I'm With You Chapter 3: Chaos



Woohoo! Chapter three is uuuup! Hehe, I guess that's sorta obvious, isn't it? *sweatdrops* Oh well. Thanks so much to all you great reviewers! Except the one called Flan. That's my little sister. I almost had to bully her to give me a good review. You all (except Flan) make me sooo happy! I could almost cry! But I won't! Instead I will bring you this fantastic, incredible, mind-blowing chapter! Um... sorry. Guess I got carried away. Co-authoring with me today is Prince. He's got red and white hair, gorgeous dark brown eyes, and a sweet personality. He's adorable and single, but fixed. Oh yeah, he's also a dog (sorry, ladies). A Japanese Chin, fifteen pounds. But he IS cute. Anyways, on with the fic. This installment is called Chaos because I didn't like the title it originally had. It sucked. So I changed it. I changed the title of chapter two, too. Yes, there will be a chapter four. It will have everything that I planned to put in this chapter but didn't because I was afraid it would make it too long.

Disclaimer: Neither I nor Prince own Zoids. Prince doesn't even watch Zoids. He's mostly here so that he can lick my lollipop while I type. I made up Chaos, its employees, and Bit's family.







Leena's eyes wandered until they stopped to rest on a large sign, with the name of the shop, CHAOS, emblazoned on it in large, gold letters. Leena frowned, but then her eyes went wide. She spun around to face Bit and opened her mouth. Before she could speak, however, a door clanged open, and a feminine voice rang across the room.

"Welcome to Chaos, how may I help you?





The Blitz Team turned to face a woman who looked to be in her late thirties. Her wispy blonde hair was so pale that it almost seemed white, and was pulled back into a loose ponytail. She stared at them curiously with deep crystal blue eyes that seemed as if they could see one's soul itself. She was dressed in loose black pants (A/N: You know the ones that are made of the kind of material that windbreakers are usually made of, that are really loose in the legs but fit fine, if low, on the hips? And they have all those pockets and seemingly useless straps? You know the ones I'm talking about? I don't know what they're called) and a top that looked exactly like the spandex top that Leena wore when she worked out. It had thin straps, and stopped about five inches or more above her belly button, showing a smooth muscular stomach. It also showed, as Doc didn't fail to notice, that she had a very nice figure. (A/N: Tsk tsk, Doc, naughty, naughty.)

"Well," she said, crossing her equally muscular arms and staring at them team more piercingly than before, "What do you want?"

"Ya know," Bit said, "You really oughtta be more to polite to paying customers."

She glared at Bit. "Don't tell me what to do, Bit Cloud!" she snapped at him.

"Lemme introduce you all. Momma, this is Jamie-" Bit pointed- "Brad, Doc Toros, and his daughter and my girlfriend, Leena. Everybody, this is my mother, Angela Cloud."

"Pleasure," Angela said (A/N: Have you seen Harry Potter? She says it just like Hermione Granger says it to Ron on the Hogwarts Express when they first meet), acting as if it really wasn't a pleasure and she was just saying that.

Brad, Doc, and Jamie gaped at her, but Leena, who had been suspecting it ever since she had read the sign, merely stuck out her hand and said, "Hi there! It's so nice to meet you, Mrs. Cloud!" with a bright smile.

Angela stared at the hand disdainfully and looked as if she was going to say something rude, but suddenly a strange expression came over her face. "Hey wait a minute...did you say 'paying customers?'" she asked excitedly.

The whole team, minus Bit, sweatdropped.

"She's slower than Bit," Brad murmured to Doc and Jamie, who nodded in agreement. Angela glared at them, a vicious I-heard-that expression on her face.

"Uh oh," Bit muttered to them, "you've made her angry. Quick! Compliment her!"

"Why?" Jamie asked.

"Believe me, you do NOT want to incur her wrath!" Bit said, throwing a glance at his mother, who was glaring daggers at them.

Doc stepped forward and cleared his throat. "Excuse me, my dearest madam, but are you aware that you have the capacity to be extremely intimidating when you wish to be?" he asked, sweeping a bow and extending his hand.

Angela stared at him, then suddenly giggled, sounding like a high school girl. Doc straightened up, and she shook his hand. "You know, you are cute!" Angela said, still giggling slightly.

"Whew!" Bit gasped in relief. "Crisis avoided!"

"Whaddya mean, 'crisis avoided'?! Your mom is hitting on my dad!" Leena practically screamed at Bit. He winced and covered his ears.

"She's just being friendly!" he protested.

