ZOIDS
CUSTOMKING
I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ZOIDS
THIS STORY IS A FANFIC CREATED WITH
NO THOUGHT OF BENEFIT TO MYSELF
ENJOY!
Kat hissed in annoyance, and her lightning siax mirrored her frustration with a metallic growl, some creep had gotten a lucky shot on her as she crested the cliff and had disabled her boosters, she was still one of the faster zoids on the course but she had lost all hopes of staying with the leaders on this lap.
Even as she huffed about her rotten luck she knew that the fastest command wolves and liger units would be catching her before the lap was out. Kat checked the road behind her and spotted the telltale signs that a zoid was fast approaching, she pulled over to the side of the track, hugging the grass in a show of racing etiquette that she hoped might stop the fast approaching zoid from using her as target practice.
All too soon the zoid was within firing range and Kat held her breath until the zoid pulled up alongside her, the zero Schneider.
"Hey, didn't you used to pilot an attack kat?" came a familiar voice over the radio
"Yeah" Kat responded guardedly, hoping honestly might be the best policy, although with her hot headedness and temper she didn't have the most favorable record.
"I might not recognize the zoid, but I recognized your piloting style on the start line, Kat isn't it? You might remember helping a pilot in a beat up gun sniper some years back"
"Christian?"
"Yep"
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Kat had met Christian about a year and a half ago. He had been attacked by desert bandits while escorting a transporter through their hunting grounds, Christian had been separated from the rest of the transport guards in the attack, after seeing off the bandits he had arrived at the town in his almost totaled gun sniper to find that the transporter had been the only one to make it in, and he had received payment for his shipment and vanished before any of the guards had been able to arrive to collect their cut. With no money Christian had been unable to repair his zoid for another job so had tried traveling to the next town in search of non-zoid work, his bad luck had held and he was attacked just outside the next town by a pack pf rev raptors, Kat had come to his rescue in her slightly less battered attack kat, and together they drove the 'raptors off. Kat had repaired her zoid and left town only after Christian had found work.
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It seemed karma still owed her a debt.
"You can fall in behind me if you want, ride my slipstream" Christian offered "Only if my girlfriend asks tell her you knew that liger units can't fire backwards or she'll roast my ass"
"Deal" Kat responded.
She fell in behind the liger and the two of them sped off along the track at a pace much more acceptable to Kat's thinking.
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Jhese bounded from rock to rock in what he decided was a great show of the dragon's agility.
This leg of the race seemed to have the sole purpose of breaking zoids, the track ran through a canyon that was barely wide enough to admit a gogulas, it was then narrowed further by massive boulders, making it only big enough for small zoids or the narrowest of medium zoids to zigzag their way through. Jhese had stood in front of the entrance for a moment before deciding on his course of action.
Jumping to the next rock Jhese was momentarily distracted by a gun sniper jumping from rock to rock in much the same way that he was, the distraction almost cost him the race, Shads roared in surprise as the rock that they landed on crumbled and gave way. Thinking quickly Jhese fired his thrusters, propelling the gogu-dragon into a short flight, ended by the boosters overheating, they landed a couple of rocks ahead of the gun sniper.
BACABACABACABACA!
Dirt flew about Shads' feet as the gun sniper opened fire, Jhese was momentarily stumped for a solution and was surprised when Shads once more acted of his own accord, jumping to the canyon wall and springing back at the gun sniper grabbing it in his powerful electro talons before landing and frying it into a system freeze, "Nice work Shads" Jhese praised as he got the electric blue zoid to grab the only detachable weapon off the grounded sniper, a small machine gun, and continued on his way.
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By the time the wolf pack reached the canyon that Jhese and Shads had left some seconds earlier many zoids had entered, although it seemed that this was a section for a thinning of the ranks because some twenty zoids lay shut down on the side of the trail or still where they had fallen. One lightning siax lay draped over a rock and for a fleeting moment Scott thought it might be Kat, but before he voiced his concerns he noticed that this one had sky blue trim rather than Kat's more sinister maroon. The walls were cratered with holes and the floor of the canyon was littered with debris consisting of both rock and zoid parts the place had obviously seen some heavy warfare.
