Chapter 3
Who ever doesn't like my story, and thinks that it is totally drifting away from the story line, well, it practically is, and I wanted it that way to set up the plot. So who ever likes the story, glad to know it.
"Van look." Fiona whispered as she pointed to the metal creature behind willow.
"The black organoid." Van hissed.
"Yes, but look over there."
"A command wolf?" Van questioned before he watched as Rain and Raven jumped from the cockpit.
"Willow!" Rain screamed as she made a run for her organoid.
The two organoids turned around and ran towards the fallen hellcats. Fusing with the cores and creating a cocoon around both zoids.
"A metamorphosis?" Raven asked as he watched the whole thing unfold.
"Rain! Where have you been? And where'd that zoid come from?"
"Hey Fiona. We got it..." She started to reply right before Fiona ran up and grabbed both of Rain's arms. Both completely froze and their eyes glazed over.
"Fiona? Rain?" Van asked as he waved a hand in front of Fiona's face. "Hello?"
"Rain?" Raven looked completely confused. "Hey, what's the matter?"
Both girls turned and stared blankly at both boys. "Zoid eve." They whispered as they shut their eyes and fell to the desert floor below.
"Rain? Fiona?" Both boys stuttered as they picked up the fallen girls.
"Let's get them to a village." Van said quietly. "They need help."
"Their fine." A voice crooned from behind them. "But do leave. When you leave. And when that cocoon breaks. I will get both organoids and the new zoids in it."
"You again?" Raven hissed. "What do you want now."
"You know him?" The onyx-eyed pilot didn't look too happy.
"What else." The young man said simply. Taylor looked them over and turned towards Van. "The organoids, and boy, give me your organoid too. That silver one."
"You can't have Zeke!" Van hissed, venom dripping from each word.
"If you won't give him to me." Taylor laughed as he looked up. "I'll have to take him. With Force if necessary. Force!" He screamed. A green organoid came swooping down from the heavens and stepped in front of Van. His spiked tail ready to be swung at any that moved. Which just happened to be Zeke, for he jumped in front of Force and fought it out with him.
"Zeke!" Van screamed in horror.
"You won't take him." Rain's voice broke through as she stood up slowly. "You won't take any of them."
If Raven looked confused before, he looked utterly stupefied now. "Your awake?"
After a moment, Rain found her feet and rushed at Taylor, kicking him in the head, rendering him unconscious. "Force, your master has fallen, take him and leave or I kill him where he lay." Force took her warning and grabbed Taylor and left.
"Fiona?" Van said, shaking the blonde awake. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. How about you Rain?"
"Could have been better." She replied, walking towards the cocoon. "Could do without the headache though.
"Rain?" Fiona had a slight look of worry cross her face.
"Hey Fiona?" Van asked, grasping her attention again. "What is the zoid Eve?"
"What?"
"I guess you could say Zoid Eve is a memory from our past, so to speak." Rain answered from her spot in front of the cocoon.
"Your past?" Raven asked, still confused. "What do you mean?"
"I don't... I don't know." Rain said rubbing her head, trying to remember.
"Fiona?" Van asked as he lightly shook the blonde's arms. "Are you sure you're ok?" Rain turned around and gave the two a sad look. As if to say 'she'll make you happy Van.'
"Rain? What's wrong?" Raven asked slightly as he edged towards the silver-haired girl. "Rain?"
"Nothing." She whispered as she slowly walked back to the command wolf and jumped up into it.
"Rain, Where are you going?" Fiona asked, confusion written on her face.
"Away for a bit." She answered as she stared at the glowing cocoon. "I'll be back soon. When Willow returns."
Raven went to protest to her leaving but couldn't get the words out in time. "Wait."
"What's her problem?" Van asked as he watched the zoid disappear over the horizon.
"I think it's you." Raven whispered as he looked around slightly.
"Me?!" Van wailed. "What'd I do?"
"You didn't care if she was ok or not. You should have seen the look she gave you before she left."
"Yes I did to care."
"You didn't show it." Raven hissed as he walked away. "I'm leaving too. And next time we meet Van Flyheight. I will kill you."
"What's your problem?" Van cried out, anger boiling over. But he didn't get an answer, just silence from Raven's retreating back. "Arrogant ass!"
