Okay, I've got this whole story planned out perfectly (a lot of it already written, too!). As scary as it is, it's actually based on this dream I had...really, no joke. It's really not suppose to be taken TOO seriously...sure the Skylers are criminally insane (though they're not TOO bad yet...it's only chapter one, after all), it's all in good fun! Also, there will most likely be no Zoids battles in this story since I, personally, can't write them, but that's all right! It's really just about a bunch of wackos that the Blitz team has to deal with over a span of about three days...well, enjoy! I'll try to type up chapter 2 as soon as I can (which I personally think is better than chapter 1, but chapter 1 must be told!). Enjoy, enjoy!

Leena walked blissfully along in the hanger, cheerfully smiling to herself as she stared up at the magnificent Zoids as she passed. It had been 6 months since the Blitz team had won the Royal Cup and were promoted to Class S and they had been on a 7 game winning streak-why shouldn't she be happy?
She could see Brad and Jamie far on the other side of the hanger, making repairs on the ShadowFox. It hadn't been damaged too badly, but they were better safe than sorry. And she had just seen her father; he was playing with his toy models, as usual. But that only left one question: where was Bit? Leena didn't have to wait long for an answer; she immediately spotted him at the hanger opening, talking to four complete and utter strangers. She blinked curiously as she stared at them. The oldest appeared to be a couple years older than her. He was a very big, tall, and muscular man, and, in Leena's opinion, looked very stupid, but in Leena's mind, everyone was stupid when compared to her. However, with his long, ultra-blond hair and bulky appearance, it was hard NOT to judge right away. The second man appeared to be Leena's age, tall and lanky, with a snotty expression across his face. He looked much like the older man, even without the muscles, both having the same look of arrogance, the same ultra-blonde hair, and a black band across their foreheads. However, the lanky man's hair was very short and spikey instead of long like the older one's. Still, Leena quickly inferred the two had to be brothers.
The other two were both women. The oldest of the two was about Leena's age as well. She was pretty, with very short brown hair that curved right below her ears and a timid air about her. She stood very quietly, hands clasped, and head lowered. Leena felt sorry for her, having to hang around with what appeared to be very obnoxious men. The second girl was the youngest of the four, a year or two younger that Leena. She looked like the two men, with the same platinum blond hair that fell to the small of her back. She decided that the blond girl may be related to the two men also. After more observation, she noticed that all three had the same blue eyes. That clenched it for Leena; the three had to be siblings. The blond girl seemed somewhat arrogant, as well, though not as arrogant as her supposed older brothers. She actually seemed more bored than arrogant. However, Leena would have to get closer to get a better look.
As she neared them, their speech began to become audible. She could hear Bit's voice clearly.
"Oh! You're looking for Brad?" Leena's eyes widened in horror and she quickly made a dart toward Bit. "Well, he's right over-" Leena slapped her hand over Bit's mouth just in the nick of time. She gave the startled four a nervous grin.
"What are you doing, Bit?!" she whispered angrily, unclamping her hand from his mouth.
"What do you mean? All I was doing was-"
"I know what you were doing, Bit!" she whispered loudly. "But don't you realize Brad's a MERCENARY? These guys might be trying to buy him off!" Bit looked at the four quizzically. His eyes then widened in realization.
"Oh! Oh!"
"Right, Bit." She then turned to the four and questioned, "Now just who are you? And what do you want with Brad?" The lanky man scoffed angrily.
"Maybe it's none of YOUR business, girlie." he snapped, slightly shoving Leena where here collar bones met.
"Hey!" Bit defensively exclaimed with narrowing eyes.
"Well, you don't have to be so snotty about it!" Leena stated, her voice rising.
"Now, now." the muscular man stepped between Leena and the lanky man. "You'll have to excuse my brother, Mikey." I knew it, Leena thought, I knew they were brothers! "My name is Ray Skyler." He extended his hand with a charming smile, but Leena wasn't particularly impressed. Still, she politely shook his hand, trying to hide her disgust as best as she could. "This is my brother, Mikey, and my sister, Dawn." He gestured to the blond girl. He then motioned to the brunette. "And that's Kylie Atwater. We're the Skyler Team." Kylie gave a meek smile.
"They ARE a Zoids team!" Bit exclaimed.
