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2 Zoids: Enter the Gate:
Prologue
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Bit Cloud, winner of the royal cup, chosen one to pilot the ultimate X zoid Liger Zero, had just returned to the Blitz Team base. He hadn't seen it since he went on vacation, exploring and seeing the rest of the world for his very own eyes. With no one but him and Liger. He had seen many places, sites, battled once in a while when an amateur would get too cocky, had a blast too, but it still felt good to be home. Well, the only place that ever felt like home. The garage door of the base opened; reluctantly he still remembered the password.
Bit jumped down out of the cockpit of Liger Zero and Liger roared softly. Bit looked up at him. "Yeah, I know Liger. It feels good to be home too," said Bit as he turned off the lights and exited the garage, heading towards the living room; where he hoped at least one person would be there to greet him. Walking in the dim living room he noticed a petite female body laying down watching the t.v. He smiled, and moved over to the figure.
Leena snapped her head in the direction of the moving figure beside her, expecting it to either be her father, or her stalker Harry! To her surprise, her eyes landed on the one person she hadn't seen since they won the Royal Cup: Bit Cloud. He smiled and she jumped up into his arms.
"Bit! You're back! Oh my God! The others will be so happy to see you," she said still in his arms, they both began to blush. She pulled away slightly, not wanting him to see her blush, if he could at all in the dark room.
Her sudden rush of emotion towards him had surprised Bit and he had blushed as well, feeling stupid with the silence he decided to brake it. "So where are the others?" 'Stupid question,' he thought, 'Man, you just can't say it's nice to see you too Leena, can you?' His mind yelled and called him some more stupid names until Leena's voice cut in between his thoughts.
"Well, Jamie went and spent time with his dad, some thing about learning how to pilot a lot better, and Dad is out with Leon, Naomi and Brad. They went to dinner." She said as she sat back down on the couch, pretending the t.v. was suddenly more important again.
"Oh. Why didn't you go? I mean Brad went." Bit asked, joining her on the same couch this time.
"Well, Brad and Naomi are a couple now." Said Leena changing the channel as if the conversation were a bore.
Bit looked a little shocked, "A couple? Really? Wow. When did this happen?"
Leena thought she could detect a little amusement in his voice. "Well considering you haven't been here in like forever I guess you wouldn't know! Like a few months after ya left. Brad finally got the courage to ask Naomi, and apparently she liked him too."
Bit kinda felt hurt by her first comment but decided to shake it off. "Oh. Funny. So why didn't you go again?"
"Well, I didn't feel like going without a date, and I was not about to take Harry. So I stayed. No big deal, I can take care of myself. So how was the traveling?" asked Leena, things were getting too personal with her, he still hadn't said what he had been up to.
"Uh…Well it was cool. Missed the team and being apart of it, but all in all it was a good experience for me." Said Bit laying his head back on the back of the couch.
'Missed the team, the team Leena not you!' she thought coldly. "Oh. Meet any girls?"
Bit looked over to Leena, surprised by her question, and intrigued at the same time. "Yeah, none that I really liked though, why?"
Leena recognized that tone in his voice as the "Ego talking". "No reason, just curious if some one else's love life was going better than mine!" Leena yawned and arched her back, feeling sleepiness take over her body. "Well good night, Bit. It's good to have ya back! See ya in the morning."
"Yeah, see ya," called Bit as Leena disappered down the hallway to her room. He smiled to himself. "Maybe I should go to sleep now too, it's been a long day, and a long vacation. Too long." Said Bit as he too headed to his room in the dark base.
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Bit's voice: Next time on Zoids Enter the Gate, Zoid warriors all over the world are back and ready to go head to head in combat with one another! Our first battle in S class is to fight the Supreme Scorpions, but what's this? They're with the new and improved Backdraft group!?
Zoids Enter the Gate: Chapter one: Zoid warriors' back on the battlefield, Backdraft group reassembled! Ready! Fight!
Chapter one: Zoids warriors' back on the battlefield,
Backdraft Group reassembled! Ready! Fight!
Leena looked out her window as the Hover Cargo drove by the vast dry desert. She sighed a heavy sigh and turned back to face the rest of her team. "So, we have a battle later today huh?"
Doc's dopey look appeared on his face, "That's right! Oh how I love Zoid battles! And since the whole team is back, and with new tricks nether the less, right Bit," he elbowed him in his lower part of the stomach, "we're sure to when against this team. Especially since Jamie has been working on some new strategies! Isn't that right Jamie?"
Jamie, who was slightly taller since they won the royal cup, sat up proudly. "That's right. I went over them with my dad the other night, he said they were perfect! All though I beg to differ, they are still pretty good. And I'm sure we can win against this team." He then turned to see the looks of his fellow team members.
"Ought ta be a snap." Said Brad calmly as he sipped his coffee with his eyes closed.
"Yeah! We'll win for sure!" said Bit as he nearly jumped out of his chair, startling Leena who seemed to be daydreaming the entire meeting.
"Leena, are you alright? You're a little jumpy today." Said Doc as he dropped his dopey look and gained the 'I am your father so you have No choice but to tell me what is wrong!' look.
"UhNo. Not really. I was just thinking" said Leena as she stirred her straw in her Pepsi.
"YeahGo on. What were you thinking?" asked Doc again, gaining a little concern in his voice.
"Uh" Leena faked a smile, "How nice it would be to go shopping before the battle."
Doc gained the dopey smile again, "OhWell I suppose we could before the battle, I mean the town is right over there, about nine miles away."
Leena smiled at her father and the guys groaned. "To be exact, twelve miles." Said Jamie a sweatdrop on his head.
"And counting" Bit sarcastically added.
"What did you say Bit Cloud!?" Leena yelled at him.
"Aaahhhhh! It lives!" Bit hollered as he began to run away from Leena and out the door towards the rec room.
"It? Bit your just about to find out how a live I am!" whaled Leena as she chased him all over the Hover Cargo.
Twenty minutes later the Hover Cargo had arrived in the town and were just separating.
"Now, we only have a little bit of time. Meet back here in two hours, got it? I mean it Leena, no excuses. We do after all have a battle. Okay every one?" said Doc as he parked the jeep.
Leena turned to agree to her father's terms, but he wasn't there. She then saw him running into the Zoid part shop, like a lunatic. The team sweatdropped.
"I better go stop him before he ends up spending all of our money!" said Jamie as he opened his door and climbed out.
"Don't bother, he can't buy any thing any ways." Said Leena smirking, as her and the others got out of the jeep.
"And whys that?" asked Bit.
Leena thought she could detect doubt in his voice as well as amusement. "Well, for one thing, I have his credit card!" said Leena as she ran into the mall. Bit just smirked.
"Oh great! Now some one better go stop her before she ends up spending all our money!" said Jamie, turning to his other team members.
Brad crossed his arms, "Don't look at me! I'm heading to the gym, I hear they just added a new hot spring."
Jamie raised an eyebrow, "Well I wanted to go to the Computer and Software store. I need to get stuff there for my computer!" Brad and Jamie then looked over at Bit, who hadn't maid any plans.
Bit stared at them for a minute until it hit him: he was gonna be the one to tag a long with Leena. Bit threw his hands up in defeat, "All right, all right! I'll go, I'll go! No need to plan on how to tie me up and get me over to Leena, I'll go willingly."
"Damn! Planning how to get you tied up is half the fun! Just kidding. Thanks Bit, see ya guys later!" called Jamie as he ran across the street to the store.
"Yeah, no problem. I just gotta be stuck with shop hungry Leena, that's all!" said Bit to Brad, but when he turned around, he too was gone. "Oh well, might as well go find that Mall crazy girl now." Said Bit as he headed into the mall. Bit searched most of the stores Leena had always shopped in, and after the ninth one he came to Victoria's Secret. Bit smirked and walked in.
Looking around he found no trace of Leena, but a rather good-looking blonde he did find. He took a step back to look at her, when suddenly he tripped over another woman's purse and fell back onto one of the doors to the changing rooms. Knocking the door open Bit fell in the dressing room and landed at the feet of Leena, in a purple bra and panties.
Leena screamed in horror! "Aaaahhh!"
Bit looked up, seeing Leena he got frightened. "L-Leena. I can explain!"
"Bit!" Leena yelled, pulling him off the floor and shutting the door behind him, steam seemed to come out of her ears.
"L-Leena I can explain!" Bit stammered, trying not to look at Leena or blush.
"Well you better explain! Better be a damn good reason for why you're in here too!" Leena whispered, to Bit's surprise.
"Wait, why didn't you kick me out?" asked Bit, looking at her again, as a light crimson stained his cheeks.
"Well, first turn around so I can get my clothes back on!" yelled Leena, as she grabbed her clothes trying to cover up her revealing skin.
Bit blushed again and turned around, "Oh right! Sorry!"
"Its okay. Now, the reason I pulled you in here is cause I wanted to know why you fell in here, and I didn't want any one else to see me like this! It is embarrassing you know!" Said Leena, pulling her shirt over her head.
"Oh right. Well I was looking for ya, and I came in here cause it was one of the last places you could be. Any ways, I was checking out this blonde chick when I tripped over another ladies purse and then I fell and hit the door. Opening it as well. Then I just fell in here and saw you practically naked!" said Bit as he started to laugh a little.
"Yeah well, like you look much better nude! Or practically or whatever!" said Leena blushing with embarrassment.
"I wasn't laughing at that. I was laughing at the situation." Said Bit, sounding, for once in his life, serious towards some thing other than Zoids and battles.
"Oh. I'm sorry."
"Yeah well, its okay. No damage done. Can I turn around now?" asked Bit, peering over his shoulder.
Leena laughed, "Yeah sure. Come on! Let's go to lunch!"
"Fine with me! I'm starved!" said Bit as they both walked out of the dressing room and out of the store.
Brad and Jamie spotted Bit and Leena eating lunch outside, and both being hungry, they decided to eat with them. Approaching the table Brad spoke: "AwwwLook at the happy couple!"
Leena blushed lightly and Bit grinned. "Speaking of happy couples, I hear you and Naomi are one of them! So, spill! How'd it happen?" asked Bit leaning back on his chairs hind legs.
"Well, not that it's any of your business, but we were just talking one night and she said some thing about a club she knew. Then I asked if she wanted to go with me, and she said: 'What like on a date?' and I said: 'yeah'." Brad then sipped some of his coffee he had just poured himself. Gently sitting the cup back down, he spoke again: "And soHere we are. A couple."
"Ah." Replied Bit.
"So what did you guys do while we were gone?" asked Jamie staring up at them oddly.
This time both Bit and Leena blushed, and this didn't go unnoticed by Brad and Jamie.
"My you two sure turn red fast!" commented Brad, as he stirred his coffee.
"Yeah. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you two" Jamie didn't get to finish. A fairly tell blonde girl, about the same age as Bit and Leena had approached them.
"Bit?" she asked, her voice seemed calm and mellow. Bit raised his head and eyes from Leena, and looked at the blonde.
"Bit! It's you! I knew it!" she paused, "But then again, how could any one forget you?"
Bit realized he knew her and from where, and he suddenly began to blush again.
"Oh don't tell me you forgot me! It's me: Amanda! Remember, we spent the night in that hotel a few weeks back!?" said the blonde girl (obviously Amanda!).
Leena's face dropped and she suddenly felt sick. She thought back to the night when Bit had returned: '"Oh. Meet any girls?" she had asked, he had looked over to her and said :
"Yeah, none that I really liked though, why?"
Leena had recognized that tone in his voice as the "Ego talking". "No reason, just curious if some one else's love life was going better than mine!" Leena had said. Lie' she thought. 'All lies!'
She calmed herself before any one noticed her sudden tension of Bit's one nightstand. "I'm gonna go back to the Hover Cargo and sleep for a while before the battle. I didn't get much sleep last night and all this shopping has made me tired." Said Leena as she stood and walked by Amanda to get a cab. Bit got up from his seat and ran over to Leena, as her cab pulled up.
"Leena wait! I can explain!" he called out to her, feeling that the reason she was leaving was cause of Amanda and him.
"Haven't you done enough explaining for one day!?" Leena snapped back at him, giving him a cold glare she got into the cab and left.
Bit joined the others back at the table. Only to see that Amanda had been getting to know Jamie and Brad. He sat back down and looked like he was depressingly sad.
Brad saw this, and he saw the way Leena acted when Amanda told them how she knew Bit. He could tell Leena had been hurt by Bit's actions, and he could tell Bit was just hurt by Leena's comment. Jamie probably could have seen it too, if he was a little older. 'But then again, Jamie is one of the smartest people I know.' Thought Brad, he was then quickly brought back to reality by Amanda's annoying laughing.
"And then Bit said that he was staying in the same hotel I was. So then we went back to the hotel and we uhWell you know." She giggled again and leaned her head on Bit's shoulder and placed her hands on his chest. Bit pulled away, not feeling comfortable with Amanda hanging on him like that. She looked up at him, "Some thing wrong Hotlips?" she asked.
Brad and Jamie held in a laugh, "Hotlips?" Brad asked, an amused smile on his face.
"Aw shut up! It's just a nickname." Said Bit, still trying to pull away from Amanda.
"Would ya like to know how he got it, or why I gave him it to him?" Amanda asked, turning her head towards Jamie and Brad again.
"Uh, no thanks. Some other time, maybe. We have a battle to get to, right Bit?" said Jamie as him and Brad stood.
Bit jumped up, "That's right! I almost forgot. Sorry Amanda I gotta go, maybe I'll see ya later." Said Bit running over to the guys and the jeep.
"Okay! Bye Hotlips, see ya later!" cried Amanda as Bit got into the jeep.
"Hotlips? What did you do to get a nickname like that?" asked Jamie.
Bit blushed, "I'll tell you when you get older."
"Hotlips? I can see why Leena left." Said Brad giving Bit a good long stare.
"What do you mean by that? I mean it's not like Leena cares about Amanda," asked Bit, both Jamie and Brad got a sweatdrop.
"Don't tell me you actually bought Leena's little tired act?" yelled Brad, he was beginning to wonder: Did Bit just want to hear it from some one else, or was he really that stupid?
"What do you mean 'act'?" asked Bit. 'Yup, he was that stupid.' Thought Brad.
"ErghLeena likes you Bit!!!" Jamie hollered.
"What do you mean?"
Jamie and Brad then fell (anime style!). "We mean: Leena likes you! She has for awhile at least that's what I think! Any ways, she left cause she was hurt that you and Amanda, you know" Said a very annoyed Jamie.
"Your both crazy! Leena doesn't like me." Said Bit, crossing his arms.
"Believe what you want to believe. But let me ask you this: Has Leena ever, ever, been tired from shopping?" asked Brad, dragging out the 'evers'.
