Love's Angel

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own Zoids nor any characters except my own.

All similarity to events real or ficticious are purely coincidental.

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Van, Fiona, and Zeke jumped up with a start at the sound of the explosions. Two hundred yards off was a Blade liger. It was unusual as it was pitch black, with a silver streak down the side. Van growled.

"Don't I ever get ANY rest?" Van yelled. "Go, Zeke!"

Van hopped up into the cockpit of his blade liger as Zeke merged with it's Zoid core.

"Common, Fiona!" Van called down to her.

"Comming Van!" Fiona said with a nod as she hopped in the back of the cockpit.

Van turned to face this new adversary. The image of his new opponent appeared on his screen. As could have been expected, he wore all black, right down to a pair of dark sunglasses that hid his eyes, to jet black hair. He just snickered.

"Hello Van." The boy said.

"What do you want with me!?" Van yelled. Fiona tapped him on his shoulder.

"Calm down, Van." Fiona said, still an innocent expression glued to her face.

Van sweatdropped and nodded. The boy began to speak up.

"You are in my way, Van. My name is Crow. [a/n geez what is it with black bird names? Raven, and now Crow ^_~] I'm the best zoid pilot ever, destined to rule planet Zi, and no lucky kid is going to stop me and take my glory!" As he ended the essage the screen returned to the view of the black zoid.

Geez maybe you are overreacting just a little?? Van just got to thinking when laser cannon shells began to hit him.

"AHH!" Van cringed. "Alright, you asked for it!" Van began to work his controls.

The Blade Liger began to run forward. As the black one fired Van moved to the side.

"Is that the best you got??" Van challenged.

"why actually.......no." Crow smiled confidantly.

Van deployed his blades. The started glowing with negetive (a/n was it positive or negetive?) particles. Van smiled to himself. He had every confidence he could win. At the other zoid, Crow just snickered again. Pressing a few quick buttons on his controls his zoids suddenly deployed his dark blue blades. He snickered again. It was all too easy. He fingrered one last button. His swords blasted energy from their tips and formed a giant ball of postive energy. The energy ball was attracted to the blades of Van's liger and sped at an alarming rate, turning into a beam. Van was heading straight towards the black liger when it was fired. It was moving to fast!

"Van, put away the blades and jump to the side!" Fiona yelled from the back.

"Zeke!" Van yelled.

The Blade liger jumped and put away the blades, but the beam still grazed the side of his liger. It was knocked back off it's feet from the force of the blast.

Van shook his head and glanced at his control panel. Red warning lights were flashing, and a wireframe of the blade liger appeared pointing out damage. Van looked back at Fiona. She was ok, curled up in a fetal position, biting her lower lip hard. Van returned towards looking at his screen. Major damage was taken to the starboard side of the Blade liger.

"Zeke, can you get Liger up again?" Van asked. Zeke responded with an uncertain roar.

Van pressed a few controls and managed to get the blade liger up to it's feet. Crow appeared on the screen again.

"You don't stand a chance. Why not just give up now?" He said, fingers ready to fire everything he had at Van. "This is my shadow liger. Much superior to an average blade liger." Crow disappeared from the screen again.

Van felt a tap on his shoulder again.

"Van, get out of here..we can't fight this in this condition now!" Fiona said, pleading.

"I know, I know, but how am I going to do this?" Van replied, eyes still focused ahead.

Van pulled up a map of the area. He had to find someway to get out of here. He spotted a few towns that had repair shops...a few caves...there was no where to go.

Crow started to move his liger. He walked in close to Van's, mocking him. Crow's liger bit into the back of the Blade liger. The liger roared in pain, as Zeke Van and Fiona braced themselves. With a flick of the controls Crow picked the blade liger up and threw it a few yards off. Van got up again. He had on chance to stall this fight..

As soon as Crow came near again, Van put up the shield, blocking the bite. Van, in one swift movement, deployed his blades and swung the liger around, slicing through the leg of the shadow liger. Crow didn't have time to respond with his anitblade attack. Van's liger collapsed from the damage it sustained. Crow cursed at his monitor.

"I suppose I'll let you live then...I don't have the time to finish you right now. Just remember.." Crow let his sunglasses drop, revealing deep black eyes that seem to peirce the soul..."I will destroy you."

Crow sped away from them.

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