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Author's Note: I just hope everyone reading this has enjoyed it so far. The more good reviews I get the more I will add.
If everyone likes this story, I have many more ideas to write into stores.
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Chapter 4: A Dream Come True
Ryan could only stare as the AC barraled towards his barrack. Just as he thought he was dead, a government core slammed into the Raven, knocking it away, but the force of the impact was enough to knock him to the floor. He heard a voice in his head yelling at him to get up, and he quickly made his way to the door, opening it only to see Edward running by.
"You should just stay in your room where it's safe and let the real men handle this fight" Edward yelled while running past.
Ryan muttered to himself, "Like hell..." He got himself dressed in his pilot uniform and ran out to the hallway. He looked around and saw a mess of ruble where a piece of a core had crashed through the roof. A couple of soldiers were helping another pilot up who had been trapped underneath some pipes.
"Are you guys all right?" Ryan called to them.
"Yea, we're fine, but we need to get everyone out of here now!" the soldier had to yell over the noise from the fighting outside.
"Alright, you get him out of here and I'll check for more people!" Ryan yelled back.
The soldiers helped the pilot away while Ryan turned towards the destroyed hallway thinking to himself that if anyone else were in there that they must be dead already. He bit his lower lip at the thought of lives being lost and not being able to do anthing about it. Not seeing any signs of life, he decided to head towards the garage. Even if he wasn't a full pilot, he was not about to stand around and do nothing.
The room that Crystal had lived in looked like it had completely collapsed in on itself. Soldiers were already on the scene in a search and rescue operation for survivors. An officer heard a faint sound coming from underneath some peices of the fallen ceiling.
"Men! Over here!" he waved some soldiers over to help. They lifted some of the debris off before Mike finally was able to move and stand up.
The officer looked at him, "Are you ok?"
"I think so" Mike reached down to pick Crystal up, "but she was hurt pretty bad. Get her some help quick!" two soldiers brought a strecher over and Mike laid her on top of it, the soldiers quickly taking her off to the infirmary. He looked to the officer. "Where's the General now?"
"The main offices where hit bad, he's in the communications room now"
"Thanks." Mike called back, already running off in that direction
It only took him a few moments before he was in the communications room where the General was giving orders, his men sending them out over the radios.
"What's going on General?"
"Mike... it's total chaos. The Raven's attacked without any warning. No one saw it coming." The General looked at him with aging eyes. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm ok, but" he looked at the General with a pained expression "Crystal was hurt pretty bad. She's been taken to the infirmary"
General Everett looked away towards the monitors, "I see..." he said calmly "our men are geting killed out there by the more experienced Ravens." He looked at Mike with a stern gaze "You know what this means"
Mike looked back with the same gaze "Yea.... I know"
Ryan was barely able to make it to the garage with all the debris in his way, but somehow he managed to crawl his way around the hallways into the garage. He stood up looking around for an AC. Most had already been taken or were hit by missles from the attack. He happened to see one core left and ran to it. It wasn't a great AC, having light reverse joint legs, it must have been made for speed rather than full out fighting. He climbed up the ladder and jumped in the pilots seat, hitting buttons and bringing the core to life.
"Let's see" he muttered to himself "a light machine gun, basic energy blade, extra ammo pack on the back and a small rocket launcher. More than I've used before at once, but it should do in a pinch" He tried to convince himself that he doing the right thing before hitting the boosters and lauching himself through a hole in the ceiling.
He looked around to see fighting in several areas. The Ravens must have numbered about 20, probably more than was needed to handle the inexperienced pilots on the base. Only a few pilots here had real time in combat as this was more of a school than an actual military base. He landed just outside of the garage, hopefully ready for any enemy that happened his way. He didn't have to wait for long.
A Raven came around the corner and spoted him, hitting the boosters and charging before Ryan had a chance to react, slamming into him, knocking him off balance. The raven quickly jumped to attack, but Ryan had enough sense of mind to raise the machine gun and pull the trigger, forcing the already damaged Raven back. Ryan quickly stood his AC up and raised his blade just in time to deflect the Raven's blade. On instinct, Ryan hit the button and shot a rocket at the Raven at pointblank range. Pieces of metal showered his core as the head and most of the body were destroed on the Raven.