"Bit!" Leena elbowed him angrily and Bit groaned. She then let out a laugh and scratched the back of her head. "I'm Leena Toros and this is Bit Cloud. We're part of the Blitz team."
"Leena-that's a pretty name." Ray stated and Leena laughed nervously at the man who towered over her.
"Yeah, well…what do you want with Brad again?" she quickly changed the subject.
"Oh, he's an old friend of mine."
"Old friend?" Bit questioned suspiciously.
"Yeah. We go WAY back." ray answered arrogantly causing Bit's eyes to narrow warily. "Where is he?" Bit glanced over at Leena to see if it was all right to answer. Leena shrugged in puzzlement. "He's, uh, working on the Shadowfox now…"
"Thanks, kid."
"Kid!" Bit protested, but Ray shoved right by him, his brother following close behind. "Hey! Those jerks…" Bit muttered.
"You really think they're old time friends?" Leena asked.
"I don't know." Bit answered honestly, rubbing his shoulder. He then looked up and his eyes brightened as he smiled a sly grin. "Hey! They left US with the girls…"
"Oh, I'm SO excited." Leena sarcastically replied. Bit frowned, but stepped toward Kylie anyway.
"HEY," he began. "So YOU'RE Kylie. I'm Bit." He gave her a wink and a smile. Leena couldn't help but sigh in disgust. Kylie's face turned beat red and she immediately averted her eyes to the ground.
"Ahem." Dawn spoke up annoyed. "That's MIKE'S girlfriend."
"She is?" Bit frowned in disappointment. "Sorry." He took a step back from Kylie.
"Wait a sec. You're telling me a nice girl like you is going out with THAT jerk?" Leena questioned. Kylie nodded slightly, keeping her eyes glued to her feet. "Boy, I feel sorry for you."
"How about you?" Bit began. "Dawn, right?"
"Bit!" Leena exclaimed.
"What?"
"Don't you think she's a bit YOUNG for you?" Bit put his hand to his chin in contemplation.
"I guess you're right." Leena's face lit up deviously.
"But she IS about Jamie's age.
"That IS true…" Bit's face slowly became devious as well.
"Bit, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Bit grinned.
"A girl IS just what Jamie needs. Someone to help him relax every once in awhile."
"So, it's a plan?"
"Definitely."

"Thanks for helping me out with the repairs on the Shadowfox." Jamie thanked Brad as they finished up.
"No problem. Don't mention it." Brad answered. "Any time, Jamie."
"I wish Leena and Bit would be a little bit more responsible and help out once in awhile."
"Yeah, well, you know them." Brad replied, lifting up a tool box.
"Brad Hunter!" a voice suddenly came from behind, one Brad recognized very well. Brad's face dropped, something Jamie had never seen before, as did the tool box, falling to the floor with a loud crash. Brad froze in his spot, as if refusing to turn around, and closed his eyes tightly.
"This is a dream. A very bad dream. This has got to be some kind of nightmare!"
"Brad, what's wrong?" Jamie inquired as the man walked toward them. "And who's that guy?"
"Brad Hunter!" The man swung his large arm around Brad, causing Brad to groan in self pity. "Jeez, you've gotten bigger! Now, how long has it been? 4-5 years? You know, you're a hard man to find, Brad Hunter." The man let out a roar of laughter. "But I guess that doesn't matter now! As long as I found you!" He gripped onto Brad tightly and it took all of Brad's strength to push away from the towering man, who was almost two times bigger than him.
"Ray Skyler." Brad stated in disgust. "What are YOU doing here?"
"Looking for you, of course! My best friend in the whole world!" He slapped Brad hard across the back, almost knocking him over. And all the while Jamie watched in utter confusion. "It has been a long time, hasn't it?"
"Not long enough." Brad muttered. Ray's large hand suddenly clasped onto Brad's wrist and he gave him a large yank.
"Come on! There's someone I want you to meet!"
"But-" Brad attempted to protest, but the self-centered Ray ignored him, pulling him across the hanger toward a blond lanky man. And as much as Brad tried, he wasn't able to pull away from the strong grip of Ray.
"Who's that?" Dr. Toros asked Jamie, coming up from behind.
"Oh. That's Ray Skyler." Jamie told Dr. Toros. "According to him, he and Brad are best friends. But I don't know, Doc. By the look on Brad's face, I think he thinks the opposite."

