Chapter 3
The Blitz team was scheduled for allot of battles the next week. They won them all, too. And battle after battle, Zanity became more and more convinced that they did not need her to win their battles after all... One night, when Bit brought her some dinner, she asked straight out, "Bit, do you really need me on the team, or am I just here for... well, nothing?" Bit gasped at what she asked. "Zanity! Why do you ask such things? You know that you are needed! Why, if it wasn't for you, we'd be in allot of trouble! Come on! You're a part of the team!" Zanity smiled. "Thanks, Bit... I really appreciate it." Bit shrugged. "Well, I was just telling the truth!" Suddenly, she threw her arms around him. At first, he was suprised. Then, he realized what was going on, and hugged her back. As always, Lina was watching right outside of the door. When she saw this, her heart broke. And she knew that sooner or later Bit would have to tell her that he didn't love her anymore, and that he loved Zanity more. She felt tears run down her cheeks and she ran away from the door. She found an empty couch, and sat down and cried. "I loved him." she thought. "Soon, he'll be gone." With that thought, she grew tired and fell asleep. In the kitchen, Ashley, Brad, Jamie and the Doc. were talking about some battle strategies and what they were going to do without Zanity. "I think that we may need to get some new artillery for the Gunsniper, and have you, Brad, take third behind Lina and be more of a fighter while Bit distracts, and we'll take it from there." Jamie suggested. "Sounds good. You know, without Drago doom and Zanity, we are cut down on our defense. She used to be one our top fighters, too. Without her, we loose our second line behind Bit, which throws off Lina, making her second in line, and moving Brad up to third." the Doc pointed out. "And my Zoid and I just got used to being the tough defense." Brad said. "Now I have to re- teach him to be tougher and to be a better fighter. And then, by the time that Zanity comes back, I'll have to teach him to be defensive again. And you know how long that took." Brad said, laying his head on the table. Hopefully, there wouldn't be another battle for a long time. Ashley cleared her throat and said, "Um, Brad, everyone, there's something that I must tell you. You see, with the injuries that she has got, doctors say that she might not be able to battle ever again. Just don't tell Zanity." Everyone was silent with shock. Outside, Lina had woken up and was just coming into the kitchen when she heard what Ashley had said about Zanity never being able to battle ever again. She smiled. She knew how upset Zanity would be if she was never able to battle again... and she had just the plan to get back at her for stealing Bit away... and she knew that it would make her a very unhappy Zanity... no doubt about it! Everyone was in the kitchen, including Bit and Zanity. They were about to eat dessert, when Jamie's computer buzzed. "I have an email! Be right back!" He soon came back in with a frown on his face. "Guys... we have a battle- tomorrow- we don't even have a chance to re- schedule it... I hope we are not busy... because the battle is a make up for a forfeit. It turns out the Backdraft group wasn't satisfied enough in almost killing a member of our team. They are the ones that scheduled the re- match and they even dropped our last loss so that it looks like that battle against them was not a forfeit- just a tie. I guess they really want to try to win so they can take all our Zoids." Everyone was totally shocked. "WHAT?!" Lina and Bit exclaimed at the same time. "They can't TELL us we have to battle, right?" Brad said. "Can't we just, like, refuse to battle- or cancel it?" Lina suggested. "We could..." Jamie said, "But then it would be counted as a loss, and we might even be moved back down a rank!" "Gosh! We don't want that to happen!" Bit exclaimed. "Then you'll just have to battle and chance it." the Doc. said. The members of the Blitz team nodded grimly. "Lets go get the Zoids ready, then." Brad said, rising from the table. The other 2 followed. Jamie, the Doc, and Ashley racked their brains for a possible strategy. Before Bit went to prepare his Zoid for the next days battle, he stopped by Zanity's room to tell her the news of the battle. "What?!" she cried when she heard about the battle. "You mean that I am stuck in here while you are out in a battle against the Backdraft group, and I can't even seek revenge on the guy who almost killed me?!" Bit shrugged and took her hand as a natural reflex. "Look- we miss you out there, but you can't keep on thinking about it, or it'll get you down even more. I promise to get him for you. Now don't worry." With that, he left the room. She couldn't bear to imagine herself sitting in bed while everyone else was having the time of their lives out there. She was determined to get better in time, somehow... "Maybe if I get up now and walk around, I'll feel better doing something natural." Zanity thought. She sat up in her bed. Shooting pain enveloped her back and neck. She winced. She managed to slide herself to the edge of the bed and tried to stand. Her ankle bent from being broken, and she had to stifle a scream of pain as she staggered to the door. She fell to the floor and stayed there for a while until the pain eased. She crawled down to the hangar, and over to Drago doom. He roared happily when he saw her. "Oh, Drago doom! I am so happy to see you! You don't know how much I missed you!" She tried to rise to her feet to get onto the platform that would rise her up to the cock- pit. She was in too much pain, and collapsed on the floor. Her Zoid bent down to see if she was ok. "I- i'm ok..." she stammered. With that, she tried to get up again, but this time, she just couldn't. She fell onto the floor with a scream of pain. Bit heard her scream, and then heard Drago doom roar and ran towards the hangar, leaving his Liger zero with Brad and Lina. Racing over to them, he saw Zanity lying on the ground, with Drago doom bending down next to her. "Zanity!" he cried. He ran over to her and nealt down on the floor. "why did you get out of bed?!" Zanity shrugged. "I- I needed to show you that I could get to my Zoid... but it doesn't really seem like it worked..." Bit shook his