Zack stared out the cockpit, looking out at the snow-covered lands. The blizzard had died down and the sun was shining, its rays glowing off of the snow. He was trying to forget about the day he just had, trying to forget about the people who had died. It was hard but he had grown used to it. Zack looked back at Fiona, she was trying to sleep away what worries she had. He was tired as well, but knew they had to get as far away from this place as they could. The clear blue sky and burning sun sent bright streaks of light into his face, forcing him to squint his eyes as he stared over the vast icy land.
"Where are we?" Fiona asked, her voice sounded fatigued.
Zack shrugged his shoulders. "Wish I knew, nothing much out here."
"We need to warn the Rudolph or madam President."
"Not much I can do except get this Zoid out of here. To far to use the comm. and there aren't any colonies or cities out here. Cant move any faster in this snow or ice, Zoid might collapse and that wouldn't help any."
Fiona turned her head to the left, looking out at the clear sky and white ground.
"You hungry?" Zack asked pulling out a clear bag. He threw it to Fiona. "Not much, bread and a orange."
Fiona caught it and smiled. "Thank you."
"Yea." Zack looked out, noticing a change in the color of the snow. "Damn."
"What is it?"
Zack pointed out to a few dark spots in the snow. "See those dark spots, Sleeper Zoids."
"What kind are they?" Fiona looked at them, feeling something about them.
"Who knows, Guysack's or Hellcat's. Maybe something else." Zack stared at the spots in the snow, watching as they did nothing. He scanned the area around, trying to count them. "Awful lot, don't think I want to try and fighting them." He paused for a moment. "Can't go around either." Zack shook his head, grasping the controls to the Sabertiger. "Hang on tight." He pushed the controls forward hard, feeling the burst of speed released by the Sabertiger, watching Command Wolves quickly rise from the black spots. "Command Wolves, great."
"How are there so many Command Wolves?" Fiona looked back at them all, hearing the loud bangs from there medium sized cannons.
"No idea, but if these things are sleepers why the Hell are they attacking me." Zack felt his Zoid shake as a shell nailed the right side of the Sabertiger. "Forget this." He turned his Zoid around and started opening fire at them.
"What are you doing, you can't fight all of them off." Fiona said, watching the console screen start to flash.
"Those are Artic Style Wolves, we can't out run them on this terrain but they have hardly any armor and very weak fire-power. Got a lot better chance attacking them then running."
Fiona felt the impact of the cannon shots and the swerving of the Sabertiger. She had been in many battles with Van, Irvine, and Thomas, but for some reason she had a bad feeling about this one.
"Can't get through that fire for close combat." Zack kept moving, targeting the various Command Wolves as he did, firing the cannons at each of them. "This is looking very bad. 20 mm and TIC out of ammo." He fired the rest of the 30 mm cannon, taking down two more Command Wolves as he did. "And that's all."
Fiona felt the fire of the Wolves continue to pound the Sabertiger. It didn't take long for her console to read Command System Freeze. The Sabertiger collapsed a few moments later, forcing her head to crash onto the console, knocking her unconscious.
Zack felt his right hand get stuck in the controls, hearing a loud pop come from his wrist as the Zoid crashed into the ground. Zack looked his hand, it now pointed up. He had no movement or feeling in it and watched as it quickly swelled up. Zack looked back up as a few Command Wolves formed a circle, slowly lowering each of their backs, aiming the cannons straight at the cockpit. He was to distracted by the pain in his wrist to worry about what the Command Wolves were about to do, though he knew exactly what was about to happen. A few seconds later he watched as the Command Wolves started darting away from the fallen Sabertiger, trying to escape a massive beam that was chasing them. Zack waited a few minutes then unfastened the safety straps and climbed out of the cockpit. He looked back at Fiona, a small cut formed on her head but he could tell she was just knocked out. Zack turned his head, watching a black GenoBreaker slowly come up on them. It lowered its head and the cockpit opened up, Raven jumping out. Zack shook his head and walked over to the smiling Raven. He grabbed by the throat and shook him. "Normally I would kill you." He listened as Raven gasped for air. "Two things are keeping me from doing it though. Number one." Zack nodded his head. "You saved are lives. Mainly though because my wrist is not where it should be." He let go of Raven and stuck his broken wrist into the snow, feeling the cold slowly numb out the intense pain.
Raven put his hand gently on his neck, trying to catch his breath. "Did you have to choke me!" He screamed at Zack.
"You already forget what you did last month!" Zack yelled back at him.
Raven looked at him, but didn't say anything.
"Guess you do." Zack smiled and got up. He walked over and got Fiona out of the cockpit and gently put her on the snow. Zack walked back to Raven, two Organoids now stood next to him. "Got any reason you decided to keep me and her alive."
Raven smiled. "Maybe, but nothing you need to know."
Zack grabbed Raven's hair and pulled it head back hard. "Yea, actually it is something I need to know." He threw Raven down into the ground.
Raven got up and jabbed the man in the face a few times, watching as he fell into the snow.
"Well at least you fight back." Zack wiped the snow off his face and tackled Raven to the ground, screaming in pain as his wrist slammed into Raven's stomach.
Raven kicked Zack in the face. "You don't show much respect to people who save your life." Raven kicked Zack in the stomach. "Do you?"
Zack wiped the blood that was coming out of his mouth and got up. "Doubt you even know what respect is."
"I don't know who the Hell you are but all I want is to talk with her, got it."
Zack shook his head, he knew he couldn't fight Raven in his condition so he just sat back down. "Fine, all you got to do is wake her up."
