Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ You Don't Have to Be Alone ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

You Don't Have to be Alone

By Pretty Kitty

A/N: Ok, I'm back with Chapter 2! Woo-hoo! XD Hope ya like, plz review! ^^

Oh yeah, and I realized that in my first chap I spelled Genosaur wrong. >_<;; Sorry bout that! I spelled it right this time.^^

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When Sara finally made it to where Van and Raven were, she found out from Van that Raven still hadn't said anything.

"Look at him," said Van. "He's not right."

"Van...I'm worried," she replied.

Just then, Raven slowly climbed out of his Zoid and just stood there in front of it; all the while never taking his eyes off of Van.

Sara's heart was pounding in her chest, so loud that she wanted to run away because she thought everyone could hear it. The weird thing is she didn't even know why it was beating like it was, but maybe it was because Raven was right there in front of her.

She couldn't stand being this close to him and not even do anything. Just stand there. She didn't know what to do.

Raven still didn't stop staring at Van; he probably hadn't even noticed Sara.

A couple minutes of silence passed, but then something happened. Just for a few seconds, Raven took his eyes off of Van and looked at Sara.

Sara couldn't hold it in anymore. She wanted so bad to just run over there and embrace Raven and never let go. But she just wasn't sure...

Finally, she decided it was now or never. She had to do something; she couldn't stand it anymore. She ran over to Raven and Van tried to stop her but it was too late. She already had her arms around Raven.

She had expected him to push her away or something, but to her suprise, he didn't do anything. He didn't move at all; he just stood there...like a statue.

She looked up at him and found that he was looking down at her. He had a weird look on his face, though. He seemed so...distant. Like his body was there but his mind was in another world entirely. His eyes were faded over and he looked so emotionless. He didn't even look real.

Even though she didn't like to see him when he looked like that, she looked deeper into his eyes. They were like a bottomless pit or empty pools of lavender.

Lavender...that was the first time she had noticed the color of his eyes. It was a strange color...

She continued to look into his eyes and she noticed something. She noticed a hint of...sadness? Yes, that had to be it. He looked almost...depressed.

Suddenly, she felt sorry for Raven. Sympathy? For Raven? What a joke this was turning out to be...

Sara couldn't stand looking at him anymore, it mad her too sad so she turned her head away to avoid his emotionless glare. But she did gather up enough courage to rest her head on his shoulder and to her suprise, he didn't do anything. He still just stood there.

Sara could feel his eyes on her, though. She knew he was looking at her. And after a little while, it started driving her crazy. If there was anything Raven was good at, it was driving her crazy.

She just kept seeing his face. That look on his face. She hated it. It made her feel sad and mad at the same time.

She looked back up at him. He was still looking at her. For some reason, tears started rolling down her cheeks. She tried to stop them, but failed.

It made her angry. Why wouldn't he stop looking at her? She started to hit her fists against his chest, but of course that had no effect on him what-so-ever.

"Stop!" she finally said. "Damnit! Stop looking at me like that!"

She continued to hit her fists against his chest and telling him to stop. He grabbed her by the wrists, which made her stop hitting him but she still continued to cry.

She looked back up at him and noticed that he wasn't looking at her anymore. But something was wrong. His eyes were wide open and then they started rolling into the back of his head. His knees gave way and he fell forward, but thankfully Sara caught him in her arms.

"Van!" she yelled. But there was no need for that, he was already running up beside her.

"We have to help him, Van. I know he's your enemy and you probably don't want to help him, but I do," she said firmly.

"You're right. Come on, let's get him inside somewhere," said Van as they both started to lift him up and carry him off.

**8 Hours Later**

Raven slowly opened his eyes. He stared up at the fan overhead. That's when he realized something--where the hell was he?

He was lying in a bed in some room he had never seen before. He turned his head and saw a girl sitting a desk. She must have heard him move because she quickly stood up and turned around.

"Oh, you're awake," she said.

She looked fimiliar to Raven. Where had he seen her before? Finally, he remembered.

"I know you," he said with no emotion at all in his voice. "You're that girl that I saved." He paused before continuing. "Sara."

"Yeah, that's me," she said as she tried to form a smile.

"Where am I? What are you doing here? What happened?" he demanded as he quickly sat up in bed.

"Be careful," said Sara.

"I'm fine," he snapped.

"Oh, sorry. But you mean, you don't remember anything?"

"No."

"Well, we're at the Imperial army base. I'm here because I travel with Van and Fiona and this is where we have been staying. What happened was that you came over here in your Genosaur and started fighting Van. Something was wrong with you, though, but you seem okay now. You had this weird look on your face but then I don't know what happened. You just fainted. You've been unconscience for about 8 hours," she said.

"8 hours? What time is it?" he asked.

"11 o'clock."