"Van!" Fiona cried. "Mind your language use. Zeke?"
"We better go too." Van waved his hand forward. "Come on Zeke.... Zeke?"
Fiona gave a knowing look at the silver organoid. "He won't leave until Willow is out of that cocoon."
"Than we'll stay here." Van said as he went to sit on the ground. "It's getting dark, let's set up camp."
Fiona nodded. "All right Van."
Later that night Rain stopped at another gorge to camp out. Raven had caught up to her by stealing a gun sniper he had found while tracking her.
Rain looked up into a small tree and sighed. "You can come out of hiding. I know your there Raven. What do you want?"
Raven quickly hopped from his hiding place, an emotionless mask on his face. "Why did you leave?"
Rain shrugged. "Why do you care?"
Raven sighed, knowing he was getting nowhere this way. "I don't care. I just want to know."
Rain laid down as she stared at the sky. "It's no reason."
Raven smirked. "I don't believe that."
Rain gave him a light glare. "Believe what you like. I just couldn't stand..." She stopped abruptly, coughing into her hand.
Raven sighed once more. "Couldn't stand what?"
"Nothing."
She got up and climbed up into the tree that Raven was hiding in so he wouldn't see her cry, since she was about ready too. She looked up over one of the limbs and saw a village nearby. Smiling she jumped out of the tree to head to the village. It took Raven awhile to notice that Rain wasn't even there anymore.
"Where the hell did she go now?" He dashed up the tree, spotted her form retreating to the village and quickly followed haste.
Rain looked around, finally noticing a small fountain people were drinking form. "I need to get some water." She said as she walked toward the fountain. A sound made her look at the ground, she saw a small ball rolling across the ground, and a little girl chasing after it.
"Can you stop my ball please?" The little blonde girl with curls asked as she looked at Rain. "Please?"
Rain smiled, bending down she picked up the ball and handed it to the girl. "Here you go. What are you doing out here?"
The girl giggled lightly. "I was playing with my ball." She held out her hand. "Hi, I'm Tilly."
Rain smiled, lightly shaking hands with Tilly. "I'm Rain. Can you show me where I can get something to hold some water Tilly?"
Tilly gave a beaming smile. "Sure. Come on." She grabbed Rain's hand and started pulling..
Raven looked up after a bit of walking, noticing he lost sight of Rain. "She couldn't have gotten far. She must have gone to that village." He said, picking up his pace.
"Mommy." Tilly asked as she stepped into a shack, talking to an older looking blonde woman. "Can we get Rain a water jug?"
"Sure." The woman looked up, catching sight of Rain. Her hand effectively shot up to her mouth as a gasp escaped. "Oh dear. You look hurt. Are you ok?"
Rain looked down at her arm, noticing a scratch covered in drying blood. "Oh. I'm fine. Just a scratch from climbing a tree. That's all."
Tilly ran to another room, coming back in a hurry carrying a Band-Aid. "This should help." She put the Band-Aid on the scratch and kissed it.
Rain smiled lightly. "Thank you."
Tilly beamed up at her. "You're welcome."
Rain got her water jug, which Tilly's mother had already filled, but stopped in her tracks suddenly when she heard gunshots outside.
"Mother? What's going on?" Tilly asked as she looked through a window.
"You two stay here." Rain said forcefully as she walked to the door.
"I'm going with you Rain." Tilly said, clinging to her leg.
"No!" Rain said, turning sharply. "You stay here. Protect your mother."
" But..."
" Promise me." Rain said, kneeling to the girl's level.
Tilly sniffed lightly. "Ok. I promise." She said as she ran to her mother's side.
Rain suddenly got up and ran outside to see what was the matter. A young man had a gun and was forcing people to give him their money.
Rain walked slowly up to him. "Hey. Stop."
"I won't!" The man said forcefully. "I need this money."
"For what?" She asked, looking at the people around her and pointing to them.
"Look. You're hurting these poor people."
Tilly listened to the commotion going on outside. "Rain!" She took off running towards the door.
"Tilly!" Her mother cried, racing after her. "Come back. TILLY!"
"I'll be fine mommy!" Tilly yelled back as she ran though the door. "RAIN!!"
