Rescue- Kai, Rei and EVERYONE!
'Are you sure you can do this?'
Kai had slept for the whole of Thursday night up till around one on Friday afternoon. After that he had insisted on
getting up so he could make sure everything was going according to plan. Although the others protested they really
couldn't find all that much wrong with him. It seemed that Kai's almost eighteen-hour sleep had really done him
good! He had spent the day limping around with the help of an old crutch that Tyson had found but, apart from that,
there was nothing wrong with him.
Now they were standing at the bottom of the hill where the meeting would take place. It was time for the plan to go
into action.
'Yes Max, I'm fine. Really.' Kai shocked them all by grinning slightly. 'We're gonna get Rei back remember? Now go
and get that antidote!' with that he turned away from them and walked off. He was just trying to keep their spirits
up. In reality, all he would have to do was hide in the bushes until the bad guys arrived then plant the tracking
device and wait for the others.
Max sighed.
'I guess we should go too then?' he said. The others nodded and they began their walk up the hill to the old Perfidia
pagoda. As they made their way upwards through the forest, Kenny Tyson and Max kept silent, each thinking about
what was to came. At last they came to a small clearing at the top of the hill. There in the middle of the clearing was
the old pagoda and waiting on the steps was Boris Balkov and a group of henchmen. Slung roughly over one man's
shoulder was Rei. He seemed to be unconscious.
'Rei' whispered Tyson in shock, and then, growing angry, 'REI!' Max and Kenny grabbed his arms to hold him back. If
he attacked Boris and his cronies single-handed they would murder him.
'Now, now, Tyson. That's no way to treat an old friend, is it?' Tyson growled angrily at Boris but when Max and Kenny
finally let go of him he stayed where he was.
'Good boy! Now, I believe you have something for us?' Tyson looked at Max despairingly. Max just took the fake
blade out of his pocket and handed it to Tyson.
'Go on.' He whispered reassuringly. 'Rei's gonna be okay.' But in the back of his mind was still the fear that Rei
would not be all right. Tyson nodded anyway, seemingly reassured, he turned and walked towards the enemy. Earlier
that day, Kai had added the final touches to the blades. They now each had a passable copy of Draciel and Dragoon
where the bit chips should be. It had turned out that Kai was actually surprisingly artistic and the two blades could
now easily be passed off as the real thing, with care.
With an angry scowl on his face, Tyson stopped midway between the two groups and waited as Boris approached him
with an evil smirk plastered across his face.
'Give us back our friend!' growled Tyson. Boris just smiled all the more,
'The Beyblades first if you please.' He said calmly. With a grimace, Tyson held out his arm and reluctantly dropped
the two fakes into Boris' eagerly waiting hands.
'Now, give Rei back!' He pleaded. Boris looked up from the two blades, smiling.
'I'm afraid that wasn't part of the deal, 'friend', All we said was that we would exchange the antidote for the blades!'
'But…' Max and Kenny hurried forward as Boris backed away. He reached into his pocket and took out a small vial of
pale blue liquid. Holding it up he stared at it thoughtfully.
'On second thoughts…' the three friends waited with slightly renewed hope.
'…On second thoughts, you won't need this anyway, seeing as how your friend is no longer with you.' Then with a
terrible smile on his face, Boris let go of the vial and the blade breakers watched in horror as it fell and smashed
upon the hard wood steps of the old pagoda. Then, laughing maliciously, Boris turned and walked away. His men
followed him, Rei carried in their midst.
'NO,' cried Tyson desperately, they were losing Rei and the antidote, they had gained nothing. 'Rei!' Tyson fell to his
knees, despair written across his face and together the three friends watched helplessly as Rei was carried away.
Unnoticed by all, a single pristine teardrop gathered in Rei's closed eye before falling, alone and unseen, to the forest
floor.
Kai opened his eyes and stood at the sound of approaching footsteps. He knew it was the Blade breakers, he could
hear Tyson sounding…upset. Kai shook his head, he had known they wouldn't get Rei back, before this whole thing
began, but, for once, he wished he could be wrong. He wasn't. The devastated looks on his team-mate's faces
confirmed it.
