Title: The Secret
Disclaimers: I do not own Brad, Bit, Dr. Taurus, and Leana, nor do I own most of the Zoids. I only own Mr. Richell, and Waterwings with all of its transformations
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"Bit!" Leana shouted, as she ran angrily past her father, making him drop his newspaper.
"Hey you should read this article, it's about some guy who is looking for a Zoid and put up a force field," He shouted after her, but Dr. Toros knew it was no use. He continued anyway "Supposedly he has light brown hair and is really rich… and he wants to stay hidden…"
"When I find you, I will rip your head off for taking my brownies!" She yelled ignoring her father.
"When you find me, but then you'll still have to chase me!" Bit shouted back, laughing.
"Oh, there you are." Leana said, walking up behind him.
He turned around slowly. "Ahhh!!" He yelped then he sprinted for the exit, with Leana tailing him.
The hover cargo was parked on a grassy lot. There were hills everywhere, to your right and left, front and back, South and North, East and- (you get the picture). There was a small lake about 30 feet away, with a cave behind it. That was all the Blintz team knew about the landscape. They had no idea what was behind the hills…
Bit dashed out of the cargo ship and considered his surroundings. If I go to the cave, she'd catch me. If I dove into the lake, I'd get my cloths wet, and freeze. Leaves one option, head for the hills, he thought, so, he ran for the hills.
He climbed hill after hill. His leg's hurt, and wished there was a place to hide. He looked behind him. Leana was only a half a hill away! He ran some more.
After what felt like three years of zigzagging over the hills (but it was only two and a half hours), Bit noticed that the hills stopped. Yes!
He dashed toward the end of the hills. But as he was approaching, he noticed that it wasn't just the hills that stopped, the land stopped too. It was a cliff so high that he couldn't see the bottom.
Luckily, he stopped himself from falling over edge. He called Leana, to warn her but, as she was trying to halt, she tripped on a stone, and fell off the cliff.
Bit grabbed her arm, but he knew he wouldn't have much luck at pulling her up, or holding her in midair. His arms, like his legs, were sore from climbing.
Leana looked at him. She knew that he wouldn't be able to hold her arm much longer. She knew she would die. She knew she would never see her dad again. And, she knew it was all her fault.
She felt her eyes water, but didn't bother to stop the tears. She looked up at Bit. "Can you see the hover cargo?" she asked him, desperately.
"Yeah, kind of." Bit answered.
"Well than, what are you waiting for? Call for help." Leana demanded.
"DR. TOROS, BRAD, JAMIE, ANYONE, HELP!!!!" Bit called.
"Try again." Leana urged. He called again and again, but no one came.
He decided to try one last time. Finally, some one had heard him! Brad came running out of the hover cargo.
Bit raised an arm so Brad would see him. "BRAD HELP!!!" he shouted.
Brad saw him, and ran over. "Hey, Bit, What'cha do-" He started to say, but then he saw Leana.
He immediately grabbed both of her arms. "Bit, go to the hover cargo and get the Doc, and Jamie, now." Brad instructed. Bit did as he was told.
About five minutes later, Bit returned with Dr. Taurus, and Jamie.
They all tried to hold Leana's arms, but somehow, she fell. She fell to the unknown place far below.
Leana screamed. She kept falling and falling and falling. She never seemed to stop falling, like she was in a bottomless pit.
She hit ground. The landing's force knocked her unconscious.
The group of boys stared down the cliff.
"Some one actually fell off that cliff?" a voice said.
They turned around. Behind them was a man in his mid twenties. He had jet black hair, with some light brown and dark green eyes.
"Sorry that I snuck up on you, but no one has ever fallen off that cliff. I'll show you why." The guy said.
"Would you mind telling us your name first?" Dr. Taurus asked.
"Oh, I forgot. My name is Mr. Richell. And your names are?" The guy answered and asked.
"I'm Dr. Taurus, and this is; Bit, Brad, and Jamie." Dr. Taurus replied, pointing to each person as he said their names.
"So, why has nobody ever fallen off the cliff?" Brad asked, curiously.
"Well, I'm not sure how but, you can walk on the air next to that ridge. See?" Mr. Richell said as he, pretty much walked on the sky.
"If you can do that than how did Leana fall off?" Bit asked; this was getting pretty weird.
"No idea." Mr. Richell replied shaking his head. "Come with me. I'll make some coffee and we can figure out what to do."
He led them to his mansion, not very far away.
