The wind blew through Ryan's hair, plastering his blond bangs over his
face; obscuring his eyes. The terrain was rough and hilly, with plenty of
rocky outcrops to grind and sharp slopes to jump. Any other day, he'd be
having the time of his life. But not today. For a quarter of a mile ahead
of him laid the only object he was concentrating on. The ominous black and
red form of the Genosaurer sped away ahead of him. It maneuvered over the
tough terrain even easier than his hoverboard. It gave Ryan the toughest
challenge ever; faster and more difficult than any racer he'd ever faced.
Regardless, the terrain and the competition didn't even faze him. His mind
was focused, his vision tunneled; everything on the Genosaurer.
Raven cursed for perhaps the 50th time today. Shadow persisted in stealing his own zoids control from him, and was piloting it to who knows where!? Raven, absolutely furious, his anger almost eclipsing his thirst for vengeance against Ban, yelled out in a rage "SHADOW! IF YOU DON'T STOP RIGHT THIS SECOND, YOU'RE GONNA REGRET EVER CROSSING ME!!" As if obeying Raven for the first time today, the Genosaurer stopped, and Raven quickly jumped out of the cockpit before Shadow went berserk again. A moment later, Shadow coalesced from out of the zoid and materialized next to Raven, who started to vent his frustration at his renegade organoid, but he never got the chance to continue. A second after coming out, Shadow regenerated his wings and shot up into the air. Losing its form, it melted into the Genosaurer. It flashed a blinding white like a strike of lightning, and ended just as quickly. Perhaps it wasn't from Raven's eyes adjusting from the flashbang reaction right, but the Genosaurer seemed to turn dark, nearly black. He shook his head to clear the mental fog, but the illusion didn't vanish. Suddenly, it hit him like a stone. The Genosaurer began to expel dark red particles, matching its new blood red color. They began to collide and clump, pieces continuing to tack on particles and fuse together. A form crystallized from the discharge. A crystal!
From the feet up, the diamond-shaped crystal swallowed up the Genosaurer into its massive glittering bulk. As the cap formed, and the crystal became complete, strokes of black lighting crackled over its façade. Raven smiled. Though it wasn't the exact same, it was very similar to the beginning of the transformation of the Shield Liger to the Blade Liger. He momentarily grimaced. That accursed Blade Liger! It was the only zoid to have ever bested his Genosaurer; the only one ever to have bested HIM! Raven smiled, before an even bigger smile returned to his lips. By the same process as the zoid Raven destroyed became the object of Raven's nightmares, so would Ban's enemy become the object of his bed-wetting terror! His slight smirk hiding his true elation, Raven simply commented to Shadow: "I see…" Then, unable to hold back, Raven let loose with a maniacal laugh that echoed throughout the valley, haunting Ryan's ears and filling his mind with dread.
Ryan grumbled in dissatisfaction. "An adventure isn't supposed to be like this!' he moped to himself while brushing his pale yellow bangs out of his eyes. After hearing Raven's psychotic laughter, he got slightly paranoid and decided to take the high route. And here he was, climbing up the rift wall, dragging his hoverboard behind him. The climb was steep, the surface cold; the handhold sharp, and the footholds small. But it was all worth it for the view provided from the overhang at the top. Ryan's eyes widened as the scope of everything hit him. The panoramic landscape spread for miles, and it was beautiful. His breath caught in his throat as his eyes panned everything with excitement. The distant and airy snow-capped mountains, the wide sprawling farm plains which he calls home, the winding ambling river, clear as his aqua-blue eyes, and finally, the jewel in the crown, literally. A huge glimmering red diamond, stood in the middle of the rift, the sun glistening off it into Ryan's eyes. He smiled, enraptured by its magnificence. Suddenly, greed manifested itself. He said out loud "Wow, that's one heckuva diamond... damn, its already claimed!" Some one was standing next to the diamond, a smile on his face worthy of owning such a priceless gem. Suddenly, recognition screamed in his brain, and his awe turned to terror. That stakeholder was Raven! The gears turned in Ryan's mind, the situation seeming very Déjà vu. Then it hit him. There was a picture of something just like it during the documentary he taped of Ban Fleiheit's life. It couldn't be anything less than a cocoon, like the one used during the transformation of the Shield Liger… and that thing certainly seems big enough to house a zoid… such as a Genosaurer! Everything just came together and clicked at that very moment. "The Genosaurer is evolving! I have to warn Ban!"