Doc approached the jeep while Bit was thinking. "Hey guys! Ready for the battle? Hey, where's Leena? Don't tell me she's still shopping!" said Doc as he got into the drivers' seat.
"Uh no. No. Leena went home, she said she was tired and she wanted to go rest up before the battle," said Jamie, eyeing Bit with a weird look.
"Rest up? When she could still do some shopping? Some thing must be wrong with her. Jamie, maybe you should go into battle in Leena's place, I'm really worried about her." Said Doc starting up the engine, and soon enough they were at the Hover Cargo.
Bit could only think about what Brad and Jamie had said, it did make a lot of sense. Arriving back at the Hover Cargo Brad and Jamie went to prepare their Zoids, Doc went to assemble his new Zoid models, and Bit went to check up on Leena. She did seem like she was pretty upset when she left. After three minutes of walking, Bit came to Leena's door. He was about to knock, when it hit him: What was he gonna say? Leena I'm sorry, let me explain? 'Nope, she'd kick me out, possibly throw some thing at me,' thought Bit. Leena, it meant nothing, not the nickname, the actions, nothing. 'She'd more than likely ask 'What nickname?' and then I'll be in trouble again, and she'll hit me, then throw me out of her room!' Leena, I was just wondering, did I do any thing to upset you? You just left, and I don't buy into your whole tired act. What's wrong? I didn't mean to, I would never do some thing to hurt you intentionally. 'Nope, too mushy.' Bit thought again, and after a minute he started to walk away from Leena's bedroom door.
Leena's door opened and she sobbed out loud, not knowing any one was home. Bit immediately turned around. Her face was tear streaked and wet, and she grasped her arm tightly. Bit rushed over to her, hearing her sob and almost cry, again. "Leena? What is it? What's wrong?" Bit asked trying to hold her, but he failed.
Leena cried out loud, almost a scream, and to Bit, it sounded like one of pain. He grasped her shoulders tightly, refusing to let go, gently shaking her he spoke: "Leena! What is wrong!?"
Leena let her arm fall limp to her side and she looked down at it. Bit followed her gaze, meeting her arm he saw a very long cut, oozing out blood. It was obviously a cut. And Bit was afraid to ask from what. Staring at her, confused at what to say, he gently pulled her wounded arm towards him. Gently running his fingers across it he saw Leena wince. "Leena, what happened? Did you?" it was a question finished, and not finished, but Leena knew what the rest of it was.
"No. I-I went to go pick up the picture of the whole * sob * team. Ya know the one that Leon took after we won the royal cup?" Leena asked and Bit nodded slowly. "Well, I dropped it, and * sob * the glass shattered all over. I bent down to pick them up, when a piece that landed on my dresser came tumbling on my arm, * sob * cutting me." She spoke soft, like a child with a scratch. Or maybe, she spoke softly like a woman that had just had her heart broken. Bit could only wonder if it was cause of him.
He grabbed her hand and started to pull her trough the hallway. "Bit! What are you doing?" she cried, trying to free herself from his grip, but to no avail.
"Your wound is pretty bad. You need medical attention!" Bit said, looking back at her.
"I do not. And besides, we have a battle. Don't worry I'll be fine."
Bit rubbed his finger gently across her wound again, Leena winced, but did not cry. Bit smirked and spoke in a rather cocky tone; "You'll be fine huh? I don't think so. Come on, we're going now!"
"But we have to battle in a half hour! I will be fine!" she tried resisting, she didn't want help from him right now, especially him of all people!
"You are not battling! The wound is too serious, and your dad said Jamie was gonna fight in your place cause he didn't think you felt well enough to battle." Said Bit, opening the door to the Med-room, as Leena protested to come in. Gently he yanked her, and she came in, almost falling on him. She blushed a little, but brushed it aside, refusing to think about him like that, after what happened today.
"I am needed on the team. This is the well-known S class Supreme Scorpions we are facing! I have to go!" Leena argued with him.
"The only place you have to go is up here, now get up there!" commanded Bit, pointing to the medical bed. Leena shook her head, and stuck her nose in the air. "Fine." Said Bit as he picked her up by her hips and set her down gently on the bed as if it was nothing at all. Surprised but angry, Leena gave him a cold glare and Bit only grinned in return. He then walked over to the medicine cabinet, got the rubbing alcohol and a few cotton balls, along with some bandages. Bit dabbed the cotton ball on her wound softly. Leena winced a little and Bit pulled back and looked up at her, "Did I put too much rubbing alcohol on it? I won't put so much on if you don't want me to."
"No. I'll be fine."
"You keep saying that."
"Then maybe you should believe me, it's true!"
"Why do you always have ta be a pain!? I'm just trying to help you!" Bit hollered, grasping her wounded arm firmly, not even realizing it.
Leena slightly winced, and felt as though she was gonna cry. "Well I don't need your help!"
"Really? Cause that's not what it looks like from here!"
"Then maybe you should step down!"
"Maybe I should quit the team, I mean you certainly don't want me here!"
"Maybe you should, Amanda would certainly like that!"
"Don't you dare bring her in this! Not when you don't know the whole story!"
"What else is there to know!? You slept with her didn't you?"
"Either way, why do you care?"
Leena was raged and hurt, "Get out!"
Bit released his grip on her arm, "Get out? W-what do you mean? You want me to leave the team?"
"Don't be stupid dumb ass! You're the best, and I wouldn't do that to our team just cause you and me had a fight. Now please, just get out!"
"I'm the best? Are you ill?" Bit asked, scared out of his mind. He didn't know who this was, but it wasn't trigger happy Leena!
A small sob could just barely be heard, "I'm not ill, I'm serious. Come on Bit, you know you're the best!"
Bit still looked stunned, "I know I am but it's weird coming from you."
Leena sobbed and laughed at the same time, "Well, now you know I've always thought that. I'm the useless one on the team. Always wasting ammo." Said Leena as she then began to cry.
Bit gripped her shoulders, "Come on Leena! You know that's not true! You help us out a lot!"
Leena sobbed and cried again, letting go of her shoulders Bit pulled her into a hug. Leena leaned in, putting her head on his chest, and wrapping her arms around his waste. Bit held her there for a long time, until they both heard Doc calling for them. Bit pulled away slightly to see Leena's face. She had pulled away more, but they still held on to each other.
"I guess we should go." Replied Bit, still holding his hands on her hips.
Leena wiped her eyes, "Yeah." Leena looked up at Bit, who was looking down at her with his green eyes that seemed to capture her soul, and make her want to tell him every thing.
"YeahWe"
"Have"
"That"
"Battle" They seemed to finish each others sentence perfectly, moving closer, Bit leaned down a little, and Leena stepped on her tiptoes. Looking closer to each other, their faces became an inch apart. Bit slowly proceeded in bring his lips down, towards Leena's. Leena closed her eyes and wet her lips. And suddenly, a voice broke the sweet quietness of the Med room:
"There you two are!" yelled Doc as Bit and Leena jumped three feet away from each other. "We've been looking for you two all over. What were you doing in the Med room?" asked Doc, a dopey smile praised his lips.
"Taking care of a wound." Replied Leena, looking back and forth between Bit and her father.
"Ah! I see. Well come on. Some thing weird has come up involving the battle and Jamie wishes to address the team. To fix the strategy for the battle."
"Okay, we'll be there in a minute." Said Bit, as he reached over to the medical bed, to put the bandages and rubbing alcohol away.
"Okay. Don't take too long, I can't wait for the battle! I just love Zoids!" said Doc as he walked out of the Med room.
Bit stared at the place where Doc had been standing for a moment, then he went back to putting away the things. He thought for a moment and then he turned to Leena, "Should we finish bandaging your wound?"
"Uh, yeah." Said Leena as she sat back up on the medical bed. Leena looked down at her wounded scar. "UhBit!?"
Bit looked over at her. "What?"
"My cut, I-it'sIt's disappeared!" shouted Leena, running her finger over her arm, where her cut had once been.
Bit looked at her again, "What do you mean it's "disappeared"?" asked Bit, staring at her awkwardly.
"Just what I said! It's gone! Pouf! Vanished!" said Leena raising her voice a bit.
Bit walked over to her, lightly grabbing her arm; he looked at it, then he looked at the other arm. "Huh! I swear it was there!"
"I know."
"I wonder what happened!?" said Bit, still holding her arm, Leena blushed at how gentle he was.
"So do I. I mean, it was there! I know it! It felt real enough any ways." Said Leena looking down at her arm.
"Yeah. Well, maybe I have magical powers to heal!" Bit joked, laughing a little.
"Yeah right, Bit. Very funny!" replied Leena as she pushed him lightly.
"What? You don't believe in magic or guardian angels?" asked Bit, as he tried to put on a straight face.
"Of course I don't!"
"Oh, why? I mean, I thought every little child believed in magic and that stuff!" said Bit getting ready to run.
Leena pulled her arm away from him. "Well, that would explain why you still do!" Leena then took off running at the end of her sentence.
"What!? Hey! You come back here!" Said Bit as he began to chase after her.
Leena ran fast, but Bit was faster and easily caught up. He was right behind her. The scenery flew by her, or she flew by it. Her speed picked up a notch and she was a little more ahead of him, but he was still quick behind. Leena started to feel a little lightheaded, and she began to stumble while running. Making her way out of the Hover Cargo, Bit saw her began to slow up and he began to speed up. 'I'll get her now!' He thought. Catching up with her more easily than he thought, he grasped her wrist and pulled her body-frame closer to his. Tripping over each other's feet, they fell in the sand, Bit on top, Leena on bottom, lying in a tangled of limbs with each other. They both blushed a very bright red at their situation. Leena looked up at Bit, his green eyes glistened as he looked down at her, slowly; Bit moved his lips towards Leena's again. And she again shut her eyes. Bit slid his hands comfortably down to Leena's hips, as Leena brought both hands to both sides of Bit's face. Bit lowered his body lower to Leena's, trying not to put his entire wait on her. Moving closer they
**Boom!**
"Aaahhh!" Leena screamed as the ground shook, and Bit fell on her.
Bit looked up. "What was that, Bit?" Leena asked.
"It made a huge crater." Was his only replay.
"A judge? But-Bit! The battle! We were too occupied with ourselves to realize." Said Leena jumping up.
Bit got up himself, "That's right. I totally forgot! Shit!"
"Well, no ones out here yet. Maybe the Scorpions forfeited." Said Leena looking at the judge.
Just then the Shadow Fox leapt into the air above their heads. Startled Leena screamed and Bit pulled her closer to him, also screaming. After the Shadow Fox landed, Brad came out of the cockpit, "So there you two are! Well come on, go get your Zoids! Jamie will be out in a minute, hurry! Some meager big prize money is at steak here!" yelled Brad, climbing back into his Zoid.
"Right." Said Bit as he headed back into the base, Leena ran ahead of him. Noticing Leena, Bit ran up to her and grasped her arm. "Where exactly are you going?" He asked.
"Going to get my Zoid. Didn't you here Brad?" Leena replied, standing kinda stiffly.
"Oh no you don't! I told ya before, that cut"
"The cuts gone remember?!" Leena yelled a bit.
Bit's eyes softened, "Yeah, but still. Leena, I'm"
Leena raised an eyebrow, "Your?"
"Nothing. Never mind. I guess if ya wanna battle that much, I can't stop you. So go ahead if ya want to."
"Oh. Well, I suppose that if I get hurt the cut could come back, seeing how I don't know how it just vanished in the first place. So I won't fight today." Said Leena smiling softly.
Bit smiled back, "Thank you."
"Thanks for taking care of my arm."
"Your welcome."
"Yeah-yeah! Now get out there Bit! If you don't win after this: I'm kicking your ass!" said Leena winking.
"When don't you?" asked Bit playfully as he got into the cockpit of Liger Zero. Zero's system turned on and Jamie appeared on the com-link. "Hey Jamie! What's the plan?"
"Bit, the Scorpions are real slow compared to the Liger Zero and the Shadow Fox, but their Canon Pulse Beams on their tails make up for that. I suggest the Jager unit. However you maybe able to blow them away with the Panzer. But I wouldn't count on it."
"Okay. Thanks Jamie, see ya guys in a few." Bit then turned off the com- link and turned on the one linked to Doc. "Doc, mobilize the Jager!"
"Right" said Doc.
"All systems mobilize, Zero Jager." Said Leena, typing away on Jamie's computer. The door of the Hover Cargo then opened, and Liger roared ferociously.
"Gooooooooooo Jager!" hollered Bit as Liger jumped down off the Hover Cargo.
"Bout time you joined us." Said Jamie, flying in the sky right above him and Brad.
"Ya, sorry about that." Said Bit, grinning to himself.
"And what were you and Leena doing?" asked Brad, Leena got all red at the Hover cargo and her father stared at her.
"Awww shut up!" said Bit.
The Dark Judge the rose in front of them:
"Warning! Warning! This is a designated Zoid battlefield, all personal L must leave the area at once! ScanningBattle mode-Well, there is no battle mode! The Blitz Team vs. the Supreme Scorpions, Ready! Fight!"
"The Dark judge!? But the Backdraft group was put out of commission!?" said Jamie.
"They must be back in action." Replied Brad. "No matter, we'll just put them back out!"
"So the Scorpions are with the Backdraft?" asked Bit.
Brad nodded his head. "Seems that way."
Jamie's Raynos flew higher, "I'm gonna go check the other team out!" said Jamie taking off before any one could say no.
Brad sighed, "I hope this doesn't take too long, Naomi wanted to go out to eat tonight." Bit smirked.
Inside the Hover Cargo:
"Dad! The Scorpions are apart of the Backdraft group!?" Leena shouted.
"I guess, but I thought they were put to a stop. I think I better go see Lyon later. He maybe able to answer a few questions."
"Oh that's no good! Uncle Lyon is out on vacation, remember? He talked about going to the caves or canyons or whatever" replied Leena, she then turned back and looked at the computer.
*Boom*
Just then Jamie's Ranyos came crashing down.
"Jamie!" Bit screamed, hoping Jamie was all right. Bit got no reply from Jamie.
"Bit, the enemy is approaching." Said Brad, moving his Shadow Fox to the other side.
"Yeah, great! Two against three!" said Bit cranking up the jets on the Jager.
Bit and Jager Zero passed up two of the Scorpions, while Brad was firing at the other. One of the Scorpions started charging their canons, while the other two dealt with Brad and Bit. Leena and Doc caught sight of it.
"Leena, don't just stand there! Pull up a link with the guys!" Coming out of her transfixed gaze and back into reality she did as she was told. "Brad and Bit, get out of the way of the third Scorpion, it's getting ready to fire on of its canons." Shouted Doc.
The Shadow Fox let out its smoke and ran after it did. The tail of the Scorpion then shot up and the beam canon hit Bit and the Liger:
"AaahhhLiger, hang in there buddy!" screamed Bit as the beam hit them.
