Shoulda

DISCLAIMER:

I wrote this 'cause I had nothing to do, just a small scene between two characters.

Fear not, I'm still writing my other story, Mirrored Image, it's just that there is so much typing to do...

So this is "Shoulda" By Hinder...

She held the phone loosely in her hand; unspoken words still on her lips...

If I could go back in time

Turning to the window, she watched the rain fall, thing of everything she had with him.

I'd say those three words
I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you

"... I..."

And this can't be saved if you can't be found
You hung up and left me for dead on the ground
You didn't even say goodbye

Walking the streets she tried to find him, but he just disappeared.

"Not even a good bye..."

She should have told him... -why?

She shook her head, hair plastered to her head. Tears mixing with rain.

Now that you're gone I'm wasting away
The life has been siphoned right out of my veins
If I could go back in time
I'd say those three words

"Please, please, just let me take it back!"

She cried her fury to the sky- "I..." God, even she couldn't bring herself to say it.

I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you

Rain fell in torrents around her, seeming to pull her further down

"Three words," she whispered, "Its just three words."

And this can't be saved if you can't be found
You hung up and left me for dead on the ground
You didn't even say goodbye

This couldn't be fixed if he couldn't be found...

He just hung up and left...

I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you
I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you
When you said those three words
I kinda freaked out
When you said them first my jaw hit the ground

The same scene replayed over and over again in her mind, she could now see it within the falling rain.

He had told her his feelings; maybe she wasn't ready for what he had to say... NO!

She just wasn't ready to admit, and accept, the fact that she had fallen for him, like he had fallen for her.

I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you
And this can't be saved if you can't be found
You hung up and left me for dead on the ground

She stopped, letting the rain wash over her

She couldn't find him...

You didn't even say goodbye
And this can't be saved If you can't be found
And this can't be saved

She couldn't save what they had, it was lost

This couldn't be fixed; she dropped to her knees at the realization.

I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you
I shoulda woulda coulda said it back to you

She looked up at the sky one last time, whispering those three words she swore she would never again say,

"I love you..."

(AN)

So who do you think this is between?

End file.

Shoulda by Dark Zaberfang


Zoids: Ashes and Dust

**Zoids: Ashes and Dust**

The battle is over. Praetor III stands surveying the battlefield, watching the smoke curl from shell-craters, rising to obscure the sight of smashed Zoid warriors lying strewn around the battlefield like captured pieces in a wargame between aristocratic ancients. The sight is a melancholy one, even though this time, in name at least, his side has won the engagement against the Reds. This is not the first battle that Praetor III has seen, nor does it stand to be the last, for a Zoid, as he well knows, fights until he can fight no more, until every atom in his metal body is smashed into oblivion, whose sacred kiss many perhaps long for, though they would never admit to so doing. On his chest is emblazoned the sacred seal of his allegiance: to the Blue forces of Zoidstar, the original and pure Zoids, a fact on which they pride themselves. Their zeal and honour are unmatched, and they do not bend in the face of their enemies' increasingly vicious bids for control of the entire planet of Zoidstar. Once the Zoids captured other planets, other stars: now, having reduced those planets and stars, and all life in them, to ashes and dust, they have turned their infinite talents for destruction, unmatched in the galaxy, inward, and now fight amongst each other in a struggle grown increasingly meaningless, and whose purpose now has simply become to perpetuate itself, to survive, too fight, to win, to conquer, and then to fight again. A Zoid is never short of enemies, a fact upon which Praetor III has often mulled over in his rare moments of reflection. He tries to recall how many battles he has survived, and finds that he cannot remember the number. He is simply here, now, and that is all that there is to it. Zoidarayan philosophy is not like the philosophies of other cultures: if it was once, it is no longer. All that there is to fight over now is ashes and dust.

Praetor III slowly manoeuvres his vast metal Trooperzoid and turns back towards the objective which they have been sent to secure, an objective which has caused much destruction and the demise of some of their finest comrades today. A Zoid and his pilot, in truth, are not separate entities: they are one and the same, their consciousness linked in an act of sacred symbiosis, of holy fusion. The death of a machine and pilot is one event: if one dies, then so will the other. The sacrifices that he has seen here today have left a feeling like acid being slowly poured into the metal chambers of Praetor III's heart: he, like many of his colleagues, nonetheless feels fortunate to be alive himself, though this feeling is clouded with a certain guilt at having survived the conflict that has left so many others lying broken upon the field of battle.

Praetor III begins to make his way towards the summit of the crag which overlooks the the Sea of Tears, one of many dead bodies of water on Zoidstar which have been reborn as theatres of brutal, almost unbelievably violent conflict. No-one in those long-ago years could have predicted such awful carnage as there is now, a conflict which forms the central part of life on the planet in these latter days. The crag gives its occupier a panoramic view over the rest of the desert, and is hence of crucial strategic importance. The sands all around are encrusted with the charred and rusted corpses of Zoids which have fought over this spot for the past weeks, months and years. All of them, once proud warriors, are just so much junk now, so much scrap metal, waiting perhaps for the Scavenger Zoid to take them away and rebuild them over the months to come. On Zoidstar, even the dead do not rest.

Now Praetor III and his colleagues stand at the top of the crag. One of his fellows, the other Trooperzoid in the taskforce, turns to him, his cannon levelled and ready for any renewal of hostilities by the beaten Reds. A battle won is no cause for complacency, and the Zoids, if they celebrate victory at all, do so in a very different way to most races. The Trooper looks at him and its words resound inside Praetor III's comlink system. "So we have won another engagement, my esteemed colleague. We must now secure the area. With victory come only new obligations."

Praetor III nods in agreement as he mulls over the Trooper's words. The Zoid is an old battle-friend of his: they have fought together for many years. "Your words are true, comrade. We must hasten to lock down all surrounding co-ordinates and prepare for counter-attack."

A Terrazoid scout which has been flying high above them on reconnaissance duty suddenly wheels, shrieking, through the air overhead. "Counter-attack imminent!" it screams. "Take immediate defensive action!" The other Zoids respond, swivelling their various weapons, laser-cannon, rocket-launchers and missile-packs, in the direction of the approaching foe.

The battlegroup now stand and listen, waiting for the onslaught to begin. The solar winds whine like the scream of a thousand lost souls through the pale desert waste that seemingly peters out into nothing some thousand yards beyond the limits of the naked eye. Above the static crackle of the radiation-heavy winds, Praetor III knows, he will soon hear the all-too-familiar sounds of a Red Zoid attack: the scream of alloy-metal wings, the shriek of laser-cannon, the roar of air-to-ground missiles, as the foe bears down upon them. But he and his comrades are ready. Nothing has destroyed him yet, and, he vows, nothing will destroy him today, though a fleet of the enemy should appear. Already, he can see the tell-tale blips on his liquid display screen: they are now within a fifteen hundred yard radius, and closing rapidly. His state-of the-art systems track the attackers with consummate ease. When they come, they will find him and the others waiting. Beside him the others too show signs that they have detected the approach of the Red counter-attack. They stand ready, with the same abhuman patience that has ensured their survival in countless past battles: two Tyrannozoids, veterans from the war's old days, the other Trooperzoid and Praetor III's own Zoid of the same type, a Stegazoid, a Brontozoid, and a Zillon, the latter an upgrade of the Trooper, rolled out only very recently, though its pilot is a veteran himself and has piloted several other Zoids in his past. Above them in the sky, just out of range of visibility above the boiling clouds that obscure it from their vision, wheels the Terrazoid scout who alerted them of the attack, and his mate. Watching. Waiting. All of them are ready for danger.

Praetor III watches the blips as they edge ever closer into the centre of his screen. Flashing lights ripple up and down the inside of his cockpit; bleeps and chirps resonate from within the animate heart of his machine. He is in a womb of Zoidaryan metal, the safest place to be on this now-desolate planet, yet he knows from experience that even this is a fragile, precarious situation, that he could be smashed brutally out of it at any moment, torn free by the slash of a metal claw or ripped asunder by a lethal blast of laser fire. The security he feels is only as real as his ability to defend himself: a fact stated in the Third Book of The Warrior, the online manual that every soldier in the Blue Army possesses and knows by heart.

"Five hundred yards and closing", the message runs around the lines of communication between the seven ground-based Zoids and the two flyers. "Prepare for long-range defensive fire".

The confirmation comes back. "Order confirmed. Target confirmed. Proceeding to implement command sequence." A series of electronic chirrups comes from the complex banks of machinery beside Praetor III. He follows the commander's order with a thought: buttons and touchpads are pressed by cold, yet feeling fingers, and rows of sigils and symbols flash across the screen before his eyes. His cockpit cameras tell him that his long-range back-mounted cannon are now raised and primed for attack. There is a sudden great roar and vibrations shake the Zoid as its cannon open fire on their attackers. He can see them clearly on his screen now: three Terrareds, renegade versions of his own flying allies, providing a shock-force for a ground-based follow-up attack composed of four Hellrunners, fast sprinting Zoids carrying lethal back-mounted heavy cannon, and who strike at great speed, relying on these two twin factors to force a hole in an enemy front. Behind them comes a large squadron of other, slower-moving Zoids: a force of Slitherzoids, a slow-moving but heavily-armed attack Zoid, and a rearguard of Tarantulons, renegade Spiderzoids whose unique scuttling attack is feared by those who have had the misfortune to face them in open combat. Praetor III and his comrades are silent, stoical. The force ranged against them is huge: alarmingly so. None of them had expected the Reds to counterattack with such rapidity and with a force of such size. Praetor III watches his screen as it automatically proceeds to calculate his group's survival chances. Thirty per cent, twenty per cent, ten... the figure dwindles rapidly as each new red speck comes into view on the screen.

"Long-range attack result confirmation:" comes the transmission. "Attack failed. Adjust range accordingly." Praetor III acknowledges the Zillon's directions and sends out a thought-order to his systems, which adjust themselves automatically, in one smooth, fluid motion. "Try again. Long-range defensive fire: issue second round."

"Systems adjusted. Proceeding." Praetor III acknowledges the command and readies his machine to fire another round. The cannons reload and the weapons systems are preparing to fire when another order cuts through on the com-link. "Wait. They are diverging... Enemy attack breaking off... Hold that order. I repeat, check that last order. The target is breaking off its attack!"

Praetor III stares keenly at his screen. So it is true! The attacking Red army is bypassing them, veering off to the south! He sends back a transmission. "Noting that, Blue Leader. Target is moving off." He switches down his weapons systems, which send out a faint hum as they gear down towards neutral. A sensation passes through his organo-alloy fibres as he watches the red blips dwindle into insignificance on his vid-screen, a sensation that another being might perhaps term relief. A thousand yards, fifteen hundred, two thousand...before long the enemy are gone, out of combat range. The Blue force stands easy as their Zillon commander's voice comes loud and clear over the com-link system: "Stand down, all taskforce units. Repeat, stand down, all taskforce units. Threat no longer active. Repeat, threat no longer active."