Who ever doesn't like my story, and thinks that it is totally drifting away from the story line, well, it practically is, and I wanted it that way to set up the plot. So who ever likes the story, glad to know it.
"Van look." Fiona whispered as she pointed to the metal creature behind willow.
"The black organoid." Van hissed.
"Yes, but look over there."
"A command wolf?" Van questioned before he watched as Rain and Raven jumped from the cockpit.
"Willow!" Rain screamed as she made a run for her organoid.
The two organoids turned around and ran towards the fallen hellcats. Fusing with the cores and creating a cocoon around both zoids.
"A metamorphosis?" Raven asked as he watched the whole thing unfold.
"Rain! Where have you been? And where'd that zoid come from?"
"Hey Fiona. We got it..." She started to reply right before Fiona ran up and grabbed both of Rain's arms. Both completely froze and their eyes glazed over.
"Fiona? Rain?" Van asked as he waved a hand in front of Fiona's face. "Hello?"
"Rain?" Raven looked completely confused. "Hey, what's the matter?"
Both girls turned and stared blankly at both boys. "Zoid eve." They whispered as they shut their eyes and fell to the desert floor below.
"Rain? Fiona?" Both boys stuttered as they picked up the fallen girls.
"Let's get them to a village." Van said quietly. "They need help."
"Their fine." A voice crooned from behind them. "But do leave. When you leave. And when that cocoon breaks. I will get both organoids and the new zoids in it."
"You again?" Raven hissed. "What do you want now."
"You know him?" The onyx-eyed pilot didn't look too happy.
"What else." The young man said simply. Taylor looked them over and turned towards Van. "The organoids, and boy, give me your organoid too. That silver one."
"You can't have Zeke!" Van hissed, venom dripping from each word.
"If you won't give him to me." Taylor laughed as he looked up. "I'll have to take him. With Force if necessary. Force!" He screamed. A green organoid came swooping down from the heavens and stepped in front of Van. His spiked tail ready to be swung at any that moved. Which just happened to be Zeke, for he jumped in front of Force and fought it out with him.
"Zeke!" Van screamed in horror.
"You won't take him." Rain's voice broke through as she stood up slowly. "You won't take any of them."
If Raven looked confused before, he looked utterly stupefied now. "Your awake?"
After a moment, Rain found her feet and rushed at Taylor, kicking him in the head, rendering him unconscious. "Force, your master has fallen, take him and leave or I kill him where he lay." Force took her warning and grabbed Taylor and left.
"Fiona?" Van said, shaking the blonde awake. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. How about you Rain?"
"Could have been better." She replied, walking towards the cocoon. "Could do without the headache though.
"Rain?" Fiona had a slight look of worry cross her face.
"Hey Fiona?" Van asked, grasping her attention again. "What is the zoid Eve?"
"What?"
"I guess you could say Zoid Eve is a memory from our past, so to speak." Rain answered from her spot in front of the cocoon.
"Your past?" Raven asked, still confused. "What do you mean?"
"I don't... I don't know." Rain said rubbing her head, trying to remember.
"Fiona?" Van asked as he lightly shook the blonde's arms. "Are you sure you're ok?" Rain turned around and gave the two a sad look. As if to say 'she'll make you happy Van.'
"Rain? What's wrong?" Raven asked slightly as he edged towards the silver-haired girl. "Rain?"
"Nothing." She whispered as she slowly walked back to the command wolf and jumped up into it.
"Rain, Where are you going?" Fiona asked, confusion written on her face.
"Away for a bit." She answered as she stared at the glowing cocoon. "I'll be back soon. When Willow returns."
Raven went to protest to her leaving but couldn't get the words out in time. "Wait."
"What's her problem?" Van asked as he watched the zoid disappear over the horizon.
"I think it's you." Raven whispered as he looked around slightly.
"Me?!" Van wailed. "What'd I do?"
"You didn't care if she was ok or not. You should have seen the look she gave you before she left."
"Yes I did to care."
"You didn't show it." Raven hissed as he walked away. "I'm leaving too. And next time we meet Van Flyheight. I will kill you."
"What's your problem?" Van cried out, anger boiling over. But he didn't get an answer, just silence from Raven's retreating back. "Arrogant ass!"
