Chapter 21: Tragedy healed
Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed my story, and to those who read and didn't review, you must be lazy. And one special message to Kurama's girl. You wrote. "hears a little info for ya.
VanFiona=couple!
MoonbayIrvine=couple!
In other words Van loves Fiona and Fiona loves him back. Irvine loves MoonBay and she loves him back!"
WEll, here is my info. I said this had slight yaoi, and guess what, it does, as well as yuri, so if you don't like that stuff, than don't read it!
clears throat Now on with the story
"What is this, some sort of trick?" The gunman asked as he stared at the girl in front of him, who just glared at him, she was starting to frighten him, he was starting to think she was a witch, controlling the wind around her.
"I swear you will never live to kill again!" She hissed as she sent out pounding waves of power from her body, slamming against the gunman with such force that his body was thrown against the far wall and was slowly being crush by the force of the waves alone. Slowly visible signs of his body structure were seen cracking and breaking in various places, his body was flattening against the wall as blood slowly seeped from opening wounds that opened from the pressure alone.
He gurgled out his last few breaths before all the pressure finally completely killed him. Rain, being blinded by hate, still pounded at him. "RAIN! STOP!" Irvine yelled as he ran at her, pulling her to the ground. "STOP!"
Rain's eyes cleared and she stared up at Irvine with a blank expression. "I-Irvine?" She tried to look around, eyes almost landing on the dead gunman before Irvine violently turned her face back to his.
"Don't look." He sighed, breathing in deep and heavy. "Look, why don't we go home, back to the base, what do you say?" He looked up at everyone around. "Well?"
"I think it's a very good idea." Van said as he stared at everyone. "Let us first get these two to the hospital, and call a clean-up crew for him." Motioning to the dead gunman. 'She went way to far this time.' He thought. 'I have never seen her this angry before.'
"Let's go then." Thomas said, picking up a few things and heading outside, everyone else in tow.
Unfortunately, before they had made half way to the hospital ward, Ataru had already died of blood loss and the gunshot wound to his chest. Kaiyu died three hours later at the ward, in critical condition for a gunshot wound in his chest, and also in his stomach. After Rain had cried herself to sleep, Van and Irvine settled her body down in the back of the Gustav, jumping into their own zoids, everyone started back towards the base, intent on getting back to work and staying away from Raven for awhile.
Half way through the drive back Rain regained consciousness and looked around groggily. "Where are we?" She asked sleepily, looking at Fiona.
"On our way home, back to the base." Fiona replied. "Rain?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did you kill him?" Fiona asked, getting a dumbfounded look from Rain. "Why did you kill that man?"
"What man?"
"The man you pounded into a wall with... Mrmmph." She muffled out as MoonBay covered her mouth with a hand.
"Hush Fiona, today has been hard enough, she doesn't need to know what she did to him, she got away with self defense and with that bounty, we paid off the fine. It's no big deal anymore." She whispered, beckoning Fiona to sit back down and leave Rain be.
"But I have never seen her so, so, uhh, so..."
"Destructive? Unruly? Mean? Unforgiving? Come on Fiona, I don't even think she remembers what happens..."
"I guess you have a point."
They ended the conversation at that, and were quiet the whole way back to the base except for Van's voice over the intercom asking how they were.
"Oh dear." Doctor D. said as he listened to the whole story from Van and Irvine. "Is she ok?"
"Just fine, and I warn you, she will be fighting tooth and nail for her zoid tomorrow." Said Van, humor finally finding its way to his voice.
"I will be sure to keep an eye out for her."
"You better." Irvine said as he and Van stood and left.
"GRAMPS!" Rain screamed as she ran through the hanger level. "Where in hell's name did you disappear to now? And where is my zoid!"
MoonBay watched Rain run around the hanger laughing so hard that she felt like crying. "Psst." She whispered. Beckoning Rain over. "Check under his desk. And don't worry, your zoid is here."
"Thank you!" She left with an evil glint in her eyes and quietly went to the doc's desk, hearing a slight snicker from underneath. "Got'cha!" She cried as she yanked him up. "Where is it Doc?"
"MoonBay! You rat!"
