Disclaimer:I don't own Zoids, but I do own the characters Kevin, Zephyr, and Siege. (felt like written an actuall disclaimer this time)
It had been almost three weeks since the incident with Zephyr. Kevins' anger was pretty much gone being that Leena had made a full recovery and the team was being assigned their next mission. They were currently in being briefed on the upcoming mission.
"Listen up Marauders, this battle will be conducted in a terrain you are all unfamiliar with."
"What kind of terrain sir?" asked Kevin.
"You will be staging an amphibious assault."
"Actually, some of my team have experience with underwater Zoids. I, myself, have piloted a Barigator before and Bit and Leena have both piloted War Sharks."
"Good. This assault will require the use of three Barigators and three Hammer Heads. The Hammer Head pilots will be-"
"Sir," Kevin interrupted.
"Yes?"
"Can I assign who pilots what? I do believe I know the capabilities of my team better than you sir."
"All right then, you will be in charge of assignment."
"Yes sir." said Kevin, snapping a salute from where he sat.
"Bit, Brad, and I will pilot the Barigators. And Leena, Leon, and Naomi will pilot the Hammer Heads."
"Understood. Prepare to deploy."
"Sir" said everyone standing and snapping a salute. All except for Doc that is.
"Dismissed."
"Why'd you put me in a Hammer Head Kevin?" asked an aggravated Naomi.
"Well, you've always liked to have a feeling of power..." Kevin said, trailing off.
"Right." replied Naomi, still none to happy.
"Leena's in one because of the fire power."
"I thought that's why I got assigned to one."
"And Leon, well Leon's piloting one just cause."
"Nice logic Kev." said Leon.
"Thanks." said Kevin, smiling lopsidedly. He thought he saw someone following them when he turned to look at Leon, but he figured it was just his imagination.
"So why'd you put Bit and I in the Barigators Kev?"
"Well, you two pilot Zoids that are all around good. Barigators are pretty well rounded Zoids, so you get the picture."
"Right." said Brad chuckling.
"And I'm in the Hover Cargo, right Kev?" asked Jamie
"Yup. We'll need you to provide us with info as things progress. Amphibious Zoid battles are much different than aerial or ground Zoid battles. Info needs to be funneled to the pilot quite often."
"What about me?" asked Doc.
"You are going to provide battle advice and whatnot." 'And play with your Zoid models, that's a given.' thought Kevin. Siege started chuckling, well...sort of.
"All right, what did Kevin think this time Siege?" asked Leena. Siege just shook his head, and Kevin breathed a small sigh of relief.
"It wasn't anything bad about me was it?" said Leena, turning to Kevin.
"No, no, not at all Leena. I couldn't find anything wrong with you if I tried." said Kevin, a little nervously.
"He's good." Naomi whispered to Brad. Leena was one of the few people that could actually make Kevin nervous, and she was proud of it.
"Uh huh. Lets just get going."
"Kay Leena." Siege growled to Kevin as everyone started walking. Kevin turned around to see a plant sitting near a door they walked by. The thing was it hadn't been there when they walked by. Kevin and Siege started walking towards it.
"Hey Kev, we gotta get going!" shouted Leena, from down the hall.
"All right, comin'." Kevin turned back to Siege.
"Come on, lets go."
From inside his 'disguise' Harry breathed a sigh of relief as Kevin and his organoid walked away. He couldn't let him find out that he was still after Leena. What he didn't realize, is that Kevin suspected something was going on.
The Marauders had deployed and were in position to launch their Zoids. The Hammer Heads launched first, to give the Barigators some support, if needed. Barigators were no were near as heavily armed as a Hammer Head, but they were faster and had a thick armor. Kevin had his Barigator modified. It no longer had the four shot missile launcher in between its' hips. It's two 20mm cannons were still there, but Kevin had four eight shot torpedo launchers installed one on each shoulder and hip. Bit and Brad had left their Barigators the way they were.
"Bit, Brad, stay back and keep watch over the Hammer Heads. I'm gonna do some scouting."
"Copy that."