"Well" he breathed to himself, "that wasn't so bad"
Just then,a missle went off just a few meters from where he was, showering him with concrete and metal. He turned to look and see another Raven there, aiming it's grenade launcher right at him.
"Guess I spoke too soon"
He could hear a voice over the comm, "How dare you kill my comrade! I will make you pay!" He fired off another shot. Ryan was able to move to the left in time to avoid a full head on hit, but the right arm was blown off his core, the force of the explosion knocking his AC to the ground.
I'm in trouble now he thought to himself. He checked his weapons quickly, he knew his machine gun was gone with his arm, which only left his rockets. He got his AC back to it feat and faced the Raven who was readying another shot. He hit the button for the rockets, but nothing happend.
"Dammit!" he yelled at himself "the fall must have damage the rocket launcher!"
"What's the matter rookie? No weapons left?" he heard the Raven's voice over the comm, so cold and deadly. He looked up to see the Raven put down his grenade launcher. "I think I will enjoy this" The Raven charged at Ryan with his energy blade ready, and all Ryan could do was close his eyes and prepare for death. He sat there for a second without anything happening. He opened one eye to see what happened, and saw the Raven's AC falling to the ground, cut apart at the waist.
He looked up at who had saved him, "Edward?"
"What are you doing here rookie? A battle field is no place for, AHHHH!" Edward's AC fell to it's knees as Ryan heard his scream. He saw that nothing had hit Edward, so what caused this?
"Edward? Edward! Can you hear me?" no response. He looked around and saw another Raven carrying what looked like a radar on it's back, but not like any radar Ryan had ever seen before.
The Raven turned towards them and charged, but before it could get withing striking distance, it was blown apart from a rocket that hit it's left side. Nothing was left of it but a few peices of scrap.
Who could have done this? He thought to himself. He looked up at the AC that had come to the rescue and could only stare, gawking.
Ragnarok was standing there, which could only mean one thing,
Ryan whispered to himself "Knight."
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to be continued....
Author's Note: I just hope everyone reading this has enjoyed it so far. The more good reviews I get the more I will add.
If everyone likes this story, I have many more ideas to write into stores.
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Chapter 4: A Dream Come True
Ryan could only stare as the AC barraled towards his barrack. Just as he thought he was dead, a government core slammed into the Raven, knocking it away, but the force of the impact was enough to knock him to the floor. He heard a voice in his head yelling at him to get up, and he quickly made his way to the door, opening it only to see Edward running by.
"You should just stay in your room where it's safe and let the real men handle this fight" Edward yelled while running past.
Ryan muttered to himself, "Like hell..." He got himself dressed in his pilot uniform and ran out to the hallway. He looked around and saw a mess of ruble where a piece of a core had crashed through the roof. A couple of soldiers were helping another pilot up who had been trapped underneath some pipes.
"Are you guys all right?" Ryan called to them.
"Yea, we're fine, but we need to get everyone out of here now!" the soldier had to yell over the noise from the fighting outside.
"Alright, you get him out of here and I'll check for more people!" Ryan yelled back.
The soldiers helped the pilot away while Ryan turned towards the destroyed hallway thinking to himself that if anyone else were in there that they must be dead already. He bit his lower lip at the thought of lives being lost and not being able to do anthing about it. Not seeing any signs of life, he decided to head towards the garage. Even if he wasn't a full pilot, he was not about to stand around and do nothing.
The room that Crystal had lived in looked like it had completely collapsed in on itself. Soldiers were already on the scene in a search and rescue operation for survivors. An officer heard a faint sound coming from underneath some peices of the fallen ceiling.
"Men! Over here!" he waved some soldiers over to help. They lifted some of the debris off before Mike finally was able to move and stand up.
The officer looked at him, "Are you ok?"
"I think so" Mike reached down to pick Crystal up, "but she was hurt pretty bad. Get her some help quick!" two soldiers brought a strecher over and Mike laid her on top of it, the soldiers quickly taking her off to the infirmary. He looked to the officer. "Where's the General now?"
