Authors note: Hey. Some of u emailed and asked what my AOL instant
messenger is... it's Luna3391. Hope to chat with you some time! Anyway's
updates may be a bit slower now because I just started school today. Im
finally a freshman! here's chapter 2...
CHAPTER 2
LightStrikes silver eyes snapped opened suddenly, as he jumped up and looked around. It was still dark out, and the stars were shining brilliantly. The organoid looked around a bit more, then laid back down in the sand, closing his eyes again.
He suddenly shot back up, glaring in the direction of the Gustav. He had obviously heard something, but he didn't know what. As quietly as possible, he crept over to the transporter jumped on top, looking around for whatever had made that noise. He spotted it, and jumped down, roaring loudly.
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Meanwhile in an underground base on the other side of Zi... In a room cast in dreadful shadows...
"Sir... Is it ready yet?"
"No. It will take much longer than fist expected."
"How much longer?"
"I am not certain, but I will say that so far it is going fairly well."
"Are..."
"What is it?"
"Are you sure we are doing the right thing sir?"
"I am certain."
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LightStrikes sudden outburst startled Rain out of her peaceful sleep. She looked around desperately for her companion, "LightStrike?"
Another roar was heard, along with the sound of scrambling feet. A young man with long dark blue hair that was tied into a ponytail, and soft gray eyes appeared from behind the Gustav. He was at least six feet tall, and was semi-muscular. His face, which had a scar down between his eyes, was fear stricken as he ran from the perusing organoid.
LightStrike tackled the man, pushing him into the sand, and roaring loudly. Rain ran over to see what all the commotion was about, making sure that her hair covered one of her eyes. Now that they where different colors, it sometimes startled people who saw her for the first time. She looked down at the man and asked, "Who are you?"
"What the hell is that thing?!" The man asked, he was obviously not trying to hide his fear.
"That 'thing,' as you put it, happens to be my best friend. Now who are you!?" Rain demanded, "And what are you doing here!?"
"I travel... I saw the Gustav and thought it was abandoned, so I came to check it out. I didn't know it was yours, I swear! I collect parts..."
Rain nodded to LightStrike. The Organoid growled and stepped away from the young man, who quickly got up and dusted himself off. He was wearing a leather jacket that had the sleeves cut off, and baggy dark blue pants. His gloves were spiked, and cut off at the fingers, and his boots were mettle tipped.
"Uhhh... Thanks..." The man said, backing slowly away from LightStrike... "What is it?"
"He..." Rain answered, a bit annoyed, "Is my best friend LightStrike."
"Right..."
"Who are you?" Rain asked as Lightstrike walked over to her, ready to protect her if this strange new man happened to be a threat.
"Oh, right," He answered, still eyeing the organoid nervously, "Name's Rei...." He extended his hand hesitantly, "and you are?"
Rain shook his hand, "Rain."
He nodded, then said, "Im really sorry... I travel all over you see, and I collect abandoned zoids, so I can use the parts to build new ones... I didn't know the Gustav was yours."
Rain nodded, "I understand... I guess I should have camped closer to the Gustav."
"I really am sorry kid."
"Don't worry about it." Rain said, looking at the horizon. It had begun to get light, though only slightly, "Why don't you join me for breakfast?"
"Uh, sure," Rei answered, turning to LightStrike, "He won't... attack me again, will he?"
Rain laughed, "Only if you try anything to hurt me, or steal my stuff."
Rei nodded, brushing a bit of sand out of his dark blue bangs, "If I can do anything to make it up to you..."
"Don't worry about it." Rain answered, "No wait... there is something..." She removed a small picture out of her pocket, and handed it to Rei, "have you seen him?"
Rei looked at the picture closely. It was a picture of a man with spiky silver hair, and matching silver eyes. He looked back at Rain and said, "You related to him or somethin?"
Rain nodded, "Yeah... so have you seen him?"
"Sorry kid." Rei answered, handing her the picture. She sighed, and put it back in her pocket. Lightstrike seemed to sigh as well, as far as Rei could tell.
