ZOIDS: Dangerous Blue Void: Ep.15 Seafloor Duel
By drakora_master
The sky erupted into streaks of gold and pink as the sun arose. Clouds were strewn sparsely across the horizon, the storm now past. The waves of the ocean sparkled as their crests rolled into the sun's dawn rays, and birds wheeled in the sky, rejoicing the new hour.
Suddenly, the birds of Hytherinello's Isle stopped their melodious singing as a dark streak of light, unaffected by the sun, flew through the air, straight toward the isle. The sea birds looked on warily as the black light came closer, and the air was thick with evil. Everything seemed to press in for a closer look at the strange object, and even the trees could feel the presence of darkness. The darkened energy landed silently on the sandy shores of the beach, and materialized. The shadow faded, and took form of a creature that had not walked the planet for a century.
The creature resembled a dragon-like zoid, but smaller. It was about eight feet tall and four feet wide, only a little larger than a human. The creature tossed its horned head and screeched, a cry that sounded like a cross between the roar of a dragon and the call of an eagle. It had brownish, copper colored plating that glinted in the sun like chrome, and dark wings made of shiny black metal strips. The metal strips were the same size and shape as feathers, and when the creature unfolded its incredible twenty-foot wings they looked very much like metallic vulture wings. The monster's head was very dragon-like and was covered in shiny thorns that pointed toward the creature's back. It had a long thin snout that was curved slightly downward, giving the appearance of a beak. Now the strange zoid clawed the earth with its talons, which were curved, sharp, and menacing. Its legs were dinosaur like and its front limbs were lined with vicious claw-like extensions, and the creature's tail, like the wings, was made of many separate metal strips that fanned out to form an eagle's tail. Suddenly, the creature opened its torso, revealing a figure wrapped in wires. The wires parted and a young boy stepped out from the torso of the creature, and ran his fingers casually through his light brown hair. The creatures of Hytherinello's Isle knew this human too well for their liking. Smiling, the young boy spoke to his zoid.
"Well, well, Scavenger, I didn't expect that boy to be such a good pilot. That Guntiger of mine was modified too, and yet it was still defeated by a little Barigator. What a pity."
Yet, there was no sadness or doubt in the boy's voice. It was almost creepy how he seemed to take his own defeat.
"Next time, I'll show that pilot how it feels to lose. Won't we, my organoid?"
Scavenger growled and turned his head toward the direction that they came in. Smirking, the boy turned his head in the direction as well.
"Next time," he whispered, "he won't be so lucky."
The Hydralisk opened its mouth wide to unleash its finishing move. The mouth glowed a firey red as the Storm Flamethrower charged up. Just as Dranxis was about to fire the Volcanic Vortex at Vihnest, four missiles came flying through the water and scored a direct hit on the inside of the serpentine zoid's mouth. Erithe cried vainly, his screams of pain echoing in the dark ocean as he toppled over from the impact Albine's weapons had caused him. The Storm Flamethrower exploded, releasing the heated water it had absorbed and wreaking havoc on its owner. As the Hydralisk went down, Brian approached Vihnest's zoid and pleaded with her through the com-link to wake up.
"C'mon Vihnest, you can't be dead! Please! You have to get up, or the Hydralisk will attack you again!"
Vihnest groaned and sat up, fixing her gaze on the Hydralisk as it arose, mouth flaming and eyes alight with a firey vengeance. She suddenly sat up and warned Brian of the danger.
"Brian watch out! The Hydralisk is after you now!"
Albine roared his challenge as the wounded Hydralisk hissed and opened the double shock cannons. Dranxis growled dangerously and spoke with venom in his voice.
"Grrr.. I'll teach you for messing with Erithe and I, you little punk!"
