Disclaimer:I own the charcters Kevin and Siege, nothing else
The day after I met Leena at the café, her brother Leon came to my Whale King to talk to me.
"Nice Whale King you've got here. Not many with this kind of paint job."
"My Whale King is the only one with this paint job."
"Right, what do you do for a living? Are you a bounty hunter or something?" he asked suspiciously.
"No, nothing more than a drifter. And yes I do have an organoid as you see." I said, motioning to Siege. I wasn't wearing my shades so my whole act would seem convincing. So far, it was working.
"Leena told me that your name is Kevin. So are you-"
"No, I'm not!" I replied forcefully. I laid my act on even thicker.
"Why do people always mistake me for him! I've seen the guy before, and he doesn't have an organoid, it's just a robot designed to look like one. So our eyes are the same color. And I've heard rumors that his Whale King can change color with a flick of a switch. My organoid is real, and my Whale King can't change color." Thankfully, my face had flushed, making my act that much more convincing.
"Okay! Sorry I asked!" he said, looking nervous.
"Should be."
With that, he left. I breathed a large sigh of relief. Something still bothered me though. I went through all the areas he had gone through and I found a few listening devices. Apparently, he didn't trust me when he first arrived. The question was, did he trust me when he left, or was my act TOO convincing.
Later that day, I was cruising around town in my hummer. I stopped by the local Media Play to see if they had anything good in. I wasn't there planning on buying anything, I was looking to check out the latest version of the Bloody Roar fighting game. I had been playing for a few minutes when someone walked up behind me.
"Your pretty good Hazel eyes." Leena said mockingly.
"Thanks," I said, hitting the reset button and turning around to look at her.
"No problem."
"I told you my name, why not use it?"
"I don't know."
"Well, your the first person in a long time whom I've told my name to, so use it please."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"What?"
"That I'm the first person you've told your name to in a long time."
"Time will tell." I said. I walked past her and ran right into her brother. 'Perfect' I thought.
"Well Kevin, I went around and asked about what you told me, and people said they'd heard em' before." Guess it was a good idea to spread those rumors about me in the last town I was in.
"So you believe me then."
"Yeah. Hey, where's your organoid?"
"Look were people aren't." I replied, smiling evilly.
"Right." He walked off. I let out an inward sigh of relief. As I started to leave, Leena put a hand on my shoulder. I looked over my shoulder at her.
"Yes?"
"Do you want me to show you around town?"
"Some other time, I've got business to attend to later."
"Okay." she replied, obviously disappointed.
"SIEGE!" I yelled quickly at the top of my lungs. He trotted up to me moments later.
"Time to go." He growled in acknowledgement. I didn't want to turn down Leenas' offer, but after what happened those years ago, I had vowed never to let anyone get close to me again. I just wondered why she had taken such an interest to me. No matter.
Back at my Whale King, I relived that horrible moment that happened three years ago, and what followed the event.
My family and I had gathered in Romeo Cities main square, because the republic president had come to deliver a speech. About halfway through, a bomb went off half way between where my family was and the podium. I managed to survive, but my family wasn't so lucky. They were all dead. The president had survived though. A minor relief compared to what had happened to me. I vowed then to never let anyone get close to me again and that I would hunt down whoever did this. A month or two later, I got in contact with a world renowned assassin, and he taught me everything he knew. I then went and killed the man who set the bomb and the man who ordered the assassination in the first place. Not long after, I met Siege and the Dark Spiner. They were both in some ruins that I had to land at to make some repairs to my Whale King. And so my life went, one hit after another, and now here I was. Money wise, I was well off, but I was nothing like what I had been before my family died. Siege helped a little, but it was not enough. No time to dwell on the past though, I have work to do.
I had gone to try and get Toros again, this time I was inside the building across from the base. As soon as he walked out of the base, he'd be mine. I only had to wait a few minutes. The Shadow Fox pilot, Brad, came out first followed by the Doc. I took aim with my rifle, and was lined up perfectly. Then Brad had to turn around to say something to the Doc. He noticed to laser dot on his chest, and tackled him to the ground as soon as I pulled the trigger.
"Damn!" I murmured. I went to leave, but the police had already arrived. Two red dots appeared on the floor of the room I was in. 'Snipers, beautiful.' I managed to take one out but the other had managed to get a shot off on me while I had my back turned. The bullet tore through my left arm.
"Ah, SHIT!!!" I said as quietly as I could manage. I held my arm and telepathically told Siege to get the Spiner ready. I looked out one of the front windows. Nothing more than a few standard Command Wolves. Siege will have no trouble at all. A few minutes later, an energy beam blew the Command Wolves away. The Spiner pulled up close to the window so I could get in.
