( Internal point of view : Ryo Hagané )

After long minutes, I managed to calm Damian and Jack down. Jack decided to go outside without a word taking his Evil Befall spinning top with him leaving me alone with Damian he's lyingin bed staring out the window with a blank stare I couldn't get allthe information. I sigh softly.

- Damian, do you feel ready to tell me about what Ziggurat did to you ? You look like you've taken more abuse from him. Do you want to tell me them ? I ask him with the hope that he won'thave a fit again, since we've been here, he hasn't eaten anything Madoka had prepared for him. He looks quite sad and ashamed of himself. Suddenly his stomach gurgles, he hurries to cover his belly in shame.

- You refused everything you were given to eat, why do you persist in not wanting to eat ? You will never heal if you don't eat properly. Damian avoids my gaze.

- I don't have the right to eat what I want... He tells me. Only one day in the week I have the right, but the rest I was forbidden. My stomach is used to it... As soon as his stomach starts to growl again, I half-smile as he begins to blush.

- I'm not sure your belly approves of your words, so accept to eat now.

I give him the lunch box that Madoka has prepared for him, she had prepared vegetables with a knob of butter, a filet mignon with a little ketchup and a small portion of fries. Damian swallows his saliva and starts by eating the vegetables first.

- Ziggurat forbade you to eat ? I ask him, he eats the fries second.

- I was not allowed to snack between meals and a strict diet was imposed on me, I had to keep the weight that I have to be able to support all the experiences that Ziggurat inflicted on me. He answers me by finishing with the filet mignon ; at the beginning, I didn't respect this diet very much, so Ziggurat punished me by making me vomit the excess food that I ingested. I then lost the pleasure of eating, and I started to eat less and less, I lost a lot of weight, even had many nutritional deficiencies. Ziggurat therefore allowed me to eat more until my deficiencies disappearedand then he started again.

- Did he make you vomit ? He forced you to swallow drugs that made you vomit ? I ask him, Damian finishes the entire lunch box of what Madoka had prepared for him, I see him put a hand on his belly, rubbing it lightly.

- No, he blocked me against him with his arms then he pressed very hard on my stomach until I spit everything out, or when I couldn't vomit, it caused me severe indigestion. I could suffer from it for a whole day, that's why I always watch what I eat now and don't allow myself to eat sweets, chocolates or anything that other people can eat, except that I have always recurring pain, which often makes my stomach rumble for no reason.

I take care to write down all the information he gives me, malnutrition, beatings, violence, threats, painful experiences, it's already a good record. But I feel that something is missing that he doesn't want to tell me, so I have a small idea.

- Damian, I know a doctor in the area who could heal this pain in your belly with a one to two hour massage. Forthat, I need you to tell me one last thing, I know you are hiding one more detail from me. Know that you don't have to be ashamed of anything, but to convict Ziggurat, I need this information, you are the key that will allow Ziggurat to be arrested.

- ... He touched me. He adds while avoidingmy gaze ; he touched me several times, especially during his experiments, he took pleasure in touching my body in several places, he caressed my belly for long minutes just to soothe me when he injected his products into my body, he mainly aimed at my navel, where it leaves no traces, he pressed on my abdomen where there were my intestines to circulate the product, then he put his thumb under my stomach, he touched my thighs, the underside of my ribs, my arms, my neck and... elsewhere sometimes. Sometimes I couldn't see what he was doing, he blind folded me and continued to touch me like a nordinary object. One day, I will remember it all my life, I was blindfolded again, I was very cold, I heard him say that I was a goodboy, that I was wise and a good element for him, then he opened my mouth and ordering me not to bite him, his breathing was heavy as if he had smoked then he shoved his fingers deep in my throat while touching me elsewhere. It was horrible, I couldn't move or defend myself... He told me, I have shivers of disgust at this story he's telling me, I didn't think this man was so perverse.

I write down the whole story then close my notebook and turn off my video recorder.

- Thank you Damian, you were very brave. Now it's up to us to manage, you focus on your recovery and try to rebuild yourself okay. Get dressed, I'll take you to this famous doctor to cure your stomach problems.

- OK ! He nods getting up from the bed as quickly asI get up from my chair, talking to me seems to have freed him from avery heavy weight, he grabs his clothes, gets dressed then joins me in my car.

