Princess of the Zoids: Could it Be Me
AN: Well, here's the rest of the battle, and thank you to the three people who have reviewed this story. Also, Arasu is gonna use the word "frack" in this chapter (and probably many further down). This is Arasu's favorite explective (I'm too lazy to go look up exactly what it means, so if you don't know, either consult a dictionary or ask your parents). It's not exactly a swear word, but it sorta is. It's from Battlestar Galactica, and Starbuck uses it often, along with "feldercarb."
Chapter 5: The First Battle, part 2
When Bit got back to the main battle, he looked to see how Rinon and Ballade were doing. Each one had two Helcats they were facing, but Ballade was able to freeze one's computer, and had almost beaten the other. So Bit decided to help Rinon, and sent Raigaru Iega bounding toward her.
"Raigaru," Arasu whispered under her breath, "you are mine!" Arasu flipped a switch on her console, and a second set of controls came out from under her main control set. She flipped a second switch, and addressed two of her Helcat pilots. "Helcat pilots one and three, break off battle with the Gun Sniper and engage the Shadow Fox on my mark." Arasu waited until Raigaru was almost on top of the two Helcats, and then shouted "MARK!" right as she hit the button on the second control panel. The Helcats scattered, but the Raigaru kept going, and hit the Gun Sniper square on.
"Bit!" Rinon yelled. "What do you think you're doing?! You almost took me out!"
"I don't know what happened? The Helcats jumped out of the way at the last moment, and Raigaru wouldn't respond to the controls!" Bit tried to turn Raigaru to help Ballade, who was fighting the two Helcats that had just left Rinon, but had downed the other two, but Raigaru still wouldn't listen. Instead, Raigaru turned on Rinon and attacked her again. "Raigaru! What's going on?"
Jiemi listened to the problems from Reinosu's cockpit. "Doc, what's going on? Why's Raigaru attacking the Gun Sniper?"
Dr. Torosu checked the instruments. "I'm detecting radio signals coming from those claws the other Reinosu left on Raigaru!" he exclaimed. Dr. Torosu used the computer to find the source of the signals, and found the enemy Reinosu landed and hiding behind a sand dune. "Jiemi! Launch now! The enemy Reinosu has done something to Raigaru, and you need to take it out!" Jiemi launched his Reinosu, and Dr. Torosu just sat back and hoped for the best.
From her cockpit, Arasu viewed the battle. The Shadow Fox had taken out two of the Helcats, but she had successfully gotten control of the Raigaru. She jerked the extra controls, and the Raigaru attacked the Gun Sniper. Through the connection, she could hear the Gun Sniper pilot's anger, and the Raigaru pilot's confusion. She laughed. Arasu commanded the Raigaru to use it's Strike Laser Claw attack, and watched as the Gun Sniper's computer froze. One down, one to go, she thought. As she forced the Raigaru to turn toward the Shadow Fox, her cockpit was rocked by fire. "FRACK!" she yelled. Checking her instruments, she saw that the enemy Reinosu had launched and attacked her. "Zabat pilot! Report!" she yelled into the comlink.
"I- I'm sorry! I was watching you and the Raigaru, I didn't notice! Do you want me to launch now?" the Zabat pilot apologized.
"No. I'll have to handle the Reinosu on my own." Arasu cut the link, and took off. She had to disconnect the connection with the Raigaru, and it and the Shadow Fox quickly dispelled her remaining two Helcats.
"Arasu! Return to the Whaleking. We cannot lose those programs," Dr. Raon cut in. Or you, Arasu knew he left unsaid. "Retreat as soon as possible."
Arasu turned to return to the Whaleking, but the enemy Reinosu followed her. She increased her speed to Mach 3, but the other Zoid repeated the action.
"Running scared?" a cocky voice asked her.
"I'm not afraid of anyone," she retorted.
"You should fear the Wild Eagle, Little Lady," the other pilot responded.
Arasu froze, and took another shot. The Zabat launched to give her cover fire just then, however, and she safely made it back to the hangar, as the judge grudgingly conceded the win to the Blitz Team. As she climbed out of her cockpit, she thought to herself, 'Wild Eagle'? But who would use that name?