My Morphine:

Ch: 6 Make it Stop.

((a/n: I now realize the slight bit of chronological order I was trying to maintain was screwed up. The first battle they fought was the one where Shadow died in the series. Well, I'm gonna have to modify that coz that's gonna happen now. ^^;;;))

Meara stretched her arms, humming a Tori Amos song under her breath.

"Shall we begin?" Raven said softly and she turned to face him. "I suppose, since you say we need more training, though I think you should take it easy being that your wounded."

"It's nothing."

"Liar."

"We haven't the time to stop and rest, you said it yourself."

"Fine, Raven, be that way, but don't expect me to go easy on you." She huffed, crouching, then lunging at the maverick.

Thomas watched them spar, sitting on the sidelines with Reese, who Meara forbade to do anything strenuous.

"Reese? What's with the two of them? I've never seen them act this way, with such short patience." he asked as she sighed.

"They're both at a loss, in one way or another. Mea hates being defeated, especially by Elise Lynette and Raven hates knowing Van got the better of him."

"Why does Meara hate Fiona so? The other day, she said that she was creating an army…what did she mean?"

"Fiona, Elise Lynette, has exceptional powers, as minute and weak as they seem. Even when she slept in her pod, awaiting the day Van awakened her, she was baiting everyone on Zi. She was fueling the flames of War. She was Prozen's ambition for complete power in the beginning, directing the events so a teenaged boy from the Wind Colony would one day stumble upon her in an ancient ruin. Meara believes that Elise Lynette is why her father was so cruel, why her mother was killed. You see, her father, a top-ranked General of the Imperial Army loved her once then suddenly became fearful of her powers when she was a child because of her instability. She had an older brother, too, he was the only one she trusted.

He used force to keep her and her brother under his control until he got in his head that, such a power could be used against the Republicans. He tried to keep them steadfast to him, he had them work with Raven on several occasions, he wanted them to be the ultimate tool of destruction, but such power cannot be curbed for long…

Meara believes that her father's sadistic will was the work of Elise Lynette, still in her shell. She blames them both for her suffering and loosing her brother."

"He died?"

"No, they were separated when they escaped from the Imperials. She hasn't seen him since."

"Really? Then, what of Fiona?"

"She has immense powers of Persuasion, literal mind control."

"But you have that too, don't you, Reese?"

She shook her head softly. "Not quite, my power like that comes from my ability to control my pretty little buggies, not my mental ability necessarily. Mine are blatant, hers are advanced. When you've been or are being controlled by me, you know it, there's no doubt. When she does it, you'll never be able to tell, your mind actually processes a valid reason as to why you are doing what she's telling you to! She's got Van wrapped around her finger like a cheap ring, he has been. You've been too."

"Huh?"

"She had you taken too. When you met Raven didn't it feel like something was fading, like you were being let go, almost?"

"Y-yeah…"

"That was her hold. You fell in love with Raven and that cancelled her spell." She smiled at him sweetly as his cheeks turned bright red.

"L-love!? I…I wouldn't say love…"

"Liar, Liar, pants on fire." She grinned as he folded his arms across his chest, hastily.

"Quiet! Really, I mean…can't you see? Raven still loves Van." He looked down at the ground.

She laughed suddenly. "Nuh-uh."

"Uh-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Uh-huh!"

"Are you going to trust the mind reader or not!?"

Thomas fell silent, blushing heavily.

She smiled again. "Thought so."

Thomas was about to say something but Raven let out a yelp.

"Now, are you going to stop this, Raven? We need to recover before we begin to think about retaliating." Meara said with a sigh, flicking her wavy ponytail over her shoulder.

Raven growled from crouched on the ground, clutching his wound. "Well you didn't have to aim for my damn shoulder!!" He shouted as she rolled her eyes.

"Yes I did, otherwise you'd have kept going, don't lie, hun." She said as Reese got up and strode over to her, giving her a big hug.

