Chapter 12: Chaos Returns
He sat there, still frightened by the site he had seen a few hours earlier. "You ok over their Raven?" He asked, trying to take his mind of that Zoid and its room.
Raven wasn't sure how he felt. He felt scared and tired, ready to roll over and die. He had remembered the first he felt like this. Van had destroyed the Death Sauer. "Raven, still alive over there." He heard the conn say. "Yea, I'm ok, thinking."
"Ok, well keep a eye out, still not sure what to do now." He looked around, not sure for what. He pulled out the book again and tried to read some of the old text. It was something he had never seen before, the words didn't seem to want to be read, and the language was alien to him, along with everything else in the book. He turned back to the sketch, still looking at the boy on top of the Tiger. Then looking down at the two kids in front of the Tiger. Then looking more carefully, he looked behind the Zoids, and saw a trail of destruction behind. Zoids torn apart, cities burning, bodies mangled. He slammed the book shut. "That's it." He screamed. He was tired of all of this, he was ready to do what ever it took to end this nightmare. He turned his Zoid around, Raven did the same. He was ready to kill that Zoid before it came to life and killed him. It was time to end everything he had been doing since Drake killed his parents. "Lets go kill that Zoid Raven."
Raven smiled, he was also ready to kill that thing. He hated Drake and it would be the last thing left of Drakes legacy. Killing it would shatter him like what the death of Shadow did to Raven. "Good." He replied back to the man. He would get his revenge.
General Valen and Thomas Schubaltz walked over to the hanger, they had been told something was found near a excavation site, and that they should see it. "Any idea what it is sir." Thomas asked, looking over at him.
"Some type of Zoid is all they told me, they got a few scientist looking at it, but they said they didn't know either." He replied, looking a little worried.
"Ok, so why are we going to see it." Thomas said, wanting to know.
"They want us to see if it can be used as a Zoid for war." Is all he said, they didn't say anything more until they reached the hanger. "Will you look at that."? Valen said, looking at the Zoid, he had never seen anything like it.
"Wow" Thomas added. It was massive, Thomas looked at it, not sure what it truly was.
"Sir." A captain walked over, saluting Valen and Thomas. "We found this Zoid near some ruins, it was like this when we found it, wont even move. It's like its dead or something. Any orders"
Valen walked over, he noticed the Zoid had wings, it was also black. It looked as if it was some sort of bird. "Resembles a Falcon, I just noticed that." He looked over its weaponry. "Seems to have a lot of fire power." He looked at the array of guns over it, and noticed some type of bomb on the bottom. "What kind of bomb is that?"
"Not sure sir, we didn't want to do anything with it until you arrived." The captain said, also looking over at the Zoid.
"Well Thomas, your from the Empire, what do you think." Valen said.
"Well, I would hate to see you use it against us." Thomas didn't like it one bit, there was something about that Zoid, he walked out of the hanger, ignoring what the general said.
Prime Minister Homaleff walked into the room. They had also found a Zoid near some ruins. "What is this about a Zoid you found." He was still heart broken over the death of there Emperor, but he did what he had to do to keep the Empire alive.
"Well Sir." Karl Schubaltz said, returning from the Republic capital. "This Zoid was found buried near some ruins, we didn't know if you wanted to keep it or not."
Homaleff looked at it and studied it. It was the biggest Zoid he had ever seen, but it had no weapons. It was in the shape of a Dragon, evil looking and powerful. "Strange Zoid." He said.
"It doesn't seem to be alive though, we haven't been able to get it to move yet." Karl said.
"Well, get it to work then you can contact me." He turned and walked out.
Karl saluted but saw the Prime Minister ignore it. He looked back at the Zoid, it was strange, and it did have an evil appearance. "Lets try to get this working men." Karl said, moving slowly towards the Zoid.
Van and Fiona sat there, eating the food Maria cooked for them. They heard some people yelling and decided to take a look.
"Look Van, it's the Gustav." Fiona said, watching it move quickly towards the small village.
"Without the Lighting Saiex." Van added, feeling his heart drop to his feet. "Lets go Fiona." They ran over to the Blade Liger and started heading over to the Gustav.
The kid smiled, watching the Blade Liger move. "This is working better then I thought Ullskay, and I think the Republic and the Empire have found the Falcon and Dragon. Well this is working better then I thought." He smiled, listening to the Organoid growl. "Yes, go ahead, I guess we can now." He saw the Organoid jump into the Berserk Fury. He smiled, it was only a matter of hours now, and then, all would suffer and die, just like he wanted.
The Gustav stopped about the same time as the Blade Liger. Van saw Moonbay run out crying. "What happened Moonbay."? He said. Not seeing Irvine any where around.
"Irvine's dead." Moonbay said, trying to keep herself together. "A Zoid used a charged particle cannon and cut it in two, then a little kid got out and I guess broke his neck." She fell in Vans arms, crying about her lost friend.
Van couldn't believe this, it was happening again. This was all happening again. He looked at Fiona, she seemed lost to the world, not having a clue what was going on. Van stood there holding Moonbay, trying to comfort her, trying to comfort himself at the same time. "What kind of Zoid was it."? He said.
"I don't know." Moonbay said with a broken voice. "I had never seen a Zoid like it before."
Van was going to say something but before he could, he turned around and saw the little village that was his home, become engulfed in a massive flame.
The kid laughed as the Fury fired its charged particle cannon at the city, engulfing it in a massive fireball. "Very good Ullskay, very good. You to Fury." He watched the city burn to the ground, and loved hearing the screams of pain. "Ok Ullskay, there dead." He turned, watching as Van noticed them. "Yes, now we truly win." He walked over to the Zoid and got in. "It's time Ullskay, the Tiger must arise."
