I didn't get many reviews on the last chapter, but that's okay. I know why too and it's because it got pushed off of the first page really fast. So I decided to update, cause I know how this chapter is gonna go and I gotta write it before I forget or something. Not to mention I don't know when my next free moment will be.

Disclaimer: See last chapter

-...It's A Vicious Cycle...-

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It was now 2:00 and everyone seemed bored. Bit, Leena, and Lance were all in the hanger, working on their zoids. Brad was watching television and Doc was in his room, playing with his zoid models. Overall, it was boring, since the zoids didn't need any major repairs, so there wasn't much they could do except to give them a tune up.

"There isn't anything to do around here," complained Leena.

"I know what you mean," responded Bit. Lance didn't say anything as he worked on his Dark Spiner. He then put down his wrench and jumped off of the platform and onto the ground. Just then, his cell phone began to ring. He sighed and pulled it out of his pocket, turning it on and putting it to his ear.

"Hello?" he asked.

Hey Lance? It's Clark.

"Yeah, so?"

Where are you?

"At the Toros base. Why?"

Because you'll never guess who's here.

"Who?"

It's him. Lance froze where he was and straitened up when he heard that. Clark kept talking. He showed up here yesterday.

"Are you sure?" asked Lance with panic in his voice.

He was wearing the same black cloak as the last time I saw him. I know what I saw. He's here, in New Hope. Lance was in pure shock now. Bit and Leena had gotten down from the platforms they had been standing on and were now approaching Lance. They stopped within a few feet. Lance had a look of pure fear on his face, his eyes wide. They stood behind him, unsure why he wasn't talking.

Lance? Lance? Clark was trying to get his attention, but Lance was in too deep of shock. Lance. Is something wrong?

"Lance?" asked Leena.

"What's with you?" asked Bit.

Hey Lance! shouted Clark, finally knocking him out of it. What's wrong? Why were you so quiet and why was your voice shaking? Lance suddenly felt the need for urgency.

"You're absolutely sure?" he asked.

I already said yes. Why?

"That's where Kahimi is."

Kahimi? Are you sure?

"Yeah. Her and Jamie left about a half an hour ago."

Then they would have just arrived recently.

"I know. Look, tell Kahimi if you see her. She should be with someone. His name is Jamie, he's from the Blitz team."

Okay.

"You have to find her."

I will, you can count on it. Bye. Lance hung up the phone without saying anything. He tucked it safely away in his pocket.

"Who was that?" asked Bit.

"It was Clark," answered Lance.

"What did he want?" asked Leena. Lance didn't say anything as he began to head towards his Dark Spiner.

"Where are you going?" asked Bit.

"To New Hope," he said as he began to climb up towards the cockpit.

"Why?" asked Leena.

"Because the man who attacked us last night is there."

"But.didn't Jamie and Kahimi..." started Bit.

"That's right. If he finds them, he'll try to kill them. It's too good of an opportunity for a guy like him to pass up."

"So you're going?"

"Well, of course."

"Then I'm going too," said Bit.

"Same here. You guys aren't gonna leave me out of this," said Leena. Her and Bit ran to their zoids and got in. As soon as they were ready, the three of them began to head out.

"Where do you think you're going?" asked Brad. They stopped and turned to face him.

"To New Hope," answered Bit.

"Could you tell my dad?" asked Leena.

"Yeah, sure," responded Brad as he began to walk out of the room. They then proceeded to leave the base and head towards New Hope as fast as they could.

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"Come on Jamie, hurry up," urged Kahimi. She smiled as she stood there. Jamie was making his way over, carrying what looked like everything they had bought.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," responded Jamie. He had soon caught up with her.

"Thanks again for carrying those," she said as they headed back towards the main gate. "Let's go put this stuff down and then go get the rest of the groceries."

"Sounds good." They had soon made it to the gate and put the groceries in their zoids. They then began to make their way back into the busy city.

"Where to now?" asked Jamie.

"To pick up the part I ordered," responded Kahimi. They began to head towards the shop, unaware that they were being followed by a cloaked figure. They were practically in front of the store when Kahimi spun around quickly to face the cloaked figure, who now seemed surprised.

"Ha, so someone was following us," she said in a cocky tone as she got into a fighting position.

"How did you know?" asked Jamie.

"Come on. I stalk people all the time. No one can stalk me and get away with it." The cloaked figure laughed and under his cloak, he was smiling.

"So, you think you can beat me?" he asked in a very confident and doubting tone.

"Of course. Got a problem with that?" she asked. He laughed again and reached to his side. He quickly pulled out a gun from his pocket and began lifting it to face her, but she quickly pulled out her own gun, and both met each other when they lifted it up. Jamie just stood by, sort of scared and confused at the same time.

"Hey Jamie," said Kahimi more quietly.

