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CHAPTER 4
*Dream*
Naomi was running down a dimly lit hallway. She looked to both sides, all she could see were the faces of her parents, dying or in agony. All she could hear was Evhert whispering in his raspy voice, barely above a whisper, "Naoomi. Naooomi." all she could smell was the reek of rotting flesh. All she could taste was the salty flavor of blood. Her hands were tied, like when Evhert had kidnapped her. Suddenly she fell through the dark, shiny floor. it was warm and bright. Even though she was free falling she didn't feel afraid. Suddenly she landed.
*End*
Naomi woke, her face in dark fabric. It was warm like the room in her dream. She looked up, Brad had his arms around her, but more importantly she was alive! Relief flooded her, but just for a moment, as she remembered the previous night. Evhert was still after her, she was still being hunted, and worse, Brad was only hugging her because he felt sorry for her. Tears spilled from her eyes as she picked her way out of the room. She didn't know the hovercargo well, but she figured they probably had her under surveillance anyway. She walked aimlessly around until she bumped into Jamie who was feverishly cooking. She tapped him on the shoulder and he shrieked girlishly, throwing his spatula in the air. He turned around, incensed. "Bit, what have I told you about bothering me when I'm cooking?! It's bad enough to have to cook for five normally but today I have to." he stopped when he saw it was Naomi, "Oh, hi Naomi. Your.um.your. your up."
She looked at him feigning innocence, "Yeah, but don't worry about cooking for me, I will be leaving soon anyway."
Bit rushed in, hearing her last sentence, with some rope screaming, "No your not!!!"
Before he could attempt to tie her, which would have resulted in him losing a lot of blood, Naomi raised her hands in mock defeat, "Fine. I will stay until I figure out what to do."
Bit huffily replied, "We not I." before stalking off, losing his chance to be macho.
*****************************Evhert's room*******************************
The messenger cowered on the floor, fearing another vicious slap from Evhert. He whimpered, licking his wounds. He crawled into a corner, concealed in the shadows. Evhert spoke, thinly concealing his anger, "Where is she?"
"At the Blitz team base. It is heavily guarded. She is there with someone who spends much time with her, outside of the group."
"Who?"
"Brad Hunter, he is a very good pilot as are all of the Blitz team."
"And yet Naomi does not pilot anymore." He sat back thoughtfully.
The messenger quivered, gulped, and spoke, "Actually, sir, she has gotten her zoid back and we are sorry to inform you that she is a great warrior."
And yet again, slaps rained down upon the weak messenger. He curled up into a fetal position to protect himself from the fists.
Evhert spoke rapidly, "No matter, she is still going to die by my hand."
And the messenger could not deny that he agreed.
*********************************Tauros Base*****************************
The entire team was assembled around the table. All but Naomi, Jamie and Brad were stuffing their faces. Jamie was staring sullenly at the remains of his breakfast, worry creasing his brow. Brad contemplated the depths of his coffee cup, as if it would solve all his problems. Silence emanated from Naomi, causing those around her to be silent as well. Doc finally pulled his face from his toast, gulping down his orange juice from his panda cup he spoke,
"Naomi, we figured that it was Evhert looking for you. And that's great! The police and the ZBC are also looking for him, so all we have to do is keep you alive till then."
Naomi glanced at Brad, who shook his head, telling her he didn't betray her confidence. She looked to all the members of the team, most of whom who were stupidly nodding their heads. Sighing she retorted, "No. He has gotten out of confinement before and has amassed quite a large group of followers. He will keep evading arrest until he has enough power to get anything he wants. But one of the things he wants is to see me dead at his feet. The sniper was only the beginning of the ways he could kill me. No one can help. Just let me be."
After this revelation she looked down at her full plate. When Bit saw that she wasn't going to eat he asked,
"Can I have your pancakes?"
She didn't even crack a smile as she usually would; dipping her head slowly she stood. The door opened with a slow whoosh, like a quiet sigh, and she exited.
****************************The Hangar**********************************
Naomi sat between the crates, hiding from the people who saw light in darkness, people that saw life in a grave. She counted off the zoids in her mind: Brad's shadowfox, Leena's souped-up gunsniper, Jamie's Raynos, her own gunsniper, and Bit's liger.
"Not even an ultimate x can save me now." She murmured.
Bit wasn't different from the knowledge that he was unbeatable, but it caused most zoid battles to cease. Now teams battled merely to solve petty disputes and for bets placed by private corporations. Naomi had stopped fighting even before the information went public, she couldn't find any pleasure in it anymore.
Suddenly her haven in the boxes shifted, she tumbled out. She lay sprawled out on the floor, looking up into the blue eyes of Brad. "Uhhh.. hi?"
She stood up so she was eye to eye. She steeled her will not to cry before speaking,
"Hi and Bye"
She turned before walking towards the far end of the hangar. Brad caught her wrist and turned her to him.
"Why don't you see any shred of hope at all Naomi?"
"Because there is none."
He spoke softly now almost a whisper, comforting.
"There is always hope."
Leena was spying with Doc, he was almost giddy with anticipation, grunted and sighed. Doc said,
"Leena it's not their fault that they are both blind to each other. Give it time."
He would have offered more "helpful" information if they hadn't been knocked over unceremoniously by Harry who was in his tux, bounding through the door screaming "Leena my sweet! I have brought you diamonds and jewels!! Love meeeee..."
