The Mysterious Zoid Eve: Chapter 6: Pterosaur's Debut
Fiona sat down on a rock and sighed. It had been about two hours before when they had lunch, and that was five hours after breakfast. Zeke still hadn't revived the Pteris.
"What's taking Zeke so long? It didn't take him this long to revive the Liger during our encounter with Stinger. Then again, there was a lot going on at that time, and maybe Zeke forced himself to repair the Liger more quickly. I was also there too. That sure was an odd experience, being inside a zoid core. But, that doesn't matter, if I was a better pilot and stronger, this wouldn't have happened, and Luke wouldn't have gotten away. Now, he probably has a good start on finding Zoid Eve. I'm most likely burdening Van as being a zoid pilot. I probably shouldn't have even piloted a zoid." Fiona depressingly thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Van sat down next to her. Mark and Van had already made repairs to the Blade Liger a while ago, and they had been fixing Mark's Storm Sworder, which had suffered heavy damage from their battle. Right now, Van was taking a break. Fiona didn't help, thinking she'd get in their way and be useless.
"Fiona, what's wrong?"
"Nothing Van." Fiona responded.
"Don't lie, I don't have to read thoughts to know when there's something bothering you."
"Alright, I'll tell you what's bothering me: Van, am I burdening you piloting my Pteris?"
"Of course not! You saved my life in the battle with Hiltz, and I taught you all I know when we trained together."
"Yeah, but today when I lost. My Pteris was destroyed, and Luke got away and is probably searching for Zoid Eve himself. We're also set at least a day behind since my zoid is being revived by Zeke right now."
"Don't worry about it. It isn't your fault you were knocked out when you slammed into the cockpit. I doubt Luke can read ancient zoidian, so how's he going to find where to look? And on the bright side, we made a new friend today: Mark. Fiona, you aren't burdening me by being a pilot. It's even better that you are so that you can fight alongside me. If you were a burden to me, why would you be my girlfriend?"
The next thing Van did took Fiona completely off guard. He wrapped his left arm around her, ran his right arm through her gold hair, tiled his head, and kissed her full on the lips, which Fiona fully accepted and returned it.
"I'm going to have a drink of water. Fiona could you help Mark with his Storm Sworder?"
"Okay! I thought you wouldn't want me to before, and that's why I didn't help."
"Like I said before Fiona, you couldn't be further from the truth there."
Fiona quietly helped Mark with his zoid with things such as repairing circuitry, fixing the wings, and realigning the guns. After a couple minutes, he took a break and chatted with Van about zoids. Fiona was currently having a hard time tightening a bolt.
"C'mon turn, dammit!" Fiona shouted mentally. She tried to turn it in, and this time, it tightened easily. "Now that's more like it! But how did it go in some easily?" pondered Fiona. She looked down at the wrench as saw Van's two big hands on top of hers.
"Fiona, all you need to do is use willpower and more of your upper-body strength than that of your arms. You don't got to be all big and strong to tighten a bolt."
"Oh really? You mean like just like you?" Fiona asked as she playfully squeezed Van's hard bicep. Van blushed, and tried to think up a response, but couldn't. Mark approached, and broke the silence.
"I think I've figured it out: you two are an item. You've left all these hints throughout the course of the day, what I just saw confirms it. I'm not going to bother you or anything." Mark stated as moved a bang of his long, spiky, purplish-black hair out of his eyes. Meanwhile, he thought of all the ways he could annoy the hell out of Van.
"Yes, Mark, we are. I thank you for not wanting to annoy us like Zeke does." Fiona politely answered.
"Yeah, what she said." Van also replied.
At the area where the Pteris was being resurrected, the pink and white whirlwind dissipated, and Zeke defused with the zoid.
