A Reason To Love
A/N: *cries* people actually reviewed my story!! I'm so happy!! ^^; sorry I
couldn't update. Seee.this fever plagued me and I don't think you wanna
know the details of that.
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Moonbay stomped into the hangar for the second time that day, her frustration growing with every minute. This time, Dr. D stood there to try and talk sense into her.
"Looking for Irvine is pointless right now! Why don't you stop and think for a while?! Irvine won't be standing in a desert, waving at you! The people that took him obviously had a reason to do so, so he must be hidden! I swear, you're in that Genosaurer running around more than you sleep!" he yelled.
"Don't tell me what to do old man!! I'll do what I think is best, I don't need any of YOUR help!" she screamed back.
"Van's right! You changed! Did you forget that we're trying to help you?! Did you forget who your friends are?!"
"Friends wouldn't try to hold me back!"
"We're just trying to help you!"
"Like hell!"
"And you're neglecting the Gustav!"
Moonbay felt a pang of guilt at that. She and the Gustav had been through a lot together, traveled a lot together. But now...
"What happened to our transporter girl?" Van said softly as he walked out of the shadows.
Moonbay's eyes hardened and she felt her anger rise.
"People change. You changed. Now it's my turn." She stomped off.
Van and Dr. D looked at each other.
"Is this a long term PMS thing?" Van asked.
"I don't want to know." He muttered back.
Moonbay stood next to the Genosaurer and leaned on it. She sighed and looked down.
"No one understands..." she looked up at the Genosaurer's head.
"...No one but you."
- - -
"What do I do with him?" Sei stood in Tero's office.
Tero looked at her and smirked. "I want you to set him free."
She stared at him. "...sir?"
"I want you to gain his trust. Then I want you to find out what he did with the golden stone. Then I want you to lead him back here. It'll be easy to get him to trust you. Just make him love you."
Sei nodded. She saluted, and walked out of the room.
Tero smiled. "My dreams will finally come true."
- - -
"Going out again I see. To look for Irvine?"
Moonbay jumped and turned around to see Dr. D standing behind her. She nodded.
He studied her for a while before speaking again.
"When Irvine was first taken, you wanted a strong zoid, am I correct?"
She slowly nodded, not knowing where this conversation was going.
"That's why you took the Genosaurer."
"...Yeah... your point...?"
"I need the Genosaurer back. For... further testing."
"What?!!" Moonbay cried out. "No! I mean... I still need a strong zoid!"
Dr. D put a hand on his forehead. "Well now you can choose between a Command Wolf and a Hellcat and I keep on forgetting the other one... oh yes. A Redler."
Moonbay tightened her hands into fists. "But none of them are as powerful as a Genosaurer!"
Dr. D raised an eyebrow. "Why do you need all that power for?"
"To search... to look for Irvine! That's what I've been doing all this time!"
"Moonbay, a Redler is capable of searching too. And we can paint it black!"
"WHAT DOES THE COLOR HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!!"
"Umm... well, the Genosaurer is black. Why are you so attached to it anyway?"
Moonbay looked away. "I... just am! Please let me keep it! It's like, part of me!" she said desperately.
"You've been with the Gustav longer than you've been with the Genosaurer. Yet you seem to have forgotten about it. Wasn't it part of you too?" Dr. D asked. No matter how long she pleaded, he was bent on not giving in.
Moonbay hesitated before answering. "This is different."
Dr. D shook his head. "I'm sorry, but that's not a good enough answer. I need the Genosaurer, and it's mine anyway. Besides, you're acting like it's controlling you."
Moonbay glared at him. "How so?"
"Maybe that was a bad way of putting it. I guess being addicted to it is better, although that word doesn't make sense. But when we talk to you over the comlink, you're fine. Although when you're not in it you act different." He stated.
Dr. D walked over to Moonbay and put a hand on her tense shoulder. "I think you're better off without it."
Moonbay looked up at him, her face full of rage. "What you think, and what is right, are two different things!" She slapped his hand off her and stormed into the Genosaurer's cockpit. A few seconds later, the Genosaurer moved towards the exit/entrance and stomped out of sight without a farewell to Dr. D.
