Meltdown, Vision And Mirage:The new Stealth Ravens
Sen woke up slowly, staring at a white ceiling. Trying to turn his head to look around, he found himself bound down. A face suddenly popped into his vision, and looked down at his eyes. "Well, goodmorning. I was wondering when you would decide to wake up." Sen looked at him, then felt buckles being undone, releasing his limbs. Sitting up, he looked at the man who had spoken to him. He was thin, almost wirey, his nose scrunched near the bridge. His lips were curved into a small smile, looking over Sen. His most distinguishing feature was his hair, which almost seems to be made entirely of flames, but was in fact hair which had been tampered with until getting the result. Sen felt his right arm, feeling a little pain, then the man reached over, handing him some food, which Sen took and ate gratefully. All it was was some cooked potatoes, along with some sort of meat. "Well, thanks for giving your new partner such a scare. I'm Meltdown. As you can see, I have a thing for fire. Not surprising. What's your name?" Sen looked at him, and said between moutfuls, "Sen." Meltdown nods slightly, then shakes his head. "That won't do. You can't go using your real name if you are a member of Silent Nest. You have that black AC that merges into the shadows so easily right? I'm going to nickname you Vision, for now. You can figure out your AC's nickname yourself." Sen nods, liking the sound of that name. Looking around, his head suddenly snaps back to meltdown. "What do you mean, partner? And what to do you mean Silent Nest? There is another nest other then the Raven's Nest?" Meltdown nods. "I was assigned to be your partner. In Silent nest, we believe in partnered combat. It ups the stakes. As for Silent Nest, it is for expert AC pilots, which you quite obviously have the potential to be. I don't know how the hell you did it, but the way you destroyed hammer.....there is no way a rookie could do that easily. Mind telling me how you managed that?" Sen smiles slightly, "Me and my laserblade went to work...." Meltdown gives him a curious glance, but doesn't push the issue. Smiling lightly, he says, "I think your going to be the melee fighter of the two of us aren't you? Well, do you have any credits?" Sen shakes his head, shrugging. "I was attending school, and got pulled out rather roughly, then stuffed into that AC. I don't have any money.." Meltdown nods, then stands, passing Vision some clothes. "Let's go Vision, we got some work to do on that AC. It was badly damaged, but between the two of us, I'm sure we'll be able to get it finished in no time." As Meltdown walks out of the room, Sen stands, and dresses quickly. He had no idea what was going on, but he didn't care either. He was a member of a nest, and that meant survival of the fittest. Jogging out of the room quicly, he follows Meltdown to work on his new AC...
Ren looks at the status report from the test. Complete obliteration of the MT's, and the destruction of a fully-trained Raven. This was good. His son was performing better then hoped. The zeroblade had worked out well too. He smiles, then gets back to his paperwork, as he waited patiently for the call....
"YOU, get that arm equipped!" Meltdown shouted orders loudly, the mechanics in the hangar working quickly and efficiently as per the instructions he gives. Sen climbs up on to the left arm, then opens the laserblade panel. Looking at it, he sees the cause of the extra output. There were turbo wires running directly into the laserblade. Ingenious, but also producing a dangerous amount of output for almost any human to handle. Meltdown walked over, and Sen closes the panel, sealing it with his passcode. "My laserblade is working fine. For an older model, I can't help but feel it's power. I wouldn't mind getting a moonlight blade though. Problem is, that along would drain all my funds, and I still need a new FCS model for my missle pod." Meltdown nods, then whistles over to a mechanic on the ground. "Unload my moonlight, and bring it here. Vision will be using it from now on." Giving Sen a little smile, he says quietly, "I don't know why I had even bought that damn thing, I have never even used it in melee combat, I got my flame-thrower for that." Standing quickly, Sen nods a great thanks to him. "Thank you! I owe you one. I'll give you the money for it as soon as I-" he silences suddenly as meltdown raises his hand. "We are partners, and friends. You watch my back on our missions, and we'll call it even. Alright?" Sen nods, then moves to the arm lifter. He quickly detaches the laserblade, then rehooks up the moonlightblade. This would give him a definite advantage, though it was weighing him down. "Meltdown! I'm having a problem. Should I drop my missle pod, in exchange for a gun? Or should I just go gunless?" Meltdown climbs in, then brings up the AC specs. "We can drop this radar piece. I'll get you a red-eye head unit, that will take care of that. Then we will drop your piece of junk generator, and hook you up with a