Tortured Soul

Ok, my longest chapter yet. I had so much fun writing this one, I hope you have fun reading it. Remember people, the review button is your friend.

ASOTA - I can't tell you what Boris wants with Tyson, it would spoil it. You'll find out soon, I promise.

*__* another dream sequence, yay.


Chapter 10

“I’m sure they’ll be here soon Mr Dickinson” Hillary said apologetically to the head of the BBA. It had been a few hours since Max had left to find Rei, and hopefully Kai too. Hillary and Kenny had decided by unspoken agreement not to tell Mr Dickinson about Tyson until the others arrived, strength in numbers and all.

“I’ve almost finished inputting all of the data you gave me sir” Kenny said as a way of filling the silence.

“That’s wonderful Kenny” Stanley Dickinson said with enthusiasm, “but I dare say, after our conversation, you may have more work to do.”

“Why’s that Mr Dickinson?” asked Hillary “what is it you want to talk to us about?”

“All in good time my dear, all in good time” came the old mans reply. “I want to tell everyone together, to gauge your reactions as it were.”

“Does it have anything to do with Max’s dad?” asked Hillary, curiosity overriding her patience.

“Why whatever do you mean?” countered Mr Dickinson innocently.

“Well, Max said he’d come back to help his dad on a project that he was working on with you.” Hillary answered.

“Really? Hm, that is interesting.” Stanley Dickinson evaded the question with practiced ease. He could see the young girl getting more and more impatient, the look on her face promising pain to the young bladers if they didn’t arrive soon. The door opened and Daichi walked in.

“And just where have you been?” Hillary had rounded on the young boy so fast that he involuntarily took a step back in defence.

“Not that it’s any of your business,” Daichi began, regaining his composure after the suddenness of Hillary’s question, “I was just at the toilet.” Stanley sighed, poor Daichi always seemed to be on the receiving end of Hillary’s wrath. He had to hand it to the boy though, there weren’t many that could stand up to her stare like that, in fact only 4 other boys came to mind. Daichi definitely had a lot of courage. Courage though, wasn’t going to save him now.

“You should have told us where you were going” Hillary shouted.

“Why?” Daichi asked incredulously, “I was only down the corridor”.

“That doesn’t matter,” Hillary softened “anything could have happened to you, like Ty…” she caught herself, quickly snapping her mouth shut.

“Hillary?” The question was obvious without Mr Dickinson having to ask outright.

“Yes sir?” Hillary asked sweetly.

“What was that you were going to say?” Obviously the girl had learned some evasion techniques from him over the years.

The door burst open and Max and Rei strode in. Hillary let out a barely audible sigh, ‘saved by the door’ she thought, thankful for Max’s timing.

“Hey you found…one of them. Where’s Kai?” Kenny asked, peering round Max and Rei to look for the older teen.

“He was with us,” Rei informed them “but he kinda…disappeared.”

“Let me guess, you didn’t even hear him move right?” Kenny said.

“That’s right, someday I’m gonna have him teach me that” said Max, the awe still in his voice.

“Well I never expected Kai to turn up, although it would have been nice if he had.” Mr Dickinson said. He frowned, everyone was more or less accounted for except Tyson. “Where’s Tyson? I would have expected him to be here already, helping the young beybladers train.” The looks that the teenagers shot each other didn’t go unnoticed by the observant man.

“You didn’t tell him?” Rei asked Kenny in shock.

“Well, we were kinda waiting for you guys to get back” came Kenny’s quiet reply.

“We thought it would be better if we told him as a team” added Hillary.

“Tell me what?” Mr Dickinson asked.

“That’s a great idea, but still, I think you should have told him.” Rei continued addressing Kenny and Hillary, not noticing that Mr Dickinson had spoken.

“Ah hum” everyone turned to look at Mr Dickinson as he cleared his throat, “now that I have your attention, I shall ask again. Tell me what exactly?”

“Well, you see sir…erm” Kenny was at a loss for words, he couldn’t work out how to tell the man who had done so much for them that Tyson was missing.

“Spit it out Kenny” Stanley Dickinson rarely, if ever, got impatient will these young boys, but right now he had a very bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. Something was wrong, and if Kenny was having trouble finding the words, then it was bad.

“What Kenny’s trying to say Mr D” Kenny smiled gratefully at Rei for taking up the story, he wasn’t sure if he could have said the words himself. “Is that Tyson’s kinda, sorta…missing” Rei finished.