"Hmp! The nerve of that girl!" He walked off, more disturbed and worried about the situation than before.
- - -
Moonbay stomped into the hangar for the second time that day, her frustration growing with every minute. This time, Dr. D stood there to try and talk sense into her.
"Looking for Irvine is pointless right now! Why don't you stop and think for a while?! Irvine won't be standing in a desert, waving at you! The people that took him obviously had a reason to do so, so he must be hidden! I swear, you're in that Genosaurer running around more than you sleep!" he yelled.
"Don't tell me what to do old man!! I'll do what I think is best, I don't need any of YOUR help!" she screamed back.
"Van's right! You changed! Did you forget that we're trying to help you?! Did you forget who your friends are?!"
"Friends wouldn't try to hold me back!"
"We're just trying to help you!"
"Like hell!"
"And you're neglecting the Gustav!"
Moonbay felt a pang of guilt at that. She and the Gustav had been through a lot together, traveled a lot together. But now...
"What happened to our transporter girl?" Van said softly as he walked out of the shadows.
Moonbay's eyes hardened and she felt her anger rise.
"People change. You changed. Now it's my turn." She stomped off.
Van and Dr. D looked at each other.
"Is this a long term PMS thing?" Van asked.
"I don't want to know." He muttered back.
Moonbay stood next to the Genosaurer and leaned on it. She sighed and looked down.
"No one understands..." she looked up at the Genosaurer's head.
"...No one but you."
- - -
"What do I do with him?" Sei stood in Tero's office.
Tero looked at her and smirked. "I want you to set him free."
She stared at him. "...sir?"
"I want you to gain his trust. Then I want you to find out what he did with the golden stone. Then I want you to lead him back here. It'll be easy to get him to trust you. Just make him love you."
Sei nodded. She saluted, and walked out of the room.
Tero smiled. "My dreams will finally come true."
- - -
"Going out again I see. To look for Irvine?"
Moonbay jumped and turned around to see Dr. D standing behind her. She nodded.
He studied her for a while before speaking again.
"When Irvine was first taken, you wanted a strong zoid, am I correct?"
She slowly nodded, not knowing where this conversation was going.
"That's why you took the Genosaurer."
"...Yeah... your point...?"
"I need the Genosaurer back. For... further testing."
"What?!!" Moonbay cried out. "No! I mean... I still need a strong zoid!"
Dr. D put a hand on his forehead. "Well now you can choose between a Command Wolf and a Hellcat and I keep on forgetting the other one... oh yes. A Redler."
Moonbay tightened her hands into fists. "But none of them are as powerful as a Genosaurer!"
Dr. D raised an eyebrow. "Why do you need all that power for?"
"To search... to look for Irvine! That's what I've been doing all this time!"
"Moonbay, a Redler is capable of searching too. And we can paint it black!"
"WHAT DOES THE COLOR HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!!"
"Umm... well, the Genosaurer is black. Why are you so attached to it anyway?"
Moonbay looked away. "I... just am! Please let me keep it! It's like, part of me!" she said desperately.
"You've been with the Gustav longer than you've been with the Genosaurer. Yet you seem to have forgotten about it. Wasn't it part of you too?" Dr. D asked. No matter how long she pleaded, he was bent on not giving in.
Moonbay hesitated before answering. "This is different."
Dr. D shook his head. "I'm sorry, but that's not a good enough answer. I need the Genosaurer, and it's mine anyway. Besides, you're acting like it's controlling you."
Moonbay glared at him. "How so?"
"Maybe that was a bad way of putting it. I guess being addicted to it is better, although that word doesn't make sense. But when we talk to you over the comlink, you're fine. Although when you're not in it you act different." He stated.
Dr. D walked over to Moonbay and put a hand on her tense shoulder. "I think you're better off without it."
Moonbay looked up at him, her face full of rage. "What you think, and what is right, are two different things!" She slapped his hand off her and stormed into the Genosaurer's cockpit. A few seconds later, the Genosaurer moved towards the exit/entrance and stomped out of sight without a farewell to Dr. D.
"Hmp! The nerve of that girl!" He walked off, more disturbed and worried about the situation than before.