As the eight beys landed, all started circling in unison, waiting for each other to strike. After several rotations, the unison was broken.
Jupiter burst and charged after Corona. Soon enough, everyone was fighting each other.
"Come on, Quetz!!" Kei commanded. Quetzalcoatl charged right at Pegasis.
"Block it, Pegasis!!!" Miles shouted. Pegasis did block it, but was sent back several feet to the wall.
"What the?" Miles said, intrigued, "How can such a light bey do that much attacking?"
"That's a secret for me to know and for you to find out!" Kei replied.
Cloud was able to get the KO's started quickly after that phrase.
"Orojya Spear!!!" he shouted, and Orojya clashed right onto Richard's Pegasis, KO-ing it instantly.
Devin followed up in the action by dodging Jupiter's charge at the edge, causing Jupiter to self-KO.
Jeremy wouldn't let it go unanswered as he released his Special Move.
"Giga Drained Power!!!" he yelled, and the attack landed directly on Orojya and Corona, KO-ing them both.
It was now 2 VS 2, Pegasis and L-Drago, against Quetzalcoatl and L-Drago Absorb.
"Go Pegasis!!!" Miles commanded, and Pegasis charged at Quetz.
However, at the last second, he changed direction, and tackled right into L-Drago Absorb!
"Huh?" Kei said, confused.
"Go, Bri! Take him down!!!" Miles yelled.
"Okay then!!" she replied. "Special Move, L-Drago! Burning Fire Rampage!!!"
Kei had no time to prepare for the attack as he got smashed right on the facebolt, sending it flying.
"Yes!" Bri shouted in victory.
"It's not over yet, though..." Jeremy rang in.
She turned to see Pegasis has stopped spinning, and L-Drago Absorb was still spinning.
"Hmph!" she blurted out. "Let's go!"
"L-Drago, Giga Drained Power!!!" Jeremy commanded, and It charged straight for L-Drago.
"Flip!" Bri said, and with perfect timing, L-Drago flipped and changed the direction of L-Drago Absorb, sending it to a self-KO.
Bri jumped up and down in excitement. She hugged Miles...
"Great job, baby..." Miles said softly to her. "You did amazing..."
"Thank you..." she replied.
Jeremy picked up his bey and nodded. They then exited.
All four of the friends regained their seriousness and looked at the screen to see that it indeed was official:
FINALS!!!
1: RUSSIA VS 2: EC USA
"It's time, guys..." Miles said. "We need to prepare..."
The DJ gave both teams were each given eight hours to think, train, of do anything else before the finals.
As soon as they walked out the door, Miles received a call. It was from Dan Wheldon, the British Captain.
"Hello?" Miles answered.
"Miles, you and your team need to come to the hospital, NOW!!!" Several of the teams' captains have been injured, and me and the doctors need your guys' help!!!"
"Oh my god!! We're on the way there!!!" Miles hung up and the four ran for the hospital.
Once they arrived, they saw twelve different beds, all carrying a team captain and a ripped flag.
Bri and Devin ran to take care of some of the more severe cases.
"Miles, thank god you're here!!" Dan said, running to them. He was unharmed, except a small bandage on his face...
"Dan!" Miles replied. "What happened?!?!"
"Ambush..." he replied. "The other thirteen captains told me they were all individually ambushed by a Russian member..."
"Was it R-Dev? The captain?" Miles urged.
"No, he was nowhere to be found after he won over Japan. It was that Diablo beyblade. I know that blader's name..."
"What is it? What is his name??" Miles asked.
"Ivan Braginski. I fought him last year for Britain the year before the US team won. He was vicious. He was defeated last year by the other US team, and he made the team again, and boy, is he pissed!!! He even ambushed me! I was able to fight him off and escape, but these captains weren't so lucky..."
He was interrupted when Kei Hollins, the Antarctic captain they had face just minutes ago, came in on a stretcher with a giant gash on his left leg as the thirteenth patient.
"There's another one!" Dan said, rolling Kei into place.
Cloud then realized. He looked at each blader, each revealing the story of what happened through a flashback.
He looked at Dark Devin, the German captain. Dark was trying to explain to Ivan about their friendship, but Ivan fired his bey and took him out with a hit to the head.
He then looked at Argo Manuel, the Caribbean captain. Argo was trying to beg his way out, but Ivan had no mercy as he turned the fight physical by punching and kicking Argo on the ground.
It was an even more shocking story when he looked at the rivals from last tournament.
CD Collins, representing France, was backing away from R-Dev, asking what had happened to him and their alliance. R-Dev slugged him across the face and stomped his chest. He walked away, leaving him...
Then Gerrard-Asela Walton, for Ireland, going insane when R-Dev punched him. He fought back, but was outsmarted and thrown into a concrete wall, injuring his arm.
He then looked at Dan, seeing he was approached by both R-Dev and Ivan. The three launched their beys. He saw Dan get the nick on his face and run away.
The thoughts were running through Cloud's mind as he heard laughing and screams of terror.
"Uh, Cloud...?" Dan said, waving his hand in front of Cloud's blank stare.
"Cloud?" Miles asked, poking him.
Cloud stumbled. His eyes rolled back, and he face-planted on the hard tile floor, as the fourteenth patient...