Three hours later, sometime after nine o'clock, they heard a yelp of pain and ran to the cliff, but they still couldn't see far below.
At ten o'clock, Mr. Richell offered his ten guest bedrooms for them. They thought about that and in the end decided to stay.
A bit earlier…
Some time around nine pm Leana woke up.
She was lying in the middle of a field of flowers. The cliff stood there like a skyscraper. There was a variety bushes, fruit and plain trees of all kinds, a crystal clear stream with glittering fish, and more flowers, of all kinds.
"I must be dreaming." She said. She pinched herself. "Oww!"
It wasn't only that that hurt, her back ached, her head felt as if it were cracked, her right ankle was sprained, her left arm was definitely broken, her right leg was cut and bleeding, and she was covered with scratches and scrapes.
She stood up, leaning against a near by tree for support. She broke off a long branch and used it to support her weight and started limping toward the stream.
She sat by the stream for along time, drinking, and cleaning up her wounds . She tried to remember what her survival teacher had taught her in fifth grade.
She got up and leaned branches against each other, creating a type of teepee. "I never knew this would come in handy." She muttered.
When she was done, she tossed mud and dirt on the floor, and laid down (she didn't care if her cloths got dirty, since they already were).
Sleep didn't come easy, but eventually it did come.
In Mr. Richell's mansion, the beds were very comfy, but no one could sleep, they were all too worried about Leana, especially Bit. If I hadn't taken her brownies, this never would've happened. He thought.
The next morning, Leana awoke to the pain of her broken arm. "Ouch!" she shouted.
In the mansion, everyone heard her. "She's alive! She survived the fall!" Dr. Taurus shouted.
The group of men ran to the cliff. "Leana, can you hear me?!" Bit shouted into the darkness.
"Of course I can hear you, now get me out of here, I need a cast, and a doctor!" Leana replied.
"One problem. We can't get down there." Mr. Richell said calmly.
That day, Leana was told to stay out of the way, and the men tried everything. They tried to through down ropes, they tried using Jamie's Zoid, they tried jumping in, but, of course, it was no use.
That night everyone went sleep, tired and defeated. Defeated by that stupid barrier. Everyone except Bit. Yes, he was tired, but he would have to put sleep off for now. He had a plan, and he hoped that Liger Zero could handle it.
1 When Bit was sure everyone was asleep, He snuck out and ran toward the cargo ship.
He hopped inside Liger Zero, and dashed for the hills. When he reached the cliff, he took several steps back and ran towards the cliff. "Strike laser claw!"
Liger Zero jumped into the air, raised its sharp claws, and scratched strait through the force field.
Then, he fell, Liger and all.
Liger hit the ground with a loud bang. It vibrated the ground, trees shook, Leana's teepee collapsed (causing her more injuries), and the fish in the stream leaped five feet into the air.
Bit jumped out of his Liger, trying to take in the fairytale-like surroundings. "Wow."
He spotted the pile of sticks and heard a groan coming from it.
He helped Leana up "Are you OK?" he asked her.
"No. Oh, and there's something you should have noticed, Bit!" she said.
"What's that?" he asked. Figures, you try and rescue a girl, and she gets all mad.
"One: you should've brought a first aid kit. Two: how do you expect to get back up there?" she replied. "All you did was get your self, and Liger Zero stuck down here!"
Only then did the thought strike Bit. He had made a big mistake. How would he get Liger, Leana, and himself back up there?
Leana stared at his worried face and regretted everything she had said. She walked over and put her arm around him. "Don't worry. We'll find a way out." She said as softly as she could.
"Thanks Leana." Bit replied. Perking up a bit, he continued, "We better find a place to sleep."
At this, Liger started digging into the ground with its front paws. "Um… Liger? What are you doing?" asked a confused Bit. Liger roared a little. "Good idea, partner." Bit said.
"Bit, what did Liger say he's doing?" Leana asked. "Making a burrow." Bit answered simply.
"Uh huh." Was all Leana could say. She had never really believed that Bit could talk to his Zoid. But right now she would have to believe anything. Besides, Liger was making a burrow.
Finally Liger pulled his paws out of the ground with a mighty roar. Bit walked over to stand next to it. "Liger, great job, but how are we supposed to get out?" Bit asked.
For once Liger looked stumped. It was actually a very funny sight.
Just then a group of Zoids, jumped out of the river.