"Well," Angela announced suddenly, "enough of the small chat. Bring in your Zoids! How many are there? What types? How extensive is the damage? Care for a peppermint? And most importantly, how much money do you have?"

"Momma," Bit said in a warning tone.

"Okay! Forget that last question!"

"We have four Zoids: a Liger 0, a Shadowfox, a Raynos, and a Gunsniper. The damage, luckily, isn't too extensive. The Liger has a Conversion Armor System, too, that needs some repairs. Are you equipped for that?" Doc asked. "Oh, yes, and I would like a peppermint, please."

"Yeah, yeah, we can handle it," Angela said nonchalantly, offering a candy dish around. She typed some information into a computer. "Bring the Zoids in."

The team went out and piloted their Zoids into the workroom area. Angela shouted out instructions.

"Put the Raynos to the left of the Pteras. Over a little, little more, THERE! Put it right there. Now, the Liger goes over there on the far end. Shadowfox, hmmm, put the Shadowfox on the left of the Dark Horn. The Gunsniper, put it in the middle space there, between the Raynos and Zaber Tiger. Perfect! Okay, come on out!"

"Dude, I rock," Jamie- in Wild Eagle mode for some reason- said. (A/N: Have you ever watched Medabots? Imagine Wild Eagle saying it the same way Metabee does when he uses the MedaForce. I love it when he says that! Did I spell those words right?)

"About how long will this take?" Brad inquired, jumping down from the cockpit of the Shadowfox.

"I don't know, silly, I haven't even taken a good look at them yet," Angela said, patting him on the head distractedly as she stared at the Shadowfox. "That Zoid is so cool!" she exclaimed suddenly, throwing out her hands and nearly smacking Brad upside the head. He managed to duck in time.

"Hey, watch it!" he yelled.

"I want a Zoid like that! Where'd you get?"

"We stole it from the Backdraft Group," Wild Eagle announced, sidling up to her.

"We didn't 'steal' it," Doc clarified, "we won it fair and square in a Zoid Battle. It's a one-of-a-kind Zoid." He joined the group also.

"Backdraft, eh?" Angela asked, still staring at the Shadowfox, as if she expected it to jump to life and do something. "I'll have to talk to them about getting me a neato Zoid like that."

"You know the Backdraft?" Leena asked incredulously. "Like, personally?"

"Of course," said Angela, looking surprised. "I sell them lots of parts, and they give me some of their old ones. They're my second biggest customers."

"The Backdraft Group is your second biggest customer." Leena repeated slowly, as if to make sure she had heard right. Angela nodded.

"Who's your biggest customer?" Doc asked curiously.

"The Champ family."

"WHAT!" the team shouted. Angela cringed and covered her ears.

"DON'T SHOUT LIKE THAT!" she screamed at them on the top of her lungs.

"The Champs? As in Mary, Harry, Sebastian, and Benjamin?" Leena asked.

Angela shook her head. "No, mostly I do business with their father. He buys lots of parts from me, more than the Backdraft. I think he might give them to his kids as presents or something. Oh well, enough of the chat! We have to get started on the Zoids! But first, you have to meet the family! C'mon!" She started towards the door that she came through.

"Are there babes?" asked Wild Eagle, following her.

"Weren't you really shy like, ten minutes ago, when we first met? Jamie, was it?" Angela asked, facing him and frowning at him.

"It's Wild Eagle, and I am never shy," he huffed.

"He has an alter ego," Bit explained quickly, "and it comes out when he gets into the Raynos. I don't know why it's still with him."

"Humph. I can fix that," Angela said matter-of-factly. "Come here, Wild One," she beckoned.

He walked up to her. Faster than the blink of an eye, Angela smacked him upside the head with a wrench. He fell to the ground, unconscious, as a red wrench mark appeared on his left cheek.

"MOM!" Bit shouted.

"Excuse me," Doc yelled angrily, "but who the heck do you think you are? You had no right to do that!"

"I'm a mother. I know what I'm doing."

"Is this how you treat your children?"

"Actually, it is," Angela replied coolly.

Doc sweatdropped. "That was a rhetorical question," he said, glaring.

"Didn't sound like one."

Leena cut in. "Aren't you afraid of giving them permanent brain damage?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know," Brad said, "making them permanently wacky in the head." (A/N: Almost forgot Brad was there. Sorry.)

Angela shook her head. "Nah," she said, "I've been doing it to Bit for years, and he's fine." She gestured towards Bit, who was kneeling on the ground, hugging Jamie's unconscious form to his chest.

"I feel your pain, man," Bit was sobbing, "I feel your pain!"