Thomas rose as well and knelt beside Raven, wordlessly inspecting the lesion on his shoulder. Blood seeped through the sterile, white bandages. He patted the wound soothingly, kissing Raven softly on the temple.

"There, there. It just re-opened." he nuzzled his face into his silky hair. "She's right you know, you need to rest."

———— † ————

The four made their way to the base where Van and Elise Lynette resided, unable to train or wait anymore.

Van and Irvine, as well as a battalion of Gunsnipers and a few Gogulas units were waiting for them.

"Thomas, Reese, Meara. I want you all to take extreme precaution, a few careless moves and we could be done for. Remember, Shadow and I only have One-hundred and eighty seconds."

"Right." They echoed.

The two opposing forces stood, waiting for the other to make the first move. Thomas watched carefully as the Blade Liger twitched then charged at Raven who made a call for Shadow. The rest of the units and the Lightning Saix sprung to action. Meara stayed back and used the long range rifle to pick off the Gunsnipers and a few Gogulases; Reese charged up the particle gun and turned the rest of the Gogulas to molten goo; Thomas using BEEK to work out the best strategy, then firing the DiBison's 105 mm 17-barreled salvo-firing Mortar Cannon battery at the Lightning Saix and a few Gunsnipers.

———

Hiltz sat on the floor, Prozen in his throne, his head on the ashen haired beauty's thigh, as the other pulled his fingers through his unruly hair. Prozen dragged a finger down his jaw and firmly across his lips, Hiltz took the finger into his mouth, pressing his velvety tongue against it while giving him an amorous look. The ashen haired man took withdrew his finger and smiled cruelly.

"It is time, I expect you to finish the job, Hiltz."

"I will." He said licking his thigh and sitting back.

———

The Geno-Breaker prepared to fire the charged particle cannon at the Blade Liger which charged forth, shield up, blades extended in Van's same, predictable move. With a shrill whistling from BEEK Thomas began to monitor an immense energy force.

"Raven! Look out! There's an energy blast headed this way, right toward the both of you!"

"What?! What's it's source?!" He turned to the rear monitors just in time to see a beam of bright white-blue light coming at them.

————— † —————

Raven's body ached as he willed the Geno-Breaker to keep moving. /Please Shadow, hang on …/

The others following in tow. When they were a safe distance from the battlefield he felt Shadow pull away from the Zoid Core. His chest constricted as he saw his Black Organoid, red hot and steaming. /S-Shadow!? I'm coming, please…/ He stumbled from the cockpit and rushed to the burning machine.

"S-shad…." His voice tightened and failed as it turned to him, then grew slow and stony, immobile. The others were near him as he slowly forced himself forward. "Sha….dow?" He whispered, hot tears rising in his lavender eyes, pouring down his cheeks. "Shadow!!" He screamed pounding his fists on the lifeless creature. "No! Shadow!!" he kept on, his hands stinging with every hit until he fell to his knees. Thomas held him in his arms as the usually cool and composed teen sobbed into his chest, seeming so small and helpless.

Meara trembled as she watched Raven fall, her stomach twisting into a painful knot. Reese brushed away her own tears and tried to touch the pretty girl who drew back and half-collapsed against the leg of her Geno-Sniper.

Reese lead them to a shelter she knew of from Raven's mind, his childhood home. It still stood as it had years ago, with only minor fire damage. Thomas lay his lover down on what had been his parents bed, trying to comfort him. He held him close, whispering to him softly. His heart ached as he listened to Raven cry out for Shadow, him, and his deceased mother, that made him homesick. Thomas rocked him back and forth, shushing him, pulling his hands through his hair and down his back. Raven's fingers were clamped onto the fabric of his shirt, "Thomas….please, make it go away!" He cried out desolately.

