ZOIDS: The Shield Liger's Last Breath
Ruby was alarmed. The explosion had happened next to Bit and Sky. Ruby and her Zoid ran to the explosion site. What Ruby saw horrified her. The Shield Liger was in a disfigured heap, the cockpit shattered, the back broken. The Berserk Fuhrer was also destroyed. The cockpit was gone, and the legs were crumpled.
Ruby tried to call Vega over, but all that came out was a choked sob. She let the cockpit of her Gunblade go up. Blinking in the sunlight, Ruby almost forgot what she was going to do. With a fiery determination, she jumped out of the cockpit and landed lightly on her feet. She ran all the way to the Shield Liger, and then stopped.
It was gone. There was no mechanic in the world who could fix it. The Liger was lost forever, and that meant Bit was gone to.....
Ruby forced that thought out of her mind and went further in on the wreck. There was nothing to signify that the Shield Liger had been blown up or anything. It was melted on one side and the cockpit was shattered into billions of shards of glass. Ruby pushed that picture out of her mind for the time being, but she would never forget the heart-stopping pain to think of one of the closest people to her being dead.
The next thing that the unbelieving Ruby happened to do was to look in the cockpit. Big mistake. There was nothing there but a dark blue denim jacket. The same that Bit had worn the night they had trained in the desert.
All of that seemed long ago to Ruby, who had steadily flowing tears. She was stumbling to the Berserk Fuhrer now. When she got to the wreck only the body of the Zoid was left. The cockpit and chest were gone. Completely. Ruby guessed what the Fuhrer had done that second.
The Fuhrer must have fed off of Sky's anger and charged the Charged Particle Cannon. This, in turn, destroyed the Fuhrer because of the close range it was shooting. The Liger must have tried to dodge to the left to get out of the way, but nothing gets by a fully charged Particle Cannon.
Ruby was close to the breaking point at this second. She heard Vega call up to her, as she was sitting on the hip of the Berserk Fuhrer. Ruby completely ignored him and pulled her knees up to her chest. She buried her head in her knees and cried. She had to have stayed like that for some time because it was getting dark when she heard Vega again.
"Ruby O'Sullivan Obscura!" Vega hollered.
Ruby looked at him, her face tear streaked.
"Get down here, I think you need to see this!"
Ruby half nodded and put her head in her knees again.
"RUBY!" Vega shouted.
Ruby gave a great shuddering sigh and waved her hand in the air.
"Ruby, I think I found... Bit..." Vega lowered his voice.
Ruby's head snapped up, her face brightened. Then, remembering the Shield Liger, her face dropped back to a tear streaked bundle of sadness.
"Ruby, come on, get down here! He may be still alive!" Vega protested.
Ruby slowly got up. She made her way down the Berserk Fuhrer to the ground. When she got within talking range of Vega, she stopped.
"He isn't alive. Did you see the Shield Liger?" Ruby demanded.
"Well, Ruby, there is a miracle..." Vega trailed off.
"Shut up! Its you and your people that caused this! Now, because of you, I lost the closest person to me! The one person that really understood me, even after finding that I was an Obscura! You don't know... Not even really..." Ruby stopped, her throat formed into a tight knot. She started to cry again.
"Ruby, please. Don't do this, I know what he meant to you, but, come on, don't pull this on me. He meant a lot, I know," Vega was cut short by Ruby's wailing yell.
"No, you don't know what he meant, so leave me alone!" Ruby wailed.
"Fine. I'll go save Bit and then you can tell him it was you who didn't want to help him. That is, IF he can hear you..." Vega sneered.
Ruby dried her tears and came to her senses. "Where is he?"
"Over here," Vega said.
He led Ruby to a large piece of the Shield Ligers blue armor. Under that was a white shirt. The shirt wasn't so white anymore, but it was white. Ruby knew it was Bit right away. Before she could start crying, she saw movement. It was under the shield. The shirt was moving.
There was a bump and a muffled 'ouch' and then a 'Help me out' that was unmistakably Bits voice. Ruby was so relived that she started crying anew. This time it was in joy.
Quickly, Ruby went to the Shield piece and tried to lift it up. She was unsuccessful.
"Vega, help me!" Ruby hissed.
"Oh right, sorry," Vega said. He went to Ruby's side, and after a lot of heaving and hoeing, they were able to lift the shield. Amazingly enough, Bit was nearly unhurt. He only had a few scratches and a lot of cuts that were sealed by scabs.
"I thought you would never come!" Bit said cheerfully.
Ruby simply threw her arms around Bit and started crying. She was so relieved that she didn't care what anyone thought.
Bit just sort of patted her back in an awkward way. He looked at Vega, raised his eyebrows, and gave a look that said, "What's this?"
Vega simply said back, "She does it all the time. Get used to it."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~***~
Ah, the happy ending! But wait, theres more!