( Internal POV : Jack )

Here I am in a small uncrowded Beyblade park. It'sperfect, nobody to disturb me in my work, I tend to wander too much when I play Beyblade, I take my Evil Befall in my hand.

- Sorry Befall, from now on no more plastic art. We need to get stronger to protect Damian until he's fit to fight, I pull out my thruster and prepare to unleash Befall.

-Jack ! A voice that I recognize suddenly interruptsme, it's Gingka's voice ; you play Beyblade by yourself, it's not much fun without someone to fight, don't you think ? Unless you wanted to create new works of art ?

- The time for Gingka art is over ! Damian is in no condition to fight against anyone, I have to protect him from DoctorZiggurat at all costs, I won't let this clown attack us again.

- It's a state of mind Jack, you've changed a lot. Don't worry so much, we are here to help you too. He says to me, showing his thumbs up, I lower my eyes.

- It's very nice Ginka, but Damian is like my little brother. He's my only friend, it's up to me to take the blame. I tell him, and I'm very sincere, I don't like to ask for help, especially from this insufferable, overly positive kind of person who thinks a spinning bey fight solves everything.

I can understand that he wants to help me, butthere's no way I'm relying on anyone, I take out my thruster and launch Befall into the scenery, I fight again and again until Gingka decides to join me to help me get stronger, we fought for hours until my strength was completely exhausted, I even got rid of my coat, that's when I hear someone applauding us, I turn to see Damian waving at us while eating a cream donut.

- Hey Damian, are you feeling better ? I ask him a little worried, he eats with appetite by offering me a donut for me too.

- If I'm here it's because I'm better, and you, what are you doing ? Do you practice Beyblade now ? He answers me with a little smile, it's incredible this change, I saw him still terrified several hours ago, and there I find him in great shape and snacking, where as usually, he never nibbles .

- You don't want to answer my question ? He asks me again, I jump slightly.

- I'm sorry, I was surprised that you have completely changed, you have regained some color and you seem in better shape a little. It makes me very happy that you are better Damian, and yes I was training a little Beyblade.

- You're exaggerating, I'm not as well, just saw adoctor who put my stomach back in place, I don't have pain anymore and I can eat again without risking indigestion. He explains to me.

I can only be happy for him, I have to get stronger if I want to be able to protect you.

( Internal POV : Damian )

Jack looks more reassured, his fever seems to have completely disappeared, now that I'm better he should be a little calmer. I stretch to go sit on the bench a little further to watch them fight, Gingka offers me to come and play Beyblade with them, butI politely refuse. I don't want to be included in Beyblade anymore. This is not the career I want to pursue.

I prefer to take out my book and continue to read it quietly while listening to them train, especially since Gingka's father told me to revise the WBBA's management conditions, because he offered me to work in training in his company, he even contacted my parents to ask their opinion. They were favorable and I was able to see them on video for the first time in more than 5 years of imprisonment at the HD academy, then at one point I wanted to go for a walk in town, I tell Jack I'm going for a walk, I'm not sure he heard me but too bad. I walk away from this little park to walk around town, the first thing I want to do is go to the mall to tryand buy myself a new cell phone, I manage to find a not too expensiveone with which I write down my parents' number, they can't wait to hear from me soon.

I have a smile on my face, I continue to walk a bitin the shops until I leave the shopping center exhausted with somebought trinkets and books, I don't like the noise at all, I sigh a big blow.

- You look good Damian... I've never seen you like this before. A voice suddenly tells me that sends shivers down my spine, my whole body starts shaking when I turn back to a real nightmare. Doctor Ziggurat himself.

- Doctor Ziggurat....? What... what are you doing here ? I stammer intimidated, he sketches a smile approaching me, especially his hand towards my head, I want to back off but it's too late, his hand is on my hair and my body is paralyzed.

- You bleached your hair, it went back to how it was when you were a child, it suits you pretty well. I have to back up,quickly. I look around me to see people circulating around us.

- Damian, I'm going to ask you to come with me. The question that sends shivers down my spine, reminding me of everythinghe put me through. No, I don't want to go through that again, I don't want him to touch me anymore, I don't want to be hungry anymore, to be chained to this wooden table, to have these syringes prick my navel.

Never again !!

- No... I answer him with clenched fists, he raises an eyebrow.

- Sorry ? I'm not sure I heard correctly, can you repeat ? He asks me, his voice is very cold, I find the courage to move away from him. I grit my teeth angrily and glare at him.

