Deathblade: It would seem that we've got some fan made ACs and Pilot. And
they are from a fellow Author named ShadowHawk. And here is Phantom, Pilot
of the AC Warcon.
Phantom: What the hell am I doing here and why have brought me here, human scum!?
Deathblade: You are here to be Stark's, aka Wraith, main rival. Because you were augmented on the same day that he was, but you didn't take your training very well due to some undisclosed information.
Phantom: This Stark, is he a Raven?
Deathblade: Yes, he is and he's one of the elites of the elites of the elites! He was the one actually killed Nine Ball. Poor guy was crushed in his core very slowly. But his social skills are much to be desired for. Plus he's an X, like you.
Phantom: The battle of the century. So when do 'I' appear?
Deathblade: In chapter 3:2, "Enter the Hunter".
Phantom: I like the title.
Deathblade: I knew you would.
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"In combat, once you've seen me it's already too late."
- Fade Xalon, Raven Pilot of the AC Silent Line
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Chapter 3:2
Enter the Hunter
On board a Space Station orbiting Earth, a pilot was walking towards the main Hangar Bay after being assigned a solo mission with extremely low chances of survival. In other word, they were his kind of odds. His mission is to hunt down, eliminate the remaining members of Apocolypse Squad and any witnesses nearby. The pilot can still remember the briefing in his mind.
* Flashback, a few minutes ago *
In the briefing room, the Pilot was with a representative on the government. "Phantom, is it? We got a job that requires your expertise." Said the representative.
"Yeah, what is it?" Replied Phantom in a cold rustic tone. 'Probably one of those team missions again. Foolish human, I should kill him where he stands!'
"Your mission, and yours alone. Is to find and eliminate the best Ravens out there." Said the contact.
"Eliminate them? I like the sound of that." Replied Phantom with a spin- chilling smirk.
"Upon completion you..." Said the contact.
"You can keep your lousy money! I'll be doing this for the pleasure of watching them squirm!" Interrupted Phantom as he was leaving the room.
"One more thing." Said the contact.
"What?" Asked the Ex-Raven.
"Leave no witnesses." Said the representative. Upon hearing that Phantom had a bigger smirk on his face, a smirk that would make anyone run in fear.
* End Flashback *
Upon reaching the hangar bay, Phantom saw his AC, Warcon, being loaded in a small high-speed interstellar transport, capable to carry three ACs, equipped with a Jump Drive. He was beyond ready to start his mission, so he hurried into the transport and they launched at high-speed. Phantom was alone on board as he engaged the jump drive to begin his hunt. Warcon was equipped with a prototype jump drive part for ACs. 'They shall know fear and they shall die!' He thought as the ship entered Hyperspace.
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Meanwhile thousands of light-years away, Stark's training kicked in as he woke, because his felt a hostile force approaching fast, a force he had not faced in decades. He turned his head to the left and saw Shion sleeping peacefully very close to him. So he gently dislodged himself from her hold without waking her up, which is not an easy task mind you. When he finally got up after almost waking her a few times, he took his armor. "I'm sorry, Shion. I can't have you involved in my problems." He whispered even though it pains him greatly for saying it. Before leave her quarters, he gave her a feather light kiss on her cheek. Once outside, he strapped on his armor and headed for the med bay they brought him in to retrieve his helmet. Once got his helmet back, he headed for the main cargo bay of the battleship. He was greatly depressed to leave the woman that he felt a connection in his heart. 'She's just like Jessica in many ways, but Jess is lying dead at the Olympus Spaceport on Mars. Because I was too weak to protect her.' He thought as he was mentally kicking himself in the ass. 'It would seem that the expression was right. "If a lovebird dies, the other simply gives up on living so it can join its mate." Well I simply need to leave this fleet and put some distance between me and Shion, then set the Omega generator on overload, destroying Black Plague and me with it. At least I'll go out with a bang.'
