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Star Rising
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Chapter 1 -Watching
"Swift." The girl said sharply. "Behave. We have a mission to accomplish."
Her zoid growled softly at the reprimand. No zoid like her had been seen before. She had been born from the depths of the girl's imagination. The girl had built her as a cure for the loneliness she felt.
"I'm sorry Swift. I didn't mean it the way it came out." The girl sighed sadly. Her grey eyes softly filled with tears. The zoid growled reassuringly. She took two big flaps of her wings and powered back above the clouds. The gryphon felt the pain in the girl's heart. She was gifted - she was once of the ancient ones. Nobody knew this but the two men who had taken her in and raised her. She'd only been a tiny child when they had discovered her in the ruins. The men who had opened their home and hearts to her had been murdered for what they had been - fey. The villagers had taken on her care and she had been passed from home to home over the years. When she had turned 13 they had cast her out when she had dared to claim that two boys had tried to rape her. The two boys had been guilty - they had been caught in the act yet the villagers had exiled her. The gryphon growled softly to herself as she remembered what she had seen in the girl's memories. Members of the sect that the two 'fathers' had belonged to had found the girl. They had taken her in and trained her to be one of the best warriors there was.
The New Helic Republic Government and the Imperial government knew nothing of this secret sect. A secret organisation dedicated to protecting the people's of both nations from corrupt Imperial or Republic army officers. It may have been 6 years since the defeat of Admiral Prozen and 2 years since the defeat of Hiltz but they were still needed. The Guardian Force was good at their job but they couldn't be in 5 different places at once were as the 'P.I.G's' (Protectors in 'Guise) could. The girl was a member of the winged division - in fact she was the leader. The gryphon knew how jealous the other zoid pilots were at her skill as a pilot and at the position of trust she held with the boss. She thought proudly how lucky they had been to be given such an important mission - to spy on the Guardian Force. Nobody would be able to get close enough to gain the information needed.
They knew the cursory information of course. The members of the Guardian Force consisted of Captain's Van Flyheit and Thomas Richard Schubaltz, the ancient zoidian Alisi Lynette known as Fiona, Flyheit's organoid Zeke, and two old friends - the Gustav driver Moonbay and the pilot of the Lightning Saix Irvine. They needed to know if the rumours were true - it had been said that the legendary rogue pilot Raven, his organoid Shadow, his girlfriend the ancient zoidian Ryss and her organoid Specula were now members of the Guardian Force. If so a closer eye would need to be kept on the Guardian Force.
Swift a voice interrupted her thoughts. It is time
She was probably the only zoid that could have true thoughts and be able to communicate them clearly to her pilot. It may be to do with the girl's gift, maybe not. I am ready sister of my heart she thought softly to her partner.
Then let's go her partner said softly. Swiftly as her name she shot through the clouds, past the base and into the rocks behind it.
The girl tried to find the wavelength used by the Republican base. Ah there it was she thought.
."Have you identified what that was yet?" a voice inquired.
."No Captain Flyheit. It was too quick for our senses to register what it was." Came the anxious reply.
."Thomas did Beek?" the voice of the infamous pilot asked.
."No. He too says it was too fast. Beek could detect it but he couldn't identify it. All he knows is that it was an unregistered zoid and was at least twice as fast as the Triple S." came the reply of the Imperial officer.
."Twice as fast as the Triple S?" came the voice of an unidentified Republican officer.
."Yes Colonel Herman. Twice as fast as the Triple S. Beek says that he thinks that the zoid has the capabilities of going faster." Replied the Imperial officer.
Of course you can Swift we just needed to see where we would be able to land the girl thought to her partner.
Swift purred softly back to her pilot careful not to make an audible sound.
."Did Beek see where it landed?".
That was a feminine voice thought the girl.
."No Miss Fiona. Beek says he as an approximation where it landed but her doesn't have the exact location." The imperial officers replied shyly.
He likes her Swift thought at her partner. The girl gave her an audible snort of amusement.
."An unidentified zoid. It must be the one that those villagers told us about." The voice of Captain Flyheit mused aloud.
The girl stiffened - damn they'd been seen by the villagers.
."I think you're right Van. Do you remember what the villager said it looked like?" another feminine voice interrupted.
."I have a report of the incident here, I'll have Beek send it out to you Moonbay." The voice of the Imperial Officer said.
."Good. And Hurry Up." The notoriously temperamental Moonbay replied.
The girl intercepted the report sent by 'Beek'. Damn Jalrin and his need to showoff his zoid to hell she thought ferociously at Swift.
How were you supposed to know Swift asked soothingly.
I should have realised the stupid fool would have been seen. Massen should have followed my orders the girl thought angrily to herself.
Massen's a fool. He thinks he knows better than you because he's a male. You have to get rid of him Swift thought back at her.