"Hey, Mikey! This is Brad Hunter! The guy I've been telling you about." Ray exclaimed as he halted, a reluctant Brad having no choice to stop as well. Mikey gave Brad a suspicious eye and a growling sneer. Brad tried his best to ignore him and concentrated on prying his wrist from Ray's fingers. "We grew up together. Went to the same school and everything! We were the best of friends when we were kids!"
"We…WERE?" Brad questioned, as he finally managed to yank his wrist from Ray's grip.
"Sure we were!" Ray exclaimed, slapping Brad on the back again. Brad groaned. "Don't you remember, Brad?"
"I remember you giving me a black eye once because I didn't want to go to the movies with you. And I remember you breaking my new bike because I wouldn't let you ride it. And I remember you ALWAYS having to get your way ALL the time-"
"Do you remember me telling you about Mikey, Brad?" Ray asked, obviously ignoring Brad. Brad sighed in exasperation.
"No. I'm sorry, Ray. I must have forgot." Brad answered through clench teeth.
"Well, that's all right, Brad." He swung his arm around Brad's neck, nearly choking him. "I can't expect you to have a perfect memory like me." Brad grimaced. "You never met Mikey before because my parents got divorced when I was five. You see, I lived with my father-you remember my father, right?"
"Yeah, whatever." Brad muttered, though, in truth, he had tried to block any memory of the Skyler family.
"And Mikey and Dawny lived with my mom-hey! Where is Dawny?" He then began to call, "Dawny! Dawny, get over here so you can meet Brad!"
"He's not very impressive." Mike muttered as a blond girl appeared. She was followed by a brunette Brad didn't know, Bit, and Leena.
"Dawny, this is Brad."
"So THIS is the Brad you ALWAYS talk about." Dawn replied in an aggravated disappointment. Brad didn't even attempt a smile.
"And that's Kylie, Mikey's girlfriend." The brunette smiled weakly.
"That's all very nice, but-"
"We're part of the Skyler team." Ray interrupted Brad. "And you're part of the Blitz team now! You really have grown up, haven't you!" Brad pushed away as Ray went to muss his hair.
"Wow, Brad!" Bit exclaimed. "That jerk really IS your long lost childhood friend!" Mike let out a fierce growl as he glared at Bit sadistically. Bit frowned as Brad shook his head in agony.
"Well, any friend of Brad's is a friend of mine!" Dr. Toros exclaimed, coming up from behind, Jamie following him. "Why don't the four of you stay for dinner?"
"Doc, I'm not sure if that's a good idea…" Jamie stated warily, looking at the expression on Brad's face.
"Sure it is, Jamie!" Dr. Toros insisted. "What do you say?"
"I don't see why not." Ray decided though Mikey scowled in annoyance.
"Then it's all set!" Dr. Toros declared. "You better get dinner started, Jamie."
"Nobody asked me how I felt about having to cook four extra meals…" Jamie mumbled, but reluctantly complied anyway, making his way to the kitchen.
"Great! This is just great!" Ray exclaimed happily, hugging Brad vigorously.
"Yeah," Brad muttered sarcastically. "Just great."

Neither Bit nor Leena had ever seen Brad so undone before. The once calm and collected Brad had somehow become a complete nervous wreck, pacing back and forth in the hallway in utter panic. Meanwhile, in the dining room, the Skyler team had already taken their seats as did Dr. Toros, while Jamie had begun to serve dinner.
"The guy is a complete psycho!" Brad finally spoke up in frustration.
"Aw, Brad," Bit began optimistically. "He doesn't seem TOO bad. He likes you a lot, anyway."
"Yeah, in a strange, psychotic, obsessive sort of way." Brad answered bitterly.
"Well, think of it this way, Brad." Leena chimed in. "When it comes to stalkers, this Ray guy can't be any worse than Harry." Brad's face grew grim.
"You'd be surprised."
"That bad, huh?"
"Well, if I were you, it wouldn't be Ray who'd I be worried about." Bit stated, crossing his arms. "I mean, what's up with that creepy brother of his?" He then shivered.
"You mean Mikey?" Leena asked. Bit nodded. "Yeah, that guy gives me the creeps, too. And he's a big snot, if you ask me."
