ZOIDS
Darkness on the Battlefield; Enter the Phantom
By: Spectral
CHAPTER 14
Note: I still own the Phantom and Black Wing Liger but zoids and its characters are not mine…
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Bit: Leena, hurry up or we'll be late!
Bit waited outside his date's door. Brad walked down the hall with Naomi on his arm.
Brad: See you downstairs, Bit.
Naomi: If you ever make it down there, that is…
Bit waited longer and Phantom walked by in his usual Pilot's Uniform. He had a girl in a black dress with him. Bit eyed the two suspiciously until Leena opened the door. Bit turned and was at a loss for words. Leena was in a stunning red dress that showed off her body perfectly.
Leena: Well, Bit, let's go.
Bit: …
Bit stared at Leena the whole way down to the Dining Room. Back up in the hallway, Jamie and Pierce slipped out of the shadows. They quietly made their way down to the Dining Room.
** Dining Room**
The Blitz Team (plus their dates) filed in and sat at a large round table in the front of the room. Up at a podium was the ZBC commissioner. The hall went silent and everyone looked up.
Commissioner: This diner and party are to honor the newest S class team. The Blitz Team! They pulled off an extraordinary win against the Backdraft Group and have proved themselves worthy of the highest Class. Let's meet the Team. Blitz Team would you please come up here?
Doc, Jamie, Bit, Brad, Leena, and Phantom rose from their seats and walked up on stage.
Commissioner: The leader of the Team, Dr. Stephan Taros! Pilot of the Raynos, Jamie Hermeros! Trigger-happy GunSniper pilot, Leena Taros! The Mercenary Pilot of the Shadow Fox, Brad Hunter! Pilot of the Liger Zero and the man who won the Royal Cup for his team, Bit Cloud. The final member of the team puts the Blitz Team in legendary status. They are the first team to ever convince this person to join. Legendary pilot of the Black Wing Liger, Phantom!
The room exploded into cheers and applause. When it died down the Blitz Team returned to their seats. They ordered their food and waited. No one but Cassandra seemed to mind that Jamie's date was a former BackDraft Warrior.
Cassandra still wanted to know what the Phantom was up to. Just as she had confirmed that the Phantom's tattoo was the logo of the missing Phantom Team, she found the black envelope. It was an invitation to the diner from Phantom.
Diner went by without a flaw. Bit stared at Leena the whole time. Naomi and Brad watched everything that was going on silently. Jamie and Pierce were talking quietly. Cassandra was suspiciously watching Phantom.
Everyone finished eating the Commissioner got back up to the podium.
Commissioner: I hope you enjoyed your diners. The party has now begun. In the main hall there will be games, shows, music, more food, and more. The party will last through tomorrow and there will be a closing dinner tomorrow night. Enjoy the party!
Everyone left the dining room and went to change into something less formal. The Blitz Team met up in the main hall in their battle uniforms. Leena dragged Bit off to the Virtual Zoid Challenge machine. Naomi and Brad slipped into the shadows.
Jamie and Pierce disappeared. Cassandra was talking quietly with Phantom at the bar.
**Bit & Leena**
Leena and Bit climbed into the machine and waited. It was a two on two-battle mode and their opponents had just arrived. It was just two random people. Each team had a Sinker and a Rev Raptor. Bit was piloting the Sinker and Leena was in the RevRaptor.
Judge: Area Scanned, Battlefield Set-up. The Blue Team VS The Green Team. Ready…FIGHT!
Bit and Leena won and continued to win against several more people.
**Phantom & Cassandra**
Cassandra: You still haven't told me why you asked me to diner.
Phantom: If a girl tries to kill me I ask her out.
Cassandra: *laughs* Is the fact that I had a gun to your head the only reason you asked me out?
Phantom: The girl has to be good-looking, too.
Cassandra: *Blushes*
*BEEP BEEP* *BEEP BEEP*
Cassandra looked at her beeper and was confused. Phantom looked at his wrist and turned off the beeping alarm.
Cassandra: What was that?
Phantom: Alarm… it's 10:45 PM.
Cassandra: Ten forty-five!?!? Sorry but I have to run. I had a nice time.
Phantom: maybe we could do it again sometime.
Cassandra: Sure…*runs off*
A hotel employee cautiously walked up to Phantom and handed him a note.
Phantom:?
Employee: A young man up stairs said to give this to you.
The employee walked quickly away and Phantom opened the note.
*Note*
Phantom,
Can you get up here as fast as possible?
, Jamie
*End Note*
Phantom was a little worried. He put the note in his pocket and walked upstairs. He knocked on Jamie's door and Jamie poked his head out.
Phantom: Jamie, What's the matter?
Jamie: I need you to stand guard. Bit has the key and I … *blushes* I…
Phantom: Don't worry I understand…
Jamie: Um… do you know where…
Phantom: Check Bit's suitcase.
Jamie: Thanks…
Phantom: No problem.