“Well that’s not too…what was that?” Mr Dickinson stared at the Chinese blader like he had suddenly grown another head. “I think I may have heard you wrong Rei.”

“Tyson’s missing” Rei repeated, “he has been for a few days now.”

“Well, maybe he went to see gramps” My Dickinson said hopefully.

“We don’t think so sir” Kenny said sadly.

“None of his things are missing. Plus he would have let us know, Tyson never disappears without telling one of us.” Max informed the rather flustered man.

“Is there any clue as to his whereabouts?” asked a rather worried old man.

“We’ve been looking everywhere” Kenny said, “Dizzy and I even ran a few searches on the net” he added.

“I assume these searches were legal Kenny, and therefore I will ask no more about them.” Mr Dickinson knew when to turn a blind eye to the young computer genius’s work, after all, this was to find Tyson. “Does anybody else know about his disappearance?”

“Not that we’ve told” Hillary told him.

“Right, well maybe it’s time to rectify that. We need as many people as possible out there looking for Tyson, someone took him and we’re going to get him back.” Mr Dickinson’s positive outlook energised the young teens, they were filled with a new determination, they were going to find him and bring him home.

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Kai stood outside the door and listened as his team-mates told Mr Dickinson of Tyson’s disappearance and they made a plan to find him. He thought about opening the door and joining the discussion, but he couldn’t bring himself to face Rei just yet.

‘How had he known about my feelings for Tyson?’ Kai thought to himself. ‘He’s a lot more observant than I give him credit for obviously. I know I can trust him though, he won’t tell the others.’ Kai pushed away from the wall he was leaning against, his eyelids were drooping and he couldn’t stop himself from yawning.

‘Guess my lack of sleep’s catching up with me’ he thought, ‘and all that running around today hasn’t helped. What was it Kenny said? We’re no use to Tyson if we’re tired. I hate admitting it, but he’s right. I need to get some sleep.’

Kai walked away from the door heading for the exit. ‘When did it get dark?’ There was a slight pink hue on the horizon, the after image of the setting sun. The moon shone down, even though it wasn’t quite full yet, it was still bright enough to light his way. He headed off in the direction of his house, when his grandfather had been arrested and imprisoned, everything had fallen to him. His friends didn’t mention it, he had money, a huge house, hell he even had a butler, but to them he was just Kai. Tyson sometimes teased him, but it was usually to light the mood, he never meant any harm.

That was one of the reasons Kai loved him. There were so many other reasons too, the way he tried so hard, the way he was always himself no matter who he talked to, the way he protected his friends and so many other things. Altogether they made up who Tyson was, a little ray of sunshine in everyone’s lives. ‘Oh hell, I must be tired’ Kai thought, disgusted with himself, ‘I’m starting to get mushy.’

Kai realised that during his internal monologue, he had actually reached his house. The porch light had turned itself on at his approach. His butler must have noticed this because the front door started to open.

“Master Kai, welcome home” Kai attempted to smile at the man but could only manage a weak half smile. “Will you be wanting your dinner now sir?” his butler enquired.

“No, thank you” Kai replied rather kindly, “I’m a little tired, I’m just going to get some sleep.”

“Very well sir” the butler closed the door behind him and walked away, leaving Kai to his thoughts once again. Kai headed for the stairs and began to climb, his feet getting heavier and heavier the higher he got. ‘Too many stairs’ he thought tiredly, ‘think I’ll install an escalator’. Finally he reached the top and headed to his room, when he opened the door, a blast of cold air greeted him. ‘The maid must’ve left the window open again’ he shuffled across the room and closed the window slowly, shutting in the warmth and keeping out the cool night air.

His eyelids were almost shut, the only thing keeping him going now was will power. He practically crawled to the bed and lay down, as soon as his head hit the pillow, sleep took over.

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“Right so we’re all agreed then?” Stanley Dickinson addressed the young bladers in front of him, “we’ll include those bladers we can trust that are in the area, we’ll tell them what’s happened to Tyson and include them in the search.”

“Right” came the chorused reply.

“Only…” began Max.

“What is it Max?” Mr D asked kindly.

“Well…Kai’s not really all that…fond of Brooklyn and Garland. I’m not sure how happy he’ll be if we include them.” Max replied almost apologetically.

