Kay: I told you not to tell them or go near them!
Jamie: Well, it isn't my fault if they decide to put me in reviews.
Kay: Yes, and it is a good thing that they didn't try to force you to tell them, but you still gave away the obvious plot. At least you didn't really tell them the ending, or what is going to happen in this chapter, no one knows, except me that is. However, you still shouldn't go near them.
Jamie: Hey, it was Zapper Zako's choice to put me in there in the first place.
Kay: That reminds me, Thank you, Zapper Zako for your e-mail. I think you are one of the ones who inspired some of this chapter, I don't really know how, but after reading your e-mail, this little idea clicked in my head, so Thanks! Oh, Jamie, hmm... you could have done your disappearing act.
Jamie: What? How would I do that?
Kay: Like this! *Pushes Jamie off cliff Kay fell off earlier* Bye Jamie.
Jack: You do realize that you did that all in front of your audience, right?
Kay: ... you were recording that part?
Jack: *nods*
Kay: You're going to be the next to go down the hill after we are done with this part.
Jack: Umm...if you can catch me.
Kay: I may not be the fastest on the soccer team, but you had better hope I don't catch you.
Jack: *nods*
Kay: Are you still taping? ... *notices little red, blinking light, sighs* okay, as you can tell, Jamie and I have been arguing. Oh, and I don't know if I've said this in the last few chapters, but I'll say it now so you all know, and this is a direct quote. "MAN! I'M LOVING ALL THESE REVIEWS!" I think Jack videotaped my reaction, but I'm not sure, and if he did, he won't be showing any of you until he is pushed off the cliff. Don't you back away Jack. You still have to record the rest of this. Like I said, I loved the reviews, most of you made me laugh, some of you said that the last chapter made you pretty much cry, and I must master that skill of feelings, I got a long way to go. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the reviews I have received. *laughs* Okay, I know I left you all at a very tense moment, but I couldn't help it if it just felt like I should. All right, these first few paragraphs are somewhat an introduction, so I recommend that you all read it carefully to understand what is happening, because I can assure you most of this will not make sense unless you read these first couple paragraphs.
Oh, and here is a one stanza poem that may help you understand why you should read those paragraphs so carefully.
Seven years went by,
I think some nights I sat on my bed to cry,
Because every time I thought about that day,
I remember how you pushed me away.
Kay: Maybe that helps, I don't know, anyhow on with the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: *Chorus* KAY DOES NOT OWN ZOIDS, DO NOT STEAL, COPY, MODIFY, OR REUSE HER IDEAS THE SAME WAY, THE PLOT IS HERS. It is the one thing we let her keep. *Bows, walks away into the forest*
Kay: What?! I saw it fitting for them to come back and sing since they did such a wonderful job last time. Okay, on with the story, yeah?
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Seven Years too Long
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A month from that day, Bit and Leena finally began to chase each other again; two months later they began to talk to one another, though it was only basic words like "yes" or "okay," with the longest sentence, "Good morning." It took three months more for Jamie to lend Doc the money he wanted, and a year for Doc to get a special zoid model he had obsessed over. Two years later, Brad had the courage to start dating Naomi.
After another year, Harry came down to planet Zi, and continued his strangeness, still stalking Leena. Now, it's two years and six months later. To put it simply, it has been exactly seven years since the night when Bit became heartbroken and more importantly, broke Leena's by being stupid. Now, though Bit and Leena are both 25 years old, they continue to act like children towards one another.
Over those years, other changes occurred. Leena let her hair grow a little longer. It wasn't much of a noticeable difference, but enough. She grew another two inches, and developed her body more so she was physically stronger. Two things for sure remained the same, her purple eyes, and welcoming personality. Her eyes had stayed unfazed over the last seven years, and still had the same glint they always had. Her personality was still fiery.
Bit had also grown; he grew about two inches, keeping his height above Leena's. He had stolen Leena's food more regularly in the last few years, so he maintained his athletic figure. Occasionally, though, Leena would let him have some of her food, and he would do the same in return. His life had indeed changed in seven long years, and it was hard for him to believe what he had become. He was one of the most well respected, well-known pilots, along with his whole team. He went from junk dealer, to top class pilot, to legendary pilot. He could hardly go a week without someone outside the base saying, 'Hey, aren't you Bit Cloud?'
His life had settled down. He knew exactly what would make it complete. On this special day, something happened to change their lives forever.
You could say everything that morning began normally. Brad was working on his Shadow Fox before he went into the kitchen to eat. He was fixing the barrel on one of the guns that had been slightly damaged in yesterday's battle. Jamie was making breakfast in the kitchen for the five of them. Doc had awakened, and was playing with his zoid models as if they were in a real battle. As for Bit and Leena, their wonderful morning routine hadn't changed, save for the fact that Leena was prepared for Bit.
