Well, this is the last part to "Haunted".
I don't, and never have, owned Zoids. I do own Theo, Harmony, and Apollo.
Thanks to my reviewers! If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have made it through this fic!
Quote of the Fic: "If we were meant to live in the past, we would have eyes in the back of our heads. We have eyes in the front to see what is in the present while possessing the ability to move forward." Nola Peterson
Part Five to "Haunted" 'Loose Ends' ~~
Bit carefully sat Leena's body further down the corridor and turned to Theo. The man gave Bit a toothy grin and pulled out a knife.
Okay, it was a butter knife. Bit wasn't sure if he should laugh or feel a little bit of fear. The way Theo was waving about the knife, he wasn't sure. He did have a slight worry that the knife would fly out of his hands and hit Leena, but he wasn't sure how sharp the butter knife was.
"What do you have to say now, Bit? Do you think you can beat me now that I have a knife?"
Bit realized that Theo was mental. He wondered what he had on him. Bit smiled and pulled out his weapon of choice. "I have a paperclip!"
Theo actually looked scared that Bit was threatening him with a paperclip. Bit realized this was probably the most inane situation he had ever been in.
~~
Rebecca threw a fireball at Leena. "Come on, dear, fight back."
Leena back flipped out of the path of the fireball and shook her head. She wasn't sure where Rebecca was getting these fireballs at, but it was really scaring Leena.
Rebecca made a 'tsking' sound. "You haven't figured out how this place works yet, have you? Come on, dear, this is your own mind!"
Leena appeared puzzled by what Rebecca had just told her. Was she trying to give her a hint? What did she mean by how this placed worked. Leena recalled a book she had read where, in a dreamscape reality, the user could 'make' weapons and whatnot. Leena wondered if that could work. She imaged herself with a knife. To her surprise, in her hand was a knife.
Leena gave Rebecca a wolfish grin.
Rebecca actually felt a bit worried. Her mother always told her to keep her mouth shut. Maybe she should have listened.
~~
Harmony watched as her father roughly shoved her boyfriend off him. Apollo growled at Leon, who sneered back. The two seemed to measuring each other's strengths and weaknesses. Harmony knew that Apollo was a better fighter, but Leon was going to fight with his emotions. Even though emotions were a messy thing to involve in a fight, they could be a bit useful to fuel your energy.
Apollo smirked at Leon. "I should have known that you two would fall in love. After Leena, Harmony was always closest you. It was only a matter of time before the two of you would fall in love. Pity I have to kill you. Killing you in front of my darling daughter would push her over the edge."
Leon tackled Apollo again. The two began to wrestle on the floor. Apollo, who a trained fighter, was trying to use some more advanced moves. Leon, who had very little training (and what he knew was taught to him by his sister and his girlfriend), was using any tactic he wanted. Harmony would have given her left arm to help her boyfriend, but it seemed his below the belt style of fighting (literally below the belt; Leon had successfully kicked Apollo in the nuts) was holding his own, if not doing a little better.
"Leon, you can beat him!"
~~
Bit had managed to get Theo into a corner, still waving around his paperclip in a threatening manner. Theo, scared for his life, dropped the butter knife at Bit's feet. Bit picked up the knife, and gave Theo a grin. Theo dropped to his knees and assumed the fetal position.
"Oh, please don't hurt me! Have mercy on my soul!" Theo said, his tone pleading and whiny.
"Why should I?" Bit asked.
"I'll go back to that place! Just don't use the paperclip on me! I beg you!"
Bit sighed. "Fine. Get up."
Theo refused to move until Bit got rid of the paperclip. Bit sighed; it would be his luck to have to deal with the mentally deranged man who had a phobia of paperclips.
~~
Leena had managed to get three good blows on Rebecca, but both she and Rebecca were exhausted. In the dreamscape reality, both were subjected to exhaustion and pain, something Rebecca had found out. Leena figured it was the only fair thing that had happened in the past two days.
Rebecca looked at Leena. "Girl, you won't be getting out of here alive."
Leena looked at Rebecca, and then at her knife. "I beg to differ."
Rebecca thought about holding a knife herself. A knife appeared and Rebecca launched herself at Leena. Leena managed to fend Rebecca off, but not before Rebecca managed to cut Leena's arm.
~~
Bit had just got Theo subdued (read: unconsciousness) from an 'accidental' knock in the head with his fist when he noticed a cut about ten centimeters long appear on Leena's arm. He cursed under his breath, and he wondered what, and where, Leena was. Bit ripped off a piece of fabric from his shirt and bandaged her arm.
~~
Leena felt, rather than saw, something, or someone bandaging her arm. The bandage had a familiar feeing to it. Leena smiled. Bit was there. She had to get out of this world for Bit.