head. "Zanity! There's something I just need to tell you! I was talking to Ashley, and she said that..." Suddenly, Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie came running around the bend. Bit stopped. He was going to tell her what Ashley had said about not being able to battle again... even though she had asked them not to... but had cut off when Ashley had showed up. "Zanity! Are you hurt?" Called Ashley. "Spike! Get on over here, please!" she then called to her Growlithe. Spike ran from around the corner, and scooped up Zanity. It carried her to her room, and laid her in the bed once again. She patted him. "Thanks, Spike." She said. "I am sorry. I won't do that again." She then added to the rest of the team. The Doc sighed. "It's quite alright, Zanity. I can't blame you from wanting to see your Zoid again. We are just glad that you are alright." With that, they all left her to get the Zoids ready for battle. Zantiy waved goodbye sadly. As Bit walked away, he wanted to go back and stay with Zanity. He felt really sorry for her, realizing that she would do anything to get back to see her Zoid again. As he turned around, he bumped into Lina. He smiled and was about to apologize, when Lina growled in anger and yelled, "Bit Cloud! Why can't you watch where you're going?!" Bit jumped back in suprise. Lina started to walk away. Bit knew right then and there that something was wrong. "Lina!" he called after her. "What is wrong?" he questioned her when he caught up. Lina took a deep breath, and said, "Bit- don't try to make me look like the bad one here. You know as well as I do what is going on." Bit was utterly confused. Lina rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. I'll tell you something that you already know. You are in love with Zanity, and don't deny it. Bit Cloud, you are the most selfish, shallow person, and as far as i'm concerned, it is OVER!" Then she turned on her heel, and walked away, leaving behind a very suprised Bit Cloud. He stood there for a moment in shock. Lina's words came rushing back to him. "... You know as well as I do... something you already know... you are in love with Zanity... it's over..."
Then it hit him. From the very beginning, when he thought she had died in the explosion, he had felt a strange feeling inside of him. However, he had mistaken it for pity on the behalf of his friend... When heard her tell him how she thought of him as her best friend, he had felt the strange feeling again... however, this time, it was stronger... but he had mistaken it for the warm fuzzy feeling that you would get when you know that you are cared for and liked... when he saw how hard Zanity had tried to see her Zoid again, once again, he got the strange feeling, and once again, mistook it as a feeling of awe; for he was amazed that she cared for her Zoid so much. But, looking back on these strange feelings now, he suddenly knew the truth- from the very first time he got the strange feeling, to the last conversation with Lina, he knew the truth. He, Bit Cloud, was falling in love with Zanity. The rest of the night, he walked around, and stayed in the lobby until the early morning- thinking. It wasn't until Brad grabbed his arm that he snapped out of his trance. "Hey! Bit! Let's go! We need to get ready! Come on! The battle starts in a half hour!" Bit nodded and went to change. After that, he was going to stop by Zanity to visit her; for she had been really disappointed that she wouldn't be able to battle that day. But, he saw Lina walking down the hall in the other direction. Since he did not want to run into Lina again, he ran off towards the hangar to get to his Zoid. He promised himself to visit her later on, after the battle. Lina, however, did not even see him, as she turned to open Zanity's door. She decided that it would be a perfect time to put her plan into action. She had some time! Lina opened the door to see Zanity holding a tape recorder in her hand, trying to record the song that was playing on the radio- with no success. She dropped it on the floor, not hearing the record button beep, as it did when it always started to record. She looked up when Lina walked in, and smiled. "Hi!" she said, happy to see her friend. Lina pretended to sniff. "What's wrong?" Zanity questioned. "Well," Lina said, putting her plan into action, "Oh, Zanity! I am so sorry to have to tell you this! It turns out that Ashley was talking to your doctors and they said that you'll never be able to battle again!" Zanity gasped in shock. She couldn't move, she was so scared. "Yea, and also- we're going into battle with the Backdraft group tonight. SO sorry you can't battle! Hehe..." Lina finished. With that, she strutted out of the room. She had been successful! Inside her room, Zanity broke down and cried. Zoid battling was her life! She couldn't bear to never battle again- in fact, she was going to prove to them right then and there that she could still battle. She clenched her teeth, and suddenly, jumped from her bed. She stood there, in great pain for a moment. However, it eased, to slight pain. She figured it was because of when she stood up the previous night, she had gotten her body used to standing up once again. She hurried down to the Hangar, not even bothering to change into battle uniform. She ran into the hangar, and pushed the button of the elevator platform that they used to get up to the cock pits of their Zoids. "Well, Drago doom, we'll put Bit's training to the test! We're going into battle!" Drago doom roared in excitement. She climbed into the cock pit of her Zoid, and pushed the button to close the door. The seatbelts slid across her, as they always did, and she pushed the button for the hangar doors to open. She activated the voice- recognition control, by saying, "Zanity Moon and Drago doom, ready for take- off!" The system recognized her voice, and her Zoid flew out and onto the battle field. Meanwhile, Lina and Brad were cornered by the Spino zappa that had almost killed Zanity. They tried to fight back, but the other Zoid was too strong. They knew that they would not last too long. Bit was fighting 2 Red raptors. The rest of the Back draft group had been beaten. Bit activated his bomb blasters, and aimed it at the feet of one. It exploded, and the leg flew off the one, and hit the