"Ahhh!" Bit cried as he jumped backwards. Leana, on the other hand, didn't move. She just stared at the middle Zoid. It was a purple cat, a bit smaller than Liger Zero. It had long claws, teeth, ears, and tail. The paws were a shade of blue that ended in a wave like pattern. The tail had a blue tip with a gun. It had white stripes down its back, and white wings that looked like an angels, with a see-through cockpit. Hellcats surrounded it.
"What is that Zoid in the middle, Bit?' Leana asked.
"I have no idea. But those Zoids have no pilots!" Bit replied. Leana stared closely. He was right, but she didn't back away. Something about the Zoid made her just stand there.
Then the Zoid did something Leana had never seen before. It stuck out one of its front paws and turned it over, then extended it toward Leana as though it wanted her to get on. Without thinking Leana hopped onto the paw.
"Leana, you sure that's a good idea?" Bit asked. "No." Leana replied but she let the Zoid lift her away from the ground anyway.
It lifted her as far as its paw would go. Than a Hellcat came forward and gently nudged her onto the Zoids back, just at the base of its neck.
Bit hopped into his Liger. He didn't like these Zoids. He got Liger to charge at them. He took down two of the ten Hellcats in that charge. The weird Zoid, apparently worried, lifted Leana from its back with its tail and dropped her into its cockpit.
A blinding red light flashed and where the Zoid had been standing, now stood a fancier version of Liger's Schneider attachment. Its legs were covered with a diamond shaped dark red armor. On the side of its face was a white cube, coming out of it were spikes that went in every direction. Its wings were red and had points, its tail ended in a sword, and its teeth were even sharper.
Bit stared unbelievingly at the Zoid. Then, a single sentence appeared on his computer. They call me, in this mode, the Sword Stripe.
"Leana!" He shouted, concerned for her safety. She's fine. "Who are you?" Bit asked.
Are you blind, Bit? I am a Zoid called Waterwings, made up of only the best parts. Surely a former junk dealer like you would know that.
That scared Bit, like it would scare any other person. "How do you know my name, and that I'm a junk dealer? And, I can't trust that Leana is safe, because I don't have proof!"
I know many things. I know more then Liger, your ultimate X, I know more than the Backdraft group, not like they know anything, but my point is I know a lot. As for your secret crush on Leana-
"Shut up!" Bit shouted. Waterwings was getting on his nerves. "Is Leana safe? And what do you want?"
Oh, your girlfriend is safe. In fact, I'll show you her. The picture of the cockpit appeared on screen. In the pilots seat was Leana, and she was unconscious.
As for what I want, I want a pilot. See you, Bit Cloud.
There was a flash of white light and Waterwings, in her usual form dived into the river, with her Hellcats close behind.
Later…
Leana awoke in the cockpit. "Where's Bit?" she asked herself. Waterwings gave a soft growl. "What do you mean far away?" Leana yelled.
Waterwings could tell she was mad, but teased her anyway. "I don't like him, well, maybe a little." Leana confessed. "Hey, I understand you!"
Waterwings made a mixture of purring and meowing.
"He was only mean to you because he was concerned for… me." Leana said. She hadn't been thinking about what she was saying, but it made perfect sense.
Waterwings purred this time. "I know you're sorry."
To this the Zoid gave a loud roar. "What are you, a lion or a cat? Wait, you want me to be your pilot?"
Waterwings smiled (If a Zoid can smile) and meowed. "So you do want me to pilot you, and you're a mixture of all cats. That kind of makes sense."
A hour later…
Brad woke up to the smell of coffee. "Smells good, Mr. Richell." Apparently he said it to loudly, because Jamie shouted something about needing to concentrate to save Leana.
Jamie was in Mr. Richell's Living room, writing out ideas on scraps of paper of how to save Leana.
Just then, Dr. Toros walked into the huge kitchen. "Mr. Richell, do you get the Newspaper here?" he asked.
"Yes." Mr. Richell replied, handing Dr. Toros the morning paper. As the doc flipped through it he noticed that three articles were missing.
"Mr. Richell, where are the other articles?" he asked. Mr. Richell shrugged his shoulders "No idea." He said without making eye contact.
Jamie had been watching him very closely, and noticed that he was obviously lying. I wonder why.
"Where's Bit?" Brad asked. No one had noticed Bit was missing.
"Check the hover cargo." Dr. Toros suggested without looking up from his paper (he had found a section on a new Zoid model).
Brad left and walked quickly toward the hover cargo, he was sure Bit had done something stupid.