CHAPTER 4
*Dream*
Naomi was running down a dimly lit hallway. She looked to both sides, all she could see were the faces of her parents, dying or in agony. All she could hear was Evhert whispering in his raspy voice, barely above a whisper, "Naoomi. Naooomi." all she could smell was the reek of rotting flesh. All she could taste was the salty flavor of blood. Her hands were tied, like when Evhert had kidnapped her. Suddenly she fell through the dark, shiny floor. it was warm and bright. Even though she was free falling she didn't feel afraid. Suddenly she landed.
*End*
Naomi woke, her face in dark fabric. It was warm like the room in her dream. She looked up, Brad had his arms around her, but more importantly she was alive! Relief flooded her, but just for a moment, as she remembered the previous night. Evhert was still after her, she was still being hunted, and worse, Brad was only hugging her because he felt sorry for her. Tears spilled from her eyes as she picked her way out of the room. She didn't know the hovercargo well, but she figured they probably had her under surveillance anyway. She walked aimlessly around until she bumped into Jamie who was feverishly cooking. She tapped him on the shoulder and he shrieked girlishly, throwing his spatula in the air. He turned around, incensed. "Bit, what have I told you about bothering me when I'm cooking?! It's bad enough to have to cook for five normally but today I have to." he stopped when he saw it was Naomi, "Oh, hi Naomi. Your.um.your. your up."
She looked at him feigning innocence, "Yeah, but don't worry about cooking for me, I will be leaving soon anyway."
Bit rushed in, hearing her last sentence, with some rope screaming, "No your not!!!"
Before he could attempt to tie her, which would have resulted in him losing a lot of blood, Naomi raised her hands in mock defeat, "Fine. I will stay until I figure out what to do."
Bit huffily replied, "We not I." before stalking off, losing his chance to be macho.
*****************************Evhert's room*******************************
The messenger cowered on the floor, fearing another vicious slap from Evhert. He whimpered, licking his wounds. He crawled into a corner, concealed in the shadows. Evhert spoke, thinly concealing his anger, "Where is she?"
"At the Blitz team base. It is heavily guarded. She is there with someone who spends much time with her, outside of the group."
"Who?"
"Brad Hunter, he is a very good pilot as are all of the Blitz team."
"And yet Naomi does not pilot anymore." He sat back thoughtfully.
The messenger quivered, gulped, and spoke, "Actually, sir, she has gotten her zoid back and we are sorry to inform you that she is a great warrior."
And yet again, slaps rained down upon the weak messenger. He curled up into a fetal position to protect himself from the fists.
Evhert spoke rapidly, "No matter, she is still going to die by my hand."
And the messenger could not deny that he agreed.
*********************************Tauros Base*****************************
The entire team was assembled around the table. All but Naomi, Jamie and Brad were stuffing their faces. Jamie was staring sullenly at the remains of his breakfast, worry creasing his brow. Brad contemplated the depths of his coffee cup, as if it would solve all his problems. Silence emanated from Naomi, causing those around her to be silent as well. Doc finally pulled his face from his toast, gulping down his orange juice from his panda cup he spoke,
"Naomi, we figured that it was Evhert looking for you. And that's great! The police and the ZBC are also looking for him, so all we have to do is keep you alive till then."
Naomi glanced at Brad, who shook his head, telling her he didn't betray her confidence. She looked to all the members of the team, most of whom who were stupidly nodding their heads. Sighing she retorted, "No. He has gotten out of confinement before and has amassed quite a large group of followers. He will keep evading arrest until he has enough power to get anything he wants. But one of the things he wants is to see me dead at his feet. The sniper was only the beginning of the ways he could kill me. No one can help. Just let me be."
After this revelation she looked down at her full plate. When Bit saw that she wasn't going to eat he asked,
"Can I have your pancakes?"
She didn't even crack a smile as she usually would; dipping her head slowly she stood. The door opened with a slow whoosh, like a quiet sigh, and she exited.
****************************The Hangar**********************************
Naomi sat between the crates, hiding from the people who saw light in darkness, people that saw life in a grave. She counted off the zoids in her mind: Brad's shadowfox, Leena's souped-up gunsniper, Jamie's Raynos, her own gunsniper, and Bit's liger.
"Not even an ultimate x can save me now." She murmured.
Bit wasn't different from the knowledge that he was unbeatable, but it caused most zoid battles to cease. Now teams battled merely to solve petty disputes and for bets placed by private corporations. Naomi had stopped fighting even before the information went public, she couldn't find any pleasure in it anymore.
Suddenly her haven in the boxes shifted, she tumbled out. She lay sprawled out on the floor, looking up into the blue eyes of Brad. "Uhhh.. hi?"
She stood up so she was eye to eye. She steeled her will not to cry before speaking,
"Hi and Bye"
She turned before walking towards the far end of the hangar. Brad caught her wrist and turned her to him.
"Why don't you see any shred of hope at all Naomi?"
"Because there is none."
He spoke softly now almost a whisper, comforting.
"There is always hope."
Leena was spying with Doc, he was almost giddy with anticipation, grunted and sighed. Doc said,
"Leena it's not their fault that they are both blind to each other. Give it time."
He would have offered more "helpful" information if they hadn't been knocked over unceremoniously by Harry who was in his tux, bounding through the door screaming "Leena my sweet! I have brought you diamonds and jewels!! Love meeeee..."
