"Where did you say you found them again?" asked a relatively young woman
as she looked over the two sleeping children. This woman had long flowing
red hair. She was about the same size as Fiona was. She has sparkling
purple eyes and a smile on her face.
"We found them out in the desert abandoned. We figured that we couldn't just leave them there so we figured we could bring them here," said one of the men that found the two children.
"I hope we aren't burdening you with this," said the other man.
"Of course you aren't. I do run an orphanage you know. Plus it is always my pleasure to help children like them," said the woman with a smile.
"Thank you Marie," said the first man shaking her hand before the two of them walked out of the room.
"The poor kids. I wonder where their parents are. I also wonder why they would just leave them there," said Marie with sadness on her face. A sudden grumbling noise then caught her ears. She turned around to see the young girl waking up.
A look of fright caught the girls face and she looked around the place fearfully.
"It is ok. I am not here to hurt you," said Marie trying to calm the girl down.
The girl then started to cry. "Where's. my mommy. and Daddy?" asked the little girl through her tears.
"I don't know. I was hoping that you did though. Can you remember anything?" asked Marie putting a comforting hand on the girls shoulder. She nodded her head slowly. "First off why don't you tell me your name," said Marie nicely.
"Nicole," said Nicole quietly.
"What about him?" asked Marie pointing to the baby.
Nicole immediately got out of her seat and ran to him. "I take it you know him," said Marie thinking that it was a stupid question.
"He is my brother Bit," said Nicole quietly.
"Do you know your last name. That might help us locate you parents," said Marie with a smile. Nicole remained silent. "What's the matter you have nothing to fear from me," said Marie still smiling.
"Flyheight," whispered Nicole.
A look of confusion went over Marie's face. "Did you just say Flyheight?" asked Marie looking at the girl skeptically. Nicole just nodded her head. "You mean as in Van Flyheight?" asked Marie.
Nicole seemed to smile. "He is my daddy," she said happily.
"I think that you must be mistaken. Van Flyheight died many, many years ago," said Marie looking at the girl sympathetically.
"No, he is alive," said Nicole with fresh tears in her eyes.
Marie decided to not push it anymore. "Why don't you get some rest. We can talk more after that," Marie said quietly.
Nicole laid down next to her brother and closed her eyes.
A while after she had fallen asleep, Marie found herself just sitting and watching them. "How can she be a Flyheight. I heard that they died without any children," said Marie.
"That is not exactly true," said an elderly man as he popped up on a screen.
Marie jumped to her feet. "It is only you admiral," said Marie holding her chest as she looked at the elderly man. "What are you trying to do, give me an early death?" asked Marie as she tried to control herself.
"Of course not. You have children of your own that would need you, not to mention all of the children at the orphanage," said the admiral.
"What did you mean by what you said, about what I said not being exactly true?" asked Marie looking at the elderly man.
"That is only what the history books say, but they are wrong. The thing is that Van Flyheight and his wife did have two children, but the two of them disappeared one day," said the admiral.
"You don't actually think that these two are those children?" asked Marie pointing to Nicole and Bit.
"That is exactly what I am saying. We got a report about it. I only have one question," said the admiral.
"What is that?" asked Marie.
"The young girl. Does she have some markings on her head?" asked the admiral.
"Yes. I was a bit confused about that because there aren't many people now a day that have those," said Marie with confusion on her face.
"The two children were sent sometime into the future using a power called zoid eve," said the admiral.
"Zoid eve? Isn't that only a story that was talked about with Flyheight?" asked Marie.
"No, it is very real. Those two children were brought here through that. While they are here though, I want you to look after them and keep them hidden from anyone that looks suspicious,' said the admiral.
"Why?" asked Marie very confused.
"There are people that are after them. Sooner or later they are bound to show up. When that times comes you need to protect them," said the admiral.
"I will do what I can," said Marie quietly.
"Good. I know that you will do a good job Mrs. Toros," said the admiral before the screen disappeared.
'I don't believe it. It is very impossible to believe but I actually am believing it,' thought Marie with a slight laugh. "Don't worry you two. I will look after you no matter what," said Marie with a smile.
***Four years later***
"Like this?' asked a now five year old Bit as Marie was showing him something.
"Right. You are doing great," said Marie with a smile before walking to a different area.
The doors to the orphanage opened up and in walk a man with two zoid models in his hand. One was a raynos and the other was a blade liger. "Pow, pow, pow," said the man as he made it look like one was shooting the other. "Take that," said the man happily.
Marie blushed in embarrassment as she saw her husband doing this. "Hey there honey," said the man known as Doc.
A lot of the children seemed happy to have him here. 'At least he could get along great with the kids,' thought Marie still embarrassed by his actions. "Hello Steve," said Marie putting on a smile Doc placed his blade liger zoid model on the counter that Marie was standing by and smiled as well.
"Little Leena wanted me to ask if she could come over later today," said Steve with a smile.
"Of course she can. It will be fun to have her around," said Marie.
"Great then I will go get her," said Steve preparing to leave.
"Ok then I will see you later tonight," said Marie waving goodbye to that very short visit.
He then remembered his zoid model and went to get it and saw that it was gone. "Where is it?" asked Doc freaking out a little.
"Where's what?" asked Marie curiously.
"My limited edition blade liger model," said Doc looking around frantically for the model.
Marie blushed of embarrassment even more.
"Oh wow. A blade liger," came a happy voice.
Doc turned around to see little Bit holding his zoid model. "Ah, my blade liger," said Doc walking over. "Um I need that back," said Doc reaching for it but Bit just moved out of the way making Doc go falling over. Doc pouted at the loss of his zoid model.
"Now Bit. Will you please give that back?" asked Marie with a serious look on her face.
"Yes ma'am," said Bit with a sigh and handed it back to the happy Doc. Doc then happily walked out of the doors with both of his zoid models in his hands.
