My Morphine:
Ch. 3: Violet.
Raven tossed a paper wad lazily at Shadow, watching the Black Organoid play fetch while Thomas hacked.
"Got it." He said and the dark haired teen looked over, rolling onto his side. "Okay, so they've been working on Modifying the Blade Liger. Speed has been increased by 30%."
"Hn! No problem, the Genobreaker is still much faster. Do they have any new pathetic strategies?"
"No, they wanted to use the Delta Formation again, but, they only have 2 Zoids now, the Lightning Saix and the Blade Liger--with Zeke."
"Is that all?"
"No. Hm…" He scrolled down through Fiona Elise Lynette's report. "A battalion of Gunsnipers."
"That's it?! Come on, I'm not getting a challenge at all."
"No, they're not ordinary Gunsnipers, they have Shield Piercing Shells. They plan to take out the shield--your best defense."
Raven sighed and stretched. "Oh well, so they'll die first."
"No!"
"Huh?"
"I…I don't want you to kill them."
"Why not? This is war, Thomas!"
"I…I know, but….it's just that…"
Raven blushed softly at the former Lieutenant's saddened face and tear filled eyes.
"All right, I promise. I'll do my best to try and not kill them. I'll have Meara and Reese try the same. Okay? Are you happy?"
He smiled shyly and nodded. "Yes, thank you…"
Thomas continued to read through Fiona's reports. /I wonder if she's even worried about where I am…if anyone even notices I'm gone…/
He clicked on the date of when he was injured.
"Log 00149:
Last night Thomas was injured fighting the Trinity Ghosts.
Van was mad he went alone, since he could have gotten killed.
We went to visit Lieutenant Schubaltz today.
He looked funny with his face all bandaged and stitched up.
I guess the cockpit glass of The Dibison had shattered.
Van said he was stupid for going alone,
But I know that he just wanted to impress me.
Silly Van, you know you don't have to do that.
Hm, back to the report….
Van defeated the Trinity Ghosts all by himself--with Zeke and my help of course.
It wasn't that hard, I don't see why Thomas lost.
Oh well, he must have been distracted or something.
End Log 00149.
Log 00150:
We couldn't go see Thomas today, the Nurse said that he needed to rest.
Poor Thomas. But, his room was empty.
I wonder where he went.
Nothing else special went on today, so I'll end early.
Besides, Van is taking me out tonight.
He's so romantic.
End log 00150.
Log 00153:
Thomas has gone missing!
Van says he's just being a baby and is sulking, but I'm a little worried.
He may be a little pathetic but he is nice.
But what's strange is, he never really checked out of the hospital!
The nurses and doctors were all knocked out by a release of medicine stuff that, somehow,
got into the air vents.
They said that another patient went missing, too, but the lady we talked to said that she couldn't tell us who.
It irked Van a lot, but the lady, Ruth was her name, said that:
"This is a hospital, we do not go around giving out names of patients and their life stories!"
Then she kicked us out.
^.^;
Oh well.
But Van had to do some prying to find this out, but,
Lieutenant Schubaltz was in the "loony bin" as he called it.
I told him it was mean to say so but he didn't listen.
Poor Thomas, I never knew he was crazy.
They say you can never tell.
Van also found an idea of who the other patient was!
He found some security camera images--
They were really blurry but he had black hair and was kinda tall,
He looked like a black blob, almost, the pictures were so bad!
I wonder who he could be.
Well,
I hope Lieutenant Schubaltz is safe, his brother is really worried for him!
End log 00153.
Log 00154:
No news on Thomas,
Or Hiltz,
Or Reese,
Or Meara,
Or Raven….
We're at a loss!
Poor Van, he's been working himself so hard trying to prepare for Raven's next attack.
We just don't know when he'll strike next…
He's definitely a worthy opponent for Van, he managed to escape with his life the last few times…
But….
Will he be so lucky this time?
I hope so.
End Log 00154."
Thomas looked down at his knees and felt Raven's arms encircle his waist.
"See, love? Even Elise Lynette thinks we'll win. There is a high chance we will." He inspected him carefully. "What's wrong?"
"Karl….she said he's worried about me…."
"I'm sure he'll be fine. You can send him some snail mail when we settle down; after the attack."
"You mean it?"
"But no word of us, just to tell him you are safe."
"Thank you."
——— † ———
The four Zoids--The DiBison, A Red-Spiked Zoid Meara called the Geno-Sniper, The Geno-Saurer and the Geno-Breaker-- made their way to the Red River Base.
"Now, I remind you, no aiming to kill." Raven warned as Meara sighed.
"Fine, But only because it's the Republic. I'd be having a fit if it was the Imperials." She said callously as Raven consoled her.
"Peregrine," he said, using his nickname for her, "No matter how many Imperials you destroy you won't be getting back at your father for what he has done to you."
Thomas saw the unwilled tears rise in her eyes and she turned away on the Vid screen. "I know…"
"Now, let's go." The Geno-Breaker Pilot instructed. "Meara find the best position for you to take perch--"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, hun." She teased, back in her usual spirit.