“Kai will just have to live with it” Mr D said. “Brooklyn and Garland are two of the strongest bladers we know, also, they will want to help Tyson. After all, it was Tyson who helped them”.

“I understand” Max said “I just think we should wait to tell Kai. You know, till he’s in a better mood”.

“Kai’s never in a better mood” Hillary pointed out.

“He’ll understand” Rei told Max “and if he doesn’t, I’ll make him.” The others looked at Rei with undisguised interest but said nothing. He would tell them when it was time, they knew. Until then, they had a plan, of sorts. It was better than nothing.

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*They were lying together on the hill, Tyson wrapped in his arms. He could feel the heat coming from the younger man and could smell the sweetness that seemed to follow him. This was how it was meant to be, the two of them together, nothing else intruding on their time. He felt the bluenette’s head move and looked down into startling brown eyes.

“Kai, is it really you?”

“Of course it is”.

“Am I dreaming? Or are you?”

“Life is a dream Tyson, this is the reality, right here and now. Just the two of us, wrapped in each others arms.”

“I must be dreaming, you never sound like that.”

Kai let out a slight laugh, Tyson was right, in the waking world he would break off his own fingers before speaking like that to anyone. But this was different, in this dream world he had created, he could be whoever he wanted to be. Tyson’s hand had moved up his side making him shiver at the gentle touch, it reached up and cupped his cheek. Moving so that they could be face to face, they stared at each other, each wondering who would make the first move.

Tyson did, he leaned in and gently brushed his lips against Kai’s, when he pulled back he was smiling.

“That’s the third time we’ve done that you know and each time, I’ve initiated it.”

Tyson looked at him expectantly, when nothing happened, Tyson pulled away and sat up looking out at the view. Taking a deep breath he turned back to look at the man he loved, and stopped at the look in Kai’s eyes.

“I’m sorry”

“Sorry for what Kai?”

“Sorry you always have to be the one to take the lead. Sorry I can’t be braver.”

“Kai, you’re the bravest person I know, it’s one of the reasons I love you so much. I really don’t mind taking the lead, especially if it means I get to kiss you.” Tyson’s eyebrows waggled theatrically. He was, however, taken by surprise when the man in front of him suddenly leaned forward, his hands on Tyson’s face and pressed their lips together in a passionate kiss.

Tyson’s surprise was short lived as he quickly leaned into the kiss, deepening it. His lips parted allowing his loves tongue entrance to explore. Tyson’s hand quickly found its way to Kai’s backside and he squeezed the cheek lovingly. Kai moaned into the kiss, loving the feel of Tyson’s hand on his butt, willing Tyson to move from the back to the front. When Tyson’s hand didn’t move, Kai decided to go first, one hand left Tyson’s face and travelled down slowly, lingering on Tyson’s nipple for a moment before continuing its downward journey.

Tyson moaned, and with that, allowed them both time to breathe in much needed oxygen. Kai’s hand was still travelling slowly down Tyson’s body, heading for the source of the most heat. When he reached the spot, he cupped Tyson firmly and squeezed, even through the layers of fabric it felt great and Tyson moaned even more, pushing his hips forward to place more of himself in contact with Kai’s hand.

While still cupping Tyson and gently massaging him, Kai pulled out of the kiss and began placing kisses down Tyson’s neck. Tyson sighed at the feather light touch and leaned his head back to allow Kai better access. Kai nipped at a spot on Tyson’s collarbone and he heard the younger man take a sudden intake of breath, ‘oh, so you like that’, he continued nipping gently at the same spot and he could feel Tyson wriggling from the pleasure. When he finally stopped and pulled back, he looked at Tyson thoughtfully.

“Where are you my love?” he whispered before resuming his ministrations to Tyson’s neck, he pulled back in shock when Tyson screamed.

Everything had changed, Tyson was no longer in his arms and they were no longer on the hill. Instead he was in a dark room and he could hear screams coming almost every second. He spun around to find the source of the screams. What he saw forced him to take in a sharp breath as he stood shocked and sickened by the sight.

Tyson was hanging by his wrists from a metal frame, two rather large men prodding him with a metal poker. The end of the poker glowed a bright red and he could see the steam rise every time they touched it to his body. Kai doubled over in pain as the poker tip came into contact with Tyson’s bare flesh. ‘How can I be feeling this’ he thought desperately. ‘Is this what they are doing to you? Is this real?’ He cried out as more pain racked his body, tears falling from his eyes.

