Another one! I'm getting good at this. But I'm running out of stuff to say! How sad. Nothing interesting is happening at all. Oh well.
Disclaimer: Do I even have to say it? I don't own zoids, duh!
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Leena's eyes quickly shot open and she sprang out of bed. She looked at the alarm clock next to the bed. 2:55pm. She had to hurry. She quickly began running down the halls, looking for Bit. 'I have to hurry!' she thought to herself. She kept running until she could see someone just ahead of her. She knew who it was.
"Bit!" she yelled. He stopped walking and turned towards her. She seemed afraid.
"What is it Leena?" he asked. Leena just stopped in front of him and was panting from running.
"I…I came to warn you," she said.
"Warn me? Of what?" asked Bit. Leena looked around him, only to see the cloaked figure, or better known as Risai.
"Of that!" she said. Bit turned just to see her run off.
"Come on Leena!" said Bit as he grabbed her arm and pulled her with him. They chased her down the halls, nearly knocking people down in the process. Risai turned, whipped off the hood of the cloak and took out her gun, aiming it for them, but they both quickly ducked down and the bullet missed them both, but shattered a window. The people around screamed in terror.
"Call the guards!" yelled some guy as Leena and Bit got back up and began to chase her some more. They were soon at the front door, when Risai spun around and whipped out her gun again, aiming it right at Bit. He didn't have time to react.
"Say goodbye," she said, as she was about to pull the trigger. She then felt the metal of another gun against the side of her head.
"It'd be wise to put down your gun," said a very familiar voice.
"Rick!" yelled both Leena and Bit in shock. Unwillingly, Risai put down her gun and stood there. She looked to him.
"I thought we finished you off," she said.
"Well, I guess you didn't, now did you." His voice was no longer playful, but fierce.
"Alright, now I want some answers!" said Bit. "Why are you trying to kill us?"
"I do what my boss tells me. It's not my position to ask about an assignment," she said, looking away from him.
"Well, then I have a question as well," started Rick.
"I think that's all the questions for now," said Risai, in her cocky tone of voice.
"What?" asked Leena.
"This session is over…now!" she said as she quickly knocked the gun out of Rick's hand and then ran out the door.
"Darn it! She got away again!" said Bit. Just then, two policemen came in.
"What's going on here? We got a call that someone here was shooting off a gun!" said one of the officers.
"She was here, but she got away," said Leena.
"Well, if you folks would be so kind as to tell me what you know about her, it'd be much appreciated," said the other officer.
"Well, first off, what's her name?" asked the first officer.
"It's Risai, uh…Risai…" said Bit.
"Risai Kamosu," said Leena.
"Alright, anything else?"
"Uh, we know she's on the Stikers team and that she works for the Backdraft group as an assassin," said Bit. The officers looked at each other and then laughed.
"You've got to be kidding. The Strikers team has nothing to do with the Backdraft!" said one of the officers. They were both laughing.
"But it's the truth!" said Leena.
"Yeah right!" said the other one.
"I'll handle this," said a voice from behind them. The two men stopped laughing and turned to look at the man. He had gray hair and was wearing a uniform that made him look like a general to an army.
"Sir!" they both said.
"You boys are dismissed," he said and the two officers left the hospital. The rest of the three teams had come running to see what all the commotion was. The man turned his attention to them.
"Who are you?" asked Leena.
"I am Charles Jordan. I work for the ZBC," he said.
"Really?" they all asked, all a little shocked. He looked to all of them.
"Blitz team, Fluegel team, and Fire Star team. I know it is of short notice, but I'd like you all to follow me," he said.
"Where would we be going?" asked Rick.
"To my office. Don't worry; it's in this town. You won't have to walk far, and Rick? I know you're still injured, but you will want to come as well."
"Alright."
"Then let's go."
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They had walked to the office building where Charles's office was. They all went inside and into a huge room with a big screen on the wall. There was also a huge table in the middle of the room, with many chairs set around it. The room was lit by one light, so it was a little dark. He motioned for the teams to all sit down, and so they did. The man then stood at the front of the table.
"I want to ask you a question," he said.
"What is it?" asked Doc.
"As you all know, Risai seems to be after all of you. And you in particular, Bit Cloud." They were all quiet. "I know you know more about Risai than just what you gave the police, but unlike them, we understand what is going on. Yes, Risai is an assassin and she is on the Strikers team as well, not to mention a Backdraft Group member. We know all about it."
"Then why did you call us all here?" asked Leon. The man picked up a remote control and turned on the screen, revealing a map of an area in the desert.
"Let me explain. A few days ago, we sent out two of our best agents to find the Strikers team and take them into custody. You should know who they are, on account they've been with you for a while. Taban Kamosu and Miharu Seria," said the man.
"So that's where they went," said Jamie.
"Yes," said Charles. "About a few hours later, they supposedly came in contact with them. Then a few minutes later, we received a mayday from them, requesting back up as soon as possible, but as we were about to send out a back up team, the signal went dead."
"Does that mean they defeated them without help?" asked Bit.
"No. It means that something happened to them. If they had done it on their own, the signal would have changed instead of going dead. I'm afraid to think of what might have happened to them." They were all looking downward, not wanting to think about it. "I'm not saying that they didn't make it out though, I'm just saying the system used to send the signal stopped." There was a hope, so the teams just paid more attention to him. "First off, I'd like to congratulate all of you on a job well done. The Strikers team attacked you at full force and you were able to take them down. And to you, Fire Star team." They looked up, slightly confused. "You fought a battle that didn't even concern you, putting all your lives in danger. And without your courage, none of you would have been able to make it out of that alive."
