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Jamie plummeted downwards from the belly of the Whale King. He started to get nervous…they had fallen for almost an entire minute. Finally, a com-link of Sekami popped up. Jamie held his breath…"Now!" barked Sekami. Simultaneously, the 4 pilots snapped out the wings of their zoids and fired their jets. They flew in a tight diamond formation, Sekami and his Storm Sworder in the lead, Lenami in her blue Raynos behind him to the left, Pierce in her red Raynos to her right, and Jamie behind them in his Raynos. "Cameras on." The group flicked on the cameras, videotaping the ground below. Jamie silently prayed that nothing would happen, and that after flying for a while they would return to the safety of the ZBC base. However, 20 minutes into their mission, his hopes were destroyed. Up ahead they could see the faint outlines of Command Wolves running their patrols. Jamie knew they had been spotted, and waited for a command. Sekami's voice crackled over the com-link. "Remember, we don't want to get into a fight on this mission. Only fight if they strike first." The group stayed in a tight formation, whizzing over at Mach 2. Suddenly, gunfire broke Jamie's concentration. Sekami shouted over the com-link. "Break…NOW!!!" The pilots abruptly turned in different directions and streaked out of formation. Several Command Wolves were firing long range rifles. Jamie dodged several blasts, and then began to dive down in attack. He saw Sekami diving straight at the first of 5 wolves, extending his wing cutters and sweeping by, slicing off the head of the first Command Wolf. He quickly shot back up, and Jamie zoomed down, trying to get a lock on an enemy zoid. He finally found his target and held the trigger. His Raynos gave a burst of fire and dropped the enemy zoid. Jamie circled back up and watched as Lenami and Pierce dove in to finish off the wolves. They resumed formation. "Alright guys…good work. But that wasn't the hardest part…that was just a scout party. I'm almost sure that they're dying to catch some ZBC zoid pilots, so be on guard and alert, I'm positive this battle isn't over." Sure enough, they spotted several battalions of Command Wolves and Saber Tigers, and even several Iron Kongs packing enormous amounts of firepower. The sky was dotted with enemy Zabats. Lenami whistled in disbelief. "Those are what we're up against?! Aren't they overdoing it a bit?" "Yeah…but they'll do anything to catch some pilots, or get a victory. The ZBC has been dominating the war so far." The pilots dove into battle, fingers on triggers, drenched in sweat. They broke off into pairs, Sekami with Lenami as his 'wingwoman', and Pierce with Jamie as her wingman. Jamie watched as Pierce accelerated and fired at an enemy Zabat. She quickly withdrew, and Jamie rushed in to finish it off. The worked like this, slowly and surely finishing off each Zabat one at a time. Since these Zabats weren't computer controlled like the ones he had fought before, they weren't a pushover. All the time the 4 were doing this, they had to dodge heavy fire from the Command Wolves down below. However, Jamie noticed that the Iron Kongs weren't even firing yet, and were simply watching and waiting. He knew that this would only get harder. When the skies were finally clear of Zabats, the pilots regrouped. They had suffered minor damage, and were about to attack the main ground forces. "Lets GOOOOO!!!!" cried Sekami. The pilots dove as one and spiraled as they approached the ground units. They were so close, and there were so many zoids that Jamie didn't even have to aim. He held the trigger and emptied round after round of ammo into the waiting ground troops. Zoid after zoid fell to the heavy gunfire of the 4 zoids, but soon they were all out of ammo, and having all too much trouble dodging the missiles streaking off the Iron Kong's. One by one, each warrior fell. Lenami first, then Pierce. Jamie and Sekami circled above, trying with all their strength and skill to dodge the fire. Jamie plummeted down from the sky and dove, losing a wing to a barrage of missiles as he passed. He spiraled out of control, landing in a thick forest. He watched painfully as Sekami dove down and was taken out of commission, but not before hewing off the heads of 3 Iron Kongs. Several foot soldiers approached the Raynos, and Jamie could only watch as they opened the cockpit. He saw a grim young man holding a gun. He heard a shot, felt a sharp burst of pain, and then the only thing he saw was darkness.
"Jamie. Jamie? Jamie!"
"JAMIE CAN YOU HEAR ME!"
"Geez Lenami, you're gonna kill him!"
"Not if he's already dead…"
"Don't say that!"
Jamie opened his eyes painfully. As his vision came into focus, he saw a dark cell and several figures around him. "Jamie! You're awake!"