The Hover Cargo was staying far enough behind to avoid detection from the enemy, but close enough to observe what was going on. Everyone watched as Kevins' Barigator disappeared down into the murk. Kevin had gone down to the bottom, keeping just above it to avoid detection, and moving slow enough not to be registered as a Zoid by any motion detectors that might be around.
"Siege, you sense anything yet?"
"No." Suddenly, the Barigator sensed something coming. As it lifted its' head up to look, Kevin caught a glimpse of a very large group of War Sharks heading in the direction he had come. He radioed back to warn the rest of the team, but the War Sharks had already gotten there. Kevin turned the Barigator around, going top speed, but keeping low to the bottom to stage a surprise attack.
"How many War Sharks are there Jamie?" shouted Bit.
"At least 25."
"Not good." Everyone had preped in the simulators for underwater combat, but it was still harder than everyone had expected. Brad had just tossed a War Shark out of the Barigators' mouth when three more came and started harassing him. Something shot up from the bottom, catching one of the War Sharks and carrying it along towards the surface.
Kevin breached his Barigator, War Shark in its' mouth, and smashed the thing against the surface. The War Shark broke in half, and Kevin went back down for his next victim.
The number of War Sharks was slowing falling, but there were still quite a few left. Naomi was being chased when a torpedo came from above and destroyed it. Kevins' Barigator swam up next to Naomi.
"Miss me?"
"Yes and no."
"Thanks a lot."
Kevin grabbed on to a near by War Shark and shook it like a rag doll. Parts of the Zoid started falling off, and Kevin let it go. It sank to the bottom and Kevin got an idea. He, Brad, and Bit went down so they could come up and surprise the War Sharks. Kevin let lose all of his remaining torpedoes and destroyed many of the remaining War Sharks. Leena, Naomi, and Leon had pretty much finished them off, leaving three for Bit, Brad, and Kevin. Bit and Brad tore the War Sharks they were fighting apart, while Kevin bit the one he was fighting in half. When they were done, they went back into the Hover Cargo to reload.
"That was actually kind of fun!" said Leena, entering the tactics room of the Hover Cargo.
"Speak for yourself." said Bit as he sat in a chair, exhausted.
"It wasn't that bad, right Siege?"
Siege roared in agreement with Kevin.
"Alright guys, they know we're here, so we're gonna have to hit the base soon. The Barigators will take out any land based Zoids that pose a problem, and the Hammer Heads will deal with most of the underwater enemies."
"Okay."
"Doc, are you prepping my Gator?"
"It'll be ready in a few minutes."
"Good. Once it's ready, we attack."
When they launched, they saw what was up with Kevins' Gator. Kevin had put on a double barreled beam cannon, like the one that Brad used on his Command Wolf, before it was destroyed. When they reached the base, Kevin unloaded all his torpedoes on the enemy Zoids that had been deployed and jettisoned the torp pods when they were empty. After that, Kevin, Bit, and Brad got their Barigators on land and started attacking the floating base. The three of them had to deal with mostly Heldigunners. They were doing pretty good, and Kevins beam cannon was coming in very handy. Under water, everyone was faring well too. Things went even better when Bit and Brad came back under. Kevin was still topside, taking out the last few problems. Leena had radioed him and told him that they were done there. Kevin told her he'd be there in a minute. When Kevin turned back to what he was doing, Zephyr landed in front of him.
"Not so hot now huh?"
"This isn't the time or the place Zephyr." said Kevin, looking around at the crumbling base.
"Why do you say that?" responded Zephyr. As soon as he finished his sentence, a piece of the base next to Kevin broke away. Kevin took the opportunity to dive into the hole it formed, effectively escaping from Zephyr.
"Guys, get outta here!" said Kevin while he was diving.
"Why?" asked Bit.
"Zephyr's topside, That's why!"
"Okay, I think it's time to leave!"
The Marauders managed to get away without having to deal with Zephyr. They were all thankful for that. They were back at the base for debriefing. When they were done, Kevin and Leena went to get something to eat. As they were walking down the hall, Siege stopped suddenly, turned around, and let out an angry roar.
