Timeless
Part Eleven: Storm before the Calm




"Welcome back, Colonel Schubaltz." Hermann saluted as Karl stepped inside the bridge. Karl was in full Imperial uniform again, his once-greasy, muddy hair is shiny and clean again and the dirt and sweat from road travel and constant running was gone.

"Good to be back." Karl saluted again, smiling at Hermann with a triumphant smile. The staff of the Ultrasaurer clapped upon Karl's return, Thomas ran up and hugged his brother tightly. "Thomas!? I'm okay! Really."

"I know, pardon me for saying so but I was really worried about you."

"You don't need military permission to say that, Thomas." Karl smiled and hugged Thomas back, getting the staff to clap and cheer again.



Staring at the Blade Liger and the Berserk Fury, Leon and Van started to talk to each other. Belle looked at the Blade Liger and gently gave the Blade Liger a slight shove. The Blade Liger shifted back on its' axles and gave Belle a small growl.

"Your Blade Liger's shield is a very powerful shielding system, but against charged particle beams, it doesn't hold its' own. Belle's particle beam has the same power consistancy as the Death Stinger's, it's quite possible that I can upgrade the Blade Liger's shield to take the full blunt force of the Death Stinger's particle beam head on..." Leon sipped his bottle of water, turning to Van and adjusted his imperial uniform cap.

"It's possible to do that?" Van asked, now curious. "I thought the Blade Liger was so perfect that it didn't need upgrades."

"The Death Saurer battle 3 years ago, you were lucky. The Death Saurer's particle consistancy was incredibly low."

"But it wiped out a whole platoon of Command Wolves and Shield Ligers in one blow."

"Think about it, Van... Republican Command Wolves and Shield Ligers are a dime a dozen. They didn't even need a Death Saurer to tell them that they were shitty in design and structure..."

"I'm trying to think that this isn't your overzealous anti-Republican sentiment talking." Van frowned, looking back at the Blade Liger, his arms against the railings. "Why do you hate the Helic Republic so much?"

Leon frowned, he lounged against the railing and stared into the sunny skies above. "....Helic reminds me of America..."

"That's an Earthian nation, wasn't it?"

"Yes. America was a double-standard from the first getgo..."

"What nation did you wave loyalty to on Earth?" The dark-haired Blade Liger pilot asked, looking at him with fascination.

"Great Britian..." Leon smirked. "You want those upgrades or not?"

"Sure, but how are you going to do so?"

"I'm the Exemplar, baby. Never underestimate me." Leon winked, giving Van the victory sign and hopping down to the hangar level. "Belle, stop dicking the pussy."

Sorry, was in the mood to go Liger-Tippin'

Van watched with amazement and astonishment that Leon and his Berserk Fury were holding a conversation as Leon working on the Blade Liger. It's funky watching Leon and Karl talk to that zoid like it were a person. But the oddity is, that zoid responds back and they hold up an intelligent conversation... maybe even crack a joke. But when we try to listen through the link-ups... all we hear is Leon and Karl talking to a voiceless façade.... it.... it's like they are hiding something about that zoid that could be very crucial...


Ah dun like that Flyheight kid, sugah-pie... he likes to snoop where it's rude to snoop.

"Karl has no problem with him... I guess I shouldn't either, but he's got a strong Republican-holier-than-thou attitude despite the disposition he's in now."

Are yah really gonna install that shield?

"I told him all there was to tell except two 'minor' things..." Leon smirked, removing something from his duffelbag. "A.) He can only take one blast from the Death Stinger before the shields deteriorate and they cannot be restored for an hour... and B.) ....with this... his pet organoid cannot bond with the Blade Liger... that means Van's little 'Organoid drug' will not be helping him in the Death Stinger battle."

Yah got a sneaky heart, sugah.

"Consider this a RUDE wake-up call from the Powers-That-Be."




The Ultrasaurer's gentle rocking as it swam serenely through the glassy sea and the notion that Hiltz will not bother them for weeks gave an insentive for all in mega-zoid to get some much deserved sleep. Hermann slowly arose from his chair and turned off the lights, the Ultrasaurer was in Auto-Mode, sailing to the Empire for supplies and manpower. He stretched and yawned, the door closed behind him. Spotting Irvine, Thomas, Van and Zeek asleep on the couches in uncomfortable positions, the Republican colonel couldn't help but chuckle mentally. Taking the elevator down to the quarters, the one place that he had to pass through was the hangar where Belle slept.

Leon's zoid is the same structure and build as any of Raven's pet monsters.... but yet, it doesn't have the homicidal tendancies... if it did, Schubaltz wouldn't be caught dead in it and he is just as good a pilot for it as Aethelwulf.

Hermann heard something behind him, he turned to face it when a bunch of things flew down on them. Ambient roared and flew off at top speeds, Hermann growled but then he heard Belle snarling, a low, painful roar bellowed from her metal jaws. Turning around to see what Ambient had did, Hermann was soon in for a MASSIVE shock. He was standing there, his mouth wide and his eyes locked in terror.

"My god in Heaven...."




"Hermann?? Van???" Leon looked around the empty city, the world appeared smoking and on fire. Behind him the Death Saurer roared and bellowed an ode to a bloody, carnal victory. In the background was the remains of the Ultrasaurer, it's yellowish-orange canopy cracked and coated in a fine layer of crimson. The DiBison and Geno Breaker were frozen in stone, a look of terror in their metal faces. Off to the side, the Death Stinger arose from the ashes of his dead comrades, the tail deployed. A red flash accompanied a man's scream, Leon looked up the path to the Zoids Eve control panel. Karl was there, fending off Ambient with a large metal pipe. Fiona was on the platform as well, her and Zeke... Fiona's pink outfit was caked and stained with blood, she was in a trance... but Leon could sense.... something more. Was Fiona who she claimed... or was she dicking everyone from the first getgo?

"Zeke...." She pointed to Karl and Ambient, her red eyes cold and emotionless. Zeke roared and flew at the Imperial colonel, head-ramming the blonde beauty in the ribs at great force. Before he could fall with a thud, Belle collected him in her canopy and closed it tightly. Then the Berserk Fury was consumed in a bright light and like a comet in the night sky, Belle ripped the Zoids Eve right in two. Leon's eyes widened in shock, he turned to face the Death Saurer as it fell to the ground with a LOUD, Earth-shaking THUD! The Death Stinger however, was inching for the Berserk Fury.

"KARL!!!!"

Leon went to step forward when his body wracked and locked in such incredible pain, pain he's never felt before. He looked down at his body to see something he hadn't seen in 15,000 years-- he was bleeding CRIMSON blood. Looking back up at Belle, she landed in front of the Death Stinger and hissed, in the canopy, Karl slid his hand through his blonde hair and pulled it out... his hand was coated in an aquamarine liquid..... liquid oozed from the wounds where blood was supposed to be...

"KKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLL"



Leon woke up almost screaming, his tan, manly body covered in a thin layer of sweat. Karl woke up, then sat up while placing his hands on Leon's shoulders.

"It was...."

"Are you alright, love?" Karl massaged his shoulders, worry etched itself on his pretty features.

"....yeah.... just a bad dream.... nothing more."

Karl wrapped his arms around Leon's waist, his cheek on Leon's spine. Leon stared off into the darkness. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?




--Continued--