Here' the second chapter. Sorry about the delay my USB drive got lost.
Imperial Base, 5:52 PM
Raven looked up at the three zoids in the hanger; they were all being checked especially the equipment for their charged particle guns such as tail vents, foot locks and what enabled them to gather said particles. Raven ran the list threw his mind.
"The Geno Breaker uses a charged particle convertor which just looks like some fancy vent to me. The Berserk Fuhrer uses those…egg beaters to magnetically gather the particles and the Gairyuki absorbs energy with those weird ray absorbing things. How did Prozen come up with stuff like this" he thought and then closed his eyes as he remembered how they were given the zoids.
(Flashback)
Prozen's Lab, 2:11 PM
The three boys stood in awe, it was enough of a surprise to see an entire secret laboratory that was literally under their noses but the sight of the three tyrannosaur zoids now left them completely speechless for several minutes at the gaped at them. The Geno Breaker was in the center and with the Berserk Fuhrer and Gairyuki flanking its right and left in that order and the area had been cleared of all other personnel.
"Well, what do you think?" Prozen asked after he thought they had enough time to recover from the shock.
"These, are byproducts? They look like top class machines" Blake said to him with disbelief in his voice.
"We say byproduct but in truth they are improvements on the old Genosaurer project" Prozen answered with that everlasting smirk on his face even though he really didn't want to have to explain the whole thing to them again.
"And you're just giving them to us, no test or anything?" Raven asked not wanting to accept the zoids with strings attached.
"If you can pilot them then they're yours" Prozen answered and was caught a bit off guard when Vega ran up and hugged him.
"You're the best dad on the whole of Zi" the young pilot said as he beamed at Prozen who's smirk turned into a small but genuine smile for just a few second before going back how it was.
"Blake, why don't you try first" Prozen said patting Vega on the head who giggled childishly while Raven was still too mesmerized by the zoids to scold Vega's immaturity like usual.
"Um, alright" Blake said a bit intimidated by the three zoids. He walked up to them and felt something inside that drew him towards the Gairyuki, he looked at the zoid which was looking right back at him. He shook it off and went for the Breaker instead. The zoid opened its chest mounted cockpit and the seat slid out until it was at ground level, Blake sat down in the chair which immediately slid back up into the zoid.
As soon as he put his hands on the controls the Breaker roared angrily and abruptly tilted forwards cause Blake to be thrown out and onto the floor. He groaned as he slowly got into a crouching stance, if it hadn't been for the intense training and hardening they were put through he was probably have broken something but then the angry roar of the Geno Breaker caught his attention as the zoid looked down at him.
The zoid lifted its foot and brought it down over Blake who closed his eyes and waited for the sudden crushing death but after a while the old sound he heard was metal hitting metal and the ever disgruntled roar of the red zoid. He opened his eyes to see the Gairyuki holding onto the Breaker's leg with its jaws, Blake wasted no time in getting up and moving away after which the blue zoid let go of the Breaker's leg. The red zoid's foot came down with a loud resonating thump as it growled at the Gairyuki who hissed back in a response.
"Blake are you okay?" Vega asked as he tugged on the older pilot's arm. Raven and Prozen just looked on eyes slightly widened at what had just happened.
"Yeah Vega, I'm fine" Blake answered not for one second taking his eyes off the two zoids. Then he began to walk forward again but stopped when he felt Vega still holding onto his arm. "It's okay Vega, I'll be alright" he reassured and Vega reluctantly let go. Blake kept moving towards the zoid but this time followed that feeling inside and went towards the Gairyuki, the zoid lowered its head and opened the cockpit. Blake got it and paused before touching the controls. With a heavy sigh he strapped himself in and placed his hand on the controls.
The zoid closed its cockpit and lifted its head. Prozen went truly wide eyed at how calm the zoid was to have a pilot in it. Blake relaxed in the seat and let a smile come across his face as he felt something right about piloting this zoid. The Gairyuki felt the same way, Blake's calm, laid back and understanding personality was just what it wanted, the other imperial soldiers where just to tense.
"I wanna go next" Vega said and ran up to the Fuhrer before anyone could object. He stopped and beamed at the large white zoid which tilted its head to look down at him. The Fuhrer could feel Vega's energetic and playful nature radiating from the young boy.