The onlookers' sweatdropped.

"Umm, how 'bout we not use Bit as an example, okay?" Angela said, after a long silence.

The remaining conscious, sane members of the team nodded dumbly.

Suddenly, Jamie began to stir. Bit jumped up, and the team crowded around. Jamie's eyes snapped open, and he jumped to his feet, like Bit had done.

"Whodat? Whodere?" he asked groggily. (A/N: Translation: Who's that? Who's there?) He stumbled and began to fall foreword, but Brad leaned out and caught him. Jamie shook his head and looked around.

"What happened?" he finally managed to ask.

"You ran into a low tree branch," Angela said, turning around and walking toward the door she had come through. "You have a slight concussion, but you'll be fine. Now come along! We have to meet everyone else."

The team followed her through the door. They stepped into a large room with about twenty or so people in it. Most looked to be between the ages of twelve and twenty-five, but there were some older people, too. The team noticed that all the girls wore outfits identical to Angela's except that there were different colors. The men wore the same style of pants, but some were shirtless, while others had on loose tee shirts. They mostly milled about, watching TV or eating snacks. Some sat in laughing groups, while others shouted across the room at each other.

"This is the living room," Angela announced.

Jamie's eyes grew suddenly wide. "How could I have ran into a low tree branch?" he demanded. "There aren't any trees in the shop!"

"Slow, aren't you," Angela commented.

Every eye in the room turned to face the group. All the workers stared at them with expressionless faces. Leena was beginning to feel nervous, when suddenly Angela spoke up.

"Hey, y'all, these are paying customers. Their Zoids are in the hangar. So, go to it!"

Instantly the faces in the room creased into large smiles, and the workers practically bolted towards the door. The team gasped and got out of the way as they fought to go through it.

"-Finally, somethin' to do 'round here-"

"-Lemme out-"

"-Move-"

"-I was here firs-"

"-Outta my way-"

"-Dibs on the blowtorch-"

"-No way you had it last time-"

"-Stop pinching me-"

And suddenly, the room was empty. Before the door clanged shut, shouting could be heard, along with the groans of various pieces of machinery starting up.

"This way," Angela said, leading them through another door. "This is the kitchen. Help yourself. I think I should go supervise the masses..." and with that, she disappeared through the door.

Leena walked over to the pantry, opened it, and gasped. "This is the biggest collection of sweets and cookies I have ever seen!" she exclaimed. She darted in and came out with a jar of chocolate chip cookies. She popped one into her mouth. "These are the most delicious cookies I ever tasted! You gotta try some!" she distributed some cookies to the rest of the team. (A/N: They're so good they made Leena share! How weird is that?)

Suddenly yet another door clanged open, and a young girl about fifteen years old darted into the room. She had brown shoulder-length hair, and blue-green eyes. She stopped and stared at them. "Bit!" she suddenly screamed and she launched herself at him. She caught him in a huge hug. "It's been so long! I've missed you so much!" she cried.

Bit grinned. "Everybody, this is my little sister, Cheryl," he said. "Cheryl, this is Jamie, Brad, Leena, and Doc. They're my teammates. And Leena is my girlfriend"

"Hi," she exclaimed, shaking all of their hands. "It's so totally awesome to meet you! You're pretty," she said, examining Leena carefully. "It's about time Bit hooked up with someone. You look like a nice person, too."

"Thanks." Leena blushed slightly.

Suddenly Jamie caught Cheryl's eyes. More specifically, his left cheek caught her eyes.

"Oh no! It looks like Momma got to you with the wrench, didn't she? I'm so sorry about that. Let me see it." She tilted Jamie's head to get a better view of the rapid growing bruise on his cheek. Jamie turned red, and not from pain. "It's swelling pretty bad. Here....." She got some ice out of the refrigerator and wrapped it a dishcloth that she had gotten out of a drawer next to the sink. She put it on his face. "Does that feel better?"

Jamie nodded, blushing even more.

"Hold onto it," Cheryl instructed. "It should keep the swelling down. When all the ice melts, get some more, and get a new towel too. Well, I gotta go help with the repairs."

"Tell Momma we'll be going out to dinner," Bit said.

"Sure thing. See ya later. Be careful with the face, Jamie."

With that, she disappeared out the door that the team had come in through.

Bit's stomach rumbled loudly. "Well, let's go see about getting some dinner."

"Yeah," the team agreed.

They walked out through the living room and into the hangar. People were running about everywhere, shouting questions or orders, or sometimes gossip.