"Lets go eat." Rain said, leading the way back to her camp. LightStrike walked besides her, keeping his watchful eyes on this new stranger. Rain built a fire and began to cook.
"So..." Rei asked curiously, "What's a kid like you travelin alone for?"
"Im not traveling alone." Rain answered, motioning to LightStrike.
"Oh, yeah..." Rei looked over at LightStrike, his gray eye's curiously and cautiously watching him, "What is he anyway?"
"A zoid." Rain answered.
"Oh... say how old are you? You don't look any older than 13... and I can't believe that a thirteen year old would be traveling with no one but a zoid."
Rain sighed, and put another stick on the fire, "Im 15 years old."
"Really?" Rei said, seemingly surprised, "Wow."
"What about you?" Rain said, "Tell me about yourself."
Rei nodded, "Ok. I've been traveling for a few years now, mostly by myself, but I've traveled with other people as well. I collect abandoned zoids and use their parts to build completely new ones. My parents died when I was 2 and I went to live with my uncle," He shuddered, "but I got out of their fast. On the side Im looking for answers to how my parents died, seeing as though my uncle didn't tell me anything."
"That's interesting." Rain said, removing the pan off the fire, "So how old are you?"
"Hmmm? Oh, 19." Rei answered.
"Really? You look older." Rain said, "What's that scar from?"
Rei shrugged, grabbing a plate that Rain had offered to him, "My uncle."
"Oh..." Rain began eating, asking other various questions, and answering some of Rei's own.
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Orihime made her way into the well known restaurant. She was meeting the others there, since they were all in the area. It was the first time that any of them had been in Saurian city, and they had heard allot of praise about the restaurant they had chosen.
The young ex-commander made her way to the front counter and asked the waiter about their reservations. He led her to a rather large table in the corner, where Leon and Naomi where already sitting.
"Hey Ori." Naomi said with a small wave.
"Hi," Orihime answered, taking a seat.
They engaged in a short conversation while they waited for the others. After about ten minuets they had all arrived, and ordered their food. It arrived, and they began to talk and eat.
"So, has anybody heard from Rain?" Lavender asked, shoving a piece of bread into her mouth.
Everyone shook their heads and shrugged, it had been almost 2 weeks since Rain had left them the note, and nobody had received any news from her.
"I hope she's ok..." Jemie said.
"Hey! It's Rain we're talking about here!" Bit said, "She's fine!"
Everyone agreed and went back to their food, eating it like it could disappear at any moment. Bit was the first done, followed by Izumi and Leena. The others took a while longer, eventually Jemie finished last.
"So... what's up with all of you?" Orihime asked, "anybody have any plans?"
"We got a battle against some B rank team... I heard that it would be an easy win for us." Izumi said with a sigh, "The name's creative though."
"Oh really?" Leena asked, "Which team?"
Lavender and Tyra both grinned deviously, and Izumi said "Oh, you know them as the Fuzzy Panda's Team."
The Blitz and Flugle teams both burst out laughing at the nick-name that Bit had given the Saber team back on his first battle.
"Really?" Jemie asked, after he had finished laughing, "Don't worry, it won't be too difficult."
"That's what we heard," Goji stated, "According to some other teams, they aren't exactly the best B team there is anymore."
"Why else do you think Bit could beat them on his first battle?" Brad said, crossing his arms, "Back then he couldn't hit the broad side of a mountain."
"No, I wouldn't say that..." Leena said, "He DID hit that big cliff Naomi was on remember... he just couldn't hit the broad side of a WhaleKing."
"I could so!" Bit said, "I beat Naomi didn't I?"
"Bit," Jemie said, "You couldn't even hit Naomi... it was a complete fluke that you won."
"No it wasn't!" Bit replied, his face turning a soft shade of red, "I planned the whole thing!"
"You missed by over ten meters!" Brad said, "Hitting the mountain, and causing a big chunk of it to erode. Naomi was standing on a cliff that eroded, that's the only reason you beat her."
