Chapter 3

Chris was slowly waking up from the bed in the motel room she rented. She opened her eyes and saw Bit in her arms. She gasped in shock before letting go of Bit. She blushed profusely and looked around the room.

"How did I get here?" Asked Chris to herself, getting of the bed and stretching to ease the tension in her muscles. She then remembered what happened last night. She partied and drank a bit until she passed out. Bit must have brought her here to her motel room and must have passed out as well. She then thought up an idea and began to panic. She examined her body and sighed in relief that there were no stains on her blue cat suit and she didn't smell funny. She then decided to take a shower before Bit woke up. She then headed into the bathroom, and began to shower after taking off all of her clothing. She began to think about last night. It was pretty fun being around Bit. Probably the most fun she had in years besides Zoid battling. Even more than when she spent time with Kelly. She wondered if she should ask Bit on a date. She then blushed at that thought. Not that she didn't mind going out with Bit. He was fun to be around, a good pilot, and a nice guy. He was also pretty good-looking when she thought about it. Most of what she wanted in a guy. She honestly didn't know if she should. On one hand, her attraction toward Bit may simply be infatuation and not really love. Not to mention her sister may kill him if she ever found out. But on the other, Bit has been kind to her ever since they became friends and has been respectful to her when she told him her story. She then sighed in frustration. What was a girl to do? She soon finished and quickly dried up so she can dress before Bit woke up. After putting on her clothes again, she got out and saw Bit was up.

"Morning?" Said Bit.

"When did you wake up?" Asked Chris.

"A few minutes ago. Heard you showering and woke up then." Said Bit.

"Oh." Said Chris. "Thanks for last night. I really needed it." Said Chris with a grateful look.

"No probs." Said Bit.

"By the way, how did we get here?" Asked Chris.

"Oh. You passed out in the club, so Liger and I took you here." Said Bit.

"Just you two? What about my Zoid?" Asked Chris.

"Uh… Left it at the club." Said Bit, sweat dropping a bit.

"WHAT?!" Shrieked Chris. "Someone, might steal it!"

"Chill out. It'll be there. I promise." Said Bit, trying to calm Chris down.

"It better! C'mon. We have to get it!" Said Chris before getting out of the room in a hurry with Bit in pursuit, knowing he messed up. Meanwhile, a Lighting Saix was coming out on the dessert. Its pilot a bit more than peeved.

"She is so dead when I get back." Said Kelly, piloting her Saix back home. She was coming back from a visit to Kate's house and learned from Kate's mom that Chris never visited. Angry that Chris lied to her, Kelly piloted her Zoid back home so she can have a talk with Chris. Meanwhile, Chris Tasker and Bit Cloud were in the cockpit of the Liger Zero.

"I can't believe you left my Zoid alone." Said Chris, peeved that Bit just left her Zoid all by itself, making it easy prey to thieves.

"I said I was sorry." Complained Bit, struggling to pilot the Liger due to Chris inside the cockpit with him. In order to fit, Chris had to be on sitting on Bit and had to move her body around so Bit can see where he is going. It was uncomfortable and making her blush due to her sitting on Bit's lap. "We're almost there, here's hoping that it's still there or kiss my butt goodbye." Said Bit, hoping that it was still there and for Chris to go easy on him if it wasn't. Leena wouldn't. The two then arrived at their designation and saw that the Lighting Saix was still there although with graffiti on one of its legs. The two then got of the Liger and inspected the Saix, with Chris eyeing the graffiti art of a heart symbol on it with the words "Lighting team for life!" with amusement before going inside the cockpit of the Saix and inspecting the systems. "Anything wrong?" Asked Bit from the ground.

"Nothing. Other than the graffiti, my Zoid is fine." Said Chris, making Bit sigh in relief. She then noticed a message from Kate on her onboard computer. She opened it and instantly panicked. It said that Kelly came and Kate's mom told her that Chris never came and that Kelly was coming back mad. She then looked down at Bit. "I got to go! My sister is coming home!" Yelled Chris.

"So?" Asked Bit.

"I told her that I was going to a friend's house but she found out about the ruse and is coming back mad!" Yelled Chris, jumping down from her Zoid. "You got to help me clean the graffiti off my Zoid. If we can clean it off and I get back home in time I might convince Kelly that I didn't go off and meet with someone in secret."

"How are you going to convince her?" Asked Bit.

"I'll think of something. Just go and find some cleaning supplies." Pleaded Chris, Bit immediately went into action and went inside the club to ask for some cleaning supplies. A little while later the two were furiously trying to get the graffiti off the Lighting Saix leg.

"Why won't this come off?!" Yelled Chris in frustration, already washed the graffiti several times. It was slowly but surely going away.

