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Grudge from the Past/ Battle for the Future
"There's an unidentified zoid up ahead," Jamie said everyone on the ground. "I'm going to go check it out right now."
"Be careful!" Kotaryr said. "We may need you. What lies ahead is very dangerous." Jamie smiled at her.
"Of course I'll be careful, you're talking to Jamie here, not Leena."
"I heard that!" Leena yelled. Jamie laughed.
"I know you did. Well I'll be right back, as soon as I find out about the zoid." Jamie took his Raynos high up into the air, and he flew toward the Zoid. As he got closer a face appeared on the com-link.
"Hiya, Jamie!" Bit said. "Nice to see ya again. Hope you didn't worry to much about me."
"Bit?! Where have you been? Of course we've been worried! You disappeared for almost a week!"
"Sorry, man, Liger took me on an unexpected journey to my home town. I didn't mean to be so long."
"I was right! You did go to Rebrus!" Bit's face appeared confused and he looked at Jamie questioningly.
"How'd you know I went to Rebrus. I never told you anything about my past." Jamie ignored him and flew back into the direction of Kotaryr and the others. When The black Blade Liger appeared under him he did a near nose dive so he would get noticed. Kotaryr's face appeared.
"What was it?" She asked.
"You'll see in a sec. Just keep going." Then secretly to Leena and Brad he said. "Hold back a little. The Zoid was Liger and Bit. They're both fine. I just want them to meet by themselves first. I think they both remember each other."
"Well that makes sense," Brad said. "A little private family reunion."
It appeared as a blaze of white in Kotaryr's vision at first, but as it came closer she could see the graceful tiger-like zoid coming towards her. The Blade Liger seemed eager to go and meet in, though only in combat. Kotaryr was having trouble controlling it. Little did she know her brother was having almost the same problem.
At first Bit thought it could be the Shadow Fox coming toward him, but it didn't make sense that Brad would be coming alone. Then he saw the silver blades of a black Blade Liger coming towards him. The Liger recognized it as the mysterious Zoid that had disappeared, and pushed forward to go fight it.
"Hey, Liger! Hold up!" But he was ignored. "LIGER! STOP!" The two Zoids raced towards each other with the pilots fighting against them. The silver blades flung out and the Blade Liger jumped, while at the same time the Liger Zero began to glow gold, and jumped. They clashed, making metal screech and the Ligers roar.
"BARSHI! STOP!" And as if nothing had happened, the zoid stopped. The Liger Zero stopped too as Bit got control.
Bit was just a grown up version of his childhood self it seemed to Kotaryr. He still looked the same. He stood up in the cockpit of his Liger Zero, with hands on his hips.
Kotaryr was standing much the same, with the same look of pride on her face. Their eyes met and they both knew right away who the other was.
It took a while for either one of them to think of anything to say. Bit was the first to speak.
"It's nice to see you again, little sis," he aid. "It's been a while." Kotaryr smiled sadly.
"I can't say I've thought of you often," she told him. "I haven't thought about anything about our family for quite awhile." There was a painful silence. "Bit, why did you abandoned me?" He didn't answer for a moment.
"Well," he said. "I was six years old, and I had just witnessed the deaths of my parents. I didn't know what to do. You weren't even on my mind. I left until some family picked me up and took care of me. I stayed there, with no memory, until I ran away and became a junk dealer. Life didn't seem so bad when I didn't remember any of it. Since then I've joined the Blitz team, and I've had so much fun. Leena and Jamie and Brad and Doc are all very cool people, and Liger, here, is the best partner one could have."
The brother and sister jumped down from their Zoids and stared face to face.
"I'm sorry I left you. I hope life wasn't too bad for you." Kotaryr smiled warmly.
"I understand," she said. Then her face turned serious. "What about Taro? He still wants us dead." Bit laughed lightheartedly.
"No one can defeat me and my Liger! We're invisible!"
"Don't you mean invincible?" Kotaryr asked. Bit looked confused for a second.
"Uh, yeah! That's what I meant!" Kotaryr laughed at his humor, knowing he had just been joking around with her. "How about," he said, " we catch up with the rest of the team. How did you like them. I hope Leena didn't scare you too much, and I HOPE you didn't steal any of her food. She gets really defensive of her food! Oh! I also love your Blade Liger. It's really a good zoid."