Kai sighed,
'Kenny, I stuck the tracking device to the leading van. Can you trace it?' Kenny nodded miserably and started typing
on Dizzy. Kai watched the three teens for a while, frowning. They just stared at the ground, almost as if they felt
guilty.
'We knew they wouldn't give us back Rei at the start, there's no use beating yourselves up about it now.' He said,
trying to snap them out of it. If anything, Tyson only looked even guiltier. He looked up at Kai, hesitantly.
'It…It's not that…we…we didn't get the antidote either.' Kai cursed under his breath and turned away from the others
trying to think. Finally he turned back, Tyson flinched slightly but Kai pretended not to notice.
'We'll just have to deal with that problem when we get to it,' he said, more cheerfully than he felt, 'Okay?' The others
nodded, cheering up slightly.
All of a sudden, Kenny looked up from his laptop, he was grinning slightly (apparently having missed the entire
discussion!)
'I have a location!' he said, becoming slightly more serious at the sober faces.
Where have they gone?' asked Tyson impatiently.
'It's a large building near the docks, we can get the bus there!'
'Too slow.' said Kai disdainfully, 'Call Mr. Dickinson and tell him we need transport to the docks immediately!' Kenny
nodded. A few minutes later (after a much politer call than Kai had suggested) The Blade Breakers were climbing
hurriedly into the large jeep that Mr. D. had sent!
In the jeep, the four friends spoke in hushed voices, working out what they would do.
'What's the security like, Kenny?' asked Tyson, peering over Kenny's shoulder at Dizzy. Kenny had hacked into the
mainframe computer at Voltaire's hideout; he typed for a few seconds and soon had a blueprint showing the whole
building's layout.
'Cool' whispered Tyson. 'You'd think they'd be more careful with stuff like this, wouldn't you.' Kenny looked slightly
embarrassed. In a small voice he said.
'Actually, I didn't get this from Biovolt. The city council has a blueprint of every building in the city. I got it from their
web-site!'
'Oh.' Said Tyson. 'Err, well done. Good thinking…' Kai sighed to interrupt their discussion.
'About the security system?' he asked. Kenny nodded hurriedly. Turning the laptop so everyone could see he pointed
out two spots on the blueprint.
'Here, and here are the weakest spots in security, we can try getting in through them. This one is a ventilation shaft
and I think this could be a cellar door but it might be blocked.' The others nodded.
'They'll probably be keeping him in the basement. If we can we should use the cellar door. It'll be easier to find our
way then.'
In the front seat, Max motioned for the driver to slow down. Turning around he said,
'We're almost there.' Kai nodded.
'Stop the jeep then, we'd better walk from here.' Obligingly, the driver pulled over and the Blade Breakers jumped
out.
Walking quickly, they soon came in sight of Biovolt's headquarters. It wasn't quite what they expected.
'I guess evil hideouts are getting harder to find on the market.' Joked Tyson half-heartedly. The other's just nodded,
slightly bemused. The building they were looking at, wasn't an old warehouse, it wasn't some security ridden castle or
even an abbey. It was just a house. Not quite large enough to be a mansion, but getting there. From their viewpoint
behind the hedge, the Blade Breakers could see no sign of movement but here and there, carefully placed, were high
tech security cameras. Apart from that, it was just a house.
'Maybe this will be easier than we thought?' asked Max timidly. Kai only frowned.
'Maybe.'
Moving carefully forward, Kai motioned for the others to follow him. Then keeping an eye on the security cameras,
Kai led the way to the back of the building, searching for the safe entrance promised by Kenny. He soon had it in
sight. It was an old cellar door! Kenny had been right. Kai searched the area around it for more security cameras.
There were three, two could be avoided but the third was pointing straight at their easy entrance.
'Kenny, can you do anything about that?' Asked Kai, pointing. Kenny crouched down with Dizzy balanced on his
knees and typed away for a minute or two. Finally, with a frustrated look on his face, he shook his head in defeat.
'Their security is too tight, I can't get into it. Kai nodded regretfully. He started to reach into his pocket for Dranzer
before remembering the painful truth. His blade was gone. Turning away from the others to hide the look on his face
he whispered an order.