twin-thunder. It's lighter, and it produces three times the output of a normal generator. You can then use a light machine gun, or a handgun, while keeping your missle pod attached." Sen nods to him, and traces his fingers over the specs of his AC. "This leg junction is damaged. We need to bypass this broken pump, and reseal it from the bottom." Meltdown nods, then shouts to his mechanics, and they get to work on it immediately. "Vision, go get in the cockpit, I need to walk you through some new things on your screen. I'll be in FireStarter." Nodding, Sen runs over, then jumps into his cockpit, seating himself, then putting his hands around the shifts. His index finger slowly slides under the handle, until it finds the Zeroblade switch. Sliding them back with a smile, he hits the passcode, and the AC's viewmonitor comes to life. "Vision, look at your monitor. You now have three things added. On your weapon side, you got something called a Flare. Same idea as a normal flare, except it can be used to signal for attacks. On the top left, you have an ennemy weapons counter. That is a high-tech piece of equipment. If you look at that, when staring at an ennemy, your AC will autoscan it, and give you it's weapon type, as well as ammo capacity. The other thing you have is two fuel bars. We have attached your AC with a reserve, and now you can use double the power on your boosters. I tried looking for new ones altogether, but they won't be in for three weeks." Sen listens to meltdown from his comm, and says quietly, "Alright, I see them. One second." he quickly brings up a secondary spec, and examines the AC using it's own scanners. "Alright, the leg piece is fixed, but I need to have time to look at the Moonlight before I use it. I need to check my left arm strength." Shutting down the AC, Sen ran up to the arm panel. Opening the panel up, he grabs a screwdriver, and starts hooking the Zeroblade wires to the Moonlightblade. "Let's test this baby out." Meltdown placed a hand on his shoulder. Nodding, the door to the training area opened. Getting in the cockpit, Sen enters it using his AC. Two MT's entered, and immediately started firing their lasers. Using his shifts, Sen made the ac move to the right, his new speed making him seem like a blur. Running into the shadows, he hit his stealth function, the one part he had blown the small amount of money from the nest on, and his signal disappeared from Radar. Waiting patiently, the first MT get's too close, and makes it's mistake of walking by without scanning. Dashing out of the shadows, the moonlightblade came out, and sliced through it like a hot butterknife through butter. The other turned and started firing at him. Hitting his boosters, he shifted to the right, moving with unbelievable speed, then leaping, he lands before the MT, taking another swipe. Pulling back on the shifts, and hitting the booster, he flies back, and the two MT's simultaneously explode. "Damnit Vision, that was excellent. You and those boosters are deadly. You figure out a name for your AC yet?" Sen looks around, and notices how he had seemed to merge with the shadows when he was standing in it. "I'll call him Mirage. He is going to be a good AC." Meltdown agrees quickly, then rides in on his own AC. His tank legs grinded along the ground, two chain rifles on his shoulders, and a sniper rifle in his hand. "Alright, quick team sim." Four MT's appear, and Meltdown says quickly, "Alright, we are going to use each other's skills to defeat them. GO!" Two MT's begin firing at Meltdown, whom quickly rolls aside on his tank legs. Mirage moved with all speed, heading for them. The other two started firing, slamming into him, and Meltdown says over the comm, "Use my skills to complement yours." Boosting into the air, Meltdown let's loose a flurry of sniper rifle shots, forcing the two had originally fired on him to look down. Moving in on them, using his boosters to dodge the lasers, Mirage slashes with the laserblade quickly, hitting them both, then boosts upright, and heads back in a diaganol movement, the explosion of the two MT's quickly following. Hitting his missle pod button, he lands, and runs across. Aiming at the other two. "I'm firing my missles from the right, if they move left to dodge, cut them in half." He was rewarded with his plan by the sound of two chain guns unfurling. Hitting the trigger, six missles flew, and as expected, the MT's dodged left, where they were cut in half by MeltDown's chain guns, exploding with bulletriddled bodies. Mirage skidded to a stop on the floor of the training grounds, and looked across to Meltdown. "I don't think I should even bother worrying about a heavier gun. You can handle that, and I can stick with my laserblade." Meltdown's voice cackles over the comm, "Yeah, but I'd carry a machine gun with you, even a little twohundred and fifty shot one. Just in case we go on missions where you'll need to use ranged attacks before you can move in. Other than that, we make a good team Vision. We'll make a killing on our missions."