other, knocking that one down, too. "Alright! Two down in one shot!" Suddenly, a loud crash from behind made Bit turn around. He saw Lina and Brad down on the ground, about to be shot. "Hey! Over here you jerk!" Bit yelled to the Spino zappa's driver. He turned from the 2 Blitz team members, and charged Bit. He shot a laser at him. Bit tried to use his strike laser claw attack, but the Spino zappa's laser shot the claw off the Liger zero. Bit growled in anger. "Now I'll finish you off." The driver said to Bit. "Not so fast!" A voice called from behind him. Suddenly, a large Zoid slammed into him, sending the Spino zappa sprawling onto the ground. Bit gasped. He couldn't believe his eyes. Back at the station, in the battle tower, Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie gasped as they saw who their savior was. Outside, standing next to their fallen Zoids, Brad and Lina gasped. Bit cried, "Zanity!" Zanity, in her Zoid, nodded to him, and smiled. The other Zoid got up, and its driver called to her, "Hey, look! It's the chick and her wimpy Zoid! This should be a piece of cake!" Zanity clenched her fists. "That's why you're about to get your top blown off, right?" The driver laughed. "No- let me correct you- you are the one about to get your top blown off!" With that, he rotated his laser blaster gun at her Zoid, and pulled the trigger. "No!" Bit cried. He and his Liger ran in front of the shot, and got hit in stead. "Bit!" Zanity cried. "Bit, are you alright?!" Suddenly, Bit's voice crackled from over the loud speakers. "I'm ok... get the Spino zappa- and be careful! I'm down!" With that, the connection went blank. Zanity felt something inside of her. She was probably just worried about Bit. She smiled when a question popped into her mind- was she falling in love with Bit?...The enemy Spino zappa jumped to its feet, and ran from Zanity. It popped out its huge wings, and took off into the sky. "He's getting away!" Brad cried to her. "Oh no you don't!" Zanity called to the enemy. She pushed the turbo button on her Zoid, and they raced across the ground with greatly increased speed. Every inch of her ached from the strain being put on her injuries, and she groaned in pain. "Come on, you can make it..." Bit thought to himself. He hoped Zanity could last until they flew into the sky... The speedometer on the control panel told Zanity she was about ready to take off. "Alright, Drago doom, lets go!" She pushed the button for lift off, and her chair leaned back automatically. Drago doom beat his wings, and they lifted off the ground. Bit breathed a sigh of relief. They had made it that far... In the sky, Zanity had the advantage of being behind her enemy. She shot her bomb blasters at the Spino zappa, but they did no harm to him what so ever! "What the...?" She muttered to herself. The pilot of the Spino zappa called to her, "My Zoid is un- stoppable! I bought the ultra heavy coated armor for Spino. He won't be affected by your weak bomb blasters!" Zanity knew she was in trouble. "Jamie!" she cried, "What do I do?" In the battle tower, Jamie scratched his head. He was totally shocked to see Zanity battling, but was even more shocked to see that the Spino zappa had such a strong defense! The Doc was playing with his toy Zoids, not aware of what was going on, as usual. Ashley sat in a chair with Spike in her lap. She was observing the Spino zappa's structure. "There is no such thing as a totally invincible Zoid. He must have one weakness." The Doc swooped his toy Teras through the air. Then, he hit it into his other toy; a Stealth Viper. The wing to the Teras fell off. "No!" he cried. "What did I do?" Ashley smiled. "That's it!" she cried. "I've got the perfect idea!" Zanity breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright, what's the plan? I'm afraid we don't have alot of time left." Ashley nodded. "Here's the plan. Although the Spino zappa may be covered with strong armor, there is one place that is not protected. There is no time to explain, but you have to aim for its wings!" Zanity nodded. "Sounds like a plan!" she said. She pushed the button for the rocket boosters to aim. Her seat turned all the way around so that she could aim like Lina would through her Gun sniper, and Drago doom whipped his tail out from behind him, and the tip of his tail opened to reveal the rocket booster cannon. The aimer fumbled to lock onto the Spino zappa's wing, but soon, it buzzed, meaning her target was set. "Ready, aim, FIRE!" Bit called. Zanity pulled the trigger, and the large rocket boosters flew from Drago doom and went right for the enemy's wing. Time seemed to slow down, as both Zoids landed on the ground. In the battle tower, Ashley, the Doc and Jamie all held their breath. On the ground, Brad and Lina crossed their fingers for good luck. Bit, still inside his fallen Liger zero, whispered, "Come on, come on..." Drago doom and the Spino zappa turned around to face eachother. Zanity clenched her teeth. Suddenly, the other Zoid's wing fell completely off, and the whole rest of it burst into flames. The pilot ejected from the cock pit just in time. Ashley, the Doc and Jamie burst into joyful cries. "YEA! THEY WON!" Spike howled. Lina and Brad hugged eachother. Lina cried, "We won!" "We're rich!" Brad cried. "But we won!" Bit cried, hopping out of his Zoid. Zanity, in her Zoid, still, was too shocked to do anything. What had just happened? "I beat my enemy..?" she muttered. Then it hit her. "I BEAT MY ENEMY!!!!!" She cried, running from her Zoid. Her broken ankle twisted and she fell onto the ground. Bit ran to her. "You did it!" he cried. "No- we did it!" Zanity called. So happy about their win, Bit pulled Zanity close, and kissed her. Then he realized what he had just done, and stopped, blushing. "I- UH- wasn't thinking... he said, embarrassed. Zanity laughed, and said, "Shut up, Bit." Then she returned the kiss. Brad and Lina came running over to them, then. They all enveloped into a group hug. They had beaten their worst enemies! They were met by Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie; along with Spike and Growlithe. They received congratulations, and then Jamie told them of the celebration dinner that they were going to have later on that night. They all headed back to the Blitz team headquarters to celebrate.