Praetor III looks out over the battlefield, reflecting on how he has once again, mysteriously, been spared. Why have the enemy broken off their attack? Perhaps they have been ordered to attack a fresh objective, or perhaps they simply believe the crag to be not worth taking. But whatever the reason, he is grateful for this unexpected stroke of good fortune. Fate often takes strange turns here on Zoidstar, once a prosperous planet, now a perpetual theatre for a struggle grown increasingly meaningless, and whose purpose now has simply become to perpetuate itself, to survive, to fight, to win - to conquer, and then fight again. While a Zoid is never short of enemies, a fact which Praetor III has often mulled over in his rare moments of reflection, he and his comrades-in-arms have somehow survived, have come through- for today, at least. He tries to recall how many battles he has survived, and finds that he cannot remember. He is simply here, now, and that is all that there is to it. Zoidaryan philosophy is not like the philosophies of other cultures: if it was once, it is no longer. All that there is to fight over now, all that lies out there in the desert beyond, is ashes and dust.

End file.

Zoids: Ashes and Dust by PrinceInExile


Godos Vs Iguan

Godos Vs Iguan

**Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids. **

As soon as the two great rivals saw one another, they both knew only one would survive. Each Zoid, standing on their two legs, weapons and claws armed for combat, represented each nation they fought for, Guylos and the Helic Republic. These two Zoids, the eternal rivals, are the Godos and the Iguan. The two Zoids stared at each other, waiting for the other to strike. Maybe the Godos would use its Small-Bore Particle Beam Cannon, or maybe the Iguan would first. The two rivals, locked in a dead locked stare, waited, for the foe to strike first. The pilot of the Iguan was wiping the sweat of the moment, when in a heart beat, the Godos charged.

The Iguan, in a lighting-fast response, blocked the bone-crushing tail of the Godos, and it wailed down upon the Iguan. The whole body of the Iguan remained intact, but the arm that held its Crusher Vice was smashed. No matter, for the Godos was in range of the Iguan's Four-Barreled Impact Gun. With a blinding flash, the four barrels erupted in laser fire, which splashed across the left leg, and lower left body of the Godos.

The Godos, retreating from the laser's heat, marched backward a few meters, and then returned fire with its beam cannons, which the Iguan, its red cannons located on its head, turned forward, and returned fire. Then, the game of cat-and-mouse began, as each of the two rivals darted across the deserted plain, the setting sun illuminating the lasers as they flew across the sky, and creating many shadows of each Zoid, as if an army of shadows where fighting each other.

Now, as the sun was setting deeper into the horizon, the fight really heated up. With both Zoids energy levels low, from all the beam firing, both knew what was to happen next. They both charged, not firing a shot, and collided with a loud, metal crushing sound. The two, the Iguan and Godos, where locked in hand-to-hand combat. The Godos clawed at the Iguan's body, and the Iguan struck the Godos side with its working hand. Seeing as the hits were not working, and the main mass of the body being damaged by the Godos, the Iguan chose the next best option, it side kicked the Godos with its powerful legs, knocking the Godos to the ground. The Godos, the left side of its body crumpled in by the Iguan's crippling kick, only laid there, electricity running across it's body, knowing all to well that the Iguan was about to fire it's cannon (only one, to save energy) directly into the visible core of the Godos. As was the fate of many Godos before it, this Godos was destined for destruction. Therefore, as the Iguan fired it cannon into the silvery-blue core, the Godos fate was sealed.

* * *

>
Alternative ending (For Godos fans)

The two, the Iguan and Godos, where locked in hand-to-hand combat. The Godos clawed at the Iguan's body, and the Iguan struck the Godos side with its working hand. Knowing all to well about the Iguan's powerful kicking attacks, the Godos swung its tail straight into the left leg of the Iguan, crumpling it inward. The Iguan then collapsed, it's leg buckled, and not enough power to do anything but lay where it fell. Like so may Iguan before it, it was destined for destruction. And so, as the Godos delivered a metal-crushing smash into the Iguan's cockpit, then core, the Iguan's fate was sealed.

End file.

Godos Vs Iguan by Zoids Fanatic


1. Finding out and taking charge

Summary- Fiona gets a horrible virus, given to her by Raven. Can Van Save her in time, will it cost him his own life. will this virus bring Van and Fiona closer or tear them far apart! V/F, M/I

Something to keep in mind: What's more important in, the writing and spelling in a story, or the idea behind the story?

Virus

By: Michiko

HI everyone!!!!! This is one of my first Van/Fiona fics. They are my fav. Couple!! My typing isn't perfect, but nobody's is. Well . . . I hope you enjoy what I have typed. And now onto the story!!!!!

Disclaimer: Sorry people, I don't own Zoids.

*****

"Hi Van," said Fiona walking over to Van who was sitting in the blade liger

"Hi" he said not looking over.

"Fine don't say hi to me," said Moonbay as she walked out from behind the blade liger

"Sorry Moonbay I didn't see you there" said Fiona rushing over to talk with her.

* * * * *

"Would you look at?" said Raven as his old cape blew in the wind on a cliff that overlooked the Guardian Force base " Pathetic, they are all pathetic" he said turning away.

*****

"Good night Van, I will see you in the morning" said Fiona closing the door to her room as she and Moonbay walked into their bedroom and laid down.

"Moonbay" Fiona asked.

"Hummm" she mumbled back.

"Van seems to be . . . well avoiding my company," said Fiona turning to face Moonbay.

"Cant you see he is so into you," said Moonbay looking over "he is just to shy to admit it."

"You really think so," asked Fiona looking up at the ceiling

"Oh come on you like him to . . . just admit it" said Moonbay sitting up.

"Well maybe a little" said Fiona "well we should get some sleep, I have work to do in the morning" she said quickly to avoid any further on the subject, then rolling over onto her side and taking out her hair ribbon and setting it on the nightstand. "Goodnight" said Fiona

"Night" said Moonbay laying back down and falling asleep.

*****

About an hour after falling asleep Fiona suddenly woke up with a bad feeling, she just shook it off. She decided that since it was late no one would be at the indoor pool, she got up out of bed and put her swimming suit on and headed for the pool. When she arrived she was shocked to find Van doing laps in the pool. Van looked up at hearing the door shut,

"Hi Fiona," he said stopping and swimming over to the edge.

"Hi Van, Do you mind if I join you," she asked throwing her towel on a nearby chair.

"Not at all" he replied

"So what are you doing here so late?" asked Fiona as she stepped inside the pool and swam over next to Van.

"Doing laps helps me to clear my mind, and I couldn't sleep," said Van. "What are you doing here?"

"Couldn't sleep, and I didn't think anyone was up" she replied.

"I bet the reason was, that you knew I was here and you couldn't keep yourself away" said Van in a joking manner.

"Yah right, that's the reason" said Fiona sarcastically as she dunked Van under the water.

"What was that for" he asked finally catching his breath.

"Being you," she said swimming over to the other end of the pool to get away from Van's payback.

"Don't think your getting away that easy," said Van swimming over and splashing Fiona. She started laughing and splashed him back.

Irvine walked out to see what the commotion was. "Its just those two" he said looking through the glass. "Well if it's just them I am going back to bed." He said walking back into his room.

*****

The window to Moonbay and Fiona's room slid open and Raven silently stepped in. He looked around to find out just whose room he had broken into. "Its just the transporter girl and . . . " he had expected to see Fiona but instead found an empty bed. "This is her bed . . . where could she be" he said picking up her hair ribbon from off the bedside table. "Oh well I don't have time to bother" he said putting it back onto the nightstand and walking out of the room. "And now to find Van" he said walking down the hall. He froze at hearing voices near the pool, "who would be out this late" he asked himself looking through one of the windows. "Van" he said, "and the zoidian girl."

"Its getting late I should be getting back before Moonbay wakes up and starts to worry" said Fiona getting out of the pool and wrapping a towel around her waist after drying off her face.

"Yah me to" said Van following her out the door. Raven dove into the shadows as they walked by. They stopped at Fiona's door as Raven followed closely behind.

"Well Good night Van, I had a lot of fun tonight" said Fiona giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Goodnight" said Van in shock as she closed the door to her room, Van walked back to his room in silence.

"Love sick fool" said Raven to himself, he didn't follow Van which was his original plan, "I have a better idea," said Raven. "Shadow" Raven called just loud enough for Shadow to appear before him. "I want you to fuse with the Geno-Braker and attack the other part of the base," he said to Shadow, Shadow growled as a reply and left down the hall.

Raven opened the door to Fiona and Moonbay's room, the door creaked. Raven froze. Had anyone heard? The answer was no, Fiona was in the shower and Moonbay fast asleep. He breathed again, but as soon as he did the alarm went off. He jumped in to the shadows.

"WE ARE BEING ATTACKED ALL PERSONAL TO THEIR ZOIDS" the intercom blared Moonbay woke up at the sound. Fiona Ran out of the bathroom dressed in her pajamas.

"What's wrong?" she asked with a look of alarm on her face as Van burst into the room.

"Raven is attacking, again, but we have the Geno-Braker at a stop" said Van

"Moonbay we need your help."

"Ok" she said getting up out of the bed and following Van out the door.

"And Fiona don't leave, and please try to get some sleep" said Van closing the door.

"Ok then, on to bed" she said lying down and trying to get comfortable.

'Things are going just as I had planned,' said Raven thought to himself as he looked at the girl, "Shadow did his part and now it is my turn" he said walking towards Fiona's bed. Fiona sat up with an instinct of something bad, Raven grabbed Fiona's arm. The lightning flashed outside lighting up Ravens face, Fiona looked up.

"Let me go Raven," said Fiona struggling to get out of his tight grip.

"Stop squiring and it won't hurt as much," he said pulling a needle with blue liquid out of his pocket.

"What is that?" Asked Fiona stopping just to look at it, she began to struggle even more. Raven held tight to her arm and didn't let it move, he picked a spot and stabbed the needle in. After a few seconds Fiona fainted for what was in the needle, Raven held her up with one arm until he was done injecting the blue liquid. He then set her down on the bed and covered her up, then tied a note in Fiona's bow and set it back down.

"SHADOW" Raven called as he stepped out of the room and out onto the grass. Raven took one long hard gaze at Fiona while waiting for Shadow. Shadow stopped the Geno-Braker and turned it around. After hiding it he came back and picked Raven up off the ground.