Leena was in a shock of terror: "No! Bit!"
The attack continued and Bit screamed while the Liger roared. The Scorpion was then attacked by Brad's Shadow Fox and out of commission.
Brad then sat up a com-link with Bit: "Hey buddy you okay?"
Bit winced a little, "Yeah, thanks pal!"
"Hey no problem!"
Leena sighed, "Would you two get back to the battle now! You still have two Scorpions left!"
"Yeah sure, just calm down Leena! I don't see you out here helping!" said Brad, turning around and shooting at a Scorpion.
"What was that!? I'll be right down!" shouted Leena, making her way away from the computer.
Bit brought up a com-link with Leena, "You stay there! This battle is almost finished!"
Leena turned around, and in a whisper she said: "Bit."
Bit then turned off the com-link and turned on the jets to the Jager, zooming by one of the Scorpions, he came back behind it. "Come on Liger! Strike Laser Claw!" shouted Bit as the Scorpion went down at the mighty strike from Liger. Brad and the Shadow Fox then took out the other Scorpion.
"Ergh" the Dark judge furred.
Doc brought up a link with the judge, "Announce the winner judge!"
"ErghThe winner is the Blitz Team." Said the Judge as he then took off in his rocket, and the Scorpions disappeared under the sand.
"Weird. Oh well! We won! We won our first battle in S class! Leena can you believe-" Doc turned around, only to see Leena wasn't there any more.
Jamie cheered, "We won! We won!" as he ran into the tactical room, where Doc was!
"Hey Jamie, did you see Leena?" asked Doc.
"Yeah! She nearly knocked my out of my way as I was coming in!" he replied, he then looked at his computer: "Ah! Leena!"
Brad jumped out of his cockpit, "Congratulations Bit, you did it again!"
Bit sighed, "Yeah, but this time hurt more than the last few!" They then laughed and Leena ran up to them.
"Oh great, I'm gonna get a beating now!" said brad, watching Leena approach them.
"Good. For once its not me!" said Bit, still laughing.
Instead of her going after Brad though, she surprised them both by hugging Bit.
Bit was startled, "UhLeena?"
"Your okay! And we won!" she then pulled away from him and laughed, "It feels good to have the team together again."
"Yeah. Yeah it does." Bit then looked at the Liger, "Ya hear that Liger, we're back in action!"
Liger roared ferociously and the team laughed and headed back into the Hover Cargo.
Brad's voice: Next time on Zoids Enter the Gate: What's this deal about Naomi seeing one of the Backdraft teams in a bookstore, causing trouble over a little book? And why have Bit and Leena been acting weird around each other lately? Zoids: Enter the Gate: Chapter Two: The mysterious Zoids gate book. Ready! Fight!
Chapter Two: The mysterious Zoids gate book. Ready! Fight!
In a dark room, sat a fairly tall pink hared woman, along side of her: two
men. One had dark brown hair, the other had blonde. They sat quietly in
front of an older man, covered by the shadows.
"You speak of this meeting to no one." Spoke the older man as he raised his
hand in a warning.
They nodded and the pink hared woman spoke: "Of course not. We would never
unless given permission to."
"Yes, well, who gave you permission to speak?" the man snapped, sitting back
in his chair.
"Oh but sir, I didn't mean-"
"You didn't mean to but yet you still keep chatting!" replied the old man
coldly.
The blonde shut the woman up quickly, without speaking.
"Good-good. I can see I can start this meeting now." He turned to them
again. "Do you have any idea why I have called you here?" he asked, when no
one answered he began to yell again, "Damn it answer me!"
"No sir." Replied the brown hared man.
"We have no idea." Replied the woman as she stared at the floor.
"I am assuming it has some thing to do with those mysterious new Zoids that
appeared out of no where." Said the blonde man, crossing his legs and gently
setting his hands to rest on them.
"Hmm...Very good. You know your not as blonde as you look, Robert."
"Thank you sir." Said Robert, he then turned towards his teammates, giving a
sly grin to them, he then turned back to the man.
"What about these Zoids?" asked the brown hared man impatiently, as he gave
Robert a cold glare.
"These Zoids appeared out of no where. No one knows where they came from.
And they are, untamable. But, I think I know how to tame them. And use them
towards are best advantage." Said the man as he turned his hand into a fist.
"To our best advantage sir?" asked the woman.
"Yes Kelly. We the Backdraft group are in some great deal of need for new
things. New Zoids, weapons, and pilots."
"Yes but with all do respect sir, how does that get them tamed?" asked the
brown hared man again.
"Well Shawn, I have heard of a book. A very rare book, the only one of its
kind. And it will have the answers."
"A small book? That's what all this is about?" cried Robert, laughing a
little.
"Just a book? Why this book is the key to making us unstoppable again! Don't
you see? With this book, only we will have the knowledge of taming these
Zoids! These new and powerful Zoids that no one has ever seen in action!"
"Oh. I see. That book, it also has some thing about where these Zoids came
from, doesn't it?" asked Kelly, sitting up proudly.
The man grinned, "Yes. It also explains how to keep them in and out of this
world."
"I see. But sir, won't they be dangerous at first?" asked Shawn.
"Shawn, two days ago: our well known S class Supreme Scorpions lost their
first battle." Replied the man.
"What? To who?" cried Robert as he stood up.
"To who else? The Blitz Team. They are the only team that has managed to
beat us, humiliate us, and put a stop to us." He paused, "But no more. With
these Zoids, we will crush the Blitz Team, and any one who gets in our way!"
"So this is about revenge, is that it?" asked Robert.
"Yes, and no. With the Blitz team out of the way, no one will be able to
stop us. We will once again be feared, and powerful. Now, as members of the
Shadowcats, one group from the Backdraft, will you help find that book?"
asked the man, as he leaned back into his chair again.
The three looked at each other silently for a few minutes. Robert then
nodded, and soon did the other two.
"Sir, we'll help. But answer us this, if you will: Why us?" asked Robert.
"Well, Shadowcats, the shadow covers you from being seen. I can't have the
Backdraft being caught by some noise people. This mission is to be taken
seriously until we have the book in our hands. It is essential that we have
that book in our hands, and that we are not seen with it, for questions will
be asked. We cannot afford for the Backdraft to be put out again." He
paused, "You are the best team for the job. Don't screw up! Don't be seen!
Understand?"
They nodded in unison, "And where do we find this legendary book?" asked
Kelly, coyly.
"It was said to be hidden in the deepest sea."
"The deepest sea? How the Hell would pursue we get it now?" hollered Shawn,
standing up quickly.
"Calm down Shawn," the man chuckled, "I never said it was still there, I
merely said that it was said to be there."
"Huh? Y-you mean its not?"
"Nope." The man laughed again.
"Then where the Hell is it?" yelled Robert, standing by Shawn.
"A man found it last year, and sold it to a book store. You will find it
there." Said the man, as he regained is composer.
"In which city?"
"Atlantis."
"Atlantis? Are you crazy? That place has millions of bookstores! That's like
trying to find a needle in a hay stack!" whaled Kelly standing with her two
partners.
"Yes well, I have no doubt that you can find it!" said the man, "Go now,
leave. I wish to speak of this no more! You will leave for Atlantis tonight!
And do not return without that book!"
The three then bowed respectfully, and in unison: "Yes sir."
*****
At the Blitz Team base:
Brad, Jamie and Bit walk into the living room to see Leena on the couch
watching a movie.
"Hey Leena, what are you watching?" asked Brad as he leaned his elbows on
the back of the couch.
"Huh? Oh hi you guys. Me? I'm just watching Titanic." Said Leena as she
pulled her blanket up to her neck.
Bit smiled, "Mind if I watch it with you? I love this movie!"
"No I don't mind at all!" Said Leena sounding a little surprised as she
moved over on the couch so Bit could have some room.
"Cool, thanks!" he then sat down next to her.
Jamie looked at them oddly, "Uh...You like this movie Bit?" he asked,
sounding rather confused.
Bit looked up at him and Brad, "Oh yeah!" Jamie and Brad started to laugh,
and Bit got an angry look on his face.
Brad regained control over his laughter and looked at Bit, "What's your
favorite part, the part where they show her chest?" He then started laughing
in unison with Jamie again.
"No! I like the part where the ship sinks. Or how bout the part where that
guy shoots himself in the head, that was funny!" said Bit, Brad and Jamie
stopped laughing and Leena looked over at them. "All in all, this is one of
my favorite comedy movies! I mean, just look at how pathetic the romance is
in this!"
Leena then chucked a pillow at Bit's head and he fell off of the couch.
"Hey Leena! What was that for!" Bit asked, rubbing his head.
"Forget you guys! I'm gonna finish watching this in my room!" with that she
got up and walked into her room.
Bit got up and sat back down on the couch. "Man, what's her problem?"
"Well Bit, Titanic is not a comedy, it's a love story and a tragedy. She
probably thought you were insulting one of her favorite movies, I guess she
didn't realize your stupidity." Said Jamie, the phone ringing in the
backround.
"Yeah." Bit paused, "Hey! What do you mean stupidity? I'm not stupid!"
Hollered Bit, as he began to chase Jamie.
"Brad!" Leena yelled, making the others stop dead in their tracks.
"What?" called Brad.
"Phones for you!" she hollered.
"Alright, thanks." He called as he picked up the phone: "Hello? Naomi! Oh
yeah, every thing's great!"
"Really? That's good. I heard about your little win the other day." Came
Naomi's replying voice.
"Yeah. We won, a little tough at first, but not much. Hey, did you know the
Backdraft group is back?" said Brad.
"No, they are huh? Interesting. I'll give Leon the news later. I gotta go
now, I just wanted to call ya and tell ya we're in Atlantis City. And I miss
you, and if ya guys wanna come by for a visit"
"Oh yeah sure! Let me talk to the Doc. I'm sure he'd love to go! I'll see ya
then. Bye."
"Okay. Bye." At the end of her sentence, Brad hung the phone up and turned
to see Bit, Jamie, Leena and Doc staring at him.
"What?" he asked, as he shoved his hands into his pockets.
"You didn't say 'I love you'?" Leena asked her eyebrow raising in question
at him.
"No." said Brad walking by them.
"Why?" Leena asked, walking next to him.
"Because Leena, we don't know if we love each other yet. We know we like
each other, but were unsure about the whole love thing." Brad then walked
into his room, and shut the door as Leena approached it.
"Fine whatever!" said Leena as she turned around, ready to walk away.
Brad then opened his door, "Hey Doc, wanna go to Atlantis?" Leena stopped
dead in her tracks.
"Atlantis huh? I'd love to go! Oh do you know how many sites there are for
us to see!?" Cried Doc as he began to jump up and down.
"Atlantis? Isn't that place known for all of those books?" asked Jamie, as
he began to scan his computer for any news on Atlantis.
"Yes, but that's not even the best part!" said Doc as he began packing and
Brad smirked.
"Books huh? Not my thing. Any thing else there that's worth going for?"
asked Bit, placing his hand on his hips.
"Oh but Bit, these aren't just ordinary books that you can get a t the local
library! These are legend books!" yelled Doc, tossing his hands up in the
air with expression.
"Oh boy, here we go again." Mumbled Leena to herself.
"Legendary books?" Bit raised his voice in question.
"Yes! Bit just think of it: every legend is turned into a book! Every myth!
And they can all be found there!"
"Uh huh. Well I think I'll just stay here while you guys make your little
trip!" said Bit as he began to walk away.
Doc and Jamie fell down, anime style! "There's, uh...Some water activities
you can do." Cried Doc's voice from the floor.
Bit turned back around, "What kind of water activities?"
"They give you this equipment and you get to go swimming in their historical
caves and stuff." Said Leena, walking by Bit.
"Cool. Hey, how come you seem to know so much about Atlantis, Leena?" asked
Bit, peering over his left shoulder to look at her.
"I-I'll be in my room, packing." Was her only replay as she shut her door
behind her.
"Hey! I was talking to you! Man! What's her problem now?" asked Bit, turning
towards the others again.
"Poor kid, maybe we shouldn't go." Said Doc, slouching a little.
"Yeah. I guess its still hard on her." Said Jamie sitting down on the couch
next to Brad.
"Can you blame her? It's always gonna bother her, it's apart of her she
never knew and will never know." Came Brad's voice in a gentle whisper.
"Uh...Did I miss some thing?" asked Bit, staring at them oddly.
"I'm glad Leon never took it this hard." Said Doc, joining the others on the
couch.
"Well, he knew her and that part of him for a little while. Leena never did.
Maybe that's why it affects her more than it does him." Said Brad as he
poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Excuse me!" yelled Bit, they all turned and looked at him, "Would some one
mind explain taking the time to explain just what is going on!?"
"You mean you don't know?" asked Jamie, Bit just shook his head.
"Well, now that I think about it, we never mentioned it, did we? I mean it
was just never mentioned since Bit joined." Said Doc, holding his chin in
his hands.
"No! You never mentioned it! Wait! What is it exactly?" asked Bit, he then
joined the others on the couch.
"When Leena was born, her mother died. She never knew her. And there are
some things that Leena has from her mom, that she, well, Doc you wanna
finish for me!" hollered Jamie.
"Yeah. Leena's mother was from Atlantis. Well, Leena never knew her mother.
Leon only knew her for a little bit. So it never really bothered him," said
Doc as he stared at Leena's door.
"Oh. I see. So she doesn't wanna go cause it's apart of her mother and it
hurts too much?" the others nodded in unison. "That's bull!" they all in
unison snapped their heads in Bit's direction.
"It is. Because it's too painful for her, we can't go. That's a little
selfish and babyish if you ask me! Doc I know it probably hurts you to, but
come on! It's in the past! Shouldn't we be thinking or the future and the
present right now?" ( a.n: obviously Bit, and none of you know how important
this past is...Hehe ^_^ )
"I suppose your right. So, since you know how to have such a good time Bit,
you get to show Leena one!" said Doc as he walked off.
"B-But..."
"No buts Bit, you brought this upon yourself with your whole speech," said
Brad walking to his room to pack.
"Aww...Come on Brad, why don't you take Leena?" asked Bit.
"Because I am going to spend time with my girlfriend. I suggest you do the
same," said Brad smirking as he shut the door in Bit's face.
Bit turned towards Jamie, "Hey Jamie,"
"Oh no! I am spending time with my dad. He's gonna meet us there!"
"Ah! Fine, fine!" said Bit as he turned to go pack, he then ran into Leena.
They both then fell, Leena hit the floor and Bit landed on Leena. ( a.n:
They seem to be doing this a lot don't they?)
Bit opened his eyes and stared into Leena's. "Sorry Leena, I wasn't watching
where I was going."
"Hey its okay! I wasn't watching either," she then blushed lightly, and Bit
smiled at her.