"Come on I want to pilot you, you're not as scary as the big red one" Vega said to the zoid which then lowered its head and opened that cockpit. Vega quickly jumped in and held onto the controls after strapping himself in. The Berserk Fuhrer raised its head and closed the cockpit for once not doing its namesake when a pilot dared to touch it. "He feels perfect!" Vega exclaimed over the zoid's external speakers and Prozen just nodded. The Fuhrer growled in acceptance, the boy's attitude was much better than the boring and strict soldiers that tried to pilot it all the other times.
"Well I guess it's my turn" Raven said and made a small gulp so no one would see, this was one of those few times he felt at least a pinch of fear after seeing how the Breaker reacted to Blake. "And you're the only one left" he said narrowing his eyes at the zoid which tilted it's head to look right at him and in Raven's mind narrowed its eyes to glare at him too. He walked over to the zoid who lowered the seat to the ground like it always did before sending an unworthy soldier running or left them flattened on the floor. Raven stared at the seat for a while and then looked back at Prozen who just gave him a very small reassuring smile. Raven didn't return the smile; he just turned back and sat in the seat which promptly slid back into the zoids chest. Raven got ready to jump and run if the zoid where to do the same it did to Blake but strangely the Breaker closed its cockpit and stayed calm even when Raven held onto the controls. The Breaker could feel Raven's cold and hostile nature, much better than those relatively soft soldiers that thought they had the guts to pilot it before.
"Unbelievable" Prozen muttered seeing how docile the three zoids acted with pilots in them. He then smirked. "Get ready to battle test them" he said.
(End flashback)
Raven opened his eyes only to see Blake standing right in front of him with a slightly curious look.
"What are you thinking about Raven?" the older of the two asked.
"None of your business Blake" Raven replied coldly narrowing his eyes at the other imperial pilot who just smirked a little and shook his head.
"We're brothers, we should be able to tell each other anything" Blake told him.
"You're not my real brother, the only one I share a shred of DNA with is Vega" Raven said turning around to leave the hanger.
"Well that doesn't seem to make much a difference as to how you treat us, so just tell me what's on your mind"
"Ugh, why do you always want to know what's in my head. Can't you just leave me in peace for once" Raven said turning back towards Blake with teeth bared and hand balled into fists.
"It's what older brother do Raven, just making sure you're okay" Blake said unaffected by Raven's actions. The younger dark haired pilot just scoffed before turning around and heading for a door.
"I'm fourteen, I don't need to be checked up on" he said as he opened the door only to come face to face with another boy about his age and height. The boy had light brown hair, light blue eyes and seemed nervous. He stood straight with a laptop held to his side and what looked like a Bluetooth headset on his left ear.
"Um, h-hello Raven" he answered awkwardly mustering up a smile. Raven just narrowed his eyes at the boy before walking right past him and down a hall.
"Oh Luke you here" Blake said walking up to the boy. "I take it that you dad is here too?" he asked and Luke simply nodded. "Good, come on I'll show you where Vega is" he said and walked down a hall in the opposite direction to the way Raven went with Luke following him.
Republican Base, 6:11 PM
Three Shield Ligers pulled into the hanger and came to a stop when they reached their parking spaces, the cockpits opened and one pilot jumped out from each. One had dark brown hair which was spikey at the front and pulled into a ponytail at the back, black eyes and a red mark resembling a bandage on the left side of his face. The other had blonde hair and turquoise eyes while the last one had dark blue hair and red eyes. All of them looked to be no more than sixteen; the brown haired one in fact looked as though he was even just fourteen.
"Hey Bit what you think could've done that?" the blue haired one asked the blonde.
"I don't know RD" Bit replied. "Any ideas Van?" he asked the other one.
"Not a clue, not even a Gojulas' cannons would be able to do that much destruction in that amount of time" the brown haired pilot replied. Just then a man with blonde hair, light blue eye and a light blue wide 'V' like mark under his left eye came up to them and the three boys saluted professionally.
"I'm glad you all got back here" the man said also saluting for a seconds which caused the boys to end their solute too.
"Major Herman, we have some disturbing news" Bit said.
"We already know. We saw the tape from some camera's that where set up there" Herman told the three who all went a bit wide eyed.
"So you saw the zoids that did it?" RD asked.
"Yes and they were like nothing I've ever seen. Get some rest and we'll have a general meeting first thing in the morning" Herman said. The three nodded and saluted once more before walking off to their rooms to rest. "Your fathers would be proud to see you like this" Herman said silently looking at them leave.
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