Well, I made up my mind. There will be about 5 more chapters, including this one, unless I make an epilogue. Okay, well, I'm updating today, cause it's my birthday! I'm now 16! Yay! But I'm still as insane as ever! ...Yay anyway! Well, onward with the chapter! And don't let the title of this chapter fool you.

Disclaimer: See first chapter.

-...Death...-

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Everyone had divided up into their groups again and went off to search the area for information about Bit.

"Where are we going?" asked Bit. Lance was walking ahead of him.

"We're going to visit Ms. Hachet. She lives at the far end of town."

"What's so special about her?"

"She's lived here her whole life. She survived the fire of New Hope. If anyone in this town remembers your parents, it's her. She knows a lot about this city."

"Alright." They walked for a little while more, making their way to the farthest house in the residential area. "Hey Lance?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you like Karry?" Lance paused, stopping right in his tracks, but then started walking again.

"What makes you think I like Karry?"

"The way you look at her, the way you're always so nice to her, and how you always jump at the chance to help her..."

"I get it, okay? She's...she's just a friend."

"I'm sure she is."

"Drop it, okay?"

"Alright." Bit smiled at his ability to irritate Lance, since the guy was hard to get at like that. They eventually made it to the house of Ms. Hachet. They walked up the paved walkway and up the three stairs to the door. Lance knocked twice and then waited. The door slowly opened and an elderly woman with curly gray hair walked out. She had on glasses and a white dress. She was the spitting image of a grandmother.

"Hello Lance," she said. Her voice was very kind and sweet.

"Hello Ms. Hachet. How are you?"

"I'm good. Well, don't just stand there, come in." Both Lance and Bit walked into her house. It was very comfy. The floor of the living room was covered in soft, red carpet and the walls were all painted white. There was a cream colored couch and a fireplace near the far wall. There were many pictures on the mantle above it. Bit walked over and looked at the pictures. There were many different people in them.

"It's good to see you again, Bit Cloud," said Ms. Hachet. Bit turned around at the sound of his name.

"What?" he asked.

"You are Bit Cloud, am I right?"

"Yeah, but, well, aren't you scared of me or something?"

"Why would I be afraid of you?"

"Everyone else is."

"I see. To tell you the truth, I never expected to see you back in New Hope. What brings you here?"

"I wanna know more about my parents and more about me." Ms. Hachet paused and then smiled. She walked over to the mantle and looked at the pictures.

"I knew your parents well. They were born and raised in this city and they lived close to each other. They were next-door neighbors, to be exact. They were the best of friends when they were younger. As they grew up, they became more than just friends. At the age of 16, they decided that they wanted to get married and a year later, they did. They decided to live here, right in the city where they were born. Not long after, they had a child."

"Me, right?" said Bit, almost positive what the response of the old woman would be.

"Wrong."

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Meanwhile, the others weren't having much luck. They were all on opposite sides of the city. Kahimi and Jamie were walking down the street again. Kahimi was looking at her hands, which now had bandages on them.

"How are your hands?" asked Jamie, glancing back at her.

"They still hurt, but they're better than before."

"You're sure you're alright?"

"Of course." They continued to walk and then turned the corner. Kahimi stopped walking and just stood there, staring ahead. Jamie stopped and turned to her.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"It's Corry again. Let's hide." She turned, but wasn't in time to get away.

"Oh, hi Kahimi," said Corry. He walked up to her, ignoring Jamie. "How are you?"

"Leave me alone, Corry. I told you I don't have time to talk to you. I'm busy." Jamie just stood there and stared at the sky. This conversation was just going to end the same way the other had.

"But Kahimi, I don't get it. What does he have that I don't? I'm a lot better than he is. Stop wasting your time with him."

"For your information, Jamie is a lot better than you are. He's nice, smart, and he doesn't treat me like property. I also like him a lot more than I like you." Jamie turned his attention to Kahimi. 'Did she just say that she liked me?'

"But Kahimi..."

"No buts. Now leave us alone." Corry looked angry, but he did turn around and walk off, leaving both of them alone.

"Kahimi?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you really mean all of that?"

"All of what?"

"Everything. About...liking me."

"Of course." She blushed slightly. "I don't lie about stuff like that." Jamie was about to say something, but stopped upon seeing a cloaked figure behind Kahimi. Jamie's eyes were wide.

"Jamie, is something wrong?" asked Kahimi. Zane pulled out a knife and was about to thrust it into Kahimi.

"Look out!" yelled Jamie. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her away from Zane, just as he was about to stab at her. He then put the knife back into his pocket. Zane just stood there and then pulled down his hood to reveal his smirking face.

"Fancy meeting you here," he said.

"What do you want?" asked Kahimi, the hate evident in her.

"Relax. None of you will die yet. I'm waiting for a special day to do that. Until then, I think I'll have some fun. It's good to know that all of you are here. If you'll excuse me, I have someone to hurt right now. You know her quite well, actually. Who knows, maybe I'll even get rid of her right now."

"What are you talking about?" asked Jamie.

"You left someone at home and now I can go have some fun. Bye." He turned and began to run down the street and around the corner.

"Where do you think he's going?" asked Jamie. Kahimi thought about it for a while. 'Who would he be going after? Someone we left at home? I don't have a home right now and there's no one at the Blitz base. Wait a second...'

"Oh no," said Kahimi.

"What is it?"

"He's going to Clark's house. Karry is there."

"What should we do?"

"We gotta tell the others. Come on. Lance and Bit went this way." They began to run down the street, heading towards Ms. Hachet's house.

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"What do you mean?" asked Bit.

"I mean exactly what I said. They had a son, but it wasn't you."

"So I have a brother?"

"Yes."

"What happened to him?"

"Not long after he was born, your parents were called away on duty. They were officers for the Zoid Battle Commission. Both of them were amazing pilots. At this time, the Backdraft Group came about and started wreaking havoc on Zi. They weren't quite as laid back as they are now. They were murderers. Your parents moved to the main base and took their son with them. It was 7 years later when I finally saw them again. They were moving back into their house here in New Hope. However, they didn't have their son with them. When I asked them about it, they said that they never had a son. In fact, they didn't remember ever living here. They only thing they remembered was their love for each other. I recalled hearing once that the Backdraft would brainwash their prisoners, so I'm guessing that's what happened to your parents. They started their life anew and had another child a year later. That was you, Bit. Your parents were 25 at the time. Then eight years later, the town burned, killing them both."

"I can't believe it. I had a brother and my parents worked for the ZBC. How amazing. What was my brother's name?"

"I can't quite recall. It's on the tip of my tongue. I think his name was." Just then, the door swung open and a panting Kahimi was in the doorway.

"Lance, we have a problem."

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's...it's Zane. He's going after Karry."

"What?"

"We have to stop him. He'll kill her if he finds her and he's already on his way there."

"Bit, we're leaving, now," said Lance as he was already out the door.

"Bye Ms. Hachet. Thanks."

"It was no problem at all. I was happy to help. Oh, and Bit?"

"Yeah?"

"Watch after Lance. He can get reckless when it comes to Karry, believe me."

"Alright. I'll take care of him." Bit smiled and then ran out the door and down the street in order to catch up with the others.

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Yeah, yeah, short chapter, I know. I just wanted to explain some things about Bit's parents. The next chapter will help you guys to understand more stuff. You get to see a lot of stuff in the next chapter. I'll write it soon, okay? I have an obsession with the word stuff. Well, see ya! Audi^.^