Disclaimer: I do not know Raven, Moonbay, or the Zoids......I just
borrow them!

A/N: Hello everyone! I'm sooo sorry that this is out later than I
thought, but I have being having a rough time getting a chance to
write. So forgive me! This chapter is longer than all the others to
make up for my lateness...I know I have probably lost a few readers
and reviewers, due to my long waits for a new chapter. But here it
is!! My longest chappy so far!

Deep Inside Yourself

Chapter 4

Raven sighed slightly, he was confused. And you almost ever see
a confused Raven. He had stepped into that battle, without thinking,
as he usually would have before attacking. Though when that man came
around the corner asking for the transporter, he has shielded her and
fought for her protection. Of course, he though silently, I need her
unharmed until I get into that base and then the transporter will have
lead me to Van. He smirked slightly at the thought that he was finally
going to get back at Van for defeating him in his Sabre Fang. It
shouldn't really be called defeating him, Van had someone helping him!
Raven growled softly. But, he told himself, that was all going to
change when Shadow gets back with my new zoid.

The young pilot looked behind himself and saw the transporter
following him, though she

was staring at the ground, thinking. Giving a small smirk, he walked
into the hotel lobby.

Moonbay soon walking in after him.

Moonbay reached into her pocket and took out the key to their
room. She looked up and

saw that Raven had already disappeared into the darkness of the
staircase that led up to the hotel rooms. Walking up them slowly, the
dark haired girl was engulfed by the darkness of the stairs.

After a little bit she saw Raven leaning against the door that
lead into their own room. His arms were crossed and his mop of ebony
hair shadowed his creamy white face. The soft glow of the moon, from
across the hall shone through the window, making his dark hair look
silver and his pale skin was almost translucent.

Moonbay caught a gasp in her throat, not wanting to let it go.
Her dark brown eyes stared at him in wonder. He looked like an angel.
No, not an angel. Not for someone who has murdered others. He was more
like a fallen angel. She let a small smile creep onto her tanned face.

Suddenly, Raven's lavender gray eyes looked up at her and
there was an amused look on his face and said, "Are you going to stand
there or open the door?" He smiled slyly.

That took Moonbay away from whatever world she was on and back
on Zi. She moved over to the door and pushed him out of the way. She
jammed the key into the keyhole and tried to get it open. After a few
minutes, unaware of Raven's watching eyes, she cried out in
frustration and glared daggers at the keyhole that refused to work for
her.

"Here..." came a smooth voice, as Moonbay looked up she
noticed his fingers gently taking the key from her grasp. On his first
try Raven opened the door and smirked at her, leading the way into the
room.

The skilled pilot placed himself on the bed. His thoughts were
still spinning around in his head about the fight, the transporter and
what he just did right there. The transporter soon came in after him,
recovered and angered by his actions. The dark haired girl sat on her
own mattress and stared at the pilot across from her. She was about to
open her mouth to say something but she quickly closed it again.
Regaining her thoughts about what to say Moonbay blurted out the
questions, "Why did you save me?"

Raven looked over to her and his lips curled slightly then a
cold smirk was given to her. "I saved you because.... I need you...To
get back at Van," he replied imperiously. Moonbay's face soon held a
lot of emotions at once, surprise, confusion, and then raging anger.

"Why! How dare you! Using me to get revenge on Van! But, I am
amazed at how blind I was to this. And I shouldn't be surprised at
this either...You are after all, a cold-blooded murder who cares about
nothing but himself!" she said nastily.

Raven lifted himself up, angered by the words that no one
would never dare to calla him before. Then he held himself back and
reformed his face into a superior smirk. After he thought this over,
Raven started to laugh coldly. He was humored by the fact that she
called him names. No one ever had stood up to him before either.

Moonbay was only more enraged at the fact that he was laughing
at her. "Stop laughing!" she yelled at him, her fists clenched in
tightly together. Though his only made the cackling laugh louder.
"Stop! Stop it! I Said Stop!!" Moonbay was so angry at the heartless
person in front of her that all caution was thrown into the wind and
suddenly she moved in closer to him and a hand was flying to Raven's
face.

He caught her hand and dug his fingernails into her wrist. She
winced in pain when he did this. The young pilot's one mocking face
was full with rich anger. He pulled her even closer and growled lowly,
"Don't ever attempt that again," he paused and moved his face to her
ear. He felt her stiffen as he moved closer against her body. His
spoke softly into her ear, "Or you will find yourself in a situation
you just might not want." Raven let his words linger for a few seconds
and then he moved away from her and onto the bed that was his. Smiling
cruelly, he closed his eyes figuring out about what he was going to do
next.

~*~

Moonbay stood there for a few more moments before realizing
what happened and noticing that Raven was already asleep. She growled
in anger about how she had let him completely control her. The girl
sighed as she moved over to her bed and lay down. For the first time
in a long while, she noticed that she was hungry. It was just a few
hours before sunrise and figured what was a little bit more time
without food before breakfast.

