Disclaimer: Zoids isn't mine. But the majority of the experiment belongs to
me and my overactive imagination.
A/N: Ha! Two chapters in one day! Though, if you could really call the first part a chapter. .;;
"It's been a month since the Royal Cup and the Backdraft's defeat. But the Backdraft that fought in the Royal Cup and headed the way in unsanctioned battles was nothing like the real thing. The real Backdraft remained hidden, lurking in and out amongst the common people. Waiting for it's day..."
Arcade in that city no one knows the name of.
Bit lapped at his ice cream happily. "It sure is nice to have a vacation!"
"And our Zoids professionally tuned." Jamie stretched his arms out behind his back until they made a satisfying pop.
"I'll say. Hey look!" Leena pointed up ahead to where a small girl was standing all alone. "Do you think she's lost? The poor thing looks scared." Leena blinked as the small girl whipped around to face her with gleaming red eyes. Almost as if she'd heard Leena talking about her. "Red.. eyes?"
"Probably albino." Bit stepped forward and knelt down in front of the girl. "Are you lost, little girl?" She nodded. "Is your family here?" She shook her head and Bit looked back towards the others. The small girl reached out a pale hand and placed it gently under Bit's chin. She turned his face back towards her and stared straight into his eyes. Bit's eyes widened in surprise for a moment but then he grinned and the girl giggled, her hand dropping back down to her side.
Jamie and Leena walked over and knelt down beside Bit and the girl. "Bit, we can't leave her here by herself. What's your name, little girl? I'm Leena." Leena pointed a finger at herself, hoping the kid would catch on.
The child tilted it's head to the side and giggled again. Taking her own finger she pointed at each of the team members in turn. "Leena, Bit, Jamie."
Bit blinked and looked from Jamie to Leena, the same shocked expression on their face. "How?" The girl giggled and pointed to a tall young man with long brown hair. "Brad?"
"I get it! She heard us talking to him earlier." Jamie stood back up, even in his short state he towered over the girl. "Let's say we get something to eat."
"Good idea." Bit got back up and held his hand out to the little girl. She shook her head and latched onto Jamie instead. "Well then."
Leena laughed. "Looks like you got dissed, Bit. But, shouldn't we get her some better clothes first." Leena nodded her head towards the kid's simple overly large black coat.
"Why not. How about me and Jamie go get us a table and you take her off to get some clothes?"
"Sounds good to me." Leena bent down to eye level with the girl and smiled sweetly at her. "Do you want to come with me? I can get you some clothes."
The girl shook her head again and stepped behind Jamie further, holding his leg tight between her arms. Jamie blushed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I guess I'll take her."
"Now who's dissed." Bit backed up, expecting Leena to fire off at him.
Leena rolled her eyes. "Fine, but try to get her something dark. She'll look like a ghost otherwise." Leena turned and walked off with Bit to the restaurant but not before giving him a good whack upside the head.
"Right. I'll catch up with you later." Jamie pried the girl off his leg and took hold of her hand. "Come on!" He led her off towards the clothes store. Together the two of them walked into the store quickly attracting the attention of several employees.
"Oh! What a sweet little girl! May I help you, sir?" One of the employees stepped up to them, smiling helpfully.
"Uh. Yes, I'm looking for some clothes for her." Jamie blushed, he could tell this was going to be hard. He really wished the girl had let Leena take her.
"Hmm." The lady bent down and examined the small girl. "Perhaps something dark. With a hint of red, yes?"
"Sounds good to me.." The girl nodded in agreement with Jamie.
"Right this way." The lady motioned for them to follow her as she took off towards the other side of the store where all the kid's clothes were. "Now let's see." She rummaged through a rack until she found the perfect outfit. "How about this?" She held up a black mini dress with red sleeves and a red slashed zero on the left chest area. "It comes with shorts to go underneath it too."
The little girl wrinkled up her face and shook her head.
"No? Then how about this?" The lady dug out another outfit and held it up. A short black skirt and a long red sleeved top with the emblem of a small dragon type Zoid on the front in black.
The girl grinned and bobbed her head up and down repeatedly.
"You like it, huh?" The lady smiled and held it out to her. "Gloria, why don't you help her change into it."
One of the employees that had been standing by took the girl's hand and lead her off to the dressing rooms.
The lady turned and walked up to Jamie. "Is she yours?"
"No.. I don't think she has any family." Jamie reached into his pocket and pulled out a wallet. "How much is it going to be?"
