The Arrival

FS- Hi, all! Thanks for the reviews SO much! It really means a lot that you'd pay attention to the ramblings of a thirteen year old. Shadow- Anyway, in this chapter, Raven gets a message from Fury, I play a prank on Bit, and then I raid the fridge! Raven- FS no own, you no sue.

Raven- *blah* Shadow- (blah) Liger- [blah] Fury- ~blah~

I sat on top of Liger, scouting the area. I extended my mind over the Hovercargo. I smiled at my sleeping pilots snoring, shaking his room like an earthquake. Shadow was inside Liger's core, sleeping with his tail twitching restlessly. Liger was also asleep. I was the only one awake in the Hovercargo.

~Raven!~ I sat bolt upright. *Fury? * ~Raven, I'm going to be at the Cup. Listen and don't interrupt. The Backdraft has given me an organoid and a pilot. When I see you, I probably won't be able to recognize you. The virus has taken over my core. It.. ughh. fights. Vega's coming, I have to go!~ Abruptly the mind link was cut off, leaving me with much to think about.

Bit sat sleepily in his chair, blinking. "We've arrived!" A far too perky Doc informed them.

(What genius! Of course we've arrived, I'm not blind. Even a Molga could see all the transports!) Came a grumpy voice in his head.

He yelped and leaped up. They all looked at him with quizzical expressions on their faces. "Umm.. Sorry." He muttered, sitting down. "Anyway, I found some info on the black dinosaur. "

"It appears to be a old machine called an Organoid. Machine is not really the correct term, because each specimen contained organic material. They have not existed since the great war betweens the Helics and The Guylos Empire."

(Old?! I am NOT old! I am still 16 years old.) *Please be quiet Shadow.* [Yes. Even I, a Liger, can see that you're purposely sending to Bit.] He looked around in puzzlement. Where were those voices coming from? Or was he going insane? Nahhh. Doc chattered on, unaware of the discussion going on in the hangar.

I slowly explained to Liger and Shadow that no, Fury wouldn't recognize us, yes, I was planning to have Astarael around for backup, and no, Shadow could not go waltzing into the kitchen to get something to eat.

(But Raven! I'm HUNGRY!) I sighed and flopped onto my back. We were in between Liger's ion boosters, seeing as it offered the most security. *Shadow, ever since we merged, we do not have to eat, we just like to. But if you insist, here.*

I tossed him a key to the door of the kitchen. He caught it and grinned before prancing off to the fridge.

Leena walked down the hall to the kitchen. A "click" was heard and light flooded the room. "Bit." She growled. An evil grin spread over her face as she crouched down to spring.

Shadow rummaged through the fridge, looking for a special item. He found the cookies and gripped them in his claws while he held the donuts in his mouth.

Leena peered around the edge of the counter and screeched. "Ahhhhh!"

Miles away in time and space, in another dimension, Heero Yuy woke with a start. 'Was that Relena?' {AN: Sorry, my little brother is obsessed with Gundam Wing.}

I lifted my head in time to see Shadow come scrabbling in, donuts and cookies flying everywhere. An angry Leena, frothing at the mouth and followed by the one and only (thank god) Doc followed him.

"You there! Organoid!" Doc called in imitation of a stern voice. Shadow stopped and peered at him. "Why are you hanging around us and stealing my cookies!?" Leena screeched like a banshee.

Shadow answered sarcastically. (Oh pulleezz. "I've hung around" this base for as long as you've had Bit here. As for why am I stealing your cookies, I was hungry.)

His boosters flared and he shot out of the hangar. *Nice answer Shadow. They'll be stuck for a long time torturing Bit.* (Well, when are YOU going to show them who you are?) Hmm. Good question.

*Probably at the Royal Cup.* (Good.) I could hear his smackings and crunching. Rrrrr. I looked over the edge of the boosters. Leena was chasing Doc around with his chainsaw that he bought when she was having delusions of a "Chainsaw Man."

[Dragon, does Leena really mean to hurt Doc with that thing?] Liger often asked me questions about human nature, even though I'm a zoidian. Doc's screaming reached our ears. *Does that answer your question? *