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Aren't you guys so lucky to have an author like me? I update almost every day and write about one or two chapters a day. And I write the chapters a pretty good size (I think). But this one is going to be extra long cuz you guys reviewed! See how this works now?

Yeah, but anyways, some of you told me Raven was 13 then in GF he was 18, and here's something to think about: when they were getting into GF, when Van was doing all the intro's you know, didn't he say a year passed? I was just wondering if I missed something, or what, cuz now I'm confused. PLEASE TELL ME!!! Ok, so I'm going to have Melinda be 14 and Raven is 17 for now.

Oh, and I just realized I have 30 REVIEWS!!! Isn't that awesome??? Anyways, I want to thank you all for reviewing it really means a lot to me! Here's the extra long chapter I promised!



Raven Falls in Love

Competition and kidnappings

Chapter 8 (Wow, chapter 8 already???)

Raven quickly looked around. The scream had been nearby.

"Raven! HEEEEELP!!!" screamed Melinda. Someone in black had Melinda by the neck. The person in black took Melinda and shut her mouth. Then another person came and knocked out Raven.

He fell to the ground.

~~Later~~

Raven woke up with a major headache. He groaned at the pain, and then tried to remember what had happened.

"Melinda! God, where-" Then it all came back to him. The scream, the people in black, and the knock out. He softly rubbed the spot on his head where he had been hit.

He heard a soft growl behind him.

"Shadow! Oh, Shadow!" He ran to Shadow, who was lying on the ground, looking in pretty bad shape.

Raven put his head on Shadow's. He felt tears welling up inside his eyes, but he forced them to stay in. He knew Shadow couldn't make it through this one. And he couldn't get any help in time.

Raven heard some soft footsteps come toward him.

"What's wrong?" Reese said.

"What do you want?" Raven asked quietly.

"I came to check up on you. Looks like he was pretty beat up. I have some medicine if you want it." Reese said.

'Medicine! Wait- then I'd be asking for help- and from Reese. God, what am I gonna do?'

"I don't want your help." Raven said.

Reese narrowed her eyes. "That organoid is gonna die if you don't take care of it and it'll haunt you the rest of your life!" She yelled. She then quietly smiled a little and left the medicine on a rock, and then left the cave.

Raven looked at where she had been, and saw the medicine. Looking out of the cave to make sure no one was watching, he then quickly took the medicine and gave it to Shadow.

"There. You should be better in a little bit. I'll be right here." He said quietly to the organoid. He sat down by him and stroked his head softly. Shadow shivered in pleasure.

Raven chuckled a little. "You like that, huh?"

Little voice in his head: WHAT are you doing?

Raven's voice: I was just petting him.

LVIHH: You've grown soft, how dare you!

RV: No I haven't!

LVIHH: Then how do you explain the crying and petting Shadow?

RV: Well, um.

LVIHH: See? RV: So what if I have grown soft? That's supposed to be good! Now go away and leave me alone!

Shadow suddenly was better and got up. Raven got up as well, then thought 'How does Reese know Shadow was hurt? She must have kidnapped Melinda!'

He ran out the cave and looked around for Reese. He found her one the ledge above the cave. He quickly went up there and glared at Reese.

"Where is she?" he asked angrily.

"Who?" Reese asked innocently.

"You know what I'm talking about!" Raven yelled.

Reese furrowed her eyebrows. "I really don't know what you're talking about."

"You kidnapped her! Where is she?!" Raven yelled.

"I really don't know what you're talking about Raven. Was your friend kidnapped? Tell me Raven."

Raven hadn't heard her and just tackled her. Hand on her throat, he asked once again. "WHERE-IS-SHE???"

"I-don't-know-Maybe-H-Hiltz!" She choked.

Raven glared at her some more and let her go. Reese rubbed where she had been choked and said angrily, "I don't know what has gotten into you!" She then ran to Specula (I think that was Reese's organoid, from what you guys told me) jumped on the back (um, another question: Is it a he or she?!) and blasted off.

"Why did you choke her like that?" asked Hiltz.

