I decided to put up the next chapter! Aint I wonderful. And to those of
you who are waiting for me to update again for Premonition, it may be a
little while. Two weeks at the most. It all depends on what's going on in
school for the next few weeks. If any of you have heard of the school of
Orono in Minnesota, it's really messed up right now and the teachers might
go on strike. Anyway, here we go^.^
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids.
-...Even If Those Memories Are Lost...-
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Leena grabbed the handle of the door and slowly opened it. Bit looked up as they all entered the room.
"Hey Bit," said Jamie.
"Hi," he said.
"So, how do you feel?" asked Brad.
"Okay, I guess. Nothing hurts," said Bit. Leena walked over and sat down on the bed next to Bit.
"Hey Bit. We brought someone with us who says he knows you," said Leena.
"Really?" asked Bit.
"Yeah. He's over there," said Leena. She pointed to Clark, who was leaning against the wall. "His name is Clark Neo."
"Clark...Neo..." said Bit, as if trying to remember.
"Do you remember him?" asked Leena. Bit thought for a while, then sadly shook his head.
"No, I don't," said Bit. "Sorry."
"It's alright, maybe you'll remember later," said Leena as she stood up. She looked to the rest of the team, signaling for them to follow. The Blitz team left the room, leaving Bit and Clark alone. Leena closed the door behind her. When he was sure they were gone, Clark pushed off from against the wall. He approached Bit.
"Do you really not remember anything?" he asked. Bit looked to him.
"Why would I lie?" asked Bit.
"Because...!" yelled Clark, but he then turned away in anger. He then lightened a little. "I guess I can't blame you if you don't remember."
"Blame me for what?"
"Why do you care? You don't even remember, so you wouldn't understand."
"Tell me, what happened to this town?"
"What? How do you know something happened?"
"Well, you're not the only one who's told me something about it."
"I'm not?"
"No, there was some guy here when I woke up."
"Who...was it?"
"I don't know. He didn't tell me his name. All he told me was 'In every past, there are shadows, and you are one of them'," said Bit. Clark looked shocked, but then lowered his head.
"So, he came back," he said. Bit looked to him.
"Who came back?" asked Bit.
"Never mind."
"Tell me! That man tried to kill me!" yelled Bit. Clark shot his head up, looking at Bit. He wasn't shocked, just a little afraid. He suddenly seemed angry and yet sad.
"You...you should have just let him," said Clark.
"What?" said Bit. Clark turned away from him.
"If he would have killed you, this would all be over. It seems that ever since then, this town has been trapped in the past. No one will ever forget about what happened here. You have no idea how hard it's been. We all thought you were dead, but I guess the nightmare will never end."
"But why?" asked Bit. Clark looked at him. "Why do so many people hate me here?"
"They don't hate you, they just fear you. They're afraid of what might happen." Bit just looked down.
"But why? Why are they afraid of me? What did I do?" asked Bit. Clark just shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. It's in the past. I guess...it's time to move on and just try to forget. Don't worry about it. Maybe it's all over now. Nothing has happened for a long time, so just don't worry," said Clark. "Anyway, you should be able to leave here in a little while. So, see ya later." He began to walk to the door.
"Wait, Clark." Clark turned around to face Bit.
"Who were you, I mean, in my past? Were you my friend?" asked Bit. For the first time today, Clark smiled.
"Yeah, we were the best of friends," said Clark.
"I'm sorry I don't remember."
"It's fine really. It's probably better if you don't remember. Well, see ya."
"Bye," said Bit, as Clark exited the room. Bit laid back down and fell asleep.
******
"The air fells great!" said Bit. He stood outside the hospital in New Hope. He was still wearing the bandages. It had been one day since he had awoken and the doctor decided to let him leave early. He then walked over to the car where everyone was waiting for him. Leena and Doc sat up front and Jamie, Brad and Bit sat in the back. The car drove away from the hospital and out of the city. The ride was quiet for a while, until Jamie had a question.
"Hey Bit, I was wondering. Just why were you in that house?" he asked. Leena glanced back slightly.