This time around, Ryan was watching where he was going. After all, he was lost. Instead of ignoring jumps and just doing them naturally, he actively avoided him. Instead of tunnel vision, he practically had 360 degrees of observation, combing the landscape he'd scoped out on the cliff franticly for a military base of any kind. After spotting the Genosaurer's transformation crystal, he immediately hopped on the hoverboard and barreled down the least steep side of the rift wall, which was still nonetheless treacherous. After an hour of top-speed travel, Ryan finally spotted what he was looking for. It was a small Guylos boarder-control military base. He knew it had no significant zoids or personnel, but it could spread the warning to the Guardian Force. Streaking towards the checkpoint, he head a guard yell out "Hey you, kid! You have to get checked out here before proceeding into Guylos Imperial Territory!" Ryan completely ignored them and speeded on, counting on them to attack him. He spun around rapidly and sped towards the main zoid hanger, hoping to find a weapon to use on the Genosaurer; a weapon to help Ban, but before he could reach the main hanger doors, two armed guards stepped in his path. Surprised by the usage of firearms, and generally scared of big guns, Ryan fell off his hoverboard backwards, smashing his elbow on the ground. Dazed with pain, his vision darkened momentarily.
When he reopened his eyes, the two gruff guards stood over his head. The larger one, obviously the leader of the pair, said in a deep booming voice "You better tell us what the hell kinda stunt you were trying to pull back there, or you're in for a nasty surprise, little boy!" The second guard snickered his agreement, and the first one smirked in amusement. The first guard cracked his knuckles and pulled his left fist, and grinned a sadistic grin. Through a haze of pain, Ryan still realized these action-starved guards intended to use him to vent their frustration and boredom. Thinking fast, he yelled out "The Genosaurer is coming! Everybody run!" Despite his convincing performance, and truly scared looking face, the guards stood their ground. "Yeah kid, like we're really supposed to believe that! The Genosaurer was destroyed by that irritating little brat Ban Fleiheit. I bet I could rip him a new one!" the second guard laughed. Ryan withheld straightening them about Ban's skills, but he needed to survive unmaimed first. "Don't worry about beating Ban! You'll be stomped by the Genosaurer today, and all because…" His retort was cut short by an excruciating pain. The second guard kicked him square in the ribs. "Shut up kid, there's no such thing as the Genosaurer! Its dead!" Ryan could barely talk, the wind knocked right out of him. Still, he managed a chuckle. "Hehehe, do you really believe that? Call it in, ask about the Genosaurer. I dare you!" The second guards face burned with fury. "I told you kid to shut up! Now you're gonna suffer!" He raised his foot to stamp on Ryan's chest, but was stopped short by the first guard. "Wait man, maybe there is some truth to what he's saying. I'm gonna call it in." He then picked up his radio and called in "Hey, some stupid brat says he imagined the Genosaurer stomping around. Will someone put him in his place?"
The only response was static. Then a voice cut through the audio fog. "You have a visual on the Genosaurer?! We lost track of it after it left our base victorious. It even managed to beat down Fleiheit and ol' Irvine!" Ryan turned pale after hearing those words. Ban couldn't possibly have been beaten by Raven! Its impossible! Back outside Ryan's head, the voice on the walkie-talkie continued: "Do you have any coordinates or vector of heading?" The leading guard responded "No, we don't have anything on it, but…" He was cut short by Ryan yelling out his response. "Yes, it is northeast this base at a distance of about 15 miles" The second guard was about to yell again, when the radio continued "And where was it heading, kid?" of which he responded "It wasn't moving at all, It was much worse. Tell Ban Fleiheit it was in a cocoon! … And while you're at it, can you court-martial these little idiots for excessive violence? If they think of even touching me again, be sure to put them right in front of the Genosaurer's next charged particle blast?"
