I'm so sorry that this part took so long! I honestly just didn't have time to work on this!
Disclaimer: Go back and read some other part. I don't feel like writing a disclaimer tonight.
Quote of the Fic: "Then I'll give you just one piece of advice... dying hurts like hell."
Heero, Gundam Wing
Questions:
cleo- I understand enough to write the next part!
Part Six of "Diamond Tigress"
'Finding the Past'
~~
Leena and Bit left their Zoids in the cargo and then headed back to the festival. Both were
happy that they had had some time alone (Authoress: No, that wasn't a typo). Before leaving,
they made sure that the Zoids would be safe for the night.
~~
"Harmony! Over here!" Leena called.
Harmony grinned and led the entire crew to where Leena and Bit were waiting for them. "Enjoy
your run?"
Leena shook her head. "It was fine. I swore that the Tigress picked something up on her radar
through, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared."
Harmony looked puzzled. "It's not like the Tigress to loss a lock on something once it appears
on radar."
Leena nodded, "I know! It was just too weird. It reminded me of Lilac..."
Leena and Harmony both stared at each other for a moment, worry in their eyes.
"Who's Lilac?" Brad asked.
"Nobody... Don't worry about it." Harmony said quickly.
The Blitz team looked at Naomi, but she appeared as confused at they were.
"It's getting late," Leena said, "Harmony and I are heading back to our hotel room, see you
guys tomorrow."
The two members of the Damasu team left before anyone else could say anything.
~~
Back at the hotel room...
"Leena, you don't think that Lilac could be behind that glitch in the radar do you?" Harmony
asked.
Leena nodded, brushing her hair out. "It's definitely her style. You said it yourself that
the Tigress has a never-failing radar."
Harmony nodded, then shivered even though the hotel room was at a comfortable temperature
(Authoress: Isn't that an oxymoron?). "I hoped we were done with her."
Leena nodded. "I hoped so too. Let's just hope that the ZBC's special task force doesn't find
out."
Harmony nodded. "That's the last thing we want."
~~
Lilac frowned. Even after Charlotte and Iris went to bed, she was up, still petting her cat.
The cat, Star, loved the extra attention but didn't like the rough way her mistress was petting
her.
"Well, Star, I hope we don't have to fight Leena Taurus again. She, and her twit of a best
friend, destroyed out plans last time, and nearly killed you and me. Of course, we did have
the sweet revenge of watching her fall off that cliff, didn't we?"
Star meowed.
Lilac continued. "I do hope Leena stays out of our plans this time though. I would hate to
kill a girl with such a lovely skill with Zoids."
Star meowed again.
"You know, Star, I think you are the only person on this entire planet who understands me
completely."
Star meowed, as if saying 'Of course I do, I'm a cat'.
~~
The next day, Naomi, the Blitz team, and the Damasu team were walking around the carnival.
They would stop and play a few games, maybe ride the occasional ride, but, generally, they were
enjoying the each other's company. All through the afternoon, Bit and Leena found themselves
making sure they were paired together and they were always talking to each other. Brad and
Naomi found themselves in the same position also.
They had stopped at a food booth to get something to drink when a voice from behind interrupted
their ordering.
"Harmony Leo, Leena Taurus," the voice was calm, controlled, and icy.
Leena and Harmony both turned around.
"What do you want, Theo?" Leena asked, her voice laced with ice.
"Come with me, please." Theo said, trying to ignore the death glare being sent to him from
Harmony.
"What about the Blitz team and Naomi?" Harmony asked.
"They might as well come along." Theo said, turning to walk away.
Leena and Harmony followed Theo without hesitation. After a brief second, everyone else
followed them, each wondering how Harmony and Leena knew Theo.
~~
Theo had led the teams to a small building, well hidden in the city. When they entered the
room, Theo offered them chairs, food, and drink before sitting down.
"What do you want Theo?" Leena asked, her voice still icy.
"As I'm sure you and Harmony know, Lilac Maxwell is on the loose again." Theo said.
"Who are you?" Bit demanded before either of the girls could reply to Theo's statement.
"My name is Theo Applegate. I work for the ZBC's special task force. That's all you need to
know right now." Theo said, flashing the others his identification badge.
