ZOIDS: Dangerous Blue Void: Ep.14 Attack From Below
By drakora_master
Brian watched the silver clouds go slowly by from the cockpit of his Barigator. Yawning, the young boy switched on the com-link and spoke to the barbaric girl that appeared on screen.
"So, where are we going again?"
Vihnest snorted impatiently and replied in an aggravated tone.
"I told you, I'm not sure. The area beyond Terran Base is unknown to me. They say that this area is best not spoken of-strange and dangerous zoids live here. We have to be on our guard, especially during the night."
"But its still daytime. Why so tense? I doubt that those Imperial fleets will be coming this way."
"That's not it. It's this one area I'm worried of. According to the tales travelers told us when they came to Fable Island, there lives a very powerful zoid called the Hydralisk around here. Its best we move on past this area as quickly as possible. The sun will be setting soon."
Brian nodded and looked outside. She was right; the sun was at its zenith, and it might take a while to reach the next island, wherever that was. Dark clouds of slate gray peeked over the horizon, and thunder rumbled forebodingly in the distance. If they weren't careful, they might be caught in a storm within the next few hours. Albine growled lowly. Things were about to get rough, and he knew it.
Dranxis lay on his bed staring through a porthole in the wall. Outside, the ocean waters were dark and troubled, and shifted their weight constantly. The mysterious cloaked pilot recognized this as a sign of a storm.
"There won't be any Imperial enemies traveling in this weather. Yet, I feel the need to scout the area anyway. Someone is approaching," he thought.
He stood up. Dranxis was shunned and despised by others due to his dark and shadowy nature, but that was simply his way of going about. He had dull black hair that was long and unkept. He had long ago gave up trying to fight it; now the hair tumbled down his shoulders and down his back to his knees. His skin was a sallow, pale complexion, as he had never been thoroughly exposed to the sun. His eyes were what made most people's hair stand on end. They were gray, emotionless, and cold. But few people saw his eyes anyway; Dranxis always seemed to wear a darkened visor over his eyes, like a veil. The young man hardly smiled, and when he did, it seemed sinister, almost evil. It was hard to say how old he was, since Dranxis wore a dark hooded cloak that covered almost all of his body, but the popular guess was that he was about eighteen at the time. The cloak followed him like a shadow, and the creepy pilot seemed to be at many places at one time, always watching, waiting.
Walking slowly over to the door, Dranxis turned the knob and quietly stole at into the hallway. His feet barely making a sound as he moved across the metal floor, Dranxis spoke to no one as he passed random groups of people spectating the sea floor. Arriving at an enormous set of heavy titanium doors, the shadowy being punched in a few numbers into a keyboard. The doors swung wide and many turned around to see Dranxis step into the zoid hangar. They all wondered curiously about their Protector's activities, and this action caused some groups to gossip quietly amongst themselves. After all, why would their Protector be setting out in this weather? But none dared to ask. After all, he may be the sea colony of Homony's Protector, but Dranxis was still very despicable.
Dranxis marched down the walkway, intent on finding his one zoid, Erithe. None of the others mattered to him. Arriving at the end of the hangar, Dranxis looked up at his zoid with a mischevious smile tugging at his lips.
The zoid was enormous, at least twice as tall as the other zoids and three times as long. It was black with dark blue armor, and resembled a cross between a dragon and a sea serpent. Its monstrous dragon-like head was crested with silver horns and metallic fins, and lined with fearsome sword- like fangs. Its ruby red eyes gleamed evilly in the darkness, and watched over its master with cunning anticipation. The zoid's neck was long and arched like that of a snake's, and its body was incredibly long and serpent- like as well. It had small legs that were lined with the most intimidating claws, and were curved back in a springy position, allowing the incredibly powerful aquatic zoid to leap to great heights. Near its shoulders were a pair of fin-like wings that were made of thin strips of metal. They folded and extended as the zoid swam, allowing it to propel itself through its enviroment and practically glide through the water. On it back were two large missile pods, as well as a pair of powerful twin shock cannons that closed when not in use. The zoid had an incredibly long whip-like tail twice the length of the body, and ended in a clump of strong steel spikes. But the most powerful and feared weapon that the Hydralisk (as it was called by seafolk) was capable of using was its Storm Flamethrower, which produced the incredible energy attack, Volcanic Vortex. The Hydralisk now struggled against its bonds and hissed hostilely at the sight of its master. Dranxis approached the frightening zoid fearlessly and smirked.
