Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids, or any of the characters on the show, I do
own mine tho…that's it. Sorry about how long it took, but I had severe
writers block, which is why this chapter sucks…oh well…I just hope my
writing gets better soon.
Pierce jumped back in shock, and then quickly recovered. "Well well well…if it isn't that cocky little Wild Eagle. I'm surprised that you would even remember my name, and not call me 'little lady'." With that, she tossed her head and walked out of the room.
"But Pierce! That wasn't me…" But she had already left.
Sekami and Lenami looked at Jamie with eyebrows raised. "So I guess you two have met before…"
"Come on Jamie, I'll show you your room." Sekami led Jamie down several hallways before leading Jamie into a room. "Make yourself comfortable, because this is your home from now on." Jamie walked in, and Sekami followed him in and closed the door. "You're worried about making friends with Pierce, right? But don't worry, she doesn't trust people at first…it took me and Lenami lots of effort to finally get her to trust us, and now we're the best of friends." Jamie grinned a bit sheepishly.
"Yeah, well, it might be a bit harder for me, since my alter-ego has already embarrassed her enough…which wont make life any easier for me." After dumping his bag on the floor, he followed Sekami out to the dining room. "Well boys, now that you're here, we can decide what we want to eat!" shouted an eager Lenami. "Let's see…microwave noodles, microwave pasta, microwave chicken…" They finally decided it would be pasta, and they all gathered around the table and Jamie was introduced to the team.
"Well Jamie, it might help if you knew what zoids we pilot. Lenami pilots the blue Raynos, Pierce pilots the red Raynos, and I pilot"
"He pilots the Storm Sworder" Interrupted Lenami. "And he's our best pilot, and our 'leader', and he's too modest to admit it. Right Sekami?"
"That's enough."
"See? He's so modest…aren't you?
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
"Okay okay…calm yourself."
"Are you saying that I'm not calm?"
"Maybe…"
"I'M CALM, I'M CALM…SEE? I'M CALM!"
"Well if you would just stop yelling…"
Jamie sighed. He had seen many arguments like this between Bit and Leena, and knew it could go on for a long time. He glanced up at Pierce. She sat there calmly eating like nothing was going on. Jamie was beginning to wonder why he hadn't noticed how…beautiful…she was. Or maybe he had…His thoughts were soon interrupted by a glass of iced water being emptied on his head.
"Hehe…sorry Jamie, that was supposed to hit Lenami…"
Jamie was pulled out of his dreamworld, and realized that Sekami and Lenami had started an all out food fight. He sighed and looked up at Pierce, who was still calmly eating. "Umm…Pierce?" She glanced up at the blushing Jamie.
"Well, about all those times we were in battles, and I made fun of you and stuff…well…I was wondering…could we put it all behind us?"
Pierce ignored him, got up from the table, threw out the empty container, and walked into her room. Sekami and Lenami froze right where they were, about to launch the remaining food at each other, and looked at Jamie, who was as red as a strawberry.
Sekami was the first to speak. "MUAHAHA! JAMIE GOT HIS ASS REJECTED! HAHAHA! SUCKER!!!!!" He was obviously still caught up in the excitement of the food fight. But Lenami, in the presence of love story to-be, dropped the food and rushed over to Jamie. "OOOOOOH Jamie, how do you feel? Do you need something to drink? Wanna get drunk? OOOOOOH this might get juicy!"
"Calm down Lenami" whispered Sekami. "You don't wanna tempt him into getting drunk! We've got a mission tomorrow."
"Don't worry Sekami, I'm not gonna get drunk…and I don't feel horrible either, just a rough start…"
"Surrrrrrreeee Jamie, we believe you…remember, our psychological services are always available to you free of charge." The pair walked off chuckling. Jamie glanced up at them. Getting adjusted to this life would be hard, especially with Pierce around, but he felt that those two would make life much more comfortable and entertaining.
The next morning, he was awakened by Sekami dumping a pitcher of ice cold water on his head. "MORNING JAMIE! Oh, and if you haven't realized, this is what happens when you don't get up at 5:00 sharp…"
"5:00?!?! YOU'RE JOKING! HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO STAY ALIVE WAKING UP AT 5?!?!"
"Ummmmm…the same way we do, I guess. Come on dude, pancakes are getting cold." He walked out of the room without looking back. Jamie groaned, slipped on his clothes and walked into the dining room. They all sat down around the table, where there was a pile of pancakes in a nice neat stack.
"COME ON, EAT IT UP BEFORE IT GETS COLD!!! COME ON NOW! COME ON! EAT EAT EAT!" hollered a mechanical voice. Several identical wheeled robots, all painted white camera eyes mounted on the front of their heads and mechanical grabbers rushed into the room and dumped pancakes onto each persons plate.
"Oh, Jamie, this is our robot, David."
"Why didn't I see him last night? And why do you call all these robots one robot?"
"Well, these aren't separate robots. David is the one mind that controls them all, and the hover cargo. So if all of them are destroyed except for one, he'll still be alive. And the reason he wasn't here last night was because"
"WAS BECAUSE I WAS OUT CLUBBING WITH ALL THE LADIES!!!!!!!!!"
