Inspiration! Strike me!!!! *Gets hit by book, Zoid box and a shoe*. Thanks Geoff, that was so 'helpful'. Anyway (nurses head where shoe hit...). Anyway... Naomi, you are the only one that is still reviewing this, so here you go *gives Naomi a pass to all characters in my story*. Now, off my Thomas! *Gets big stick and gets into fighting stance*
Zoids MINE. Good enough? If I owned Zoids, Naomi, and Davan, and Ninetails, and Col. Shubaltz here would be working for me... and it would NEVER be a kiddie cartoon
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Thomas spied another close by. He scratched the resistant moss off of its face, his eyes widening as he read its surface. It was his own. Next to him was another shock find; Robert Hunter. Thomas then spied the last of them; Van, Fiona, Hermann, O'Connell, Irvine... Thomas fell to his knees, crying. He curled himself up, arms on top of his knees, miniture rivers of tears streaking down his face, staining the once polished marble headstone of his brother; and his uniform. Bit walked up to Thomas, concerned at the way the man was acting. He put his arms around the officer and squeezed him tight.
"Whats up? This is the old part of the cemetary. No one comes here anymore..." Bit was confused, and was slightly ignorant, at the way Thomas was acting. Thomas looked up at his friend, his eyes red; his face tear stained.
"This is..." Thomas swollowed hard to try and control his quavering voice "This is my brother's tombstone. Next to him is mine. Now, you tell me, who is being over emotional?"
"I didn't know" Bit looked down guiltily at the way he had just spoken to the imperial officer.
"How could you? See this man? He killed himself over a girl; this one to be precise. To think, he could take down two deathsaurers and a death stinger, but he couldn't face rejection and loss from a GIRL!" Thomas started to chuckle *Think Prozen...* at the stupidity of the situation.
"Death Stinger?... DEATH SAURER! That must be Van Flyheight. You knew him?!" Bit was startled by the amount of people that Thomas knew, and their high ranking...
"Yes, I did. I knew him better than everyone else..." Thomas went into a hazy monologue as he thought back at the good times that Van and him shared. He remembered two photos that he had tucked away in his wallet. He took them out, subconciously, and started to fiddle with them.
"Hey, what are these?" Bit, being arrogant (like normal), snatched the photos from Thomas, snapping him out of his self induced trance.
"Give them back, Mr Cloud. They are very important" Thomas said, humourless, which shocked poor Bit.
"Nuh huh. I wanna see what they are." Bit pouted as Thomas tried to snatch back the photo. Unfortunatly for Thomas, Bit was defying his grasp at all times. "Oh, who is this?" Bit pointed at a brown haired man, smiling a lop sided smile, and had his hand around a familiar person wearing a Beek© Communicator.
"That is Van. It was taken just after we had gotten him out of the asylum." Thomas sighed at the memory of taking Van shopping to find something that he couldn't remember now. It was too long ago.
"Memories can only hurt if you let them; they can only haunt if you want them to." Bit was serious, for once, using his words to console and help, rather than taunt and jeer. It was a side that not many people saw, since most of the time he was a self centered, egotistical maniac that piloted a kick ass zoid, and ate various, illicit foodstuffs. He flicked to an 'all together' shot (similar to the one at the end of GF). "Who is THIS??" Bit was back in that mood that Bit could only produce on a regular occurance.
"That is Fiona. I was always infatuated with her, well until I met someone else..." Thomas remembered the inky black night; the bar and that elusivly familiar singer.
As this was occuring, the sun was slowly setting behind the hills that graced this natural woodlands. The stars hads started to show thier etheral bodies, twinkling beautifully in the night. The animals of the night slowly awakened in the forest, as the last of the diurnal animals gave off their good nights to the world. The double moons slowly rose, accomodated by the slowly setting sun. Bit nudged Thomas, startling him out of the self repitoire that he had worked himself into. "Hey," Bit started "It's time we headed back. Everyone will be worried sick, not to mention the Ligers...". Bit smiled crookedly, one that was similar to a brown haired liger pilot, cocky and sure. He helped Thomas to his feet, the poor engineer had gotten himself down in an arkward postion, and by not moving, had cramped the poor man's legs. Since Thomas was in no shape to walk, let alone pilot a Zoid, Bit hoisted him onto his shoulder. As they approched the Ligers, Zeke yelled a hello, and then a question.
