A/N: I'm sorry to all the O'Connel fans out there! . I didn't mean it to
sound like O'Connel sucks or anything. I just wanted it to sound like Van
was being all snotty just cuz he was in a high rank...
You? Looking for a friend? Hah. No offense human, but judging by all the hate and darkness in your soul, I don't think you'd have any friends at all.
I cringed at the comment. Then I started to realize what the zoid was doing. "What?! You can see into my soul?" I yelled, throwing away my tough- guy act.
In a away little human, yes, the cat-like zoid nodded its head.
"Well I have eternal hate and no one can change that!" I said with much dignity.
The cat zoid laughed cruelly. No creature has eternal hate human child. All hate is temporary, no matter how much you convince yourself that you are evil. Now, about your friend...
Then I saw him. The dark shape on top of the zoid's head.
"Shadow!?"
The cat zoid laughed its cold laugh again. Oh, you wish human. I have only tapped into your memory bank and produced this illusion of your friend, Shadow.
Then a voice seemed to come from deeper within my head. As they were being produced by my own brain. 'I can see your thoughts. I feel your affection, and your hate. Use this zoid. It has the ability to travel through time. I can help you enslave it. With it, you can change everything...'
I clutched my head. "Get out of my head!" I screamed.
Suddenly the image of Shadow disappeared. Instead, I saw the illusion of a city, burning with timeless fire. There was a Genosaurer standing not too far away. My head pained again.
"Ahh!" I was tearing at my hair, trying everything to make the pain cease. But it would not.
There was a high-pitched noise in my head, then, I noticed it wasn't just inside my head. I could hear it with my ears as well. The noise seemed to affect the cat zoid as well. It started to stagger, trying to regain balance. The illusion of burning buildings disappeared. A Genosaurer was standing with its mouth open, and a Blade Liger was ripping through the charged particle cannon, and its blade clashed with the Genosauer's gaping mouth. I saw the explosion, and it was as if I was reliving that terrible moment. I stopped clutching my head, and looked down at the scars on my hands. Suddenly I was boiling with rage, and I didn't even notice that the cat-type zoid had fallen. I was going to kill again. The people would quiver at the mere mention of my name. I would rule this entire world by fear!
'Yes,' the voice said. 'Be angry, for I feed on the anger in your heard and soul. Let me live inside your essence, and I will guide you to domination.'
**End of Flash Back**
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The six slowly drift back into consciousness. Reigan was the first to become fully aware of what had happened, and slowly got out of the cockpit. The air seemed cleaner, and fresher. The land they were on was a vast open plain. This was so different from where her home was. It was like something she'd see in a dream. There was a rustling behind her, and she turned around, ready to pound whoever was sneaking up on her. It just happened to be unlucky Van, and he ended up on the ground, with Reigan's fist and inch away from his nose.
"Ah! Van!" Reigan said jumping off Van's chest.
"Oww..." Van said still on the ground.
"It was your fault for sneaking up on me!!" Reigan said, accusingly waving her finger at Van, who still hadn't gotten up.
Then a cannon shot landed right next to Van, lifting him into the air.
"Yaaaaaahh!!!" Van yelled, flailing his arms as he started to plummet toward the ground.
But the Blade Liger/Zeke caught Van in its mouth just before he hit the ground.
"Whoa. Thanks Zeke..."
Van was carried to safety, as was Reigan by her Konig Wolf/organoid.
"Thanks Angelo," Reigan said, addressing her organoid.
The wolf/Angelo growled happily. Out of the ground where Van and Reigan had been, sleeper Guysacks began to rise.
"That's strange... We didn't even fire any weapons, and the zoids are not Republican or Imperial," Van pondered.
"Umm... Actually," Reigan said guiltily. "my zoid was made by the Imperial forces."
"But I thought the Imperial army had no Command Wolves, and you said the original design was from the wolves." Moonbay said.
"Yeah, that's why they made the Konig Wolf. A wolf is the perfect design for a zoid, but the Empire wanted to outdo the Republic, and created the Konig Wolf. But strangely enough, they were only able to create one Konig. Also, the Konig tends to overheat, so it has a built in cooling system that was very complicated to create."
The other's thought about that for a while. But then a Guysack appeared out of nowhere, and its pincer was coming down toward them, cutting through the air like a bullet. There was a boom, and the Guysack was on its back. Smoke rose from the barrel of the Konig's Dual sniper cannon.
You guys have to be more aware about what's around you, Irvine's voice came from the Arsenal Bay of the Konig Wolf. Hehe. I like this spot. I don't have to worry about driving the zoid, I only have to blast everything into smithereens! Irvine laughed coldly.
"Uh yeah. Thanks Irvine," Thomas said, with a sweat drop.
Well we'd better get outta here before the others find you. Oh wait. Here they come. Irvine turned the dual sniper cannon toward the approaching Guysacks, and started to shoot at them with deadly accuracy.
Van, Fiona, and Thomas crammed into the cockpit of the Blade Liger, and Reigan and Moonbay jumped into the cockpit of the firing Konig Wolf.
