Authors Note: Only 1 or 2 more chapters after this ( havn't decided yet.) So enjoy all.
Chapter 14: Crushing of Faith
"Come on Raven, get moving." The man said, watching as Raven began to fall behind, but then he just stopped. "Oh who the Hell am I kidding." He jumped out of the cockpit, watching Raven come do the same.
"What happened?" Raven asked, looking to see if his Zoid had a problem. He didn't see one.
"Forget this." The man said, walking away. "We lost, it's over. 25 years of my life spent keeping these Zoids from coming to life and I get outsmarted by some freak of a kid. There's no damn point, he's got us beat." He looked at the sunset, he knew it would be the last one he would see.
"Fine, you quit. But I want him to die for ruining my life." Raven walked back to his Zoid.
"He's ruined all of are lives kid, not just yours. I have fought trying hard as I could to stop anyone from doing what he did, the best pilots on Zi couldn't stop that Zoid." He looked over at his Liger. "Well try tomorrow, he'll have an advantage at night."
Raven didn't want to wait but he would. He turned and saw another Blade Liger coming towards them. "There's Van." He said, turning around to see the man starting a fire.
The Blade Liger stopped next to them and Van jumped out of the cockpit. "Why did you stop."?
"Were going to try tomorrow, even though it won't matter. That kid has us beat, no way we can win against that thing." The man said, still trying to get the fire started, he finally did.
Van shook his head. "Well Valen is setting a army up at the capital, so maybe they can stop it."
The man looked over at him. "When will you learn? Were you asleep when that Zoid blew a hole in the roof of that room, it has more power then any army could even want to have. Ill give them 10 minutes at the most, then they will all die, just like we will, just like every living soul in this universe will."
Van couldn't believe what he said, he didn't know a Zoid could hold that much power, but he learned to trust people. He walked over to his Blade Liger.
"Where are you going kid?" The man asked.
"Help stop that Zoid." But before he could get any closer Raven stopped him.
"Get out of my way Raven." He yelled at the man who killed Rudolph.
"You're going to commit suicide Van, you need to wait." He said, he knew Van hated him but he had to work with him if they wanted even a slight chance.
"He's right, you leave then we will have no chance. He'll kill you and leave us one damn good pilot short. You leave then you just sealed the fate of the universe." He walked over to his Zoid.
Van backed down, he knew his friends were going to fight that deadly Zoid, and he knew they wouldn't stand a chance. He saw the Gustav finally arrive, and it stopped, just like Van had.
"Why did you all stop?" Moonbay asked, still in her Gustav.
"They want to fight him tomorrow, so I guess we'll have to wait while everyone at the capital dies." He sat down, his back turned on Raven and the man.
Moonbay didn't know what to do, so she just got out and walked over to the man. Then she smacked him.
The man grabbed his face as she did it. "Damn it, what was that for."?
"For letting everyone die." She said, and then she walked over to Van.
He looked at her, neither of them knew what that Zoid could do, he wasn't sure himself but he had a much better idea, if they went now they would die easily, but if they waited, they might have one slight chance at winning.
The kid looked around, angry and filled with rage. "Where are they?" He screamed. The Tiger was getting impatient, it watched as the massive army prepared for the strange Zoid. "Soon tiger, we will give them a few more minutes. But that is all."
Thomas sat in his Dibision, looking around to see if it was near them. "Can you find it Beek." It beeped a no, not sensing the Zoid any where around. "Ok men, keep a eye out, it should be here soon."
"There it is!" A pilot yelled.
Thomas looked over near a hill a few miles away, and he saw the massive Zoid sitting there, just waiting. "Ok, all long range weapons start firing." Thomas also started firing his weapons. He watched as smoke and dust began to appear around the Zoid.
They all sat there, hearing the shots from the battle miles away. "They've started." The man said. He looked over to see Van drop his head. This would be the longest night of his life.
"Ok, stop your fire." Thomas shouted, looking around for the Zoid. The smoke began to clear. "It's gone, wow, that wasn't so hard." But Thomas looked around some more and saw the Zoid on another hill, just sitting there. "How did that thing move over there so fast?" He paused for a moment. "Lets try this again." He heard the massive amount of firepower slam into the Zoid, there must have been nearly 300 Zoids out firing at that thing. "Ok, hold your fire." He said, much more calmly this time. Then he saw the Zoid appear behind the smoke, a shield drawn. "How, but we hit it with…" He sat there, admiring the power that Zoid had. Nothing, not even the GenoBreaker or the DeathSauer could take a pounding like that. But this Zoid emerged without a scratch. He watched as his brother finally arrived with his units, making the size of this army incredible.
"Well Thomas, what does it look like?" Karl asked. Watching as the Zoid withdrew its shield.
"Bad, very very bad." Thomas was trying to think of something, but before he could the Zoid moved with lighting speed towards their army. "Scatter, everyone scatter." He yelled moving his Dibision.
The kid smiled, giving his Zoid permission to attack the army. "Look at them scatter Tiger, you still have your fear to."
The Tiger began to thrash at every Zoid its massive claws could reach. The armies began to shrink with in moments. Those few Zoids that got a hit on it found it was basically useless. Its speed and maneuverability were unmatched on this battlefield. Zoids that tried to run away were simply out run and destroyed. Soon the army that had a number of nearly 600 Zoids was now around 150 Zoids. And then that number dropped.
Thomas did what he could, Karl was there next to him. Both firing at the Zoid which wouldn't die. "How can that thing take such a beating."? Thomas said to himself. The he saw the Zoid stop dead in its tracks. He turned and faced himself and Karl.
"What do you think we should do now, Thomas?" Karl asked him.