Everyone had a good laugh, except Bit who was busy fuming over all the insults that had suddenly come his way. After a while, they settled down, and began talking about the MCME incidents.
"I did some more research on Cloud and Rain's parents and their experiments... you know, before Gabrielle stole them," Jemie said, "It seems not all of the documents were stolen by Gabrielle."
"Really?" Orihime said, "I thought that she got a hold of them all."
Jemie shook his head, "No, Koh and Nadia, Rains parents, managed to hide the most important part... the system itself."
"I thought that Gabrielle modified the system that they had created." Goji said.
"Nope. Gabrielle only stole the paperwork and part of the system. She then used their research to create her own system, called, as you all know, the Mind Control & Manipulation Experiment. She used it in her own way, which was completely different from what Koh and Nadia had originally planed."
"That's all very interesting," Ryuji said, "But what are you getting at?"
"Koh and Nadia's system is still out there somewhere." Jemie said.
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Rain stretched, it was sometime after noon, and she and Rei had gotten to know each other quite well. Of course, she hadn't mentioned anything about the MCME, or about any of the other events that took place during that time.
"Hey Rain..." Rei said, "You mentioned that you were a zoid warrior right?"
"Yeah, so?" Rain answered, sitting in the shade of her tarp.
"Where's your zoid? You can't tell me you fight in a Gustav."
Rain sighed, and frowned "I don't have a zoid anymore... It got destroyed a while back..."
"Oh..." Rei said, suddenly an idea popped into his head, "Hey, I got an idea!"
Both LightStrike and Rain looked at him, a bit confused and curious.
"I collect zoid parts..."
"So...."
"Just follow me." Rei said, "I'll get my zoid and you follow in the Gustav."
"all right..." Rain answered, standing up, "Help me pack this stuff up first."
Rei nodded and began to help carry the stuff back to the Gustav...
~~~~END OF CHAPTER 2~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: ummm, like I said, school just started and Im really busy... but since I have a long weekend coming up, the next chapter should be up within the next few days. Don't forget to R+R!
CHAPTER 2
LightStrikes silver eyes snapped opened suddenly, as he jumped up and looked around. It was still dark out, and the stars were shining brilliantly. The organoid looked around a bit more, then laid back down in the sand, closing his eyes again.
He suddenly shot back up, glaring in the direction of the Gustav. He had obviously heard something, but he didn't know what. As quietly as possible, he crept over to the transporter jumped on top, looking around for whatever had made that noise. He spotted it, and jumped down, roaring loudly.
***************************
Meanwhile in an underground base on the other side of Zi... In a room cast in dreadful shadows...
"Sir... Is it ready yet?"
"No. It will take much longer than fist expected."
"How much longer?"
"I am not certain, but I will say that so far it is going fairly well."
"Are..."
"What is it?"
"Are you sure we are doing the right thing sir?"
"I am certain."
*******************************
LightStrikes sudden outburst startled Rain out of her peaceful sleep. She looked around desperately for her companion, "LightStrike?"
Another roar was heard, along with the sound of scrambling feet. A young man with long dark blue hair that was tied into a ponytail, and soft gray eyes appeared from behind the Gustav. He was at least six feet tall, and was semi-muscular. His face, which had a scar down between his eyes, was fear stricken as he ran from the perusing organoid.
LightStrike tackled the man, pushing him into the sand, and roaring loudly. Rain ran over to see what all the commotion was about, making sure that her hair covered one of her eyes. Now that they where different colors, it sometimes startled people who saw her for the first time. She looked down at the man and asked, "Who are you?"
"What the hell is that thing?!" The man asked, he was obviously not trying to hide his fear.
"That 'thing,' as you put it, happens to be my best friend. Now who are you!?" Rain demanded, "And what are you doing here!?"
"I travel... I saw the Gustav and thought it was abandoned, so I came to check it out. I didn't know it was yours, I swear! I collect parts..."