"Nah, he's fine, Zeke" Bit called, since Thomas was too tired to even talk from the long hike 'But can you lower yourself down, it'll be hard to climb up there" Zeke growled an affirmative, and lowered his head right down. Bit carefully placed Thomas in the pilot seat, and yelled over to the Liger Zero "Hey, you go home, Ill get them there" The liger roared, and ran through the tundra that outskirted the forest; kicking up dust as he entered the desert.
"Uuhh, wait a second, LIGER, ZEKE HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING?" Bit yelled after the cockpit closed, noticing the controls are in vast difference to the Liger Zero. Zeke and the liger laughed at the dumbfound pilot as he scratched his head. "Ok" Bit started "This looks like the throttles..." He pushed the throttles forward, which gave him the desired result; the Liger started to move forward. Unfortunatly, he was a little too eager; the liger stopped, equipment shutting off. "What did I do?!" Bit yelled as the Liger stalled. Thomas was only just with them; he was deep in remembering the good times that he had once with Van. He started to sing, similar to the way when he first heard them.
*Song - Rainy Day Man from Sailor Moon*
~Rainy day man
~When I think about the first time
~I thought I found someone who cared for me
~Things were not as they appeared to be
~Rainy day man, on your shoulder I cry
~When my first brush with love left me shaking inside
~Rainy day man
~Ever since I can remember
~Just like a brother, you been strong and true
~Always been the one to see me through
~Rainy day man
~You're much more than a friend,
~I would give anything just to see you again
~Rainy day man
~Always the one to see me through
~Rainy day man, on your shoulder I cry
~When my first brush with love
~Left me shaking inside
~Rainy day man
~You're much more than a friend
~I would give anything
~Just to see you again
~Rainy day man
By the time he had finished, Bit had finally got them going, at an nth of the speed that the Zoid could normally handle. Very slowly, they approched the Toros base; Bit frightened at touching the trhrottles again, and the damaged liger was starting to wear down, it desperatly needed repairs. The comm. link buzzed, and a familiar face popped onto the static filled screen.
"Bit, what took you so long! You have had us worried since Liger turned up hours ago" Leena yelled at Bit, who sheepishly replied
"Umm, I couldn't get this to work properly"
"How did you do that?" Leena stated, a smirk flittering across her face
"I stalled it..." Bit was cut off by Leena laughing "IT IS NOT FUNNY!"
"Oh, its not" Leena squeezed out between laughs "See you when you get it in" Leena finished, twirling around. She skipped off, chanting 'Bit stalled the Liger'.
"Oh God" Bit put his head into his hand, it was going to be a long night...
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End of this chapter
Zoids MINE. Good enough? If I owned Zoids, Naomi, and Davan, and Ninetails, and Col. Shubaltz here would be working for me... and it would NEVER be a kiddie cartoon
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Thomas spied another close by. He scratched the resistant moss off of its face, his eyes widening as he read its surface. It was his own. Next to him was another shock find; Robert Hunter. Thomas then spied the last of them; Van, Fiona, Hermann, O'Connell, Irvine... Thomas fell to his knees, crying. He curled himself up, arms on top of his knees, miniture rivers of tears streaking down his face, staining the once polished marble headstone of his brother; and his uniform. Bit walked up to Thomas, concerned at the way the man was acting. He put his arms around the officer and squeezed him tight.
"Whats up? This is the old part of the cemetary. No one comes here anymore..." Bit was confused, and was slightly ignorant, at the way Thomas was acting. Thomas looked up at his friend, his eyes red; his face tear stained.
"This is..." Thomas swollowed hard to try and control his quavering voice "This is my brother's tombstone. Next to him is mine. Now, you tell me, who is being over emotional?"
"I didn't know" Bit looked down guiltily at the way he had just spoken to the imperial officer.
"How could you? See this man? He killed himself over a girl; this one to be precise. To think, he could take down two deathsaurers and a death stinger, but he couldn't face rejection and loss from a GIRL!" Thomas started to chuckle *Think Prozen...* at the stupidity of the situation.
"Death Stinger?... DEATH SAURER! That must be Van Flyheight. You knew him?!" Bit was startled by the amount of people that Thomas knew, and their high ranking...
"Yes, I did. I knew him better than everyone else..." Thomas went into a hazy monologue as he thought back at the good times that Van and him shared. He remembered two photos that he had tucked away in his wallet. He took them out, subconciously, and started to fiddle with them.
"Hey, what are these?" Bit, being arrogant (like normal), snatched the photos from Thomas, snapping him out of his self induced trance.
"Give them back, Mr Cloud. They are very important" Thomas said, humourless, which shocked poor Bit.