Back in Shion's quarter, Shion was dreaming a very peaceful dream. In her dream, she saw herself in a grassy field on Second Miltia. Until somebody decided to pay her a visit in her dream. "Huh? Who's there?" Asked Shion. A figure of a woman appeared in front of her and Shion was surprised to see that this woman look almost exactly like her. Her hair was longer and light red and her bust was bigger. "Who are you?"
"I am Stark's fiancé...or at least I was." She replied.
"Was? What happened?" Asked Shion.
"I died during the evacuation." Replied Jessica. Hearing that made Shion's face pale a bit.
"You're death? Then why are you here?" Asked Shion.
"You're just full of questions aren't you." Replied Jessica with a small laugh. "I'm here to tell you to take care of him, because you two are match made in heaven." That made Shion blush a light pink.
"I'm sure that he'll find someone else than me, because I'm too forgetful and someone said that I would soon forget my own head if it weren't screwed on." Said Shion. The dead Raven simply shook her head.
"Wrong, because the reason why he placed his arm around you is because he has feeling for you." Replied Jessica.
"Feeling for me?" Asked Shion and Jessica simply nodded.
"So look after him before he does something that he will regret." Replied the raven. "And be quick about it because he's about to leave. So...WAKE UP!"
As she woke, alarms were blaring loudly. So she got up and quickly put her jacket and glasses on, but she noticed that Stark was missing. She figured that he'd heard the alarms and went to assist the military to fend off the intruders. Shion tried to reach the lab, where she was working on her project, but she only gotten the busy signal saying that all class A and B users would take priority and that class C users would have to wait. On her way out, she noticed that there was a count down on her mini computer. "I don't believe it! KOS MOS is self-activating, but I thought we disable that protocol after the Ariandne incident two years ago! I got to get to the lab!" She exclaimed as she took her multi-weapon-system. Once outside, she saw that the aft bulkheads leading to the section of the ship where the lab was were closing. They closed just as she reached them; she then took out her computer and looked at the count down there was at least five minutes left. Shion was extremely worried that this archetype would go berserk like when the first did two years ago and claming the lives of almost every Vector employee and her first boyfriend, Kevin. So she started to move towards the prow of the ship, but when she saw the invaders, she let out a sharp and loud gasp at them. "Gnosis! But how did they get here? Without using the Hilbert Effect, attacking them is useless." She said to no one in particular. "I better make a run for it." So she ran while avoiding every gnosis.
Meanwhile outside, the Federation fleet was doing very poorly against the Gnosis, they were struggling to hold back the attackers, but they were failing miserably. Until a small transport exited hyperspace and a red and black humanoid medium weight AC came out. "Remember Nine-Ball, destroy everything and leave nothing standing." Ordered Phantom. "You cost me a lot of creds so make it go to waste."
"Affirmative. Initiating combat maneuvers Omega." Replied a computerized Nine-Ball as it charged a small group of agws.
When one of the agws pilots saw, it was already too late he and his squad were decimated by Nine-Ball's medium machine gun. Then a Large Gnosis floated right in front of the AC, the pilot engaged the over-boosters along with its laser blade and slashed cleanly through the Xenomorph. Being of the same wavelength frequency as the Martian Disorder units, the Gnosis were easily destroyed by Nine-Ball's weapons. Phantom was watching the resurrected Nine-Ball decimate the opposition with great pleasure. "That must have been the best Idea I ever had, rebuilding the legendary Nine- Ball, the first Raven X." Said Phantom, while watching the battle front his transport with glee.
During that time, Black Plague was around two thousand kilometers away from the battle and it's pilot was about to do the ultimate sacrifice to rejoin his fiancée, Jessica,...self-destruct. Just when he was about to set the omega generator on Overload, a distress signal from the Woglinde requesting immediate assistance from anyone in the area. Stark turned his AC to see what was the commotion. What he saw really made him hold his breath. Just then he thought of the one person he cared on the battleship. 'Shion!' He thought. His face went completely emotionless. "Mission Accepted." He said very coldly as Black Plague went to full combat mode and went full Over boost towards the battlefield.
