Authors note: Ummm not much to say... Here's chapter 4. (As for your
question Himeko, Im not telling :P)
CHAPTER 4
Bit yawned as he walked slowly down the hallway and into the bathroom. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that it was already occupied.
"BIT! Im gonna kill you!" Leena yelled, chasing the young Ligar pilot down the hallway in her bath robe.
Brad watched until the two turned the corner, then proceeded to the bathroom himself. He was used to the routine by now.
Bit ran into his room, and tried to shut the door in the angered red heads face, without any success. She began chasing him around his room, then suddenly stopped, noticing something on his desk.
"BIT! So it WAS you who stole my cookies last night!" Leena yelled as she picked up the empty box and threw it at the blond. He ducked, and dashed back into the hallway, running strait into Goji, and knocking them both down.
"Hey watch it!" Goji yelled, standing up and looking down on Bit.
"Sorry!" Bit stated. He jumped up an ran when he saw Leena come out of his room. She chased him all the way to the kitchen, where Jemie was busy making breakfast with some help from Orihime.
"Im... " Bit panted, jumping over a chair, and looking over his shoulder at Leena, "Sorry... stop... chasing me....!"
The Ligar pilot wasn't watching where he was going and he ran strait into a wall, impacting so hard that he fell backwards into Jemie.
"Oh no," Jemie yelled as he fell, dropping an entire tray of food all over himself.
Bit, still dazed from his impact with the wall, didn't realize what had happened.
"Bit," Jemie wined, "Do you know how long it takes to cook for twelve people!"
Orihime walked over to help Jemie up, then proceeded to pick up all the ruined food.
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Rain opened her eyes as the morning sun came into her room. She had spent the night at Rei's base, and had been given the only bedroom in the entire place. Rei had been kind enough to take the couch in the living room.
"LightStrike?" Rain whispered, "Are you awake?"
The organoid looked up at Rain and growled.
"Shhhhh." Rain placed a finger to her lips, "Listen, Rei's offered to help us build a new zoid, and Im going to take him up on his offer... but I still find it kind of weird that he'd be willing to do that. So, I want you to watch him carefully ok?"
LightStrike growled again, this time softer as he watched Rain climb out of her bed. She dressed herself and combed her hair, remembering to hide one of her eyes, then walked out into the hallway. She made her way to the Living room, which was also the kitchen, where Rei was already awake and cooking.
"Morning Rain." Rei said, setting a plate down on the table, "Hope you don't mind beacon and eggs."
"No that's fine," Rain stated, sitting down to her breakfast. They began to eat, talking about their activities for the day.
"So what kind of zoid do you want to build?" Rei asked, stuffing some eggs into his mouth.
"I want it to be the same type as my old zoid... but different." Rain answered, thinking about how she would build it.
"What was your old zoid?"
"It was a dragon type."
"A dragon type? Man those are rare." Rei said a bit surprised, "I heard they're really hard to use."
"Not once you get used to them." Rain said, "Do you have all the parts we'll need?"
"I should." Rei answered, finishing his breakfast. He waited for Rain to finish, then did the dishes.
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"Everyone ready?" Bit asked, showing up on everyone in his groups intercoms. There where various nods and mummers, along with the few roars of zoids. His group was leaving first, while Lavenders group would leave a bit latter.
"All right everyone," Doctor Tauros said, "Remember to periodically check in and report with Orihime and I."
"Right. We'll call you if something comes up." Bit stated.
"Good luck everyone!" Orihime said, "Tell Rain I said hi!"
"See ya Ori!" Izumi called.
The com-link with the base closed, and the group of six began heading north, in hopes that it was the direction that Rain had gone in. Izumi, Jemie and Tyra pretty much stayed in the air, while Goji, Leon and Bit traveled on ground.
They traveled for a while, coming to Saurian city. Everyone stopped, and climbed out of their cockpits to stock up on supplies. They agreed to meet back at the town square, at a rather large fountain with a statue of a dragon with glass eyes was built.
Once everyone had gotten what they needed, they made their way to the fountain. They decided that they would split into two groups, so that they would cover more ground in their search. After a few games of rock-paper- scissors, they came up with their groups: Tyra, Bit, and Leon where going to head northeast, while Goji, Izumi, and Jemie where going to head northwest.
"Remember everyone, there's a river directly north of here called the salt river, and a city at the rivers side called salt city. We'll meet at that city in two days, ok?" Bit said, climbing into the cockpit of the Ligar 0.
"Right. So we'll hit every city that we come across, asking if anyone had seen Rain... after all, she had to stop somewhere for supplies." Jemie added.
Everyone agreed and climbed into their zoids, taking off in their separate directions.