The night before, Leena had planned how she would chase her victim, knowing now which way the coward would run. She had set up a few things in the hangar, blocked certain routes to force him to run right where she wanted him. This time, she was positive she would catch him.
Brad was just about finishing a job when he heard familiar yells, threats, and screams for help heading down the hall towards the hangar. He looked up from his position, which is on top of the Shadow Fox, just in time to see a blonde-haired, green-eyed warrior sprint through the entrance, this time, a chocolate chip cookie clutched in his right hand. He was in the same old battle uniform as before; it had been stitched quite a few times.
"HELP! I SWEAR THIS IS MY COOKIE! SOMEONE STOP THIS MANIAC!" he screamed frantically, grinning as he ran.
Brad, still looking at the entrance, saw a red-haired, female warrior emerge at a fast pace, her eyes fixed on her prey as she sprinted after it. She was dressed in casual wear, and looked pleased to be chasing Bit again.
"YOU BETTER HOPE I DON'T CATCH YOU BIT!" she screamed.
Brad shook his head slightly and mumbled under his breath, "Some things never change," with a sigh, then returned to finishing the job he had started.
Meanwhile, Bit was having a horrible time escaping Leena. He attempted to make a right turn around a large crate to lose her, but it was blocked by extra zoid parts he had collected a few days before. He didn't know they were there.
"COME BACK HERE BIT CLOUD!" she yelled; her plan had worked.
"MAKE ME!" he yelled back, passing the Liger 0 who stood silently watching. Bit only sprinted faster. 'Just a little farther, and you've lost her,' he thought to himself. There was a left turn ahead; it lead to a door between a large crate and the hangar wall. He had been taking that route, which should have allowed him to lose her. The only problem was, he didn't realize she already knew about it.
Knowing the turn was ahead, he began to accelerate as much as possible. He finally got to the edge of the crate, made a sharp cut to his left, to make a straight break through what he thought was the open door. Once through, he would lock the door, and sprint to the kitchen.
As he approached the door, his body slammed into it, causing a large dent at the point of impact, and bouncing him back a few feet. He had been looking back at Leena the whole time, and didn't see it was closed. Normally it was open, allowing him to run through it, but it wasn't this time. He couldn't go to the right because there was the hangar wall, and he couldn't go to the left because of the crate. He was at a dead end.
'Uh-oh,' he thought to himself, he hadn't expected it to be closed. He turned around to see Leena looking straight into his eyes. He began to move back as far as possible until his back was against the cold, metal door with a large dent, which fit the outline of his body. He quickly reached with his left hand for the button to open the door, but as soon as he pressed it, he felt his whole body fly upward. It had finally occurred to him. He was trapped. He noticed he was in a large rope net a good distance off the ground, with no way to get down. His body was curled up with his knees to his chest, the cookie still clutched in his right hand. His back was towards the ground. He looked towards Leena to see her reaction; a triumphant look was on Leena's face. Her eyes looked on happily at the sight of him caught in the net like an insect in a spider web. Her arms were crossed in front of her body with most of her weight on her left foot.
"Hey Leena," he said cheerily, knowing he was dead. "It's a wonderful morning, huh?" he smiled broadly at her.
"Yep," she replied as she stood next to him with a genuine smile on her face. "It's a beautiful morning, just to let you know." She quickly reached into the net and grabbed her cookie. "Now, I'm debating what I should do next with you."
"Come on, Leena," he said with as wide a smile as he could muster, "You know I was going to give it back."
"Sure," she replied sarcastically, "That's why there is a large Bit mark in it," she claimed, looking at the chunk missing.
"So I got a little hungry, no big deal," Bit soon regretted his words.
"Hmmm...I think I'll just throw you to your fan group. Let them decide what they want you to do. Maybe they'll take you shopping with them, get you some new clothes."
"You wouldn't," he said.
"Maybe this list of names and numbers will clear up some things. They seem to like to call and leave messages," a smirk was now on her lips, "Or maybe I should just let you stay up there for the rest of the day. That would probably teach you to show some respect for others," she took a bite out of her cookie, still debating what to do.
Bit gave a hesitant laugh. Was she being serious? Or was she kidding? He didn't know. "You're not serious are you?" he asked uncertainly.
"Why would I go through all the trouble if I was going to let you go?" she took another bite out of her cookie.
"But you wouldn't throw me to my fan group, right?"
