Baby Girl
Chapter Nine:
An Earthly Reunion
By: fairyshinxfairysphinx: Yes! I'm writing! Boo! I'm sick! So, I'm typing! And I can't sleep! So, I'm writing! Do I really need to continue? No? Good! So, let's start the fic!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Zoids. Please don't sue me!
The town was deserted. There were broken down buildings, rust, Zoid ruins. It looked as if people hadn't lived there for…well, forever. "Are you sure we're in the right place?" Van asked Raven.
"I'm positive. Mia marked it herself. And you can ask her again if you don't believe me." Originally, only Raven and Van had been sent to this…this wasteland. But, Mia had snuck into the cockpit of Raven's Zoid, found only when it was too late to turn back.
"No. I believe her. So. Where now?" Raven shrugged. They had been chasing after the Child of Earth for months. In total, it had been a year since Raven found Mia.
"Look for a plant of some sort- living, preferably," (Mia lost her mispronunciation of her 'r's in the past months) she said, as Shadow helped her out of the cockpit. "Even though the title of 'Earth,' the Child of Earth prefers to be surrounded by one plant."
"Well! It should be a challenge to find a live plant around this place! I don't think even bacteria could live around here!"
"You'd be surprised, Van, what the Child of Earth can do." She looked around at the area. "Even in a place like this. So, let's get looking."
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"We've turned over every rock and stone in this valley! And nothing!" Raven exclaimed, after brutal hours of searching. "And you're sure this is the place, Mia?" * Mia facefaults *
"OF COURSE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Sorry! I didn't mean to offend you!" Mia's dirty face (heh. Rockslide) broke into a smile, and ran over and hugged him.
"Apology accepted!"
"Uh, guys?" Van said. "Is it my imagination, or is that a plant?" Raven and Mia turned to where Van was pointing. On a tower in the distance, there was a climbing rose bush, with a single white rose on it.
"Yup. That's a plant."
"Well! We've found where to go! To the tower!" The five (Van, Zeke, Raven, Shadow, Mia) started their walk across the treacherous landscape, fighting against the large hill that the tower was on.
"Next time * pant * we take * pant * an elevator!" Van exclaimed, as they reached the top of the hill.
"Well! If you're tired now, I'd hate to see you after we climb the stairs!" Mia said. "The Child of Earth would is at the top of the tower. That's the only light on, and the Child of Earth must have at least a trickle of light to survive."
"Ohhhhh!" the two boys exclaimed. (Van: -_-U Why do these Children always pose such a challenge?).
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"167,110,002,834,792,724,729,592,646,287,600,000. 167,110,002,834,792,724,729,592,646,287,600,001. Geeze! Are these steps ever going to end?"
I honestly don't know why you want to get to the top so soon. It only brings you closer to the fate.
'Oh, so you haven't left me for good. …what do you mean?'
Don't you remember what Starlight said?
'…nope. No, I don't.'
* facefaults * Raven. One the Great Ring is formed, and the ceremony completed, the Elemental Children will parish forever.
'What do you mean?'
Raven. When the ceremony is complete, you will never see Mia again. She will die, and not be reincarnated. You will lose her.
Raven stopped bead in his tracks. He'd…loose her? His little sister?
"Hey. What's the holdup?" Van asked, after a moment or so.
"Oh. Sorry," Raven responded, moving up the steps.
"The top of the tower, dead ahead!" Mia announced as she spotted a growing speck of light. In a short time, they had come to the top. It was a in a cylindrical shape, with a desk, a bed, a chest, and a few torched in it. But no one was there. No Child of Earth.
"What the-," Van said under his voice.
"Looks like our Child is out," Raven thought aloud, secretly joyed by the news. More time with Mia. But, the red- headed girl shook her head.
"Look again." Both looked. But all they saw was the same as they saw before.
"But Mia, I don't see anything!" both boys exclaimed together. She smirked.
"Right there," she said pointing to the wall by the bed. They still saw no figure. But, they did realize that that area of the wall was slightly darker than the rest of the wall around it.
"That's odd," Van mused. Zeke and Shadow growled in agreement. Mia's eyes were fixed on that spot.
"Child of Earth," she called out. "We have found you. You can come out now!" A small green spot glowed on the wall, and disappeared. The dark area began to move, and to get lighter and longer. The boys jumped as a cloaked form materialized before them.
"You never give up, do you?" the figure said, in a distorted voice. Mia shook her head, no.
"And you never like to be around people, do you?" Even though they could not see the Child's face, they could tell that he squinted his eyes. "Didn't think so. Do you know how long it took to track you down?"
"Seven months, two weeks, and three days," he said, as if he had been keeping track.
"Yes. And you know what we want. So, just come with us," Mia said softly.
A fire seemed to click within the cloaked figure. As Mia reached out to take his arm, he grabbed her wrist, and threw her across the room. Raven's eyes widened. "Mia!" He ran over to help her up, followed closely by Van. "Are you okay?" He gave her a once over. Mia's bottom lip was busted, and she had skinned knees, plus the wind was knocked out of her, but other than that, she was fine. But, Raven was mad. That…that psychotic Child had intentionally hurt his little sister! "That's it," he muttered under his breath. "You can hurt me," he shouted. "You can hurt me all you want. But NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE, can hurt my little sister, without answering to me!" His eyes were flames, as Van helped Mia up. He stepped up to the Child. Raven didn't cower at all.
The Child stutter- stepped. Raven stood there, not intimidated at all. Eyes aflame. So familiar. "What the-," all three exclaimed, as the cloak melted away. Under the hood was not a boy, as Van and Raven had suspected, but a girl. Brown hair, brown eyes. Her focus rested on Raven, standing, shocked, before her.
Memories flooded back to her. Good and bad. More than ever before. And then, she remembered. Tears started to well up in her eyes. "Why?" she asked, in a shaky voice. "Why?" The girl fell to her knees, tears coming on strong. "Why?" The question was directed to Raven.
"Why what?" he asked, confused. She looked up into his eyes.
"Why did you leave me?"
END OF CHAPTER NINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Sorry it took so long to get out! I've been having writer's block after writer's block!!!!!!! But, here it is! Please read and review! And I hope you liked it! Next chapter SHOULD be out sooner than this chapter, so keep you patience! See you next chapter!
-fairysphinx
