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Hey guys, I finally got back into my writing spirit! Yay! So now I'm probably going to update a little more often! Yeeee!

Raven: Just think about it! I have to live with her! She's so annoying!

Me: Have you ever noticed that whenever you're here you always take me down? You kinda remind me of my neighbor.

Raven: And why do I care?

Me: Herm, well, I guess we'll get on with the story, shall we?



Raven Falls in Love

Gone

Chapter 13



Melinda's Zoid walked on through the endless forest, looking for someone to battle. She sighed and plopped back into her chair. She let the Zoid walk by itself; it had been doing to same thing for hours. Walking over ditches and other obstacles while ducking some low growing branches.

She wanted to talk to Raven so badly, but didn't know what to talk about. She sighed again and put her head back, looking up at the ceiling. "Hey, you awake?" asked Raven. Melinda yawned. "Yeah. But this is so boring! Why can't we go anywhere else?"

"Because these people are at your level, just starting out. Quit complaining and just keep going." Raven said. He was dead serious now. Melinda smiled. "C'mon Midnight, let's confuse Raven!" whispered Melinda. Midnight quietly roared and started to speed up at Melinda's command.

Raven, above, saw this. 'What's she doing now?' It started to go a lot faster. 'She knows I can keep up with her.' He followed her pace, smirking. Suddenly it disappeared. Raven stopped abruptly. "WHAT?" He yelled. He looked down and saw nothing. Then he saw a black streak. "I see now."

"Alright Melinda, game's over, let's stay on the course, shall we?" He said to her. Melinda returned to her place, and started the boring, mall stroll pace.

"You can go faster if you like." Raven said. She went at a lightning streak pace, Raven following. "Hey, Melinda, slow down, we have to find a camping spot."

They went back to a slow pace, looking for a camping spot. Raven and come down beside her, also looking. "Here's a good spot." He said while stopping. Melinda stopped right beside the Genobreaker. They both jumped out, Melinda with supplies. She grabbed a couple sticks and started a fire.

"Go, maintain the Zoids or something." Melinda said. She pulled out a coffee pot and a pot to make soup. "It'll be done in an hour." She said.

"Alright." He said while going over to the Zoids. He checked to make sure everything was all right and that nothing was out of place. He walked back to Melinda and her cooking. "Everything's fine." Raven said. "Good." Melinda said before sipping some coffee. She poured Raven a cup of coffee. He blew the coffee and sipped.

Melinda tasted the soup. She looked up thoughtfully then said, "Yeah, it's done." She took the pot off the fire and got 2 bowls out and spoons.

"Oh, let's sing something!" Melinda said while clinging her arm around Raven's neck.

"NO WAY, I'M NOT SINGING!" Raven yelled.

"Fine. I'll sing." Melinda said. She started to sing something that she had obviously made up herself because it had absolutely no tune.

She sang, took a couple moments to take a drink of water or a sip of soup, then went back to her singing.

Raven, listening and eating, was eating his soup when he suddenly heard some crunching noises. He quickly covered up Melinda's mouth.

"Hef! I fof o a fifeef ferf!" she yelled through his hand. (Translation: Hey! I was on the fifteenth verse!). She suddenly heard the crunching noises too and kept quiet. The ground shook a little, and Raven pulled out a gun.

"Get in your Zoid, quick. And put out that fire." Raven whispered. Melinda immediately went to her task, but when she was about to douse the fire, a very rough looking Saber Fang came out. Raven pointed his gun up to the cockpit of the Saber Fang. The cockpit top opened up and a man looking as rough as his Zoid jumped out.

"Whoa, don't be afeared o me! Jus' passing by." The man said. (Ok, this guy is sort of going to resemble Hagrid. Very gruff looking but a warm heart inside.)

Melinda could see the kindness in his eyes and smile. She smiled and said, "Are you hungry? Come and have some soup." Raven whispered in her ear, "How can you invite someone like that to our camp?" Melinda frowned at this comment. "Can't you see the kindness in his eyes? And look at his smile, it's friendly." Raven looked over at the man, and saw nothing. "What ever you say."

"Ahh, 'ope this tastes good as it smells." He said. Melinda poured some soup into a bowl for the man.

"I 'eard ya singin. It sounded good." The guy said.

