Disclaimer: I don't own zoids............dam it!
Have Faith in me...
By Black Fury
Author's Note: Ok, I fixed this chapter up cause everyone said is was a bit hard to read, so I hope that this is better. Thanks to all who reviewed my first chapter. I have one week of the school holidays left so I'm gonna get typing! The fact that there is an assignment to do can just be currently forgotten.....'cause this is actually fun! I really think I'm turning this story into a drama/ action/ adventure more than a humor/ general, but anywho.... Well welcome back I've finally got the second chapter sorted so I'll get straight on to it and cut this dawdle....OK?
Chapter Two: The Dark Horn
Bit rolled over fretfully, trying to shake off the torment that was raging in his head:
" Bit, we have to, if we don't at least try....we're the only ones left Bit." Leena explained softly, her red hair had become knotted and unkept and she bore a large scar on her left cheek. This is what war did to people.
" But.....there are only three of us, now Jamie has.....gone....." Bit choked on his words, tears forming in his eyes.
" That wasn't your fault Bit," Leena placed her hand on his shoulder, " No one could have saved him......or my father and Leon."
The door to Bit's room opened and Brad walked through, his hair was cut short and he wore a patch over one eye.
" OK.....It's now or never. We're lucky that our zoids took little damage in our last fight, we have Faith to thank for that. We only have one chance at this...." He stated, looking at Bit directly in the eye.
Bit stood up and nodded. Either way he was most likely going to die and if he had to, he would rather go fighting.
" I'm coming." He answered.
Brad nodded back and left with Leena behind him. Bit took his last look at his room then followed them.
The Shadow Fox, the Gun Sniper and Liger Zero stood outside the remains of the, now, nonfunctional Hover cargo. Their pilots emerged from the remains and boarded them, stiffly and silently, dreading what had to come. Everyone turned and faced the horizon to see the sun set for what was likely to be the last time, it was like a symbol of it setting on their time.
Soon the enemy could be sighted. An army of no less than thirty Dark Horns advanced towards them, in a slowly, threatening march. The three remainders of the Blitz team held their ground as the largest of the Dark Horns stepped forward to address them.
" Resists is futile, you and your gang have caused us enough trouble, thus there will be no arrest, we therefore condemn you to death." Came the command.
The Blitz team said nothing and braced themselves for combat. Suddenly Five of the Dark Horns charged, two were taken out by the Gun Snipers weapons the other three advanced on, each chosing an opponent.
" This ones for Naomi!!" Brad roared as he blasted off the Dark Horns gun, then pounced at it from the side.
" This ones for...Harry!!!!" Leena screamed as she went into her total assault, causing the Dark Horn to slow its pace.
" This ones for.....Faith!!!" Bit shouted as he dodged his Dark Horns first charge, " And everyone else you and your army killed!!" Unmercifully Bit began to lash down on the Dark Horns head. He didn't care if he killed the pilot, serves him right for the blood they shed.
The Blitz team continue to trash each zoid they encountered, as it was one on one but that soon ended and three pounced on the Gun Sniper, blowing the cockpit to bits.
" Leena!!!!" Bit cried, no this couldn't be happening almost everyone he knew, loved were dead, this just couldn't be real, it couldn't. More shots were aimed and many hit the Hover cargo, destroying it completely.
Bit ran Liger over to the remains of the Gun Snipers body.....
" Bit watch out!" Brad called and he raced towards him.
Bit turned Liger around slowly, just in time to see two laser beams aimed at him, then the Shadow Fox jump in front and take the blow, destroying the entire zoid body.
" Nooo! Brad!!" Bit gasped, " Not you too! You can't leave me...you can't Brad please your all I have left..."
But in his heart he knew that Brad had gone, he was now where he wanted to be, back with Naomi.
He was alone. He turned to the army and watched without a flinch as they let fire....
Bit fell out of his bed with a thump. He lay there on the floor getting his bearings.
" It was just a bad dream, that was all, it wasn't real, it wasn't..." He muttered to himself.
