The Revelation

"Hmm.." Hiltz was watching the battle, happy that he had found a worthy opponent. That wolf zoid looked powerful, but nothing could stand up to the death stinger. "Isn't that right, Ambient?" He said looking over at his friend and partner, the red organoid, Ambient. "Grawll!" Yes. Reese was slumped in the shade of her genosaurer with Specular standing guard. But he still needed to find that kid Raven. He ran off after Shadow died, and no one had seen him since then. Prozen wasn't going to be too happy if he didn't locate Raven in the next six months. Raven. That idiot little kid. Prozen had had his eye on the kid ever since he had shown an affinity for zoids when he was six. A month after, Ambient had destroyed that trust by killing his parents. Then Prozen took him, trained him, and the rest was history. He turned and leapt into the death stinger, calling Reese. She woke up and they were on their way to intercept the mysterious zoid.

"Did you enjoy the battle, Raven?" Huh? "Uh yes, it was great." "That's good." Bleep! Bleep! Lights are flashing from my screen. I glance down and see a familiar figure. Two familiar figures, actually. Hiltz and Ambient. I start to shake with barely suppressed rage, seeing those two bastards upon a cliff, enjoying themselves. "Shall we defeat them, Raven?" I tear my gaze away from the screen. "I don't know, what do you suggest?" I will not help you with Hiltz or Ambient. That time is coming. I will, however, help you train. For now, I'm going to go kill Reese." Okay. "Why do you hate her so much?" "Do you really want to know?" "Yes." "It's a sad story, but I will tell it to the best of my ability. Other things that happened back then are covered in the fog of centuries, obscuring my memories. But this still stands, and every day I feel the pain of my loss."

The Tale of The Wolf

We were a happy family, living in peace at the border of the empire and republic. It had always been a disputed border, but my dad made a good living off of old zoids that had been used in battle. My brother and I ranged around the old ruins, not caring who found us, for when you're young, you think you're immortal. One day, we were exploring a ruin that had some old computers in it. I had loved computers since I was little; my dad had trained me and my brother in the basics of hacking and piloting. We didn't have a mom, and dad never talked about her. Anyway, we found the computer room. Amazingly, the computers still functioned. I hacked into the security system, and found a map leading to a secret hangar with two prototype zoids in it. My brother, Sameth, but more commonly know as Sam, found the door. Sam and I went down the staircase, and ended up in a gloomy room. We could make out the shapes of two zoids, but weren't sure what they were. When we flipped on the lights, we gasped in awe. We had found the first Raynos and Genosaurer. I piloted the Genosaurer, and Sam piloted the Raynos. He had always loved airborne zoids. The Raynos didn't have any paint, and was plain silver. With these zoids, we could now go much farther afield. The Raynos only had one weapon, a 72 mm laser cannon. The Genosaurer had a black paint job with blue trim. The Genosaurer had its teeth and claws, plus a double barrel long-range gun,not to mention the charged particle cannon. Sam usually scouted around, looking for interesting things. Once he found something, he would radio me and I would catch up. One day, Sam was sick with the flu. By then I was 10,000 millenniums old, but I looked 10. Sam was 70,000, but looked 7. My father mostly let us do what we wanted, and that was why we were so reckless, but powerful. I was bored, so I set off. I went into the forest, and was pounding around, slipping through gaps in the trees. I found an organoid. Instead of being the usual dinosaur type, it was a wolf type; the only one of it's kind. I named him Blind Seer, for he was cobalt blue, except for a band of black around his eyes. He was wary at first, but I eventually earned his trust. I was happy, with Blind Seer by my side, but I still wondered, what was it like to be an organoid? I decided to make a copy of Blind Seer, sharing the same mind. What was felt by one would be felt by the other. Once I had completed the copy, it merged with me. I felt the earth beneath my claws, the wind rippling across my metal skin, the trees and grass from an organoid's point of view. And I saw myself. Blind Seer and I were sharing the same mind, always. If he was destroyed and I had the other copy in me, I would die as well. When he merged with the genosaurer, it gave me an edge in combat, for I knew intimately each little quirk in its body. I knew that the claw on the right was stronger than the left. The tail could slam zoids but the wires would sever. One day about two years later, I came home from training, to see a plume of smoke in the distance. I knew what it was, but I refused to believe it. I opened the boosters and we roared toward the smoke. When I arrived, it was a scene of utter carnage. My home, destroyed. I saw a hand, sticking from the wreckage. It was my father. Dead. I couldn't cry, I was numb. I didn't feel anything, and then I was consumed by a horrible, burning rage. Sam was dying when I found him, burnt horribly. He lived long enough to tell me that the person who had murdered him and my father had a blue organoid and genosaurer. And then, he died, died with a smile on his innocent face, for he had lived long enough to know that his death was going to be avenged. I let his lifeless body slip from my arms, knowing that for as long as I lived, I was never going to rest until I destroyed his murderer. I turned to Blind Seer. He alone knew the pain I was feeling in my soul. I vowed then that I was going to give them a horrible death, letting the fear that Sam had felt sink into their heart. I first found Reese at a small lake in the mountains, and we battled. I won, but let her go, for I wanted her to spend her days looking back over her shoulder, fearing that she would see me on the horizon. We battled once more, and I won again. The battle that would change my life happened at a field not far from where Sam had died, ironically. The battle went on for a couple of hours, and finally I had her down. Little did I know that Reese had hired a merc to shoot me. A laser beam tore through the genosaurer. Blind Seer screamed, and so did I,for the laser had ripped a hole in me. I leaped out, and turned, to see Blind Seer fall, silently, endlessly, forever. The copy unmerged in time to save me, but it exploded while it was coming out. Blind Seer died, gave his life to save me. I still carry pieces of Blind Seer within me now, constant reminders that part of me died that day. I ran, ran from the fear and the pain,the spot where my only friend had died. So I became a berserker, because of Blind Seers pieces within me. Now, I will get revenge, for Father and Sam. And for Blind Seer.

I sat quietly, digesting this information. She had lost her only friend, her brother, and her father. She turned and looked back. "You're the first person I've told about Blind Seer. Normally, I distrust humans, but you are different." She didn't elaborate, and I didn't ask her to. " Now is the day I get my revenge. I have waited millennia. I have called the Liger Zero, please pilot him. I do not want any interference." "I can understand that." "Thank you, Raven." We strode across the plains, on our way to revenge for something that had happened thousands of years ago.