"Was because he was getting his robots recharged…we do that once a week. Oh, and he made the pancakes, so if they're poison, it's not my fault." Just then, the vid screen beeped. Sekari walked out of the room, and came back in several minutes.
"Okay, where's it at?" asked Pierce.
"Ummm…some place near the Western Coast, they say Backdraft might be building a new factory there." replied Sekami.
"CRAP! Did you say MIGHT? Does that mean…"
"Yeah Lenami, I know you hate them because they're boring…this one might be more your type though"
"What?" Jamie had no clue what was going on.
"Oh, we're talking about the mission we have in half an hour. It's a reconnaissance mission…we use our zoids to check enemy activity. Normally we don't get these missions, but when they're more dangerous, and there's a slight chance of getting into a fight, they send one of the high speed fighter squads one of these missions. Oh, and by the way Jamie, you're going to have to get changed soon, since it's the first mission it might take you longer."
"Huh? I am changed."
"Those clothes might have worked when you fought for a sport, but we use something a bit more…tough." Sekami led him to a closet. Inside was a suit that resembled a wetsuit for scuba diving, but it was made of a rougher material made to withstand the force of an ejection.
"Ummm…how do you get into this thing?"
"That's the hard part…"
After exactly 25 minutes of unzipping and struggling, with plenty of enthusiastic help from Sekami and Lenami, and several amused glances from Pierce, Jamie was in the suit. Then it took exactly 2 minutes for the rest of them to suit up. "Alright guys! We have 2 minutes to get our zoids into the launch bay of the Whale King. I expect to have the Whale King in the air in 3 minutes. Got it? Let's move."
Half an hour later, they were cruising over their target at 500,000 feet. All the pilots were gathered around Sekami.
"Alright guys, we're at 500,000 feet. In 2 minutes we're going to launch. We drop 495,000 feet, pull out our wings, and move out at full speed in tight formation."
"495,000 feet?!?! Are you KIDDING? You're saying we do a reconnaissance mission at 5000 feet at full speed over a potential ENEMY BASE?!?! I like action, but this is NUTS"
"Yeah. You guys…you know how dangerous this is. But no matter what happens, we come out together, and alive."
Jamie glanced up at Sekami. Now he understood why Sekami was the leader. No longer the carefree food-fighter, his face was that of a commander who would go back through all the soldiers of the Backdraft alone to rescue a lost soldier. This was a man who he would follow to hell and back.
Gripping the controls of his Raynos, he readied himself for the launch. 'Well, its my first mission…and I sure hope it isn't my last.' With those thoughts, his Raynos dropped out of the Whale King with his teammates beside him.
Pierce jumped back in shock, and then quickly recovered. "Well well well…if it isn't that cocky little Wild Eagle. I'm surprised that you would even remember my name, and not call me 'little lady'." With that, she tossed her head and walked out of the room.
"But Pierce! That wasn't me…" But she had already left.
Sekami and Lenami looked at Jamie with eyebrows raised. "So I guess you two have met before…"
"Come on Jamie, I'll show you your room." Sekami led Jamie down several hallways before leading Jamie into a room. "Make yourself comfortable, because this is your home from now on." Jamie walked in, and Sekami followed him in and closed the door. "You're worried about making friends with Pierce, right? But don't worry, she doesn't trust people at first…it took me and Lenami lots of effort to finally get her to trust us, and now we're the best of friends." Jamie grinned a bit sheepishly.
"Yeah, well, it might be a bit harder for me, since my alter-ego has already embarrassed her enough…which wont make life any easier for me." After dumping his bag on the floor, he followed Sekami out to the dining room. "Well boys, now that you're here, we can decide what we want to eat!" shouted an eager Lenami. "Let's see…microwave noodles, microwave pasta, microwave chicken…" They finally decided it would be pasta, and they all gathered around the table and Jamie was introduced to the team.
"Well Jamie, it might help if you knew what zoids we pilot. Lenami pilots the blue Raynos, Pierce pilots the red Raynos, and I pilot"
"He pilots the Storm Sworder" Interrupted Lenami. "And he's our best pilot, and our 'leader', and he's too modest to admit it. Right Sekami?"
"That's enough."
"See? He's so modest…aren't you?
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
"Okay okay…calm yourself."
"Are you saying that I'm not calm?"
"Maybe…"
"I'M CALM, I'M CALM…SEE? I'M CALM!"
"Well if you would just stop yelling…"
Jamie sighed. He had seen many arguments like this between Bit and Leena, and knew it could go on for a long time. He glanced up at Pierce. She sat there calmly eating like nothing was going on. Jamie was beginning to wonder why he hadn't noticed how…beautiful…she was. Or maybe he had…His thoughts were soon interrupted by a glass of iced water being emptied on his head.
"Hehe…sorry Jamie, that was supposed to hit Lenami…"
Jamie was pulled out of his dreamworld, and realized that Sekami and Lenami had started an all out food fight. He sighed and looked up at Pierce, who was still calmly eating. "Umm…Pierce?" She glanced up at the blushing Jamie.