[To be Continued … ]

(12/30/02) AHH! FINALLY! Cartoon Network is FINALLY going to play the last four episodes of Guardian Force!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. I swear I had a prophetic dream about the time the show was airing (I was asleep and the satellite receiver was taping it) That I was at some shop and it was a direct link to Cartoon net. And my cousin Sarah was there and it was FUCKED UP but nonetheless I got the episodes. Then I dreamt that it was the next year (as in grade up) and everything was WEIRD! It was so fucked, man!! But I had such a great day, I went to lunch at a Japanese restaurant with my Aunt Christine, and cousins Kerry and Brianna, (I had tonkatsu and yaki-soba *drools* it was so good and of course Miso soup.) And then I went to the mall and got Mars manga vol. 6 (Ahh I need 7 now!!!) and a present for David and Mike. And Mom gave me a Gucci wallet (counterfeit) to go with my new pocket book, (plaid print and oh so cool) and oh me oh my, I'm going mainstream! X_x

(Original A/n)

Hey, nothing really to say. *grins* There ya go, Plink, the Hiltz-x-Prozen you asked for. ^_^; I fit it in, yay! That was fucking fun to write. Note to self, add more smut. I was so mean to Poor Hiltz though, and Prozen like kinda disappears and reappears in this fic. Hehe.

Onto the next chapter!

-Naomi Hun†er

--Disc: I own Meara. That's it. So shut up. *nyaa*

Review Responses:

Maelgwyn: I'm so sorry I forgot to review, I read it, but just forgot to leave one since I read offline. Gomen nasai! Thank you muches. I hurt Thomas? Where? Oh with Fiona? You'll see la--no You saw above, don't worry he's all nice and happy with Raven now. ^^ Oh! ( I say "Oh" too much, ne??) You weren't alone about the LOTR: The Two Towers idea, you know how you said that you kept thinking that Frodo and Sam were more than friends, I was thinking that (in terms of fluffy shonen-ai) during the first one. Haven't seen the Second, yet but I plan to soon. Promise all! ^_^

Plink: Oi, Plink-san, it seems you and Skeyeta-san have created a phenomena of Hiltz-x-Prozen! ^_- I hope you like the pretty little bit I put in here, unfortunately there shall be no more. *sighs* I have to figure out what to do with Prozen anyway. ^^; thank you and keep up the amazing and hilarious work on Zi's Angels It's great! *laughs* And Ninetails-sempai, I think we should go shopping together, that'd be fun. ^_^

SilverMist: *laughs* What a psychic you are! Here's your Hiltz-x-Prozen, the last of it unfortunately. Oh, and I'm not truly being mean to Van, it just seems that way, as you learned about Fiona's powers in Reese's soliloquy thingy, Fiona's "got Van wrapped around her finger like a cheap ring" ^^; Don't worry, I actually plan on being quite nice to him in the end. Just one more slightly Van-bash-y part left, but…it's actually kinda funny. ^^

Aqua Rhapsody: hai, I will, I'm glad you like it! By the way, what happened with the Fossilized Cup? I didn't see it listed under all of your stories. Did you get a bad response turn out or was it taken down, or am I just delirious? ^^;;;

Tamazel: Thank you so much, I can't wait to see what your genius mind cooks up next! And thanks, I do think that "My Morphine" is turning out to be a pretty okay story.

Ninetails: The "other goth" ^_-: it's okay, ^^ yeah, Fiona bashing, MORE TO COME! ^_^ Ahh! Did you get The Masters OF The Clow CardCaptor Sakura manga? I have it too! I hope they dun cut out the Touya-x-Yukito Confession! If they do I KILL! ^^ Hai! Poor Karl, *pets him* I know I'm being mean to Van now, but I'm gonna be real nice later. ^//^ Why is everything loading so slow?! *chokes…* neeed aaaiiiirrrrr! ^_- Oh! And we /must/ go shopping together like Plink-san said. *big grin* I smell Mayhem!

Everyone else I cannot remember by name, a big heartfelt THANK YOU.