"Huh? What time is it? Where are we?"
"It's 2 weeks after we got shot down…we're at the Backdraft base. They're holding us prisoner, but they won't kill us. They send pictures and videotapes of us to the ZBC every day just to taunt them."
Jamie moved his arm and felt a sharp pain. He remembered…he had been shot there. He looked down and saw that it had been bandaged and cleaned, probably by a doctor. Sekami saw where he was looking. "Yeah…pretty nasty wound. You were the only one conscious after the crash, so they shot you. The doctors cleaned it up though…they didn't want to have to amputate your arm later. They said it costs too much…"
"So what do we do here?"
Pierce looked up from where she was sitting on the floor. "Sleep, hope to be rescued or released, and eat when we get food. The Backdraft never hurts its prisoners…but most get so bored they go insane." A young man appeared at the door. "Hahaha…wouldja look at that! The sleeping beauty's awake! But I think you should go back to sleep…you don't look any better than before."
"Shut up, Johnny. He looks better than you ever did." Jamie glanced at Pierce in surprise. Because 1) she was defending him, and 2) because she knew the man's name. The guard snickered and walked off.
"You…know him?"
Pierce looked up. "Yeah…Johnny was always second to me. I was the best, he was second. He hated me, and it's understandable. But he had no skill, and the reason he was where he was was because be bribed and brown-nosed his way to the top. Almost the top…I was about to get a promotion when I left the Backdraft, so he got it instead. He hates me now even more because he didn't beat me to it, he got what I didn't want."
Pierce went back to looking at the floor. Jamie took a deep breath. He figured that if he didn't fix things now, he never would… "Pierce?" She looked up. "Well…we've been through a mission, and being caputured…and we'll be together a lot now, so…well…could you PLEASE stop being all hostile around me?" Pierce looked at Jamie and smiled. "Alright…I guess you aren't that bad." Jamie breathed a sigh of relief and grinned. Suddenly, Johnny and several guards plopped a small TV set in front of the cell door. They flicked it on, and what Jamie saw shocked him. They were watching ZBC army transmissions! Obviously, something was going on. He looked at Sekami. Sekami saw him and said, "The Backdraft has a new interception system. They're showing us the ZBC transmissions to show off how smart they are."
The guards were laughing as they watched several men discuss new battle moves and strategies. After watching for several minutes, a new com-link popped up. What Jamie saw astounded him. It was Leena!!! "HIIIIII BOYS! By the way, we know that this message is being watched by the Backdraft, and that you have our soldiers. But that's about to change." The soldiers watched in complete shock. "HYBRID CANNONS FIREEEEEEE!" The building shook, lights started flashing, and alarms started blaring. The prisoners gaped at the soldiers rushing about in utter chaos. They watched Leena laughing hysterically as she fired at all the zoids rushing out. Suddenly, Brad's face popped up and began talking. "Alright. Me and Leena will keep the soldiers occupied. Bit, now's your chance."
"Gotcha! BUSTER SLASHHHH!" Jamie gasped as the wall behind him and the others was smashed open by 5 blue blades. The cockpit opened and a blonde haired man jumped out. "Hiya, Jamie! Check it out! I got the new armor painted all blue. Sure looks cool, doesn't it! Well, we can't talk now. I have to get you guys to your zoids. Hop in!" the pilots all climbed into the cockpit of the Liger, which resulted in an extremely uncomfortable ride to the Backdraft hangar. There, they found their zoids completely repaired. "We're in luck! It looks like they were gonna give our zoids to soldiers…but not anymore!" The pilots got in their zoids and took off, and Bit took the Liger out to join the battle. As Jamie circled around, he looked down. He saw Brad's Shadowfox, looking just the same as they had left it. Leena's Gunsniper now had a hybrid cannon from the Panzer on each shoulder. Leon was in his Blade Liger, fighting alongside Bit, slicing enemy Rev Raptors into pieces like a hot knife through butter. And Naomi was high up on a cliff, sniping down targets with ease. The pilots circled and dove down to help out. As Jamie flew, he saw a gigantic cannon charging up…and aiming at…PIERCE! Jamie gritted his teeth. He had just made up with her…he wasn't going to let her die. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He accelerated and dove right in front of Pierce…and in the path of the beam. "NOO JAMIE!!! DON'T DO THAT!" He saw a flash of light…and then darkness.