Jamie walked up to Mr. Richell. "I know you were lying about the articles, I don't mean to barge in on your business, but your hiding something from us that I think has something to do with why Leana's stuck down there."
"Let's go for a walk, Jamie." Mr. Richell said.
"Yes, let's go for a walk." Jamie said. "Hey! You're not answering my question!"
Mr. Richell walked out the door, with Jamie running after him.
"Yes, Jamie I am hiding something. I am sure a few days ago, you received a paper that told about a rich man who is looking for a certain Zoid and put up a barrier, but he wants to stay hidden. I am he." Mr. Richell explained.
"You can't be! They gave a complete description of him. He had brown hair!" Jamie shouted in disbelief.
"I died my hair. Now that you know, there is no going back." Mr. Richell said as he grabbed Jamie's shirt and dragged him into a cave.
To Jamie's horror, the cave held a dungeon. Mr. Richell threw Jamie into a cell, turned on his heel, and left. He had no idea that Brad had seen the whole thing.
Five minutes later…
Bit stared at the river for an hour. What was down there? Only one way to find out. "Liger, follow them into them into the river." Bit instructed.
Liger roared. "I know their long gone by now, partner. But we have to try!" Bit protested.
Liger and Bit dived into the river to find solid ground.
"Weird." Bit declared as they landed. It was like the bottom of a canyon. Steep walls were at either side of them.
Liger roared again. "You see tracks? Where?" Bit asked.
Liger charged ahead, making fast turns and going every which way. Finally Bit saw the Hellcats, and the Zoid that had taken the girl he secretly liked, (not so secret anymore is it?) Waterwings.
"Careful, pal." Bit muttered. He couldn't hurt Leana. Not anymore anyway. She already had a broken arm, and if he did anything bad, she would probably throw the bathtub at him, again.
A picture came over the radio link, and a Leana sat there as happy as ever. "Hey, Bit. I've been looking for you. Waterwings said you were mean to her. I won't do anything 'cause you were trying to protect me, she told me everything."
Bit sweat dropped. "Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Of course, now lets get out of here. Waterwings, you know what to do." Leana replied.
Waterwings trotted over to Liger Zero and they began talking.
Same time…
Mr. Richell walked up to Dr. Toros. "Anything interesting?" he asked.
"You bet, there's a new model for Gunsniper out. Isn't it cool? It looks like Naomi's…" Mr. Richell let the man talk away.
Just then, Brad came through the door with Jamie behind him. "Bit's gone, Liger to, and Mr., Richell is the guy in the paper the other day." Brad said.
Jamie walked up to Mr. Richell and kicked him hard on the shin. "Look! There's another new model too, a judge? Neat… fifty-six dollars? That's ridiculous!" Dr. Toros was saying.
Brad shook his head in embarrassment. "My guess is Bit went to save Leana." He said, looking at Jamie and sweat dropping.
Jamie was beating the poor Richell guy up. When he finally stopped he said, "Okay. Spill it. What do you know?"
"I know that force field can only be broken by the mysterious Zoid. It wanted Leana for some reason. I also know, I WANT THAT ZOID!" Mr. Richell explained.
"Why did you cut out the newspaper articles?" Jamie asked.
"I did that so you wouldn't find out my secret as early as you did." Mr. Richell answered.
"And…" Jamie began, but Brad cut him off.
"Jamie, there's the Liger, but what's that catlike Zoid that's pulling him up?" Brad asked.
"That's the Zoid! I must have it!" Mr. Richell squealed. Just as he was running for the door, Dr. Toros hit him on the head with a coffee mug. "Ouch." He muttered as Mr. Richell fell to the ground.
Dr. Toros, Jamie, and Brad walked out side as the two Zoids landed gracefully on the hilly ground.
Bit jumped out of Ligers cockpit, and Leana tried to jumped out of the weird Zoid but ended up falling into Bit's out stretched arms.
"Thanks, Bit." Leana whispered as they embraced each other into a long kiss.
Jamie covered his eyes pretending to vomit, Brad just stared thinking what happened to make them love each other, and Dr. Toros was muttering over and over again; "Why can't she fall in love with a rich person like Harry? Then I could get all the Zoid models I want."
When they were done kissing, the Blintz team went inside the huge house so they could turn Mr. Richell over to the cops, but when the entered, Mr. Richell was gone…
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Like? I hope you do. I'll make a sequel soon. Please review! Its my first posted fanfic….