"I figured it out last night when I was on a run with the Tigress. A ship disappeared straight
off of her radar. You and I both know that nothing escapes the Tigress's radar." Leena said.
"I know that. Leena, Harmony, you two have to go after Lilac again." Theo said.
"Are you asking us to fight her again?" Harmony asked, her tone demanding.
Theo nodded. "Yes I am."
"You can't ask me to fight again against her. I still have nightmares from the last fight."
Leena said, her eyes angry.
"Leena, we need someone on the field with your skill and experience." Theo said, his tone tart.
"I don't care! I watched lives be destroyed by her. I nearly lost mine." Leena replied, her
eyes going cold.
When those words came out of Leena's mouth, the entire Blitz team, along with Naomi, glared at
Theo.
"Leena..." Theo said, sounding tired.
"Don't Leena me! You weren't the one sent straight off a cliff! You didn't make it out of a
battle half dead!" Leena replied before leaving the room and slamming the door.
Leon started flexing his muscles, ready to hurt this Theo person for asking his sister to do
something that might endanger her life.
"Harmony, you'll try to change her mind, won't you?" Theo asked.
"No." Harmony replied quietly. "Leena's right. I know she still has nightmares.
Her eyes will forever look haunted and sad. Her eyes still look sad and haunted when she's
completely happy and smiling. I watched her fall off that cliff. I saw her almost dead.
You can't force her to go out to that type of battlefield, and I'm sure not going to try and
convince her otherwise."
Without another word, Harmony stood up and left, also.
Theo sighed, massaging his temples, seeming to forget that the Blitz team, and Naomi, was
still sitting there.
"Theo, what happened?" Steve asked. His voice held iron control and his tone of voice was
crisp and unfriendly.
Theo looked up. "Ask Leena. She's the one you need to ask."
The other looked at each other, nodded, and left, but not before Leon gave Theo a black eye and
Bit glared at him before hitting him upside the head quite hard.
~~
"Leena, Harmony, let us in!" Bit said, knocking on the door.
Harmony opened the door. "Theo sent you here. It figures. He never could explain anything
himself. Leena is taking a quick shower, so you'll have to wait for her to finish before we
can begin this little discussion."
Everyone was settled when Leena came out wearing a loose violet sundress.
"I take it you want the story..." Leena said, sitting down on her bed after Harmony and Bit
made room for her.
"If it doesn't hurt you too much Leena," Jamie said.
Leena grinned, sadly. "It always hurts Jamie, but you just learn to live with. Harmony and I
first met Theo a year after I had left you guys. He heard about Harmony's skill with the
Songbird and my improving skill with my Gunsniper. He wanted us to help out with a member of
the Backdraft group who refused to leave her old roots behind. We agreed, we wanted to make
that the Backdraft group stayed dead. Lilac Maxwell was her name. We had a few battles
against her, but basically, it was a stalemate. Until that one battle, the one were everything
was twisted. We were fighting on her terms, not our own. Lilac must have known that it was
the last battle since she was even involved with it. I had managed to shoot her Zoid so that
it couldn't move, but I forgot about the chance of her weapons still working. Lilac had a
powerful gun on that Command Wolf of hers. I was near a cliff when she fired it at me.
The shot managed to destroy the entire cliff and send me straight off it. I fell, maybe, 200
meters or. The Gunsniper was demolished by the fall and I was just about dead. It took me
five months to regain control of everything, and I still needed to walk on crutches then.
Soon after I was able to walk by myself, I found the Tigress."
The others gaped at Leena and then at Harmony, awe written on their faces.
"Where were you at Harmony when this all happened?" Naomi asked.
Harmony's face clouded over with anger. "I couldn't do anything to help Leena. I was busy
shooting down some of Lilac's flying Zoids."
Bit hugged Leena gently, but the action went unnoticed by everyone except Leena. Leena smiled
gently at Bit.
"Leena, I'll make sure that Theo stays away from you." Leon said.
~~
I think I'll leave it there for now. Again, I'm sorry for the long delay!
PLEASE REVIEW!
By the way, I'll be out of town from the 9th to the 16th, so don't expect any new parts for a
little bit.
Also, who do you guys want Harmony to get paired with: Leon or Jamie? Let me know your opinion!
