Ok, you wanted another chapter, so here it is. This will definitely be shorter than the others, but at least it's something, right? Things are just gonna get weirder from now on, cause…well, you'll find out eventually. I hope to put up another Zoids fic soon, so look for it pleaz. Well, here it goes.
I don't own Zoids, but I do own the characters I create. That's all^.^
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Leena couldn't move from the place she was in. The dream played over and over in her head. She knew what would happen, but what could she do. She looked to the Liger and sure enough, Bit was getting out of the cockpit. Leena didn't have time to think. She quickly opened the cockpit and jumped out, but Bit was ahead of her. She started running as fast as she could. She could see Bit begin to talk to the girl in front of him. Leena saw her turn and look back, but what she saw next scared her. The girl was drawing her sword out, and now it was behind her back. Leena sped up. Risai glanced at her from the corner of her eye. Leena was too close to them. She changed her mind and slid the sword back in its sheath. 'I'll finish this next time we meat. I was told not to let anyone else see me up close, and she will definitely try to interfere, and besides…it's almost as if she knows what I'm doing, so I will wait.' She thought. Leena had just made it to them. She stood next to Bit and was finally able to breath again when she saw Risai's right hand return to her side. She shook hands with Bit.
"Great battle, but next time you won't get off so easily," she said. She smiled, but it seemed more like a smirk to Leena. Bit just smiled.
"We'll see about that," he said. Risai let go of his hand and got back in the cockpit of her black Gun Sniper. Her teammates weren't far behind. The three of them made their way off of the battlefield. Leena was incredibly relieved that nothing bad had happened. She breathed more easily now.
"We should probably get back to the hover cargo now," said Bit. He looked to Leena.
"Yeah. Let's go," she said, turning in the direction of her Gun Sniper.
"Hey Leena." Leena stopped and turned to look at Bit. "I…just wanted to say…thanks."
"For what?" Bit just smiled and shook his head. He started walking forward.
"Ah, nothing. Just forget about it." He passed her and started towards the Liger.
"Forget about what?"
"Nothing, just forget it."
"How can I forget something I don't know!?" yelled Leena. She got no answer from Bit, so she gave up and just walked back to her zoid.
*****
The Strikers team said nothing as they traveled through the desert. Risai just sat in the cockpit of her zoid. She wasn't very fond of loosing and even less fond of not completing an assignment. She wished that she could have used her zoid instead of this borrowed and less efficient model. She slammed her fist down on the console hard. It caused a loud noise that echoed over the com-link. Jaken and Kagai cringed and seemed a little scared. Figuring that this was a bad time for her, they turned off their com-links that connected to hers.
"Hey Kagai?" asked Jaken.
"What?" asked Kagai.
"Don't you think that Risai is acting differently?"
"Well, now that you mention it…yeah, she has been acting pretty strange lately."
"I wonder why."
"Me too, but I don't think we should bother her about it. She doesn't seem to be taking this defeat very well."
"I know." They both just stared at the sky for a while, when rain started to pour from the clouds above. "Things sure have changed since when we first started out huh?"
"Yeah." There was silence between them as they entered the next town.
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Bit returned from the trip to his room. He had changed the bandages on his shoulder again. He went over and sat on the couch, exhausted.
"I need a break," he said. Jamie came in only to find Bit lying on the couch.
"Hey Bit," he said. Bit sat up and smiled at him.
"Hey Jamie. What'd you think of the battle?"
"Well, first of all you shouldn't be battling and you know it. Second of all, it was pretty good. You really had us scared for a second. You really could have gotten hurt if you had kept charging like that."
"Yeah, well, I'm alive, so don't worry about it."
"Well, sorry if it seems like we're worried for nothing," said Naiomi.
"But you really are getting a little too cocky," finished Leon.
"What's with you guys? Do you hide around the corners just waiting to pop up and freak me out? It's almost like you guys are following me," said Bit. He seemed a little freaked out.
"We're not trying to scare you or anything," said Leon.
"We're just watching out for you," said Naiomi.