"As is your Liger Zero." She said. "Maybe we should catch up with the rest. I'm tired now, and want to rest somewhere."
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He saw them together. Talking, and unsuspecting. He eased the Griffindor forward slowly, not wanting to give himself away. He saw them get into their Ligers. The Black and White zoids contrasted each other perfectly, but soon a golden one of death would come between them.
"Come on, kitties!" He whispered to himself. "Turn your unsuspecting backs, and forget your big brother."
The two Ligers gracefully ran side by side. 'White and Black, brother and sister, they could have been an amazing team,' he thought. 'Too bad they're going to be destroyed in a matter of minutes.' He put the Griffindor into a full out run after them. He wondered how long it would be before they noticed him following. On the shoulders of the Griffindor the two cannons pointed in their direction. He would show them that he was here.
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Suddenly The Liger topple over as a bullet hit one of the back legs. Bit yelled out loud as his head bounced around.
"BIT!" Kotaryr yelled. "Are you ok?" But then the Blade Liger was hit by another shot. She went down.
When Bit was able to think clearly again, the Griffindor was already standing over him. The Liger growled loudly. The pilot's appeared. 'He looks like dad,' Bit thought to himself. '…He killed dad.'
"Taro, what do you want with us?" He asked out loud. Taro's eyes narrowed.
"I want your death! You know that, and you've know that! I want to see you scream for mercy. Scream for mercy, Bit… My little brother! SCREAM!!!" Defiantly Bit stood the Liger up. He backed it up, though his face showed no fear.
"Kill me if you want. You will not hear me ask for mercy. Not from a dirty beast like you."
"Careful, Bit," Taro said coldly, "You are my brother. There is a bit of beast in you too."
"I didn't kill my parents, Taro. You did, and now you want to kill off the rest of your family."
Suddenly one of the Cannons on the Griffindor faced backwards and pointed at the Blade Liger, who had tried to get behind him.
"Don't even think about it, Kotaryr. Next to the Liger. Now!" Kotaryr obeyed. Her face appeared next to Bit's in his cockpit. She and Bit looked so much alike. 'They could've been twins if they had the same hair and eye color,' Taro thought.
"Bit, you get me wrong. It wasn't my fault Mother and Father died. It was you two. You and you're way of making me miserable. I was just going to kill you, but they got in my way before I could. I didn't want to kill them… I didn't" Tears filled his eyes as he had a flash back. The Griffindor blew up his mother with the charged particle cannon and killed his father with the swipe of a clawed paw. "I DIDN'T!" He screamed at them. "You two deserve death!" Both Bit and Kotaryr looked surprised at the accusation.
"Taro…" Kotaryr started, but she found there was nothing to say.
"Taro, that was no reason!" Bit yelled. "We didn't do anything on purpose to make you miserable. We were just kids. We weren't capable of thinking things like that."
Growing angry, Taro shot one of the cannons at him. With amazing speed the Liger dodged him.
"You won't find it easy getting my Liger down when he knows you'll be attacking any second. He's not just any Zoid, he's an Ultimate X!"
Taro's heart skipped a beat. "An Ultimate X?! How did you get control of it?"
"He chose me!"
"That doesn't matter," Taro said. "I don't care about the zoid. I want you dead!" Bit laughed hard.
"You won't find that to be easy either!" Privately to Kotaryr Bit said, "Hold him off for a sec. The Hover Cargo is in view now. I have to do something." Kotaryr nodded, fearing that she would be destroyed before he could get back. Bit put the ion boosters on and raced his Liger to the Hover Cargo. "Doc," Bit said, communicating with the Hover Cargo. "Get my Schneider armor ready." There was a pause.
"Ok, Bit. It's nice to hear you're ok."
"Maybe not for long," Bit said.
"Liger Zero, secured on the maintenance deck," doc said. "Switching to Schneider." The screen in Bits cockpit flashed 'Schneider.' Out side mechanical arms took of the Liger's white armor and retreated back. Sets changed and Mechanical arms put on the blades and light orange armor of the Schneider. "Liger Zero, C.A.S complete."
