Disclaimer- I don't own Zoids and probably never will.

(Author's Note)  Thanks all you who've read this far.  As I should always say, read if you want review if you must.  Ah, I might as well say now that I think I've misspelled some stuff in here, and I'm to lazy to figure it out so… I dunno…

'Hey There Stranger!'

            "I'm so sorry… Broken… He's broken, and I can't fix him… fault… my…" Words floated in and out of Bit's head.  It took him a moment to realize that someone was actually talking.  Yeah, that girl, with the pink hair… Mine…

            "What… How long…  Do you have any idea? Dangerous…"  That was one of those other guys… The big guy… Doc?  Leena's dad!  Bit lay in darkness for a while before he realized his eyes were closed.  He mad a great effort to open them, feeling as though he hadn't slept in weeks.  Finally his eye's fluttered open.  He could see them standing around him, Brad, Jamie, and Naomi.  Leena was somewhere in the back with her father, he couldn't quite focus on her, she was holding something.

            "He's awake," Brad drawled bringing the Doc's attention forward.  Leena hung back, not sure what to say or do.  Bit tried to sit up, and painfully slowly he climbed on his elbows.  Jamie helped him prop his pillow up so he could lean back on it.  What had happened to him?  He was a little dizzy, but aside from that he didn't feel too bad.  In fact he felt pretty good.

            "I'm Ootaay…" Wow, had that come from him?  Bit tried harder to visualize his words this time.  "OoK-kay"  He managed to stutter.  Bit began to laugh hysterically.  He'd never felt so good before.

            "Well we know the drugs are working," said Jamie.

            "That's good to hear."  Leon's voice echoed.

            "Hey Lee-on." Bit drawled happily.  "What-cha doin' he-re?"
            "Just checking on you," Leon smiled, "I'd heard you had a little accident.  I just came to check it out."

            "Acc-den-t?"  Bit was completely baffled.  Leena sunk further back, hugging what ever she was holding closer.  It made a little whurring noise.  Bit tried to focus on the object, but she was too far away, and he was pumped up with too many drugs.  He tried to remember what had happened to him.  Why was he on drugs?  Why was he strapped in bed?  Why did he have a very bad feeling about the thing Leena was holding?

            He remembered pain… Lots of pain.  He could remember… Leena.  He'd been waiting for Leena in her room, so they could talk.  She hadn't come back yet… Then what?  Just… Hurt, something was hurting him.  Leena came in… yeah she came in, and… made it stop.  She'd said some things; she'd said its name… Harry!  She'd said, –"Harry!  Stop that right NOW!!"-  Yesh… He remembered that.  He remembered…

            "Where's Harry?"  Galvanized by a growing anger, Bit's stutter began to disappear.  He was focusing on Leena now.  There was some thing else too, a sort of triumph inside.  She'd never be with Harry after this.  She'd never think about him again…  It would be just he and Leena from now on…

            "What does Harry have to do with this?"  Brad asked surprised.

            Leena stepped forward, hugging a rather large black toy.  She held it out and it made a little whurring sound again.  Bit was now able to focus on the toy.  He sucked in his breath in a hiss.  It was a Dark Horn Zoid toy.  An exact replica of Harry's, Bit would know that Zoid anywhere.  Only this Zoid was small… really small.  Catching sight of Bit it swung its laser rifle around and fired blanks at him.  When it realized it was failing to shoot Bit, it let out a little roar of frustration.

            The roar was so feeble and pathetic; it would have been laughable any other time.  But not now…  Now was time for some explaining.

            "This is… Harry," Leena sighed hugging the little Zoid again.  She looked down at her shoes, aware that everyone was staring at her.

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            Leena's stomach felt like it was twisting into an impossible knot.  Tears strained out of the corners of her eyes, and she could hardly see.  She was barely aware of the Clomp, Clomp, Clomp, noises her Zoid made as it struggled to run quickly through the desert.  The sniper made a muffled Mrrrrrrphgggggllll! Of distress, as it had been running like this for quite a long time… and they were getting too far away from the Hover Cargo. 

            "I guess it's ok to slow down now…"  Leena said in barely a whisper.  The sun was starting to set, just on the horizon.  The moons were starting to show.  Leena shivered, she'd have to go back some time.  Maybe not tonight, but she couldn't just live in her Zoid, and she hadn't brought any money with her, so there was no way to get food, or a place to stay.  She hadn't really been thinking when she'd decided to run away.  Well, it wasn't really running away, she had been kicked off the team… in a round about sort of way, in which they hadn't said that she was off, but it was understood.

            Bit didn't want her around anymore. That had been clear for a while.  He obviously didn't think she was any use on the team, or as a girlfriend.  Naomi was all the proof she needed, that they had replaced her.

            The Gun Sniper looked around nervously, it was too far from home, and there was something wrong with its pilot.  Zoids in the new era, no longer had Zoid cores that acted like the souls for the Zoids, they could be manufactured with AI units, that were something like Zoid cores, and thusly, much of the population of Zoids were manufactured and fitted with an AI unit.  However, some of the AI units began to have their own personality, slightly rubbed off of the pilot.  The AI units were still nothing like the old Zoids, but it was a sort of start for them.

