The Black Team
Chapter 8: Challenge and Discovery
"How long will it take you to fix the zoids?" Bit walked up behind Tesability as she started looking through the tools. The doc and Bit were in the Blitz team's hanger, watching as Tesability got out a wrench and some spare metal.
"I've fixed totaled zoids before, each one taking me no more than a week. So prepare to have your zoid back in a week, since I'm fixing yours first. Okay?" Bit nodded. At that moment, Tesability's cell phone started ringing. "Oh, not again." She pulled the cell phone out of her pocket and answered it. "Hello, Tesability speaking...no way...not you..." She looked up toward the Doc. "Dr. Tauros, it's for you." She tossed the cell phone in the doc's direction, who caught it and answered it.
"Steve Tauros speaking. Layon? (sp?) Why are you calling?"
"I'm calling to challenge your team, Tauros."
"Oh, really? You're going to have to wait at least two weeks, Layon."
"What do you mean?!"
"Two of our zoids came close to being totaled by the Black team, who are now part of the Blitz Team."
"Now part of the Blitz team?! Fine, I'll take them on, instead!"
" You'll challenge them instead? You have no idea what you're asking for, Layon. One second." He looked up toward Tesability, who had already fixed the head of the Liger Zero and made it brand new. "Whoa, that's good. Tesability, Layon has challenged us to an unsanctioned battle, but the Liger Zero, the Gun Sniper, the Raynos and the Shadow Fox have all sustained heavy damage. Would you battle in the rest of the team's place?" Tesability smirked.
"This is against the Backdraft Group, right?" The doc nodded. She then turned toward Ligrina, who was snoozing by the Shadow Liger. "Hey, Ligrina. How about a match against the Backdraft Group?" Ligrina woke up in time to hear the question and nodded.
"Let's show them what the Shadow of the Liger Zero and the Shadow of the Gun Sniper can do." Tesability nodded in agreement and looked back up toward the doc.
"Tell that slime bag that we accept." The doc nodded, then went back to the phone.
"You'll be fighting Tesability and Ligrina. Time and place, please?"
"Alright, I'll fight you at the old excavation site of the Ultrasaurus tomorrow. The battle's at 5pm. See you then, Tauros. You and your new pilots." The click from the cell phone clued the doc that Layon had hung up. He closed up the cell and looked up toward Tesability. He dropped his jaw when he saw that Tesability had finished fixing half of the Liger Zero.
"Hey, Tesability! Catch!" Tesability looked up and raised a hand into the air, even though the doc's aim was horrible. The cell phone stopped in mid-air and flew right into Tesability's hand.
"Thanks!" She put the cell phone in her pocket and continued to work on the Liger Zero, while Bit started wide-eyed at Tesability.
"Man, when she fixes a zoid at that speed, she's thorough. And she said it might take a week..." The doc was nodding in agreement.
"She may do the same thing with the Gun Sniper, maybe go even faster, since she'd the one who built the Terra'r." Bit nodded in agreement. At that moment, flashed through his head.
"Hey, are you timing this girl?" The doc shook his head no. At that moment, he pulled out a stopwatch and tossed it to Bit. Tesability was now working on the hind legs of the Liger Zero.
"When she starts on the next zoid, or the Jager armor, start timing her. Okay?" Bit nodded. They continued watching Tesability as she made fast and thorough work of the Liger Zero. In just twenty minutes, she had fixed an Ultimate X.
"Done. Hey, Bit. Where are the conversion armors kept? I think I totaled the Jager armor."
"The Jager armor is kept in the Hover Cargo." Tesability nodded.
"Okay, thanks." As soon as Tesability ran out of the hanger to get to the Hover Cargo, Bit jumped down and followed her, finding out very quickly that she was a FAST little girl...
"Geez, she's as fast as Liger Zero while in the Jager armor!" When he finally got to the Hover Cargo, he had already had seen that Tesability was finished fixing it. That's when he heard Tesability talking to herself, while she was working with the armor.
"I've noticed that the Liger Zero didn't have an Energy Shield, so I did a little rewiring so that when needed, the energy from the Strike Laser Claw can become a shield that could stand up to even the Berserk Fury's charged particle cannon. But that can be deadly when combined with the Jager armor, so I shall...who's there?" Tesability looked up and around to find out who was with her. That's when she felt Bit's presence, even though he wasn't in the Hover Cargo with her. "Bit, show yourself. I know you're outside of the Hover Cargo listening." Bit became shocked and walked into the Hover Cargo. "How did...you know?" Tesability smirked.
"I can detect the presence of those I know. I knew you and I felt your presence." Bit dropped his jaw. He was NOT believing this!
"No way. By the way, were you modifying the Jager armor?" Tesability sighed.
"You could put it that way. All I did was give the Liger Zero and the Jager armor Energy Shields. I'd figured you'd want some protection against weapons like charged particle cannons." Bit smirked.
"I heard." Tesability raised an eyebrow.
"I was speaking that loudly?" Bit shook his head in reply.
"No, I just have good hearing." Tesability blushed.
"Oh. Well, I have to fix the rest of the zoids, so it's going to be a busy night for me. It IS time for you to get some shut-eye." Bit started at Tesability.
"You're the one who should talk." Tesability rolled her eyes and headed back toward the hanger, while Bit when to his bedroom. When he looked up toward the midnight sky, he saw that Tesability was right. He should catch some z's, considering how late it was. If he only knew what's in for Tesability, when she does go to sleep at night.
