AN: Just as a warning this may get pretty confusing, there's a recap at the start with some info I didn't slap in your face before, and so I figured I'd put it there just in case. To be honest if I wasn't the one writing I reckon I'd need it. Erm...oh yeah, some other important stuff is below too.
Eyes: It's the manga I'm following, so the colourings will be the same as in the manga too, these include Shadow's purple eyes instead of blue, Van's red eyes (only the first volume has them as green) instead of brown/black, and Fiona's pink eyes instead of red.
Green? EH!? In the manga Fiona's hair is green. Yes green. No, this is not a typo or a joke, her hair is actually green. I know, weird.
Disclaimer: This is always our favourite part of the day, where I put in the disclaimer so nobody can sue me. Is it actually necessary on this site? I think everyone realises by now that we're all using someone elses story to write our own.
I do not own zoids, the characters, plots or anything else to do with it, however I do own Blue, Allera Rock, Jigura and this fic. Pm me if you wanna use any of these places or characters. I will get annoyed if you use Blue without my permission, but not Allera Rock or Jigura. They don't mean much to me, but Blue is completely mine, and currently one of meh babies
That's right Blue, you're part of the family now, be prepared for all hell. Smirk.
And on to the fic!
RECAP:
After leaving Allera Rock they went through a deserted canyon, and that's when things got bad. Raven had noticed the BFSE's speed drop and Blue had fallen asleep, but he didn't think anything of it until Shadow got Raven out of the zoid and separated from the human. The boy didn't understand why, but remembered back to when Hiltz and Reese had unmerged from their organoids and left, and just how tired the organoids looked. He had touched Shadow's snout and the black one left out a weak metallic groan.
Raven had eventually decided to leave the area. Shadow was dying, the BFSE was growing weaker and weaker and Blue had a fever. The boy had no idea what had caused them all to fall ill, but he had decided that standing still will only lead to their deaths, so he had to take his chance with the nearest town. However, as it happened, the nearest town was occupied by the republican army. Herman recognised the boy and quickly arrested him for his crimes in Porto.
Luckily though, the republicans were kind enough to listen to Raven's pleas and check the safety of his companions. The journey had drained all of them, and the army quickly sent Blue to the medical wing of their nearby base. The BFSE was being tended to in a hangar but the ex-gun-for-hire didn't know where they took Shadow.
Raven grimaced, glancing down at the handcuffs on his wrists. "You will help though, won't you?"
Herman looked back over his shoulder. The boy's eyes were averted and he was tenser than anyone had ever seen him.
The boy was trying to keep calm, but his mind kept straying back to his partner. I don't…want to have to go through losing another zoid. I can't stop thinking about Noah.
"We're doing all we can." The blonde answered and turned his head back to the front. "The girl's making good recovery, what did you say her name was again?"
"Blue." He answered quietly. Just tell me about Shadow!
"Yeah, well our medics are taking care of her but…"
Raven's muscles tightened and he stopped himself from slamming the soldier into the wall and beating the information out of him.
Herman noticed this and swallowed. Raven may have been a kid, but he wasn't a pushover. "The zoids are proving to be harder, we have the BFSE mostly under control, but your organoid has gone unconscious."
Raven stayed silent. There was no answer to something as distressing as that. He shut his eyes, trying to keep his emotions at bay. Noah…
"JOYCE!"
The child was freaking out, he tugged with all his strength at the levers and slammed the buttons, but they didn't budge. His sister's terrified, desperate, screaming face burned into his memory for ever.
"I need a medic!" Herman shouted. Two uniformed medical personnel ran to the soldier who pointed at the boy. He had suddenly hit the floor and his eyes didn't open up afterwards.
"What happened?" The female medic asked as her partner lifted up the criminal.
"He just dropped." Herman informed her. "I told him about his friends and he collapsed."
"Mental stress." She assumed and led her partner to a spare room.
Herman rubbed his eyebrows. They shouldn't have gone out there…every zoid falls ill…but why that girl?
She opened up the box, carefully undoing the shiny red ribbon. Curiously pulled out the gift her eyes widened. She laughed and beamed, not fully believing her eyes. Her heart sped up and she couldn't look away.
Her father gave her a photo of the outside world. Emerald forests in the foreground and a bright, midday sky up ahead. It was perfect. The sky had a few fluffy pearl clouds and magnificent blends of blue.
Blue opened her eyes a crack, wondering why there was white all around her. "Zeke?" She wondered, and then saw other flecks of colour. Her heart dropped as her eyes shot open and she screamed.
"Are you in pain?" A nurse asked in worry, rushing over.
"Get away!" Blue cried and covered her eyes. "Where am I? Where is my visor? Who are you?"
The nurse had to take a moment to realise what was going on. "Th-the visor? Covering your eyes? It's on your bedside table."
Blue snatched it up and clipped it back onto her face. In a hurry she stood up but collapsed to the floor.
"You're still ill." The nurse informed her and tried putting her back on the bed. The girl resisted, eventually throwing the Nurse onto the medi-bed.
"I need to be somewhere else." Blue snapped and promptly walked into a wall. Cursing she found her way swiftly out into the corridor.
Raven…Raven…
The boy stirred slowly.
Raven…Raven…get up...Shadow and Fury need our help.
His eyes flashed open sharply and he flung forward.
"I guess your brother was right." Van chuckled beside the bed. "We are joined by fate."
"Save it for later." Raven grumbled, pulling on the metal cuff. "I have more important things to do that sit here and wait for a sentence."
"Raven…"
"I NEED TO SAVE SHADOW!" The unstable teenager screamed.
Van was surprised but the words got through. He pulled out a key and unbound his rival who bolted out the room.
Van clung to the wall, Raven's rush had knocked him off balance.
AN: If you haven't yet voted on my poll, please do, coz it's a tie between two completely differing opinions and so I want to get more votes in before I decide to write two simultanious fics (I can't believe I forgot to put that in as an option. I was thinking about how to the plots today and school and it all came to me!). If you wanna have both then just either write in in the reveiw of either this or Stormer (along with an actualy reveiw XD) or pm me. Otherwise please vote. Stormer is postponed until I have a clear answer, but this fic will remain reltively unaffected. Hell, I may even draw a up a story board for the two fics...wow...I think I will...
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