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000
Disclaimer: Go back and read some other part. I don't feel like writing a disclaimer tonight.
Quote of the Fic: "Then I'll give you just one piece of advice... dying hurts like hell."
Heero, Gundam Wing
Questions:
cleo- I understand enough to write the next part!
Part Six of "Diamond Tigress"
'Finding the Past'
~~
Leena and Bit left their Zoids in the cargo and then headed back to the festival. Both were
happy that they had had some time alone (Authoress: No, that wasn't a typo). Before leaving,
they made sure that the Zoids would be safe for the night.
~~
"Harmony! Over here!" Leena called.
Harmony grinned and led the entire crew to where Leena and Bit were waiting for them. "Enjoy
your run?"
Leena shook her head. "It was fine. I swore that the Tigress picked something up on her radar
through, but it disappeared as soon as it appeared."
Harmony looked puzzled. "It's not like the Tigress to loss a lock on something once it appears
on radar."
Leena nodded, "I know! It was just too weird. It reminded me of Lilac..."
Leena and Harmony both stared at each other for a moment, worry in their eyes.
"Who's Lilac?" Brad asked.
"Nobody... Don't worry about it." Harmony said quickly.
The Blitz team looked at Naomi, but she appeared as confused at they were.
"It's getting late," Leena said, "Harmony and I are heading back to our hotel room, see you
guys tomorrow."
The two members of the Damasu team left before anyone else could say anything.
~~
Back at the hotel room...
"Leena, you don't think that Lilac could be behind that glitch in the radar do you?" Harmony
asked.
Leena nodded, brushing her hair out. "It's definitely her style. You said it yourself that
the Tigress has a never-failing radar."
Harmony nodded, then shivered even though the hotel room was at a comfortable temperature
(Authoress: Isn't that an oxymoron?). "I hoped we were done with her."
Leena nodded. "I hoped so too. Let's just hope that the ZBC's special task force doesn't find
out."
Harmony nodded. "That's the last thing we want."
~~
Lilac frowned. Even after Charlotte and Iris went to bed, she was up, still petting her cat.
The cat, Star, loved the extra attention but didn't like the rough way her mistress was petting
her.
"Well, Star, I hope we don't have to fight Leena Taurus again. She, and her twit of a best
friend, destroyed out plans last time, and nearly killed you and me. Of course, we did have
the sweet revenge of watching her fall off that cliff, didn't we?"
Star meowed.
Lilac continued. "I do hope Leena stays out of our plans this time though. I would hate to
kill a girl with such a lovely skill with Zoids."
Star meowed again.
"You know, Star, I think you are the only person on this entire planet who understands me
completely."
Star meowed, as if saying 'Of course I do, I'm a cat'.
~~
The next day, Naomi, the Blitz team, and the Damasu team were walking around the carnival.
They would stop and play a few games, maybe ride the occasional ride, but, generally, they were
enjoying the each other's company. All through the afternoon, Bit and Leena found themselves
making sure they were paired together and they were always talking to each other. Brad and
Naomi found themselves in the same position also.
They had stopped at a food booth to get something to drink when a voice from behind interrupted
their ordering.
"Harmony Leo, Leena Taurus," the voice was calm, controlled, and icy.
Leena and Harmony both turned around.
"What do you want, Theo?" Leena asked, her voice laced with ice.
"Come with me, please." Theo said, trying to ignore the death glare being sent to him from
Harmony.
"What about the Blitz team and Naomi?" Harmony asked.
"They might as well come along." Theo said, turning to walk away.
Leena and Harmony followed Theo without hesitation. After a brief second, everyone else
followed them, each wondering how Harmony and Leena knew Theo.
~~
Theo had led the teams to a small building, well hidden in the city. When they entered the
room, Theo offered them chairs, food, and drink before sitting down.
"What do you want Theo?" Leena asked, her voice still icy.
"As I'm sure you and Harmony know, Lilac Maxwell is on the loose again." Theo said.
"Who are you?" Bit demanded before either of the girls could reply to Theo's statement.
"My name is Theo Applegate. I work for the ZBC's special task force. That's all you need to
know right now." Theo said, flashing the others his identification badge.
