ZOIDS
Darkness on the Battlefield; Enter the Phantom
By: Spectral
CHAPTER 13
Note: I do not and do not claim to own Zoids. If you sued me all you would get would be an old laptop with a broken space bar, the evil demon that lives in my notebook, Canada, and a pair of glasses. Okay…you'd only get the laptop, glasses, and demon. I do not own Canada but the Phantom and Black Wing Liger are mine.
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Phantom sat on the couch of his base watching the Royal Cup draw. The Champ Team got into the tournament as well as the Zaber Fangs.
Phantom: Hmmm…doesn't look like much of a competition for the Blitz Team…
Already being an S Class warrior, the Phantom had to temporarily leave the Blitz Team. This also put a temporary hold on his mission. Pierce and Stoler didn't seem to mind though…
Phantom gets up and goes to practice ninjitsu.
**During the Royal Cup**
Phantom had been monitoring the entire battle since the appearance of the Berserk Fury. Dark Judge satellites had taken the place of Judge satellites that had been shot down by the BackDraft group's charged particle cannon.
Phantom: Something has to be done about this…
**BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP**
The Zoid Battle Commissioner popped up on screen. Phantom looked up.
Commissioner: Do you know something about what's going on?
Phantom: Of course… now how are we going to stop this?
Commissioner: We'll just have to shoot down all those satellites…
Phantom: With what? Neither of us have a charged particle cannon to use and if you try to take remote control of a Judge satellite the BackDraft will shoot it down.
Commissioner: We'll just have to send some one up to the Judge Battle Satellite.
Phantom: Who'd be crazy enough to pilot that…you mean me don't you?
The Commissioner nodded. Phantom just sighed and shook his head.
Phantom: Well how are you going to get me up there?
Commissioner: You'll find out when you get here.
Phantom got up and left. He locked up the base and turned on the auto-defenses.
**At a Commission Base**
Commissioner: he should be here...
Phantom: Any minute.
Phantom jumped from the ceiling and landed next to the Commissioner.
Commissioner: Right on time… now to show you your mode of transportation.
Phantom followed the old man onto the launch pad. He was led to a Judge Capsule.
Phantom: Judge Capsule?
Commissioner: Yes it's the fastest way to the satellite. The Judge will explain the rest on the way.
Phantom raised his arm and pointed it at the open capsule. A grappling hook fired from his wrist and he flew up and landed next to the Judge. The capsule closed and began to take off.
**Inside the Capsule**
Phantom flipped a light on. The Judge turned to face him.
Judge: Greetings. When we arrive at the satellite the capsule will open and we will be let off. It is only a short walk from the docking station to the Bridge. You should be able to pilot the satellite with relative ease.
Phantom: okay…
A short while later the Capsule arrived at the satellite. It locked inside and opened. Phantom jumped out of the capsule and landed on a walkway.
Phantom: Hmm…
Phantom walked for a little while. He jumped down another corridor after something shot at him.
Phantom: What the heck? That stupid Judge didn't say anything about inner defenses.
Phantom jumped out of the hall and rolled out of the way of more shots. He took cover in hall closer to the gun that was shooting at him. Suddenly he put up his energy shield and then ran towards the gun turret. It shot at him and the shots bounced of the shield. He jumped and his glove began to spark. With one shocking punch the turret was destroyed. Phantom landed and kept walking. He kept his shield up incase there were anymore turrets. There were a few but Phantom took them out easily. Soon he came to a door labeled "Control Room". The door was locked.
**Control Room**
BOOM
The door was blown open and the Phantom stepped inside. He walked over to the main controls and activated the Com System.
Commissioner: You've arrived. The controls in front of you will allow you to move the satellite and use the weapons. At my signal open fire upon the other satellites.
Phantom: All right just say the word…
Phantom typed at the console and moved the satellite near all the other satellites and waited. The signal to fire came.
Phantom: Targets locked. FIRE!
BOOM!
The satellites were all blasted and Phantom returned to the Judge Capsule.
Phantom: HaHa! That was fun.
Judge: I'm sure it was… any way I have good news.
Phantom: What is it?
Judge: The Blitz Team's Liger Zero has defeated the Berserk Fury and won the Royal Cup.
Phantom: So they won. That's very good. My job should get a lot easier now…
Judge: What job would that be?
Phantom: umm…
BOOM!
The Judge Capsule opened and Phantom fell out.
Phantom: Ow…
**That Night**
Bit: A party? For us?
Leena: Yeah it's tomorrow night.
Doc: And it's at the Commission's "Warriors Only" Hotel.
Jamie: The Place is huge. It'll have all sorts of stuff to do and it will last for two days.
Brad: All the Class A teams are invited and a few S Class might show up, too.
Phantom: I doubt they will.
Blitz Team: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phantom: ?
Leena: DON'T DO THAT!
Bit: You're back.
Phantom: Good work defeating the Berserk Fury.
Brad: Why don't you think any S Class teams will show up?
Phantom: You're the new guys. They're going to treat you like you treat the Fuzzy Pandas Team. That is until you prove you're not just lucky.
Bit…anyway when's this party starting?