'Tyson. Destroy it.' Tyson nodded. He knew what to do. Just as he was about to launch his blade, Kai stopped him for
a second,
'Wait, once this is done, we can't go back. They'll be onto us almost as soon as they realise what's happened. We have
to get in and out quickly, remember that, and don't hesitate.' The others nodded. Tyson raised his launcher and sent
his blade flying neatly toward the camera. It was a direct hit. There was a small cloud of smoke and their way was
clear.
'Let's go.' Whispered Kai, before moving swiftly over to the door. The others followed him and within seconds, Tyson
and Kai were levering the heavy door open. A dark hole was revealed. Looking up at the others one last time Kai
lowered himself down and disappeared from sight.
Looking nervously at Kenny and Max, Tyson shrugged quickly and followed after him, the others right behind.
Tyson found himself in pitch darkness. He was about to call out for the others when a hand clamped over his mouth.
As his eyes adjusted to the dark he realised it was Kai. He was glaring at him and pointing away to the left. Tyson
looked and soon noticed the rectangle of light shining from a slightly open door. Kai was still looking at him waiting
for him to understand. Tyson nodded and Kai let his hand drop. Looking round at the others he motioned to a wall in
the far corner of the room, away from the door and the voices coming from behind it. The others followed him and
soon realised his intent. There was a ventilation grid set into the wall. Reaching into his pocket, Kai drew out a small
screwdriver and started opening the grid. The others glanced at each other; obviously all slightly bemused at the fact
that Kai had brought a screwdriver.
'Always come prepared.' Whispered Kai as quietly as possible. The others nodded and waited silently for him to get
the ventilation shaft open. Everyone jumped in surprise as loud alarm sirens started wailing throughout the building.
Kai swore. The grid was still attached to the wall in two places. Standing up, he stood back and smashed it open with
his foot before the others could stop him.
'Kai!'
'Are you okay?' He nodded wiping a wince of pain from his face. His injuries still weren't fully healed.
'Come on' he said shortly, climbing quickly into the shaft with the others following behind. They were just in time, as
Tyson disappeared into the dark tunnel, two men appeared at the door, searching for intruders. Luckily they didn't
notice the broken grid hanging from the open shaft.
In near darkness the Blade breakers crawled along in silence. Now and then they would find themselves crawling over
another grid where they could see down into different rooms. Now and then they came to intersections in the shaft
but Kai would always choose the way without hesitation. After a while of this, Kenny finally piped up the courage to
ask,
'How do you know where we're going?' Kai stopped for a second, thinking. He looked back at the others, his eyes
slightly confused.
'I...I don't know. I think it's Dranzer. I can sense her.'
There was another silence as everyone thought about this. Finally Kenny nodded,
'Shall we continue then?'
Soon after that, they came to another grid, this time looking down on a dark corridor. From nearby came the sound
of someone sobbing quietly in misery.
'That's the cells.' Whispered Kai. 'Rei might be here somewhere. We'd better check.' With that he started opening up
the grid once more with his miniature screwdriver. In the background there was still alarms going off here and there
and the others waited in tense silence. After a few nervous minutes filled only with the sound of breathing and
distant weeping, Kai finally moved back and gently lifted the grid away. Peering down through the hole, he checked
for any sign of cameras or the enemy. There were none.
'Are you ready?' he asked the others quickly. They all nodded and Kai dropped down onto the concrete floor below.
The others soon followed but Kai was already walking ahead, peering into each cell, searching for any sign of life. He
was startled when a small voice piped up from the cell behind him.
'Hey!' It called, weakly. Kai turned and knelt down beside the cell, his hands resting on the bars of the door. Resting
tiredly against the far wall of the cell was a child. He was small and grimy and barely noticeable in the gloom.
'You're not a part of Biovolt, who are you?' he asked. Even though he seemed so tired and they could see he was hurt,
he still seemed full of hope and confidence. Kai sighed slightly. He had once been like that, Once.
'We're here to find our friend. Have you seen him?' The kid looked more alert now.
'They did have a newbie here yesterday, or the day before…I dunno, he was here though. He had 'crimson eye.'
Looked in pretty bad shape too. I heard they tried to make him Bey-battle or something and he refused so…'
'Thanks,' Kai broke in, not wanting the others to hear what must have happened. 'Do you know where they're keeping
him now?' The kid shrugged.
