Messengertalk (Tala & Rei, occasional Bryan)

"Then where you'll live?"

Bryan felt like jumping off the roof right now. He still saw Tala cut his throat, the blood flowing, the pain reflected in his eyes, the ashen skin... His breath hitched and he sank back down to the chair.

Rei stopped crying, noticing that there was something wrong about the Falcon.

-"You're ok Bryan?"

"I might as well struck the knife to his throat myself... I killed him! I killed Tala! I told him that he'd be better without me! I told him I hurt you! He told me to get out and... He just... took the knife... I'll never forget that look! Even if I had just plainly said I'm sorry, he had done it!"

He expected Driger to pounce on him any second. He'd welcome death. But the Tiger was asleep, occasionally touching Wolborg as if offering comfort.

-"You want to get killed? Then, you're not the only one..."

"When did the life start to crupmle around us? The whole world..."

Door opened and revealed Ian. Bryan just shook his head and Ian came into the room. He walked to Wolborg and petted it.

"I called Mr. Dickenson... He had to know about this..."

Rei slammed his hand on his face.

-"Oh great... Now I really wanna die. Could somebody please kill me here now?"

Both of the Blitzkrieg Boys shook heads.

"I didn't tell why you were here. I mostly informed of Tala's death. But he knows you are in Moscow, not where in here."

"That's why we planned to take you out of this country. For your own safety and all. Now people know where we live and we are targets again. Boris has old henchmen..."

Rei paled at the news.

"You really should be with anyone else than us right now. Tala's death will get into the tabloids soon. After the funeral, held in three days, we can't wait any longer. Wolborg dies with the full moon. We are out of leader then. Go to that... Garland... Brooklyn lives with him, but he's just a hippie..."

Ian snorted and Rei shook his head.

-"Well, I can't go back to Japan either... or to China...and I can't just leave you guys in trouble here... I must stay. Besides, I don't have a home where to go anymore, so I don't care where I'll be living from now on... ... ...I don't even care about to live my life either... but I have to help you."

Rei sat on the edge of the bed though he was in pain and all... Then he just suddenly ripped off his medicine tubes and threw them on the floor.

-"I don't need medicines or anything else... Let's just get out of here."

Bryan and Ian winced as Rei yanked off the hoses attached to him.

"There's nothing I can do... Don't expect to see any of us Blitzkrieg Boys alive ever again", Bryan said, his voice grave. He turned around, leaving weakening Wolborg with Driger, taking Ian with him.

Rei stared at the doorway, looking the door close itself atfer Bryan and Ian had left the room.

*You're more right than you know yourself, Bryan... It's better for me not to see you guys ever again... or for you not to see me... I've done enough harm for everyone already...*

Rei looked at Wolborg and Driger, sleeping on the floor next to each other.
The tears started to run down Rei's cheeks again and he did nothing to stop them.

*Good bye, Driger and Wolborg... You two have also suffered enough because of my stupidity and reckless actions...*

Rei took the knife out of his nightdesk's box and stabbed himself on the left side of his chest and pressed it deeper so that the blade would cross the heart. Then Rei pulled the knife off his chest and crashed on the bed. The blood started to run on the bedsheets and the floor.

*Good bye, everyone... It was fun to live my life with you guys beside me... I love you all...*

The heart stopped and the knife dropped on the bloody floor. Rei was dead.

Ian turned towards Bryan.

"You know what he's about to do."

"I said, there's nothing we could have done."

As he had said that, they heard Driger's growl and Wolborg whimpering. They both looked at Spencer who stood at the end of the corridor.

"It's all over."

~~~

Three days later Tala and Rei were buried. Only the three Russians were there to see it along with the Orthodox priest and the Buddhist monk and three young apprentices.

It took a week before Tyson and the others heard about the deaths of Tala and Rei. By the time they made it to Moscow, Bryan was gone and Spencer and Ian missing. The large tombstone had silvery engravings, picturing an artic wolf, white tiger, wyvern, whale and a falcon. There still was some room, even though the tomb was originally set for Kai also, but Rei was now on his place.

There was still room for a phoenix.