"I know you do, Thomas, follow Meara and cover her and us. Tell us what to look out for, you know the drill. Reese, Come with me, your target is the Lightning Saix. And remember--"
"Don't shoot to kill. We get it, we get it!"
Thomas sat in the DiBison, on the cliff with Meara, who was all ready and prepared to fire at the nearest Republican who so much as breathed wrong.
"Mobilize!" He heard Van yell, coming from the hangar with the Lightning Saix behind him.
"Well, Well, we meet again, Van. Prepared to meet your Doom?" Raven smirked.
"Hmph! Well I'm not going to lose, you are!"
Reese smiled. "Here kitty, kitty, you're mine!" She cooed before charging at Irvine.
"Thomas," Raven said aside to him. "I need you to keep time for me. 180 seconds is all Shadow and I can manage."
"Okay. I won't let you down. Be careful!"
"I will, love." he said with a grin.
The Geno-Breaker and the Blade Liger clashed furiously. Watching from afar made Thomas' head hurt, it was all going so fast.
/Twenty seconds …/
"Lieutenant Flyheight! Let us take care of the Shield!" Called the leader of the Gunsniper unit that approached as soon as Raven had used it.
"Nya ha ha ha!!!!!!" Meara cackled, picking them off from her perch like she was shooting fish in a barrel. "C'mon, is that all ya've got?!"
/Forty -Five seconds…/
And the battle ensued, no winner seen.
/Sixty Seconds …/
"One hundred and Twenty seconds left, Raven."
"Understood." He said with a huff, growing irked by Van and his lame skills. The foot locks clamped down into the soil, and he prepared to end it. He fired the powerful blast, but evaded in the nick of time. Reese held the upper hand with the Lightning Saix, who was also trying to avoid Meara's bored firing.
/Ninety seconds …/
The Blade Liger threw itself at the Geno-Breaker, it's blades extended, taking out his AZ 80mm Beam Gun.
"Damnit!" Raven snarled, losing patience.
/One hundred and five seconds …/
Van gained a slight edge and rained attacks down on the Geno-Breaker.
/One Hundred and Forty seconds …/
Thomas fidgeted nervously.
"Raven?"
"Y-yeah?" His voice sound strained. He was becoming tired quickly, Shadow too.
"Forty seconds left…"
He growled softly. /I hate to say it but we have to withdraw./ He was just about to give the word as Van slammed down on him with the Liger's paw.
"Raven!" Thomas yelled, unable to stay relatively neutral any longer. "Megalomax, fire!" He commanded to BEEK, aiming his assault at the Blade Liger. BEEK's monitor read "Command System Freeze" on the Blade Liger and Raven slowly righted the Geno-Breaker, Shadow de-fusing from the Zoid core.
"Withdraw!" He said sharply to his three accomplices.
Thomas watched Raven clamber down from the cockpit weakly.
"Good Work." He said, slowly sitting down, surveying the Valley. "We'll camp here for the night."
"Why? Are there no hotels around?" Thomas asked as Raven smiled.
"There are, but…we ran out of cash."
Raven sat in the cockpit of the Geno-Breaker, the hatch open, staring up at the stars as he always did, Shadow napping at the Zoid's feet.
"May I join you?" Thomas asked shyly, standing below. He agreed and waited for the blonde to climb up.
"Are you upset we lost?"
"A little, but I don't think of it as losing. Unless I die or am mangled beyond repair, I don't call it that." He smiled and allowed him into his lap. Thomas sat on his knees, facing him, giving a big smile.
"Anyhow, no matter what you call it, we did some major damage."
"Yes, yes we did. Especially you." He stroked his hair softly, narrowing his amethyst eyes slightly. "Though I don't think your quite a secret anymore."
"I'm sorry."
He shook his head. "I didn't mean it that way. Think nothing of it."
Thomas smiled again affectionately and lay his head on Raven's chest.
"Raven…?"
"Y-yeah?" He asked shyly.
"Thank you." Within seconds he was asleep.
The dark haired pilot blushed softly, feeling a certain comfort in holding him. He shook his head.
/This can't be happening…./
[to be continued…]
Oha! Or Ohio as my spellchecker wants me to say. ^_^; Thank you all who reviewed. The next chapter gets angst-y I warn ya. ANGST ALERT! Well, it's either the next chapter or the one after. Le purr, did anyone watch InuYasha last--on 12/14/02? *purrs* Sesshômaru is so gorgeous! *insane giggles*
A note on Fiona's "Logs" The "Log number" is kinda like the date, so when it went from "Log 00150" to "Log 00153" it's like 3 days passed. I think I'm gonna keep up with Fiona's Logs. And from now on--if I remember to-- Raven, Reese and Meara will be calling Fiona "Elise Lynette" I dunno if that's how you really spell it or what but, oh well. Thomas will remain calling her "Fiona". Okay? Another -ps: Meara's Zoid is the Gunsniper that Ambient fused with that got Red and spiked. *drools* I want one….Yeah I like it coz it look's like Naomi in Zero's and I like spikes. ^_^. And…. According to Raven: //What// can't be happening?! ^_- I finished Flowers In the Attic by V.C. Anderson as well. Ooh it was //amazing//!
