I have but one thing to say...well, two actually. Number one is YAY! I got over 275 reviews now! That was great! Let's get 295 now! Actually, I don't care about that right now.

I also want to wish all of you a happy holiday!

We're going into the last stanza of the poem. Thanks once again Theo for my second to last stanza. It really helped me plot out this story even more.

Disclaimer: See first chapter.

-.....Things You Want To Leave...-

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Lance and Kahimi had already made their way to the shop at the entrance of the town.

"What's the plan?" asked Kahimi.

"We get our zoids."

"Then what?"

"I don't know. We'll think of something."

"HEY!" shouted Bit. Lance and Kahimi stopped and turned around. Everyone else came running up to them.

"Don't leave us behind," said Bit as he caught his breath.

"We wanna help too," said Leena.

"This isn't something that concerns you," said Lance.

"But it concerns me," said Bit. "And if it concerns me, then it concerns my friends as well."

"Fine. Come on. I think I have a plan." They all walked into the shop. Lance walked over to the main desk and asked the man something. He then took out a box and handed it to Lance, who then walked over to the rest of them. He opened it and handed them each an earpiece.

"I thought it'd be a good idea if we were able to communicate. We're not only going to save Clark, but we're going to put out that fire as well."

"How do you propose we do that?" asked Brad.

"There's a water tower in this town. It isn't often used. I was thinking we could use that. If this fire isn't put out, it could spread. The firemen can't get enough water in time to stop the spread of the fire."

"Okay, but how do you propose we use it?" asked Kahimi.

"I'm glad you asked. I want you and Jamie to take it from its current spot and take it to the city hall."

"Are you insane?! That thing's huge! We can't just air lift it away!"

"You can. I know it. We've got the cables and everything. Believe me, you guys have the easy part of this job."

"How do we let the water out once we get it there?" asked Jamie.

"There's a flag pole on the top of the building. Ram the tower down hard onto the pole. It should poke a whole through it and let the water out onto the building."

"And this is easy?" asked Kahimi.

"Compared to the rest of my idea, yes, it is easy. Here's the hard part. We have to get Clark out before then. If he's caught in the water, there's no way he'd be able to get out in time. The building could collapse while the water puts out the fire. It will make the foundation weak. We can't wait. You three," he pointed to Brad, Bit, and Leon, "I want you to go into the building and get Clark out."

"Us?" asked Bit in disbelief.

"Yes. I think you guys could do a better job at making it in and out quickly."

"Wait," said Bit. "I'll go alone."

"That's not a good idea..." started Brad.

"No," cut off Bit. "I'm sorry, but I don't want any of you to get involved. I've already dragged you into my problems. I don't want anymore of you to get hurt. I'm going alone."

"Are you sure?" asked Leena.

"Yes. I have to."

"...Fine," said Lance. "Come on. Kahimi, Jamie, get to your zoids."

"Right," they both responded. They got into their zoids and took off from the shop. Everyone else got into the jeep and drove off towards City Hall.

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At City Hall, the firemen were still having a hard time putting the fire out. It had now engulfed the whole building. With their huge suits on, it was impossible to fit through the opening to the building, which was mostly blocked off. Just then, a jeep drove up to where the men were. They all looked on as a ton of people jumped out. Bit was not with them. Doc stayed with the car. Lance ran up to one of them, who smiled upon seeing him.

"Hey Lance," he greeted.

"Hi," said Lance. "Is Clark still in there?"

"Yeah."

"Don't worry. We've got a plan."

"And that would be?"

"We're going to use the water tower and unleash all the water at once onto the building. Right now though, we're going to get Clark out."

"How?"

"I'm sending someone in after him, what else?"

"We've already tried that."

"We're not using the front door."

"The windows are blocked too."

"We're not using them either."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"We'll go in through the roof."

"That's impossible." Lance just smiled and tapped his earpiece. With the earpieces, there were also small microphones so they could talk to each other.

"Hey, you guys ready?" asked Lance.