"I know Erithe, it's far too quiet around here. Let's go have some fun."
Night was falling rapidly and the storm was almost upon the two zoids that swam doggedly against the waves that threatened to overthrow them. Albine thrashed his tail powerfully in the whirling melee of water, while Maezure skimmed the surface of the ocean, rocked aside incessantly by the growing waves.
"I think that we should try traveling underwater now, Brian! These waves are getting worse and worse!"
The young teenager nodded and submerged his Barigator. Albine complied and dove under, while the crashing waves and rumbling thunder sounded above. Maezure joined him shortly.
"Let's stay under here until morning, when the storm will have likely blow itself out."
Vihnest nodded and turned down the boosters. If she was going to be traveling through the night, it would be most sensible to conserve the energy of her Sinker ray. Suddenly lightning flashed above and illuminated the sea floor. A pair of red eyes shone for an instant, and then faded away.
"Brian, did you see that?"
"See what?"
"I think I saw a zoid down there."
Brian shrugged.
"I don't see anyth- Whoa! Where did THAT come from?"
An enormous blue serpentine zoid arose from the depths and charged straight at them, claws extended. Brian and Vihnest swam out of the way just in time as the monster flew past them. Leaping out of the ocean, he Hydralisk dived and rushed Albine and Maezure's unprotected backs. Its fangs seared the Barigator's tail and clipped one of the Sinker Ray's fins.
"Watch out Brian! That's the Hydralisk!"
"So that's the Hydralisk??!" gasped the teenager incredulously as the Hydralisk turned around and charged them again, this time with blinding speed. However, this time Albine was ready.
As the Hydralisk swam toward him, Brian dodged and dived underneath as the dragon-like zoid passed overhead. Thrusting powerfully on the joystick, he rose up and clamped his jaws on the end of the Hydralisk's tail. With his tail jammed in the vise-like jaws of the Barigator, Erithe could not move forward. Instead, the Hydralisk thrashed his body in an attempt to overthrow his captor. Vihnest seized her chance. Opening the blades of her Sinker Ray, she flared the boosters and charged straight toward the Hydralisk's tail.
"MAEZURE'S..WRATH!!!"
The swords severed the enemy zoid's tail completely. Howling with pain, Erithe discarded his wounded tail and swam angrily toward Vihnest. Brian recognized immediately the danger his friend was in and followed. The Hydralisk caught up with Maezure in only a few seconds. Vihnest watched in horror as a set of steel fangs appeared out of the shadows and loomed up before her. The jaws clamped down on the Sinker Ray's body and shredded the hull like paper. Desperately the Fable Island Protector fired at the Hydralisk's head with her double gattling guns, but the enemy was unmoved. Releasing the Sinker Ray, the Hydralisk lifted his claws and brought then slamming down on the incredibly weakened Maezure. The Sinker Ray went spiraling down onto the ocean floor, engines destroyed and zoid core exposed. The Hydralisk stood in front of Vihnest and hissed victoriously as he opened his mouth, revealing the Storm Flamethrower.
"Who.. Are.. You?" said Vihnest feebly to the pilot of the Hydralisk.
"Dranxis. And remember that name, for it will be last name you'll ever learn."
At this Dranxis lifted his visor to Vihnest, exposing his cold gray eyes.
The water heated up to the boiling point, and everything began to glow red. The Hydralisk hissed and sucked in the heated water, then turned towards the Sinker Ray.
"This is for severing Erithe's tail. VOLCANIC..VORTEX!"
To be continued..
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids. (can't think of something clever to say)
A/N: Yay! Dranxis is in the story. By the way, it's pronounced like this: frank-sis with a "d" instead of and "f". If you haven't already figured it out, he was modeled after Raven from Zoids: Guardian Force.
