AN- Hello, ShadowRebirth37 here!! Well, I'm sorta not going on vacation now. Lol. The states we had to go through to get to Wyoming and Yellowstone are either underwater or tornado-infested, so we're going to go to Baltimore on Tuesday. Yay!!XD Lol. Well, this is going to be my first New Century Zero fic!! Whoopee!! Lol. I hope you like it!! Let me know if I screw-up names or something stupid. Well, for some reason everyone ignored the new chapter of Of Zoids and Organoids. I liked the new chapter. That, and chapter 2 of Broken. Did I do something wrong? Or is everyone just plain sick of me? I feel like I did something wrong… again. Do you guys hate me? (sigh) I guess I should have seen this coming… everything good that happens to me just turns sour at the end… well, here's chapter 1- Old Friends, New Allies.
Disclaimer: No. Not mine. The only things that are mine are this fic, this storyline and all that jazz.
.:Chapter 1- Old Friends, New Allies:.
The large dinosaurian Zoid growled lowly as Vega climbed into the cockpit and strapped himself in. Fury closed the cockpit for him and lifted his head, roaring in happiness that he was finally going to be able to go out and run and fight. Even though his armor was now fully restored, he still felt empty; he missed his old pilot. But the Fury was intelligent enough to realize that he had died centuries ago and that he would never see him or feel his presence in the cockpit ever again. That had been the reason why he had tried so desperately to escape when he had been first revived, he wanted to get back to his pilot. Once the reality that centuries had passed and that his pilot was dead had sunk in, he calmed down enough for the scientists to restore his armor.
He missed his old body, but his old body had been destroyed by the same force that had imprisoned him in that sunken ruin- that cursed Liger. His pilot had gone down with him, but his Organoid had pulled him inside of his own Core with him. His body and life were both gone, but the Fury could still sense his consciousness, along with the now permanently-fused Organoid. It felt good to still be able to communicate with him, now that he knew he was there, but knowing he would never again feel his hands on the controls saddened the great Zoid deeply.
Thankfully, the Organoid, by permanently bonding to the Core, had been able to partially regenerate the Fury's mangled body enough to survive, but it cost the Organoid his freedom. The Organoid was also still able to communicate to the Fury as well, but still the fact that they could never talk face-to-face still weighed heavy on the great Zoid's mind.
/Shadow? You there?/ the Fury asked the Organoid within him, already knowing he was there.
/Yes/ Shadow answered, yawning loudly.
/How are you two doing? Same as always?/ Fury asked, closing his eyes to mentally talk and 'see' the Organoid better.
/Same as always. How does the new armor feel?/ Shadow asked back, curious as to how the once-proud Geno Breaker felt about the flimsy new armor.
/Much lighter, but I miss my old armor. The mere sight of my crimson armor would send most Zoids fleeing in terror, now they just stop and stare at me/ Fury whined to the black Organoid, sending him a mental picture of the silver armor.
/You are right, this new armor isn't near as frightening as your old armor. Makes you look more streamlined and smaller, but the silver is better than your Ambient-altered red color/ Shadow chuckled, sending the Fury a picture of his old body. The Fury chuckled outwardly, and that caught Vega's attention.
"Fury? What's so funny?" he asked the great Zoid, patting the side of the display to his right.
"Nothing Vega, are you ready?" Fury replied, lifting his head slightly. He still hadn't told his new pilot about how his old pilot and the Organoid bonded to his Core could still communicate, afraid that Vega might feel guilty about taking his old friend's role as pilot.
"Then let's get out there then, we don't want to be late! Sarah would kill both of us!!" Vega laughed, easing the controls forward to get the Fury moving. Fury laughed as well, and started to walk ahead on his own power. He stopped briefly to let the massive hanger doors open, and then continued out onto the training field.
/This is their idea of an obstacle course?/ Shadow said, seeing the course through Fury's eyes. /This is nothing compared to the stuff Prozen tested us with back when you were your old Saurer self. I mean this stuff looks like something the Republicans would've trained their soldiers with!! This is pathetic! You'll handle this easy!/
/I know. This'll be a piece of Magnite./ Fury said back with a confident smirk as he walked up to the course's starting line. A few lights blinked that the Fury guessed were supposed to signal the start, and he watched as they blinked down from red to orange to g-
"Go Fury!!" Vega shouted suddenly, urging the massive Zoid forward with several hard pushes on the controls. Getting the hint, the Fury rocketed forward with so much force that Vega was pushed back into the seat.
"Ease up a little, will ya Fury?" Vega said, pulling back slightly on the controls to slow the speeding Zoid.