When they were all there, the party began. They were all going to listen to some cool songs and pig out on snacks until Jamie made the dinner. Zanity went to get her recorder. "I think I have your favorite song on here, Bit." she said. She rewound the tape, hooked it up to the speakers in the livingroom so everyone could hear the music, and then pushed play. Instead of hearing a song by "Linkin Park", they all heard Lina's voice. "Oh, Zanity! I am so sorry to have to tell you this! Don't tell anyone else I told you this, but it turns out that Ashley was talking to your doctors and they said that you'll never be able to battle again! Yea, and also- we're going into battle with the Backdraft group tonight. SO sorry you can't battle! hehe..." Lina's mouth dropped open. Brad's soda fell on the floor. Bit and Ashley stopped talking and looked over in her direction. In the kitchen, Jamie and Spike stopped what they were doing, and ran into the living room. The Doc put down his toy Zoids, and stood up at the sound of his daughter's cruel voice. Zanity gasped. She had not meant to record their horrible conversation about Zanity not being able to battle ever again. Lina dropped her head, and tried to run out of the room, but Bit stopped her. "Oh no. You are going to have to explain this one. I know that was your voice giving away the news that Ashley asked us all not to tell Zanity..." Ashley raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. Lina sighed. "Look- I was mad. I really guess I was really mean in telling Zanity that, even when Ashley told me not to. I was mad." "Why were you mad, honey?" The Doc asked, putting an arm around his daughter. "Well, I over heard Bit and Zanity talking, and I saw how much they liked eachother, and I was too afraid that Bit wouldn't like me anymore, so I was so mad, I decided to get back at Zanity by telling her that horrible news. Looking back on it now, I see that it wasn't Zanity's fault... I mean, it was no one's fault. These kind of things happen, and sometimes, you just can't prevent them. I am really sorry- all of you." Bit walked over to her, and gave her a hug. "Lina," he said, "Even though we might not be boyfriend and girlfriend anymore, that doesn't mean that I won't still be your good friend. You are one of the nicest people I have had the privilege of meeting. And I certainly would not end that... not for the world. Do you understand?" Lina's eyes filled with tears. She nodded, and hugged Bit hard. "I am so sorry." Bit smiled. He wiped a tear from her cheek, and whispered, "Someone else needs your apologies now." Lina nodded grimly. She slowly walked over to Ashley, who had her arm around Zanity. "I am sorry, Ashley, for not keeping my promise to you. I know it will be hard to trust me again, but I hope you will forgive me." Ashley smiled, and gave her a hug. She then turned to Zanity, and said, "Zanity, I am really sorry for worrying you like that. I shouldn't have told you something so horrible. I know that if I would never be able to battle again, I would be completely devastated, just like I know you must have been. Won't you ever forgive me?" Zanity looked at the ground. She then looked right at Lina and smiled. "Of course I do, Lina. You're a good friend, and everyone makes mistakes. I forgive you." Lina smiled. She gave her friend a big hug. "Thank you so much, Zanity." she whispered. "Well," said Brad, "Since that is over, lets eat!" Everyone erupted in cheers. The Blitz team was back together, and they were proud! During dinner, Zanity turned to Ashley and asked, "How did you know that if I hit the wing on that Spino zappa that it would work?" Ashley smiled. "Well," she said, "I knew from the very beginning that Spino zappas can't fly. And besides... no matter what anyone tells you, there is no such thing as an invincible Zoid... then I figured out that since those Zoids are not made to fly, he obvoiusly added those wings on himself, which means he re- wired all of the wires and cables in that part of the Zoid. And also- the wings were not natural. They actually put his Zoid in more danger than it would have been in with the whole Blitz team surrounding it. All you would have to do was attack the wings, and the whole entire Zoid would blow up!" Everyone was amazed at how much Ashley knew about Zoids. Suddenly, the phone rang. Ashley went to answer it. When she hung it up, she said, "Everyone, that was Zanity's doctor." The room fell silent. All eyes were on Zanity. Each of them hoped for the best, but feared the worst.
"It turns out that... well, Zanity, you.... CAN BATTLE AGAIN STARTING WEDNESDAY!" Zanity screamed in relief and hugged Ashley. Everyone laughed and sighed in relief. The Blitz team was back together- and nothing could separate them now!
