AN: All Zoid characters are not mine! Enjoy!

OPEN YOUR EYES Chapter 9. Struggles

Raven felt himself hurled up against the rock face and the Genobreaker shook. Dust and small rocks fell around him like rain and Raven yelled in rage.
"I do not have time for the shit!" He yelled angrily and slammed hard in the Thomas.
The fired a charged particle gun but missed.
Raven's head was not in the battle. He was thinking about every second that he wasted here was less time that he had to get to Moonstar. The battle was suffering because of it and he was losing. Raven yelled again as he felt pulse lasers cut through the side of the Genobreaker. Both he and Shadow were wearing out.
Suddenly Raven felt all three of the opposing Zoids go at him at once. Raven was smashed hard into the right side of the Genobreaker and the rock face again. Raven hit his head and all that he heard was Shadow's yell. From then on he blacked out. . .
Moonstar dug furiously at the stone. Her hands were bloody and she was dead tired but the will to survive this was still in her. She had made a vow to herself that she was going to make it out of this thing alive. Things were looking dim though. Hunger was gnawing at Moonstar's stomach and her throat was parched from all of the work that she had been doing. 'Where is Raven? Surely he knows what happened by now?' Moonstar thought desperately to herself. Suddenly she lost her balance and fell backwards to the hard rock floor of the cave. Moonstar yelled in protest and struggled, wincing to get back to her feet. It took some effort but she did it.
She leaned up against the wall of the cave to catch her breath. She was wearing herself out too fast. If she kept this up she would be dead sooner than she wanted to be. Moonstar sank to the floor of the cave and tried to control her labored breathing. Thoughts swirled in her head and she let them come. She was going to die why not let the thoughts consume her?
Raven was hurled through the black nothingness of his mind and body. There was a glint of light and two pictures formed in his head. First one of Reece and then one of. . . Moonstar. Raven fought for his sanity for he thought that he would go insane with thoughts of loosing Moonstar too.
Still, his mind would not release him to the real world. It would not release him from the death grip in which it held him and time was running out. Both for him and for Moonstar. Raven was wounded badly from the battle and Moonstar had gone almost five days without food and water. He needed to find her and soon. . .