Well, I don't know exactly how this chapter will go, since I haven't gotten it planned out, but I'm gonna do my best. I'm having fun writing this and I'm hopping it'll get easier as I go. Well, I'll get on with it now.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids, just the characters I make.
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It was still late at night, around 3 in the morning or so. Everyone was fast asleep, except for one person. Scarlet laid in her bed, staring at the ceiling. She had woken up again and this time she couldn't get back to sleep. She finally gave up and got out of bed. She slowly opened the door, making sure not to make a sound when doing so. She walked out into the hallway and closed her door behind her. She walked down the hallway, heading to one of the laboratories. Once there, she quietly opened the door and walked in. There were many objects lying around the room so Scarlet walked carefully, making sure that she didn't make a sound. She walked over to the only light in the room, which was a computer screen. She sat down in the computer chair and opened up a few files and eventually came to one with her name on it. She opened it and read it to herself.
"Scarlet. True name: unknown. Current age: 21. Occupation: Zoid pilot for the Empire." She stopped reading for a while. "I don't get it. I have to find out why everyone is so afraid of me. I know I've killed a lot of people, but I was just following orders to further the Empire, wasn't I? I was in the army…so, I was only doing it to help them fight. That's all." She scrolled down further and found more files. "What's this?" She clicked it and pictures were brought up, and there was a story to go with each one. There was a picture of what looked like burned wood and ash. She read what was under it.
"This is what was left of Tempest, a town 50 miles outside of New Helic City. The town was burned to the ground within only a few minutes. The lives of nearly all the villagers were lost. There were only 5 left out of what was once a population of 200 people. The survivors all sustained injuries and the only thing that they remembered was a girl with red hair and heartless, bloodthirsty yellow eyes and her terrifying zoid known as a Dark Spiner." She stopped reading.
"Did I…did I do…all of this?" She looked at more pictures from the wreckage of the town. Not a building stood standing. She scrolled down more and found more links. There were over 500 different reports. "This can't be." She clicked on another and a picture of nearly 30 wrecked zoids was shown.
"This was once a battalion of over 30 zoids. Over half of the pilots were reported dead and others were injured and taken to the nearest heath care vicinities. This was done by only one zoid, believed to be owned by Scarlet, the Crimson Dawn. Some know her as the…Executioner." She closed down the files and just sat in the chair for a while, staring at the white screen. "What have I done?" She got up and walked out of the room, not caring anymore if she woke anyone up or not. She walked back down the hall and to her room. She laid down in her bed and fell asleep.
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The next morning rolled around quickly. It was around 9:00 am. Everyone began to slowly get out of bed and soon they were wandering the halls, waiting for breakfast to be ready. Fiona was walking down the hall when she saw Doctor D coming and he looked like he needed to ask her something.
"Hey Fiona, could you go wake Scarlet up?"
"Sure. I was heading in that direction anyway."
"Good. Tell her that breakfast will be ready soon, so once she's up, you two can come down to the kitchen area."
"Alright." Fiona and Doctor D went their ways and Fiona soon arrived at Scarlet's room. She knocked first.
"Scarlet? Are you awake?" she asked. She didn't receive an answer, so she slowly opened the door. When she looked inside, she saw Scarlet standing by her mirror. She was already dressed in her white shirt and Capri pants that matched. She wore white tennis shoes. She looked to Fiona as she entered. "Good morning," said Fiona.
"Good morning," responded Scarlet.
"I'm supposed to tell you that breakfast will be ready soon."
"Alright." Her voice was quiet and this did not go unnoticed.
"Is something wrong?" asked Fiona.
"I'm…I'm everything they said I was. I'm nothing but a killer…a cold blooded killer."
"Don't think like that. You're different now."
"But what if Irvine is right. What if when I get my memory back, I become what I once was? Would all of you…would you guys have to kill me?"
"No. We wouldn't kill you."
"But…but I killed so many. I wrecked the lives of thousands and took the lives of even more. I burned villages, destroyed battalions. I turned a population of 200 people into 5 within a matter of minutes."
"Who told you this?"