By drakora_master
Brian watched the silver clouds go slowly by from the cockpit of his Barigator. Yawning, the young boy switched on the com-link and spoke to the barbaric girl that appeared on screen.
"So, where are we going again?"
Vihnest snorted impatiently and replied in an aggravated tone.
"I told you, I'm not sure. The area beyond Terran Base is unknown to me. They say that this area is best not spoken of-strange and dangerous zoids live here. We have to be on our guard, especially during the night."
"But its still daytime. Why so tense? I doubt that those Imperial fleets will be coming this way."
"That's not it. It's this one area I'm worried of. According to the tales travelers told us when they came to Fable Island, there lives a very powerful zoid called the Hydralisk around here. Its best we move on past this area as quickly as possible. The sun will be setting soon."
Brian nodded and looked outside. She was right; the sun was at its zenith, and it might take a while to reach the next island, wherever that was. Dark clouds of slate gray peeked over the horizon, and thunder rumbled forebodingly in the distance. If they weren't careful, they might be caught in a storm within the next few hours. Albine growled lowly. Things were about to get rough, and he knew it.
Dranxis lay on his bed staring through a porthole in the wall. Outside, the ocean waters were dark and troubled, and shifted their weight constantly. The mysterious cloaked pilot recognized this as a sign of a storm.
"There won't be any Imperial enemies traveling in this weather. Yet, I feel the need to scout the area anyway. Someone is approaching," he thought.
He stood up. Dranxis was shunned and despised by others due to his dark and shadowy nature, but that was simply his way of going about. He had dull black hair that was long and unkept. He had long ago gave up trying to fight it; now the hair tumbled down his shoulders and down his back to his knees. His skin was a sallow, pale complexion, as he had never been thoroughly exposed to the sun. His eyes were what made most people's hair stand on end. They were gray, emotionless, and cold. But few people saw his eyes anyway; Dranxis always seemed to wear a darkened visor over his eyes, like a veil. The young man hardly smiled, and when he did, it seemed sinister, almost evil. It was hard to say how old he was, since Dranxis wore a dark hooded cloak that covered almost all of his body, but the popular guess was that he was about eighteen at the time. The cloak followed him like a shadow, and the creepy pilot seemed to be at many places at one time, always watching, waiting.
Walking slowly over to the door, Dranxis turned the knob and quietly stole at into the hallway. His feet barely making a sound as he moved across the metal floor, Dranxis spoke to no one as he passed random groups of people spectating the sea floor. Arriving at an enormous set of heavy titanium doors, the shadowy being punched in a few numbers into a keyboard. The doors swung wide and many turned around to see Dranxis step into the zoid hangar. They all wondered curiously about their Protector's activities, and this action caused some groups to gossip quietly amongst themselves. After all, why would their Protector be setting out in this weather? But none dared to ask. After all, he may be the sea colony of Homony's Protector, but Dranxis was still very despicable.
Dranxis marched down the walkway, intent on finding his one zoid, Erithe. None of the others mattered to him. Arriving at the end of the hangar, Dranxis looked up at his zoid with a mischevious smile tugging at his lips.
The zoid was enormous, at least twice as tall as the other zoids and three times as long. It was black with dark blue armor, and resembled a cross between a dragon and a sea serpent. Its monstrous dragon-like head was crested with silver horns and metallic fins, and lined with fearsome sword- like fangs. Its ruby red eyes gleamed evilly in the darkness, and watched over its master with cunning anticipation. The zoid's neck was long and arched like that of a snake's, and its body was incredibly long and serpent- like as well. It had small legs that were lined with the most intimidating claws, and were curved back in a springy position, allowing the incredibly powerful aquatic zoid to leap to great heights. Near its shoulders were a pair of fin-like wings that were made of thin strips of metal. They folded and extended as the zoid swam, allowing it to propel itself through its enviroment and practically glide through the water. On it back were two large missile pods, as well as a pair of powerful twin shock cannons that closed when not in use. The zoid had an incredibly long whip-like tail twice the length of the body, and ended in a clump of strong steel spikes. But the most powerful and feared weapon that the Hydralisk (as it was called by seafolk) was capable of using was its Storm Flamethrower, which produced the incredible energy attack, Volcanic Vortex. The Hydralisk now struggled against its bonds and hissed hostilely at the sight of its master. Dranxis approached the frightening zoid fearlessly and smirked.