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Orihime typed in a few words on the computer, hoping to find anything that might help them find Koh and Nadia's system. She looked over at the clock... it was now 5 pm, and she had spent almost the entire day searching. She had to come up with at least a general area where Koh and Nadia could have hid the system, before they sent Lavender's group out to search.
"Have you found anything yet Ori?" Lavender asked, walking up behind the ex-commander.
"Not yet..." Orihime explained, "They went through unbelievable measures to try and hide their system... I've only found out so far the same things we already know."
"Oh... wait, what if you look for the systems original name..." Lavender said, "I remember Jemie mentioning it once.... when he read out loud the stuff about Rain and the MCME stuff."
"Do you remember what it was?" Orihime asked, turning her chair to face Lavender.
"Ummmm, the Sync experiment... I think..." Lavender answered, "It was a long time ago though."
"Well it's the only lead we have. Ill try it." Orihime typed in a few more words, then opened a file and found out a bit of information.
"Did it work?"
"It says here that it's located somewhere on this continent.... but that's it..." Orihime stated, reading on, "but there's a poem here too... It says:
The eyes that are ever watchful, stay awake through the night, As they watch the stars fade and die, waiting for a brand new light.
The dreams that are ever present, are the wings that guide the night, They soar above the highest clouds, searching for an eternal light.
The one that is ever hopeful, is bound to the wings of the night, As he looks for the dawn of another day, waiting for blossoms of the coming light.
To the one who looks for the future, watch the eyes that search the night, as they glide above the hidden roses, you shall find the eluded light.
"What does that mean?" Lavender asked, a bit confused by the poem.
"I don't know... It probably tells where the system is located..." Orihime sighed, "But it's hard to figure out."
"Hey guy's," Naomi said, coming up from behind, slightly startling both of them, "Did you find anything?"
"Only this poem." Orihime stated, "We think it might tell where the system is located... but..."
Naomi read over the poem, then thought about it for a second, "Well it's telling the location of something that's hidden, and light seems to have something to do with it..." She shrugged, "But other than that I don't get it."
Naomi turned ot leave, "Oh yeah, dinners ready.... that's what I came to tell you."
~~~~~~~End of Chapter 4~~~~~~~
Authors note: Well the answers right there in the poem... where is Koh and Nadia's system? See if you can figure it out. Hope you liked the chapter!
CHAPTER 4
Bit yawned as he walked slowly down the hallway and into the bathroom. Unfortunately, he didn't realize that it was already occupied.
"BIT! Im gonna kill you!" Leena yelled, chasing the young Ligar pilot down the hallway in her bath robe.
Brad watched until the two turned the corner, then proceeded to the bathroom himself. He was used to the routine by now.
Bit ran into his room, and tried to shut the door in the angered red heads face, without any success. She began chasing him around his room, then suddenly stopped, noticing something on his desk.
"BIT! So it WAS you who stole my cookies last night!" Leena yelled as she picked up the empty box and threw it at the blond. He ducked, and dashed back into the hallway, running strait into Goji, and knocking them both down.
"Hey watch it!" Goji yelled, standing up and looking down on Bit.
"Sorry!" Bit stated. He jumped up an ran when he saw Leena come out of his room. She chased him all the way to the kitchen, where Jemie was busy making breakfast with some help from Orihime.
"Im... " Bit panted, jumping over a chair, and looking over his shoulder at Leena, "Sorry... stop... chasing me....!"
The Ligar pilot wasn't watching where he was going and he ran strait into a wall, impacting so hard that he fell backwards into Jemie.
"Oh no," Jemie yelled as he fell, dropping an entire tray of food all over himself.
Bit, still dazed from his impact with the wall, didn't realize what had happened.
"Bit," Jemie wined, "Do you know how long it takes to cook for twelve people!"
Orihime walked over to help Jemie up, then proceeded to pick up all the ruined food.
*****************************
Rain opened her eyes as the morning sun came into her room. She had spent the night at Rei's base, and had been given the only bedroom in the entire place. Rei had been kind enough to take the couch in the living room.
"LightStrike?" Rain whispered, "Are you awake?"
The organoid looked up at Rain and growled.
"Shhhhh." Rain placed a finger to her lips, "Listen, Rei's offered to help us build a new zoid, and Im going to take him up on his offer... but I still find it kind of weird that he'd be willing to do that. So, I want you to watch him carefully ok?"
LightStrike growled again, this time softer as he watched Rain climb out of her bed. She dressed herself and combed her hair, remembering to hide one of her eyes, then walked out into the hallway. She made her way to the Living room, which was also the kitchen, where Rei was already awake and cooking.