The lady placed her hand on Jamie's and shook her head. "I don't want you to pay. Not for her. Here. Give her these, they'll be helpful when she goes outside." She reached over to a nearby rack and took off a pair of sunglasses.
"Are you sure, I don't have to pay? I have the money!"
"I'm sure."
"Th-Thanks." Jamie blushed and slid his wallet back into his pocket.
"All done!" Gloria nudged the girl forwards.
"Wonderful! You look absolutely adorable!" The lady beamed and clasped her hands together in front of her. She took notice of the fact that Gloria had also given the girl some black boots to go with it.
The small child blushed and twirled around on the spot, showing off her new outfit. "Me like!"
Jamie smiled and held out his hand, "You ready to go?"
"Yeah!" The small child latched onto his hand with a surprisingly firm grip. "We go see others now?"
"Sure will!" He lead the girl off, thanking the employee once again for the free clothes.
Backdraft, in that same location I still can not tell you!
It's deep blue eyes flickered back and forth across the room, avoiding the pair of brown eyes that stared it down. It tugged on the restraints that bound it's arms and legs tightly to the chair, growling in a low threatening tone.
"My precious, my precious.. Calm down." The creature's captor and master slid a hand down the side of the creature's face. When he reached the creatures chin he wrapped his long fingers around it and forced it to look at him. "I need you to do me another favor."
The creature closed squeezed it's eyes shut and attempted to ignore the soft breathing tickling it's face.
"Find it. Find me the other one."
"And if I fail?"
"DIE!" The captor spat on the ground and walked out, signaling to the guards that they could release the creature once he had left.
The guards gulped and edged towards the creature nervously. Many a man had been set on this creature's guard duty, but not so many a man had lived to tell about it. "Nice kitty?" One of the guards reached out and undid the arm and wrist restraints on the creature, his fingers fumbling over each other.
"Oh, suck it up ya' wuss. I'm still gonna' kill you anyway." The creature flexed it's free fingers and released it's claws. It ran through the two guards with barely an effort, blood splattering across the floor. "Despicable." It undid it's own leg restraints and hopped down from the chair. "Pathetic humans." It arched it's back upwards and a pair of black wings burst through it's dark skin in a mess of clear liquid. Shaking it's wings dry the creature jumped into the air. "You're mine now."
Hmm. that would be the end of this chapter! ^.^ Hope you like!
A/N: Ha! Two chapters in one day! Though, if you could really call the first part a chapter. .;;
"It's been a month since the Royal Cup and the Backdraft's defeat. But the Backdraft that fought in the Royal Cup and headed the way in unsanctioned battles was nothing like the real thing. The real Backdraft remained hidden, lurking in and out amongst the common people. Waiting for it's day..."
Arcade in that city no one knows the name of.
Bit lapped at his ice cream happily. "It sure is nice to have a vacation!"
"And our Zoids professionally tuned." Jamie stretched his arms out behind his back until they made a satisfying pop.
"I'll say. Hey look!" Leena pointed up ahead to where a small girl was standing all alone. "Do you think she's lost? The poor thing looks scared." Leena blinked as the small girl whipped around to face her with gleaming red eyes. Almost as if she'd heard Leena talking about her. "Red.. eyes?"
"Probably albino." Bit stepped forward and knelt down in front of the girl. "Are you lost, little girl?" She nodded. "Is your family here?" She shook her head and Bit looked back towards the others. The small girl reached out a pale hand and placed it gently under Bit's chin. She turned his face back towards her and stared straight into his eyes. Bit's eyes widened in surprise for a moment but then he grinned and the girl giggled, her hand dropping back down to her side.
Jamie and Leena walked over and knelt down beside Bit and the girl. "Bit, we can't leave her here by herself. What's your name, little girl? I'm Leena." Leena pointed a finger at herself, hoping the kid would catch on.
The child tilted it's head to the side and giggled again. Taking her own finger she pointed at each of the team members in turn. "Leena, Bit, Jamie."
Bit blinked and looked from Jamie to Leena, the same shocked expression on their face. "How?" The girl giggled and pointed to a tall young man with long brown hair. "Brad?"
"I get it! She heard us talking to him earlier." Jamie stood back up, even in his short state he towered over the girl. "Let's say we get something to eat."
"Good idea." Bit got back up and held his hand out to the little girl. She shook her head and latched onto Jamie instead. "Well then."
Leena laughed. "Looks like you got dissed, Bit. But, shouldn't we get her some better clothes first." Leena nodded her head towards the kid's simple overly large black coat.