(*if you call now, you get....*)
Ruby was alarmed. The explosion had happened next to Bit and Sky. Ruby and her Zoid ran to the explosion site. What Ruby saw horrified her. The Shield Liger was in a disfigured heap, the cockpit shattered, the back broken. The Berserk Fuhrer was also destroyed. The cockpit was gone, and the legs were crumpled.
Ruby tried to call Vega over, but all that came out was a choked sob. She let the cockpit of her Gunblade go up. Blinking in the sunlight, Ruby almost forgot what she was going to do. With a fiery determination, she jumped out of the cockpit and landed lightly on her feet. She ran all the way to the Shield Liger, and then stopped.
It was gone. There was no mechanic in the world who could fix it. The Liger was lost forever, and that meant Bit was gone to.....
Ruby forced that thought out of her mind and went further in on the wreck. There was nothing to signify that the Shield Liger had been blown up or anything. It was melted on one side and the cockpit was shattered into billions of shards of glass. Ruby pushed that picture out of her mind for the time being, but she would never forget the heart-stopping pain to think of one of the closest people to her being dead.
The next thing that the unbelieving Ruby happened to do was to look in the cockpit. Big mistake. There was nothing there but a dark blue denim jacket. The same that Bit had worn the night they had trained in the desert.
All of that seemed long ago to Ruby, who had steadily flowing tears. She was stumbling to the Berserk Fuhrer now. When she got to the wreck only the body of the Zoid was left. The cockpit and chest were gone. Completely. Ruby guessed what the Fuhrer had done that second.
The Fuhrer must have fed off of Sky's anger and charged the Charged Particle Cannon. This, in turn, destroyed the Fuhrer because of the close range it was shooting. The Liger must have tried to dodge to the left to get out of the way, but nothing gets by a fully charged Particle Cannon.
Ruby was close to the breaking point at this second. She heard Vega call up to her, as she was sitting on the hip of the Berserk Fuhrer. Ruby completely ignored him and pulled her knees up to her chest. She buried her head in her knees and cried. She had to have stayed like that for some time because it was getting dark when she heard Vega again.
"Ruby O'Sullivan Obscura!" Vega hollered.
Ruby looked at him, her face tear streaked.
"Get down here, I think you need to see this!"
Ruby half nodded and put her head in her knees again.
"RUBY!" Vega shouted.
Ruby gave a great shuddering sigh and waved her hand in the air.
"Ruby, I think I found... Bit..." Vega lowered his voice.
Ruby's head snapped up, her face brightened. Then, remembering the Shield Liger, her face dropped back to a tear streaked bundle of sadness.
"Ruby, come on, get down here! He may be still alive!" Vega protested.
Ruby slowly got up. She made her way down the Berserk Fuhrer to the ground. When she got within talking range of Vega, she stopped.
"He isn't alive. Did you see the Shield Liger?" Ruby demanded.
"Well, Ruby, there is a miracle..." Vega trailed off.
"Shut up! Its you and your people that caused this! Now, because of you, I lost the closest person to me! The one person that really understood me, even after finding that I was an Obscura! You don't know... Not even really..." Ruby stopped, her throat formed into a tight knot. She started to cry again.
"Ruby, please. Don't do this, I know what he meant to you, but, come on, don't pull this on me. He meant a lot, I know," Vega was cut short by Ruby's wailing yell.
"No, you don't know what he meant, so leave me alone!" Ruby wailed.
"Fine. I'll go save Bit and then you can tell him it was you who didn't want to help him. That is, IF he can hear you..." Vega sneered.
Ruby dried her tears and came to her senses. "Where is he?"
"Over here," Vega said.
He led Ruby to a large piece of the Shield Ligers blue armor. Under that was a white shirt. The shirt wasn't so white anymore, but it was white. Ruby knew it was Bit right away. Before she could start crying, she saw movement. It was under the shield. The shirt was moving.
There was a bump and a muffled 'ouch' and then a 'Help me out' that was unmistakably Bits voice. Ruby was so relived that she started crying anew. This time it was in joy.
Quickly, Ruby went to the Shield piece and tried to lift it up. She was unsuccessful.
"Vega, help me!" Ruby hissed.
"Oh right, sorry," Vega said. He went to Ruby's side, and after a lot of heaving and hoeing, they were able to lift the shield. Amazingly enough, Bit was nearly unhurt. He only had a few scratches and a lot of cuts that were sealed by scabs.
"I thought you would never come!" Bit said cheerfully.
Ruby simply threw her arms around Bit and started crying. She was so relieved that she didn't care what anyone thought.
Bit just sort of patted her back in an awkward way. He looked at Vega, raised his eyebrows, and gave a look that said, "What's this?"
Vega simply said back, "She does it all the time. Get used to it."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~***~
Ah, the happy ending! But wait, theres more!
(*if you call now, you get....*)