Leena: We leave tomorrow. The party starts that night.
**Next Morning**
Doc: Everyone ready?
Leena: Yeah. I'm ready.
Leena walked by happily. She was only carrying one small duffel bag. Bit, Brad, and Jamie each walked by with a suitcase and duffel bag of their own. Phantom then walked up with his two bags, three of Leena's and one of Bit's.
After all the zoids and bags were loaded onto the Hover-Cargo, it drove off. A HelCat using its stealth shield followed them. Phantom looked out of the window and noticed the HelCat.
Phantom: *muttering to himself* Miss Kin again… I thought that I told her to back off…
Bit: What was that?
Phantom: Nothing…nothing…
Doc's Voice over The loudspeaker: Alright Team. Get your stuff and get in your zoids. I'll be taking a jeep in. The hanger is #675. You'll have to give the guards your registration number and your zoid's registration.
Bit: Well that's okay, but won't it be a problem for you, Phantom?
Phantom: Don't worry about it…
Every one picked up their bags and threw them into their zoids.
Brad: Mobilizing Shadow Fox.
Bit: GO Liger!
Leena: Leena here, launching GunSniper!
Jamie: Launching Raynos.
Phantom: Why even bother…
Al five zoids flew from the Hover-Cargo. A jeep followed them. There was a large wall around the complex. Doc drove the jeep through the main gate while The Zoids went in the back way.
The Blitz Team walked their zoids into hanger #675 and jumped out. Two ZBC guards walked towards them.
(NOTE: I forgot the real registration numbers so I made up new ones for the Blitz Team)
Guard: Name, Warrior Registration Number, and Zoid Registration.
Bit: Bit Cloud, Blitz Team #6574, Liger Zero #6422.
Leena: Leena Taros, Blitz Team #6572, GunSniper #6424.
Brad: Brad Hunter, Blitz Team Mercenary #6571, ShadowFox #6425.
Jamie: Jamie Hermeros, Blitz Team #6573, Raynos #6423
The four members of the Blitz Team that had spoken walked past the guards as they were checked off on a clipboard. Phantom moved to follow but the guard that wasn't writing blocked him.
Guard2: Name, Warrior Registration Number, and Zoid Registration.
Phantom was impressed. Not many people were brave enough to talk to him like that.
Phantom: Phantom, Blitz Team Mercenary X Type #0000, Black Wing Liger #0000.
The guards stared at the Phantom with identical scared looks. Phantom just walked past them laughing evilly.
** On Base**
Leena: I wonder where Dad is…
Jamie: There he is.
The Blitz Team walked over to Doc.
Bit: Hey Doc, Where's the hotel?
Doc: I was looking for you guys…it's this way.
Doc leads everyone else to the hotel and they check in. He hands Bit, Brad, Leena, and Phantom each a key.
Jamie: Doc? What about me?
Doc: There are only five rooms so you'll be sharing a room with Bit.
The Blitz Team (except Phantom) walked up the stairs. A large pile of suitcases and duffel bags followed them. After a VERY long stair climb, Phantom was one stair away from the top. Suddenly the stair came loose and Phantom tumbled down the stairs. He hit the floor and looked up. All the bags fell down the stairs and landed on Phantom.
Phantom: *muffled by bags* Why me…
After Phantom picked all the bags back up he went back up the stairs. He got all the way to the top this time. He looked at the stairs and turned to go to the rooms but…
Bit: Need some help Phantom?
Phantom fell down the stairs again. He hit the floor again and the bags hit him again. Phantom picked the bags up and walked over to the elevator. When he finally got the bags to their respective rooms he picked up his two bags and went to his room. He stepped inside, put down the bags, closed and locked the door, and reached for the light switch. He turned on the light and discovered a gun was pointed at his head.
**Bit and Jamie's Room**
Bit: Let's go, Jamie. We're all going down to the bar for awhile. We don't Leena and Brad to leave without us.
Jamie: Oh alright…
Bit and Jamie left their room in their battle uniforms. They met Leena and Brad (also in their battle uniforms) in the hall.
Leena: About time…
Leena and the rest walked downstairs and out of the hotel. A turquoise-haired woman with sunglasses watched them (mostly Jamie) until they left.
**Phantom's Room**
Phantom: Nice to see you again Ms. Kin.
Cassandra: Yeah sure… I still have orders to bring you in.
Phantom: I thought I told you to back off.
Cassandra: For someone with a gun to their head you seem calm…
Phantom just smirked. With one quick movement Phantom stole the gun and knocked Cassandra onto the bed. (DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT) Cassandra looked up, stunned. The Phantom now had the gun pointed at her. Suddenly Phantom flipped the gun over and handed it to Cassandra.
Phantom: Seeing as how I'm in a good mood, I'll allow you to ask me one question.
Cassandra: Who's the person under the mask?
Phantom: The same person I am all the time. The Phantom.
Cassandra: But…
BOOM
Phantom set off a flash bomb. When Cassandra could see again, she was outside the hotel.
**Bar**
The Blitz Team walked inside and sat down. They ordered their drinks and waited. Just then the Fleugal Team walked in.