"Glad that's over" said Moonbay walking over to her bed. She turned to look at Fiona. "You still awake Fiona." "VAN, COME QUICK, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH FIONA." Moonbay yelled down the hall as Van ran into the room. Fiona's breathing had become hoarse and she had become pale with a dangerously high temperature.

"Fiona, Fiona talk to me," Van pleaded, feeling her head. 'She has a high fever, but why could have happened to make her become sick all of the sudden' Van thought himself as he stood up.

"Van look" said Moonbay handing him the note wrapped in Fiona's hair ribbon.

-"Van, you should really watch over your cargo better. I could have just slit her throat, but I decided to do it the more painful way. You have 10 days to find a vaccine for her or you will be having an early funeral . . . get my drift. Oh and its not contagious so don't worry about catching it."- ~Raven~

Van threw the note down in disgust. "RAVEN' he yelled. "Moonbay call a doctor quick" said Van as Moonbay ran out of the room. Van ran into the bathroom and grabbed a cloth and soaked it with cold water, he ran out and placed it on Fiona's forehead she moved a little at the cold cloth and opened her eyes.

"Van" said Fiona in a weak voice as she looked over at him.

"Fiona your awake!" said Van looking back at her.

"I don't feel so good" she said turning to face the ceiling again.

"You're going to be alright," he said moving her bangs out of her eyes. "I will get Raven for this" he said to her "I will get him for you." He said getting up

"Van don't leave," she said as he came back and sat down

"Ok I will stay with you," he said as she fell back asleep.

*****
"Reese did the Virus work," asked Raven as he walked up behind Reese.

"Yes it did, but I thought you were going to use it on Van not the zoidian girl," asked Reese curiously.

"I figured that this way it would be more effective," he said.

"Ok, which ever one you think will work better" said Reese "do you think they will find a vaccine?"

"Maybe, but not in time to save her likely" Raven replied. "How is this Virus supposed to work anyway?" Raven asked Reese "You should know since you made it."

"It will take his love for her and keep making her even more sick until her body can't handle it anymore" said Reese plainly

"So you are saying that the more he loves her the sicker she will become" asked Raven.

"Correct" she replied.

"Genius" he said to Reese.

"Yes I know I am" said Reese as a reply.

*****

Fiona woke up to Van yelling at the doctor "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE IS NO CURE" Van yelled.

"I am sorry Mr. Flyheight but I can not help you," said the doctor as he walked out of the room. Fiona felt well enough to sit up.

"What was that all about" she asked Van who turned to look at her.

"Nothing" he said sitting down, "you really should stay lying down" he said to her.

"Why I feel fine," Fiona argued beginning to stand but feel back dizzily the virus was beginning to kick in again. She soon fainted but Van grabbed her before she fell backwards off the bed and laid her down and kissed her forehead gently.

"I am coming Raven so you had best be prepared" said Van as he left the room and returned with his blanket and pillow and fell asleep in the chair next to Fiona's bed.

*****

"Would you look at that?" said Reese to Raven.

"What" asked Raven sitting up?

"He says he is coming for you and you had better be prepared" she replied

"Yah so, he says that everyday" Raven replied.

"This time I think he really means it" She said looking over at him.

"So what I could take him on any where any time" he said rolling over and falling back asleep.

"Sure, whatever you say Raven" she said lying down in the other bed.

*****

"Huh" said Van waking up and looking over at Fiona's empty bed. "Where did she go?" he asked getting up suddenly and looking everywhere he noticed the door to the balcony was open, and sure enough Fiona was standing outside. "You shouldn't be out of bed," he said walking over beside her.

"I feel fine don't worry so much" she said looking over at him.

"That's what you said last night before you fainted," He said smiling at her.

"What ever" she said resting her head on his shoulder.

"Are you sure?" he asked. "Fi . . . you awake." No answer. Fiona was sleeping peacefully on Van's shoulder

*****

"What's this?" asked Reese shockingly.

"What's wrong?" asked Raven walking up behind her.

"The virus . . . its" she began.

"SPIT IT OUT ALREADY" Raven yelled causing Reese to jump.

"It's doing the opposite of what it is supposed to" she said looking over

"What do you mean 'opposite'?" he asked.

"Instead of making her sicker it is making its own vaccine for her by using their love" she said in alarm.

"How do you know that?" he asked sarcastically.

"She is out of bed and feeling better she should be in bed and almost dead by now," she said turning to face him. "I must have done something wrong." "I will have to make another virus that will do the same thing but you will have to go back and administer it" she said pointing at Raven.

"What do you mean, they are going to have security the size of Texas not to mention Van wont leave her alone for 2 min." said Raven looking at her with surprise.

"All the better, that means you can fight Van and kill him right then and there" she said looking up, "I will make two batches one for Van, and one for the girl but . . . Wait a sec. You said that Van would give up his life to save Fiona right" she said with an idea.

"Yah a long time ago" said Raven "But what do you . . . I get it now" he said looking up with an evil grin sketched across his face.

*****

Van sat down on the swinging chair that was hung on the balcony. He laid Fiona so she would sleep on his lap. He laid back in the swing and fell asleep. He woke up with a start at hearing Fiona scream and a glass bottle breaking.

"What's wrong?" asked Van standing up. He knew as soon as he did. "Raven" he said looking at him. Fiona was asleep behind him on the ground and there was some green liquid on the ground beside her. "What did you do to Fiona?" Van demanded looking at Fiona.

"Don't worry, I just put her to sleep so she wouldn't interfere " said Raven with a wide grin on his face.

"What are you doing here, don't you think you have caused us enough pain" said Van.

"I am here to make you a deal," He said looking back at Van.

"What kind of deal?" asked Van curiously?

"Your life in exchange for hers" he said looking down behind him at Fiona.

"Umm . . . " said Van taking into consideration what Raven had just offered.

"Don't do it, Van he is just lying" said Fiona weakly as she tried to get up.

"FIONA" said Van getting ready to race over and help her but stopped.

"Shut up stupid girl" said Raven smacking her. Fiona fell to the ground again but began to push herself up.

"I am getting better myself, and I can feel it, Reese did something wrong when she made this virus" said Fiona finally being able to sit up.

"How did you know Reese made the virus?" asked Raven shockingly.

"It was blue and that is the color that she always wears, not to mention that is the color of her organoid" she replied.

"How do you know that it just wasn't the way it was made" He said right back at her.

"I took a wild guess, and you just said it was her" she said plainly. Raven was getting fed up and Fiona could tell.

"Fine" he yelled. "Who cares about the virus I just wanted to see Van suffer, and now I will when I kill you myself," he said taking out a knife. Fiona screamed bringing Van back to reality; He dove for Raven catching him off guard. Raven dropped the knife beside Fiona and went after Van. Fiona picked up the knife and walked towards were the two boys were rolling all over the ground punching and hitting each other. It was dark, so Fiona could hardly tell who was Raven and who was Van the only way she knew was by the markings on their faces. She soon found out that Raven was the one on top with that advantage.

She raised the knife to stab him, but he let go of Van (Who had been knocked out by a blow to the head) and grabbed her wrist before she could. He backed her up against the wall and dug his nails into her skin. She begun to bleed slightly and after awhile cried out in pain and dropped the knife. Raven let go and Fiona. He bent down and picked up the knife. Fiona looked around for something she could use to defend herself but there was nothing.

She looked up at Raven who was about to strike Fiona with the knife. She moved just in time that it only sliced her arm. She screamed in pain. "Look if you would have just let the virus kill you in the first place you wouldn't be in this predicament," said Raven inching closer to Fiona's trembling body with the bloody knife.

"VAN, HELP ME" yelled Fiona, as Raven got right up to her face.

"He can't hear you, but I will give him your regards" he whispered grabbing her by the arm that wasn't all bloody so she couldn't get away.

"Let go of me," she said hitting him with her other arm.

"And you think that will stop me" he said laughing then putting on an evil grin.

"Well honestly I didn't think so," she said slapping him across the face.

"That does it," he said dropping the knife and putting her in a headlock.

"This ought to shut you up," she said hitting her in the back of the neck. Fiona felt everything going black. Raven felt Fiona go limp. "Easy enough" he said setting her down on the swing. "Now there won't be as much yelling when I kill her, but I want Van to be awake for her killing," he said laughing to himself. He sat down besides Fiona limp body and sat quietly waiting for Van to become conscious again.

"Owe my face," said Van sitting up and holding where Raven had punched him. "Oh-no where's Fiona, and Raven" said Van looking around in panic.

"Good to see you finally up" said Raven standing up. Van looked over at Fiona who was beside him.

"What did you do to her?" he asked standing up and looking at the pool of blood beside Fiona.

"Don't worry I haven't killed her.not yet anyway, I wanted you to be awake for her killing" said Raven looking down at Fiona's unmoving body. Suddenly she began breathing hoarse again. "Look at that the side effects to the virus are kicking in again," said Raven moving Fiona's bangs out of her eyes. "She is a pretty one very few of those still around. And you wouldn't want her to die of a stupid virus given to her by your worst enemy" Raven replied hotly looking back up at Van with a grin. Van clenched his fists in anger.

"Don't touch her," he said moving towards Raven.

"The deal I offered is still here," said Raven. "I will give her the vaccine and you the new virus that Reese made," said Raven pulling out another needle with blue-black liquid in it.

"Raven you wouldn't want to kill Van by a virus, I would guess you would rather do that on the battle field" said Fiona between breathes as she slowly regained consciousness.

"Well she has a point," said Van suddenly trying to get Raven away from Fiona.

"I guess your right," said Raven putting on a grin.

"I will be back tomorrow, you had best be ready for me" said Raven getting ready to jump off the balcony. "The terms are this, I lose . . . you kill me. I win you die and Fiona is killed by the new virus, or we can have it be you who is killed, one of the two" said Raven not waiting for and answer. "And don't try to run, my friend Reese can see wherever you are" Raven yelled as he jumped down through the fog onto the ground.

"Fiona are you ok" asked Van running over to where Fiona was laying, not bothering to go after Raven.

"Oh Van, that was really scary" said Fiona sitting up and grabbing onto Van's waist and burring her face in his shirt.

"Don't worry I'm here now" said Van pulling her away from his shirt and looking her in the eyes. "He isn't going to hurt you," he said

"Oh Van," she said squeezing him even harder.

***** "Reese did you fix my Geno-Braker.

"Yah I did, but its still being changed by Shadow, as soon as I told him about your fight he just up and left" Reese Replied.

"How long do you think it will take him for it to evolve" asked Raven sitting down on the bed.