"I was there because that used to be where I lived. I thought that maybe if I went there, I would remember something," said Bit. He sounded so casual.
"And...?" asked Brad.
"I still don't remember anything, but it's okay, I'm sure I'll remember eventually," said Bit. Leena just smiled and turned her attention back to the road.
******
An hour later, they arrived back at the Toros Base. Everyone got out of the car and went to get something to eat. It was lunchtime. Doc went to the video screen to check if they had any messages. He pushed a few buttons and found that they had one. He pushed a button that popped it up on the screen. A man from the Zoid Battle Commission came on.
"Blitz team, I would like to inform you that your next battle will be in three days. We received the information that team member Bit Cloud is in the hospital, so we moved it from tomorrow to Friday instead. The information on the battle has been posted. That is all." The screen switched to a display of the battle information. Once Doc had read through it all, he turned off the video screen and went to go and tell the team.
******
"No way! I saw it first!" yelled Bit. Jamie was sitting at the table, eating an apple. Brad was sipping on some coffee he had just made, while Bit and Leena were pulling on a package of cookies.
"So what! Finders keepers!" said Leena.
"But I found them!" yelled Bit.
"Who really cares?! You need to learn to share!"
"Look who's talking!" Both of them just kept at it until Doc came into the room.
"Listen up team! We have a battle in two days!" said Doc. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked to him.
"Really? Against who?" asked Jamie.
"And where?" asked Bit.
"At what time?" asked Leena.
"How much money do we get?" asked Brad. Everyone else just sweatdropped.
"Well, it's in area G-98, which is in a desert, as you all know. We'll be up against the Trigger team. But, there is a small problem. The battle is a five on five zoid battle," said Doc.
"So?" said Bit.
"So, we only have 4 team members, you moron," said Leena.
"Well sorry!" said Bit. He then tugged the cookies away from her and began to run away as she chassed him. They all sweatdropped.
"Anyway," said Doc. "Since we have two days before the battle, I thought that we should try and find someone who would be willing to fight in this battle with us. If they're good enough, we can even let them join the team."
"Sounds fine to me," said Jamie.
"I'd rather not turn down this battle, since we will be paid a large amount of money," said Doc.
"Well then, I'm all for it," said Brad.
"That's good to hear. Let's start searching after lunch," said Doc. Leena came back, holding the box of cookies in her hands and munching on one happily.
"Where's Bit?" asked Jamie. Leena looked to him and shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know," she said. They all sweatdropped.
"Well, who's up for some pizza!" said Doc.
"I am!" they all said in unison.
******
Bit and Jamie were going around the nearest town and putting up flyers.
"How did we get suckered into doing this?" asked Bit.
"Well, someone said 'I'd love to help out in any way I can'. I can't imagine who would have said that. *cough* you *cough*."
"Alright, alright, so it's my fault."
"Well, yeah, but I don't see why I had to come with."
"Does the phrase, 'I think we should hand out flyers to people in the nearest town in order to."
"Okay! Okay! I get the picture." Both of them sighed as they continued to put up more flyers.
******
"Next!" said Doc. The tryouts had been going on all day. Apparently, many pilots wanted to try out for the Blitz team. It was getting late. They decided to call it a day.
"Well, that was interesting," said Bit.
"Yeah, no kidding. I mean, some of them were okay, but some were just really scary," said Leena.
"Tell me about it. That one guy had tattoos in ten different places," said Jamie.
"And I think I saw that one girl on Zi's Most Wanted (A/N Hehe, I couldn't resist^.^)," said Brad.
"Maybe we'll have better luck tomorrow," said Doc.
"We better. Tomorrow is all we have left," said Jamie. They all went inside. It was getting late and they had to get up early to start the tryouts again.
******
The clock struck 1:00 am. Bit was tossing and turning in his sleep. His breathing suddenly became hard and quick. He seemed to be out of breath. In his dream, he saw a young boy, who looked a lot like him. He was scratched and burned. His aqua eyes were filled with tears as he stared at a burning house. The flames danced in the wind, engulfing the house. The sirens were in the background. The young blond haired boy only watched as the tears began flowing down his face, and then, everything went black.
