Authors note: Wow already on chapter 9... hehehe guess what? Some very
important people make some very important appearances. Nice long chappie
too! Once again, thanks for all the good reviews.
CHAPTER 9
"Rain..."
"Hmmm..."
"You must open your eyes..."
"Hmmm... Cloud?"
"Please Rain! Open your eyes..."
"Cloud!? Where are you!?"
"Wake up..."
Rains eyes snapped open. Instinctively, she brought a hand to her throbbing head. Noticing her head bandaged, she sat up and looked around her. She was in a room... not just any room... a beautiful room. She looked around, completely amazed by her surroundings. It looked just as a room from a castle, like in the old fantasy books she used to read as a child. There were wine red curtains draped about a large barely open window, and a table with matching table cloths. The chars were carved out of some dark wood, a type she didn't recognize. She was lying on a bed with pure silk sheets. Under her was a wine red silk blanket. The bed was a canopy bed, a veil of rose red hung above her head. She also noticed roses of all kinds situated around the room.
Rain then took the time to look herself over. She was no longer wearing her old battle clothes, but a magnificent white dress. Around her neck was a choker of what looked like Lopaz Lazuli, a beautiful blue stone. The dress reached past her feet, and seemed to also be made of the purest silk. She wore no shoes or gloves, and all her wounds were bandaged.
"Where am I?" She said quietly to herself and sat up, suddenly wishing she hadn't. Her broken ribs still hurt badly. She let out a gasp of pain, then stood shakily on her feet. She walked over to the window and looked out. She couldn't see anything she recognized, just some sort of courtyard covered in all types of flowers, trees and plants... especially roses.
"I see your awake at last." A voice came from behind her.
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"Who the hell are you!?" Izumi asked Rei, anger flashing in her eyes, "and what did you do with Rain!?"
LightStrike gave a roar and looked at Izumi strait in the eyes, shaking his head as if saying 'he isn't the bad guy.'
"I didn't do anything to the kid! She said you'd be able to explain every damn thing!" Rei answered, anger also written clearly on his face.
"Tell us what happened to her first so that we may be able to explain what's going on." Tyra said, "And we know something happened because LightStrike and Rain haven't left each others side since..." She didn't finish.
"She was taken away by some group that attacked us." Rei explained, "She told LightStrike to bring me to you so you could explain what the hell was happening." He clenched his firsts, "I would have taken them..."
"Is this true buddy?" Izumi asked, looking at the organoid. LightStrike roared, nodding as he did so, "Oh boy..."
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Orihime sighed, the city was finally coming into view. She got up out of her seat and walked into the hallway, then into the hanger. Everyone else was there, doing various maintenance checks on their zoids.
"Hey Orihime. What's up?" Leena asked, jumping from her GunSniper.
"We're almost to Saurian city." Orihime told them, "The others should be waiting in town square."
"all right." Lavender said, "And you really think you've found something that'll help us?"
"Yeah. I saw it when Tyra vid-phoned me earlier."
Suddenly docs voice came on the intercom "We're here, everybody out."
Everyone left the hover cargo and made their way to the fountain. They were all shocked at what they saw when they got there.
"LightStrike!" Lavender said, pure surprise on her face.
"That means Rains here too?" Orihime half stated and asked. Izumi looked at her and shook her head, "The ShadowStalkers have her."
Orihime dropped her head, "Are you sure?"
"Who else would be after her."
"Who the hell are the ShadowStalkers?! And what the hell is going on?!" Rei asked, still having no clue on the situation.
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Rain turned, facing the man behind her. It was an older man, he had dark brown hair, and dark hazel eyes. He was rather largely built, and was wearing a dark green uniform. Rain knew exactly who he was... she could remember him from when he worked for her father.
"Luke?" Rain stated, "Where am I?"
"You are in my base my dear." The man, Luke, replied quite kindly.