Disclaimers: I do not own Brad, Bit, Dr. Taurus, and Leana, nor do I own most of the Zoids. I only own Mr. Richell, and Waterwings with all of its transformations
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"Bit!" Leana shouted, as she ran angrily past her father, making him drop his newspaper.
"Hey you should read this article, it's about some guy who is looking for a Zoid and put up a force field," He shouted after her, but Dr. Toros knew it was no use. He continued anyway "Supposedly he has light brown hair and is really rich… and he wants to stay hidden…"
"When I find you, I will rip your head off for taking my brownies!" She yelled ignoring her father.
"When you find me, but then you'll still have to chase me!" Bit shouted back, laughing.
"Oh, there you are." Leana said, walking up behind him.
He turned around slowly. "Ahhh!!" He yelped then he sprinted for the exit, with Leana tailing him.
The hover cargo was parked on a grassy lot. There were hills everywhere, to your right and left, front and back, South and North, East and- (you get the picture). There was a small lake about 30 feet away, with a cave behind it. That was all the Blintz team knew about the landscape. They had no idea what was behind the hills…
Bit dashed out of the cargo ship and considered his surroundings. If I go to the cave, she'd catch me. If I dove into the lake, I'd get my cloths wet, and freeze. Leaves one option, head for the hills, he thought, so, he ran for the hills.
He climbed hill after hill. His leg's hurt, and wished there was a place to hide. He looked behind him. Leana was only a half a hill away! He ran some more.
After what felt like three years of zigzagging over the hills (but it was only two and a half hours), Bit noticed that the hills stopped. Yes!
He dashed toward the end of the hills. But as he was approaching, he noticed that it wasn't just the hills that stopped, the land stopped too. It was a cliff so high that he couldn't see the bottom.
Luckily, he stopped himself from falling over edge. He called Leana, to warn her but, as she was trying to halt, she tripped on a stone, and fell off the cliff.
Bit grabbed her arm, but he knew he wouldn't have much luck at pulling her up, or holding her in midair. His arms, like his legs, were sore from climbing.
Leana looked at him. She knew that he wouldn't be able to hold her arm much longer. She knew she would die. She knew she would never see her dad again. And, she knew it was all her fault.
She felt her eyes water, but didn't bother to stop the tears. She looked up at Bit. "Can you see the hover cargo?" she asked him, desperately.
"Yeah, kind of." Bit answered.
"Well than, what are you waiting for? Call for help." Leana demanded.
"DR. TOROS, BRAD, JAMIE, ANYONE, HELP!!!!" Bit called.
"Try again." Leana urged. He called again and again, but no one came.
He decided to try one last time. Finally, some one had heard him! Brad came running out of the hover cargo.
Bit raised an arm so Brad would see him. "BRAD HELP!!!" he shouted.
Brad saw him, and ran over. "Hey, Bit, What'cha do-" He started to say, but then he saw Leana.
He immediately grabbed both of her arms. "Bit, go to the hover cargo and get the Doc, and Jamie, now." Brad instructed. Bit did as he was told.
About five minutes later, Bit returned with Dr. Taurus, and Jamie.
They all tried to hold Leana's arms, but somehow, she fell. She fell to the unknown place far below.
Leana screamed. She kept falling and falling and falling. She never seemed to stop falling, like she was in a bottomless pit.
She hit ground. The landing's force knocked her unconscious.
The group of boys stared down the cliff.
"Some one actually fell off that cliff?" a voice said.
They turned around. Behind them was a man in his mid twenties. He had jet black hair, with some light brown and dark green eyes.
"Sorry that I snuck up on you, but no one has ever fallen off that cliff. I'll show you why." The guy said.
"Would you mind telling us your name first?" Dr. Taurus asked.
"Oh, I forgot. My name is Mr. Richell. And your names are?" The guy answered and asked.
"I'm Dr. Taurus, and this is; Bit, Brad, and Jamie." Dr. Taurus replied, pointing to each person as he said their names.
"So, why has nobody ever fallen off the cliff?" Brad asked, curiously.
"Well, I'm not sure how but, you can walk on the air next to that ridge. See?" Mr. Richell said as he, pretty much walked on the sky.
"If you can do that than how did Leana fall off?" Bit asked; this was getting pretty weird.
"No idea." Mr. Richell replied shaking his head. "Come with me. I'll make some coffee and we can figure out what to do."
He led them to his mansion, not very far away.