"I estimate all night and that's it," she said sitting down across from him.

"That's good, well I am going to bed. I have some killing to do in the morning," said Raven lying down.

"Whatever" said Reese walking out of the room.

*****

"Van its time to go," said Fiona shaking the lump next to her.

"Ok" he said sitting up. Suddenly a pain shot threw Fiona's head. She cried out in pain. "Fiona are you ok, maybe you shouldn't come," he said making her lie down.

"I am fine," she said trying to stand up but she passed out before she could.

"Moonbay," Van asked. Since Van was staying in the room with Fiona, Moonbay offered to give him the bed and she would find somewhere else to stay. Irvine offered for her to stay in his room for a while since Van would be gone. Van shuttered at the thought of just walking in on them, incase they where up to no good.

"Moonbay are you in here" asked Van stepping in.

"Yah" she said turning on a light.

"I need to go, can you watch Fiona for awhile," he asked.

"Sure" she said standing up

"Ah, bright . . . turn off the light" said Irvine wined sitting up on the couch.

"I am leaving so behave yourself," said Moonbay turning to look at him.

"More fun without you" Irvine said laying back down.

"Sure" she said getting ready to leave. "Go head Van, I will be right there

Van waited at the door for Moonbay.

"Ouch" Irvine yelled rubbing his head.

"Have fun" she said setting down the other object she was going to chuck at him. But the alarm clock seemed to knock some sense into him.

"If I need stitches I am going to kill you" said Irvine setting down the alarm clock and going back to sleep.

"Ok" said Moonbay shutting the door. Van hated to see what she did to Irvine when she was mad.

"Fiona passed out about five min. ago," said Van opening the door and letting Moonbay in.

"Fiona are you ok?" asked Van rushing over to see Fiona, who was coughing very hard, and wouldn't stop.

"Van, I actually think this Virus is starting to work," said Fiona with a bit of blood on her hands from her coughs.

"Moonbay, would you go get some water for Fiona" asked Van?

"Sure" said Moonbay walking out of the room.

Fiona suddenly began coughing again. "Fiona" asked Van after she stopped.

"Van, I don't think I can take much more, my body is starting to fail" said Fiona as she suddenly became dizzy.

"No, don't say that, you are going to live, and you are going to be fine" said Van taking her in his arms.

"Don't you have a fight with Raven" asked Fiona looking up at him.

"Yah, but he can wait," said Van looking down at her. Van hated seeing Fiona like this. He swore to himself that if she died then he would kill himself for letting it happen.

Fiona began to fall asleep to the warmth of Van's arms. She closed her eyes. Van took this as an advantage and leaned down, he gently put a kiss on her lips. Fiona's eyes opened a little. She sat up a little and returned the kiss. Fiona pulled away for air.

"So how's my kissing" asked Van softly.

"Great, so good I am thinking of seconds," said Fiona whispered back as she leaned up close to him again.

"Sounds good to me," said Van as he leaned down and accepted her kiss, making it a little deeper this time.

Fiona didn't mind though. Moonbay walked in. She took a look at the two who were kissing. She tiptoed quietly out of the room. She walked back to put the water back in the fridge. She was daydreaming and not paying attention, she ran right into Irvine, who had finally gotten a few minutes of sleep time in.

"Sorry Irvine" said Moonbay looking up at him. 'Man, he is cute' thought Moonbay, she shook it off and put the thought back her mind.

"Its ok" said Irvine.

"Guess what Van and Fiona are doing," said Moonbay.

"What" asked Irvine still half asleep?

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G" yelled Moonbay to wake up Irvine, who seemed to be falling asleep right there.

"Oh, you want a kiss, why didn't you just ask," said Irvine who bent down and kissed her on the lips. He knew what she said but decided to act stupid, well it wasn't like he didn't want to kiss Moonbay.

"I said Van, and Fiona were kissing, not that I wanted a kiss" said Moonbay after she got her breath back.

"My mistake" said Irvine with a grin.

"But its not like I minded" said Moonbay kissing him back.

~Now back to Van and Fiona~

Van waited till Fiona fell asleep before he left. He took one look at the sleeping woman before he walked out of the door. But he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Moonbay and Irvine kissing each other.

"I am not even going to ask," said Van as he began to walk the other way.

"You have no room to talk," said Moonbay pulling away from Irvine for a second.

"You saw me" asked Van in alarm.

"You bet," said Moonbay.

"Don't you have a battle to fight" asked Irvine.

"Yah, when you two are done smooching could one of you check on Fiona now and then" Van asked.

"Sure" they both said in unison.

"Wish me luck," said Van racing out the door.

"Do you want to go for a swim?" asked Irvine with a grin on his face.

"Sure" said Moonbay who already knew what he was thinking. But she would get a kick out of this.

~Now onto Raven~

"Where is that little coward?" asked Raven as he sat back in his seat. His new Zoids was almost exactly like the old one, with a few power adjustments.

"You wouldn't be talking about me, now would you," asked Van as he suddenly appeared in front of Raven.

"Raven I have good news" Reese's voice echoed in the back of his mind.

"What is it?" asked Raven a little irritated.

"The virus is finally taking effect, that girl now has less then 5 hours to live." Said Reese happily.

"Well maybe we should let Van know, so he has some time to make love before she dies," said Raven with a chuckle. "Well he's here, so bye," said Raven as he blocked out her voice.

"Well are we going to do this or not" asked Van.

"Just a tad bit of info for you," said Raven with a wide grin. "Your Girlfriend won't live to see another day."

"What . . . what do you mean?" asked Van.

"Reese tells me the virus has finally taken effect. She has less than 5 hours to live," said Raven with a full-fledged laugh.

"Fiona . . ." Van whispered. "Your lying Raven" yelled Van.

"I wouldn't count on it," said Raven with another small laugh.

"VAN . . . "Moonbay's voice crackled through the intercom.

"What Moonbay?" asked Van?

"Fiona's condition has taken a turn for the worst," said Moonbay with a sob.

"What . . . Tell her to stay strong, I will be back after I kick Raven's." Van yelled as the intercom went dead.

"I told you I wasn't lying," said Raven with another grin.

"Shut up," yelled Van, who was fighting back tears.

'This is to good' thought Raven to himself.

Van was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He decided he needed to fight Raven and defeat him quickly so he could get back to his loved one.

"Are we going to do this or not Raven," asked Van?

"Ready when you are" said Raven with a smirk.

~Now onto Fiona~

"Fiona, Van says to stay strong," said Moonbay walking back into the room.

"Ha" Fiona laughed, "easy for him to say."

"You shouldn't talk," said Irvine handing Moonbay the cloth for Fiona's head.

"What's this, the great Irvine showing another side" yelled Moonbay in a sarcastic and shocked voice.

"Yah, whatever, me and the Lightning Saix are going out to help Van, keep an eye on Fiona," said Irvine walking out the door.

"Men, their all the same," said Moonbay sitting down by Fiona's bed.

*****

"This is boring," said Raven as he dodged every one of Van's attacks, which weren't on target because his tears were blurring his eyes.

"Shut up, Raven" yelled Van.

"I think that to make this more interesting, maybe I should raise the stakes," said Raven with a bit of boredom in his voice.

"What are you blabbing about, Raven" asked Van.

"I am raising the stakes in hope that it will make you fight better, Van," said Raven. "Instead of just having me die, if I lost that is, you will also get this," said Raven pulling of a small bottle of black-blue liquid from one of the compartments in the Geno-Braker.

"Is that? . . . " asked Van trailing off.

"The vaccine for your ditzy girlfriends sickness" said Raven rather bored. All he wanted from this was for Van to suffer and him to get a good fight out of it. But seeing as he wasn't getting his fun out of all this, it was a last resort.

"Fine" said Van clearing away his tears and focusing only Raven.

***** "That's cold," said Fiona as Moonbay put the cloth on her forehead.

"Its supposed to be, now go back to sleep" said Moonbay lying back in the chair.

"HA, HA, HA," Reese's voice echoed through the room.

"Reese" said Moonbay as she sat up.

"Nice to see you to transporter" said Reese stepping out of the shadows.

"What do you" she trailed off as Reese used her physic power to throw her across the room and into the wall knocking her out.

"Moonbay" Fiona gasped as she tried to sit up but fell back with a pain in her side.

"Now, I will finally get to see you die in peace," said Reese picking up Moonbay's chair and sitting in it.

"I bet your just getting a kick out of this," said Fiona turning to look at the laughing Reese.

"How did you guess?" asked Reese smugly. Suddenly she stopped.

"What's wrong Reese," asked Fiona, who noticed.

"Van's gone on a rampage, and he's beating Raven to a bloody pulp" said Reese terrifyingly.

"Go Van," Fiona said softly.

Reese began to tap into Raven's mind. "WHAT DID YOU OFFER HIM TO MAKE HIM FIGHT SO FORCEFULLY?"

"Just the vaccine to that ditzy girl's virus," said Raven.

"But why . . . " Reese asked.

"I wasn't getting my share of the fighting, so I made a new deal," Raven replied.

"Do you need my help . . . ?" Reese began but was cut off.

"No," Raven yelled. He was going to unleash his full power soon enough. He didn't want Reese caught up in it.

"Just be careful" Reese managed to get in before Raven blocked her out of his mind.

"I don't care what he says, I am going to help anyway . . . don't die before I get back" said Reese as she disappeared.

Fiona silently prayed that Van would be ok before she fell into unconsciousness.

*****

I hope to write more when I get out of this writers block!!!! I hope you liked what I have typed. Please . . . Please Review; my last story didn't get many reviews. Luv ya'll!!!!!

Ja'ne

Michiko

	2. The Happy Ending!

A/N: I want to thank everyone for his or her wonderful reviews. They give that warm Fuzzy feeling! I hope that everyone likes this chapter, and I am sorry it has taken so long to update. I had a bad case of writers block! Now break out the popcorn and enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Zoids, then I wouldn't be sitting at this computer. Now would I!

Virus, Chapter 2:

******

'Its almost time for my attack,' thought Raven as he began to power up his zoid.

"Raven, your not going to win this time!" Van yelled out as he snapped the blades out of their sheaths.

"I think that you have it the other way around Van, it is I who will win." Raven said simply. "Double Charged Particle Gun to Maximum Power!!"

"What the . . ." Van watched as not one Particle beam fired, But TWO!

"Now die!!!!" Raven watched as the Blade Liger was obliterated right before his eyes.

Suddenly Raven felt his Zoid jerk downward towards the ground.

"COMMAND FREEZE! But . . . who" Raven asked angrily as he looked around.

"You wont rid me that easily," Van said from behind Raven. "Not when the person I care about most is in danger, ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!"