'Ya know we could continue this in my room if ya want...Bit! You hentai!
Don't think of Leena that way!...Although she did look good in her bra and
panties...Hentai! Hentai! Stop it! This is Leena...The girl that some how
keeps getting under you...Hentai! Stop that now!' thought Bit to himself, as
he felt himself reacting to their position.
"Don't you think so Bit?" asked Leena, not knowing the whole time she was
talking he wasn't paying attention to her.
"Huh? What was that?" asked Bit, Leena had interrupted his thoughts and
arguments with himself.
"I said, maybe we should get up now and go pack. Don't you think so?"
"Oh yeah...Yeah of course! I was just gonna recommend that!" said Bit moving
off of her and helping her to her feet.
"Right, well, I'll see ya at the Hover Cargo! Bye! I got to go pack!" said
Leena running of to her room.
"Yeah...Bye."
"I saw that," said Brad leaning against his doorframe.
"S-Saw what?" asked Bit, staring at Leena's door.
"I saw you, on her, and you didn't hear any thing she said. You were
thinking about some thing else. Care to tell me what was on your mind, even
though I probably already know?" said Brad waving for Bit to come into his
room.
"Not really. I think I should go pack," said Bit going to his room.
"Okay then." Mumbled Brad as he walked into his room again. 'Man, those
two, they've been acting weird around each other lately.' Thought Brad, as
he shut his suitcase.
*****
Four hours later, of driving: The Hover Cargo caught sight of Atlantis City,
in about a mile or less of away. They all gasped in amazement as they stared
at the City.
Leena, sitting down, pulled her knees up to her chest, and hugged herself.
This was apart of herself, apart of her mom. The mother Uncle Lyon said she
looked like. The mother that died giving berth to her. The mother that would
never watch her, or help her grow up. The mother her father never really
talked about. Leena felt tears threatening to fall from her eyes and she
moved off the couch and walked to the bathroom, unnoticed by her teammates
eyes. Four minutes later, Leena appeared from the bathroom, as she walked
up to Bit, who was munching on a cookie.
"Hey, Bit." She said, unnoticed of his cookie.
"Hey Leena! Man these are some great cookies! You should try one!" he said
through a mouthful, the smell of the warm chocolate mint cookie stained the
air.
"Uh huh. Wait! Cookie? My cookies!? Bit Cloud!" Leena yelled but Bit was
already ahead and down the hall. Lately it seemed like he did any thing and
every thing to get her to chase him. Or vise versa. "Oh well, I'll get him
when he least suspects it!" said Leena quietly as she walked over to her dad
and Jamie. "So, what part of town are we gonna stay in?" she asked her
father, her eyes didn't meet his, but she knew he was looking down at her
from the uneasy silence.
"Well, staying with your brother at the Hotel, is not likely. We are in the
Hover Cargo after all!" he gave a chuckle, then put on his serious face, "I
suppose we will park the Hover Cargo by Blue Crystal Lake."
Leena looked up at her father, "Really?" Doc gave a nod and then turned to
look at Jamie.
"Jamie, do you know where that is?" he asked, sounding like he was up to
something, Jamie grew a face of panic. Doc gave a little laugh upon seeing
this: "Relax Jamie, it's a really pretty Lake, nothing else is around for
another mile or so."
Jamie relaxed a little, "Uh huh. So in other words, we are gonna need to
take two jeeps, one for you and me, and one for Bit and Leena," said Jamie,
raising an eyebrow, he questioned Doc.
Leena nearly choked on her mint cookie that she had just stolen from Bit,
after swallowing it, she took a deep breath and spoke: "What!?" Doc and
Jamie looked at her oddly, and she noticed she was blushing. "W-what about
Brad?" she covered quickly.
"Naomi and Leon will pick him up, I would assume." Doc raised a hand to his
chin, "Unless, we could just take the Hover cargo instead of wasting all
that gas in the Jeeps" Doc pondered it for a minute. "Okay, we'll do that.
But that means we will have to be back early, I don't like leaving this baby
unattended in the middle of the city." Jamie and Leena got a sweatdrop.
"Uh Doc, you don't realize that...Oh just forget it! He wouldn't do it in
the first place!" Jamie then began to work on his computer again, paying no
attention to any one, not Brad and his coffee, not Doc and his Zoids models,
and he wasn't paying attention to Bit and Leena chasing each other around,
until an hour of it just became unbearable! Bit had chased after Leena, then
Leena after Bit. Now it was back to Bit, and he had nearly caught her, when
he tripped over Jamie's computers plug. "Aaahhh!" Jamie screamed as his
computer turned off.
"Hey Jamie I am really sorry!" Bit tried to apologize.
"That's it! Doc!" Jamie whaled, Doc and Brad came walking in with Leon and
Naomi, none of the others seemed to notice that the Hover Cargo had stopped
a little while ago, and company was over, well, they were family, but the
closest thing to company.
"Why what is it Jamie?" Doc asked, looking a little confused at the three.
"These two have been acting really weird around each other! They won't stop
arguing, chasing after each other, and wrecking my things! If something is
not done about these two, I will go Wild Eagle on them!" Jamie threatened.
Naomi placed her hands on her hips, Leon smiled and Brad didn't look up at
any one. Doc was to busy pondering. "Hm, sounds like flirting to me, what do
you think Brad?" said Naomi, in her usual calm, no tone voice.
"I defiantly think some thing should be done about these two, they have been
acting weird ever since our first battle in S class. Call it what you like,
Fighting, Flirting, whatever, just do something about it. They made me spill
my coffee today," said Brad, crossing his arms as he leaned against the
wall.
"I've got it!" said Doc as he ran into Brad's room.
"Ah! Doc, what are you doing?" Brad asked in a rage as he ran after him.
Doc pulled out a pair of handcuffs (a.n: I don't wanna know why Brad has
handcuffs! x_x), "We will lock them together!"
"Uh, dad, do you really think this is a good idea?" Leon asked, in a
worried, but casual voice.
"Of course it is," Bit and Leena's eyes grew wide and they began to make a
run for it. "Quick, two of you stop them!" Doc hollered as he pointed to
the door.
Unfortunately for Bit and Leena, Brad and Naomi jumped them, and it was to
late. "That's right, hold them still." Bit and Leena kicked and struggled to
get out of there.
"Ouch! Bit you kicked me!" cried a voice.
"Sorry!" came a replay. "Ah! Leena you bit me!"
"Oh sorry." Was another replay.
"Take it easy girl." That was Naomi's voice as she struggled to get a good
hold on Leena.
"Take it easy, 'girl'? What am I, a dog?" Leena questioned.
"I got it!" cried Doc as he latched the cuffs. They all stepped away, and
found Bit and Leena handcuffed together. They tried breaking it apart, but
to no avail.
"Ah! Dad! What if I have to go to the bathroom?" Leena wined.
"Uh, well," Doc scratched his head, "I guess, Bit will go to."
"Ergh!"
"Ah! What was that? I can't go to the bathroom with Leena! Or vise versa!
Are you all crazy?" Bit asked and they all nodded.
In unison: "You two drove us crazy!"
"Oh yeah, sure. Blame the little guys tied up!" Bit replied, trying to stand
up with Leena at the same time.
"To be honest, I think it is a great idea." Said Brad, moving over to the
coffeepot.
"Yeah." All but Bit and Leena agreed.
"Well, I guess we all can get into town and shop and look. What do ya say?"
they all nodded.
"Ah! Wait, we have to go out like this!?" Leena asked, pulling Bit with her
as she walked over to the others.
"Well, yeah. You to have to bond. Get along for once. And don't pretend you
won't like it, I know you will," said Naomi smirking as she and the others
walked out.
"Ergh!" Leena raged, "Fine! Come on Bit!" Leena pulled Bit, and he followed
as they all walked into Atlantis. The city was beautiful. Gold, blue,
turquoise, and an aqua color stained the city towers, walls and stores. Brad
and Naomi split away from the group, heading to some of the stores and what
not.
Jamie found his dad in a little gift shop that made little flying Reno's,
and Doc and Leon walked off, going to spend some father-son time, and catch
up. Soon Bit was left handcuffed to Leena, and only Leena. They walked,
didn't talk much, only a: "Wanna stop in here?" or "Hey! Can I look in here,
would you mind?" and that was about it. Bit grew tired of it and started to
speak: "So, uh, wanna go do one of the water activities?"
Leena looked at him, puzzled, and surprised by him saying that, she began to
blush. "Uh Bit, we might wanna to do that tomorrow."
"But I really wanna do it now." He argued, (a.n: Just me or did those
sentences sound a little sick? ^_^).
Leena blushed even redder. "Uh Bit, how are we gonna change when we are
stuck together like this?" Leena questioned, raising there handcuffed hands
up.
"Oh. Well, so? I won't look. Nothing I haven't seen before any ways." The
blond Zoids pilot said, looking away from her as he ran a hand through his
spiky blond hair.
More crimson if possible, "Well, uh...Maybe later." She said, looking
forward has they walked, Bit smiled at her, he had won that debate. Well,
sorta.
*****
Naomi and Brad had been shopping. When Brad wanted to go get some coffee,
Naomi frowned.
"I swear, you have an addiction to that stuff. Oh well, I'll meet you in
that bookstore when you're done. Okay?" Naomi asked, pointing to a little
bookstore on the corner.
"Yeah sure. I'll only be a minute," said Brad as he approached the coffee
stand.
Naomi gave a small quiet chuckle as she walked across the street. The
bookstore was a tiny one compared to some of the other ones in the City of
Atlantis, but it was quite homey, and smelled of a rich, but faint smell of
spice and cinnamon. Some of the bookshelves were over crowded, others were
covered in dust, and some other ones were over crowded and covered with
dust. There were some nice shelves with heavy books, and more scattered all
over the room. Naomi started walking in the M section of the books when she
heard something fall over. She peered over her shoulder and she seen
something or some one move. She looked again and whatever it was, it was
gone now. She cursed herself, she felt like something was wrong. Another
thud echoed the store, and this time it was followed by faint voices.
Following the voices Naomi headed towards the G section.
Hearing another voice, she dashed around the corner of a bookcase.
"Listen old man, I don't need this right now! Now, where is it?" asked a
pushy yet feminine voice.
'Huh...A woman.' Naomi then looked in the direction of the voices. There she
saw A woman with pink hair, she was about 5'9 and looked about 24 years old,
two men were beside her, one with brown hair, he looked the same age, he was
built, he was about 5'11 to 6'2 and he carried a gun in his hand. The other
man was a blond, with the exact same details as the other man on the other
side of the girl.
'All three are probably carrying guns no doubt.' She thought, inching
closer, she dodged behind another bookcase to hear the conversation better.
"I-I told you: I don't have that book," the man in his late forties shacked
slightly, scared for his life.
"Well, that's not what your other bookstore keeper friend said down the
street. Infact, he was almost positive that you had it. Now don't play games
with me old man, where is it?" hollered the blond man, growing more
impatient.
'What are they looking for: Money? Jewelry?' Naomi's thoughts rambled in her
head.
"I-I told you, I don't have it." The man said again, still shacking.
"Alright then, you don't have it. But you must know some one who does. So,
where might we find this book?" asked the brown hared man, pushing his blond
partner to the side.
'A book? All this is about a book!?' Naomi thought while stealing another
glance at the three and the old man. Glancing up, her eyes caught some
thing. A patch on the blond guy's jacket, in read: Shadowcats. 'Shadowcats?
That's a team sponsored by the Backdraft. What does the Backdraft want with
a book?'
"We grow tired of your indolence, Robert, kill him." The pink hared woman
ordered the blond man.
Naomi was about to attack, when the voice of the older man rang out:
The old man put his hands up in protest, "N-no please! Any thing but that.
I'll tell you where it is."
The woman smirked, "Good. Its about time!"
"Its over there, behind that shelf, there's a safe, the combination is
15-38-2" said the man.
The blond man walked over to it, after putting in the combination, he opened
it, and there, was a book with strange markings on it. After he retrieved
the book he threw it to the woman.
She reluctantly caught the book. "Thank you very much for your cooperation
old man. We'll be sure to send your regards to the-" the woman was cut off
by Naomi kicking her in her left shoulder. Both women fell to the ground.
Blond man began firing his gun at Naomi, she did a flip, and avoided the
attack, while the bullet hit the bookcase.
"Who the hell are you?" asked the dark hared man, raising his gun to perfect
aim with Naomi's head.
"She's my girl friend!" said Brad as he turned the guy around and hit the
dark hared man. His gun flew to the other side of the room, and he made an
attempt to get it, but Brad had reached it first. Seeing no chance the man
yelled to his teammates: "Let's get the heck out of here!"
Wasting no time to argue they all headed for the door. The woman still
clenched the book to her, and Naomi began to chase after her.
"Wait Naomi! It's not safe!" Brad tried to stop her with his words but Naomi
was already out the door after them. "Damn it!" Brad cursed as he ran out
after her.
They just turned on their engine to their jeep, and Naomi picked up her
speed, just as it began to pull out she grabbed hold of the bottom part of
the book. The other woman began to yank her side of the book closer to her,
trying to get Naomi to let go. But it seemed that the maroon hared young
woman was equal with her in strength. "Shawn, lets go!" she hollered at him.
Turning the wheel frantically he pushed his foot down on the gas pedal and
the tiny bottom part of the book that Naomi was hanging onto ripped from the
rest of the book. Naomi tumbled back, and Brad just got there to catch her.
Falling into his hard but comfortable arms, she sighed.
"Naomi, what were they after?" Brad asked, looking down at her in his arms.
Naomi lifted her head up, and raised her arm. "This. Well part of it any
way."
Brad's eyes met a piece of a book. He raised any eyebrow, "A book? All that
was over a stupid book!?"
"No, I think there was something in that book, something important. That was
the Backdraft." Said Naomi standing up.
"What would the Backdraft want with a book?"
"I don't know. Come on, maybe that old man can tell us something." They then
headed into the bookstore again.
*****
Three shadows could be seen in the dark room. The man turned his chair
around to see them.
"Well?" he asked in a rather annoyed tone.
Three figures appeared out of the shadows, a woman's voice could be heard,
"We, have the book."
The man smiled evilly but it was covered by the dark, "Excellent."
"But, sir, we were seen by a man and a woman," cried a mans voice, stepping
forward the moonlight from the moon, showed his blond hair.
The older man chuckled, "I have made the first move, that is all they know."
Leena's voice: Next time on Zoids: Enter the Gate: What Bit and me are still
handcuffed together? Ah! I will get you for this! Hey what's this old man
doing grabbing my arm? And what is he saying about Bit and me being the
chosen ones? And who's this guy that apparently knows Bit from their
childhood? And what is he doing hitting on me? Zoids: Enter the Gate,
chapter three: Old friends, new enemies. Ready! Fight!