The Blitz team was scheduled for allot of battles the next week. They won them all, too. And battle after battle, Zanity became more and more convinced that they did not need her to win their battles after all... One night, when Bit brought her some dinner, she asked straight out, "Bit, do you really need me on the team, or am I just here for... well, nothing?" Bit gasped at what she asked. "Zanity! Why do you ask such things? You know that you are needed! Why, if it wasn't for you, we'd be in allot of trouble! Come on! You're a part of the team!" Zanity smiled. "Thanks, Bit... I really appreciate it." Bit shrugged. "Well, I was just telling the truth!" Suddenly, she threw her arms around him. At first, he was suprised. Then, he realized what was going on, and hugged her back. As always, Lina was watching right outside of the door. When she saw this, her heart broke. And she knew that sooner or later Bit would have to tell her that he didn't love her anymore, and that he loved Zanity more. She felt tears run down her cheeks and she ran away from the door. She found an empty couch, and sat down and cried. "I loved him." she thought. "Soon, he'll be gone." With that thought, she grew tired and fell asleep. In the kitchen, Ashley, Brad, Jamie and the Doc. were talking about some battle strategies and what they were going to do without Zanity. "I think that we may need to get some new artillery for the Gunsniper, and have you, Brad, take third behind Lina and be more of a fighter while Bit distracts, and we'll take it from there." Jamie suggested. "Sounds good. You know, without Drago doom and Zanity, we are cut down on our defense. She used to be one our top fighters, too. Without her, we loose our second line behind Bit, which throws off Lina, making her second in line, and moving Brad up to third." the Doc pointed out. "And my Zoid and I just got used to being the tough defense." Brad said. "Now I have to re- teach him to be tougher and to be a better fighter. And then, by the time that Zanity comes back, I'll have to teach him to be defensive again. And you know how long that took." Brad said, laying his head on the table. Hopefully, there wouldn't be another battle for a long time. Ashley cleared her throat and said, "Um, Brad, everyone, there's something that I must tell you. You see, with the injuries that she has got, doctors say that she might not be able to battle ever again. Just don't tell Zanity." Everyone was silent with shock. Outside, Lina had woken up and was just coming into the kitchen when she heard what Ashley had said about Zanity never being able to battle ever again. She smiled. She knew how upset Zanity would be if she was never able to battle again... and she had just the plan to get back at her for stealing Bit away... and she knew that it would make her a very unhappy Zanity... no doubt about it! Everyone was in the kitchen, including Bit and Zanity. They were about to eat dessert, when Jamie's computer buzzed. "I have an email! Be right back!" He soon came back in with a frown on his face. "Guys... we have a battle- tomorrow- we don't even have a chance to re- schedule it... I hope we are not busy... because the battle is a make up for a forfeit. It turns out the Backdraft group wasn't satisfied enough in almost killing a member of our team. They are the ones that scheduled the re- match and they even dropped our last loss so that it looks like that battle against them was not a forfeit- just a tie. I guess they really want to try to win so they can take all our Zoids." Everyone was totally shocked. "WHAT?!" Lina and Bit exclaimed at the same time. "They can't TELL us we have to battle, right?" Brad said. "Can't we just, like, refuse to battle- or cancel it?" Lina suggested. "We could..." Jamie said, "But then it would be counted as a loss, and we might even be moved back down a rank!" "Gosh! We don't want that to happen!" Bit exclaimed. "Then you'll just have to battle and chance it." the Doc. said. The members of the Blitz team nodded grimly. "Lets go get the Zoids ready, then." Brad said, rising from the table. The other 2 followed. Jamie, the Doc, and Ashley racked their brains for a possible strategy. Before Bit went to prepare his Zoid for the next days battle, he stopped by Zanity's room to tell her the news of the battle. "What?!" she cried when she heard about the battle. "You mean that I am stuck in here while you are out in a battle against the Backdraft group, and I can't even seek revenge on the guy who almost killed me?!" Bit shrugged and took her hand as a natural reflex. "Look- we miss you out there, but you can't keep on thinking about it, or it'll get you down even more. I promise to get him for you. Now don't worry." With that, he left the room. She couldn't bear to imagine herself sitting in bed while everyone else was having the time of their lives out there. She was determined to get better in time, somehow... "Maybe if I get up now and walk around, I'll feel better doing something natural." Zanity thought. She sat up in her bed. Shooting pain enveloped her back and neck. She winced. She managed to slide herself to the edge of the bed and tried to stand. Her ankle bent from being broken, and she had to stifle a scream of pain as she staggered to the door. She fell to the floor and stayed there for a while until the pain eased. She crawled down to the hangar, and over to Drago doom. He roared happily when he saw her. "Oh, Drago doom! I am so happy to see you! You don't know how much I missed you!" She tried to rise to her feet to get onto the platform that would rise her up to the cock- pit. She was in too much pain, and collapsed on the floor. Her Zoid bent down to see if she was ok. "I- i'm ok..." she stammered. With that, she tried to get up again, but this time, she just couldn't. She fell onto the floor with a scream of pain. Bit heard her scream, and then heard Drago doom roar and ran towards the hangar, leaving his Liger zero with Brad and Lina. Racing over to them, he saw Zanity lying on the ground, with Drago doom bending down next to her. "Zanity!" he cried. He ran over to her and nealt down on the floor. "why did you get out of bed?!" Zanity shrugged. "I- I needed to show you that I could get to my Zoid... but it doesn't really seem like it worked..." Bit shook