurt, no. It was just to keep him in check, not to have a chance to escape while they do something else. If he tried to raise his power a bit more than they wanted to, the lasers intensified, hurting him. And he didn't like it in the least.
:: Must... escape... Master Kai may be... in danger... ::
That was all he was worried about for now. The intensity changed. This time, the rays were shot to weaken him. He screeched once more, faintly feeling his blader's distress. And knowing he could not help nor reach him made the bit beast even angrier. But as much as he tried, he couldn't free himself. His energy was lowering at an alarmingly fast rate. He knew he couldn't hold on for much more time.
The power they were extracting was to add to the Dark Phoenix's own power, making Black Dranzer more powerful than Dranzer, who he was created from. For now, the Fire Phoenix was still more powerful and the original bit beast. But Black Dranzer would get stronger, even if he was only the clone-like experience.
A sad screech sounded, as the phoenix returned to his beyblade, drained and extremely tired.
From the monitor he was watching thoroughly, Boris smiled in appreciation. `Finally. His energy is completely drained.' His eyes looked to the big wide tube behind him, the pure raw energy restrained there moving everywhere, trying to free itself, just like its donor, `Now, all I have to do is pass that power to Black Dranzer.' “Prepare Black Dranzer. Bring him here afterwards. Phase three is about to begin.” A few minutes later, one of his other monitors turned on. It was from the Experiences Wing, the room where Black Dranzer was kept. “Yes?”
“I'm afraid to inform you, Sir, that someone was here before. They took Black Dranzer, and his display window is shattered.”
“What!? But it was made of unbreakable glass! Besides, no one could ever-” the purple haired man stopped himself, realization dawning in his mind. “Blast those freaks! It was them all along!” he turned on the monitor to Voltaire's office.
“What is it?” Voltaire's voice sounded slightly annoyed, but his expression was one of satisfaction.
“I think we have a problem, Voltaire...”
“The energy draining must've gone just fine. Our guest just fainted a few moments ago.”
“Yes, it did, but...” the scientist sighed, “Black Dranzer is gone, Sir.”
“What?! But how?”
“We don't know, Sir. Nothing was recorded in the vigilance system. And the unbreakable glass is completely broken. And I think that... it was them, Sir.”
“That's impossible! Velane left, yes, but I'm sure it wasn't for-” a loud explosion sounded, interrupting Voltaire. A monitor suddenly turned on, as Voltaire looked at it. It was from the same room where Boris was, but from a different angle.
The large tube that restrained the Fire Phoenix's energy had been destroyed, and said energy was no where to be seen. The same went for Boris. “No!” Movement caught the elder's interest once more though. Among the fire the explosion had created, a dark figure walked forward, shattering the remains of the wide tube, making it impossible to be rebuilt. A wise but incredibly soft voice whispered to the darkness and silence of the room, “Tu ire nimius progredi. Et nunc, tu iras pendere magno eam ob rem (2)...” the image of the security camera started to get fuzzy, as if there was some kind of interference, until it went completely black.
“Semiramis... I thought she was dead!”
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`Please...'
His eyes opened again. He didn't feel as bad as he did when he fainted. Now, the soreness seemed to be just a simple memory. `That's strange... What the hell happened?' The pain he shared with Dranzer seemed to be gone. And Voltaire wasn't in the room. He was the only one in that office, even if, after a look at it, the door was locked.
Kai stood up gingerly, carefully. Okay, some pain, but not anywhere close to that he had felt before. `Dranzer?'
:: I'm here, Master Kai... On the second floor. How are you feeling? ::
`Much better than you, I'm sure. I'll be there as soon as I get out of here.' As he moved towards the door, it suddenly opened. The teen stepped back. A cloaked figure entered, its frame very alike the `Velane' his grandfather had talked to.
“Tu. Redite viam.” It pulled its hood, a woman's features showing off through a curtain of midnight straight black hair, “I said, let's go. It is not safe here.” So, it wasn't her.
“Really? The other one was under Voltaire's orders-”
“Velane is not one to follow anyone's orders. As soon as she can, she will kill the one you call Voltaire. She only wants the Praeceptrix. I may be from her clan also, ita, but I'm her rival. Some call me The Light, others, Semiramis. But please, you must come. You must take Lord Dranzer away from here. Lord Black Dranzer is in the Praeceptrix's hands now. But you need to hurry, youngling. You must go.”
“I never saw you before. For all I know, you can kill me as soon as I turn my back. How exactly do I know I can trust you?”
The humanoid smiled mysteriously, “That is obvious. You don't. However, if you don't want to lose your precious bit beast, I advise you to go. Unintentionally, I have started a fire. I have forgotten how fragile human construction materials can be.” The last part was muttered to herself, but he heard it, as he lifted an eyebrow, keeping quiet though.
`Guess I have no choice whatsoever.' “Fine.” He walked towards the door, looking one last time at her, “You're not coming?”
“I have an objective to accomplish here, boy. Go on.”
Hesitating for a few seconds at first, the slate-haired teen continued on his way through the endless corridors. As the smell of fire intensified, so did his pace, as he started running along the halls. Finally finding the room he was searching for, he avoided carefully the burning machines and circuits, quickly finding Dranzer. Luckily, unharmed. The chip shined as he approached.
'Hey, Dranzer... Good to have you back.'
:: It's good to be back, young Master... ::
Once safe in his pocket again, Kai turned around, exiting the room.
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An explosion sounded, making them both look back, slightly startled.
“What was that?”
