Chapter 11: Total recovery and the savior?
Rain bent down and went to plug Van's and Irvine's noses shut, she nodded to Fiona to do the same to Thomas. They smirked at each other than at the guys and pinched their noses shut. After a minute all three started couching as their eyes shot open from the shock. They shot up and stared at the girls. "What in gods name was that for?!" Irvine finally sputtered out as he settled his temper.
"Good morning sleepy heads." Rain giggled as she grabbed Fiona's wrist and skipped, literally skipped out of the infirmary.
"Well, looks like she's made a full recovery." Thomas said standing up. "I wonder if she did something funny that we missed? Like fall out of bed or something."
"Nah, knowing here she'd pull something really stupid." Irvine replied smiling at her skipping back. "Like try to jump or fly. One day she got drunk and stood on her zoid and jumped off screaming (I CAN FLYYYYY!!!) while flapping her arms (Or maybe not.) She sputtered out as she landed face first in the ground. Now that was a sight."
"And I missed it?" Van said disappointed. "I would have laughed so hard I would have needed sleeping gas to shut me up."
"Sleeping gas wouldn't even work for you Van." Thomas replied laughing as he watched Rain fall on her face. "Ouch, now that was graceful. You would laugh in your sleep Van."
"I have to agree." Irvine said sarcastically. "Come on guys. We better follow those two to make sure she doesn't hurt herself."
They get up and follow Fiona and Rain to MoonBay's room, than to the cafeteria. "This food is so gross." MoonBay boasted as she looked it over. "Come on. Let's go to town."
"Sure." Irvine said as he looked at Rain. "But whose paying?"
They all chipped in some money after a little bit of debate. They went to the hanger noticing the Gustav couldn't fit everyone. So Irvine took his saix, Van took the Liger, Thomas took the dibison while Rain tried to take the diver. "Get your ass back here Rain!" Moonbay screamed as she grabbed her arms and yanked her back to the Gustav. "Your coming with us."
"But, but…" Rain started to protest before she noticed both girls looking at her like (If you don't do as we say your dead meat fed to the zoids.) "Fine. I'm coming."
They got in the Gustav and tried to catch up to the other zoids. No luck, the guys actually ad to stop and wait. "Hey MoonBay, pick up the speed all ready." Irvine said appearing on the screen. "Some of us are hungry yah know."
Rain was sitting in the back staring out to the desert and saw something pass them up with incredible speed. She sat forward and gave Irvine a funny look. "Hey Irvine. Scan the area for any other life forms."
"What for? Did you see something?" He asked while he started the scan.
"I think so, just do it."
"Sorry Rain. Nothing is showing up." He said finally. "It might have been your imagination."
"All right, thanks Irvine." She replied as she sunk back in the seat and started to doze off.
They finally made it to the town and all parked their zoids and looked for a place to eat. Thomas was carrying Rain on his back because she was starting to have a hard time walking. "I wonder what happened to her this time." Someone said, as they looked at Rain asleep on Thomas's back. "Shut up Shadow. I don't like her. It's a coincidence that were here at he same time she is. And I'm not worried about her. She's just a weak girl, that's all." He said turning around to face the black organoid, than looking back at Rain. "Come on Shadow, let's follow them, see where they're going."
"Ah guys. Look at how cute she looks." MoonBay said poking Irvine in the side to look at Rain. "She bounced herself to sleep."
"I'm not asleep MoonBay." Rain said slowly fluttering her eyes open. "I'm just hungry."
"There's a restaurant." Van said looking ahead. "And look. I see Papaya's."
"Oh great. More fruit." Fiona said as she helped Rain off of Thomas's back. "That's all we need is to watch Van indulge himself in a piece of fruit. Hey Rain? You ok?" She asked looking over at Rain who was clutching her side in pain. "Rain?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied placidly and slowly. "I just slid off his back on my cut, it didn't feel to pretty." She straightened up and reluctantly removed her hand and started to walk again. "Come on guys. Van's already in there. You don't want him to order for you do you?"
"Not a chance." Thomas said as he hurried inside. "I can't eat another papaya."
They all went inside and ordered their food. After a minute Fiona noticed that three men kept staring at them from another table. "Hey Rain. You know about who has a bounty or not. Can you see those three guys over there?"
Rain took a quick glance at them and smiled. "Hey Irvine. You wanna do a little bounty hunting for old times sake?" She asked looking up from her food. She looked evil, her eyes were cold and her smile had no feeling. "Their bounty is at least 30,000 or more."
"We'll get 'em tonight Rain." Irvine replied with a smirk. "God. You've gone back to your old self, expressionless face, cold hands, and that damn smile. That smile always creeps me out."
"Aw come on, it ain't that bad is it?" Rain asked pushing the last bit of her food in her mouth. "All right, I'll keep an eye on them and we'll get em tonight. This is gonna be fun."
"Are you sure you should be doing this Ms. Rain?" Thomas asked looking at her side. "Your not healed completely."
"She'll be fine Thomas." MoonBay intervened clasping her arm over his shoulders and punching him lightly. "This girls tough as nails. She can handle anything."
They went back to their meal not knowing that someone else was watching them from another table. Raven had followed them into the restaurant and just kept his eye on them. Shadow was sitting on the roof waiting for his master to reappear. Rain finally finished off what was left in front of her and stood up. "I'll be back in a minute. I need some fresh air."
"I'll come with you Ms. Rain." Thomas said trying to stand up.
"Stay where you are Thomas." She replied placing her hand on his shoulder and pushing him back down. "I can take care of myself." She walked outside into a cool breeze that just blew past. She closed her eyes and let out a small sigh. When she opened them she saw a metallic body quickly disappear into a nearby alley. Her eyes lightened up as she quickly followed what she first thought to be Willow. But after a minute she finally got a good look and lost all hope. ("Willow is dead you idiot. It was you who didn't jump up to save her.") She looked around and saw a pair of shimmering blue eyes staring at her; she stared back than smiled gently. "Hello Shadow." She reached forward and went to touch him till something grabbed her wrist and yanked it away. "What the hell?"
"Don't touch him." A grown man said as he stared at her. "You're a bounty hunter, aren't you? You were with the group that just caught my men were you not?"
"Your other men?" She said in shock. "You're the man from the restaurant. Why did you follow me?"
"My men got up to follow you when a big man with a patch over his eye stopped them, they got in a fight and they got their asses caught. But I snuck out past them and decided to follow you. You were with them so they'd probably pay a hefty sum to get you back alive."
"Oh let me go you bas… Uhh…" Rain fell to her knees with one arm holding her up and the other clutching her stomach. She was couching fiercely as tears started to sting her eyes. "That-that hurt you bastard."
"Only a girl would cry over pain in her stomach. You really are a weak bounty hunter. The rumors of the famous Rain were only rumors. You only picked out your prize and let the men do the dirty work."
"You know who I am?"
"Of course. The cut throat bounty hunter who some how knew where her next bounty would be. I should kill you right now but how could I hurt such a pretty little face. I should just take you home and make you mine."
The man bent forward to grab her. Right then he felt a sharp pain in his face as he flew into a nearby wall. "Touch her and I'll kill you where you lay."
The man looked up from the ground and fumed with anger. The whole thing was a blur to Rain, she couldn't see who was fighting who, all she felt was the pain in her side increasing as something warm slowly trickled down her arm. She finally passed out with certain words running through her mind. "Touch her and I'll kill you where you lay." ("Who is that? Could it be Irvine? Or Thomas, or Van, who is it?")