Phantom was about to join the battle, when the radar signaled a new hostile incoming. What he saw surprised him, it was his old partner before he went freelance, the one that destroyed the original Nine-Ball. "It's been a while, Wraith, but I wonder how you'll fare against this version of the legendary Raven and he has a thirst for revenge." He said to himself.
Outside, the Gnosis have manage to get the golden object from the Woglinde just as Stark arrived. There he saw an AC he thought to have destroyed three centuries ago, so he targeted the AC, open the missile pods that were on Black Plague's shoulders and legs and fired a swarm of warhead. Nine- Ball saw the missiles and activated the shoulder mounted interceptors. Stark saw that all his missiles were destroyed , he extended his arm mounted cannon, but every time he had Nine-Ball in his sight. "Dammit, he too fast for my cannon and every time I launch missiles he retaliates." He told himself. So he charged the AC while using both machine guns. Stark managed to destroy the Mobile Doll's right arm weapon while barely avoiding the rockets that his opponent shot at him. The battle almost exactly the same as it was all those years ago, but this time he's alone instead of being ten ACs on one. Nine-Ball grabbed Black Plague and went to ram the Woglinde at full speed.
On board the Battleship, Shion was trying to get to the aft lab by going the long way around and looking for survivors as well. She entered another crewmen's quarters with a view outside. There she both Black Plague and Nine-Ball closing in fast. Shion didn't have to react when both ACs hit the ship, shattering the Plexiglas and de-compressing the room while blowing her outside into open space. Shion began searching for air.
Seeing what happened to Shion, Stark pulled a very dangerous maneuver. He opened the main hatch of his AC and pulled her inside. Once in, he closed up his AC and pressurized the cockpit. "You alright?" Asked a worried Stark.
"Yeah, thanks for the rescue. I owe you one." She replied while taking deep breaths.
"Don't mention it." He said. Then he turned his attention back to Nine- Ball. "Okay, you goddamn, mother-fucking, Son a of bitch, bastard, I'm gonna make you wish you STAYED dead!" He added while being beyond pissed. (A/N: Cue, One Winged Angel!) So he discarded his empty machine guns and gave Nine-Ball a strong punch to the head, then a hard knee in the gut and a double downward fist slam crushing the AC head in the process. Black Plague then ripped off Nine-Ball's Laser Blade and crushed it. He grabbed Nine-Ball and over boosted towards the Woglinde, plowing right into the port side cargo hold. Nine-Ball's AC was very badly damaged and completely defenseless. Black Plague erected his green laser blade and pumped more power into it. He raised his arm to give the finishing blow to his opponent. "Time to die, you prick." Added Stark very coldly. The black AC brought down his blade very strongly and slashed Nine-Ball in half. The remains were sparking and detonated, destroying the far wall of the cargo hold. "This time, stay dead." Said Stark. During the fight, Shion saw an all-new side to Stark's personality. He was a ruthless killer in combat, he offered no-quarters and gave none. That is what the doctor meant by the perfect weapon, he kills first and asks questions later, much later.
Phantom watched the battle with extreme fascination for he saw the true colors of his old partner. Even though, hundreds of thousands of credit got flushed down the crapper, he was pleased with the results. "Time to go. Plus I'll need a place to setup shop." He said as he engaged the jump drive out of the sector.
Inside Black Plague, Shion got herself comfortable on Stark's lap, removed his helmet and let it float away. "Stark?" She asked.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Is there a bathroom on this thing?" She asked.
"Welcome to my world." He replied with a small laugh that escapes him.
TBC.........
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Deathblade: Well that's it for Chapter 3.
Phantom: You actually wrote: 'Cue, One Winged Angel'?
Deathblade: Yeah, so? I like that song, it's Safer Sephiroth's Theme song.
Phantom: Never mind. So whom am I going to be paired with?
Deathblade: You'll see. Here's a hint: She's the second in command of U- Tic
Phantom: Whoa, I think I'll enjoy being here.