"Of course," answered a girl.

"Bit is with you, right?"

"Yep. You want us to move out now?"

"You got it."

"Okay." Everyone looked up and saw a Redler fly towards the building. On top of the Redler stood Bit. It was flying slowly so that he wouldn't fall off.

"Thanks, I really appreciate this," said Bit.

"No problem," said the girl.

"So you're Alisha?"

"Yep. And you're Bit."

"That's right."

"Good luck Bit. Make sure you get him out." There was concern in her voice.

"Don't worry. You have my word." They got to the roof. Bit had a sword with him, that was given to him by Lance and he also had a fire extinguisher. Bit jumped off and landed safely. It was hot though. He ran to the door and shoved it open. He was wearing gloves so that he wouldn't burn his hands. His clothes were wet so that they wouldn't catch fire.

"Lance sure thinks of everything," said Bit to himself. He ran down the stairs and into the burning building. He used the extinguisher to put out the flames that stood in his way. It was hot in the building and the halls looked orange from the light of the fire. Bit made his way down, floor by floor. It was taking a while, but he eventually made it to the 6th floor.

"Hey Clark! You down here?"

Meanwhile, Clark sat in the corner where the fire was threatening to take him. It was almost as if the tendrils of fire were just playing with him.

"A fireman dying in a fire. How ironic. But maybe this is how we're supposed to die...on duty...but...I'm not on duty! This sucks!"

"Nice to see you can still keep your humor in a place like this," said Bit.

"Hey...is that you Bit?"

"Yep. Hold on. I'll get you out." Bit used the fire extinguisher to put out the flames and then used the sword to hack away the wood that had fallen. Clark stood up and walked over to Bit.

"Thanks. I really owe you one."

"You're welcome. Now lets get out of here." They then ran out of the room and began heading down more stairs.

Meanwhile, everyone else was standing outside, waiting. They then saw something move near the door. After a while, the wood blocking it was pushed aside and the foam from the fire extinguisher could be seen. Out of the door walked Bit and Clark. Everyone ran over to them.

"Are you two alright?" asked Leena.

"Yeah. We're fine," answered Bit.

"Did...did Karry make it out all right?" asked Clark.

"She's fine," answered Lance.

"That's good."

"Clark!" They all looked behind them and saw a girl. She had on blue jeans, a red shirt, and a blue over shirt. Her hair was an auburn color and her eyes were amber. Clark smiled.

"Hi Alisha," said Clark. She hugged him tightly the minute she reached him.

"Thank God you're alright," she said. Leena pulled Bit aside and away from the group.

"What is it Leena?"

"I was afraid. I was afraid that I would loose you." Bit embraced her and she buried herself in him.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

"You really scared me. You shouldn't have gone alone."

"I don't want to drag any of you into my problems again."

"We're already in too deep Bit. We've already gotten involved."

"I know, but I don't want to take any chances."

"Just promise me you won't do anything like this again, okay?"

"I promise Leena." They broke the embrace and walked back over to everyone. Lance tapped his earpiece.

"Kahimi?" he asked.

"Yeah?"

"Are you guys ready?"

"Of course."

"Then proceed."

"Roger." Lance turned his connection off.

"They're coming," said Lance. A few minutes later, they saw the Storm Sworder and the Raynos. Cables were attached to a water tower, but it was just the head of it, not the supports. The cables were made of metal, so that they wouldn't bend or sway from the movement of the zoids.

"Do you see the flag pole?" asked Kahimi.

"Yeah," said Jamie. They flew towards the pole on top of the building.

"Okay, so all we do is ram it down and the water should come out," said Kahimi.

"That's what Lance said."

"Okay, let's do it." They flew over the flagpole and then went down forcefully, shoving the water tower down onto the flagpole. Nothing was happening.

"What's going on?" asked Jamie. "Isn't water supposed to come out?"

"Nothing is ever easy for us," said Kahimi. "Let's try pulling it off. That should unleash the water." They pulled up, but didn't move. They tried again, but the tower was stuck on the pole, making them stuck too.