'Haven't been out of this cell since last week, I wouldn't have a clue. Maybe the labs?' Kai nodded.
'Thanks again, hold on a while longer. We're gonna call the police and get all of you guys out once our friend is safe.'
The kid nodded, despite the hope he forced into his voice, he didn't know if he really believed them. He'd been let
down before and he was prepared to be disappointed again. With one backward look, Kai and the others continued
on up the corridor. For now they would forsake the safety of the ventilation shaft for the corridors which were easier
to navigate.
'Kai?' asked Max hesitantly as they continued down the gloomy passage.
'What?' he answered, looking back. Max looked down at his feet,
'It…it's nothing…' Kai frowned at him but continued on. He knew what Max would be thinking. Is Rei gonna be okay?
They were all thinking it. He decided not to say anything, best to concentrate on finding Rei before they gave him up
for dead. They soon reached the short staircase at the end of the corridor and with one quick look to check for
anyone who might catch them, the four Blade Breakers soon left the dark cells behind them.
As they made their careful way through the Biovolt headquarters, the Blade Breakers somehow managed to avoid any
real close encounters with the enemy. There were, of course, moments of slight panic when footsteps could be heard
approaching, or Kai or the others spotted a movement, but, somehow, they managed to avoid it all until finally they
arrived outside a grey steel door and Kai stopped.
'It's in here.' He said quietly. The others nodded, remembering that he was following Dranzer's energy waves or
something along those lines. They didn't really get it but they trusted that Kai wouldn't lie about something like that.
Looking back to make sure everyone was prepared; Kai slowly pushed open the door. As it swung back, Kai's eyes
fell upon a single object, resting in a cabinet at the far end of the room.
'Dranzer…' he whispered. Then, forgetting caution he walked into the room towards his beloved Blade as if in a daze.
'Kai, wait.' Hissed the others from behind. Moving as fast as they could, they entered the room, looking for any sign
of the enemy. They were too late. Before they could get past the door, a man sprang out from behind it and rushed
towards Kai, an iron bar raised above his head.
'KAI!' shouted Tyson, Max and Kenny, in shock. With surprise on his face, Kai swung around just managing to block
the attack with an upraised arm. With a slight cry of pain he stumbled back, watching the man warily. Then startling
everyone, he snarled viciously and jumped towards the man, punching him in the face. The others ran forward to
help but the stranger dodged them and ran out the door before he could be stopped.
'Shit.' Growled Kai angrily, nursing his arm regretfully.
'Kai, are you okay?' asked Max. Kai nodded. As he was turning back towards Dranzer something caught his eye.
'Shit!' he swore again, 'Rei!' The others turned to look. Placed along the wall, beside the metal door, was an
examination table. Rei was held to it by leather straps. He was unconscious and it seemed like he was hardly
breathing. Tyson, Max and Kenny rushed towards him with worried faces, Kai followed, pausing only to retrieve
Dranzer from the small cabinet. Then, pushing the others aside, he checked Rei's pulse and breathing, thinking
rapidly. An idea occurred to him and he turned away from Rei, searching the shelves of the room. It was obviously
one of the places where Biovolt carried out their experiments. There were shelves full with bottles and vials lining
one wall, along another was computer monitors and elsewhere there were cupboards, presumably filled with…
equipment…Kai tried not to think about it. He had a friend to save. Going to the shelves he scanned across them,
trying to work out which were antidotes and which were poisons. The labels used were coded especially so that
prisoners wouldn't be able to tell. Kai sighed, trying to think, Tyson had moved to the door. Being sensible for once,
he was keeping a lookout. Kenny and Max were watching Kai warily; wondering what he was planning. Kai just
continued staring at the vials. The liquids inside were a multitude of colours, from acid green to blood red and clear.
Then Kai knew what he had to do.
'Kenny, Max, what colour was the antidote that Boris showed you?' They thought for a moment, glancing at each
other as they tried to remember. Finally Kenny piped up.
'It might have been red? Uh…no…wait a second, I think I got a picture of it with Dizzy.' Moving quickly he pulled the
small laptop from his bag and turned it on.