It was Dean who broke the silence "I wonder how far behind we are?"
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Still deep within the canyon Kat and Christian had been through the thick of it, a lightning siax with sky blue trim had been leading a large pack of quicker zoids when it fell, off a rock or something, instead of sitting tight until his zoid could be recovered the pilot had decided to cause a road block, firing his twin laser guns at anyone who tried to enter the canyon, when Kat and Christian had arrived a large number of Command Wolves, Attack Kats, Lightning Siax and other zoids were gathered around the entrance trying to shell the downed 'siax into submission, explosions rocked the canyon but the 'siax must have dragged itself under cover with only its twin laser guns exposed to continue firing on the gathered racers.
Christians solution was simple "Kat, hang tight and turn those guns of yours around" he then activated the zero Schneider's shields, as he did this the Schneider's mane transformed to create a bladed helmet that wrapped about the zoid's muzzle, Kat watched with some envy as the her dream zoid dropped two blades from its side and they sizzled to life, Christian simply barreled through the massed zoids, his blades simply cleaving away or drilling through any zoid not quick enough to leap aside, Kat followed hard on his tail firing on everyone on her left as her laser guns swung to face the rear, at which point she simply fired off gut instinct at the zoids still left at the entrance to the canyon, the wounded 'siax actually aided them, albeit inadvertently, the shots that did not hit the liger's shields flew past and added to the damage being caused at the entrance, Christian fired his boosters and hauled away from Kat's 'siax quickly catching the Blue Trim 'Siax in his hiding hole, Kat veered to the left as the 'siax flew over her zoid to smash on top of a rock where it lay prone, Kat cringed inwardly, not the prettiest sight.
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Cyrus watched the action on the five screens that Thomo had acquired, Cyrus was not game to ask where, when Thomo called "look alive boy, her comes Jhese"
I knew it scowled Cyrus the old jerk is only interested in his zoid. Still, Cyrus glanced at the screen to see the Gogu dragon burst from the woods and onto the home stretch. Even he had to admit that the zoid looked awesome, it drew a loud roar from the grandstand as it crossed the start/finish line, its electric blue and silver paint making it look like a lightning bolt, Jhese then pulled into the pit lane where Thomo all but brushed him aside, fixing the small machine gun that Jhese had acquired from an unlucky gun sniper, charging his zoid's energy and releasing him without a word, he then readied everything in anticipation of Kat who charged across the line in hot pursuit of a liger zero Schneider which she parted company with when they entered pit lane. Thomo removed Kat's damaged boosters, replaced them and charged her zoid's energy every bit as quickly as he had with Jhese. Even Cyrus was impressed; the old man was incredible. Kat quickly exited the pit and activated her boosters eager to make up ground she had lost.
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Jhese tried to hug the inside line as he apexed the corner, but he was impeded by zoid debris that hadn't been cleared away, as Jhese struggled with the treacherous footing a liger zero in Jaeger armour powered around the outside of his zoid under full boost, hmm tempting thought Jhese as he considered taking out what was probably the race favorite.
"Jhese don't you DARE" roared Kat over the radio, her image popped up beside Jhese's head in the cockpit "shoot that liger and I will personally put you out of this race!" Jhese glared at the pilot of the Lightning Siax "Fine, let the pretty liger win" Kat's face softened "the pilot saved my ass Jhese" Jhese scowled a moment as the liger pulled away from his zoid, then he let it go with a sigh "thank you Jhese" Kat said "I didn't want to shoot you down but one good deed, you know…" startled Jhese craned his head about as Shads exited the sweeping corner, sure enough a lightning siax with maroon trim was bearing down on him.
Kat.