"Van!" Fiona cried. "Mind your language use. Zeke?"
"We better go too." Van waved his hand forward. "Come on Zeke.... Zeke?"
Fiona gave a knowing look at the silver organoid. "He won't leave until Willow is out of that cocoon."
"Than we'll stay here." Van said as he went to sit on the ground. "It's getting dark, let's set up camp."
Fiona nodded. "All right Van."
Later that night Rain stopped at another gorge to camp out. Raven had caught up to her by stealing a gun sniper he had found while tracking her.
Rain looked up into a small tree and sighed. "You can come out of hiding. I know your there Raven. What do you want?"
Raven quickly hopped from his hiding place, an emotionless mask on his face. "Why did you leave?"
Rain shrugged. "Why do you care?"
Raven sighed, knowing he was getting nowhere this way. "I don't care. I just want to know."
Rain laid down as she stared at the sky. "It's no reason."
Raven smirked. "I don't believe that."
Rain gave him a light glare. "Believe what you like. I just couldn't stand..." She stopped abruptly, coughing into her hand.
Raven sighed once more. "Couldn't stand what?"
"Nothing."
She got up and climbed up into the tree that Raven was hiding in so he wouldn't see her cry, since she was about ready too. She looked up over one of the limbs and saw a village nearby. Smiling she jumped out of the tree to head to the village. It took Raven awhile to notice that Rain wasn't even there anymore.
"Where the hell did she go now?" He dashed up the tree, spotted her form retreating to the village and quickly followed haste.
Rain looked around, finally noticing a small fountain people were drinking form. "I need to get some water." She said as she walked toward the fountain. A sound made her look at the ground, she saw a small ball rolling across the ground, and a little girl chasing after it.
"Can you stop my ball please?" The little blonde girl with curls asked as she looked at Rain. "Please?"
Rain smiled, bending down she picked up the ball and handed it to the girl. "Here you go. What are you doing out here?"
The girl giggled lightly. "I was playing with my ball." She held out her hand. "Hi, I'm Tilly."
Rain smiled, lightly shaking hands with Tilly. "I'm Rain. Can you show me where I can get something to hold some water Tilly?"
Tilly gave a beaming smile. "Sure. Come on." She grabbed Rain's hand and started pulling..
Raven looked up after a bit of walking, noticing he lost sight of Rain. "She couldn't have gotten far. She must have gone to that village." He said, picking up his pace.
"Mommy." Tilly asked as she stepped into a shack, talking to an older looking blonde woman. "Can we get Rain a water jug?"
"Sure." The woman looked up, catching sight of Rain. Her hand effectively shot up to her mouth as a gasp escaped. "Oh dear. You look hurt. Are you ok?"
Rain looked down at her arm, noticing a scratch covered in drying blood. "Oh. I'm fine. Just a scratch from climbing a tree. That's all."
Tilly ran to another room, coming back in a hurry carrying a Band-Aid. "This should help." She put the Band-Aid on the scratch and kissed it.
Rain smiled lightly. "Thank you."
Tilly beamed up at her. "You're welcome."
Rain got her water jug, which Tilly's mother had already filled, but stopped in her tracks suddenly when she heard gunshots outside.
"Mother? What's going on?" Tilly asked as she looked through a window.
"You two stay here." Rain said forcefully as she walked to the door.
"I'm going with you Rain." Tilly said, clinging to her leg.
"No!" Rain said, turning sharply. "You stay here. Protect your mother."
" But..."
" Promise me." Rain said, kneeling to the girl's level.
Tilly sniffed lightly. "Ok. I promise." She said as she ran to her mother's side.
Rain suddenly got up and ran outside to see what was the matter. A young man had a gun and was forcing people to give him their money.
Rain walked slowly up to him. "Hey. Stop."
"I won't!" The man said forcefully. "I need this money."
"For what?" She asked, looking at the people around her and pointing to them.
"Look. You're hurting these poor people."
Tilly listened to the commotion going on outside. "Rain!" She took off running towards the door.
"Tilly!" Her mother cried, racing after her. "Come back. TILLY!"
"I'll be fine mommy!" Tilly yelled back as she ran though the door. "RAIN!!"