Hey, here I am again. Probably gettin' sick of me by now, huh? Oh well. Here's the second chapter, and once again, the beginning isn't what it seems. Hehe. Don't ask.
I forgot to do this last time. I don't own Zoids. Duh. I just like to watch the show. I'm in a bad mood right now, but I'll get over it. 5:30 in the freakin morning isn't fair. I'll have the whole series by Feb 5th, so don't expect me to stop complaining until then. Sorry, I'll stop complaining now. Here ya go, the second chapter. Enjoy^.^
NOTE: I've taken into consideration that when I put these chapters up, they look different than when I write them out. My spaces that divide sections seem to shrink, so I'll just do what I normally do. See, I'm giving credit where it's due. Thanks to those of you who reminded me. One person in particular. You know who you are. Thanks^.^
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"This place is so beautiful," said Leena, as she ran out into the large field. They were passing through a field and decided to stop and take a break. Bit and Jamie went out side as well. Leena looked at all of the hills and all of the different types of flowers. Jamie looked around for a while, but soon remembered something.
"Hey you guys, I think we should head back to the hover cargo now," said Jamie.
"Why, what's the rush?" asked Leena.
"Because I just remembered something I heard about this place. There have been incidents that have occurred out here. People have reported about being attacked by snipers, and I don't mean Gun Snipers."
"I don't see anybody out here. You worry too much." Leena bent down to examine the flowers. Jamie gave up and decided to return to the hover cargo alone. Bit just smiled and looked off in the distance. His smile quickly faded as he squinted his eyes. He saw something shine in the distance, and then a bright light seemed to approach them quickly, he turned to look at Leena, who had her back turned to the beam. Bit looked back at the beam and realized that it was approaching fast. He started running towards Leena.
"Leena!" he yelled. She stood up and looked at Bit. "Look out!" The beam behind her was bright. It was approaching quickly. Leena turned around and saw it. She felt as if she was embedded in the ground. Her legs wouldn't move. She just stood there, fear stricken. Bit ran up to her, the beam was getting closer. It looked like it would hit her, but just as it nearly reached her, Bit pushed Leena out of the way and she fell to the ground. Almost instantly afterwards, the beam engulfed Bit. Leena heard his painful scream as the beam collided with him. Leena just sat on the ground, tears in her eyes. His screaming soon stopped, and when the beam cleared, there was no sign of Bit.
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Leena sat up suddenly again. She was breathing hard. She decided to leave her room and go watch TV or something, because she figured that she wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. When she got out, she found Naiomi sitting on the couch. Naiomi heard her coming and turned towards her.
"Couldn't sleep?" she asked.
"Yeah," said Leena. Leena walked over and sat by her.
"Did you have another dream?" Leena just nodded her head.
"Except this time, it was my fault," said Leena. "But I guess the other one was as well."
"What?"
"The one in the battle was my fault. Bit took a direct hit by the team we're facing tomorrow. It was from a special cannon that they used. He jumped in front of it, because I would have gotten hit if he didn't. The cockpit blew up with him in it."
"Are you worried about tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"Don't be. They're just dreams. They don't mean anything."
"I guess…"
"What?"
"They're just so real." Leena's eyes filled with tears as she remembered the sight of Bit pushing her out of the way and hearing his painful scream.
"I take it you don't want to go back to sleep," said Naiomi. Leena nodded her head. "Well, you need to be rested for the battle later today. You should at least try."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Like I said, don't worry about it." Leena got up and walked back to her room. Soon enough, she was sound asleep.
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"Hey team! Hurry up. We're leaving!" called Doc. They all came in and waited in the main room, except for one person. Jamie looked around the room. "Hey, where's Bit?" he asked.
"The last time I saw him, he was in the hanger," said Brad.
Meanwhile…
Bit walked around in the hanger. He went over to go check on Liger. "Are you ready for the battle today Liger?" asked Bit. Liger gave a small roar. "Well I am too. Jamie and Naiomi seem to think that I should sit it out for a while. They told me that I shouldn't strain myself. But I don't think I'd be able to sit on the sidelines. You wouldn't be able to either, would you Liger?" Liger gave another roar. "That's what I thought," said Bit.
"Bit! Hurry up! We're leaving!" yelled Leena. They all loaded the zoids into the hover cargo and were ready to leave, when a familiar person came.
"Hey you guys," said Leon.
"Hi Leon," said Leena. "What are you doing here?" At that point, Naiomi and the others came in. She noticed Leon standing there and smiled.
"Hey Leon. I see you came back. Did you ask?" asked Naiomi.
"Yeah, and they said sure," said Leon.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Brad.
"Well, you see, Leon went to go ask the Zoid Battle Commission if we could maybe have a break for awhile. Besides battling, we've been doing, what one might call, charity work," said Naiomi.
"What? What do you mean by 'charity work'?" asked Leena.
"Well, we've been helping them catch gangs and people like that," said Leon.
"You know, like what we did with the Sand Stingray Gang," said Naiomi.