She looked at Rebecca and threw herself towards the ghost-girl. Rebecca was unprepared for the sudden assault, and Leena managed to land three more quick, shallow cuts on her opponent. Leena briefly wondered if you could kill someone who is already dead.
Rebecca was so mad she could spit. How could that girl be ready to launch such a quick attack? She should be dead tired. Rebecca noticed the gleam in Leena's eyes. The girl had realized that Bit was there and waiting for her to wake up. Rebecca also realized that Leena would do anything to go back to Bit. Rebecca wrinkled up her nose; the power of true love. That you would do anything to get back to the one you love. How disgusting.
Leena noticed Rebecca's pause; she appeared to be thinking. Leena realized that this was her chance. She launched herself at the ghost-girl and aimed for her knife to go straight through the heart. Or where the heart should be at least. She hit her target dead on, and Rebecca seemed to evaporate. Leena smiled, feeling happy for the first time in what felt like days. She then felt a pull on her, and smiled even wider, a calm feeling washing over her.
~~
Bit was worried when Leena began to twitch, but all his worry disappeared in an instance when she slowly opened her eyes. All Bit could think was that she was awake, and her gorgeous lavender eyes were staring at him.
"Bit." Leena said, her voice trailing off.
Bit smiled at her, and unable to stop himself, leaned forward and kissed her, pulling her as tight as he could against his body. Leena sighed into his mouth and let himself, and inadvertently her, know that she was out of wherever she was and was safe. Bit finally released her mouth and hugged Leena tightly. "Oh Leena, I was so worried."
Leena just sighed, content to be in his arms. "Bit, did my brother come too?"
Bit nodded. "We should go find him."
He stood up carefully, bringing Leena's body up with his. He wasn't about to let her go.
~~
Bit and Leena found Leon and Harmony just in time. Leon was about to kill Apollo. Bit grabbed Leon, pulling the struggling man off the comatose form that was Apollo. Leena rushed over and untied the knots that held Harmony to the bed. The two girls tightly hugged one another, glad that the other was okay.
"Bit, let me go! The things that he did to Harmony and to Leena are unforgivable! Let me kill the miserable-" Leon said, still struggling against Bit's arms.
Bit interrupted Leon. "Leon, if you kill him, you're no better than he is. Leena is fine, Harmony is fine. Let the authorities take care of him."
"How can you be so calm?! He abused them!" Leon's words were still as hot as fire, but he had stopped struggling against Bit.
Leena decided to interject before her boyfriend snapped. "Leon, listen to me. I'm fine. A little sore, but fine. So is Harmony. Right now, all we want to do is go home and sleep. We want to forget about this. Can we call dad and go home?"
Leon finally calmed down, and Bit released him. Leon rushed over and grabbed Harmony, and he hugged her as tight as he could. Leena smiled at Harmony, who returned the smile. Bit grabbed Leena's hand and tugged her away so that the Harmony and Leon could have a private moment.
"Let's call Doc and go home." Bit whispered in Leena's ears. Leena nodded. Home sounded wonderful.
~~
Steve hugged Leena as tight as he could when he got to the place that Apollo had been keeping the two girls. Leena smiled; as crazy as her father was sometimes, he still loved her.
Steve was more than happy to call the authorities. Theo was put into a mental institution, and Apollo was going to jail. It looked like neither of them would ever see the light of day again. Well, at least not as free men.
~~ Three Weeks Later.
Bit and Leena were enjoying a quiet evening on the Hover Cargo. Leon and Harmony had gone into town for dinner and Steve had tagged along. While his son and Harmony were at dinner, he was going to check out the local hobby shop and Zoid shop. Bit and Leena were curled together on the couch watching an old movie. Bit smiled at Leena as he carefully got off the couch. Leena looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "I'll be back in a minute, Lee."
He came back and went down on one knee. "Leena Taurus, would you marry me?"
Leena's eyes widened and filled with tears. She realized that she couldn't talk, but she nodded her head. She could feel the tears slipping down her face as Bit slipped the ring on her ringer. Both seemed in a state of dreaming, not sure that the other really existed. Bit hugged Leena as soon as the ring was on her finger. Leena pulled Bit's mouth to hers and they kissed.
~~
When Harmony, Leon, and Steve came back from town, they found Bit and Leena curled together on the couch. Leena's left hand wasn't covered, and all three could see the diamond ring on her ring finger. Steve smiled, his eyes growing misty. His little girl was going to be married. Leon sniffed, looking at his little sister. Harmony grinned and whacked Leena upside the head. Leena moaned and Bit stretched.
"What do you want?!" Leena growled.
"Congratulations." Harmony said, a gentle smile on her face.
Leena smiled, and looked at the wedding ring on her finger. Everything was going to be fine. She had Bit, her father and brother, Harmony, and a gorgeous diamond ring to boot.
~~
And there's the end to "Haunted".