"But . . . how did he survive my attack!!!"

"My Blade Liger was equipped with special boosters and a better shield. Which could withstand your Particle gun easily."

"But that's . . . impossible," Raven stuttered.

"Not with Dr.D on your side it isn't, now give me the vaccine for Fiona." Van demanded.

Raven hopped out of the Geno-Braker. Van quickly ran over.

"Do you mean this," said Raven as he twirled the bottle of liquid in his hand.

"Yes, no give it to me," Van demanded.

"Oops," Raven said as he crushed the bottle, spilling the liquid all over the ground.

"How . . . could you," Van asked as he looked at the spilled liquid.

"And you actually thought I would give it to you. Killing that dumb blonde helps me get to you right where it hurts." Raven chuckled darkly.

Van quickly dove at Raven, catching him off guard.

"That was Fiona's last hope, and you shattered it." Van yelled punching Raven across the face. "I'll kill you for that."

Raven was defiantly getting the beating of his life, that was for sure.

"STOP," Raven heard a voice yell as Reese came rushing out of the nearby woods. "Van, please stop, I'm begging you. Stop and I will give you the vaccine. Just please stop." Reese broke out into tears.

"Would you really give me the vaccine if I stopped," Van asked slowly.

Reese quickly said a few Zoidian words that Van couldn't understand. Suddenly another bottle of liquid appeared in front of her.

"Take it," Reese commanded shoving it towards Van. "I used my powers to find an Ancient spell that will bring her back to life. But you must let her die before you can give it to her, just take it and go, and never hurt Raven again."

"You really love him don't you," Van asked as he slowly took the bottle out of her hands

"Only as much as Fiona loves you, and by the way she was praying for your safety before I left, that must be a great amount." Reese replied as she bent down to look at Raven's face, which appeared to have swollen quit considerably.

"I'll stay away from Raven, if he promises to stay away from Fiona, and never try to hurt her again."

"I will make sure he does nothing of the sort," Reese replied as Van raced back off towards the Blade Liger.

He saw Irvine making his way back.

"Van, what happened, who won?" Irvine bombarded him with questions.

"There's no time, I have to get this to Fiona," Van said as he held up the bottle.

"Is that . . . you sly dog . . . I don't know how you got it but," Irvine said as Van raced past.

'Come on Irvine, on I am going to leave you behind."

*****

Moonbay slowly rose. Her head pounded, but she managed to stand up. She quickly raced over to Fiona's side. Moonbay noticed she was having trouble breathing. She quickly checked Fiona's pulse, it was faint, but there.

She heard crackling that someone was trying to contact her. She raced over to the comlink.

"Irvine!" she exclaimed. "Where's Van . . . what happened?"

"He's fine, and he's got the vaccine for Fiona, we are coming soon. So be ready for us." With that he shut off the link.

"Moonbay," Fiona whispered.

"Fiona, Van's coming with the vaccine, you have to hold on!"

"I'll try, Moonbay, but its hard, and it takes a lot to even breath." Said Fiona softly.

Moonbay heard a bang as a door was slammed. Van raced into the room, quickly followed by Irvine.

"Hey Fiona, I'm here," Van said as he knelt down next to the bed.

"WHY DON'T YOU GIVE HER THE VACCINE ALREADY!" yelled Moonbay with more force than she meant.

"I . . . cant," said Van slowly.

"But . . . why?" asked Irvine.

"The person who gave this to me . . . told me I wasn't allowed to give it to her until . . . she dies. Or else it wouldn't work." Van trailed off, tears filling his eyes.

"Who gave you that anyway," asked Moonbay, still in shock from what Van had just told her.

"Reese," he said softly.

"AND YOU BELIEVE HER!" Moonbay yelled. "SHE ALREADY CAME HERE AND TRIED TO KILL US, WHY WOULD SHE HELP!"

"She gave it to me so I wouldn't kill Raven."

"But still . . . how can you trust her?" Irvine asked.

"He has every right to," said a voice from behind them.

"Gramps!" Van exclaimed as he turned around.

"Van, I was the one that Reese contacted for the formula for that vaccine. What she said is true, and I know this is going to be hard to sit and watch, but you must believe Reese," Said Dr.D as he put a hand on Van's shoulder.

"Yah ok, but could you guys leave me alone for a little while," Van asked softly, his eyes never moving from Fiona.

"Yah sure," said Moonbay as she led Irvine and Dr.D out of the room.

"Hey Fiona, I know your awake," said Van as he put his hand on her cheek.

"Your so warm Van," said Fiona as she opened her eyes a little.

"Did you hear about what I have to do," Van asked quietly, hoping she didn't notice his tears.

"Yah I know," said Fiona as she closed her eyes again. "But we will get to see each other again after you give me that vaccine, so don't cry ok." She gently wiped the tears off his face with her finger.

"Ok, I won't cry," said Van as he moved her bangs out of her eyes.

"Good," said Fiona as she fell back against the pillow.

"Don't worry, I wont leave until you are safe back in my arms, ok?"

"Sounds good," said Fiona as her breathing became more spread apart.

Van looked away, he couldn't stand to see Fiona suffer like this.

"See you in a few," said Fiona as her breath became slowed until it stopped.

"NOW's the time, and if this doesn't work, then so help me Reese!" Van said as he picked up Fiona's cold lifeless body in his arms.

He quickly added the vaccine by pouring a little at a time into her mouth. Soon the bottle was empty.

Van sat and waited as patiently as he could, rocking Fiona back and forth in his arms.

Suddenly, Fiona moved and opened her eyes.

"Thank the Gods of Zi!" Van exclaimed when Fiona opened her eyes. "MOONBAY, SHES OK!"

Moonbay, Irvine and Dr.D came rushing into the room.

"Fiona, thank goodness your ok, you had us worried!" Said Moonbay as she helped Fiona out of Van's lap.

"Well if it wasn't for Van, then I wouldn't be," said Fiona as she looked over to Van, who had a smile ten-miles-wide across his face.

"Thank goodness your ok!" Van said as he jumped up and hugged Fiona tightly against him.

"Van . . . people do need to breathe," said Fiona as Van quickly let go.

"Sorry," Van said shyly.

"Its ok," said Fiona giggling at the blush across his face.

"Well she seems perfectly fine," said Dr.D. proud of his success.

"All thanks to you, thank you Dr.D," said Fiona as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

It was now Dr.D's turn to smile.

"Oh, so he gets a kiss, but I don't," said Van as he crossed his arms at his chest.

"Stop your whining, you'll get on later," said Fiona with a grin.

"Well I don't want to have to wait," said Van defiantly.

"Give it to him, make it count," Moonbay whispered into Fiona's ear.

"Gotcha' Moonbay," said Fiona as she walked over.

"Ok Van, you wanted a kiss and you got one." Said Fiona as she caught his lips with so much force he fell to the floor.

Irvine just started to laugh, Moonbay looked with happiness in her eyes. And Dr.D looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head.

"Come on you two, leave them to their privacy," said Moonbay as she dragged them out of the room.

"Fiona, will you promise me something," Van asked when she finally stopped kissing him.

"Yah sure, anything," replied Fiona.

"Never leave me like that again," said Van softly.

"Ok then," said Fiona as she pulled him into another kiss.

*****

IT'S COMPLETED!! FINALLY!!! The sequel is in the making. Hope you enjoyed my fic! Thanks for the reviews!

Ja'ne

Michiko

	3. My ThankYou's

SALVE (Latin for Hello) EVERYONE!!! This is my thank you to everyone who reviewed my story.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY FRIEND RED BARONESS! Who takes the time everyday to listen to how much I hate my computer and how bored I am, I also thank her for her nice review!

Firestone: Thanks for thinking I am a good writer, glad you liked the story!(P.S. The do-not-accept anonymous review button wasn't on, so I don't know what happened!)

Mystic Ice: Thanks for thinking my story was cute, glad you liked!

Taltos: Thanks for the reviews! And the first chapter was only long because I was working on it for like EVER! Thanks a bunch!

Kaye: I LOVE YOU! You always review for my stories and make me feel good, Glad you liked the ending!

AnimeShark: Thanks so much for reviewing Glad you cant wait!

Charlie: You must have been sick of the word Thank You after that! But hear it one more time from me, THANK YOU FOR YOU REVIEWS!

Kylie: I WANT TO GIVE THIS LOVELY PERSON CREDIT FOR THE IDEA FOR THAT LAST CHAPTER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I never would have thought of that idea! Luv Ya!

LittleRaven: Thanks so much buddy for the review! I am happy you like it!!!

RaiKinoshin: Sorry it was a little hard to read! But thanks for your review!

Now that that's over, I wanted to ask you all on your vote for the sequel should It be idea

#1 : Van and Fiona have a kid, but Raven still wants revenge. So while Van is away he takes the child and is in hiding for 12 years, but what happens when Fiona finds them!

Or

#2 : Van is making an evil transformation inside thanks to a special bullet from Reese. Can Fiona find a cure for him in the 5 days she has, or will Van be turned PURE EVIL!!!!! Dun-Dun-Dun!!! (Sorry, I had to write that)

I myself am leaning more towards #2, it would be fun to write. And whichever one is picked, then I will just post the other as another fic. But I already have #1 typed in a different view, and my friend IkunyR87 doesn't want me to change it! But whichever you choose than I will write! So please Review and tell me, it will really help the sequel to come out faster! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR REVIEW. Candy and Soda for everyone!!!

I wont be able to have it posted this week because our school play (Guys and Dolls) is on May 8th (We have to perform it for the school in the morning then for the adults at 7:30pm) and 10th (7:30 pm) we have practice till 6 every night, and if we don't come, or don't stay then we are kicked out of the play. So my duty as a Guy in this play takes over on everything. So wish me luck, or to break-a-leg or whatever the term is! And I might be leaving to Myrtle Beach the next week! So don't kill me if it doesn't get posted right away! Thanks for caring enough to read this.

Luv' Ya'll

Vale, (Latin for Good-Bye)

Michiko

End file.