2 Zoids: Enter the Gate:
Prologue
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Bit Cloud, winner of the royal cup, chosen one to pilot the ultimate X zoid Liger Zero, had just returned to the Blitz Team base. He hadn't seen it since he went on vacation, exploring and seeing the rest of the world for his very own eyes. With no one but him and Liger. He had seen many places, sites, battled once in a while when an amateur would get too cocky, had a blast too, but it still felt good to be home. Well, the only place that ever felt like home. The garage door of the base opened; reluctantly he still remembered the password.
Bit jumped down out of the cockpit of Liger Zero and Liger roared softly. Bit looked up at him. "Yeah, I know Liger. It feels good to be home too," said Bit as he turned off the lights and exited the garage, heading towards the living room; where he hoped at least one person would be there to greet him. Walking in the dim living room he noticed a petite female body laying down watching the t.v. He smiled, and moved over to the figure.
Leena snapped her head in the direction of the moving figure beside her, expecting it to either be her father, or her stalker Harry! To her surprise, her eyes landed on the one person she hadn't seen since they won the Royal Cup: Bit Cloud. He smiled and she jumped up into his arms.
"Bit! You're back! Oh my God! The others will be so happy to see you," she said still in his arms, they both began to blush. She pulled away slightly, not wanting him to see her blush, if he could at all in the dark room.
Her sudden rush of emotion towards him had surprised Bit and he had blushed as well, feeling stupid with the silence he decided to brake it. "So where are the others?" 'Stupid question,' he thought, 'Man, you just can't say it's nice to see you too Leena, can you?' His mind yelled and called him some more stupid names until Leena's voice cut in between his thoughts.
"Well, Jamie went and spent time with his dad, some thing about learning how to pilot a lot better, and Dad is out with Leon, Naomi and Brad. They went to dinner." She said as she sat back down on the couch, pretending the t.v. was suddenly more important again.
"Oh. Why didn't you go? I mean Brad went." Bit asked, joining her on the same couch this time.
"Well, Brad and Naomi are a couple now." Said Leena changing the channel as if the conversation were a bore.
Bit looked a little shocked, "A couple? Really? Wow. When did this happen?"
Leena thought she could detect a little amusement in his voice. "Well considering you haven't been here in like forever I guess you wouldn't know! Like a few months after ya left. Brad finally got the courage to ask Naomi, and apparently she liked him too."
Bit kinda felt hurt by her first comment but decided to shake it off. "Oh. Funny. So why didn't you go again?"
"Well, I didn't feel like going without a date, and I was not about to take Harry. So I stayed. No big deal, I can take care of myself. So how was the traveling?" asked Leena, things were getting too personal with her, he still hadn't said what he had been up to.
"Uh…Well it was cool. Missed the team and being apart of it, but all in all it was a good experience for me." Said Bit laying his head back on the back of the couch.
'Missed the team, the team Leena not you!' she thought coldly. "Oh. Meet any girls?"
Bit looked over to Leena, surprised by her question, and intrigued at the same time. "Yeah, none that I really liked though, why?"
Leena recognized that tone in his voice as the "Ego talking". "No reason, just curious if some one else's love life was going better than mine!" Leena yawned and arched her back, feeling sleepiness take over her body. "Well good night, Bit. It's good to have ya back! See ya in the morning."
"Yeah, see ya," called Bit as Leena disappered down the hallway to her room. He smiled to himself. "Maybe I should go to sleep now too, it's been a long day, and a long vacation. Too long." Said Bit as he too headed to his room in the dark base.
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Bit's voice: Next time on Zoids Enter the Gate, Zoid warriors all over the world are back and ready to go head to head in combat with one another! Our first battle in S class is to fight the Supreme Scorpions, but what's this? They're with the new and improved Backdraft group!?
Zoids Enter the Gate: Chapter one: Zoid warriors' back on the battlefield, Backdraft group reassembled! Ready! Fight!
Chapter one: Zoids warriors' back on the battlefield,
Backdraft Group reassembled! Ready! Fight!
Leena looked out her window as the Hover Cargo drove by the vast dry desert. She sighed a heavy sigh and turned back to face the rest of her team. "So, we have a battle later today huh?"
Doc's dopey look appeared on his face, "That's right! Oh how I love Zoid battles! And since the whole team is back, and with new tricks nether the less, right Bit," he elbowed him in his lower part of the stomach, "we're sure to when against this team. Especially since Jamie has been working on some new strategies! Isn't that right Jamie?"
Jamie, who was slightly taller since they won the royal cup, sat up proudly. "That's right. I went over them with my dad the other night, he said they were perfect! All though I beg to differ, they are still pretty good. And I'm sure we can win against this team." He then turned to see the looks of his fellow team members.
"Ought ta be a snap." Said Brad calmly as he sipped his coffee with his eyes closed.
"Yeah! We'll win for sure!" said Bit as he nearly jumped out of his chair, startling Leena who seemed to be daydreaming the entire meeting.
"Leena, are you alright? You're a little jumpy today." Said Doc as he dropped his dopey look and gained the 'I am your father so you have No choice but to tell me what is wrong!' look.
"UhNo. Not really. I was just thinking" said Leena as she stirred her straw in her Pepsi.
"YeahGo on. What were you thinking?" asked Doc again, gaining a little concern in his voice.
"Uh" Leena faked a smile, "How nice it would be to go shopping before the battle."
Doc gained the dopey smile again, "OhWell I suppose we could before the battle, I mean the town is right over there, about nine miles away."
Leena smiled at her father and the guys groaned. "To be exact, twelve miles." Said Jamie a sweatdrop on his head.
"And counting" Bit sarcastically added.
"What did you say Bit Cloud!?" Leena yelled at him.
"Aaahhhhh! It lives!" Bit hollered as he began to run away from Leena and out the door towards the rec room.
"It? Bit your just about to find out how a live I am!" whaled Leena as she chased him all over the Hover Cargo.
Twenty minutes later the Hover Cargo had arrived in the town and were just separating.
"Now, we only have a little bit of time. Meet back here in two hours, got it? I mean it Leena, no excuses. We do after all have a battle. Okay every one?" said Doc as he parked the jeep.
Leena turned to agree to her father's terms, but he wasn't there. She then saw him running into the Zoid part shop, like a lunatic. The team sweatdropped.
"I better go stop him before he ends up spending all of our money!" said Jamie as he opened his door and climbed out.
"Don't bother, he can't buy any thing any ways." Said Leena smirking, as her and the others got out of the jeep.
"And whys that?" asked Bit.
Leena thought she could detect doubt in his voice as well as amusement. "Well, for one thing, I have his credit card!" said Leena as she ran into the mall. Bit just smirked.
"Oh great! Now some one better go stop her before she ends up spending all our money!" said Jamie, turning to his other team members.
Brad crossed his arms, "Don't look at me! I'm heading to the gym, I hear they just added a new hot spring."
Jamie raised an eyebrow, "Well I wanted to go to the Computer and Software store. I need to get stuff there for my computer!" Brad and Jamie then looked over at Bit, who hadn't maid any plans.
Bit stared at them for a minute until it hit him: he was gonna be the one to tag a long with Leena. Bit threw his hands up in defeat, "All right, all right! I'll go, I'll go! No need to plan on how to tie me up and get me over to Leena, I'll go willingly."
"Damn! Planning how to get you tied up is half the fun! Just kidding. Thanks Bit, see ya guys later!" called Jamie as he ran across the street to the store.
"Yeah, no problem. I just gotta be stuck with shop hungry Leena, that's all!" said Bit to Brad, but when he turned around, he too was gone. "Oh well, might as well go find that Mall crazy girl now." Said Bit as he headed into the mall. Bit searched most of the stores Leena had always shopped in, and after the ninth one he came to Victoria's Secret. Bit smirked and walked in.
Looking around he found no trace of Leena, but a rather good-looking blonde he did find. He took a step back to look at her, when suddenly he tripped over another woman's purse and fell back onto one of the doors to the changing rooms. Knocking the door open Bit fell in the dressing room and landed at the feet of Leena, in a purple bra and panties.
Leena screamed in horror! "Aaaahhh!"
Bit looked up, seeing Leena he got frightened. "L-Leena. I can explain!"
"Bit!" Leena yelled, pulling him off the floor and shutting the door behind him, steam seemed to come out of her ears.
"L-Leena I can explain!" Bit stammered, trying not to look at Leena or blush.
"Well you better explain! Better be a damn good reason for why you're in here too!" Leena whispered, to Bit's surprise.
"Wait, why didn't you kick me out?" asked Bit, looking at her again, as a light crimson stained his cheeks.
"Well, first turn around so I can get my clothes back on!" yelled Leena, as she grabbed her clothes trying to cover up her revealing skin.
Bit blushed again and turned around, "Oh right! Sorry!"
"Its okay. Now, the reason I pulled you in here is cause I wanted to know why you fell in here, and I didn't want any one else to see me like this! It is embarrassing you know!" Said Leena, pulling her shirt over her head.
"Oh right. Well I was looking for ya, and I came in here cause it was one of the last places you could be. Any ways, I was checking out this blonde chick when I tripped over another ladies purse and then I fell and hit the door. Opening it as well. Then I just fell in here and saw you practically naked!" said Bit as he started to laugh a little.
"Yeah well, like you look much better nude! Or practically or whatever!" said Leena blushing with embarrassment.
"I wasn't laughing at that. I was laughing at the situation." Said Bit, sounding, for once in his life, serious towards some thing other than Zoids and battles.
"Oh. I'm sorry."
"Yeah well, its okay. No damage done. Can I turn around now?" asked Bit, peering over his shoulder.
Leena laughed, "Yeah sure. Come on! Let's go to lunch!"
"Fine with me! I'm starved!" said Bit as they both walked out of the dressing room and out of the store.
Brad and Jamie spotted Bit and Leena eating lunch outside, and both being hungry, they decided to eat with them. Approaching the table Brad spoke: "AwwwLook at the happy couple!"
Leena blushed lightly and Bit grinned. "Speaking of happy couples, I hear you and Naomi are one of them! So, spill! How'd it happen?" asked Bit leaning back on his chairs hind legs.
"Well, not that it's any of your business, but we were just talking one night and she said some thing about a club she knew. Then I asked if she wanted to go with me, and she said: 'What like on a date?' and I said: 'yeah'." Brad then sipped some of his coffee he had just poured himself. Gently sitting the cup back down, he spoke again: "And soHere we are. A couple."
"Ah." Replied Bit.
"So what did you guys do while we were gone?" asked Jamie staring up at them oddly.
This time both Bit and Leena blushed, and this didn't go unnoticed by Brad and Jamie.
"My you two sure turn red fast!" commented Brad, as he stirred his coffee.
"Yeah. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you two" Jamie didn't get to finish. A fairly tell blonde girl, about the same age as Bit and Leena had approached them.
"Bit?" she asked, her voice seemed calm and mellow. Bit raised his head and eyes from Leena, and looked at the blonde.
"Bit! It's you! I knew it!" she paused, "But then again, how could any one forget you?"
Bit realized he knew her and from where, and he suddenly began to blush again.
"Oh don't tell me you forgot me! It's me: Amanda! Remember, we spent the night in that hotel a few weeks back!?" said the blonde girl (obviously Amanda!).
Leena's face dropped and she suddenly felt sick. She thought back to the night when Bit had returned: '"Oh. Meet any girls?" she had asked, he had looked over to her and said :
"Yeah, none that I really liked though, why?"
Leena had recognized that tone in his voice as the "Ego talking". "No reason, just curious if some one else's love life was going better than mine!" Leena had said. Lie' she thought. 'All lies!'
She calmed herself before any one noticed her sudden tension of Bit's one nightstand. "I'm gonna go back to the Hover Cargo and sleep for a while before the battle. I didn't get much sleep last night and all this shopping has made me tired." Said Leena as she stood and walked by Amanda to get a cab. Bit got up from his seat and ran over to Leena, as her cab pulled up.
"Leena wait! I can explain!" he called out to her, feeling that the reason she was leaving was cause of Amanda and him.
"Haven't you done enough explaining for one day!?" Leena snapped back at him, giving him a cold glare she got into the cab and left.
Bit joined the others back at the table. Only to see that Amanda had been getting to know Jamie and Brad. He sat back down and looked like he was depressingly sad.
Brad saw this, and he saw the way Leena acted when Amanda told them how she knew Bit. He could tell Leena had been hurt by Bit's actions, and he could tell Bit was just hurt by Leena's comment. Jamie probably could have seen it too, if he was a little older. 'But then again, Jamie is one of the smartest people I know.' Thought Brad, he was then quickly brought back to reality by Amanda's annoying laughing.
"And then Bit said that he was staying in the same hotel I was. So then we went back to the hotel and we uhWell you know." She giggled again and leaned her head on Bit's shoulder and placed her hands on his chest. Bit pulled away, not feeling comfortable with Amanda hanging on him like that. She looked up at him, "Some thing wrong Hotlips?" she asked.
Brad and Jamie held in a laugh, "Hotlips?" Brad asked, an amused smile on his face.
"Aw shut up! It's just a nickname." Said Bit, still trying to pull away from Amanda.
"Would ya like to know how he got it, or why I gave him it to him?" Amanda asked, turning her head towards Jamie and Brad again.
"Uh, no thanks. Some other time, maybe. We have a battle to get to, right Bit?" said Jamie as him and Brad stood.
Bit jumped up, "That's right! I almost forgot. Sorry Amanda I gotta go, maybe I'll see ya later." Said Bit running over to the guys and the jeep.
"Okay! Bye Hotlips, see ya later!" cried Amanda as Bit got into the jeep.
"Hotlips? What did you do to get a nickname like that?" asked Jamie.
Bit blushed, "I'll tell you when you get older."
"Hotlips? I can see why Leena left." Said Brad giving Bit a good long stare.
"What do you mean by that? I mean it's not like Leena cares about Amanda," asked Bit, both Jamie and Brad got a sweatdrop.
"Don't tell me you actually bought Leena's little tired act?" yelled Brad, he was beginning to wonder: Did Bit just want to hear it from some one else, or was he really that stupid?
"What do you mean 'act'?" asked Bit. 'Yup, he was that stupid.' Thought Brad.
"ErghLeena likes you Bit!!!" Jamie hollered.
"What do you mean?"
Jamie and Brad then fell (anime style!). "We mean: Leena likes you! She has for awhile at least that's what I think! Any ways, she left cause she was hurt that you and Amanda, you know" Said a very annoyed Jamie.
"Your both crazy! Leena doesn't like me." Said Bit, crossing his arms.
"Believe what you want to believe. But let me ask you this: Has Leena ever, ever, been tired from shopping?" asked Brad, dragging out the 'evers'.