That wasn't the first time wasn't the first time he'd had that dream, he'd been having it for weeks now, every night. Every time he had it, he could never change it, every thing happened the same, no matter how hard he tried to stop it he'll always have to say the same lines, walk in the same place, wittiness the death of both his friends and be the cause of one. This was why he dreaded the coming of night. His dreams seamed so really, so life like, he could as clearly as daylight see the wounds on his friends, the Hover cargo's remains, everything. But one thing he could not explain and that was the one called Faith. He didn't know anyone called Faith, but in his dream it appeared that this Faith had died saving their zoids and them, he had even killed one Dark Horn savagely in her name. But who was she? It was so confusing to him. Bit propped himself up on the side of the bed and looked at his watch. Six o'clock. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, he got up and moved into the kitchen
ready to begin a new day.
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" Battle will begin the minute the white Judge arrives, no mini match before, agreed?" David, the leader of the Sand Dune stated.
" But of course, we always wait for the Judge." Dr Toros answered. Both he and David were just outside the Hover cargo, either eager to show the other the zoids their owned.
David looked at Dr Toros as if his last remark was untruthful, he was use to much rougher and eager opponents.
" Bring your zoids out, we'll be waiting in the clearing over there." David pointed to the east side of the Hover cargo. Dr Toros nodded and watched David leave until he was out of sight, before he opened the garage door. The Shadow Fox, LigerShiecher and Gun Sniper stood all waiting to be mobilized.
" Has the white Judge landed yet?" Leena inquired.
" No, but David wants us to all be out and really to begin when he comes." Dr Toros answered.
" That's probably so he can check out our zoids!" Bit snapped, he was still short tempered from the dream.
" Maybe, but his will be out too, so it shouldn't matter," Dr Toros added, " Well good luck then and go win some prize money!" With that he left and soon the zoids were mobilized by Jamie.
The Blitz team raced out across the battlefield, where they saw two Guysacks waiting.
" Two?" Brad muttered, " Only two?"
" Seems that way doesn't it, looks like one of us may have to stand down.." Leena added.
" Well it won't be me!" Bit exclaimed.
" Nor me!" Brad continued.
" Well I'm not!" Leena shrieked, " So they will just have to cope with three against two!"
The Blitz team lined themselves up in front of their opponent and planned what moves would work best. The Guysacks certainly had the advantage on this sand. Bit laughed as he remembered how that mystery pilot had turned the sand against him and thought that somehow that trick might come in handy. Suddenly Jamie appeared on the screen.
" Right, the Judge will land to your right in about five minutes at counting.." Jamie began.
" Yeah that's just great and all but are we really only fight two pathitic Guysacks?" Bit cut in.
" They aren't all that pathitic according to this file-," Jamie waved a folder in front of the screen, " But no, there are three, David and his zoid went for a wander, but it doesn't say what type in is..."
" Could you check the zoids in the area?" Came Leena's voice.
" Arr....yeah, just wait a minute......um...the zoids in the area are, apart form you guys, my Raynos, a strange zoid that I don't identify, it's got a very faint signal it's really far away and a ...a Dark Horn."
" A DARK HORN???!!!" Bit yelled, ironic isn't it, he snapped to himself, " Well that's probably who were fighting then. He's mine guys! I have a score to settle!"
" But you haven't been against a Dark Horn before what's wrong?" Leena
" He just wants the toughest opponent that's all." Brad sighed.
" No, it's not that! It's just..." Bit's voice trailed off, he didn't want to tell them the real reason, so what excuse could he use? Thankfully his thoughts were interrupted by Brad.
" Well I don't really care." He sighed.
" I surpose that I agree, but when your completely bashed up I bags stepping in!" Leena added. Suddenly Jame interrupted.
" Judge incoming in 10...9...." Jamie begun.
Suddenly Bit looked up and saw the white capsule rocketing towards them, Bit frowned. "Exactly how close is it going to land to me?" He asked quickly. But Jamie shrugged and continued his countdown.
" 4....3....2...1..."
Liger roared and dashed in between the Gun Sniper and the Shadow Fox. The Judge landed with a boom, shortly after.
"This area is a reserved zoid battlefield. Battle mode 0982" The White Judge called as he appeared. " Where's one of your members?" he directed to the Sand Dune team.
" I'm right here!" Came David's voice, and sure enough a Dark Horn came running towards them and stood in front of Bit.
