Hallo again^.^ I'm so happy! I've been watching Initial D with my uncle a lot lately. He played hooky from work today, so we were watching stuff. I highly recommend watching it, but I'm sorta disappointed, cause the people who bought the rights to it in America are gonna change the names of the characters. It makes me sorta sad, cause I like it the way it is. Anyway, I recommend watching it. Well, enough with the babble. Here's the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids, but I do own the characters I make and this fic.
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Star stood in complete darkness. She couldn't see anything; she only heard sounds. She walked along, not knowing where she was or where she was going. The sounds of gunfire could be heard in the distance. She stopped walking, but then heard a painful scream come from the same direction. She began to run in the direction of which it came from, but the darkness didn't seem to end.
"Someone…help me…" came a voice from the distance.
"I'm coming. Please, hold on!" yelled Star. A light could soon be seen in front of her and she kept running. As she got closer, the light seemed to explode in front of her. Star stopped and put her arms up to protect her eyes from the light. When it cleared, a new scene was spread before her. The room she was in looked like a laboratory and it was on fire.
"Hello! Is anyone here?" yelled Star. She walked around the room, trying to find someone. She then heard a moaning sound coming from a small area nearby. She walked over, but stopped when she saw a man with a gun standing in the middle of the room. He was pointing it at someone. Star walked a little further over and saw what he was pointing his gun at. Star began to run over to where he was and he faded from view. Star knelt down near the person who was now lying on the ground, a puddle of blood around them. It was a woman with long brown hair and deep blue eyes. She wore a white lab coat. She was still alive. Star's eyes were wide with fear and pain.
"M…mother," said Star. "Mom! Please, hold on!" She tried to reach out and touch her, but her hand went right through, like she was a ghost. Another shot rang out.
"A…Aaron," said the woman with tears in her eyes. Another body was thrown into the blazing room. Star turned towards the area he landed in. He had orange hair, much like her own.
"Father…" said Star quietly. Star's eyes began to fill with tears that soon began to cascade down her face. The scene faded, but Star was still crying.
"Stop it…just stop it," she said to herself. "No more!"
Star quickly sat up. She was breathing hard and realized that her eyes were full of tears. She looked around the room. It was the guest room that the Blitz team had prepared for her. She lied back down on the bed and closed her eyes, hoping she could fall back asleep.
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It was morning now and everyone was slowly crawling out of bed. It was 9:00 am and someone was already up, cooking breakfast. The first to the table was Bit, and next was Leena. Doc was in his room playing with his zoid models before breakfast. Brad came in next and poured himself a cup of coffee. Naomi came in a little while after and Leon not long after that. They all sat down at the table, taking their normal seats.
"What's for breakfast Jamie?" asked Bit. Just then, Jamie walked through the same door they had all come through. They all looked at him strangely.
"What?" he asked.
"If you're here, then who's cooking?" asked Leena. Jamie just smiled.
"Oh, Star asked if she could cook today," explained Jamie.
"She volunteered?" asked Bit.
"Well, yeah."
"Is something wrong with that?" asked Star. They looked to her as she was holding some platters with pancakes, eggs, and bacon on them. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white shirt that she had borrowed from Leena, since she didn't have any other clothes other than her torn up outfit.
"No," answered Bit.
"Good. Will someone set the table? I would, but I have my hands full." Nobody seemed to move. Star just sweatdropped.
"Don't worry Star, they're like this everyday. Without food, their brains don't work properly," said Jamie.
"Hey!" they all shouted in unison. Star just sighed.
"I guess I'll do it then," she said.
"I'll help," said Jamie.
"Thanks." Soon enough, it was set and the food was on the table. Everyone took some and began to eat. Doc had come out when he smelt food and sat down to eat as well.
"This is really good," said Doc.
"Yeah, you're a pretty good cook Star," said Leena.
"I agree," said Leon.
"Where'd you learn to cook?" asked Naomi.
"From my mom."
"Well, this is really good."
"Come on you guys, I'm not that good." A small blush crept upon her face as she just smiled. They soon finished breakfast and Jamie washed the dishes. An hour later, Star was wandering around the halls as Leena was approaching her.
"Alright Star, let's go," said Leena.
