Well, I'm back and ready to write…I think. Well, I hope you like this, cause I'm putting thought into it, and I don't do that often. I really am having fun writing this and I'd really appreciate it if you reviewed, cause I won't know if people like this if they don't tell me.
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Star watched them begin to attack the Backdraft zoids. She couldn't help but worry. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, they ignored the Genosaurer for now and went after the smaller zoids.
"This should be easy," said Bit. "All we do is take out these zoids and then go after the Genosaurer."
"Yeah, I agree," said Leena. "This should be a piece of cake."
"I wouldn't be so cocky you two," said Naomi. They were fighting in close range, which wasn't her strong point. "Don't forget that this is the Backdraft we're dealing with."
"Yeah, but we've beaten them before, so we can easily do it again," retaliated Bit.
"Let's just battle instead of arguing," said Brad.
"I second that," said Leon. They were doing a pretty good job of avoiding the Genosaurer while they worked on destroying the back up that it had brought with. Even though there were about 50 enemy zoids and only five of them, they were dominating easily. They had nearly finished off all of the Hellcats and were now working on the Rev Raptors. Meanwhile, Star stood on the sidelines and watched the battle.
"Did the Backdraft come here for me?" she asked herself. "How'd they know I was here?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Star spun around and saw Ain standing a few feet away. She glared at him.
"You called them, didn't you," she said in more of a statement than a question.
"What if I did?"
"Why?"
"Come on Taki. You should know that." He took a few steps towards her, but she got into a fighting stance, so he stopped. "Easy, I'm not gonna hurt you. Besides…they want you alive."
"Then why'd you shoot me down?"
"I admit, at that time, they didn't care if you were dead or alive. We always get back at our traitors. You'll regret it soon enough." Star turned her back to him and faced the battle.
"So they're here…for me?"
"Bingo. And now your new friends are gonna risk their lives for something they don't even understand. If you come quietly, we'll spare them."
"They wont loose."
"Are you sure? Sure enough to risk their lives?" She nodded and it was quiet. Both of them stood and watched the battle.
On the battlefield, they had finished off the back up forces and were now staring down the Genosaurer. A com-link popped up on their screens, but the person inside was shadowed.
"Why do you insist on fighting us?" he asked.
"What do you think? You're the Backdraft group. You were probably going to come and attack us when our backs were turned," retorted Bit.
"You don't even know why we're here."
"Who cares," said Leena.
"I'm afraid that if you're going to interfere, I'll have to destroy you." With that the com-link disappeared and the Genosaurer charged towards them.
Meanwhile…
"It looks like your friends are in trouble," said Ain.
"Shut up. They won't loose," retorted Star.
"You don't know that."
"Well neither do you." It was quiet again.
"This battle could be over instantly," said Ain. Star looked to him.
"What do you mean?"
"If you wanted it to, that is."
"What?"
"Come on Taki. Show me your power. I know what you can do, now do it." Star turned away from him.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't be dumb. I know you know what I'm talking about. Don't you care about them?"
"I do, but…"
"Then why don't you end this?"
"…" Star didn't respond. Instead she just looked towards the battlefield. On the battlefield, the Genosaurer had the upper hand. It was using everything it had and Naomi and Leena were already out of the battle. The Genosaurer shot at the Shadow Fox, but missed. It used its 120mm cannons and watched as the shadow fox got closer to him. He aimed and fired, anticipating Brad's moves.
"Well that was easy," said the pilot. He had short, dark blue hair and green eyes. He wore all black. He looked to the two remaining zoids. The Liger Zero and the red Blade Liger.
"Hey Bit, let's take him together," said Leon.
"I'm with ya there," responded Bit. They both split up as some bullets came their way. Leon went to one side and bit went to the other. They both began to shoot at it, but it dodged easily. It then jumped up into the air. The two zoids came to a screeching halt, stopping just before they would have collided.