"I know Erithe, it's far too quiet around here. Let's go have some fun."
Night was falling rapidly and the storm was almost upon the two zoids that swam doggedly against the waves that threatened to overthrow them. Albine thrashed his tail powerfully in the whirling melee of water, while Maezure skimmed the surface of the ocean, rocked aside incessantly by the growing waves.
"I think that we should try traveling underwater now, Brian! These waves are getting worse and worse!"
The young teenager nodded and submerged his Barigator. Albine complied and dove under, while the crashing waves and rumbling thunder sounded above. Maezure joined him shortly.
"Let's stay under here until morning, when the storm will have likely blow itself out."
Vihnest nodded and turned down the boosters. If she was going to be traveling through the night, it would be most sensible to conserve the energy of her Sinker ray. Suddenly lightning flashed above and illuminated the sea floor. A pair of red eyes shone for an instant, and then faded away.
"Brian, did you see that?"
"See what?"
"I think I saw a zoid down there."
Brian shrugged.
"I don't see anyth- Whoa! Where did THAT come from?"
An enormous blue serpentine zoid arose from the depths and charged straight at them, claws extended. Brian and Vihnest swam out of the way just in time as the monster flew past them. Leaping out of the ocean, he Hydralisk dived and rushed Albine and Maezure's unprotected backs. Its fangs seared the Barigator's tail and clipped one of the Sinker Ray's fins.
"Watch out Brian! That's the Hydralisk!"
"So that's the Hydralisk??!" gasped the teenager incredulously as the Hydralisk turned around and charged them again, this time with blinding speed. However, this time Albine was ready.
As the Hydralisk swam toward him, Brian dodged and dived underneath as the dragon-like zoid passed overhead. Thrusting powerfully on the joystick, he rose up and clamped his jaws on the end of the Hydralisk's tail. With his tail jammed in the vise-like jaws of the Barigator, Erithe could not move forward. Instead, the Hydralisk thrashed his body in an attempt to overthrow his captor. Vihnest seized her chance. Opening the blades of her Sinker Ray, she flared the boosters and charged straight toward the Hydralisk's tail.
"MAEZURE'S..WRATH!!!"
The swords severed the enemy zoid's tail completely. Howling with pain, Erithe discarded his wounded tail and swam angrily toward Vihnest. Brian recognized immediately the danger his friend was in and followed. The Hydralisk caught up with Maezure in only a few seconds. Vihnest watched in horror as a set of steel fangs appeared out of the shadows and loomed up before her. The jaws clamped down on the Sinker Ray's body and shredded the hull like paper. Desperately the Fable Island Protector fired at the Hydralisk's head with her double gattling guns, but the enemy was unmoved. Releasing the Sinker Ray, the Hydralisk lifted his claws and brought then slamming down on the incredibly weakened Maezure. The Sinker Ray went spiraling down onto the ocean floor, engines destroyed and zoid core exposed. The Hydralisk stood in front of Vihnest and hissed victoriously as he opened his mouth, revealing the Storm Flamethrower.
"Who.. Are.. You?" said Vihnest feebly to the pilot of the Hydralisk.
"Dranxis. And remember that name, for it will be last name you'll ever learn."
At this Dranxis lifted his visor to Vihnest, exposing his cold gray eyes.
The water heated up to the boiling point, and everything began to glow red. The Hydralisk hissed and sucked in the heated water, then turned towards the Sinker Ray.
"This is for severing Erithe's tail. VOLCANIC..VORTEX!"
To be continued..
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids. (can't think of something clever to say)
A/N: Yay! Dranxis is in the story. By the way, it's pronounced like this: frank-sis with a "d" instead of and "f". If you haven't already figured it out, he was modeled after Raven from Zoids: Guardian Force.