"-So I told him, like, yeah right, I wouldn't go for a snob like you, and he said-"

"What the heck is that Zoid?!" (A/N: Shadowfox)

"-Dude, she was hot! So I walked over and-"

"Okay, hand up the bolt wrench- I said hand, not throw! That almost hit my head! What's wrong with you, dude?!"

The team could see Angela on top of the Shadowfox, inspecting a gun on the side. Cheryl was climbing up the side of the Raynos, shouting orders to the boy climbing up behind her. The boy said something to her. She laughed out loud. Jamie ground his teeth together, and then winced because he forgot about his face.

They walked out into the fresh air. Bit led them around the building and into the city

"It's so pretty out here!" Leena exclaimed.

"So Bit, where do you recommend we eat?" Doc asked, looking around.

"I vote we go out for seafood," Jamie said slyly. "Clams are sounding especially good tonight."

"Jamie, I swear, if Bit's mom hadn't messed you up, I would right now," Brad growled at him.

"I say we should go eat at this great Chinese place. It's called 'That Good ol' China Eating'." Bit said, hastily clamping a hand over Jamie's mouth to stop him from responding. (A/N: Sorry, I couldn't think of a good name. You're gonna have to deal with it.)

"Sounds good," Leena said. "I love Chinese."

"Then it's decided! We eat Chinese!" Doc declared.

"It's this way." Bit led them toward the center of the city. Soon they came to the restaurant. It was a small building, with large glass windows covered in bamboo curtains. The team went inside and was seated in a booth near the door. Inside, they ordered some of that good ol' Chinese food. (A/N: You can make them order whatever you want. I don't know the names of any Chinese dish.)

Forty-five minutes later, the Blitz team left the restaurant, full of food. They were carrying fortune cookies, and in Jamie's case, a soggy towel.

"My fortune says 'Aim before shooting, and you will hit target,'" Leena said, brandishing the small slip of paper. "What does yours say, Bit?"

"'Chocolate chip cookies lie in your future'," Bit read. "Hey, cool!"

Jamie looked at his and gasped. "It says, ' Beware of friends' mothers and wrenches on September 21'," he finally managed to choke out.

"Freaky," Brad said. "Lessee..., mine reads, 'Money is not the most important thing on Zi, but it's pretty darn close'. Hey, I like this fortune."

Doc read his fortune. "Mine says, 'Sid's Super SuperGlue will keep those Zoid models from breaking when grown men play with them'. Sid's, huh? I'll have to try it."

"Well, I guess we should head back to Chaos," Bit said. "Momma will be wondering where we are. And besides, you haven't even met the rest of my sisters."

With that, the Blitz Team started walking towards Chaos.

"Do we have to walk?" Leena grumbled. "I'm so full from dinner."

"Unless you have a better idea," Doc said, "but I am not paying for a taxi."

Suddenly a large, covered jeep that looked like it was able to fit ten people in it stopped on the road near them. The window rolled down, and a voice called from within, "Yo, Bit! You need a ride?"



ShadowSpinner: There's chapter three for ya. I had so much more planned for this chapter, but I didn't want it to be too long. So we'll have to wait for chapter four. I liked this chapter. How 'bout you, Prince?

Prince: Grrrrr? Woof bark. Yip snuff?

Translation: What kinda lollipop is this? Watermelon, I think. Is there anymore?

ShadowSpinner: PRINCE! WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MY STORY RIGHT NOW, NOT THE LOLLIPOP! YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE EATING MY LOLLIPOP! NOW WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT MY STORY?

Prince: Growl snuffle? Yip yip, bark-YELP! BARK! GRRROWWWL! *scratch* Bark! Growl! WOOWOOWOO! Snuffle! YIP!

Translation: What story? I personally prefer lemon lollipops to watermelon, but- OUCH! FLEA! BITING! *scratch* Help! Hurts! OWOWOW! Must chew myself! Ouch!

ShadowSpinner: Umm, sorry about that. Prince is so allergic to fleas that when they bite him, he chews the spot until, well...I don't think we'll get into that right now. Since he isn't going to be of any use anymore, I guess we'll end here. As always, please review, and sometime next week there should be a chapter four. That's all for now. Bye Bye! Umm, Prince, don't you wanna say bye, too?

Prince: BARK! YIP! GRR- GROWL? Snuffle yip woo. Bark bark. Growwlll?

Translation: STILL BITING! STILL HURTS! STILL- HUH? Oh, Bye. Umm, Please Review. Did I do that right?

ShadowSpinner: That was fine.

Prince: Grr woof.

Translation: I want my mommy.

ShadowSpinner: *sweatdrops* Till next time! How