"You ordered me to be captured?!" Rain couldn't believe it... Luke was her fathers best friend... they did everything together. She mentally gave herself a slap in the head, she knew what he was after now. Not only had her father done everything with Luke... he also helped work on the sync experiments, "Why?!"
"Come child, you are smarter than that, don't play dumb, you already know quite well what Im doing." Luke stated softly, still kindly.
"I don't get it! What are you up to!?" Rain yelled, annoyed.
Luke raised his hands to try and quiet the angered girl, "I promised."
"What?!" Rain asked, confused, her throbbing head also wasn't helping her think, and she had become quite irritable within the past few seconds,"What in the damned hell does that mean!?"
The man looked at her in surprise, as if not expecting her to reply in the way she did, "Child! If your father was still alive... where have you learned such a mouth? I do say, I have never heard you or even your brother speak in such a way."
"Its been years since I last saw you Luke... Im older and I can say what I feel." Rain answered simply, still irritably, though none of her anger was meant to be aimed at her fathers old friend. "I've been through enough in the past year and I think I have the right to say whatever the hell I want."
"Its been too long." Luke shook his head, "The last I saw of you, child," He raised his hands just below his waist, "you were only of this height. You were also very shy and quiet. You were always deep in thought, and never spoke unless spoken to. Such a sweet girl with no worries in the world..." He closed his eyes as if remembering a time long ago, "you would have never even thought of speaking the way you had earlier."
"Things change."
"You have become such a negative child it does seem." Luke said, sadness clearly crossing his face, "I am sorry to see that."
"Luke..." Rain stated and sighed, she really had liked Luke, especially as a child... she didn't mean to aim crossly at him, yet she still had the feeling that she couldn't entirely trust him, "Im sorry. I've been through too much lately and my head and ribs are killing me." She sighed and sat down on the bed. Then to herself she said, "How come it's me that always being captured or taken away! This is like... the 3rd time. Sheesh."
"Rain..." Luke stated, "You do know why I brought you here."
"Yes." She answered a small grin coming to her, she was looking down so Luke wasn't able to see her face, "You want my fathers experiment." She then looked up at him, "Sorry to break it to you... I don't know where it is. And..."
"And what?"
"I wouldn't tell you if I did."
"That's quite all right child for we don't need you to tell us where it is." Luke stated, "I already know. We need you to unlock the door."
"What?" Rain asked, thinking the old man was crazy.
"You see child, " Luke explained, "You were too young to remember, but your brother wasn't. Your parents hid within you and your older brother the key to the systems hiding place. I hadn't released it until just recently. In order to get to it... one of you two is needed."
Rain suddenly frowned, something in the back of her head told her that something about Luke was wrong. "Why."
"What do you mean why?"
"Why do you want it?"
Luke smiled a somewhat kind smile. Rain frowned again, Luke suddenly reminded her of a snake. He always had the same gentle smile, but a certain cruel-ness hid behind his lips. To her a snake always seemed to smile, until it was ready to bite, "A promise."
"What?"
"I promised your father a long time ago that I would continue the experiments. He asked me to look after you two... in that unfortunately, I failed, for Gabrielle had gotten to you before Koh even died,... and he asked me to continue the sync experiments for the good of man kind. And I promised. I have been continually working on the experiment since he died... but I have not been able to complete it for I need the system that your father hid to complete the experiment."
"What if I refuse to help you?" Rain asked, feeling that the system was better wherever it was.
"You can't." Luke replied still smiling.
"Why not?"
"Come with me." Luke said, motioning for Rain to follow. She did, and he led her down a long corridor and to a flight of steps that were guarded by two men. One of the men stepped forward.
"Good evening sir." The man stated.
"Very good... for we finally have the key."
"Yes sir. I did my best to find her and I guess that it was not in vain."
"Of course not. Come to me later. I need to talk to you."
"Yes sir."
Luke went down the stairs with Rain following close behind. The stairs seemed to go on forever, and it was getting increasingly darker. Rain walked up beside Luke, "Luke, why am I dressed in these cloths?"