"Sometimes he acts more like a kid then all of you kids do," said Marie with a laugh, which caused Bit to laugh as well.
"Marie! We need your help," said one of the employees urgently.
"What is it?" asked Marie.
"It is Nicole. She has gotten very sick," said the man as he ran back into one of the rooms.
"My sister?" said Bit frantically as he ran to.
Marie grabbed his arm. "Stay here. We don't want you getting sick as well. She saw the worried look on his face. "Don't worry I am sure that she is going to be fine," she said with a smile. She then ran out of the room into the one that the other one went into.
"I am not doing anything until she gets better," said a sad bit as he sat on the floor and did nothing after that.
*****
"Mommy," said Leena happily as she ran to her mother and jumped into her arms.
"Listen, she can't stay as long as I wanted because there is a bit of a problem right now," said Marie with a frown.
"It is ok. I guess I could take her somewhere fun," said Doc with a smile.
"I want to go with mommy," said Leena with a pout.
"You van stay for a short time but then you go back with your father," said Marie with a smile.
"Ok," said Leena happily.
"I will come back in a little bit," said Doc walking back outside.
Leena walked through the halls of a building holding the hand of her mother. "This is where I work Leena," said her mother very kindly.
"Why are all of these kids here?" asked Leena.
"They aren't as lucky as you are to have a family so we take them in and take care of them until someone comes to decide to take them as their own children," said Marie with a smile.
"Hey Marie can you give us a hand?" asked one of the other workers.
"Coming," said Marie. "Now Leena can you stay here for second while I go do something real quick?" asked Marie.
"Yes Mommy," said Leena. By herself for a moment she couldn't help but look around at all the kids. One caught her eye as she spotted a boy who was sitting by himself not even playing. She walked up to him. "What's wrong," she asked.
"Nothing," said the boy.
"My name's Leena what's your?" asked Leena.
The boy didn't respond.
"Alright, I'm back," said Marie walking up to Leena. She looked at the boy with a sympathetic look and said to Leena, "Sweetie, why don't we leave him alone for now," said Marie as she took Leena's hand and started to walk away.
"What is wrong with that boy?" asked Leena.
"His name is Bit, and he has no family except his sister but she is sick right now. I think that you two would become good friends if you could get to know each other," said Marie with a smile. "Come on, let's go find you dad because he was planning on taking you somewhere," said Marie.
"Ok," said Leena happily. The two of them then started to walk towards the door where Doc was already waiting for them.
"Did you have a good time with the short amount of time that you were able to be here?" asked Doc with a smile on his face.
"Yeah. It has been great being here with mommy," said Leena happily as she smiled at her parents.
"Well I guess it is time to go though. I am sure that your mother would be happy to have you here at some other time then when they are having a problem," said Doc with a smile. "Will that be ok with you honey?" asked Doc putting on a smile which Leena seemed to be able to match easily.
"Of course it is. I can't wait until we are able to do that. Next time you will be able to stay even longer. Maybe you will even be able to make friends with some of the kids that are around here," said Marie with a smile.
"Yay. I can't wait for that to happen," said Leena with a smile on her face. Doc then picked her up and the two of them walked out the door.
"I will see you later tonight," Marie yelled after them. They just waved back.
*****
"Um, how is my sister doing?" asked Bit kind of shyly.
Marie looked up from the things that she was doing and smiled at him. "She is doing just fine. She is being taken care of right now and will be back in a few days. So no need to worry," said Marie with a smile.
Bit smiled happily and walked of down one of the halls with the smile still on his face.
"What a cute kid. Him and Leena have a lot in common. I think that they could become good friends sometime," said Marie with a smile.
Suddenly the doors to the orphanage opened and in walked two men.
"How may I help you?" asked Marie cautiously because she didn't like the look of these guys. One man looked to be a lot older then the other on. He hard dark brown hair and he had deep amber eyes and a scar that went across his left eye. The other one looked younger and also had dark brown hair but he had violet eyes and no scar. They looked alike so Marie could only guess that they were probably father and son.
"Yes we were wondering if you knew of these two children that we heard were brought in here. One is an girl named Nicole and she has a brother named Bit," said the older man.
"What do you want with them?" asked Marie but then she remembered something.
***Flashback***
"I want you to look after them and keep them hidden from anyone that looks suspicious,' said the admiral.
"Why?" asked Marie very confused.
"There are people that are after them. Sooner or later they are bound to show up. When that times comes you need to protect them," said the admiral.
***End Flashback***
"So they are here? That is great. We have been looking for them for a long time," said the younger one.
"Listen Mr.." said Marie not knowing his name.
"Oh my apologies, my name is Eric and this is my son Zack," said Eric with a smile.
"Listen I don't know who you are but I am afraid that I can't show you them," said Marie having a feeling that these two were the one that she heard about.
Eric then put on a stern face. "Why not?" asked Eric seriously.
"I am under orders to keep them safe from you," said Marie before she realized what she was saying.
Eric and Zack both smirked. "So you know about us? I figured those fools knew that we would turn up," said Zack still smirking.
"If you know who we are then it is in your best interest it you hand them over to us," said Eric with a serious tone in his voice.
"Never," said Marie defiantly. She looked them straight in the eye and all she saw was hate and anger.
"So be it then," said Zack grabbing a hard object and threw it across the room. Any child that was in the room started to panic and many of them started to run around.
"Stop that! This is an orphanage," yelled Marie. Running to calm down the children.
"I think not," said Eric as he took out a lighter and lit it up.
"Unless you want this place burned down I suggest you give them to us," said Eric without an ounce of hesitation in his voice.
Marie could only remain quiet, because she knew that she couldn't tell them. she hated to do this to the rest of the children though, and Bit and his sister meant so much to her.