"The main offices where hit bad, he's in the communications room now"
"Thanks." Mike called back, already running off in that direction
It only took him a few moments before he was in the communications room where the General was giving orders, his men sending them out over the radios.
"What's going on General?"
"Mike... it's total chaos. The Raven's attacked without any warning. No one saw it coming." The General looked at him with aging eyes. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm ok, but" he looked at the General with a pained expression "Crystal was hurt pretty bad. She's been taken to the infirmary"
General Everett looked away towards the monitors, "I see..." he said calmly "our men are geting killed out there by the more experienced Ravens." He looked at Mike with a stern gaze "You know what this means"
Mike looked back with the same gaze "Yea.... I know"
Ryan was barely able to make it to the garage with all the debris in his way, but somehow he managed to crawl his way around the hallways into the garage. He stood up looking around for an AC. Most had already been taken or were hit by missles from the attack. He happened to see one core left and ran to it. It wasn't a great AC, having light reverse joint legs, it must have been made for speed rather than full out fighting. He climbed up the ladder and jumped in the pilots seat, hitting buttons and bringing the core to life.
"Let's see" he muttered to himself "a light machine gun, basic energy blade, extra ammo pack on the back and a small rocket launcher. More than I've used before at once, but it should do in a pinch" He tried to convince himself that he doing the right thing before hitting the boosters and lauching himself through a hole in the ceiling.
He looked around to see fighting in several areas. The Ravens must have numbered about 20, probably more than was needed to handle the inexperienced pilots on the base. Only a few pilots here had real time in combat as this was more of a school than an actual military base. He landed just outside of the garage, hopefully ready for any enemy that happened his way. He didn't have to wait for long.
A Raven came around the corner and spoted him, hitting the boosters and charging before Ryan had a chance to react, slamming into him, knocking him off balance. The raven quickly jumped to attack, but Ryan had enough sense of mind to raise the machine gun and pull the trigger, forcing the already damaged Raven back. Ryan quickly stood his AC up and raised his blade just in time to deflect the Raven's blade. On instinct, Ryan hit the button and shot a rocket at the Raven at pointblank range. Pieces of metal showered his core as the head and most of the body were destroed on the Raven.
"Well" he breathed to himself, "that wasn't so bad"
Just then,a missle went off just a few meters from where he was, showering him with concrete and metal. He turned to look and see another Raven there, aiming it's grenade launcher right at him.
"Guess I spoke too soon"
He could hear a voice over the comm, "How dare you kill my comrade! I will make you pay!" He fired off another shot. Ryan was able to move to the left in time to avoid a full head on hit, but the right arm was blown off his core, the force of the explosion knocking his AC to the ground.
I'm in trouble now he thought to himself. He checked his weapons quickly, he knew his machine gun was gone with his arm, which only left his rockets. He got his AC back to it feat and faced the Raven who was readying another shot. He hit the button for the rockets, but nothing happend.
"Dammit!" he yelled at himself "the fall must have damage the rocket launcher!"
"What's the matter rookie? No weapons left?" he heard the Raven's voice over the comm, so cold and deadly. He looked up to see the Raven put down his grenade launcher. "I think I will enjoy this" The Raven charged at Ryan with his energy blade ready, and all Ryan could do was close his eyes and prepare for death. He sat there for a second without anything happening. He opened one eye to see what happened, and saw the Raven's AC falling to the ground, cut apart at the waist.
He looked up at who had saved him, "Edward?"
"What are you doing here rookie? A battle field is no place for, AHHHH!" Edward's AC fell to it's knees as Ryan heard his scream. He saw that nothing had hit Edward, so what caused this?
"Edward? Edward! Can you hear me?" no response. He looked around and saw another Raven carrying what looked like a radar on it's back, but not like any radar Ryan had ever seen before.
The Raven turned towards them and charged, but before it could get withing striking distance, it was blown apart from a rocket that hit it's left side. Nothing was left of it but a few peices of scrap.
Who could have done this? He thought to himself. He looked up at the AC that had come to the rescue and could only stare, gawking.
Ragnarok was standing there, which could only mean one thing,
Ryan whispered to himself "Knight."
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to be continued....