Deathblade: All right readers get reviewin'!
Phantom: What the hell am I doing here and why have brought me here, human scum!?
Deathblade: You are here to be Stark's, aka Wraith, main rival. Because you were augmented on the same day that he was, but you didn't take your training very well due to some undisclosed information.
Phantom: This Stark, is he a Raven?
Deathblade: Yes, he is and he's one of the elites of the elites of the elites! He was the one actually killed Nine Ball. Poor guy was crushed in his core very slowly. But his social skills are much to be desired for. Plus he's an X, like you.
Phantom: The battle of the century. So when do 'I' appear?
Deathblade: In chapter 3:2, "Enter the Hunter".
Phantom: I like the title.
Deathblade: I knew you would.
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"In combat, once you've seen me it's already too late."
- Fade Xalon, Raven Pilot of the AC Silent Line
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Chapter 3:2
Enter the Hunter
On board a Space Station orbiting Earth, a pilot was walking towards the main Hangar Bay after being assigned a solo mission with extremely low chances of survival. In other word, they were his kind of odds. His mission is to hunt down, eliminate the remaining members of Apocolypse Squad and any witnesses nearby. The pilot can still remember the briefing in his mind.
* Flashback, a few minutes ago *
In the briefing room, the Pilot was with a representative on the government. "Phantom, is it? We got a job that requires your expertise." Said the representative.
"Yeah, what is it?" Replied Phantom in a cold rustic tone. 'Probably one of those team missions again. Foolish human, I should kill him where he stands!'
"Your mission, and yours alone. Is to find and eliminate the best Ravens out there." Said the contact.
"Eliminate them? I like the sound of that." Replied Phantom with a spin- chilling smirk.
"Upon completion you..." Said the contact.
"You can keep your lousy money! I'll be doing this for the pleasure of watching them squirm!" Interrupted Phantom as he was leaving the room.
"One more thing." Said the contact.
"What?" Asked the Ex-Raven.
"Leave no witnesses." Said the representative. Upon hearing that Phantom had a bigger smirk on his face, a smirk that would make anyone run in fear.
* End Flashback *
Upon reaching the hangar bay, Phantom saw his AC, Warcon, being loaded in a small high-speed interstellar transport, capable to carry three ACs, equipped with a Jump Drive. He was beyond ready to start his mission, so he hurried into the transport and they launched at high-speed. Phantom was alone on board as he engaged the jump drive to begin his hunt. Warcon was equipped with a prototype jump drive part for ACs. 'They shall know fear and they shall die!' He thought as the ship entered Hyperspace.
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Meanwhile thousands of light-years away, Stark's training kicked in as he woke, because his felt a hostile force approaching fast, a force he had not faced in decades. He turned his head to the left and saw Shion sleeping peacefully very close to him. So he gently dislodged himself from her hold without waking her up, which is not an easy task mind you. When he finally got up after almost waking her a few times, he took his armor. "I'm sorry, Shion. I can't have you involved in my problems." He whispered even though it pains him greatly for saying it. Before leave her quarters, he gave her a feather light kiss on her cheek. Once outside, he strapped on his armor and headed for the med bay they brought him in to retrieve his helmet. Once got his helmet back, he headed for the main cargo bay of the battleship. He was greatly depressed to leave the woman that he felt a connection in his heart. 'She's just like Jessica in many ways, but Jess is lying dead at the Olympus Spaceport on Mars. Because I was too weak to protect her.' He thought as he was mentally kicking himself in the ass. 'It would seem that the expression was right. "If a lovebird dies, the other simply gives up on living so it can join its mate." Well I simply need to leave this fleet and put some distance between me and Shion, then set the Omega generator on overload, destroying Black Plague and me with it. At least I'll go out with a bang.'