"You shall see." He answered.
Finally after what seemed like forever, they came to a large wooden door. Luke opened it, and motioned for Rain to follow. She did, though hesitantly, because the room beyond was extremely dark.
Luke led Rain to a spot near the back of the room, a spot that was almost completely dark. She could see some type of glass in front of her, it glinted even in the dark, but she couldn't see beyond it, "This Rain, is the I-chamber. We keep all the work on our version of the sync experiment in here."
"The I-Chamber?"
Luke walked over to the wall and pushed a button. Suddenly the lights came on inside the glass in front of Rain. She gasped and brought a hand to her mouth, completely horrified and surprised by what she saw.
"Oh my God."
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Rei sat on the bed in the hover cargo, thinking silently to himself. The group had just finished telling him all about Rain, Cloud, Gabrielle, and the entire MCME incident. He for one, was completely shocked.
"So your saying that Rain went and got captured by some people that are after some important experiment made by her parents," Rei asked, " and since this MCME incident she's been looking for her lost older brother, who has been missing because he just disappeared suddenly along with her evil aunt and a mysterious man named Zero?"
"Yeah that's it." Bit stated.
"and that she's friends with two of the most famous zoid battle teams on all of Zi?"
"Yeah." Naomi said, "Both the Blitz and Flugel teams."
"Oh man." Rei said. He sighed, "This is all way to weird. Way way to weird."
"We're used to it." Goji stated.
"How can you be used to it?" Rei asked, he was somewhat afraid of the mercenary named Goji.
"We got used to it." Ryuji said, "Some of us more... um... forced to than others."
They all sat in silence for a while, thinking about Rain. Suddenly Orihime spoke up, "I think I know where it is..."
"What?" Leena said, "You mean the system? Where?"
"Saurian city." A mysterious cold voice came from behind them, startling everyone. They turned to the doorway, finding a mysterious man in a pitch black cloak standing there.
"Hey... your the guy from the Sakura trees..." Tyra said.
"That's right." The man nodded.
"Your the guy who said that there was an abandoned Gustav in the middle of the desert!" Rei said jumping up suddenly, "You told me to go find the Gustav because it would have something useful with it! Then I found out that it was Rains Gustav!"
"What?" Bit asked.
"This guy told me there was an abandoned Gustav in the desert... that's the whole reason I even ran into Rain."
"I hoped she would be safe with you." The man stated, "I knew that the ShadowStalkers would need her... so I sent you to her, hoping that she would be safe with you."
"Who the hell are you!" Izumi stated angrily, "Take off that damned hood."
"Im a guy that died a long time ago... " The man said, bringing both hands to the sides of his hood. He removed it, leaving the entire group... except Rei, in complete utter shock.
"Oh my god..." Orihime stated, "It's Zero..."
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Rain stood in shock... the glass wasn't a piece of glass, but a tall tube of a sort. Various wires and cords wrapped themselves around this tube, giving it a forbidding type look. Inside was a light green liquid of some sort, and more wires and cords.
But Rain wasn't paying any attention to the liquid... or even the cords... it was to what the cords attached themselves to. A woman with red armor... the cords attached to the armor.
The woman had long flowing blond hair, and her eyes were closed. She was wearing a dress much like Rains own, only a crimson red color. She was also wearing some sort of armor... no not wearing... it seemed to be a part of her... some sort of red armor around her shoulders and back, her hands were covered in black armored gloves. Extending from her back where two wings... like that of some kind of demon. This woman looked as she herself was half zoid...
"Aunt Gabrielle..." Rain said, still in shock, she touched the glass. It was Ice cold... so cold that it actually seemed to burn Rains finger tips. She stared in horror and amazement, "What the hell did you do to her...?"