"Hold on tight Moonbay," Reigan said as she pushed the wolf forward.
With an eerie howl, the Konig Wolf charged toward the sea of Sleeper Guysacks. Just as the Blade Liger and Konig wolf were about to clash with the Guysacks, Reigan stopped. She saw a silver, sleek cat-like zoid come out of nowhere and pounce on the Guysacks. Almost half of the army was destroyed in under a minute. Irvine started to fire the Dual sniper cannon again, mostly trying to get Reigan charging again than to shoot down the Guysacks. Van pushed the Blade Liger forward, blades extended, booster on. He took out about a third of the Guysacks that were left. Reigan and Irvine took out the remaining two-thirds with the sniper cannon and the electrostatic bite fangs. The cooling system was almost at its max, as the last Guysack fell. The two zoids turned to the unknown zoid.
"Who are you?! Why did you just barge into our battle like that?!" Van growled at the zoid.
There was an oddly familiar laugh. "You should at least say thanks. I saved your skins out there."
Van was too shocked to speak. Could it be...him?
"Why should we thank you?! We coulda taken out that measly little army!" Irvine snarled, his hands tightly around the controls, trying to restrain himself from shooting the unknown zoid.
It seemed that Van was the only one to know who the unknown warrior was.
"Why did you help us... Raven?"
Everyone was silent, as the realized the truth.
Raven laughed coldly again. "Good for you Van. You're not as stupid as this nitwit over there," Raven said, turning the zoid's head toward Irvine.
'Control Irvine. Control yourself...' Irvine thought to himself as he tightened his grip around the controls, turning his knuckles white.
"Anyway, I just wanted to make it easier for you to identify me through your little chase. And, I wanted to give you a demonstration of my new zoid."
"Well if I take you out now, we won't have to chase you!" Irvine lost control and started to fire away with the Sniper cannon.
The cat-zoid swiftly moved away from all the shots.
"Uh, uh Irvine. You need to work on your aim. Well, now the clash starts Van. Good-bye," Raven said with slight amusement. "Until we meet again."
The cat zoid disappeared.
"Huh?" Thomas gasped as he rubbed his eyes, not exactly believing what he saw.
"Cloaking device. Raven's zoid has a cloaking device," Van said, to no one in particular.
Then, the Blade Liger began to growl.
"What's wrong Zeke?" Fiona asked, worried.
She followed Zeke's gaze. On the edge of a cliff, stood a dark figure. It roared and took wing, as trail of light following closely behind.
"Shadow," Moonbay said darkly.
To Be Continued...
You? Looking for a friend? Hah. No offense human, but judging by all the hate and darkness in your soul, I don't think you'd have any friends at all.
I cringed at the comment. Then I started to realize what the zoid was doing. "What?! You can see into my soul?" I yelled, throwing away my tough- guy act.
In a away little human, yes, the cat-like zoid nodded its head.
"Well I have eternal hate and no one can change that!" I said with much dignity.
The cat zoid laughed cruelly. No creature has eternal hate human child. All hate is temporary, no matter how much you convince yourself that you are evil. Now, about your friend...
Then I saw him. The dark shape on top of the zoid's head.
"Shadow!?"
The cat zoid laughed its cold laugh again. Oh, you wish human. I have only tapped into your memory bank and produced this illusion of your friend, Shadow.
Then a voice seemed to come from deeper within my head. As they were being produced by my own brain. 'I can see your thoughts. I feel your affection, and your hate. Use this zoid. It has the ability to travel through time. I can help you enslave it. With it, you can change everything...'
I clutched my head. "Get out of my head!" I screamed.
Suddenly the image of Shadow disappeared. Instead, I saw the illusion of a city, burning with timeless fire. There was a Genosaurer standing not too far away. My head pained again.
"Ahh!" I was tearing at my hair, trying everything to make the pain cease. But it would not.
There was a high-pitched noise in my head, then, I noticed it wasn't just inside my head. I could hear it with my ears as well. The noise seemed to affect the cat zoid as well. It started to stagger, trying to regain balance. The illusion of burning buildings disappeared. A Genosaurer was standing with its mouth open, and a Blade Liger was ripping through the charged particle cannon, and its blade clashed with the Genosauer's gaping mouth. I saw the explosion, and it was as if I was reliving that terrible moment. I stopped clutching my head, and looked down at the scars on my hands. Suddenly I was boiling with rage, and I didn't even notice that the cat-type zoid had fallen. I was going to kill again. The people would quiver at the mere mention of my name. I would rule this entire world by fear!
'Yes,' the voice said. 'Be angry, for I feed on the anger in your heard and soul. Let me live inside your essence, and I will guide you to domination.'
**End of Flash Back**
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The six slowly drift back into consciousness. Reigan was the first to become fully aware of what had happened, and slowly got out of the cockpit. The air seemed cleaner, and fresher. The land they were on was a vast open plain. This was so different from where her home was. It was like something she'd see in a dream. There was a rustling behind her, and she turned around, ready to pound whoever was sneaking up on her. It just happened to be unlucky Van, and he ended up on the ground, with Reigan's fist and inch away from his nose.
