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The New Mercenary Part Four (Samantha)

"Well young lady, I do hope that you join our team, but I will have to ask you a few questions first. I do need to know certain personality traits about you." Doc said to Samantha. "I have questions for you as well. If you can answer these questions and meet certain criteria, I will consider joining your team. Since we both have questions, I will make a deal with you. I'll ask a question and then you may ask me. Do we have a deal?" I asked confidently. "Alright. Ask away." Doc replied staring me directly in the eye. "First, I have come to understand that you have a mercenary on your team already. Did you plan to fire him if I joined your team?" "I had no intention to fire Brad." He replied ever so confidently. "I was hoping that wouldn't be a problem." I shook my head. "Good. Now, what type of zoid do you pilot?" "At the moment, I don't have a zoid. I used to pilot a CommandFox but I was jumped and after they had finished with me, they stole my zoid. If you have any spare at all, I will buy it from you with my earnings. If you don't have a spare I can find a local dealer." I responded. It was true; those thugs had stolen my zoid. "I'll have to ask Brad if you can use his CommandWolf." "Who are your other team members and what do they pilot?" "My daughter, Leana Tauros, pilots a GunSniper. Bit Cloud, a x-junk dealer, pilots an awesome Ligar Zero. That's our pride and joy. He's extremely gullible. Jamie, our strategic master, pilots a Raynos. He is also called the Wild Eagle. Our mercenary, Brad, pilots a ShadowFox. I believe that you are an ideal pilot. We just need to get you a new zoid. What type would you like if we can't get Brad to let you barrow his CommandWolf?" "If he doesn't, I'll get the zoid. I don't want to overburden you if I join. May I see these zoids that the others pilot?" "Sure, follow me." He lead me to the hanger where the four zoids where held. I looked them over and stopped to think. If I join this team, I'll have to get a new zoid. Either that or I'll have to make myself a new one. I will also be on one of the top teams of the league. I've heard of this guy Bit. He's said to be the pilot of the legendary Organiod. What ever I do, I'll have to find out if this is true or fictitious. It seems that I can't find many faults in this team. I guess I can go ahead and join them. "Alright, Doctor Tauros. I do believe that this is a good team. I think I'll join if I am accepted by the rest of the team." "Good. Follow me and we'll ask." I followed him into the kitchen where Leana was raiding the fridge. "Leana. This is Samantha. I want her to join the team. Yes or no?" She turned around and looked at me. "Sure. I have nothing against it." "Okay. I'll ask the others." I tagged along behind him as he walked into another room. This had to be where he the team made their strategies. "Hey Jamie." "Aaahhh! I wish you people would stop doing that!" Jamie raved as he lurched forward to cover up what he was doing. "Jamie, this is Samantha. I want her to join the team. What do you say?" Jamie looked me over. "Can you follow a battle strategy down to the point?" He inquired. "Yep." "Can you make one up?" "Yep." "Can you cook?" "Yep." "I have nothing against it. Let her join for all I care. I could use someone that will help me out with those things." "Alright. Let's go find Bit." I again walked behind Doctor Tauros as we hunted down another team member. We found him and Brad in the weight room. "Okay, you two. I think you've had a little fun playing 'Strongest Pilot.' I need your approval on a new team member. This is Samantha. What do you think." The two looked up. Bit's jaw dropped. Brad shrugged and said, "I've met her. I really think she'll be a good asset to the team. Let her join for all I care." "What type of zoid do you pilot?" Bit had regained his composure. "I can handle any zoid. Just as long as it lets me pilot it, that is." "Sure. She can join." "Well that settles it." Doctor Tauros stated clapping his hands. "Why don't you go and get your things. We'll get you set up in another room." "All I need to do is get my dogs." "You have dogs?" Leana stood in the doorway. "Yes." "What kind?" "Great Danes." "Really? I always wanted a pair of Great Danes." "Plug your ears and I'll call them." "Why do I need to cover my ears?" "My whistle is very loud." The Blitz team, minus Jamie, covered their ears as I stuck my thumb and forefinger and let out an earsplitting whistle. Two Great Danes came racing in a few moments