Leon would quickly gather himself as the door needed to be open. The hotel was cheap and didn't have a peep-hole to look through so he told Naomi to run and hide inside the shower. The water was still running as Leon escorted her into the bathroom. Naomi almost tripped due to the towels that were laid askew. Leon, after grabbing a towel to cover himself, answered the door, both with curiousity and anger. Who was it? None other than Brad, the Command Wolf pilot of the Blitz team.

" Hey Leon, whatcha doin'?

" Not much, I just got out of the shower. Naomi's takin' her turn."

Leon knew about this secret love that Brad and Naomi had. Of course he knew, she was after all his team-mate. Brad would step into the room as Leon tried to hide the clothes that was thrown around while he and Naomi had a small and quick session. He didn't want Brad to find out because they were such good friends. So Leon walked casually into the closet to put on his garments. Brad took at quick look around and saw Naomi's panty lying near the bed. The only thing that struck him was curiousity at the moment.

The shower was shut off as Naomi acted like nothing had happened. She walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her up to her breasts. She glanced at Brad while Leon had just finished putting on his clothes.

" So Brad, what brings you here?"

" Well, I came to talk about the battle tomorrow. Dr. Toros wants to cancel it."

" Oh really? Why?" chimed Naomi, trying to cut off Leon.

" I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see."

Leon felt uneasy and left the room to fill the ice bucket, while Brad and Naomi stayed in the hotel room. Naomi was in love with Brad, that much was certain. Just how much did she love him? Were they slowly drifting apart? She couldn't help but feel guilty about what she did. After all, it was morally wrong. As Brad stared at her, she looked away. He took his hand and slowly caressed her soft, clean cheek.

" I missed you..." Naomi would say, trying to hide her guilt.

" Same here. I can't stop thinking about this match. Naomi, if I win..."

" Don't worry Brad, I'll still love you. Nothing can take away our love, right?"

" Yeah, I guess..." Said Brad, with uncertainty.

Leon was quietly filling ice as he spotted a small gang of five walk past.

" Yeah, room 529. He's there with that Fluegal chick."

Leon overheard the radio that one of the men had been holding. He was nothing but worried at this point. He finished filling the bucket and quietly followed them down the hall. Contemplating hard, he would try to think of something to do to try and get their attention. What could be done in so little time?

" I'm gonna kill that bastard. He wrecked my Cannon Tortoise in the last match. That thing was priceless. It was my father's Zoid when he was still in training" said a big man.

The men had stopped right in front of room 529. Leon was a few feet back. They didn't notice him, all they wanted was to kill Brad and leave before security was called. So one of the men took out a handgun and cocked it.