Panic

Kai didn't feel the rain on his skin ..... as he walked through the dark alleys .... Eerie animal noises wafted around ..... and drove every human soul from the streets .... Well ... since he was already wet from the water fight, this wasn't too tragic ... Slowly he put one foot in front of the other. Step ... by step ... they echoed down from the black house walls ...

If Kathy wanted to, she could look really helpless and fragile ... considering her temperament .... Kai laughed quietly to himself ... oh yes ... the guy had looked really stupid when she had flashed him ... such actions were really for shooting ... especially Kathy's sayings ...

With some disabilities, he bought the ticket he had bought and went through the rotating gate with it. The doors hissed open as the tram came to a stop in front of him. Sighing, he entered the compartment in front of him and sat down on the only place on the plastic bench that was still free.Then he waited for the doors to finally close, confirming that the train would now continue on its set route. The young blader leaned his head back against the window pane in relief when this happened. Completely tired, he stared at the orange ceiling. It took all his effort to keep his eyes open ... so he decided to keep himself awake with some thoughts.

Tyson was really fed up. That idiot hadn't made it out of the Kons guest room. Although he was supposed to be sharing a hotel suite with him and Hillary. Also in the nearby vacation home of Emily and Max was the only guest room that they had already occupied by Kenny.

And now she was in his arms again ... still fast asleep. Yes ... Kai had initially had something against it when the others had made him this almost inevitable suggestion - to share the room with her instead of Tyson and his girlfriend ... but couldn't say anything more than the girl gave him Arms was pressed, with her was pushed out the front door and the door was slammed in front of the nose.He had also changed his mind that Kathy had pressed even closer to his chest and mumbled "Kai you idiot". For a moment he had toyed with the idea of ​​just dropping her and leaving. But she was his best friend ... and with her in this boring hotel, even for him, it would be a lot of fun ...

The young man was only too aware of the picture he was taking with Kathy in his arms and what the other passengers were thinking. Yes, he knew that they were branded as a couple. But he didn't care ... let them think what they wanted. He knew better ... Yet. The stare of almost all the other guests who gave her a downcast look. Her boyfriend. That sounded so ... so unfamiliar.

He looked over at a real couple in the corner on the other side of the train. Kai observed in amazement that the girl had just turned away from her boyfriend, insulted, and said something like "... you will never hug me like that ..." or "... you would never do something like that ..." poisoned.Snorting, Kai grinned at the boy's desperate attempts to calm her down again. Next to them was a somewhat older couple who kept staring into each other's eyes. A few seats away sat a woman and a man with a pile of shopping bags around them. Each of the two had a child on their lap who was sleeping. Although the blader wasn't sure whether the parents would hold out for a long time from being so tired. An old couple sat right next to them. Both eyed with the "when - we - still - young - were ..." look, which is typical of all old people.

The train stopped and the girl of the young couple, followed by her boyfriend angrily, trudged past him off the train. Gradually the compartment emptied. Until he too left the train with the brown-haired girl in his arms. He considered himself lucky that the subway station was not far from his hotel, from which he had kindly got a luxurious room reserved by the BBA.After all, he was one of the four reigning World Champions in Bladen and the team leader, and such little things were taken for granted. Pah ... luxury. He didn't care if it was a luxury suite or a small, dirty room, because in his childhood ... in his past he had had a lot less ... not even anyone he could have talked to ... let alone anyone would have trusted ...

No ... that was over ... he had left it behind and was standing over it. So best not to waste any more thought. He had learned that trust didn't hurt, that it actually helped. Yes. Friendship was something wonderful ... it was so ... indescribable ... and that he had just found a person he really trusted ... amazed even him again and again .... but Kathy ... just had this special ability ... with which she could see his soul ... she had changed him ... showed him that it was not bad to open up to others and to share ... She knew him just the best ....That's why they didn't need to persuade each other to understand each other ... and precisely for the reason that she knew that he wasn't always like he was, because she just made him feel that this was so good sometimes to show another side - and that this did not harm his ego - ... she was his best friend ...