"Go where?" she asked.
"Did you forget? I said we'd go shopping today, you know, to go get you some new clothes."
"Oh yeah. Sorry."
"No big. We'll be leaving soon, so get ready."
"Okay." Star ran to her room and grabbed the bag she had had with her. She checked to make sure her wallet was still in it and luckily it was. She then walked out and closed the door behind her.
"Where are you going?" asked Bit. Star looked to her right and saw Bit, Leon, and Brad walking towards her. She just smiled.
"Leena's taking me shopping," she answered.
"That's right," said Leena. Her and Naomi walked up behind Star. Naomi looked to the guys.
"You're welcome to come along if you want," she said.
"Sure," said Leon.
"It's not like we have anything better to do right now," said Brad.
"Good, then let's get going," said Leena.
"Should we ask Jamie if he'd like to come too?" asked Bit.
"He left a little while ago to go and run some errands," answered Leena. They walked towards the hanger. "Hey Dad! We're all going shopping. We'll be back before 3, okay?" yelled Leena.
"Alright!" Doc yelled back. They all walked into the hanger and over to the jeep. Star was too busy looking at the zoids in the hanger.
"Wow…" she said. "So, these are your guys' zoids."
"Sure are," said Bit. Star looked from one to the next. She arrived at the Liger Zero.
"So this is the Liger Zero," she said. "I've heard a lot about it and I've seen pictures, but it's different up close. What an amazing zoid." She was basically talking to herself. She then noticed the others were all standing near the jeep. She ran over to see what they were talking about.
"Okay, so how are we going to do this?" asked Naomi. "The jeep only fits 4 people comfortably."
"I know," said Leena.
"Why don't we just take our zoids?" suggested Brad.
"Sounds good to me," said Bit.
"But what about Star?" asked Naomi. They all thought for a while, except for Star, who just stood there, wondering what they would do about her.
"Do any of our zoids have two seats in the cockpit?" asked Leena. They all thought for a while.
"I think mine might, no, wait…yeah it does," said Leon. They all looked relieved.
"You sure it's alright?" asked Star.
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"Well, now that that's settled, let's get going," said Leena cheerfully. They all walked to their zoids and got in. Soon enough, they were off. All the zoids trudged through the desert quickly, making good time.
"I can't wait! This'll be so fun!" exclaimed Leena.
"Isn't this a shopping trip for Star?" asked Bit.
"So? It doesn't mean that I can't buy something too!"
"You're just like Doc. Such a shop-a-holic."
"What's that suppose to mean?!"
"Exactly what it sounds like." Leon just laughed to himself as he listened to Bit and Leena argue. He soon turned off the com-link.
"Are they always like that?" asked Star.
"Yeah," said Leon.
"Does Leena fight with you too?"
"Why?"
"Well, siblings usually argue, don't they?"
"Some do, I guess, but Leena and I get along pretty well most of the time."
"Same here. Me and my brother usually get along pretty well."
"You have a brother?"
"Yeah. His name is Josh. He's only a few years older than me. I have a picture of him right here in my locket."
"Oh, so that's your brother in that picture."
"Yeah. Why? Who'd you guys think it was?"
"Your boyfriend, I guess."
"Nope. I don't have a boyfriend, not yet anyway."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. I've never really considered it before, I guess." They stopped talking for a while. Star thought back to her dream and closed her eyes. She hadn't gotten much sleep last night and this ride was making her a little tired. She soon fell asleep. Leon was curious as to who she had been talking to on the videophone yesterday. His curiosity finally got the best of him.
"Hey, Star?" he asked, but he got no response from her. "Star?" He turned around to look at her and found that she was sound asleep. He just smiled and turned back around, keeping his eyes on the road and the approaching site of the city in the distance.
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Yay! Another chapter written. I proofread this, so there shouldn't be any spelling mistakes or grammar ones. And if you're gonna tell me that the blade liger doesn't have a second seat in the cockpit, I could care less. This is my story and this is how it's gonna be, so pleaz don't complain or bug me about meaningless stuff like that. And no flames pleaz. Anyway, I hope you like this. I'm gonna stop it here but the next chapter will be up soon.
Audi^.^