Doc approached the jeep while Bit was thinking. "Hey guys! Ready for the battle? Hey, where's Leena? Don't tell me she's still shopping!" said Doc as he got into the drivers' seat.
"Uh no. No. Leena went home, she said she was tired and she wanted to go rest up before the battle," said Jamie, eyeing Bit with a weird look.
"Rest up? When she could still do some shopping? Some thing must be wrong with her. Jamie, maybe you should go into battle in Leena's place, I'm really worried about her." Said Doc starting up the engine, and soon enough they were at the Hover Cargo.
Bit could only think about what Brad and Jamie had said, it did make a lot of sense. Arriving back at the Hover Cargo Brad and Jamie went to prepare their Zoids, Doc went to assemble his new Zoid models, and Bit went to check up on Leena. She did seem like she was pretty upset when she left. After three minutes of walking, Bit came to Leena's door. He was about to knock, when it hit him: What was he gonna say? Leena I'm sorry, let me explain? 'Nope, she'd kick me out, possibly throw some thing at me,' thought Bit. Leena, it meant nothing, not the nickname, the actions, nothing. 'She'd more than likely ask 'What nickname?' and then I'll be in trouble again, and she'll hit me, then throw me out of her room!' Leena, I was just wondering, did I do any thing to upset you? You just left, and I don't buy into your whole tired act. What's wrong? I didn't mean to, I would never do some thing to hurt you intentionally. 'Nope, too mushy.' Bit thought again, and after a minute he started to walk away from Leena's bedroom door.
Leena's door opened and she sobbed out loud, not knowing any one was home. Bit immediately turned around. Her face was tear streaked and wet, and she grasped her arm tightly. Bit rushed over to her, hearing her sob and almost cry, again. "Leena? What is it? What's wrong?" Bit asked trying to hold her, but he failed.
Leena cried out loud, almost a scream, and to Bit, it sounded like one of pain. He grasped her shoulders tightly, refusing to let go, gently shaking her he spoke: "Leena! What is wrong!?"
Leena let her arm fall limp to her side and she looked down at it. Bit followed her gaze, meeting her arm he saw a very long cut, oozing out blood. It was obviously a cut. And Bit was afraid to ask from what. Staring at her, confused at what to say, he gently pulled her wounded arm towards him. Gently running his fingers across it he saw Leena wince. "Leena, what happened? Did you?" it was a question finished, and not finished, but Leena knew what the rest of it was.
"No. I-I went to go pick up the picture of the whole * sob * team. Ya know the one that Leon took after we won the royal cup?" Leena asked and Bit nodded slowly. "Well, I dropped it, and * sob * the glass shattered all over. I bent down to pick them up, when a piece that landed on my dresser came tumbling on my arm, * sob * cutting me." She spoke soft, like a child with a scratch. Or maybe, she spoke softly like a woman that had just had her heart broken. Bit could only wonder if it was cause of him.
He grabbed her hand and started to pull her trough the hallway. "Bit! What are you doing?" she cried, trying to free herself from his grip, but to no avail.
"Your wound is pretty bad. You need medical attention!" Bit said, looking back at her.
"I do not. And besides, we have a battle. Don't worry I'll be fine."
Bit rubbed his finger gently across her wound again, Leena winced, but did not cry. Bit smirked and spoke in a rather cocky tone; "You'll be fine huh? I don't think so. Come on, we're going now!"
"But we have to battle in a half hour! I will be fine!" she tried resisting, she didn't want help from him right now, especially him of all people!
"You are not battling! The wound is too serious, and your dad said Jamie was gonna fight in your place cause he didn't think you felt well enough to battle." Said Bit, opening the door to the Med-room, as Leena protested to come in. Gently he yanked her, and she came in, almost falling on him. She blushed a little, but brushed it aside, refusing to think about him like that, after what happened today.
"I am needed on the team. This is the well-known S class Supreme Scorpions we are facing! I have to go!" Leena argued with him.
"The only place you have to go is up here, now get up there!" commanded Bit, pointing to the medical bed. Leena shook her head, and stuck her nose in the air. "Fine." Said Bit as he picked her up by her hips and set her down gently on the bed as if it was nothing at all. Surprised but angry, Leena gave him a cold glare and Bit only grinned in return. He then walked over to the medicine cabinet, got the rubbing alcohol and a few cotton balls, along with some bandages. Bit dabbed the cotton ball on her wound softly. Leena winced a little and Bit pulled back and looked up at her, "Did I put too much rubbing alcohol on it? I won't put so much on if you don't want me to."
"No. I'll be fine."
"You keep saying that."
"Then maybe you should believe me, it's true!"
"Why do you always have ta be a pain!? I'm just trying to help you!" Bit hollered, grasping her wounded arm firmly, not even realizing it.
Leena slightly winced, and felt as though she was gonna cry. "Well I don't need your help!"
"Really? Cause that's not what it looks like from here!"
"Then maybe you should step down!"
"Maybe I should quit the team, I mean you certainly don't want me here!"
"Maybe you should, Amanda would certainly like that!"
"Don't you dare bring her in this! Not when you don't know the whole story!"
"What else is there to know!? You slept with her didn't you?"
"Either way, why do you care?"
Leena was raged and hurt, "Get out!"
Bit released his grip on her arm, "Get out? W-what do you mean? You want me to leave the team?"
"Don't be stupid dumb ass! You're the best, and I wouldn't do that to our team just cause you and me had a fight. Now please, just get out!"
"I'm the best? Are you ill?" Bit asked, scared out of his mind. He didn't know who this was, but it wasn't trigger happy Leena!
A small sob could just barely be heard, "I'm not ill, I'm serious. Come on Bit, you know you're the best!"
Bit still looked stunned, "I know I am but it's weird coming from you."
Leena sobbed and laughed at the same time, "Well, now you know I've always thought that. I'm the useless one on the team. Always wasting ammo." Said Leena as she then began to cry.
Bit gripped her shoulders, "Come on Leena! You know that's not true! You help us out a lot!"
Leena sobbed and cried again, letting go of her shoulders Bit pulled her into a hug. Leena leaned in, putting her head on his chest, and wrapping her arms around his waste. Bit held her there for a long time, until they both heard Doc calling for them. Bit pulled away slightly to see Leena's face. She had pulled away more, but they still held on to each other.
"I guess we should go." Replied Bit, still holding his hands on her hips.
Leena wiped her eyes, "Yeah." Leena looked up at Bit, who was looking down at her with his green eyes that seemed to capture her soul, and make her want to tell him every thing.
"YeahWe"
"Have"
"That"
"Battle" They seemed to finish each others sentence perfectly, moving closer, Bit leaned down a little, and Leena stepped on her tiptoes. Looking closer to each other, their faces became an inch apart. Bit slowly proceeded in bring his lips down, towards Leena's. Leena closed her eyes and wet her lips. And suddenly, a voice broke the sweet quietness of the Med room:
"There you two are!" yelled Doc as Bit and Leena jumped three feet away from each other. "We've been looking for you two all over. What were you doing in the Med room?" asked Doc, a dopey smile praised his lips.
"Taking care of a wound." Replied Leena, looking back and forth between Bit and her father.
"Ah! I see. Well come on. Some thing weird has come up involving the battle and Jamie wishes to address the team. To fix the strategy for the battle."
"Okay, we'll be there in a minute." Said Bit, as he reached over to the medical bed, to put the bandages and rubbing alcohol away.
"Okay. Don't take too long, I can't wait for the battle! I just love Zoids!" said Doc as he walked out of the Med room.
Bit stared at the place where Doc had been standing for a moment, then he went back to putting away the things. He thought for a moment and then he turned to Leena, "Should we finish bandaging your wound?"
"Uh, yeah." Said Leena as she sat back up on the medical bed. Leena looked down at her wounded scar. "UhBit!?"
Bit looked over at her. "What?"
"My cut, I-it'sIt's disappeared!" shouted Leena, running her finger over her arm, where her cut had once been.
Bit looked at her again, "What do you mean it's "disappeared"?" asked Bit, staring at her awkwardly.
"Just what I said! It's gone! Pouf! Vanished!" said Leena raising her voice a bit.
Bit walked over to her, lightly grabbing her arm; he looked at it, then he looked at the other arm. "Huh! I swear it was there!"
"I know."
"I wonder what happened!?" said Bit, still holding her arm, Leena blushed at how gentle he was.
"So do I. I mean, it was there! I know it! It felt real enough any ways." Said Leena looking down at her arm.
"Yeah. Well, maybe I have magical powers to heal!" Bit joked, laughing a little.
"Yeah right, Bit. Very funny!" replied Leena as she pushed him lightly.
"What? You don't believe in magic or guardian angels?" asked Bit, as he tried to put on a straight face.
"Of course I don't!"
"Oh, why? I mean, I thought every little child believed in magic and that stuff!" said Bit getting ready to run.
Leena pulled her arm away from him. "Well, that would explain why you still do!" Leena then took off running at the end of her sentence.
"What!? Hey! You come back here!" Said Bit as he began to chase after her.
Leena ran fast, but Bit was faster and easily caught up. He was right behind her. The scenery flew by her, or she flew by it. Her speed picked up a notch and she was a little more ahead of him, but he was still quick behind. Leena started to feel a little lightheaded, and she began to stumble while running. Making her way out of the Hover Cargo, Bit saw her began to slow up and he began to speed up. 'I'll get her now!' He thought. Catching up with her more easily than he thought, he grasped her wrist and pulled her body-frame closer to his. Tripping over each other's feet, they fell in the sand, Bit on top, Leena on bottom, lying in a tangled of limbs with each other. They both blushed a very bright red at their situation. Leena looked up at Bit, his green eyes glistened as he looked down at her, slowly; Bit moved his lips towards Leena's again. And she again shut her eyes. Bit slid his hands comfortably down to Leena's hips, as Leena brought both hands to both sides of Bit's face. Bit lowered his body lower to Leena's, trying not to put his entire wait on her. Moving closer they
**Boom!**
"Aaahhh!" Leena screamed as the ground shook, and Bit fell on her.
Bit looked up. "What was that, Bit?" Leena asked.
"It made a huge crater." Was his only replay.
"A judge? But-Bit! The battle! We were too occupied with ourselves to realize." Said Leena jumping up.
Bit got up himself, "That's right. I totally forgot! Shit!"
"Well, no ones out here yet. Maybe the Scorpions forfeited." Said Leena looking at the judge.
Just then the Shadow Fox leapt into the air above their heads. Startled Leena screamed and Bit pulled her closer to him, also screaming. After the Shadow Fox landed, Brad came out of the cockpit, "So there you two are! Well come on, go get your Zoids! Jamie will be out in a minute, hurry! Some meager big prize money is at steak here!" yelled Brad, climbing back into his Zoid.
"Right." Said Bit as he headed back into the base, Leena ran ahead of him. Noticing Leena, Bit ran up to her and grasped her arm. "Where exactly are you going?" He asked.
"Going to get my Zoid. Didn't you here Brad?" Leena replied, standing kinda stiffly.
"Oh no you don't! I told ya before, that cut"
"The cuts gone remember?!" Leena yelled a bit.
Bit's eyes softened, "Yeah, but still. Leena, I'm"
Leena raised an eyebrow, "Your?"
"Nothing. Never mind. I guess if ya wanna battle that much, I can't stop you. So go ahead if ya want to."
"Oh. Well, I suppose that if I get hurt the cut could come back, seeing how I don't know how it just vanished in the first place. So I won't fight today." Said Leena smiling softly.
Bit smiled back, "Thank you."
"Thanks for taking care of my arm."
"Your welcome."
"Yeah-yeah! Now get out there Bit! If you don't win after this: I'm kicking your ass!" said Leena winking.
"When don't you?" asked Bit playfully as he got into the cockpit of Liger Zero. Zero's system turned on and Jamie appeared on the com-link. "Hey Jamie! What's the plan?"
"Bit, the Scorpions are real slow compared to the Liger Zero and the Shadow Fox, but their Canon Pulse Beams on their tails make up for that. I suggest the Jager unit. However you maybe able to blow them away with the Panzer. But I wouldn't count on it."
"Okay. Thanks Jamie, see ya guys in a few." Bit then turned off the com- link and turned on the one linked to Doc. "Doc, mobilize the Jager!"
"Right" said Doc.
"All systems mobilize, Zero Jager." Said Leena, typing away on Jamie's computer. The door of the Hover Cargo then opened, and Liger roared ferociously.
"Gooooooooooo Jager!" hollered Bit as Liger jumped down off the Hover Cargo.
"Bout time you joined us." Said Jamie, flying in the sky right above him and Brad.
"Ya, sorry about that." Said Bit, grinning to himself.
"And what were you and Leena doing?" asked Brad, Leena got all red at the Hover cargo and her father stared at her.
"Awww shut up!" said Bit.
The Dark Judge the rose in front of them:
"Warning! Warning! This is a designated Zoid battlefield, all personal L must leave the area at once! ScanningBattle mode-Well, there is no battle mode! The Blitz Team vs. the Supreme Scorpions, Ready! Fight!"
"The Dark judge!? But the Backdraft group was put out of commission!?" said Jamie.
"They must be back in action." Replied Brad. "No matter, we'll just put them back out!"
"So the Scorpions are with the Backdraft?" asked Bit.
Brad nodded his head. "Seems that way."
Jamie's Raynos flew higher, "I'm gonna go check the other team out!" said Jamie taking off before any one could say no.
Brad sighed, "I hope this doesn't take too long, Naomi wanted to go out to eat tonight." Bit smirked.
Inside the Hover Cargo:
"Dad! The Scorpions are apart of the Backdraft group!?" Leena shouted.
"I guess, but I thought they were put to a stop. I think I better go see Lyon later. He maybe able to answer a few questions."
"Oh that's no good! Uncle Lyon is out on vacation, remember? He talked about going to the caves or canyons or whatever" replied Leena, she then turned back and looked at the computer.
*Boom*
Just then Jamie's Ranyos came crashing down.
"Jamie!" Bit screamed, hoping Jamie was all right. Bit got no reply from Jamie.
"Bit, the enemy is approaching." Said Brad, moving his Shadow Fox to the other side.
"Yeah, great! Two against three!" said Bit cranking up the jets on the Jager.
Bit and Jager Zero passed up two of the Scorpions, while Brad was firing at the other. One of the Scorpions started charging their canons, while the other two dealt with Brad and Bit. Leena and Doc caught sight of it.
"Leena, don't just stand there! Pull up a link with the guys!" Coming out of her transfixed gaze and back into reality she did as she was told. "Brad and Bit, get out of the way of the third Scorpion, it's getting ready to fire on of its canons." Shouted Doc.
The Shadow Fox let out its smoke and ran after it did. The tail of the Scorpion then shot up and the beam canon hit Bit and the Liger:
"AaahhhLiger, hang in there buddy!" screamed Bit as the beam hit them.