"All right Siege, lets go." I said as the cockpit closed. We left as quickly as the Spiners' repulsor engines would carry us.
"Did you guys see who jumped into that Zoid?" asked Leena.
"No, I didn't." said Bit. Everyone else said they hadn't.
Her dad was too busy to answer, he was rambling on about the Zoid. Leena caught that it was called a Dark Spiner, but not much else. 'That looked a lot like Kevin.' she thought to herself, nervously.
The next day, I had gone to the café I had met Leena in. It didn't hold any sentimental value, I just like the tea. Siege was curled up at my feet, just like the last time I was here, when he told me that Leena was coming. I tried to hide my left arm as best I could.
"Back again huh?" she asked, sitting across from me again.
"I like the tea, is that a crime?"
"No."
"I'm glad." I replied, trying to sound unconcerned.
"You hear what happen yesterday?"
"No."
"Someone tried to kill my dad." The way she said it made me nearly spit out my last sip of tea.
"Your kidding right?" I said, trying to sound surprised. The way things were going, I didn't know how much longer I could keep up this act.
"No. And you know what bothers me?"
"No, what?"
"The assassin looked a lot like you." she said, a bit of an edge in her voice.
"I know who you're talking about, and it wasn't me. I can't help it if I look like him." She was eying me less warily, until she saw some of the bandage that I hadn't managed to keep out of view.
"You know, one of the snipers there said he shot the guy in the left arm."
"So?"
"What happened to your left arm?"
"Cut it workin on my Zoid." This was not going well.
"Oh, okay. You want to take me up on my offer now?"
"Huh? Oh, right! Sure why not." She let me finish my tea, and when I had paid, she got up to get ready to leave. I nudged Siege and he was up in an instant.
"Just the two of us." Leena said sternly.
"Right, Siege head back to the Whale King." He reluctantly agreed. Things were not going to end well.
She showed me around town, like she said she would, but she wouldn't stop asking prying questions. She asked for my last name, but I told her the only people that had known my last name died three years ago.
"Family?"
"Yes."
"I sorry I asked." she said when she saw that my face had contorted a bit.
"Don't worry about it." I hated being reminded of that event. So things went, she told me all the good places to eat and shop in town. I thanked her, dropped her off at the Toros base, and drove off. Great, she had seen me. I going to have to finish things real soon, because if I don't, I doubt Toros will be the one ending up dead. I probably would.
The day after I met Leena at the café, her brother Leon came to my Whale King to talk to me.
"Nice Whale King you've got here. Not many with this kind of paint job."
"My Whale King is the only one with this paint job."
"Right, what do you do for a living? Are you a bounty hunter or something?" he asked suspiciously.
"No, nothing more than a drifter. And yes I do have an organoid as you see." I said, motioning to Siege. I wasn't wearing my shades so my whole act would seem convincing. So far, it was working.
"Leena told me that your name is Kevin. So are you-"
"No, I'm not!" I replied forcefully. I laid my act on even thicker.
"Why do people always mistake me for him! I've seen the guy before, and he doesn't have an organoid, it's just a robot designed to look like one. So our eyes are the same color. And I've heard rumors that his Whale King can change color with a flick of a switch. My organoid is real, and my Whale King can't change color." Thankfully, my face had flushed, making my act that much more convincing.
"Okay! Sorry I asked!" he said, looking nervous.
"Should be."
With that, he left. I breathed a large sigh of relief. Something still bothered me though. I went through all the areas he had gone through and I found a few listening devices. Apparently, he didn't trust me when he first arrived. The question was, did he trust me when he left, or was my act TOO convincing.
Later that day, I was cruising around town in my hummer. I stopped by the local Media Play to see if they had anything good in. I wasn't there planning on buying anything, I was looking to check out the latest version of the Bloody Roar fighting game. I had been playing for a few minutes when someone walked up behind me.
"Your pretty good Hazel eyes." Leena said mockingly.
"Thanks," I said, hitting the reset button and turning around to look at her.
"No problem."
"I told you my name, why not use it?"
"I don't know."
"Well, your the first person in a long time whom I've told my name to, so use it please."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"What?"
"That I'm the first person you've told your name to in a long time."
"Time will tell." I said. I walked past her and ran right into her brother. 'Perfect' I thought.
"Well Kevin, I went around and asked about what you told me, and people said they'd heard em' before." Guess it was a good idea to spread those rumors about me in the last town I was in.
"So you believe me then."
"Yeah. Hey, where's your organoid?"
"Look were people aren't." I replied, smiling evilly.
"Right." He walked off. I let out an inward sigh of relief. As I started to leave, Leena put a hand on my shoulder. I looked over my shoulder at her.
"Yes?"
