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Chapter 21 – The Long Wait To Fight
The time had passed far to quickly than the pilots would of liked and the day of the semi-finals quickly came about. The 4 remaining pilots had gathered in the hanger each choosing a location in a different wing as their set up point.
Chaos is kneeing down in front of his AC Hell Storm with his eyes closed. From where he is set up he can hear the crowd going crazy for the warm up act of the day that was a battle royal of all the AC's that had been knocked out of the tournament so far.
As Chaos continues to knee he hears a voice behind him say "are you ready for this match?"
Chaos doesn't move or open his eyes he just replies "it doesn't matter if I am or not, I have done all I can to get better in the time I have been given."
The voice sighs "then out there show me what you can do." Chaos hears the owner of the voice walk away before stopping "make me proud Son."
Chaos half smiles and says "I will old man"
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Omega sits in his pilots seat with his head in his hands. Tyrant had finished the repairs on his AC just this morning and he hadn't had a chance to test it out fully. But he didn't care about that at the moment, what he really cared about was that he knew he had to win. During the last two days of his training he had been with the army training against them to get better. They had all told him before he had left the military training grounds the night before that they would be in the arena rooting for him and that they were all putting a huge bet on him to win.
Omega didn't want to let them down since they had been so kind to him. not every pilot had there chance to train using the latest military equipment. He shakes his head and says out loud to himself "I need to stop dwelling on this, I will go out there and I will fight Chaos. Win Lose or Draw, so long as I give this my all I will have no regrets."
Luna's voice comes from behind Omega "you have really grown up. Two years ago you would of said that winning was your only choice. There wouldn't of been a choice of lose or draw."
Omega doesn't allow himself to smile "I know that normally there would be no other choice but to win but there is no shame in losing to Chaos. He is good there is no doubt about it, and I have no regret in saying I might not be good enough."
Tyrants voice this time is heard "then give it your all and we will be rooting for you"
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Razer is sitting in the VIP room of The Revolution, the only other person in there with him is Mars. Neither of them speak to each but the atmosphere in the room is like they are having a heated argument.
Finally Mars is the one to break the silence and tension saying "good luck my old friend"
Mars leaves the room without a single reaction from Razer. When he heards the door close behind Mars, Razer says in a near whisper "I will win, for the revolution."
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Scorpion sits in the cockpit of his AC just clearing his mind, his fight was going to be after the fight between Chaos and Omega but he was not going to let the wait get to him. focusing on his opponent was something that would scare the average pilot but scorpion had been working his way to earth rank no2 for years and was not about to let it all go to waste. This was the match he had been denied for 6 months due to Razer always been unavailable for a match.
Scorpion sighs heavily and thinks 'the waiting is always worse than the actually fighting. It can't be any worse than the worse case scenario that I have been playing out in my mind and that is that I lose.'
A voice from behind him says "Good luck in your match today Scorpion."
Scorpion smiles but the person who spoke can't see him and says "I will win Dusk. Then I will beat either Omega or Chaos in the final. I don't care which one it is."
Dusk goes to leave but says as she goes "I don't care if you win or lose. Just try your best out there and I will be happy."
Scorpion can't help but feel better before saying "thanks Dusk, I will do my best out there."
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The Announcer from the arena is heard echoing through the garage "The next match here today will be a Match between Omega The Pilot of Dark Shadow and Chaos The Pilot of Hell Storm. And as both pilots have requested it the match will be taking place outside in the Desert Arena.
It has been a long time since the desert arena was requested by both pilots, usually it is only used during the random arena selections. But we have it the dangerous arena where there is more than just your opponent to concentrate on. There is a number of different traps around including a number of quick sand holes."
Omega climbs into his AC thinking back to what Tyrant had told him when he had arrived at the arena.
(Flash Back)
Omega sitting in the pilots seat of dark shadow as Tyrant leans over him telling him about the upgrades to dark shadow
"Now Omega this is important, I have increased your speed to match that of Hell Storm in short bursts only, don't use the super boost for more than a few seconds at a time. The AC's generator will explode if you do.
I took out the speed form of dark shadow to accompany that speed increase. But to replace it I have added a new secret back unit you push this button here to activate it.
Next I need you to know I have powered up the Anti-Matter cannon. Instead of having 8 shots like before you only have 4 shots. That is now the same as the storm cannon but it is now about 15 more powerful.
Finally I need to remember one thing. Your double blade form has been changed. It is still double blade but it has been modified to be more powerful as well as heavily decreasing the reaction difference.
In essence this is a brand new AC, but it will be so similar to the one your used to that you shouldn't have any trouble at all piloting it."
Omega taking in all the differences just nods as Tyrant goes along
(end Flash back)
Omega smiles as he heads out to the desert arena to meet his opponent. The only reason he entered this tournament.
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Chaos after hearing the announcement quickly gets to his AC and starts it up thinking 'this is it, I hope Tyrant did a good job with making it more responsive.'
His AC starts up and heads out to the arena.
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The Announcers voice is unbelievably loud as Chaos and Omega position themselves so they are facing each other. Hell Storm equip with it's usual start up set up of Gatling Cannon and Beam Saber with the Storm cannon hidden in the leg storage compartment and the wings hidden in the back.
Dark Shadows set up of dual beam sabers and the Antimatter cannon in the storage compartment.
Finally the announcer stops talking about the past of these pilots and announces them "for those of you in the arena and those watching at home. On the left side of your screen you have the Son of former Nine-Breaker of Mars KAOS, piloting the AC HELL STORM, He is the Prince of Chaos.Inc, CHAOS.
And on the right side of your screen you have the son of former nine breaker of earth, Anubis. He is piloting the AC DARK SHADOW, OMEGA
Now on my word both pilots may commence fighting
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To be continued
Chaos - Caffeine good… cured mental block… just one problem… only a temp cure to tiredness…
-head hits the desk hard-
Dusk – ok the caffeine rush he was on has ended and he fell asleep at his computer. I told him not to have that 12th cup of coffee… erm well just R&R well I move chaos to his sofa and he will be back soon with another chapter… hopefully
This is Midnight's Dusk logging Chaos out for now