She took another bite out of her cookie; now only a small piece remained. She looked at him thoughtfully, reached into her pocket, and pulled out a piece of paper with names and numbers on it, unfolded it, and held it near his face so he could see it.
Unfortunately for Bit, there were names on the list he recognized. "Oh," he whispered quietly, surprised. She then folded the paper back up, and placed it in her pocket.
"I guess that solves that," she nodded to herself.
In the distance, both warriors heard a voice yelling their names, "BIT, LEENA, BREAKFAST!" It was Jamie, and he was apparently finished making breakfast.
"BE THERE IS A SECOND, JAMIE!" Leena replied, and then refocused her attention on Bit.
"Hey, you wanna go get breakfast, you know, before it gets cold," he said thoughtfully.
"And leave you hanging here by yourself so you can try to get away...I don't think so," there was a new glint in her eyes, which signaled Bit that she had an idea.
"What are you going to do to me?" he said, sensing she was on to something.
"Your punishment," she replied firmly. She then walked so she was under him, put her hands through the holes to meet his sides, and began to tickle him. Bit couldn't help but laugh hard; he was ticklish. He tried to move to the side escape her fingers, but failed. He couldn't move at all, because the net was too tight around him.
After a few minutes, Bit was ready to go bathroom, and Leena finally stopped.
"Was that my punishment?" he asked happily as he hung there.
"Yeah," she replied with a pure smile, "It is," she then pressed the button to open the door, and Bit and the net made contact with the concrete floor with a loud bang, "That is also part of it."
Bit laughed happily, rubbing his back slightly, "I guess I deserve it in a way."
"Yeah, you do," she replied just as happy.
"Hey, I was just kidding," he said, trying to look insulted at what she had just said.
"You're a horrible liar Bit," she said extending her hand to lift him.
"You really think so?" he said as he took her hand.
"Try to lie again."
"I think you're the most horrible thing that ever walked planet Zi."
"Liar," she said quickly.
"How would you truly know?" he asked slyly.
"Because," she began modestly, "I told you to try to lie."
"You're good."
"And I wouldn't make you laugh if I were the most horrible thing on Zi, and you were smiling when you said that."
"Geez, take away the fun in everything."
"And what's that suppose to mean?" she said, attempting to look insulted just as Bit had been.
"Just an observation."
"Too bad you're blind."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" he repeated what Leena had said.
"Just an observation," she said with a smile. They both laughed slightly.
"Lets go get some food, yeah?" he asked.
"Okay," she said.
"Okay," he repeated, and they left the hangar for the kitchen after Leena rewired the door so it would open.
They entered the kitchen, both smiling. Jamie took note of it and asked indecisively, "What's up with you two?"
"The fact that we are both hungry, and would like some food," Bit replied.
"Help yourselves, it's on the table."
"Thanks, Jamie," Bit and Leena said in unison and took a seat next to each other. They began loading their plates with eggs, bacon, pancakes, sausages, and much more food. Nowadays, they had plenty of food because they won so regularly. After a few minutes, Jamie joined them at the table, sitting across from Bit. He laid a newspaper flat on the table, and began to read.
Leena and Bit took note of what Jamie was doing, and Leena quickly asked after swallowing a mouth full of egg, "Since when do you read the paper, Jamie?"
"Since the Royal Cup tournament finished a year ago, most of the time you two aren't here to see me reading."
"Well, aren't you going to eat first?" Bit asked.
"I already had. As I said, you two aren't here most of the time," he replied.
Leena and Bit both nodded in agreement.
"Hey," Bit said after eating some bacon, "Do we have anything to drink around here?"
"The milk is all gone, Doc ruined all the tea-"
Bit cut him off, "What about the orange juice?"
"You all finished it off yesterday," he continued, "We do have coffee."
"All right, I'll take that," Bit finally agreed as Jamie passed him the pot and Bit began to pour it in his cup.
At that moment, the kitchen door flew opened with a loud bang making all three jump, and Bit almost spilled the coffee over everything.
"Geez," Bit said loudly, "You'd think that most people would be content with a door that opens by itself," he said as he finished pouring the coffee and placed the pot on the table. He looked around to see who it was. "Hiya Harry, what a pleasant surprise for you to join us," he said sarcastically. Harry had become a recent visitor, and was still ignored at the Toro's base. Bit had begun to hate Harry increasingly over the years, but still restrained himself from choking him. Instead of wasting his energy by telling Harry to get lost, Bit slowly began to drink his coffee, gripping the handle tightly to absorb some of his anger.
Jamie stared briefly, then returned to reading.
Leena, however, wondered why Harry was here. Sure, she had been tricked into a few dates with him in the last seven years, and had started to appreciate him in some small way, but still disliked his annoying behavior. She wondered why he was here so early.