Raven quickly turned around and saw Hiltz standing there, hands on hips and looking at Raven strangely.

"She did absolutely nothing last night and you yell at her like she was some black bear attempting to attack you. I heard the whole thing, and I'm as clueless as her about what you were talking about. Now tell me, what's wrong?" Hiltz said sympathetically.

"M-Melin-" It was hard for him to say her name.

"She was kidnapped." He choked out.

"You mean that one girl who was with you? Her?"

"Yeah. Do you know where she is?" He demanded.

"I saw two command wolfs take off quickly at around 3 or 4 this morning." "Heading where?" Raven questioned.

"Oh, about south, south east." He replied.

Raven stalked off, having got enough information from him. He quickly packed the few things there, and went to Zoid. He climbed in and started south. 'Don't worry Melinda, I'll get you.' He said to himself.

"Ok Shadow, we're looking for command wolves about south." He said to his organoid. Shadow growled in reply and blasted off.



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Ok, now we're going back to Fiona, Thomas, Van, Irvine, and Moonbay. They're still at the nightclub; we're just getting back to them. ^_^

Fiona saw Moonbay dancing with Irvine, wishing she could dance with someone.

"Hey Fiona." Said Van.

"Oh hi." She replied.

"I want to talk about something." He said while taking her hand.

"About what?" She said, sliding her hand out of his. She felt uncomfortable with Van holding her hand like that. She likes him only as a friend, nothing more or less. Same with Thomas.

Van sighed. "I-I-" He didn't know how to tell her.

"I like you. More than a friend." He said quickly.

Fiona smiled. "I thought so. But, I only like you as a friend, nothing more or less." She said.

Van felt a little disappointed.

Thomas saw this and thought, 'Oh yeah! Now is my time to shine!'

Van and Thomas had made a deal that whoever she said she like got to be with her since they both liked her.

"Nice try." Said Thomas. Van felt like punching him in the face.

"Just shut up!"

Thomas walked up to her confidently.

"Hello, miss Fiona." He said while taking her hand and kissing it lightly. Fiona giggled at his silliness.

"Miss Fiona, we must talk." He said while sitting down. Fiona giggled harder.

"I like, and I ask that you dance with me and love me back." Fiona giggled harder than ever.

"What's wrong?" Thomas asked. Fiona had her head on the table and was shaking from laughter. He thought she was crying.

"Does that mean yes?" he said hopefully. Van was about to shatter. She was going to choose Thomas over him.

Fiona looked up, red in the face mouth wide-open with a silent laughter and gasping for air.

Now Thomas was about to shatter. He thought she was laughing at him.

"A-are you laughing at, me?" He asked in disbelief. She shook her head no, then nodded yes.

After she had finally calmed down, she finally told him, "I thought it was pretty funny about how you talked acted, and all that other crap. Anyways, my answer to your question is no."

Thomas walked away, very sad.

Van smirked. "Nice try." He said in the same tone of voice Thomas had used.

Thomas lifted up his hand attempting to punch him, but Van blocks.

Angered even more, Thomas stalked away.

Fiona looked around the nightclub. She looked at some cute guys at the bar, a fat dude trying to dance, Irvine and Moonbay, Van laughing, the DJ (whom was EXTREMELY cute!). She decided to flirt with someone.

Van came down and sat by Fiona.

"Hey Fiona. You wanna talk?" Van asked, a little desperate.

Fiona rolled her eyes. "Hey, give it up Van. I don't like you the way you like me, ok?!" She got up and started heading toward the DJ.

Van sighed and put his head down. He liked Fiona so much. She was cute, kind, gentle, and just his type.

"Hey, what's up kiddo?" said Moonbay excitedly. The dancing had made her energetic. Irvine plopped down beside her, then Moonbay moved to his lap.

"Fiona just turned me down." He said sadly.

"Aww, that's too bad!" Moonbay said while nuzzling Irvine's shoulder. Irvine was enjoying the attention.

"Can you leave me alone?" Van asked, setting his head on his hands now.