"Hey, you've lied a thousand times about and to me Doc. Paybacks a bitch ain't it?"
"Thank you MoonBay." Rain said smirking heavily. "Now where is she Doc? Where is my HellDiver?"
"Hanger one floor up. Now let me go, that hurts."
"If you're lying I will find you." Rain said, effectively dropping the Doc and running up the stairs to the next hanger, searching around before finding her zoid hidden in the back. "Good boy Doc, very good boy."
Running up and jumping into the cockpit, Rain heard the turbines and engine starting up. "Hey girl, how have you been since I have been gone?"
"Rain! You know you shouldn't have scared the doc like that! He almost pissed his pants!" Van's voices erupted from below.
"Almost?!" MoonBay asked incredulously. "HE DID!"
"I scared him that bad?" Rain blinked back the tears of mirth coming to her eyes from laughing so hard. "Hey, can I go out for a run? Please?!"
"Uhh fine, whatever. Hey, how about a race?" Van asked. "My blade liger needs a good run anyway! Come on Zeke."
"I'll join you!" Irvine called out. "We all need a little bit of exercise and training anyway!"
"I'm in!" Rain cried, motioning her zoid out of the hanger. "Let's move it people, we're burning daylight!"
"Whatever." Both boys said as they followed her out. "So what first?" Van asked.
"Mind if I see how fast your zoid is Rain? See if she can keep up with my Saix?" Irvine asked, a wicked glint in his eyes.
"I'd be happy to show you. Van, do the honor of finding us a finishing point and the countdown?"
Van ran his zoid to a far end clear ahead of them. "One lap around from where you are, around me, back to that point, and back to me. So two laps in all. Ready!"
Both Irvine and Rain set themselves in position. "Set!"
Grips tightening on the steering gears. "Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"One and a half!"
"One and Three-Quarters!"
"VAN!" Both racers shouted. Losing their patience rather quickly.
"GO!"
Both zoids sprang into action and were off as fast as possible. "Hey Irvine!" Rain called through her com. Link. "Did we set any boundaries or rules?"
"Not that I know of... Why... Hey! Get back on the ground!"
"Not a chance! We have no rules or boundaries, so I am using my speed of flight and jumping, much faster than running, trust me." Rain smirked, her zoid hitting ground once more and leaping back into the air, bounding across the land as fast as possible.
"Oh no you don't! Saix, let's pick up some major speed!"
Both shot off, making their first lap in record time before going to complete their second. "Watch out Irvine, I am almost in the lead!"
"No you are not! I am!"
At that both finished and came to a grinding stop. "Well Van!? Who won!?" Rain shouted as she opened up her cockpit. "Well?"
"Umm." Van looked between the two pilots, nervous of what will happen to him over the result, both were very sore losers. "You umm, kinda, you had a tie ok!?"
"Tie? We tied?" Rain couldn't believe her ears, she tied with Irvine? Man, she thought her zoid was at least faster than his in some respect.
"We tied? Really?"
"Yes Irvine, A tie!" Van said as he looked around nervously.
"Oh, ok." Irvine set a big smile on his face. "Man Rain, we would make one hell of a speed team."
"I agree with you there buddy."
"Hey, can we go eat now? I'm starving!" Van whined as he looked at Irvine pleadingly. "Please?"
"You have got to be joking, you're hungry at this time? It's only eleven in the morning Van!" Irvine about died laughing.
"Yes I am, so please? Please can we go eat?"
"Fine, whatever." Irvine turned back towards the base. "Coming Rain?"
"Yeah, in a minute." She said. "I want to test out some of this new arsenal I found the Doc has installed into my zoid."
"Suit yourself. Come on Van. Let's go."
"FOOD! Food, food, food, food, food, food."
"Goddamit Van! SHUT UP!" Irvine screamed as they took a steady pace back.
Rain look up around at her surroundings, trying to find a decent target to shoot at before a large purple blur passed in front of her. "What the hell was that?"
"She saw it heading off in the direction of the base and decided to follow. "What was that? I must find out!"
TBC
So, what do you guys think so far? I am sorry I haven't updated for awhile, but I am now, what do you guys think, please review.
Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed my story, and to those who read and didn't review, you must be lazy. And one special message to Kurama's girl. You wrote. "hears a little info for ya.
VanFiona=couple!
MoonbayIrvine=couple!
In other words Van loves Fiona and Fiona loves him back. Irvine loves MoonBay and she loves him back!"
WEll, here is my info. I said this had slight yaoi, and guess what, it does, as well as yuri, so if you don't like that stuff, than don't read it!
clears throat Now on with the story
"What is this, some sort of trick?" The gunman asked as he stared at the girl in front of him, who just glared at him, she was starting to frighten him, he was starting to think she was a witch, controlling the wind around her.
"I swear you will never live to kill again!" She hissed as she sent out pounding waves of power from her body, slamming against the gunman with such force that his body was thrown against the far wall and was slowly being crush by the force of the waves alone. Slowly visible signs of his body structure were seen cracking and breaking in various places, his body was flattening against the wall as blood slowly seeped from opening wounds that opened from the pressure alone.
He gurgled out his last few breaths before all the pressure finally completely killed him. Rain, being blinded by hate, still pounded at him. "RAIN! STOP!" Irvine yelled as he ran at her, pulling her to the ground. "STOP!"
Rain's eyes cleared and she stared up at Irvine with a blank expression. "I-Irvine?" She tried to look around, eyes almost landing on the dead gunman before Irvine violently turned her face back to his.
"Don't look." He sighed, breathing in deep and heavy. "Look, why don't we go home, back to the base, what do you say?" He looked up at everyone around. "Well?"
"I think it's a very good idea." Van said as he stared at everyone. "Let us first get these two to the hospital, and call a clean-up crew for him." Motioning to the dead gunman. 'She went way to far this time.' He thought. 'I have never seen her this angry before.'
"Let's go then." Thomas said, picking up a few things and heading outside, everyone else in tow.
Unfortunately, before they had made half way to the hospital ward, Ataru had already died of blood loss and the gunshot wound to his chest. Kaiyu died three hours later at the ward, in critical condition for a gunshot wound in his chest, and also in his stomach. After Rain had cried herself to sleep, Van and Irvine settled her body down in the back of the Gustav, jumping into their own zoids, everyone started back towards the base, intent on getting back to work and staying away from Raven for awhile.
Half way through the drive back Rain regained consciousness and looked around groggily. "Where are we?" She asked sleepily, looking at Fiona.
"On our way home, back to the base." Fiona replied. "Rain?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did you kill him?" Fiona asked, getting a dumbfounded look from Rain. "Why did you kill that man?"
"What man?"
"The man you pounded into a wall with... Mrmmph." She muffled out as MoonBay covered her mouth with a hand.
"Hush Fiona, today has been hard enough, she doesn't need to know what she did to him, she got away with self defense and with that bounty, we paid off the fine. It's no big deal anymore." She whispered, beckoning Fiona to sit back down and leave Rain be.
"But I have never seen her so, so, uhh, so..."
"Destructive? Unruly? Mean? Unforgiving? Come on Fiona, I don't even think she remembers what happens..."
"I guess you have a point."
They ended the conversation at that, and were quiet the whole way back to the base except for Van's voice over the intercom asking how they were.
"Oh dear." Doctor D. said as he listened to the whole story from Van and Irvine. "Is she ok?"
"Just fine, and I warn you, she will be fighting tooth and nail for her zoid tomorrow." Said Van, humor finally finding its way to his voice.
"I will be sure to keep an eye out for her."
"You better." Irvine said as he and Van stood and left.
"GRAMPS!" Rain screamed as she ran through the hanger level. "Where in hell's name did you disappear to now? And where is my zoid!"
MoonBay watched Rain run around the hanger laughing so hard that she felt like crying. "Psst." She whispered. Beckoning Rain over. "Check under his desk. And don't worry, your zoid is here."
"Thank you!" She left with an evil glint in her eyes and quietly went to the doc's desk, hearing a slight snicker from underneath. "Got'cha!" She cried as she yanked him up. "Where is it Doc?"
"MoonBay! You rat!"