Three hours later, sometime after nine o'clock, they heard a yelp of pain and ran to the cliff, but they still couldn't see far below.
At ten o'clock, Mr. Richell offered his ten guest bedrooms for them. They thought about that and in the end decided to stay.
A bit earlier…
Some time around nine pm Leana woke up.
She was lying in the middle of a field of flowers. The cliff stood there like a skyscraper. There was a variety bushes, fruit and plain trees of all kinds, a crystal clear stream with glittering fish, and more flowers, of all kinds.
"I must be dreaming." She said. She pinched herself. "Oww!"
It wasn't only that that hurt, her back ached, her head felt as if it were cracked, her right ankle was sprained, her left arm was definitely broken, her right leg was cut and bleeding, and she was covered with scratches and scrapes.
She stood up, leaning against a near by tree for support. She broke off a long branch and used it to support her weight and started limping toward the stream.
She sat by the stream for along time, drinking, and cleaning up her wounds . She tried to remember what her survival teacher had taught her in fifth grade.
She got up and leaned branches against each other, creating a type of teepee. "I never knew this would come in handy." She muttered.
When she was done, she tossed mud and dirt on the floor, and laid down (she didn't care if her cloths got dirty, since they already were).
Sleep didn't come easy, but eventually it did come.
In Mr. Richell's mansion, the beds were very comfy, but no one could sleep, they were all too worried about Leana, especially Bit. If I hadn't taken her brownies, this never would've happened. He thought.
The next morning, Leana awoke to the pain of her broken arm. "Ouch!" she shouted.
In the mansion, everyone heard her. "She's alive! She survived the fall!" Dr. Taurus shouted.
The group of men ran to the cliff. "Leana, can you hear me?!" Bit shouted into the darkness.
"Of course I can hear you, now get me out of here, I need a cast, and a doctor!" Leana replied.
"One problem. We can't get down there." Mr. Richell said calmly.
That day, Leana was told to stay out of the way, and the men tried everything. They tried to through down ropes, they tried using Jamie's Zoid, they tried jumping in, but, of course, it was no use.
That night everyone went sleep, tired and defeated. Defeated by that stupid barrier. Everyone except Bit. Yes, he was tired, but he would have to put sleep off for now. He had a plan, and he hoped that Liger Zero could handle it.
1 When Bit was sure everyone was asleep, He snuck out and ran toward the cargo ship.
He hopped inside Liger Zero, and dashed for the hills. When he reached the cliff, he took several steps back and ran towards the cliff. "Strike laser claw!"
Liger Zero jumped into the air, raised its sharp claws, and scratched strait through the force field.
Then, he fell, Liger and all.
Liger hit the ground with a loud bang. It vibrated the ground, trees shook, Leana's teepee collapsed (causing her more injuries), and the fish in the stream leaped five feet into the air.
Bit jumped out of his Liger, trying to take in the fairytale-like surroundings. "Wow."
He spotted the pile of sticks and heard a groan coming from it.
He helped Leana up "Are you OK?" he asked her.
"No. Oh, and there's something you should have noticed, Bit!" she said.
"What's that?" he asked. Figures, you try and rescue a girl, and she gets all mad.
"One: you should've brought a first aid kit. Two: how do you expect to get back up there?" she replied. "All you did was get your self, and Liger Zero stuck down here!"
Only then did the thought strike Bit. He had made a big mistake. How would he get Liger, Leana, and himself back up there?
Leana stared at his worried face and regretted everything she had said. She walked over and put her arm around him. "Don't worry. We'll find a way out." She said as softly as she could.
"Thanks Leana." Bit replied. Perking up a bit, he continued, "We better find a place to sleep."
At this, Liger started digging into the ground with its front paws. "Um… Liger? What are you doing?" asked a confused Bit. Liger roared a little. "Good idea, partner." Bit said.
"Bit, what did Liger say he's doing?" Leana asked. "Making a burrow." Bit answered simply.
"Uh huh." Was all Leana could say. She had never really believed that Bit could talk to his Zoid. But right now she would have to believe anything. Besides, Liger was making a burrow.
Finally Liger pulled his paws out of the ground with a mighty roar. Bit walked over to stand next to it. "Liger, great job, but how are we supposed to get out?" Bit asked.
For once Liger looked stumped. It was actually a very funny sight.
Just then a group of Zoids, jumped out of the river.
