I'm back!!!!! It's been a while, but not many good things have been happening lately. I had to do a graduation standard for English, and I had finals to study for. Not to mention that I had to finish the book To Kill a Mockingbird. It's actually a good book, but lets get back on track. I don't own Zoids. I only own the characters that I make up. That's obvious though. Oh well, have fun^.^
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"Hey Doc. Anything planned for today?" asked Bit as he walked into the main room. Everyone was already up and sitting on the couches. Bit walked over and sat between Naiomi and Jamie. Doc looked around to make sure everyone was there.
"As a matter of fact, we do have something planned for today," said Doc.
"Yeah, continue," said Bit.
"We have a battle today!" said Doc happily. Everyone seemed shocked and annoyed.
"But we just had one yesterday! They didn't even warn us," said Leena.
"Don't worry, you have plenty of time. The battle will commence at 1700 hours," said Doc.
"Well, who are we up against?" asked Brad
"The Strikers Team," said Doc, as if it didn't matter. Leena sat up strait at the sound of their name. Jamie was less than pleased.
"Doc! The rumor is that they're associated with the Backdraft group! How could you accept?" said Jamie.
"Well, the reward money is twice the usual amount," said Doc.
"Well, if that's the case, we'll just have to rack up another win," said Brad. Leena had been sitting up strait, with a fear stricken look on her face, which wasn't unnoticed by Naiomi. She knew something was wrong, and figured that this had something to do with last night. After a while, Brad got up. "I'm gonna go work on the Shadow Fox," he said as he headed towards the hanger.
"That's a good idea. I might as well go look over the Liger. It's not like I got anything better to do right now," said Bit as he got up and followed Brad. After they left, everyone soon went off to do their own things as well. Jamie went to the tactics room, Leon went to the hanger with Bit and Brad, and Doc went to his room to play with his zoid models. Leena stayed on the couch and so did Naiomi.
"Hey Leena, what's wrong?" asked Naiomi. When Leena didn't say anything, Naiomi knew what was going on. "It happened again, didn't it?"
"Yeah."
"Look, I've already told ya. Just don't worry about it. Dreams are dreams. And don't tell me that they seem real, because I don't buy it." Leena looked up at Naiomi.
"Yeah, but…"
"No buts. You should probably go fix up your zoid too. You wanna be at your best for the battle today." Naiomi got up and left before Leena could say another word.
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In the hanger, Brad had finished working on the Shadow Fox and headed back towards the living room. Leon walked up to Bit. "Are you really going into battle?" he asked.
"Yeah, why?" asked Bit, not turning from his work.
"Well, because it could be dangerous if you…"
"Look, Naiomi and Jamie already had this pep talk with me, and I didn't listen to them, so what makes you think you can do any better?"
"What's with you lately Bit?"
"What do you mean?"
"You don't seem to be yourself." Bit looked to Leon but then quickly looked back to his work. Leon just shrugged and walked out of the hanger. Liger roared quietly.
"What? You think Leon was right? Come on Liger, don't you turn against me too." Liger gave a louder roar. "Look, I'll be careful, alright? You don't need to worry about me. I'll be fine." Not long after, Leena came in the hanger and walked over to the Gun Sniper. She decided to take Naiomi's advice and just forget about it for a while, so she decided to work on her zoid. Bit watched her walk over, but quickly turned his head back to his work. Leena just smiled. "Hi Bit," she said as cheerfully as she could.
"Hey Leena," said Bit.
"Can I talk to you about something?" asked Leena.
"Sure, shoot," he said as he jumped down. Leena went over and sat on some crates as Bit sat next to her.
"Ok, well…I, uh, just wanted to say…"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"I'm getting there, just give me a minute." Bit backed off a little.
"Sorry."
"You're forgiven. Well, I just wanted to say…look, just don't do anything stupid out there, ok?"
"Why do you care?" He looked hopeful.
"Because you could put the whole team in danger."
"Why are you telling me this? I haven't done anything wrong. We keep winning, right? So what does it matter if I take a few risks or not? A wins a win."