- No ! No way I will return to yourside, you no longer have any rights over me, the contract is over andI have a new life, and a new job here. Leave me alone. I tell him, he grabs my arm and I struggle against him, people's eyes turn to us and Ziggurat loosens his grip.

- Don't make comedy Damian, you still owe me debts and you're going to pay them so stop your childishness. He tells me, his hand tightens on my wrist again, I grit my teeth kicking him inthe ankle, he growls in pain and lets go of me, but before I can get far enough away , I see him plant a syringe on my arm, half of the product is injected into my veins. I with draw the syringe before he can inject it all, then push him with a punch in his abdomen.

I hurry to run away from him, dropping my things, keeping only my phone, in my pursuit I manage to send a message to Jack : Ziggurat is here !

- Damian, stop running away, I wouldn't even need torun to catch up with you. I hear him telling me in the distance, I keep running through the streets, where his soldiers won't be able to catch up with me. The product injected into me by Ziggourat is giving me a headache, my head injury has not completely healed and could cause me inconvenience such as high fevers, due to my drug treatment and that on top of that. If I use up too much energy, I won't be able to move. However, if I stop then I'm finished. So I continue to run, in the streets for several minutes. Then, a pain wakes up in my chest.

- Shit... Damn, I ran too much... I'm out of strength. I manage to say while trying to resume a good rhythm of breathing. I have to stay calm, stay calm. Next to me there is an old disused factory. I hurry to hide there when I hear Ziggurat's soldiers approaching, the factory is very big, if I run upstairs, it will be too obvious, so I stay downstairs. I hide behind a room where very heavy boxes are stored, I cover my mouth and make no noise. My phone on silent, I listen carefully to the soldiers who have entered the factory to start looking for me. I breathe very slowly to keep agood heart rate and not to be noticed. I have Hades Kerbecs by my side in case of a surprise attack.

Breathe... Patience... Calm... Nothing can touch me.

" Are you sure Damian ? " I hear inmy head, again this double of me smiling at me, it's only a reflection.

I must not succumb.

" - The product is still in your body, in a short time you will lose consciousness... Let yourself be the puppet of Ziggurat is not so bad..." I grit my teeth in anger at whathe tells me, I refuse to approve of what he says.

- He's there ! Shouts a soldier when he sees me, I get up immediately by drawing my bey and frees Hades Kerbecs who unleashes his power and destroys them all, immediately my headache increases, I have trouble standing on my legs. Perfection no doubt, there are still traces of this infernal machine on my body, my bones, my organs... Getting rid of them is impossible, I will keep these traces on me forever. I have to come out stronger, I have my parents waiting for me in Canada, the WBBA offering me a job and new friends waiting for me... No question of becoming a lab rat again. I am Damian Hart, a free human being.

- Come on, I'm going to smash you ! I proclaim to the other soldiers still there, entrusting my forces to Hades Kerbecs, even if we have been linked by the improvement, we still have our chemistry.

One after another they drop like flies. My power frightens them and that's good.

- Go away ! Leave me alone, I'll kill you all if you try to drag me back to this hell hole ! I shout to them while unleashing Kerbecs in this factory until there are no more soldiers. My legs give out suddenly and I fall to my knees.

- Shit... I growl. I can't move anymore.

- You're exhausting yourself Damian and the tranquilizer in your veins... In a little while you might not be conscious for a while, you'd better give up Damian, don't forget that your heart is fragile. Ziggurat speaks to me as he approaches me, don't lower your eyes. Ziggurat looks at me in astonishment.

- Your look has really changed Damian, it looks like me at your age... He said approaching his hand to me, I clench my teeth in anger and hurry back. I have no more sensations in my body, I fall backwards, my back against the icy ground.

- The fever rises, Damian stops fighting. He tells me, I'm lost, I can't move.

- Befall !!!! The Ripper ! I suddenly hear, the factory wall breaks to form the image of a peacock, Jack appears with an angry look as other soldiers chase him, he must have run like crazy looking for me everywhere in the city, Ziggurat is hurrying away from me.

-Jack...

- There you are Jack, I thought you were going to join us soon, damn it... You're badly messed up. Note Ziggurat, messed up ? What ? I force myself to keep my eyes open and I see thatJack is injured, his jacket is torn all over and a trickle of blood is pouring from his head.

