New Generation

A trio of Rev Raptors was walking along a field. They knew their prey was out there, but just not where. Because of that reason, they moved as if they were in a pit of hungry lions.

Suddenly, one of them was shot, and the system froze. When his two companions looked at where the attack came from, they saw a Gunsniper on the ledge of a cliff. Its tail gun was aimed right at the last two Raptors.

"Split up," yelled the leader, "I'll distract her while you sneak up from behind."

But that didn't happen. The second Rev Raptor was heading around to the back of the cliff, when a Lightning Saix sped by. It knocked the Zoid over, and shot it with the back mounted canons before it could recover. Another Raptor was out.

The leader of the Rev Raptor group began to run for cover in order to think of a plan. But suddenly, he saw a strange Liger type Zoid in front of him. It looked similar to a Blade Liger, but was a rare white color, with white wings on the back.

The Liger let out a challenging roar. Both Zoids then began to charge each other. Suddenly, the Liger's golden claws began to glow. Then it unleashed a Strike Laser Claw attack, and froze the third Rev Raptor's system.

"The battle is over. The battle is over," called The Judge, "The winner is…The Blitz Team."

At once, the Liger's cockpit opened. Out came a teenage girl. She had short messy magenta hair and violet eyes. On her head was a female Celic style headpiece. Her battle costume consisted of a white sleeveless shirt, baggy lavender shorts, and gray boots and gauntlets.

Her mind began to wander. 'My name is Serena Lynn Cloud. I am the daughter of the warriors Bit and Leena Cloud. My dad's parents are the Zoid breeders Faye and Fredrick Cloud. Mom's dad is Dr. Steve Toros, and her mom is Princess Laro—Lyla in the Zian dialect—Lunar Toros of Planet Celine. I am sixteen-years-old, and have a ten-year-old brother named Daniel—who we call Danny.

She looked at the Zoid she was riding in. 'My partner is the Ultimate X, Cosmos Liger. My grandparents bred him, and gave him to me for my sixteenth birthday. His Organoid is Ryo, the son of my parents' Organoids and my childhood best friend.'

Just then, the Gunsniper approached her. Out came a red-haired girl with blue eyes. Her hair was a circle of spikes at the bottom—which was just below her shoulders—and she wore a green clip at the part in her hair. She wore a sleeveless black shirt, baggy red shorts, red boots, and yellow gauntlets. "Great fight Serena," said the girl.

Serena smiled. 'My best human friend is the Gunsniper pilot Ilene Hunter. She's the fifteen-year-old daughter of Brad and Naomi Hunter. We've been like sisters ever since we were real little kids.'

At that moment, the Lightning Saix joined the two girls. Out came a brown- eyed boy with light brown hair in a mushroom cut. He had on a light blue sleeveless shirt, baggy dark blue shorts, black boots, and silver gauntlets. The boy exclaimed, "Another win for us."

Serena laughed. 'That's Alexander Larson, our third warrior. His mom—Chris Larson—is the sister-in-law of mom's cousin Jack Sisco. So we've known each other since we were kids as well. Get this, he's the same age as me. For about three years now, I've been harboring a secret crush on him. I mean, it's not like we're related by blood or anything."

They ran their Zoids back to a waiting Hovercargo. 'Our team is called The Blitz Team. It was originally the name of Grandpa Toros's fraternity team back in the Zoid academy. It was later reborn as the team mommy and daddy were on. Now, after an eleven year hiatus, it's back as our team.'

The three warriors ran inside the Hovercargo, and parked their Zoids. After entering the control room, they saw three younger kids. The oldest was a boy with dark green eyes and brown hair that framed his face. He had on a sleeveless green shirt, baggy black shorts, and white boots. The younger boy had blue eyes and black hair. He wore a sleeveless white shirt, baggy gray pants, and blue boots. Finally, the young girl had gray eyes and light brown hair. She had on a sleeveless aqua shirt, baggy green shorts, and brown boots.

Serena turned and smiled at the older boy. She gave him a V with her second and third fingers. 'This is my thirteen-year-old cousin Steven Toros. He's the son of my Uncle Leon and Aunt Julianna. The younger boy is eleven-year-old Issac Hemeros. His parents are Jamie and Fara Hemeros, and his grandfather Oscar is Grandpa Toros's best friend. Finally, the girl is Luka Sisco, the daughter of mom's cousin Jack and his wife Kelly. She is also eleven. The three of them are too young to battle for real, but they make up our Central Command. Basically, they watch for unexpected attacks and feed us the strategies. They are also learning to pilot Zoids for when they get older.'

"Good show everyone," commented Steven, "Let's call our parents and tell them the news.

So they got on the videophone, and called Toros Base, where all there parents currently lived. Serena was the first to get on the phone. A ten- year-old blond boy with green eyes who wore his hair down to his shoulders answered. "Hi sis, how goes?" he asked.

Serena answered, "Danny, we just got our tenth strait win. Let me talk to mom and dad."

"Ok," replied Danny. He left the screen, and a minute later Bit and Leena stepped in front of it. Both of them wore gigantic smiles.

"Danny just told us the news," said Leena, "We're proud of you Serena."

"You've become a fine warrior, just like we said you would," put in Bit. No doubt he was thinking about the Rev Raptor incident eleven years ago.

After Serena talked for awhile, the rest of the team took their turns. When they were done, the group went down to the kitchen for dinner.

It was evening before they reached Toros Base. It was where they planned strategy, sent and received battle requests, repaired their Zoids, and spent time with their parents—in Serena, Issac, and Luka's case, their grandparents too. But Serena, who was a child prodigy, could pilot the Hovercargo with no problems, so there was no need for the adults to come unless the trip was overnight. Besides, Ryo was better than any watchdog.

The six said hello to their families. Stories of past battles were swapped, and everyone laughed. Each of them had a favorite battle, whether it was the time when Harry unveiled his useless "Harry Champ Super Omega Cheetahtron Mark III", or the time The Zaber Fangs crashed at the Royal Cup. It was well into the night before they finally went to bed.

Serena lay awake until past midnight. Worried lines were crossing her brow. She couldn't shake the feeling that something horrible was going to happen, something that would bring her and her friends to the brink of disaster.

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First chapter finally up. I haven't gotten around to writing the whole thing yet, so this may take a long time to finish. Well, this was basically written as an introduction to the characters. I'll describe their regular clothes in the next chapter. Also introduce some minor characters. Oh, and the errors I fixed were mostly made out of frustration because my computer shut down on me when I was typing, in between saves. So I had to type some of the story all over again.