his head. "Zanity! There's something I just need to tell you! I was talking to Ashley, and she said that..." Suddenly, Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie came running around the bend. Bit stopped. He was going to tell her what Ashley had said about not being able to battle again... even though she had asked them not to... but had cut off when Ashley had showed up. "Zanity! Are you hurt?" Called Ashley. "Spike! Get on over here, please!" she then called to her Growlithe. Spike ran from around the corner, and scooped up Zanity. It carried her to her room, and laid her in the bed once again. She patted him. "Thanks, Spike." She said. "I am sorry. I won't do that again." She then added to the rest of the team. The Doc sighed. "It's quite alright, Zanity. I can't blame you from wanting to see your Zoid again. We are just glad that you are alright." With that, they all left her to get the Zoids ready for battle. Zantiy waved goodbye sadly. As Bit walked away, he wanted to go back and stay with Zanity. He felt really sorry for her, realizing that she would do anything to get back to see her Zoid again. As he turned around, he bumped into Lina. He smiled and was about to apologize, when Lina growled in anger and yelled, "Bit Cloud! Why can't you watch where you're going?!" Bit jumped back in suprise. Lina started to walk away. Bit knew right then and there that something was wrong. "Lina!" he called after her. "What is wrong?" he questioned her when he caught up. Lina took a deep breath, and said, "Bit- don't try to make me look like the bad one here. You know as well as I do what is going on." Bit was utterly confused. Lina rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. I'll tell you something that you already know. You are in love with Zanity, and don't deny it. Bit Cloud, you are the most selfish, shallow person, and as far as i'm concerned, it is OVER!" Then she turned on her heel, and walked away, leaving behind a very suprised Bit Cloud. He stood there for a moment in shock. Lina's words came rushing back to him. "... You know as well as I do... something you already know... you are in love with Zanity... it's over..."
Then it hit him. From the very beginning, when he thought she had died in the explosion, he had felt a strange feeling inside of him. However, he had mistaken it for pity on the behalf of his friend... When heard her tell him how she thought of him as her best friend, he had felt the strange feeling again... however, this time, it was stronger... but he had mistaken it for the warm fuzzy feeling that you would get when you know that you are cared for and liked... when he saw how hard Zanity had tried to see her Zoid again, once again, he got the strange feeling, and once again, mistook it as a feeling of awe; for he was amazed that she cared for her Zoid so much. But, looking back on these strange feelings now, he suddenly knew the truth- from the very first time he got the strange feeling, to the last conversation with Lina, he knew the truth. He, Bit Cloud, was falling in love with Zanity. The rest of the night, he walked around, and stayed in the lobby until the early morning- thinking. It wasn't until Brad grabbed his arm that he snapped out of his trance. "Hey! Bit! Let's go! We need to get ready! Come on! The battle starts in a half hour!" Bit nodded and went to change. After that, he was going to stop by Zanity to visit her; for she had been really disappointed that she wouldn't be able to battle that day. But, he saw Lina walking down the hall in the other direction. Since he did not want to run into Lina again, he ran off towards the hangar to get to his Zoid. He promised himself to visit her later on, after the battle. Lina, however, did not even see him, as she turned to open Zanity's door. She decided that it would be a perfect time to put her plan into action. She had some time! Lina opened the door to see Zanity holding a tape recorder in her hand, trying to record the song that was playing on the radio- with no success. She dropped it on the floor, not hearing the record button beep, as it did when it always started to record. She looked up when Lina walked in, and smiled. "Hi!" she said, happy to see her friend. Lina pretended to sniff. "What's wrong?" Zanity questioned. "Well," Lina said, putting her plan into action, "Oh, Zanity! I am so sorry to have to tell you this! It turns out that Ashley was talking to your doctors and they said that you'll never be able to battle again!" Zanity gasped in shock. She couldn't move, she was so scared. "Yea, and also- we're going into battle with the Backdraft group tonight. SO sorry you can't battle! Hehe..." Lina finished. With that, she strutted out of the room. She had been successful! Inside her room, Zanity broke down and cried. Zoid battling was her life! She couldn't bear to never battle again- in fact, she was going to prove to them right then and there that she could still battle. She clenched her teeth, and suddenly, jumped from her bed. She stood there, in great pain for a moment. However, it eased, to slight pain. She figured it was because of when she stood up the previous night, she had gotten her body used to standing up once again. She hurried down to the Hangar, not even bothering to change into battle uniform. She ran into the hangar, and pushed the button of the elevator platform that they used to get up to the cock pits of their Zoids. "Well, Drago doom, we'll put Bit's training to the test! We're going into battle!" Drago doom roared in excitement. She climbed into the cock pit of her Zoid, and pushed the button to close the door. The seatbelts slid across her, as they always did, and she pushed the button for the hangar doors to open. She activated the voice- recognition control, by saying, "Zanity Moon and Drago doom, ready for take- off!" The system recognized her voice, and her Zoid flew out and onto the battle field. Meanwhile, Lina and Brad were cornered by the Spino zappa that had almost killed Zanity. They tried to fight back, but the other Zoid was too strong. They knew that they would not last too long. Bit was fighting 2 Red raptors. The rest of the Back draft group had been beaten. Bit activated his bomb blasters, and aimed it at the feet of one. It exploded, and the leg flew off the one, and