“Duh, an explosion, Yuriy...” just as Ten finished her sentence, the all-too familiar groaning of iron met their ears. Familiar yes, but in the movies. “Please tell me that that's not what I think it is...”
“I so hate it when you're right..” he turned his head to the corridor in front of him. A piece of the ceiling fell, making Ten jump slightly in surprise.
“We really need to walk slow-” Tala interrupted her as he quickly ran in the opposite way, dragging her along, “Stop it; you'll only make things even worse! This thing may go all down on us!”
“It will, if we don't hurry. Now come on!”
On their way, they found a surprised Rosemary, walking slowly along the halls. Her light eyes looked back, as she focused on them, as they ran past her and quickly skidded to a stop, “What are ya-”
“Run!” not even letting her finish, Tala grasped her wrist in the same fashion he was doing to Ten, pulling both girls along with him.
`We won't make it on time.. We're still a bit far, and this place will go down in only a few minutes!' The Russian girl thought desperately; she knew this was the quicker way, but still it was too slow. As they turned a corner, a few guards waited them.
“There they are!”
“Aww, gods, can't we jus' geht a bit o' luck `ere?!” Instinctively, Rose leaned into Tala, who absently pulled her closer to him, glaring at the guards who were slowly approaching.
Ten looked at them both, her eyes softening for a few seconds, nodding silently, I've made my decision. `It's only fair, after all.' Taking out her beyblade and launcher, she released it in the guards' way, startling them for a few moments. The top quickly changed directions, moving towards a small, almost hidden door. She remembered it would lead them to the laundry room, two levels down. From there, the exit was quick. As it connected with the handle, the blade returned to its owner, the door opening swiftly.
Tala quickly got the idea, as he ran towards it, helping Rosemary go through the small entrance. He turned around to help Ten, but she had been caught by the guards, even if two of them were out by her hand. Her eyes locked with his, as she mouthed, giving him a small sad smile, “Go. You don't need me. It's ok.” Closing his eyes at the sight, he quickly followed the Scottish girl.
“Wh-Where's t'e othah gi'l?” she asked him, as he landed graciously on his feet, looking slightly paler than normal.
He looked up at her, shaking his head gently, whispering, “She didn't make it. I-I couldn't help her.”
Rose walked forward, taking his hand in hers, “Don't blame yaself. It wasn't yer fault...”
“But it's not-” the words died on his lips as her finger was placed upon them.
“As you said, we need to go, Yuriy.” Her eyes turned away from his, as she walked away, towards the exit, trying to slow down the beating of her heart. `Why, oh why do's my body act like t'is when `e did w'at `e did?'
Even if her back was turned, he nodded nevertheless, walking past her and opening the door for her, as they exited the room. “Turn left. It will lead us outside.” Tala wasn't too sure of his feelings towards these two girls.
Ten knew his past, knew practically everything there was to know about him.
Rosemary didn't, although she understood him and never judged his decisions. Even if she didn't agree with his choice of coming here, she didn't stop him.
Ten also had a hard past and, like him, wasn't all that sure that the word Love even existed in this universe.
Rosemary believed in him and in their relationship, making him see there was something more than beyblading and training.
Both different, but both with an enormous significance to him.
`But for now, my priority is to put Rosemary safely outside. I was too much of an idiot for letting Ten alone with all those guards. I should've known she couldn't handle them allat the same time...' In a few minutes, they found the door that would lead them to their freedom, as they pushed it open.
Cold fresh air met their nostrils, as she grinned tiredly at him, his reply a very small smile. They had made it.
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Kai was running in a bee-line, as pieces of the ceiling and walls fell everywhere. Join the fire here and there, and this seemed a battle zone. `Which probably was...' He saw the scratches of beyblade's in some walls, as he smirked to himself, Good. A few more meters and everything should be just fine. `I just hope everyone got out alright.'
Launching Dranzer a bit ahead of him, the bit beast quickly destroyed the handle of the door, returning to his stretched hand once more. Pushing the busted door, he slowed his pace, looking around the snowy field. He was at the back of the Abbey, but out of it all the same.
Letting out a soft sigh of relief, and smirking slightly as he heard the Abbey's walls and ceiling crumble, he started walking again, his breathing returning to normal after the sudden running.
Turning the corner, he saw the fire burning through the windows on the second floor of the Abbey with satisfaction. `Perhaps now, they'll give up trying to take over the world...' Looking in the opposite direction, the sight of everyone else running towards him made him smile softly.
“Kai!!” Iris was the first one to arrive, surprising everyone else by wrapping her arms around his neck (the big surprise was that he didn't stop her), “ I thought I'd lost you back there... You ok?”
He hugged her back briefly, before pulling away, “I'm fine, just slightly tired. Nothing that a good night's sleep won't cure. Everyone got out ok?” as he said it, Tala and Rosemary looked away.
“We all did, except Ten. She.. She didn't make it. We couldn't help her in time.” the red head said quietly, his turquoise gaze looking to the buildings again.
After that, the BladeBreakers' captain stayed quiet, his eyes following the other boy's.
Movement caught her attention, as Iris looked over Kai's shoulder to try to see it again. Her breathing hitched, as her eyes widened, `No, he won't. That can't be... he...'
Voltaire was approaching them from behind, a murderous expression in his normally emotionless face. It could be a good opportunity to laugh at his figure, if it wasn't for the unspoken menace he carried on his right hand.
A gun.
Pointing it in Kai's direction.
It was a matter of seconds, but she watched it in slow motion. First her eyes widened in realisation of what was about to happen... The pulling of the trigger... The clenching of her heart... And her reaction.
