Erin
Prazan
aka the Red Phoenix
Red Phoenix Continued…
Bit
sat on his bed, breathing hard. His
dream had seemed so real, like it was a memory of some kind. He highly doubted it though. He never knew his parents, both had died
when he was little, he had been adopted by a junk dealer in town. He didn’t even know if he had
siblings, they probably had been separated after his parents died. But the little girl in his dream, her
name was Fiona. He shook his head,
thinking it was stupid to think this, but didn’t Fiona say she was
adopted? And the baby in the older
girl’s arms, the man said his name was Vega. Vega Obscura. The thought ran through Bit brain,
but he just shook his head. That
was impossible; Vega’s mother was a woman named Sarah. Or was she? Bit decided not to press it
further. It was late and he
was tired, the battle with the Phoenix Team was four days away. He rubbed his leg. It had been three days since he
had felt any pain; he guessed it was healing properly. He sighed and laid
down, and back into a dreamless sleep just as his head hit the pillow.
Bit woke up the next morning, rested and ready to
go. He had forgotten about the
dream, but it still lingered in the confines of his brain. “Good morning
Bit.” Said
a way too happy Jamie as he came downstairs with Bit’s breakfast. “‘Morning.” Yawned Bit, he wasn’t exactly a
morning person. Bit sat up in
his bed as Jamie put his breakfast and Bit’s on a bed side table. “I decided to have breakfast with
you Bit, beings I’ve been ignoring you these passed few days.”
“That’s okay Jamie; you were busy, besides
Leena gave me great company while you were working on
strategies for our battle next week.
So don’t worry about it.”
Jamie smiled.
Bit had always been a good friend to him even though he was the youngest
on the team. Jamie’s mind
drifted back to when just before the Blitz Team took on the Fuma
Team for the first time. Jamie had
been ignored by the older worriers who would get into fights during a battle. They wouldn’t listen to his
advice and they would screw up one or another. But strangely they would win their
matches by fault because their fights would get so out of hand they would start
shooting at each other, and accidentally hit the other teams Zoids. Bit had
found Jamie in the control room after the battle and asked what was wrong. Jamie told him he felt like he was being
ignored and wasn’t helping the team much. Bit told him that it shouldn’t
matter if you had fun coming up with the strategies and if he loved the Zoids. After
the battle with the Fuma Team, Jamie learned how to
control the other worriers into how he wanted them to act. He didn’t have to use it long
though. The others got the gist of
it and started to listen to him more often. Bit’s voice brought him back down
to earth. “Did you say
something Bit?” Asked Jamie
has Bit started on his toast.
“Oh nothing, just asked you why you were acted
so happy this morning.”
Jamie blushed.
Could he trust Bit, or should he keep quiet? The possibilities ran through his head
like a fast projector. Bit had a
tendency to accidentally blurt out things he wasn’t supposed to, although
he had kept the Long Range Buster Cannon that Doc was buying secretly quiet so
the other members wouldn’t give the Doc crap. “Well…,” Started
Jamie, but he was rudely interrupted when a love sick Harry Champ walked
in. “Hi Harry, how your life
treating y….” But Bit
stopped. There was something
about Harry that made him uneasy, something very strange. Harry was looking at him with tearful
eyes, and then looking longingly as the solute of Leena
showed from upstairs. “Miss Leena, huh?” Asked Jamie as Bit
patted the space next to him for Harry to sit down. “I WANT MY LEENA!!!” Cried Harry as he sat
down next to Bit, weeping hysterically.
“Harry calm down before you make me
deaf. Now what’s the matter?”
“I...I…Want my…Leena…OK…I…want
her…b...b…b…back.”
Bit looked over at Jamie, who just shrugged. Bit then turned to Harry and put his
hand on Harry’s shoulder. This
is nuts. I can’t believe
I’m comforting Harry Champ, the man destined to be king. Bit thought.
Jamie handed Harry a cup of coffee and
started on his breakfast. Bit
handed Harry some bacon. Harry
calmed down after a few minutes and began to eat himself. After a few minutes, he finished and
left. “What was that all
about?” Jamie asked as the
hanger door closed behind Harry.
