ZOIDS: Wrecks And Guns
The ice and snow piled high on the wreck that was once a working Redler. It was crumpled in many places. The tail was gone. The cockpit was shattered and the jagged edges of glass proving dangerous. The snow was falling in fast flurries now. The black Zoid was an easy target for anything, or one, who wanted target practice.
Slowly, Kiyo Wakatsaki, his bandana torn, emerged from the cockpit. He was cautious about it, so as not to get cut on the glass. It didn't work and he got a cut across his face that ran from his forehead to the bridge of his nose. How he did that he never knew. At first the cut bled a lot, but after a few minutes, it stopped and Kiyo was able to dry his face.
He took refuge under the Redler's foot. When he had wiped all the blood from his face, he put the shirt he had used on the ground. Kiyo leaned against the back of the foot. He didn't hear the footsteps until they were right there. They stopped near the foot of the Redler, and for a moment, Kiyo thought the person would look under. The feet went up into the cockpit. Kiyo heard some sort of rummaging around, then he heard the footfalls come back down the wreck. This time the feet stopped right there. In front of him. After that, the footsteps seemed to leave the vicinity.
Kiyo crawled out of the hiding place. He thought the footfalls had gone to the east, but when he got out, Ruby was right there, to the west. Kiyo looked at Ruby in wonder and then burst into a speech.
"Ruby! I am so glad you're here! I was waiting for someone. How did you..." Kiyo stopped.
Ruby pulled a handgun out of her pocket and aimed it at Kiyo. She was thinking about getting answers to her questions. The hard way.
"What were you telling Altile, Kiyo Wakatsaki?" Ruby asked, using Kiyo's full name to express her anger.
"I told him... Nothing, yeah, nothing. I told him nothing." Kiyo was always bad at lying.
"Liar!" Ruby screamed, raising her voice as loud as she could without screeching. "Tell the truth!"
Kiyo blurted everything he told Altile.
"So you set me up, is that it? You set me up because our relationship didn't work the first time!" Ruby said, keeping her voice as calm as she possibly could.
They went on like this for over an hour before anything eventful happened. Ruby was just getting done asking what was in it for Kiyo to turn her over when the Backdraft came back. They came running up behind Kiyo. Ruby sensed the danger of the Backdraft catching either Kiyo or herself.
Ruby raised the gun and fired one shot. It hit one of the Backdraft members. She shot down five of the Backdraft members. Kiyo, thinking she was crazy, looked over his shoulder.
When he saw the Backdraft, he took off running, his feet pounding over the frozen ground, in the opposite direction. As soon as he got near Ruby, he grabbed her arm. At first, Ruby resisted, threatening to shoot Kiyo. After she saw how many Backdraft members there were, she agreed to give Kiyo a ride in her Storm Shadow.
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I've got a better version, with more history on Ruby and Kiyo's past relationship. Also, it involves Kiyo being nearly hit by the bullet. If you want that one here, just tell me, and I can put it as extras at the end of the story.
The ice and snow piled high on the wreck that was once a working Redler. It was crumpled in many places. The tail was gone. The cockpit was shattered and the jagged edges of glass proving dangerous. The snow was falling in fast flurries now. The black Zoid was an easy target for anything, or one, who wanted target practice.
Slowly, Kiyo Wakatsaki, his bandana torn, emerged from the cockpit. He was cautious about it, so as not to get cut on the glass. It didn't work and he got a cut across his face that ran from his forehead to the bridge of his nose. How he did that he never knew. At first the cut bled a lot, but after a few minutes, it stopped and Kiyo was able to dry his face.
He took refuge under the Redler's foot. When he had wiped all the blood from his face, he put the shirt he had used on the ground. Kiyo leaned against the back of the foot. He didn't hear the footsteps until they were right there. They stopped near the foot of the Redler, and for a moment, Kiyo thought the person would look under. The feet went up into the cockpit. Kiyo heard some sort of rummaging around, then he heard the footfalls come back down the wreck. This time the feet stopped right there. In front of him. After that, the footsteps seemed to leave the vicinity.
Kiyo crawled out of the hiding place. He thought the footfalls had gone to the east, but when he got out, Ruby was right there, to the west. Kiyo looked at Ruby in wonder and then burst into a speech.
"Ruby! I am so glad you're here! I was waiting for someone. How did you..." Kiyo stopped.
Ruby pulled a handgun out of her pocket and aimed it at Kiyo. She was thinking about getting answers to her questions. The hard way.
"What were you telling Altile, Kiyo Wakatsaki?" Ruby asked, using Kiyo's full name to express her anger.
"I told him... Nothing, yeah, nothing. I told him nothing." Kiyo was always bad at lying.
"Liar!" Ruby screamed, raising her voice as loud as she could without screeching. "Tell the truth!"
Kiyo blurted everything he told Altile.
"So you set me up, is that it? You set me up because our relationship didn't work the first time!" Ruby said, keeping her voice as calm as she possibly could.
They went on like this for over an hour before anything eventful happened. Ruby was just getting done asking what was in it for Kiyo to turn her over when the Backdraft came back. They came running up behind Kiyo. Ruby sensed the danger of the Backdraft catching either Kiyo or herself.
Ruby raised the gun and fired one shot. It hit one of the Backdraft members. She shot down five of the Backdraft members. Kiyo, thinking she was crazy, looked over his shoulder.
When he saw the Backdraft, he took off running, his feet pounding over the frozen ground, in the opposite direction. As soon as he got near Ruby, he grabbed her arm. At first, Ruby resisted, threatening to shoot Kiyo. After she saw how many Backdraft members there were, she agreed to give Kiyo a ride in her Storm Shadow.
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I've got a better version, with more history on Ruby and Kiyo's past relationship. Also, it involves Kiyo being nearly hit by the bullet. If you want that one here, just tell me, and I can put it as extras at the end of the story.