The shock cannons fired. Albine turned on his boosters and swam out of the way, but one of the shells struck him on the tail, where he had been seared before. The impact knocked Albine aside, making him vulnerable to attack. In the next instant, the Hydralisk had pounced like a tiger on its prey, fangs seeking a weak spot. Albine wheeled around and clamped his jaws tight on those of the Hydralisk, locking them into a match of strength. The Hydralisk bit deeper until sparks began to fly from the jaws of the Barigator, while Albine crunched ruthlessly down on the face armor of his opponent. But Brian had other plans. Aiming the twin shoulder cannons of his Barigator toward the cockpit of the Hydralisk, he fired and struck Erithe in the face. The bright light of the explosion blinded Dranxis momentarily, and that was all the time his opponent needed. Wrenching his way out of Erithe's death grip, Albine turned to face his opponent and charged his claws. With the bright blue light of the electrical claws lighting up the sea floor, Brian prepared to use his most powerful move.
"THUNDER...POUNCE!!!"
The Barigator soared through the water; boosters alight, toward the Hydralisk's neck. Dranxis watched, face livid with terror, as his adversary advanced with frightening speed. Erithe bucked and struck at Albine with his sickle-like claws, but did not move fast enough. The Barigator dodged the flailing limbs and grasped the Hydralisk's long neck with his charged claws. Erithe hissed a raspy hiss as he was electrocuted alive. Brian pushed down harder on the joystick, tightening his grip on the Hydralisk's neck.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light, and both Dranxis and Brian shielded their eyes against the blinding spark. The Hydralisk toppled over and hit the sea floor hard. The monster's eyes flickered once, and then it lay still. As the light faded, Dranxis struggled to revive his zoid.
"Please Erithe, I beg you, get up! You are my only friend.. Don't leave me like this!"
Out of the shadows approached a squadron of War Sharks. Albine turned around to face them, but it was too late. The fired simultaneously, hitting the Barigator's mid-body hard. A pink vapor began to creep into the cockpit, and caused Brian to cough uncontrollably.
"What is this *cough * stuff? * cough * I'm losing.. * cough *"
And then everything went black.
To be continued..
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids. Haven't we been over this before?
A/N: Don't worry DS, Krystal is still going to be in the story, without a doubt. She's going to come in when Brian and co. reach Kraken's Fortress. Sorry for having you wait so long.. I can be agonizingly evil sometimes. * snicker *
By drakora_master
The sky erupted into streaks of gold and pink as the sun arose. Clouds were strewn sparsely across the horizon, the storm now past. The waves of the ocean sparkled as their crests rolled into the sun's dawn rays, and birds wheeled in the sky, rejoicing the new hour.
Suddenly, the birds of Hytherinello's Isle stopped their melodious singing as a dark streak of light, unaffected by the sun, flew through the air, straight toward the isle. The sea birds looked on warily as the black light came closer, and the air was thick with evil. Everything seemed to press in for a closer look at the strange object, and even the trees could feel the presence of darkness. The darkened energy landed silently on the sandy shores of the beach, and materialized. The shadow faded, and took form of a creature that had not walked the planet for a century.
The creature resembled a dragon-like zoid, but smaller. It was about eight feet tall and four feet wide, only a little larger than a human. The creature tossed its horned head and screeched, a cry that sounded like a cross between the roar of a dragon and the call of an eagle. It had brownish, copper colored plating that glinted in the sun like chrome, and dark wings made of shiny black metal strips. The metal strips were the same size and shape as feathers, and when the creature unfolded its incredible twenty-foot wings they looked very much like metallic vulture wings. The monster's head was very dragon-like and was covered in shiny thorns that pointed toward the creature's back. It had a long thin snout that was curved slightly downward, giving the appearance of a beak. Now the strange zoid clawed the earth with its talons, which were curved, sharp, and menacing. Its legs were dinosaur like and its front limbs were lined with vicious claw-like extensions, and the creature's tail, like the wings, was made of many separate metal strips that fanned out to form an eagle's tail. Suddenly, the creature opened its torso, revealing a figure wrapped in wires. The wires parted and a young boy stepped out from the torso of the creature, and ran his fingers casually through his light brown hair. The creatures of Hytherinello's Isle knew this human too well for their liking. Smiling, the young boy spoke to his zoid.
"Well, well, Scavenger, I didn't expect that boy to be such a good pilot. That Guntiger of mine was modified too, and yet it was still defeated by a little Barigator. What a pity."