"Thank you sir," said Rick.
"But I'm afraid that since you now entered, there is no way of going back. You already know that, don't you mister Rick Star? The Strikers team already got their revenge on you." He then looked to the Blitz team.
"I want to ask you all a favor."
"Anything," said Doc.
"I want you to contact me the minute you hear from Taban and Miharu, and if something truly has happened to them, please help them. We, at the commission, have known them all our lives and they have known those before us. Even with the enhancement drugs we gave them, their abilities are still developing and they can get pretty cocky sometimes. And even though they won't age, they can still die. They are human. But if you ever run into Risai, do not forget that she, too, was given the enhancements and that she, also, has been through a great deal and has learned more styles of combat than any of you will ever know. She has mastered the uses of both her zoids and she can fight with weapons as well. Be careful and don't take her on by yourselves. I just wanted to warn you."
"Thank you sir, and we will make sure to tell you when we see them," said Bit.
"Thank you," said Charles. "You can all go now and good luck," he told them. They all nodded and left the room. They walked back over to the hospital and it started to rain.
"When did the sky get so cloudy?" asked Bit.
"Well, we were in there for a quite a while," said Brad. They all kept walking and soon arrived back at the hospital.
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"It feels good to be back," said Bit as they entered the Toros Base. "It's too bad that Rick has to remain at the hospital for a few more days, otherwise, they could've come back with us."
"I know," said Leena. "It would've been great to have some more company over." They all ate dinner. It had gotten sort of late, but the sun hadn't gone down yet and it was still raining. After dinner, Doc went to his room to play with his zoid models, Brad went to work on the Shadow Fox, and Jamie was working on the computer. Leon and Naiomi were also working on their zoids. Bit and Leena decided to watch a movie. Just then, the sound of a door opening could be heard.
"Did you hear that?" asked Bit.
"Hear what?" asked Leena.
"It sounded like a door opening." A sound came again. "And that sounded like a door closing," said Bit as he and Leena got up off the couch and went to the door. They were shocked when they saw who it was. She was soaking wet from the rain. Her black pants were torn in many places and her black jacket no longer had sleeves. It was torn and tattered. Her white shirt now had red stains on it. Her right hand was holding her left arm, as a blotch of blood could be seen under it. Her face was dripping with rain as well, and only one of her blue eyes was open. The other was being tightly closed, as a huge gash went down the side of her face, but not touching her eye. Her long, red hair hung down her back. The cut on her face was slightly healed, but not completely and it was still dripping with blood.
"Miharu!" they both yelled as they ran over to her. They helped her stand up. "What happened?!" asked Leena. "Where's Taban?!"
"He…he's gone," she said.
"Gone?" questioned Leena.
"They…they took him with them…after they won," she said.
"Come on. Let's get her to a bed," said Bit. The rest of them had come running to see what was wrong.
"What is it?" asked Leon. They all noticed Miharu and wanted to know what happened.
"I'll explain soon," she said. They took her to a room and sat her up on a bed.
"I'll get the first aid kit," said Jamie as he ran off. He returned shortly after. Bit and Leena took out what was needed and began to bandage up the cut on her arm and face.
"Are you alright?" asked Leena.
"I'm fine now," she said.
"Could you tell us what happened out there?" asked Brad. They were all curious.
"We…we ran into the Strikers team, as planned, but Risai wasn't the one leading them. We never found out who he was, but he piloted an ultimate X, known as Rector. We weren't able to defeat him. We were going to run for it, but they began to shoot at us. A battle ensued after that. I was hit in the arm and slashed down my face and Taban was cut on the arm as well. We tried to run, but Taban ended up falling behind, due to his injury. They were going to take us hostage, but Taban attacked them. He told me to run for it and to find help, but it took me a while to make it back here."
"An ultimate X?" asked Bit.
"Yes. Like your Liger and the Berserk fury."
"I thought there were only two X's," said Jamie.
"No one knows just how many there really are." They sat around for a while, until Bit stood up.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna go find Taban," said Bit.
"Are you insane? You don't even know where the base is!" said Leena.
"I don't care. You remember what Charles said. If anything happens, we have to save them. Miharu is safe, so I'm gonna find Taban."
"I'll go with you," said Miharu. They all looked shocked. "I'm the only one here who knows where the base is."
"Then we'll all go," said Leon.
"It sounds fine to me," said Naiomi.
"Then it's settled. We'll all go together," said Bit.
"Maybe we should ask the Fire Star team to help us out," said Jamie.
"And we should call the ZBC and tell them that we know what happened and that Miharu is alright."
"I'll get on it," said Jamie.
"Wait a minute. Rick is still in the hospital. Maybe we shouldn't call them. I mean, if they knew what we were doing and weren't able to help, they'd feel bad, or worse, Rick would…" Bit was cut off.
"Rick would be like you and go into battle injured?" asked Leena.
"Well, yeah."
"Well, I'm calling them anyway," said Naiomi, as she and Jamie both ran off to make their phone calls.
"I hope this works," said Leena.
"Me too," said Miharu. "Me too."
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Well, I hope you like it. I made this in one day. I'm so talented! Nothing interesting has happened yet, so I really don't got a lot to say. If there are any spelling mistakes or grammar ones, I'm sorry, cause I didn't proof read this one like I did the others. Well, later, or as I say it, Audi^.^