"Irvine!" Moonbay shouted as she ran across the battlefield to where
the man laid unconcious upon a medical stretcher. For a minute she thought
he was dead but Moonbay was told otherwise by the doctors that stood beside
him. She knelt beside him, crying silently for her fallen friend while at
the same time helping the doctors check for a regular pulse and internal
injuries.
The rest of the scene of the battlefield looked much the same. Ambulances where all over the place while others helped set up emergency hospital tents. Van and Fiona stood close to each other surveying the damage on the Blade Liger. It would be a long time before it was again up and working. Surprisingly enough, Van had suffered very little physical injury during the battle. A head ache along with a few cuts and bruises from being thrashed around was all.
Thomas had been able to eject from the head of the D-Bison when it was thrown from its body. Unfortunely for him however, the landing had been rough and he had a broken arm and a good sized cut to the side of his face. His pride had been severely damaged that a first time pilot could take him out so easily.
Irvine got the worst of the battle. When the Lightning Saix had been sliced through the upper most part had fallen to the ground. Lucky for Irvine, the initial force of the blow knocked him out cold. When the Zaber Tiger had continued its attack on the Lightning Saix the whole of it burst into flames. Irvine had barely made it out with his life and the doctors where still not sure whether or not he would make it through the night.
As for the zoids themselves, the zoid of cores of the Lightning Saix and the D-Bison where damaged beyond repair. The Lightning Saix died instantly and the D-Bison passed on in the chaos of the afternoon, only two heaps of gloomy metal lay behind where the once great fighters had been. The Blade Liger, though horribly wounded had amazed everyone. Its will to live alone must have saved it. The core remained untouched and Van was willing to do anything to save his beloved Liger.
Fiona walked silently over to where Thomas stood over the dead D- Bison, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry about the D-Bison, Thomas. Was Beek able to survive?" She asked in a hushed voice.
"No. Beek too is gone. Maybe I'll be able to make another one and maybe I won't. I still have the blue prints, but no one could ever replace him."
"I understand."
"I don't understand it, Fiona." Thomas said after a long pause. "She fights like an animal. She knew we where beat after the D-Bison was down, but why did she keep coming? Why did she want to kill him so badly?"
"I don't know." Fiona sighed. Would Thomas be able to return to battling zoids after such a great fall? "Some things just can't be explained."
"I bet Raven had something to do with it," he muttered.
"In all likelihood. If you had been able to watch her tactics like I was, you could see she does many things the same way Raven does but also adds her own twists."
"Together they took out all three of us. Only the Blade Liger survived. We didn't even know she was there. We couldn't have equipped ourselves if we didn't know of the other enemy. If she hadn't been there we might have been able to stop Raven from being able to use his charged particle gun."
"Do you think that might be the reason he keeps her around?" Fiona suggested.
"Maybe. I'll have to bring the thought up with everyone else." He then turned back to the D-Bison. Placing his hand upon it cold side.
"Could you please leave us alone, Miss Fiona?" Thomas asked in almost a whisper.
"Of course." Fiona turned to go back to Van as Thomas sank down beside his dead zoid. The D-Bison was his partner, his loyal friend, and now, he was gone.
"Look at them crying over a bunch of Zoids!" Ariana laughed aloud.
Raven chuckled. "It is pretty amusing isn't it?"
Ariana and Raven stood high upon a distant hilltop. They had been watched the on goings of the battlefield since they had departed from the fight.
"Too bad the Blade Liger didn't die as well. That would have been a perfect record." Ariana thought aloud.
"I left him alive on purpose," Raven replied.
"Huh?"
Van and his Blade Liger are my biggest opponent. They alone present any challenge at all. If I had destroyed the Liger and then all that was left for me to fight would be the weaklings at the different bases it would grow rather boring and monotonous don't you think?"
Ariana nodded. She understood quite well what he meant and to her it made sense as well.
They stood there silently for sometime watching as the events at the battle ground slowed and Irvine awoke.
"You know," Ariana stated. "I've been thinking."
"I'm afraid," Raven joked.
"Na, this should be easy. It' just something that' been bugging me."
"Then continue," Raven ordered.
"You know how right before I escaped I said, 'Everyone present will soon regret this.'?"
"Yes."
"Well I'm a woman of my word and I think it's about time that prophecy came true."
Raven smirked. He knew what she meant. "Fair enough. We'll leave to go back to Hurricane County whenever you are ready."