Bit shrugged and got up to go use the bathroom. He really needed to shower and use
the toilet. After he stood up,
Jamie said, shocked, “Bit you can walk!” Bit looked down at his leg. It didn’t hurt anymore and he
didn’t limp. It was
healed. “Hallelujah! I can pilot again!” They cheered for a few minutes until Bit
really had to go. Bit
returned ten minutes later, clean and empty, thank God. Leena was
sitting next to Jamie with whom else but Fiona sitting next to her. All three of them were in conversation
about something.
“Hey Fiona, what’s up?”
“Nothing much, just talking about a carnival
that’s in town if you’re up to going. Their having a Zoid and a talent show. Do you think you can come
tomorrow?”
Bit pondered his answer. He probably had to get permission from
his doctor first to see if he could walk around.
“I’ll have to check with my doctor real
quick first. But I think I
can.”
“Cool, Vega’s coming to and he can’t
wait to see you. My mom wants to
meet you too. The whole team is
going to be there. They want to
meet the pilot who defeated Vega Obscura.”
Bit smiled.
It had been way too long for him to see Vega. The last time he saw the kid was after
Bit defeated Vega at the Battle Royal.
Vega became an immediate pen pal and friend. Vega would always answer when Bit called
him, but it wasn’t the same as seeing him in person. “So Vega’s going to be
there, huh? It would be nice to
learn how he predicts all of his moves.” Said Jamie excitedly
as Dr.Toros and Brad came down with tea and cookies. “Yep, he was training with us for
a couple months after the Royal Cup.
I was still too little to remember when my real parent’s team won
the Battle Royal. I remember my
foster mom was a mercenary with their team. Her Liger was an Ultimate X like Mine
and Bit’s Zoids. The Liger 007 was what she calls it, and
she has never lost a match when she’s piloting it.” Explained Fiona,
“It’s the organoid system in the Liger
which helps it remember.”
Bit and the others listened to Fiona, fascinated. So the Liger 007 and the Liger 009 are
Ultimate X Zoids just like the Liger Zero and Berserk
Fury. This is terrific
information. Thought Steve Toros
as Fiona took a break from talking to take a drink of her tea.
“So your team, how many pilots do they have
anyway?”
Fiona looked at Dr.Toros,
smiled and replied, “60 pilots are permanent, and about another 60 are
mercenaries who get bored of winning and move on to other teams. We have so many pilots we separated them
into squads so their not so confusing to see which pilots to put out into
battle.”
Everyone sat in a shocked silence. They have 120 pilots, this is just too
much. But it’s no surprise beings
her foster mother is super rich.
Winning so many battles must mean getting a lot of prize money. Maybe I should join up with them
instead. Thought Brad as he watched
Fiona talk to the others about the up coming carnival. Nah, these guys are like family to me, I
can’t abandon them for some other team. It wouldn’t be right.
Fiona
left later that morning for work.
Bit decided to go to the doctor that afternoon to get his leg
checked. “Well Bit, I believe
your leg is healing beautifully, so yes you may pilot again.” Said the doctor as Bit pulled down his
pant leg from his leg being X-rayed.
“That’s great news, Bit you can go to the carnival
tomorrow.” Leena yelped happily after Bit got back and told her the
news. Liger roared with joy. “Okay Liger, we’ll go for a
run. Leena
would you like to come with us?”
Leena looked at Bit in surprise.
“Uh, sure, let me change and get my Gun Sniper
ready.”
Bit sat on Liger’s paw and waited, in his battle
uniform. He was deep in
thought. Should he tell Leena about how he felt about her or should he keep his
mouth shut? This is such a big
decision, why did they make it so hard to tell someone how a person feels? Bit groaned. The Liger sensed his frustration and growled, his version of groaning. “Hey Bit, I’m
ready.” Leena
came running up to him.
“Good, let’s get going.”
Bit and Leena got into their
Zoids, opened the hanger door. It was then did Bit saw the saw marks
made by the SpinoZappas when a group of thieves tried
to steal parts from Leena’s Gun Sniper, posing
as the legendary
To Be Continued…