Leena was in a shock of terror: "No! Bit!"
The attack continued and Bit screamed while the Liger roared. The Scorpion was then attacked by Brad's Shadow Fox and out of commission.
Brad then sat up a com-link with Bit: "Hey buddy you okay?"
Bit winced a little, "Yeah, thanks pal!"
"Hey no problem!"
Leena sighed, "Would you two get back to the battle now! You still have two Scorpions left!"
"Yeah sure, just calm down Leena! I don't see you out here helping!" said Brad, turning around and shooting at a Scorpion.
"What was that!? I'll be right down!" shouted Leena, making her way away from the computer.
Bit brought up a com-link with Leena, "You stay there! This battle is almost finished!"
Leena turned around, and in a whisper she said: "Bit."
Bit then turned off the com-link and turned on the jets to the Jager, zooming by one of the Scorpions, he came back behind it. "Come on Liger! Strike Laser Claw!" shouted Bit as the Scorpion went down at the mighty strike from Liger. Brad and the Shadow Fox then took out the other Scorpion.
"Ergh" the Dark judge furred.
Doc brought up a link with the judge, "Announce the winner judge!"
"ErghThe winner is the Blitz Team." Said the Judge as he then took off in his rocket, and the Scorpions disappeared under the sand.
"Weird. Oh well! We won! We won our first battle in S class! Leena can you believe-" Doc turned around, only to see Leena wasn't there any more.
Jamie cheered, "We won! We won!" as he ran into the tactical room, where Doc was!
"Hey Jamie, did you see Leena?" asked Doc.
"Yeah! She nearly knocked my out of my way as I was coming in!" he replied, he then looked at his computer: "Ah! Leena!"
Brad jumped out of his cockpit, "Congratulations Bit, you did it again!"
Bit sighed, "Yeah, but this time hurt more than the last few!" They then laughed and Leena ran up to them.
"Oh great, I'm gonna get a beating now!" said brad, watching Leena approach them.
"Good. For once its not me!" said Bit, still laughing.
Instead of her going after Brad though, she surprised them both by hugging Bit.
Bit was startled, "UhLeena?"
"Your okay! And we won!" she then pulled away from him and laughed, "It feels good to have the team together again."
"Yeah. Yeah it does." Bit then looked at the Liger, "Ya hear that Liger, we're back in action!"
Liger roared ferociously and the team laughed and headed back into the Hover Cargo.
Brad's voice: Next time on Zoids Enter the Gate: What's this deal about Naomi seeing one of the Backdraft teams in a bookstore, causing trouble over a little book? And why have Bit and Leena been acting weird around each other lately? Zoids: Enter the Gate: Chapter Two: The mysterious Zoids gate book. Ready! Fight!
Chapter Two: The mysterious Zoids gate book. Ready! Fight!
In a dark room, sat a fairly tall pink hared woman, along side of her: two
men. One had dark brown hair, the other had blonde. They sat quietly in
front of an older man, covered by the shadows.
"You speak of this meeting to no one." Spoke the older man as he raised his
hand in a warning.
They nodded and the pink hared woman spoke: "Of course not. We would never
unless given permission to."
"Yes, well, who gave you permission to speak?" the man snapped, sitting back
in his chair.
"Oh but sir, I didn't mean-"
"You didn't mean to but yet you still keep chatting!" replied the old man
coldly.
The blonde shut the woman up quickly, without speaking.
"Good-good. I can see I can start this meeting now." He turned to them
again. "Do you have any idea why I have called you here?" he asked, when no
one answered he began to yell again, "Damn it answer me!"
"No sir." Replied the brown hared man.
"We have no idea." Replied the woman as she stared at the floor.
"I am assuming it has some thing to do with those mysterious new Zoids that
appeared out of no where." Said the blonde man, crossing his legs and gently
setting his hands to rest on them.
"Hmm...Very good. You know your not as blonde as you look, Robert."
"Thank you sir." Said Robert, he then turned towards his teammates, giving a
sly grin to them, he then turned back to the man.
"What about these Zoids?" asked the brown hared man impatiently, as he gave
Robert a cold glare.
"These Zoids appeared out of no where. No one knows where they came from.
And they are, untamable. But, I think I know how to tame them. And use them
towards are best advantage." Said the man as he turned his hand into a fist.
"To our best advantage sir?" asked the woman.
"Yes Kelly. We the Backdraft group are in some great deal of need for new
things. New Zoids, weapons, and pilots."
"Yes but with all do respect sir, how does that get them tamed?" asked the
brown hared man again.
"Well Shawn, I have heard of a book. A very rare book, the only one of its
kind. And it will have the answers."
"A small book? That's what all this is about?" cried Robert, laughing a
little.
"Just a book? Why this book is the key to making us unstoppable again! Don't
you see? With this book, only we will have the knowledge of taming these
Zoids! These new and powerful Zoids that no one has ever seen in action!"
"Oh. I see. That book, it also has some thing about where these Zoids came
from, doesn't it?" asked Kelly, sitting up proudly.
The man grinned, "Yes. It also explains how to keep them in and out of this
world."
"I see. But sir, won't they be dangerous at first?" asked Shawn.
"Shawn, two days ago: our well known S class Supreme Scorpions lost their
first battle." Replied the man.
"What? To who?" cried Robert as he stood up.
"To who else? The Blitz Team. They are the only team that has managed to
beat us, humiliate us, and put a stop to us." He paused, "But no more. With
these Zoids, we will crush the Blitz Team, and any one who gets in our way!"
"So this is about revenge, is that it?" asked Robert.
"Yes, and no. With the Blitz team out of the way, no one will be able to
stop us. We will once again be feared, and powerful. Now, as members of the
Shadowcats, one group from the Backdraft, will you help find that book?"
asked the man, as he leaned back into his chair again.
The three looked at each other silently for a few minutes. Robert then
nodded, and soon did the other two.
"Sir, we'll help. But answer us this, if you will: Why us?" asked Robert.
"Well, Shadowcats, the shadow covers you from being seen. I can't have the
Backdraft being caught by some noise people. This mission is to be taken
seriously until we have the book in our hands. It is essential that we have
that book in our hands, and that we are not seen with it, for questions will
be asked. We cannot afford for the Backdraft to be put out again." He
paused, "You are the best team for the job. Don't screw up! Don't be seen!
Understand?"
They nodded in unison, "And where do we find this legendary book?" asked
Kelly, coyly.
"It was said to be hidden in the deepest sea."
"The deepest sea? How the Hell would pursue we get it now?" hollered Shawn,
standing up quickly.
"Calm down Shawn," the man chuckled, "I never said it was still there, I
merely said that it was said to be there."
"Huh? Y-you mean its not?"
"Nope." The man laughed again.
"Then where the Hell is it?" yelled Robert, standing by Shawn.
"A man found it last year, and sold it to a book store. You will find it
there." Said the man, as he regained is composer.
"In which city?"
"Atlantis."
"Atlantis? Are you crazy? That place has millions of bookstores! That's like
trying to find a needle in a hay stack!" whaled Kelly standing with her two
partners.
"Yes well, I have no doubt that you can find it!" said the man, "Go now,
leave. I wish to speak of this no more! You will leave for Atlantis tonight!
And do not return without that book!"
The three then bowed respectfully, and in unison: "Yes sir."
*****
At the Blitz Team base:
Brad, Jamie and Bit walk into the living room to see Leena on the couch
watching a movie.
"Hey Leena, what are you watching?" asked Brad as he leaned his elbows on
the back of the couch.
"Huh? Oh hi you guys. Me? I'm just watching Titanic." Said Leena as she
pulled her blanket up to her neck.
Bit smiled, "Mind if I watch it with you? I love this movie!"
"No I don't mind at all!" Said Leena sounding a little surprised as she
moved over on the couch so Bit could have some room.
"Cool, thanks!" he then sat down next to her.
Jamie looked at them oddly, "Uh...You like this movie Bit?" he asked,
sounding rather confused.
Bit looked up at him and Brad, "Oh yeah!" Jamie and Brad started to laugh,
and Bit got an angry look on his face.
Brad regained control over his laughter and looked at Bit, "What's your
favorite part, the part where they show her chest?" He then started laughing
in unison with Jamie again.
"No! I like the part where the ship sinks. Or how bout the part where that
guy shoots himself in the head, that was funny!" said Bit, Brad and Jamie
stopped laughing and Leena looked over at them. "All in all, this is one of
my favorite comedy movies! I mean, just look at how pathetic the romance is
in this!"
Leena then chucked a pillow at Bit's head and he fell off of the couch.
"Hey Leena! What was that for!" Bit asked, rubbing his head.
"Forget you guys! I'm gonna finish watching this in my room!" with that she
got up and walked into her room.
Bit got up and sat back down on the couch. "Man, what's her problem?"
"Well Bit, Titanic is not a comedy, it's a love story and a tragedy. She
probably thought you were insulting one of her favorite movies, I guess she
didn't realize your stupidity." Said Jamie, the phone ringing in the
backround.
"Yeah." Bit paused, "Hey! What do you mean stupidity? I'm not stupid!"
Hollered Bit, as he began to chase Jamie.
"Brad!" Leena yelled, making the others stop dead in their tracks.
"What?" called Brad.
"Phones for you!" she hollered.
"Alright, thanks." He called as he picked up the phone: "Hello? Naomi! Oh
yeah, every thing's great!"
"Really? That's good. I heard about your little win the other day." Came
Naomi's replying voice.
"Yeah. We won, a little tough at first, but not much. Hey, did you know the
Backdraft group is back?" said Brad.
"No, they are huh? Interesting. I'll give Leon the news later. I gotta go
now, I just wanted to call ya and tell ya we're in Atlantis City. And I miss
you, and if ya guys wanna come by for a visit"
"Oh yeah sure! Let me talk to the Doc. I'm sure he'd love to go! I'll see ya
then. Bye."
"Okay. Bye." At the end of her sentence, Brad hung the phone up and turned
to see Bit, Jamie, Leena and Doc staring at him.
"What?" he asked, as he shoved his hands into his pockets.
"You didn't say 'I love you'?" Leena asked her eyebrow raising in question
at him.
"No." said Brad walking by them.
"Why?" Leena asked, walking next to him.
"Because Leena, we don't know if we love each other yet. We know we like
each other, but were unsure about the whole love thing." Brad then walked
into his room, and shut the door as Leena approached it.
"Fine whatever!" said Leena as she turned around, ready to walk away.
Brad then opened his door, "Hey Doc, wanna go to Atlantis?" Leena stopped
dead in her tracks.
"Atlantis huh? I'd love to go! Oh do you know how many sites there are for
us to see!?" Cried Doc as he began to jump up and down.
"Atlantis? Isn't that place known for all of those books?" asked Jamie, as
he began to scan his computer for any news on Atlantis.
"Yes, but that's not even the best part!" said Doc as he began packing and
Brad smirked.
"Books huh? Not my thing. Any thing else there that's worth going for?"
asked Bit, placing his hand on his hips.
"Oh but Bit, these aren't just ordinary books that you can get a t the local
library! These are legend books!" yelled Doc, tossing his hands up in the
air with expression.
"Oh boy, here we go again." Mumbled Leena to herself.
"Legendary books?" Bit raised his voice in question.
"Yes! Bit just think of it: every legend is turned into a book! Every myth!
And they can all be found there!"
"Uh huh. Well I think I'll just stay here while you guys make your little
trip!" said Bit as he began to walk away.
Doc and Jamie fell down, anime style! "There's, uh...Some water activities
you can do." Cried Doc's voice from the floor.
Bit turned back around, "What kind of water activities?"
"They give you this equipment and you get to go swimming in their historical
caves and stuff." Said Leena, walking by Bit.
"Cool. Hey, how come you seem to know so much about Atlantis, Leena?" asked
Bit, peering over his left shoulder to look at her.
"I-I'll be in my room, packing." Was her only replay as she shut her door
behind her.
"Hey! I was talking to you! Man! What's her problem now?" asked Bit, turning
towards the others again.
"Poor kid, maybe we shouldn't go." Said Doc, slouching a little.
"Yeah. I guess its still hard on her." Said Jamie sitting down on the couch
next to Brad.
"Can you blame her? It's always gonna bother her, it's apart of her she
never knew and will never know." Came Brad's voice in a gentle whisper.
"Uh...Did I miss some thing?" asked Bit, staring at them oddly.
"I'm glad Leon never took it this hard." Said Doc, joining the others on the
couch.
"Well, he knew her and that part of him for a little while. Leena never did.
Maybe that's why it affects her more than it does him." Said Brad as he
poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Excuse me!" yelled Bit, they all turned and looked at him, "Would some one
mind explain taking the time to explain just what is going on!?"
"You mean you don't know?" asked Jamie, Bit just shook his head.
"Well, now that I think about it, we never mentioned it, did we? I mean it
was just never mentioned since Bit joined." Said Doc, holding his chin in
his hands.
"No! You never mentioned it! Wait! What is it exactly?" asked Bit, he then
joined the others on the couch.
"When Leena was born, her mother died. She never knew her. And there are
some things that Leena has from her mom, that she, well, Doc you wanna
finish for me!" hollered Jamie.
"Yeah. Leena's mother was from Atlantis. Well, Leena never knew her mother.
Leon only knew her for a little bit. So it never really bothered him," said
Doc as he stared at Leena's door.
"Oh. I see. So she doesn't wanna go cause it's apart of her mother and it
hurts too much?" the others nodded in unison. "That's bull!" they all in
unison snapped their heads in Bit's direction.
"It is. Because it's too painful for her, we can't go. That's a little
selfish and babyish if you ask me! Doc I know it probably hurts you to, but
come on! It's in the past! Shouldn't we be thinking or the future and the
present right now?" ( a.n: obviously Bit, and none of you know how important
this past is...Hehe ^_^ )
"I suppose your right. So, since you know how to have such a good time Bit,
you get to show Leena one!" said Doc as he walked off.
"B-But..."
"No buts Bit, you brought this upon yourself with your whole speech," said
Brad walking to his room to pack.
"Aww...Come on Brad, why don't you take Leena?" asked Bit.
"Because I am going to spend time with my girlfriend. I suggest you do the
same," said Brad smirking as he shut the door in Bit's face.
Bit turned towards Jamie, "Hey Jamie,"
"Oh no! I am spending time with my dad. He's gonna meet us there!"
"Ah! Fine, fine!" said Bit as he turned to go pack, he then ran into Leena.
They both then fell, Leena hit the floor and Bit landed on Leena. ( a.n:
They seem to be doing this a lot don't they?)
Bit opened his eyes and stared into Leena's. "Sorry Leena, I wasn't watching
where I was going."
"Hey its okay! I wasn't watching either," she then blushed lightly, and Bit
smiled at her.