"Ray used to tell me Mikey began decapitating rabbits when he was only three." Brad told them flatly. There was dead silence.
"Okay, so the family's completely warped!" Bit exclaimed, breaking the silence after a few moments. "But that's no big deal! I'm sure that they're perfectly nice warped people."
"That cut off rabbits' heads?" Leena questioned. "I don't think so!" She then shuddered. "That's so disturbing!"
"And they're sitting in that dining room right now…" Bit's voice trailed off.
"And Dad's acting as if they were-were-FAMILY or something!" Leena exclaimed. Brad lowered his head, closing his eyes.
"Doc always did have a few screws loose." he replied.
"Hey!" Leena cried furiously, in defense of her father.
"Um, Leena?" Bit spoke up and Leena's fury left her as quickly as it had come.
"Yeah?"
"I was thinking. The whole thing with Jamie? Maybe it's a bad idea." Leena gasped.
"What thing with Jamie?" Brad inquired curiously.
"I completely forgot! We've got to get started on that!" she exclaimed, taking Bit's arm.
"But Leena, I don't think Dawn's exactly…RIGHT…for Jamie." Bit protested.
"Oh, come on! She's not as bad as her brothers!" Leena persisted, but Brad stepped in front of them.
"Hold on a second. You two are going to try and get Jamie and Ray's sister together?" Both Leena and Bit nodded. "What do you want to do? Have Jamie suffer?" Leena sighed in frustration, releasing Bit's arm.
"Jeez, Brad! Don't you think you're making too much of this? She's not THAT insane!"
"She's a Skyler, Leena. And anything Skyler is EVIL."
"Isn't that a bit judgmental, Brad?" Bit questioned.
"Well, you're against the idea, aren't you?"
"Um-I-" Bit stammered staring at Leena's agitated face fearfully. "Not ENTIRELY…"
"It'll be romantic!" Leena insisted. She clasped her hands together, her eyes growing dreamy. "Can you just imagine it? Jamie, finding his first true love in Dawn. And then Dawn, speechless as he declares his love for her, realizes that he, too, is her one and only. They're on the beach, the sun sets, they kiss-"
"And then she drowns him in the ocean." Brad interrupted callously, crossing his arms.
"Ooh! Ooh! Or maybe Mikey can sneak up from behind and decapitate him like he does with the rabbits!" Bit suggested excitedly. Leena's face dropped angrily, unclasping her hands and bringing them to her sides in tight fists. She groaned in aggravation.
"Must you two be so morbid?!" she questioned feverously.
"Fine. How about she buries him alive in the sand? Is THAT less morbid for you?" Brad sarcastically answered. Leena sighed exasperated.
"Brad!" a voice exclaimed. It was Ray. Brad groaned, putting his hand to his head. "Come on, Brad! Dinner's ready!" He took Brad's arm and pulled him forward. He then pushed Brad toward the dinning room. Leena followed warily. However, Ray stopped Bit with his huge arm.
"You two go on without us. I've got to talk to Bitty alone." Ray stated.
"Did he just call me Bitty?" Bit asked, but Brad and Leena were already gone. Ray swung his arm around Bit as Bit's face became quite puzzled.
"So, Bitty, are you and Leena…seeing each other?"
"Seeing each other…?" Bit asked in perplexity.
"You KNOW. Is she your girl?"
"My…girl?" Bit's face suddenly grew bright red. "Eew, no! Of course not!" Bit blurted out. "That would be way too weird!"
"Then she's ALL mine." Ray grinned arrogantly. Hm…I wonder what Harry will say, Bit wondered. He had little time to think about this, however, before a sharp pain went through his body as Ray gave him a hard slap across the back. "Thanks, Bitty-boy, for the little tid-bit on Leena."
"Hey, wait!" Ray stopped. "What about Brad? I thought you were completely devoted to him." Ray chuckled.
"Bitty, Leena and Brad are entirely different." he began.
"They are?"
"Obviousy." Ray replied haughtily. "You see, Bit, girls-they come and go. But Brad-he's special. He's special." He then walked off, still smiling pompously to himself as Bit's face dropped, his mind not knowing what to think.
"Right…" Bit's voice trailed off and he the reluctantly followed Ray into the dining room, his thoughts still a jumble of confusion.