Within seconds, Kai Kenny and Max were peering carefully at a slightly blurred picture of Boris. He had a small vial in
his hand.
'Make it bigger, Kenny.' Said Kai, impatiently. Kenny tapped at the keyboard and suddenly the vial was closer and
much easier to see.
'Hmm…' murmured Kai, 'pale blue?' the others nodded. Kai stood up swiftly and started taking different containers
off the shelves. They were all filled with light blue liquid.
'What are you doing, Kai?' asked Max as Kenny pushed Dizzy back into the safety of his bag. Kai ignored them both
and started sorting through the vials he had on the floor. Any that had a triple X on them was removed from the pile.
One thing Kai did know about the code, triple X meant highly poisonous. Soon he had a much smaller pile of bottles
and vials of pale blue liquid. He stood up again, searching the shelves for something specific. Finally he spotted it.
The Crimson Eye poison, one of the only things he knew the full code for! It was tucked away on one of the top
shelves. By this time, both Max and Kenny were watching him warily. Kai's plans tended to be dangerous and this one
looked no different.
'What's that?' asked Kenny warily as Kai pulled down the small bottle of blood red liquid.
'See if you can find a dropper, Kenny.' Answered Kai, ignoring the question. Kenny sighed and began searching
through the cupboards for a dropper.
'Max?' Max looked up from the collection of bottles on the floor.
'Yes Kai?'
'You should go and help Tyson keep lookout. With that scientist getting away the alarm will soon be raised again and
this time we won't be able to hide. You have to stop them from getting in until everything is done.'
Max nodded his eyes wide. He thought he might know what Kai was planning but he knew as well that nothing would
stop Kai now that he'd made his decision.
'Good luck, Kai.' He whispered quietly, before running over to the door to take up his station with Tyson. Kai nodded
softly before looking around for Kenny. He was hurrying back, a dropper clutched in his hand. He handed it to Kai,
still trying to figure out what was going to happen. Kai took it and carefully dipped it into the poisonous liquid. His
eye caught once more on Rei's still body. It had taken only a single drop to do that to Rei and Kai had felt the effects
of this poison before, he knew how much it hurt. The only good thing was that it took slightly longer each time for
the poison to take effect. Without thinking about it, Kai sank his teeth into his lip, quickly drawing blood.
'Kai!' cried Kenny in shock. He reached out to try and stop Kai but he was to late. Before Kenny even knew what was
happening, Kai had brought the dropper to his bleeding lip and squeezed a single crimson drop onto the cut. Then,
while Kenny stared on in dismay, Kai pressed his lips together, pushing the poison into his body.
'What are you doing! What was that? Kai!' cried Kenny. From the doorway, Tyson and Max glanced back fearfully but
didn't leave their lookout stations. Kai grabbed Kenny's shoulders to stop him talking, he needed him to pay
attention or both he and Rei would die now.
'Kenny, that was Crimson eye.' Kenny gasped. Kai gestured over to the small pile of vials on the floor. 'You have to
test them on me. Some of them are harmless, some slightly poisonous…you have to…have to test them…find the
cure…for Rei's sake…please Kenny…' Kai could feel his thoughts scattering, the poison was effecting him already.
Kenny stood up, his face horrified.
'Kai, no…I, I can't!' He protested. Kai groaned, his vision was getting dark at the edges and he was fighting to stay
conscious.
'You…you have no…choice…' he whispered harshly. Kenny closed his eyes for a second. When he opened them Kai
was staring at him, waiting for his decision. He glanced around and saw Rei, still unconscious in the corner, his skin
pale and his chest hardly moving. He looked back at Kai, and tears started to build in his eyes. Kai was starting to
sway weakly and Kenny realised that he had to. Kai was right; he no longer had a choice, in fact he had never had a
choice from the minute that Kai had made this plan. With a sudden decisive nod to Kai, Kenny hurried over to the
cupboard and took out a tray of clean syringes he had noticed earlier. He carried them back over to Kai and placed
them carefully beside the vials. Kai had his eyes closed and his teeth were gritted. Kenny suddenly and regretfully
remembered Kai's fear of needles. This would not be easy. Picking a bottle at random, Kenny drew the liquid into the
needle as he had been taught in first aid class. With the needle in one hand he turned to Kai and took hold of his
arm. Kai was shaking slightly and his nose had started to bleed. With tears blurring his eyes, Kenny inserted the
needle into Kai's arm and pushed the liquid into Kai's bloodstream before quickly removing the needle once more.
