Baby Girl
Chapter Four
By: fairysphinxfairyshpinx: Well, I'm having a lot of fun with this fic! Though I warn you, I won't be doing a lot of updating for the next week. I won't have any computer access. But, enjoy chapter four!^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Zoids, so PLEASE do not sue me.
Van watched, as Raven held the small girl. He was amazed. Never before had he looked so lovingly at something. The only look on his face, usually, was one of hatred. Anger. Fear. Van was seeing a new side of Raven. The caring side.
As if feeling his stare, Raven looked up to meet his eyes. And then he explained. "Her name is Mia. I found her a couple nights ago, at a cave I was staying at. And I've taken care of her since then. She's really a sweetie, although I wouldn't suggest making her cry. You might be flattened by rocks."
"Oka-a-a-a-a-ay."
"Well, when she cries, it seems to make to earth unstable, and it sort of collapses. She's done it to us quite a few times. But nothing really serious aside from a major headache resulted."
They talked long into the night, until the sun poked her head over the horizon. When they woke up. There was a surprise for them.
"I thought you said that this thing was virtually indestructible! Not that I complaining that it's off, but this is kind of freaky."
"Hey, I don't have a clue on how this happened! And, unless Mia picked up the key, then there would be no way that it could have been opened!"
Having fun?
'What do you want? Wait a minute! Did you do this?'
Did I do what? Undo the handcuffs? No. Not I. But someone else that you know.
'Who?'
Think red.
'Mia did this?'
Well, it sure seems that way, doesn't it?
'But how could she have? She doesn't have the key, does she?'
She possesses but one key, and it does not belong to the door you wish to unlock.
'Why must you speak in riddles?' No answer. 'Hello?' No answer. 'Not again! Why am I always bailed on?'
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"Well, this desert just seems to go on and on forever!"
"Quit whining."
"You've done quite a bit whining yourself, as I recall!"
"That was years ago!"
"Moonbay, Irvine, quit fighting! We have to find Van!"
"Rrahrr!" Zeke agreed with Fiona. There was quiet for a while.
"I still think this desert goes on forever."
"Irvine!!!!!!!!!"
A little while later, Thomas came trotting up in the Dibison. "No one in the next three sectors have seen a Zoid for about a year and a half. So, we can scratch those areas off." He sighed. "I just don't know why Raven would want to kidnap Van. I mean, yeah, sure, he wants to destroy him, but in a humiliating way-in a Zoid battle. And there wasn't a ransom note." Fiona shook her head.
"I don't think he meant to kidnap Van. You see, he went to check on Raven when we were attacked. My theory is that as Raven started his escape, Van showed up. He didn't want anyone to squeal on him, and, like you said, Thomas, he just wouldn't shoot him outright, so he took him along, after destroying his locator."
"Makes sense to me." She paused. "Hey, slow down! My Gustav doesn't go that fast!" Moonbay shouted, as the others passed her up. Irvine, Thomas, and Fiona slammed on the breaks. "Sheesh, you don't have to get huffy about it!" But, as she caught up with them, she saw why they had stopped. In the middle of their path, there was a woman, dressed from head to foot in black robes. She held a black staff with a black orb on the top in her right hand.
"Hey, move it, lady!" Irvine yelled. The Lightning Sighks (um, I'm pretty sure I spelled this wrong. Anyone have the right spelling? Anyone? I will be eternally grateful to those who can tell me the spelling. Please?) growled. The Dibison nervously pawed the ground. Beak blipped warning after warning. Tension filled the air. And then, the woman laughed, a full, diabolic laugh. The last thing they heard, before they blacked out, was a head-splitting screech.
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Mia woke with a start. Something was wrong. Raven and Van were talking quietly. The Geno Breaker at quietly, a small distance off. Shadow was sleeping soundly by Raven. Nothing seemed out of place, but still, the young girl had learned to trust her instincts. "Waven!" she said, pulling on his sleeve. "Waven, we have to leave!"
"Why, Mia?"
"Something bad coming. Mia no know what, but it's BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mia covered her ears, crying, sinking to the ground. Raven gathered the young girl up in her arms, and crooned softly to her. When her sobs melted down into whimpers, he spoke.
"We don't have to stay here, if you don't want to. If it makes you uncomfortable, then we can go somewhere that you feel safe. Alright?" She nodded vigorously.
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Mia was asleep in the Geno Breaker. Van and Raven walked beside it. Shadow trudged along behind them.