"Man, talk about some strong graffiti. They must have used some strong stuff to write this." Said Bit, coming back with a can of black paint and a paint brush.

"Why did you come with paint!? We need to get this off, not make it bigger!" Yelled Chris.

"Relax. I got an idea." Said Bit, understanding Chris's anger. He then gently shoved her aside and dabbed the paint brush in the can of paint and brushed the brush over the remaining graffiti, completely covering it, making it seem like there was no graffiti at all. Chris widened her eyes at this before smiling gratefully at Bit.

"Thanks. I had no idea that can work." Said Chris. "If I know that would work, I would have done it myself. Guess I was so caught up at removing it that I didn't think of other ways of solving this."

"It's alright. The paints quick dying so you should be good to go." Said Bit.

"Thanks for everything." Said Chris, before remembering that she yelled at Bit. "Sorry that I yelled at you."

"Nah, it's alright. You take care now." Said Bit, going back to his Liger but was stopped by Chris grabbing his hand.

"Wait." Said Chris, turning Bit around. "Let me show you my gratitude for helping me last night and today." She then kissed Bit on the cheek, making them both blush. The kiss lasted a few seconds before she pulled back. The two looked at each other in the eyes. Bit was about to say something when a voice got their attention.

"I knew it!"

The two then looked to see a Lighting Saix coming right next to them. The cock pit opened to reveal Kelly Tasker with an angry expression on her face. She jumped down and walked right up to Bit and Chris.

"You got some explaining to do, Chris." Said Kelly, putting her hands on her hips.

"Uh. Would you believe it that I didn't go to Kates because I didn't feel like it and that the kiss was not intentional?" Asked Chris, nervously.

"No! First you lie to me, then go off to meet with one of our enemies, and then kiss him! Explain!? And I want the whole truth!" Yelled Kelly. Chris winced at her sister's yelling but conceded.

"Well you see, we meet some time ago and began to hang out ever since." Confessed Chris.

"So, I was right. You've been hanging out with a guy and kept it secret from me." Said Kelly, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Because you always scare guys away from me. If I told you, you'll just go and scare Bit away. I don't want that." Said Chris.

"Tch. He's only using you to get secrets on us and for your body." Said Kelly, turning away from the two. The two were shocked at this before Bit replied.

"Hey, I would never do that! Chris deserves more than that." Said Bit, now getting in this conversation and angry that he was just insulted.

"Stay out of this. This is none of your business." Said Kelly, turning her head to Bit.

"It is his business since you just dragged him into this!" Yelled Chris, surprising the two. "I can't believe you just went and insulted Bit. Bit would never do that. I only known him for a short time but I know for a fact that Bit would never use people to help his team win or use woman like a one night stand.

"You never know what's in his mind. He might just be good at hiding his intentions." Said Kelly, stubbornly.

"Well then, you're wrong Kelly!" Yelled Chris, getting angry now. "Just because he's our enemy doesn't mean that he isn't a nice guy!"

"And how do you know? He got angry when we beat his team the last time we fought the Blitz team this could be payback." Said Kelly, turning towards them.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, HE"S NOT USING ME! GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!" Yelled Chris. "AND STOP TREATING ME LIKE A KID!"

"Since when have I ever treated you as a kid!?" Yelled Kelly, getting angry. Bit was getting nervous and took some steps away from the sisters. Even the Zoids were looking nervously at each other, fearing the worst.

"You've been treating me like a kid for my whole life!" Yelled Chris. "I'm a grown woman now and I can make my own decisions now!"

"You're not a grown woman until I say so! And I wasn't treating you like a kid! I was protecting you! Stop acting childish!" Yelled Kelly.

"Protect me from what!?" Yelled Chris. "From getting a boyfriend first? Are you that childish that you try and sabotage my life?"

"*Gasp* WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME!?" Yelled Kelly, losing her temper.

"YOU HEARD ME! YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE I GOT BETTER LOOKS THAN YOU!" Yelled Chris.

*POW*

Bit widened his eyes and the Zoids had their mouths opened wide at what just happened. Chris was on the ground holding her left eye with Kelly having her fist out. Kelly widened her eyes at what she did. She then extended her hand out.

"Chris I…" Kelly attempted to apologize but Chris just slapped her hand away and got up with tears in her eyes.

"Go away." Said Chris, miserably. Turning away from her sister.

"Chris." Said Kelly with regret and sorrow in her voice.

"JUST GET OUT OF HERE! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Yelled Chris, before running off to her Zoids. After getting on she piloted it out of there and into the desert. The two remaining pilots were in shock at what happened. After shacking out of her stupor, Kelly glared at Bit.

"This is all your fault!" Yelled Kelly, getting Bit's attention.