Bit got ready to leave the Hover Cargo again. "GO SCHNEIDER!" He yelled, and the Liger Zero, Schneider was off.
"Please help me, Bit," came the pitiful voice of Kotaryr. She was in trouble. "Bit, please help me. Please." Her voice was so small and frightened. It was then when he realized the voice of the girl he had been hearing before he disappeared had been Kotaryr. His mind had been predicting the future.
"I'm coming, Sis!" He yelled to her.
Bit found Kotaryr running in circles, trying to get away from the rapid fire of the Griffindor. The Blade Liger roared in annoyance, but was unable to do anything about it. Bit shot the Griffindor with the shot cannon. The Griffindor turned its attention to him.
"I see you changed," Taro said. "But that doesn't matter. You're still the same."
"Yeah right, you wish." Both cannons on the Griffindor turned to the Schneider. They shot at him. Like before, Bit avoided them.
"DAMN YOU!" (A/N Oh no! he said damn!) "I'll get you yet!" He totally faced Bit and began using all the ammo he had. Kotaryr used this to her advantage. She mobilized the blades. With a running start, she jumped towards the Griffindor.
"GO, BARSHI!" She screamed. As she landed one of the two cannons fell off. Taro turned the Zoid to her.
"You little bitch!" (A/N now that one's a little more harsh) "I'm going to kill you right now, and I'll make it long and painful." Suddenly the Zoid began to glow gold. "Bright Death," Taro commanded. "Use the Golden Death attack!" The golden glow formed into a huge ball above the Zoid. Then it flew towards Kotaryr. She screamed.
Bit's eyes widened as he saw the attack, that would destroy her, hit. "KOTARYR!!! NO!!!" But he could do nothing about it. He began to cry as he realized he had lost his sister as soon as he had found her again. Taro's cruel face appeared.
"Your turn bitty Bit!" The Griffindor began to glow gold again. Bit turned the Liger around and began to run for his life. The Hover Cargo was his only hope, but it had been backed off to quite a distance when the fight had started.
"Leena, Brad, Jamie! Any one please help me! Kotaryr's gone! I don't want to die!" At those words the Hover Cargo actually moved closer Some how Bit got his Liger inside. He had gotten away from Taro.
Bit fell to his knees on the grounds next to the Liger. "Kotaryr, I'm sorry! I've failed, and now you're gone, and I'm all alone again! It's not fair!" He cried long and hard with nobody there.
Suddenly there was a hand on his shoulder. Bit looked up and was surprised to see Doc, Brad, Leena and Jamie all standing there. Not wanting to look like a sissy, he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Why didn't you help us?" Bit asked angrily. "Kotaryr's dead now! Why didn't you help!?!"
"There was nothing we could help you with, besides get killed ourselves, Bit," Doc said. "All our zoids are nothing compared to Liger Zero and Blade Liger." Bit studied each face. Leena was near tears, if she hadn't been crying already. Jamie's eyes were wide and frightened, and it looked as if he could cry any moment. Both Brad and Doc seemed to be uncommonly pale. Bit brushed by them, not wanting to see their faces.
He sat in the kitchen later that day, chewing on a piece of bread. He didn't take anything else, not feeling like dealing with Leena if it was hers.
"Bit Cloud!" He heard Leena yelled. He sighed and put his head on his folded arms.
"I don't want to deal with her," he mumbled to himself. He cried again, not caring if anyone saw.
"Bit!" Leena said. She stormed into the kitchen and stopped when she saw him crying. More softly she said, "Bit, are you ok?" He didn't reply. She walked over to him and gave him a warm hug. He didn't try to move away. Instead he put his arms around her and his head on her shoulders, and he cried more. "It's ok, Bit," she said soothingly.
"No it's not. I could have saved her. I don't know how yet but I could've done something." Leena sighed.
"Don't blame yourself for something that you can't change." Bit sighed and moved away from Leena.
"Well, if I can't change it, I've got to do something." Leena's eyes widened when she realized what he was going to do.
"Don't do it, Bit!"
"I'm going to get revenge."
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So ends this chapter. Dun dun dun! What will happen next. Will Bit die?! Will he win?! Read on to find out.