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Peace, Love, and the Moon! Moonfairy2000
I don't, and never have, owned Zoids. I do own Theo, Harmony, and Apollo.
Thanks to my reviewers! If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't have made it through this fic!
Quote of the Fic: "If we were meant to live in the past, we would have eyes in the back of our heads. We have eyes in the front to see what is in the present while possessing the ability to move forward." Nola Peterson
Part Five to "Haunted" 'Loose Ends' ~~
Bit carefully sat Leena's body further down the corridor and turned to Theo. The man gave Bit a toothy grin and pulled out a knife.
Okay, it was a butter knife. Bit wasn't sure if he should laugh or feel a little bit of fear. The way Theo was waving about the knife, he wasn't sure. He did have a slight worry that the knife would fly out of his hands and hit Leena, but he wasn't sure how sharp the butter knife was.
"What do you have to say now, Bit? Do you think you can beat me now that I have a knife?"
Bit realized that Theo was mental. He wondered what he had on him. Bit smiled and pulled out his weapon of choice. "I have a paperclip!"
Theo actually looked scared that Bit was threatening him with a paperclip. Bit realized this was probably the most inane situation he had ever been in.
~~
Rebecca threw a fireball at Leena. "Come on, dear, fight back."
Leena back flipped out of the path of the fireball and shook her head. She wasn't sure where Rebecca was getting these fireballs at, but it was really scaring Leena.
Rebecca made a 'tsking' sound. "You haven't figured out how this place works yet, have you? Come on, dear, this is your own mind!"
Leena appeared puzzled by what Rebecca had just told her. Was she trying to give her a hint? What did she mean by how this placed worked. Leena recalled a book she had read where, in a dreamscape reality, the user could 'make' weapons and whatnot. Leena wondered if that could work. She imaged herself with a knife. To her surprise, in her hand was a knife.
Leena gave Rebecca a wolfish grin.
Rebecca actually felt a bit worried. Her mother always told her to keep her mouth shut. Maybe she should have listened.
~~
Harmony watched as her father roughly shoved her boyfriend off him. Apollo growled at Leon, who sneered back. The two seemed to measuring each other's strengths and weaknesses. Harmony knew that Apollo was a better fighter, but Leon was going to fight with his emotions. Even though emotions were a messy thing to involve in a fight, they could be a bit useful to fuel your energy.
Apollo smirked at Leon. "I should have known that you two would fall in love. After Leena, Harmony was always closest you. It was only a matter of time before the two of you would fall in love. Pity I have to kill you. Killing you in front of my darling daughter would push her over the edge."
Leon tackled Apollo again. The two began to wrestle on the floor. Apollo, who a trained fighter, was trying to use some more advanced moves. Leon, who had very little training (and what he knew was taught to him by his sister and his girlfriend), was using any tactic he wanted. Harmony would have given her left arm to help her boyfriend, but it seemed his below the belt style of fighting (literally below the belt; Leon had successfully kicked Apollo in the nuts) was holding his own, if not doing a little better.
"Leon, you can beat him!"
~~
Bit had managed to get Theo into a corner, still waving around his paperclip in a threatening manner. Theo, scared for his life, dropped the butter knife at Bit's feet. Bit picked up the knife, and gave Theo a grin. Theo dropped to his knees and assumed the fetal position.
"Oh, please don't hurt me! Have mercy on my soul!" Theo said, his tone pleading and whiny.
"Why should I?" Bit asked.
"I'll go back to that place! Just don't use the paperclip on me! I beg you!"
Bit sighed. "Fine. Get up."
Theo refused to move until Bit got rid of the paperclip. Bit sighed; it would be his luck to have to deal with the mentally deranged man who had a phobia of paperclips.
~~
Leena had managed to get three good blows on Rebecca, but both she and Rebecca were exhausted. In the dreamscape reality, both were subjected to exhaustion and pain, something Rebecca had found out. Leena figured it was the only fair thing that had happened in the past two days.
Rebecca looked at Leena. "Girl, you won't be getting out of here alive."
Leena looked at Rebecca, and then at her knife. "I beg to differ."
Rebecca thought about holding a knife herself. A knife appeared and Rebecca launched herself at Leena. Leena managed to fend Rebecca off, but not before Rebecca managed to cut Leena's arm.
~~
Bit had just got Theo subdued (read: unconsciousness) from an 'accidental' knock in the head with his fist when he noticed a cut about ten centimeters long appear on Leena's arm. He cursed under his breath, and he wondered what, and where, Leena was. Bit ripped off a piece of fabric from his shirt and bandaged her arm.
~~
Leena felt, rather than saw, something, or someone bandaging her arm. The bandage had a familiar feeing to it. Leena smiled. Bit was there. She had to get out of this world for Bit.