Virus by Sanity-Stealing-Lawn-Gnome


Stars

Arrgh! Too many ideas! I'm being driven insane! Now, I am feeling a little under the weather, so please be nice.

~~~~~ Stars

Rating - PG-13 ~~~~~

Thomas layed on his back, his arms and legs splayed out. He was staring at the stars above him, their beautiful celestial bodies twinkling brightly in a sea of ether. He sighed as a low-lying satellite traced a lazy path across his vision, the remnants of sunlight glinting off its erected solar panels. Tonight was a beautiful night. The twin moons of Zi; normally illuminate the sky with unwanted light. But this; a dual new moon, something that only occurs once every 2 years or so; made one of his favourite past times far more fun. star gazing. This sight enthralled him so much, that he risked a lot of things. His job, for he was on a football oval, merely grass that had two poles sticking out of the ground, its borders marked by a reduced lawn height. He was supposed to stay in the base, not be 'gallivanting around the countryside' as the Col. of the base said upon hearing his suggestion. Thomas couldn't care; this sight was impossible near the base; bright fluorescent lights and spotlights created too much light pollution. Secondly, it was cold, really cold, as it had rained merely hours earlier. But there was not a cloud in the sky, due to the third problem, a wind that sharply blew across the area, wisping the fine droplets of water up and away before they could haze anyone's sight. It swept the fine exhaled mist with it.

Thomas shivered slightly and drew his wet khaki jacket closer. He knew that he would have pneumonia in the morning, but he didn't care. For it was always worthwhile to see the stars in their raw beauty. He had learnt this from his mother. She was obsessed with the stars and their unparalleled beauty. She once even painted them, as black dots on a white canvas. As Karl was drawn to his father and his militaristic ideals, Thomas was naturally drawn to his mother and her 'whimsical ideas'. It was probably half the reason why he was a technical genius; as Karl inherited the 'honour', he inherited the 'creativity'.

This is what the stars did to him. It made him remember. He shivered more; the air was just too cold. He sighed in resignation. He would never get to finish his star gazing now. He said to Beek "You'd better get the DiBison ready. It's just too cold" Beek responded with a series of whistles. Thomas smiled "No Beek, I haven't gone mad, I just can't handle the cold, and I didn't bring anything warm that is dry." Thomas was waiting for the whistle of acknowledgment. Instead he heard a very familiar voice behind him

"What are you doing out on a school night, Thomas" The voice sneered sarcastically. Thomas knew that voice. Raven. He jumped up and spun around, but being slightly uncoordinated, he fell backwards as he tripped over the edge of his jacket, landing with a thud. "Oww. that sounded painful, let me give you a hand up" Raven cringed, and then laughed as he held out his hand

"No way. You may jab me with some poison, or even worse, stab me or let Shadow eat me." Thomas rebutted, obviously wary of the criminal scourge.

"Please give me some credit! I would only kill a worthy opponent," Raven said, smirking. Thomas scowled at Raven's words.

"Oh, so you are saying I'm not worthy? Huh, is that it?" Thomas said, frustrated that his abilities were put into question.

"Gees. You don't have to be, macho than thou art. No one else is here," Raven said, widely gesturing the empty paddock. Thomas whirled his head around quickly. Sure enough, the paddock (A/N oval whatever) was still completely deserted. Raven continued, " So let me give you a hand up"

"Fine." Thomas gave in, clasping the slightly younger man's hand. Raven froze.

"You are freezing! Shadow, grab the flask!" Raven commanded.

"Wow, I never knew you FELT!" Thomas dryly joked. Raven just scowled back. As Thomas brushed himself off, in a vain attempt to remove the excess water that had accumulated on the top of his overcoat, Shadow trotted over with the Thermos. Thomas could not do anything but laugh. The Thermos was neatly seated in the back part of his jaw; the little forearms couldn't latch onto the handle. He was making funny noises as he tried not to break the flask. Raven just grabbed the flask, ignoring the plight of the organoid.

"Coffee, Thomas?" Raven asked, his voice sickly sweet.

"Please. Black, 2, no poison" Thomas smiled cheesily back, both trying to out-annoy each other.

"So, why are you out here, in the middle of no-where, and when it is freezing cold?" Raven quizzically asked, "Shouldn't you be in a warm bed in a base somewhere?"

"Well, for these" Thomas said, wildly gesturing at the sky. Raven froze

"You like stars" he asked again, his brow furrowed

Thomas snorted, "Who doesn't? Well, except Karl, but that is what you get for being a 'daddies boy'"

Raven narrowed his eyes "Tell me more."

"Nuh-huh. I will not tell the 'criminal of the century' about my family." Thomas became silent, as he sat next to a slightly depressed looking Raven. The both gulped some coffee, and then Raven spoke.

"Oh well. You know; my Dad introduced me to the stars in all their glory. I won't forget how he used to show me the constellations and the Messier objects through a big refracting telescope. They were so pretty, and at the same time, so fragile. I felt I could reach up to the heavens and pluck them out, especially when I was on Dad's shoulders." Raven sighed and continued "Mum tried to stop us on our outings on the roof, in the paddock, wherever the sky was darkest. She told us to 'stop the fanciful dreaming, and snap back to reality'. You see," Raven looked up at Thomas with large, doleful eyes "It was a night like this, a perfect star gazing night when they were killed. I was on the roof, alone; staring at the stars and waiting for Dad, when a rogue organoid, Ambient, killed them. For it now, the sky holds both hope and pain for me."

Thomas whispered quietly "I didn't know. I am sorry. I didn't know"

Raven looked sullen "So, tell me something about your life."

Thomas took a deep breath "Well, my mother was an artist; she loved to paint and draw. She was an exceptional woman; she had an affinity to do anything she wanted. But she could never be tied down, she was a 'free spirit' as I was once told." Thomas looked wistful "She taught me many things, about the world and the sky. She instilled my love of machines and my thirst for knowledge. When she died. my Dad shipped me off to the military; it was a vain attempt to quash me into the mould that he wanted me to be in, like my brother. Karl absolutely adored Dad, and for his 'loyalty'" Thomas paused, the word leaving a bad taste in his mouth, " he was always the centre of attention."

Raven smiled lopsidedly "Wow. Sounds like my Dad, excluding for the organoid research, but I don't think I ever had a brother to compete with" Raven chucked at a private joke. The joke; that he was similar to Thomas.

~~~~~~

Ok, that is it. I don't care, but there may be a sequel, but I think its enough for my little ole brain to handle.

Jyu Mata Minna

Maelgwyn

End file.

Stars by Maelgwyn


The Raven's Shadow

The Raven's Shadow

An organoid as black as night,

With optics bright blue,

He loved to fight.

And was the Raven's Shadow.

Wings spread wide,

Optics aglare,

He stands snarling over there,

He is the Raven's Shadow.

Flying swiftly across the plain,

All Raven does is call his name,

The organoid flies home again,

So is the Raven's Shadow.

A fight before the break of dawn,

A zoid lays mowed out on the lawn,

The pilot there is dead and gone,

Off goes the Raven's Shadow.

A flashing beam,

A coat of rust,

A zoid lays dying in the dust,

Dull optics lacking sign of lust,

Off flies the Raven's Shadow.

A big stone base,

It goes KABOOM!

Pieces fly up to the moon.

Something flies out of the gloom,

It is the Raven's Shadow.

A giant zoid,

Dark bloody red,

Sitting there upon it's head,

Upon the blade, dripping red,

There sits the Raven's Shadow.

In the desert,

Raising dust,

A battle for both blood and lust.

In which fights,

For a must,

The Raven's Shadow.

A particle beam,

Blinding white,

Rips right through the evening night,

Flying away from the white,

is the Raven's Shadow.

A giant blast of sizzling doom,

On the desert making room,

For a graveyard full of gloom,

in which falls the Raven's Shadow.

End file.

The Raven's Shadow by Cerby


Lost!

**Whoops!**

**By Zoidmagnite**

****Temporarily re-working the story!

It will be back up in a few days!

End file.

Lost! by Zoidmagnite


My Immortal

**Okay folks! Yes...Another Evanescence songfic. If you looked at my profile, perhaps you would understand why! So...now I will get on to my story.**

**Okay. This story is based after Guardian Force. Yes..it will be another said ending. But, it will be worth it. I think.**

**Disclaimer: I do not own Zoids, Hasbro does. Nor do I own "My Immortal", the grand and wonderful Evanescence does. All I own is a copy of "Fallen" and volumes 1-9 of Chaotic Century. **

**_Text_ Lyrics**

Text**" Talking**

'Text**' Thoughts**

_text_** Flashback**

**

* * *

**

**"My Immortal"**

_**I'm so tired of being here,**_

_**Suppressed by all my childish fears.**_

_**And if you have to leave,**_

_**I wish that you would just leave.**_

_**'Cause your presense still lingers here,**_

_**And it won't leave me alone.**_

Van sat in his room with the knife in his hand, on his wrist. He felt so, suppressed by the fear that would not let him glide the knife over his wirst. He felt her there telling him not to do it, but she was the reason he wanted to do it. He so badly wished she would just let him be.

_**These wounds won't seem to heal.**_

_**This pain is just to real.**_

_**There is just too much that time can not erase.**_

He sat there feeling that the pain would never cease. He missed Fiona so much. He knew no matter what happened, time could never erase all of the pain.

_**When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.**_

_**When you screamed, I'd fight away all of your fears.**_

_**I've held your hand through all these years.**_

_**But you still have All Of Me.**_

He remembered how he would always help Fiona. No matter what, he would help Fiona through her problems, as she would for him. That was until the day she killed herself. "Why did you do it, Fiona?" Van asked no one in particular, as he was choking back the tears. "I always would help you through anything. You knew that I would help you no matter what. I could have helped you through it!"

_**You used to captivate me, by your resonating light.**_

_**Now I'm bound by the life you left behind.**_

_**Your face it haunts, my once pleasant dreams.**_

_**Your voice it chased away, all the sanity in me.**_

"The way you were so kind and good-hearted, even to the people who were harmful to you, it always seemed to amaze me. Now, I'm stuck in the life you left behind. All the friends you left behind, they remind me of you constantly. Even if they don't mean to," Van said, as he ever lightly cut his wrist with the knife. "Fiona, I know you can hear me. So I want to tell you how much you haunt my dreams. Constatly I wake up from my once, so pleasant, dreams," Van said, as tears ran down his face silently. "And how, always when I was around you... No matter how angry or wrapped in what I was doing, you could always make me lose touch with the real world, and be so... carefree again," Van said, as more tears came with his grief.

_**These wounds won't seem to heal.**_

_**This pain is just to real.**_

_**There is just too much that time can not erase.**_

_**When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.**_

_**When you screamed, I'd fight away all of your fears.**_

_**I've held your hand through all these years.**_

_**But you still have All Of Me.**_

He thought back to the day that he found Fiona, committing her mortal sin. He began to cry so much more, that he thought he would soon run out of tears.