"How long will it take you to fix the zoids?" Bit walked up behind Tesability as she started looking through the tools. The doc and Bit were in the Blitz team's hanger, watching as Tesability got out a wrench and some spare metal.
"I've fixed totaled zoids before, each one taking me no more than a week. So prepare to have your zoid back in a week, since I'm fixing yours first. Okay?" Bit nodded. At that moment, Tesability's cell phone started ringing. "Oh, not again." She pulled the cell phone out of her pocket and answered it. "Hello, Tesability speaking...no way...not you..." She looked up toward the Doc. "Dr. Tauros, it's for you." She tossed the cell phone in the doc's direction, who caught it and answered it.
"Steve Tauros speaking. Layon? (sp?) Why are you calling?"
"I'm calling to challenge your team, Tauros."
"Oh, really? You're going to have to wait at least two weeks, Layon."
"What do you mean?!"
"Two of our zoids came close to being totaled by the Black team, who are now part of the Blitz Team."
"Now part of the Blitz team?! Fine, I'll take them on, instead!"
" You'll challenge them instead? You have no idea what you're asking for, Layon. One second." He looked up toward Tesability, who had already fixed the head of the Liger Zero and made it brand new. "Whoa, that's good. Tesability, Layon has challenged us to an unsanctioned battle, but the Liger Zero, the Gun Sniper, the Raynos and the Shadow Fox have all sustained heavy damage. Would you battle in the rest of the team's place?" Tesability smirked.
"This is against the Backdraft Group, right?" The doc nodded. She then turned toward Ligrina, who was snoozing by the Shadow Liger. "Hey, Ligrina. How about a match against the Backdraft Group?" Ligrina woke up in time to hear the question and nodded.
"Let's show them what the Shadow of the Liger Zero and the Shadow of the Gun Sniper can do." Tesability nodded in agreement and looked back up toward the doc.
"Tell that slime bag that we accept." The doc nodded, then went back to the phone.
"You'll be fighting Tesability and Ligrina. Time and place, please?"
"Alright, I'll fight you at the old excavation site of the Ultrasaurus tomorrow. The battle's at 5pm. See you then, Tauros. You and your new pilots." The click from the cell phone clued the doc that Layon had hung up. He closed up the cell and looked up toward Tesability. He dropped his jaw when he saw that Tesability had finished fixing half of the Liger Zero.
"Hey, Tesability! Catch!" Tesability looked up and raised a hand into the air, even though the doc's aim was horrible. The cell phone stopped in mid-air and flew right into Tesability's hand.
"Thanks!" She put the cell phone in her pocket and continued to work on the Liger Zero, while Bit started wide-eyed at Tesability.
"Man, when she fixes a zoid at that speed, she's thorough. And she said it might take a week..." The doc was nodding in agreement.
"She may do the same thing with the Gun Sniper, maybe go even faster, since she'd the one who built the Terra'r." Bit nodded in agreement. At that moment, flashed through his head.
"Hey, are you timing this girl?" The doc shook his head no. At that moment, he pulled out a stopwatch and tossed it to Bit. Tesability was now working on the hind legs of the Liger Zero.
"When she starts on the next zoid, or the Jager armor, start timing her. Okay?" Bit nodded. They continued watching Tesability as she made fast and thorough work of the Liger Zero. In just twenty minutes, she had fixed an Ultimate X.
"Done. Hey, Bit. Where are the conversion armors kept? I think I totaled the Jager armor."
"The Jager armor is kept in the Hover Cargo." Tesability nodded.
"Okay, thanks." As soon as Tesability ran out of the hanger to get to the Hover Cargo, Bit jumped down and followed her, finding out very quickly that she was a FAST little girl...
"Geez, she's as fast as Liger Zero while in the Jager armor!" When he finally got to the Hover Cargo, he had already had seen that Tesability was finished fixing it. That's when he heard Tesability talking to herself, while she was working with the armor.
"I've noticed that the Liger Zero didn't have an Energy Shield, so I did a little rewiring so that when needed, the energy from the Strike Laser Claw can become a shield that could stand up to even the Berserk Fury's charged particle cannon. But that can be deadly when combined with the Jager armor, so I shall...who's there?" Tesability looked up and around to find out who was with her. That's when she felt Bit's presence, even though he wasn't in the Hover Cargo with her. "Bit, show yourself. I know you're outside of the Hover Cargo listening." Bit became shocked and walked into the Hover Cargo. "How did...you know?" Tesability smirked.
"I can detect the presence of those I know. I knew you and I felt your presence." Bit dropped his jaw. He was NOT believing this!
"No way. By the way, were you modifying the Jager armor?" Tesability sighed.
"You could put it that way. All I did was give the Liger Zero and the Jager armor Energy Shields. I'd figured you'd want some protection against weapons like charged particle cannons." Bit smirked.
"I heard." Tesability raised an eyebrow.
"I was speaking that loudly?" Bit shook his head in reply.
"No, I just have good hearing." Tesability blushed.
"Oh. Well, I have to fix the rest of the zoids, so it's going to be a busy night for me. It IS time for you to get some shut-eye." Bit started at Tesability.
"You're the one who should talk." Tesability rolled her eyes and headed back toward the hanger, while Bit when to his bedroom. When he looked up toward the midnight sky, he saw that Tesability was right. He should catch some z's, considering how late it was. If he only knew what's in for Tesability, when she does go to sleep at night.