"I read it. I was up late last night, so I read it from the files on the computer."
"You might have been like that, but things are different now. And when you finally do get your memory back, you'll have to make your own decision."
"I wanna be like this. I don't want to hurt any more people."
"That's good. Now let's go. Breakfast is probably ready now."
"Okay." She smiled lightly to Fiona. They both walked out the door and down the hallway to go eat breakfast. When they entered the room, everyone was already sitting down and had started eating. They looked to Fiona and Scarlet as they entered the room. Scarlet bowed her head slightly.
"Good morning," she said.
"Good morning," said Van and Moonbay. "Irvine already ate, so he went out on a run with his Lightning Siax."
"Alright," said Fiona. Her and Scarlet sat down at the table
"You're looking better today Scarlet," said Moonbay.
"I…I feel a little better too. I wanna say thank you. You guys have done so much for me already."
"Of course," said Van. "What are friends for?"
'Friends,' thought Scarlet. She smiled at the thought.
"Hey Scarlet?" asked Moonbay.
"What?" she asked.
"How about after breakfast we all go into the next town. I'm betting you haven't seen the outside for a while."
"You're right. I haven't."
"And we could probably buy you some new things as well."
"But…I don't have any money."
"That's alright," said Doctor D. He was carrying two plates that he set down in front of Fiona and Scarlet. "We have money there that you can use. All of you can use it."
"Where did it come from?" asked Fiona.
"From funding. They sent a lot of money and this month, we really don't need much of it. All of our equipment is in top condition, so we really don't have a use for it."
"Thanks old man," said Moonbay. "This'll be great!"
"Should we ask Irvine if he wants to come?" asked Van.
"He said he'd be out for a while," said Doctor D. "You can all go ahead and I'll tell him when he gets back."
"Okay," said Fiona.
"Now before you leave, you should finish your breakfast," said Doctor D.
"We will," they answered simultaneously. After finishing breakfast, they all walked down to the hanger.
"So what should we take?" asked Moonbay. "The car or the Gustav?"
"I don't know," said Van as he thought about it. He then seemed to think of something, or more like remember something. "I completely forgot. Zeke is still in the Blade Liger, which I left at the shop." Van seemed panicked.
"I guess we're taking the Gustav," said Moonbay.
"What's a Zeke?" asked Scarlet.
"Oh that's right. You haven't met him before," said Van. "Well, Zeke is an organoid."
"An…organoid? You have one?"
"Well, yeah."
"You know about organoids?" asked Fiona.
"Yes. I…I remember hearing about them. They fuse with zoids, increasing their abilities, right?"
"That's right."
"But I've never seen one before. I'd like to meet this Zeke. I'd love to be able to meet an organoid."
"Gee, you seem a lot better than you were yesterday. I guess all you needed was a good nights sleep to clear your mind, huh?"
"Yeah…sure."
"Well, let's get going," said Moonbay. They all walked over to the Gustav and got in. Soon enough, they had pulled out of the hanger and were going down the road.
"Somebody did remember to get the money from Doctor D, right?" asked Van.
"Yeah, I have it," said Moonbay.
"That's good. It'd be really bad if we got there and then had to drive back because we forgot it.
"Yeah, that would waste a lot of time."
"Just what are we going to buy?" asked Scarlet.
"Well, Van has to pay for the repairs that were made to the Blade Liger, but after that we'll probably go and buy you a new outfit," said Moonbay.
"A new outfit?"
"Yeah. White's not really your color. We can also get a few accessories as well. It'll be fun."
"Fun…" said Scarlet quietly.
"Is something wrong?" asked Fiona. Scarlet looked to her and gave a slight smile.
"No, I'm fine." They all continued to drive along, slowly approaching the city in the distance.
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Yeah, I know, there was a lot of talking in this chapter. I promise to write more soon. I'm actually having a lot of fun with this and I hope you guys like it too. Well, pleaz read and review, but no flames. I'm also sorry for any spelling mistakes that I make. I didn't have time to proof read this. Well, I gotta get going. It's really late right now and if I don't get to sleep, I'll probably get yelled at. I'll see ya later!
Audi^.^