"Look, don't think I haven't noticed you messing around out there. You're getting too cocky for your own good, Bit Cloud."
"What do you know?" He got up and headed back towards the Liger. "As long as we win, who cares?"
"You listen here! If you're going to take unnecessary risks and put us all in danger, then I'll…"
"You'll what?" His voice was harder than before. Leena was getting mad.
"Just forget it! You're impossible!" she said as she stormed off. Bit just stood there for a little while before returning to his original work. Liger roared softly. Bit looked at him oddly. "What do you mean by 'I think she likes you'?" Liger gave another small roar. "You must be loosing it. Leena hates me." Liger just roared once more. "You're impossible. She was only worried about the team. She thinks I'll mess everything up, but still…" Bit trailed off for a while until he just shook his head and got back to his work.
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It was very dark in the room. Two men and a girl sat in the room on one side, facing another man who was covered in the shadows of the room.
"Do you know why I called you here?" he asked. His voice was cold and low.
"Yes," replied the girl.
"Well then, why?"
"Because of our next battle."
"That is correct."
"I don't get it? What's this all about?" asked one of the other men. He was a normal height. He had messy brown hair that was spiked in some places, but other than that, it hung down just above his ears. His eyes were a deep green color. He wore a plain white T-shirt and blue jeans. He leaned back in his chair.
"Be quiet Jaken," said the other man. He was taller and more bulk than Jaken. He had short black hair that was shinny and smooth. His eyes were brown. He wore a blue shirt and a black leather jacket. He also wore blue jeans.
"You should be the one to talk Kagai," countered Jaken.
"Enough!" yelled the man in front of them. The two quickly shut up. "Well now, maybe you would care to explain to them why this next battle is so important, Risai," he said, motioning to the girl. She had smooth, dark blue hair that just hung past her shoulders. Her eyes were a deep blue color. She wore a tight, black body suit. Over it, she wore a short-sleeved red shirt. She also wore a short green skirt. Her boots came up nearly to her knees. They were a light brown color. On her forehead, she wore a circlet with a small purple gem in the middle. She wore tight, light blue gloves that came up to her elbows. She stood up without turning around.
"Our next battle is with the Blitz team," she said.
"That's right. There have been rumors saying that your team is involved with the Backdraft group. They don't know how right those rumors are. I have already given you all the details as to what you must accomplish there, have I not?"
"Yes sir."
"I hope that this will all go according to plan. You all know what you must accomplish don't you?"
"Yes sir," they all said.
"Good, then you are dismissed." He waved his hand and the three left his office. Risai led the group as they walked down to the hanger to collect their zoids. Jaken took one look at them and became confused.
"You know, these aren't our zoids," he said.
"No duh," said Kagai.
"Knock it off you two," said Risai. They both shut up. "This mission is important and I don't want you two to mess it up. We are hardly given missions, so when we get one, we must see it through. As for the zoids, we will be using these ones to accomplish our task."
"So, hey Risai? Are we really part of the Backdraft?" asked Jaken.
"Yes."
"So just what is so special about this mission?" asked Kagai.
"We are to assassinate someone, and anyone who would be stupid enough to interfere."
"Oh," said Jaken.
"So who is this 'almighty' person we're going after?" asked Kagai.
"Do you really have to ask?" He thought about it for a while.
"No. I think I know who you mean."
"Good, then lets get ready," said Risai, as she looked up at a Saber Tiger, a War Shark, and a black Gun Sniper.
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Ok, I know that this chapter wasn't even close to being as long as the other chapters, but I'll update as soon as possible. School has been driving me insane, and because my schedule switched, everything is really confusing. I don't like this very much, oh well. At least I got this chapter up, and the plot thickens. I hope you were able to guess who they were exactly. I also have a question for those of you who read the stuff down here. Do you think I should put up more Zoids fanfics? I have 3 other Zoids fics I could start, but I'm not sure. Pleaz give me feedback on this. Oh well, bye^.^