hit the other, knocking that one down, too. "Alright! Two down in one shot!" Suddenly, a loud crash from behind made Bit turn around. He saw Lina and Brad down on the ground, about to be shot. "Hey! Over here you jerk!" Bit yelled to the Spino zappa's driver. He turned from the 2 Blitz team members, and charged Bit. He shot a laser at him. Bit tried to use his strike laser claw attack, but the Spino zappa's laser shot the claw off the Liger zero. Bit growled in anger. "Now I'll finish you off." The driver said to Bit. "Not so fast!" A voice called from behind him. Suddenly, a large Zoid slammed into him, sending the Spino zappa sprawling onto the ground. Bit gasped. He couldn't believe his eyes. Back at the station, in the battle tower, Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie gasped as they saw who their savior was. Outside, standing next to their fallen Zoids, Brad and Lina gasped. Bit cried, "Zanity!" Zanity, in her Zoid, nodded to him, and smiled. The other Zoid got up, and its driver called to her, "Hey, look! It's the chick and her wimpy Zoid! This should be a piece of cake!" Zanity clenched her fists. "That's why you're about to get your top blown off, right?" The driver laughed. "No- let me correct you- you are the one about to get your top blown off!" With that, he rotated his laser blaster gun at her Zoid, and pulled the trigger. "No!" Bit cried. He and his Liger ran in front of the shot, and got hit in stead. "Bit!" Zanity cried. "Bit, are you alright?!" Suddenly, Bit's voice crackled from over the loud speakers. "I'm ok... get the Spino zappa- and be careful! I'm down!" With that, the connection went blank. Zanity felt something inside of her. She was probably just worried about Bit. She smiled when a question popped into her mind- was she falling in love with Bit?...The enemy Spino zappa jumped to its feet, and ran from Zanity. It popped out its huge wings, and took off into the sky. "He's getting away!" Brad cried to her. "Oh no you don't!" Zanity called to the enemy. She pushed the turbo button on her Zoid, and they raced across the ground with greatly increased speed. Every inch of her ached from the strain being put on her injuries, and she groaned in pain. "Come on, you can make it..." Bit thought to himself. He hoped Zanity could last until they flew into the sky... The speedometer on the control panel told Zanity she was about ready to take off. "Alright, Drago doom, lets go!" She pushed the button for lift off, and her chair leaned back automatically. Drago doom beat his wings, and they lifted off the ground. Bit breathed a sigh of relief. They had made it that far... In the sky, Zanity had the advantage of being behind her enemy. She shot her bomb blasters at the Spino zappa, but they did no harm to him what so ever! "What the...?" She muttered to herself. The pilot of the Spino zappa called to her, "My Zoid is un- stoppable! I bought the ultra heavy coated armor for Spino. He won't be affected by your weak bomb blasters!" Zanity knew she was in trouble. "Jamie!" she cried, "What do I do?" In the battle tower, Jamie scratched his head. He was totally shocked to see Zanity battling, but was even more shocked to see that the Spino zappa had such a strong defense! The Doc was playing with his toy Zoids, not aware of what was going on, as usual. Ashley sat in a chair with Spike in her lap. She was observing the Spino zappa's structure. "There is no such thing as a totally invincible Zoid. He must have one weakness." The Doc swooped his toy Teras through the air. Then, he hit it into his other toy; a Stealth Viper. The wing to the Teras fell off. "No!" he cried. "What did I do?" Ashley smiled. "That's it!" she cried. "I've got the perfect idea!" Zanity breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright, what's the plan? I'm afraid we don't have alot of time left." Ashley nodded. "Here's the plan. Although the Spino zappa may be covered with strong armor, there is one place that is not protected. There is no time to explain, but you have to aim for its wings!" Zanity nodded. "Sounds like a plan!" she said. She pushed the button for the rocket boosters to aim. Her seat turned all the way around so that she could aim like Lina would through her Gun sniper, and Drago doom whipped his tail out from behind him, and the tip of his tail opened to reveal the rocket booster cannon. The aimer fumbled to lock onto the Spino zappa's wing, but soon, it buzzed, meaning her target was set. "Ready, aim, FIRE!" Bit called. Zanity pulled the trigger, and the large rocket boosters flew from Drago doom and went right for the enemy's wing. Time seemed to slow down, as both Zoids landed on the ground. In the battle tower, Ashley, the Doc and Jamie all held their breath. On the ground, Brad and Lina crossed their fingers for good luck. Bit, still inside his fallen Liger zero, whispered, "Come on, come on..." Drago doom and the Spino zappa turned around to face eachother. Zanity clenched her teeth. Suddenly, the other Zoid's wing fell completely off, and the whole rest of it burst into flames. The pilot ejected from the cock pit just in time. Ashley, the Doc and Jamie burst into joyful cries. "YEA! THEY WON!" Spike howled. Lina and Brad hugged eachother. Lina cried, "We won!" "We're rich!" Brad cried. "But we won!" Bit cried, hopping out of his Zoid. Zanity, in her Zoid, still, was too shocked to do anything. What had just happened? "I beat my enemy..?" she muttered. Then it hit her. "I BEAT MY ENEMY!!!!!" She cried, running from her Zoid. Her broken ankle twisted and she fell onto the ground. Bit ran to her. "You did it!" he cried. "No- we did it!" Zanity called. So happy about their win, Bit pulled Zanity close, and kissed her. Then he realized what he had just done, and stopped, blushing. "I- UH- wasn't thinking... he said, embarrassed. Zanity laughed, and said, "Shut up, Bit." Then she returned the kiss. Brad and Lina came running over to them, then. They all enveloped into a group hug. They had beaten their worst enemies! They were met by Ashley, the Doc, and Jamie; along with Spike and Growlithe. They received congratulations, and then Jamie told them of the celebration dinner that they were going to have later on that night. They all headed back to the Blitz team headquarters to celebrate.