Mata ne!
-Naomi Hun†er.
Ugh. Disc: -_- I hate disclaimers, everyone knows that we authors own nothing but Original characters. (Meaning, Meara is mine. If you want to use her, just ask and I'll give you her stats bios whatevers. I don't want her used to Out of Character. Like wearing Abercrombie and Fitch or something. *shudder*)
Title name: "Violet" is the name of a Hole song. Yes, hole is the band of the day. *waves rainbow flag*
All weapon info gathered from issue: April 02 vol. 10 no. 4: of Animerica magazine. *falls asleep at desk*
Thank you's to reviewers:
Aqua Rhapsody: I'm glad you like Meara. She's fun, we like to smack Ambient around. ^^ Meara's like my alter ego.
Plink: Unfortunately, I accidentally bash Hiltz. I make him mean. Bad, mean, mean Hiltz. But, I think I'll add a little smutty stuff between them. *purrs thinking of her Blood Lus† stuff* And I, being an idiot, shall ask. Miam? What's Miam?
Ninetails : I'm glad you like it. And yes, Sesshômaru is sexay, man! *does a dance* I wish I could do my makeup as good as him. *giggles* God? *happy blush* Well, maybe not a /god/. You are god too, even better, a faery. ^_^ Your HiltzxThomas was /amazing/, really! And the spoilers were greatly appreciated since goddamn Cartoon Network will not play the like, last three episodes!!!!! *growls and tears a pillow in half* I wanna see what happens. *whines* ^^; Hai, I always see Raven as being kinda mellow behind the scenes. Keep up the good Work Nine-sempai!
Colonel Karl L Schubaltz: *salutes then gets casual* Really!? *jumps up and down* I feel so special! ^__^ I'm glad you like the pairing Idea. *wiggles fingers maniacally* Nya ha ha. I see the pairing has also spread, Author Raven0us (please pardon if I spelled it wrong) Has followed in my footsteps! HA HA HA HA! (Actually they probably didn't, but oh well).
Maelgwyn: Nya haha. Of course! Everyone is sexier when they're evil! ^_^ Yesh they are! And oh yes, Van shall get the fuck beaten out of him, and please, don't bother "bleeping" curses. I have a really bad mouth myself and couldn't care less. Yeah. I just hate Van in general. He just irks me, ROYALLY. Thank you for agreeing that the lemon would have taken away from the chapter, I can't believe that no one begged for it/one. *presses finger to her lips in though* It's probably a sign that my Lemon-writing sucks. Yup, yup, gotta stick to the angst-fluff. ^_-
Pochyakko: ^_^ Really? I'm glad you enjoy it.
Night (Sweetinnocentangel@hotmail.com): I'm glad you like it. And I don't entirely think Fiona's a bitch but she is to Thom-Thom and she's just freaking dull in Guardian Force. She was cute in the first bits of Chaotic Century but she got annoying fast, with Moments of cuteness…Van too. Hai. If I owned Zoids there would be definitive Shounen/Shoujo-ai in it. Like Jaime and Bit (although I'm moreso of a BitxBrad fan myself) would be the couple they probably are. I mean, for The Fae's Sake! I don't think "just friends could cut that. I mean, Even I wouldn't have a fit if someone shot my friend down. Bit goes nuts!!!
Black Lightning Wolf: I'm glad you like the pairing and hope you enjoy what else you read my me and in this story.
Colonel Karl L Schubaltz: Thanks again! *salutes* I'm so happy everyone likes them! You keep up the good work too! You're such a creative author!!!
Entricita: I'm glad you agree and like it. ^_^ Happy reading!
Plink: Phew. That's good. Times was just getting so damn boring! Was the episode with the Irvine/Thomas the Storm Sworder one?? *hm* I have 40 episodes taped so I'll go back and check. ^_^ But yeah, the Storm Sworder one was fun. It was the first of Guardian Force I'd seen or one of. I kept yelling "No! Take it off!" when they were in the locker room. ^//^ Hai! Fiona's in for a few surprises down the road, I'll tell you that!
Maelgwyn: hai! Oh Fiona shall see them together, fuss not. ^_- (I'm evil!) And more I should say. It's no problem, reviewing your fics, since they're great! ^_^ I'm not lying. And I think everyone loves reviews, but not Flames. They're mean, and they hurt! *sniffles*
Ninetails: Thank you so much! Yeah, I watched the episode over and got the idea…I mean where else does Raven-chan seem to belong most. It was too much to resist writing and moreso posting. I even sketched him in the room, but it came out moderately suck-y since I wasn't really trying. And thank you for defending me against would-be flamers. I'll do the same for you, promise! *smiles* It's nice to have fans. ^_-
Biowolf: thank you! And just to say, I have, written more Thomas-x-Raven that is. It is entitled "Disarm" by Naomi Hunter. It takes place about a year after Guardian Force. When I finish this fic I'm going to try and finish that and post it's prequel. And yes, add another supporter of my blonde-Zoidian-Bitch column. ;oP