Jamie went back into the room. He closed and locked the door. Phantom smiled and sank into the shadows of the hallway.
**Minutes later**
Phantom heard someone coming down the hall. It was Bit and Leena. They stopped outside Leena's room. They talked quietly then kissed. They kissed for about a minute and a half then stopped. Leena went into her room and Bit turned to his room. Phantom was too shocked to move. He just stood in shadows and Bit walked right by him. A minute later Phantom snapped back to reality and rushed inside.
**Bit's room**
Bit walked into the room and turned on a light. He tripped a little then looked down.
Bit: Hmmm… two pairs of shoes, socks, and gloves and a woman's pants, shirt, and undergarments.
Bit moved a little and spotted more stuff.
Bit: Let's see… my suitcase is open and it looks like someone went through it… *looks at floor* Jamie's vest, Jamie's shirt, Jamie's pants, and Jamie's boxers.
The clothes led to the bathroom door.
Bit: And the shower is running…hehehe.
Bit reached for the door but then pulled his hand back in pain. He had a cut across the top of his hand. In the doorframe was a single ninja star. Bit turned and saw the Phantom, ready to throw another star, standing near the front door.
Bit: Why did you do that?
Phantom: I told you to leave Jamie alone.
Phantom dragged Bit from the room and threw him against the wall.
Phantom: The cut's not deep so it will heal. Stay out of this room for the night.
Bit: But where will I sleep?
Phantom: You can use my room. I'll be out all night.
Bit edged slowly to Phantom's room. He jumped inside and closed the door. Phantom watched for a few minutes but then sank into shadow.
Phantom climbed to the roof of the hotel and looked over the base. A young kid was standing outside the Arcade. He was watching the sky. It was Vega, the Pilot of the Berserk Fury. Phantom walked away from the edge of the roof.
**Next Day**
The Blitz Team had woken up early. Bit wrapped his hand up and avoided Phantom the whole day. Brad and Naomi spent the day together. Leena was shopping and no one saw Jamie the whole day. Doc spent the day buying zoid models and had to be removed from the store. There were rumors floating around the base that a mysterious zoid warrior was in the arcade crushing any challenger that came his way.
**Party's Over**
It was the day after the party and the Blitz Team was on their way back to the Taros Base
**Hover-Cargo**
*Ring Ring*
Phantom picked up the phone.
Phantom: Blitz Team Hover-Cargo.
Judge: The next battle has been appointed. One member of the Blitz Team will be battling the Berserk Fury.
Phantom hung up the phone then told the rest of the team.
Bit: Vega wants another fight versus Liger and me? Well he'll get it.
Phantom: No. I'll be taking him on. You've already been up against him… besides I haven't gone up against another Ultimate X in a long time…
**Next Day**
BOOM!
The Judge rose from the ground. The Black Wing Liger was standing opposite the Berserk Fury.
Judge: Area Scanned, Battlefield set-up. The Berserk Fury VS The Black Wing Liger. Battle-mode 0983. Ready…FIGHT!
The Berserk Fury walked forward but then stopped.
Vega: I was hoping to fight Bit and the Liger. If I'm not up against an Ultimate X then the fight won't be interesting.
Phantom: Look Kid, The Black Wing Liger is an Ultimate X. If you don't believe me ask the Fury.
Vega: So what if you have an Ultimate X. It doesn't matter if you're just a Rookie.
Phantom: For someone who is supposed to be the King of Zoid Battles, you sure are stupid. Now you will face the full rage of The Phantom!
Vega: The Phantom!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
The Black Wing Liger and the Berserk Fury roared. They then jumped into the air.
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Next Time:
Ultimate X Battle; Phantom VS the Fury!
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Sorry to cut it short but I had to end this Chapter or else I'd have nothing for the next one.
Right now I must thank the four people who reviewed my fic.
Those four people are:
BecBet: BecBet was the first person to review my fic and has reviewed almost every chapter.
The B.A.T: Thanks for the reviews and I'm sorry if the chapters are too short! Though he may have disappeared, he was the only sane person to review this fic. (Not that insane is a bad thing…)
Irkenprincesszela: I thank you for the one review.
And last but not least…
Cold Fire Phoenix: My funniest reviewer. Every one of her reviews makes me laugh. I've read her story (and reviewed it (…)) and I'm eagerly awaiting Ch8 of her fic.
Now…
THANKS TO ALL THE (FOUR) PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ AND REVIEWED MY FIC.
*Two Guys in black suits break in*
!!! They're back!?!?(Whatever happened to them anyway…I still don't know)
*Pulls out a grappling hook and uses it to get away*
HAHAHA! You'll never catch ME!
POW
*Hits head on steal beam then jumps into shield liger and runs off*
I know, I know this has been going on for far too long but I have one more thing to say… for all those who are wondering about the Phantom's past, look for my new fic, Origin of The Phantom. I'm almost finished with it.