Authors Note: The first few chapters were basically intros to the new characters and some info on others, now that you know the main characters time to get this story moving.
Chapter 4: Raven's Vengeance
Van, Fiona, Irvin, and Moonbay all sat there next to the dieing Thomas. The sun was starting to finally come up, that one night felt like a month. They all sat there, waiting, hoping, and praying. Thomas was there friend and they didn't want him to die like this. To them this day was the worst so far, and they have had some very bad days.
"I can not believe this". Moonbay said, in a low voice. "We were supposed to be honored, have fun, and take a break, when I found out who shot him, I will personally rip his head off".
"Take it easy Moonbay, I want to get the guy as much as you do. But for now we have to wait". Irvin said, he never wanted to wait but for this he had to. He never liked Thomas too much be even he didn't want this.
"Why do people kill each other"? All three looked up and saw Fiona saying this. She was a strange girl, trying to hope a world would come where there was no violence. None of them knew much about Zodians, all they knew was what they saw in Fiona.
Van decided to answer first. "Some people are monsters, they don't care about anything or anybody. They do what they want and never feel remorse".
The next thing Fiona said had everybody thinking. "Does that mean you're a monster Van."
Van's jaw dropped, he would never expect Fiona to say that, but she did, and he knew she was right. "I guess I am." He said that in a low voice, head down, and thinking.
"Commander Flyheight." A man said walking into the room. "My name is general Freeman, I'm very sorry about your friend but something very bad has just happened."
They all looked at the general, and thought about how a bad day might just get worse.
"Thank you general, but what happened that's so bad." Van was nervous, he hated it when Generals said something bad.
"Mr. Raya will tell you it. He's in charge of one of the most secure prisons on Zi. Mr. Rayas would you mind telling him exactly what you told me."
The short man walked up, very nervous and scared. He was sweating and shivering. Van became even more scared then before.
"Yes, well let me see." Rayas said. "It's actually kind of funny to a point, but well."
"Hurry up and tell us." Irvin shouted at the man.
Rayas looked at him and began to speak slowly. "About a month and a half ago, we found Raven's body, but he wasn't dead like we thought."
The second the four heard the words Raven wasn't dead, they all basically wanted to kill that man.
"We took him into are prison secetrly, as a matter of fact, even Prince Rudolph didn't even know about, we kept him alive to see if we could find out anything about the GenoBreaker, like how it evolved. But last night, he was able to escape. A large man broke into the prison, killed 17 guards, and broke Raven free". The man stepped back, expecting them to yell and beat him to death. But they all just stood there.
Van remembered when he said he was kind of sad Raven was killed, and he took it all back. "I can't believe you people are stupid enough to keep Raven alive. Now we have to sit here and risk are necks to stop him because you wanted to help make your armies better. Tell me Mr. Rayas, did you get the information you wanted."
The short man shook his head in shame. "No".
"I don't believe this." Moonbay said. "Why does this always happen. Why can't we get a break."?
Van got up and started walking towards the door. "I'm going to make sure he doesn't get out alive again. Raven has killed to many people and needs to be stopped."
Fiona started to follow but Van turned to her. "Listen Fiona, don't come with me for this, you don't need to risk your life for something that doesn't have anything to do with you. Basically I don't want you hurt because of me."
Fiona stared at him, but she couldn't understand him sometimes. He always thought about others before himself. "Please come back unhurt Van."
Van smiled. "I will, don't worry." He hugged Fiona and started to walk away.
"Want me to come Van?" Irvin asked.
"No, I want to do this myself." Van replied quickly.
As he walked out the hospital and towards a jeep, he was trying to understand why this happened. It always seemed to happen to the people he cared about, he needed to stop it for good. Raven didn't have his GenoBreaker so it wouldn't be as hard as last time. He walked over to his Blade Liger, looking for Zeek. "Lets go Zeek, Ravens back, and we need to stop him."
Zeek gave out a little roar. "That's right, it's just me and you pal."
As Van closed to cockpit, he took one more look at the city, hopping he could keep his promise to Fiona. The Blade Liger began to move quickly to the place Raven was seen heading with the strange man, who had broken into a prison, kill 17 guards, and walked away without a scratch. As Van thought about it more, he decided that this would be harder then he thought.
"Their here, at the hospital." Marcus said to the strange man. "But Van just left alone in his Blade Liger."
"Damn, why are we moving so slow." Drake will have those Zoids before we can even catch up with them." The man was trying to come up with any kind of idea. "Lets find out where he went. Distract those guards, I'll get into the room."