"I figured it out last night when I was on a run with the Tigress. A ship disappeared straight
off of her radar. You and I both know that nothing escapes the Tigress's radar." Leena said.
"I know that. Leena, Harmony, you two have to go after Lilac again." Theo said.
"Are you asking us to fight her again?" Harmony asked, her tone demanding.
Theo nodded. "Yes I am."
"You can't ask me to fight again against her. I still have nightmares from the last fight."
Leena said, her eyes angry.
"Leena, we need someone on the field with your skill and experience." Theo said, his tone tart.
"I don't care! I watched lives be destroyed by her. I nearly lost mine." Leena replied, her
eyes going cold.
When those words came out of Leena's mouth, the entire Blitz team, along with Naomi, glared at
Theo.
"Leena..." Theo said, sounding tired.
"Don't Leena me! You weren't the one sent straight off a cliff! You didn't make it out of a
battle half dead!" Leena replied before leaving the room and slamming the door.
Leon started flexing his muscles, ready to hurt this Theo person for asking his sister to do
something that might endanger her life.
"Harmony, you'll try to change her mind, won't you?" Theo asked.
"No." Harmony replied quietly. "Leena's right. I know she still has nightmares.
Her eyes will forever look haunted and sad. Her eyes still look sad and haunted when she's
completely happy and smiling. I watched her fall off that cliff. I saw her almost dead.
You can't force her to go out to that type of battlefield, and I'm sure not going to try and
convince her otherwise."
Without another word, Harmony stood up and left, also.
Theo sighed, massaging his temples, seeming to forget that the Blitz team, and Naomi, was
still sitting there.
"Theo, what happened?" Steve asked. His voice held iron control and his tone of voice was
crisp and unfriendly.
Theo looked up. "Ask Leena. She's the one you need to ask."
The other looked at each other, nodded, and left, but not before Leon gave Theo a black eye and
Bit glared at him before hitting him upside the head quite hard.
~~
"Leena, Harmony, let us in!" Bit said, knocking on the door.
Harmony opened the door. "Theo sent you here. It figures. He never could explain anything
himself. Leena is taking a quick shower, so you'll have to wait for her to finish before we
can begin this little discussion."
Everyone was settled when Leena came out wearing a loose violet sundress.
"I take it you want the story..." Leena said, sitting down on her bed after Harmony and Bit
made room for her.
"If it doesn't hurt you too much Leena," Jamie said.
Leena grinned, sadly. "It always hurts Jamie, but you just learn to live with. Harmony and I
first met Theo a year after I had left you guys. He heard about Harmony's skill with the
Songbird and my improving skill with my Gunsniper. He wanted us to help out with a member of
the Backdraft group who refused to leave her old roots behind. We agreed, we wanted to make
that the Backdraft group stayed dead. Lilac Maxwell was her name. We had a few battles
against her, but basically, it was a stalemate. Until that one battle, the one were everything
was twisted. We were fighting on her terms, not our own. Lilac must have known that it was
the last battle since she was even involved with it. I had managed to shoot her Zoid so that
it couldn't move, but I forgot about the chance of her weapons still working. Lilac had a
powerful gun on that Command Wolf of hers. I was near a cliff when she fired it at me.
The shot managed to destroy the entire cliff and send me straight off it. I fell, maybe, 200
meters or. The Gunsniper was demolished by the fall and I was just about dead. It took me
five months to regain control of everything, and I still needed to walk on crutches then.
Soon after I was able to walk by myself, I found the Tigress."
The others gaped at Leena and then at Harmony, awe written on their faces.
"Where were you at Harmony when this all happened?" Naomi asked.
Harmony's face clouded over with anger. "I couldn't do anything to help Leena. I was busy
shooting down some of Lilac's flying Zoids."
Bit hugged Leena gently, but the action went unnoticed by everyone except Leena. Leena smiled
gently at Bit.
"Leena, I'll make sure that Theo stays away from you." Leon said.
~~
I think I'll leave it there for now. Again, I'm sorry for the long delay!
PLEASE REVIEW!
By the way, I'll be out of town from the 9th to the 16th, so don't expect any new parts for a
little bit.
Also, who do you guys want Harmony to get paired with: Leon or Jamie? Let me know your opinion!
Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000