“Kai.. NO!!” when she yelled, the rest of the gang was just turning around to see where the noise from the shot came from. Not having any time, she did what she thought was best. Quickly grasping his shoulders, she turned the clueless boy around in a half circle, putting her body in his former position, covering his.
Through the whole thing, the only thing that she saw was his eyes. The emotions passing by them were very alike the ones she had just experienced. First questioning, then comprehension and finally fear. The girl's quick thinking saved them both, as the bullet flew through the air, hardly a foot away from them.
No one saw Voltaire's escapade after that, too worried about their two friends.
“Oh gods, are you two alright?!”
“Fine. Luckily it was just a scare...” Kai visibly relaxed, his arms absently holding Iris, who was with her eyes closed. “Everything's fine.”
The rest of them all nodded.
The black haired girl frowned slightly, `By my calculations, the bullet should've hit me... What happened then?'
“Yuriy?” At the sound of his name, said boy turned to Rosemary, who looked a bit nervous. She continued, “Ah-I wanted to say t'at... I'm sorry... Ah didn't have t'e right tah say what Ah said yesterday. And t'e nig't befo'. You were right. Ya had yer reasons an' Ah didn't respect t'at. I'm sorry...”
“I know.” He walked closer to her, reaching up to gently cup her cheek, “That was one of the reasons you came, wasn't it?” She nodded slowly, not looking away from him, ending up blushing faintly. “And may I know the other reasons?”
Her voice had lowered to a soft whisper, “I-I dunno...”
“Then, let me..” his head tilted sideways as he leaned in, his eyes slowly closing. But firm hands on his chest made him stop and look questioningly to her, “What-”
“Ah saw you kissin' `er, Tala. T'is is all a lie. Please, don't do t'is. Ya don't want to..” A lone tear escaped her, as she turned her head away.
“What are-” then, it all came back to him. “You saw us?”
Her lavender eyes flashed angrily, “Yeah, an' Ah bet if Ah didn't, ya would have said `Oh sorry `bout t'e othe' night, Rose, please let's jus' get on wi' it'! Right? Figures! Ya'll t'e same!”
“No, I would've told you, if you had asked me. But the truth is, I don't like her, Rosemary. I did, once, I won't deny that. But for quite some time, my mind is thinking on somebody else. And that somebody happens to be you.” At the sincere tone his words had, she looked at him once more, into those electric blue hues.
Right then, she knew she couldn't say no to him. He couldn't be lying about this, he just couldn't. Or maybe it was just her optimist nature. Whatever it was, it made her eyes soften, as she pressed her lips against his in a small peck, pulling back afterwards, before everyone else noticed.
Tala smiled at her, an arm wrapping around her waist loosely, as they turned to face the others. Iris seemed to be the only one who knew about what had just happened as she winked at them, but by his furious face, Johnny must've seen that too. Despite her brother's reaction, Rosemary didn't walk away from the Russian boy.
“So...” Ian started, as they were walking back to the hotel, “What's it gonna be now? What will happen?”
Both Kai and Tala switched stares at that, looking back to the girls walking by their sides.
“Well, Ah guess Ah'll return to Scotland, with mah brothe'. Maybe in t'e next tournament, we'll meet again, eh?” Rosemary distanced herself from the warm embrace she was experiencing, going back to walk with the Majestic's. She didn't want to face Tala's questions right now.
“And now with the Abbey gone, we also don't have much problem in staying here, right?” Spencer looked at the rest of the Demolition Boys, who nodded.
“I'm sure Mr. D won't mind helping you guys a bit by giving you a place to stay and train too.” Ray added, “As for me, while a tournament isn't too close, I'll return to the White Tigers for sometime. Max also said he wanted to pay a visit to Judy and the All Starz.”
“And what about you, Iris?”
Her pace faltered for a moment, before she glanced at the mahogany questioning eyes. “Me? Nothing much, I guess... I'll go back to Portugal for some time, reunite with some old friends.” A small smile played upon her lips, “For years, I don't have news from them. And I miss them badly. But in the next tournament, wherever it is, I'll go!”
“Hn. I'm sure.” Again, he felt a bit empty. They would separate, to go on their different ways, to live their lives. Alone. `What a weakness.. To be feeling like this.'
Suddenly, the silver eyed female remembered, taking out the small ring from her pocket, “Oh, here. I almost forgot. This is yours.” She handed it to him, but he shook his head, not taking it back.
“I gave it to you, remember? So, keep it. It meant a lot to my mother. She passed it to me when she was dying. Because I was an important part of her life. And now, I pass it to you. It's in your hands now. You're responsible for it.”
“Oh.” `Duh, nice answer, Iris! Oh? Urrgh...' A faint blush covered her cheek bones. `Glad that no one's looking, except Kai.' She slipped the slender band into her finger, noticing that it was obviously made for a woman, fitting her perfectly. “Thank you.”
“Don't thank me. You don't need to.”
“Alright, if you say so.” She leaned more into him, nuzzling his shoulder. `This is going to be one of the last times I'll do this for quite some time...' “So, does this mean that I'm an important part of your life, like you were to your mother?”
“You can say that.”
“I see. But the most important thing has already been made though.”
“What do you mean?” a light eyebrow rose in her direction.
She giggled, “You.” As he rolled his eyes, she let out another chuckle, “Sorry, I couldn't help myself.”
“You know, you're getting way too sappy for my liking.”
His reply was a not-so-gentle slap on the arm, “Hey! I resent that!”
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“Shall we?” a hissing feminine voice sounded through gritted non-human sharp teeth, looking away from the tired, but victorious teens.