Bit awoke with a sudden jump. He sat up quickly. He was panting and a cold sweat covered his face. Once he was calm again, he went back to sleep, hoping that the dream wouldn't come back.
******
"Next!" yelled Doc, for about the 50th time that day. So many more people came than before. Some people wanted to be on the team so bad that they tried everything. Some didn't even know how to pilot a zoid, and some didn't even own one. There didn't seem to be anyone else.
"I guess we'll never find anyone worth having on our team," said Doc.
"Come on! There has to be somebody around here who has some skill in piloting a zoid!" yelled Leena. They turned around and began to walk towards the door that led out of the hanger (A/N they held the interview things in the hanger), when someone started running towards them.
"Wait up!" he yelled. Bit turned at the sound of his voice. It sounded familiar. They all turned around and looked as a young man came up to them. He wasn't out of breath or anything, and he seemed pretty serious, but he still smiled to them. "I'm here for the tryouts," he said. He looked about the same age as Bit, but he was taller. His hair was a dark, grayish blue color. Some of his hair hung down his face, covering his left eye. His hair hung to his neck, but was shaped to fit it tightly. It framed his face. He wore a pair of blue jeans, a white shirt with some red and black designs on it, and a black overcoat that came down nearly to his knees. He had on a pair of normal black shoes. Doc looked happy. He seemed to be a perfectly normal guy. Bit, on the other hand, was trying to figure out where he had met this guy before.
"Well then, let's see what you can do. First, what kind of zoid do you have?"
"I have a Dark Spiner," he said.
"You do?!" said Doc excitedly.
"Yes. You can see it if you want."
"Let's go!" said Doc as he followed the man outside. The rest of the team followed. When they saw the zoid, they couldn't believe it. It was a sea green color. It had 8 black spikes on its back. It had a few guns on the shoulders and near the ends of the spikes. The claws were silver. It resembled the Gun Sniper slightly. (A/N if you wanna know what it looks like, just go to the Zoids Tribute website. There's a picture of one there).
"Amazing." said Jamie.
"This is so cool!" said Doc.
"Well, it looks like a good zoid, but can you pilot it?" asked Brad.
"Of course. I wouldn't have it if I couldn't," he said.
"Well then, let's see a test run!" said Doc excitedly. The man got into the zoid and quickly mobilized it. The zoid gave a loud roar, before it began to run. The area was rocky. They watched as the zoid swerved between rocks, then quickly turned on it's heals. It shot a few bullets, blowing three huge rocks up. It then ran back to where they stood, making a perfect stop. The zoid roared once again before it bent down. The cockpit opened and the man jumped out.
"Satisfied?" he asked.
"You bet!" said Doc. They all seemed to be impressed. Doc walked up to him and extended his hand. "Welcome to the team!" he said. The man then shook Doc's hand. Everyone seemed pleased with the new member. Their team would be even stronger. Bit could only stare at the man. 'He seems so familiar. I know I've seen him somewhere before.'
"Thanks. I won't let you guys down," he said. His voice was sort of cocky.
"Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Steve Toros, but you can just call me Doc. And these are your teammates. That's Leena, Brad, Jamie, and Bit," said Doc, pointing at each one in turn.
"Hey. My names Lawrence, but most just call me Lance," said the man. 'I know that voice' thought Bit. That's when it hit him. He noticed the eyes of the man. They were the same eyes. The same deep, blue eyes.
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How ya all doin'? Sorry, couldn't resist, anyway, whatcha think? Do you think you know who he is? Don't worry. More to come soon. Just a little note, if any of you have ever seen Cowboy Bebop or Big0, Lance's voice is suppose to sound like Spike from Cowboy Bebop, or if you haven't seen Cowboy Bebop, it's the same voice as Roger. The same person does their voices, but that's what his voice is supposed to sound like. I found out many things lately. First I'm 50% insane, next off, I'm the Mushy Stuff Freak! I love romantic stuff. *sigh*. Anyway, that's all for now. See ya! Audi^.^
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids.