Rain nodded to LightStrike. The Organoid growled and stepped away from the young man, who quickly got up and dusted himself off. He was wearing a leather jacket that had the sleeves cut off, and baggy dark blue pants. His gloves were spiked, and cut off at the fingers, and his boots were mettle tipped.
"Uhhh... Thanks..." The man said, backing slowly away from LightStrike... "What is it?"
"He..." Rain answered, a bit annoyed, "Is my best friend LightStrike."
"Right..."
"Who are you?" Rain asked as Lightstrike walked over to her, ready to protect her if this strange new man happened to be a threat.
"Oh, right," He answered, still eyeing the organoid nervously, "Name's Rei...." He extended his hand hesitantly, "and you are?"
Rain shook his hand, "Rain."
He nodded, then said, "Im really sorry... I travel all over you see, and I collect abandoned zoids, so I can use the parts to build new ones... I didn't know the Gustav was yours."
Rain nodded, "I understand... I guess I should have camped closer to the Gustav."
"I really am sorry kid."
"Don't worry about it." Rain said, looking at the horizon. It had begun to get light, though only slightly, "Why don't you join me for breakfast?"
"Uh, sure," Rei answered, turning to LightStrike, "He won't... attack me again, will he?"
Rain laughed, "Only if you try anything to hurt me, or steal my stuff."
Rei nodded, brushing a bit of sand out of his dark blue bangs, "If I can do anything to make it up to you..."
"Don't worry about it." Rain answered, "No wait... there is something..." She removed a small picture out of her pocket, and handed it to Rei, "have you seen him?"
Rei looked at the picture closely. It was a picture of a man with spiky silver hair, and matching silver eyes. He looked back at Rain and said, "You related to him or somethin?"
Rain nodded, "Yeah... so have you seen him?"
"Sorry kid." Rei answered, handing her the picture. She sighed, and put it back in her pocket. Lightstrike seemed to sigh as well, as far as Rei could tell.
"Lets go eat." Rain said, leading the way back to her camp. LightStrike walked besides her, keeping his watchful eyes on this new stranger. Rain built a fire and began to cook.
"So..." Rei asked curiously, "What's a kid like you travelin alone for?"
"Im not traveling alone." Rain answered, motioning to LightStrike.
"Oh, yeah..." Rei looked over at LightStrike, his gray eye's curiously and cautiously watching him, "What is he anyway?"
"A zoid." Rain answered.
"Oh... say how old are you? You don't look any older than 13... and I can't believe that a thirteen year old would be traveling with no one but a zoid."
Rain sighed, and put another stick on the fire, "Im 15 years old."
"Really?" Rei said, seemingly surprised, "Wow."
"What about you?" Rain said, "Tell me about yourself."
Rei nodded, "Ok. I've been traveling for a few years now, mostly by myself, but I've traveled with other people as well. I collect abandoned zoids and use their parts to build completely new ones. My parents died when I was 2 and I went to live with my uncle," He shuddered, "but I got out of their fast. On the side Im looking for answers to how my parents died, seeing as though my uncle didn't tell me anything."
"That's interesting." Rain said, removing the pan off the fire, "So how old are you?"
"Hmmm? Oh, 19." Rei answered.
"Really? You look older." Rain said, "What's that scar from?"
Rei shrugged, grabbing a plate that Rain had offered to him, "My uncle."
"Oh..." Rain began eating, asking other various questions, and answering some of Rei's own.
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Orihime made her way into the well known restaurant. She was meeting the others there, since they were all in the area. It was the first time that any of them had been in Saurian city, and they had heard allot of praise about the restaurant they had chosen.
The young ex-commander made her way to the front counter and asked the waiter about their reservations. He led her to a rather large table in the corner, where Leon and Naomi where already sitting.
"Hey Ori." Naomi said with a small wave.
"Hi," Orihime answered, taking a seat.
They engaged in a short conversation while they waited for the others. After about ten minuets they had all arrived, and ordered their food. It arrived, and they began to talk and eat.