"Hello Leena," came his sickening voice.
"What do you want, Harry?" she asked firmly, "You aren't getting me to go on another date."
"Now Leena," he said just as sweetly, "That's no way to treat your future husband."
"What are you talking about?" she asked as she stood up. Jamie had taken his eyes off the paper, and stared at the unfolding scene. Bit all the while, continued to drink his coffee slowly, barely sipping, but not swallowing it completely.
Harry quickly moved in front of her, "I'm going to do something I should have done nine years ago," he then kneeled in front of her, took hold of her left hand with his right, took a small black box out of his pocket, released her hand, then opened it.
"Leena, will you marry me?"
Leena stood silently with her eyes ready to pop out, Jamie's jaw dropped immediately, and Bit sprayed the large quantity of coffee he had in his mouth across the table covering Jamie's face and chest area.
"Sorry," Bit said as he stared at the fuming Jamie in front of him. He reluctantly got up, and left the room, his fists clenched, turning white from the pressure.
Feeling as if he were an intruder, Jamie too, left, coffee dripping down his nose leaving a trail of coffee as he walked.
This left Leena and Harry all alone, Leena debating what to do. Should she say yes, or no? She didn't know. She didn't really love him, but her life wasn't going anywhere. Was he worth it? Yes, the little box contained a beautifully crafted, gold band, diamond ring. Excuse me, a HUGE diamond ring. Was it worth it?
Meanwhile, Jamie rushed to the hangar to alert Brad about the recent events.
Brad, seeing Jamie covered in coffee, couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Did the coffee pot attack you?"
"Yeah, aliens from another planet took control of the coffee pot and attacked me so they could figure out why the Blitz team continues to win. Come on, I want you to hear something!"
"What is it about?" Brad asked, thinking it may be a trick.
"Harry asked Leena to marry him, and I don't think she has said yes yet."
"Why are you giving me some story about aliens attacking you? Lets go!"
They both dashed over to Doc to retrieve him as well. As soon as they were outside the kitchen door, the one Harry had entered, Jamie filled them in on the entire story. Hearing this, all three put their ears to the door in an attempt to hear the rest of Leena and Harry's conversation.
Inside, Leena was enjoying Harry's face as time passed. Harry was slowly becoming impatient, and could no longer take the silence.
"My love, if you accept, you will make me the happiest man on Zi. You will be rich, receive all the ammo you need, battle to your heart's content, you'll have security, protection, love from me. You'd be able to visit Doc, Jamie, Brad, and," he paused for a moment, then said with great distain, "Bit."
"That's a load of rubbish," whispered a low voice from behind the kitchen door.
"Hush Jamie," she heard a deeper voice say, "We don't want her hearing us."
"Oh will you two just shut up?" said a third, calmer voice.
Leena stifled a giggle, and continued to stare at the focused Harry, who seemed oblivious to the three voices. Moments later, he asked, "So what do you say?" as if no one were listening.
"I'll have to think about it, Harry," Leena said, thoughtfully.
Another few heart-wrenching, awkward moments passed before Harry asked, "Have you had enough time to think, Love?"
'Big ring, no love. True love, not too good of a ring. Beauty is a burden,' she deduced.
Time passed slowly for Harry, each second seeming like another seven years. The situation was tearing at Harry's insides, perhaps something was about to break: his heart pounded as he stared at Leena, his knee stiffened from remaining too long in the same position, and his arms began to shake as he held up the little box containing the beautifully crafted gold ring.
In contrast to Harry, Leena was enjoying the moment, but finally concluded, 'I can't miss an opportunity like this,' she said to herself. She sighed, looked straight into his blue eyes, and replied sweetly, "Yes..."
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Kay: All right, before any of you decide to kill me, 1) Check my Bio page, and check the couples. 2) Realize I still have one more to two chapters to go, and I'm kinda sure that the next chapter will be my last. 3) If you kill me, then this is where this story ends. 4) She says something else, notice ... the three periods. 5) You have to say, this is a lovely cliffhanger. However, I'm thinking right now that you all don't want to hear this.
Harry: She doesn't say anything else! My Leena said yes!
Kay: Dream on Romeo *hits Harry in the head with Leena's frying pan* Security! SECURITY! All right, well, I guess you will all have to find out in the next chapter to know what happens. Until- WHOA!
Jamie: *Pushes Kay off cliff, and brushes of dirt on himself* that is her payback. Good-bye, I shall now be running. *Sprints for his zoid*
Kay: *still falling down cliff* YOU-SHALL-PAY-JAMIE!!! Ouch...