Ren smiled with pride as his boy and Meltdown annihilated the MT's with ease. His son wasn't even using the zeroblade as he would have expected him to. He was making a killing using nothing but his laserblade, and his boosters...Ren could help him more on that area. Checking the order, he found the pitiful set of boosters that were ordered, then checked Meltdown's Salary. No wonder. Meltdown had already seriously cut it down on the generator. Ren smiled again, then called his company headquarters. They did have a mission lined up, but he was unsure if his son and Meltdown were ready. Vision, and Meltdown. One of the most deadly combinations he had ever seen. One was a severe weapons specialist in chain guns, the other an unbelievably fast laserblade fighter. He looked at the clean-up crews scooping up what scraps they could of the MT's to use as spare metal. He examined the mission briefing that he would give them if he thought them ready. Destroy a convoy of AC weapons heading to a group of Revolutionists. Finally giving a sigh of acceptance, he called, and lined them up for the mission. He then e-mailed Meltdown, and Vision. He kept it short.
"Hello Vision and Meltdown. Greetings my son and nephew. You were called here to train. I am afraid I have some bad news. Your sister has been taken captive Vision. I would have told you sooner, but I could not risk you going gung ho. She is being treated fine, and I am forced to work and pay the kidnappers a salary to keep her that way. You need to train, because no other Raven's have the skill to do this mission. Therefore, your missions will begin. I will be your contact. Never accept a mission under any circumstances without discussing it with me in person, or in E-mail. We need to work hard if we hope to succeed in getting her back. Here is your first mission."
Vision looked at the E-mail, and his jaw dropped in shocked disbelief. No wonder all of this happened. Meltdown looked across at him, and nodded, also confirming this was his first hearing of these events as well. Looking over the mission data, Vision looked across to Meltdown, whom nodded again, then stood up, equipping his pilot suit, and starting to load his ammo, and prepping his AC. Vision took one minute to store the E-mail, then followed. Mirage was ready, but he still needed to equip a secondary weapon. Making a quick decision, he drops the missle launcher, then equips a laserblade on his right arm too. Meltdown could deal with ranged. Moving quickly, Vision set up the right arm, and now had duel Laserblades. He would be causing a path of destruction. As an afterthought, he added a multi-warhead launcher, only one round of missles in it, but capable of knocking out ten trucks per missle. He would need it...
