Authors Note: Wow, I actually made a chapter with less then 2,000 words, it's a damn miracle.
Chapter 10: Child of a Tiger
Van sat there, in front of General Valen. He had asked for some time off to help heal his shoulder, and his mental wounds.
"I don't know Flyheight, your very important here, taking time off could cause some trouble." Valen thought for a second and knew this man deserved anything he wanted. "But, I suppose we could go a few weeks without you. You can go on leave for 3 weeks, understood." Valen said, smiling.
Van stood up and saluted. "Yes sir." He turned around and headed out the door.
"You deserve it Flyheight, more then anyone else out here." Valen turned his chair around and stared out into the night sky, it was red tonight, due to the moons. It was eerie but also relaxing.
"Thank you General Valen." Van said, smiling. He was happy to get some time off, he still felt the pain in his shoulder. That was proof on how powerful Drake was. He was a monster, but Van still wondered why he spared them when they were in the tomb. He didn't know and really didn't care. He was dead, and everyone was of. Except for Rudolph, he would never forgive Raven for that.
"What did he say Van?" Fiona asked him, waking him out of his thoughts.
"He said we can have 3 weeks." Van replied, trying to remember what Valen had actually said.
Fiona smiled, she was also glad to get some time off. "So where are we going to go?" She asked.
Van thought, and he had a few ideas, but there was one he wanted to do. "Lets go to the Windcolony, see how Maria is doing."
Fiona liked that, she enjoyed Maria even though it was a few years since she had seen her. "Sounds good. So when are we leaving."
"Tomorrow I guess, its pretty late now and I need to get some sleep." Van walked over to the hanger where Moonbay and Irvine were.
"Hey Van, how you feeling." Moonbay looked over at him, seeing he was still feeling that blow Drake gave him, and he would feel it for a long time.
"A lot better then I was yesterday." He said, watching them load the Gustav. "So where are you two going."
"Where ever there's a reward I guess." Irvine said, coming around from the other side of the Gustav. "How about you."
"Home I guess." He said, watching the Lighting Saiex walk onto the trailer behind the Gustav. "See my sister."
"That's nice." Moonbay said. "Well, we better get going. See you later Fiona."
"Bye." Fiona said, smiling. She would miss Moonbay.
Moonbay and Irvine got into the Gustav and gave a last wave goodbye. The hanger door opened and they were gone.
"Think well see them again Van." Fiona asked.
"Sure, they always seem to stick around us."
She smiled at him and they walked out of the base over to a hotel to stay for the night.
The man sat there next to the huge lake, splashing water on his bruised face. He felt a little better, but not much. Fighting Drake is one of the worst things you could do, not to mention one of the last. Drake was dead though, not much was left of him. The Zoids still existed, and he knew he had to deal with those next. As he went down to get another handful of water, he saw the reflection of Raven in the water. "Well look who decided to come back."
Raven stood there, not saying anything.
"So what do you want." The man said, looking at him.
"You know Drake killed Shadow." Raven sat there, depressed.
"Yea I know, sorry about that but your Organoid knew what it was doing, he made sure you lived even if he died. Zoids are your only true friend." The man looked down at the water, knowing that was pretty true.
Raven smiled. "Yea, I know that. Shadow was the only friend I had, damn Zoids."
"Never understood why you hate Zoids, and if you make a story out of it. Make it a short one, don't want to hear something for a few hours."
Raven smiled. "They killed my parents, they just want to kill."
"Like you." The man said.
"Exactly like me." Raven looked down at his reflection. "Exactly."
"Well, I can help you kill off three Zoids that do nothing but kill." The man looked at him, seeing he was interested. "Help me kill off the Black Zoids, and well, maybe that will take your mind off killing."
Raven looked at him. "I don't have anything left with Shadow gone, so I have nothing to lose." He looked over at the Blade Liger he was in. "Fine, Ill help."
"Good, I suggest you get some sleep then, were leaving early." The man went over to his Liger and fell asleep in the cockpit. But before he did, he was wondering why Raven did decide to work with him. Didn't matter to much. He would be a great help in destroying those Zoids, hopefully before they came alive.
The kid and his green Organoid stood there, watching the Gustav pull away from the base. "Well Ullskay, it appears we were right. They split up." The kid smiled, looking around seeing an Iron Kong also pull away. "There goes the older Schubaltz." Everything was going the way he knew it would. He smiled, no body knew he existed, but he did. He was, like Drake and Fiona, one of the few Zodians remaining. Except he was, special, compared to the others. Looking over through the city, he saw Van and Fiona walking. "Soon the Tiger will be revived Ullskay, and when it is, we will command the heavens like we did before." His own father was the one who created the Tiger. When it was done, the Zoid itself had chosen him to be the pilot. But when the Tiger had fallen, it had left him with a special power, it was the power to bring the evil out in a person, he had done it before. He did it with Drake, he did it with Raven. He could do it with anyone, no matter how sweet or kind that person was, even Fiona could fall to him. "Lets go Ullskay, we have work to do." They walked back to the Berserk Fury, he smiled.
Thomas, Fiona, and Van sat at the table, slowly eating there dinner. "Was actually kind of exciting when Drake was around." Thomas said.
"Can't deny that." Van said, looking over at Fiona. "So what are you going to do Thomas?" Van asked.
"Don't know, guess ill stay around here, and help out until you get back." Thomas said, picking at the last bit of food on his plate.
"I wonder what happened to that man" Fiona said.
"You mean the crazy guy, who cares. I'm glad he's gone." Thomas said.
"He saved all of are lives." Fiona replied.
"I guess." Thomas said, getting up from the table. "I'm going to sleep."
"See you tomorrow Thomas." Van said. He looked out a window next to him, staring at the red night sky. It had a evil look in it. He thought about the last day he had seen Rudolph, they were being honored for saving him and the planet. Now he couldn't keep up what he was awarded for, and for that Rudolph died. It was quiet, he and Fiona were the only ones eating, and she wasn't saying anything. He saw something was bothering her, he wasn't sure what it was, and he knew when to ask and now wasn't a good time, he just got up walked up the stair and went to sleep. Something he had a hard time doing for a few nights.