Chapter 3 The War Begins
Most of the Controller's army had turned north just as they reached the city and headed towards another heavily populated sector. All but 2 AC's went north, these 2 headed towards the Trio. "These guys aren't registered!" said John, "They're not with the Global Cortex."
"How can that be?" asked Aragon. As soon as he finished that question the 2 AC's landed. They touched ground for 1 second then dashed towards the 3 AC pilots. The moment they started firing the Trio returned fire.
"AHHH, I'm hit!" cried Leviathan as he crashed into the ground trailing smoke. He was struggling to get up when the unidentified AC boosted up to it and slashed. The moment the blade touched Lev there was an explosion. John noted the blue escape pod launched into the air.
"He self-destructed!" said Aragon as he fired a continuous stream of grenades at the remaining AC. The lightweight AC dodged all of Aragon's grenades and was firing his machine gun. "Damn, I'm overheated, sorry John there's nothing more I can do" said Aragon as he ejected and his AC blew up.
A missile was launched, air was boiled, an escape pod hit, a life lost.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed John as pieces of Aragon's escape pod and body hit the floor from 400 feet up. His anger at his peak, John gave no mercy. His machine gun hit with pinpoint accuracy. He dodged every shot, his blade cut through the cockpit, and he won the battle. He got out of his AC and walked towards Aragon's body, nothing but his ashes remained. After seeing Aragon's remains he walked over to Lev's pod, it was empty. "Damn!" cursed John as he sat down and thought.
"Hey! John! Over here!" echoed Leviathan's voice through the street. John got up and ran towards Lev's voice. The pilot was holding a laptop computer and sitting before the untouched shop of Global Cortex. He was going through a list of parts and the giant repair arms were constructing another AC.
"Aragon's dead" said John grimly. "There's nothing but ash's." Those 2 sentences almost killed the pilot. He lowered his head and John saw tears.
"No." whispered Leviathan as he closed the laptop and cried.
5 days later Leviathan had another AC and both he and John wanted revenge.
The scene was hellish. Fire was everywhere and on everything, no building remained intact. In this scene, 2 giant figures stood like angered Gods. The 2 figures were AC's, one called Vengeance, the other called Phantom. 1 was blood red as the other was dark gray. There were standing among the remains of a fort, a fort that belonged to the Controller's forces. The 2 pilots wanted to know why the Controller went homicidal. They wanted revenge. "Let's go," stated Leviathan, he was observing the scene. "There's nothing left."
A bluish haze erupted from their backs and the 2 AC's flew away. They stopped at sector 324 on Layer 3; it was under attack by 6 MT's with a considerable armaments. 3 missiles from Phantom's back got their attention as 2 of them fell from direct hits. Vengeance was behind them before they knew it and his left arm blade slashed and 2 fell, 1 headless and another in 2 equal parts. Machine gun fire and concentrated laser fire felled the remaining MT's. "That was too easy," said John observing the scene. He was right. Both of the AC's radar saw 3 other AC's pop up surrounding them. "Oh crap," whispered John.
John detected several TITAN class missiles fly over the buildings; it was a trap. Both the Vengeance and Phantom dodged most of the missiles but one hit Phantom and blew off 3 fingers from his left arm. "Umm. do I need those?" asked John as he shot at the nearest AC, slowly chipping off parts of its armor and head. Several of Leviathan's missiles launched from the Vengeance's back and caused an AC to crash into a building and blow up.
Leviathan turned to see that the last one held a very large nuclear bomb. "Man." complained Leviathan as if this scenario took place often. Then several yellow greenish bolts came out of nowhere and completely demolished the last AC. John saw an AC fly away barely a black dot against the horizon. "I wonder who that was." Replied Leviathan when he too saw the AC fly away.
The next day Lev and John where staying at one of the remaining Global Cortex's inns in sector 617 on Layer 3. Both of them were eating Taco Bell when the foundation shook. "What was that?" yelled a fellow pilot who was sting at a table next to them. No one needed to answer, the alarm rang and that meant only 1 thing. The Controller's army was here, or at least a small part of it was. Screens lit up and all the pilots could see 20 MT's heading their way led by 5 elite-looking AC's. Both Lev and John looked at each other before rushing towards their AC's. The lift brought them outside in the midst of fellow AC's. Several fired missiles prematurely and all they did was hit dirt. All 25 of the opposing force then crouched. Most of the veteran pilots knew what they were doing and decided to close the distance between them by Over Boosting. The less experienced pilots thought they were suicidal and stayed. The grenades over shot the rushing pilots but found their marks on the newer pilots. Less than half of them survived.
"Vengeance I'll take the Heavy AC's." said John as he stopped right in front of his target and fired. The other 24 giant robots kept firing at the other AC defenders that were only half way there. It was massacre for both sides. The defenders that stayed back were mowed down quickly; the invaders were cut down like scythes harvesting grain. Most of the pilots took the Phantom's lead and used their blades to destroy their opponents in 1 or 2 strikes. The defenders had won but had lost several younger pilots, pilots that had potential but not experience. All the AC's went to the garage with heavy hearts and grim faces. The next day 1,000 MT's wielding chain guns were detected on radar. They reached the Global before the pilots could rally and wiped them out. Many pilots and mechanics fled and survived. Some fought and died, others fought and lived. There were surviving pilots that fought; but were the Phantom and Vengeance was among those? Read the next chapter to find out!
