Whisperings of War

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Chapter 3: The Eve of Death

*~*Two days after Dr. Toros' incarceration, The Fornayak Mountains*~*

The Empress was growing impatient.

Twice now, she had been in to check the doctor. Both times she had failed to even get an insult from him. Another reason for her irritant behavior was that she was eager to return to her luxury of her grand place; the conditions of the constant stormy weather, the damp, coldness of the cave, and the bareness of the accommodations was not her idea of living. She glowered in her tent, situated with luxuries that any of the soldiers could only dream about.

On top of that, tenseness dwelled wherever she went. The Imperial Zoid Biologists estimated the awakening of the beast at any moment. The Empress prodded them for answers for her questions as well, but all they knew that the monster hidden in the strange glowing cocoon was the Eve of Death. They did not specialize in the studies of ancient Zoids history. Besides, all of the information pertaining to Zoid Eve, Ancient Zoidians, and the Eve of Death had been confiscated and kept under close scrutiny and supervision. They were the ones who had recommended Dr. Toros.

Right now, she was enjoying a peaceful sleep. The drumming of rain and rumble of thunder lulled her into dark oblivion.

"Your Highness," The young Lieutenant bowed as he entered the roomy tent, trying to keep his eyes riveted to the floor so as he did not goggle at the Empress's accommodations. He also didn't want to be thrashed because he interrupted her slumber. "The Doctor is wishing to see you."

The Empress always slept light, and at the General's words, she sat up strait quite suddenly and quite surprisingly. "Dose he now? Is he ready?"

The Lieutenant straitened up slowly, his eyes wandering to the rather comfortable looking winged armchair. Quickly, he focused on his Commander's face. He was obvious surprised at the Empress's behavior "Er, I don't know, Your Highness, but he's been pleading to see you." The Lieutenant wanted to add that he was getting increasingly annoying, but he decided to hold his tongue. He watched as Gygolous's ruler scurried through out her tent, flustered and muttering colorful language under her breath, and in a blatant rush. Brandishing her robe and slippers, she jogged briskly out of the tent. Leaving a very befuddled Lieutenant.

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"I must see her! Quick! Get up off your ass! Go get her!" The Doctor raved. The sentry on duty, who was leaning against the stone mouth trying to get some sleep, shot him an icy glare and reached into his pocket for his usual "mid-duty" snack. He was pleased to see it was an apple and he hurled it at the doctor.

"Here! Maybe that will shut you up!" The apple sunk into the edge of one the Commanders' sabers, which had been used to construct the small makeshift jail in which he was locked up. It consisted of bayonets, sticks and other miscellaneous things like that. The doctor sat in the rain, just outside the cave mouth. He wrenched the apple free and bit into it like a ravenous bear. Food! He hadn't had any for at least three days.

In his ferocity of devouring the apple, he dropped it in the muddy ground he was sitting in. (the sides of the "jail" were too short for him to stand) He cursed loudly, but picked it up and began eating again, mud and all. The sentry looked away disgusted.

Just then, the Empress rushed out of the cave passing the sentry like he wasn't there. He stood at attention either way though. Shockingly, she went right into the rain and knelt next to the doctor, taking no notice of the wetness and mud. "What do you know?"

The Doctor smiled. The Empress recoiled; it consisted of mud and apple bits. She looked back to the sentry who was still at attention. He just looked to the grim smile of the doctor and then back to the Empress. "It was the only thing I could do to shut him up, Your Highness. . ."

The Empress didn't answer and didn't seem to be angry. She gripped the hilt of a saber and wrenched it out of the mud. Before the Doctor could even move, she had grabbed his wrist, and with unbelievable strength, heaved the wretched creature out of his "prison", and dragged him into the cave, the saber still clutched in her wet palm.

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The Empress shook off her guards, who were protesting her recent performance and dragged her victim into her tent, and flung him into the winged armchair. Without taking notice of anything but the doctor, she held the dripping saber to his neck. He seemed to have regained his insolence and bravery, for he didn't not even flinch at the prodding of the cold steel.

