" Get outta my way!!!"
" Bit you can't be serious!"
" That's suicide!"
" Think Bit!"
Bit Cloud was going to go save his love interest, Ebony. But his teammates seemed to think that charging into Backdraft forces and demanding Ebony and Ivory back before he blew them away was insane.
" I'm going after her and you're not going to stop me!!" He said.
" Wait a minute Bit." Brad said catching his arm.
" Don't tell me to wait!! You wait!! That seems to be the only thing you ARE doing!! You obviously don't care about Ivory enough to go save her!!" He yelled.
Brad grabbed Bit by his throat and held him to the wall.
" Don't you ever say I don't care about that girl. I care enough not to go blindly into battle and get myself killed. Tell me Bit, how will you save Ebony when you're six feet under?" He asked.
Bit had both of his hands up trying to pry Brad's hand from his throat.
" You think a little thing like death would stop me?" He responded.
" It would if I killed you." He said.
" Easy guys. You both have to think before you go into this. You they will want you to come. Both to get their Shadow Fox back and to get Liger Zero. You have to get a tactical veiw of this problem." Jamie said.
" Tactical view? I don't need a tactical view!! I need Ebony!!" Bit said.
" Fine. They will call when they get them to the base. We'll take it from there." Dr. Tauros said.
" FINE. But if they take too long, so help me-"
" Why don't you go get cleaned up Bit?" Leena suggested.
" I don't wanna take a shower. I want Ebony." He said.
" And we'll get her back. Until we get some idea where she and Ivory are, there isn't anything you can do." Dr. Tauros said.
Bit got mad. He punched the wall.
" I'm going out." He said.
Bit walked out of the main room and got into the jeep. He sat there for a minute. He felt his rage fester the more he sat there. He angrily turned the ignition key and drove off. He went to the city. He was trying to clear his head.
Part of him was fuming because somebody had taken Ebony. He loved that girl. He went through, defeat, humiliation, and heartbreak just to win her over. And just as they were starting a relationship, this Vega kid was going to take all away from him. His fist shook with anger.
The other part was terrified. He wondered exactly what would happen to Ebony. Would they reprogram her so she wouldn't know him? Would they send her to kill him? Would she be forced into a marriage with this Vega kid? He didn't know if he could stand that.
" That little rat onore thinks he can steal my goddess, huh? Well, I'll show him what he gets for coming after my Ebony. I'll kill him. I will literally put my foot so far up his bigotry spouting behind, we'll be walking home together." He said.
************
Vega could not stop grinning. He couldn't believe it. He actually had HIS Ebony. He stood watching them reprogram Ebony and Ivory. He could see her face.
" She's so pretty. My own dirty porcelain doll. She will be my queen. And I will rule the world." Vega said from the other side of the window.
Sarah stood behind him. She didn't approve of Ebony. She heard Captain Stollar was discharged because they went AWOL. Now here was Vega, sick in love with her. He was doing everything but drooling, oh, no, wait…he was doing that too. It was so bad, if you looked hard enough you could see hearts in his eyes. She was worried he was going to become distracted.
" Vega, I don't think this is a good idea. I'm going to tell them to abort and destroy her." She said going to the microphone on the consol.
" Don't you dare!!" He cried jumping in the way.
" Vega?!" She said.
" Back up!! You kill her, I'll quit fighting!!" He said.
" Vega!!" She cried.
" I swear I'll do it!! Don't tempt me!!" He said.
Sarah knew now she was too late in the distraction part. Vega was too far- gone already. Then a plan brewed in her mind.
" You do know that pilot from the Blitz team will come after her. I think he will fight for her. What will you do then?" She asked.
" If he comes after her, I'll blow him away. Ebony is mine!" He said.
" Whatever you say." She said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Blitz team sat idly while waiting for a call from Backdraft. Bit was pacing in front of the screen. He had been doing so for 5 minutes. Brad was lying out on a couch asleep. Jamie was trying to track the Wolf hybrid ZOIDs with Dr.Taurus. And Leena….was blowing something up somewhere or another.
" Why haven't they called yet?!!!!!" Bit yelled.
" Why don't you shut your mouth?!!" Brad yelled.
