Episode 1: First encounter
On Earth in the country of Japan there is a house in a slum district. Inside Zen lies asleep on a sofa covered by a blanket. The door opens and in comes Vincent: a lean bean-pole in a white suit and fingerless black gloves. Zen stirs in her sleep and then awakens. She sits up.
Vincent: So...the sleeper finally awakens.
Zen: Hmmm. Who are you? and where am I?
Vincent: What do you mean 'where am I'?
Zen: I mean what I say.
Vincent: You dont look capable of thinking straight. What's your name?
Zen: Zen. It mean's 'peace'.
Vincent: I'm Vincent. it means...well its just a name. Good to meet'cha! What have you been up to? The perils of drinking heh heh.
Zen: I must be suffering from the ill effects of my teleportation from Zen-La.
Zen rubs her head while her host tries to put all of this into some kind of roder that he can accept.
Vincent: Aren't you cold in that? (Eyes Zen's bikini with a wry, critiacal zeal in his expression.)
Zen: What?
Vincent snickers.
Vincent: Zen-La...they dont let you have anything sharp in there right?
Zen sighs...she can tell that this guys going to be hard work.
Meanwhile in the control bay of Skree's ship Skree himself is quaffing mightily at a bottle of a strange thick liquid marked 'soul storm'. The com flicks on as he receives a transmission from emperor Xaa.
Skree: (chokes) Emperor! Um I think that the annihalation of the planet went quite well. dont you?
Xaan: According to my scanning probes Princess Zen and another denizen of Zen-La escaped.
Pause as this sinks into Skree's head.
Xaan: Dont bother replying. I'm not particuarly interested in your excuses. I'll send some androids after the other escapee and I'll let you deal with our regal problem.
He has another idea.
Xaan: Change of plan! Bring Zen to me. Take care not to kill her. That is all. Dont fail me this time Skree!
(He signs off)
Skree: Ahem! (A Drakone warrior arrives) get me that unit of Spider Slayers I noticed in the bay earlier!
Back on earth Zen is now sitting elegantly on the sofa as Vincent listens to her story with a knowing look on his face.
Vincent: Right lets see if I've got this then. You are the princess of an alien planet Zen-La which has been wiped off the star-charts by the Drakone Empire to kill you.
Zen: That's right.
Vincent: I dont think so.
Suddenly intense light pours through the window blinding them. After it dies down Zen and Vincent look out.
Two vicious looking androids are out in the street. One a large ape like blue droid and the second a steel crab as big as a house.
Zen: (Thinks silently) Spider Slayers! The androids specially created to annihalate the Spider Knights for emperor Xaan...
Vincent: Dont be frightened! I'll get rid of your friends.
He reaches underneath the sofa and draws out a box. Out of it he grabs a rifle. Along the barrel are printed the words ENCHANCED BLASTECH.
Zen's eyes widen as she see's it.
Zen: (accusingly) What in the galaxy is THAT?
Vincent: a special model I've been working on for a while. never reckoned I'd have this kind of a job for it first though. Dont wait up.
He runs out.
Zen: Frightned of what may I ask?
The androids sights home in on Vincent. He takes a shot at the crab and blows out an eye. The ape drops him to the ground.
Zen: (Thinks silently) He doesnt stand a chance! I have to help.
She eyes her amulet.
Zen: (thinks silently) She said to only use it in defense...well this is as good a time as any I suppose.
Vincent takes another shot at the and it goes wild. The ape has him pinned down and raises a fist.
A glow of brilliance fills the air. A strange figure appears from above It wears a blue-red costume with black-web patters over the red part and a mask made of similiar material the beings white one way lenses. The figures wrists have silver bands over them. The figure delivers a ninja0kick to the ape driving it off Vincent.
Stranger: (She has a female voice) Are you ok?
She heps Vincent up.
Vincent: What the hell happened to YOU?
Zen: (For it she!) I activated the power of my amulet and became a Spider Knight.
The ape lunges at Zen. She leaps doging its blow with uncanny agility Zen clanches her fist and aims at the crab. A strand of glossy web-like substance ropes around the claws of the crab. Vincent takes a shot at the android hitting an important internal and blowing it up. Since the master circuits programmed with the mission are inside the destroyed android the ape self-destructs a minute later.
Vincent: Hmmm. Not just a pretty face then.
Zen laughs but it is a good-natured one. She is warming to him already.
Zen: What are you trying to do? Sweep me off my feet?
Vincent shakes hands with her.
Vincent: I'm a weapons manufacturer. Nice to meet you zen.
Behind the lenses of her mask Zen's eyes widen. She does not allow her dismay to show however.
