Hidden deep in the shadows underground Balcov Abbey in Moscow was a deep dark cellar. Within that cellar were two people. So close. So close. They were almost touching. One moved even closer, but the other shuffled backwards. The other one tried to move closer again and jumped back in surprise when the other one got up and slapped him hard. The pain. The figure who was slapped jumped up too as the other one ran away, through dark corridors, leaving the other one standing alone in the dark.
Nobody heared him mutter under his breath "She'll be sorry." and nobody heared him laugh, a cold deep laugh.



"Chief, are we there yet?!"
"Dont worry Tyson, we'll be there soon! Read a magazine or something."
The bladebreakers were on their way to a new tournament in Russia. At first they had refused to go, but they found out that Boris and Voltaire would be away with the Demolition boys and there would be new managment, so they were all looking forward to a fair fight, without Boris getting in the way. Well, all except Kai that is. He sat, as usual, probably asleep at the back of their private plane.
Tyson couldnt wait for the tournament to begin. He was glaring out the window, completely anticipated. Max was sitting next to him, listening to his CD walkman. Rei and Kenny were on the other side. Kenny was looking up data on the team that they would be facing and Rei was reading.
"Are we there yet?!" Tyson yelled
"No!!" came the reply from Max, Kenny and Rei.
"Well, we'd better get there soon! I want to meet the team we're facing!"
"They're called Team Darkness and theyre all very strong bladers. Theyre captain is supposed to be unbeatable. Thats why they won the tournament so far."
"Team darkness?!" Kai muttered under his breath "Why couldnt we have that name?!"
Someone called into the plane "We're about to land, fasten your seat belts!"
"Finally!" Tyson put the back of his seat back up and pushed his table in.
Rei looked at Kennys laptop "Do you know anything else about this team chief?"
"Not much else...theyre names are Gilraen, Andrea, Donna and Ashley...None of them have ever lost a beybattle...Gilraen joined five different teams before she decided to start her own and--"
"Hang on!" Said Max "Are you telling me that this is a team of girls?!"
"Yes." said Kenny
Tyson snorted "This will be a sinch! It cant be too hard to defeat a team of girls!"
Kai grunted and muttered "He still hasnt learned his lesson!"
The plane landed and Tyson charged into the airport. Kenny ran after him and Max, Rei and Kai waited outside. About fifteen minites later they both came out again.
"Bathroom." Tyson muttered. They all groaned. Kenny looked at some piece of paper.
"Our taxi should be waiting around here somewhere, its blue. Can anyone see a blue car?"
"Yeah, over there!" Rei pointed to a rather old looking blue car. Kenny ran towards it and signalled for all of them to get in.
When they arrived at their hotel, they threw their bags down and pretty much had to leave straight away. They were running late for the tournament. And they still had to sign up.
As they rushed through the doorway, they saw four girls signing up in the front of a short queue. As they left the booth, the bladedreakers noticed their leather jacket, that all said on the back 'Team Darkness' with a moon in the background. Tyson rushed up to them.
"Hey, are you team darkness."
They said nothing, but turned around slightly to indicate their jackets.
"Right. Well im Tyson, from the bladebreakers and this is my team! Here is our captain, Kai." He pulled Kai in and he nodded in greeting. The other team did the same. "This is Kenny, and these are Rei and Max." Rei smiled and max waved. One of the girls waved back. One girl walked forward.
"Im Gilraen. This is Andrea." She pointed to a girl with very curly hair and huge eyes. She was wearing a black hat. She had a face that indicated that she was annoyed. Andrea glared at them.
"She doesnt like people." Said Gilraen simply. "This is Ashley." She pointed to the only girl in the group who looked friendly. She was the girl who had waved. She had thick wavy brown hair and also had big eyes, but not as big as Andreas or as angry looking.
"And this is Donna, our youngest." She indicated a smaller girl, who looked very young, at least nine who had her hair tied up in two ribbons. She had a sweet face, that looked sad. Tyson bent down.
"Isnt she a bit young to be in a tournament?"
"No, she just looks young. Shes fourteen." Said Gilraen
"Are you serious?!"
"Well, she is still the youngest. Im sixteen in a week."
Tyson fell backwards in shock, as Kenny returned.
"Ive signed our names up. We now have an hour before we have to be back."
"Can we go for coffee?" asked Rei
"Sounds good" Said Kenny
Max piped up "Would you guys like to come with us?"
Andrea shook her head franticly, and Ashley nodded. Gilraen looked at Donna.
"Whatever!" Said Donna.
"Ok, we'll come. We have nothing better to do anyway!" They followed the bladebreakers out of the building and over to the coffee house.

Little did they know they were being followed...