"That was close," said Bit as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll say." Just then, the Genosaurer came down from the air and landed on both their zoids. It jumped off of them and began firing at them. Once the shelling cleared, both zoids had been taken out. Now the "system freeze" message was being displayed on all of their screens.
"This can't be good," said Leena. The man in the Genosaurer laughed to himself.
"You fools. If you'd only stayed out of this, you'd all be fine right now. But I'm afraid that I can't let you guys walk out of here alive." The clamps on the Genosaurer went down and the cannon extended from its mouth. The familiar glow from the charged particle beam could now be seen. "Let's start with the two of you." He aimed his cannon at Leon and Bit. On the sidelines, Ain was laughing.
"There's no way out of this. They're gonna die and it's all your fault. Whadya say to that Taki?" Star didn't respond; she just stared forward at the scene ahead of her. There wasn't much time left before it would fire. 'What do I do?' she thought to herself. She closed her eyes and lowered her head. Ain stopped laughing and looked to her to see what she was doing. 'Please get up,' she thought. 'All of you. I know you can do it, now get up.' She opened her eyes and looked forward.
"Please," she whispered. "Get up!"
Suddenly, the Liger Zero was back on its feet.
"The system unfroze?" asked Bit in shock.
"Same with mine," said Leon. They quickly remembered the cannon and jumped out of the way, just as it fired.
"Now's our chance," said Bit. He quickly got to the side of the Genosaurer and used Strike Laser Claw, taking off its arm. Leon then followed it up with an attack of his own, the blades on his liger ripping through the Genosaurer.
"But…how?" asked its pilot as the Genosaurer fell to the ground, the system frozen. He looked towards the shop and looked through the binoculars that hung around his neck. He saw Star standing there, a serious and deep look on her face. "So that's why they want her. This is only a small portion of her power, according to what I've heard. But how?" The two teams' zoids were all in working order again, all their systems unfrozen. They were making their way back to the shop.
"So, this is your power," said Ain.
"Just leave me alone," said Star.
"Exactly what did you do? You got in their minds, didn't you?"
"Leave before I turn you in."
"Fine, I'm leaving, but you know you're not going to be safe. This isn't over Taki, not by a long shot." He turned and walked away from her, heading back into the city. Star sighed and then sat down, waiting for her friends to come back. 'I should leave as soon as possible. I don't want to endanger them anymore than I already have,' she thought. Once they were close enough, the cockpits opened and they all jumped out. Star stood up and smiled.
"That was an amazing battle," she said. They all seemed confused. "What is it?"
"Nothing. It's just that…our systems were frozen, and then they suddenly unfroze. That's never happened before," said Bit.
"What do you think happened?" she asked.
"I don't know. Thinking hurts to much."
"It was really strange," said Leena. "But at least we won."
"I think we should get back to the base now," said Leon.
"I second that," said Naomi. They all got in the zoids and began to head back to the Blitz team's base.
"Hey Leon?" asked Star.
"What?"
"I'd like to say thank you."
"For what?"
"For coming to save us. I should have been more careful, but I got distracted."
"Well, you're welcome, but you shouldn't blame yourself. It's not your fault."
"But I feel like it is. I put you guys in danger. I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't have gone to that city in the first place."
"You shouldn't blame yourself like that. It can't be helped that this happened."
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"You know. You're so nice. It's hard to believe you don't have a girlfriend."
"Well it's hard to believe that you don't have a boyfriend."
"Why is it hard to believe?"
"Because you're pretty nice too." 'You meant to say beautiful,' said his mind. 'Where'd that come from?' He shook his head and concentrated on the road ahead of him.
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Another chapter completed. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Please read and review. If you don't review, I won't know if this is good or not, and I'd still like your opinion on the PG vs. PG-13 thing. Well, I hope you enjoyed this and pleaz review. But don't flame. Tips to improve my writing is okay, cause I'm always looking to improve. So pleaz, review!
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