Merry Christmas! This may be short, but that's only because I got a lot to write and I'm tired.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids, only the characters I create and this fic.
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The next morning rolled around quickly and everyone began to crawl out of bed. Fiona had to dump water on Van's head before he would wake up. Doctor D and Colonel Schubaltz were sitting in the kitchen, waiting for everyone else to get there.
"So when are you going to start this little project of yours?" asked Schubaltz.
"What do you mean? I've already started it."
"Already?"
"Of course. I've got a team working in there as we speak."
"Why don't you tell Scarlet?"
"She's not ready yet. That, and I want it to be a surprise."
"Okay." Just then, everyone came into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Van yawned before saying, "What's for breakfast?"
"We'll know as soon as they bring it out," said Moonbay.
"What are we going to do today?" asked Van.
"I don't know," said Fiona. "We'll think of something."
"I hope so."
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After breakfast, everyone went off to do their own things. Doctor D and Colonel Schubaltz disappeared and no one knew where they ended up at. They were monitoring the restoration of the Dark Spiner. Van, Fiona, and Zeke were in the hanger, working on the Blade Liger. Irvine was standing on the balcony outside, staring at the desert.
"You really surprise me sometime," said Moonbay as she walked towards him. He turned around and looked at her.
"How so?" he asked.
"During that battle the other day. You saved Scarlet. Why?" Irvine just shrugged.
"I don't know. I guess because you guys would have gotten mad if I hadn't, and it's not like anyone else was close enough to help her at the time. Exactly why is that so strange?"
"Because I thought you hated her."
"I do, but…it's just hard to hate her the way she is right now. It's sad that a warrior of her skill can't remember anything. You'd never guess she used to be a killer for the Empire."
"I know what you mean." They just stood there, not saying anything, until a loud crash could be heard.
"Van, are you okay?" asked Fiona from inside the base.
"…ow," came Van's reply.
"Come on," said Irvine, as he and Moonbay walked back in to see what was happening. When they got in, both broke out laughing. Van had run into the clear door that led into the lab and Fiona finally walked down the stairs to open it for him. He was lying on his back.
"It's not funny!" he said hotly.
"Oh yes it is," said Moonbay.
"I can't believe you," said Irvine. Both were laughing. After regaining their composure, they walked to the door. They looked through and saw Scarlet in the lab, sitting at one of the computers. It looked like she was working on something. Van opened the door and they all walked in.
"Scarlet? What are you doing?" asked Fiona as they got closer to her.
"I'm fixing this data. It's wrong," she answered.
"What do you mean?"
"All of it. My blood type, heart rate, all of it. It'll all wrong. It has to be."
"Why?" asked Moonbay.
"Because I'm not real! I never was and I never will be! I'm nothing but a soulless doll, born to fight. If I'm not fighting, then I have no purpose here. I'm just a puppet."
"Scarlet," said Fiona.
"No!" She fell to her knees and began to shake. A few tears escaped her eyes and fell to the hard floor.
"Come on," said Irvine. "That's enough." Scarlet stopped shaking and looked to him.
"W-what?"
"Don't you get it? If you were nothing but a doll, then you wouldn't have emotions either, and right now, aren't you crying? A doll could never do that." Scarlet touched the teardrops that had stopped on her face. She was indeed crying. She stood up.
"I thought you hated me Irvine," she said without looking up.
"Don't get me wrong. I do hate you, but not the way you are right now. If you ever change back to the way you were before, mark my words; you won't live to see another day."
"I wouldn't want to ever go back to that life."
"You don't have to if you don't want to," said Fiona.
"What I wanna know is why Raven would attack you. He was a follower of Prozen as well," said Moonbay.
"It's because Raven is the type that can't let anyone be better than him," answered Irvine.
"Was I better than him?" asked Scarlet.
"We don't know, but that's why he decided to fight you. He wanted to be the strongest and saw anyone stronger than him as a threat. He always has to be the best," answered Van.
"How did I end up with Prozen?"
"I can answer that," said Doctor D. He and Schubaltz walked into the lab and over to the group. "First off though, your parents were scientist, working on human genetics in order to create soldiers for war. I'm guessing you were their first experiment and then they decided to keep you as their daughter."
"The town where they lived was attacked," continued Schubaltz. "And that's where I found you when you were little. Unfortunately, Prozen took you the next day and entered you in training. He wanted to see if genetically created humans could operate zoids better than human born ones."
"Could I?"
"To a certain extent. Then Raven beat you and Prozen gave up on the research."
"Oh. So I'm the only one like me?"
"That's right," said Doctor D.
"So I'm all alone?"
"Come on, don't think of it like that," said Van. "All of us are the same. You're no different from us. We're all people, right?"
"Of course," said Fiona. Scarlet looked to all of them and then gave a weak smile.
"Yeah," she responded. "We're all people."
"That's right, now come on," said Doctor D. "Let's find something to do."
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A man walked towards a huge mountain in the middle of the desert. It was the same man who attacked the town, but was stopped by Van, Irvine, and Scarlet. He walked up to the hard rock mountain. He flipped up a loose stone to reveal a digital lock. He punched in the code and part of the wall slid open, revealing a door. He walked in and the door shut behind him. He walked down the halls and came to two large doors, which he threw open. He then stomped into the room and up to a man who sat in a chair at a desk. He seemed to be impatient.
"Good to see you again soldier," said the man at the desk.
"Sir, I've got something to tell you."
"I take it you came back empty handed."
"Sir, please. I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"It's about Scarlet. She's alive." This got the man's attention.
"Continue soldier."
"We fought against her at the town. She was with some members of the Guardian Force, including Van Flyheight. We weren't able to beat them, but…"
"But nothing soldier. You didn't complete your job. With failure comes punishment."
"Please sir, I didn't get to…"
"No excuses. Take him away." Two other men grabbed the guy and dragged him out of the room. The man at the desk stood up and opened a window in his hidden mountain base.
"So Scarlet, you're alive. It's hard to believe, but I'm glad you are. This will make our research much easier."
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I'm done! I finished something. 8 things to write and 1 and a half days to write them. But I did it.
That's all for now!
Audi^.^