"What's up Siege?"
"Someone's following us." Siege growled.
"What'd he say?"
"He said someone's followin' us Leena." said Kevin, drawing his gun.
"I understood the some part, but not the rest."
"You're developing a telepathic link with Siege? Well, we must be really close for Siege to do something like that."
"I think it's involuntary Kev."
"Whatever, we'll talk about it later." Siege walked down the hallway, found someone hiding around a corner, grabbed him in his teeth, and threw him against the opposite wall.
"Harry?"
"Yeah, that'd be me."
"Why are you following us?"
"So I could keep an eye on Leena?" Harry said nervously.
"God, don't tell me your ass is still obsessing over Leena."
"That kinda what it is." said Harry quietly. Leenas' headdress went up in a V shape.
"You still LIKE ME???" she said, anger creeping into her voice.
"Well, see, the thing is, I'm happy that your happy Leena, but-"
"But WHAT?"
"But I'm not happy seeing you with anyone but me." Leenas' anger started to build.
"I think we should leave, NOW." Kevin whispered to Siege. He quietly growled his agreement. As they ran from Leena and Harry, multiple crashes, smashes, and other loud noises started following them.
"Not good..." Kevin muttered to himself. Suddenly, a lead pipe flew by Kevin and Siege. They stopped so suddenly, that Harry ran into them.
"I've got you now!" shouted Leena coming up the hall. Harry had gotten up in time to see a computer keyboard flying at him. He ducked out of the way, but being that Kevin and Siege were still standing there in amazement, Kevin got nailed in the back of the head. Kevin was okay, but he was having a hard time getting back up. When he finally did, he turned and looked at Leena and Harry.
"Sorry honey, I didn't mean to hit you." said Leena, nervously.
"It's not your fault that you hit me, or this whole thing got started. It's Harrys' fault." said Kevin, looking at Harry. And if looks could kill, Harry would have died 10 times over. Kevin charged Harry as he started running down the hall. Leena and Siege watched Kevin chase Harry down the hall.
"Harry's hopeless." grumbled Siege.
"I agree." said Leena, understanding what he said.
It had been almost three weeks since the incident with Zephyr. Kevins' anger was pretty much gone being that Leena had made a full recovery and the team was being assigned their next mission. They were currently in being briefed on the upcoming mission.
"Listen up Marauders, this battle will be conducted in a terrain you are all unfamiliar with."
"What kind of terrain sir?" asked Kevin.
"You will be staging an amphibious assault."
"Actually, some of my team have experience with underwater Zoids. I, myself, have piloted a Barigator before and Bit and Leena have both piloted War Sharks."
"Good. This assault will require the use of three Barigators and three Hammer Heads. The Hammer Head pilots will be-"
"Sir," Kevin interrupted.
"Yes?"
"Can I assign who pilots what? I do believe I know the capabilities of my team better than you sir."
"All right then, you will be in charge of assignment."
"Yes sir." said Kevin, snapping a salute from where he sat.
"Bit, Brad, and I will pilot the Barigators. And Leena, Leon, and Naomi will pilot the Hammer Heads."
"Understood. Prepare to deploy."
"Sir" said everyone standing and snapping a salute. All except for Doc that is.
"Dismissed."
"Why'd you put me in a Hammer Head Kevin?" asked an aggravated Naomi.
"Well, you've always liked to have a feeling of power..." Kevin said, trailing off.
"Right." replied Naomi, still none to happy.
"Leena's in one because of the fire power."
"I thought that's why I got assigned to one."
"And Leon, well Leon's piloting one just cause."
"Nice logic Kev." said Leon.
"Thanks." said Kevin, smiling lopsidedly. He thought he saw someone following them when he turned to look at Leon, but he figured it was just his imagination.
"So why'd you put Bit and I in the Barigators Kev?"
"Well, you two pilot Zoids that are all around good. Barigators are pretty well rounded Zoids, so you get the picture."
"Right." said Brad chuckling.