Meltdown looked at his AC. So...I am fighting for the life of my cousin...A good reason to fight. he thinks to himself silently. He equips his energy snipe rifle. It only had ten shots, but each was enough to annihilate an AC if shot correctly. His chainguns remained, as he got into his AC. The tank legs would be useful on a road terrain. He just hoped he wouldn't screw up. But then, with a guy carrying a moonlight laserblade....nevermind, a moonlight, and an extra, how could they lose? Driving his AC out, he drove up beside Mirage, then turned his comm on. "Let's go Vision." They board the waiting dropship. They were expecting a warzone the second they hit the ground. So they disembarked their AC's moving to the mini-quarters. There, they both sat, drinking some juice, and eating what may be their only meal for the next forty-eight hours. Looking up suddenly, Meltdown says, "Well.....I hope your ready cousin. We will give them cause to fear the Silent Nest. Now, let's play some cards, then get some sleep." Pulling out a deck of cards, Meltdown deals, Vision nodding lightly. Looking at his hand, he instantly starts laughing, then says, "You little cheater." Meltdown laughs too, showing him the hand full of aces. "Yeah. I used to be a thief. Didn't have much choice. I was poor, so I had to resort to what I could to eat. Then I got dragged into Ren's office, and then ended up being an AC member. My former partner died in a mission recently. There was a bomb in an AC he was fighting, and when it went off, he didn't have time to back off. He was a good man. I was proud to be his partner, as I am to be yours. We must show them what we can do." Laughing, he flicks the combat simulator helmet on, and puts it on, attacking some MT's through VR. Vision laughs, then stands, walking out to Mirage. He put his hand on it's massive foot, saying a prayer of respect to God, that he help him live well in the next few hours. Climbing up the AC, he sits on the left arm. Popping the panel open, he checks the wires, then pulls out a screwdriver, tightening a lose screw. He would be needing the Zeroblade, at least he thought he would. Destruction would reign from it. He had to make sure not to use it unless he had to. He needed to keep this a secret to himself. This skill could determine a win or lose in a mission, and he didn't need to give it away so soon. Closing the panel, he climbs inside of his cockpit. He there, equips his equipment, and rests, closing his eyes to get whatever sleep he could...
"RAVENS, WAKE UP, GET TO YOUR AC'S, WE ARE NOW IN THE BATTLE ZONE!" The comm roared to life, and Vision instantly snapped awake, feeling the dropship rocking from anti-air guns. Hitting the power, his AC flickered to life. "This is Mirage, open dropship doors!" Instantly, he heard the doors open. Hitting the reverse, he shoots backwards, then jumps out of the dropship. He suddenly heard, "Meltdown, dropping now!" Then Meltdown's AC dropped out of the dropship. Their war was now starting. Hitting the ground, Mirage instantly shifted forwards, dashing straight for the nearest anti-aircraft gun. The moonblade exited, and the gun was gone in a slash. The pilot of the dropship echoed a thanks, as Meltdown hit the ground and started gunning down the other A.A. guns. Moving in quickly, Mirage slashed at an MT, slicing it in half. Moving forwards, Meltdown began gunning down MT's, Mirage sticking close, slashing any who dared to get close. His AC scanned for the target trucks. However, they had not been given a definite time on arrival. "Meltdown, why not try and take out this outpost, and hit them when they get here?" Meltdown looks around, his chainguns firing more into an MT, making it blow up. "Alright, go left, that structure that looks like a castle. Take control of that, I'll hit the forest." Driving off, Meltdown went. In the distance, the flashes of bullets were seen. Mirage ran towards the castle, then using his boosters approached faster. Hitting them, he leaped over the walls, landing in the middle of ten MT's. They came to life, and fired but Mirage was already moving. Jumping over the first wave of Lasers, both of his laserblades come out, slashing. Two of them fell in two in a single thrust. Quickly adjusting his weight, he shifted towards two more, and slashed. The moonlight ripped right through one, the other was only mildly damage by the glancing right blade. Jumping sideways, the MT explodes, and the other MT's mistakenly hit their comrade, finishing it off. Landing again, he hits his turbo boosters, and he flew towards him, slashing along the way, catching four in the path of destruction. The last two had no chance. They ended in two vicious slashes. Checking his own armor, he found himself completely undamaged. Running outside, the castle clear, he looks across. There was another raven there, fighting it out with Meltdown. Hitting his turbo's again, he heads for the fight. The AC sees him come, and turns, firing a bazooka round at him. Meltdown was waiting though, and in a few shots of his chain gun, the rocket blew up without any damage. Getting closer, two quick laserblade slashes went, and the AC dropped to it's knee damaged. Slashing out with the moonlight, the ennemy AC's weapon fell in two, then pointing the moonlight at him, he holds. "Ennemy AC, power down immediately, or I will be forced to finish you." Meltdown drove forth, riddle with burn marks, as well as a few laserblade slashes. The AC pilot shut it off, then exiting the cockpit, stuck his hand in the air in surrender. The first part was complete success. Now they began the wait for the convoy, hoping that this would not take too long....
