Shadowwolf: Well, you'll be glad to know that things are back to normal, or what's normal around here. Bit and Leena didn't hurt each other too bad, and Naomi is staying with us!
Naomi: And I'm happy to be here!
Shadowwolf: And I bet I know who's the happiest that you're here…*winks at Brad*
Brad: *blushes* I don't know who you're talking about…
Shadowwolf: Of, course you don't…*wink*…so, what is happening today?
Naomi: Aren't you the author?
Shadowwolf: Oh yeah! ^ ^ Thanks to all readers and reviewers, and I'm glad you're enjoying it. Here comes the next chapter. Now we get to find out (maybe):
How Brad gets out of this. If Brad gets out of this. Who will save him.And 4. What happens to Lance?
I don't know, but I hope he gets seriously injured or way, way worse. (I'm not usually that mean, but I'm in a bad mood, so I might kill Lance with lots of bloody detail or something…)
Naomi: I think I'm just gonna kind of stay out of your way today.
Brad: Me too.
Shadowwolf: Fine. I'll just be all alone. Oh I forgot to tell you. Bit and Leena were grounded by Doc for destroying about, half of the Toros Base. In fact, they destroyed all of the bedrooms, so we've been forced to stay in the Hovercargo. Not that that's a bad thing, but I miss my room!
Brad: You only had your room for a month before they destroyed it.
Shadowwolf: So, I get mentally attached to non-living things. Big deal. (Maybe it is a big deal. I named my locker at school Bob and took pictures of it on the last day of school. I'm just stupid like that. ^ ^) Enough chatter! Disclaimer: I do NOT own Zoids or the Zoids characters. I DO own Lance Tontedna and the plot. Don't sue. On to the answers of most of the questions you've asked yourself!
HUNTER'S PREY CH 9,
SACRIFICES"Are you okay? You fell right out of your wheelchair." Bit asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You guys can go ahead. I'll catch up to you in a little while."
"Alright, we're gonna get Brad back, believe me." Bit said as he and the rest of the team turned to walk back to the Hovercargo. Naomi looked down at the cast around her ankle. It doesn't feel hurt anymore. Who needs this stupid cast? She thought. She carefully put her uninjured foot on the ground and brought the other around next to it. She stood up slowly. It didn't hurt. Naomi took a step and it still didn't hurt. How weird, how could it have already healed? She looked around and saw the Blitz Team, minus the one she loved, walking back to the Hovercargo. She almost shouted to them to tell the good news, but decided not to. They would just make her go back in her wheelchair. She hated that thing. There was a clicking sound behind her and she felt a weird pain in her back. She turned to see who was there, but she fell to the ground unconscious.
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Brad swallowed hard as Lance's knife rose above his head. There was a strange glow in his eye. Lance looked down at Brad's bloody left arm and then at his bruised right one. He slammed the knife down into Brad's right hand. Brad let out a cry of pain as Lance laughed.
"Thought I was gonna kill you, didn't you?" Lance knelt down so that he was eye level with Brad. Brad tried to talk, even though his hand was in unbelievable pain.
"I kind of figured that you would," he answered. He looked down at his hand, which still had the knife in it. Blood was streaming from the wound like several individual rivers. Lance chuckled to himself and turned off the one light in the room. Brad looked around the dark room frantically, trying to figure out what was going on. He heard the door open and tires screeching on the hard floor. A different light went on and revealed the last person Brad wanted to see there.
"Naomi!!" He yelled as loud as he could. She was sitting in her wheelchair, and appeared to be sleeping. "You drugged her, didn't you?! She has nothing to do with this, let her go!!"
"Calm down, lover boy, she'll be fine for now. Look, I'll even wake her up so she can see what I've done to you." Lance snapped his fingers and a nurse walked in with a syringe. She injected Naomi with something and quietly left.
"What did you just do to her?!" Brad was furious. Yeah right that will wake her up! It'll probably kill her! He thought with pure hatred for Lance.
"Don't worry, she'll wake up in five minutes or so. What do you want to do until she wakes up? If you want, you can try to get yourself free while no one's watching. Would you like to do that?" He smiled a taunting smile.