Jamie: Well, it isn't my fault if they decide to put me in reviews.
Kay: Yes, and it is a good thing that they didn't try to force you to tell them, but you still gave away the obvious plot. At least you didn't really tell them the ending, or what is going to happen in this chapter, no one knows, except me that is. However, you still shouldn't go near them.
Jamie: Hey, it was Zapper Zako's choice to put me in there in the first place.
Kay: That reminds me, Thank you, Zapper Zako for your e-mail. I think you are one of the ones who inspired some of this chapter, I don't really know how, but after reading your e-mail, this little idea clicked in my head, so Thanks! Oh, Jamie, hmm... you could have done your disappearing act.
Jamie: What? How would I do that?
Kay: Like this! *Pushes Jamie off cliff Kay fell off earlier* Bye Jamie.
Jack: You do realize that you did that all in front of your audience, right?
Kay: ... you were recording that part?
Jack: *nods*
Kay: You're going to be the next to go down the hill after we are done with this part.
Jack: Umm...if you can catch me.
Kay: I may not be the fastest on the soccer team, but you had better hope I don't catch you.
Jack: *nods*
Kay: Are you still taping? ... *notices little red, blinking light, sighs* okay, as you can tell, Jamie and I have been arguing. Oh, and I don't know if I've said this in the last few chapters, but I'll say it now so you all know, and this is a direct quote. "MAN! I'M LOVING ALL THESE REVIEWS!" I think Jack videotaped my reaction, but I'm not sure, and if he did, he won't be showing any of you until he is pushed off the cliff. Don't you back away Jack. You still have to record the rest of this. Like I said, I loved the reviews, most of you made me laugh, some of you said that the last chapter made you pretty much cry, and I must master that skill of feelings, I got a long way to go. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the reviews I have received. *laughs* Okay, I know I left you all at a very tense moment, but I couldn't help it if it just felt like I should. All right, these first few paragraphs are somewhat an introduction, so I recommend that you all read it carefully to understand what is happening, because I can assure you most of this will not make sense unless you read these first couple paragraphs.
Oh, and here is a one stanza poem that may help you understand why you should read those paragraphs so carefully.
Seven years went by,
I think some nights I sat on my bed to cry,
Because every time I thought about that day,
I remember how you pushed me away.
Kay: Maybe that helps, I don't know, anyhow on with the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: *Chorus* KAY DOES NOT OWN ZOIDS, DO NOT STEAL, COPY, MODIFY, OR REUSE HER IDEAS THE SAME WAY, THE PLOT IS HERS. It is the one thing we let her keep. *Bows, walks away into the forest*
Kay: What?! I saw it fitting for them to come back and sing since they did such a wonderful job last time. Okay, on with the story, yeah?
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Seven Years too Long
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A month from that day, Bit and Leena finally began to chase each other again; two months later they began to talk to one another, though it was only basic words like "yes" or "okay," with the longest sentence, "Good morning." It took three months more for Jamie to lend Doc the money he wanted, and a year for Doc to get a special zoid model he had obsessed over. Two years later, Brad had the courage to start dating Naomi.
After another year, Harry came down to planet Zi, and continued his strangeness, still stalking Leena. Now, it's two years and six months later. To put it simply, it has been exactly seven years since the night when Bit became heartbroken and more importantly, broke Leena's by being stupid. Now, though Bit and Leena are both 25 years old, they continue to act like children towards one another.
Over those years, other changes occurred. Leena let her hair grow a little longer. It wasn't much of a noticeable difference, but enough. She grew another two inches, and developed her body more so she was physically stronger. Two things for sure remained the same, her purple eyes, and welcoming personality. Her eyes had stayed unfazed over the last seven years, and still had the same glint they always had. Her personality was still fiery.
Bit had also grown; he grew about two inches, keeping his height above Leena's. He had stolen Leena's food more regularly in the last few years, so he maintained his athletic figure. Occasionally, though, Leena would let him have some of her food, and he would do the same in return. His life had indeed changed in seven long years, and it was hard for him to believe what he had become. He was one of the most well respected, well-known pilots, along with his whole team. He went from junk dealer, to top class pilot, to legendary pilot. He could hardly go a week without someone outside the base saying, 'Hey, aren't you Bit Cloud?'
His life had settled down. He knew exactly what would make it complete. On this special day, something happened to change their lives forever.
You could say everything that morning began normally. Brad was working on his Shadow Fox before he went into the kitchen to eat. He was fixing the barrel on one of the guns that had been slightly damaged in yesterday's battle. Jamie was making breakfast in the kitchen for the five of them. Doc had awakened, and was playing with his zoid models as if they were in a real battle. As for Bit and Leena, their wonderful morning routine hadn't changed, save for the fact that Leena was prepared for Bit.
