Chapter 11: Power Of Evil
He woke up, still in the cockpit of his White Liger. He looked around and saw Raven down by the lake. He got up and stretched out, figuring out what he was going to do next. "Lets go Raven, were wasting time." He shouted over at him.
Raven walked over to his Blade Liger, looking lost to the world, as if he was in another place. He got over to the Liger and jumped in the cockpit. The Zoid then got up and slowly walked around, waiting for the man to give out a order.
"Ok then, lets go." The man said over the comm. "Follow me." His White Liger took off with a flash, Raven followed closely. On the way over, he took another look at the book he had gotten from Paul's shop. It was that sketch that interested him the most, he took another look, seeing the kid standing on top of the Tiger, the Dragon on its right and the Falcon on its left. Below, right in front of the Tiger stood a little girl, a sword pointed at the chest of a boy. They seemed familiar, but he didn't know why. He closed the book and got the Liger moving faster, Raven still keeping close. He looked at the sky, it was no longer red, and the moons had sunk below the horizon. He didn't really know where he was going, and he didn't care. He felt he would find what he needed to find anyways.
Irvine was in control of the Gustav, Moonbay was asleep next to him. He had the transport moving, hoping he would find something, not knowing what. The sun was coming up, and there was a slight morning fog around. He looked over at Moonbay, he smiled. "She's pretty nice when she's asleep, least I don't have to hear her talk." But his humor turned into horror, up ahead of him was a Zoid he had never seen before. It was massive and was similar to that of the Death Sauer, it had two massive claw like weapons sticking out of its side. "Moonbay, wake up." He said, staring at the Zoid in front of them.
"What is it Irvine." She said, still having her eyes closed.
"Wake up now!" Irvine shouted.
"What is…" She saw the Zoid in front of them.
"Take over the Gustav and ill get the Lighting Saiex." Irvine said, walking out of the Gustav.
"Ok." She opened up her comm., to try and talk to the Zoid, but there was no answer. It stood there, not moving. She saw the Lighting Saiex begin to move, jumping of the platform behind the Gustav.
"Ok pal, lets see what your made of." Irvine said to himself. He charged the Zoid, firing a few shot at it. Then to his surprise he saw the Zoid draw up a shield. "Damn. Moonbay, get out of here now. This guy might mean business."
Moonbay looked at him. "You sure." She said, a little worried.
"Yes, Ill handle this guy, ill see you in a bit." He watched as the Gustav pulled away. He was going to see exactly what this Zoid was made of.
The strange Zodian sat there in the Berserk Fury, smiling. He shut the shield off, watching the Gustav pull away. "Well Fury, shall we show him what we can do." He looked at the Lighting Saiex, his smile turned to a cold stare. The Fury started moving, catching the Saiex off guard.
"How did that thing move to quick?" Irvine said, watching the Zoid turn back for another pass. "Well, lets see you move faster then me." He got the Lighting Saiex moving as fast as he could, watching the strange Zoid fall far behind. Irvine turned around and began to charge the Zoid, then he saw the Zoid straighten out its back, just like what the Death Sauer had done when it was going to fire its charged particle cannon. "What, that thing has a charged particle cannon." Irvine tried to pull away but the blast was to quick and to powerful. His Zoid ripped in half as the beam cut straight through it. The cockpit fell to the ground, Irvine unconscious, and Zoid totaled.
Moonbay watched is shock, the Lighting Saiex, with Irvine in it, was cut in two. "Irvine." She screamed, but she wasn't stupid, she didn't run out there but instead watched as the Zoid walked next to what was left of the Lighting Saiex. She began to feel tears run down the side of her face, watching Irvine near death, with nothing she could do.
The kid smiled. "Well that was easy, guess he was all talk." He opened the cockpit and jumped out. "But what to do with him, he is still alive." The kid looked over and saw the Gustav there, watching everything he was doing. "Well Ullskay, looks as if we have a audience, I guess we better not let them down." The kind walked over, and picked Irvine up by the head, then quickly twisted it, snapping his neck. "There, quick and painless Ullskay." The Organoid gave a slight growl, wanting to go and destroy the Gustav and its owner. "Now my friend, be patience. Soon every one will be dead, we have no need to rush." He turned back towards the Gustav and saluted towards it. He walked back to the Fury, smiling with a true joy for what he did.