-...Even If Those Memories Are Lost...-
**************************************************************************** ********************
Leena grabbed the handle of the door and slowly opened it. Bit looked up as they all entered the room.
"Hey Bit," said Jamie.
"Hi," he said.
"So, how do you feel?" asked Brad.
"Okay, I guess. Nothing hurts," said Bit. Leena walked over and sat down on the bed next to Bit.
"Hey Bit. We brought someone with us who says he knows you," said Leena.
"Really?" asked Bit.
"Yeah. He's over there," said Leena. She pointed to Clark, who was leaning against the wall. "His name is Clark Neo."
"Clark...Neo..." said Bit, as if trying to remember.
"Do you remember him?" asked Leena. Bit thought for a while, then sadly shook his head.
"No, I don't," said Bit. "Sorry."
"It's alright, maybe you'll remember later," said Leena as she stood up. She looked to the rest of the team, signaling for them to follow. The Blitz team left the room, leaving Bit and Clark alone. Leena closed the door behind her. When he was sure they were gone, Clark pushed off from against the wall. He approached Bit.
"Do you really not remember anything?" he asked. Bit looked to him.
"Why would I lie?" asked Bit.
"Because...!" yelled Clark, but he then turned away in anger. He then lightened a little. "I guess I can't blame you if you don't remember."
"Blame me for what?"
"Why do you care? You don't even remember, so you wouldn't understand."
"Tell me, what happened to this town?"
"What? How do you know something happened?"
"Well, you're not the only one who's told me something about it."
"I'm not?"
"No, there was some guy here when I woke up."
"Who...was it?"
"I don't know. He didn't tell me his name. All he told me was 'In every past, there are shadows, and you are one of them'," said Bit. Clark looked shocked, but then lowered his head.
"So, he came back," he said. Bit looked to him.
"Who came back?" asked Bit.
"Never mind."
"Tell me! That man tried to kill me!" yelled Bit. Clark shot his head up, looking at Bit. He wasn't shocked, just a little afraid. He suddenly seemed angry and yet sad.
"You...you should have just let him," said Clark.
"What?" said Bit. Clark turned away from him.
"If he would have killed you, this would all be over. It seems that ever since then, this town has been trapped in the past. No one will ever forget about what happened here. You have no idea how hard it's been. We all thought you were dead, but I guess the nightmare will never end."
"But why?" asked Bit. Clark looked at him. "Why do so many people hate me here?"
"They don't hate you, they just fear you. They're afraid of what might happen." Bit just looked down.
"But why? Why are they afraid of me? What did I do?" asked Bit. Clark just shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. It's in the past. I guess...it's time to move on and just try to forget. Don't worry about it. Maybe it's all over now. Nothing has happened for a long time, so just don't worry," said Clark. "Anyway, you should be able to leave here in a little while. So, see ya later." He began to walk to the door.
"Wait, Clark." Clark turned around to face Bit.
"Who were you, I mean, in my past? Were you my friend?" asked Bit. For the first time today, Clark smiled.
"Yeah, we were the best of friends," said Clark.
"I'm sorry I don't remember."
"It's fine really. It's probably better if you don't remember. Well, see ya."
"Bye," said Bit, as Clark exited the room. Bit laid back down and fell asleep.
******
"The air fells great!" said Bit. He stood outside the hospital in New Hope. He was still wearing the bandages. It had been one day since he had awoken and the doctor decided to let him leave early. He then walked over to the car where everyone was waiting for him. Leena and Doc sat up front and Jamie, Brad and Bit sat in the back. The car drove away from the hospital and out of the city. The ride was quiet for a while, until Jamie had a question.
"Hey Bit, I was wondering. Just why were you in that house?" he asked. Leena glanced back slightly.
"I was there because that used to be where I lived. I thought that maybe if I went there, I would remember something," said Bit. He sounded so casual.