"So be it," said Eric as he picked up an object and lit it on fire. He then threw the object and it landed in a pile of large sheets. Every one of them almost immediately lit on fire and it started to spread faster then anyone could put them out. Eric and Zack then ran for it.
"We need to get the kids out of here," she shouted to anyone that wasn't busy trying to put the fires out.
"What will we do now?" asked Zack as they ran down the halls to find another exit. "She won't let them die. We will just have to wait until this is all over and grab them," said Eric as he ran as fast as he could.
Suddenly a kid walked in front of the two of them. It was none other than Bit.
Zack and Eric didn't even bother to try to stop and they hit him hard. He fell back and landed on the wall, hitting his head in the process.
"Stupid kid. He should know not to get in our way," muttered Zack not even looking back.
"There is an exit. Lets get out of here," said Eric as they ran through it and then ran as far away from the place as possible.
*****
"Is that everybody?" yelled Marie over all of the noises. By now the fire had gotten worse then ever.
"We are still missing one," said an employee of the place.
"Who could be missing?" asked Marie quietly as she looked over all of the kids. It was then that she realized that Bit was still missing. "Oh no," said Marie as she immediately ran back into the place despite the pleas of all of the employees for her to stop. "I have to help him. I swore that I would protect him and his sister and that is what I am going to do," Marie said to herself as she ran into the place.
*****
Bit eyes opened up to see all of the flames that had surrounded him. "What's going on?" Bit asked as he eyes the fire fearfully. He knew that he had to get out of the place.
Flames seemed to shoot up everywhere, as the young boy seemed to be lost in all the smoke and debris.
"Sis, Marie," yelled Bit in a frantic search to find anyone to help him out of this. There was no reply except the roar of the fire and pieces falling.
"Where are you," yelled Bit again. Even though his skin was getting slightly burned from the flames he kept going.
The next thing that he noticed was a large piece of wood falling towards him. Fear coursed through his body. The burning pillar was falling towards Bit but he was too frightened to even move.
The next thing that he knew he had been pushed out of the way but he hit his head hard on the wall.
The woman that pushed him got hit by it instead and was both burned badly at the waste but she broke a few ribs. "Ahhhhhh," screamed Marie as she held her burned and broken ribs. She managed to get up through all the pain and tried to walk towards the unconscious Bit. "I have to get you out of here," said Marie weakly when she was right over him.
Even with how hurt she was she managed to pick Bit up and tried to walk out while trying to protect Bit from the flames but getting badly burnt in the process. "The exit," said Marie happily once she saw the doors.
They were already open so it would be easier to get out, which she was thankful for. She stepped out into the sun and all of the other employees ran up to help her.
One of them grabbed bit just before she collapsed to the ground. "Marie, Marie!" yelled the one that had taken Bit as he carefully placed Bit on the ground and walked towards her.
"Is he ok?" asked Marie weakly pointing towards Bit.
"He is alive. We have to get the two of you to a hospital though," said the worried employee.
"Someone call an ambulance," yelled another as Marie felt herself falling into a deep sleep.
'I hope you will be all right Bit,' she thought before passing out.
*****
"What are we doing here daddy?" asked little Leena as she followed her frantic father into the hospital along with her brother.
"You're mother is in here right now," Doc told Leena not wanting to frighten her.
"Stay right here with Leon. I am going to go talk to one of the doctor," said Doc quietly as he sat Leena on a chair with her brother.
"Yes daddy," said Leena.
Doc walked off and found the doctor that was taking care of his wife. "How is she doing?" asked Doc in a worried tone.
The doctor had a gloomy look on his face. "I will be honest with you. She is in very bad shape. She has multiple third degree burns, many cracked ribs, and has lost a large amount of blood. I am afraid that she will most likely not live through this," said the doctor with a saddened face.
Doc was devastated by what the doctor said. "Can we see her?" asked Doc sadly.
"Yes but you must make it quick," said the doctor figuring that this was going to be the last time that they would see her alive.
"I will just go grab my kids," said Doc as he slowly walked back.
He got back and noticed that Leena was gone. "Where is your sister?" Doc asked Leon.
"Said she had to go to the bathroom," said Leon getting out of his seat.
"Lets go find her and then go talk to your mother," said Doc grabbing his sons hand and they started to look for Leena.
*****
Leena was walking down the halls looking for a restroom. She was suddenly in front of an open door. She looked inside and saw a very familiar young boy. 'It's that boy. What was his name again. Bit was it?' Leena asked herself. "Bit?" asked Leena.
The boys head shot up fast. "Wh-who are you?" asked a fearful Bit.
"Remember me? I am Marie's daughter," said Leena with a smile.
"Wh-who's Marie?" asked Bit with a weird look on his face.
"Don't you remember?" asked Leena with a worried expression on her face.
"No," said Bit with a saddened face. He suddenly got out of the bed despite his condition and ran as fast as he could out of the room. All that Leena did was watch him run away.
While Bit was running down the hall he thought, "She called me Bit. That is my name I think.' that is what he thought while trying to get by everybody. He found himself running out of the place a few minutes later and thanks to his small size he was able to avoid everyone and get out without being noticed.
Leena just continued to watch until he disappeared out of sight. "He was weird," Leena told herself.
Then her father came up behind her. "Come on Leena. Let's go see your mother," said Doc with a sad look on his face.
Leena silently nodded her head and followed closely behind her father and brother. They soon came up to a closed door and Doc almost hesitated before opening it and walking into the room. There she saw her mother. Bandages were wrapped all over her body and she had a mask to her face. She weakly turned to look at her husband and children and gave off a weak smile.
"Hey there honey," said Marie very weakly.
"Mommy. Are you ok?" asked a sad Leon.
"Of course," she lied to make him happy.
"You have to get better honey," said Doc as he walked up to her side and took her only hand that wasn't bandaged up.
"Years ago I swore that I would protect those kids. I have no regrets about doing what I did even if it means I might leave you," said Marie with a cough.