At first there was no reaction. Then, as Kenny watched in horror, Kai started to twitch uncontrollably. He fell to the
floor, curled up in a tight ball with his arms wrapped around him, shaking, eyes closed tight.
'Kai! Kai!' cried Kenny, panicking. With an extreme effort, Kai opened his eyes and forced a weak smile on his face.
'Bad choice…try…again.' He coughed, blood running down his chin from his split lip. Kenny nodded, wiping his eyes.
Now his hands were starting to shake as well! Grabbing the nearest bottle, Kenny compared it to the first, looking for
similarities between the different codes. One of the symbols was the same on both bottles so Kenny put it back and
picked up a new one. It seemed like a good choice (if there was any such thing in this game of life and death) and
Kenny prepared a new syringe to give to Kai. He took Kai's arm again. Kai was still twitching slightly and Kenny had
to hold it tight to keep it steady. He could feel Kai's eyes watching him as he pushed needle into the pale skin for the
second time. Holding his breath, Kenny injected the liquid into Kai's body and waited for whatever it was to take
effect. After a small while, Kenny noticed that Kai was breathing more easily, he seemed to have slipped into
unconsciousness and he had stopped twitching. Kenny looked up at the others anxiously, wondering what to do.
They weren't looking anymore, too busy keeping an eye out for the enemy. Kenny looked back at Kai's peaceful
looking face and made a decision. Standing up he went over to the sink above the cupboards and filled his cupped
hands with cold water. Then, wincing slightly, he dropped the water onto Kai's face and waited unhappily while Kai
woke up, spluttering weakly.
'Kenny?' he asked, his voice slightly puzzled.
'How do you feel, Kai?' asked Kenny. Kai shook his head. Wearily closing his eyes.
'That was an antidote but not the right one. Kenny, you have to hurry, my…my eyesight is going.' Kenny nodded as
fresh tears built up in his eyes. The world was falling down around him and it was all he could do not to give up.
Reaching out, he picked up another random vial. This one was small with only one symbol on the label. With a sigh,
Kenny filled a new syringe with the light blue liquid. He then took Kai's other arm this time, and carefully, as Kai
turned his head away, he injected the strange liquid into his friend. They waited for the drug to take effect. After a
while, Kai turned a sickly green colour. He groaned, scrambling onto his hands and knees.
'The sink, quick…' he gasped. Fear giving him strength, Kenny hauled Kai up onto his feet and supported him over to
the sink. Then, with one arm wrapped tightly around his stomach and the other gripping the edge of the sink as if
his life depended on it, Kai got violently sick. For almost five minutes they stood there, Kenny holding Kai up and Kai
retching again and again as the poison reacted with his body. Somewhere in the middle of it, Kenny realised that
Tyson was shouting, he turned slightly and realised with a shock that both Tyson and Max had launched their blades
and were fighting an unseen enemy beyond the doors of the room. Finally Kai was finished and he and Kenny
staggered back to the small pile of bottles and vials amidst the growing noise of battle. Kenny let Kai drop gently to
the floor where he knelt, looking blindly in Kenny's direction. Kenny found himself shaking. The last poison had
shocked him. What they were doing was dangerous and stupid. He couldn't…Kenny dropped to his knees and stared
at Kai's white face.
'Kai…Kai. I can't…I can't do it anymore. I don't want to hurt you anymore. Please.' He pleaded. Kai was silent for a
while and the sound of blades clashing filled the silence.
'How many?' Kenny looked back up at Kai, confused.
'How many what?' he asked.
'Bottles…how many are there.' Rasped Kai, his breathing was getting harsher now. Kenny looked down at the
collection.
'Six.' He whispered. Kai reached out with his hand and felt around for the bottles. Kenny watched in horror as his
hand closed around one of them. Then, with the other hand he reached for the tray of syringes. Though his hand
shook, he finally found them and with teeth gritted and tears trailing down his cheeks he picked one up.
