Rebellious

Chapter Seven - Village

Several hours had passed since the destruction of the southern base. Sapphire had her Energy Liger walk the entire way since she wanted to enjoy herself before going to her destination. However; she knew that she would have to restock up on food and water before continuing her journey, but she would have to pay a visit to the nearest village to do so. The thing was; the nearest village belonged to the republicans, but even they were republicans, they didn't know she was an imperial soldier.

During her journey; she spotted a Gustav with a Shield Liger and a Command Wolf on the back. She lowered her zoid to a lying position and she came out of the cockpit. Mai looked at her with confusion; however, Sapphire's gaze was upon the Gustav. Sapphire had a smirk upon her features which told Mai that she had a plan within her human mind. The organoid gave a soft growl which told her master that she wanted to know what she was thinking.

"The Gustav… we're catching a ride" she told her gold companion.

Mai looked to the Gustav and tilted her head but complied with Sapphire. She walked behind her master and securely wrapped her arms around her before stretching out her large gold wings. She took off the ground and headed for the Gustav stealthy but with a large velocity. Mai gave a slight dangerous growl as she had sensed another organoid right near the blue Shield Liger. However; she ignored the other organoid's presence, then landed on the very back of the Gustav. She folded her wings till they were out of sight completely before letting her arms go from around her master.

Sapphire watched the scenery go by at a steady pace since all Gustavs were slow zoids. A while later the zoid stopped and Sapphire; along with Mai, hid behind the Command Wolf's back leg. She knew they were now in republican territory. The zoid then started to move again; and as soon as they came passed the republican soldiers, she noticed they were preparing for the war. As soon as they came out of the soldiers sight; they both jumped off the Gustav and quickly ran behind the nearest building when no one was looking.

Sapphire continued to walk down the path as she looked at the shops trying to find a place to replenish her supply of food and water. She came upon a supply shop; but Mai stayed hidden within an alley's shadows, as Sapphire entered the shop. A bell chimed as she opened the door; she then walked inside and the door closed behind her with a slight slam. She took notice of the wooden selves of the wall; the wooden floor, and the old lady behind the counter. The old lady had her hair tied into a bun; and her hair was grey, with her face crinkled with a smile.

"Can I help you lovely you lady?" the old lady spoke with a raspy voice.

"I'm just here to replenish my food and water supply" Sapphire spoke with a fake kindness.

"On a journey then…? Teenagers always leave home at an early age to travel around the world. One of my sons died in combat to defend this village; and my other son is a freshman in the republican army. The imperial army are very strong and full of surprises; but us republicans have out own surprises as well" the old lady spoke.

"Your own surprises…?" Sapphire repeated pretending to be interested in what the old lady was saying.

Sapphire had gathered enough food and fresh water for her journey; so she placed them on the counter to pay for them. The old lady scanned each item as she then carefully packed them into a bag for her. Sapphire watched her expression change to a slightly heavy one as the she seemed hesitant to state what she was talking about.

"I don't really know the surprises that we have; but I can assure you; young traveller that this war will end sometime" her voice spoke of the truth.

Sapphire paid for the items then picked up the bag with one hand. She thanked the old lady before leaving the shop to wonder about what surprises the republicans have in store. She walked back the way she came then into the alleyway where Mai was waiting in. Mai handed her the bag that held all the supplies; she took the bag and opened it up and placed the new items inside it. She then closed the bag and slung it over her shoulders before walking back into the streets.

Mai was right at her side this time but not one person gave them both a single glance. Footsteps ran across the ground nearby and curiosity took the better of her. She walked to the place where she saw the same Gustav that she took a ride on. She noticed four people and one organoid were being surrounded by republican soldiers. Sapphire was surprised at this but she didn't let that show as she watched with amusement.

"Come on; what do you want with us, we haven't done anything? At least give us an explanation" a female came from within the circle.

A female with an orange outfit; dark skin maybe slightly tanned, dark brown hair, brown eyes had confusion written on her face. There were eight republican soldiers surrounding them within a semi circle; all of their guns were pointed at them in suspicion. Sapphire looked the older male of the group and saw that he had brown hair; with dark brown maybe violet coloured eyes. The other male of the group had brownish black hair with black eyes. The female that looked the same height of him has blonde hair and red eyes with a pink outfit.

Sapphire's eyes widened at the young female that appeared around her age. She had seen her in the dream from last night. She recollected herself and just looked at them look they were nothing. She then looked to the white organoid that was between both the small boy and girl. His eyes were red and he didn't seem too pleased with the commotion. One of the men walked forward with his gun pointed at them.

"Are you the owner of this zoid" he said indicating to the organoid.

"Yeah; he's my buddy" the small boy replied whilst pointing to himself.

"Oh yeah; and you're all travelling together?" he then asked them.

The tanned girl whispered something as she looked to the older male with her eyes only. He whispered something back to her and reached for something behind his back slowly. The leading guy of the group shot two bullets in front of him as in warning. The guy pulled his arm from behind his back showing a gun before throwing it forward onto the ground. He put both his hands up in the air for surrender as if saying 'I'm unarmed'. The same soldier had his hand in the air; but soon brought it down till it was hovering in mid air, but indicating to move forward.

"Arrest those prisoners at once" he ordered his men.

"Yes sir!" they replied as they advanced towards them.

They slid the guns; which were already strapped around their torso, behind their back so that the bullet hole was facing the sky. One of the soldiers grabbed the small boy and forced one of his arms behind his back. The others had bound the other male with his hands behind his back already. Another soldier had grabbed the blonde female by her right wrist which caused her pain. The boy besides her got mad and forced the soldier; which was gripping his arm, off of him.

He then head butted the soldier holding the female. He then held his left arm in front of her for protection. He said some things to hear; but Sapphire and Mai were some distance away to be able to hear them. The soldier leading the others; and another soldier that was a few inches away from him, pointed their guns at the rebellious boy.

"You'll regret that" the soldier in charge spoke.

The white organoid finally moved as he grabbed the oblivious soldier's gun and torn it away from his grip. The soldier looked at the organoid shocked at the action; the organoid then threw the gun on the ground then broke it in half by purposely placing his foot on it with force. The boy said something to the organoid and responded with a friendly growl towards him. The boy then pointed his finger at the soldiers as he spoke some words. The republican soldier; who was leading the others, was down one the ground scared out of his wits because of the organoid that towered over him.

The female said something to make the organoid turn around to face her with confusion. She then spoke more words to the organoid. The organoid swished his tail up and down as he looked at the blonde human. The boy then spoke to the girl as he held her left arm with his right hand; and held her hand with his left hand. She looked at him confused then a solider fired his gun right near his left foot which caused him to lift it up.

The older male of the group called out 'Van' then he said 'run' before knocking down the firing soldier. The boy said something back to the other that had his hands tied behind his back. The man with his hands tied told him something; and the boy replied before taking the blonde female then started to run away. The soldier in charge of the others grew mad and told the others to go after them and they complied as they chased after the two running away. Their guns were locked, loaded and pointing right in front of them.

Sapphire watched as they chased after the two teenagers. Mai growled in confusion whilst tilting her head to the side. Sapphire blinked also in confusion but she then shrugged it off as she continued to mind her own business. She walked the way the two teens had run because her zoid was in that direction. Mai walked a little behind her but none of the other soldiers paid any heed to the two. However; they should have at least questioned her by now, since she was an imperial soldier, that they obliviously allowed in their village, and waltz right passed them.