"Don't talk like that. You are going to be fine," said a very sad Doc.
"You know I am not. Please take care of Leena and Leon for me. Will you?" asked Marie with a slight twinkle in her eyes.
Doc tightened his grip on his wife's hand. "Of course I will," said Doc with a weak smile despite the fact he felt like crying.
"Mommy. What's wrong?" asked little Leena walking up to her mother's side.
"Come here Leena," said Marie weakly.
Leena carefully moved her way forward until she was at her mother's side. "What is it mommy?" asked Leena in a sweet voice.
"Look after your father. He will definitely need it," said Marie with a laugh before she started into a fit of coughing. "I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to see you grow up," said Marie weakly.
Then her eyes closed and her hand fell limp.
"Mommy, mommy!" screamed Leena with tears in her eyes.
The sudden flat lining of the machine told Doc all that he needed to know. His wife was dead.
*****
A young girl with long blonde hair walked through the hospital. She had heard all that had happened but didn't want to believe it. She walked to a receptionist. "Excuse me," she said quietly.
The receptionist looked at her. The receptionist had long brown hair and a very friendly smile with twinkling blue eyes. "How can I help you little girl and where are your parents?" asked the woman with a smile.
"I heard that my brother was here. I was wondering if you could tell me where," said Nicole in a quiet voice.
"What is your brother name?" asked the woman with a smile.
"Bit," said Nicole in the same quiet tone.
The woman then took on a serious face. "I am sorry. I hate to tell you this but he disappeared earlier today. No one has been able to find him," said the woman with a sad expression.
"Thank you anyways," said Nicole sadly before turning away.
"Where are your parents little girl?" asked the woman with a smile on her face.
"I don't have any. They are gone," said Nicole quietly.
"You poor thing. Is there anything I can do for you to help?" asked the woman nicely.
"No thank you. I will just go back to an orphanage," said Nicole.
"How about I adopt you then. You are cute so I think it might be a good thing for you. Maybe I can help you find your brother," said the woman with a smile.
"No thank you. I don't want another mother. I love my own mother despite that she is gone," said Nicole sadly walking away. It hurt her a lot to talk about her mother. She loved Fiona a lot and it hurt to think that her mother and father were both dead.
"How about a friend then. I promise I won't try to replace your mother. You need a place to stay and I think that I can give it to you with a good life," said the woman with a smile.
Nicole seemed sort of happy by this. "Thank you,' Nicole said with a weak smile.
The woman smiled a friendly smile at her as well.
*****
Bit ran and ran like he never had before. That place was really freaking him out. He had no idea how he had got there or anything else. Despite his small size he ran a pretty good speed. He stopped and went into an alley. He took in deep breaths to try and calm down. A loud roaring noise then caught his ears. He followed it to the back of that alley. He then stood there in an opening and saw before him a beautiful white liger.
"Will you try and contain him already?" yelled a man over a megaphone.
The white liger wouldn't settle down and was throwing people all over the place and tearing apart zoids that came after it.
Bit remained hidden but he was amazed by the strength of the zoid.
The liger suddenly turned in Bit's direction and Bit froze in his spot. It seemed to calm down as it looked directly at Bit.
"What's going on," said the man with the megaphone. He then turned and spotted Bit. "Hey! What are you doing here kid? This is a restricted area," yelled the man.
Bit didn't seem to listen he seemed to be in a sort of trance. All fears forgotten, he got to his feet and started to walk towards the white liger. Despite the man's protests, though he didn't do anything but yell because he was afraid to get near the zoid. To everyone's surprise the liger didn't even move. Bit got right in front of it and reached out towards it. It didn't move and Bit placed a hand on the tip of the area where a nose would normally be on a regular animal.
Everyone was amazed that a child had managed to calm the zoid down a bit. "Alright. It is calm. Take it away before it starts going wild again," said the shocked man.
Bit seemed to snap out of what he was doing. He took a few steps back but remained calm.
"Hey kid," said the man from before.
"Who? Me?" asked Bit pointing to himself.
The man looked down on Bit with admiration in his eyes. "Yeah. How did you do that?" asked the man with confusion on his face. No one that he knew could handle a wild zoid like that
"Do what?" asked Bit with even more confusion on his face.
"Calm that zoid down. We have been trying for a few hours and it never even responded to anything unless it was to throw people around or try and destroy our zoids," said the man, eyeing Bit carefully.
"I don't know. I just had this feeling like it wasn't going to hurt me," said Bit quietly.
"I am impressed that a kid like you could do something like that. How about I teach you a few things. I can teach you everything that you need to know about zoids. That is if it is ok with your parents," said the man. He just stared down at Bit waiting for a reply but Bit remained quiet for another minute or two. "Well? What is your answer going to be? Will your parents even mind?" asked the man getting a bit tired of waiting for a reply.
"I don't know who my parents are," said Bit quietly.
"Then how about I take you in. that will make things easier for me to help teach you," said the man with a smile. "Plus my wife might be happy to have a kid around the house," said the man with a grin.
"I guess," said Bit quietly. "I don't have anywhere else to go anyways," said Bit quietly.
"Then it is settled," said the man happily.
"What was that zoid?" asked Bit looking as the zoid was loaded up into a truck and then they took it away.
"Just a rare liger that we found. We were getting rid of it because it wouldn't do anything that we told it to," said the man with a sigh.
"Someday I want a powerful zoid like that," said Bit excitedly.
"Listen to what I have to say and maybe someday you can. Oh I almost forgot. My name is Derek, Derek Cloud," said the man with a grin. "What's yours?" asked Derek.
"Bit," said Bit shyly.
"From now on you are part of my family," said Derek as he patted Bit on the back.
***13 years later***
A car was driving through the hot desert sands. A now eighteen-year-old Bit was driving through the sands looking for a good place to find parts. The sight of a falling judge capsule caught his eye. He grinned a bit knowing a zoid battle was going on and that would be the perfect place to find some parts.