'No…Kai.' Kenny didn't know what to do anymore. He could see that Kai wasn't able to go any farther. Putting the
syringe down in front of him with a shudder, Kai grasped the lid of the bottle and tried to open it. His hands were
shaking too much though and he couldn't even grasp it properly. Finally Kenny had had enough.
'Stop it Kai! Just stop.' Kai's hands fell limp in his lap still holding the unopened bottle. In a cold unemotional voice
he whispered,
'Even though you won't help me, I will still try my hardest, no matter what.' With that he gripped the lid of the bottle
between his teeth and twisted it off.
There was an agonised cry from Max as a Blade cut into his left arm. Gritting his teeth, he shook off the pain and
stood straight again, still concentrating on defending his friends. Kenny looked back at Kai, the syringe in one hand
and the bottle in the other. Kai felt him watching and lifted his head, his eyes opening. Staring into Kai's red eyes,
Kenny saw the pain and fear shining through and felt suddenly ashamed of himself. This was a Kai that he wasn't so
familiar with, one that would do anything to save his team and, more importantly, his friends. Making up his mind,
Kenny moved forward and pulled the two instruments out of Kai's feeble grasp.
'What are you going to do now?' asked Kai, hopelessly.
'I'm going to help.' Whispered Kenny, quickly filling the syringe with liquid, he took Kai's limp arm and carefully
injected the fluid into his body.
'Kai looked at him again but this time his gaze was grateful.
'Thanks…Kenny.' He whispered before falling unconscious again. Kenny let him slip gently to the floor were he lay,
limp and peaceful. Kenny closed his eyes and tried to calm himself as he let Kai rest for a while. Then Tyson was
shouting back at him.
'Kenny, you gotta hurry, I don't know how long we can keep this up for.' Kenny looked back at them, he nodded and
stood up, preparing himself again, Max was starting to look pale from loss of blood. Hurrying, Kenny rushed over to
the sink again and got another handful of water to wake Kai. Splashing it across Kai's already wet face; Kenny waited
restlessly for him to wake properly. Within seconds Kai opened his eyes, a glistening strand of sodden hair trailing
across his face.
'Kenny?' He asked. Kenny nodded,
'I'm here Kai.' Kai sat up, rubbing his head slightly as if he had a headache. Then he turned and looked at Kenny.
Suddenly a grin spread across his face.
'You did it Kenny, it was the right one! I can see again!' Kenny's mouth fell open.
'Really?' he asked incredulously. Kai nodded.
'Come on, we still have to save Rei.' He cried, climbing to his feet. Kenny stood with him, holding the antidote and
another needle. Together they went over to Rei. His bindings had been undone earlier and he looked frail and weak.
He was covered in dark bruises and he had small cuts all over him. Kai shrunk back slightly, frowning as Kenny
started preparing the syringe.
'I'd better help the others.' He said quickly. 'You know what to do?' Kenny nodded. Kai smiled encouragingly before
moving off with Dranzer ready to launch. As soon as he was gone, Kenny administered the antidote to Rei and
watched with bated breath as his friend awoke.
Rei hurt, A lot. He could feel himself becoming more alert but it was like swimming through quicksand. He wanted it
to be over, he just wanted to rest but once again he had to wake up and endure even more torture. He breathed in
more deeply, filling his chest with agony. Finally he found that he could open his eyes once more, open them to even
more empty darkness. Although…Rei opened his eyes a second time. There was something different to the murk he
had come to expect. There were…shapes. Rei's eyes opened wider in surprise as he tried to take in this new
experience. He could just make out a person moving beside him.
'Hello?' he asked hesitantly. This could just be another trick of Biovolt's.
'Rei? Rei you're awake!' Rei's breath caught in his throat at the familiar voice. As his vision steadily became clearer
and colour began to seep back in he could soon see to confirm his suspicions.
'Kenny! What…' Kenny smiled in relief. Rei let his head fall back so that he was staring at a blank ceiling. 'What's
going on?' he asked. His voice was rough from screaming.