Back in Shion's quarter, Shion was dreaming a very peaceful dream. In her dream, she saw herself in a grassy field on Second Miltia. Until somebody decided to pay her a visit in her dream. "Huh? Who's there?" Asked Shion. A figure of a woman appeared in front of her and Shion was surprised to see that this woman look almost exactly like her. Her hair was longer and light red and her bust was bigger. "Who are you?"
"I am Stark's fiancé...or at least I was." She replied.
"Was? What happened?" Asked Shion.
"I died during the evacuation." Replied Jessica. Hearing that made Shion's face pale a bit.
"You're death? Then why are you here?" Asked Shion.
"You're just full of questions aren't you." Replied Jessica with a small laugh. "I'm here to tell you to take care of him, because you two are match made in heaven." That made Shion blush a light pink.
"I'm sure that he'll find someone else than me, because I'm too forgetful and someone said that I would soon forget my own head if it weren't screwed on." Said Shion. The dead Raven simply shook her head.
"Wrong, because the reason why he placed his arm around you is because he has feeling for you." Replied Jessica.
"Feeling for me?" Asked Shion and Jessica simply nodded.
"So look after him before he does something that he will regret." Replied the raven. "And be quick about it because he's about to leave. So...WAKE UP!"
As she woke, alarms were blaring loudly. So she got up and quickly put her jacket and glasses on, but she noticed that Stark was missing. She figured that he'd heard the alarms and went to assist the military to fend off the intruders. Shion tried to reach the lab, where she was working on her project, but she only gotten the busy signal saying that all class A and B users would take priority and that class C users would have to wait. On her way out, she noticed that there was a count down on her mini computer. "I don't believe it! KOS MOS is self-activating, but I thought we disable that protocol after the Ariandne incident two years ago! I got to get to the lab!" She exclaimed as she took her multi-weapon-system. Once outside, she saw that the aft bulkheads leading to the section of the ship where the lab was were closing. They closed just as she reached them; she then took out her computer and looked at the count down there was at least five minutes left. Shion was extremely worried that this archetype would go berserk like when the first did two years ago and claming the lives of almost every Vector employee and her first boyfriend, Kevin. So she started to move towards the prow of the ship, but when she saw the invaders, she let out a sharp and loud gasp at them. "Gnosis! But how did they get here? Without using the Hilbert Effect, attacking them is useless." She said to no one in particular. "I better make a run for it." So she ran while avoiding every gnosis.
Meanwhile outside, the Federation fleet was doing very poorly against the Gnosis, they were struggling to hold back the attackers, but they were failing miserably. Until a small transport exited hyperspace and a red and black humanoid medium weight AC came out. "Remember Nine-Ball, destroy everything and leave nothing standing." Ordered Phantom. "You cost me a lot of creds so make it go to waste."
"Affirmative. Initiating combat maneuvers Omega." Replied a computerized Nine-Ball as it charged a small group of agws.
When one of the agws pilots saw, it was already too late he and his squad were decimated by Nine-Ball's medium machine gun. Then a Large Gnosis floated right in front of the AC, the pilot engaged the over-boosters along with its laser blade and slashed cleanly through the Xenomorph. Being of the same wavelength frequency as the Martian Disorder units, the Gnosis were easily destroyed by Nine-Ball's weapons. Phantom was watching the resurrected Nine-Ball decimate the opposition with great pleasure. "That must have been the best Idea I ever had, rebuilding the legendary Nine- Ball, the first Raven X." Said Phantom, while watching the battle front his transport with glee.
During that time, Black Plague was around two thousand kilometers away from the battle and it's pilot was about to do the ultimate sacrifice to rejoin his fiancée, Jessica,...self-destruct. Just when he was about to set the omega generator on Overload, a distress signal from the Woglinde requesting immediate assistance from anyone in the area. Stark turned his AC to see what was the commotion. What he saw really made him hold his breath. Just then he thought of the one person he cared on the battleship. 'Shion!' He thought. His face went completely emotionless. "Mission Accepted." He said very coldly as Black Plague went to full combat mode and went full Over boost towards the battlefield.
