The Mysterious Zoid Eve: Chapter 5: Confrontation en-route to the Snow
Colony
Fiona, Van, and Zeke had been journeying to the Snow Colony for the past week and a half. They were about halfway between Guygalos and their destination. Dawn was just a few minutes away, as Fiona was now waiting for it. After that, she was going to prepare breakfast for the sleeping Van and Zeke. She saw two fast approaching blurs in the sky, and when she focused her eyes more, she saw two black stealth Storm Sworders as they slowed down and approached the campsite.
"Van, get up!"
"What happened, Fiona?"
"There're two fast approaching Storm Sworders. I think they might attack us."
"In that case, let's get to the zoids now!" Van exclaimed, than ran to the Liger, and Fiona to her Pteris.
"C'mon Zeke wake up! We've got to get to mobilize!" Fiona shouted as she got into her Pteris.
"Grrr..."
"Here's the plan: Zeke, you help Fiona in the air while I'll shoot at them if they attack us." Van instructed as he hopped in the Liger's cockpit.
"But Van are you sure that."
"Just trust me Fiona. You'll need Zeke more than I will. All I can do from the ground is fire at them anyway." Van interrupted.
"Okay then."
Zeke fused with Fiona's Pteris, and Van opened a com link with the two Storm Sworders.
"Who are you and what do you two want?"
The pilot responded, "I'm Luke, and my partner here is Mark. I'm here to kill you, Alisi Lynette, and if you get in the way Van Flyheight, you'll die as well." He was about six feet tall, had green hair, was thin, and a little older than Van. Mark however, said nothing.
"You guys will have to kill me first!" Van screamed.
"That can be arranged." Luke responded with an evil smile.
Luke charged after Fiona while Mark went for Van. Mark shot a missile at Van, who simply put up his shield. The missile exploded harmlessly. Then, Van shot at Mark's zoid and inflicted some minor damage. Luke took out his blades, and charged at Fiona. She had cast her shield just in time, and Luke's blades didn't cut through. He still tried to shatter the shield by applying pressure to the shield with the blades. Luke didn't count on the shield being so powerful, and his blades eventually snapped.
"Damn this useless zoid!" Luke screamed.
Meanwhile, things weren't going so great for Van. He was having trouble fighting on the ground against a Storm Sworder with such high agility. Mark flew over the Liger, and knocked it back with a sonic-boom. Once Van recovered, he jumped right on top of his low-flying opponent, and ripped out vital circuitry with his claws. Mark eventually shook Van off, but his attack had taken its toll: Mark was grounded and unable to fly.
Fiona fired a missile at Luke. It exploded, giving some damage, and created a smokescreen. She flew right behind Luke and shot him at point- blank range. This enraged Luke quite a bit.
"This ends now!"
Luke opened the Storm Sworder's mouth revealing a particle cannon, and he started to charge it. After that, he fired every missile he had at Fiona. She put up her shield, but it had lost around half its power when Luke used his blades on her. The shield shattered, and the missiles knocked Fiona into the cockpit and unconscious with their impact. The particle cannon had finished charging, and Luke was aiming it at the Pteris's zoid core. Zeke was doing the smart thing, as he fused with the unconscious Fiona, and bailed the hell out. The destroyed red Pteris fell right down to the ground.
"Fiona! Zeke! You're going down to hell for that, Luke!" Van hollered as he fired every bullet he had at Luke's Storm Sworder, which was speeding out of sight. Van jumped out of his Liger, and punched a nearby rock as hard as he could. His knuckles hurt, but he didn't care. They didn't hurt as much as his heart. He wouldn't even care right now if Mark shot at him and killed him.
"It's all my fault. If only I concentrated more on fighting Luke than Mark, Fiona and Zeke would still be here. Fiona and I were just starting to get close. My girlfriend and best friend gone." Van thought as he wiped a tear from his eye.
Suddenly, Van heard something loud crash into the ground. He ran a couple hundred feet in front of him around where Fiona's Pteris was, and saw it was Zeke!
"Zeke! You're alright! Where's Fiona? Did she make it too?"
"Gaoorr!"
Zeke opened his chest, untied the wires off Fiona, and she fell softly onto the ground. Van put his hand over her chest and felt a heartbeat. She was alive, but unconscious. Van immediately hugged her.
"Zeke, I'm going to get our supplies from the campsite, pack them in the Liger, come back here, and cook breakfast. Can you watch Fiona until I get back?"
"Gaarrr."