'We're here to get you out Rei, just wait. You'll be out of here in no time.' Rei caught the slightest hint of worry in
Kenny's voice and he turned his head to look at him. He was about to question again but he was interrupted by a
sudden surprised shout from the doorway. The sound of battle grew suddenly louder, as if more blades had joined,
then it quieted altogether. Rei tried to sit up to see what was happening but he couldn't make his body work against
all the pain and he sank back again with a quiet groan.
Kenny put a worried hand on his shoulder to keep him still; he was still trying to see what had happened though.
There was a long silence before Tyson finally spoke.
'What on earth are you doing here?' He asked to someone standing outside the door. Then Kenny's mouth fell open
in surprise as a familiar voice answered.
'We thought you could use a hand!' and Ozuma, followed by Miriam, Dunga and Joseph, walked into the room! It was
the Saint Shields!
'Guess we were right,' he finished with a more serious tone when he caught sight of Rei in the corner. Max, Tyson
and Kai followed them into the room, Kai quickly shutting the door behind them while everyone gathered around Rei
to see how he was feeling. Rei just smiled wearily and nodded at their questions, he was feeling too weak and too full
of pain to talk anymore. Kai came to his rescue, directing attention back to the matter of escape.
'We have to get out of here before anyone else comes to stop us.' He said quickly, looking around to make sure
everyone understood. He noticed that Max was looking unusually pale and suddenly realised that he was still
bleeding.
'Max?' he said quickly, but it seemed like the boy hardly heard him. He was starting to sway slightly and Kai quickly
sat him down while Kenny ran to find bandages. Miriam took the bandages from Kenny once he'd found them and sat
down beside Max to take over. Chiding him irritably she started wrapping the bandages around his arm.
'Why do you always have to get hurt, always this arm as well, what's up with that?' she murmured softly. Seeing that
he was being well looked after, Kai turned back to Rei, wondering how they would get him out without to much pain.
'Rei?' he said quietly, ' Can you stand?' The tired Neko-gin shook his head wearily. Kai's face was grim.
'We'll have to carry you then.' At this, Dunga stepped up.
'I'll do it' he said. Kai looked at him warily,
'Are you sure?' he asked. Dunga nodded confidently. 'Wait a second then.' So saying, Kai placed his hand softly on
Rei's neck.
Rei waited, beyond any sensible thought with the pain and weariness running through him. With a reassuring smile
from Kai, his whole world went blank and he fell into unconsciousness once more.
'What did you do to him?' asked Ozuma, who had been watching carefully.
'Just a little trick, I knocked him out so he won't be able to feel anything. It's better that way.' Then nodding once to
Dunga, Kai moved past them and back to the door. He was followed by Kenny with the map, then came Max, held up
by Miriam and Tyson. After them came Dunga carrying the limp Rei, with Ozuma and Joseph watching their backs.
Within minutes they were out of the door and away, dragging themselves towards safety and the outside world. They
were surprised to find no one stopping them until Ozuma spoke up,
'Joseph and me took a little trip to the security room and locked a few doors!' he grinned slightly, 'Couldn't let them
get away with taking all the blades now Could we?'
Kai smiled slightly at that, his own blade, Dranzer held tightly in his hand. Before they knew it, The Blade Breakers
and The Saint Shields emerged into the sunlight. In the distance came the wailing sound of an ambulance siren.
'I thought it would be a good idea' said Kenny quietly at Kai's questioning look. Kai nodded tiredly, glancing back at
Rei and Max as he led the group farther away from the old house. Kenny came up beside him, watching suspiciously
as Kai tried to stay on his feet. He was more tired than he knew. Finally as they reached the path outside, Kenny
sighed and reached out pushing Kai down to sit. The others grinned slightly as he sat down with a thump. Kai
frowned grumpily.
'We'll wait here.' He said shortly. Kenny sat down beside him and then the others joined them, Tyson and Miriam
lowering Max carefully down and Dunga lying Rei down in front of them before sitting down himself. Max looked
blearily at Kai, smiling softly. Kai looked back questioningly as the sounds of the ambulance came closer.
'We did it. We did it Kai, thanks to you.' Kai closed his eyes and lent back against the warm railings, hiding a pleased
smile. It was finished. He could rest. It was over.
~END~