“Not now, Marishka.” A slightly deeper, but also female voice, wiser and more patient, replied, “We cannot take such a chance. These mortals must not see us. Our master said so. You heard him...”
The younger being moved restlessly from her high perch, “Our Lord said to bring the Praeceptrix, Aleera. That is our mission.”
“Yes. But he also gave us strict orders: no one is allowed to see us, but she.”
“And do you really think they don't realize it? Semiramis helped them. The boy knows. We changed that bullet's direction. They will get suspicious. We have to take her now, before they discover our intentions!”
“We shall have our chance, sister. We have waited for centuries. We can wait for a few more days, weeks, months. It is of little matter to us.”
“But if we killed them now-”
“As much as that possibility pleases my needs,” ivory fangs glistened in a wicked grin as the other interrupted, “We shall wait. There will be a time where the humans will fear our names once more. And that time is near, Marishka. But while that, we must go.” As a cold breeze suddenly appeared, the two creatures went with it.
TBC...
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`Italics' thoughts
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Chapter 11... Revenge: Part II
And it was right then that he knew something was not right. `It's not her'. She would never look at anyone that made her life a living hell like that, not even if her life depended on it. Her pride would never let her.
“As you can see, Kai-”
“That's not her.”
Everyone turned to look at him, surprised, “What?”
“I don't know what you did, but that is not her.” He tried in vain to free himself from the guards.
“Fine!” `Iris' sneered, her form suddenly changing into a tall and older woman, her blonde her caught in a tight high ponytail. Every pair of eyes observed her in awe and even slight fear, except Voltaire's. She turned to the latter, “He is smarter than I had first thought... What do you plan on doing now, old man?” her voice had a slight accent.
“Patience is a virtue, my dear Velane. If he can't be fooled, we'll continue with the plan. In a more... forceful way.”
“Do not forget our deal, human...” she grinned, her long canines glistening menacingly from the semi-dark environment, “If you do, I'll make sure you won't live to know how it feels to fool unus strix (1).”
“I'm sure you will.”
Said Velane turned around, slapping Boris' hand away from her shoulder, a snarl on her lips, as she exited the room.
“Now, Kai... You realize this will happen, because it was your own free will, don't you?”
As the teen prepared to snap something back at his grandfather, a sharp pain was felt right at his nape. The smirking face of Voltaire was all he remembered before everything went black.
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“Great, now what? We just wait?” Ian glared at the Abbey, as he paced outside. Most of the students were out, safe and sound; the only ones who didn't get out were the Shadowed Blades and a few more. Escaping and beating up a few guards on their way for pure fun was also quick and now both he and Spencer were waiting outside. The surprise was to find the Majestic's on their way. “What a stupid, stupid, fucked up plan, Kai!” Ian continued complaining.
“You heard him. After finishing each part of the plan, we had to get out. Ray should be coming out soon too.” Spencer stood beside the short boy's pacing, silently observing the building. In his hand, he absently twirled Seaborg around, `Just to be sure.. Better safe than sorry.'
“What!? And stay here?! My cousin just entered when I had my back turned! We need to get her back, NOW!” Johnny waved his arms widely, pointing to the Abbey, starting to get agitated, “God knows if she manages to get out alive!” Indeed, young Rosemary had sneaked inside, without them knowing.
“And what are you doing here anyways? No one said you should have even come!” the purple haired Russian took the chance to also snap at the snobbish team. What did they want, complaining about a spoiled little girl when she and a few more people, their friends, may die?
“It was Rosemary herself that insisted we should come and help you. You should be happy she even thought of you. I don't seem to find a reason as to why she would want that, though...” Robert muttered the last part to himself.
“And by doing her stupid bidding, look at what just happened! I'm going after her.” As the redhead prepared to start walking, a cloaked figure walked in front of him suddenly. With a nod, it made him fall backwards to the floor, without as much as touching him.
Its voice was feminine, even if it was anything that neither of them had ever heard before, with a slight accent, “If I were you, I wouldn't do that. Leave it to us, human. They won't get her.” With that, it was gone in a cloud of black smoke. A shiver ran down the spine of everyone as a sudden cold enveloped them all.
“What was that... thing?” Ray voiced everyone's thoughts, as he came out from the Abbey. No one could answer him.
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Tala stopped, leaning against a wall, as he caught his breath, Ten still in his arms. The girl in question moaned softly as her eyes opened gingerly, slowly focusing on him. Her lips started to form a smile, but it soon turned into an embarrassed one as everything came back to her. Especially when the boy holding her was the one she had just kissed.
He put her down gently, still supporting her, as his eyes searched hers, “You ok?”
“I am, now. Thanks to you.” She took a step back, the distance managing to keep them from other thoughts, “We-We have to go back.”
“No, we have to get out of the Abbey, not meet up with the others. You heard Kai. And for once, he's right.” he started walking away.
“But what about them? What if they can't make it? What then?” she fought back the urge to shout some sense into him. The boy who has just been caring a few seconds ago was ready to leave his friends behind without even taking a glance back. “We can help them!”
Only a sigh met her ears, “We really don't have a choice in this. It's them or us. If we choose them, we'll probably put everyone at risk, as well as ourselves.”
Looking around one last time, she followed silently, knowing he was right.
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Kai finally came around, feeling a massive head-ache already forming. Slowly, he opened his eyes, flinching slightly at the bright light that greeted him.
The first thing he noticed was that he was bound at the wrists and ankles. The second was that he couldn't feel Dranzer's presence anywhere near him. At that, his eyes snapped open. `Dranzer...'
No answer.