"Um, what's your name?" Melinda asked. "Oh, dear me! Fergot to introduce meself! Me name's Frank. You?"

"Melinda, and this is-" Raven cut her off. "I'm John." He said. Melinda looked at Raven oddly, but continued a conversation with Frank.

"Well, best be off, must get ter me kids an' me dear old wife. Thank ya' fer havin me fer supper, 'twas mighty fine too. Ere, take this, jus' something fer lettin me stay." Frank handed over some money and walked off to his Saber Fang.

Melinda started to put things away and get out mats and blankets for a bed. She changed into some different clothes and wriggled into her bed. Raven was going to stay up later for a little bit.

"Night." She yelled. Raven nodded toward her direction, then went back to his thoughts. After an hour of thinking, he finally went to bed.



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Raven woke up again about an hour later to relieve himself. When he came back, he saw Melinda shivering. He gave her his extra blanket, and went to shivering himself. 'Man, it's colder than I remember.' He thought.

Melinda turned over in her sleep, and was now facing Raven. 'She looks so pretty.' He thought. He took back his blanket so he wouldn't get cold and get sick. He was just about to drift off to sleep again when he was disturbed by some loud clicking noise. It turned out to be Melinda again. Raven smirked. He moved into Melinda's bed to warm her up. After a few minutes, Melinda, in her sleep, found warmth from Raven's body and moved closer. She moved to Raven's warm chest. Raven shivered for a moment, Melinda was freezing! Then he wrapped his arms around Melinda and fell asleep.

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Melinda woke up by something or someone breathing in her ear. She looked over and saw Raven, asleep. She looked at him closer. 'He looks so peaceful right now.' Melinda thought. She cuddled next to Raven again and fell asleep.

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Raven woke up by the bright sun with no one in his arms. 'What?' He thought. 'Where'd she go?' He saw her Zoid gone and instantly thought she was kidnapped again.

He frantically hustled to his Zoid, but then a roar stopped him. Melinda's Zoid appeared behind him.

He breathed a sigh of relief. "Why are you in such a hurry?" Melinda asked. Not wanting to admit that he was worried, he asked instead, "Why were you out?"

"I was warming up Midnight. Last night was really cold. C'mon, let's warm up some leftover soup." She said, forgetting the first question she asked.

"Right." Raven jumped down from his Zoid and walked over with Melinda to the pot. She made a fire to warm up the soup. An hour later they were on their way toward the south.

Melinda decided to take it at a run and sped up. Raven was up in the air again, watching Melinda. "Hey Raven?"

"Yeah?"

"How come you didn't want Frank to know your real name?" She asked.

"Well, he probably would've run away or something. Everyone knows my name and fears me. Except maybe Van and his gang." He answered.

"Oh. Well, I think after what you did to Van he's afraid now. To mess with you." Melinda sped up even more. "Hey, you might want to slow down a bit. There's a canyon up ahead."

"Oh, don't worry, I'll stop in time." Melinda said, a little cocky. Melinda started looking for her water bottle that had fallen underneath her seat at some time. She looked and found it. She stretched her arm and just barely got it. "MELINDA! STOP NOW!" Raven yelled. "What?" She was suddenly lifted from her seat, and she was suddenly doing a nosedive into a deep canyon. "CRAP!" She screamed. Melinda twisted herself around and grabbed onto the edge with one paw. Whew, that was close." She breathed.

Raven landed on the edge and the edge started to crack. "CRAP!" She yelled again. She tried to scramble back up but she had already fallen too far. Raven tried to get her back up with his hook shot claw thing (Erm, what's that attack called?), but she had already fallen too far down.

"NO!" He yelled. He looked at the fading black Hellcat. "NO!!!" He yelled again. She was still on the screen, but then it went fuzzy because she had hit the side of the canyon. Raven collapsed. "No." He said quietly again.



Aww, poor Raven! I know something you don't know! HA! Actually, some people should expect what's going to happen. Raven: Aww, you can tell meeeeee the secret. *He says with a puppy dog look* Me: You're going to be the LAST person to know! Yes, please review. Tell me what you think. Yes, and suggestions are welcome. And please be truthful in your reviews! I NEED THE TRUTH! Ahem, yes, I'll stop talking now.