"We found them out in the desert abandoned. We figured that we couldn't just leave them there so we figured we could bring them here," said one of the men that found the two children.
"I hope we aren't burdening you with this," said the other man.
"Of course you aren't. I do run an orphanage you know. Plus it is always my pleasure to help children like them," said the woman with a smile.
"Thank you Marie," said the first man shaking her hand before the two of them walked out of the room.
"The poor kids. I wonder where their parents are. I also wonder why they would just leave them there," said Marie with sadness on her face. A sudden grumbling noise then caught her ears. She turned around to see the young girl waking up.
A look of fright caught the girls face and she looked around the place fearfully.
"It is ok. I am not here to hurt you," said Marie trying to calm the girl down.
The girl then started to cry. "Where's. my mommy. and Daddy?" asked the little girl through her tears.
"I don't know. I was hoping that you did though. Can you remember anything?" asked Marie putting a comforting hand on the girls shoulder. She nodded her head slowly. "First off why don't you tell me your name," said Marie nicely.
"Nicole," said Nicole quietly.
"What about him?" asked Marie pointing to the baby.
Nicole immediately got out of her seat and ran to him. "I take it you know him," said Marie thinking that it was a stupid question.
"He is my brother Bit," said Nicole quietly.
"Do you know your last name. That might help us locate you parents," said Marie with a smile. Nicole remained silent. "What's the matter you have nothing to fear from me," said Marie still smiling.
"Flyheight," whispered Nicole.
A look of confusion went over Marie's face. "Did you just say Flyheight?" asked Marie looking at the girl skeptically. Nicole just nodded her head. "You mean as in Van Flyheight?" asked Marie.
Nicole seemed to smile. "He is my daddy," she said happily.
"I think that you must be mistaken. Van Flyheight died many, many years ago," said Marie looking at the girl sympathetically.
"No, he is alive," said Nicole with fresh tears in her eyes.
Marie decided to not push it anymore. "Why don't you get some rest. We can talk more after that," Marie said quietly.
Nicole laid down next to her brother and closed her eyes.
A while after she had fallen asleep, Marie found herself just sitting and watching them. "How can she be a Flyheight. I heard that they died without any children," said Marie.
"That is not exactly true," said an elderly man as he popped up on a screen.
Marie jumped to her feet. "It is only you admiral," said Marie holding her chest as she looked at the elderly man. "What are you trying to do, give me an early death?" asked Marie as she tried to control herself.
"Of course not. You have children of your own that would need you, not to mention all of the children at the orphanage," said the admiral.
"What did you mean by what you said, about what I said not being exactly true?" asked Marie looking at the elderly man.
"That is only what the history books say, but they are wrong. The thing is that Van Flyheight and his wife did have two children, but the two of them disappeared one day," said the admiral.
"You don't actually think that these two are those children?" asked Marie pointing to Nicole and Bit.
"That is exactly what I am saying. We got a report about it. I only have one question," said the admiral.
"What is that?" asked Marie.
"The young girl. Does she have some markings on her head?" asked the admiral.
"Yes. I was a bit confused about that because there aren't many people now a day that have those," said Marie with confusion on her face.
"The two children were sent sometime into the future using a power called zoid eve," said the admiral.
"Zoid eve? Isn't that only a story that was talked about with Flyheight?" asked Marie.
"No, it is very real. Those two children were brought here through that. While they are here though, I want you to look after them and keep them hidden from anyone that looks suspicious,' said the admiral.
"Why?" asked Marie very confused.
"There are people that are after them. Sooner or later they are bound to show up. When that times comes you need to protect them," said the admiral.
"I will do what I can," said Marie quietly.
"Good. I know that you will do a good job Mrs. Toros," said the admiral before the screen disappeared.
'I don't believe it. It is very impossible to believe but I actually am believing it,' thought Marie with a slight laugh. "Don't worry you two. I will look after you no matter what," said Marie with a smile.
***Four years later***
"Like this?' asked a now five year old Bit as Marie was showing him something.
"Right. You are doing great," said Marie with a smile before walking to a different area.
The doors to the orphanage opened up and in walk a man with two zoid models in his hand. One was a raynos and the other was a blade liger. "Pow, pow, pow," said the man as he made it look like one was shooting the other. "Take that," said the man happily.
Marie blushed in embarrassment as she saw her husband doing this. "Hey there honey," said the man known as Doc.
A lot of the children seemed happy to have him here. 'At least he could get along great with the kids,' thought Marie still embarrassed by his actions. "Hello Steve," said Marie putting on a smile Doc placed his blade liger zoid model on the counter that Marie was standing by and smiled as well.
"Little Leena wanted me to ask if she could come over later today," said Steve with a smile.
"Of course she can. It will be fun to have her around," said Marie.
"Great then I will go get her," said Steve preparing to leave.
"Ok then I will see you later tonight," said Marie waving goodbye to that very short visit.
He then remembered his zoid model and went to get it and saw that it was gone. "Where is it?" asked Doc freaking out a little.
"Where's what?" asked Marie curiously.
"My limited edition blade liger model," said Doc looking around frantically for the model.
Marie blushed of embarrassment even more.
"Oh wow. A blade liger," came a happy voice.
Doc turned around to see little Bit holding his zoid model. "Ah, my blade liger," said Doc walking over. "Um I need that back," said Doc reaching for it but Bit just moved out of the way making Doc go falling over. Doc pouted at the loss of his zoid model.
"Now Bit. Will you please give that back?" asked Marie with a serious look on her face.
"Yes ma'am," said Bit with a sigh and handed it back to the happy Doc. Doc then happily walked out of the doors with both of his zoid models in his hands.
"Sometimes he acts more like a kid then all of you kids do," said Marie with a laugh, which caused Bit to laugh as well.