"Your father..." Luke explained, "Wanted to create a way for people and zoids to interact more openly... he wanted them to communicate through thought. I felt it ridiculous. I thought that if zoids and humans could become one... then they would have no need to communicate They would be an elite all powerful race. Plus it would make people all the stronger. Of course, not everyone would be able to be part zoid... only an elite group that I would create." He laughed, "I need the rest of your fathers system to bring these elite beings to life. For you see... to create them, I had to put them in such a deep sleep. Now she is barely alive. Of course my other subject gave me more trouble... he just couldn't stay asleep. But... he was my first attempt."
"What?!" Rain demanded, "You sick basterd! That's ridiculous. My fathers system was never meant to be used this way. Your freaking sick!" She had tears in her eyes, "I refuse... I won't open the door for you!" She then started to cry, "How could you even think that way!? My father loved people... and he loved zoids... he loved his partner, LightStrike, very much. He so wanted to be able to communicate with the zoids. He wasn't sick like you!"
"Call me what you will child." Luke said calmly, "I only did what your father told me too. I continued the experiment... only to my own tastes. Im not going to use them to hurt people after all. I only want to make people stronger... to create one race, one elite race of Zi."
"Bull. You only want to play God." Rain said, "I won't let you."
"Such a mouth." Luke said, "You may think of me as you wish... but you will let me get to the system. Or shall I say... the final piece as I have named it."
"Like hell I will." Rain said, hatred in her eyes, "What the hell happened to you Luke. You used to be a good man... I used to love it when you visited... you always used to bring me things..."
"I always brought you a rose dear child." Luke said, "Nothing happened to me."
"Yes. Something happened..." Rain said, "You became a sick freak."
"That is enough of your tongue Rain Light-Feather." Luke said, less kindly, "You will get me the system."
"Screw you."
"I'll make you change your mind." Luke said pressing another button. This time some lights across the room turned on. Rain gasped, running over to where they were. Another tube.
She looked at the tube... to shocked to even cry. She placed her hand on it... not paying attention to the strong burning feeling in her hand. She stared in horror and pain at what she saw...
~~~~~~End of chapter 9~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: Long chap... nice cliff hanger! How'd you like? Review! I think its almost over... hard to say.
CHAPTER 9
"Rain..."
"Hmmm..."
"You must open your eyes..."
"Hmmm... Cloud?"
"Please Rain! Open your eyes..."
"Cloud!? Where are you!?"
"Wake up..."
Rains eyes snapped open. Instinctively, she brought a hand to her throbbing head. Noticing her head bandaged, she sat up and looked around her. She was in a room... not just any room... a beautiful room. She looked around, completely amazed by her surroundings. It looked just as a room from a castle, like in the old fantasy books she used to read as a child. There were wine red curtains draped about a large barely open window, and a table with matching table cloths. The chars were carved out of some dark wood, a type she didn't recognize. She was lying on a bed with pure silk sheets. Under her was a wine red silk blanket. The bed was a canopy bed, a veil of rose red hung above her head. She also noticed roses of all kinds situated around the room.
Rain then took the time to look herself over. She was no longer wearing her old battle clothes, but a magnificent white dress. Around her neck was a choker of what looked like Lopaz Lazuli, a beautiful blue stone. The dress reached past her feet, and seemed to also be made of the purest silk. She wore no shoes or gloves, and all her wounds were bandaged.
"Where am I?" She said quietly to herself and sat up, suddenly wishing she hadn't. Her broken ribs still hurt badly. She let out a gasp of pain, then stood shakily on her feet. She walked over to the window and looked out. She couldn't see anything she recognized, just some sort of courtyard covered in all types of flowers, trees and plants... especially roses.
"I see your awake at last." A voice came from behind her.
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"Who the hell are you!?" Izumi asked Rei, anger flashing in her eyes, "and what did you do with Rain!?"
LightStrike gave a roar and looked at Izumi strait in the eyes, shaking his head as if saying 'he isn't the bad guy.'
"I didn't do anything to the kid! She said you'd be able to explain every damn thing!" Rei answered, anger also written clearly on his face.
