Chapter Two: The Blitz Team
Bit Cloud crawled out of bed, ready to go on a run with his Liger. He
walked quietly down the hallway to the hanger. Liger Zero growled
impatiently.
"I know I'm early. I just have the feeling that I need to go for a run
now," replied Bit.
He climbed into the cockpit and piloted Liger out of the base and into
the dawn. They started jogging. After about a mile, Liger put on full speed
and ran about nineteen more miles, until Bit spotted something in the air.
It was a Zoid, and it was plummeting at a speedy rate.
"Pull up," he whispered. "Pull up."
Then he saw that it was no ordinary Zoid, it was a Storm Sworder.
"Pull up! Pull up!" he screamed.
The Storm Sworder didn't pull up. It crashed to the ground, throwing
dirt and dust everywhere.
"Go Liger! Get to that fallen Zoid!"
Liger roared an answer and charged towards the Storm Sworder. Bit
flipped a switch on the control panel as Liger stopped in front of the
Storm Sworder.
"Doc! Doc!" he said urgently.
Steve Tauros's face appeared in front of him. "What is it Bit?"
"We have a fallen Storm Sworder about twenty miles from the base.
There seems to be no activity inside the cockpit, I think that the pilot is
unconscious; they crashed pretty hard."
"We'll come over with the Hover Cargo. Stay put and see if the pilot
is hurt." Tauros's face disappeared.
The top half of the Liger's head popped open and Bit climbed out.
"Hey, are you okay?" he called.
The Storm Sworder moved a wing and opened the hatch to the
cockpit. Bit looked at the pilot.
"Holy cow! It's a girl!"
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Rivera stirred in bed. She opened her eyes to find herself in a room.
She put a hand to her forehead and felt a bandage wrapped around it. She
sat up and looked at herself. There was a cast on her left arm, and a
bandage was also wrapped around her chest.
{Where am I?} she thought.
A red haired girl walked into the room. "Oh, you're awake. You gave
us quite a scare."
"How long have I been here?"
"Five days."
"Who are you?" asked Rivera.
"I'm Leena Tauros." She turned around and called down the hallway,
"Hey you guys, she's awake."
"She is? Great!" came the reply from outside the room.
Four more people filed into the room, a man, and three teenagers.
One of the teenagers looked about Rivera's age, maybe a year older, not to
mention that he was kind of cute.
"It's nice to see you're awake. You had a pretty nasty crash," said the
man.
"Where am I?" asked Rivera.
"At the Blitz team home base," replied a boy with blonde hair and
green eyes. "I'm Bit Cloud."
"Bit's the one who found you," said the man. "I'm Steve Tauros, you
can call me Doc."
Rivera's eyes widened. "The Blitz team? I need to go." She tried to
get out of bed, but a sharp pain in her chest stopped her. She winced in
pain and stopped moving.
"You can't go anywhere in your condition," said the youngest
teenager. "You have several broken ribs, not to mention a broken arm."
"That's Jamie, our strategist," said Leena.
"Where's my Storm Sworder?"
"In the hanger," replied a tall boy who seemed to be older than Bit
and Leena. He had long brown hair that reached his back.
"That's Brad," said Bit. "He's our strong, silent type."
"Now that the introductions have been made," said Doc, "who, may I
ask, are you?"
"I'm Rivera."
"Rivera, nice to meet you. Where is your family?"
"I have no family. Unless you count my Zoids.
"As you may tell, we're the Blitz team," said Bit.
"I need to get to my Storm Sworder!" said Rivera impatiently.
"What's the rush?" asked Leena.
"Nothing important, I just need to get to it."
Jamie walked next to her. "If you can't even get out of bed, how are
you going to be able to walk to the hanger?"
Rivera set her jaw stubbornly. "I'll find a way."
"Here," said Brad, "if I carry you to the hanger for you to see your
Zoid. Will you go back to bed?"
"It's a deal," replied Rivera with a smile.
Brad leaned over and collected Rivera into his arms, positioning her
head on his shoulder and her feet hanging over his arm. He walked out of
the room, down the hallway to the hanger. Rivera could see the famous
Zoids of the Blitz team. There was Leena's Gunsniper, Brad's Shadow Fox,
Jamie's Raynos, and Bit's Liger Zero. Next to the Raynos was her Storm
Sworder. It was all cleaned up and had been repaired.
"Here you go." Brad set Rivera down next to her Storm Sworder.
"Thanks Brad." Rivera began the painful climb to the cockpit.
There was a noise behind her. She turned around to see Jamie on a
platform.
"Climb on, it will be better than killing yourself," he said.
Rivera got onto the platform. Her knees wobbled and buckled
beneath her. Jamie caught her as she almost hit the floor of the platform.
"Thanks Jamie."
"I think that you should go back to your bed. It would be better than
this."
"I can't, I need to get to my Storm Sworder."
Below, observing all of this, was Bit and Leena. Doc and Brad were
having a private conversation.
"I've never seen Jamie so, so..." said Leena.
"Caring?" supplied Bit.
"Yeah. It's almost like he never had the chance to take care of
somebody before. It's strange."