"Marie! We need your help," said one of the employees urgently.
"What is it?" asked Marie.
"It is Nicole. She has gotten very sick," said the man as he ran back into one of the rooms.
"My sister?" said Bit frantically as he ran to.
Marie grabbed his arm. "Stay here. We don't want you getting sick as well. She saw the worried look on his face. "Don't worry I am sure that she is going to be fine," she said with a smile. She then ran out of the room into the one that the other one went into.
"I am not doing anything until she gets better," said a sad bit as he sat on the floor and did nothing after that.
*****
"Mommy," said Leena happily as she ran to her mother and jumped into her arms.
"Listen, she can't stay as long as I wanted because there is a bit of a problem right now," said Marie with a frown.
"It is ok. I guess I could take her somewhere fun," said Doc with a smile.
"I want to go with mommy," said Leena with a pout.
"You van stay for a short time but then you go back with your father," said Marie with a smile.
"Ok," said Leena happily.
"I will come back in a little bit," said Doc walking back outside.
Leena walked through the halls of a building holding the hand of her mother. "This is where I work Leena," said her mother very kindly.
"Why are all of these kids here?" asked Leena.
"They aren't as lucky as you are to have a family so we take them in and take care of them until someone comes to decide to take them as their own children," said Marie with a smile.
"Hey Marie can you give us a hand?" asked one of the other workers.
"Coming," said Marie. "Now Leena can you stay here for second while I go do something real quick?" asked Marie.
"Yes Mommy," said Leena. By herself for a moment she couldn't help but look around at all the kids. One caught her eye as she spotted a boy who was sitting by himself not even playing. She walked up to him. "What's wrong," she asked.
"Nothing," said the boy.
"My name's Leena what's your?" asked Leena.
The boy didn't respond.
"Alright, I'm back," said Marie walking up to Leena. She looked at the boy with a sympathetic look and said to Leena, "Sweetie, why don't we leave him alone for now," said Marie as she took Leena's hand and started to walk away.
"What is wrong with that boy?" asked Leena.
"His name is Bit, and he has no family except his sister but she is sick right now. I think that you two would become good friends if you could get to know each other," said Marie with a smile. "Come on, let's go find you dad because he was planning on taking you somewhere," said Marie.
"Ok," said Leena happily. The two of them then started to walk towards the door where Doc was already waiting for them.
"Did you have a good time with the short amount of time that you were able to be here?" asked Doc with a smile on his face.
"Yeah. It has been great being here with mommy," said Leena happily as she smiled at her parents.
"Well I guess it is time to go though. I am sure that your mother would be happy to have you here at some other time then when they are having a problem," said Doc with a smile. "Will that be ok with you honey?" asked Doc putting on a smile which Leena seemed to be able to match easily.
"Of course it is. I can't wait until we are able to do that. Next time you will be able to stay even longer. Maybe you will even be able to make friends with some of the kids that are around here," said Marie with a smile.
"Yay. I can't wait for that to happen," said Leena with a smile on her face. Doc then picked her up and the two of them walked out the door.
"I will see you later tonight," Marie yelled after them. They just waved back.
*****
"Um, how is my sister doing?" asked Bit kind of shyly.
Marie looked up from the things that she was doing and smiled at him. "She is doing just fine. She is being taken care of right now and will be back in a few days. So no need to worry," said Marie with a smile.
Bit smiled happily and walked of down one of the halls with the smile still on his face.
"What a cute kid. Him and Leena have a lot in common. I think that they could become good friends sometime," said Marie with a smile.
Suddenly the doors to the orphanage opened and in walked two men.
"How may I help you?" asked Marie cautiously because she didn't like the look of these guys. One man looked to be a lot older then the other on. He hard dark brown hair and he had deep amber eyes and a scar that went across his left eye. The other one looked younger and also had dark brown hair but he had violet eyes and no scar. They looked alike so Marie could only guess that they were probably father and son.
"Yes we were wondering if you knew of these two children that we heard were brought in here. One is an girl named Nicole and she has a brother named Bit," said the older man.
"What do you want with them?" asked Marie but then she remembered something.
***Flashback***
"I want you to look after them and keep them hidden from anyone that looks suspicious,' said the admiral.
"Why?" asked Marie very confused.
"There are people that are after them. Sooner or later they are bound to show up. When that times comes you need to protect them," said the admiral.
***End Flashback***
"So they are here? That is great. We have been looking for them for a long time," said the younger one.
"Listen Mr.." said Marie not knowing his name.
"Oh my apologies, my name is Eric and this is my son Zack," said Eric with a smile.
"Listen I don't know who you are but I am afraid that I can't show you them," said Marie having a feeling that these two were the one that she heard about.
Eric then put on a stern face. "Why not?" asked Eric seriously.
"I am under orders to keep them safe from you," said Marie before she realized what she was saying.
Eric and Zack both smirked. "So you know about us? I figured those fools knew that we would turn up," said Zack still smirking.
"If you know who we are then it is in your best interest it you hand them over to us," said Eric with a serious tone in his voice.
"Never," said Marie defiantly. She looked them straight in the eye and all she saw was hate and anger.
"So be it then," said Zack grabbing a hard object and threw it across the room. Any child that was in the room started to panic and many of them started to run around.
"Stop that! This is an orphanage," yelled Marie. Running to calm down the children.
"I think not," said Eric as he took out a lighter and lit it up.
"Unless you want this place burned down I suggest you give them to us," said Eric without an ounce of hesitation in his voice.
Marie could only remain quiet, because she knew that she couldn't tell them. she hated to do this to the rest of the children though, and Bit and his sister meant so much to her.
"So be it," said Eric as he picked up an object and lit it on fire. He then threw the object and it landed in a pile of large sheets. Every one of them almost immediately lit on fire and it started to spread faster then anyone could put them out. Eric and Zack then ran for it.