"And I'm in the Hover Cargo, right Kev?" asked Jamie
"Yup. We'll need you to provide us with info as things progress. Amphibious Zoid battles are much different than aerial or ground Zoid battles. Info needs to be funneled to the pilot quite often."
"What about me?" asked Doc.
"You are going to provide battle advice and whatnot." 'And play with your Zoid models, that's a given.' thought Kevin. Siege started chuckling, well...sort of.
"All right, what did Kevin think this time Siege?" asked Leena. Siege just shook his head, and Kevin breathed a small sigh of relief.
"It wasn't anything bad about me was it?" said Leena, turning to Kevin.
"No, no, not at all Leena. I couldn't find anything wrong with you if I tried." said Kevin, a little nervously.
"He's good." Naomi whispered to Brad. Leena was one of the few people that could actually make Kevin nervous, and she was proud of it.
"Uh huh. Lets just get going."
"Kay Leena." Siege growled to Kevin as everyone started walking. Kevin turned around to see a plant sitting near a door they walked by. The thing was it hadn't been there when they walked by. Kevin and Siege started walking towards it.
"Hey Kev, we gotta get going!" shouted Leena, from down the hall.
"All right, comin'." Kevin turned back to Siege.
"Come on, lets go."
From inside his 'disguise' Harry breathed a sigh of relief as Kevin and his organoid walked away. He couldn't let him find out that he was still after Leena. What he didn't realize, is that Kevin suspected something was going on.
The Marauders had deployed and were in position to launch their Zoids. The Hammer Heads launched first, to give the Barigators some support, if needed. Barigators were no were near as heavily armed as a Hammer Head, but they were faster and had a thick armor. Kevin had his Barigator modified. It no longer had the four shot missile launcher in between its' hips. It's two 20mm cannons were still there, but Kevin had four eight shot torpedo launchers installed one on each shoulder and hip. Bit and Brad had left their Barigators the way they were.
"Bit, Brad, stay back and keep watch over the Hammer Heads. I'm gonna do some scouting."
"Copy that."
The Hover Cargo was staying far enough behind to avoid detection from the enemy, but close enough to observe what was going on. Everyone watched as Kevins' Barigator disappeared down into the murk. Kevin had gone down to the bottom, keeping just above it to avoid detection, and moving slow enough not to be registered as a Zoid by any motion detectors that might be around.
"Siege, you sense anything yet?"
"No." Suddenly, the Barigator sensed something coming. As it lifted its' head up to look, Kevin caught a glimpse of a very large group of War Sharks heading in the direction he had come. He radioed back to warn the rest of the team, but the War Sharks had already gotten there. Kevin turned the Barigator around, going top speed, but keeping low to the bottom to stage a surprise attack.
"How many War Sharks are there Jamie?" shouted Bit.
"At least 25."
"Not good." Everyone had preped in the simulators for underwater combat, but it was still harder than everyone had expected. Brad had just tossed a War Shark out of the Barigators' mouth when three more came and started harassing him. Something shot up from the bottom, catching one of the War Sharks and carrying it along towards the surface.
Kevin breached his Barigator, War Shark in its' mouth, and smashed the thing against the surface. The War Shark broke in half, and Kevin went back down for his next victim.
The number of War Sharks was slowing falling, but there were still quite a few left. Naomi was being chased when a torpedo came from above and destroyed it. Kevins' Barigator swam up next to Naomi.
"Miss me?"
"Yes and no."
"Thanks a lot."
Kevin grabbed on to a near by War Shark and shook it like a rag doll. Parts of the Zoid started falling off, and Kevin let it go. It sank to the bottom and Kevin got an idea. He, Brad, and Bit went down so they could come up and surprise the War Sharks. Kevin let lose all of his remaining torpedoes and destroyed many of the remaining War Sharks. Leena, Naomi, and Leon had pretty much finished them off, leaving three for Bit, Brad, and Kevin. Bit and Brad tore the War Sharks they were fighting apart, while Kevin bit the one he was fighting in half. When they were done, they went back into the Hover Cargo to reload.
"That was actually kind of fun!" said Leena, entering the tactics room of the Hover Cargo.
