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Bit walked outside the hover cargo, Leon said she was always out here, enjoying the sunset.
"Alanna?"
Her knees were hugged to her chest, chin resting on her arms. She acted as if she didn't hear him.
"Ala-"
"Have you ever watched the sunset?"
She still hadn't moved and he was startled by her quick cutoff.
"Y.. yea. Plenty of times."
"Me too. When Vegeta trained me though, he gave me good advice. I bet you never looked at that sunset like it was the last one you would see."
"No, I never thought it would be."
"You came to ask me a question. Or questions."
"How did you-"
Her eyes darted over to him, the dark amethyst chilling and cold at the moment instead of sparkling.
"I listen, okay?"
"I've been seeing things, some woman said I had the ability to read minds."
"And talk to Zoids."
"How did you- Oh yea. You were my babysitter."
"I gave you a locket. Of my Mom's liger and my family."
He pulled the locket out from underneath his jacket and felt the cool metal, then flicked it open and stared at it. "This is your family?"
"My brother, sisters, and aunts and uncles. Mom too."
"Who's your Dad?" "Mom had flings with Royal people, I was the result of a fling with King Vegeta."
"Oh."
"He died when I was younger, before I knew him."
"Isn't the guy who trained you also named Vegeta?"
"Coincidently, he's my Older Brother. I know you aren't here to ask me about my family."
"The woman, same one who said I could read minds, she said you have abilities too. Crazy, huh?" He laughed nervously, then stopped as Alanna raised her hand as if she was holding something.
There was a creepy, nagging feeling in the back of Bit's mind as he watched a rose of solid ice form itself between her finger and thumb.
Just as quick as it appeared, it burst into flames. Then it lifted out of her hand and hovered in mid air, a fire in the shape of a rose. And if he wasn't impressed enough, a strong wind flared up and blew only around the rose there was nothing there.
"Gah gah gah..."
"Telekinetic, hydrokinetic, pyrokinetic and aerokinetic."
"You DO have abilities! Wow!"
He sat beside her, and leaned forward, waiting for her response. A muffled snort and she hugged her knees to her chest again, resuming her silence. She looked slightly sad, staring straight ahead at the setting sun.
"Alanna?"
Bit looked over his shoulder to see Leon approaching them, and then silently walked into the hover cargo, stopping to see Leon wrap his arms around Alanna's waist and pull her close. He really wanted to stay and talk to Alanna more, but something was telling him Alanna wanted to talk to Leon about something important.
****
Leena, Brad, Jamie, Bit and Serah were working on their Zoids' repairs when Doc Toros burst into the the hangers. "Everyone! I have some slight bad news!"
"What is it, Dad?"
"What kind of bad news?"
Toros let them whisper amongst each other for a moment before speaking again. "Our dear Leon and Alanna have left the Blitz team."
Brad clenched a fist, "What? Alanna was our main supplier for money! How am I going to get paid?"
"How are we going to win without Leon's talent Dad!"
"Why'd they leave??"
Bit sighed, "Leon wants to see what he can do on his own, eh Doc? And Alanna's just up and disappeared?"
"Wouldn't it be dreamy if they eloped?" Serah sighed, hearts appearing in her eyes. Jamie shuddered, "Great, now she's getting ideas!" Brad coughed into his hand as Serah turned her dreamy blue eyes on Jamie. "Oooh Jamie!"
"Gah!"
Bit put a restraining hand on the male Reynos pilot, "Just remember, she's too young to marry you." "That's something good to hear." "But if I find out when she DOES get married to you... That she's not a virgin..." Bit's eyes became red and evil like, "You will die. Understood?"
"U..uh.. Y..ye..yes?"
"Good."
Serah latched onto Jamie's arm, her long golden braid tossing in the air with the movement. "I looove you Jamie."
Bit turned and stared out at the rising sun, remembering what he and Alanna had talked about hours before.
"The woman, same one who said I could read minds, she said you have abilities too. Crazy, huh?" "Gah gah gah..."
"Telekinetic, hydrokinetic, pyrokinetic and aerokinetic."
"You DO have abilities! Wow!"
'She's just like me, but why was she so sad? Was it because I could do stuff too?'