"Sorry Vega." Fury said apologetically, slowing his speed to a slightly more tolerable level.
"Thanks, now keep your eyes on the approaching solemn obstacle." Vega thanked the Zoid as he griped the controls and watched the obstacle as they neared it. Snorting at the obstacle's simplicity, the Fury easily wound his way between the close poles, zooming off after weaving through the last one.
"Look out; there are some Command Wolves and Helkats approaching from straight ahead." Vega cautioned the Zoid as he activated some of the combat systems.
"No problem." Fury smirked as he slashed a Command Wolf's leg from beneath it as he rocketed past. The Zoid wailed and collapsed, and the other Zoids became wary. Fury roared happily and pounced on a Rev Raptor, knocking it into the ground with so much force its Command System froze. He took down a cloaked Helkat with a blow from his tail, and slashed open another Command Wolf as it lunged at him.
Within moments all the opposing Zoids were out of commission, and the Fury stood right in the middle of the carnage.
/Hey, you let that Rev get a shot at your leg. Your getting sloppy, Fury./ Raven said in a mocking tone, teasing the mighty Zoid.
/Glad to see you're awake, Raven./ Fury sighed, sarcasm clearly evident in his voice. He heard Raven laugh, but Vega interrupted their conversation.
"Fury? What's wrong? You got quiet all of a sudden." Vega asked the Zoid, worried by his sudden silence.
"Nothing Vega." Fury reassured his pilot he was fine, "Let's get back to the hanger, it looks like there's a storm brewing" he added, looking at the angry, boiling clouds swirling on the horizon.
"Yeah, agreed." Vega replied, leaning back in his seat as the Fury took control and turned back towards the opening hanger doors.
/What's the matter Fury? You scared of a little lightning?/ Raven laughed, again teasing the silver dinosaurian Zoid.
/No, Raven…/ Fury snorted, now clearly annoyed, /… I just don't want to feel water on me. After spending Eve knows how long trapped in that watery prison I never want to see another lake or get wet ever again./
/Whatever, but I suggest if you don't want to get fried by lightning you get a move on./ Raven said, sending the Fury a picture of lightning striking close by.
/Thank you Raven…/ Fury replied sarcastically, sighing outwardly. Thankfully Vega didn't notice, and the Fury picked up his pace as a bolt of lightning struck close by, as Raven had said. Just a hundred yards from the hanger door, a cloud burst and dumped rain onto the mighty silver Zoid. Then when Fury reached the door he had to wait for it to open, further extending his time in the rain. As soon as the door was open wide enough for him to fit, he squeezed through into the dry hanger.
With a happy growl, the Fury shook himself like a dog, showering anything that was unfortunate enough to be near him at that moment with a shower of cold drops. He plodded over to his normal area and flopped down with a relieved sigh, happy to be out of the rain.
"Hey Fury, can you open the cockpit for me?" Vega asked, tapping on one of the displays to get the Zoid's attention. His answer was opening the cockpit for him.
"Thank you Fury…" Vega thanked the Zoid as he climbed down from the cockpit and jumped to the floor, "… you get some rest, you deserved it." He added, patting the great Zoid's nose affectionately. Fury purred and wagged his tail, closing his eyes.
Chuckling, Vega walked away and exited the hanger, leaving the Berserk Fury alone with the other Zoids. One lone Zoid approached him, his armor damaged and one leg lame. Its red eyes stared at him from below its black brow. Fury felt the Zoid scan his mind, as it was searching for his past identity.
"Breaker?" the Zoid rasped, old and damaged from lack of an Organoid's preservation.
"Yes? But I no longer go by that name, Saix, the Geno Breaker is long dead, I am now the Berserk Fury." Fury told the old Lightning Saix, opening an eye lazily to look at him.
"Fury… seems fitting…" the Saix said quietly, "… what happened to Shadow and Raven? Did they die like Irvine and Moonbay did?"
"No…" the Fury answered, "… they are inside my Core. Van and his Liger nearly killed us and knocked us from a cliff and left us to drown. Shadow pulled Raven into my Core and permanently fused, thus saving not only me, but also himself and Raven, but they can't leave the Core, they both are bonded forever to my Core."
"I wish I had an Organoid, then I might have been able to save Irvine and Moonbay…" the black cheetah sighed, shifting his weight off of his wounded leg.
"What happened to your leg, Saix?" Fury asked, looking at the Zoid's mangled leg.