"Tell us what happened to her first so that we may be able to explain what's going on." Tyra said, "And we know something happened because LightStrike and Rain haven't left each others side since..." She didn't finish.
"She was taken away by some group that attacked us." Rei explained, "She told LightStrike to bring me to you so you could explain what the hell was happening." He clenched his firsts, "I would have taken them..."
"Is this true buddy?" Izumi asked, looking at the organoid. LightStrike roared, nodding as he did so, "Oh boy..."
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Orihime sighed, the city was finally coming into view. She got up out of her seat and walked into the hallway, then into the hanger. Everyone else was there, doing various maintenance checks on their zoids.
"Hey Orihime. What's up?" Leena asked, jumping from her GunSniper.
"We're almost to Saurian city." Orihime told them, "The others should be waiting in town square."
"all right." Lavender said, "And you really think you've found something that'll help us?"
"Yeah. I saw it when Tyra vid-phoned me earlier."
Suddenly docs voice came on the intercom "We're here, everybody out."
Everyone left the hover cargo and made their way to the fountain. They were all shocked at what they saw when they got there.
"LightStrike!" Lavender said, pure surprise on her face.
"That means Rains here too?" Orihime half stated and asked. Izumi looked at her and shook her head, "The ShadowStalkers have her."
Orihime dropped her head, "Are you sure?"
"Who else would be after her."
"Who the hell are the ShadowStalkers?! And what the hell is going on?!" Rei asked, still having no clue on the situation.
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Rain turned, facing the man behind her. It was an older man, he had dark brown hair, and dark hazel eyes. He was rather largely built, and was wearing a dark green uniform. Rain knew exactly who he was... she could remember him from when he worked for her father.
"Luke?" Rain stated, "Where am I?"
"You are in my base my dear." The man, Luke, replied quite kindly.
"You ordered me to be captured?!" Rain couldn't believe it... Luke was her fathers best friend... they did everything together. She mentally gave herself a slap in the head, she knew what he was after now. Not only had her father done everything with Luke... he also helped work on the sync experiments, "Why?!"
"Come child, you are smarter than that, don't play dumb, you already know quite well what Im doing." Luke stated softly, still kindly.
"I don't get it! What are you up to!?" Rain yelled, annoyed.
Luke raised his hands to try and quiet the angered girl, "I promised."
"What?!" Rain asked, confused, her throbbing head also wasn't helping her think, and she had become quite irritable within the past few seconds,"What in the damned hell does that mean!?"
The man looked at her in surprise, as if not expecting her to reply in the way she did, "Child! If your father was still alive... where have you learned such a mouth? I do say, I have never heard you or even your brother speak in such a way."
"Its been years since I last saw you Luke... Im older and I can say what I feel." Rain answered simply, still irritably, though none of her anger was meant to be aimed at her fathers old friend. "I've been through enough in the past year and I think I have the right to say whatever the hell I want."
"Its been too long." Luke shook his head, "The last I saw of you, child," He raised his hands just below his waist, "you were only of this height. You were also very shy and quiet. You were always deep in thought, and never spoke unless spoken to. Such a sweet girl with no worries in the world..." He closed his eyes as if remembering a time long ago, "you would have never even thought of speaking the way you had earlier."
"Things change."
"You have become such a negative child it does seem." Luke said, sadness clearly crossing his face, "I am sorry to see that."
"Luke..." Rain stated and sighed, she really had liked Luke, especially as a child... she didn't mean to aim crossly at him, yet she still had the feeling that she couldn't entirely trust him, "Im sorry. I've been through too much lately and my head and ribs are killing me." She sighed and sat down on the bed. Then to herself she said, "How come it's me that always being captured or taken away! This is like... the 3rd time. Sheesh."
"Rain..." Luke stated, "You do know why I brought you here."
"Yes." She answered a small grin coming to her, she was looking down so Luke wasn't able to see her face, "You want my fathers experiment." She then looked up at him, "Sorry to break it to you... I don't know where it is. And..."