            Leena hugged the little Dark Horn tighter to her as she cried.  She didn't care if she cried now; she just couldn't do it at the Hover Cargo, not with everyone there, watching her.  She had never cried so hard in her entire life, it felt like something was being ripped from her chest, she cried because she'd lost bit, she cried because the team hated her, she cried because she hated Naomi, she cried because she didn't know why she hated Naomi, she cried for dragging the argument on, she cried because she didn't keep it a secret longer, she cried about things from the past and the present, until she was completely drained of tears, emotion, and energy.  Exhausted, Leena fell into a fitful slumber.

            Annoyed her Zoid began to trot in the generally north.  It didn't know where it was going, but there was no use being late.  It trotted along like that for quite some time, before it came upon an anchored red Whale King.  It's pilot still asleep, the Gun Sniper wailed plaintively.  This woke it's pilot and got the attention of someone inside. 

            Leena tired to stretch, but that was nearly impossible in the cockpit.  On the Vis screen a perplexed blond face showed up.

            "Oh hello there," the blond said.  Leena raised her head to get a better look at the girl.  She was lovely indeed, with her long blond hair tied back in a high ponytail.  Her eyes were a deep blue, and stared intently at Leena.

            "Mm, hello?"  Leena's voice cracked and her mouth felt sort of dry, her eyes were itchy and her lashes stuck together.  She was stiff and sore and tired, and not in the mood to deal with anyone right now.

            "Listen why don't you come in, there's a sand storm on the way, and I don't want you to get caught out in it.  It'll be no trouble at all to take you where you want to go."

            "Thank you very much," said Leena as the Whale King's giant mouth dropped into a ramp for her.  She wouldn't argue, since she didn't want to get caught in a sandstorm, and she'd have to face her ex-fiancé and team sooner or later.  The blond gave her a description of the Whale King and where to park her Gun Sniper.  It settled rather happily in its garage, so Leena gave it a kick.  Why should it be happy when she was miserable? 

            Harry, the little dark horn, followed her down the hall stopping here and there to investigate.  Every once in a while, when it had realized Leena hadn't waited for it, it would give a yap, and run to catch up with her, only to get distracted soon after that.

Leena was too exhausted to care right now, hoping the people here would let her use the bath, and a couch or something to sleep on until they reached the Hover Cargo.

            "Hello there," the blond called.  Leena had entered what was apparently the recreation room, a very large and spacious area that had been seemingly adapted from a hanger.  It had some large couches that surrounded a T.V., which was placed in the corner of the room; next to it was a semi low table, and a refrigerator.  There was a pool table, and the floor was carpeted… sorta, it was really kind of a big blue fuzzy throw rug.

            "Kinda nice isn't it?"  The blond was studying Leena intensely, and Leena shifted uncomfortably, realizing how she must look after all her crying.  "Anyway," the girl cleared her throat, "my name's Mia, Mia Bogard."

            The name sounded so familiar to Leena, not Mia, but Bogard… But where had she heard that name before?  "Uh, I'm Leena Torros," Leena nodded.

            Mia raised her eyebrows as if she recognized the name.  "You must have had a long day," she said finally.  "Why don't I show you to a room where you can get cleaned up and get some sleep, we can talk about where you want to go in the morning after breakfast."

            Leena smiled and thanked the girl profusely as she led her through the Whale King.  The girl finally stopped at the end of the hall.  "This'll be your room while you're here.  This is the key code to open the door, and this is how you lock it."  Mia handed Leena a piece of paper with numbers on it.  Leena experimentally opened, locked and unlocked the door.

            Seemingly satisfied Mia left Leena with a wave; "I'll come and get you for breakfast k?"

            "K."  Leena opened the door, and she and little Harry entered the large room.  To her left she could see a bath and shower with a spa.  To her right was a sort of reading room with a comfortable looking chair and a ton of books on the shelf, and just past that was the bedroom.  The bedroom was small but cozy, with soft down pillows and comforters, that Leena could only imagine sinking into.  Harry was obviously already imagining just that, as he tried in vein to jump up on the bed.  Leena sighed and lifted him up.  The little Dark Horn made a clipped bark, which she assumed was a sort of thanks, before settling itself in the middle of the bed.

            Leena however needed to get a shower before bed.  She stripped out of her cloths mildly wondering what she was going to where when she got out of the bath, and tomorrow for that matter.  Her stiff limbs protested the shower, wishing for a bath instead.  Leena firmly refused and let the lukewarm water slide down her body, washing away the salty tears and dust.  The shower had assorted soaps, and shampoos.  She wondered if this Whale King was more of a floating hotel, than a Transportation unit.  She washed herself down quickly and stepped out of the shower.  Putting her newly clean hair up, she stepped into the spa. 

            Sighing luxuriously as she let the steamy water massage her sore body.  It was all she could do not to fall asleep right there.  Stepping out of the tub she rummaged around for a robe.  Finding a nice blue fuzzy one she wrapped it around herself and went to bed, pushing aside the stretched out mini Zoid, she sank into the softness, and into sleep.