"Nuh huh. I wanna see what they are." Bit pouted as Thomas tried to snatch back the photo. Unfortunatly for Thomas, Bit was defying his grasp at all times. "Oh, who is this?" Bit pointed at a brown haired man, smiling a lop sided smile, and had his hand around a familiar person wearing a Beek© Communicator.
"That is Van. It was taken just after we had gotten him out of the asylum." Thomas sighed at the memory of taking Van shopping to find something that he couldn't remember now. It was too long ago.
"Memories can only hurt if you let them; they can only haunt if you want them to." Bit was serious, for once, using his words to console and help, rather than taunt and jeer. It was a side that not many people saw, since most of the time he was a self centered, egotistical maniac that piloted a kick ass zoid, and ate various, illicit foodstuffs. He flicked to an 'all together' shot (similar to the one at the end of GF). "Who is THIS??" Bit was back in that mood that Bit could only produce on a regular occurance.
"That is Fiona. I was always infatuated with her, well until I met someone else..." Thomas remembered the inky black night; the bar and that elusivly familiar singer.
As this was occuring, the sun was slowly setting behind the hills that graced this natural woodlands. The stars hads started to show thier etheral bodies, twinkling beautifully in the night. The animals of the night slowly awakened in the forest, as the last of the diurnal animals gave off their good nights to the world. The double moons slowly rose, accomodated by the slowly setting sun. Bit nudged Thomas, startling him out of the self repitoire that he had worked himself into. "Hey," Bit started "It's time we headed back. Everyone will be worried sick, not to mention the Ligers...". Bit smiled crookedly, one that was similar to a brown haired liger pilot, cocky and sure. He helped Thomas to his feet, the poor engineer had gotten himself down in an arkward postion, and by not moving, had cramped the poor man's legs. Since Thomas was in no shape to walk, let alone pilot a Zoid, Bit hoisted him onto his shoulder. As they approched the Ligers, Zeke yelled a hello, and then a question.
"Nah, he's fine, Zeke" Bit called, since Thomas was too tired to even talk from the long hike 'But can you lower yourself down, it'll be hard to climb up there" Zeke growled an affirmative, and lowered his head right down. Bit carefully placed Thomas in the pilot seat, and yelled over to the Liger Zero "Hey, you go home, Ill get them there" The liger roared, and ran through the tundra that outskirted the forest; kicking up dust as he entered the desert.
"Uuhh, wait a second, LIGER, ZEKE HOW DO YOU WORK THIS THING?" Bit yelled after the cockpit closed, noticing the controls are in vast difference to the Liger Zero. Zeke and the liger laughed at the dumbfound pilot as he scratched his head. "Ok" Bit started "This looks like the throttles..." He pushed the throttles forward, which gave him the desired result; the Liger started to move forward. Unfortunatly, he was a little too eager; the liger stopped, equipment shutting off. "What did I do?!" Bit yelled as the Liger stalled. Thomas was only just with them; he was deep in remembering the good times that he had once with Van. He started to sing, similar to the way when he first heard them.
*Song - Rainy Day Man from Sailor Moon*
~Rainy day man
~When I think about the first time
~I thought I found someone who cared for me
~Things were not as they appeared to be
~Rainy day man, on your shoulder I cry
~When my first brush with love left me shaking inside
~Rainy day man
~Ever since I can remember
~Just like a brother, you been strong and true
~Always been the one to see me through
~Rainy day man
~You're much more than a friend,
~I would give anything just to see you again
~Rainy day man
~Always the one to see me through
~Rainy day man, on your shoulder I cry
~When my first brush with love
~Left me shaking inside
~Rainy day man
~You're much more than a friend
~I would give anything
~Just to see you again
~Rainy day man
By the time he had finished, Bit had finally got them going, at an nth of the speed that the Zoid could normally handle. Very slowly, they approched the Toros base; Bit frightened at touching the trhrottles again, and the damaged liger was starting to wear down, it desperatly needed repairs. The comm. link buzzed, and a familiar face popped onto the static filled screen.
"Bit, what took you so long! You have had us worried since Liger turned up hours ago" Leena yelled at Bit, who sheepishly replied
"Umm, I couldn't get this to work properly"
"How did you do that?" Leena stated, a smirk flittering across her face
"I stalled it..." Bit was cut off by Leena laughing "IT IS NOT FUNNY!"
"Oh, its not" Leena squeezed out between laughs "See you when you get it in" Leena finished, twirling around. She skipped off, chanting 'Bit stalled the Liger'.
"Oh God" Bit put his head into his hand, it was going to be a long night...
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End of this chapter