Raven turned around and walked over to the sleeping girl.
Zack spit out blood from his mouth, watching it slowly melt the snow. He rubbed his jaw, now feeling even more pain in that then he was feeling in his wrist. "Might be better if you don't wake her up." Zack got up and smiled. "She has a personal grudge against you. I don't."
Raven looked at him. "Alright then."
"What do you need to tell her that's so important."
"Simple, I need her help." Raven smiled.
"You killed Van, mind explaining why she would help you." Zack put his wrist back in the snow, letting it numb the pain once again.
"When she wakes up Ill tell you both." Raven walked over to his GenoBreaker and sat down.
"That's is she doesn't kill you first."
Raven smiled, but said nothing.
Jason opened his eyes and quickly looked over at Drake. "You told Raven to much Drake."
Drake was sitting down, his back against the stonewall, and his head buried deep in his arms. "So, what do you care?"
"You're not playing by the rules Drake."
Drake stood up. "So this is all a game to you Jason. Not serious one bit, you just don't give a damn on what your about to do."
Jason stared at him. "I haven't been serious yet Drake. Never felt I needed to." Jason looked over at Phantom. "You think you know me and how powerful I am. Yet you never think about what I may be hiding from you." Jason smiled.
Drake looked at him, Jason's cold smile and dark eyes were enough to show you exactly how evil he was. "Doesn't matter, you ruin the lives of people who don't deserve it. You murder families and separate lovers. And after all of that, you think it's a game. Nothing more the a goddamn game."
"It is a game Drake, a game to play and a game to win. I hold all of the cards, and you hold none." Jason walked up to him. "You want to see power and madness Drake, let me show you exactly what I can do to the mind of a human."
"I still don't understand you. Your goal is to kill every single soul in this universe, and make way for a new race created by Zoids Eve, you have the Tiger stone and you have Zoids Eve under your command. Yet you choose to play with Van and Raven and all those other people before you do. Why?"
"Because they are my threats, they are the only people who have any chance of stopping the Tiger. Van and Raven have the skill, Fiona has the knowledge, Ryss has the power, and Zack knows the secrets."
"That why you had Raven kill Ryss, afraid of her."
Jason didn't say anything.
Drake started laughing. "Your afraid of them all, aren't you."
"If I was I wouldn't be bringing Van and Ryss back to life, I wouldn't have brought Raven or Fiona back either."
Drake looked at him, stunned and confused. His laugh died down and he had a facial expression of shock. "When did you resurrect Raven and Fiona?"
"Raven, after he lost to Van about four years ago. Fiona, bout two years ago." Jason smiled.
Drake had no idea about anything Jason had just said.
"Already brought Van back as well, died when his Zoid fell off the cliff against Raven and the GenoBreaker. Met my little ghost boy."
Drake dropped his jaw, shocked at everything Jason had said.
"You see Drake, you know nothing yet you claim to know all. Preaching lies to Raven, giving him hope he never had."
Drake got his senses back and cut Jason off. "Because of you."
Jason laughed. "Yes Drake, all because of me, the same with everyone in that little gang. There lives worthless now all because of me."
"And you're proud of that fact."
"Very Drake, very proud." Jason walked over to the pit, which held the Tiger. "Now Ill show you exactly what I can do the mind of a human." He thought for a moment and smiled. "A young girl, her heart destroyed by a monster. So sweet and kind to everyone she loves, innocent as God's child. What do you say Drake, how about you're sister."
Drake bit his lip but said nothing.
Jason closed his eyes, concentrating his evil mind on one person on Zi. Ready to show exactly what he could do to the mind of a human.
Fiona sat there near the fire, the sun had gone down and the two moons shown in the clear night sky. She had listened to Raven, listening to his story and his past. She hated him for what he had done, but for some reason accepted what he said, and would have even forgiven him, if it weren't the boy she loved. Zack sat there, trying his best to fix up the Sabertiger and Raven was doing his best to stay warm in the freezing night. Fiona pulled the blanket Raven had given her, trying to keep the icy air from piercing her skin. She listened, hearing the howling of the wind and the sounds of water, along with the sound of voices. "What was that?" She asked softly, looking around.
"What was what?" Raven asked, looking at her.
Fiona listened, the whisper's she heard mixing with the wind gave sent an eerie chill down her entire body. "I don't know, it sounds like someone is whispering."
Raven shook his head, not hearing anything Fiona was talking about.
Fiona pulled the blanket tightly to her body, trying to block out the sounds she couldn't make out.
"You alright?" Raven asked, looking at how scared the girl was getting.
Fiona wasn't paying attention to him, all she heard was a whispering sound, coming from a voice she seemed to have heard before, at the same time though, one that she had never knew existed. She closed her eyes, trying to get the sounds out of here mind but they wouldn't go. Fiona opened her eyes quickly after feeling an icy breath fall about her neck. She looked behind her and saw nothing. Fiona took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, thinking that it was nothing but her imagination. She took a look up, and found herself staring at Van. Fiona stood up quickly, staring at the pale body, already remembering it was the same Van from her dream the day before he died.
Raven looked at her, then took a look at the direction she was staring at and saw nothing. "Will you calm down Fiona, nothing is around here."
Fiona again ignored him, staring at the boy, the dead boy who she loved more then anything else. She wanted to run to him, but she was afraid. Fiona tried to find words, but nothing came out. She watched as the ghostly figure stood there, smiled, then vanished. Fiona watched, and fell on her knees crying, ignoring Raven and Zack, ignoring the freezing cold, ignoring everything except the pain she felt in her heart.