Van ran as fast as he could to the Liger and then went back to the campsite. He squeezed all of their stuff into the liger's back seat and headed back to Zeke and Fiona. He arrived around forty-five minutes later, reassembled the camp, and started to make eggs for Fiona, Zeke, and himself. By the time Van was done, Fiona still hadn't woken up, so they started to eat. The meal was pretty silent. That ended when Van spotted a damaged Storm Sworder flying pretty close to the ground.
"Oh great! I should've taken care of him before." Van thought sarcastically.
However, what Mark did surprised Van. He got out of his Storm Sworder, and walked up to Van.
"What do you want? I can't believe you've got the audacity to come here after what you did." Van inquired as he looked at Mark. He was around sixteen, had purplish-black hair, and was thin like his brother. Somehow, Mark reminded himself of Van at fourteen. Maybe it was because Mark seemed adventurous?
"Look, I came to say I was sorry. My brother made me fight you. He said if I didn't he would just leave me stranded. You see, we're both orphans. Anyway, Mark wasn't always like this. One day about a year back, he went to explore some ancient ruins. After that, he was obsessed with finding zoid eve. He somehow knew that girl you were fighting with was an ancient zoidian. He hates them for some reason too. That brought us to why we attacked you. I didn't want to fight you, so I held back and didn't use the particle cannon. Now, he left me to die. I don't know what to do."
"You can come with us. I can tell you're not lying. Otherwise, you'll have nowhere else to go. We're looking for zoid eve too. According to my friend, it's up north."
"Thank you so much. You're a kind person, Van. That's your name, right?"
"Yes, it is. Does breakfast sound good?"
"That'd be great!"
Zeke had finished eating now, and thought of an idea.
"Grr. Garoar?"
"That'd be a good idea."
Zeke fused with Fiona's Pteris, and started to attempt to resurrect it.
"Is that an organoid?"
"Yes, his name's Zeke. That's how Fiona bailed out of her Pteris."
"Fiona?"
"You know her by her ancient zoidian name, Alisi Lynette. I found her in a pod. That's another story all together.
As if on cue, Fiona woke up. "Hi Van, where's Zeke?"
"Fiona! He's trying to resurrect your Pteris. Do you want some food?" Van explained as he hugged her. He would've kissed her, but Mark was around.
"Who's our guest, Van?"
"Oh, that's Mark." Van answered as he started to tell her what happened while she was out.
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Fiona, Van, and Zeke had been journeying to the Snow Colony for the past week and a half. They were about halfway between Guygalos and their destination. Dawn was just a few minutes away, as Fiona was now waiting for it. After that, she was going to prepare breakfast for the sleeping Van and Zeke. She saw two fast approaching blurs in the sky, and when she focused her eyes more, she saw two black stealth Storm Sworders as they slowed down and approached the campsite.
"Van, get up!"
"What happened, Fiona?"
"There're two fast approaching Storm Sworders. I think they might attack us."
"In that case, let's get to the zoids now!" Van exclaimed, than ran to the Liger, and Fiona to her Pteris.
"C'mon Zeke wake up! We've got to get to mobilize!" Fiona shouted as she got into her Pteris.
"Grrr..."
"Here's the plan: Zeke, you help Fiona in the air while I'll shoot at them if they attack us." Van instructed as he hopped in the Liger's cockpit.
"But Van are you sure that."
"Just trust me Fiona. You'll need Zeke more than I will. All I can do from the ground is fire at them anyway." Van interrupted.
"Okay then."
Zeke fused with Fiona's Pteris, and Van opened a com link with the two Storm Sworders.
"Who are you and what do you two want?"
The pilot responded, "I'm Luke, and my partner here is Mark. I'm here to kill you, Alisi Lynette, and if you get in the way Van Flyheight, you'll die as well." He was about six feet tall, had green hair, was thin, and a little older than Van. Mark however, said nothing.
"You guys will have to kill me first!" Van screamed.
"That can be arranged." Luke responded with an evil smile.
Luke charged after Fiona while Mark went for Van. Mark shot a missile at Van, who simply put up his shield. The missile exploded harmlessly. Then, Van shot at Mark's zoid and inflicted some minor damage. Luke took out his blades, and charged at Fiona. She had cast her shield just in time, and Luke's blades didn't cut through. He still tried to shatter the shield by applying pressure to the shield with the blades. Luke didn't count on the shield being so powerful, and his blades eventually snapped.
"Damn this useless zoid!" Luke screamed.