Then his mind wandered again ... as he continued down the rainy dark alleys .... The training camp ... which took place over the next two months ... was now circling in his head. It should promote the young talents and at the same time bring the somewhat older generation and the younger generation closer. The coaching roles should be taken over by the stars from the WitheTigers, the Majestics, the AllStarz and the BladeBrakers. He couldn't deal with children at all ... well ... it would work out somehow.

But why, of all people, Kathy was arranged by the BBA was a mystery to him.Probably to keep the teams busy ... the boy mused. Yes, yes ... she was in training to become a physiotherapist ... or so that someone could support Mariah ... because Ray couldn't take care of the training of his charges and the well-being of his heavily pregnant wife at the same time. When the baby finally came ... Mariah and Ray would probably have a few days off ... so that they could lovingly take care of their child. But that meant double work for the rest of the BladeBrakers.

"What can I do for you sir?" asked a voice next to Kai. Startled, he jumped out of his reverie. One of the hotel bellboys stood next to him, patiently waiting for an answer. "No thanks," Kai muttered, still half absent. "Very good sir" said the page, bowed and stepped from his side.

Only when Kai laid Kathy carefully on the actual large bed of Hillary and Tyson ... he felt a slight pull in his arms.Sighing, he looked at her briefly before taking off her long raincoat. Then it was the turn of her slippers. Kai straightened up and stretched with relish. He glanced once more at his girlfriend, grinned slightly and covered her up. Groaning, he took off his scarf. Why was the heating set so high? Had it been cold for Tyson when he came here to leave his things? And yet at the beginning of that winter he was still running around with a T-shirt and shorts.

The blader shuffled wearily into his room. Massaging the poor he went into the smaller but spacious room and turned on the light. He didn't close the door all the way. If something happened, he was more aware of it that way. In the distance he heard a thunderstorm rumbling. Aha ... so it wouldn't necessarily be quiet tonight. In this case he considered himself lucky that he had a very sound sleep ...

The clap of thunder that struck very close and quickly twitched through the body of the young girl made Kathy sit bolt upright in her bed ...Where was she? How did she get here? Her pulse was racing and her heart was beating up to her neck ... panting, she looked around frantically ... another clap of thunder that crashed nearby. The girl pressed her hands to her ears and screwed her eyes shut as tightly as possible. No matter where she was, she had to get out of here ... Uncertainly, she swung her legs out of bed and moved away from her bed ... braced when she stepped on something soft that was on the floor. Kathrin bit her lip and carefully picked it up - whatever it was. She couldn't tell what it was, but the smell that was attached to the obvious piece of cloth was so familiar to her. Hmmm ... think about it. How did she know him again? Another clap of thunder made Kathy flinch again and scream shrilly. The only thing she got before she went out of her mind was rumbling and muffled cursing.

Kai cursed when he woke up from a high-pitched scream, jumped up and fell out of bed."Damn it, damn it," he pressed out between his teeth and got up as fast as he could. As he ran by, he grabbed his shooter and his blade from a chest of drawers on the wall of the room.

The door to Kathy's room hit the wall with full force when Kai crashed into it. He ran a few steps on the spot, pushed himself away from the door, and stormed quickly into the young lady's room. Then he stopped, extremely tense. Concentrated, he tensioned the blade in the stud shooter and inserted the ripcord. Kai tried to register every noise, no matter how quiet, and not to the rumble of thunder nearby that continued to rage tirelessly. He held his blade in front of him, tensely. Always ready to set his mighty BitBeast on a possible attacker. But the only thing he heard was a quiet sob from a dark corner of the large room.Kai's concentration gave way to concern and he dropped all caution. "Kathy?" he asked cautiously. The sobs started as he pronounced his best friend's name. With quick but deliberate steps, he put one foot in front of the other until he was at the corner.

Kai could hardly believe his eyes ... when he stared at the girl so frightened and with puffy eyes in front of him. The light from a street lamp brushed her more than cramped body, which she was pushing into the corner. She was very pale and her dark blue glass eyes stared eerily through him so that a cold shiver sent a chill down his back. Shivering