" Why don't you come over here and shut my mouth?!!" He yelled back.
" Excuse me?" Sarah said coming on the vidscreen.
" WHAT?!!!" Both yelled at the screen.
Sarah looked a bit taken aback. Then she smiled.
" You're Bit Cloud am I right? You're all over Ebony's memory files. It took quite a long time to erase all of you. But rest assured we did it. Along with her emotional records and visual records. You must mean a lot to her." She said.
Bit felt sick.
" She's in the reanimation stage now. But she will never remember you. Would you like to see her?" She taunted.
Bit's face twisted into a snarl.
" Who do you think you are taking my Ebony from me?!! I'll kill you and everyone in that kuso base you understand?!!" He yelled.
" Such language. You are no candidate for her love. Not at all. You'll be happy to know all she will care about now is winning AND Vega." She said.
" Not to be uncaring about Ebony, but what does Ivory have to do with this? She's no use to you, let her go." Brad said.
" Oh no we can't. One of our soldiers, Sanders, has developed quite an interest in your Ivory. Her mind will be erased and she will be presented to him." She said.
" You can't do that!" He yelled.
" Oh you have no idea what I can do. Now, unfortunately for Vega and Sanders, you can avoid all this by simply handing over the Liger Zero and Shadow Fox." She said.
" This is about ZOIDs?! ?You kidnap my Ebony for my ZOID!!!!!!!" Bit screamed.
" Let's make this interesting. If you will fight Vega and Sanders and win, you can have them back. But if you lose, the ZOIDS and the girls are Backdraft property." She said.
" You have a family?" Bit asked.
" I was married but my husband died." She said.
" He's not dead. Trust me lady, he's hiding." He said.
Sarah glared and cut the transmission.
" Well, I guess we're goin' to war." Brad said.
" Full frontal assault." Bit said smiling.
************
Ebony woke up on metal table. She couldn't remember what she was supposed to be doing, or what happened before she was out. She knew she had on a dress. It was yellow and had blue and red flowers on it.
" Where am I?" She asked the vacant room.
The door to her left opened. She sat up and gasped as a smaller figure stood in the doorway.
" Vega?" She said.
She sounded surprised to know the name.
" Glad to see you're awake." He said.
" Where am I?" She asked again.
He crossed the space between them and hopped up on the table next to her.
" Home with me." He said.
Ebony wasn't sure why, but she felt a twinge of discomfort with him being so close. But she allowed him to stay there. She didn't fight him when he touched her. She granted him permission to kiss her. But it all felt so wrong. But since she didn't know why, she tried to focus on him.
" That was amazing. I have to go, but the servants will take care of you until I come back. Wait for me?" He asked.
" Um…yeah." She said.
After a quick kiss, he disappeared down the hall. Ebony was left to wander around the base. She felt like she was looking for something. But she didn't know what. She just knew she was here for Vega and if she were called upon, she would have to fight and win.
*********
Bit stood in the garage sitting on Liger Zero's head. He was drinking sake and thinking. He remembered the first time he saw Ebony. He thought she was stunning. He still did. Being on the road so much before he came here, he'd meet a lot of women. But none were like her. He'd even tried, and failed, in a relationship with Leena.
" * Ah well. It was nice while it lasted. *" He thought throwing back some more sake.
He was careless with relationships back then. Now he had bent over backwards, forwards and side ways to get Ebony to give him a chance. When she finally did, he was euphoric. He was crazy for the girl and he knew it.
He sighed and threw his sake bottle to the side. He really missed her. He was gonna get her back. Then they'd be happy again.
Vega.
That name was like poison to him. He was going to make him pay for taking her from him. He was right in the middle of his professing his love to her.
" How dare he ruin my night. After it took me 8 hours to work up the nerve to think of what to say." He said.
He thought back to the time when Ebony was gonna leave. He swore he'd go against the Backdraft troops alone. He said he'd follow her right into enemy arms. He said he'd take them all on and take them all down.
" Time to see if I'm as good as I think I am." He said standing.
He stretched.
" What do you say Liger? You wanna go save our Ebony?" He asked.
Liger roared in response.
" Good answer. Watch out Vega. We're coming for ya."