"If you guys don't have any plans, why don't you hang around here for a while? You know, maybe tag along with us?" said Doc.
"Sounds fine to me," said Naiomi. She looked at Leon who nodded his head.
"Yeah, thanks dad," said Leon.
"Well, I think we should get going soon, or else we'll be late for the battle," said Jamie. Leon brought their trailer with, so he and Naiomi followed close by the hover cargo as they headed for the battle site.
"So, did you finish your errands in town yesterday?" asked Leon.
"No. I got a little side tracked," said Naiomi.
"With what?"
"I had to help Bit."
"What'd he do this time?"
"He went into town too. I found him and he told me that someone stole the car, and he had no way to get back. So I helped him out."
"Oh." They were approaching the battlefield. Naiomi and Leon got out of the trailer, and decided to watch from the hover cargo. Bit, Leena, and Brad mobilized their zooids. Their opponents were already on the battlefield, awaiting the judge. Leena seemed scared. She recognized the enemy zoids. The judge soon landed.
"The area within a 20 mile radius is a designated Zoid battle field. This zone is now restricted. Only competitors and personnel have authorized entry. Danger. All others must leave the area at once. Area scanned, battlefield set up. The Blitz team vs. the Thunder team. Battle mode 0982. Ready! Fight!" said the judge.
"Hey you guys, be careful. Those are called Thunder Cats. They have great maneuverability and a hard plate of armor," said Jamie. Leena was still a little scared. Except for maybe a few differences, that's almost exactly what Jamie said in her dream.
"No problem. They don't look all that tough," said Bit over the com-link. Leena knew that she had heard that before. The Liger charged at the enemy, preparing a strike laser claw attack, but as he came down, the zoid dodged it and ran away. Bit pulled the control on his right, which turned Liger to the left. He pulled a little to hard, and soon enough, a quick pain flooded through him. He let go of both the controls, as his left hand shot up and gripped his right shoulder. The Liger Zero stumbled a little, but eventually regained balance.
In the hover cargo, Doc had fallen asleep. Jamie, Naiomi, and Leon were monitoring the battle. They all noticed the Liger Zero stumble a bit, and then just stand there.
"What is Bit doing?" asked Leon confused. Jamie brought up a com-link with Bit.
"Bit! What's going on?" asked Jamie. In the com-link, Bit was gripping his shoulder and wincing slightly in pain.
"It's nothing. I'm fine," said Bit.
"Stop lying. We can see you plain as day," said Naiomi, her voice rising a little. Leon was lost as to what was happening.
"Look. Just leave me alone! I can do this!" said Bit. He shut the com-link off and grabbed the controls again. Just as he did, Leena came on the com-link.
"Bit! What do you think you're doing! You're gonna make us loose the battle!" Leena yelled angrily. She was scared, but she couldn't let anyone see that, otherwise she would have questions to answer.
"Well at least I'm trying to attack the enemy!" countered Bit. Leena had been standing in the same place as when she started, shooting aimlessly at the enemy. Bit turned the com-link off and proceeded to try another attack. The one he charged at wasn't paying any attention to him. The zoid was to busy dodging gun fire from the Shadow Fox. Liger snuck up on him and used strike laser claw. The zoid was soon out of commission. Another was attacking Leena. She was soon thrown back. Her zoid wouldn't get up. This was scaring her. Things were way too familiar. But when she looked up is what scared her the most. The zoid that had knocked her down was charging the cannon. Leena could already guess what would happen next.
In the hover cargo, Jamie, Naiomi, and Leon were watching the battle closely. "Guys, be careful. Those cannons are called Thunder Pulse Cannons. They shoot out a stream of electricity. If someone were to take in too much of it, it could be dangerous." Naiomi was a little scared. She remembered what Leena had told her, and soon enough, she saw the Liger Zero heading towards the area between the enemy and the Gun Sniper. He was too close. Naiomi reached in front of Jamie and brought up a com-link with Bit.
"Bit! Knock the Thunder Pulse cannon off course!" she yelled to him. Bit seemed to snap out of whatever trance he was in. The Liger stopped running and fired it's shot cannon at the enemy zoid. The Thunder Pulse cannon was just about to fire, when it was knocked off. The zoid was also out of commission. That left only one zoid, but it was quickly taken out by the Shadow Fox.
"The battle is over! The battle is over! The winner is the Blitz team." Jamie, Naiomi, and Leon were having a small victory in the hover cargo, Leena got out of her zoid and cheered (she didn't want anyone to know how scared she was), and Brad just smiled to himself, while Bit sat in the cockpit, gripping his shoulder in pain.
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Ok, so this chapter isn't as long as the first one, but I'll try to make up for it. No flames pleaz. I don't like them. I'm enjoying writing this fanfic. Thank you to those who have been reading it. I decided that this wont become a deathfic, unless for some reason, I can't think of an ending, but I sort of already have one planned out, so don't sweat it. I'm thinking of putting up two more fics. What do you guys think? If ya wanna know more, then just ask. Well, expect more soon^.^