Then she thought more about Raven. He was really beginning to
annoy her, but she knew what she felt. As much as she didn't want to
admit it to herself, she had enjoyed it when Raven was close to her.
She had been surprised by the fact that he was so close to her and
stiffened. When he had spoken to her by her ear, she felt a chill go
through her body and almost melted. And she had enjoyed that feeling.
Moonbay groaned in frustration and kicked at the mattress. She was
really letting him get to her. Raven was playing with her and she let
him. Mad at herself, the transporter promised to stop thinking about
Raven and get some much-needed sleep. She soon fell asleep but, soon
found out she couldn't even get away from him there.

~*~

Once he heard heavy breathing from the girl on the bed next to him,
Raven figured that she had finally fallen asleep. He sat up slowly and
let a small sigh escape. He had let his plan slip to the transporter,
now he head to keep a close eye on the girl. He had to make sure that
she wasn't going to tell anyone to help her out and tell his identity
to the villagers. Then the people in the village would run off to the
base where Van was and be on alert for him. Sure, he could blow up the
whole base once Shadow came back with his new zoid. But, he wanted to
see Van suffer. A cold smile formed across his face. Only one who
enjoyed the pain and suffering of other could own such a smile.

He was thinking of ways of how to defeat Van when he heard
some screaming found outside. Lifting himself off of the mattress, he
strolled over to the window. The young pilot sat down on the ledge of
the window, to see who was making all of the noise.

Gazing to the scene below, he found a woman standing over a
large body. The body was of the giant of a man that he had knocked
down. He smirked at the memory, and then tried to hear what the woman
was saying. Obviously, she had been talking to herself because there
was no one up at this hour. What was the woman doing up at this time
also?

The lady got up suddenly and ran down the street. Raven waited
along the window seal until he noticed the woman bustling back to the
man laying on the ground. But this time she wasn't alone, there was a
man in his nightwear, from just getting out of bed. He looked to be
the husband of the blonde haired woman that had found the large man.
Raven kept his focus on them and tried to hear their voices.

"– have to help him," came the voice of the woman.

"No, we don't he was always rude to everyone else in the
town," replied the man.

"Come on, Brandon! He is hurt, it is just the right thing to
do."

The man sighed and shook his head back and forth before
bending down and taking a closer look at the man that was unconscious.

"It looks like he was blown backwards by a force. The imprint
on his shirt looks like the shape of a fist. So it seems that the guy
got into a fight, got punched in the gut, the wind was knocked out of
him and the force of the hit made him unconscious," the young man said
looking over to the tall woman.

"Well, who would do such a thing here, ya know. Everyone else
in the town has agreed to put up with the fellow. So, it must have
been a traveler. And the traveler would have to be even bigger,
stronger, and meaner than him," she motioned to the man on the ground.

"That is most likely the case here, Marie."

"Shouldn't we ask one of the Republicans to helps us keep the
border of our town safe. I really don't think that everyone would like
to know that some dangerous man in around here."

"Yeah, I see what ya mean..." he sighed softly and nodded to
the women. "I will give them a call in the morning--"

That was where Raven pulled away and stopped listening. This
is great, he thought, some Republican pilots would be here by the
afternoon tomorrow. It was still a day or two away from the base by
the Gustav, but the soldiers would most likely be flying in Pears. So
he would have to get up early and take the transporter with him to not
be spotted by the pilots.

As his train of thought drifted back to the transporter girl,
he remembered their situation earlier. He stood there thinking for a
few seconds. Having held her arm in his tight grip and pulling her
closer, he had felt the warmth radiating off of her body, a nice
comforting warmth that he could spend forever in. He growled at
himself once he caught himself thinking about that. Everything he
learned and had been taught was being able to live without any
comforts at all and never needing any. Only surviving on little food,
water, and depending only on himself.

Moving to lay down, he gave a last glance to the transporter
on the soft bed. He lay across his bed and closed his eyes. Relaxing
his body and clearing his mind, Raven slowly fell into a dreamless
sleep.

~*~

A/N: Phew! Another chapter done! This story is really taking it out on
me! Just pray that I can whip up another one soon enough! I would
really like to thank all of my reviewers that reviewed last chapter!

NekoRaven, Anigirl 7, Red Baroness, Radiant Sapphire, Serenity
Blossom, Coffee Luv and MORT, Hannah, and Alyer!!!!

Thank you all sooo much! I really, really love you guys! I don't think
that I would have enough inspiration to finish this sorry without you!
So a big hug to all of you!

A little note to Red Baroness and Radiant Sapphire: I really hope that
you post another chapter and haven't stopped writing Little Raven, Red
Baroness! I really want to find out about Brandon and Raven! And
Radiant Sapphire, I can't wait until another chapter on Hidden Past!
Sorry, I am too lazy to type up another review to your stories, so I
just posted it here, lol.

Okay, now that we are done with that...I finally figured out the whole
beginning, middle, and ending of this fanfic. Yes, I went into this
fiction without an ending but I have wrapped the plot and everything
up so I hope that I can start writing faster and more now. You can
probably expect one chapter a month...Yes, I know that it is sad, but
I have found it true. Just, wait until summer! It might take that long
to put an end to this story. But, that is the time where I have
nothing but spare time on my hands...

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