Unknown Past, Unknown Future
Chapter 6
Old Friends
Last Time: "Lance," Lia whispered so only Windy heard. The two quickly left the room.
Thomas was the first to notice. "Lia, Windy, where are you going?" He didn't get an answer.
Lia and Windy ran, following Lance's spirit. It suddenly disappeared and Lia was pulled around the corner. Windy was knocked unconscious by a red lightning.
"Long time no see, Lia," Lance said. He held Lia as if he was hugging her.
"You always were a show off," Lia said as she freed herself from Lance and went to see if Windy was okay.
Lance sighed. "You know I love you, right?"
"I would have never known," Lia said crossly. After making sure Windy would be fine, Lia calmly removed one of her own gloves and shot her own blue lightning, hitting Lance's shoulder. Lance looked so surprised that Lia had injured him with magic. Lia smirked. "Your little buddies in the Black Star Gang tell you I was completely out of magic? I've spent the last three days sleeping, recovering my magic and energy."
Before Lance could counter attack, Thomas's voice could be heard. Windy had regained consciousness and was ready to fight. Lance was smart and ran. Not bothering to go after him, Lia put her glove back on and waited for Thomas. Roso and Viola beat him to her.
"How are you?" Viola asked as she hugged Lia.
Lia was smiling happily. "Not bad. What are you two doing here? Not prison I hope."
"No, we're done with our bandit days," Roso said, as he removed Lia's hat, ruffled her hair, and then replaced her hat lopsided. "We're actually Emperor Rudolph's personal body guards."
"Lia, there you are," Thomas said as he came around the corner. He gave a quick scan to make sure Lia was okay. He didn't realize that Windy's fur was scorched and his right leg was injured. Roso did.
Lia rolled her eyes. "I felt Roso's and Viola's souls and went to go see them. I didn't know that it was a crime to go see the people who taught me how to survive in the desert. Jeeze, Thomas, did you think I was going to get in a fight?"
"I see, you're still an accomplished liar," Roso said when Thomas had left the four. "Come on, let's get Windy cleaned up. Whom did you run into, Lia?"
"Lance Shorting." There was silence until the reached an empty hospital room and Roso began taking care of Windy's leg wound.
"Be careful about him, Lia. He's a major now and can easily get you in trouble," Viola suggested.
"He won't hurt me," Lia said as she fiddled with the sapphire on the silver chain. "He wouldn't dare, unless he wanted some very embarrassing secrets released. Secrets that can put him in prison."
"Let's put him in prison, now," Windy mumbled. Lia had used her lightning to shock him before, but Lance's lightning had more power than Lia normally put into her own. If Lance had used any more power, Windy could've died.
Lia shook her head as she began to clean Windy's fur. "If we're going to be forced to play this game, we'll play it our way. Lance will end up getting himself in trouble, and we can wait."
Roso and Viola showed Lia and Windy the way to the hanger, where Lia's new friends were waiting for her near the Whale King. Also waiting for Lia was a new blue and black Command Wolf.
"What do you think?" Herman asked, knowing the answer because it was clearly written all over her face.
Humans ask the strangest questions. My name is Ralph. Hey! You're blue and black just like me! Who are you?the zoid said as it examined Lia.
"It talks to much," Windy complained. "Find a zoid more like Ice Shield."
"You can talk to zoids?" Karl wanted to know.
Moonbay answered when Lia didn't. "Lia and Windy talk to zoids. They'll do it pretty often, so be careful what you say around a zoid. For some reason they all love Lia. Ice Shield, Lia's old shield liger, was particularly fond of Lia and even Windy, who normally hates zoids and zoids hate him."
Ralph lowered his head and opened the cockpit. Lia slowly entered the new zoid and the cockpit glass closed when she was in. Several soldiers were loading zoids into the whale king and Lia piloted Ralph after them.