“Ah, you're awake.” A familiar voice sounded from behind him. Voltaire walked forward, stepping into his field of vision.
“What do you want.”
The man seemed to ignore the question, “If you weren't so foolish, this wouldn't be necessary.” A smirk was glued to his lips, “You didn't need to suffer like this, Kai. Don't think this is easy for me; you are the next generation of our family after all.”
He almost laughed, “And you expect me to believe that...”
“Do as you wish. But if you were intelligent, you would have brought the girl here, as soon as you knew she was this powerful.”
His eyes narrowed, “I'd never bring someone here for you to make experiences on. You did enough already.”
“It's a shame, really. You would be a good ally to The Cause.” The woman from before stepped out of the shadows. As she passed by him, her hand lingered upon his cheek lightly. Much to his surprise, it was cold as ice. Not the normal cold when you're in winter, but inhumanly cold. He recoiled from her touch, goose bumps forming over his skin.
“Sir,” another voice joined the conversation. Boris'. “Should we start?”
Voltaire turned around, once more smirking, “Ah, yes. Please do. Our guest is waiting, after all.” Boris left after that. Silence ensued.
Until a surprised and slightly painful intake of breath sounded. It took him a few moments to realize it was his own. Something was wrong. His mind hurt as hell, and he could barely keep his eyes open.
A soft chuckle, which seemed extremely loud now that the pain was almost unbearable, sounded just beside his ear, “Can you guess what is wrong, young Kai? Why does your mind hurt so much?” the voice sounded amused at his pain. He stayed quiet though. Another chuckle, “Where could Dranzer be?”
`So, that's it...' He finally understood. Something was wrong with Dranzer. And Kai was feeling the same. Or a portion of it. `The part of the pain Dranzer can't hold out...' “What the hell are you doing to him.” More like an order than a question, but he answered him nevertheless.
“Don't tell me that you don't know? What do you think Black Dranzer really is? He's nothing more than Dranzer himself, but with dark power, instead of the power of the Light he has. For now. Besides, with our technology, it will be easy to modify a few cells and multiply his power.”
“That would destroy his power's donor, meaning Dranzer!”
“And your point is?”
The teen opened his eyes regretfully, “You won't manage to control him. You'll create a monster that, in the end, will turn against you! Can't you see? It's completely useless.” He managed to invoke a small smirk, “Whatever you do, you'll lose.”
“Ah, but what if we can control the monster? That way, you're the one who will lose. BIOVOLT is much more advanced than you think.” Voltaire turned away from him, “Prepare phase two.”
A few seconds later, the pain intensified. He couldn't help a groan, as he tried to shut his mind from the intense pain. `I can't even imagine how Dranzer's feeling.' “Dranzer...” a soft whisper left his lips.
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As she was ready to continue on her way, Bryan pulled Iris to the side. “What the hell are you doing?!”
“You promised, or did you already forgot?”
“Huh?”
“Iris, as soon as we got Black Dranzer, we were supposed to get out of here as quickly as we could. Let's go!”
“No!” she pulled her arm back as if he was taking her to her own death, “Are you mad? I'm not leaving until everyone's safe!”
The boy sighed, muttering something about women under his breath, “Look, we need to get out of here, right now! I said I would get you out of here, and I will. Even if I have to knock you out to do so.”
She gave him a look, “As if!” as he pulled her along towards one of the exits. With one last look over her shoulder, she followed.
As they both saw the others ahead, a sudden explosion made them look back to the Abbey once more. Their eyes widened. A fire had started in the second floor.
`And Kai, Boris and Voltaire are probably on the upper levels. Which means, neither will have a way out!' Iris's heart clenched, suddenly remembering something. `He placed something on my pocket..' She took it out. A bright silver band greeted her matching eyes. Taking a closer look, the ring had two small phoenixes, in two symmetric stances, their wings opened wide.
Her hues glanced back towards the buildings, `Don't you dare dying on me now... Not like this... Please...'
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Boris watched with glee as the power revealed itself. The beyblade had been released, as was the Fire Phoenix. But being protected by a powerful force-field didn't give the bit beast a very good chance to free itself. Not now, at least. Lasers were being shot in specific places of the room, trying to control the phoenix, which was doing everything in its power to prevent them of doing just that.
Dranzer screeched loudly, as the lasers kept coming. It wasn't to hurt, no. It was just to keep him in check, not to have a chance to escape while they do something else. If he tried to raise his power a bit more than they wanted to, the lasers intensified, hurting him. And he didn't like it in the least.
:: Must... escape... Master Kai may be... in danger... ::
That was all he was worried about for now. The intensity changed. This time, the rays were shot to weaken him. He screeched once more, faintly feeling his blader's distress. And knowing he could not help nor reach him made the bit beast even angrier. But as much as he tried, he couldn't free himself. His energy was lowering at an alarmingly fast rate. He knew he couldn't hold on for much more time.
The power they were extracting was to add to the Dark Phoenix's own power, making Black Dranzer more powerful than Dranzer, who he was created from. For now, the Fire Phoenix was still more powerful and the original bit beast. But Black Dranzer would get stronger, even if he was only the clone-like experience.
A sad screech sounded, as the phoenix returned to his beyblade, drained and extremely tired.
From the monitor he was watching thoroughly, Boris smiled in appreciation. `Finally. His energy is completely drained.' His eyes looked to the big wide tube behind him, the pure raw energy restrained there moving everywhere, trying to free itself, just like its donor, `Now, all I have to do is pass that power to Black Dranzer.' “Prepare Black Dranzer. Bring him here afterwards. Phase three is about to begin.” A few minutes later, one of his other monitors turned on. It was from the Experiences Wing, the room where Black Dranzer was kept. “Yes?”