Moonbay couldn't believe what she saw. "He's gone." She fell to her knees and began to cry. Remembering the kid who had done it, and how he was proud he did it. She remembered how Drake was the same way, and how she killed him. She was mad, but still knew better. She walked to her Gustav slowly, tears in her eyes. It was starting again, what they all were glad had ended was starting all over, she got in her Gustav and headed towards the Windcolony, hoping she could meet up with Van and tell him the news he will hate to hear.
Van was ready to leave, his Liger was also set. "Lets go Fiona." She was standing there with Thomas, saying goodbye.
"I'm coming Van. Bye Thomas." She said smiling at him.
"Yea, bye Fiona. Ill miss you." He said, giving her a hug.
"Ill miss you to." She kissed his cheek and walked over to Van and the Blade Liger.
"You ready?" Van asked, and she nodded. The Blade Liger took off quickly and rushed off. He was glad he was going to see Maria again, it had been a few years but he didn't care. He turned around and saw Fiona smiling out the cockpit glass towards the horizon.
They stopped at some ruins they had found. Raven was exploring the east side and the man was exploring the west end of it. He had never seen these ruins before, and he had been in most of them. "Weird in here." He said, having an eerie feeling in the back of his head. He saw some words in Zodian, but they were all useless, nothing that showed any importance. "What a waste of time." He said, finding nothing. Walking down a hallway he missed earlier, he was finally seeing some thing of interest. "Damn, there has got to be something here." He had the book in his hands, thinking it might be use full. He had seen a few pictures of the Zoids carved into the wall, and some words about them, but nothing he didn't already know. "Find anything Raven." He didn't answer. "Damn it Raven, will you answer me." He said, screaming into the comm. Still nothing. "Damn kid, should have known he would be trouble." He walked around looking for him, finally after looking for about a hour he found him. "Where the Hell have you been, don't you answer when some one calls you."
Raven stood there, and then pointed down a doorway. "Look in there." Raven said, having a nervous tone in his voice.
He looked at him, then pulled out a lamp. "Fine." He said, slowly walking down into the doorway. The room was huge, and had another doorway, he saw some pictures of a boy carved into the wall. When he looked at them closer, he saw it was the same boy that was in the sketch. He felt a chill go down his entire body, from head to toe as he walked down the second door way. He turned and saw Raven, standing there in fear. He pushed a stone that was in front of the doorway, and looked inside. His heart nearly stopped beating, in front of him was a massive Zoid, one he didn't have to think twice about knowing. It was the Tiger, standing there, still asleep like it had been doing for thousands of years. He turned the light and saw some words carved into the floor and walls. Each had the same thing said over and over. "I Live." He looked over at the Zoid, then ran out as fast as he could. "Oh God." He bent over, trying to pull himself together. "Oh dear God." He said, scared stiff. It wasn't the Zoid itself that scared him, but the words all over the room. For the first time in years, he was feeling fear. He had stared death itself in the eyes, and never blinked. But for this, he couldn't even open his eyes to. He knew why Raven was scared, and any man who could walk in there and not feel scared wasn't normal. "Lets go." He told Raven. That room felt evil, he didn't know if it was the Zoid, or what. He felt like he wasn't alone, like voices were screaming at him those words, those two words that had more fear then death. "I Live." He didn't know who wrote them, he didn't care. The Tiger was asleep, and as long as that was true, everything was ok. He knew he was lying to himself.
Van and Fiona finally arrived at the Windcolony. They were greeted by a crowd, and they were treated like a hero.
"Van." He heard a familiar voice yell out, it was Maria. "Van, how are you, why are you back." She came and hugged him then looked over at Fiona. "Hi Fiona, still watching out for my little brother."
Fiona smiled. "Yes, he needs a lot of that." She hugged Maria, glad to see her again.
"Well lets go to the house, you two must be tired. I heard what had been happening over at the capital, and the Emperor dying, I was kind of worried for a while." She turned and smiled. "Its good to see you ok."
"Same to you Maria." Van smiled, walking over to the house he had grown up in.
"Such a nice touch." The odd kid said, staring from a hill a few miles away. "Its good to bring a family together." He smiled, watching as the Gustav approached the city. It was still about 35 miles away though. "Well its about time, I was beginning to think she went to the army for help." He looked back at the small town, it was quiet and peaceful, like most of the towns on Zi. He smiled, turning to the Fury. "Well Fury, I will have another job for you, I am afraid it will have to be your last." The Fury gave a low growl. "Yes, I will miss you, but you can always still be mine. I will simply use you to help me destroy all of these pathetic people." He turned and smiled. Soon, these people would learn the true power of evil.