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Grudge from the Past/ Battle for the Future
"There's an unidentified zoid up ahead," Jamie said everyone on the ground. "I'm going to go check it out right now."
"Be careful!" Kotaryr said. "We may need you. What lies ahead is very dangerous." Jamie smiled at her.
"Of course I'll be careful, you're talking to Jamie here, not Leena."
"I heard that!" Leena yelled. Jamie laughed.
"I know you did. Well I'll be right back, as soon as I find out about the zoid." Jamie took his Raynos high up into the air, and he flew toward the Zoid. As he got closer a face appeared on the com-link.
"Hiya, Jamie!" Bit said. "Nice to see ya again. Hope you didn't worry to much about me."
"Bit?! Where have you been? Of course we've been worried! You disappeared for almost a week!"
"Sorry, man, Liger took me on an unexpected journey to my home town. I didn't mean to be so long."
"I was right! You did go to Rebrus!" Bit's face appeared confused and he looked at Jamie questioningly.
"How'd you know I went to Rebrus. I never told you anything about my past." Jamie ignored him and flew back into the direction of Kotaryr and the others. When The black Blade Liger appeared under him he did a near nose dive so he would get noticed. Kotaryr's face appeared.
"What was it?" She asked.
"You'll see in a sec. Just keep going." Then secretly to Leena and Brad he said. "Hold back a little. The Zoid was Liger and Bit. They're both fine. I just want them to meet by themselves first. I think they both remember each other."
"Well that makes sense," Brad said. "A little private family reunion."
It appeared as a blaze of white in Kotaryr's vision at first, but as it came closer she could see the graceful tiger-like zoid coming towards her. The Blade Liger seemed eager to go and meet in, though only in combat. Kotaryr was having trouble controlling it. Little did she know her brother was having almost the same problem.
At first Bit thought it could be the Shadow Fox coming toward him, but it didn't make sense that Brad would be coming alone. Then he saw the silver blades of a black Blade Liger coming towards him. The Liger recognized it as the mysterious Zoid that had disappeared, and pushed forward to go fight it.
"Hey, Liger! Hold up!" But he was ignored. "LIGER! STOP!" The two Zoids raced towards each other with the pilots fighting against them. The silver blades flung out and the Blade Liger jumped, while at the same time the Liger Zero began to glow gold, and jumped. They clashed, making metal screech and the Ligers roar.
"BARSHI! STOP!" And as if nothing had happened, the zoid stopped. The Liger Zero stopped too as Bit got control.
Bit was just a grown up version of his childhood self it seemed to Kotaryr. He still looked the same. He stood up in the cockpit of his Liger Zero, with hands on his hips.
Kotaryr was standing much the same, with the same look of pride on her face. Their eyes met and they both knew right away who the other was.
It took a while for either one of them to think of anything to say. Bit was the first to speak.
"It's nice to see you again, little sis," he aid. "It's been a while." Kotaryr smiled sadly.
"I can't say I've thought of you often," she told him. "I haven't thought about anything about our family for quite awhile." There was a painful silence. "Bit, why did you abandoned me?" He didn't answer for a moment.
"Well," he said. "I was six years old, and I had just witnessed the deaths of my parents. I didn't know what to do. You weren't even on my mind. I left until some family picked me up and took care of me. I stayed there, with no memory, until I ran away and became a junk dealer. Life didn't seem so bad when I didn't remember any of it. Since then I've joined the Blitz team, and I've had so much fun. Leena and Jamie and Brad and Doc are all very cool people, and Liger, here, is the best partner one could have."
The brother and sister jumped down from their Zoids and stared face to face.
"I'm sorry I left you. I hope life wasn't too bad for you." Kotaryr smiled warmly.
"I understand," she said. Then her face turned serious. "What about Taro? He still wants us dead." Bit laughed lightheartedly.
"No one can defeat me and my Liger! We're invisible!"
"Don't you mean invincible?" Kotaryr asked. Bit looked confused for a second.
"Uh, yeah! That's what I meant!" Kotaryr laughed at his humor, knowing he had just been joking around with her. "How about," he said, " we catch up with the rest of the team. How did you like them. I hope Leena didn't scare you too much, and I HOPE you didn't steal any of her food. She gets really defensive of her food! Oh! I also love your Blade Liger. It's really a good zoid."