"Ahhh!" Bit cried as he jumped backwards. Leana, on the other hand, didn't move. She just stared at the middle Zoid. It was a purple cat, a bit smaller than Liger Zero. It had long claws, teeth, ears, and tail. The paws were a shade of blue that ended in a wave like pattern. The tail had a blue tip with a gun. It had white stripes down its back, and white wings that looked like an angels, with a see-through cockpit. Hellcats surrounded it.
"What is that Zoid in the middle, Bit?' Leana asked.
"I have no idea. But those Zoids have no pilots!" Bit replied. Leana stared closely. He was right, but she didn't back away. Something about the Zoid made her just stand there.
Then the Zoid did something Leana had never seen before. It stuck out one of its front paws and turned it over, then extended it toward Leana as though it wanted her to get on. Without thinking Leana hopped onto the paw.
"Leana, you sure that's a good idea?" Bit asked. "No." Leana replied but she let the Zoid lift her away from the ground anyway.
It lifted her as far as its paw would go. Than a Hellcat came forward and gently nudged her onto the Zoids back, just at the base of its neck.
Bit hopped into his Liger. He didn't like these Zoids. He got Liger to charge at them. He took down two of the ten Hellcats in that charge. The weird Zoid, apparently worried, lifted Leana from its back with its tail and dropped her into its cockpit.
A blinding red light flashed and where the Zoid had been standing, now stood a fancier version of Liger's Schneider attachment. Its legs were covered with a diamond shaped dark red armor. On the side of its face was a white cube, coming out of it were spikes that went in every direction. Its wings were red and had points, its tail ended in a sword, and its teeth were even sharper.
Bit stared unbelievingly at the Zoid. Then, a single sentence appeared on his computer. They call me, in this mode, the Sword Stripe.
"Leana!" He shouted, concerned for her safety. She's fine. "Who are you?" Bit asked.
Are you blind, Bit? I am a Zoid called Waterwings, made up of only the best parts. Surely a former junk dealer like you would know that.
That scared Bit, like it would scare any other person. "How do you know my name, and that I'm a junk dealer? And, I can't trust that Leana is safe, because I don't have proof!"
I know many things. I know more then Liger, your ultimate X, I know more than the Backdraft group, not like they know anything, but my point is I know a lot. As for your secret crush on Leana-
"Shut up!" Bit shouted. Waterwings was getting on his nerves. "Is Leana safe? And what do you want?"
Oh, your girlfriend is safe. In fact, I'll show you her. The picture of the cockpit appeared on screen. In the pilots seat was Leana, and she was unconscious.
As for what I want, I want a pilot. See you, Bit Cloud.
There was a flash of white light and Waterwings, in her usual form dived into the river, with her Hellcats close behind.
Later…
Leana awoke in the cockpit. "Where's Bit?" she asked herself. Waterwings gave a soft growl. "What do you mean far away?" Leana yelled.
Waterwings could tell she was mad, but teased her anyway. "I don't like him, well, maybe a little." Leana confessed. "Hey, I understand you!"
Waterwings made a mixture of purring and meowing.
"He was only mean to you because he was concerned for… me." Leana said. She hadn't been thinking about what she was saying, but it made perfect sense.
Waterwings purred this time. "I know you're sorry."
To this the Zoid gave a loud roar. "What are you, a lion or a cat? Wait, you want me to be your pilot?"
Waterwings smiled (If a Zoid can smile) and meowed. "So you do want me to pilot you, and you're a mixture of all cats. That kind of makes sense."
A hour later…
Brad woke up to the smell of coffee. "Smells good, Mr. Richell." Apparently he said it to loudly, because Jamie shouted something about needing to concentrate to save Leana.
Jamie was in Mr. Richell's Living room, writing out ideas on scraps of paper of how to save Leana.
Just then, Dr. Toros walked into the huge kitchen. "Mr. Richell, do you get the Newspaper here?" he asked.
"Yes." Mr. Richell replied, handing Dr. Toros the morning paper. As the doc flipped through it he noticed that three articles were missing.
"Mr. Richell, where are the other articles?" he asked. Mr. Richell shrugged his shoulders "No idea." He said without making eye contact.
Jamie had been watching him very closely, and noticed that he was obviously lying. I wonder why.
"Where's Bit?" Brad asked. No one had noticed Bit was missing.
"Check the hover cargo." Dr. Toros suggested without looking up from his paper (he had found a section on a new Zoid model).
Brad left and walked quickly toward the hover cargo, he was sure Bit had done something stupid.