"And...?" asked Brad.
"I still don't remember anything, but it's okay, I'm sure I'll remember eventually," said Bit. Leena just smiled and turned her attention back to the road.
******
An hour later, they arrived back at the Toros Base. Everyone got out of the car and went to get something to eat. It was lunchtime. Doc went to the video screen to check if they had any messages. He pushed a few buttons and found that they had one. He pushed a button that popped it up on the screen. A man from the Zoid Battle Commission came on.
"Blitz team, I would like to inform you that your next battle will be in three days. We received the information that team member Bit Cloud is in the hospital, so we moved it from tomorrow to Friday instead. The information on the battle has been posted. That is all." The screen switched to a display of the battle information. Once Doc had read through it all, he turned off the video screen and went to go and tell the team.
******
"No way! I saw it first!" yelled Bit. Jamie was sitting at the table, eating an apple. Brad was sipping on some coffee he had just made, while Bit and Leena were pulling on a package of cookies.
"So what! Finders keepers!" said Leena.
"But I found them!" yelled Bit.
"Who really cares?! You need to learn to share!"
"Look who's talking!" Both of them just kept at it until Doc came into the room.
"Listen up team! We have a battle in two days!" said Doc. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked to him.
"Really? Against who?" asked Jamie.
"And where?" asked Bit.
"At what time?" asked Leena.
"How much money do we get?" asked Brad. Everyone else just sweatdropped.
"Well, it's in area G-98, which is in a desert, as you all know. We'll be up against the Trigger team. But, there is a small problem. The battle is a five on five zoid battle," said Doc.
"So?" said Bit.
"So, we only have 4 team members, you moron," said Leena.
"Well sorry!" said Bit. He then tugged the cookies away from her and began to run away as she chassed him. They all sweatdropped.
"Anyway," said Doc. "Since we have two days before the battle, I thought that we should try and find someone who would be willing to fight in this battle with us. If they're good enough, we can even let them join the team."
"Sounds fine to me," said Jamie.
"I'd rather not turn down this battle, since we will be paid a large amount of money," said Doc.
"Well then, I'm all for it," said Brad.
"That's good to hear. Let's start searching after lunch," said Doc. Leena came back, holding the box of cookies in her hands and munching on one happily.
"Where's Bit?" asked Jamie. Leena looked to him and shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know," she said. They all sweatdropped.
"Well, who's up for some pizza!" said Doc.
"I am!" they all said in unison.
******
Bit and Jamie were going around the nearest town and putting up flyers.
"How did we get suckered into doing this?" asked Bit.
"Well, someone said 'I'd love to help out in any way I can'. I can't imagine who would have said that. *cough* you *cough*."
"Alright, alright, so it's my fault."
"Well, yeah, but I don't see why I had to come with."
"Does the phrase, 'I think we should hand out flyers to people in the nearest town in order to."
"Okay! Okay! I get the picture." Both of them sighed as they continued to put up more flyers.
******
"Next!" said Doc. The tryouts had been going on all day. Apparently, many pilots wanted to try out for the Blitz team. It was getting late. They decided to call it a day.
"Well, that was interesting," said Bit.
"Yeah, no kidding. I mean, some of them were okay, but some were just really scary," said Leena.
"Tell me about it. That one guy had tattoos in ten different places," said Jamie.
"And I think I saw that one girl on Zi's Most Wanted (A/N Hehe, I couldn't resist^.^)," said Brad.
"Maybe we'll have better luck tomorrow," said Doc.
"We better. Tomorrow is all we have left," said Jamie. They all went inside. It was getting late and they had to get up early to start the tryouts again.
******
The clock struck 1:00 am. Bit was tossing and turning in his sleep. His breathing suddenly became hard and quick. He seemed to be out of breath. In his dream, he saw a young boy, who looked a lot like him. He was scratched and burned. His aqua eyes were filled with tears as he stared at a burning house. The flames danced in the wind, engulfing the house. The sirens were in the background. The young blond haired boy only watched as the tears began flowing down his face, and then, everything went black.