“I'm afraid to inform you, Sir, that someone was here before. They took Black Dranzer, and his display window is shattered.”
“What!? But it was made of unbreakable glass! Besides, no one could ever-” the purple haired man stopped himself, realization dawning in his mind. “Blast those freaks! It was them all along!” he turned on the monitor to Voltaire's office.
“What is it?” Voltaire's voice sounded slightly annoyed, but his expression was one of satisfaction.
“I think we have a problem, Voltaire...”
“The energy draining must've gone just fine. Our guest just fainted a few moments ago.”
“Yes, it did, but...” the scientist sighed, “Black Dranzer is gone, Sir.”
“What?! But how?”
“We don't know, Sir. Nothing was recorded in the vigilance system. And the unbreakable glass is completely broken. And I think that... it was them, Sir.”
“That's impossible! Velane left, yes, but I'm sure it wasn't for-” a loud explosion sounded, interrupting Voltaire. A monitor suddenly turned on, as Voltaire looked at it. It was from the same room where Boris was, but from a different angle.
The large tube that restrained the Fire Phoenix's energy had been destroyed, and said energy was no where to be seen. The same went for Boris. “No!” Movement caught the elder's interest once more though. Among the fire the explosion had created, a dark figure walked forward, shattering the remains of the wide tube, making it impossible to be rebuilt. A wise but incredibly soft voice whispered to the darkness and silence of the room, “Tu ire nimius progredi. Et nunc, tu iras pendere magno eam ob rem (2)...” the image of the security camera started to get fuzzy, as if there was some kind of interference, until it went completely black.
“Semiramis... I thought she was dead!”
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`Please...'
His eyes opened again. He didn't feel as bad as he did when he fainted. Now, the soreness seemed to be just a simple memory. `That's strange... What the hell happened?' The pain he shared with Dranzer seemed to be gone. And Voltaire wasn't in the room. He was the only one in that office, even if, after a look at it, the door was locked.
Kai stood up gingerly, carefully. Okay, some pain, but not anywhere close to that he had felt before. `Dranzer?'
:: I'm here, Master Kai... On the second floor. How are you feeling? ::
`Much better than you, I'm sure. I'll be there as soon as I get out of here.' As he moved towards the door, it suddenly opened. The teen stepped back. A cloaked figure entered, its frame very alike the `Velane' his grandfather had talked to.
“Tu. Redite viam.” It pulled its hood, a woman's features showing off through a curtain of midnight straight black hair, “I said, let's go. It is not safe here.” So, it wasn't her.
“Really? The other one was under Voltaire's orders-”
“Velane is not one to follow anyone's orders. As soon as she can, she will kill the one you call Voltaire. She only wants the Praeceptrix. I may be from her clan also, ita, but I'm her rival. Some call me The Light, others, Semiramis. But please, you must come. You must take Lord Dranzer away from here. Lord Black Dranzer is in the Praeceptrix's hands now. But you need to hurry, youngling. You must go.”
“I never saw you before. For all I know, you can kill me as soon as I turn my back. How exactly do I know I can trust you?”
The humanoid smiled mysteriously, “That is obvious. You don't. However, if you don't want to lose your precious bit beast, I advise you to go. Unintentionally, I have started a fire. I have forgotten how fragile human construction materials can be.” The last part was muttered to herself, but he heard it, as he lifted an eyebrow, keeping quiet though.
`Guess I have no choice whatsoever.' “Fine.” He walked towards the door, looking one last time at her, “You're not coming?”
“I have an objective to accomplish here, boy. Go on.”
Hesitating for a few seconds at first, the slate-haired teen continued on his way through the endless corridors. As the smell of fire intensified, so did his pace, as he started running along the halls. Finally finding the room he was searching for, he avoided carefully the burning machines and circuits, quickly finding Dranzer. Luckily, unharmed. The chip shined as he approached.
'Hey, Dranzer... Good to have you back.'
:: It's good to be back, young Master... ::
Once safe in his pocket again, Kai turned around, exiting the room.
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An explosion sounded, making them both look back, slightly startled.
“What was that?”
“Duh, an explosion, Yuriy...” just as Ten finished her sentence, the all-too familiar groaning of iron met their ears. Familiar yes, but in the movies. “Please tell me that that's not what I think it is...”
“I so hate it when you're right..” he turned his head to the corridor in front of him. A piece of the ceiling fell, making Ten jump slightly in surprise.
“We really need to walk slow-” Tala interrupted her as he quickly ran in the opposite way, dragging her along, “Stop it; you'll only make things even worse! This thing may go all down on us!”
“It will, if we don't hurry. Now come on!”
On their way, they found a surprised Rosemary, walking slowly along the halls. Her light eyes looked back, as she focused on them, as they ran past her and quickly skidded to a stop, “What are ya-”
“Run!” not even letting her finish, Tala grasped her wrist in the same fashion he was doing to Ten, pulling both girls along with him.
`We won't make it on time.. We're still a bit far, and this place will go down in only a few minutes!' The Russian girl thought desperately; she knew this was the quicker way, but still it was too slow. As they turned a corner, a few guards waited them.
“There they are!”
“Aww, gods, can't we jus' geht a bit o' luck `ere?!” Instinctively, Rose leaned into Tala, who absently pulled her closer to him, glaring at the guards who were slowly approaching.