**FLASHBACK**

_Van was walking down the hallway towards Fiona's room. He knocked on the door. "Fiona are you there?" he asked. After standing there a few seconds, waiting for an answer, heard a sharp clatter and a thud. He opened the door and ran in to see Fiona on her stomach with her arms in front of her. A small puddle of red liquid pooling around Fiona._

_"Fiona are you okay? Fiona what did you do!" Van asked before he noticed a knife by Fiona's right side. Van turned Fiona over to where he could see her face. It was turning a ghostly pale-blue._

_"I'm sorry Van. You must be so dissappointed in me. I just...I feel like a burden. I really...I just need to leave this world. I'm sorry, I love you," Fiona said as Van laid Fiona's head on his lap._

_"I love you too. But...I don't understand. Why did you do it? Why didn't you come to me?" Van pleaded for an answer as he began crying. He noticed Fiona bleeding more and more. He quickly tried to stop the bleeding, by grabbing a cloth that was near by and tried to wrap around the left arm which held a deeper wound. Alas, the cloth couldn't wrap around the whole wound and arm._

_"I can't stand this life. I just need to leave it behind. It was nothing you did, or caused. So please, don't worry about that. I truly do love you. But this life is too hard," Fiona said as she felt herself become dizzy._

_"B...but I could help you. HELP! Someone please **HELP!**" Van cried as tears came down his face thicker._

_"Van, it's no use. Nobody will come. And I'll die soon anyways. Look at my arms," Fiona said, lifting her arms to Van's face, so he could see. On each arm she had a deep cross-shaped incesion. When he saw this he began searching for more cloth. When he saw no immediate stuff. He began pulling at his shirt, and ripped some cloth from his shirt. When he tried to wrap it around Fiona's arms again, he found it to be fruitless._

_"Van it won't work. Just remember, I'll always be with you and I love you," Fiona said, when she began to fade in and out of consciousness._

_"Fiona, I love you, too, and I'll join you soon enough," Van said, just before Fiona's heart stopped beating. Van sweetly kissed Fiona on her forehead as grief overcame him._

**END FLASHBACK**

_**I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone,**_

_**But though you're still with me**_

_**I've been alone all along**_

"Fiona, I've been telling myself so hard that you're gone. And yet I always feel you here with me. It's so confusing. Even though you aren't here physically, I know you're still here in some way, but I feel so alone," Van said, letting the blood flow freely from the new wound that is going down his arm.

_**When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears.**_

_**When you screamed, I'd fight away all of your fears.**_

_**I've held your hand through all these years.**_

_**But you still have All Of Me.**_

Van suddenly took the knife and raced it up and down his left arm. The blood rushed to the wound. Just as he finished the left arm, he moved on to the right arm. A few minutes later, he became dizzy and fell on his knees.

"I told you I would join you eventually. Didn't I Fiona? I love you and I'm coming to join you," Van said, as he relentlessly kept slashing at his arms, before he dropped the knife. Only seconds later, he collapsed on to the cold floor. There he fell into an endless sleep.

* * *

Just as Van woke up to a place in all white, he thought perhaps he didn't die. But there by his side was Fiona, smiling sadly. "Fiona!" Van gasped as he grabbed her in a hug.

"Van..." Fiona just sat in his embrace not knowing what else to say.

"I thought you were dead. I thought I was dead," Van said as he pulled back to look at Fiona's face. "Fiona? Where are we? What...is going on?" Van asked, confused, yet happy to be anywhere with Fiona.

"Van...We are dead. We are in heaven," Fiona said quietly. "We will be here for all eternity," Fiona said so low, that it was a whisper.

"Fiona...I don't care where we are. As long as I'm with you," Van said as he kissed Fiona gently. "I love you, now and forever," Van said, as he hugged Fiona.

"I love you too, and now we do have forever,"Fiona said, as she melted into Van's hug. That is how they were from then on. Happy forever more.

**THE END**

**

* * *

**

**And You thought it was going to be a sad ending! HAH! Joke was on you buddy.**

**Originally it was going to be the opposite. You know, Van dieing first, and Fiona following... Then I realized it made more sense this way. Feedback is very much wanted! Whether it is a flame or a good review! **

End file.

My Immortal by Fionasaurus


Storm Sworder

**Disclaimer:** Don`t own it.

Storm Sworder

* * *

I still remember what he told me the first time we set out. It was so simple, but it still holds true right on till today.

"It`ll be a hard life, Viola."

He said that to me right as we climbed into the jeep to try and head back to Imperial territory.

Back then, I was pretty dumb. Not stupid, just naive to the dangers of the world.

I was a girl who`s life had been confined to a place named for a woman who`d changed her name to the Garamian word for isolation. I wanted out, I wanted to be free to fly with the birds, free to set the example that life is more than just endlessly plowing a field in the middle of nowhere.

Four years ago, maybe five or six. I lost track of time after a while.

Half a decade, it`s been, since I was that naive teenaged girl stumbling into a bloody mess of a man with blood red hair. Half a decade since I lost the ability to tell good from evil, half a decade since I grew up.

My name is Viola.

At 26,400 feet off the ground, moving over the neutral zone between the Helic Republic and the Guylos Empire at mach three, I am a Sword of Storms.

Storm Sworder.

A woman who isn`t real. At least, not for now.

I won`t be real until Rudolph is safe.

That boy called me his mother, how can I not be protective of him?

At least he`s with Van though. I may not be on entirely good terms with him, but Van is a stand-up kinda guy, even if he`s only 13 or 14. Or younger. He`ll grow up and knock some girl`s socks off, but for now, he`s going to have to take care of Rudolph for me.

I can still feel the tingling in my skin from when the Kong was destroyed. We went down alright, but we went down with one hell of a fight considering how outgunned were were.

Rosso was awake first, this time, anyway. I think I passed out after everything went white. I woke up in his arms though, being carried through the forestland. The look on his face was vintage Rosso, yanno...

Battered senseless three times over, ruthlessly calm, mad as hell and twice as dedicated.

Fits `im like a glove, don`t you think?

Me? I`d like to think I fit the opposite from him right about then...

Battered senseful three times over, irationally stressed out, too exhausted to be anything other than depressed and twice as unable to speak.

Lousy bastard wouldn`t even give me the decency to let me die right then and there either. Oh no, he just _had_ to carry me through four miles of forestland before stumbling across a Republican supply convoy that just _happened_ to be under the command of Doctor Dee Phabes.

Lovable bastard. Too stupid to quit, too stubborn to die and too loyal to let anyone else do any less.

We`re like birds of a feather, and right now, we`re rushing at mach three on a crash course for redemption. That or damnation, whichever happens first.

I`m fine with both as long as Rosso`s there with me. He has that effect on me, you know?

When he`s around, I feel like I can trash anything short of Raven himself. When he`s around, surrender seems laughable, almost. It`s like he`s a walking suppliment to my courage, even more so for my compassion. For a while, I think I went numb during the training to become a Zoid pilot. When I was around him, I felt like I could be my old self again.

I still do, sometimes. Things are awkward right now, we`re both way too focused on Rudolph to be like we were, but we`ll get our day in the sun.

Who knows, maybe we actually _will_ get to go to Mount Iselina someday? Be nice to go home again, if only just one time. I kinda miss Rosa.

I wonder how she`s doing right now? Is she getting jaded like me? Has she run off to find her own way in the world or is she still pure, innocent little Rosa?

I worry about her sometimes. She`s almost an exact mirror for how I used to be, only more naive. I at least bothered to read about the outside world when I could, Rosa doesn`t care about anything at all. She only knows how to read because I refused to let her get away without learning to. Same with math and everything else. Thank god I was a bookworm, she`s at least educated to the equivelent of high school, doubt she`s too caring of her own welfare to study anymore.

I`m getting distracted again... Damn it.

Storm Sworder.

I _am_ the Sword of Storms. I _am_ the Storm Sworder, the blade of justice set to hack Prozen`s sorry head off his shoulders.

I _am_ Viola though.

I _am_ just a woman.

I just want to have a nice simple vacation when this is over. Maybe me and Rosso can hit the beaches or something.

Ya know, I`ve never seen him in a bathing suit... I wonder if he prefers trunks or a speedo?

And now I`m getting distracted again.

I may be the Storm Sworder, but this whole 'ignore everything but the mission' crap is _really_ starting to bug me. Big time.

I can make the journey though, I can get through it.

So long as Rosso`s there with me.

I am the Sword of Storms.

Storm Sworder.

I`m going to right every wrong Prozen dares to put up in _my_ skies.

...

But yeah, trunks or a speedo... Hmm...

...

Okay, I think I`m going to shut up now.

* * *

**Author`s Note:** Well... **That** was unexpected... O_o; And yes folks, Viola thought these things to me. I just did the typing.

Sh33p out.

End file.

Storm Sworder by The Sh33p


Brad, a Soccer Mom?

Brad, a Soccer Mom?

(A/N I don't own zoids or the characters, or the song " Mr. Mom" by Lonestar.)

Lost my job, came home mad

Got a hug and kiss and that's too bad

She said I can go to work until you find another job

I thought I like the sound of that

Watch TV and take long naps

Go from a hard working dad to being Mr. Mom

' I can't believe I lost my job. What is Naomi going to think?' thought Brad as he cautiously walked into the house.

" Hey honey," said Naomi cheerily as she was washing the baby's face off. " How was work?"

" Um, not too bad." Brad lied.

" Really?" questioned Naomi as she looked deep into Brad's eyes.

" No." was all Brad could say.

" So, what happened?" asked Naomi.

" I...I...um...I lost my job." said Brad.

Naomi kissed and hugged Brad," That's too bad. Oh well, I suppose I can go to work until you find yourself another job."

" Ok," said Brad. ' Man that went better than I thought it was going to go. How much easier could she have gone on me. Who wouldn't love to stay home with their kids all day, just watching TV and relaxing?" thought Brad.

Well,

Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer

Crayons go up one drawer higher

Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time

Breakfast, six naps at nine

There's bubble gum in the baby's hair

Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair

Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday

Mr. Mom

" Sasha, put down your brother." screamed Brad, as Sasha was holding the baby out over the edge of the window.

" No, I don't want to." said Sasha.

" I said put your brother down."

" Ok," said Sasha, loosening her grip on her brother outside of the window.

" Wait, bring him in the house and release him." said Brad hysterically.

" Yes daddy," said Sasha as she spotted the dog.

Sasha put down the baby in the house, and ran to play with the dog. Brad walked into the kitchen. ' Geez, look at all the things I have to do today. Go grocery shopping, take Sasha to school, take Michael to soccer practice, attend a PTA meeting, and take the dog to the vet.'

Football, soccer, and ballet

Squeeze in Scouts and PTA

And there's that shopping list she left

That's seven pages long

How much smoke can one stove mak

The kids won't eat my charcoal cake

It's more than any maid can take

Being Mr. Mom

Brad walked into the living room with the baby in his arms. There he spotted the reason why Sasha was so eager to put the baby back into the house. She had completely shaven the dog.