"Why not. How about me and Jamie go get us a table and you take her off to get some clothes?"
"Sounds good to me." Leena bent down to eye level with the girl and smiled sweetly at her. "Do you want to come with me? I can get you some clothes."
The girl shook her head again and stepped behind Jamie further, holding his leg tight between her arms. Jamie blushed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "I guess I'll take her."
"Now who's dissed." Bit backed up, expecting Leena to fire off at him.
Leena rolled her eyes. "Fine, but try to get her something dark. She'll look like a ghost otherwise." Leena turned and walked off with Bit to the restaurant but not before giving him a good whack upside the head.
"Right. I'll catch up with you later." Jamie pried the girl off his leg and took hold of her hand. "Come on!" He led her off towards the clothes store. Together the two of them walked into the store quickly attracting the attention of several employees.
"Oh! What a sweet little girl! May I help you, sir?" One of the employees stepped up to them, smiling helpfully.
"Uh. Yes, I'm looking for some clothes for her." Jamie blushed, he could tell this was going to be hard. He really wished the girl had let Leena take her.
"Hmm." The lady bent down and examined the small girl. "Perhaps something dark. With a hint of red, yes?"
"Sounds good to me.." The girl nodded in agreement with Jamie.
"Right this way." The lady motioned for them to follow her as she took off towards the other side of the store where all the kid's clothes were. "Now let's see." She rummaged through a rack until she found the perfect outfit. "How about this?" She held up a black mini dress with red sleeves and a red slashed zero on the left chest area. "It comes with shorts to go underneath it too."
The little girl wrinkled up her face and shook her head.
"No? Then how about this?" The lady dug out another outfit and held it up. A short black skirt and a long red sleeved top with the emblem of a small dragon type Zoid on the front in black.
The girl grinned and bobbed her head up and down repeatedly.
"You like it, huh?" The lady smiled and held it out to her. "Gloria, why don't you help her change into it."
One of the employees that had been standing by took the girl's hand and lead her off to the dressing rooms.
The lady turned and walked up to Jamie. "Is she yours?"
"No.. I don't think she has any family." Jamie reached into his pocket and pulled out a wallet. "How much is it going to be?"
The lady placed her hand on Jamie's and shook her head. "I don't want you to pay. Not for her. Here. Give her these, they'll be helpful when she goes outside." She reached over to a nearby rack and took off a pair of sunglasses.
"Are you sure, I don't have to pay? I have the money!"
"I'm sure."
"Th-Thanks." Jamie blushed and slid his wallet back into his pocket.
"All done!" Gloria nudged the girl forwards.
"Wonderful! You look absolutely adorable!" The lady beamed and clasped her hands together in front of her. She took notice of the fact that Gloria had also given the girl some black boots to go with it.
The small child blushed and twirled around on the spot, showing off her new outfit. "Me like!"
Jamie smiled and held out his hand, "You ready to go?"
"Yeah!" The small child latched onto his hand with a surprisingly firm grip. "We go see others now?"
"Sure will!" He lead the girl off, thanking the employee once again for the free clothes.
Backdraft, in that same location I still can not tell you!
It's deep blue eyes flickered back and forth across the room, avoiding the pair of brown eyes that stared it down. It tugged on the restraints that bound it's arms and legs tightly to the chair, growling in a low threatening tone.
"My precious, my precious.. Calm down." The creature's captor and master slid a hand down the side of the creature's face. When he reached the creatures chin he wrapped his long fingers around it and forced it to look at him. "I need you to do me another favor."
The creature closed squeezed it's eyes shut and attempted to ignore the soft breathing tickling it's face.
"Find it. Find me the other one."
"And if I fail?"
"DIE!" The captor spat on the ground and walked out, signaling to the guards that they could release the creature once he had left.
The guards gulped and edged towards the creature nervously. Many a man had been set on this creature's guard duty, but not so many a man had lived to tell about it. "Nice kitty?" One of the guards reached out and undid the arm and wrist restraints on the creature, his fingers fumbling over each other.
"Oh, suck it up ya' wuss. I'm still gonna' kill you anyway." The creature flexed it's free fingers and released it's claws. It ran through the two guards with barely an effort, blood splattering across the floor. "Despicable." It undid it's own leg restraints and hopped down from the chair. "Pathetic humans." It arched it's back upwards and a pair of black wings burst through it's dark skin in a mess of clear liquid. Shaking it's wings dry the creature jumped into the air. "You're mine now."
Hmm. that would be the end of this chapter! ^.^ Hope you like!