"Morning Rain." Rei said, setting a plate down on the table, "Hope you don't mind beacon and eggs."
"No that's fine," Rain stated, sitting down to her breakfast. They began to eat, talking about their activities for the day.
"So what kind of zoid do you want to build?" Rei asked, stuffing some eggs into his mouth.
"I want it to be the same type as my old zoid... but different." Rain answered, thinking about how she would build it.
"What was your old zoid?"
"It was a dragon type."
"A dragon type? Man those are rare." Rei said a bit surprised, "I heard they're really hard to use."
"Not once you get used to them." Rain said, "Do you have all the parts we'll need?"
"I should." Rei answered, finishing his breakfast. He waited for Rain to finish, then did the dishes.
***********************
"Everyone ready?" Bit asked, showing up on everyone in his groups intercoms. There where various nods and mummers, along with the few roars of zoids. His group was leaving first, while Lavenders group would leave a bit latter.
"All right everyone," Doctor Tauros said, "Remember to periodically check in and report with Orihime and I."
"Right. We'll call you if something comes up." Bit stated.
"Good luck everyone!" Orihime said, "Tell Rain I said hi!"
"See ya Ori!" Izumi called.
The com-link with the base closed, and the group of six began heading north, in hopes that it was the direction that Rain had gone in. Izumi, Jemie and Tyra pretty much stayed in the air, while Goji, Leon and Bit traveled on ground.
They traveled for a while, coming to Saurian city. Everyone stopped, and climbed out of their cockpits to stock up on supplies. They agreed to meet back at the town square, at a rather large fountain with a statue of a dragon with glass eyes was built.
Once everyone had gotten what they needed, they made their way to the fountain. They decided that they would split into two groups, so that they would cover more ground in their search. After a few games of rock-paper- scissors, they came up with their groups: Tyra, Bit, and Leon where going to head northeast, while Goji, Izumi, and Jemie where going to head northwest.
"Remember everyone, there's a river directly north of here called the salt river, and a city at the rivers side called salt city. We'll meet at that city in two days, ok?" Bit said, climbing into the cockpit of the Ligar 0.
"Right. So we'll hit every city that we come across, asking if anyone had seen Rain... after all, she had to stop somewhere for supplies." Jemie added.
Everyone agreed and climbed into their zoids, taking off in their separate directions.
**************************
Orihime typed in a few words on the computer, hoping to find anything that might help them find Koh and Nadia's system. She looked over at the clock... it was now 5 pm, and she had spent almost the entire day searching. She had to come up with at least a general area where Koh and Nadia could have hid the system, before they sent Lavender's group out to search.
"Have you found anything yet Ori?" Lavender asked, walking up behind the ex-commander.
"Not yet..." Orihime explained, "They went through unbelievable measures to try and hide their system... I've only found out so far the same things we already know."
"Oh... wait, what if you look for the systems original name..." Lavender said, "I remember Jemie mentioning it once.... when he read out loud the stuff about Rain and the MCME stuff."
"Do you remember what it was?" Orihime asked, turning her chair to face Lavender.
"Ummmm, the Sync experiment... I think..." Lavender answered, "It was a long time ago though."
"Well it's the only lead we have. Ill try it." Orihime typed in a few more words, then opened a file and found out a bit of information.
"Did it work?"
"It says here that it's located somewhere on this continent.... but that's it..." Orihime stated, reading on, "but there's a poem here too... It says:
The eyes that are ever watchful, stay awake through the night, As they watch the stars fade and die, waiting for a brand new light.
The dreams that are ever present, are the wings that guide the night, They soar above the highest clouds, searching for an eternal light.
The one that is ever hopeful, is bound to the wings of the night, As he looks for the dawn of another day, waiting for blossoms of the coming light.
To the one who looks for the future, watch the eyes that search the night, as they glide above the hidden roses, you shall find the eluded light.
"What does that mean?" Lavender asked, a bit confused by the poem.
"I don't know... It probably tells where the system is located..." Orihime sighed, "But it's hard to figure out."
"Hey guy's," Naomi said, coming up from behind, slightly startling both of them, "Did you find anything?"
"Only this poem." Orihime stated, "We think it might tell where the system is located... but..."
Naomi read over the poem, then thought about it for a second, "Well it's telling the location of something that's hidden, and light seems to have something to do with it..." She shrugged, "But other than that I don't get it."
Naomi turned ot leave, "Oh yeah, dinners ready.... that's what I came to tell you."
~~~~~~~End of Chapter 4~~~~~~~
Authors note: Well the answers right there in the poem... where is Koh and Nadia's system? See if you can figure it out. Hope you liked the chapter!