"And what?"
"I wouldn't tell you if I did."
"That's quite all right child for we don't need you to tell us where it is." Luke stated, "I already know. We need you to unlock the door."
"What?" Rain asked, thinking the old man was crazy.
"You see child, " Luke explained, "You were too young to remember, but your brother wasn't. Your parents hid within you and your older brother the key to the systems hiding place. I hadn't released it until just recently. In order to get to it... one of you two is needed."
Rain suddenly frowned, something in the back of her head told her that something about Luke was wrong. "Why."
"What do you mean why?"
"Why do you want it?"
Luke smiled a somewhat kind smile. Rain frowned again, Luke suddenly reminded her of a snake. He always had the same gentle smile, but a certain cruel-ness hid behind his lips. To her a snake always seemed to smile, until it was ready to bite, "A promise."
"What?"
"I promised your father a long time ago that I would continue the experiments. He asked me to look after you two... in that unfortunately, I failed, for Gabrielle had gotten to you before Koh even died,... and he asked me to continue the sync experiments for the good of man kind. And I promised. I have been continually working on the experiment since he died... but I have not been able to complete it for I need the system that your father hid to complete the experiment."
"What if I refuse to help you?" Rain asked, feeling that the system was better wherever it was.
"You can't." Luke replied still smiling.
"Why not?"
"Come with me." Luke said, motioning for Rain to follow. She did, and he led her down a long corridor and to a flight of steps that were guarded by two men. One of the men stepped forward.
"Good evening sir." The man stated.
"Very good... for we finally have the key."
"Yes sir. I did my best to find her and I guess that it was not in vain."
"Of course not. Come to me later. I need to talk to you."
"Yes sir."
Luke went down the stairs with Rain following close behind. The stairs seemed to go on forever, and it was getting increasingly darker. Rain walked up beside Luke, "Luke, why am I dressed in these cloths?"
"You shall see." He answered.
Finally after what seemed like forever, they came to a large wooden door. Luke opened it, and motioned for Rain to follow. She did, though hesitantly, because the room beyond was extremely dark.
Luke led Rain to a spot near the back of the room, a spot that was almost completely dark. She could see some type of glass in front of her, it glinted even in the dark, but she couldn't see beyond it, "This Rain, is the I-chamber. We keep all the work on our version of the sync experiment in here."
"The I-Chamber?"
Luke walked over to the wall and pushed a button. Suddenly the lights came on inside the glass in front of Rain. She gasped and brought a hand to her mouth, completely horrified and surprised by what she saw.
"Oh my God."
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Rei sat on the bed in the hover cargo, thinking silently to himself. The group had just finished telling him all about Rain, Cloud, Gabrielle, and the entire MCME incident. He for one, was completely shocked.
"So your saying that Rain went and got captured by some people that are after some important experiment made by her parents," Rei asked, " and since this MCME incident she's been looking for her lost older brother, who has been missing because he just disappeared suddenly along with her evil aunt and a mysterious man named Zero?"
"Yeah that's it." Bit stated.
"and that she's friends with two of the most famous zoid battle teams on all of Zi?"
"Yeah." Naomi said, "Both the Blitz and Flugel teams."
"Oh man." Rei said. He sighed, "This is all way to weird. Way way to weird."
"We're used to it." Goji stated.
"How can you be used to it?" Rei asked, he was somewhat afraid of the mercenary named Goji.
"We got used to it." Ryuji said, "Some of us more... um... forced to than others."
They all sat in silence for a while, thinking about Rain. Suddenly Orihime spoke up, "I think I know where it is..."
"What?" Leena said, "You mean the system? Where?"
"Saurian city." A mysterious cold voice came from behind them, startling everyone. They turned to the doorway, finding a mysterious man in a pitch black cloak standing there.
"Hey... your the guy from the Sakura trees..." Tyra said.
"That's right." The man nodded.