Bit awoke with a sudden jump. He sat up quickly. He was panting and a cold sweat covered his face. Once he was calm again, he went back to sleep, hoping that the dream wouldn't come back.
******
"Next!" yelled Doc, for about the 50th time that day. So many more people came than before. Some people wanted to be on the team so bad that they tried everything. Some didn't even know how to pilot a zoid, and some didn't even own one. There didn't seem to be anyone else.
"I guess we'll never find anyone worth having on our team," said Doc.
"Come on! There has to be somebody around here who has some skill in piloting a zoid!" yelled Leena. They turned around and began to walk towards the door that led out of the hanger (A/N they held the interview things in the hanger), when someone started running towards them.
"Wait up!" he yelled. Bit turned at the sound of his voice. It sounded familiar. They all turned around and looked as a young man came up to them. He wasn't out of breath or anything, and he seemed pretty serious, but he still smiled to them. "I'm here for the tryouts," he said. He looked about the same age as Bit, but he was taller. His hair was a dark, grayish blue color. Some of his hair hung down his face, covering his left eye. His hair hung to his neck, but was shaped to fit it tightly. It framed his face. He wore a pair of blue jeans, a white shirt with some red and black designs on it, and a black overcoat that came down nearly to his knees. He had on a pair of normal black shoes. Doc looked happy. He seemed to be a perfectly normal guy. Bit, on the other hand, was trying to figure out where he had met this guy before.
"Well then, let's see what you can do. First, what kind of zoid do you have?"
"I have a Dark Spiner," he said.
"You do?!" said Doc excitedly.
"Yes. You can see it if you want."
"Let's go!" said Doc as he followed the man outside. The rest of the team followed. When they saw the zoid, they couldn't believe it. It was a sea green color. It had 8 black spikes on its back. It had a few guns on the shoulders and near the ends of the spikes. The claws were silver. It resembled the Gun Sniper slightly. (A/N if you wanna know what it looks like, just go to the Zoids Tribute website. There's a picture of one there).
"Amazing." said Jamie.
"This is so cool!" said Doc.
"Well, it looks like a good zoid, but can you pilot it?" asked Brad.
"Of course. I wouldn't have it if I couldn't," he said.
"Well then, let's see a test run!" said Doc excitedly. The man got into the zoid and quickly mobilized it. The zoid gave a loud roar, before it began to run. The area was rocky. They watched as the zoid swerved between rocks, then quickly turned on it's heals. It shot a few bullets, blowing three huge rocks up. It then ran back to where they stood, making a perfect stop. The zoid roared once again before it bent down. The cockpit opened and the man jumped out.
"Satisfied?" he asked.
"You bet!" said Doc. They all seemed to be impressed. Doc walked up to him and extended his hand. "Welcome to the team!" he said. The man then shook Doc's hand. Everyone seemed pleased with the new member. Their team would be even stronger. Bit could only stare at the man. 'He seems so familiar. I know I've seen him somewhere before.'
"Thanks. I won't let you guys down," he said. His voice was sort of cocky.
"Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Steve Toros, but you can just call me Doc. And these are your teammates. That's Leena, Brad, Jamie, and Bit," said Doc, pointing at each one in turn.
"Hey. My names Lawrence, but most just call me Lance," said the man. 'I know that voice' thought Bit. That's when it hit him. He noticed the eyes of the man. They were the same eyes. The same deep, blue eyes.
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How ya all doin'? Sorry, couldn't resist, anyway, whatcha think? Do you think you know who he is? Don't worry. More to come soon. Just a little note, if any of you have ever seen Cowboy Bebop or Big0, Lance's voice is suppose to sound like Spike from Cowboy Bebop, or if you haven't seen Cowboy Bebop, it's the same voice as Roger. The same person does their voices, but that's what his voice is supposed to sound like. I found out many things lately. First I'm 50% insane, next off, I'm the Mushy Stuff Freak! I love romantic stuff. *sigh*. Anyway, that's all for now. See ya! Audi^.^