Ten looked at them both, her eyes softening for a few seconds, nodding silently, I've made my decision. `It's only fair, after all.' Taking out her beyblade and launcher, she released it in the guards' way, startling them for a few moments. The top quickly changed directions, moving towards a small, almost hidden door. She remembered it would lead them to the laundry room, two levels down. From there, the exit was quick. As it connected with the handle, the blade returned to its owner, the door opening swiftly.
Tala quickly got the idea, as he ran towards it, helping Rosemary go through the small entrance. He turned around to help Ten, but she had been caught by the guards, even if two of them were out by her hand. Her eyes locked with his, as she mouthed, giving him a small sad smile, “Go. You don't need me. It's ok.” Closing his eyes at the sight, he quickly followed the Scottish girl.
“Wh-Where's t'e othah gi'l?” she asked him, as he landed graciously on his feet, looking slightly paler than normal.
He looked up at her, shaking his head gently, whispering, “She didn't make it. I-I couldn't help her.”
Rose walked forward, taking his hand in hers, “Don't blame yaself. It wasn't yer fault...”
“But it's not-” the words died on his lips as her finger was placed upon them.
“As you said, we need to go, Yuriy.” Her eyes turned away from his, as she walked away, towards the exit, trying to slow down the beating of her heart. `Why, oh why do's my body act like t'is when `e did w'at `e did?'
Even if her back was turned, he nodded nevertheless, walking past her and opening the door for her, as they exited the room. “Turn left. It will lead us outside.” Tala wasn't too sure of his feelings towards these two girls.
Ten knew his past, knew practically everything there was to know about him.
Rosemary didn't, although she understood him and never judged his decisions. Even if she didn't agree with his choice of coming here, she didn't stop him.
Ten also had a hard past and, like him, wasn't all that sure that the word Love even existed in this universe.
Rosemary believed in him and in their relationship, making him see there was something more than beyblading and training.
Both different, but both with an enormous significance to him.
`But for now, my priority is to put Rosemary safely outside. I was too much of an idiot for letting Ten alone with all those guards. I should've known she couldn't handle them allat the same time...' In a few minutes, they found the door that would lead them to their freedom, as they pushed it open.
Cold fresh air met their nostrils, as she grinned tiredly at him, his reply a very small smile. They had made it.
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Kai was running in a bee-line, as pieces of the ceiling and walls fell everywhere. Join the fire here and there, and this seemed a battle zone. `Which probably was...' He saw the scratches of beyblade's in some walls, as he smirked to himself, Good. A few more meters and everything should be just fine. `I just hope everyone got out alright.'
Launching Dranzer a bit ahead of him, the bit beast quickly destroyed the handle of the door, returning to his stretched hand once more. Pushing the busted door, he slowed his pace, looking around the snowy field. He was at the back of the Abbey, but out of it all the same.
Letting out a soft sigh of relief, and smirking slightly as he heard the Abbey's walls and ceiling crumble, he started walking again, his breathing returning to normal after the sudden running.
Turning the corner, he saw the fire burning through the windows on the second floor of the Abbey with satisfaction. `Perhaps now, they'll give up trying to take over the world...' Looking in the opposite direction, the sight of everyone else running towards him made him smile softly.
“Kai!!” Iris was the first one to arrive, surprising everyone else by wrapping her arms around his neck (the big surprise was that he didn't stop her), “ I thought I'd lost you back there... You ok?”
He hugged her back briefly, before pulling away, “I'm fine, just slightly tired. Nothing that a good night's sleep won't cure. Everyone got out ok?” as he said it, Tala and Rosemary looked away.
“We all did, except Ten. She.. She didn't make it. We couldn't help her in time.” the red head said quietly, his turquoise gaze looking to the buildings again.
After that, the BladeBreakers' captain stayed quiet, his eyes following the other boy's.
Movement caught her attention, as Iris looked over Kai's shoulder to try to see it again. Her breathing hitched, as her eyes widened, `No, he won't. That can't be... he...'
Voltaire was approaching them from behind, a murderous expression in his normally emotionless face. It could be a good opportunity to laugh at his figure, if it wasn't for the unspoken menace he carried on his right hand.
A gun.
Pointing it in Kai's direction.
It was a matter of seconds, but she watched it in slow motion. First her eyes widened in realisation of what was about to happen... The pulling of the trigger... The clenching of her heart... And her reaction.
“Kai.. NO!!” when she yelled, the rest of the gang was just turning around to see where the noise from the shot came from. Not having any time, she did what she thought was best. Quickly grasping his shoulders, she turned the clueless boy around in a half circle, putting her body in his former position, covering his.
Through the whole thing, the only thing that she saw was his eyes. The emotions passing by them were very alike the ones she had just experienced. First questioning, then comprehension and finally fear. The girl's quick thinking saved them both, as the bullet flew through the air, hardly a foot away from them.
No one saw Voltaire's escapade after that, too worried about their two friends.
“Oh gods, are you two alright?!”
“Fine. Luckily it was just a scare...” Kai visibly relaxed, his arms absently holding Iris, who was with her eyes closed. “Everything's fine.”
The rest of them all nodded.
The black haired girl frowned slightly, `By my calculations, the bullet should've hit me... What happened then?'
“Yuriy?” At the sound of his name, said boy turned to Rosemary, who looked a bit nervous. She continued, “Ah-I wanted to say t'at... I'm sorry... Ah didn't have t'e right tah say what Ah said yesterday. And t'e nig't befo'. You were right. Ya had yer reasons an' Ah didn't respect t'at. I'm sorry...”
