I do not own battle force 5 I only own Aria and her brother

A thank you to Ke13 who reviewd the last chapter

Chapter nine

If you looked onto the salt flats in handlers corner you would see a car and a bike driving side by side and leaving dust trails behind them.

But on the bike there where two passengers one was a fully grown woman and the other was only a child at the age of five both where smiling and their eyes twinkled with delight.

After a few short minutes of driving a siren sounded behind them signalling them both to pull over after a few short seconds and the car had driven off leaving the woman to deal with the problem.

Two police officers climbed out of the car one was old with slightly greying hair and the other was young with a full head of brown hair.

The older woman pulled the keys out of the ignition and placed them in her daughter's small hands.

"Yes officer's what's my offence this time" asked the woman with a smile on her face.

"Nadia you know full well what your offence is speeding and riding without a helmet on" said the sheriff.

Nadia curved her lips into a small smile before she spoke again.

"for one I was not speeding because I am on the salt flats and two I would prefer that my daughter would make it out of an accident alive by wherein my only helmet" replied Nadia with a small smile on her lips and her blue eyes were closed.

It wasn't until the sound of flesh hitting flesh that the woman did open her eyes to see what happened.

Looking down Nadia saw her daughter without her helmet on and holding the left side of her face and whimpering in pain.

"Shush, shush little one" soothed the mother hugging her daughter, looking up with rage filled eyes.

Nadia's blue eyes where now beginning to turn green as anger and her vision was also becoming tainted green as well.

Still hugging the little girl Nadia's eye flashed back to their normal blue changed green again scaring both of the police officers out of their skin, the older one place the helmet on the ground before running to the car and driving off.

Sighing the woman picked up the helmet and placed it back on her daughters head and started the engine and driving back onto the salt flats again.

After an hour of driving a blue tornado appeared on the salt flats.

Pulling the bike to a stop and kicking the kickstand over Nadia dismounted her bike and walked a few feet away from the bike much to her daughters protest.

"MOMMY PLEASE COME BACK I'M SCARED" cried the little girl with tears springing to her eyes.

The woman did not answer but instead stayed rooted to the spot.

Then not two seconds after she had turned around a half tiger half man came crashing out onto the desert causing both of the girls to scream.

The tiger-man dragged the mother into the strange car he was driving and drove off into the blue tornado.

"MOMMY" screamed the girl crying.

Then the dream faded into darkness and the little girl felt as if she was flying.

A pair of blue eyes that where tinged green flashed into her mind.

"Aria, remember the past"

End of dream.

Aria's eyes snapped open and her blue eyes settled of the figure sleeping in front of her.

Aria could tell that the person was still sleeping, but the blurred colours made it difficult to tell who it was.

Aria searched her memory for anything that could help her remember, it wasn't until the person muttered in their sleep.

"Please leave him alone take me instead" said the person quietly.

Aria's mind clicked onto the memory form last night.

"I asked Zoom to stay with me but why" Thought a confused Aria.

The blurred figure moaned in his sleep and shifted so his arm fell around her small waist and pulling her closer so her head was resting on his chest, Aria could hear his heart beat it was almost like he was trying to lull her to sleep.

After a few minutes Aria's eyes fluttered closed.

With Grace

Grace was making her way into the lobby of the hospital after a good night's sleep and warm shower she felt like a new person.

Bypassing the reception desk Grace walked right into Aria's room without knocking and expecting Aria to be in her bed and Zoom in the chair.

The door swung open without even a squeak for the hinges it wasn't until she was halfway into the room did she notice that Zoom wasn't in the chair.

Grace dropped the book that was in her hand and dashed for Zoom who was sleeping peacefully next to Aria.

"Zoom get..." Grace started to whisper but noticed how peaceful Aria looked with her head resting on Zoom's chest and his arm around her waist.

Grace just smiled and pulled up a chair and looked over them quietly.

Two hours later

Grace looked at her watch.

10:00 Am.

It's about time I woke them up and got Aria over to my house.

Walking up to the bed Grace saw that Zoom's chocolate brown eyes where open and he was running his hand through Aria's long black hair it wasn't long before he saw Graces shadow looming over him.

That made him stop instantly his face turned bright red he was about to roll away from Aria but the sudden stop of his action had caused her to stir.

Her blue eyes opened and widened as she was Grace standing over them both with a smirk on her face.

"Morning you two sleep well" she said smiling down at them.

"Uhhh" came the reply from both of them.

Grace just smiled and pulled Zoom of the bed and handed Aria a bag of her clothes.

"Zoom could you wait outside for a minute Aria needs to get changed" Commanded Grace.

Zoom nodded and walked out of the room still red faced with embracement of being caught that close to Aria.

After a few minutes both girls exited the room Grace was in her usual waitress uniform and Aria was in her black hoodie and grey trousers.

Aria gave a quick smile to Zoom and hugged him before getting dragged out by Grace.

Zoom left quickly and climbed onto the Chopper and drove back to the hub with mixed thoughts and feelings.

With Aria and Grace

Aria had been walking silently beside Grace, the silence wasn't an uncomfortable one either it was the one that was between friends.

"You like Zoom, don't you" asked Grace in a curious voice.

Aria didn't answer she just shrugged her shoulders and looked down at the ground thinking of an answer but she found none.

After a while Aria looked at the sky, all she could see was blurred blue and white.

"Maybe I do like Zoom, but I hardly even know him" thought Aria.

"You know the whole you and Zoom thing could work" stated Grace.

Aria nodded before speaking.

"Maybe" was the only thing she said.