The night before, Leena had planned how she would chase her victim, knowing now which way the coward would run. She had set up a few things in the hangar, blocked certain routes to force him to run right where she wanted him. This time, she was positive she would catch him.
Brad was just about finishing a job when he heard familiar yells, threats, and screams for help heading down the hall towards the hangar. He looked up from his position, which is on top of the Shadow Fox, just in time to see a blonde-haired, green-eyed warrior sprint through the entrance, this time, a chocolate chip cookie clutched in his right hand. He was in the same old battle uniform as before; it had been stitched quite a few times.
"HELP! I SWEAR THIS IS MY COOKIE! SOMEONE STOP THIS MANIAC!" he screamed frantically, grinning as he ran.
Brad, still looking at the entrance, saw a red-haired, female warrior emerge at a fast pace, her eyes fixed on her prey as she sprinted after it. She was dressed in casual wear, and looked pleased to be chasing Bit again.
"YOU BETTER HOPE I DON'T CATCH YOU BIT!" she screamed.
Brad shook his head slightly and mumbled under his breath, "Some things never change," with a sigh, then returned to finishing the job he had started.
Meanwhile, Bit was having a horrible time escaping Leena. He attempted to make a right turn around a large crate to lose her, but it was blocked by extra zoid parts he had collected a few days before. He didn't know they were there.
"COME BACK HERE BIT CLOUD!" she yelled; her plan had worked.
"MAKE ME!" he yelled back, passing the Liger 0 who stood silently watching. Bit only sprinted faster. 'Just a little farther, and you've lost her,' he thought to himself. There was a left turn ahead; it lead to a door between a large crate and the hangar wall. He had been taking that route, which should have allowed him to lose her. The only problem was, he didn't realize she already knew about it.
Knowing the turn was ahead, he began to accelerate as much as possible. He finally got to the edge of the crate, made a sharp cut to his left, to make a straight break through what he thought was the open door. Once through, he would lock the door, and sprint to the kitchen.
As he approached the door, his body slammed into it, causing a large dent at the point of impact, and bouncing him back a few feet. He had been looking back at Leena the whole time, and didn't see it was closed. Normally it was open, allowing him to run through it, but it wasn't this time. He couldn't go to the right because there was the hangar wall, and he couldn't go to the left because of the crate. He was at a dead end.
'Uh-oh,' he thought to himself, he hadn't expected it to be closed. He turned around to see Leena looking straight into his eyes. He began to move back as far as possible until his back was against the cold, metal door with a large dent, which fit the outline of his body. He quickly reached with his left hand for the button to open the door, but as soon as he pressed it, he felt his whole body fly upward. It had finally occurred to him. He was trapped. He noticed he was in a large rope net a good distance off the ground, with no way to get down. His body was curled up with his knees to his chest, the cookie still clutched in his right hand. His back was towards the ground. He looked towards Leena to see her reaction; a triumphant look was on Leena's face. Her eyes looked on happily at the sight of him caught in the net like an insect in a spider web. Her arms were crossed in front of her body with most of her weight on her left foot.
"Hey Leena," he said cheerily, knowing he was dead. "It's a wonderful morning, huh?" he smiled broadly at her.
"Yep," she replied as she stood next to him with a genuine smile on her face. "It's a beautiful morning, just to let you know." She quickly reached into the net and grabbed her cookie. "Now, I'm debating what I should do next with you."
"Come on, Leena," he said with as wide a smile as he could muster, "You know I was going to give it back."
"Sure," she replied sarcastically, "That's why there is a large Bit mark in it," she claimed, looking at the chunk missing.
"So I got a little hungry, no big deal," Bit soon regretted his words.
"Hmmm...I think I'll just throw you to your fan group. Let them decide what they want you to do. Maybe they'll take you shopping with them, get you some new clothes."
"You wouldn't," he said.
"Maybe this list of names and numbers will clear up some things. They seem to like to call and leave messages," a smirk was now on her lips, "Or maybe I should just let you stay up there for the rest of the day. That would probably teach you to show some respect for others," she took a bite out of her cookie, still debating what to do.
Bit gave a hesitant laugh. Was she being serious? Or was she kidding? He didn't know. "You're not serious are you?" he asked uncertainly.
"Why would I go through all the trouble if I was going to let you go?" she took another bite out of her cookie.
"But you wouldn't throw me to my fan group, right?"