Raven cursed for perhaps the 50th time today. Shadow persisted in stealing his own zoids control from him, and was piloting it to who knows where!? Raven, absolutely furious, his anger almost eclipsing his thirst for vengeance against Ban, yelled out in a rage "SHADOW! IF YOU DON'T STOP RIGHT THIS SECOND, YOU'RE GONNA REGRET EVER CROSSING ME!!" As if obeying Raven for the first time today, the Genosaurer stopped, and Raven quickly jumped out of the cockpit before Shadow went berserk again. A moment later, Shadow coalesced from out of the zoid and materialized next to Raven, who started to vent his frustration at his renegade organoid, but he never got the chance to continue. A second after coming out, Shadow regenerated his wings and shot up into the air. Losing its form, it melted into the Genosaurer. It flashed a blinding white like a strike of lightning, and ended just as quickly. Perhaps it wasn't from Raven's eyes adjusting from the flashbang reaction right, but the Genosaurer seemed to turn dark, nearly black. He shook his head to clear the mental fog, but the illusion didn't vanish. Suddenly, it hit him like a stone. The Genosaurer began to expel dark red particles, matching its new blood red color. They began to collide and clump, pieces continuing to tack on particles and fuse together. A form crystallized from the discharge. A crystal!
From the feet up, the diamond-shaped crystal swallowed up the Genosaurer into its massive glittering bulk. As the cap formed, and the crystal became complete, strokes of black lighting crackled over its façade. Raven smiled. Though it wasn't the exact same, it was very similar to the beginning of the transformation of the Shield Liger to the Blade Liger. He momentarily grimaced. That accursed Blade Liger! It was the only zoid to have ever bested his Genosaurer; the only one ever to have bested HIM! Raven smiled, before an even bigger smile returned to his lips. By the same process as the zoid Raven destroyed became the object of Raven's nightmares, so would Ban's enemy become the object of his bed-wetting terror! His slight smirk hiding his true elation, Raven simply commented to Shadow: "I see…" Then, unable to hold back, Raven let loose with a maniacal laugh that echoed throughout the valley, haunting Ryan's ears and filling his mind with dread.
Ryan grumbled in dissatisfaction. "An adventure isn't supposed to be like this!' he moped to himself while brushing his pale yellow bangs out of his eyes. After hearing Raven's psychotic laughter, he got slightly paranoid and decided to take the high route. And here he was, climbing up the rift wall, dragging his hoverboard behind him. The climb was steep, the surface cold; the handhold sharp, and the footholds small. But it was all worth it for the view provided from the overhang at the top. Ryan's eyes widened as the scope of everything hit him. The panoramic landscape spread for miles, and it was beautiful. His breath caught in his throat as his eyes panned everything with excitement. The distant and airy snow-capped mountains, the wide sprawling farm plains which he calls home, the winding ambling river, clear as his aqua-blue eyes, and finally, the jewel in the crown, literally. A huge glimmering red diamond, stood in the middle of the rift, the sun glistening off it into Ryan's eyes. He smiled, enraptured by its magnificence. Suddenly, greed manifested itself. He said out loud "Wow, that's one heckuva diamond... damn, its already claimed!" Some one was standing next to the diamond, a smile on his face worthy of owning such a priceless gem. Suddenly, recognition screamed in his brain, and his awe turned to terror. That stakeholder was Raven! The gears turned in Ryan's mind, the situation seeming very Déjà vu. Then it hit him. There was a picture of something just like it during the documentary he taped of Ban Fleiheit's life. It couldn't be anything less than a cocoon, like the one used during the transformation of the Shield Liger… and that thing certainly seems big enough to house a zoid… such as a Genosaurer! Everything just came together and clicked at that very moment. "The Genosaurer is evolving! I have to warn Ban!"