"Do you want me to show you around town?"
"Some other time, I've got business to attend to later."
"Okay." she replied, obviously disappointed.
"SIEGE!" I yelled quickly at the top of my lungs. He trotted up to me moments later.
"Time to go." He growled in acknowledgement. I didn't want to turn down Leenas' offer, but after what happened those years ago, I had vowed never to let anyone get close to me again. I just wondered why she had taken such an interest to me. No matter.
Back at my Whale King, I relived that horrible moment that happened three years ago, and what followed the event.
My family and I had gathered in Romeo Cities main square, because the republic president had come to deliver a speech. About halfway through, a bomb went off half way between where my family was and the podium. I managed to survive, but my family wasn't so lucky. They were all dead. The president had survived though. A minor relief compared to what had happened to me. I vowed then to never let anyone get close to me again and that I would hunt down whoever did this. A month or two later, I got in contact with a world renowned assassin, and he taught me everything he knew. I then went and killed the man who set the bomb and the man who ordered the assassination in the first place. Not long after, I met Siege and the Dark Spiner. They were both in some ruins that I had to land at to make some repairs to my Whale King. And so my life went, one hit after another, and now here I was. Money wise, I was well off, but I was nothing like what I had been before my family died. Siege helped a little, but it was not enough. No time to dwell on the past though, I have work to do.
I had gone to try and get Toros again, this time I was inside the building across from the base. As soon as he walked out of the base, he'd be mine. I only had to wait a few minutes. The Shadow Fox pilot, Brad, came out first followed by the Doc. I took aim with my rifle, and was lined up perfectly. Then Brad had to turn around to say something to the Doc. He noticed to laser dot on his chest, and tackled him to the ground as soon as I pulled the trigger.
"Damn!" I murmured. I went to leave, but the police had already arrived. Two red dots appeared on the floor of the room I was in. 'Snipers, beautiful.' I managed to take one out but the other had managed to get a shot off on me while I had my back turned. The bullet tore through my left arm.
"Ah, SHIT!!!" I said as quietly as I could manage. I held my arm and telepathically told Siege to get the Spiner ready. I looked out one of the front windows. Nothing more than a few standard Command Wolves. Siege will have no trouble at all. A few minutes later, an energy beam blew the Command Wolves away. The Spiner pulled up close to the window so I could get in.
"All right Siege, lets go." I said as the cockpit closed. We left as quickly as the Spiners' repulsor engines would carry us.
"Did you guys see who jumped into that Zoid?" asked Leena.
"No, I didn't." said Bit. Everyone else said they hadn't.
Her dad was too busy to answer, he was rambling on about the Zoid. Leena caught that it was called a Dark Spiner, but not much else. 'That looked a lot like Kevin.' she thought to herself, nervously.
The next day, I had gone to the café I had met Leena in. It didn't hold any sentimental value, I just like the tea. Siege was curled up at my feet, just like the last time I was here, when he told me that Leena was coming. I tried to hide my left arm as best I could.
"Back again huh?" she asked, sitting across from me again.
"I like the tea, is that a crime?"
"No."
"I'm glad." I replied, trying to sound unconcerned.
"You hear what happen yesterday?"
"No."
"Someone tried to kill my dad." The way she said it made me nearly spit out my last sip of tea.
"Your kidding right?" I said, trying to sound surprised. The way things were going, I didn't know how much longer I could keep up this act.
"No. And you know what bothers me?"
"No, what?"
"The assassin looked a lot like you." she said, a bit of an edge in her voice.
"I know who you're talking about, and it wasn't me. I can't help it if I look like him." She was eying me less warily, until she saw some of the bandage that I hadn't managed to keep out of view.
"You know, one of the snipers there said he shot the guy in the left arm."
"So?"
"What happened to your left arm?"
"Cut it workin on my Zoid." This was not going well.
"Oh, okay. You want to take me up on my offer now?"
"Huh? Oh, right! Sure why not." She let me finish my tea, and when I had paid, she got up to get ready to leave. I nudged Siege and he was up in an instant.
"Just the two of us." Leena said sternly.
"Right, Siege head back to the Whale King." He reluctantly agreed. Things were not going to end well.
She showed me around town, like she said she would, but she wouldn't stop asking prying questions. She asked for my last name, but I told her the only people that had known my last name died three years ago.
"Family?"
"Yes."
"I sorry I asked." she said when she saw that my face had contorted a bit.
"Don't worry about it." I hated being reminded of that event. So things went, she told me all the good places to eat and shop in town. I thanked her, dropped her off at the Toros base, and drove off. Great, she had seen me. I going to have to finish things real soon, because if I don't, I doubt Toros will be the one ending up dead. I probably would.