"Well, about all those times we were in battles, and I made fun of you and stuff…well…I was wondering…could we put it all behind us?"
Pierce ignored him, got up from the table, threw out the empty container, and walked into her room. Sekami and Lenami froze right where they were, about to launch the remaining food at each other, and looked at Jamie, who was as red as a strawberry.
Sekami was the first to speak. "MUAHAHA! JAMIE GOT HIS ASS REJECTED! HAHAHA! SUCKER!!!!!" He was obviously still caught up in the excitement of the food fight. But Lenami, in the presence of love story to-be, dropped the food and rushed over to Jamie. "OOOOOOH Jamie, how do you feel? Do you need something to drink? Wanna get drunk? OOOOOOH this might get juicy!"
"Calm down Lenami" whispered Sekami. "You don't wanna tempt him into getting drunk! We've got a mission tomorrow."
"Don't worry Sekami, I'm not gonna get drunk…and I don't feel horrible either, just a rough start…"
"Surrrrrrreeee Jamie, we believe you…remember, our psychological services are always available to you free of charge." The pair walked off chuckling. Jamie glanced up at them. Getting adjusted to this life would be hard, especially with Pierce around, but he felt that those two would make life much more comfortable and entertaining.
The next morning, he was awakened by Sekami dumping a pitcher of ice cold water on his head. "MORNING JAMIE! Oh, and if you haven't realized, this is what happens when you don't get up at 5:00 sharp…"
"5:00?!?! YOU'RE JOKING! HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO STAY ALIVE WAKING UP AT 5?!?!"
"Ummmmm…the same way we do, I guess. Come on dude, pancakes are getting cold." He walked out of the room without looking back. Jamie groaned, slipped on his clothes and walked into the dining room. They all sat down around the table, where there was a pile of pancakes in a nice neat stack.
"COME ON, EAT IT UP BEFORE IT GETS COLD!!! COME ON NOW! COME ON! EAT EAT EAT!" hollered a mechanical voice. Several identical wheeled robots, all painted white camera eyes mounted on the front of their heads and mechanical grabbers rushed into the room and dumped pancakes onto each persons plate.
"Oh, Jamie, this is our robot, David."
"Why didn't I see him last night? And why do you call all these robots one robot?"
"Well, these aren't separate robots. David is the one mind that controls them all, and the hover cargo. So if all of them are destroyed except for one, he'll still be alive. And the reason he wasn't here last night was because"
"WAS BECAUSE I WAS OUT CLUBBING WITH ALL THE LADIES!!!!!!!!!"
"Was because he was getting his robots recharged…we do that once a week. Oh, and he made the pancakes, so if they're poison, it's not my fault." Just then, the vid screen beeped. Sekari walked out of the room, and came back in several minutes.
"Okay, where's it at?" asked Pierce.
"Ummm…some place near the Western Coast, they say Backdraft might be building a new factory there." replied Sekami.
"CRAP! Did you say MIGHT? Does that mean…"
"Yeah Lenami, I know you hate them because they're boring…this one might be more your type though"
"What?" Jamie had no clue what was going on.
"Oh, we're talking about the mission we have in half an hour. It's a reconnaissance mission…we use our zoids to check enemy activity. Normally we don't get these missions, but when they're more dangerous, and there's a slight chance of getting into a fight, they send one of the high speed fighter squads one of these missions. Oh, and by the way Jamie, you're going to have to get changed soon, since it's the first mission it might take you longer."
"Huh? I am changed."
"Those clothes might have worked when you fought for a sport, but we use something a bit more…tough." Sekami led him to a closet. Inside was a suit that resembled a wetsuit for scuba diving, but it was made of a rougher material made to withstand the force of an ejection.
"Ummm…how do you get into this thing?"
"That's the hard part…"
After exactly 25 minutes of unzipping and struggling, with plenty of enthusiastic help from Sekami and Lenami, and several amused glances from Pierce, Jamie was in the suit. Then it took exactly 2 minutes for the rest of them to suit up. "Alright guys! We have 2 minutes to get our zoids into the launch bay of the Whale King. I expect to have the Whale King in the air in 3 minutes. Got it? Let's move."
Half an hour later, they were cruising over their target at 500,000 feet. All the pilots were gathered around Sekami.
"Alright guys, we're at 500,000 feet. In 2 minutes we're going to launch. We drop 495,000 feet, pull out our wings, and move out at full speed in tight formation."
"495,000 feet?!?! Are you KIDDING? You're saying we do a reconnaissance mission at 5000 feet at full speed over a potential ENEMY BASE?!?! I like action, but this is NUTS"
"Yeah. You guys…you know how dangerous this is. But no matter what happens, we come out together, and alive."
Jamie glanced up at Sekami. Now he understood why Sekami was the leader. No longer the carefree food-fighter, his face was that of a commander who would go back through all the soldiers of the Backdraft alone to rescue a lost soldier. This was a man who he would follow to hell and back.
Gripping the controls of his Raynos, he readied himself for the launch. 'Well, its my first mission…and I sure hope it isn't my last.' With those thoughts, his Raynos dropped out of the Whale King with his teammates beside him.