On Earth in the country of Japan there is a house in a slum district. Inside Zen lies asleep on a sofa covered by a blanket. The door opens and in comes Vincent: a lean bean-pole in a white suit and fingerless black gloves. Zen stirs in her sleep and then awakens. She sits up.
Vincent: So...the sleeper finally awakens.
Zen: Hmmm. Who are you? and where am I?
Vincent: What do you mean 'where am I'?
Zen: I mean what I say.
Vincent: You dont look capable of thinking straight. What's your name?
Zen: Zen. It mean's 'peace'.
Vincent: I'm Vincent. it means...well its just a name. Good to meet'cha! What have you been up to? The perils of drinking heh heh.
Zen: I must be suffering from the ill effects of my teleportation from Zen-La.
Zen rubs her head while her host tries to put all of this into some kind of roder that he can accept.
Vincent: Aren't you cold in that? (Eyes Zen's bikini with a wry, critiacal zeal in his expression.)
Zen: What?
Vincent snickers.
Vincent: Zen-La...they dont let you have anything sharp in there right?
Zen sighs...she can tell that this guys going to be hard work.
Meanwhile in the control bay of Skree's ship Skree himself is quaffing mightily at a bottle of a strange thick liquid marked 'soul storm'. The com flicks on as he receives a transmission from emperor Xaa.
Skree: (chokes) Emperor! Um I think that the annihalation of the planet went quite well. dont you?
Xaan: According to my scanning probes Princess Zen and another denizen of Zen-La escaped.
Pause as this sinks into Skree's head.
Xaan: Dont bother replying. I'm not particuarly interested in your excuses. I'll send some androids after the other escapee and I'll let you deal with our regal problem.
He has another idea.
Xaan: Change of plan! Bring Zen to me. Take care not to kill her. That is all. Dont fail me this time Skree!
(He signs off)
Skree: Ahem! (A Drakone warrior arrives) get me that unit of Spider Slayers I noticed in the bay earlier!
Back on earth Zen is now sitting elegantly on the sofa as Vincent listens to her story with a knowing look on his face.
Vincent: Right lets see if I've got this then. You are the princess of an alien planet Zen-La which has been wiped off the star-charts by the Drakone Empire to kill you.
Zen: That's right.
Vincent: I dont think so.
Suddenly intense light pours through the window blinding them. After it dies down Zen and Vincent look out.
Two vicious looking androids are out in the street. One a large ape like blue droid and the second a steel crab as big as a house.
Zen: (Thinks silently) Spider Slayers! The androids specially created to annihalate the Spider Knights for emperor Xaan...
Vincent: Dont be frightened! I'll get rid of your friends.
He reaches underneath the sofa and draws out a box. Out of it he grabs a rifle. Along the barrel are printed the words ENCHANCED BLASTECH.
Zen's eyes widen as she see's it.
Zen: (accusingly) What in the galaxy is THAT?
Vincent: a special model I've been working on for a while. never reckoned I'd have this kind of a job for it first though. Dont wait up.
He runs out.
Zen: Frightned of what may I ask?
The androids sights home in on Vincent. He takes a shot at the crab and blows out an eye. The ape drops him to the ground.
Zen: (Thinks silently) He doesnt stand a chance! I have to help.
She eyes her amulet.
Zen: (thinks silently) She said to only use it in defense...well this is as good a time as any I suppose.
Vincent takes another shot at the and it goes wild. The ape has him pinned down and raises a fist.
A glow of brilliance fills the air. A strange figure appears from above It wears a blue-red costume with black-web patters over the red part and a mask made of similiar material the beings white one way lenses. The figures wrists have silver bands over them. The figure delivers a ninja0kick to the ape driving it off Vincent.
Stranger: (She has a female voice) Are you ok?
She heps Vincent up.
Vincent: What the hell happened to YOU?
Zen: (For it she!) I activated the power of my amulet and became a Spider Knight.
The ape lunges at Zen. She leaps doging its blow with uncanny agility Zen clanches her fist and aims at the crab. A strand of glossy web-like substance ropes around the claws of the crab. Vincent takes a shot at the android hitting an important internal and blowing it up. Since the master circuits programmed with the mission are inside the destroyed android the ape self-destructs a minute later.
Vincent: Hmmm. Not just a pretty face then.
Zen laughs but it is a good-natured one. She is warming to him already.
Zen: What are you trying to do? Sweep me off my feet?
Vincent shakes hands with her.
Vincent: I'm a weapons manufacturer. Nice to meet you zen.
Behind the lenses of her mask Zen's eyes widen. She does not allow her dismay to show however.