She took another bite out of her cookie; now only a small piece remained. She looked at him thoughtfully, reached into her pocket, and pulled out a piece of paper with names and numbers on it, unfolded it, and held it near his face so he could see it.
Unfortunately for Bit, there were names on the list he recognized. "Oh," he whispered quietly, surprised. She then folded the paper back up, and placed it in her pocket.
"I guess that solves that," she nodded to herself.
In the distance, both warriors heard a voice yelling their names, "BIT, LEENA, BREAKFAST!" It was Jamie, and he was apparently finished making breakfast.
"BE THERE IS A SECOND, JAMIE!" Leena replied, and then refocused her attention on Bit.
"Hey, you wanna go get breakfast, you know, before it gets cold," he said thoughtfully.
"And leave you hanging here by yourself so you can try to get away...I don't think so," there was a new glint in her eyes, which signaled Bit that she had an idea.
"What are you going to do to me?" he said, sensing she was on to something.
"Your punishment," she replied firmly. She then walked so she was under him, put her hands through the holes to meet his sides, and began to tickle him. Bit couldn't help but laugh hard; he was ticklish. He tried to move to the side escape her fingers, but failed. He couldn't move at all, because the net was too tight around him.
After a few minutes, Bit was ready to go bathroom, and Leena finally stopped.
"Was that my punishment?" he asked happily as he hung there.
"Yeah," she replied with a pure smile, "It is," she then pressed the button to open the door, and Bit and the net made contact with the concrete floor with a loud bang, "That is also part of it."
Bit laughed happily, rubbing his back slightly, "I guess I deserve it in a way."
"Yeah, you do," she replied just as happy.
"Hey, I was just kidding," he said, trying to look insulted at what she had just said.
"You're a horrible liar Bit," she said extending her hand to lift him.
"You really think so?" he said as he took her hand.
"Try to lie again."
"I think you're the most horrible thing that ever walked planet Zi."
"Liar," she said quickly.
"How would you truly know?" he asked slyly.
"Because," she began modestly, "I told you to try to lie."
"You're good."
"And I wouldn't make you laugh if I were the most horrible thing on Zi, and you were smiling when you said that."
"Geez, take away the fun in everything."
"And what's that suppose to mean?" she said, attempting to look insulted just as Bit had been.
"Just an observation."
"Too bad you're blind."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" he repeated what Leena had said.
"Just an observation," she said with a smile. They both laughed slightly.
"Lets go get some food, yeah?" he asked.
"Okay," she said.
"Okay," he repeated, and they left the hangar for the kitchen after Leena rewired the door so it would open.
They entered the kitchen, both smiling. Jamie took note of it and asked indecisively, "What's up with you two?"
"The fact that we are both hungry, and would like some food," Bit replied.
"Help yourselves, it's on the table."
"Thanks, Jamie," Bit and Leena said in unison and took a seat next to each other. They began loading their plates with eggs, bacon, pancakes, sausages, and much more food. Nowadays, they had plenty of food because they won so regularly. After a few minutes, Jamie joined them at the table, sitting across from Bit. He laid a newspaper flat on the table, and began to read.
Leena and Bit took note of what Jamie was doing, and Leena quickly asked after swallowing a mouth full of egg, "Since when do you read the paper, Jamie?"
"Since the Royal Cup tournament finished a year ago, most of the time you two aren't here to see me reading."
"Well, aren't you going to eat first?" Bit asked.
"I already had. As I said, you two aren't here most of the time," he replied.
Leena and Bit both nodded in agreement.
"Hey," Bit said after eating some bacon, "Do we have anything to drink around here?"
"The milk is all gone, Doc ruined all the tea-"
Bit cut him off, "What about the orange juice?"
"You all finished it off yesterday," he continued, "We do have coffee."
"All right, I'll take that," Bit finally agreed as Jamie passed him the pot and Bit began to pour it in his cup.
At that moment, the kitchen door flew opened with a loud bang making all three jump, and Bit almost spilled the coffee over everything.
"Geez," Bit said loudly, "You'd think that most people would be content with a door that opens by itself," he said as he finished pouring the coffee and placed the pot on the table. He looked around to see who it was. "Hiya Harry, what a pleasant surprise for you to join us," he said sarcastically. Harry had become a recent visitor, and was still ignored at the Toro's base. Bit had begun to hate Harry increasingly over the years, but still restrained himself from choking him. Instead of wasting his energy by telling Harry to get lost, Bit slowly began to drink his coffee, gripping the handle tightly to absorb some of his anger.
Jamie stared briefly, then returned to reading.
Leena, however, wondered why Harry was here. Sure, she had been tricked into a few dates with him in the last seven years, and had started to appreciate him in some small way, but still disliked his annoying behavior. She wondered why he was here so early.