****
Bit walked outside the hover cargo, Leon said she was always out here, enjoying the sunset.
"Alanna?"
Her knees were hugged to her chest, chin resting on her arms. She acted as if she didn't hear him.
"Ala-"
"Have you ever watched the sunset?"
She still hadn't moved and he was startled by her quick cutoff.
"Y.. yea. Plenty of times."
"Me too. When Vegeta trained me though, he gave me good advice. I bet you never looked at that sunset like it was the last one you would see."
"No, I never thought it would be."
"You came to ask me a question. Or questions."
"How did you-"
Her eyes darted over to him, the dark amethyst chilling and cold at the moment instead of sparkling.
"I listen, okay?"
"I've been seeing things, some woman said I had the ability to read minds."
"And talk to Zoids."
"How did you- Oh yea. You were my babysitter."
"I gave you a locket. Of my Mom's liger and my family."
He pulled the locket out from underneath his jacket and felt the cool metal, then flicked it open and stared at it. "This is your family?"
"My brother, sisters, and aunts and uncles. Mom too."
"Who's your Dad?" "Mom had flings with Royal people, I was the result of a fling with King Vegeta."
"Oh."
"He died when I was younger, before I knew him."
"Isn't the guy who trained you also named Vegeta?"
"Coincidently, he's my Older Brother. I know you aren't here to ask me about my family."
"The woman, same one who said I could read minds, she said you have abilities too. Crazy, huh?" He laughed nervously, then stopped as Alanna raised her hand as if she was holding something.
There was a creepy, nagging feeling in the back of Bit's mind as he watched a rose of solid ice form itself between her finger and thumb.
Just as quick as it appeared, it burst into flames. Then it lifted out of her hand and hovered in mid air, a fire in the shape of a rose. And if he wasn't impressed enough, a strong wind flared up and blew only around the rose there was nothing there.
"Gah gah gah..."
"Telekinetic, hydrokinetic, pyrokinetic and aerokinetic."
"You DO have abilities! Wow!"
He sat beside her, and leaned forward, waiting for her response. A muffled snort and she hugged her knees to her chest again, resuming her silence. She looked slightly sad, staring straight ahead at the setting sun.
"Alanna?"
Bit looked over his shoulder to see Leon approaching them, and then silently walked into the hover cargo, stopping to see Leon wrap his arms around Alanna's waist and pull her close. He really wanted to stay and talk to Alanna more, but something was telling him Alanna wanted to talk to Leon about something important.
****
Leena, Brad, Jamie, Bit and Serah were working on their Zoids' repairs when Doc Toros burst into the the hangers. "Everyone! I have some slight bad news!"
"What is it, Dad?"
"What kind of bad news?"
Toros let them whisper amongst each other for a moment before speaking again. "Our dear Leon and Alanna have left the Blitz team."
Brad clenched a fist, "What? Alanna was our main supplier for money! How am I going to get paid?"
"How are we going to win without Leon's talent Dad!"
"Why'd they leave??"
Bit sighed, "Leon wants to see what he can do on his own, eh Doc? And Alanna's just up and disappeared?"
"Wouldn't it be dreamy if they eloped?" Serah sighed, hearts appearing in her eyes. Jamie shuddered, "Great, now she's getting ideas!" Brad coughed into his hand as Serah turned her dreamy blue eyes on Jamie. "Oooh Jamie!"
"Gah!"
Bit put a restraining hand on the male Reynos pilot, "Just remember, she's too young to marry you." "That's something good to hear." "But if I find out when she DOES get married to you... That she's not a virgin..." Bit's eyes became red and evil like, "You will die. Understood?"
"U..uh.. Y..ye..yes?"
"Good."
Serah latched onto Jamie's arm, her long golden braid tossing in the air with the movement. "I looove you Jamie."
Bit turned and stared out at the rising sun, remembering what he and Alanna had talked about hours before.
"The woman, same one who said I could read minds, she said you have abilities too. Crazy, huh?" "Gah gah gah..."
"Telekinetic, hydrokinetic, pyrokinetic and aerokinetic."
"You DO have abilities! Wow!"
'She's just like me, but why was she so sad? Was it because I could do stuff too?'
****