Disclaimer: Does anyone out there actually believe *I* own Zoids New Century/Zero or its characters? But for legal reasons beyond my control I have to say it: I don't own Zoids/Zero or its characters. They belong to their respective creators. There. Happy now? Darned guys-in-suits. :P
Tangled Webs
by Demonix Kata
Dr. Stephen Tauros was putting the finishing touches on his latest Zoid model.
"There," he said, beaming with pride, "A perfect model of the Red Blade Liger. Oh, goodness, I can't wait to show this to everyone!"
But someone wasn't in the mood to see a brand spanking new Zoid model. The door slid open and in walked Jamie, with a very aggrivated look on his face. A vein clearly made its prescence known on his forehead.
"Hello, Doc," he said with contempt. Dr. Tauros gulped.
"Uh...something wrong, Jamie?" he said nervously.
"I just went through our databases and it seems you purchased a V6 Gunbuster for the Gunsniper," Jamie said.
"Well, yeah, Leena's Gunsniper was in need of an upgrade. Is that so wrong?" Doc Tauros inquired.
"OF COURSE THAT'S WRONG!!!!" Jamie shouted, "Do you know how much this will set us back?! We've already have enough debts as it is!!"
"Sorry, but it just looked so darn cool," Doc alleged, pushing his two index fingers together. Jamie sighed and clasped his head.
"You're making my headache even worse Doc," he said.
"That headache still bothering you? I told you to take asprin."
"I know, I've been taking it all week, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll just have to take a bigger dosage, I guess." Jamie sighed again. "I'm going to the hangar and polish my Raynos. Just please consider returning that Gunbuster." He left.
Brad sat in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette. He took a deep puff and smoke flew out of his mouth with the smell of tobacco wafting in the air. Bit Cloud walked in, looked at him, and shook his head in disdain.
"Geez, Brad, since when did you start smoking?" he demanded. Brad looked at the cigarette nonchalantly, and took another puff. Then he said, "I guess I'm just nervous about the upcoming Class S Championship Tournament. I don't really know how else to relieve the stress."
"You don't have to smoke. Just knowing Liger Zero and I are on the team is enough to do away with _any_ stress," Bit said proudly, followed by a cocky laugh. Bit noticed a plate of cookies sitting on the table.
"Those cookies belong to you?"
"No, they belong to...no one," Brad answered.
"Well then, I'll help myself!" Bit gobbled down the cookies in less than a second and licked his fingers. "That was satisfying. Fresh from the oven, too. See ya later Brad!" Bit walked out the kitchen.
The sound of a toilet flushing was heard, quickly followed by a slamming door. Leena walked into the kitchen and noticed Brad, who had now put out his cigarette.
"Geez, Leena, what did you eat? I can smell it all the way in here," Brad joked.
"Oh shut up! I didn't even...oh nevermind. That's not a subject to be talking about," Leena huffed. She poured out a glass of milk and walked to the table. Her expression turned into deep anger.
"What...the hell...happened TO MY COOKIES?!" she screamed, staring at the crumbs in her plate.
"Bit ate them," Brad replied with a an expression of uninterest etched across his face, eyes closed.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr how dare he?!?!?!" she exclaimed and marched off to find him. Brad smirked.
"That should liven things up. Things were getting rather dull around here..."
"Leena, are you insane?!" Bit cried at the top off his lungs, running down the halls. Leena was chasing him with a HUGE frying pan, just itching to slam on top Bit's head.
"I've had enough of your shenanigans this week, Bit Cloud!" she shouted, "You damaged my Zoid, you used my towel, you even used my toothbrush to clean the toilet!"
"I couldn't find the sponge and I sure as hell wasn't going to use _my_ toothbrush. HEY!" Bit dodged a swing and kept running.
"Now you eat my fresh-baked cookies. I haven't had anything to eat all day!!!"
"Well there's more food in the kitchen, it's not like---YOW!" Bit didged another and started to gun it. He ran into the Zoid hangar hoping to find sanctuary, but Leena quickly followed.
"Besides," Bit said, making a last attempt at a plea, "Brad said the cookies didn't belong to anyone! It's _him_ you should be after, not me!"
"Yeah right? Why would Brad do a stupid thing like that?"
"YEOW!"
Jamie looked into his Raynos Zoid. He could see his own reflection and smiled a smile of satisfaction.
"Not too shabby, if I do say so myself," he said as he climbed down the ladder. Pain shot up his head.
"Ugh, bloody headache," he spat. Suddenly, he heard the screaming of a guy running for dear life and the shrill of a monster chasing him. He sighed (with those little anime mushroom clouds coming out of his mouth to boot!).
"And now here comes Leena and Bit to make the pain even worse," he said, shaking his head.
"JAAAAMIIIEEEE! HELP ME!" Bit yelled as he ran over to him. He stood rstraight in front of him and grabbed Jamie's shoulders.
"I'm telling you this girl is NUTS! All because I ate her stupid cookies!" he yelled, gasping between breaths.
"Well, it obviously wasn't so stupid to her," Jamie reasoned, "Why'd you eat 'em?"
"Because that jerk, Brad, said I could!" Bit looked behind him and saw flaming fury. "Oh, no, here she comes!"
"There you are Bit! You're gonna feel ten kinds of hurt when I'm through with you!" Leena threatened. She ran up to him and raised the frying pain, and brought it down with full force.
WAM!
A body dropped like a rock. Bit uncovered his eyes and opened them. He was still standing. He had jumped out of the way in time. But Leena was frozen in shock. Bit followed her gaze and gasped.
"JAMIE!!"
"Oh...my..."
Jamie laid, lifeless, a giant bloody bruise plastered on his forehead. Completely knocked out.
