Ebony sat pondering her thoughts until Bit came in a little later.
" Is it safe to come in?"
Ebony looked up, and then grabbed a pitcher of water.
" What do you want Bit Cloud?!!"
" Hey! Hey! Easy! I only wanted to talk."
" Well I don't! Now beat it before I break you in half!!"
She threw the pitcher at him. Bit ducked and held her arms behind her.
" Bit Cloud if you don't let me go I swear!!"
" Calm down woman! I wanna help!"
" I don't need help! I don't your assistance! And I don't,"
She shoulder threw him.
" Need you!!"
" Ebony! Why don't you trust me?!"
" Because you're an enemy!!"
" But I don't want to be your enemy!"
" You fought against me!! You fought against Ivory!"
" But I didn't intend to be your enemy! I wanna be your friend! Really!"
" 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy... Not Friend...... Enemy....I have no friends....Only enemies.......AH!! STOP CONFUSING ME!!!! GET OUT!!!!"
She got up and shoved him out. Ebony held her head in pain. It hurt to go against her programming. She banged her head.
" 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy. Not friend. 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy. Not friend. I have no friends."
Ivory sat up in her bed staring at the ceiling.
" Hey you."
" Huh?"
She looked up. Brad was in the doorway.
" Doc says you can get up and move around tomorrow. That's when you'll be sentenced by the ZBC."
She rolled her eyes.
" Just what makes you think I follow rules? I'm a creation; I don't need any rules to follow. I do what I'm told. Winning is all that my creators care about, so that is all that matters."
She seemed pretty proud of that statement.
" How did you come across that?"
She looked shocked at his response.
" Well, I, they don't care about anybody or anything else. So winning must be important!"
He laughed. She was getting mad.
" Stop laughing!!"
He shook his head and looked over at her.
" Let me get this straight. You do what your creators tell you because it would mean victory and victory is all that matters?"
" That's right."
" Then, if they told you to go on a suicide mission and you probably wouldn't come back, you'd do it? Without hesitation? Even if you didn't want to?"
" That's also right."
He walked over and looked her over.
" What are you doing?"
" Looking for the strings."
Ivory growled and pushed him away.
" You are a puppet aren't you? Doing whatever they say. Jumping at their command. A mindless puppet."
" I am not a puppet!! I am the ultimate fighting machine!!! I am your worst nightmare and enemy!! And as soon as Hounder is completed I'll stomp you into the ground!!"
" I stand by my opinion. But you'd be so hott if you weren't such a b****."
Ivory looked shocked as he left.
The next day they were up and walking. They were in the garage repairing their ZOIDS.
" Whistle while you twerk."
" *Whistles*"
The Blitz looked on from the main. " How can they be as fast as they were the other day?" Leena asked.
" Well, I got a look at their ZOIDS and they don't give out much information. So that means,"
" They get the data directly into their brain?" Jamie finished for the doc.
" Yes. And they are trained to be like the element their ZOID uses. Fire can spread quickly and lighting can strike faster than the speed of light." He said.
" What do we do with them?" Brad asked.
" Well, I think we should hold them hostage from Backdraft! They gotta be worth some money right?" Leena said.
" They're definitely good enough to be worth something." Brad said.
" So we'll hold them hostage? That seems a bit mean don't you think?" Bit asked.
He was met with shocked expressions.
" You think this is mean? What about my ZOID?!!" Leena yelled.
" Okay! Okay! Hostage got it!!" He said.
Suddenly, the ship's alarm went off. They went to check the garage. A hole was burned through the door. Big enough for Gun Sniper to fit through. Their ZOIDS had been stripped and on the floor in unused parts it said:
" Ain't no savin' you."
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" Is it safe to come in?"
Ebony looked up, and then grabbed a pitcher of water.
" What do you want Bit Cloud?!!"
" Hey! Hey! Easy! I only wanted to talk."
" Well I don't! Now beat it before I break you in half!!"
She threw the pitcher at him. Bit ducked and held her arms behind her.
" Bit Cloud if you don't let me go I swear!!"
" Calm down woman! I wanna help!"
" I don't need help! I don't your assistance! And I don't,"
She shoulder threw him.
" Need you!!"
" Ebony! Why don't you trust me?!"
" Because you're an enemy!!"
" But I don't want to be your enemy!"
" You fought against me!! You fought against Ivory!"
" But I didn't intend to be your enemy! I wanna be your friend! Really!"
" 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy... Not Friend...... Enemy....I have no friends....Only enemies.......AH!! STOP CONFUSING ME!!!! GET OUT!!!!"
She got up and shoved him out. Ebony held her head in pain. It hurt to go against her programming. She banged her head.
" 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy. Not friend. 777A09 Bit Cloud is an enemy. Not friend. I have no friends."
Ivory sat up in her bed staring at the ceiling.
" Hey you."
" Huh?"
She looked up. Brad was in the doorway.
" Doc says you can get up and move around tomorrow. That's when you'll be sentenced by the ZBC."
She rolled her eyes.
" Just what makes you think I follow rules? I'm a creation; I don't need any rules to follow. I do what I'm told. Winning is all that my creators care about, so that is all that matters."
She seemed pretty proud of that statement.
" How did you come across that?"
She looked shocked at his response.
" Well, I, they don't care about anybody or anything else. So winning must be important!"
He laughed. She was getting mad.
" Stop laughing!!"
He shook his head and looked over at her.
" Let me get this straight. You do what your creators tell you because it would mean victory and victory is all that matters?"
" That's right."
" Then, if they told you to go on a suicide mission and you probably wouldn't come back, you'd do it? Without hesitation? Even if you didn't want to?"
" That's also right."
He walked over and looked her over.
" What are you doing?"
" Looking for the strings."
Ivory growled and pushed him away.
" You are a puppet aren't you? Doing whatever they say. Jumping at their command. A mindless puppet."
" I am not a puppet!! I am the ultimate fighting machine!!! I am your worst nightmare and enemy!! And as soon as Hounder is completed I'll stomp you into the ground!!"
" I stand by my opinion. But you'd be so hott if you weren't such a b****."
Ivory looked shocked as he left.
The next day they were up and walking. They were in the garage repairing their ZOIDS.
" Whistle while you twerk."
" *Whistles*"
The Blitz looked on from the main. " How can they be as fast as they were the other day?" Leena asked.
" Well, I got a look at their ZOIDS and they don't give out much information. So that means,"
" They get the data directly into their brain?" Jamie finished for the doc.
" Yes. And they are trained to be like the element their ZOID uses. Fire can spread quickly and lighting can strike faster than the speed of light." He said.
" What do we do with them?" Brad asked.
" Well, I think we should hold them hostage from Backdraft! They gotta be worth some money right?" Leena said.
" They're definitely good enough to be worth something." Brad said.
" So we'll hold them hostage? That seems a bit mean don't you think?" Bit asked.
He was met with shocked expressions.
" You think this is mean? What about my ZOID?!!" Leena yelled.
" Okay! Okay! Hostage got it!!" He said.
Suddenly, the ship's alarm went off. They went to check the garage. A hole was burned through the door. Big enough for Gun Sniper to fit through. Their ZOIDS had been stripped and on the floor in unused parts it said:
" Ain't no savin' you."
TBC