Baby Girl
Chapter Eight:
Water Tornado
By: fairysphinx
fairysphinx: Sorry for the long delay, folks. My computer's been down. But, I found the invention of the floppy disk, so I am able to bring this piece of pleasure to you. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Zoids, so no sueing allowed, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!
Fear spread rapidly through the young man's body, an emotion he wasn't very used to. He was fading. Fading out of sight? Existence? What?
Raven cried out, as he felt something heavy settle on his chest. It felt like he was being pressed (in colonial times, Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem Witchcraft Trials , Giles Corey was pressed; large stones were piled on his chest, because he refused to say whether he was or wasn't a witch). Breathing was getting harder, and the world kept spinning around and around him.
Mia watched, feeling helpless. Her 'brother' was going through hell, and she couldn't do a thing! Tears streaked down the sides of her face, leaving behind wet trails.
As if a response to a silent cry of help, Mia suddenly remembered the illness. 'Evanesce of Thy. To fade into another dimension. When the power of one of the Children rubs off onto a human, or a non Child, they can be effected in certain ways, such as developing powers of their own or- or fading into another dimension!' Her eyes widened at the remembrance of the long forgotten disease.
"Symptoms include increased suspicion, dazing off for no reason, an increase in quietness, and fading."
All eyes turned to Mia. "What was that?" Moonbay asked.
"Evanesce of Thy. It's a wawe (rare) disease that can be attwacted (attracted) to people who are vewy (very) close to the Childwen. It's nevew (never) been attwacted (attracted) fow (for) all histowy (history) tells us. Nevew (never). Unfowtunatly (unfortunatly), Waven has been exposed to it. I just can't believe how stupid I was to ignowe (ignore) all of the symptoms! I can't believe I let my guawd (guard) down! Ugh! You'we (you're) and idiot, Mia!" She started banging her head on the seat in front of her. Raven, being a bit tied up in the driver's seat, couldn't stop her from hurting herself.
"Saturn, I give you leave." Before the final word left his lips, Saturn, anxious to do anything for Mia, put an arm in front of her, so she couldn't go any further than it. Then, with a cautious glance at 'big brother', wrapped both arms around her in a hug, saying soothing things to her in a strange tongue. Raven was irritated at this action, yes, but he allowed it, not being able to do much to stop it.
"It is not your fault, Mia. This hasn't ever happened to any of us. Never in all of the years that we've lived. Starlight probably even forgot about it! And who was to say that it was only a myth? I mean, it's never been proven!" Mia burst into tears, burying her face in the nine year old's shirt.
After a while of listening to the sobs, Fiona asked, "Mia, do you remember the cure? Is there a cure?" Swallowing her sobs, wiping her tears, the young girl looked up at the blonde haired girl and shook her head up and down.
"Thewe (there) is a cuwe (cure). But it's complicated. A watew (water) townado (tornado). And fow (for) that, we need the Child of Watew (water) and the Child of Wind."
"Well, let's get going! Come on! What are we waiting for!" Raven looked at Irvine.
"You actually care?"
"Yeah! What did you think? I was a heartless maniac like y-oops. Said too much!" Raven scowled, but took it as a compliment, anyhow. Besides, he was too weak to do anything really, but sit in the driver's seat, helpless, as he faded.
Mia perked up. "Don't wowwy (worry)! They awe (are) neaw (near)! Why don't we go find them? If I'm cowwect (correct), they should be near Quantil, a town by a neawby (nearby) oasis!"
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get going!" Van exclaimed.
"Wait! Raven can't move from his seat! Someone has to stay with him!" Fiona exclaimed. Faces went into deep thought. If it were normal circumstances, Mia would stay and take care of her 'brother', but it wasn't normal circumstances. The Children were needed for convincing the other Children about the cause. Fiona was good with medicine, but she helped pilot the Liger. The boys piloted the Zoids. And who did that leave?
"NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not staying here alone with him!" Moonbay cried. Van, Thomas, Irvine, and Moonbay were outside of the Gustavs. It had only been reasonable that she stayed behind.
"Like you do anything but sit there, anyways, taking up room!" Her fist connected with Irvine's jaw, as he, once again, said the wrong thing. "Hey!"
"Sorry, Moonbay, but you're needed here. We've given you the reasons. If there was any way to spare Mia, trust me, we would! But, she is probably the best chance of convincing these Children to join and help us." Moonbay pouted as what mature Van, much unlike the boy she had met in the desert, some years ago, only thinking about adventure and food, said.
"Very well! But, if you come back and find a wrecked Gustav, don't blame me!"
"We won't!"
Mia quickly and quietly gathered up her things, so as not to disturb Raven, who had fallen into a light sleep. Fiona and Saturn had already left, probably to let her be alone for a minute with her 'brother'. "You've taken cawe (care) of me, Waven. Now it's my tuwn (turn) to take cawe (care) of you," the young girl whispered. She lightly kissed Raven on the cheek, and headed out.
"Mia?" She turned to look at Raven, who had his head turned towards her, and his eyes open.
"Yes?"
"Be careful, kiddo." He gave a weak, painful smile.
"Don't wowwy (worry). I will. And I won't fail."
"All I ask is that you take care of yourself, and do your best." Mia gave him a smile and a hug, then exited the Zoid.
"Ready?" Flash asked. Mia nodded, and got into the other Gustav.
The Zoids took off in the direction that the Gustav went. Moonbay watched for the front passenger seat of Mia's Gustav, being the place where Raven was, growing slightly jealous.
"Wishing you were with them?" Moonbay jumped as Raven spoke to her.
"Yeah. I wish I could be in on the adventure, instead of stuck back here!" Raven winced as another jolt of pain spread through his body.
"I kind of know what you mean."
"How so."
