Ch. 2
After a month of traveling they had heard more about the Death Tiger and its short reign of terror then they had about the Deathsaurers and the Death Stinger combined. They arrived at a small village and Shadow and Raven went to work on building houses while Reese and Specular took care of the children and elderly.
"So what news do you guys have about this Death Tiger?" Raven asked a man he was working with.
"Nothing much, we heard that it was a Konig Wolf along with four others that took it down," the man said.
"A Konig Wolf? Are you sure?" the black haired man asked in a shocked tone nearly dropping his hammer.
"Easy buddy, I also heard there was a blue Blade Liger, along with a Gordos, and a Dibison," the older man said.
"Tell me was there a Lightning Siax in the mix?" Raven asked after calming himself.
"Yeah now that you mention it, I think there was mention of a Zoid by that name, no idea what it looks like so I couldn't tell you myself," The man said as he walked away.
Raven and Shadow continued to work through the night, knowing who the whole team was that took out the Death Tiger short two Zoids, the Konig Wolf and the Gordos.
They had spent a week in this village helping the people, and they were leaving yet again for another village that needed assistance.
"Reese, are you ready yet?" Raven shouted from the foot of the Geno Breaker.
"I'm coming, just making sure we have everything," she replied sounding rather tired.
"Reese, if you want to stay for another day to rest, we can," Raven said seeing how tired his wife appeared.
"I'll be fine, I promise," she said seeing the unusually concerned look on his face.
They spent two days getting to the next town; Reese looked worse and worse with the time. They arrived at the next village and got a doctor to check her out.
"She should be fine with some rest, I'll give her a mild sedative to help her get to sleep," the doctor said while Raven stood close to his wife on the doctor's bed.
"Thanks doc," Raven said as the doctor left the room.
Shadow and Specular had become increasingly worried and stayed by her side on Raven's order.
Reese spent a few days in bed on doctors orders only getting out of bed to throw up a few times.
*Specular, maybe we should get her to a city doctor,* Shadow said as they stood outside the door.
*Maybe you're right, but Raven wouldn't let us,* Specular said leaning on the door frame.
"Specular will you walk with me?" Reese asked in a weak tone as she sat up in the bed.
Specular shook her head and tried to push Reese back to her bed.
"Specular, I just need some fresh air, I think I can handle a little walk around the village," the blue haired woman complained.
Specular looked to Shadow who nodded.
They left the small room the couple had been given to stay in and walked around the village for a while before Reese decided she wanted to go and check out how the new construction that Raven was helping with.
"Reese, what are you doing here? You should be in bed," Raven shouted down from the roof he was working on.
"I just needed some fresh air dear," she answered loud enough to be heard, "I'm fine Raven, really."
Raven noticed she looked rather faint; he jumped down just in time to keep her from hitting the ground hard.
"REESE," Raven's voice seemed to echo in her mind. It was full of concern and terror.
Raven flew through town with Reese in his arms, moving almost too fast for their Organoids to keep up with him.
"DOCTOR, WE NEED HELP!" Raven screamed as they got to the doctor's office.
"What happened?" the doctor asked as Raven laid Reese out on the bed.
"She was out walking and she fainted," Raven his voice full of panic.
"Alright, I'll have a look, but she probably just over exerted herself, go and catch your breath while I'll check her over son," the doc said in a soothing tone while he went to work.
Twenty minutes later Raven was still pacing around the waiting room when the doctor came through the door.
"Doc, is she gonna be okay?" Raven's voice was now tired but still loaded with concern.
"She'll be fine, it's just like I said, she over did it too soon," he said with a small grin at the younger man's over concern for his wife.
"Thanks doc, can we leave her here for you to keep an eye on her, apparently my Organoid and hers are rather unreliable," Raven said with a slight scowl towards the Organoids.
"Sure, you go on back to work, I'll make sure nothing happens to her," the doc said as he pushed Raven towards the door.
A few days later Reese woke up and Raven never left her side once the doc said she could be out on her own if she was careful.
"Raven, the doctor said I could be out of bed, and by myself at that," the blue haired woman said as they walked through the village.
"I know, but that doesn't mean I have to leave you alone if I don't want to," Raven said with the first cheeky grin in a long while.
They were leaving the village a few days later and Reese was back to her usual self for the most part, still a little on the tired looking side but not as bad as before.
"Reese, did you get everything?" Raven called down the hall.
"Yeah, be right there," the blue eyed woman called back as she moved through the house.
They left the village with Shadow and Specular hot on the tail of the Geno Breaker.
"Where are we off to now Raven?" Reese asked from the back seat that Raven had installed.
"Not sure yet, we're following the path of the Death Tiger, or the rumored path anyway, so we should arrive at another village in a couple days," Raven said as he turned the auto pilot on.
Just as he said they arrived at a new village with new problems and a lot of work to be done. They had been in the village a few days and Raven was once again doing the building while Reese cared for the children and some of the elderly. Reese was walking through the village looking for Raven to join him for lunch.
"Raven, time for lunch," Reese called out when she found him standing next to an unfinished house.
"Okay, be with you in a second," Raven said as he pulled his shirt off. Reese leaned against one of the posts holding the wall up enjoying the show; she didn't realize the post wasn't secured. She felt the pillar move and before anyone could react the wall came down on top of her, pinning her under it.
"REESE! HELP ME GET THIS WALL OFF OF HER," Raven screamed as everyone around went to helping him. After only minutes they had the wall off her, but Reese wouldn't wake up no matter what they tried.
