Erin Prazan

aka the Red Phoenix

 

 

 

Red Phoenix Part 6…

Warning, a bit of Harry Potter, Card captors, and Tenchi Muyo starts coming in at this point so don’t sue me.

           

            Bit slowly opened his eyes.  His chest hurt and burned like fire and he could barely move.   He slowly turned his head.  Sitting at his right was Leena, with puffy eyes that had suggested that she had been crying.  The rest of the Blitz Team was sitting on a bench by the hospital window, sleeping like Leena, looking as if they were dead.  The only hint of them living was their chests moving up and down. 

“Bit, are you okay?”

Bit turned his head again.  Sitting on the bed was Fiona, Melody, and Vega!  “Vega, long time no see.”  Vega smiled.  “Same here Bit, you feeling OK?”  But they didn’t need a verbal answer; they saw the pain in Bit’s eyes as he looked at them.  “I’m glad you’re OK, I was worried.  My mom was able to heal you, but it took up most of her magical and physical energy.”  Fiona pointed at a woman sitting in a chair, sleeping.  Bit was surprised.  The woman had a medallion around her neck that looked very familiar.  The girl, Erin, had that medallion in his dream!  It was gold and was shaped like a scarab beetle; engraved on its wings were Egyptian hieroglyphs.  The woman opened her eyes, and looked at Bit, mumbling, “Bit Cloud, nice to see you after all these years.  I think the last time I saw you; you were about six I think.  I worked for your family as a mercenary before they were killed by the Backdraft.”  Bit eyes went wide.  “My family was killed by the Backdraft?”  Erin nodded.  “Yes, I am surprised you remembered the experience, for I had put a memory charm on you so you would forget.  I think just seeing Fiona after 10 years of being apart it triggered your memory.” 

“What do you mean Miss. Prazan?”

“I mean, you, Vega, and Fiona are all related.  Vega is your baby brother, and Fiona is your older sister.” 

Bit felt like he was going to have a heart attack or something, it came as such a huge shock.  Vega and Fiona were his brother and sister?!?  This was too much, but at least he knew he had a blood relation.  Bit turned his head back at Leena to think just as Leena was waking up. 

“Bit!  Oh my God, are you alright?”

“Yeah I’m fine.  How are you?”

“I’m not worried about me I’m worried about you, I was so scared were that man shot you.  Oh Bit!” 

Leena jumped up and hugged Bit around the neck, careful of his chest.  “We’ll leave you two alone.”  Said Fiona as she herded Vega, Melody, and Erin out the door.  Leena watched them leave, silently crying.  Come on Leena it’s now or never.  Leena took a deep breathe.  “Bit, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you for a couple of days now.”  Bit looked at her in confusion.   “I…I…I’ve been…”  Leena started to stutter, thinking, I can’t do this, I just can’t do this.  Bit squeezed her hand.  “Why don’t you put your words into an action?”  He asked as she started to sob harder out of embarrassment.  Leena gulped, and in one movement, kissed him.  Bit was shocked.  Leena, the trigger happy, tom boyish daughter of the shopaholic Steve Toros, was in love with him.   He lay there perplexed for a few seconds, and then kissed her back.  I had been hoping this day would come.    He thought, guess Harry won’t be getting that kiss after all.    He chuckled.  Leena pulled away, frowning.  “What’s so funny?” 

“Oh nothing, just thinking about what Harry would do if he knew this happened between us.” 

Leena smiled and kissed him again.  Brad opened his eyes and saw the whole thing.  He smiled and closed his eyes again.   How did I know, how did I know?  He smiled and leaned against Doc, propping his feet on the chair Leena had been sitting on earlier.  I guess I win that bet I made with Jamie.  He won’t be too happy.  Brad smiled again and fell back asleep. 

 

            Bit and Leena were pouring their hearts out to one another, happy that both felt the same way about the other.  Bit had been squeezing Leena’s hand the whole time, wanting to make sure this wasn’t a dream.  But he knew that this wasn’t a dream, for he felt the pain in his chest, both from his heart, a feeling of longing to have Leena in his arms, and from the bullet hole which was still draining, the warmth of Leena’s tears falling on his shoulder, to the warmth of her hand in his.  The love in her eyes was too real to be in a dream.  Leena was the last thing he saw before he once again passed out.  “I love you Bit Cloud.”  Mumbled Leena as Bit closed his eyes and lost all feeling.  She bent down and kissed him one last time before she went back to her seat, moved Brad’s feet, and sat down.  She watched him sleep for several minutes until finally she joined the others and she too fell asleep.  Fiona, Erin, Vega, and Melody looked in before they walked down the hallway to their Zoids. 

“Madame, what are we going to do now that Bit is hospitalized?  He can’t fight, and the Reynos and Shadow Fox on their team still need repairs.  They can’t possibly fight us with just one Zoid?” 

Erin pondered her answer before replying, “Simple Melody, we will postpone the battle until Bit is well, plus we will send money to them for the hospital bill and for the Zoid repairs.  That way they’ll be able to fight us no matter what Zoids they use.”

Melody nodded.  Vega was beginning to slow down out of loss of energy.  Fiona stopped, picked him up, and carried him out to the Berserk Fury.  The Fury roared, glad to see its pilot again after it had been sitting there in the parking lot for several hours.  They entered their Zoids and rode off into the horizon, Erin muttering a spell as they ran, thinking, Severus, Ryoko, Washu, Sirius; I hope you all understand my decision.