"When I was little, my parents died. Killed by Ambient. And I lost my memory. Van's dad picked me up, and planned to take me home with him. I remember him saying that Van and I would get into all sorts of trouble." Raven managed a chuckle. "I was actually looking forward to it.
"But then, Prozen came. Dan was killed protecting the colony. I was scattered from the unit, with nothing but a gun. I confronted Prozen, who hit me, and I was taken captive. It was at that time that I remembered bits and pieces of my past. I remembered my Dad and Mom. They were dead. Dan was dead. I thought that I would never get to grow up with his son.
"For weeks, I fell into a deep depression. The only people that had penetrated the walls of my heart were dead. I wanted to join them, to be put out of my misery! But, then, a little flame burst to life. I was mad at them for leaving me. Leaving me to Prozen and his men! And a new thought had entered my mind. On the trip back to headquarters, we were attacked by bandits. I was just dead weight, but Prozen refused to leave me, like everyone else had done. Revenge formed. I worked hard for Prozen, although I still hated him somewhat. I couldn't bring myself to forgive my parents and Dan, so I pushed the memories of them to the back of my mind, and there they stayed, until Reese showed me my past."
"And that refers to how I feel how?"
"Well, the people you care about left you behind, like my parents and Dan. And you feel mad and deserted, just like I did. Just don't go getting ideas on revenge. It is not all that it's said to be." Raven and Moonbay were both quiet, listening to the crickets chirp outside of the Gustav.
"There's the town!" Van exclaimed, seeing the lights in the distance. The sun was setting, turning the sky pink, purple, and orange.
'It's so pretty. Too bad we can't stop to enjoy it!' Fiona thought. As they passed a large oasis in the Liger, she saw something move.
"Stop! Van, stop!" The Liger halted. Zeke growled from the Zoid core. The other Zoids stopped as well, and looked at the oasis.
Sure enough, there was a splash, as someone jumped into the water. They climbed out of their Zoids, and ventured to the side of the water. "Gross!" Everyone immediately placed their hands over their nose. The oasis reeked of garbage and oil! A boy splashed up from the water, and swam over to them.
"Hello!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing way out here?" They eyed him curiously.
"The question is," Flash asked slyly, "what are you doing out there in that polluted lake?" The boy shrugged.
"To me, water is water is water. I swim in any of it I can get. Especially around here." He shrugged again, turning away from the group. Flash shot Saturn and Mia a look.
"Hey kid! What's you're name?" The boy turned back to him.
"Just call me Undertow." Yet again, the boy turned back to the water, and began to walk away.
"Roy Jackson!" Saturn shouted at him. "Don't turn your back us on! Don't abandon us! Don't be like that traitor Desdemona!" Undertow stopped in his tracks.
"Don't ever call me a traitor! I don't know how you found out my name, but leave me alone!" He took up walking again, to the middle of the lake, and started swimming away.
"We'll call you whatevew (whatever) we like, Child of Watew (water)!" When he didn't look back at Mia after she shouted, the quickly angering girl sent balls of fire into the lake water. The oil ignited, causing a wave of fire on the water. Shortly, Undertow emerged from the water, a small flame caught on his wet shirt.
Everyone gave Mia understood looks. "Enough!" she shouted. The fires died down to nothing, the lake, grey in the fading light, lost it's shine.
Undertow gasped for breath at the shock. "How-how did you know what I was? And how did you do that?"
"Do what? Make the fiwe (fire)? Simple. I am the Child of Fiwe (fire). So, natuwally (naturally), I know what you awe (are)."
"Oh. And these guys are...."
"I'm Van."
"My name's Fiona!"
"Irvine."
"I am Lutenient Thomas Richard Schuvaults."
"Call me Flash."
"Saturn Farwood."
"I'm Mia. The silvew (silver) owganoid (organoid) is Zeke and the black owganoid (organoid) is Shadow. Undewtow (Undertow), do you know whewe (where) Lee Townado (Tornado) is?" He considered her question.
"There he is now." The small group followed his finger to a boy on the fading horizon, who was coming towards them. "I'm guessing you want something."
"Well, one thing can be explained later," Fiona explained sweetly, But right now, we have a sick friend, that can only be cured by a water tornado."
"So, basically a waterspout," Lee put it. "Well, where is your friend?"
"He's back a couple of miles, in a Gustav."
"Get him out of the Gustav, and lay him in the sand. Go now!" They raced off in the Zoids to the Gustav.
"Moonbay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Moonbay looked up as she heard someone call her name. Raven was fast asleep, so it couldn't be him. "MOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Moonbay saw the Zoids that had left earlier come racing towards her. Before they were even fully parked, they jumped out of the Zoids.
"What's the matter?"
"No time!" they shouted, as the guys helped Raven out of the Gustav onto a patch of sand a small distance from it. Then, they fled to the Zoids, all but Mia, who stayed with her brother.
From the horizon, came a large tornado made of water. Barely visible in the middle of it were Lee and Undertow. It closed in, coming closer, closer. Soon, the waterspout was upon the two. Raven, being the one with the illness, flew up into the it.
Before anyone knew it, it was over. Raven was solid again, and on the ground. Nineteen year old Undertow, who had blue hair with silvery white bangs and green eyes, was bending over Mia and Raven making sure they were all right. Thirteen year old Lee, light blue hair and watery, light blue eyes, caught his breath from all of the wind that he blew.
"So, what is the second thing you need us for?" Undertow asked. It was then explained to the two newcomers in the group the quest they were to fullfill.
"That means we only have one more Child to find," Lee said.
"That's right," Raven said. "The Child of Earth.
END OF CHAPTER EIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Sorry, then end got kind of rushed. I'm tired, but I wanted to get it done. Hope it wasn't too awful. Anyhow, please review and tell me what you think!!!!!!!!!! Bye, and see you next chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