The platform had finally reached the Storm Sworder's hatch. Rivera
opened it and hopped in. Jamie took one look at the controls and nearly
blew his top. He had never seen controls like that. There was even a mike
in there in which Rivera started speaking into.
"Hellcat? Can you read me?"
A growl that echoed in the hanger replied her. Bit and Leena looked
at the Storm Sworder.
"Where are you?"
A roar followed by another growl answered her.
"Great. Hey Bit?" called Rivera.
"Yeah?"
"Could you open the door to the hanger?"
"Sure." Bit walked over to a control pad and punched a few buttons.
The door to the hanger slowly rose. In the dawn, the Blitz team could see
an outline of a Zoid. It strolled into the hanger to her Storm Sworder and
growled.
"It's nice to see you too Hellcat."
Everyone's jaw dropped open.
"You have *two* Zoids?" exclaimed Bit.
Rivera looked at him. "Yeah. Is there a problem?"
"No, no."
"How can you have two Zoids?" asked Doc.
"They were presents."
Jamie looked at Rivera. {She seems nervous,} he thought.
Bit also looked at Rivera. {She looks so familiar. I can't put my
finger on it though.}
"Hellcat, are there any problems in your system?" asked Rivera.
A growl answered her.
"That's right! Jamie, can you help me down to my Hellcat?"
"Sure." Jamie took her hand and led her to the platform, making sure
she wouldn't fall again.
"Thanks."
The platform lowered to the Hellcat's height. Its hatch popped open
and Rivera climbed in.
"Now, to get rid of that bug..." Rivera started messing with its
controls.
Jamie nearly fainted as he saw the Hellcat's controls. {How can they
be so advanced?} he asked himself.
"Done. Now, you two stay in here and don't mess around with the
other Zoids."
The Hellcat growled and the Storm Sworder screeched.
"No funny business. I'm warning you."
{She talks to them like I do to Liger,} thought Bit.
Rivera finally made it back to the ground, where Leena was waiting
with a wheelchair.
"It seems more convenient," she explained.
"Thanks Leena." Rivera flashed a weak smile.
"No problem." Leena wheeled Rivera back to her room. Rivera
carefully climbed out and crawled back in bed.
"Jamie will be back with your lunch. He's the only one who can
actually cook."
"Thank you so much, Leena.
"Anytime Rivera. I'll see you soon." Leena walked out of the room.
"I can't believe that Sarah said that these people were evil," said
Rivera as she pulled up the covers. She soon fell asleep.
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Bit Cloud crawled out of bed, ready to go on a run with his Liger. He
walked quietly down the hallway to the hanger. Liger Zero growled
impatiently.
"I know I'm early. I just have the feeling that I need to go for a run
now," replied Bit.
He climbed into the cockpit and piloted Liger out of the base and into
the dawn. They started jogging. After about a mile, Liger put on full speed
and ran about nineteen more miles, until Bit spotted something in the air.
It was a Zoid, and it was plummeting at a speedy rate.
"Pull up," he whispered. "Pull up."
Then he saw that it was no ordinary Zoid, it was a Storm Sworder.
"Pull up! Pull up!" he screamed.
The Storm Sworder didn't pull up. It crashed to the ground, throwing
dirt and dust everywhere.
"Go Liger! Get to that fallen Zoid!"
Liger roared an answer and charged towards the Storm Sworder. Bit
flipped a switch on the control panel as Liger stopped in front of the
Storm Sworder.
"Doc! Doc!" he said urgently.
Steve Tauros's face appeared in front of him. "What is it Bit?"
"We have a fallen Storm Sworder about twenty miles from the base.
There seems to be no activity inside the cockpit, I think that the pilot is
unconscious; they crashed pretty hard."
"We'll come over with the Hover Cargo. Stay put and see if the pilot
is hurt." Tauros's face disappeared.
The top half of the Liger's head popped open and Bit climbed out.
"Hey, are you okay?" he called.
The Storm Sworder moved a wing and opened the hatch to the
cockpit. Bit looked at the pilot.
"Holy cow! It's a girl!"
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Rivera stirred in bed. She opened her eyes to find herself in a room.
She put a hand to her forehead and felt a bandage wrapped around it. She
sat up and looked at herself. There was a cast on her left arm, and a
bandage was also wrapped around her chest.
{Where am I?} she thought.
A red haired girl walked into the room. "Oh, you're awake. You gave
us quite a scare."
"How long have I been here?"
"Five days."
"Who are you?" asked Rivera.
"I'm Leena Tauros." She turned around and called down the hallway,
"Hey you guys, she's awake."
"She is? Great!" came the reply from outside the room.
Four more people filed into the room, a man, and three teenagers.
One of the teenagers looked about Rivera's age, maybe a year older, not to
mention that he was kind of cute.
"It's nice to see you're awake. You had a pretty nasty crash," said the
man.
"Where am I?" asked Rivera.
"At the Blitz team home base," replied a boy with blonde hair and
green eyes. "I'm Bit Cloud."
"Bit's the one who found you," said the man. "I'm Steve Tauros, you
can call me Doc."