Sen woke up slowly, staring at a white ceiling. Trying to turn his head to look around, he found himself bound down. A face suddenly popped into his vision, and looked down at his eyes. "Well, goodmorning. I was wondering when you would decide to wake up." Sen looked at him, then felt buckles being undone, releasing his limbs. Sitting up, he looked at the man who had spoken to him. He was thin, almost wirey, his nose scrunched near the bridge. His lips were curved into a small smile, looking over Sen. His most distinguishing feature was his hair, which almost seems to be made entirely of flames, but was in fact hair which had been tampered with until getting the result. Sen felt his right arm, feeling a little pain, then the man reached over, handing him some food, which Sen took and ate gratefully. All it was was some cooked potatoes, along with some sort of meat. "Well, thanks for giving your new partner such a scare. I'm Meltdown. As you can see, I have a thing for fire. Not surprising. What's your name?" Sen looked at him, and said between moutfuls, "Sen." Meltdown nods slightly, then shakes his head. "That won't do. You can't go using your real name if you are a member of Silent Nest. You have that black AC that merges into the shadows so easily right? I'm going to nickname you Vision, for now. You can figure out your AC's nickname yourself." Sen nods, liking the sound of that name. Looking around, his head suddenly snaps back to meltdown. "What do you mean, partner? And what to do you mean Silent Nest? There is another nest other then the Raven's Nest?" Meltdown nods. "I was assigned to be your partner. In Silent nest, we believe in partnered combat. It ups the stakes. As for Silent Nest, it is for expert AC pilots, which you quite obviously have the potential to be. I don't know how the hell you did it, but the way you destroyed hammer.....there is no way a rookie could do that easily. Mind telling me how you managed that?" Sen smiles slightly, "Me and my laserblade went to work...." Meltdown gives him a curious glance, but doesn't push the issue. Smiling lightly, he says, "I think your going to be the melee fighter of the two of us aren't you? Well, do you have any credits?" Sen shakes his head, shrugging. "I was attending school, and got pulled out rather roughly, then stuffed into that AC. I don't have any money.." Meltdown nods, then stands, passing Vision some clothes. "Let's go Vision, we got some work to do on that AC. It was badly damaged, but between the two of us, I'm sure we'll be able to get it finished in no time." As Meltdown walks out of the room, Sen stands, and dresses quickly. He had no idea what was going on, but he didn't care either. He was a member of a nest, and that meant survival of the fittest. Jogging out of the room quicly, he follows Meltdown to work on his new AC...
Ren looks at the status report from the test. Complete obliteration of the MT's, and the destruction of a fully-trained Raven. This was good. His son was performing better then hoped. The zeroblade had worked out well too. He smiles, then gets back to his paperwork, as he waited patiently for the call....
"YOU, get that arm equipped!" Meltdown shouted orders loudly, the mechanics in the hangar working quickly and efficiently as per the instructions he gives. Sen climbs up on to the left arm, then opens the laserblade panel. Looking at it, he sees the cause of the extra output. There were turbo wires running directly into the laserblade. Ingenious, but also producing a dangerous amount of output for almost any human to handle. Meltdown walked over, and Sen closes the panel, sealing it with his passcode. "My laserblade is working fine. For an older model, I can't help but feel it's power. I wouldn't mind getting a moonlight blade though. Problem is, that along would drain all my funds, and I still need a new FCS model for my missle pod." Meltdown nods, then whistles over to a mechanic on the ground. "Unload my moonlight, and bring it here. Vision will be using it from now on." Giving Sen a little smile, he says quietly, "I don't know why I had even bought that damn thing, I have never even used it in melee combat, I got my flame-thrower for that." Standing quickly, Sen nods a great thanks to him. "Thank you! I owe you one. I'll give you the money for it as soon as I-" he silences suddenly as meltdown raises his hand. "We are partners, and friends. You watch my back on our missions, and we'll call it even. Alright?" Sen nods, then moves to the arm lifter. He quickly detaches the laserblade, then rehooks up the moonlightblade. This would give him a definite advantage, though it was weighing him down. "Meltdown! I'm having a problem. Should I drop my missle pod, in exchange for a gun? Or should I just go gunless?" Meltdown climbs in, then brings up the AC specs. "We can drop this radar piece. I'll get you a red-eye head unit, that will take care of that. Then we will drop your piece of junk generator, and hook you up with a twin-thunder. It's lighter, and