When they were all there, the party began. They were all going to listen to some cool songs and pig out on snacks until Jamie made the dinner. Zanity went to get her recorder. "I think I have your favorite song on here, Bit." she said. She rewound the tape, hooked it up to the speakers in the livingroom so everyone could hear the music, and then pushed play. Instead of hearing a song by "Linkin Park", they all heard Lina's voice. "Oh, Zanity! I am so sorry to have to tell you this! Don't tell anyone else I told you this, but it turns out that Ashley was talking to your doctors and they said that you'll never be able to battle again! Yea, and also- we're going into battle with the Backdraft group tonight. SO sorry you can't battle! hehe..." Lina's mouth dropped open. Brad's soda fell on the floor. Bit and Ashley stopped talking and looked over in her direction. In the kitchen, Jamie and Spike stopped what they were doing, and ran into the living room. The Doc put down his toy Zoids, and stood up at the sound of his daughter's cruel voice. Zanity gasped. She had not meant to record their horrible conversation about Zanity not being able to battle ever again. Lina dropped her head, and tried to run out of the room, but Bit stopped her. "Oh no. You are going to have to explain this one. I know that was your voice giving away the news that Ashley asked us all not to tell Zanity..." Ashley raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. Lina sighed. "Look- I was mad. I really guess I was really mean in telling Zanity that, even when Ashley told me not to. I was mad." "Why were you mad, honey?" The Doc asked, putting an arm around his daughter. "Well, I over heard Bit and Zanity talking, and I saw how much they liked eachother, and I was too afraid that Bit wouldn't like me anymore, so I was so mad, I decided to get back at Zanity by telling her that horrible news. Looking back on it now, I see that it wasn't Zanity's fault... I mean, it was no one's fault. These kind of things happen, and sometimes, you just can't prevent them. I am really sorry- all of you." Bit walked over to her, and gave her a hug. "Lina," he said, "Even though we might not be boyfriend and girlfriend anymore, that doesn't mean that I won't still be your good friend. You are one of the nicest people I have had the privilege of meeting. And I certainly would not end that... not for the world. Do you understand?" Lina's eyes filled with tears. She nodded, and hugged Bit hard. "I am so sorry." Bit smiled. He wiped a tear from her cheek, and whispered, "Someone else needs your apologies now." Lina nodded grimly. She slowly walked over to Ashley, who had her arm around Zanity. "I am sorry, Ashley, for not keeping my promise to you. I know it will be hard to trust me again, but I hope you will forgive me." Ashley smiled, and gave her a hug. She then turned to Zanity, and said, "Zanity, I am really sorry for worrying you like that. I shouldn't have told you something so horrible. I know that if I would never be able to battle again, I would be completely devastated, just like I know you must have been. Won't you ever forgive me?" Zanity looked at the ground. She then looked right at Lina and smiled. "Of course I do, Lina. You're a good friend, and everyone makes mistakes. I forgive you." Lina smiled. She gave her friend a big hug. "Thank you so much, Zanity." she whispered. "Well," said Brad, "Since that is over, lets eat!" Everyone erupted in cheers. The Blitz team was back together, and they were proud! During dinner, Zanity turned to Ashley and asked, "How did you know that if I hit the wing on that Spino zappa that it would work?" Ashley smiled. "Well," she said, "I knew from the very beginning that Spino zappas can't fly. And besides... no matter what anyone tells you, there is no such thing as an invincible Zoid... then I figured out that since those Zoids are not made to fly, he obvoiusly added those wings on himself, which means he re- wired all of the wires and cables in that part of the Zoid. And also- the wings were not natural. They actually put his Zoid in more danger than it would have been in with the whole Blitz team surrounding it. All you would have to do was attack the wings, and the whole entire Zoid would blow up!" Everyone was amazed at how much Ashley knew about Zoids. Suddenly, the phone rang. Ashley went to answer it. When she hung it up, she said, "Everyone, that was Zanity's doctor." The room fell silent. All eyes were on Zanity. Each of them hoped for the best, but feared the worst.
"It turns out that... well, Zanity, you.... CAN BATTLE AGAIN STARTING WEDNESDAY!" Zanity screamed in relief and hugged Ashley. Everyone laughed and sighed in relief. The Blitz team was back together- and nothing could separate them now!