"Tell me, Doctor." She said in a menacing growl. There was a pregnant pause, the only sound being the usual noise of the storm outside, and the dripping of the Empress's hair and robe. The Doctor finally decided to say something.

"I didn't tell you because I thought you were just bluffing. Trying to get all of the information from me so you could convince the Republic into fear. I thought you were going to use it as some bargain. . ."

"I don't want to here of your reasons for your damned insolence, fool! Tell me about the Eve of Death!"

The Doctor went on, like she had never spoken. "I thought is was just some intricate scheme, but I see now. . .It's real. . ."

"What are you rambling about?"

"There is a reason why that information was confiscated and kept confidential!" The brunette shouted. This seemed to confirm his wishes for the Empress not to interrupt anymore. He'd get there.

"To keep it from conniving people like you! But you found something better! You fond the real thing!

"I used to be Leon Toros. I used to be a Zoid Warrior. I used to live in ignorant bliss!"

The Empress almost thought he had gone crazy, maybe he was just ranting. She didn't see the point in what he was telling her, and she didn't like that. She pressed the saber blade harder against his neck, but before she could say anything the Doctor screamed.

"If you don't get that fucking thing away from my neck I'll use it on you! I'm not bound anymore! Remember!"

The Empress seemed unphased by this, she just prodded harder on the doctors neck.

"I won't tell you a damn word!"

The Empress shuddered as the words buried into her. She had never been treated like this before, but he was right. They clearly had each other by the tail. But the blade retained its position.

Leon blew up. In one swift movement, he knocked the saber from her grasp catching it as it flew in the air, then he lunged forward, and in a flash, was pinning the Empress to cold stone floor of the cave, the saber blade to her throat. The Empress shook with a mixture of fear, shock, confusion, and utter rage. The guards heard the commotion and rushed in to see what was happening. They immediately started for Leon, but he pressed the curved blade harder against the Empress's neck and said in a fury- filled under tone, his teeth clenched together. "You take one more step and she dies."

The guards automatically looked to the Empress, who nodded shakily. The guards nodded back, obviously apprehensive, and backed away to the wall of the tent, slowly.

Leon continued his tirade, as if nothing had happened. "I can't stand having to bare the burden of this information any longer! I made a mistake. That damn Bit Cloud is the reason for all this! Him and his spectacular Zoid was the whole reason I became fascinated in the first place!"

"He is hated by many." The empress said weakly, starting to regain some of her dignity.

"Yes." Leon said simply and quietly, his eyes misting over. He closed them and then opened them again, looking into the Empress's cold blue eyes with a mind-boggling, unreadable expression. "The Eve of Death is the exact opposite of the Zoid Eve." He said quietly, "The Zoid Eve is the Creator, the Healer, the Protector, the Savoir. . .Everything a God should be.

"It is said, that the Zoid Eve herself created the Eve of Death. She created it for the Armageddon that was inevitable. Every world must have one. She released it on Zi.

"The Ancient Zoidians, who worshipped Zoid Eve, were shocked. They asked why She did it, why now? She never answered. She felt pity for the Ancient Zoidains, so she banished the creature. From then on, the Ancient Zoidians and the Zoid Eve were bound together in some way. They praised Her graciousness and gratified Her in the highest regard. The Zoid Eve was the God, and the Eve of Death was the Devil.

"The Zoid Eve knew She had simply stalled the destruction. So a thousand years later, She woke the beast.

"It destroyed and killed at a terrifying rate. The fleeing Zoidains, in attempt to save themselves, created the Death Saurer. But the Eve of Death has a will of it's own.

"Instead of the Death Suarer protecting them, it joined forces with the Eve of Death. It destroyed them all."

"But-" the Empress began, but Leon broke her off.

"Some managed to be preserved in cryogenic hibernation, along with their faithful companions, Organiods, and some of their descendants still live today. Some may not have even been found yet. But I'm losing the point.