Van tried to say something but nothing came out. All three of them sat there in shock, watching the same Zoid that killed Irvine destroy the small village Van loved so much. He ran over there, Fiona and Moonbay followed him.
"Maria." Van screamed, hoping he hadn't lost his sister. He began to dig through the debris, looking. He found many dead, most of the bodies burned so bad he couldn't tell who they were. No one was alive, no building was left standing. Van couldn't believe any of this, it truly was happening again. Death and destruction, the same things the man had warned him about. He walked over to his Blade Liger.
"Don't you want to look for any survivors."? Fiona asked.
"There all dead, the same thing that's going to happen when I find that Zoid." Van was angry and filled with rage. It was time to end this before someone else he loved died.
Fiona and Moonbay followed him, they were also tired of all this. It was worse then any war, then any plague, then any fight. Moonbay got in her Gustav and Fiona got behind Van in the Blade Liger.
Van saw the strange white Zoid and began to follow it, it was moving fast but not to fast. Van had a bad feeling about it but he didn't care, he was tired of all the games these mad men were playing with lives of his friends. And he knew it was time to end it.
Raven and Van sat there in that room, scared stiff. But they knew that had no choice, that Zoid must be destroyed.
"So how do we do this?" Raven asked, looking at the words around the room. There seemed to be more then before.
"Don't know." He pulled out a gun and tried shooting it, but nothing happened. "Damn, why does this have to be so hard."
"Try killing it with a Zoid." A voice said behind them.
They turned around and saw a kid standing at the doorway. Raven didn't know who it was, but the man did. It was the kid in the sketch.
The kid walked to them, but then an Organoid jumped out from behind them and hit both Raven and the man with its tail, knowing them to the ground.
"Stop Ullskay, I have another plan for them." The kid said smiling. The Organoid gave a growl of disapproval but backed down anyways. The kid looked over at the Tiger. "Soon you will be alive again, and this time we will win."
Van, Fiona, and Moonbay saw the strange Zoid standing next to some ruins. But they also saw a few other Zoids that were familiar. "Raven and that guy must be here." He didn't know if they were working with that kid or not, but if they were he would kill them to. They walked all through the ruins, but they had no idea what they were doing. Van turned to Fiona, she seemed nervous. "You alright Fiona?"
"There's something about his place, it feels, bad." She was looking at some of the words on the walls. Each of them repeating over and over, Demon Child.
"Welcome all." A chilling voice said.
They turned and saw the kid, standing there, laughing at them. The Organoid was next to him, ready to pounce and kill.
"You're friends are already waiting, why don't we join them." He looked over at Fiona, wondering if she remembered him, he didn't know.
"Why did you kill Irvine and destroy that village." Moonbay shouted over at him. Fiona put hand on her shoulder and shook her head. Moonbay knew what that meant and she backed down. They followed the little kid down a few pathways, finally reaching doorway.
"Come in, there's nothing in there that will bite." He smiled.
They followed him in, there on the walls they saw pictures of that boy carved, they were beginning to feel something wasn't right. They came up to a sealed off door and watched as the Organoid pushed it open. Inside they saw Raven and the man sitting there. And behind them, was a massive Zoid.
Fiona's eyes grew as she felt her heart pick up pace. "The Tiger." She said, remembering what that Zoid had done years ago.
"Well look who decided to come and die with us Raven." The man said, looking over at them.
Raven didn't say anything, he just looked at them.
The Organoid pushed Van inside the room, just as the kid walked in. "Ok kid, who the Hell are you." Van asked.
He smiled. "Fiona might be able to tell you, if not then I will soon enough." He walked over to the Tiger.
They all looked at Fiona, trying to see what she knew that they didn't.
"It is time, my friend. Awaken from your sleep." The kid pulled out the three Amulets.
"What the hell." The man said, looking at the Amulets. "I threw them down a drain, how did you get them."
"Those weren't the real amulets, I placed them to have some fun, watching you and Drake chase after them like a rat chasses the cheese in a maze."
They all stood there, watching and waiting. Then they all wanted to die. They heard a low growl, and saw as the eyes of the Tiger turned to a blood red, moving its head, staring at them all. During all of this, that kid was laughing.
The man stared over at Van, who looked right back at him. "We lost kid, its over."
The Tiger began to move its legs and paws, they were massive just like the Zoid. "Awaken your brothers Tiger, let the chaos of hell spread through out the universe." The kid smiled.
Van got up and tried to tackle the kid, but the Tiger slammed one of its massive paws in between them, forcing Van to stop right there.
"Now you will see the power of evil, now you will see why my father created this Zoid, and you will see why it choose me to command it's awesome power." The kid turned to the Zoid. "Ullskay, break us out of this room." The Organoid jumped into the Tiger. They watched as the Zoid turned around and tilted its head towards the sky. The Zoid opened its mouth. They all watched in horror as a charged particle cannon began to power up with it its mouth and under its chest.
"How does that thing have two particle cannons."? Van looked, seeing the kid answer his question.
"Its unbeatable. Nothing can stop it." He turned back and smiled.
The Zoid fired both cannons straight through the roof of the room, causing a massive hole to open up. But the Zoid didn't even flinch, it handled the power of those guns with out a problem.
They stood there in shock, none of them new a Zoid could hold so much power. The Tiger jumped out of the room, and for the first time in thousands of years, it stood in light, it stood on the surface. It gave off a massive roar, showing to the universe that it had awakened, and showing to the universe that its end was near.