Jamie plummeted downwards from the belly of the Whale King. He started to get nervous…they had fallen for almost an entire minute. Finally, a com-link of Sekami popped up. Jamie held his breath…"Now!" barked Sekami. Simultaneously, the 4 pilots snapped out the wings of their zoids and fired their jets. They flew in a tight diamond formation, Sekami and his Storm Sworder in the lead, Lenami in her blue Raynos behind him to the left, Pierce in her red Raynos to her right, and Jamie behind them in his Raynos. "Cameras on." The group flicked on the cameras, videotaping the ground below. Jamie silently prayed that nothing would happen, and that after flying for a while they would return to the safety of the ZBC base. However, 20 minutes into their mission, his hopes were destroyed. Up ahead they could see the faint outlines of Command Wolves running their patrols. Jamie knew they had been spotted, and waited for a command. Sekami's voice crackled over the com-link. "Remember, we don't want to get into a fight on this mission. Only fight if they strike first." The group stayed in a tight formation, whizzing over at Mach 2. Suddenly, gunfire broke Jamie's concentration. Sekami shouted over the com-link. "Break…NOW!!!" The pilots abruptly turned in different directions and streaked out of formation. Several Command Wolves were firing long range rifles. Jamie dodged several blasts, and then began to dive down in attack. He saw Sekami diving straight at the first of 5 wolves, extending his wing cutters and sweeping by, slicing off the head of the first Command Wolf. He quickly shot back up, and Jamie zoomed down, trying to get a lock on an enemy zoid. He finally found his target and held the trigger. His Raynos gave a burst of fire and dropped the enemy zoid. Jamie circled back up and watched as Lenami and Pierce dove in to finish off the wolves. They resumed formation. "Alright guys…good work. But that wasn't the hardest part…that was just a scout party. I'm almost sure that they're dying to catch some ZBC zoid pilots, so be on guard and alert, I'm positive this battle isn't over." Sure enough, they spotted several battalions of Command Wolves and Saber Tigers, and even several Iron Kongs packing enormous amounts of firepower. The sky was dotted with enemy Zabats. Lenami whistled in disbelief. "Those are what we're up against?! Aren't they overdoing it a bit?" "Yeah…but they'll do anything to catch some pilots, or get a victory. The ZBC has been dominating the war so far." The pilots dove into battle, fingers on triggers, drenched in sweat. They broke off into pairs, Sekami with Lenami as his 'wingwoman', and Pierce with Jamie as her wingman. Jamie watched as Pierce accelerated and fired at an enemy Zabat. She quickly withdrew, and Jamie rushed in to finish it off. The worked like this, slowly and surely finishing off each Zabat one at a time. Since these Zabats weren't computer controlled like the ones he had fought before, they weren't a pushover. All the time the 4 were doing this, they had to dodge heavy fire from the Command Wolves down below. However, Jamie noticed that the Iron Kongs weren't even firing yet, and were simply watching and waiting. He knew that this would only get harder. When the skies were finally clear of Zabats, the pilots regrouped. They had suffered minor damage, and were about to attack the main ground forces. "Lets GOOOOO!!!!" cried Sekami. The pilots dove as one and spiraled as they approached the ground units. They were so close, and there were so many zoids that Jamie didn't even have to aim. He held the trigger and emptied round after round of ammo into the waiting ground troops. Zoid after zoid fell to the heavy gunfire of the 4 zoids, but soon they were all out of ammo, and having all too much trouble dodging the missiles streaking off the Iron Kong's. One by one, each warrior fell. Lenami first, then Pierce. Jamie and Sekami circled above, trying with all their strength and skill to dodge the fire. Jamie plummeted down from the sky and dove, losing a wing to a barrage of missiles as he passed. He spiraled out of control, landing in a thick forest. He watched painfully as Sekami dove down and was taken out of commission, but not before hewing off the heads of 3 Iron Kongs. Several foot soldiers approached the Raynos, and Jamie could only watch as they opened the cockpit. He saw a grim young man holding a gun. He heard a shot, felt a sharp burst of pain, and then the only thing he saw was darkness.
"Jamie. Jamie? Jamie!"
"JAMIE CAN YOU HEAR ME!"
"Geez Lenami, you're gonna kill him!"
"Not if he's already dead…"
"Don't say that!"
Jamie opened his eyes painfully. As his vision came into focus, he saw a dark cell and several figures around him. "Jamie! You're awake!"