He could hear crying coming from somewhere behind him, slowly he turned to face whoever it was. Tyson stood there, his arms wrapped around himself as if for comfort, tears falling unashamedly down his cheeks. He was looking directly at Kai.

“Save me Kai, they’re killing me.”

“Tyson, where are you? Who took you?”

“KAIIIIII”*

Kai awoke to the sound of his alarm blaring, he quickly turned it off and sat up in bed. He could still hear Tyson screaming his name, it replayed itself in his head over and over. ‘Was that a dream, a nightmare, or was that Tyson telling me he needs me? It felt so real, I can still feel the pain. If that was real, I’m going to make whoever took you Tyson sorry they were ever born.’

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Daichi had woken up early, there was something nagging at him. Ever since he and Kenny had seen that ugly house with the gargoyles, he’d felt like there was something he needed to do. It had finally gotten too much and so at 6am he had been forced from bed by his doubts and told to come here.

He stood at the gates looking towards the imposing structure, God it was ugly, ‘why would anyone want gargoyles on their home?’ he thought with disgust. He had already walked around the outer wall looking for a way in, there was only one. He walked over to the high wall next to the gates, there was a tree growing just next to it, he could climb it and jump over from there. Finding the first foothold on the trees rather large trunk proved time consuming, but after that it was relatively easy to spot where his foot should go next.

He clambered up the tree in record time and was soon stood on the high wall looking out over the mansions grounds. There was no sign of any guards or anything, so figuring everything was safe, he jumped down on the other side. He hadn’t actually thought this far ahead, so he pulled back into the bushes growing at the foot of the wall to think.

‘What would Tyson do?’ he thought, then realised that Tyson would have just marched up to the front door demanding answers which would have probably ended badly, so lets not think like Tyson. ‘What would Kai do?’ that was better, Kai was much more calm and rational in situations like this. After debating with himself whether or not he had just unconsciously given Kai a compliment, he decided that Kai would skulk around, look in windows and just keep out of sight.

‘Ok, here we go’ he told himself as he came out from the cover of the bushes and into the relative openness of the lawn. He flew across the grass as fast as he could to get back under cover in the shrubbery around the mansion. Once there he remembered to breathe again and sucked in oxygen like it was going out of fashion. He lifted his head carefully to look into the window above him, it was a really big office. A huge table and a chair in the middle of the room were the only real pieces of furniture in there.

‘Ok, can’t expect to hit the jackpot on the first try, I’ll try the next window’. He moved carefully, keeping to the shadows and the safety of the plants. Each window he came to offered nothing of interest, so he carried on going around the building.

He had reached the back, or what he presumed was the back, of the building and lifted his head up high enough to see in. There was a group of men in white lab coats stood around a table discussing something, it must have been an interesting discussion because their arms were constantly moving, gesturing towards the door or some papers that were lying on the table. Daichi lifted his head higher to get a better look when the door opened. All he could see was the purple tips of the newcomer’s hair, it looked disturbingly familiar.

When the guys in lab coats parted, Daichi took in a shocked breath. Boris was stood in the middle of them all smiling. ‘Boris? It can’t be’ Daichi thought, still in shock. Suddenly it hit him, ‘he’s the one that took Tyson, he has to be the one. I have to tell the others’. He backed up, getting ready to sprint to the boundary wall. He hadn’t noticed the two rather large figures coming up behind him, he didn’t notice them until he turned to run and ran straight into one of them.

“Look Nick, what do we have here?”

“Looks like a trespasser to me Mike”.

“The boss will want to see him, don’t you think so Nick?” Mike leaned down and grabbed at Daichi, in his struggle to escape he fell to the floor and started pushing himself backwards, trying to get away from the men in front of him.

“Now now, can’t have you doing that” said Nick, he lumbered up to the boy and grabbed his arm, hauling him off of the floor and placing him under his arm.

“Let go of me you great big baboon” Daichi screamed. He kicked out as much as he could, trying to dislodge himself from the position he now found himself in. The giant carrying him didn’t seem to feel the blows.

“The boss is gonna be happy with us Mike.”

“Might even give us a raise Nick.”

Daichi continued to struggle as he was carried inside to see the boss. He knew it was Boris, and he knew Boris could do some pretty evil things. ‘Still’ he thought, a little sourly ‘at least I’ve found Tyson’.