later. "This is Brontie and Dawson." I stated as I patted each on the head in turn. "They're gorgeous!" Leana said. "Are they friendly?" "Once they get to know you, they're just like puppies." "Yeah, really BIG puppies." Bit said looking the two enormous dogs over. "They look as if they won't let anyone near you." "Your right they won't unless I tell them to be nice." Jamie walked in at that moment. "Hey Doc. We've just got word of our next battle. We're up against the Tigers Team again." "Those guys'll never give up, will they?" Bit said. He seemed exasperated. "I'm happy just as long as I get paid." Brad said. Typical mercenary, isn't he? I thought. "Okay, let's see what these guys can do. I never did get to fight them." "Never? I thought they challenged every one." Bit said. "Never. I quit a team right before I had the chance to fight them." "Why did you quit your last team?" Jamie asked. "They just didn't put their hearts into the battle. I felt as if they needed to be a little more in-tune with their zoids." "Okay, well Samantha, why don't you follow me and I'll show you to your new room. I hope you like it." Doc said and trotted out the door. Within a few moments I was in my room and was setting my stuff out. When I finished, I jogged to the hanger. I shut myself in and started working. I wasn't going into battle without a zoid that I had paid for or created. I was to prideful. When Bit walked in a few moments later, I turned around very fast and glared at him. "What are you doing?" He asked curiously. He looked at the space in front of me that had once been empty. It now had a half-completed zoid. "You build your own zoids?" "Yep." "Where did you get the parts?" "I found a bunch of old parts in that storage unit over there." "That one?" He asked with a scared tone in his voice as he pointed to one. "Yep." "Ugh!" "I'm just kidding. Doc said you where gullible." "I hate it when people do that." "I have a certain skill that enables me to pull things out of another dimension or to store things in another." "You're kidding." "Absolutely not." "I'm not that gullible." "I'm not kidding. Watch." I lifted up the screen of a laptop that hadn't been there before. I started to type and a few moments later a small black hole opened above the half-finished zoid and the next part dropped into place and secured itself. "You weren't kidding." "Told you. Now if you'll excuse me I have a lot of work to do before I can test it in the morning." Bit left leaving me to finish. Brad walked in five hours later as I was finishing off the head. "Hey." I was in no mood to answer questions. I took a deep breath to calm myself. "What ever you want it'll have to wait. I'm busy at the moment." "Do you greet everyone like that?" "I'm almost finished. Just give me about thirty minutes and I'll be done." "I think I'll wait for you right here." With that, he sat down on a nearby chair. "Whatever." I replied as I worked on finishing the zoid. The head was always painstakingly slow to complete. I was out of patience for the day. If anyone else asked what I was doing, I would sick Brontie and or Dawson on him or her. I was not happy. I stood up and stretched stiff legs when I finished. This zoid was brilliant. A mix between Bit's Ligar 0 and Brad's ShadowFox. Equipped with a few of my own things. This zoid was wolfish. No one would pilot it but me. This would be unstoppable. "Looks good. What do you call it?" I had not remembered that Brad was there. "This will be called the SnowHusky." "What all is it equipped with?" "An assortment of guns, a Strike Laser Claw, Ion boosters, and soon it will have a few armor conversions as soon as I finish the blueprints for them." "Well, it looks as if it will be a brilliant zoid to work with. I hope it will carry you through many battles." Brad said while nodding his head as he looked the zoid over. "Well, I sure hope so. I don't want to have to rebuild it again. These things take forever to manufacture. Now, I'm famished, when's dinner?" He smiled. "Just a warning, don't raid the fridge. If you eat something of Leana's, she'll eat you. She's just about eaten Bit a few times. Jamie will call over the intercom when it's finished." "Samantha, could you come into the kitchen? I need you to help me with something." "Probably can't get a recipe right. If you can cook, he'll never leave you alone. He's getting tired about being badgered to cook every meal. Don't let Bit or Leana try to cook, they'd burn the kitchen down around your ears." "I'll remember that." I said as I started to walk towards the kitchen.