Down on the ground, everyone was wondering why the water wasn't putting out the fire.

"What's going on up there?" asked Naomi. Lance turned on his earpiece.

"Kahimi? What's going on?"

"We can't get the water out," answered Kahimi.

"What do you mean?"

"We rammed it down, but the water wouldn't come out and now the tower is stuck on the pole. We can't pull it off to unleash the water."

"Darn it. This wasn't supposed to happen."

"Don't worry bro, I have an idea. There's a valve on the tower. I can let the water out by turning it."

"Are you insane?! No way, you can't! It's on the tower; you can't reach it."

"I can, I will, and you're not stopping me."

"But..." "I'll be fine Lance, don't worry. You know me. I do stuff like this all the time."

"...Alright, but be careful."

"You got it."

On top of the building, Kahimi opened her zoid's cockpit. Jamie followed suit.

"What are you doing?" he asked as he watched her tie a rope to the neck of her zoid and then throw the rest down.

"I'm going to turn the valve on the tower."

"What?! You can't. It's too dangerous. You might get hurt."

"I don't care, as long as I can put out the fire. I do things like this all the time, don't worry." She grabbed the rope and jumped down. She used the tower to push off and let her hands slip to make her way down slowly like mountain climbers do. (A/N Don't know what it's called when they do that. Usually they have a harness, but you can do it without one too.)

'He was actually worried about me,' thought Kahimi. 'Gee, it's hot down here.' She soon reached the valve. She had her feet on the side of the tower and held on to the rope with one hand, while reaching with the other one. She touched the valve, but then pulled her hand back. It was burning hot.

"This is just great," she said. The fire began to flare up and she pulled away a little, ducking her head and shutting her eyes. She reached out again, but the metal was hot and the flames were blocking it. All the while, Jamie was watching.

"What's wrong?" he yelled to her.

"It's too hot," she said. She grabbed the rope with her burned hand and tried with the other one, but only managed to burn it too. She squinted her eyes, fighting her tears that were caused from the pain. "It's so hot. I can't do it." She tried to climb back up, but her hands hurt too much. The fire was getting closer.

"Am I gonna die here?" she asked herself. Just then, another rope came down and Jamie came down with it. He was now right next to her.

"Hi Kahimi."

"Jamie?"

"Here." He held out the gun that had been in her cockpit. She reached for it, but slid slightly and grabbed the rope with both hands again.

"I can't," she said. Jamie put the gun in his pocket just enough so that it wouldn't fall out and then reached over to Kahimi. He put his arm around her waist.

"Let go of the rope," he said. She looked to him and nodded. She reached over and wrapped her arms around his neck. He let go of her waist and pulled the gun out again.

"Now use it," he said.

"Okay." She grabbed the gun from him and found a lower place to shoot at. The force of the water would knock them off if she shot strait forward. She pulled the trigger and the bullet pierced the metal, releasing the water. She shot at it a few more times and a bigger whole was opened. The water poured over the building, putting out the flames on each floor. Along with the firemen and their hoses, the fire was put out in no time. People were cheering on the ground. Lance breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally," he said. He turned on the earpiece. "Are you two okay? What happened?"

"We're fine," answered Jamie.

"That's good to here. You guys can come back now."

"Roger." Lance turned the earpiece off.

Back on the roof, Jamie helped Kahimi up the rope and both of them got back in their zoids. They dropped the cables and left.

"Are you okay?" asked Jamie.

"I'm fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. It's just my hands. I have a first aid kit. I'll be fine."

"Okay."

"Jamie. Thanks for worrying about me."

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That's all! This was too long! LONG! I spent 5 hours typing it...well...I was watching TV for a long period of that time, but who cares! Actually, it ain't all that long now that I look at it...

There are only...either 4 or 6 chapters left. I don't know which it will be yet. I'm on break!

Happy holiday! Audi^.^