"Huh? What time is it? Where are we?"
"It's 2 weeks after we got shot down…we're at the Backdraft base. They're holding us prisoner, but they won't kill us. They send pictures and videotapes of us to the ZBC every day just to taunt them."
Jamie moved his arm and felt a sharp pain. He remembered…he had been shot there. He looked down and saw that it had been bandaged and cleaned, probably by a doctor. Sekami saw where he was looking. "Yeah…pretty nasty wound. You were the only one conscious after the crash, so they shot you. The doctors cleaned it up though…they didn't want to have to amputate your arm later. They said it costs too much…"
"So what do we do here?"
Pierce looked up from where she was sitting on the floor. "Sleep, hope to be rescued or released, and eat when we get food. The Backdraft never hurts its prisoners…but most get so bored they go insane." A young man appeared at the door. "Hahaha…wouldja look at that! The sleeping beauty's awake! But I think you should go back to sleep…you don't look any better than before."
"Shut up, Johnny. He looks better than you ever did." Jamie glanced at Pierce in surprise. Because 1) she was defending him, and 2) because she knew the man's name. The guard snickered and walked off.
"You…know him?"
Pierce looked up. "Yeah…Johnny was always second to me. I was the best, he was second. He hated me, and it's understandable. But he had no skill, and the reason he was where he was was because be bribed and brown-nosed his way to the top. Almost the top…I was about to get a promotion when I left the Backdraft, so he got it instead. He hates me now even more because he didn't beat me to it, he got what I didn't want."
Pierce went back to looking at the floor. Jamie took a deep breath. He figured that if he didn't fix things now, he never would… "Pierce?" She looked up. "Well…we've been through a mission, and being caputured…and we'll be together a lot now, so…well…could you PLEASE stop being all hostile around me?" Pierce looked at Jamie and smiled. "Alright…I guess you aren't that bad." Jamie breathed a sigh of relief and grinned. Suddenly, Johnny and several guards plopped a small TV set in front of the cell door. They flicked it on, and what Jamie saw shocked him. They were watching ZBC army transmissions! Obviously, something was going on. He looked at Sekami. Sekami saw him and said, "The Backdraft has a new interception system. They're showing us the ZBC transmissions to show off how smart they are."
The guards were laughing as they watched several men discuss new battle moves and strategies. After watching for several minutes, a new com-link popped up. What Jamie saw astounded him. It was Leena!!! "HIIIIII BOYS! By the way, we know that this message is being watched by the Backdraft, and that you have our soldiers. But that's about to change." The soldiers watched in complete shock. "HYBRID CANNONS FIREEEEEEE!" The building shook, lights started flashing, and alarms started blaring. The prisoners gaped at the soldiers rushing about in utter chaos. They watched Leena laughing hysterically as she fired at all the zoids rushing out. Suddenly, Brad's face popped up and began talking. "Alright. Me and Leena will keep the soldiers occupied. Bit, now's your chance."
"Gotcha! BUSTER SLASHHHH!" Jamie gasped as the wall behind him and the others was smashed open by 5 blue blades. The cockpit opened and a blonde haired man jumped out. "Hiya, Jamie! Check it out! I got the new armor painted all blue. Sure looks cool, doesn't it! Well, we can't talk now. I have to get you guys to your zoids. Hop in!" the pilots all climbed into the cockpit of the Liger, which resulted in an extremely uncomfortable ride to the Backdraft hangar. There, they found their zoids completely repaired. "We're in luck! It looks like they were gonna give our zoids to soldiers…but not anymore!" The pilots got in their zoids and took off, and Bit took the Liger out to join the battle. As Jamie circled around, he looked down. He saw Brad's Shadowfox, looking just the same as they had left it. Leena's Gunsniper now had a hybrid cannon from the Panzer on each shoulder. Leon was in his Blade Liger, fighting alongside Bit, slicing enemy Rev Raptors into pieces like a hot knife through butter. And Naomi was high up on a cliff, sniping down targets with ease. The pilots circled and dove down to help out. As Jamie flew, he saw a gigantic cannon charging up…and aiming at…PIERCE! Jamie gritted his teeth. He had just made up with her…he wasn't going to let her die. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He accelerated and dove right in front of Pierce…and in the path of the beam. "NOO JAMIE!!! DON'T DO THAT!" He saw a flash of light…and then darkness.