Yet, there was no sadness or doubt in the boy's voice. It was almost creepy how he seemed to take his own defeat.
"Next time, I'll show that pilot how it feels to lose. Won't we, my organoid?"
Scavenger growled and turned his head toward the direction that they came in. Smirking, the boy turned his head in the direction as well.
"Next time," he whispered, "he won't be so lucky."
The Hydralisk opened its mouth wide to unleash its finishing move. The mouth glowed a firey red as the Storm Flamethrower charged up. Just as Dranxis was about to fire the Volcanic Vortex at Vihnest, four missiles came flying through the water and scored a direct hit on the inside of the serpentine zoid's mouth. Erithe cried vainly, his screams of pain echoing in the dark ocean as he toppled over from the impact Albine's weapons had caused him. The Storm Flamethrower exploded, releasing the heated water it had absorbed and wreaking havoc on its owner. As the Hydralisk went down, Brian approached Vihnest's zoid and pleaded with her through the com-link to wake up.
"C'mon Vihnest, you can't be dead! Please! You have to get up, or the Hydralisk will attack you again!"
Vihnest groaned and sat up, fixing her gaze on the Hydralisk as it arose, mouth flaming and eyes alight with a firey vengeance. She suddenly sat up and warned Brian of the danger.
"Brian watch out! The Hydralisk is after you now!"
Albine roared his challenge as the wounded Hydralisk hissed and opened the double shock cannons. Dranxis growled dangerously and spoke with venom in his voice.
"Grrr.. I'll teach you for messing with Erithe and I, you little punk!"
The shock cannons fired. Albine turned on his boosters and swam out of the way, but one of the shells struck him on the tail, where he had been seared before. The impact knocked Albine aside, making him vulnerable to attack. In the next instant, the Hydralisk had pounced like a tiger on its prey, fangs seeking a weak spot. Albine wheeled around and clamped his jaws tight on those of the Hydralisk, locking them into a match of strength. The Hydralisk bit deeper until sparks began to fly from the jaws of the Barigator, while Albine crunched ruthlessly down on the face armor of his opponent. But Brian had other plans. Aiming the twin shoulder cannons of his Barigator toward the cockpit of the Hydralisk, he fired and struck Erithe in the face. The bright light of the explosion blinded Dranxis momentarily, and that was all the time his opponent needed. Wrenching his way out of Erithe's death grip, Albine turned to face his opponent and charged his claws. With the bright blue light of the electrical claws lighting up the sea floor, Brian prepared to use his most powerful move.
"THUNDER...POUNCE!!!"
The Barigator soared through the water; boosters alight, toward the Hydralisk's neck. Dranxis watched, face livid with terror, as his adversary advanced with frightening speed. Erithe bucked and struck at Albine with his sickle-like claws, but did not move fast enough. The Barigator dodged the flailing limbs and grasped the Hydralisk's long neck with his charged claws. Erithe hissed a raspy hiss as he was electrocuted alive. Brian pushed down harder on the joystick, tightening his grip on the Hydralisk's neck.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light, and both Dranxis and Brian shielded their eyes against the blinding spark. The Hydralisk toppled over and hit the sea floor hard. The monster's eyes flickered once, and then it lay still. As the light faded, Dranxis struggled to revive his zoid.
"Please Erithe, I beg you, get up! You are my only friend.. Don't leave me like this!"
Out of the shadows approached a squadron of War Sharks. Albine turned around to face them, but it was too late. The fired simultaneously, hitting the Barigator's mid-body hard. A pink vapor began to creep into the cockpit, and caused Brian to cough uncontrollably.
"What is this *cough * stuff? * cough * I'm losing.. * cough *"
And then everything went black.
To be continued..
Disclaimer: I don't own zoids. Haven't we been over this before?
A/N: Don't worry DS, Krystal is still going to be in the story, without a doubt. She's going to come in when Brian and co. reach Kraken's Fortress. Sorry for having you wait so long.. I can be agonizingly evil sometimes. * snicker *