Meanwhile, things weren't going so great for Van. He was having trouble fighting on the ground against a Storm Sworder with such high agility. Mark flew over the Liger, and knocked it back with a sonic-boom. Once Van recovered, he jumped right on top of his low-flying opponent, and ripped out vital circuitry with his claws. Mark eventually shook Van off, but his attack had taken its toll: Mark was grounded and unable to fly.
Fiona fired a missile at Luke. It exploded, giving some damage, and created a smokescreen. She flew right behind Luke and shot him at point- blank range. This enraged Luke quite a bit.
"This ends now!"
Luke opened the Storm Sworder's mouth revealing a particle cannon, and he started to charge it. After that, he fired every missile he had at Fiona. She put up her shield, but it had lost around half its power when Luke used his blades on her. The shield shattered, and the missiles knocked Fiona into the cockpit and unconscious with their impact. The particle cannon had finished charging, and Luke was aiming it at the Pteris's zoid core. Zeke was doing the smart thing, as he fused with the unconscious Fiona, and bailed the hell out. The destroyed red Pteris fell right down to the ground.
"Fiona! Zeke! You're going down to hell for that, Luke!" Van hollered as he fired every bullet he had at Luke's Storm Sworder, which was speeding out of sight. Van jumped out of his Liger, and punched a nearby rock as hard as he could. His knuckles hurt, but he didn't care. They didn't hurt as much as his heart. He wouldn't even care right now if Mark shot at him and killed him.
"It's all my fault. If only I concentrated more on fighting Luke than Mark, Fiona and Zeke would still be here. Fiona and I were just starting to get close. My girlfriend and best friend gone." Van thought as he wiped a tear from his eye.
Suddenly, Van heard something loud crash into the ground. He ran a couple hundred feet in front of him around where Fiona's Pteris was, and saw it was Zeke!
"Zeke! You're alright! Where's Fiona? Did she make it too?"
"Gaoorr!"
Zeke opened his chest, untied the wires off Fiona, and she fell softly onto the ground. Van put his hand over her chest and felt a heartbeat. She was alive, but unconscious. Van immediately hugged her.
"Zeke, I'm going to get our supplies from the campsite, pack them in the Liger, come back here, and cook breakfast. Can you watch Fiona until I get back?"
"Gaarrr."
Van ran as fast as he could to the Liger and then went back to the campsite. He squeezed all of their stuff into the liger's back seat and headed back to Zeke and Fiona. He arrived around forty-five minutes later, reassembled the camp, and started to make eggs for Fiona, Zeke, and himself. By the time Van was done, Fiona still hadn't woken up, so they started to eat. The meal was pretty silent. That ended when Van spotted a damaged Storm Sworder flying pretty close to the ground.
"Oh great! I should've taken care of him before." Van thought sarcastically.
However, what Mark did surprised Van. He got out of his Storm Sworder, and walked up to Van.
"What do you want? I can't believe you've got the audacity to come here after what you did." Van inquired as he looked at Mark. He was around sixteen, had purplish-black hair, and was thin like his brother. Somehow, Mark reminded himself of Van at fourteen. Maybe it was because Mark seemed adventurous?
"Look, I came to say I was sorry. My brother made me fight you. He said if I didn't he would just leave me stranded. You see, we're both orphans. Anyway, Mark wasn't always like this. One day about a year back, he went to explore some ancient ruins. After that, he was obsessed with finding zoid eve. He somehow knew that girl you were fighting with was an ancient zoidian. He hates them for some reason too. That brought us to why we attacked you. I didn't want to fight you, so I held back and didn't use the particle cannon. Now, he left me to die. I don't know what to do."
"You can come with us. I can tell you're not lying. Otherwise, you'll have nowhere else to go. We're looking for zoid eve too. According to my friend, it's up north."
"Thank you so much. You're a kind person, Van. That's your name, right?"
"Yes, it is. Does breakfast sound good?"
"That'd be great!"
Zeke had finished eating now, and thought of an idea.
"Grr. Garoar?"
"That'd be a good idea."
Zeke fused with Fiona's Pteris, and started to attempt to resurrect it.
"Is that an organoid?"
"Yes, his name's Zeke. That's how Fiona bailed out of her Pteris."
"Fiona?"
"You know her by her ancient zoidian name, Alisi Lynette. I found her in a pod. That's another story all together.
As if on cue, Fiona woke up. "Hi Van, where's Zeke?"
"Fiona! He's trying to resurrect your Pteris. Do you want some food?" Van explained as he hugged her. He would've kissed her, but Mark was around.
"Who's our guest, Van?"
"Oh, that's Mark." Van answered as he started to tell her what happened while she was out.
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