"GGGGGGAAARRROOOAAR!" Zeke shouted to get attention. The three ran to the whirlwind to see the revived Pteris. It looked a lot different. It had arms coming from where on its chest the machine guns were with the same missile launchers that were on the legs. Each arm ended with hands with fingers that were widely spread apart. The tail had spikes on it and appeared to be balanced and maneuverable enough to run very quickly on land. It also appeared to be able to fight as well on land as it could in the air.
"Whoa! That's one cool-looking zoid you got there, Fiona!" Mark exclaimed.
"Hey Fiona, you want to test it in a round against me? The only rule is that you stay on the ground"
"You're on!"
"Think this'll be a good match, Zeke?" Mark inquired. Zeke simply nodded his head and watched as Van and Fiona hopped into their respective zoids.
Van immediately ran toward Fiona and took the Liger's paw in an attempt to smash her zoid. Fiona, however used her new zoid's spiked tail to block it. She fired a couple rounds at Van's Liger, which he had cast its shield up just in time.
"You're getting better, Fiona."
"Thanks Van, but watch out for this!"
Fiona had previously launched a heat-seeking missile that was now right behind Van, and there wasn't enough time for him to turn around and cast his shield up.
"What the hell just happened?" Van asked nobody in particular.
Fiona didn't reply, and Van charged her again. The Liger had enough momentum to knock Fiona's zoid out for the count. Fiona didn't have any other ideas, so she wrapped her Pteris' new arms around Van's Liger in an attempt to stop him. She used all the strength she had in her body and all of her willpower to stop the charging Liger. Somehow, it worked. Fiona got curious, and used controls that looked similar to that of the Liger's blades. Three blades sprung out on each hand between the five fingers, which she held inches away from the Blade Liger's throat.
"You lose, Van."
"I didn't know you had blades! Oh well, you're getting really good Fiona."
"Thanks again Van. What should we call my new zoid? It somewhat looks like a Pteris, but its different."
"How about a Pterosaur? It looks like a cross between a Pteris and a dinosaur." Mark explained.
"Sounds good to me." Fiona replied. "GGGGAAOORRR!"
"Zeke's getting hungry, and so am I. I think it's time to make dinner." Van declared.
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Fiona sat down on a rock and sighed. It had been about two hours before when they had lunch, and that was five hours after breakfast. Zeke still hadn't revived the Pteris.
"What's taking Zeke so long? It didn't take him this long to revive the Liger during our encounter with Stinger. Then again, there was a lot going on at that time, and maybe Zeke forced himself to repair the Liger more quickly. I was also there too. That sure was an odd experience, being inside a zoid core. But, that doesn't matter, if I was a better pilot and stronger, this wouldn't have happened, and Luke wouldn't have gotten away. Now, he probably has a good start on finding Zoid Eve. I'm most likely burdening Van as being a zoid pilot. I probably shouldn't have even piloted a zoid." Fiona depressingly thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Van sat down next to her. Mark and Van had already made repairs to the Blade Liger a while ago, and they had been fixing Mark's Storm Sworder, which had suffered heavy damage from their battle. Right now, Van was taking a break. Fiona didn't help, thinking she'd get in their way and be useless.
"Fiona, what's wrong?"
"Nothing Van." Fiona responded.
"Don't lie, I don't have to read thoughts to know when there's something bothering you."
"Alright, I'll tell you what's bothering me: Van, am I burdening you piloting my Pteris?"
"Of course not! You saved my life in the battle with Hiltz, and I taught you all I know when we trained together."
"Yeah, but today when I lost. My Pteris was destroyed, and Luke got away and is probably searching for Zoid Eve himself. We're also set at least a day behind since my zoid is being revived by Zeke right now."
"Don't worry about it. It isn't your fault you were knocked out when you slammed into the cockpit. I doubt Luke can read ancient zoidian, so how's he going to find where to look? And on the bright side, we made a new friend today: Mark. Fiona, you aren't burdening me by being a pilot. It's even better that you are so that you can fight alongside me. If you were a burden to me, why would you be my girlfriend?"