" SASHA!" screamed Brad as he put the baby down on the ground.

" Yes daddy?" said Sasha innocently.

" Why did you shave the dog?" demanded Brad.

" I wanted to make him look pretty." said Sasha sweetly.

" Come here Max, let's see if I can make you grow some hair before I take you to the vet today." said Brad examining the dog.

Well

Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer

Crayons go up one drawer higher

Remind Barney for the sixteenth time

Breakfast, six naps at nine

There's bubble gum in the baby's hair

Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair

Been crazy all day long, and it's only Monday

Mr. Mom

' When is Naomi coming home, I don't know how much longer I can take this.' thought Brad as he was chasing the baby around the house. " Come back here Jack. Michael, Sasha come help me catch Jack."

" We're busy dad." said the two older children in unison.

" Oh terrific, now what are those two up to?

Before I fall in bed tonight

If the dog didn't eat the classifieds

I'm gonna look just one more time

" Naomi please come home soon." said Brad as he turned on Barney for the children to watch. He went to sit in his lazy chair, but was stabbed with something before he made it all the way down. " OWWW!" screamed Brad as he pulled a tac out from underneath his bottom.

" Ha, ha," laughed Michael in Sasha. " Sorry daddy, but you have to admit that was funny.

Brad mumbled a few curse words under his mouth. But Sasha heard it, and ran upstairs to grab a bar of soap.

" Daddy, you always tell us not to use those words. You tell us that if we do, you will wash our mouths out with soap." said Sasha as she stuck the bar of soap in Brad's mouth.

'Cause

Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer

Crayons go up one drawer higher

Rewind Barney for the eighteenth time

Breakfast, six naps at nine

There's bubble gum in the baby's hair

Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair

Been crazy all day long

Oh been crazy all day long and it's only Monday

Mr. Mom

Naomi walked in and saw Brad sitting in a chair with soap in his mouth. " What in God's name is going on here?" she questioned looking form her children to her husband tied in the chair.

" We can explain mommy," said Michael in Sasha.

" No, I don't want you to explain. I want you two to go to your rooms and sit there and think about what you have done." said Naomi sternly.

" But mom-" the two started to say but were cut off.

" GO! Now!" yelled Naomi. The two ran upstairs.

Naomi walked over to Brad, and pulled the soap out of his mouth. Brad just looked at her like she was the greatest thing to walk this earth.

Balancin' checkbooks, juggling bills

Thought there was nothing to it

Baby, now I know how you feel

What I don't know is how you do it

" Naomi, I have no clue how you survive each day." Brad said, still trying to get the soapy taste out of his mouth.

" Well, let's just say I have my ways." said Naomi as she leaned in and kissed Brad.

" I'm getting a job tomorrow." said Brad and then they went to bed.

Honey,

You're my hero.

End file.

Brad, a Soccer Mom? by S.S. Cloud12


Graveyard Symphony

**Disclaimer:** I don`t own Zoids.

Graveyard Symphony

* * *

Welcome to the gateway...

To Hell.

Welcome to the gateway to your nightmares and welcome to the gateway to my revenge.

Van Fleiheit, I`m going to kill you before tomorrow is over.

Not only will I kill _you_, I`ll kill Fiona, I`ll kill that Irvine guy, I`ll lay waste to the entire Gaurdian Force in one day.

You don`t get it, do you Van?

I`m fated to be the guy to play the graveyard symphony at your sorry funeral.

I`m fated to kill you.

And I`m going to enjoy doing it.

The same way you killed me.

The same way you killed my life and the same way you did _my_ job and killed Prozen!

You don`t get it, do you Van?

We`re exact opposites. Good and Evil, Order and Chaos, Black and White.

Life and death.

We`ve fought before and we _will_ fight again.

You killed me, you know that Van?

Twice.

The first time when you blew up my Sabre Tiger, the second time when you had that Zoidian bitch Fiona helping you against the Geno Saurer.

I still have the scars and burn marks on my hands to prove both. I clawed my way out of the Geno Saurer as it burned, Van, I walked through the fires of Hell and came out of the gateway, clawed out of the ground and got back on my feet for one reason.

I`m going to kill you.

The same way you killed me.

Do you know what it`s like to spend four years walking around fighting battles only because your mind and soul literally aren`t in your body? You stole both of those from me, you little son of a bitch, and now I`m going to steal your`s from you.

You woke me back up too, I guess I owe you that much.

Pathetic though, you still can`t take me when I`m four years out of practice and three years out of date.

Heh...

Sad though, we were meant to be brothers.

I wonder how we would have been if that had happened?

I knew your father, do you know that? He looked just like a stuck-up porker version of you, only I could like him a bit more.

Dan Fleiheit was the first man to show me any mercy from the day Ambient murdered my family.

Yeah.

Ambient did it, not Shadow.

Sitting here by this campfire and staring up at the diamond that was the Geno Saurer, that`s clear to me now.

Hilz thinks I don`t know.

About him, or about his little red pile of bolts that I`m going to rip limb from limb with my own _teeth_ one day.

Poor bastard doesn`t know what`s coming for him.

I do have to hand him a bit of credit though, he painted Ambient with my family`s blood.

How convenient that it just makes it easier for me to hunt him and his little pet down.

But yeah Van.

We would have been brothers.

Kane and Able.

I doubt we`d`ve gotten along. If anything I probably would have killed you a few years after your dad tried adopting me.

I mourn for him though.

Dan Fleiheit was the only human being that ever showed me any compassion after Ambient murdered my family. I owe him that much, that`s the only reason I intend to make your death quick.

After that I`m going to do every bad thing I can think of to your corpse, murder Fiona and kill Zeke.

No.

I`m not going to _just_ kill Zeke.

I hate Zeke even more than I hate you.

I hate all Zoids, but I hate Zeke with a passion.

I`m going to tear him apart, bolt by bolt, panel by panel, forcing him to stay concious the entire time.

And when I`m done I`m going to weld his remains onto the Geno Saurer`s next form somehow. He`ll make a nice decoration, a hood ornament of sorts.

But first I`m going to kill you.

The same way you killed me.

And I`ll enjoy it too.

It`s just a matter of time.

And when time runs out, Van...

I`ll be playing the graveyard symphony at your funeral.

And I`ll be playing it with a smile.

Welcome to the gateway, Van Fleiheit.

The gateway to Hell.

* * *

**Author`s Note:** Two in one day... Guess I`m on a bit of a roll, eh?

Hope you enjoyed this, Akino Ame, it was done on your request. Hopefully this broke any molds people try to cast Raven into, I mean damn... The guy`s a freaking lunatic who never even bothers to mellow out fully even after he goes good guy on us. I somehow doubt he`d even look at Moonbay sideways, let alone Fiona, without intending to, and actually likely succeeding in killing them.

In other words I was trying to capture Raven`s evil tendancies from when he was waiting for the Geno Breaker to hatch, just prior to when the military police caught him. Leave a review and if possible, a request :P

_Sh33p_ out.

End file.

Graveyard Symphony by The Sh33p


His Memories

His Memories

By WriterHorse32

**I unfortunately do not own Zevo-3.**

_Jason's POV_

I was remembering bits and pieces of what happened to me after I ate that fruit. And I didn't save Matt's life or Ellie's. Well, maybe I did save Ellie's because everything I remember has her in the picture. I saw myself telling her how much I love her hair, telling her that her hair is so soft, and then telling her to leave me alone. That one nearly made me cry. If you don't know this then you're obviously not very observant. I'm in love with Ellie. I was in sixth grade when I first met Ellie and ever since I admired her from well, a little ways away. I wanted so badly for something to bring us together and then we got zevod and then we had to spend more time together and we even became friends. But I want to be more than friends. But I'll wait forever for her.

End file.

His Memories by WriterHorse32


Zero Dark Thirty: The Alternate Footage!

The members of the Seal Team 6 heads into the compound with their weapons prepared in case of enemy fire. After detonating an explosive in order to burst the door open, one by one the member of the NAVY team went into the building in search for a notorious terrorist mastermind. As the team carefully heads to one room after another, they could hear a faint moaning sound in the upper floor just as they got close to the stairs.

"What do you think is happening up there?"

"One way to find out,"

Once the team made their way to the upper floor, the moaning became louder as they approaches the room with a door opened slightly ajar. One of the troops carefully opens the door so the occupant in the room won't hear them and to their surprise, Osama bin Laden sat there in front of a television showing a two women making love to each other while a muscular man sits right on their heads and said, "Here comes the Cleveland special!"

Osama then yell something in Arabic in excitement when he saw the faint relection on the television screen and quickly turns around to see the members of the NAVY pointing their guns right at him. Before the terrorist could say anything, a gunshot was heard and the television was painted with blood and some grayish pink mushy contents that stuck to the screen.

End file.

Zero Dark Thirty: The Alternate Footage! by YFIQ


Natural Phenomenon

_A person's death is just a natural phenomenon._

The words rang clearly through Chika's mind as he laid in Shito's room, on Shito's bed, curled up as close as Shito would allow, as he did nearly every night for the past several months.

_A person's death is just a natural phenomenon._

The words hadn't affected him so much when they were spoken; it had been so soon after Shiba's death that he didn't pay much attention to anything said, just remembering those last few moments with his best friend, his companion, his first friend in Japan, the one he trusted. But the other day, when Michiru that she had recently gone again to give money for the funeral services of the zombies they killed, the memory had come back to him.

_A person's death is just a natural phenomenon._

Chika couldn't say he agreed. Sure, it was inevitable, but the offhand way Shito had said it lacked the respect for the person who had lived their life, or the people they had were connected to. Maybe it was because of his strong fear of death. Maybe it was from seeing how the funeral director was so passionate about his work, how he treated his job as an honor. The way Shito had said it wasn't right. Not at all.

Chika bit his lip as his next thought hit him. Did this mean that he would see Michiru's, Koyomi's, and most of all, _his_,deaths as things that were just natural phenomenons, things that were so unimportant that they could be disregarded?

"Shito?"

"Mmm?" Shito replied, not looking up from his book.

"If I died, would it be just a natural phenomenon?"

Shito exhaled softly, closing his eyes. "Yes, it would."

Chika felt a stab of pain in his heart as Shito put his book down and turned off the lights as though nothing of any importance had been spoken of. Did he mean that little to him?

Just as he was about to fall asleep, Chika felt Shito's arms tighten around him and heard him say in a voice that was barely even a whisper, "It would be a natural phenomenon, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't miss you."

End file.

Natural Phenomenon by ashimaru