"We gotta get help!" Bit exclaimed.
"Dad! DAD!" Leena cried.
End Part 1
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Tangled Webs
by Demonix Kata
Dr. Stephen Tauros was putting the finishing touches on his latest Zoid model.
"There," he said, beaming with pride, "A perfect model of the Red Blade Liger. Oh, goodness, I can't wait to show this to everyone!"
But someone wasn't in the mood to see a brand spanking new Zoid model. The door slid open and in walked Jamie, with a very aggrivated look on his face. A vein clearly made its prescence known on his forehead.
"Hello, Doc," he said with contempt. Dr. Tauros gulped.
"Uh...something wrong, Jamie?" he said nervously.
"I just went through our databases and it seems you purchased a V6 Gunbuster for the Gunsniper," Jamie said.
"Well, yeah, Leena's Gunsniper was in need of an upgrade. Is that so wrong?" Doc Tauros inquired.
"OF COURSE THAT'S WRONG!!!!" Jamie shouted, "Do you know how much this will set us back?! We've already have enough debts as it is!!"
"Sorry, but it just looked so darn cool," Doc alleged, pushing his two index fingers together. Jamie sighed and clasped his head.
"You're making my headache even worse Doc," he said.
"That headache still bothering you? I told you to take asprin."
"I know, I've been taking it all week, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll just have to take a bigger dosage, I guess." Jamie sighed again. "I'm going to the hangar and polish my Raynos. Just please consider returning that Gunbuster." He left.
Brad sat in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette. He took a deep puff and smoke flew out of his mouth with the smell of tobacco wafting in the air. Bit Cloud walked in, looked at him, and shook his head in disdain.
"Geez, Brad, since when did you start smoking?" he demanded. Brad looked at the cigarette nonchalantly, and took another puff. Then he said, "I guess I'm just nervous about the upcoming Class S Championship Tournament. I don't really know how else to relieve the stress."
"You don't have to smoke. Just knowing Liger Zero and I are on the team is enough to do away with _any_ stress," Bit said proudly, followed by a cocky laugh. Bit noticed a plate of cookies sitting on the table.
"Those cookies belong to you?"
"No, they belong to...no one," Brad answered.
"Well then, I'll help myself!" Bit gobbled down the cookies in less than a second and licked his fingers. "That was satisfying. Fresh from the oven, too. See ya later Brad!" Bit walked out the kitchen.
The sound of a toilet flushing was heard, quickly followed by a slamming door. Leena walked into the kitchen and noticed Brad, who had now put out his cigarette.
"Geez, Leena, what did you eat? I can smell it all the way in here," Brad joked.
"Oh shut up! I didn't even...oh nevermind. That's not a subject to be talking about," Leena huffed. She poured out a glass of milk and walked to the table. Her expression turned into deep anger.
"What...the hell...happened TO MY COOKIES?!" she screamed, staring at the crumbs in her plate.
"Bit ate them," Brad replied with a an expression of uninterest etched across his face, eyes closed.
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr how dare he?!?!?!" she exclaimed and marched off to find him. Brad smirked.
"That should liven things up. Things were getting rather dull around here..."
"Leena, are you insane?!" Bit cried at the top off his lungs, running down the halls. Leena was chasing him with a HUGE frying pan, just itching to slam on top Bit's head.
"I've had enough of your shenanigans this week, Bit Cloud!" she shouted, "You damaged my Zoid, you used my towel, you even used my toothbrush to clean the toilet!"
"I couldn't find the sponge and I sure as hell wasn't going to use _my_ toothbrush. HEY!" Bit dodged a swing and kept running.
"Now you eat my fresh-baked cookies. I haven't had anything to eat all day!!!"
"Well there's more food in the kitchen, it's not like---YOW!" Bit didged another and started to gun it. He ran into the Zoid hangar hoping to find sanctuary, but Leena quickly followed.
"Besides," Bit said, making a last attempt at a plea, "Brad said the cookies didn't belong to anyone! It's _him_ you should be after, not me!"
"Yeah right? Why would Brad do a stupid thing like that?"
"YEOW!"
Jamie looked into his Raynos Zoid. He could see his own reflection and smiled a smile of satisfaction.
"Not too shabby, if I do say so myself," he said as he climbed down the ladder. Pain shot up his head.
"Ugh, bloody headache," he spat. Suddenly, he heard the screaming of a guy running for dear life and the shrill of a monster chasing him. He sighed (with those little anime mushroom clouds coming out of his mouth to boot!).
"And now here comes Leena and Bit to make the pain even worse," he said, shaking his head.
"JAAAAMIIIEEEE! HELP ME!" Bit yelled as he ran over to him. He stood rstraight in front of him and grabbed Jamie's shoulders.
"I'm telling you this girl is NUTS! All because I ate her stupid cookies!" he yelled, gasping between breaths.
"Well, it obviously wasn't so stupid to her," Jamie reasoned, "Why'd you eat 'em?"
"Because that jerk, Brad, said I could!" Bit looked behind him and saw flaming fury. "Oh, no, here she comes!"
"There you are Bit! You're gonna feel ten kinds of hurt when I'm through with you!" Leena threatened. She ran up to him and raised the frying pain, and brought it down with full force.
WAM!
A body dropped like a rock. Bit uncovered his eyes and opened them. He was still standing. He had jumped out of the way in time. But Leena was frozen in shock. Bit followed her gaze and gasped.
"JAMIE!!"
"Oh...my..."
Jamie laid, lifeless, a giant bloody bruise plastered on his forehead. Completely knocked out.
"We gotta get help!" Bit exclaimed.
"Dad! DAD!" Leena cried.
End Part 1
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