The next thing Van did took Fiona completely off guard. He wrapped his left arm around her, ran his right arm through her gold hair, tiled his head, and kissed her full on the lips, which Fiona fully accepted and returned it.
"I'm going to have a drink of water. Fiona could you help Mark with his Storm Sworder?"
"Okay! I thought you wouldn't want me to before, and that's why I didn't help."
"Like I said before Fiona, you couldn't be further from the truth there."
Fiona quietly helped Mark with his zoid with things such as repairing circuitry, fixing the wings, and realigning the guns. After a couple minutes, he took a break and chatted with Van about zoids. Fiona was currently having a hard time tightening a bolt.
"C'mon turn, dammit!" Fiona shouted mentally. She tried to turn it in, and this time, it tightened easily. "Now that's more like it! But how did it go in some easily?" pondered Fiona. She looked down at the wrench as saw Van's two big hands on top of hers.
"Fiona, all you need to do is use willpower and more of your upper-body strength than that of your arms. You don't got to be all big and strong to tighten a bolt."
"Oh really? You mean like just like you?" Fiona asked as she playfully squeezed Van's hard bicep. Van blushed, and tried to think up a response, but couldn't. Mark approached, and broke the silence.
"I think I've figured it out: you two are an item. You've left all these hints throughout the course of the day, what I just saw confirms it. I'm not going to bother you or anything." Mark stated as moved a bang of his long, spiky, purplish-black hair out of his eyes. Meanwhile, he thought of all the ways he could annoy the hell out of Van.
"Yes, Mark, we are. I thank you for not wanting to annoy us like Zeke does." Fiona politely answered.
"Yeah, what she said." Van also replied.
At the area where the Pteris was being resurrected, the pink and white whirlwind dissipated, and Zeke defused with the zoid.
"GGGGGGAAARRROOOAAR!" Zeke shouted to get attention. The three ran to the whirlwind to see the revived Pteris. It looked a lot different. It had arms coming from where on its chest the machine guns were with the same missile launchers that were on the legs. Each arm ended with hands with fingers that were widely spread apart. The tail had spikes on it and appeared to be balanced and maneuverable enough to run very quickly on land. It also appeared to be able to fight as well on land as it could in the air.
"Whoa! That's one cool-looking zoid you got there, Fiona!" Mark exclaimed.
"Hey Fiona, you want to test it in a round against me? The only rule is that you stay on the ground"
"You're on!"
"Think this'll be a good match, Zeke?" Mark inquired. Zeke simply nodded his head and watched as Van and Fiona hopped into their respective zoids.
Van immediately ran toward Fiona and took the Liger's paw in an attempt to smash her zoid. Fiona, however used her new zoid's spiked tail to block it. She fired a couple rounds at Van's Liger, which he had cast its shield up just in time.
"You're getting better, Fiona."
"Thanks Van, but watch out for this!"
Fiona had previously launched a heat-seeking missile that was now right behind Van, and there wasn't enough time for him to turn around and cast his shield up.
"What the hell just happened?" Van asked nobody in particular.
Fiona didn't reply, and Van charged her again. The Liger had enough momentum to knock Fiona's zoid out for the count. Fiona didn't have any other ideas, so she wrapped her Pteris' new arms around Van's Liger in an attempt to stop him. She used all the strength she had in her body and all of her willpower to stop the charging Liger. Somehow, it worked. Fiona got curious, and used controls that looked similar to that of the Liger's blades. Three blades sprung out on each hand between the five fingers, which she held inches away from the Blade Liger's throat.
"You lose, Van."
"I didn't know you had blades! Oh well, you're getting really good Fiona."
"Thanks again Van. What should we call my new zoid? It somewhat looks like a Pteris, but its different."
"How about a Pterosaur? It looks like a cross between a Pteris and a dinosaur." Mark explained.
"Sounds good to me." Fiona replied. "GGGGAAOORRR!"
"Zeke's getting hungry, and so am I. I think it's time to make dinner." Van declared.
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