'Ya know we could continue this in my room if ya want...Bit! You hentai!
Don't think of Leena that way!...Although she did look good in her bra and
panties...Hentai! Hentai! Stop it! This is Leena...The girl that some how
keeps getting under you...Hentai! Stop that now!' thought Bit to himself, as
he felt himself reacting to their position.
"Don't you think so Bit?" asked Leena, not knowing the whole time she was
talking he wasn't paying attention to her.
"Huh? What was that?" asked Bit, Leena had interrupted his thoughts and
arguments with himself.
"I said, maybe we should get up now and go pack. Don't you think so?"
"Oh yeah...Yeah of course! I was just gonna recommend that!" said Bit moving
off of her and helping her to her feet.
"Right, well, I'll see ya at the Hover Cargo! Bye! I got to go pack!" said
Leena running of to her room.
"Yeah...Bye."
"I saw that," said Brad leaning against his doorframe.
"S-Saw what?" asked Bit, staring at Leena's door.
"I saw you, on her, and you didn't hear any thing she said. You were
thinking about some thing else. Care to tell me what was on your mind, even
though I probably already know?" said Brad waving for Bit to come into his
room.
"Not really. I think I should go pack," said Bit going to his room.
"Okay then." Mumbled Brad as he walked into his room again. 'Man, those
two, they've been acting weird around each other lately.' Thought Brad, as
he shut his suitcase.
*****
Four hours later, of driving: The Hover Cargo caught sight of Atlantis City,
in about a mile or less of away. They all gasped in amazement as they stared
at the City.
Leena, sitting down, pulled her knees up to her chest, and hugged herself.
This was apart of herself, apart of her mom. The mother Uncle Lyon said she
looked like. The mother that died giving berth to her. The mother that would
never watch her, or help her grow up. The mother her father never really
talked about. Leena felt tears threatening to fall from her eyes and she
moved off the couch and walked to the bathroom, unnoticed by her teammates
eyes. Four minutes later, Leena appeared from the bathroom, as she walked
up to Bit, who was munching on a cookie.
"Hey, Bit." She said, unnoticed of his cookie.
"Hey Leena! Man these are some great cookies! You should try one!" he said
through a mouthful, the smell of the warm chocolate mint cookie stained the
air.
"Uh huh. Wait! Cookie? My cookies!? Bit Cloud!" Leena yelled but Bit was
already ahead and down the hall. Lately it seemed like he did any thing and
every thing to get her to chase him. Or vise versa. "Oh well, I'll get him
when he least suspects it!" said Leena quietly as she walked over to her dad
and Jamie. "So, what part of town are we gonna stay in?" she asked her
father, her eyes didn't meet his, but she knew he was looking down at her
from the uneasy silence.
"Well, staying with your brother at the Hotel, is not likely. We are in the
Hover Cargo after all!" he gave a chuckle, then put on his serious face, "I
suppose we will park the Hover Cargo by Blue Crystal Lake."
Leena looked up at her father, "Really?" Doc gave a nod and then turned to
look at Jamie.
"Jamie, do you know where that is?" he asked, sounding like he was up to
something, Jamie grew a face of panic. Doc gave a little laugh upon seeing
this: "Relax Jamie, it's a really pretty Lake, nothing else is around for
another mile or so."
Jamie relaxed a little, "Uh huh. So in other words, we are gonna need to
take two jeeps, one for you and me, and one for Bit and Leena," said Jamie,
raising an eyebrow, he questioned Doc.
Leena nearly choked on her mint cookie that she had just stolen from Bit,
after swallowing it, she took a deep breath and spoke: "What!?" Doc and
Jamie looked at her oddly, and she noticed she was blushing. "W-what about
Brad?" she covered quickly.
"Naomi and Leon will pick him up, I would assume." Doc raised a hand to his
chin, "Unless, we could just take the Hover cargo instead of wasting all
that gas in the Jeeps" Doc pondered it for a minute. "Okay, we'll do that.
But that means we will have to be back early, I don't like leaving this baby
unattended in the middle of the city." Jamie and Leena got a sweatdrop.
"Uh Doc, you don't realize that...Oh just forget it! He wouldn't do it in
the first place!" Jamie then began to work on his computer again, paying no
attention to any one, not Brad and his coffee, not Doc and his Zoids models,
and he wasn't paying attention to Bit and Leena chasing each other around,
until an hour of it just became unbearable! Bit had chased after Leena, then
Leena after Bit. Now it was back to Bit, and he had nearly caught her, when
he tripped over Jamie's computers plug. "Aaahhh!" Jamie screamed as his
computer turned off.
"Hey Jamie I am really sorry!" Bit tried to apologize.
"That's it! Doc!" Jamie whaled, Doc and Brad came walking in with Leon and
Naomi, none of the others seemed to notice that the Hover Cargo had stopped
a little while ago, and company was over, well, they were family, but the
closest thing to company.
"Why what is it Jamie?" Doc asked, looking a little confused at the three.
"These two have been acting really weird around each other! They won't stop
arguing, chasing after each other, and wrecking my things! If something is
not done about these two, I will go Wild Eagle on them!" Jamie threatened.
Naomi placed her hands on her hips, Leon smiled and Brad didn't look up at
any one. Doc was to busy pondering. "Hm, sounds like flirting to me, what do
you think Brad?" said Naomi, in her usual calm, no tone voice.
"I defiantly think some thing should be done about these two, they have been
acting weird ever since our first battle in S class. Call it what you like,
Fighting, Flirting, whatever, just do something about it. They made me spill
my coffee today," said Brad, crossing his arms as he leaned against the
wall.
"I've got it!" said Doc as he ran into Brad's room.
"Ah! Doc, what are you doing?" Brad asked in a rage as he ran after him.
Doc pulled out a pair of handcuffs (a.n: I don't wanna know why Brad has
handcuffs! x_x), "We will lock them together!"
"Uh, dad, do you really think this is a good idea?" Leon asked, in a
worried, but casual voice.
"Of course it is," Bit and Leena's eyes grew wide and they began to make a
run for it. "Quick, two of you stop them!" Doc hollered as he pointed to
the door.
Unfortunately for Bit and Leena, Brad and Naomi jumped them, and it was to
late. "That's right, hold them still." Bit and Leena kicked and struggled to
get out of there.
"Ouch! Bit you kicked me!" cried a voice.
"Sorry!" came a replay. "Ah! Leena you bit me!"
"Oh sorry." Was another replay.
"Take it easy girl." That was Naomi's voice as she struggled to get a good
hold on Leena.
"Take it easy, 'girl'? What am I, a dog?" Leena questioned.
"I got it!" cried Doc as he latched the cuffs. They all stepped away, and
found Bit and Leena handcuffed together. They tried breaking it apart, but
to no avail.
"Ah! Dad! What if I have to go to the bathroom?" Leena wined.
"Uh, well," Doc scratched his head, "I guess, Bit will go to."
"Ergh!"
"Ah! What was that? I can't go to the bathroom with Leena! Or vise versa!
Are you all crazy?" Bit asked and they all nodded.
In unison: "You two drove us crazy!"
"Oh yeah, sure. Blame the little guys tied up!" Bit replied, trying to stand
up with Leena at the same time.
"To be honest, I think it is a great idea." Said Brad, moving over to the
coffeepot.
"Yeah." All but Bit and Leena agreed.
"Well, I guess we all can get into town and shop and look. What do ya say?"
they all nodded.
"Ah! Wait, we have to go out like this!?" Leena asked, pulling Bit with her
as she walked over to the others.
"Well, yeah. You to have to bond. Get along for once. And don't pretend you
won't like it, I know you will," said Naomi smirking as she and the others
walked out.
"Ergh!" Leena raged, "Fine! Come on Bit!" Leena pulled Bit, and he followed
as they all walked into Atlantis. The city was beautiful. Gold, blue,
turquoise, and an aqua color stained the city towers, walls and stores. Brad
and Naomi split away from the group, heading to some of the stores and what
not.
Jamie found his dad in a little gift shop that made little flying Reno's,
and Doc and Leon walked off, going to spend some father-son time, and catch
up. Soon Bit was left handcuffed to Leena, and only Leena. They walked,
didn't talk much, only a: "Wanna stop in here?" or "Hey! Can I look in here,
would you mind?" and that was about it. Bit grew tired of it and started to
speak: "So, uh, wanna go do one of the water activities?"
Leena looked at him, puzzled, and surprised by him saying that, she began to
blush. "Uh Bit, we might wanna to do that tomorrow."
"But I really wanna do it now." He argued, (a.n: Just me or did those
sentences sound a little sick? ^_^).
Leena blushed even redder. "Uh Bit, how are we gonna change when we are
stuck together like this?" Leena questioned, raising there handcuffed hands
up.
"Oh. Well, so? I won't look. Nothing I haven't seen before any ways." The
blond Zoids pilot said, looking away from her as he ran a hand through his
spiky blond hair.
More crimson if possible, "Well, uh...Maybe later." She said, looking
forward has they walked, Bit smiled at her, he had won that debate. Well,
sorta.
*****
Naomi and Brad had been shopping. When Brad wanted to go get some coffee,
Naomi frowned.
"I swear, you have an addiction to that stuff. Oh well, I'll meet you in
that bookstore when you're done. Okay?" Naomi asked, pointing to a little
bookstore on the corner.
"Yeah sure. I'll only be a minute," said Brad as he approached the coffee
stand.
Naomi gave a small quiet chuckle as she walked across the street. The
bookstore was a tiny one compared to some of the other ones in the City of
Atlantis, but it was quite homey, and smelled of a rich, but faint smell of
spice and cinnamon. Some of the bookshelves were over crowded, others were
covered in dust, and some other ones were over crowded and covered with
dust. There were some nice shelves with heavy books, and more scattered all
over the room. Naomi started walking in the M section of the books when she
heard something fall over. She peered over her shoulder and she seen
something or some one move. She looked again and whatever it was, it was
gone now. She cursed herself, she felt like something was wrong. Another
thud echoed the store, and this time it was followed by faint voices.
Following the voices Naomi headed towards the G section.
Hearing another voice, she dashed around the corner of a bookcase.
"Listen old man, I don't need this right now! Now, where is it?" asked a
pushy yet feminine voice.
'Huh...A woman.' Naomi then looked in the direction of the voices. There she
saw A woman with pink hair, she was about 5'9 and looked about 24 years old,
two men were beside her, one with brown hair, he looked the same age, he was
built, he was about 5'11 to 6'2 and he carried a gun in his hand. The other
man was a blond, with the exact same details as the other man on the other
side of the girl.
'All three are probably carrying guns no doubt.' She thought, inching
closer, she dodged behind another bookcase to hear the conversation better.
"I-I told you: I don't have that book," the man in his late forties shacked
slightly, scared for his life.
"Well, that's not what your other bookstore keeper friend said down the
street. Infact, he was almost positive that you had it. Now don't play games
with me old man, where is it?" hollered the blond man, growing more
impatient.
'What are they looking for: Money? Jewelry?' Naomi's thoughts rambled in her
head.
"I-I told you, I don't have it." The man said again, still shacking.
"Alright then, you don't have it. But you must know some one who does. So,
where might we find this book?" asked the brown hared man, pushing his blond
partner to the side.
'A book? All this is about a book!?' Naomi thought while stealing another
glance at the three and the old man. Glancing up, her eyes caught some
thing. A patch on the blond guy's jacket, in read: Shadowcats. 'Shadowcats?
That's a team sponsored by the Backdraft. What does the Backdraft want with
a book?'
"We grow tired of your indolence, Robert, kill him." The pink hared woman
ordered the blond man.
Naomi was about to attack, when the voice of the older man rang out:
The old man put his hands up in protest, "N-no please! Any thing but that.
I'll tell you where it is."
The woman smirked, "Good. Its about time!"
"Its over there, behind that shelf, there's a safe, the combination is
15-38-2" said the man.
The blond man walked over to it, after putting in the combination, he opened
it, and there, was a book with strange markings on it. After he retrieved
the book he threw it to the woman.
She reluctantly caught the book. "Thank you very much for your cooperation
old man. We'll be sure to send your regards to the-" the woman was cut off
by Naomi kicking her in her left shoulder. Both women fell to the ground.
Blond man began firing his gun at Naomi, she did a flip, and avoided the
attack, while the bullet hit the bookcase.
"Who the hell are you?" asked the dark hared man, raising his gun to perfect
aim with Naomi's head.
"She's my girl friend!" said Brad as he turned the guy around and hit the
dark hared man. His gun flew to the other side of the room, and he made an
attempt to get it, but Brad had reached it first. Seeing no chance the man
yelled to his teammates: "Let's get the heck out of here!"
Wasting no time to argue they all headed for the door. The woman still
clenched the book to her, and Naomi began to chase after her.
"Wait Naomi! It's not safe!" Brad tried to stop her with his words but Naomi
was already out the door after them. "Damn it!" Brad cursed as he ran out
after her.
They just turned on their engine to their jeep, and Naomi picked up her
speed, just as it began to pull out she grabbed hold of the bottom part of
the book. The other woman began to yank her side of the book closer to her,
trying to get Naomi to let go. But it seemed that the maroon hared young
woman was equal with her in strength. "Shawn, lets go!" she hollered at him.
Turning the wheel frantically he pushed his foot down on the gas pedal and
the tiny bottom part of the book that Naomi was hanging onto ripped from the
rest of the book. Naomi tumbled back, and Brad just got there to catch her.
Falling into his hard but comfortable arms, she sighed.
"Naomi, what were they after?" Brad asked, looking down at her in his arms.
Naomi lifted her head up, and raised her arm. "This. Well part of it any
way."
Brad's eyes met a piece of a book. He raised any eyebrow, "A book? All that
was over a stupid book!?"
"No, I think there was something in that book, something important. That was
the Backdraft." Said Naomi standing up.
"What would the Backdraft want with a book?"
"I don't know. Come on, maybe that old man can tell us something." They then
headed into the bookstore again.
*****
Three shadows could be seen in the dark room. The man turned his chair
around to see them.
"Well?" he asked in a rather annoyed tone.
Three figures appeared out of the shadows, a woman's voice could be heard,
"We, have the book."
The man smiled evilly but it was covered by the dark, "Excellent."
"But, sir, we were seen by a man and a woman," cried a mans voice, stepping
forward the moonlight from the moon, showed his blond hair.
The older man chuckled, "I have made the first move, that is all they know."
Leena's voice: Next time on Zoids: Enter the Gate: What Bit and me are still
handcuffed together? Ah! I will get you for this! Hey what's this old man
doing grabbing my arm? And what is he saying about Bit and me being the
chosen ones? And who's this guy that apparently knows Bit from their
childhood? And what is he doing hitting on me? Zoids: Enter the Gate,
chapter three: Old friends, new enemies. Ready! Fight!