I really can't explain how I came up with this fic.  I was watching Zoids: Guardian Force and came up with the idea.  Don't know why or how, but it's been bugging me, so I had to write it.  Anyway, hope you enjoy.  This will not be that much of a romance, but it does have partial Van/Fiona and Irvine/Moonbay.  Takes place during Guardian Force, which is 4 years after Chaotic, if you didn't know.  It's really good^.^  I love GF.

Disclaimer:  I don't own Zoids, I only own this fic and the characters I make up.

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The metal sliding doors to the room opened up and four people walked in.  The group consisted of Van, Fiona, Irvine, and Moonbay.  The room they were now in was like a hallway, or so that was all they could walk on.  It was like a small balcony set in the middle of the room.  The walkway hung above a laboratory and on one side was a huge glass cased room.  The walls around both rooms were white.  Halfway down the walkway, Karl Lichen Schubaltz stood, hands on the rail, looking slightly downward into the huge, glass encased room.  Van and the others approached him.

"Hey Major Schubaltz," said Van.  He turned his attention to them instead.

"Hello Van," he said.

"Why'd you call for us to come here?" asked Van.  Karl turned away from him and looked back into the glass room.

"Look down there," he said.  They all went to the railing and looked into the room, slightly looking downward.  They were confused.

"I don't get it.  Just what are we looking for?" asked Moonbay.  Major Schubaltz pointed downward and their eyes followed.

"It's a…a girl," said Fiona.  Van looked to Karl.

"What's the deal?  What's with the girl?" he asked.

"We found her a few days ago.  She seems to have lost her memory.  She doesn't even remember her name.  We've been running tests and doing research on her, but we haven't found anything yet," he explained.

"Why the glass room?" asked Fiona.  "She seems harmless."

"Doctor D decided that we should take precautions.  We don't know anything about this girl so we wanted to make sure that she wouldn't be able to cause any trouble."  Just then, the sliding, metal doors opened again and Doctor D walked in.  He looked disappointed.

"I just don't get it.  She won't talk to anyone.  We can't even get a name from her.  This is hopeless," he said as he walked up.  He then looked to Van and the others.  "Oh good, you're here."

"What's going on here gramps?" asked Van.

"I'm glad you asked.  I'm sure Major Schubaltz here has filled you in on most of the details.  We found this girl wandering the desert a few days ago.  We don't know who she is or where she came from."

"So why'd you bring us here?" asked Irvine.

"I was hoping you guys could help out, you know, maybe see if you can get her to talk.  She looks around the same age as you guys, so maybe she'll be more trusting towards all of you."

"We'll try gramps, but we can't promise anything," said Van.

"Alright, then come this way."  H led them through another door and then down some stairs.  They soon arrived at another door.  "Well, go in," he said.  They all walked into the glass room.  Actually, only that one part was glass.  Other than that wall, everything else in the room was white.  The girl sat on a white chair.  She was wearing a long, white shirt and a pair of white pants.  Her back was to them.  They walked around to the front of her to see what she looked like.

"Hi," said Fiona.  All the girl did was raise her head and look at them, each one in turn.  "We're here to talk to you."  The girl looked to Fiona, who smiled at her.

"Fiona is right.  We just want to help you, that's all," said Moonbay, who also smiled.

"Well, let me introduce everybody," said Van.  "This is Fiona, Moonbay, and Irvine.  Oh, and I'm Van.  Who might you be?" he asked.  The girl said nothing, except stared at them all.

"What's the matter?  Can't you speak?" asked Fiona.  The girl just looked down.

"I'll tell you," said Irvine.  They looked to him.

"What?" asked Moonbay.

"Do you know her or something?" asked Van.

"You could say that."  He looked at the girl.

"But how?" asked Fiona.

"That red hair, the yellow eyes, it has to be her.  Doctor D must have known and put her here for that reason."

"What are you talking about?" asked Van.

"Her name is Scarlet," said Irvine.  The girl seemed to jump a little at the mention of the name and then looked up to him.  "I'm right aren't I?"  The girl didn't say anything, just looked to him.

"I thought that might be who it was," said Doctor D.  He had just walked in through the door with Schubaltz.

"What's so special about her?" asked Van.

"It's hard to believe you don't know," said Irvine.  "Like I said, her name is Scarlet; she's also known as the Crimson Dawn.  She's a very dangerous person and a very gifted zoid pilot."

"So she's a zoid warrior?" asked Fiona.

"One of the best," said Doctor D.

"What makes her so great?" asked Moonbay.

"I'll take this one," said Irvine.  "By the age of 11, she was already a zoid pilot.  When she was 12, she had mastered her zoid and had joined the Empire.  She was an imperial soldier, but her rank moved up dramatically in only a short time.  By the age of 13, she had already wiped out more units than you could count."

"Amazing," said Van.

"Yes, I remember her.  She was in the Imperial army and was sent only to do the hardest tasks.  She truly was a magnificent zoid pilot," said Schubaltz.

"What kind of zoid did she have?" asked Van.