"Hello Leena," came his sickening voice.
"What do you want, Harry?" she asked firmly, "You aren't getting me to go on another date."
"Now Leena," he said just as sweetly, "That's no way to treat your future husband."
"What are you talking about?" she asked as she stood up. Jamie had taken his eyes off the paper, and stared at the unfolding scene. Bit all the while, continued to drink his coffee slowly, barely sipping, but not swallowing it completely.
Harry quickly moved in front of her, "I'm going to do something I should have done nine years ago," he then kneeled in front of her, took hold of her left hand with his right, took a small black box out of his pocket, released her hand, then opened it.
"Leena, will you marry me?"
Leena stood silently with her eyes ready to pop out, Jamie's jaw dropped immediately, and Bit sprayed the large quantity of coffee he had in his mouth across the table covering Jamie's face and chest area.
"Sorry," Bit said as he stared at the fuming Jamie in front of him. He reluctantly got up, and left the room, his fists clenched, turning white from the pressure.
Feeling as if he were an intruder, Jamie too, left, coffee dripping down his nose leaving a trail of coffee as he walked.
This left Leena and Harry all alone, Leena debating what to do. Should she say yes, or no? She didn't know. She didn't really love him, but her life wasn't going anywhere. Was he worth it? Yes, the little box contained a beautifully crafted, gold band, diamond ring. Excuse me, a HUGE diamond ring. Was it worth it?
Meanwhile, Jamie rushed to the hangar to alert Brad about the recent events.
Brad, seeing Jamie covered in coffee, couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Did the coffee pot attack you?"
"Yeah, aliens from another planet took control of the coffee pot and attacked me so they could figure out why the Blitz team continues to win. Come on, I want you to hear something!"
"What is it about?" Brad asked, thinking it may be a trick.
"Harry asked Leena to marry him, and I don't think she has said yes yet."
"Why are you giving me some story about aliens attacking you? Lets go!"
They both dashed over to Doc to retrieve him as well. As soon as they were outside the kitchen door, the one Harry had entered, Jamie filled them in on the entire story. Hearing this, all three put their ears to the door in an attempt to hear the rest of Leena and Harry's conversation.
Inside, Leena was enjoying Harry's face as time passed. Harry was slowly becoming impatient, and could no longer take the silence.
"My love, if you accept, you will make me the happiest man on Zi. You will be rich, receive all the ammo you need, battle to your heart's content, you'll have security, protection, love from me. You'd be able to visit Doc, Jamie, Brad, and," he paused for a moment, then said with great distain, "Bit."
"That's a load of rubbish," whispered a low voice from behind the kitchen door.
"Hush Jamie," she heard a deeper voice say, "We don't want her hearing us."
"Oh will you two just shut up?" said a third, calmer voice.
Leena stifled a giggle, and continued to stare at the focused Harry, who seemed oblivious to the three voices. Moments later, he asked, "So what do you say?" as if no one were listening.
"I'll have to think about it, Harry," Leena said, thoughtfully.
Another few heart-wrenching, awkward moments passed before Harry asked, "Have you had enough time to think, Love?"
'Big ring, no love. True love, not too good of a ring. Beauty is a burden,' she deduced.
Time passed slowly for Harry, each second seeming like another seven years. The situation was tearing at Harry's insides, perhaps something was about to break: his heart pounded as he stared at Leena, his knee stiffened from remaining too long in the same position, and his arms began to shake as he held up the little box containing the beautifully crafted gold ring.
In contrast to Harry, Leena was enjoying the moment, but finally concluded, 'I can't miss an opportunity like this,' she said to herself. She sighed, looked straight into his blue eyes, and replied sweetly, "Yes..."
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Kay: All right, before any of you decide to kill me, 1) Check my Bio page, and check the couples. 2) Realize I still have one more to two chapters to go, and I'm kinda sure that the next chapter will be my last. 3) If you kill me, then this is where this story ends. 4) She says something else, notice ... the three periods. 5) You have to say, this is a lovely cliffhanger. However, I'm thinking right now that you all don't want to hear this.
Harry: She doesn't say anything else! My Leena said yes!
Kay: Dream on Romeo *hits Harry in the head with Leena's frying pan* Security! SECURITY! All right, well, I guess you will all have to find out in the next chapter to know what happens. Until- WHOA!
Jamie: *Pushes Kay off cliff, and brushes of dirt on himself* that is her payback. Good-bye, I shall now be running. *Sprints for his zoid*
Kay: *still falling down cliff* YOU-SHALL-PAY-JAMIE!!! Ouch...