Jamie walked up to Mr. Richell. "I know you were lying about the articles, I don't mean to barge in on your business, but your hiding something from us that I think has something to do with why Leana's stuck down there."
"Let's go for a walk, Jamie." Mr. Richell said.
"Yes, let's go for a walk." Jamie said. "Hey! You're not answering my question!"
Mr. Richell walked out the door, with Jamie running after him.
"Yes, Jamie I am hiding something. I am sure a few days ago, you received a paper that told about a rich man who is looking for a certain Zoid and put up a barrier, but he wants to stay hidden. I am he." Mr. Richell explained.
"You can't be! They gave a complete description of him. He had brown hair!" Jamie shouted in disbelief.
"I died my hair. Now that you know, there is no going back." Mr. Richell said as he grabbed Jamie's shirt and dragged him into a cave.
To Jamie's horror, the cave held a dungeon. Mr. Richell threw Jamie into a cell, turned on his heel, and left. He had no idea that Brad had seen the whole thing.
Five minutes later…
Bit stared at the river for an hour. What was down there? Only one way to find out. "Liger, follow them into them into the river." Bit instructed.
Liger roared. "I know their long gone by now, partner. But we have to try!" Bit protested.
Liger and Bit dived into the river to find solid ground.
"Weird." Bit declared as they landed. It was like the bottom of a canyon. Steep walls were at either side of them.
Liger roared again. "You see tracks? Where?" Bit asked.
Liger charged ahead, making fast turns and going every which way. Finally Bit saw the Hellcats, and the Zoid that had taken the girl he secretly liked, (not so secret anymore is it?) Waterwings.
"Careful, pal." Bit muttered. He couldn't hurt Leana. Not anymore anyway. She already had a broken arm, and if he did anything bad, she would probably throw the bathtub at him, again.
A picture came over the radio link, and a Leana sat there as happy as ever. "Hey, Bit. I've been looking for you. Waterwings said you were mean to her. I won't do anything 'cause you were trying to protect me, she told me everything."
Bit sweat dropped. "Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Of course, now lets get out of here. Waterwings, you know what to do." Leana replied.
Waterwings trotted over to Liger Zero and they began talking.
Same time…
Mr. Richell walked up to Dr. Toros. "Anything interesting?" he asked.
"You bet, there's a new model for Gunsniper out. Isn't it cool? It looks like Naomi's…" Mr. Richell let the man talk away.
Just then, Brad came through the door with Jamie behind him. "Bit's gone, Liger to, and Mr., Richell is the guy in the paper the other day." Brad said.
Jamie walked up to Mr. Richell and kicked him hard on the shin. "Look! There's another new model too, a judge? Neat… fifty-six dollars? That's ridiculous!" Dr. Toros was saying.
Brad shook his head in embarrassment. "My guess is Bit went to save Leana." He said, looking at Jamie and sweat dropping.
Jamie was beating the poor Richell guy up. When he finally stopped he said, "Okay. Spill it. What do you know?"
"I know that force field can only be broken by the mysterious Zoid. It wanted Leana for some reason. I also know, I WANT THAT ZOID!" Mr. Richell explained.
"Why did you cut out the newspaper articles?" Jamie asked.
"I did that so you wouldn't find out my secret as early as you did." Mr. Richell answered.
"And…" Jamie began, but Brad cut him off.
"Jamie, there's the Liger, but what's that catlike Zoid that's pulling him up?" Brad asked.
"That's the Zoid! I must have it!" Mr. Richell squealed. Just as he was running for the door, Dr. Toros hit him on the head with a coffee mug. "Ouch." He muttered as Mr. Richell fell to the ground.
Dr. Toros, Jamie, and Brad walked out side as the two Zoids landed gracefully on the hilly ground.
Bit jumped out of Ligers cockpit, and Leana tried to jumped out of the weird Zoid but ended up falling into Bit's out stretched arms.
"Thanks, Bit." Leana whispered as they embraced each other into a long kiss.
Jamie covered his eyes pretending to vomit, Brad just stared thinking what happened to make them love each other, and Dr. Toros was muttering over and over again; "Why can't she fall in love with a rich person like Harry? Then I could get all the Zoid models I want."
When they were done kissing, the Blintz team went inside the huge house so they could turn Mr. Richell over to the cops, but when the entered, Mr. Richell was gone…
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Like? I hope you do. I'll make a sequel soon. Please review! Its my first posted fanfic….