Phantom was about to join the battle, when the radar signaled a new hostile incoming. What he saw surprised him, it was his old partner before he went freelance, the one that destroyed the original Nine-Ball. "It's been a while, Wraith, but I wonder how you'll fare against this version of the legendary Raven and he has a thirst for revenge." He said to himself.
Outside, the Gnosis have manage to get the golden object from the Woglinde just as Stark arrived. There he saw an AC he thought to have destroyed three centuries ago, so he targeted the AC, open the missile pods that were on Black Plague's shoulders and legs and fired a swarm of warhead. Nine- Ball saw the missiles and activated the shoulder mounted interceptors. Stark saw that all his missiles were destroyed , he extended his arm mounted cannon, but every time he had Nine-Ball in his sight. "Dammit, he too fast for my cannon and every time I launch missiles he retaliates." He told himself. So he charged the AC while using both machine guns. Stark managed to destroy the Mobile Doll's right arm weapon while barely avoiding the rockets that his opponent shot at him. The battle almost exactly the same as it was all those years ago, but this time he's alone instead of being ten ACs on one. Nine-Ball grabbed Black Plague and went to ram the Woglinde at full speed.
On board the Battleship, Shion was trying to get to the aft lab by going the long way around and looking for survivors as well. She entered another crewmen's quarters with a view outside. There she both Black Plague and Nine-Ball closing in fast. Shion didn't have to react when both ACs hit the ship, shattering the Plexiglas and de-compressing the room while blowing her outside into open space. Shion began searching for air.
Seeing what happened to Shion, Stark pulled a very dangerous maneuver. He opened the main hatch of his AC and pulled her inside. Once in, he closed up his AC and pressurized the cockpit. "You alright?" Asked a worried Stark.
"Yeah, thanks for the rescue. I owe you one." She replied while taking deep breaths.
"Don't mention it." He said. Then he turned his attention back to Nine- Ball. "Okay, you goddamn, mother-fucking, Son a of bitch, bastard, I'm gonna make you wish you STAYED dead!" He added while being beyond pissed. (A/N: Cue, One Winged Angel!) So he discarded his empty machine guns and gave Nine-Ball a strong punch to the head, then a hard knee in the gut and a double downward fist slam crushing the AC head in the process. Black Plague then ripped off Nine-Ball's Laser Blade and crushed it. He grabbed Nine-Ball and over boosted towards the Woglinde, plowing right into the port side cargo hold. Nine-Ball's AC was very badly damaged and completely defenseless. Black Plague erected his green laser blade and pumped more power into it. He raised his arm to give the finishing blow to his opponent. "Time to die, you prick." Added Stark very coldly. The black AC brought down his blade very strongly and slashed Nine-Ball in half. The remains were sparking and detonated, destroying the far wall of the cargo hold. "This time, stay dead." Said Stark. During the fight, Shion saw an all-new side to Stark's personality. He was a ruthless killer in combat, he offered no-quarters and gave none. That is what the doctor meant by the perfect weapon, he kills first and asks questions later, much later.
Phantom watched the battle with extreme fascination for he saw the true colors of his old partner. Even though, hundreds of thousands of credit got flushed down the crapper, he was pleased with the results. "Time to go. Plus I'll need a place to setup shop." He said as he engaged the jump drive out of the sector.
Inside Black Plague, Shion got herself comfortable on Stark's lap, removed his helmet and let it float away. "Stark?" She asked.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Is there a bathroom on this thing?" She asked.
"Welcome to my world." He replied with a small laugh that escapes him.
TBC.........
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Deathblade: Well that's it for Chapter 3.
Phantom: You actually wrote: 'Cue, One Winged Angel'?
Deathblade: Yeah, so? I like that song, it's Safer Sephiroth's Theme song.
Phantom: Never mind. So whom am I going to be paired with?
Deathblade: You'll see. Here's a hint: She's the second in command of U- Tic
Phantom: Whoa, I think I'll enjoy being here.
Deathblade: All right readers get reviewin'!