"Got it". Marcus walked over to the guards and put his hand over his head. "You guys have to help me, my head, I can' feel it, help me come on." The guards looked at the man as if he was crazy, took him to a doctor for some help.
"Idiot." The man said. He walked over to the room where Thomas was at and opened the door.
"Who the hell are you." Irvin asked.
"Doesn't matter, where's Van?" He asked.
They all looked at him, not knowing who he was. "Why would we tell you, we don't even know you"? Moonbay said.
"Either you tell me or this will get very, very nasty." As he said that he pulled a dagger from his pocket and pointed it at Fiona. "Ok girl, you first."
She looked at him, she felt an evil coming from him but couldn't tell why. "I'm not going to let you hurt Van. Besides, I don't think your going to hurt us."
The man looked at her, and put his dagger away. "Ok, fine. The truth it will be. Van's in trouble, and I mean more trouble then you could even imagine."
"Don't bet on that, he's been in a lot of trouble before." Irvin interrupted.
The man gave a little smile, reached into his pocket and pulled out the Red Amulet. When he did this, Fiona's eyes widened, and then she fainted.
"Fiona!" Moonbay screamed, bringing the guards over.
"Who are you, get out your not supposed to be here."
The man turned, smiled, and then ran through the window, falling onto a firescape.
"Couple of crazy people today." One of the guards said.
Moonbay didn't pay much attention to what just happened, she was trying to revive Fiona. She was unconscious for a few minutes, but them slowly woke up.
"Hey girl, what happened."? Moonbay said.
"That crystal he had, it was evil." She was having a hard time talking. "I saw something, people dying, begging for death to come. I also saw a Zoid, destroying lives." She knew something wasn't right. "We have to find Van."
Moonbay and Irvin where in a bit of shock from what Fiona said, but they quickly got themselves together.
"Ok me and you will go Fiona. Moonbay, stay here and watch Thomas." Irvin went out the door.
"Got it." Moonbay said. "Hey Fiona, be careful." Moonbay said smiling.
Fiona smiled back. "You to."
Raven looked around, he and Drake where in a cave, going to get some Zoids Drake said he had.
"This has been my home since I was born." He smiled. "I hate it here".
Raven looked at the giant. Breaking into the prison was not easy, but he had gotten in with no problem. There was something about him he didn't like, but Raven wasn't stupid, he wasn't going to try beating this guy, at least for now. "So what kind of Zoids are they."
Drake smiled. "The Zoids you hate the most."
Raven hated all Zoids so he didn't understand it. They walked till they came to a door, Drake opened and Raven gasped. "Two Blade Liger, no wonder you said the Zoid I hate the most."
"This is temporary, when we find the Black Zoids, we will never need to change." Drake said that in a very evil way. "Were going to split up, but in three nights, the two moons of Zi will be aligned and full. The map will be drawn, and we will have are desires achieved."
Raven didn't understand a thing he meant, but he figured he would soon enough. "So where do I go for now."
"What you have been wanting to do for a long time, kill Rudolph. I have some payback to give, I don't want help."
Raven smiled. He had wanted to kill Rudolph, just as much as he wanted to kill Van. "Lets go Shadow, its time we had are vengeance." Raven climbed into the Blade Liger and so did Drake. Raven hated this Zoid and it would be destroyed if Drake were telling the truth. The thought of an unbeatable Zoid thrilled Raven. He looked at Drake, and waited for him to tell him where he had to go in three days.
"Here's the coordinates, remember meet me there in three days." Drake looked around, he knew of only one Amulet, and he would get it. He killed his mother, father, sister, and would soon kill his brother for it. "I hate those people." He said to himself, oh how he hated them all.
"So how did it go." Marcus asked.
"The girls a Zodian, that's for sure. Look over there." Irvin and Fiona were going to the Lighting Siaex. "Going to look for Flyheight, that's my guess."
"And what do we do?" Marcus asked again.
"Beat them to him." The strange man smiled and started walking to a wooded area. There stood two Zoids. They were a Sabertiger, which belonged to Marcus, and a strange Zoid that looked like a Liger with no weapons. "Lets get moving."
As Marcus got his Zoid operating, he turned on his comm. "You said you knew she was a Zodian, how the hell could you know that."
"Because, when I showed her the Amulet, she had sensed its evil, and sensed what it could do." The man pulled out the Amulet of Fire and stared at it. "Poor girl doesn't know how right she is."
The two Zoids began racing off as fast as they could, hoping to find Van before someone much deadlier them either of them did.