Zoids
Dark Knight
Chapter 6
By Spectral
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids or its characters. I do own The Phantom, Cassandra, the Black Wing Liger, and this story.
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**Courtyard**
Tom: You are here for training. I will tell you now; it will be incredibly difficult.
Bit, Liger Zero, Leena, GS, Naomi, Red (her Gun Sniper), Brad, Shadowfox, Jamie, Raynos, Cassandra, and Hel Cat were lined up in the courtyard. Tom, in full Dark Knight armor, and the Black Wing Liger were standing on a large pile of rocks in front of them.
Tom: We won't just be building up your basic fighting skills. We'll be working on some special techniques. Such as…
Tom raised sword and pointed it at a bale of hay across the courtyard. The sword glowed and released a blast of black lightning that turned the hay to dust. Bit, Leena, Cassandra, and their zoids stood and watched. They were impressed. Everyone else was shocked out of their minds. Tom put his sword away and turned back to the others.
Tom: For the first few days your zoids will be working with liger while you train with me. After that, you will join for some group training. Let's go.
The Black Wing Liger roared and then jumped down from the rock pile and roared again. The Zoids stood at attention, then followed as the Black Wing Liger walked off.
Tom jumped off the rock pile and crossed his arms. The others turned and stood at attention. Tom just laughed and walked off in the opposite direction as the Zoids. The others looked at each other then followed.
***Zoids***
(Note…ummm I'll be applying a Universal Translator so you can understand the zoids.)
The zoids stopped by a stream and waited. The Black Wing Liger flew overhead and landing in front of them. It sat down and then yawned.
BWL: Today's training is simple.
Liger0:?
BWL: We'll be testing some of your techniques. Like this one…
The liger turned and opened its mouth. It fired a sudden burst of black lightning that temporarily stopped the flow of the stream. It then turned back to the other zoids. All of them but the Liger and Hel Cat were shocked. The Black Wing Liger laughed a bit and then sat back down.
BWL: Well let's see what you can do. Shadow Fox, you're up first.
Shadow Fox: Oh joy…
The small black fox walked over and stood next to the Black Wing Liger. It's eyes started glowing a bright yellow. There was a sudden rush of wind as the Shadow Fox released its invisible attack. The stream resumed flow and the Shadow Fox smirked (?).
Shadow Fox: How'd ya like that?
BWL: Good…but…NOT GOOD ENOUGH! AN ATTACK OF THAT ELEMENT FROM A ZOID OF YOUR SKILL SHOULD BE MUCH MORE POWERFUL!
The Shadow Fox is usually calm, smug, and irritating. Now it was cowering in fear if the winged black lion. It slid over to the others and hid behind Red.
BWL: Well…Red, let's see what you can do.
Red: Okay.
Red stepped forward and assumed a fighting stance. She opened her mouth and started charging an attack. A beam of red energy fired and scorched the grass. Red turned back to the others and waited. She expected to be yelled at but…
BWL: Well I've never seen an attack like that before. I sensed spirit energy. What do you call that?
Red: That was a Sniper Shot.
BWL: Hmmm…that will need very little work to perfect. Raynos, you're up next.
Raynos: Me? Well…I'll try…
Raynos flew over to the edge of the stream and fluttered in the air. It started glowing and a heavy wind picked up. Suddenly a wave of blue energy was fired from Raynos's eyes. He stopped glowing and then landed back near the others.
BWL: A Wind Elemental attack. Good. It will need work on the focusing and power but otherwise it's good. Okay…I know what Hel Cat and GS can do…I haven't seen what Liger can do in awhile. You're up, brother.
Liger: Hmmm…, which attack to use…
Liger stepped forward and opened his mouth. A ball of energy formed and then a large blast of white lightning fired. Liger then turned back to the others. It walked over to the others and sat back down.
BWL: Just like I remembered. I trust you were holding back a lot of power…
Liger: Yeah., I don't think that we need to be destroying the countryside today.
BWL: Well let's continue…
***Humans***
Tom walked them all to an empty meadow. They stopped and lined up.
Tom: Today will be technique training. I want to see your most powerful attack. Jamie, you're up.
Jamie:!
Jamie stepped forward and pulled out his sword. He began concentrating and the blade began to glow a dark blue. Jamie slashed at air and a wave of blue energy moved across the meadow.
It stopped after about twenty feet. Anything that came in contact with the wave froze solid. Jamie put his sword away and stepped back. He turned to Tom and waited.
Tom: Woah, that was unexpected. I've never seen a water elemental attack like that before.
Jamie went back over to the others. He was a little embarrassed. Tom turned to Brad.
Tom: Brad, you're next.
Brad: Okay.
Brad stepped forward. He raised his axe and started concentrating. Brad eye's started glowing as well as the axe. He brought the blade down and a wave of dirt and rock rose from the ground. The wave tore up the ground in front of it until it died down about thirty feet away. Brad stood up and turned back to the others. He walked back over to Naomi and put his arm around her.
Tom: Earth Elemental wave. Good. Naomi, let's see what you can do.
Naomi walked forward and loaded an arrow into her crossbow. She raised it and took aim at a nearby tree. The tip of the arrow was glowing as well as Naomi's eye. The arrow flew through the air and hit the tree. For a few seconds nothing happened. Suddenly the tree glowed, then turned to stone.
Tom: Stone Elemental Arrows. Whoa. I suppose that's a Medusa Shot?
Naomi: Bull's eye.
Naomi returned to Brad's arms and they both smiled. Tom shook his armored head and turned to his younger brother.
Tom: Let's see what you can do, bro.
Bit: Well then, stand back everyone.
Bit walked forward. He lowered the visor on his helmet and raised his sword into the air. The sky clouded up. Lightning flashed in the sky. A bolt of lightning struck Bit's sword, charging it with energy. Bit slashed through the air, sending a wave of white lightning across the meadow. The sky cleared and Bit put his sword away. He took off his helmet and walked back over to the others. Tom had taken off his helmet and was smiling.
Bit: I could have caused a lot more destruction…
Tom: I know…
They all continued training until it was very late. They all trudged back up to the castle. They met the zoids halfway there. The Hel Cat and Raynos were asleep on their respective partners' shoulder.
**At Champ Castle**
Benjamin: Uhhh… Harry…
Harry: What?
Sebastian: Shouldn't you be doing something about the Dark Knight?
Harry:???
Benjamin: *sigh* Leena went and found the Dark Knight and his sister, Cassandra. Bit is their brother and right now they're all training to be stringer warriors.
Harry: *Panics* WHAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS EARLIER?!?!?
Harry ran off panicking. His Dark Horn followed him. Benjamin, his HelDigunner, Sebastian, and his Stealth Viper all sighed.
Benjamin: How did an idiot like him get to be king?
Sebastian: I really don't know…
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Next Time:
One on One with the Warriors of Darkness!