it produces three times the output of a normal generator. You can then use a light machine gun, or a handgun, while keeping your missle pod attached." Sen nods to him, and traces his fingers over the specs of his AC. "This leg junction is damaged. We need to bypass this broken pump, and reseal it from the bottom." Meltdown nods, then shouts to his mechanics, and they get to work on it immediately. "Vision, go get in the cockpit, I need to walk you through some new things on your screen. I'll be in FireStarter." Nodding, Sen runs over, then jumps into his cockpit, seating himself, then putting his hands around the shifts. His index finger slowly slides under the handle, until it finds the Zeroblade switch. Sliding them back with a smile, he hits the passcode, and the AC's viewmonitor comes to life. "Vision, look at your monitor. You now have three things added. On your weapon side, you got something called a Flare. Same idea as a normal flare, except it can be used to signal for attacks. On the top left, you have an ennemy weapons counter. That is a high-tech piece of equipment. If you look at that, when staring at an ennemy, your AC will autoscan it, and give you it's weapon type, as well as ammo capacity. The other thing you have is two fuel bars. We have attached your AC with a reserve, and now you can use double the power on your boosters. I tried looking for new ones altogether, but they won't be in for three weeks." Sen listens to meltdown from his comm, and says quietly, "Alright, I see them. One second." he quickly brings up a secondary spec, and examines the AC using it's own scanners. "Alright, the leg piece is fixed, but I need to have time to look at the Moonlight before I use it. I need to check my left arm strength." Shutting down the AC, Sen ran up to the arm panel. Opening the panel up, he grabs a screwdriver, and starts hooking the Zeroblade wires to the Moonlightblade. "Let's test this baby out." Meltdown placed a hand on his shoulder. Nodding, the door to the training area opened. Getting in the cockpit, Sen enters it using his AC. Two MT's entered, and immediately started firing their lasers. Using his shifts, Sen made the ac move to the right, his new speed making him seem like a blur. Running into the shadows, he hit his stealth function, the one part he had blown the small amount of money from the nest on, and his signal disappeared from Radar. Waiting patiently, the first MT get's too close, and makes it's mistake of walking by without scanning. Dashing out of the shadows, the moonlightblade came out, and sliced through it like a hot butterknife through butter. The other turned and started firing at him. Hitting his boosters, he shifted to the right, moving with unbelievable speed, then leaping, he lands before the MT, taking another swipe. Pulling back on the shifts, and hitting the booster, he flies back, and the two MT's simultaneously explode. "Damnit Vision, that was excellent. You and those boosters are deadly. You figure out a name for your AC yet?" Sen looks around, and notices how he had seemed to merge with the shadows when he was standing in it. "I'll call him Mirage. He is going to be a good AC." Meltdown agrees quickly, then rides in on his own AC. His tank legs grinded along the ground, two chain rifles on his shoulders, and a sniper rifle in his hand. "Alright, quick team sim." Four MT's appear, and Meltdown says quickly, "Alright, we are going to use each other's skills to defeat them. GO!" Two MT's begin firing at Meltdown, whom quickly rolls aside on his tank legs. Mirage moved with all speed, heading for them. The other two started firing, slamming into him, and Meltdown says over the comm, "Use my skills to complement yours." Boosting into the air, Meltdown let's loose a flurry of sniper rifle shots, forcing the two had originally fired on him to look down. Moving in on them, using his boosters to dodge the lasers, Mirage slashes with the laserblade quickly, hitting them both, then boosts upright, and heads back in a diaganol movement, the explosion of the two MT's quickly following. Hitting his missle pod button, he lands, and runs across. Aiming at the other two. "I'm firing my missles from the right, if they move left to dodge, cut them in half." He was rewarded with his plan by the sound of two chain guns unfurling. Hitting the trigger, six missles flew, and as expected, the MT's dodged left, where they were cut in half by MeltDown's chain guns, exploding with bulletriddled bodies. Mirage skidded to a stop on the floor of the training grounds, and looked across to Meltdown. "I don't think I should even bother worrying about a heavier gun. You can handle that, and I can stick with my laserblade." Meltdown's voice cackles over the comm, "Yeah, but I'd carry a machine gun with you, even a little twohundred and fifty shot one. Just in case we go on missions where you'll need to use ranged attacks before you can move in. Other than that, we make a good team Vision. We'll make a killing on our missions."