"We need to get the kids out of here," she shouted to anyone that wasn't busy trying to put the fires out.
"What will we do now?" asked Zack as they ran down the halls to find another exit. "She won't let them die. We will just have to wait until this is all over and grab them," said Eric as he ran as fast as he could.
Suddenly a kid walked in front of the two of them. It was none other than Bit.
Zack and Eric didn't even bother to try to stop and they hit him hard. He fell back and landed on the wall, hitting his head in the process.
"Stupid kid. He should know not to get in our way," muttered Zack not even looking back.
"There is an exit. Lets get out of here," said Eric as they ran through it and then ran as far away from the place as possible.
*****
"Is that everybody?" yelled Marie over all of the noises. By now the fire had gotten worse then ever.
"We are still missing one," said an employee of the place.
"Who could be missing?" asked Marie quietly as she looked over all of the kids. It was then that she realized that Bit was still missing. "Oh no," said Marie as she immediately ran back into the place despite the pleas of all of the employees for her to stop. "I have to help him. I swore that I would protect him and his sister and that is what I am going to do," Marie said to herself as she ran into the place.
*****
Bit eyes opened up to see all of the flames that had surrounded him. "What's going on?" Bit asked as he eyes the fire fearfully. He knew that he had to get out of the place.
Flames seemed to shoot up everywhere, as the young boy seemed to be lost in all the smoke and debris.
"Sis, Marie," yelled Bit in a frantic search to find anyone to help him out of this. There was no reply except the roar of the fire and pieces falling.
"Where are you," yelled Bit again. Even though his skin was getting slightly burned from the flames he kept going.
The next thing that he noticed was a large piece of wood falling towards him. Fear coursed through his body. The burning pillar was falling towards Bit but he was too frightened to even move.
The next thing that he knew he had been pushed out of the way but he hit his head hard on the wall.
The woman that pushed him got hit by it instead and was both burned badly at the waste but she broke a few ribs. "Ahhhhhh," screamed Marie as she held her burned and broken ribs. She managed to get up through all the pain and tried to walk towards the unconscious Bit. "I have to get you out of here," said Marie weakly when she was right over him.
Even with how hurt she was she managed to pick Bit up and tried to walk out while trying to protect Bit from the flames but getting badly burnt in the process. "The exit," said Marie happily once she saw the doors.
They were already open so it would be easier to get out, which she was thankful for. She stepped out into the sun and all of the other employees ran up to help her.
One of them grabbed bit just before she collapsed to the ground. "Marie, Marie!" yelled the one that had taken Bit as he carefully placed Bit on the ground and walked towards her.
"Is he ok?" asked Marie weakly pointing towards Bit.
"He is alive. We have to get the two of you to a hospital though," said the worried employee.
"Someone call an ambulance," yelled another as Marie felt herself falling into a deep sleep.
'I hope you will be all right Bit,' she thought before passing out.
*****
"What are we doing here daddy?" asked little Leena as she followed her frantic father into the hospital along with her brother.
"You're mother is in here right now," Doc told Leena not wanting to frighten her.
"Stay right here with Leon. I am going to go talk to one of the doctor," said Doc quietly as he sat Leena on a chair with her brother.
"Yes daddy," said Leena.
Doc walked off and found the doctor that was taking care of his wife. "How is she doing?" asked Doc in a worried tone.
The doctor had a gloomy look on his face. "I will be honest with you. She is in very bad shape. She has multiple third degree burns, many cracked ribs, and has lost a large amount of blood. I am afraid that she will most likely not live through this," said the doctor with a saddened face.
Doc was devastated by what the doctor said. "Can we see her?" asked Doc sadly.
"Yes but you must make it quick," said the doctor figuring that this was going to be the last time that they would see her alive.
"I will just go grab my kids," said Doc as he slowly walked back.
He got back and noticed that Leena was gone. "Where is your sister?" Doc asked Leon.
"Said she had to go to the bathroom," said Leon getting out of his seat.
"Lets go find her and then go talk to your mother," said Doc grabbing his sons hand and they started to look for Leena.
*****
Leena was walking down the halls looking for a restroom. She was suddenly in front of an open door. She looked inside and saw a very familiar young boy. 'It's that boy. What was his name again. Bit was it?' Leena asked herself. "Bit?" asked Leena.
The boys head shot up fast. "Wh-who are you?" asked a fearful Bit.
"Remember me? I am Marie's daughter," said Leena with a smile.
"Wh-who's Marie?" asked Bit with a weird look on his face.
"Don't you remember?" asked Leena with a worried expression on her face.
"No," said Bit with a saddened face. He suddenly got out of the bed despite his condition and ran as fast as he could out of the room. All that Leena did was watch him run away.
While Bit was running down the hall he thought, "She called me Bit. That is my name I think.' that is what he thought while trying to get by everybody. He found himself running out of the place a few minutes later and thanks to his small size he was able to avoid everyone and get out without being noticed.
Leena just continued to watch until he disappeared out of sight. "He was weird," Leena told herself.
Then her father came up behind her. "Come on Leena. Let's go see your mother," said Doc with a sad look on his face.
Leena silently nodded her head and followed closely behind her father and brother. They soon came up to a closed door and Doc almost hesitated before opening it and walking into the room. There she saw her mother. Bandages were wrapped all over her body and she had a mask to her face. She weakly turned to look at her husband and children and gave off a weak smile.
"Hey there honey," said Marie very weakly.
"Mommy. Are you ok?" asked a sad Leon.
"Of course," she lied to make him happy.
"You have to get better honey," said Doc as he walked up to her side and took her only hand that wasn't bandaged up.
"Years ago I swore that I would protect those kids. I have no regrets about doing what I did even if it means I might leave you," said Marie with a cough.
"Don't talk like that. You are going to be fine," said a very sad Doc.