"Hey, you've lied a thousand times about and to me Doc. Paybacks a bitch ain't it?"
"Thank you MoonBay." Rain said smirking heavily. "Now where is she Doc? Where is my HellDiver?"
"Hanger one floor up. Now let me go, that hurts."
"If you're lying I will find you." Rain said, effectively dropping the Doc and running up the stairs to the next hanger, searching around before finding her zoid hidden in the back. "Good boy Doc, very good boy."
Running up and jumping into the cockpit, Rain heard the turbines and engine starting up. "Hey girl, how have you been since I have been gone?"
"Rain! You know you shouldn't have scared the doc like that! He almost pissed his pants!" Van's voices erupted from below.
"Almost?!" MoonBay asked incredulously. "HE DID!"
"I scared him that bad?" Rain blinked back the tears of mirth coming to her eyes from laughing so hard. "Hey, can I go out for a run? Please?!"
"Uhh fine, whatever. Hey, how about a race?" Van asked. "My blade liger needs a good run anyway! Come on Zeke."
"I'll join you!" Irvine called out. "We all need a little bit of exercise and training anyway!"
"I'm in!" Rain cried, motioning her zoid out of the hanger. "Let's move it people, we're burning daylight!"
"Whatever." Both boys said as they followed her out. "So what first?" Van asked.
"Mind if I see how fast your zoid is Rain? See if she can keep up with my Saix?" Irvine asked, a wicked glint in his eyes.
"I'd be happy to show you. Van, do the honor of finding us a finishing point and the countdown?"
Van ran his zoid to a far end clear ahead of them. "One lap around from where you are, around me, back to that point, and back to me. So two laps in all. Ready!"
Both Irvine and Rain set themselves in position. "Set!"
Grips tightening on the steering gears. "Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"One and a half!"
"One and Three-Quarters!"
"VAN!" Both racers shouted. Losing their patience rather quickly.
"GO!"
Both zoids sprang into action and were off as fast as possible. "Hey Irvine!" Rain called through her com. Link. "Did we set any boundaries or rules?"
"Not that I know of... Why... Hey! Get back on the ground!"
"Not a chance! We have no rules or boundaries, so I am using my speed of flight and jumping, much faster than running, trust me." Rain smirked, her zoid hitting ground once more and leaping back into the air, bounding across the land as fast as possible.
"Oh no you don't! Saix, let's pick up some major speed!"
Both shot off, making their first lap in record time before going to complete their second. "Watch out Irvine, I am almost in the lead!"
"No you are not! I am!"
At that both finished and came to a grinding stop. "Well Van!? Who won!?" Rain shouted as she opened up her cockpit. "Well?"
"Umm." Van looked between the two pilots, nervous of what will happen to him over the result, both were very sore losers. "You umm, kinda, you had a tie ok!?"
"Tie? We tied?" Rain couldn't believe her ears, she tied with Irvine? Man, she thought her zoid was at least faster than his in some respect.
"We tied? Really?"
"Yes Irvine, A tie!" Van said as he looked around nervously.
"Oh, ok." Irvine set a big smile on his face. "Man Rain, we would make one hell of a speed team."
"I agree with you there buddy."
"Hey, can we go eat now? I'm starving!" Van whined as he looked at Irvine pleadingly. "Please?"
"You have got to be joking, you're hungry at this time? It's only eleven in the morning Van!" Irvine about died laughing.
"Yes I am, so please? Please can we go eat?"
"Fine, whatever." Irvine turned back towards the base. "Coming Rain?"
"Yeah, in a minute." She said. "I want to test out some of this new arsenal I found the Doc has installed into my zoid."
"Suit yourself. Come on Van. Let's go."
"FOOD! Food, food, food, food, food, food."
"Goddamit Van! SHUT UP!" Irvine screamed as they took a steady pace back.
Rain look up around at her surroundings, trying to find a decent target to shoot at before a large purple blur passed in front of her. "What the hell was that?"
"She saw it heading off in the direction of the base and decided to follow. "What was that? I must find out!"
TBC
So, what do you guys think so far? I am sorry I haven't updated for awhile, but I am now, what do you guys think, please review.