"As is your Liger Zero." She said. "Maybe we should catch up with the rest. I'm tired now, and want to rest somewhere."
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He saw them together. Talking, and unsuspecting. He eased the Griffindor forward slowly, not wanting to give himself away. He saw them get into their Ligers. The Black and White zoids contrasted each other perfectly, but soon a golden one of death would come between them.
"Come on, kitties!" He whispered to himself. "Turn your unsuspecting backs, and forget your big brother."
The two Ligers gracefully ran side by side. 'White and Black, brother and sister, they could have been an amazing team,' he thought. 'Too bad they're going to be destroyed in a matter of minutes.' He put the Griffindor into a full out run after them. He wondered how long it would be before they noticed him following. On the shoulders of the Griffindor the two cannons pointed in their direction. He would show them that he was here.
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Suddenly The Liger topple over as a bullet hit one of the back legs. Bit yelled out loud as his head bounced around.
"BIT!" Kotaryr yelled. "Are you ok?" But then the Blade Liger was hit by another shot. She went down.
When Bit was able to think clearly again, the Griffindor was already standing over him. The Liger growled loudly. The pilot's appeared. 'He looks like dad,' Bit thought to himself. '…He killed dad.'
"Taro, what do you want with us?" He asked out loud. Taro's eyes narrowed.
"I want your death! You know that, and you've know that! I want to see you scream for mercy. Scream for mercy, Bit… My little brother! SCREAM!!!" Defiantly Bit stood the Liger up. He backed it up, though his face showed no fear.
"Kill me if you want. You will not hear me ask for mercy. Not from a dirty beast like you."
"Careful, Bit," Taro said coldly, "You are my brother. There is a bit of beast in you too."
"I didn't kill my parents, Taro. You did, and now you want to kill off the rest of your family."
Suddenly one of the Cannons on the Griffindor faced backwards and pointed at the Blade Liger, who had tried to get behind him.
"Don't even think about it, Kotaryr. Next to the Liger. Now!" Kotaryr obeyed. Her face appeared next to Bit's in his cockpit. She and Bit looked so much alike. 'They could've been twins if they had the same hair and eye color,' Taro thought.
"Bit, you get me wrong. It wasn't my fault Mother and Father died. It was you two. You and you're way of making me miserable. I was just going to kill you, but they got in my way before I could. I didn't want to kill them… I didn't" Tears filled his eyes as he had a flash back. The Griffindor blew up his mother with the charged particle cannon and killed his father with the swipe of a clawed paw. "I DIDN'T!" He screamed at them. "You two deserve death!" Both Bit and Kotaryr looked surprised at the accusation.
"Taro…" Kotaryr started, but she found there was nothing to say.
"Taro, that was no reason!" Bit yelled. "We didn't do anything on purpose to make you miserable. We were just kids. We weren't capable of thinking things like that."
Growing angry, Taro shot one of the cannons at him. With amazing speed the Liger dodged him.
"You won't find it easy getting my Liger down when he knows you'll be attacking any second. He's not just any Zoid, he's an Ultimate X!"
Taro's heart skipped a beat. "An Ultimate X?! How did you get control of it?"
"He chose me!"
"That doesn't matter," Taro said. "I don't care about the zoid. I want you dead!" Bit laughed hard.
"You won't find that to be easy either!" Privately to Kotaryr Bit said, "Hold him off for a sec. The Hover Cargo is in view now. I have to do something." Kotaryr nodded, fearing that she would be destroyed before he could get back. Bit put the ion boosters on and raced his Liger to the Hover Cargo. "Doc," Bit said, communicating with the Hover Cargo. "Get my Schneider armor ready." There was a pause.
"Ok, Bit. It's nice to hear you're ok."
"Maybe not for long," Bit said.
"Liger Zero, secured on the maintenance deck," doc said. "Switching to Schneider." The screen in Bits cockpit flashed 'Schneider.' Out side mechanical arms took of the Liger's white armor and retreated back. Sets changed and Mechanical arms put on the blades and light orange armor of the Schneider. "Liger Zero, C.A.S complete."