"After the task was complete, the Zoid Eve tried to banish the Eve of Death again. She found that with its accomplice, it was too strong. So, with another, unknown Zoid's help, She fought an amazing battle, defeating the Death Suarer and the Eve of Death. The Zoid that helped Her was said to have devolved from its state at that time to the original Zoid after the battle. There was said to be a Zoidian and Organiod fused with the Zoid, that caused the Zoid to evolve in the first place. In reward for their efforts, the Zoid Eve spared the two.

"The Eve of Death has been laying dormant ever since." Leon ended, his eyes closed again. The Empress lay silent, not knowing what to say.

"It bends to no one's whim. It knows no master. It will not take commands. You wake this creature, and it is sure to be the end of all life on Zi."

"Then why are the Zoids-"

"Because they have special capabilities! Because they are minions of Eve! Because they can fight!"

"But-"

"Listen, you have no idea what you're dealing with. The only reason Zoids are still here is because the Zoid Eve resurrected them. They all died!" He yelled, clearly losing control. The saber was quivering because Leon was shaking with rage. Then he suddenly broke down into helpless raking sobs. "Oh God! Bit! He's the one!" He choked out suddenly. His tears of rage and sadness rolled down his face and dropped on the Empress'. To her, they stung like acid. Like they contained all of his bitterness and regret. She had no idea what was going on, but she was too scared to speak.

She also couldn't speak for she was dead.

Leon had sliced her throat, the blood rushed across the floor of the cave, creeping to the feet of the dumb founded guards.

"To save you the trouble." Leon muttered

The brunette leapt up and the guards moved toward him. As if it never happened, they were laying crumpled on the floor and bleeding where the saber had penetrated their stomachs in a couple of seconds.

The crazed doctor rushed out into the cave, nobody was awake. He sprinted to a Redler swiftly and silently, making sure his blood-drenched saber didn't drip on any of the soldiers. He jumped in the cockpit and the air-borne Zoid came to life. He maneuvered it to the cave mouth, and prepared for take off.

Like the scurrying of ants from a morsel of food, the soldiers awoke and started grabbling for their guns. The older Lieutenant threw open the dual flaps of the tent, the younger lieutenant joining him a short while later.

"What the hell do you think your doing?" The blonde screamed idly at the retreating Zoid. He rushed forward and jumped into the cockpit of the other Redler, and started it up. The older Lieutenant ran after him, but it was too late. Leon had already taken off, and the young blonde was in the process of doing so.

"Oh, no you don't!" He said as he took off, feeling a rush of adrenaline that warmed his body and prepared him for the battle ahead. Leon noticed the pursuing Redler and accelerated. The Lieutenant narrowed his eyes and laughed to himself, he forgot this guy used to be a Warrior. But he hated Redlers. After centuries of difficulty with them, they were still the "pride of the Imperial air force". They had no weapons besides the tail spike and alloy talons, and on top of that, they were so hard to pilot. He was surprised that that doctor could control it as well as he was.

He erected his tail spike and accelerated until he was along side the doctor. Leon, either though he was having more luck piloting it than most others, was still having difficulty. With all his strength, which wasn't much after being deprived of food for so long, he threw himself on the controls, and did a turning dive. The lieutenant obviously had an advantage; he followed, piloting the difficult Zoid much more easily than the doctor. He got just above Leon's Redler and descended. The talons dug into the fuselage, and sparks and smoke spewed from the gaping holes left behind. Just when the Lieutenant thought he won, Leon erected his tail spike, they were so close, that the spike was buried almost it's whole length. As the enemy's Redler started to fall, the spike sliced into the belly of the Redler, leaving a long gash the length of Zoid.

The two Zoids fell together, and as they fell, it was then the Lieutenant saw why he was such a fool. They were going to crash right in Republic territory. He pulled his ejection lever, and he flew out of the doomed cockpit, falling slowly to the ground as the parachute unfurled.

Leon stayed in his Redler, almost unconscious with the violent spinning and diving of the cockpit. His already weak body gave in, his obscure senses oblivious to the danger he was in; in his mind he was falling, into warmth and safety, to a world with out trouble or worry, no thought at all. It would be so much easier just to give up. . .

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