"Who are you? State your name and reason for being here!" A screen
popped up inside the cockpit of the Zaber Tiger, half spooking Ariana in
the process.
"Ah!" The girl laughed and then sat back again, regaining her composure. "Hey Raven, you wanna handle this one or can I?"
"You can go ahead, I'm too busy."
Ariana smirked as she looked back to the scream. The man on it earlier had an annoyed, hurry it up look, but as he heard the mentioning of Raven his face went pale. "Maybe you know me, maybe you don't, but most call me Skyfeather. Raven and I are approximately ten minutes away from attacking your pathetic little base. If you wish for the survival of any of your men I suggest you have them retreat now. Otherwise you may stay and try your luck at the battle. However, if any of your men should leave and take information about the Lightning Saix with then I shall personally see to it that every single man working here is hunted down and destroyed." Ariana smirked lightly, surprised and very pleased with the length and formality of her speech.
The man gulped as a sweat broke out. Now what where they going to do? "Yes ma'am. I shall report to headquarters immediately and they shall decide what to do."
The screen disappeared and Ariana sat in silence for a minute.
"You warned them?" Raven barked at her as soon as he realized she was done talking with the officer.
"Well, it just seemed like the right thing to do."
"Since when did you start caring about the right thing?" He yelled, angered but perhaps going a little overboard.
"Well it is just the Zoids I want to destroy. The guardian force is just going to be hotter on our trails if we kill a bunch of men just because we wanted to destroy their zoids and the base. I figure we could give a head start. That way if they stay and die it's their own fault." Ariana explained quietly, praying to the gods that Raven wouldn't kill her for what she had done. It just made sense at the time.
Raven remained silent for a few minutes thinking about the girl's logic. To a degree it did make sense. If the people stayed around and died it would be their fault. They would have given them a chance to run with their lives. If they didn't take their chance they would be taking their life into their own hands. "Very well. It might work anyway."
Ariana sighed and continued on her way, following the humongous red zoid. Within moments a batallon of Gunsnipers where before them all where posed and ready to fire, and to break threw a shield if need be.
"Watch out for these guys, kid." Raven warned Ariana. "They can break through your shield like it's nobody's business. Best to just take them out in a close combat battle."
"Roger that." Ariana fingered the controls of her Royal Zaber Tiger for a moment. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. To try this one with Yenti or without? Having made up her mind Ariana opened her eyes and thrust the throttle forward. She was definetely going to need some speed for this attack. What was she thinking? Raven was going to be fighting there right alongside her. But then again the Geno Breaker was more of a long range fighter. A jolt from the fire of one of the gin snipers brought Ariana out of her line of thought. Bad thing category!
"What's wrong with you kid?" Raven shouted.
"Too much thinking, not enough action," she muttered.
"Well stop thinking!" He yelled back at her.
Raven was right. She needed to keep her head out of the sky and fight for the moment. "Mobilizing blades." The long pale blue blades of the Zaber Tiger pushed out away from the body of the zoid and instantly sliced two of the gunsnipers in half.
"There you go, kid. Keep fighting like that."
Ariana grinned and kept on. Nothing like a good encouragement to keep one going. She just needed a little warm up session is all. Five left, four, three, none. Ariana took out three of the gunsnipers at the same time. Slicing down two and blasting the other with her double barrel cannon. Raven smirked. Even though he had taken out most of them she was progressing nicely as a pilot. Ariana hadn't even needed her organoid for that one. He had taught her well.
"Come on. Let's keep going. There's a whole lot more where those guys came from so conserve your energy. We've got to stop the development of the Lightning Saix."
Ariana made no reply but did as she was ordered. They would forever destroy the Lightning Saix.
"Ah!" The girl laughed and then sat back again, regaining her composure. "Hey Raven, you wanna handle this one or can I?"
"You can go ahead, I'm too busy."
Ariana smirked as she looked back to the scream. The man on it earlier had an annoyed, hurry it up look, but as he heard the mentioning of Raven his face went pale. "Maybe you know me, maybe you don't, but most call me Skyfeather. Raven and I are approximately ten minutes away from attacking your pathetic little base. If you wish for the survival of any of your men I suggest you have them retreat now. Otherwise you may stay and try your luck at the battle. However, if any of your men should leave and take information about the Lightning Saix with then I shall personally see to it that every single man working here is hunted down and destroyed." Ariana smirked lightly, surprised and very pleased with the length and formality of her speech.
The man gulped as a sweat broke out. Now what where they going to do? "Yes ma'am. I shall report to headquarters immediately and they shall decide what to do."
The screen disappeared and Ariana sat in silence for a minute.
"You warned them?" Raven barked at her as soon as he realized she was done talking with the officer.
"Well, it just seemed like the right thing to do."
"Since when did you start caring about the right thing?" He yelled, angered but perhaps going a little overboard.
"Well it is just the Zoids I want to destroy. The guardian force is just going to be hotter on our trails if we kill a bunch of men just because we wanted to destroy their zoids and the base. I figure we could give a head start. That way if they stay and die it's their own fault." Ariana explained quietly, praying to the gods that Raven wouldn't kill her for what she had done. It just made sense at the time.
Raven remained silent for a few minutes thinking about the girl's logic. To a degree it did make sense. If the people stayed around and died it would be their fault. They would have given them a chance to run with their lives. If they didn't take their chance they would be taking their life into their own hands. "Very well. It might work anyway."
Ariana sighed and continued on her way, following the humongous red zoid. Within moments a batallon of Gunsnipers where before them all where posed and ready to fire, and to break threw a shield if need be.
"Watch out for these guys, kid." Raven warned Ariana. "They can break through your shield like it's nobody's business. Best to just take them out in a close combat battle."
"Roger that." Ariana fingered the controls of her Royal Zaber Tiger for a moment. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. To try this one with Yenti or without? Having made up her mind Ariana opened her eyes and thrust the throttle forward. She was definetely going to need some speed for this attack. What was she thinking? Raven was going to be fighting there right alongside her. But then again the Geno Breaker was more of a long range fighter. A jolt from the fire of one of the gin snipers brought Ariana out of her line of thought. Bad thing category!
"What's wrong with you kid?" Raven shouted.
"Too much thinking, not enough action," she muttered.
"Well stop thinking!" He yelled back at her.
Raven was right. She needed to keep her head out of the sky and fight for the moment. "Mobilizing blades." The long pale blue blades of the Zaber Tiger pushed out away from the body of the zoid and instantly sliced two of the gunsnipers in half.
"There you go, kid. Keep fighting like that."
Ariana grinned and kept on. Nothing like a good encouragement to keep one going. She just needed a little warm up session is all. Five left, four, three, none. Ariana took out three of the gunsnipers at the same time. Slicing down two and blasting the other with her double barrel cannon. Raven smirked. Even though he had taken out most of them she was progressing nicely as a pilot. Ariana hadn't even needed her organoid for that one. He had taught her well.
"Come on. Let's keep going. There's a whole lot more where those guys came from so conserve your energy. We've got to stop the development of the Lightning Saix."
Ariana made no reply but did as she was ordered. They would forever destroy the Lightning Saix.