She looked at Rebecca and threw herself towards the ghost-girl. Rebecca was unprepared for the sudden assault, and Leena managed to land three more quick, shallow cuts on her opponent. Leena briefly wondered if you could kill someone who is already dead.
Rebecca was so mad she could spit. How could that girl be ready to launch such a quick attack? She should be dead tired. Rebecca noticed the gleam in Leena's eyes. The girl had realized that Bit was there and waiting for her to wake up. Rebecca also realized that Leena would do anything to go back to Bit. Rebecca wrinkled up her nose; the power of true love. That you would do anything to get back to the one you love. How disgusting.
Leena noticed Rebecca's pause; she appeared to be thinking. Leena realized that this was her chance. She launched herself at the ghost-girl and aimed for her knife to go straight through the heart. Or where the heart should be at least. She hit her target dead on, and Rebecca seemed to evaporate. Leena smiled, feeling happy for the first time in what felt like days. She then felt a pull on her, and smiled even wider, a calm feeling washing over her.
~~
Bit was worried when Leena began to twitch, but all his worry disappeared in an instance when she slowly opened her eyes. All Bit could think was that she was awake, and her gorgeous lavender eyes were staring at him.
"Bit." Leena said, her voice trailing off.
Bit smiled at her, and unable to stop himself, leaned forward and kissed her, pulling her as tight as he could against his body. Leena sighed into his mouth and let himself, and inadvertently her, know that she was out of wherever she was and was safe. Bit finally released her mouth and hugged Leena tightly. "Oh Leena, I was so worried."
Leena just sighed, content to be in his arms. "Bit, did my brother come too?"
Bit nodded. "We should go find him."
He stood up carefully, bringing Leena's body up with his. He wasn't about to let her go.
~~
Bit and Leena found Leon and Harmony just in time. Leon was about to kill Apollo. Bit grabbed Leon, pulling the struggling man off the comatose form that was Apollo. Leena rushed over and untied the knots that held Harmony to the bed. The two girls tightly hugged one another, glad that the other was okay.
"Bit, let me go! The things that he did to Harmony and to Leena are unforgivable! Let me kill the miserable-" Leon said, still struggling against Bit's arms.
Bit interrupted Leon. "Leon, if you kill him, you're no better than he is. Leena is fine, Harmony is fine. Let the authorities take care of him."
"How can you be so calm?! He abused them!" Leon's words were still as hot as fire, but he had stopped struggling against Bit.
Leena decided to interject before her boyfriend snapped. "Leon, listen to me. I'm fine. A little sore, but fine. So is Harmony. Right now, all we want to do is go home and sleep. We want to forget about this. Can we call dad and go home?"
Leon finally calmed down, and Bit released him. Leon rushed over and grabbed Harmony, and he hugged her as tight as he could. Leena smiled at Harmony, who returned the smile. Bit grabbed Leena's hand and tugged her away so that the Harmony and Leon could have a private moment.
"Let's call Doc and go home." Bit whispered in Leena's ears. Leena nodded. Home sounded wonderful.
~~
Steve hugged Leena as tight as he could when he got to the place that Apollo had been keeping the two girls. Leena smiled; as crazy as her father was sometimes, he still loved her.
Steve was more than happy to call the authorities. Theo was put into a mental institution, and Apollo was going to jail. It looked like neither of them would ever see the light of day again. Well, at least not as free men.
~~ Three Weeks Later.
Bit and Leena were enjoying a quiet evening on the Hover Cargo. Leon and Harmony had gone into town for dinner and Steve had tagged along. While his son and Harmony were at dinner, he was going to check out the local hobby shop and Zoid shop. Bit and Leena were curled together on the couch watching an old movie. Bit smiled at Leena as he carefully got off the couch. Leena looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "I'll be back in a minute, Lee."
He came back and went down on one knee. "Leena Taurus, would you marry me?"
Leena's eyes widened and filled with tears. She realized that she couldn't talk, but she nodded her head. She could feel the tears slipping down her face as Bit slipped the ring on her ringer. Both seemed in a state of dreaming, not sure that the other really existed. Bit hugged Leena as soon as the ring was on her finger. Leena pulled Bit's mouth to hers and they kissed.
~~
When Harmony, Leon, and Steve came back from town, they found Bit and Leena curled together on the couch. Leena's left hand wasn't covered, and all three could see the diamond ring on her ring finger. Steve smiled, his eyes growing misty. His little girl was going to be married. Leon sniffed, looking at his little sister. Harmony grinned and whacked Leena upside the head. Leena moaned and Bit stretched.
"What do you want?!" Leena growled.
"Congratulations." Harmony said, a gentle smile on her face.
Leena smiled, and looked at the wedding ring on her finger. Everything was going to be fine. She had Bit, her father and brother, Harmony, and a gorgeous diamond ring to boot.
~~
And there's the end to "Haunted".
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Peace, Love, and the Moon! Moonfairy2000