"Speak for yourself." said Bit as he sat in a chair, exhausted.
"It wasn't that bad, right Siege?"
Siege roared in agreement with Kevin.
"Alright guys, they know we're here, so we're gonna have to hit the base soon. The Barigators will take out any land based Zoids that pose a problem, and the Hammer Heads will deal with most of the underwater enemies."
"Okay."
"Doc, are you prepping my Gator?"
"It'll be ready in a few minutes."
"Good. Once it's ready, we attack."
When they launched, they saw what was up with Kevins' Gator. Kevin had put on a double barreled beam cannon, like the one that Brad used on his Command Wolf, before it was destroyed. When they reached the base, Kevin unloaded all his torpedoes on the enemy Zoids that had been deployed and jettisoned the torp pods when they were empty. After that, Kevin, Bit, and Brad got their Barigators on land and started attacking the floating base. The three of them had to deal with mostly Heldigunners. They were doing pretty good, and Kevins beam cannon was coming in very handy. Under water, everyone was faring well too. Things went even better when Bit and Brad came back under. Kevin was still topside, taking out the last few problems. Leena had radioed him and told him that they were done there. Kevin told her he'd be there in a minute. When Kevin turned back to what he was doing, Zephyr landed in front of him.
"Not so hot now huh?"
"This isn't the time or the place Zephyr." said Kevin, looking around at the crumbling base.
"Why do you say that?" responded Zephyr. As soon as he finished his sentence, a piece of the base next to Kevin broke away. Kevin took the opportunity to dive into the hole it formed, effectively escaping from Zephyr.
"Guys, get outta here!" said Kevin while he was diving.
"Why?" asked Bit.
"Zephyr's topside, That's why!"
"Okay, I think it's time to leave!"
The Marauders managed to get away without having to deal with Zephyr. They were all thankful for that. They were back at the base for debriefing. When they were done, Kevin and Leena went to get something to eat. As they were walking down the hall, Siege stopped suddenly, turned around, and let out an angry roar.
"What's up Siege?"
"Someone's following us." Siege growled.
"What'd he say?"
"He said someone's followin' us Leena." said Kevin, drawing his gun.
"I understood the some part, but not the rest."
"You're developing a telepathic link with Siege? Well, we must be really close for Siege to do something like that."
"I think it's involuntary Kev."
"Whatever, we'll talk about it later." Siege walked down the hallway, found someone hiding around a corner, grabbed him in his teeth, and threw him against the opposite wall.
"Harry?"
"Yeah, that'd be me."
"Why are you following us?"
"So I could keep an eye on Leena?" Harry said nervously.
"God, don't tell me your ass is still obsessing over Leena."
"That kinda what it is." said Harry quietly. Leenas' headdress went up in a V shape.
"You still LIKE ME???" she said, anger creeping into her voice.
"Well, see, the thing is, I'm happy that your happy Leena, but-"
"But WHAT?"
"But I'm not happy seeing you with anyone but me." Leenas' anger started to build.
"I think we should leave, NOW." Kevin whispered to Siege. He quietly growled his agreement. As they ran from Leena and Harry, multiple crashes, smashes, and other loud noises started following them.
"Not good..." Kevin muttered to himself. Suddenly, a lead pipe flew by Kevin and Siege. They stopped so suddenly, that Harry ran into them.
"I've got you now!" shouted Leena coming up the hall. Harry had gotten up in time to see a computer keyboard flying at him. He ducked out of the way, but being that Kevin and Siege were still standing there in amazement, Kevin got nailed in the back of the head. Kevin was okay, but he was having a hard time getting back up. When he finally did, he turned and looked at Leena and Harry.
"Sorry honey, I didn't mean to hit you." said Leena, nervously.
"It's not your fault that you hit me, or this whole thing got started. It's Harrys' fault." said Kevin, looking at Harry. And if looks could kill, Harry would have died 10 times over. Kevin charged Harry as he started running down the hall. Leena and Siege watched Kevin chase Harry down the hall.
"Harry's hopeless." grumbled Siege.
"I agree." said Leena, understanding what he said.