Suddenly, four, great, black shapes loomed up in front of them.
"What are they?!"
"They're Zoids. Abandoned, probably. But, by the looks of it, this happened not too long ago."
"Wow. How'd you know that?"
"You get to learn a lot of things like this, when you travel as much as I do." Raven gazed off. "I'd say that there's a Gustav, at least. The other's I'm not too sure about."
As they grew closer to the Zoids, Mia woke, to a violent pain jolting through her body. They were heading towards danger, not away from it! "Waven, please. Tuwn awound." Her request was denied, however. Her weak calls were too quiet to be heard outside of the Geno Breaker. "Have to get out…."
As they approached, Van's face filled with horror. The Gustav was identical to…. "No, it can't be!"
"Can't be what Van?"
"No. No, it is! That's Moonbay's Gustav! And that's Thomas's Dibison! Irvine's Lightning Sighks (??????spell check??????)! And that's my Blade Liger! What happened here?" He ran up to Thomas's Zoid. It was closest. The cockpit opened with ease. And inside, Thomas was unconscious.
That was the way it was with all of the others. The pilot, unconscious, and the Zoid, frozen (erm, system freeze). "Who did this?" Van muttered, through clenched teeth. "WHO DID THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
"Van, calm down! We'll find the culprit!"
"Yeah, and when I do, he's going to pay, dearly! He's going to-." A fist connected with his jaw. Blood dripped from his lip. Raven stood there, fist raised. "What did you do that for?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"Yes, I can understand that you want the person to pay dearly for what he did to your friends! Believe me! I know! But you need to keep a level head about this! If you don't you'll just end up making tons of mistakes! Mistakes that could cost you your life!" Van nodded, slightly.
"Thanks." He was startled by a slight growl. It came from near the Liger.
After removing a pile of rubble, Zeke's head was visible. The rest of his body was trapped under the Liger. "Zeke! Zeke, I'm so sorry! I don't think I'll be able to get you out by myself!"
"Uh, Van, hello? By your self? What am I, a piece of furniture? You are not by yourself."
"Even with both of us, we couldn't move the Liger."
"Yet again, you overlook a factor. I had a Zoid, too. And it's called the Geno Breaker. We will be able to get Zeke out. Just, give me a moment to get it." Raven ran off, leaving the two alone.
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Mia felt herself be removed from the pilot's seat, and placed back down. But she hadn't the energy to see what was going on. She was saving what was left.
The Geno Breaker lifted the Blade Liger from the place it was originally laying. Van pulled Zeke out, and cradled his head. Raven, after having the Liger placed back on the ground, went over to him.
"Will he be all right?"
"Yeah, I think so. He was just banged up a bit. Not too badly, thankfully. What do you think could have caused this?"
"I haven't a clue. But it doesn't look like any Zoids' work. I just don't know-." He was cut off, when a dull thud caught his attention. Looking back, he saw that Mia had fallen out of the Geno Breaker's cockpit. "Mia!" He ran over to the girl, in attempt to pick her up. But she pulled away. "Mia, what's the matter?"
"We awe in dangew (danger) hewe (here). We must leave, now!"
"But, Mia, I-."
"Hey, I found something!" Mia collapsed to her knees. Van gasped. "It's Reice (spell check, please?)!"
"Wait, Van, don't touch her!" Too late. He had checked her pulse. Her eyes opened, and she grinned evilly. Van backed up a few steps. "That's not Reice!" Raven was right.
"Well, you're smarter that you look. I'm surprised."
"Who are you?!" She smirked, and was surrounded by a black tornado-like thing. Out emerged a lady in black, with a gnarled, black staff.
"I thought you'd never ask! But, unfortunately, I'm not interested in either of you."
"If it's not us you want, then who?" Raven's face went pale. 'Mia!'
"Yes, that's right. The redheaded little brat! I've been after her for years, and now I'm going to take her!" She laughed he diabolic laughter. And they heard a high-pitched scream. Then, they blacked out.
"Finally, I will rule the entire universe! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She walked over to where Mia had passed out. But she was gone. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
END OF CHAPTER FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Oh, no! What am I going to do? Heh, heh. You'll have to wait for the next chapter to come out! Sorry!
* large, rotten tomatoes are thrown at her * I know that this is rather an inconvenient place for me to stop, but I'm TIRED, thank you very much! Now, I must get to bed! Chow!