"My fault!?" Asked Bit. "You're the one that punched Chris."

"If Chris never have met you, none of this would have happened!" Said Kelly.

"Oh, so it's my fault that you keep babying your sister and that you punched Chris? Listen lady, I don't know what's your problem but you need to go and apologize to your sister. As well as, cleaning up your act." Said Bit, serious.

"Why should I fix a mess that you caused!?" Said Kelly.

"Because you started it by punching Chris!" Yelled Bit.

Kelly then went up to Bit and attempted to punch Bit but Bit just dodged it and grabbed her arm and put it behind her back.

"Let go!" Yelled Kelly, attempting to get free.

"Not until you admit that it's your fault. Blaming others won't bring your sister back." Said Bit.

"LET GO!" Yelled Kelly, before bringing her heeled boot at Bit's foot. Bit yelled out in pain and let go, allowing Kelly to get out of Bit's grip. "This is your mess, you fix it!" Yelled Kelly, before going to her Lighting Saix. She got on and attempted to pilot it but the Zoid wouldn't budge. "What's wrong?" Said Kelly as she attempted again but got the same results. "What's wrong with you!?" Yelled Kelly. The Zoid didn't respond and just lowered its head to where Bit was.

"You're Zoid is mad at you as well. It wants you to make up with Chris." Said Bit, figuring out the Lighting Saix's intention.

"What!? Why should I do that?!" Said Kelly as she got off her Zoid, glaring at it.

"Because it knows that you're the one that needs to solve it." Said Bit. "C'mon you know that it's your fault and that you need to fix it. Why don't you just do it?" Said Bit.

"Because it's not my fault!" Yelled Kelly.

"Yes it is!" Yelled Bit.

"Not it's not!" Yelled Kelly, pushing Bit away rather weakly.

"Yes it is!" Bit said, pushing Kelly to the ground. Once she hit the ground, Kelly began to cry. Bit then looked guilty at pushing a girl and decided to comfort her. "Hey, c'mon now. Don't be like that." Said Bit, holding Kelly's shoulders. Kelly then looked at Bit with tears falling down before grabbing him and crying on his shoulders. Bit then wrapped his arms around Kelly back and sat there. After a few minutes Kelly let go.

"Why are you being so nice to me? I accused you, hurt you, and insulted you. Why?" Said Kelly, wiping her tears away.

"Because I know that you're just angry and that you're taking it out on the closet person that you interact with. Believe me, I've been there." Said Bit.

"Thanks. *Sniff* I can see why Chris likes you so much." Said Kelly.

"No probs. But seriously, you need to go and make up with Chris." Said Bit.

"I know but I don't think she wants to see me right now." Said Kelly, miserably. "Can you go talk to her first? I promise that I'll go next."

"Sure, but you got to tell me why you're babying Chris." Said Bit, helping Kelly up.

"Alright. It's because of our dad." Said Kelly, as she began to tell the truth of her and Chris's father. Sometime later, Chris was crying in an abandoned house while holding her hurt eye. She couldn't believe that Kelly just punched her. She may have deserved it but Kelly really did a number on it. Her eye was now throbbing painfully and was swelling badly. She was too much in her thoughts that she didn't hear the door to the house open and Bit coming in with a med pack. It was when he sat on the bed she was on that she noticed him.

"Hey Bit." Said Chris miserably, holding her hurt eye with her left hand.

"Hey Chris." Said Bit. "I need you to let go of your eye now. So can you remove your hand?" Asked Bit. Chris was reluctant at first but complied and removed her hand to reveal that her left eyes already became a black eye. "Man, your sister did a number on you." Said Bit, taking the contents of the med pack and began treating her eye. "This might sting a bit." Said Bit. Chris nodded. She winced every now and then but remained motionless. The treatment finished as Bit put an ice pack on her eye and wrapped it securely on with bandages. "That ought to do it." Said Bit.

"Thanks. I appreciate it." Said Chris, putting her hand on the ice pack. "Is Kelly…?"

"She's out back. She wants me to talk with you first." Said Bit.

"Oh." Said Chris, upset that her sister is here.

"Relax. She's here to apologize. She's just afraid that you'll just run off again and asked me to convince you to stay and hear her out." Said Bit. Chris looked surprised.

"She wants to apologize?" Said Chris.

"Yeah. She wants to apologize to you on how she treated you and the black eye." Said Bit.

"I see. And you tagged along?" Asked Chris, sounding suspicious.

"Yeah. It took some convincing but I managed to get her to come clean why she treats you the way she does. I heard it straight from her and I can tell from her eyes that she wasn't lying." Said Bit. "Just go and talk to her, otherwise it'll ruin the relationship you have with your sister."