" Bit you can't be serious!"
" That's suicide!"
" Think Bit!"
Bit Cloud was going to go save his love interest, Ebony. But his teammates seemed to think that charging into Backdraft forces and demanding Ebony and Ivory back before he blew them away was insane.
" I'm going after her and you're not going to stop me!!" He said.
" Wait a minute Bit." Brad said catching his arm.
" Don't tell me to wait!! You wait!! That seems to be the only thing you ARE doing!! You obviously don't care about Ivory enough to go save her!!" He yelled.
Brad grabbed Bit by his throat and held him to the wall.
" Don't you ever say I don't care about that girl. I care enough not to go blindly into battle and get myself killed. Tell me Bit, how will you save Ebony when you're six feet under?" He asked.
Bit had both of his hands up trying to pry Brad's hand from his throat.
" You think a little thing like death would stop me?" He responded.
" It would if I killed you." He said.
" Easy guys. You both have to think before you go into this. You they will want you to come. Both to get their Shadow Fox back and to get Liger Zero. You have to get a tactical veiw of this problem." Jamie said.
" Tactical view? I don't need a tactical view!! I need Ebony!!" Bit said.
" Fine. They will call when they get them to the base. We'll take it from there." Dr. Tauros said.
" FINE. But if they take too long, so help me-"
" Why don't you go get cleaned up Bit?" Leena suggested.
" I don't wanna take a shower. I want Ebony." He said.
" And we'll get her back. Until we get some idea where she and Ivory are, there isn't anything you can do." Dr. Tauros said.
Bit got mad. He punched the wall.
" I'm going out." He said.
Bit walked out of the main room and got into the jeep. He sat there for a minute. He felt his rage fester the more he sat there. He angrily turned the ignition key and drove off. He went to the city. He was trying to clear his head.
Part of him was fuming because somebody had taken Ebony. He loved that girl. He went through, defeat, humiliation, and heartbreak just to win her over. And just as they were starting a relationship, this Vega kid was going to take all away from him. His fist shook with anger.
The other part was terrified. He wondered exactly what would happen to Ebony. Would they reprogram her so she wouldn't know him? Would they send her to kill him? Would she be forced into a marriage with this Vega kid? He didn't know if he could stand that.
" That little rat onore thinks he can steal my goddess, huh? Well, I'll show him what he gets for coming after my Ebony. I'll kill him. I will literally put my foot so far up his bigotry spouting behind, we'll be walking home together." He said.
************
Vega could not stop grinning. He couldn't believe it. He actually had HIS Ebony. He stood watching them reprogram Ebony and Ivory. He could see her face.
" She's so pretty. My own dirty porcelain doll. She will be my queen. And I will rule the world." Vega said from the other side of the window.
Sarah stood behind him. She didn't approve of Ebony. She heard Captain Stollar was discharged because they went AWOL. Now here was Vega, sick in love with her. He was doing everything but drooling, oh, no, wait…he was doing that too. It was so bad, if you looked hard enough you could see hearts in his eyes. She was worried he was going to become distracted.
" Vega, I don't think this is a good idea. I'm going to tell them to abort and destroy her." She said going to the microphone on the consol.
" Don't you dare!!" He cried jumping in the way.
" Vega?!" She said.
" Back up!! You kill her, I'll quit fighting!!" He said.
" Vega!!" She cried.
" I swear I'll do it!! Don't tempt me!!" He said.
Sarah knew now she was too late in the distraction part. Vega was too far- gone already. Then a plan brewed in her mind.
" You do know that pilot from the Blitz team will come after her. I think he will fight for her. What will you do then?" She asked.
" If he comes after her, I'll blow him away. Ebony is mine!" He said.
" Whatever you say." She said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Blitz team sat idly while waiting for a call from Backdraft. Bit was pacing in front of the screen. He had been doing so for 5 minutes. Brad was lying out on a couch asleep. Jamie was trying to track the Wolf hybrid ZOIDs with Dr.Taurus. And Leena….was blowing something up somewhere or another.
" Why haven't they called yet?!!!!!" Bit yelled.
" Why don't you shut your mouth?!!" Brad yelled.