Ren smiled with pride as his boy and Meltdown annihilated the MT's with ease. His son wasn't even using the zeroblade as he would have expected him to. He was making a killing using nothing but his laserblade, and his boosters...Ren could help him more on that area. Checking the order, he found the pitiful set of boosters that were ordered, then checked Meltdown's Salary. No wonder. Meltdown had already seriously cut it down on the generator. Ren smiled again, then called his company headquarters. They did have a mission lined up, but he was unsure if his son and Meltdown were ready. Vision, and Meltdown. One of the most deadly combinations he had ever seen. One was a severe weapons specialist in chain guns, the other an unbelievably fast laserblade fighter. He looked at the clean-up crews scooping up what scraps they could of the MT's to use as spare metal. He examined the mission briefing that he would give them if he thought them ready. Destroy a convoy of AC weapons heading to a group of Revolutionists. Finally giving a sigh of acceptance, he called, and lined them up for the mission. He then e-mailed Meltdown, and Vision. He kept it short.
"Hello Vision and Meltdown. Greetings my son and nephew. You were called here to train. I am afraid I have some bad news. Your sister has been taken captive Vision. I would have told you sooner, but I could not risk you going gung ho. She is being treated fine, and I am forced to work and pay the kidnappers a salary to keep her that way. You need to train, because no other Raven's have the skill to do this mission. Therefore, your missions will begin. I will be your contact. Never accept a mission under any circumstances without discussing it with me in person, or in E-mail. We need to work hard if we hope to succeed in getting her back. Here is your first mission."
Vision looked at the E-mail, and his jaw dropped in shocked disbelief. No wonder all of this happened. Meltdown looked across at him, and nodded, also confirming this was his first hearing of these events as well. Looking over the mission data, Vision looked across to Meltdown, whom nodded again, then stood up, equipping his pilot suit, and starting to load his ammo, and prepping his AC. Vision took one minute to store the E-mail, then followed. Mirage was ready, but he still needed to equip a secondary weapon. Making a quick decision, he drops the missle launcher, then equips a laserblade on his right arm too. Meltdown could deal with ranged. Moving quickly, Vision set up the right arm, and now had duel Laserblades. He would be causing a path of destruction. As an afterthought, he added a multi-warhead launcher, only one round of missles in it, but capable of knocking out ten trucks per missle. He would need it...