“I know.” He walked closer to her, reaching up to gently cup her cheek, “That was one of the reasons you came, wasn't it?” She nodded slowly, not looking away from him, ending up blushing faintly. “And may I know the other reasons?”
Her voice had lowered to a soft whisper, “I-I dunno...”
“Then, let me..” his head tilted sideways as he leaned in, his eyes slowly closing. But firm hands on his chest made him stop and look questioningly to her, “What-”
“Ah saw you kissin' `er, Tala. T'is is all a lie. Please, don't do t'is. Ya don't want to..” A lone tear escaped her, as she turned her head away.
“What are-” then, it all came back to him. “You saw us?”
Her lavender eyes flashed angrily, “Yeah, an' Ah bet if Ah didn't, ya would have said `Oh sorry `bout t'e othe' night, Rose, please let's jus' get on wi' it'! Right? Figures! Ya'll t'e same!”
“No, I would've told you, if you had asked me. But the truth is, I don't like her, Rosemary. I did, once, I won't deny that. But for quite some time, my mind is thinking on somebody else. And that somebody happens to be you.” At the sincere tone his words had, she looked at him once more, into those electric blue hues.
Right then, she knew she couldn't say no to him. He couldn't be lying about this, he just couldn't. Or maybe it was just her optimist nature. Whatever it was, it made her eyes soften, as she pressed her lips against his in a small peck, pulling back afterwards, before everyone else noticed.
Tala smiled at her, an arm wrapping around her waist loosely, as they turned to face the others. Iris seemed to be the only one who knew about what had just happened as she winked at them, but by his furious face, Johnny must've seen that too. Despite her brother's reaction, Rosemary didn't walk away from the Russian boy.
“So...” Ian started, as they were walking back to the hotel, “What's it gonna be now? What will happen?”
Both Kai and Tala switched stares at that, looking back to the girls walking by their sides.
“Well, Ah guess Ah'll return to Scotland, with mah brothe'. Maybe in t'e next tournament, we'll meet again, eh?” Rosemary distanced herself from the warm embrace she was experiencing, going back to walk with the Majestic's. She didn't want to face Tala's questions right now.
“And now with the Abbey gone, we also don't have much problem in staying here, right?” Spencer looked at the rest of the Demolition Boys, who nodded.
“I'm sure Mr. D won't mind helping you guys a bit by giving you a place to stay and train too.” Ray added, “As for me, while a tournament isn't too close, I'll return to the White Tigers for sometime. Max also said he wanted to pay a visit to Judy and the All Starz.”
“And what about you, Iris?”
Her pace faltered for a moment, before she glanced at the mahogany questioning eyes. “Me? Nothing much, I guess... I'll go back to Portugal for some time, reunite with some old friends.” A small smile played upon her lips, “For years, I don't have news from them. And I miss them badly. But in the next tournament, wherever it is, I'll go!”
“Hn. I'm sure.” Again, he felt a bit empty. They would separate, to go on their different ways, to live their lives. Alone. `What a weakness.. To be feeling like this.'
Suddenly, the silver eyed female remembered, taking out the small ring from her pocket, “Oh, here. I almost forgot. This is yours.” She handed it to him, but he shook his head, not taking it back.
“I gave it to you, remember? So, keep it. It meant a lot to my mother. She passed it to me when she was dying. Because I was an important part of her life. And now, I pass it to you. It's in your hands now. You're responsible for it.”
“Oh.” `Duh, nice answer, Iris! Oh? Urrgh...' A faint blush covered her cheek bones. `Glad that no one's looking, except Kai.' She slipped the slender band into her finger, noticing that it was obviously made for a woman, fitting her perfectly. “Thank you.”
“Don't thank me. You don't need to.”
“Alright, if you say so.” She leaned more into him, nuzzling his shoulder. `This is going to be one of the last times I'll do this for quite some time...' “So, does this mean that I'm an important part of your life, like you were to your mother?”
“You can say that.”
“I see. But the most important thing has already been made though.”
“What do you mean?” a light eyebrow rose in her direction.
She giggled, “You.” As he rolled his eyes, she let out another chuckle, “Sorry, I couldn't help myself.”
“You know, you're getting way too sappy for my liking.”
His reply was a not-so-gentle slap on the arm, “Hey! I resent that!”
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“Shall we?” a hissing feminine voice sounded through gritted non-human sharp teeth, looking away from the tired, but victorious teens.
“Not now, Marishka.” A slightly deeper, but also female voice, wiser and more patient, replied, “We cannot take such a chance. These mortals must not see us. Our master said so. You heard him...”
The younger being moved restlessly from her high perch, “Our Lord said to bring the Praeceptrix, Aleera. That is our mission.”
“Yes. But he also gave us strict orders: no one is allowed to see us, but she.”
“And do you really think they don't realize it? Semiramis helped them. The boy knows. We changed that bullet's direction. They will get suspicious. We have to take her now, before they discover our intentions!”
“We shall have our chance, sister. We have waited for centuries. We can wait for a few more days, weeks, months. It is of little matter to us.”
“But if we killed them now-”
“As much as that possibility pleases my needs,” ivory fangs glistened in a wicked grin as the other interrupted, “We shall wait. There will be a time where the humans will fear our names once more. And that time is near, Marishka. But while that, we must go.” As a cold breeze suddenly appeared, the two creatures went with it.
TBC...
(1): Latin for “a vampire”/“one vampire”
(2): Rough translation of “You have gone too far. And now, you shall pay dearly for that.” the verbs are probably wrong, but bare w/ me
(2): Rough translation of “You have gone too far. And now, you shall pay dearly for that.” the verbs are probably wrong, but bare w/ me