" Why don't you come over here and shut my mouth?!!" He yelled back.
" Excuse me?" Sarah said coming on the vidscreen.
" WHAT?!!!" Both yelled at the screen.
Sarah looked a bit taken aback. Then she smiled.
" You're Bit Cloud am I right? You're all over Ebony's memory files. It took quite a long time to erase all of you. But rest assured we did it. Along with her emotional records and visual records. You must mean a lot to her." She said.
Bit felt sick.
" She's in the reanimation stage now. But she will never remember you. Would you like to see her?" She taunted.
Bit's face twisted into a snarl.
" Who do you think you are taking my Ebony from me?!! I'll kill you and everyone in that kuso base you understand?!!" He yelled.
" Such language. You are no candidate for her love. Not at all. You'll be happy to know all she will care about now is winning AND Vega." She said.
" Not to be uncaring about Ebony, but what does Ivory have to do with this? She's no use to you, let her go." Brad said.
" Oh no we can't. One of our soldiers, Sanders, has developed quite an interest in your Ivory. Her mind will be erased and she will be presented to him." She said.
" You can't do that!" He yelled.
" Oh you have no idea what I can do. Now, unfortunately for Vega and Sanders, you can avoid all this by simply handing over the Liger Zero and Shadow Fox." She said.
" This is about ZOIDs?! ?You kidnap my Ebony for my ZOID!!!!!!!" Bit screamed.
" Let's make this interesting. If you will fight Vega and Sanders and win, you can have them back. But if you lose, the ZOIDS and the girls are Backdraft property." She said.
" You have a family?" Bit asked.
" I was married but my husband died." She said.
" He's not dead. Trust me lady, he's hiding." He said.
Sarah glared and cut the transmission.
" Well, I guess we're goin' to war." Brad said.
" Full frontal assault." Bit said smiling.
************
Ebony woke up on metal table. She couldn't remember what she was supposed to be doing, or what happened before she was out. She knew she had on a dress. It was yellow and had blue and red flowers on it.
" Where am I?" She asked the vacant room.
The door to her left opened. She sat up and gasped as a smaller figure stood in the doorway.
" Vega?" She said.
She sounded surprised to know the name.
" Glad to see you're awake." He said.
" Where am I?" She asked again.
He crossed the space between them and hopped up on the table next to her.
" Home with me." He said.
Ebony wasn't sure why, but she felt a twinge of discomfort with him being so close. But she allowed him to stay there. She didn't fight him when he touched her. She granted him permission to kiss her. But it all felt so wrong. But since she didn't know why, she tried to focus on him.
" That was amazing. I have to go, but the servants will take care of you until I come back. Wait for me?" He asked.
" Um…yeah." She said.
After a quick kiss, he disappeared down the hall. Ebony was left to wander around the base. She felt like she was looking for something. But she didn't know what. She just knew she was here for Vega and if she were called upon, she would have to fight and win.
*********
Bit stood in the garage sitting on Liger Zero's head. He was drinking sake and thinking. He remembered the first time he saw Ebony. He thought she was stunning. He still did. Being on the road so much before he came here, he'd meet a lot of women. But none were like her. He'd even tried, and failed, in a relationship with Leena.
" * Ah well. It was nice while it lasted. *" He thought throwing back some more sake.
He was careless with relationships back then. Now he had bent over backwards, forwards and side ways to get Ebony to give him a chance. When she finally did, he was euphoric. He was crazy for the girl and he knew it.
He sighed and threw his sake bottle to the side. He really missed her. He was gonna get her back. Then they'd be happy again.
Vega.
That name was like poison to him. He was going to make him pay for taking her from him. He was right in the middle of his professing his love to her.
" How dare he ruin my night. After it took me 8 hours to work up the nerve to think of what to say." He said.
He thought back to the time when Ebony was gonna leave. He swore he'd go against the Backdraft troops alone. He said he'd follow her right into enemy arms. He said he'd take them all on and take them all down.
" Time to see if I'm as good as I think I am." He said standing.
He stretched.
" What do you say Liger? You wanna go save our Ebony?" He asked.
Liger roared in response.
" Good answer. Watch out Vega. We're coming for ya."