This time around, Ryan was watching where he was going. After all, he was lost. Instead of ignoring jumps and just doing them naturally, he actively avoided him. Instead of tunnel vision, he practically had 360 degrees of observation, combing the landscape he'd scoped out on the cliff franticly for a military base of any kind. After spotting the Genosaurer's transformation crystal, he immediately hopped on the hoverboard and barreled down the least steep side of the rift wall, which was still nonetheless treacherous. After an hour of top-speed travel, Ryan finally spotted what he was looking for. It was a small Guylos boarder-control military base. He knew it had no significant zoids or personnel, but it could spread the warning to the Guardian Force. Streaking towards the checkpoint, he head a guard yell out "Hey you, kid! You have to get checked out here before proceeding into Guylos Imperial Territory!" Ryan completely ignored them and speeded on, counting on them to attack him. He spun around rapidly and sped towards the main zoid hanger, hoping to find a weapon to use on the Genosaurer; a weapon to help Ban, but before he could reach the main hanger doors, two armed guards stepped in his path. Surprised by the usage of firearms, and generally scared of big guns, Ryan fell off his hoverboard backwards, smashing his elbow on the ground. Dazed with pain, his vision darkened momentarily.
When he reopened his eyes, the two gruff guards stood over his head. The larger one, obviously the leader of the pair, said in a deep booming voice "You better tell us what the hell kinda stunt you were trying to pull back there, or you're in for a nasty surprise, little boy!" The second guard snickered his agreement, and the first one smirked in amusement. The first guard cracked his knuckles and pulled his left fist, and grinned a sadistic grin. Through a haze of pain, Ryan still realized these action-starved guards intended to use him to vent their frustration and boredom. Thinking fast, he yelled out "The Genosaurer is coming! Everybody run!" Despite his convincing performance, and truly scared looking face, the guards stood their ground. "Yeah kid, like we're really supposed to believe that! The Genosaurer was destroyed by that irritating little brat Ban Fleiheit. I bet I could rip him a new one!" the second guard laughed. Ryan withheld straightening them about Ban's skills, but he needed to survive unmaimed first. "Don't worry about beating Ban! You'll be stomped by the Genosaurer today, and all because…" His retort was cut short by an excruciating pain. The second guard kicked him square in the ribs. "Shut up kid, there's no such thing as the Genosaurer! Its dead!" Ryan could barely talk, the wind knocked right out of him. Still, he managed a chuckle. "Hehehe, do you really believe that? Call it in, ask about the Genosaurer. I dare you!" The second guards face burned with fury. "I told you kid to shut up! Now you're gonna suffer!" He raised his foot to stamp on Ryan's chest, but was stopped short by the first guard. "Wait man, maybe there is some truth to what he's saying. I'm gonna call it in." He then picked up his radio and called in "Hey, some stupid brat says he imagined the Genosaurer stomping around. Will someone put him in his place?"
The only response was static. Then a voice cut through the audio fog. "You have a visual on the Genosaurer?! We lost track of it after it left our base victorious. It even managed to beat down Fleiheit and ol' Irvine!" Ryan turned pale after hearing those words. Ban couldn't possibly have been beaten by Raven! Its impossible! Back outside Ryan's head, the voice on the walkie-talkie continued: "Do you have any coordinates or vector of heading?" The leading guard responded "No, we don't have anything on it, but…" He was cut short by Ryan yelling out his response. "Yes, it is northeast this base at a distance of about 15 miles" The second guard was about to yell again, when the radio continued "And where was it heading, kid?" of which he responded "It wasn't moving at all, It was much worse. Tell Ban Fleiheit it was in a cocoon! … And while you're at it, can you court-martial these little idiots for excessive violence? If they think of even touching me again, be sure to put them right in front of the Genosaurer's next charged particle blast?"