"Let's talk about that little operation of yours that was going on seven years ago."
"Fine," he said and started to circle around Brad.
"Why were you so upset? I know there was more to that operation than just selling illegal Zoid parts."
"Very smart Hunter. It was more than illegal Zoid parts. It was also kind of a Zoid mafia. You wouldn't believe how many people owed us money. Over $40 million. And you ruined it. Do you know where the people that owed us money are now?" Brad just stared into Lance's green eyes. "They're all six feet under. But, unfortunately not because we put them there. Old age I'm afraid."
"What a liar you are! That was only seven years ago, they can't all be dead."
"So you're right. We killed them all, in Zoid battles like this."
"Why hasn't the Zoid Battle Commission caught you yet?"
"We put a virus in their computers. When we destroy the judges, the satellites never know it. That's exactly what our virus does." Brad looked back down at his hand. He'd gotten used to the pain now, more or less. The blood was starting to dry. A quiet grunt came from Naomi, who was starting to wake.
"Naomi!" Brad yelled for the second time. She looked over at him, his left arm covered in blood, and his right hand with a knife in it.
"Brad! What did he do to you?!" She looked at Lance with an accusing glare.
"Oh, I've just roughed him up a bit. I'll leave and give you guys a chance to catch up on recent events. But don't try to escape!" Lance said cruelly, walked out the door, and locked it.
"Oh Naomi! I'm so sorry! You shouldn't be involved in this!" Brad said while trying to pull free of the chains.
"It's not your fault! Don't worry, we'll get out of this!" Naomi said and wheeled herself over to his chair. "Listen, I can walk. My leg doesn't hurt much anymore. I think I can get us out of here."
"Don't try to be a hero, just get yourself out!"
"No way! I don't give up that easily!" She smiled and stood up.
"You weren't kidding!" Brad said and smiled. "Just get-" Brad was cut off by Naomi's lips on his. Neither ever wanted to let go. They heard footsteps and broke away. They looked into each other's eyes with the look only young love creates. Naomi wheeled herself back over to her original spot just as Lance walked in. Brad looked at his waist and instantly noticed a shotgun. Not a random gun, but the same one Lance had pointed at him seven years ago.
"Now, now, let's not try to be brave. Let's just scream and show our real fear." Lance said as he pointed the gun at Naomi. Naomi glared at him, she had no fear. Only hatred.
"Why do you want to kill her?! She didn't do anything!" Brad had more fear than he'd ever had. Not for himself, but for Naomi.
"Okay, you're right. I'll kill you first and let, Naomi is it? Naomi watch her boyfriend's death." He re-aimed his gun at Brad. A cold chill went down Brad's back as his mind quickly flashed back to the same gun aimed at him when he was ten. He swallowed and looked at Naomi. Naomi read his deep blue eyes perfectly, 'I love you'. She smiled a small smile and mouthed the words, 'I love you too.' Lance cocked the gun. I'm definitely not coming back from this one. Brad thought and looked up at Lance. As he moved his finger to pull the trigger, Brad saw a flash of red out of the corner of his eye. The gun fired as the red flash came in front of Brad. Naomi cried out in pain, and Lance blinked in surprise.
"How?!" He yelled as Naomi landed on Brad's lap.
"NAOMI!!!!" Brad shouted automatically. Lance regained his composure and cocked the gun again. He aimed for Brad's head and pulled the trigger.
Shadowwolf: Oh no! Brad can't die! Not again! Sorry if this chapter was kind of short. I thought this was another good place to stop. Hope you enjoyed.
Naomi: I took a bullet for Brad?
Brad: Naomi took a bullet for me?
Naomi: Well, I guess I'm not surprised, although I thought it would be the other way around.
Shadowwolf: Well, all that matters is that this is just a story, and you guys aren't really hurt.
Brad: Now you can tell the difference between a story and real life? How come you couldn't in 'The Day Zi Spun Around More Than Once'?
Shadowwolf: I don't know. Anyways, thanks for reading and please review! ^ ^