"You know I am not. Please take care of Leena and Leon for me. Will you?" asked Marie with a slight twinkle in her eyes.
Doc tightened his grip on his wife's hand. "Of course I will," said Doc with a weak smile despite the fact he felt like crying.
"Mommy. What's wrong?" asked little Leena walking up to her mother's side.
"Come here Leena," said Marie weakly.
Leena carefully moved her way forward until she was at her mother's side. "What is it mommy?" asked Leena in a sweet voice.
"Look after your father. He will definitely need it," said Marie with a laugh before she started into a fit of coughing. "I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to see you grow up," said Marie weakly.
Then her eyes closed and her hand fell limp.
"Mommy, mommy!" screamed Leena with tears in her eyes.
The sudden flat lining of the machine told Doc all that he needed to know. His wife was dead.
*****
A young girl with long blonde hair walked through the hospital. She had heard all that had happened but didn't want to believe it. She walked to a receptionist. "Excuse me," she said quietly.
The receptionist looked at her. The receptionist had long brown hair and a very friendly smile with twinkling blue eyes. "How can I help you little girl and where are your parents?" asked the woman with a smile.
"I heard that my brother was here. I was wondering if you could tell me where," said Nicole in a quiet voice.
"What is your brother name?" asked the woman with a smile.
"Bit," said Nicole in the same quiet tone.
The woman then took on a serious face. "I am sorry. I hate to tell you this but he disappeared earlier today. No one has been able to find him," said the woman with a sad expression.
"Thank you anyways," said Nicole sadly before turning away.
"Where are your parents little girl?" asked the woman with a smile on her face.
"I don't have any. They are gone," said Nicole quietly.
"You poor thing. Is there anything I can do for you to help?" asked the woman nicely.
"No thank you. I will just go back to an orphanage," said Nicole.
"How about I adopt you then. You are cute so I think it might be a good thing for you. Maybe I can help you find your brother," said the woman with a smile.
"No thank you. I don't want another mother. I love my own mother despite that she is gone," said Nicole sadly walking away. It hurt her a lot to talk about her mother. She loved Fiona a lot and it hurt to think that her mother and father were both dead.
"How about a friend then. I promise I won't try to replace your mother. You need a place to stay and I think that I can give it to you with a good life," said the woman with a smile.
Nicole seemed sort of happy by this. "Thank you,' Nicole said with a weak smile.
The woman smiled a friendly smile at her as well.
*****
Bit ran and ran like he never had before. That place was really freaking him out. He had no idea how he had got there or anything else. Despite his small size he ran a pretty good speed. He stopped and went into an alley. He took in deep breaths to try and calm down. A loud roaring noise then caught his ears. He followed it to the back of that alley. He then stood there in an opening and saw before him a beautiful white liger.
"Will you try and contain him already?" yelled a man over a megaphone.
The white liger wouldn't settle down and was throwing people all over the place and tearing apart zoids that came after it.
Bit remained hidden but he was amazed by the strength of the zoid.
The liger suddenly turned in Bit's direction and Bit froze in his spot. It seemed to calm down as it looked directly at Bit.
"What's going on," said the man with the megaphone. He then turned and spotted Bit. "Hey! What are you doing here kid? This is a restricted area," yelled the man.
Bit didn't seem to listen he seemed to be in a sort of trance. All fears forgotten, he got to his feet and started to walk towards the white liger. Despite the man's protests, though he didn't do anything but yell because he was afraid to get near the zoid. To everyone's surprise the liger didn't even move. Bit got right in front of it and reached out towards it. It didn't move and Bit placed a hand on the tip of the area where a nose would normally be on a regular animal.
Everyone was amazed that a child had managed to calm the zoid down a bit. "Alright. It is calm. Take it away before it starts going wild again," said the shocked man.
Bit seemed to snap out of what he was doing. He took a few steps back but remained calm.
"Hey kid," said the man from before.
"Who? Me?" asked Bit pointing to himself.
The man looked down on Bit with admiration in his eyes. "Yeah. How did you do that?" asked the man with confusion on his face. No one that he knew could handle a wild zoid like that
"Do what?" asked Bit with even more confusion on his face.
"Calm that zoid down. We have been trying for a few hours and it never even responded to anything unless it was to throw people around or try and destroy our zoids," said the man, eyeing Bit carefully.
"I don't know. I just had this feeling like it wasn't going to hurt me," said Bit quietly.
"I am impressed that a kid like you could do something like that. How about I teach you a few things. I can teach you everything that you need to know about zoids. That is if it is ok with your parents," said the man. He just stared down at Bit waiting for a reply but Bit remained quiet for another minute or two. "Well? What is your answer going to be? Will your parents even mind?" asked the man getting a bit tired of waiting for a reply.
"I don't know who my parents are," said Bit quietly.
"Then how about I take you in. that will make things easier for me to help teach you," said the man with a smile. "Plus my wife might be happy to have a kid around the house," said the man with a grin.
"I guess," said Bit quietly. "I don't have anywhere else to go anyways," said Bit quietly.
"Then it is settled," said the man happily.
"What was that zoid?" asked Bit looking as the zoid was loaded up into a truck and then they took it away.
"Just a rare liger that we found. We were getting rid of it because it wouldn't do anything that we told it to," said the man with a sigh.
"Someday I want a powerful zoid like that," said Bit excitedly.
"Listen to what I have to say and maybe someday you can. Oh I almost forgot. My name is Derek, Derek Cloud," said the man with a grin. "What's yours?" asked Derek.
"Bit," said Bit shyly.
"From now on you are part of my family," said Derek as he patted Bit on the back.
***13 years later***
A car was driving through the hot desert sands. A now eighteen-year-old Bit was driving through the sands looking for a good place to find parts. The sight of a falling judge capsule caught his eye. He grinned a bit knowing a zoid battle was going on and that would be the perfect place to find some parts.