"What?" he asked.

"Leave, now."

"You want me to leave?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes. Call my brother. Tell him what happened, okay?"

"But..."

"Just do it, please."

"Okay." Jamie turned around and began to run down the sidewalk, away from them, but he didn't want to go too fast at first. The people around them had noticed what was going on and some, well, most actually, began to stop and watch. The cloaked figure laughed again.

"So, saving your friend, huh? You can still make it."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is..." he began. He slowly moved his gun over and pointed to a spot behind Kahimi, which confused her. "...You're not who I'm aiming for." Kahimi's eyes widened. "I want to make you suffer first." Under his cloak, he was smirking, but no one could tell. Kahimi looked behind her and saw that Jamie was still in view. He wasn't really running that fast at all. The cloaked man began to pull the trigger, causing a clicking sound to come first. Kahimi looked back at him and then at the gun.

"No!" she said as she quickly ran in front, just as he pulled the trigger. The crowd around gasped in terror and shock. There uneasiness made Jamie stop and turn around, in which he could make out the gun that the man held. It had smoke coming from it and he could see Kahimi as she placed her free hand over her stomach and fell to one knee. In a panic, Jamie quickly began to run over to her. Kahimi was trying to stand up again, but it wasn't working. She was definitely in pain.

"I told you to stay out of this. This wouldn't have happened if you would have listened to me," said the cloaked man. He seemed to be enjoying this. "Now it's his turn." He began to aim again, but another shot rang out from Kahimi's gun, knocking his out of his hand. He seemed angry. Kahimi moved her hand away from her stomach and stood up. She was still in pain, but she lifted her gun up towards the man. When she tried to shoot, all it did was click. She looked at the gun and tried again, but soon realized she was out of bullets. She dropped the gun and then charged the man, swinging a punch at his head, but the pain made her aim off and the man easily dodged. He then followed it up and punched her, but she moved enough so that he only hit her arm. He then pulled out a knife and swung at her, determined to finish her off. He managed to cut her on her arm as well. He then shoved her down to the ground, but she got back up, fighting off the pain from her wounds. She now had a scrape on her head and it, too, was bleeding, but she ignored it as well. She threw another punch his way but missed. The man then punched her in the stomach when she was distracted, right where she had been shot. She keeled over in pain and fell unconscious. Jamie reached the area and knelt down near her, but then remembered the man who was now walking towards him.

"Freeze!" shouted a slightly familiar voice. The figure stopped walking and looked around. He was surrounded by cops who began to pull out their guns. Before any of them could react, he quickly ran off and down an alley, disappearing down it before anyone could do anything.

"Darn it, he got away," said Clark. He was wearing a white jacked and dark blue pants. His brown eyes looked around and landed on Kahimi. He ran over, a look of shock on his face. He bent down close to where Jamie was.

"Darn, I was too late," he said. Jamie looked at him.

"Don't I know you?" asked Jamie.

"Yeah, I think so. I'm Clark."

"Yeah, I remember you."

"You must be Jamie right?"

"Yeah."

"What happened here? Tell me what happened to Kahimi."

"She was shot by that guy."

"Shot?"

"That's what I said." Clark reached over and moved Kahimi so that she was now lying on her back. He looked at the bullet whole in her stomach.

"Darn it. This is bad," he said. He quickly placed one hand under her legs and one behind her back. He carefully lifted her up. He then looked to Jamie.

"I'm gonna take her to the hospital. I'll need you to drive."

"Who, me?" asked Jamie in shock.

"Yeah."

"But I just got my license. I'm not that good. I also don't know how to get there."

"Okay then." He walked closer to Jamie and placed Kahimi in his arms. "Then I'll have to drive. Come on." They both started running to a car that wasn't parked that far away. They both got in and Clark quickly started the car and began to drive at full speed.

"She's still alive, right?" asked Clark.

"I think so."

"I was looking for a yes or no."

"Oh." Jamie checked for a pulse and was relieved when he found one, but it still scared him that it was quite week. "I found one."

"That's good," sighed Clark.

"But...it's not that strong."

"That's not good. She better live, that's all I have to say. You better hope so too, cause you don't want to face the consequences if she dies."

"What consequences?"

"Well, all I have to say is that I don't want to have to be the one to tell Lance if she dies. He definitely wont be happy. He'll be mad at me."

"Well, at least I'll be okay."

"Yeah, great," said Clark sarcastically. They drove silently for the rest of the ride to the hospital.

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Well, how was that for another chapter. I wanted to get this out before I had to go to school tomorrow. I hope you like it. I'm having fun with this, definitely. I guess you sorta saw something like this happening though. Am I predictable? Just wanted to know. Assembly tomorrow, cause it's September 11th. I gotta get to bed. Goodnight! Audi^.^ (byebye)