"Sure, uh, wanna go dance again?" Moonbay asked as a slow song came on.

Irvine nodded his head and got up. They went off, hand in hand.

Fiona was quite successful with her job and was dancing with the DJ, Nick.

"Hiiiii, what's your name?" said a ditsy girl while graciously sitting down by Van.

"Uh, Van." He said.

"Oh, well, my name is Jessica! So, I see yooou go to the gym! Are you a Zoid pilot?"

"Yes." He said. He wasn't interested in this girl. She was too, preppy.

"Oh, I see. I love Zoid pilots." Jessica said while inching closer to him.

"Look, I'm not interested in you, so leave me alone." Van said.

"Oh, you meanie!" Jessica said while hitting Van's head. It felt more like a pill hitting his head. (In other words, it didn't hurt!)



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Raven looked on his radar, where he had detected some Zoids. He moved toward them, and found two Command Wolfs just like Hiltz said. 'Guess I'm gonna have to thank him.' He thought.



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Melinda was awake, watching the two men sleep in a command wolf. They were about 25 years old and were passing by when they decided to take her. She was now tied up. Melinda has been trying to free herself since the men had fallen asleep. The ropes were large, tight, and in an impossible knot. Melinda had finally gotten one knot out.

One guy (let's call him Brent) stirred in his sleep. Melinda paused for a second, then continued her job. The other guy (How about Dan?) woke up because Brent had kicked him. He grunted and rubbed his eyes.

He turned to Melinda and smiled. He started to head towards her. Melinda cowered back until she hit the back of the cockpit.

"Heh, you're pretty. Why don't-" He was cut off by a blow to the side of the command wolf's head.

"What the hell is going on?" Dan screamed.

"What the fuck is happening?" Brent yelled.

"Dumb ass, I just said that!" Dan bellowed back. He was knocked to the ground by another blow.

"I just woke up!" Brent said.

"So? Now why don't-" (another hit) "you just start up the command wolf and fight back, stupid fuck!" Dan yelled back.

Brent then started the command wolf and fought back. He gasped at the sight.

"I-It's the Genobreaker! We don't stand a chance!" Brent practically screamed.

Melinda's heart leaped with joy. Raven had come for her!

"He wants the girl! Ask if he wants to negotiate?" Said Dan.

"Um, excuse me, would you like to negotiate?" Brent asked nervously.

"Why would I want to negotiate?" answered Raven's voice.

"W-Well-"

"You nearly kill my organoid, you knock me out, and you steal the girl I love! Now I question you, what would you do if you were in my situation?" Raven said angrily.

"I would probably kill that person." Brent said stupidly.

"No! Now he's gonna kill us you dumb ass!" Dan yelled.

"Now that's what I'll do to you! Melinda, press the eject button!" Melinda had eyed that button earlier and pressed it quickly.

"NOOOOO!!!" yelled Dan and Brent together.

When he saw her pop out of the command wolf, he blasted both the command wolfs to bits, then jumped out of his Zoid and ran to Melinda.

Melinda ran to him also, and hugged him. She put her head on his shoulder while holding him tightly. Raven hugged her back tightly as well, kissed the top of her head and put his head on hers. That's when he realized that she was crying. The tears soon soaked through his clothes.

"Shhh, shhh, its ok Melinda." He said softly to her. Melinda kept crying, clutching then letting of his clothes. She was so thankful Raven was there for her. Raven picked Melinda up, since it seemed she wasn't going anywhere for a while, and put her in his lap in the cockpit of his Zoid. Shadow questioned him about this, but he told Shadow 'not now.'

Raven smiled at the young woman on his lap, who was now sleeping. He breathed a sigh of relief, now he had to worry no more.

'Wonder if she still wants to learn how to pilot a Zoid.' He thought to himself.



Ok, I'm really tired and this is like 9 pages long, and I hope that's long enough! Well, this story isn't over yet! I hope you liked it and I'll write the next chapter as soon as I get all my schoolwork done! (I've been putting it off just to write this story for you guys, so you better be grateful for this chapter!)