Rivera's eyes widened. "The Blitz team? I need to go." She tried to
get out of bed, but a sharp pain in her chest stopped her. She winced in
pain and stopped moving.
"You can't go anywhere in your condition," said the youngest
teenager. "You have several broken ribs, not to mention a broken arm."
"That's Jamie, our strategist," said Leena.
"Where's my Storm Sworder?"
"In the hanger," replied a tall boy who seemed to be older than Bit
and Leena. He had long brown hair that reached his back.
"That's Brad," said Bit. "He's our strong, silent type."
"Now that the introductions have been made," said Doc, "who, may I
ask, are you?"
"I'm Rivera."
"Rivera, nice to meet you. Where is your family?"
"I have no family. Unless you count my Zoids.
"As you may tell, we're the Blitz team," said Bit.
"I need to get to my Storm Sworder!" said Rivera impatiently.
"What's the rush?" asked Leena.
"Nothing important, I just need to get to it."
Jamie walked next to her. "If you can't even get out of bed, how are
you going to be able to walk to the hanger?"
Rivera set her jaw stubbornly. "I'll find a way."
"Here," said Brad, "if I carry you to the hanger for you to see your
Zoid. Will you go back to bed?"
"It's a deal," replied Rivera with a smile.
Brad leaned over and collected Rivera into his arms, positioning her
head on his shoulder and her feet hanging over his arm. He walked out of
the room, down the hallway to the hanger. Rivera could see the famous
Zoids of the Blitz team. There was Leena's Gunsniper, Brad's Shadow Fox,
Jamie's Raynos, and Bit's Liger Zero. Next to the Raynos was her Storm
Sworder. It was all cleaned up and had been repaired.
"Here you go." Brad set Rivera down next to her Storm Sworder.
"Thanks Brad." Rivera began the painful climb to the cockpit.
There was a noise behind her. She turned around to see Jamie on a
platform.
"Climb on, it will be better than killing yourself," he said.
Rivera got onto the platform. Her knees wobbled and buckled
beneath her. Jamie caught her as she almost hit the floor of the platform.
"Thanks Jamie."
"I think that you should go back to your bed. It would be better than
this."
"I can't, I need to get to my Storm Sworder."
Below, observing all of this, was Bit and Leena. Doc and Brad were
having a private conversation.
"I've never seen Jamie so, so..." said Leena.
"Caring?" supplied Bit.
"Yeah. It's almost like he never had the chance to take care of
somebody before. It's strange."
The platform had finally reached the Storm Sworder's hatch. Rivera
opened it and hopped in. Jamie took one look at the controls and nearly
blew his top. He had never seen controls like that. There was even a mike
in there in which Rivera started speaking into.
"Hellcat? Can you read me?"
A growl that echoed in the hanger replied her. Bit and Leena looked
at the Storm Sworder.
"Where are you?"
A roar followed by another growl answered her.
"Great. Hey Bit?" called Rivera.
"Yeah?"
"Could you open the door to the hanger?"
"Sure." Bit walked over to a control pad and punched a few buttons.
The door to the hanger slowly rose. In the dawn, the Blitz team could see
an outline of a Zoid. It strolled into the hanger to her Storm Sworder and
growled.
"It's nice to see you too Hellcat."
Everyone's jaw dropped open.
"You have *two* Zoids?" exclaimed Bit.
Rivera looked at him. "Yeah. Is there a problem?"
"No, no."
"How can you have two Zoids?" asked Doc.
"They were presents."
Jamie looked at Rivera. {She seems nervous,} he thought.
Bit also looked at Rivera. {She looks so familiar. I can't put my
finger on it though.}
"Hellcat, are there any problems in your system?" asked Rivera.
A growl answered her.
"That's right! Jamie, can you help me down to my Hellcat?"
"Sure." Jamie took her hand and led her to the platform, making sure
she wouldn't fall again.
"Thanks."
The platform lowered to the Hellcat's height. Its hatch popped open
and Rivera climbed in.
"Now, to get rid of that bug..." Rivera started messing with its
controls.
Jamie nearly fainted as he saw the Hellcat's controls. {How can they
be so advanced?} he asked himself.
"Done. Now, you two stay in here and don't mess around with the
other Zoids."
The Hellcat growled and the Storm Sworder screeched.
"No funny business. I'm warning you."
{She talks to them like I do to Liger,} thought Bit.
Rivera finally made it back to the ground, where Leena was waiting
with a wheelchair.
"It seems more convenient," she explained.
"Thanks Leena." Rivera flashed a weak smile.
"No problem." Leena wheeled Rivera back to her room. Rivera
carefully climbed out and crawled back in bed.
"Jamie will be back with your lunch. He's the only one who can
actually cook."
"Thank you so much, Leena.
"Anytime Rivera. I'll see you soon." Leena walked out of the room.
"I can't believe that Sarah said that these people were evil," said
Rivera as she pulled up the covers. She soon fell asleep.
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You like? Please read and review. It would be greatly apprecitated.
Poll question now: Which Hobbit is the cutest? A: Frodo, B: Pippin, C: Sam,
or D: Merry.
By the Lion's Mane,
Leo