"Your the guy who said that there was an abandoned Gustav in the middle of the desert!" Rei said jumping up suddenly, "You told me to go find the Gustav because it would have something useful with it! Then I found out that it was Rains Gustav!"
"What?" Bit asked.
"This guy told me there was an abandoned Gustav in the desert... that's the whole reason I even ran into Rain."
"I hoped she would be safe with you." The man stated, "I knew that the ShadowStalkers would need her... so I sent you to her, hoping that she would be safe with you."
"Who the hell are you!" Izumi stated angrily, "Take off that damned hood."
"Im a guy that died a long time ago... " The man said, bringing both hands to the sides of his hood. He removed it, leaving the entire group... except Rei, in complete utter shock.
"Oh my god..." Orihime stated, "It's Zero..."
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Rain stood in shock... the glass wasn't a piece of glass, but a tall tube of a sort. Various wires and cords wrapped themselves around this tube, giving it a forbidding type look. Inside was a light green liquid of some sort, and more wires and cords.
But Rain wasn't paying any attention to the liquid... or even the cords... it was to what the cords attached themselves to. A woman with red armor... the cords attached to the armor.
The woman had long flowing blond hair, and her eyes were closed. She was wearing a dress much like Rains own, only a crimson red color. She was also wearing some sort of armor... no not wearing... it seemed to be a part of her... some sort of red armor around her shoulders and back, her hands were covered in black armored gloves. Extending from her back where two wings... like that of some kind of demon. This woman looked as she herself was half zoid...
"Aunt Gabrielle..." Rain said, still in shock, she touched the glass. It was Ice cold... so cold that it actually seemed to burn Rains finger tips. She stared in horror and amazement, "What the hell did you do to her...?"
"Your father..." Luke explained, "Wanted to create a way for people and zoids to interact more openly... he wanted them to communicate through thought. I felt it ridiculous. I thought that if zoids and humans could become one... then they would have no need to communicate They would be an elite all powerful race. Plus it would make people all the stronger. Of course, not everyone would be able to be part zoid... only an elite group that I would create." He laughed, "I need the rest of your fathers system to bring these elite beings to life. For you see... to create them, I had to put them in such a deep sleep. Now she is barely alive. Of course my other subject gave me more trouble... he just couldn't stay asleep. But... he was my first attempt."
"What?!" Rain demanded, "You sick basterd! That's ridiculous. My fathers system was never meant to be used this way. Your freaking sick!" She had tears in her eyes, "I refuse... I won't open the door for you!" She then started to cry, "How could you even think that way!? My father loved people... and he loved zoids... he loved his partner, LightStrike, very much. He so wanted to be able to communicate with the zoids. He wasn't sick like you!"
"Call me what you will child." Luke said calmly, "I only did what your father told me too. I continued the experiment... only to my own tastes. Im not going to use them to hurt people after all. I only want to make people stronger... to create one race, one elite race of Zi."
"Bull. You only want to play God." Rain said, "I won't let you."
"Such a mouth." Luke said, "You may think of me as you wish... but you will let me get to the system. Or shall I say... the final piece as I have named it."
"Like hell I will." Rain said, hatred in her eyes, "What the hell happened to you Luke. You used to be a good man... I used to love it when you visited... you always used to bring me things..."
"I always brought you a rose dear child." Luke said, "Nothing happened to me."
"Yes. Something happened..." Rain said, "You became a sick freak."
"That is enough of your tongue Rain Light-Feather." Luke said, less kindly, "You will get me the system."
"Screw you."
"I'll make you change your mind." Luke said pressing another button. This time some lights across the room turned on. Rain gasped, running over to where they were. Another tube.
She looked at the tube... to shocked to even cry. She placed her hand on it... not paying attention to the strong burning feeling in her hand. She stared in horror and pain at what she saw...
~~~~~~End of chapter 9~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: Long chap... nice cliff hanger! How'd you like? Review! I think its almost over... hard to say.