Meltdown looked at his AC. So...I am fighting for the life of my cousin...A good reason to fight. he thinks to himself silently. He equips his energy snipe rifle. It only had ten shots, but each was enough to annihilate an AC if shot correctly. His chainguns remained, as he got into his AC. The tank legs would be useful on a road terrain. He just hoped he wouldn't screw up. But then, with a guy carrying a moonlight laserblade....nevermind, a moonlight, and an extra, how could they lose? Driving his AC out, he drove up beside Mirage, then turned his comm on. "Let's go Vision." They board the waiting dropship. They were expecting a warzone the second they hit the ground. So they disembarked their AC's moving to the mini-quarters. There, they both sat, drinking some juice, and eating what may be their only meal for the next forty-eight hours. Looking up suddenly, Meltdown says, "Well.....I hope your ready cousin. We will give them cause to fear the Silent Nest. Now, let's play some cards, then get some sleep." Pulling out a deck of cards, Meltdown deals, Vision nodding lightly. Looking at his hand, he instantly starts laughing, then says, "You little cheater." Meltdown laughs too, showing him the hand full of aces. "Yeah. I used to be a thief. Didn't have much choice. I was poor, so I had to resort to what I could to eat. Then I got dragged into Ren's office, and then ended up being an AC member. My former partner died in a mission recently. There was a bomb in an AC he was fighting, and when it went off, he didn't have time to back off. He was a good man. I was proud to be his partner, as I am to be yours. We must show them what we can do." Laughing, he flicks the combat simulator helmet on, and puts it on, attacking some MT's through VR. Vision laughs, then stands, walking out to Mirage. He put his hand on it's massive foot, saying a prayer of respect to God, that he help him live well in the next few hours. Climbing up the AC, he sits on the left arm. Popping the panel open, he checks the wires, then pulls out a screwdriver, tightening a lose screw. He would be needing the Zeroblade, at least he thought he would. Destruction would reign from it. He had to make sure not to use it unless he had to. He needed to keep this a secret to himself. This skill could determine a win or lose in a mission, and he didn't need to give it away so soon. Closing the panel, he climbs inside of his cockpit. He there, equips his equipment, and rests, closing his eyes to get whatever sleep he could...
"RAVENS, WAKE UP, GET TO YOUR AC'S, WE ARE NOW IN THE BATTLE ZONE!" The comm roared to life, and Vision instantly snapped awake, feeling the dropship rocking from anti-air guns. Hitting the power, his AC flickered to life. "This is Mirage, open dropship doors!" Instantly, he heard the doors open. Hitting the reverse, he shoots backwards, then jumps out of the dropship. He suddenly heard, "Meltdown, dropping now!" Then Meltdown's AC dropped out of the dropship. Their war was now starting. Hitting the ground, Mirage instantly shifted forwards, dashing straight for the nearest anti-aircraft gun. The moonblade exited, and the gun was gone in a slash. The pilot of the dropship echoed a thanks, as Meltdown hit the ground and started gunning down the other A.A. guns. Moving in quickly, Mirage slashed at an MT, slicing it in half. Moving forwards, Meltdown began gunning down MT's, Mirage sticking close, slashing any who dared to get close. His AC scanned for the target trucks. However, they had not been given a definite time on arrival. "Meltdown, why not try and take out this outpost, and hit them when they get here?" Meltdown looks around, his chainguns firing more into an MT, making it blow up. "Alright, go left, that structure that looks like a castle. Take control of that, I'll hit the forest." Driving off, Meltdown went. In the distance, the flashes of bullets were seen. Mirage ran towards the castle, then using his boosters approached faster. Hitting them, he leaped over the walls, landing in the middle of ten MT's. They came to life, and fired but Mirage was already moving. Jumping over the first wave of Lasers, both of his laserblades come out, slashing. Two of them fell in two in a single thrust. Quickly adjusting his weight, he shifted towards two more, and slashed. The moonlight ripped right through one, the other was only mildly damage by the glancing right blade. Jumping sideways, the MT explodes, and the other MT's mistakenly hit their comrade, finishing it off. Landing again, he hits his turbo boosters, and he flew towards him, slashing along the way, catching four in the path of destruction. The last two had no chance. They ended in two vicious slashes. Checking his own armor, he found himself completely undamaged. Running outside, the castle clear, he looks across. There was another raven there, fighting it out with Meltdown. Hitting his turbo's again, he heads for the fight. The AC sees him come, and turns, firing a bazooka round at him. Meltdown was waiting though, and in a few shots of his chain gun, the rocket blew up without any damage. Getting closer, two quick laserblade slashes went, and the AC dropped to it's knee damaged. Slashing out with the moonlight, the ennemy AC's weapon fell in two, then pointing the moonlight at him, he holds. "Ennemy AC, power down immediately, or I will be forced to finish you." Meltdown drove forth, riddle with burn marks, as well as a few laserblade slashes. The AC pilot shut it off, then exiting the cockpit, stuck his hand in the air in surrender. The first part was complete success. Now they began the wait for the convoy, hoping that this would not take too long....