True Love Always Hurts

A first time novel on the series of Zoids. Enjoy…

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Ch. 1

Bit had been traveling with the Blitz team for over a year now and knew most of them well. Doc, Brad, Jamie, and Leena. But mostly, Leena…

For some time after he met her, he thought she was there to make his life a living nightmare. Yet slowly she began to reveal herself to him. The true Leena that hid behind that cold exterior.

They were good friends, perhaps closer than best friends…perhaps even more.

Their care for each other was very loving, yet very hidden as well.

"So Leena, heard you made a new friend today" Bit looked more surprised than her.

"Yea… well, we just talked and had lunch" she blushed and Bit felt jealousy for some reason he could not understand.

"He's very…" the sound of Bit placing his plate on top of the dirty dishes made her stop as well as attracting everyone's attention to him.

"I'm going out…" his voice cold and his eyes deadly towards her.

Leena sighed, for some reason Bit was acting like a total jerk lately.

The stars were shining on him that night. But they didn't brighten his thoughts about this new guy Leena met. What did he want with Leena? Why was she interested in him? Worst of all, why did he even care about it?! Its Leena's life, let her do what she wants.

"Damn it!" the bottle crashed against the abandoned house braking into smaller yet sharp pieces of glass.

Bit didn't show up that night. Lena cursed herself under her breath. All she had been doing was blame all this on herself.

"You're so stupid!" she told herself as she punched the pillow on which after a few more strikes, she fell on for comfort as the tears made their way through her face and onto the sheets.

It was morning and still no sign of Bit. Brad had gone out with Jamie to search for him and her father had called the cops and local business to see if he had been anywhere near these. Nothing.

"Leena, where do you suppose Bit is?" she shrugged simply and walked onto the kitchen ignoring what was going on around her.

While inside it pained her heart to not have him close.

After vigorous searches through the town, they came upon the body of Bit.

"Doc, are you there?" Leena looked up from the magazine she was faking to read and ran to the call.

"This is Leena, did you find him?!"

There was silence for a few seconds "Yeah… but he's not in good shape. It looks like he had a…" Brads voice suddenly cut off.

"Brad!" she threw the radio on the sofa and took her jacket as she made her way towards the hanger.

"Man… its amazing how he survived, eh Jamie?" Brad was shocked at the mess the jeep had become and more amazed to the fact of Bit still breathing after such an accident like that.

The screech of brakes was heard and Jamie turned "Leena?" she ran passed them to Bit who was being carried by the paramedics "Bit!"

Brad had to hold her so they could take Bit away.

"Brad let go! Bit!" once the ambulance was out of sight, Brad released his hold and received a punch in the stomach for his deed.

"Why did you… is that the jeep?" seeing the twisted metal and broken glass took away her anger towards Brad.

They had decided to share turns on the hospital so everyone could be rested properly.

"I hate you, Bit Cloud! First you steal my heart then you fall under the roof of a hospital"

Her tears dropped onto his face as she laid on top of his chest.

"I love you, Bit. I just don't know how to tell you" slowly she began to lean into his face…

"Leena?"

She jumped off the bed as her father came in.

"Hey, dad, is it your turn?" she asked cleaning the traces of her tears with her hand.

"Are you ok, honey?" asked the Doc as he closed the door.

"Yea, I'm fine. I'll see you around later. Bye Bit" she took one last stare at him before closing the door.

Two weeks and Bit was still in bed. The doctors said he had fallen under a temporary coma due to his blood loss, but that he would wake up in a few days. Until then, Leena kept on telling the unconscious Bit her feelings for him.

That day the phone rang. It was weird because they would rarely get calls.

"I'll get it" offered Brad as he took the phone. Mostly to make sure it wasn't Naomi.

"Hello?"

After some listening, Brad tossed the phone onto Leena's magazine.

"Who…"

Brad just pointed to the phone to which Leena carried towards her face.

"Hello…Matt!"

She stood up and ran towards her room.

"Poor Bit…" was all Brad could say after the scene he had just been a witness off.

Leena was on her room for quite some time unknowing that it was her turn at the hospital. By the time she was done, it was a quarter to nine.

"Sorry I'm…late?" the room was empty. No sign of Bit anywhere.

She walked in and fell onto the bed he had been in. It still had the sheets ragged and the smell of his cologne was penetrated.

"Excuse me, miss"

Leena turned around and saw a nurse was there.

"What time was Bit Cloud checked out?"

The nurse took some papers from the door "hmm…around three hours ago, miss"

Leena sighed as she walked past the nurse onto the elevator.

Just as she stepped outside, a car stopped. It was Matt.

She was frozen at first "Hey, Leena, need a lift home?"

"No thanks, Matt"

She got ready to turn around.

"Oh and Jamie took your car to take your friend back to your base"

Her eyes widened, now she had to accept his invitation.

The road seemed to be more louder than the silence that was aboard Matt's car. Yet now it seemed different then when she had come.

"Where are we going, Matt?!" she demanded.

"Relax, I want to show you something"

The car came to a halt in front of a small lake.

"Here we are. Isn't it beautiful?"

Leena admired its precious beauty as she stepped out of the car.

"I never knew this place existed" Matt took her hand and ran with her through the sand until reaching a cliff.

"Better view" she walked past him as she greatly more admired it unnoticing the big grin on Matt's face.

"This place is beautiful"

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the last piece of the puzzle for his plan.

"Leena, I love you"

Out of nowhere, a kiss was given to her.

"Leena?"

She parted away from him to notice Jamie and the guy next to him; Bit Cloud…