Bit got ready to leave the Hover Cargo again. "GO SCHNEIDER!" He yelled, and the Liger Zero, Schneider was off.
"Please help me, Bit," came the pitiful voice of Kotaryr. She was in trouble. "Bit, please help me. Please." Her voice was so small and frightened. It was then when he realized the voice of the girl he had been hearing before he disappeared had been Kotaryr. His mind had been predicting the future.
"I'm coming, Sis!" He yelled to her.
Bit found Kotaryr running in circles, trying to get away from the rapid fire of the Griffindor. The Blade Liger roared in annoyance, but was unable to do anything about it. Bit shot the Griffindor with the shot cannon. The Griffindor turned its attention to him.
"I see you changed," Taro said. "But that doesn't matter. You're still the same."
"Yeah right, you wish." Both cannons on the Griffindor turned to the Schneider. They shot at him. Like before, Bit avoided them.
"DAMN YOU!" (A/N Oh no! he said damn!) "I'll get you yet!" He totally faced Bit and began using all the ammo he had. Kotaryr used this to her advantage. She mobilized the blades. With a running start, she jumped towards the Griffindor.
"GO, BARSHI!" She screamed. As she landed one of the two cannons fell off. Taro turned the Zoid to her.
"You little bitch!" (A/N now that one's a little more harsh) "I'm going to kill you right now, and I'll make it long and painful." Suddenly the Zoid began to glow gold. "Bright Death," Taro commanded. "Use the Golden Death attack!" The golden glow formed into a huge ball above the Zoid. Then it flew towards Kotaryr. She screamed.
Bit's eyes widened as he saw the attack, that would destroy her, hit. "KOTARYR!!! NO!!!" But he could do nothing about it. He began to cry as he realized he had lost his sister as soon as he had found her again. Taro's cruel face appeared.
"Your turn bitty Bit!" The Griffindor began to glow gold again. Bit turned the Liger around and began to run for his life. The Hover Cargo was his only hope, but it had been backed off to quite a distance when the fight had started.
"Leena, Brad, Jamie! Any one please help me! Kotaryr's gone! I don't want to die!" At those words the Hover Cargo actually moved closer Some how Bit got his Liger inside. He had gotten away from Taro.
Bit fell to his knees on the grounds next to the Liger. "Kotaryr, I'm sorry! I've failed, and now you're gone, and I'm all alone again! It's not fair!" He cried long and hard with nobody there.
Suddenly there was a hand on his shoulder. Bit looked up and was surprised to see Doc, Brad, Leena and Jamie all standing there. Not wanting to look like a sissy, he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Why didn't you help us?" Bit asked angrily. "Kotaryr's dead now! Why didn't you help!?!"
"There was nothing we could help you with, besides get killed ourselves, Bit," Doc said. "All our zoids are nothing compared to Liger Zero and Blade Liger." Bit studied each face. Leena was near tears, if she hadn't been crying already. Jamie's eyes were wide and frightened, and it looked as if he could cry any moment. Both Brad and Doc seemed to be uncommonly pale. Bit brushed by them, not wanting to see their faces.
He sat in the kitchen later that day, chewing on a piece of bread. He didn't take anything else, not feeling like dealing with Leena if it was hers.
"Bit Cloud!" He heard Leena yelled. He sighed and put his head on his folded arms.
"I don't want to deal with her," he mumbled to himself. He cried again, not caring if anyone saw.
"Bit!" Leena said. She stormed into the kitchen and stopped when she saw him crying. More softly she said, "Bit, are you ok?" He didn't reply. She walked over to him and gave him a warm hug. He didn't try to move away. Instead he put his arms around her and his head on her shoulders, and he cried more. "It's ok, Bit," she said soothingly.
"No it's not. I could have saved her. I don't know how yet but I could've done something." Leena sighed.
"Don't blame yourself for something that you can't change." Bit sighed and moved away from Leena.
"Well, if I can't change it, I've got to do something." Leena's eyes widened when she realized what he was going to do.
"Don't do it, Bit!"
"I'm going to get revenge."
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So ends this chapter. Dun dun dun! What will happen next. Will Bit die?! Will he win?! Read on to find out.
