Prachi ran that eight miles and she didn't stop until she got back to the XR Liger. Prachi hadn't piloted a Zoid for ages and she hoped she could handle the Liger.
"Right Liger! You don't know me and I don't know you so here goes," She said to it.
She jumped into the cockpit and set off. It was a bit stubborn at first but Prachi soon got the feel of it.
As the Liger ran up the hill to the top of the gorge that looked over the imperial base Prachi remembered that the Zoid was stolen and the army was looking for it. So she hid it in the trees and started walking toward the base.
So sooner had she set off she heard beats of a horse. She swung around and saw her beautiful black Friesian galloping up to her.
"You're alright! I thought you were dead, Vinnie Roe!" she said, patting him. "Well c'mon Vinnie, let's go!"
She jumped up into the saddle and galloped as hard as the horse would go towards the base. It was about ten miles to the base from where she was but she knew her horse would hold up.
As soon as she got inside the gates a couple of soldiers gabbed the reins. She flung herself out of the saddle and bolted down the corridor. Raven needed help and Prachi was going to get it.
She ran up a fight of stairs and around a corner and straight into Captain Hermann who was visiting for the day. She almost knocked him over and he grabbed her arm.
"Let me go," She screamed at him when he didn't let go.
"Why is this kid in here?" Hermann asked a soldier.
"She's colonel Shubaltz's daughter, sir," answered the soldier.
"Let me see some I.D miss," Hermann said.
Prachi drove her hand into her pocket and pulled out her card. He looked at it and gave it back to her.
"You be careful," he said, letting her go.
She ran around another corner and into an office.
"Prachi!" Karl said, jumping up.
"You need to help me!" she said, panting.
He hugged her and asked, "Where have you been?"
She told him what happened.
"No! We are not going to help Raven. No! He's already blown up this base two times and killed over five hundred of our men, what makes you so sure he wont do it again?"
"Dad he's changed! He wouldn't do that anymore. Dad, please, for me. Please, he's going to die out there. He got shot in the stomach for god's sake!"
"Would Raven shoot one of our guys and then come back to help them?"
"Dad those people were going to shoot me and Raven jumped in front of it! He took the bullet for me!"
After an hour of pleading Prachi finally got Karl to send a rescue team out for Raven.
"I'm going with them Dad," Prachi said.
"No your not, you don't have a Zoid," Karl protested.
"Yes I do, I borrowed Raven's. Its up on that gorge."
"Well then I'm going too," Karl answered.
Prachi rode Vinnie Roe back up to where the liger was hidden and met the rescue team. Six Command Wolves, five Gun Snipers, three Shield Ligers, Prachi in the XR Liger and Karl in the Zaber Fang set off into the distance to find Raven.
"So where is this place, anyway?" Karl asked.
"In the forest that's ahead of us. We go really deep into it. Then go about eight miles west. We'll find an old mine. That's where Raven and those other two people are," Prachi explained.
"Dad, thankyou for doing this. It means a lot to me, you know," Prachi said.
"No worries. All the best for my angel," He answered.
"Colonel, our sensors are picking up activity about two miles west of here," Reported one of the Gun Snipers.
"Thankyou, corporal," Karl said. " Aright men, Heres the plan of attack. We surround the area and if the don't come out with Zoids then the ground force in. If they come out with Zoids I want Prachi out of the ay until its safe. Okay?"
"Yes sir," The other soldiers said.
About an hour later everyone had tents set up and fires going. Some people were organising food and drink and others getting firewood. Prachi wanted to help but Karl told her no. So she sat on a log around a fire, watching them. Prachi heard something in the bush. She looked over and saw a black figure emerge.
"Vinnie Roe!" she said, jumping up. She ran over to her horse and cuddled it. "You followed! I thought I told you to stay?"
Vinnie Roe neighed softly.
"Alright. Well come and sit down because you must be tired," Prachi led the horse over to the fire. Prachi sat on the ground and Vinnie Roe curled up on the ground next to her. They both fell asleep and woke a couple of hours later for dinner.