"Yeah Bit. Don't mind us," said Jamie. The three of them stood there and smiled at him, eyes closed. This freaked Bit out even more. To him, it seemed that they were just waiting for him to go insane. He stood up and backed out of the room.
"Oh, and remember, you can't tell anyone," said Bit. They all sighed.
"We know, you've already told us a million times. We promised we wouldn't say a thing, and so we won't," said Naiomi.
"That's good," said Bit. He smiled and left before they freaked him out again.
"What are we gonna do about him?" asked Jamie.
"Well, we can't tell anyone. We already promised that we'd keep it a secret," said Naiomi.
"Well, I guess we should just keep it a secret then," said Leon. They all agreed. Just then, Doc came out.
"Hey everyone! Great news!" he said. They all came into the room and sat on the couches, including Bit, who came back in after being freaked out.
"Don't tell me we have another battle," said Brad. He, too, was exhausted.
"Nope! We're going to take a break and stop in Mia City!" Everyone seemed shocked.
"Mia City! Yes! I've always wanted to go there!" said Leena.
"What's in Mia?" asked Bit.
"Only some of the best restaurants ever! There are also many different sites to see there! I can't wait!" Everyone looked at her and sweatdropped.
"We'll get there early tomorrow so we can have plenty of time to take in the sites," said Doc.
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The sky was dark with black storm clouds. Thunder and lightning hit every now and then. The rain fell heavy and each drop felt like a tiny pinprick. A figure ran through the barren plains, with nothing but rocks around him. His blond hair was wet and his clothes were drenched, but he kept running. Every once in a while he would glance behind himself and then quickly turn his attention back to the path in front of him. He seemed determined to get to his destination. After a while, some figures appeared on the horizon. His pace became quicker. He soon reached his destination. He stopped in front of the people who stood on the edge of the cliff and he just stood there, his eyes showed nothing but hate.
"Good of you to come Bit Cloud," said the girl.
"Can it Risai," he responded.
"Touchy, aren't we."
"Where is she!?"
"She? Oh, so that's why you came."
"I said where is she!?" Risai turned to the men behind her and snapped her fingers. They turned towards the car they came in and pulled something, or someone, from it. They turned back around, holding the girl in place in front of them.
"Leena…" said Bit. Leena was terrified, for herself and for Bit. Risai turned her attention back to Bit. She walked around and got behind him. Once she was behind him, she tapped him on the shoulder. Bit turned around quickly and faced her.
"What do you want from me!?" he asked.
"Nothing much…" she said as she started walking towards him. Every step she took forward, he took backward. "…just…" she continued. She kept walking until Bit had backed up almost as far as he could go. He didn't even realize how close he was to the end of the cliff. Risai lowered her head slightly, her eyes still looking up at him. There was something in her eyes that wasn't normally seen. It was as if it wasn't even her. She had an evil smirk on her face as she looked at him. Bit was still in a fighting stance, just waiting to be attacked. Risai had her hand on something at her side. She slowly raised a gun up and aimed it right at Bit's heart. Leena was terrified. Bit lost the confident part of his emotions and felt fear as he looked at the scene in front of him. "…your life." The gun went off. Bit was sent flying backwards over the cliff. He closed his eyes.
"Leena…forgive me…" he said to himself. A single tear escaped his eye. Leena tried to break free of their hold, but to no avail.
"No! Bit!" she yelled as she struggled in their hold. Tears were streaming down her face, but her sorrow quickly turned to confusion as she heard only one sound echo with the thud of the raindrops…it was the sound of Risai…crying.
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I thought that that would be a good place to end this chapter. I just wanted to tell you that I've already started writing the 7th chapter, so expect more in a few days. If things didn't happen the way you expected or thought, pleaz don't be mad. I'm sticking with the story line and I need to keep them all in the dark for now. Don't worry. All will be explained in time. Oh, and one more thing. I post news about things that will be happening on the cartoon network in my author profile, in case you wanted to know something. Oh, well, I post more news there once I get some more. Now I have a question for those of you reading this bottom part. Do you think I should maybe dedicate (or focus) the 8th (or 9th, depending on what happens in the 7th.) on the Strikers team? I'd like opinions pleaz. Well, that's all. Audi^.^