They dared to attack him ?? And Gingka and his friends ? Where are they ?

- Get away from Damian immediately Dr. Ziggurat. Demands Jack with a ragged breath.

- No need to show you threatening Jack, Damian is in this state because of his fragile health, you remember, don't you ? He tells him. I have a headache...

( Internal POV : Jack )

I grit my teeth in anger and hurry to go to Damian to protect him, that's when Ziggurat snaps his fingers, soldiers appear again and launch their tops, I don't have time to defendmyself, the beys hurt both my legs and I fall on the groundnext to Damian, his forehead is all red and his fever is very high.

- It hurts, it hurts... Grr... Damn. I groan in pain as I feel the blood dripping from my injured legs, yet I keep Damian close to me and stay strong. I must not show Ziggurat that I am weak.

- Jack... Take it easy, don't make it more difficult. Says Ziggourat to me with his voice so cold that makes me tremble with fear, Befall stands in front of us to defend us, the same for Hadès Kerbecs ; Jack, I never told you this but... The doctor briefed me on a touchy subject about the incident that happened when you ran away...

- The day you pushed Damian down the stairs ! Of course I remember... I scream before Ziggurat kicks me in the head.

- You're exaggerating a bit too much Jack, even Damian is smart enough to remember that he fell down the stairs on his own without me having to push him, look at that if you don't believe me. He says showing a video on his phone, it was during the accident, I was trying to stop Ziggurat and I saw Damian fall downthe stairs.

He... fell on his own...

- Damian has a brain tumor Jack. Dr. Ziggurat suddenly declares to me, a shock suddenly strikes me ; After the accident, the doctors discovered a small tumor in Damian's brain, it was formed due to the arrangement and since then it grows bigger and bigger, without proper treatment, Damian will die.

A cold shiver runs through me as I hold Damian in my arms, he's all warm and his hair is wet from fever, I touch the underside of his head, I don't feel anything abnormal, and his wound seems to have healed.

- You're lying ! You're trying to trick me into begging you to save him. Damian is much better, he eats better, he smiles a lot more than before, he has found his reason for living. You were nothing but a cancer for him, and for me ! Damian will heal !

Damian is better, I know.

Doctor Ziggurat lets out a sigh.

- I had forgotten your naivety Jack, what will you doif one day Damian doesn't wake up anymore ? I want to remind you that I studied medicine, I'm ready to pay the cost of his operation if he comes back to my side, it's up to you now, Jack. He tells me, my breathing becomes jerky, I feel Damian grabbing me by my shirt.

- No... He's lying. I'm fine, these are my... my meds. He manages to tell me, it's obvious. Ziggurat grows impatient, I recognize that cold face. He is going to hit us and my Befall and Hades Kerbecs are running out due to our deplorable state of health. The soldiers are closing in on us... We're finished.

- Grab them both ! Order Ziggurat. Damian stretches out his arm in his last strength and manages to eliminate a few soldiers, we have to be stronger, we have to. I support Hadès Kerbecs with Befall, but we lack strength.

- Pegasus !! We suddenly hear. It's Gingka who isthere.

- Sagitario !! Add little Kenta accompanied by Yu and Tsubasa who go into battle to help us, then Gingka's father intervenes by grabbing Ziggurat by the head to tackle him to the ground, there are police sirens outside, is it a dream ?

Are we saved ? Really ?

- It's over Ziggurat. From now on, you will no longer touch these boys.

X

The moments after passed so quickly. The police came to arrest Doctor Ziggurat and sent him back to America to be imprisoned for a long time, while Damian and I were taken to the emergency hospital, the nurses kept groping my head and my poor legs in agony, Damian is next to my bed with a very cold compress on his warm forehead while the nurses are dressing me.

- Ouch!!! Please stop, you are hurting me ! I complain as Damian sneers, even allowing himself to film me without my knowledge.

- Damian stop it immediately !! I scream at him as he bursts out laughing, I can't help but laugh too. We are saved, when we get out of the hospital, we can start our new life, thanks to the Gan Gan Galaxy.

We are free.

The end. 

Hey there you go ^^ A finished fanfiction, hope you enjoyed this ending, and yes the Starbreakers are finally free and they deserved it after all they've been through ^^ I really hope you enjoy this story will have pleased, and I thank you to those who still read me despite my increasingly rare updates. Take care of yourself, big kisses to you ^^