"So, has anybody heard from Rain?" Lavender asked, shoving a piece of bread into her mouth.
Everyone shook their heads and shrugged, it had been almost 2 weeks since Rain had left them the note, and nobody had received any news from her.
"I hope she's ok..." Jemie said.
"Hey! It's Rain we're talking about here!" Bit said, "She's fine!"
Everyone agreed and went back to their food, eating it like it could disappear at any moment. Bit was the first done, followed by Izumi and Leena. The others took a while longer, eventually Jemie finished last.
"So... what's up with all of you?" Orihime asked, "anybody have any plans?"
"We got a battle against some B rank team... I heard that it would be an easy win for us." Izumi said with a sigh, "The name's creative though."
"Oh really?" Leena asked, "Which team?"
Lavender and Tyra both grinned deviously, and Izumi said "Oh, you know them as the Fuzzy Panda's Team."
The Blitz and Flugle teams both burst out laughing at the nick-name that Bit had given the Saber team back on his first battle.
"Really?" Jemie asked, after he had finished laughing, "Don't worry, it won't be too difficult."
"That's what we heard," Goji stated, "According to some other teams, they aren't exactly the best B team there is anymore."
"Why else do you think Bit could beat them on his first battle?" Brad said, crossing his arms, "Back then he couldn't hit the broad side of a mountain."
"No, I wouldn't say that..." Leena said, "He DID hit that big cliff Naomi was on remember... he just couldn't hit the broad side of a WhaleKing."
"I could so!" Bit said, "I beat Naomi didn't I?"
"Bit," Jemie said, "You couldn't even hit Naomi... it was a complete fluke that you won."
"No it wasn't!" Bit replied, his face turning a soft shade of red, "I planned the whole thing!"
"You missed by over ten meters!" Brad said, "Hitting the mountain, and causing a big chunk of it to erode. Naomi was standing on a cliff that eroded, that's the only reason you beat her."
Everyone had a good laugh, except Bit who was busy fuming over all the insults that had suddenly come his way. After a while, they settled down, and began talking about the MCME incidents.
"I did some more research on Cloud and Rain's parents and their experiments... you know, before Gabrielle stole them," Jemie said, "It seems not all of the documents were stolen by Gabrielle."
"Really?" Orihime said, "I thought that she got a hold of them all."
Jemie shook his head, "No, Koh and Nadia, Rains parents, managed to hide the most important part... the system itself."
"I thought that Gabrielle modified the system that they had created." Goji said.
"Nope. Gabrielle only stole the paperwork and part of the system. She then used their research to create her own system, called, as you all know, the Mind Control & Manipulation Experiment. She used it in her own way, which was completely different from what Koh and Nadia had originally planed."
"That's all very interesting," Ryuji said, "But what are you getting at?"
"Koh and Nadia's system is still out there somewhere." Jemie said.
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Rain stretched, it was sometime after noon, and she and Rei had gotten to know each other quite well. Of course, she hadn't mentioned anything about the MCME, or about any of the other events that took place during that time.
"Hey Rain..." Rei said, "You mentioned that you were a zoid warrior right?"
"Yeah, so?" Rain answered, sitting in the shade of her tarp.
"Where's your zoid? You can't tell me you fight in a Gustav."
Rain sighed, and frowned "I don't have a zoid anymore... It got destroyed a while back..."
"Oh..." Rei said, suddenly an idea popped into his head, "Hey, I got an idea!"
Both LightStrike and Rain looked at him, a bit confused and curious.
"I collect zoid parts..."
"So...."
"Just follow me." Rei said, "I'll get my zoid and you follow in the Gustav."
"all right..." Rain answered, standing up, "Help me pack this stuff up first."
Rei nodded and began to help carry the stuff back to the Gustav...
~~~~END OF CHAPTER 2~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: ummm, like I said, school just started and Im really busy... but since I have a long weekend coming up, the next chapter should be up within the next few days. Don't forget to R+R!