Grinning, Ariana said nothing but continued to hold her gaze on the distance. Oh, how enjoyable it would be to go back to that town and to repay them for every wrong they ever paid her. Oh, how enjoyable it would be indeed!
The rest of the scene of the battlefield looked much the same. Ambulances where all over the place while others helped set up emergency hospital tents. Van and Fiona stood close to each other surveying the damage on the Blade Liger. It would be a long time before it was again up and working. Surprisingly enough, Van had suffered very little physical injury during the battle. A head ache along with a few cuts and bruises from being thrashed around was all.
Thomas had been able to eject from the head of the D-Bison when it was thrown from its body. Unfortunely for him however, the landing had been rough and he had a broken arm and a good sized cut to the side of his face. His pride had been severely damaged that a first time pilot could take him out so easily.
Irvine got the worst of the battle. When the Lightning Saix had been sliced through the upper most part had fallen to the ground. Lucky for Irvine, the initial force of the blow knocked him out cold. When the Zaber Tiger had continued its attack on the Lightning Saix the whole of it burst into flames. Irvine had barely made it out with his life and the doctors where still not sure whether or not he would make it through the night.
As for the zoids themselves, the zoid of cores of the Lightning Saix and the D-Bison where damaged beyond repair. The Lightning Saix died instantly and the D-Bison passed on in the chaos of the afternoon, only two heaps of gloomy metal lay behind where the once great fighters had been. The Blade Liger, though horribly wounded had amazed everyone. Its will to live alone must have saved it. The core remained untouched and Van was willing to do anything to save his beloved Liger.
Fiona walked silently over to where Thomas stood over the dead D- Bison, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry about the D-Bison, Thomas. Was Beek able to survive?" She asked in a hushed voice.
"No. Beek too is gone. Maybe I'll be able to make another one and maybe I won't. I still have the blue prints, but no one could ever replace him."
"I understand."
"I don't understand it, Fiona." Thomas said after a long pause. "She fights like an animal. She knew we where beat after the D-Bison was down, but why did she keep coming? Why did she want to kill him so badly?"
"I don't know." Fiona sighed. Would Thomas be able to return to battling zoids after such a great fall? "Some things just can't be explained."
"I bet Raven had something to do with it," he muttered.
"In all likelihood. If you had been able to watch her tactics like I was, you could see she does many things the same way Raven does but also adds her own twists."
"Together they took out all three of us. Only the Blade Liger survived. We didn't even know she was there. We couldn't have equipped ourselves if we didn't know of the other enemy. If she hadn't been there we might have been able to stop Raven from being able to use his charged particle gun."
"Do you think that might be the reason he keeps her around?" Fiona suggested.
"Maybe. I'll have to bring the thought up with everyone else." He then turned back to the D-Bison. Placing his hand upon it cold side.
"Could you please leave us alone, Miss Fiona?" Thomas asked in almost a whisper.
"Of course." Fiona turned to go back to Van as Thomas sank down beside his dead zoid. The D-Bison was his partner, his loyal friend, and now, he was gone.
"Look at them crying over a bunch of Zoids!" Ariana laughed aloud.
Raven chuckled. "It is pretty amusing isn't it?"
Ariana and Raven stood high upon a distant hilltop. They had been watched the on goings of the battlefield since they had departed from the fight.
"Too bad the Blade Liger didn't die as well. That would have been a perfect record." Ariana thought aloud.
"I left him alive on purpose," Raven replied.
"Huh?"
Van and his Blade Liger are my biggest opponent. They alone present any challenge at all. If I had destroyed the Liger and then all that was left for me to fight would be the weaklings at the different bases it would grow rather boring and monotonous don't you think?"
Ariana nodded. She understood quite well what he meant and to her it made sense as well.
They stood there silently for sometime watching as the events at the battle ground slowed and Irvine awoke.
"You know," Ariana stated. "I've been thinking."
"I'm afraid," Raven joked.
"Na, this should be easy. It' just something that' been bugging me."
"Then continue," Raven ordered.
"You know how right before I escaped I said, 'Everyone present will soon regret this.'?"
"Yes."
"Well I'm a woman of my word and I think it's about time that prophecy came true."
Raven smirked. He knew what she meant. "Fair enough. We'll leave to go back to Hurricane County whenever you are ready."
Grinning, Ariana said nothing but continued to hold her gaze on the distance. Oh, how enjoyable it would be to go back to that town and to repay them for every wrong they ever paid her. Oh, how enjoyable it would be indeed!