Chapter 16: Caught again.
"And that reason is Raven."
("He was jealous. That's his reason. Watch.") Shadow said as he sat up and leaned his head on Rain's shoulder.
"Hey Shadow. What point are you trying to make?" Rain said as she reached up to rub his muzzle. Only to get her hand grabbed by Raven. She looked over at Raven. His face was unmoving and expressionless as he stared at Shadow. "Raven? What's the matter?"
("He doesn't want anyone to touch you.") Shadow replied after a minute of silence. Raven grunted and turned around and faced his back to the two. ("He got really jealous when Van leaned on you.")
"Shut up Shadow!" Raven barked as he pulled his knees to his chest and laid his head on them. "You don't know what you're talking about."
Rain got a sad look on her face as a frown crossed her face. She leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Raven's shoulders. He leaned back in the embrace and rested his head on her shoulder and closed his eyes. "Is it true Raven? Were you really jealous?"
Raven groaned as he opened his eyes to look at Rain's. Her purple and blue eyes looked so solemn. He could fall into the pools in her eyes. "Well… I… I kinda was Rain. I was mad when that one man grabbed you. And I lost it when Flyheight leaned on you."
"You don't strike me as the jealous type." Rain said she nuzzled his cheek and kissed it. "You learn new things everyday, don't you?"
Raven reached a hand up and cupped her cheek and smiled at her. "I'm sorry Rain. But when I see someone touch you… I don't know what happens… I just want to get them off of you."
"Oh Raven. You really are a sweetheart when you want to be." Rain leaned forward and brushed her lips on his. He moved his hand up from her cheek and ran it through her hair, pulling her closer and deepening the kiss. Rain started to shift her weight while kissing him. The position she was in was making her uncomfortable.
Raven felt her movements and broke the kiss. He turned around to face her. He gave her a weak smile when he saw here eyes getting droopy. "Come on Rain. Let's get to sleep."
"Huh? I…I'm not tired."
"Bull Shit. Come on Rain." He grabbed her shoulders and laid her down. "You're going to sleep." He pulled the quilt up over them and Rain snuggled up to him. He put his arms around her shoulders as her arms went around his waist. He sighed as he felt her slow breathing on his neck after she fell asleep. "Your mine Rain. I refuse to let anyone hurt you." He tightened his hold and started to succumb to sleep. The next morning Raven woke up to a slight growl. "Huh? Shadow, what time is it? Only six? Why'd you wake me up? Of course I like her. You woke me up for that?" He whispered trying not to wake Rain.
"Mmmm Raven? What time is it?"
"Rain? Sorry, did we wake you?"
"No. I just kinda woke up. Why?"
"I was arguing with Shadow. You still look tired, try and get a little more sleep, please."
"I'll be fine. I just need some coffee." She sighed as she looked around. She gasped as her eyes shot open and she shot up when she looked over near the door. There was Fiona, sitting there staring at the two with a broad smile. "F…Fiona?"
"Hey Rain? How was your sleep?"
Rain swallowed as she stared at the unmoving zoidian. "Fine. What are you doing in here?"
"I heard some growls from your room last night so I came to check. When I saw Shadow I knew that Raven must have been nearby. But I never expected him to be with you Rain."
"Shh, shh. Please Fiona. Please keep it down. Does anyone else know?"
"No Rain. Just me." Fiona said as she stood up walked over to her and sat on the bed. "And I won't tell if you tell me one thing."
"And what's that?" Raven said as he put him arms over Rain's shaking shoulders. "Please calm down Rain." He whispered in her ear.
"I just want to know Raven." Fiona started as he looked up at her with a cold stare. "You're really nice to Rain, which leads me to this question. Do you love her?"
Both of them completely froze from the question. They didn't look at each other. Just sat there frozen, listening to the silence, waiting for one of them to break the silence, unfortunately, someone had too. "Yes Fiona. I do." Raven finally said with a shaky voice. "I do love her. I know it now."
Rain turned to face him. Confusion and shock plainly written on her face. "W… What did… What did you just say Raven?"
He let out a small sigh and instinctively rubbed his hand across the back of his neck. "I love you Rain." He reached forward and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a deep kiss, not even caring that Fiona was watching.