Naomi: Well look who it is. The newest S Class warriors.
Leon: Congrats on the win.
Naomi: Where's mister masked, dark, and creepy?
Brad: Phantom is still at the hotel.
Naomi: oh…
The drinks came, and Naomi and Leon sat down. Bit told Leon, Jamie, and Leena "exactly" what happened during the fight with the Berserk Fury (the hundredth time in Jamie and Leena's case).
Brad wasn't paying attention. He had his eyes closed and he didn't notice that Naomi was staring at him. Naomi leaned over and whispered something into Brad's ear. What she said made Brad's eyes shoot open. The two of them then left the bar. (Okay now you can think about it)
After awhile Leon and Leena got bored and went to find Dr. Taros. When Bit wasn't looking, Jamie slipped into the crowd.
Bit: Jamie? Where'd he go?
Jamie managed to slip out of the bar and walk back to the hotel. Right before he entered the hotel, a woman with long brown hair and an angry look on her face stormed past him.
Jamie went backup to his room and opened the door. After he closed it his mouth fell open in shock. Sitting on his bed was Pierce. She smiled and got up.
Pierce: Hi, Wild Eagle.
Jamie: What are you doing here?
Pierce: I came to see you.
Jamie: Me?
Pierce: Of course you.
Jamie: Why me?
Pierce: Well…
Pierce walked over to Jamie and whispered something into his ear. Jamie's eyes grew wide. He looked at Pierce.
Jamie: I felt the same way.
Pierce smiled.
*Knock Knock*
Bit: Jamie, if you're in there, you have the key. Could you let me in?
Jamie: Now is not a good time, Bit.
Bit: Why? Do you have a girl in there with yo—
Jamie: *panic* No!
Bit: Go Jamie! Who is it? It's not Leena is it?
Jamie:…*panics more*
Bit was about to say something when Phantom walked down the hall.
Phantom: What's up, Bit?
Bit: Jamie's got a girl in his room.
Phantom: *Thinks* Pierce…*end thought* Really? Well then we better leave him alone.
Jamie felt extremely grateful towards Phantom right then. Bit protested but Phantom forced him away from the door.
**Hall**
Bit: Hey! What's the big idea?
Phantom: Leave the poor kid alone...or else. *Glove starts sparking*
Bit slowly backed away from Phantom then ran for it. Phantom watches until he's out of sight then jumps over the railing to the first floor. He lands on his feet and scares everyone in the lobby. He then leaves the hotel.
** Blitz Team Hanger**
Doc:?
Leena: Bit was boring us so we came here.
Leon: So what have you been up to?
Doc: I'm just looking over the zoids…
The door opened and a girl with brown hair walked in.
Cassandra: Excuse me, are you Dr. Taros?
Doc: Yes. What can I do for you?
Cassandra: I'm Cassandra Kin, ZBC Special Investigations. I came to ask you a few questions.
Leena: About what?
Cassandra: You must be Leena Taros. I have some questions for you, too. I need some information on the Phantom.
Doc: Well we don't know much but we'll tell you what we can.
Cassandra: Good. Do you know what the Phantom looks like under his mask?
Leena: No. We never see him without it.
Cassandra: Has he told you anything about his past?
Doc: No… I've searched but I've found absolutely nothing. He's done something to hide all the information.
Cassandra: I've had similar results… thanks for your time. Do you know where I can find a Brad Hunter?
Leon: He should be with Naomi in the Fleugal Time Hanger.
Cassandra: Thanks…
Cassandra walks out of the hanger and Doc, Leena, and Leon just look at one another.
** Arcade**
Kid: Who is that guy?
Kid2: He's a real zoid warrior.
Kid: Really? Then I have to challenge him.
Kid2: Wait…he's the Phantom.
The kid walked over to the Virtual Zoid Challenge machine and jumped in. Two other kids also entered the machine.
Three green Command Wolves appeared on screen and faced the only yellow one.
Phantom: More challengers…
Phantom quickly ended the battle and left the arcade. He went back to the hotel.
Leon: Leena, who's taking you to the diner tonight?
Leena: *Blushes* Well, Bit asked me.
Leon: And what did you say?
Leena: I said yes… I suppose Naomi's going with Brad.
Leon: Yep… I wonder who Jamie's going with…
Leena: He'll find someone…what about you?
Leon: Me? I'm taking one of the Tasker Sisters.
Leena: Which one?
Leon: Kelly…
Leena: I wonder who's going with Phantom…
Leon: Phantom? You think he'll show up?
**Cassandra's Room**
Cassandra walked in and sat at her desk. She took out the picture of the Phantom's Tattoo. She began searching for matches on the computer. The tattoo looked familiar. Eventually she came to a match. The same black bird with red eyes. It was the Phantom Team's logo. She moved some papers on her desk and here eyes fell on a mysterious black envelope. She opened it and was shocked…
**Jamie and Bit's room**
Pierce had left about an hour ago. She had to go get ready for diner. Bit walked into the room a short while later.
Bit: So how'd it go Jamie? Get any action?
Jamie: …
Everyone started getting ready for diner.
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Next Time:
Diner; The Party Begins.