"Finish what we started." He smiled, they both began to fire at that Zoid, but it drew its shield. Then they saw it open it's mouth. "That cant be good. Let's get out of here Karl."
The Iron Kong and Dibision turned but the charged particle cannon was to powerful for their Zoids to take. It ripped through them, like it did every other Zoid. Karl was killed instantly, the beam going through his cockpit. Thomas was alive, but barley. He watched as the Tiger walked over to them. It stared at him, it red eyes staring into his very soul. He tried to talk but he couldn't. He watched the Tiger lift its massive paw into the air, and land right on him.
They heard nothing but silence for a while. And they all knew why. "Maybe they beat it." Moonbay said, even though she knew it wasn't true.
Raven looked up at the night sky, watching as the moons pulled away from each other. "There all dead." He said. "Worse then anything I could have ever done."
They knew he was right, the entire army of the Republic and most of the Empire was gone. There chances were down, the battle lasted only 7 minutes.
"Damn that kid," The man said to himself, putting his hand over his face. He knew this was it, it would take even more then a miracle to beat that thing.
"Madam President, we have to get you out of here." Valen said, he had watched that Zoid destroy his army, and he didn't know what to do.
"Why, that thing killed all of the forces in the area and a decent amount of them on the entire planet. Even if I do run, what will we do."? She said, staring at the screen, watching the Zoid finish off what few Zoids remained.
The General knew she was right, but he didn't want to se her die. "We can rebuild, maybe get to a point were we can stop it."
She shook her head. "No, there's nothing we can do. Summon up the rest of are forces and tell them to get to a safe place. Maybe we can eventually beat it, but not now, now before we die. What about civilians." She asked.
Valen shook his head. "There trying to get out, but." He turned around "But there's nothing we can do."
The President nodded. Watching as the Tiger opened its mouth, beginning to charge up its weapon.
"Well Tiger, they put up a fight. But now it's time to end this." He watched as the two particle cannons fired from its mouth and into the city. "Such a lovely site." But before he could finish what he started, the Tiger fell to its side after being pushed by a Dark Horn. "Wow, this guy has guts." He saw the comm. go up. "You, your dead."
"Not yet I'm not." It was Irvine, he pointed the gun at the Tiger and began to fire at it. "Next time you try to snap my neck, make sure you hear it pop." As he ran out of ammo he backed away. He saw the Zoid get up and he charged it. But the Tiger was to fast and easily dodged it.
"You had a chance of living, now Ill end that chance." The kid moved the Tiger, watching as the Dark Horn matched its move. "Something's wrong" The kid said to himself. And he saw why. The horn on that Zoid had punctured a hole it the Tiger side when it rammed it. "You are going to pay for that." Then he felt some shots hit the other side of the Tiger. They were a few Command Wolves. The kid smiled. "So be it." The Tiger was crippled, and it was getting worse. He activated the shield and began to walk towards the command wolves, but the Dark Horn ran up from behind and rammed it.
"Not to good of a pilot, is you kid." Irvine smiled. He watched as the Tiger feel to the ground.
The kid smiled, he pulled out a black amulet in his pocket and held it up. He heard a huge crash from the city and watched as the Flacon rose up from the ashes of the city.
"Where did that thing come from?" Irvine watched it fly towards the command wolf, it dropped a bomb and Irvine watched as a massive explosion engulfed the Command Wolves and came close to him.
The Falcon turned around and drew a blade from its bottom side. It watched as the Dark Horn tried to run, but the Zoid was cut in half as the blade sliced through it.
The kid laughed. "As you see my dead friend, I can not be beat." He tried to get the Tiger to fire its cannon at the remaining Dark Horn, but it disobeyed. "What are you doing Tiger, finish it."? The Zoid was damaged. It could barley move. The kid looked around in disbelief, and on the horizon he saw his old Zoid coming. "What's the Fury doing here?" But then he knew, it was Fiona. "Well, now it gets better."
Fiona stopped the Fury as she saw the pilot of the Dark Horn laying there. "Irvine." She said, she jumped out of the cockpit and ran to him. She looked up and saw the Falcon circling around, and the damaged Tiger limping. "Are you ok Irvine?" She looked at him, he was bleeding from his head and chest.
"Yea, Ill live." He said softly.
"Welcome Fiona, wasn't sure if you would come over." He walked to her.
"Get away Jason." She said, still holding Irvine.
"You know that kid?" He said, looking at him.
"He's a Zodian, like me." She hated him for what he had become.
"Great." Is all Irvine said.
"Still mad because I turned your brother, or is it because I just killed your friend Thomas." He smiled at her.
She couldn't believe what she heard. She grabbed a piece of broken glass and charged at Jason. He ducked and grabbed her by the head, forcing her to stare at him. She fainted.
"What did you do." Irvine yelled at him, getting up.
"Nothing, just making sure she will work with me now." He smiled.
"She isn't going to work with you, she just wanted to kill you, and for Fiona to do that she has to really hate your guts."
Jason laughed at him. "Doesn't matter, you'll see."
Irvine walked over to Fiona. "You ok Fiona."
She woke up, looked at Irvine, and she kicked him in the gut. He went down to the floor.
"Told you, next time listen." He pointed at the Falcon. "Get down here." He looked back at Fiona. "That's your Zoid now."
She looked at him, and smiled. "Perfect." She said, walking over to where the Falcon had landed.
He stared over at Irvine. "I am feeling good today, so Ill let you live for now, but don't worry, it will only be for two more days at the most. He went back to the Tiger, and moved into the city. He knew Van would be coming soon, and it would be here where they fought, and it would be here where they died.