" Right the Blitz team verse the Sand Dune team for the total of $99,999 in prize money. Ready.........Fight!!" With a swift movement of the Judges arms the battle had started.
The five zoids charged forward to face there opponents, the Gun Sniper stayed back as one Guysack advanced.
" Taste my fire power!" Leena snarled and unleashed her weasel total unit assault. But the Guysack was too close to the ground and it's tail to thin to be a target, so not one shot connected. The Guysack shot two shots from it's tail, both of which struck her Gun Sniper on the chest almost coursing her to off balance.
" Why you!!!" Leena let fire again then waited of the sand clouds to settle, but when they did the Guysack had completely disappeared. " What??!!" Leena turned the Gun Sniper around, where could it have gone? She looked up into the glare of the sun when suddenly she felt herself raising up. Something was underneath the Gun Sniper! Leena struggled to move away but the two large Guysack pinchers had a good hold of her zoid and were steadily clamping down on the Gun Sniper harder, crushing it's body inwards.
" Let me go!!" Leena shouted and fired off in vain, she just couldn't shoot underneath her. Suddenly the Gun Sniper was tossed to the side. It fell heavily on its stomach to the sand but could not get up, the sand was too shifty and her zoid was badly damage. The Guysack stood in front of her and aimed his tail gun, but before it could let fire Leena was able to pull one of her Gun Sniper's front claws out and shoot at the Guysack first. Her aim was right on target, it hit its back and not only make the zoid collapse but it also coursed its system to freeze. Either zoid got up again.
Meanwhile Brad's Shadow Fox had got its self entangled with the second Guysack. His Shadow Fox had got his teeth around the Guysack's tail gun and was slowly crushing it in his jaws, but the Guysack also had clamped on to his zoids right foreleg and if he moved too quickly it might pull off. Brad looked around, Leena was down and Bit was tied up with the Dark Horn, no one was there to help him.
" Bit, I'm kinda stuck here can you help?" He called over the comlink to Bit.
~ Arr I dunno.......I'm kinda busy at the moment....~ Came Bit's voice. Brad looked over at Bit again, the Dark Horn had rammed him in the side and Liger was trying to push him away.
" Do you think you could herd him over here, so you can shoot this Guysack?" Brad asked, the Guysack was clamping harder, crushing his leg slightly.
~Well......I'll try ..but......~ Liger slipped free of the Dark Horns face and bounded towards the Shadow Fox. With one well placed slash with his paw, Liger tore open the Guysack back, making it completely nonfunctional. The Shadow Fox moved its paw away and limped to the side.
" Thanks." Brad muttered, then suddenly he saw out of the corner of his eye a large black zoid heading towards Bit. " Bit! Watch out!!!"
Suddenly the Liger was pushed over by David's Dark Horn.
" You should always watch your back!" He laughed, as he lifted his Dark Horn's leg to crush Liger underneath
" And you should watch yours!!" Brad called back as he fired the large weapon on the Shadow Fox's back ( Author's note: I'm not sure what it's called.). It was a direct hit and so the Dark Horn was out of commission.
" This battle goes to the.....Blitz team!" Called the white Judge.
Later in the Hover cargo as they headed back home...
"Ohhhh! I wanted to beat it!" Bit sighed.
" Maybe next time, Bit," Brad was stretched out on the sofa, " You beat my opponent so it was only fair that I beat yours."
" But that was a Dark Horn!" Bit cried.
Brad shrugged, " So? There will be others."
That's exactly what I don't want! Bit thought, I want them off the face of this earth!!!
" Will you two give it a rest?" Leena looked up from the book she was reading.
" Why would it bother you, we aren't even shouting!?" Bit added.
" I don't feel like hearing one, can't you two just be silent for a little while?" Leena sighed.
" Fine, I'm going to my room to dwell on that!" Bit raged off sarcastically.
But once in his room all he could think about was the mystery pilot and the Dark Horn dream.
Black Fury: Sorry this took so long! I was kinda stuck on what to write. If you have some ideas please send them to me. The next chapter will probably take longer to do because schools back! Boo- Hoo!! And Beauty's Peak ( mom) won't me on the computer except for work! Please R&R.