Chris thought about it for some time. She eventually agreed and the two walked outside to see Kelly outside with the Liger, her and Chris's Lighting Saix. She looked nervous and was holding her right arm tightly. Chris walked up to Kelly with an unreadable expression. After some silence Kelly began the conversation.

"So, how's your eye?" Asked Kelly, looking at her sister.

"It's a black eye now." Said Chris.

"Oh." Said Kelly, looking guilty. "Sorry about everything."

"Sorry on what?" Asked Chris. Kelly then swallowed her pride and continued.

"I'm sorry for hurting you and for treating you like a kid all these years. It's just that. You're all I got left for family. Mom's dead. Dads a double crossing jerk. And we have no relatives." Said Kelly.

"Dads a what?" Said Chris, surprised.

"Mom didn't want me to tell you but the reason why she was so hurt in that Zoid battle was because of dad." Said Kelly. Chris widened her eyes at the news and looked at Bit, who nodded in conformation. She then listened intently on what Kelly has to say. "Dad apparently only married mom to get her to produce some good pilots so that can win him some money and to pass on his legacy. Mom found out and divorced him. And the reason why mom was so hurt that day was because dad was on the opposing team. He went all out on her. Not stopping his onslaught on her until the judge stopped him. His actions got him banned from ever participating in Zoid battles again and got his Zoid confiscated but he didn't care he was satisfied that he ended mom's career. And to top it all off, he's the reason that mom is dead. Wasn't satisfied with her career being over. Oh no, he went and murdered her. He hired some guys to murder her and make it look like an accident. Police found out and had him sent to jail for life." Said Kelly, shedding a few tears. Chris was in the same boat. She was crying at finding out the truth. Bit was keeping quiet. Chris's Lighting Saix lowered its head in sadness along with Ligers while Kelly's winced, something that did not go unnoticed by the other Zoids. "When I heard about it I thought that dad might come for us, so I decided to keep you safe by keeping guys away from you. I guess it got out of hand when I learned how disgusting men can be." Said Kelly, before turning at Chris. "That's my reason for treating you the way I did for so long. Can you forgive me?" Asked Kelly. Chris then hugged her sister and cried in her shoulder with her good eye.

"Of course I do. You're my sister." Said Chris, looking Kelly in the eye. "But why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I didn't want to upset you. You always wanted to know what happened to dad but mom and I didn't want to tell you because we knew that it would have hurt you." Said Kelly, hugging Chris. The two then embraced each other. Bit then smiled in content, happy that the two sisters made up. The two then stopped hugging and turned to Bit.

"Thanks for everything." Said Kelly. "I guess some guys aren't as selfish as I thought."

"* Laughs*No probs. I'm just happy that you two made up. Now about me and Chris." Said Bit. Kelly then sighed before nodding.

"Alright, you two can still see each other." Said Kelly, smirking a bit. Chris then smiled at Kelly, grateful. She then walked up to Bit and kissed him on the cheek, making Bit blush. "But I better not hear that you got Chris pregnant, Bit." Said Kelly, making the two blush hard.

"Kelly!" Whined Chris. The Zoids then laughed at the banter. After a few minutes of playful banter from Kelly the three warriors were piloting their Zoids to their respectful bases. Bit was in the Liger's cockpit when Chris's face appeared via video chat on the left side of the cockpit.

"Hey Bit. Do you want to go out on sometime tomorrow?" Asked Chris.

"Are you asking me on a date?" Asked Bit, making Chris blush.

"Yeah." Said Chris.

"Sure. Just name the time and place." Said Bit. Chris then beamed with happiness before telling Bit about where and when the date will be at. "Okay, I'll be there." Said Bit, before taking off for the Blitz team's base.

"You got a nice boyfriend there Chris." Said Kelly over the comlink.

"H-He's not my boyfriend!" Said Chris, blushing.

"Sure, he's not." Said Kelly, playfully before taking off with her sister Zoids in hot pursuit on her own Zoid. After a few minutes of piloting the Liger, Bit arrived at the Blitz team's base. He packed the Liger in its place in the hanger bay before getting off. It was after there that Leena went right up to his face.

"You've got some explaining to do, Bit Cloud!" Yelled Leena.

"Uh. About what?" Asked Bit.

"About you and Chris Tasker! That's what!" Said Leena.

"Uh, can we talk about this some other time?" Asked Bit, sweating nervously before running off with Leena in hot pursuit.

Author: Hope you're happy Bit! Kelly didn't kill you and you got a girlfriend now.

Bit: No, I'm not! Now Leena is trying to kill me!

Author: Ah, quit complaining! You'll be fine. Now for you guys. Read, rate, and review. And see you all next time!