"Ok you two lovebirds. Break it up so I can talk to you." Fiona said as she started to pry Ravens arms from Rain. When she finally got them to stop she looked at Rain. "Keep him out of the guy's sight. You know what they'll do to you, let alone him if they saw you together."
"What would they do to her?" Raven asked now suddenly filled with worry. "What would they do?" He turned to Rain who was looking down at her lap. He grabbed her shoulders and gave her a slight shake. "What would they do Rain?"
"They would tell the Colonel." Fiona said when she noticed that Rain wouldn't answer. "The Colonel thinks of you as someone that doesn't deserve a life, or love for that matter. For her even talking with you she would get banned from the GF. And he might even rip apart her zoid."
"Shubaltz would do that?" Raven asked in total shock. "Why would he go that far?"
"Not Shubaltz." Rain replied still looking down. "Fiona? When did Hanson get back?"
"Van said that he came back after you did. And if Van's right," Fiona said as she put a hand on Rain's shoulder. "You have to get away. You and Hanson have some bad history."
"I know." Rain said as she grabbed her laptop. "That's why I'm going to find out if those rumors are true."
"What are you going to do Rain?" Raven asked as he watched her fiddle on her computer. "How are you going to find that out?"
"Hack into the bases security cameras." Rain said with a smirk. "If he's there than he'll be seen by the cameras, right? Well. If I can get to the cameras I bet you I can watch the progress from here."
"Great idea." Fiona said as she moved over and sat next to Rain, watching her hack into the security system. "I wish I was this good with computers."
"If you ever paid attention to Thomas or me trying to teach you, you might actually know something Fiona."
"Very funny." Fiona said sarcastically as she watched Rain work. "So Raven? About that night you and Reese kidnapped Rain and Thomas. Did you let her go or did she just leave?"
"I let her go." Raven admitted as he looked up from Rain to Fiona's face. "She wanted to leave and I wasn't going to keep her locked up."
"You really are nice," Fiona said with a smile. "When you want to be."
"Well don't torment him Fiona." Rain said looking up from her screen and smiling at the two. "We don't want him to jump off the balcony do we?"
"Uhh Rain." Fiona said as she poked her in the shoulder to get her to look at Raven. "I don't really think he wants to leave you. And could you lock the door. I can hear Thomas waking up."
She looked at Raven who was just staring at her. She waved her hand in front of his deep indigo eyes trying to break him from his concentration. When he came out of his trance they heard a soft yawn at her door and the knob twisting. "Rain, are you awake?" They heard Thomas's tired voice ring in their ears. Thomas finally got the door open and walked in, rubbing his closed eyes as he stepped in. Rain was furious, scared, worried, and shocked. Her dark eyes narrowed and she slammed the door behind Thomas. He spun around to look at the door in time to see it lock. He turned back around to face a pair of shining blue eyes. He looked down to see a sleek, black metallic organoid body. "Sh…Shadow?" He slowly choked out as he looked the black organoid over. Shadow made low, pissed off growl, and moved out of Thomas's vision so he could see Rain, Fiona and Raven sitting on Rain's bed. 'Raven in holding Ms. Rain's hand!' Thomas's mind screamed. "Ms. Rain…" Thomas said slowly, trying not to irritate Raven, or the black organoid that was glaring at him. "Why… Why is he here?"
TBC
Rain) I know, I know, the chap is a little short, but give me a break, I ran out of ideas.
Raven) No, you just wanted to try and make it a cliffhanger.
Rain) I did no such thing, I'm not that evil. (Am I Mael?)
Kena) Who are you talking too? Huh Ray Ray.
Rain) I told you never to call me Ray, or ray ray. Got that?!
Kena) All right all right, I got it.
Moonbay) So when I come into the picture of catching you with Raven?
Van) Yeah, us too. So far it's Fiona and Thomas. When do we come in?
Raven) Van, if you walked in on us, u wouldn't have a head left.
Irvine) Yeah. Rain looks like she's ready to kill Thomas, what makes you think you'll survive?
Thomas) Someone help me, what do I say to her?
Fiona) How about, she no own zoids! Catch yah later!
Rain)Great ending Fiona. I agree Catch yah later! See yah on chap 17