"I wasn't as fortunate as you to have an Organoid to heal me, and when my pilot lost to yours all those years ago, I was unable to heal all the damage after the sand swallowed me up…" the Saix said quietly, looking at the Fury sadly, "… but that's all behind us now. You're a new Zoid now, and let's leave our old feuds in the past, agreed?" the Saix slowly extended his badly hurt leg towards the Fury, splaying out the claws as far as they could in their damaged state. Fury looked at his once mortal enemy as it offered him peace, shocked by the unexpected gesture.
"Agreed, let's not live in the past and look to the future…" Fury said, smiling as he carefully grasped the Saix's wounded paw and shook it gently; a Zoid version of a handshake.
"You know, you aren't half-bad for a Breaker…" The Saix groaned as he sat next to the laying silver Zoid, careful not to put any weight on his damaged joints.
"Well… you're not that bad for a Saix, Saix." Fury said back, laughing slightly.
"Please Fury, just call me Wolf, remember I used to be a proud Command Wolf before you cut me in half." The Saix said, pointing to his memory banks with his good paw.
"Alright Wolf, if you want you can still call me Breaker, even though I'm not half as strong as I used to be…" Fury replied, shaking his head slightly to show that his once magnificent nose-horn was now missing.
"Be happy Breaker…" the Saix said, "… at least you can fight, I can't even run anymore…"
"Aren't they going to fix your leg?" The Fury questioned, looking at the black feline's mangled leg.
"Yes, but they said my joints were to badly damaged to get me up past mach one, so I won't even be able to run down those pathetic excuses for Saixes that run around now, and I was the first Saix ever developed!! Made by hand by Dr. D and battle tested against the mighty Death Stinger!" the Saix boasted about his old triumphs.
"At least you didn't get nearly killed by that horribly metal nightmare. I was nearly killed twice!!" Fury said back, chuckling slightly. Wolf laughed with him, before he lowered his head down onto his paws.
"Fury, I really don't think they will try to save me. Sure I can overpower and outrun those pathetic new Saixes, but they are more interested in you to care about an old, decrepit Zoid such as me…" Wolf said sadly, closing his eyes and sighing.
"Don't worry Wolf, my pilot Vega is highly ranked, I can talk to him and he can talk the others into repairing you." Fury reassured the black Zoid he wasn't going to be dismantled.
"Thank you Fury…" Wolf thanked him, "… you're not bad for a Imperial."
"Hey now, you were Imperial too!" Fury laughed.
"Yeah, but my pilot was neutral and worked with the Republicans." Saix answered, not opening his eyes.
"True, but you fought alongside the Republicans… oh what does it matter, the war's over now…" Fury grumbled, snorting.
"Yeah, the war's over, but the Back Draft is trying to start a new one…" Wolf sighed.
"It's not our fault. Vega just wants to fight challenging opponents, not fight in a war. He's too young for that…" Fury sighed, also closing his eyes.
"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep. Goodnight Breaker…" Wolf trailed off as he fell asleep, snoring softly.
"Me too…" Fury also fell asleep, lowering his head down to the cold metal floor. From above in the scaffolding, Vega chuckled as he watched the two Zoids, once mortal adversaries, sat with each other and talked. Although Vega couldn't understand the wounded Saix, he figured that the two were reminiscing.
Maybe the Saix was worth saving after all…
.:End of Chapter 1:.
AN- What do you guys think? I had to put the Saix in there, someone to keep the Fury company other than Shadow and Raven. So… do you guys like my new fic, or hate it? I hope not… not again. Anyway, please try to look at this with an unbiased eye. Sorry if Raven seems a little OOC, but remember, being trapped in a Zoid's Core for centuries is bound to change him. I hope you guys like my first NC0 fic. I'll introduce some other CC and GF favorites in later chapters; including one you never expected… hehe. Lol. Please keep an open mind with this fic, it was based on a dream and my own thoughts (not that I hear people talk to me, I'm not insane!!). As always, anonymous reviewers are accepted and highly appreciated!! I used to be an anonymous reviewer, so I love hearing from all you guys out there!! Again, as always, all flamers will be fed to my two evil Organoids, Leiden and Orkari!! Lol. Please leave a nice review!!
Note to anonymous reviewers: I will reply to your reviews in my profile, just click on it and scan through it, and you'll find a response. I love hearing from you all!! Please review!!
Okay, here's a speech guide-
"Let's go!"- normal speech (human-to-human/ Zoid-to-human/ Zoid-to-Zoid)
/Hey Shadow/- mind speech (Fury-to-Shadow/Raven)
'Great…'- thoughts (human thoughts/ Zoid thoughts)
I think that covers everything. Please leave a nice review!!XD
Ibeyla :P