"At night?"

"Yeah."

"Damn," he said. "But what are you doing in here with me?"

"Well, I was just watching you and waiting for you to wake up," she replied.

"Why did you help me?"

"I wanted to." She went over and sat down on the edge of the bed beside him.

"I don't understand you. You're friends with Van and I'm Van's enemy but yet, you still help me."

"What did you want me to do? Just leave you there, lying unconscience on the ground? Besides, I owe you."

"Well, you don't owe me anymore so now we're even," he said.

"Yeah, you're right."

There was an awkward silence for a few minutes but finally Sara broke it. "Raven?"

"What?"

"There's something I need to tell you," she said.

He didn't say anything but waited for her to continue.

"I...I..." she couldn't say it.

"Spit it out," he said rather harshly.

"I...I love you." There! She said it!

"You what?"

"You heard me. Just what I said. Please don't make me say it again," she pleaded.

There was silence again. Then, Raven chuckled to himself. "You love me? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."

"I know it sounds stupid but it's true."

"How the hell can you love me? I don't love you, you know." He said.

"I know. I didn't expect you to," she said quietly.

"I'm leaving," he said with an almost disgusted tone.

"Wait! Where are you going?" she asked.

"That's none of your business," he said as he stood up. He was still a little dizzy though, but he hoped she didn't notice.

"But you can't go. You're not completely well yet. You need to stay here and rest," she said.

"Do not tell me what I need!"

She didn't say anything after that but that remark was bringing tears to her eyes. She tried to hold them in, but she couldn't. She didn't want to cry for fear that Raven would think she was weak.

Raven must have noticed her teary, misty eyes because he added a snide remark.

"Oh, did I hurt your feelings? Don't cry..." he said; sarcasm dripping in his voice.

Her bottom lip quivered. "I'm not crying," she said with a shaky voice.

He walked closer to her. She tried to back away from him but he just kept moving closer. He knew he was intimidating her, but he didn't mind at all.

Sara slowly walked backwards, trying to escape his glare, but found she couldn't anymore. The reason was because of the wall behind her; she was cornered now.

He stood right in front of her and looked into her face.

"Oh really...you're not crying? Well, your eyes are all watery. Looks like tears to me," he said cruelly.

She didn't respond. Well, what could she say? He was right.

He edged his face closer to hers to where their faces were only inches apart, and he placed his hands against the wall. Now he really had her cornered.

Raven was starting to scare Sara. She wished he would just leave, but she knew he wasn't going to right now. He was apparently enjoying himself.

A single tear rolled down her cheek. Raven saw it, but it did something to him on the inside. The image of her crying was almost stabbing him, and he had no idea why.

He tried to brush that thought away by continuing to frighten her.

"I can't believe you're crying. You know, only weaklings cry," he said harshly. "So apparently...you're weak. You're just a weak, pathetic girl," he said with a smirk.

There was silence for a minute or two but it seemed like hours to Sara. Raven hadn't said anything after that, he just stared at her with the same emotionless glare.

But then, something really unexpected happened. Neither Raven nor Sara had expected anything like this to happen...but it did. They don't even know how or why it happened.

In one quick movement, Raven firmly placed his lips on hers. At first, Sara was shocked and didn't know whether she should kiss him back, but finally she gave into the kiss.

His kiss was deep and firm but gentle at the same time. He moved his arms to where they were around her thin waist. She fit nicely in his arms; so well it was almost as if she belonged there.

She slowly, kind of unsurely, placed her arms around his neck. The kiss actually started heating up a bit when Raven held her more tightly and began running his fingers up and down her spine. He immediately broke the kiss, although, when a question hit him--what the hell was he doing?

He couldn't believe he had just done that. He shouldn't have done that. Why did he do that? What was he thinking? What provoked him to do such a thing? All these questions were racing through his mind.

But then he remembered her telling him that he was not completely well yet. ~Of course, that has to be it.~ he thought. ~Since I just woke up from being unconscience for 8 hours, I'm probably still out of it.~

"I'm really messed up, apparently," he said.

"What do you mean?"

"I think I actually should have listened to you when you said I hadn't fully recovered yet," he replied.

She didn't say anything but had a confused look on your face.

"Don't you see? I'm still out of it! Why else would I have done that? So don't think that meant anything because it didn't. It was a complete accident and mistake."

Sara was smarter than that. Even though she wasn't about to open her mouth, she knew that it meant something. She could feel it. But it was probably pointless to try to get Raven out of denial.

She sighed deeply. Her attempt to win Raven's heart was becoming more and more hopeless by each passing second. She didn't even know if there was a way anymore...

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Did you like it?? I think this chapter came out pretty good. ^_^ Well, as usual, review! But no flames plz! ^^ Chapter 3 will be up soon! ^_^