What you can't see
Can't hurt you
Chapter three. Motorbikes"You sure about this?" Takao asked Zeo as he parked the blue and black bike among the others. There was a lot of bikes in the area, there wasn't enough room in the parking lot, so most where on the grass. The bike was Ana's second favorite; Zeo often rode it when they went to the open fields. She would have her red and black Heritage, and he would have her Honda.
"I'm positive, it's not like I've never rode a bike before, besides, it's for Ana, I should do it." Takao knew how Zeo felt about driving the motorbike, he wasn't all that confident, but he was also stubborn.
"You really are like Ana you know," Takao said, Zeo blinked. "Stubborn till the end."
"You needn't talk." Zeo said, then they heard a girl's voice call for them.
"Zeo, Takao," Hillary said, catching her breath. "We've been looking for you everywhere!" She said, Max running up behind her. "I didn't think you'd be riding." She said, running a hand along the black seat. Zeo nodded smiling.
"We'll be watching, Rei's there too, coming Takao?" The bluenette grinned and followed Max to where they where standing.
"Good luck, I'm surprised at how many people are here." Hillary said, looking round at all the bikes.
"Yea, she was pretty popular though." He said, waving as some people said hello.
"People recognize the bike then, huh?" She joked, Zeo laughed a little. "Hey, is your friend going to be here?" she looked round again, trying to find the redhead.
"You mean that Tala guy? I don't know, I haven't seen him yet though." She looked back at him then jumped slightly as an announcement came from the big speakers.
"Well, you're starting now, see you." She said, running off to where the others where. Zeo wrapped his hair up in a bun before putting the blue helmet on. On his left was a gray Yamaha, and on his right was a studded Heritage. He started up the bike as the sign to go came up. It wasn't a race, it was just a run, but he was surprised at the amount of people still. They had to go round to the beach where the cliff was, through a wood, and round some streets, but he knew what the real reason he was doing this was, for Ana was only half of it.
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"Where are you?" Was the fuzzy question from the ear communicator.
"Following the Honda on the cliff."
"Do you think something's there? I haven't seen anything so far." He cursed slightly as the Honda shook a little.
"I think so, but I haven't picked up on anything yet…fuck, he's starting to shake!"
"Calm down, he might just be a bit iffy on that turn, it's a nasty one."
"I guess so…something's here! I just felt it!"
"Is it big?"
"No, but I think it's what's making the Honda shake."
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Zeo took in a sharp breath, as his bike shook a little. This was why Takao wasn't so sure about him going: he wasn't good with corners. He smiled slightly as his Honda steadied, it was a smooth bike, and he wondered why Ana preferred the Heritage. He looked at his mirror as the black Heritage started speeding up slightly. It had been on his tail all the way rounds, but hadn't done anything. The bags were studded and the driver wore black studded leather. The color of the bike was pure black. Zeo cursed loudly as his bike shook again.
"What the hell?" The Honda started to shake on it's own, getting worse and worse. He looked to his side as the Heritage came up at his left, coming closer and closer. He tried to move the handles, but they'd go stiff. He winced slightly as the clashing of bikes screeched. He looked at the hidden face of the other rider, however it was, they where trying to turn him round. Then it struck; he was going to go straight off the cliff. He heard a voice from inside the helmet.
"Get on the back!" Zeo stared for a moment. Was this guy for real? "There's no time, get on!" Came the voice again. Zeo moved his leg round so he was sitting on the bike with both legs on one side; the guy revved his engine in warning. Zeo grabbed this waist and swung his leg over. The black Heritage slowed down, letting the Honda screech and turn on its side right by the wall. When they came to a stop, he ran off the bike and went over to his Honda, taking off his helmet as he did so.
"What happened?" he asked the rider who was walking over. His eyes widened slightly as he took off his helmet. Blue and turquoise clashing, trying to find some answers.
"Don't know."
"Liar!" Zeo shot back. "You do, and I want to get some answers! I could've died you know!"
"I know, I'm sorry but I think it's best you mind your own business." A midnight green Honda pulled up beside Tala's Heritage. A blue hair man with blue shark tails on his cheeks came off the bike, the same one at Ana's funeral.
"Everyone ok?" He asked. Zeo glared at Tala.
"No, I'm not ok!" He said, the man looked at him and Tala groaned. "I almost got taken off a cliff and I know it wasn't because of my bike!" The bluenette crouched, looking at Zeo's bike.
"I told you titch, don't dig yourself into a hole, but NO, you decided to be stubborn, good thing to know we've got another Ana: RECKLESS!"
"My name ain't titch and I'm NOT reckless, I DO have right to know what's going on!" The bluenette stood up, silencing them.
"Quiet you two, we need to get the bike back, Tala, do you have any oil? The handles are stiff," Tala walked over to his bags, pulling out a tub. "Can you tell me exactly what happened?"
"My bike shook a few times, then it just got worse and worse, when I got to round about…there," He pointed to the start of the turning. "My bard went stiff and the bike speed up. Who are you anyway?" Zeo asked the man.
"Kai," He said, taking a communicator out his ear. "Thanks." He said taking the tub from Tala.
"What happened? Why did that happen to my bike?" Tala stepped in as Kai was about to answer.
"We don't know, ok? It should have been my bike, not yours! Where'd you get it anyway?" Tala said, Zeo glared at the redhead.
"I got it from Ana- why are you looking at me like that?" Zeo looked from Kai, to Tala, back to Kai.
"No wonder it went after you, it must've thought you where Ana." Tala said, taking the tub back to his bike.
"What is 'it', and WHY was it after you?" Tala turned and glared at Zeo. Kai sighed, he wasn't going to get a say in this and they certainly weren't going to stop.
"You know enough, and if you tell anyone, I'll kill you!" Tala said Zeo stood up.
"You wouldn't dare kill me!"
"Oh yea?"
"Yea!"
"ENOUGH!" Kai said standing up getting the other's attention. "If you two wont stop bickering, I'll make sure Zeo gets back, Tala, you go in front of us, we need to pick up the pace if we want to be back in time for the end. Which means shut UP!" Tala walked over to his bike and put on his helmet, Zeo picked his own bike off the floor and followed suit. Kai did the same, then motioned for Tala to go. Zeo started his bike, following Kai up to the woods.
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Hillary ran up to Zeo with the others as he walked towards them. She stopped in front of him, Hiro, Brooklyn and Rei right behind her. Hiro was looking over his bike then looked up at him with a curious look. Hiro had also ridden, but was a lot faster than Zeo. Brooklyn looked at where Hiro had his hand and blinked a few times.
"Well, how did you do? Did you fall?" Hillary asked, holding onto Zeo's gloved hands. Zeo laughed a little.
"Err…once, but some people where near me so helped me out, but my bike got scratched." He said, avoiding Hiro's question.
"But these are marks from another bike, look, you've got black on the blue." Brooklyn commented, Hiro stood and crossed his arms.
"I kinda hit someone when I fell, that's all," He saw Takao pulling Max over. "Hey, Takao, over here!" He said, as Hiro was about to talk. Takao slung an arm round his shoulders, a broad grin on his face.
"You came back in one piece!" Takao said, Zeo laughed a bit. "Didn't fall, did you?"
"Yea, once." Takao punched him lightly.
"At least it wasn't off that cliff."
"Yea, lucky me." He said, but Rei and Hiro noticed the sarcasm.
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Kitty: and another chapter! But Rouge's gone, she wont be reviewing or helping me write any more, though she'll probably check on 'Fear' every now and then, she liked that a lot. I know I'm going to through in some random pairings, even normal ones, who knows!
Caoi .
Kitty-cat