"It was a Dark Spiner," said Schubaltz. 

(A/N  If you wanna see what one looks like, then go to )

"A Dark Spiner?  Can't say I've ever seen one of those before."

"Weren't those types of zoids meant to attack in groups?" asked Doctor D.

"Yes.  They are, however, it does have a charged particle cannon and a few blades as well, and so it's a formidable opponent."

"It's strange that something like this would happen to a pilot like her," said Moonbay.

"I know what you mean," said Van.

"Scarlet is an amazing pilot, but I wouldn't call her great," said Irvine.  "She's killed too many to be considered great."

"I'll have to agree with you there," said Schubaltz.  "She served with us in the army for a long time, but she disappeared 5 years ago.  No one has seen her since then."

"I wonder…" said Fiona.  They all looked to her.  "I wonder what could have made such a great zoid pilot end up like this."  They all seemed to ponder this for a while.

"I…"

They all looked to Scarlet, who had just said something.

"I was…attacked by…" she said.  She then held her head in her hands.  "I was attacked…I…attacked…was…attacked… Raven."

"You were attacked by Raven," said Fiona sympathetically.

"Well, that makes cense.  To a pilot like her, loosing must have sent her into shock.  It's no wonder she can't remember anything," said Moonbay.

"Well then, I guess we'll just have to help her get her memory back," said Van.

"You can count me out," said Irvine as he walked to the door.  They all looked after him.

"What?" asked Van.

"I don't feel like helping her," he said as he walked through the door.  Fiona looked to Scarlet.

"It's alright, we'll help you, don't worry," she said.

"I don't know what's up with Irvine, but I'm gonna find out," said Moonbay as she ran out the door after him.  Irvine was walking on the outside balcony.

"Irvine!  Wait up!"

He looked behind him, only to find Moonbay.

"What's the deal?  Why don't you wanna help her?" asked Moonbay.  "And don't say because you're not being paid, cause I sure as heck know that that's not the reason."  Irvine turned to face her completely.

"Scarlet is known as the Crimson Dawn for a reason.  Crimson is the color of blood and dawn is the time most are executed.  I don't think I mentioned it, but her other nickname is the Executioner."

"But…"

"She's killed more people than you can imagine, and she did it simply out of her own twisted pleasure.  She's a killer.  In my eyes, she's no better than Raven, no, scratch that, she IS Raven.  Their ideals are nearly the same.  Raven is my enemy, and I don't help enemies."

"That may be, but she's not Raven.  She's an individual who doesn't know who she is, and she needs our help."

"When she gets her memory back, what makes you think she'll be any different?  She'll remember who she is and what she does, and then things will start all over again.  She'll probably kill all of you first."

"But what if she's different.  What if she realizes what she did and changes because we helped her.  Maybe things will be different.  You're not giving her a chance…"

"I don't need to give her a chance!  She's nothing but a cold blooded killer and I'll have no part in this!" yelled Irvine.  Moonbay was a little afraid.  He was definitely mad for some reason.  She decided not to further his anger and walked out the door.

"So, is that how you feel?"

Irvine turned around to find Doctor D standing where Moonbay had been a few minutes ago.

"Can't say I blame you," said Doctor D.  Irvine turned away.  "I understand."

"What would you know?"

"No matter what you do, Irvine, it won't bring them back," said Dr. D.  Irvine quickly looked to him.

"How did you…?" began Irvine

"When we first found Scarlet, I had a good idea as to who she was.  I did research on Scarlet's history and found listings of everything she'd done.  I also found out about the towns she had destroyed and the lives she took.  I came across one of the first towns she destroyed.  When I was looking over the list of survivors, I found only a handful.  And one of them…was named Irvine.  It said his parents had died in the attack.  That was you, wasn't it?"

Irvine was silent.  He just stared at the sky, now filled with stars.

"It's strange really," said Irvine.  "She's only a year younger than me.  She's younger than I am and yet…she destroyed the whole town.  I couldn't do anything to stop her."

"Sulking won't bring them back, you know that.  That girl in there needs help and even though you may be right about her; that she might turn back to the way she was before and decide to kill us all, I think it's worth the risk."

"How so?"

"She's human, just like us.  People make mistakes and they deserve second chances.  Look at you.  You've been given second chances, so why can't you give someone else one."

"…"

"You need to stop living in the past.  Maybe by helping Scarlet, some good will come of it.  Who knows?"

"Fine.  I'll stick around, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna help her," said Irvine, as he walked past Dr. D and through the door, down the stairs.  Dr. D just smiled.

"I knew he'd come around," said Dr. D, as he, too, walked through the door and down the stairs.

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Well, what do you think?  I've been wanting to write this for a while now.  Sorry if I got any facts wrong.  I still haven't seen the last 5 eps of GF, so I don't know what happens or anything (curse you Cartoon Network).  Any who, that's all.  Hope this worked and if you liked it, I'll promise to write another chapter soon, all right?  And like I said, it will be a partial V/F, I/M fic.  Okay? Okay, so, see ya later, or as I say it, Audi^.^