"Ah! Van!" Reigan said jumping off Van's chest.
"Oww..." Van said still on the ground.
"It was your fault for sneaking up on me!!" Reigan said, accusingly waving her finger at Van, who still hadn't gotten up.
Then a cannon shot landed right next to Van, lifting him into the air.
"Yaaaaaahh!!!" Van yelled, flailing his arms as he started to plummet toward the ground.
But the Blade Liger/Zeke caught Van in its mouth just before he hit the ground.
"Whoa. Thanks Zeke..."
Van was carried to safety, as was Reigan by her Konig Wolf/organoid.
"Thanks Angelo," Reigan said, addressing her organoid.
The wolf/Angelo growled happily. Out of the ground where Van and Reigan had been, sleeper Guysacks began to rise.
"That's strange... We didn't even fire any weapons, and the zoids are not Republican or Imperial," Van pondered.
"Umm... Actually," Reigan said guiltily. "my zoid was made by the Imperial forces."
"But I thought the Imperial army had no Command Wolves, and you said the original design was from the wolves." Moonbay said.
"Yeah, that's why they made the Konig Wolf. A wolf is the perfect design for a zoid, but the Empire wanted to outdo the Republic, and created the Konig Wolf. But strangely enough, they were only able to create one Konig. Also, the Konig tends to overheat, so it has a built in cooling system that was very complicated to create."
The other's thought about that for a while. But then a Guysack appeared out of nowhere, and its pincer was coming down toward them, cutting through the air like a bullet. There was a boom, and the Guysack was on its back. Smoke rose from the barrel of the Konig's Dual sniper cannon.
You guys have to be more aware about what's around you, Irvine's voice came from the Arsenal Bay of the Konig Wolf. Hehe. I like this spot. I don't have to worry about driving the zoid, I only have to blast everything into smithereens! Irvine laughed coldly.
"Uh yeah. Thanks Irvine," Thomas said, with a sweat drop.
Well we'd better get outta here before the others find you. Oh wait. Here they come. Irvine turned the dual sniper cannon toward the approaching Guysacks, and started to shoot at them with deadly accuracy.
Van, Fiona, and Thomas crammed into the cockpit of the Blade Liger, and Reigan and Moonbay jumped into the cockpit of the firing Konig Wolf.
"Hold on tight Moonbay," Reigan said as she pushed the wolf forward.
With an eerie howl, the Konig Wolf charged toward the sea of Sleeper Guysacks. Just as the Blade Liger and Konig wolf were about to clash with the Guysacks, Reigan stopped. She saw a silver, sleek cat-like zoid come out of nowhere and pounce on the Guysacks. Almost half of the army was destroyed in under a minute. Irvine started to fire the Dual sniper cannon again, mostly trying to get Reigan charging again than to shoot down the Guysacks. Van pushed the Blade Liger forward, blades extended, booster on. He took out about a third of the Guysacks that were left. Reigan and Irvine took out the remaining two-thirds with the sniper cannon and the electrostatic bite fangs. The cooling system was almost at its max, as the last Guysack fell. The two zoids turned to the unknown zoid.
"Who are you?! Why did you just barge into our battle like that?!" Van growled at the zoid.
There was an oddly familiar laugh. "You should at least say thanks. I saved your skins out there."
Van was too shocked to speak. Could it be...him?
"Why should we thank you?! We coulda taken out that measly little army!" Irvine snarled, his hands tightly around the controls, trying to restrain himself from shooting the unknown zoid.
It seemed that Van was the only one to know who the unknown warrior was.
"Why did you help us... Raven?"
Everyone was silent, as the realized the truth.
Raven laughed coldly again. "Good for you Van. You're not as stupid as this nitwit over there," Raven said, turning the zoid's head toward Irvine.
'Control Irvine. Control yourself...' Irvine thought to himself as he tightened his grip around the controls, turning his knuckles white.
"Anyway, I just wanted to make it easier for you to identify me through your little chase. And, I wanted to give you a demonstration of my new zoid."
"Well if I take you out now, we won't have to chase you!" Irvine lost control and started to fire away with the Sniper cannon.
The cat-zoid swiftly moved away from all the shots.
"Uh, uh Irvine. You need to work on your aim. Well, now the clash starts Van. Good-bye," Raven said with slight amusement. "Until we meet again."
The cat zoid disappeared.
"Huh?" Thomas gasped as he rubbed his eyes, not exactly believing what he saw.
"Cloaking device. Raven's zoid has a cloaking device," Van said, to no one in particular.
Then, the Blade Liger began to growl.
"What's wrong Zeke?" Fiona asked, worried.
She followed Zeke's gaze. On the edge of a cliff, stood a dark figure. It roared and took wing, as trail of light following closely behind.
"Shadow," Moonbay said darkly.
To Be Continued...