Most of the Controller's army had turned north just as they reached the city and headed towards another heavily populated sector. All but 2 AC's went north, these 2 headed towards the Trio. "These guys aren't registered!" said John, "They're not with the Global Cortex."
"How can that be?" asked Aragon. As soon as he finished that question the 2 AC's landed. They touched ground for 1 second then dashed towards the 3 AC pilots. The moment they started firing the Trio returned fire.
"AHHH, I'm hit!" cried Leviathan as he crashed into the ground trailing smoke. He was struggling to get up when the unidentified AC boosted up to it and slashed. The moment the blade touched Lev there was an explosion. John noted the blue escape pod launched into the air.
"He self-destructed!" said Aragon as he fired a continuous stream of grenades at the remaining AC. The lightweight AC dodged all of Aragon's grenades and was firing his machine gun. "Damn, I'm overheated, sorry John there's nothing more I can do" said Aragon as he ejected and his AC blew up.
A missile was launched, air was boiled, an escape pod hit, a life lost.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed John as pieces of Aragon's escape pod and body hit the floor from 400 feet up. His anger at his peak, John gave no mercy. His machine gun hit with pinpoint accuracy. He dodged every shot, his blade cut through the cockpit, and he won the battle. He got out of his AC and walked towards Aragon's body, nothing but his ashes remained. After seeing Aragon's remains he walked over to Lev's pod, it was empty. "Damn!" cursed John as he sat down and thought.
"Hey! John! Over here!" echoed Leviathan's voice through the street. John got up and ran towards Lev's voice. The pilot was holding a laptop computer and sitting before the untouched shop of Global Cortex. He was going through a list of parts and the giant repair arms were constructing another AC.
"Aragon's dead" said John grimly. "There's nothing but ash's." Those 2 sentences almost killed the pilot. He lowered his head and John saw tears.
"No." whispered Leviathan as he closed the laptop and cried.
5 days later Leviathan had another AC and both he and John wanted revenge.
The scene was hellish. Fire was everywhere and on everything, no building remained intact. In this scene, 2 giant figures stood like angered Gods. The 2 figures were AC's, one called Vengeance, the other called Phantom. 1 was blood red as the other was dark gray. There were standing among the remains of a fort, a fort that belonged to the Controller's forces. The 2 pilots wanted to know why the Controller went homicidal. They wanted revenge. "Let's go," stated Leviathan, he was observing the scene. "There's nothing left."
A bluish haze erupted from their backs and the 2 AC's flew away. They stopped at sector 324 on Layer 3; it was under attack by 6 MT's with a considerable armaments. 3 missiles from Phantom's back got their attention as 2 of them fell from direct hits. Vengeance was behind them before they knew it and his left arm blade slashed and 2 fell, 1 headless and another in 2 equal parts. Machine gun fire and concentrated laser fire felled the remaining MT's. "That was too easy," said John observing the scene. He was right. Both of the AC's radar saw 3 other AC's pop up surrounding them. "Oh crap," whispered John.
John detected several TITAN class missiles fly over the buildings; it was a trap. Both the Vengeance and Phantom dodged most of the missiles but one hit Phantom and blew off 3 fingers from his left arm. "Umm. do I need those?" asked John as he shot at the nearest AC, slowly chipping off parts of its armor and head. Several of Leviathan's missiles launched from the Vengeance's back and caused an AC to crash into a building and blow up.
Leviathan turned to see that the last one held a very large nuclear bomb. "Man." complained Leviathan as if this scenario took place often. Then several yellow greenish bolts came out of nowhere and completely demolished the last AC. John saw an AC fly away barely a black dot against the horizon. "I wonder who that was." Replied Leviathan when he too saw the AC fly away.
The next day Lev and John where staying at one of the remaining Global Cortex's inns in sector 617 on Layer 3. Both of them were eating Taco Bell when the foundation shook. "What was that?" yelled a fellow pilot who was sting at a table next to them. No one needed to answer, the alarm rang and that meant only 1 thing. The Controller's army was here, or at least a small part of it was. Screens lit up and all the pilots could see 20 MT's heading their way led by 5 elite-looking AC's. Both Lev and John looked at each other before rushing towards their AC's. The lift brought them outside in the midst of fellow AC's. Several fired missiles prematurely and all they did was hit dirt. All 25 of the opposing force then crouched. Most of the veteran pilots knew what they were doing and decided to close the distance between them by Over Boosting. The less experienced pilots thought they were suicidal and stayed. The grenades over shot the rushing pilots but found their marks on the newer pilots. Less than half of them survived.
"Vengeance I'll take the Heavy AC's." said John as he stopped right in front of his target and fired. The other 24 giant robots kept firing at the other AC defenders that were only half way there. It was massacre for both sides. The defenders that stayed back were mowed down quickly; the invaders were cut down like scythes harvesting grain. Most of the pilots took the Phantom's lead and used their blades to destroy their opponents in 1 or 2 strikes. The defenders had won but had lost several younger pilots, pilots that had potential but not experience. All the AC's went to the garage with heavy hearts and grim faces. The next day 1,000 MT's wielding chain guns were detected on radar. They reached the Global before the pilots could rally and wiped them out. Many pilots and mechanics fled and survived. Some fought and died, others fought and lived. There were surviving pilots that fought; but were the Phantom and Vengeance was among those? Read the next chapter to find out!