You're right Swift. As usual the girl said with a smile.
."Did you hear that?" the voice of the girl who had been called Miss Fiona asked.
."Hear what Fiona?" asked the voice of Flyheit her long time lover.
.'I heard two voices. One had a metallic quality to it and the other had feminine qualities." Fiona said.
Swift and the girl froze. She'd heard them the girl thought in panic.
."No Fiona. You're hearing voices again." The girl called Moonbay said gently.
."I heard it too. But Fiona they didn't speak aloud. The girl has powers like us. I don't think the other was an organoid but I can't be sure." A new voice purred.
."What are you talking about Ryss?" an arrogant voice asked.
The infamous Raven Swift thought sending a smiling thought to the girl.
We don't know if it is true yet my friend the girl softly cautioned her friend.
."That girl is the one we have both been hearing for the past couple of years. I'm sure of it. She's nearby." Ryss's voice rang out.
No. That can't be possible The girls mind stammered at her.
."Can you identify the location? The girl maybe the pilot of the mysterious zoid." Sounded the excite voice of the Imperial Captain.
."The resonances have gone. That's not possible. She must be an ancient zoidian. No other people have these abilities." Ryss' voice pounded angrily.
."Another Ancient Zoidian." A voice pondered out loud.
."We need to find her Ryss. She must be so scared." Fiona said sadly.
I don't need your help the girls silver eyes blazed with power.
The gasps of the two girls resounded over the radio.
."I've located it. I mean Beeks found the zoid." Captain Schubaltz' voice cried out in excitement.
Shit Swift and the girl thought as one. An explosion rocked the ground they were on. Swift let out an agonised scream.
Swift the girl cried out.
The zoid launched herself into the air desperately trying to get away from the zoids that had attacked her. Members of their own sect she thought as her mind drifted painfully.
."There it is!" a voice cried out in excitement.
."It's being attacked. We have to help it." Flyheit's voice responded.
."Destroy the zoids we'll protect her." A voice rang out.
No you can't - Kalray, Dalnay - No the girls voice rang out in all of their minds - zoidian and human alike.
The gryphon had been unable to lift herself far from the ground because her wings had been so severely damaged. She knew she was dying and her pilot too would die unless she got her to safety. A red dibison and a white lightning saix ran out of nowhere behind her. The force of the blows meted out to them lifted the dieing zoids off the ground and hurled them backwards onto Swift. They collapsed in a heap. Kalray and Dalray's life signs were gone; the girls were slowly going. **********************
"The male pilots were dead on impact. The female one is alive but barely." The female doctor said quietly to President Cramford's advisor.
"Her injuries?" Lasley asked Doctor Saslner.
"She'll always walk with a limp. The left knee was not only dislocated but huge chunks of metal resided there until we took them out. She was lucky - most of the other injuries were minor. The only other major injury was her left eye. Some metal ruined her eye - there's a nice scar there were the eye used to be." Doctor Saslner replied.
"Then how is she barely alive Doctor?" Lasley said with a frown.
"She lost a horrific amount of blood. We've got her on a pump but we need more blood. It's being flown in from the top Imperial and Republic Hospitals." Doctor Saslner answered.
"All this for a mystery girl." Lasley said with a shake of her head.
"We need her to live. There is so much knowledge we can gain for her." The President's voice rang through.
"Madame President." The two ladies said in unison bowing respectfully to her. **********************
"All three zoids have had fatal blows to the cores. It is not known why they did not die outright - for some reason they still live. They should have died long ago but something holds them back." Doctor Dee said to the pretty blonde beside him.
"What do you mean should have died long ago Doctor Dee?" Fiona asked him curiously.
"They should have died on the first day but they haven't. It's been a week." Doctor Dee said puzzled.
"Do you think it had something to do with the girl pilot that we pulled out of the flying zoid?" Van Flyheit asked from behind Doctor Dee.
"Van." Fiona turned to smile at her lover.
"How do you mean with the girl pilot. Isn't she dead?" Doctor Dee asked in surprise.
"No. She's alive. Only just according to the doctors." Van replied.
"Then that is a good possibility. Ryss said she was an ancient zoidian did she not?" Doctor Dee asked Fiona.
"Yes I did. And she is. She has connected herself to the zoids somehow." Ryss said coming out from behind the wrecked Dibison.
****************************************************** End of Chapter One. What do you think peoples????? Please review.
Star Rising
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Chapter 1 -Watching
"Swift." The girl said sharply. "Behave. We have a mission to accomplish."
Her zoid growled softly at the reprimand. No zoid like her had been seen before. She had been born from the depths of the girl's imagination. The girl had built her as a cure for the loneliness she felt.
"I'm sorry Swift. I didn't mean it the way it came out." The girl sighed sadly. Her grey eyes softly filled with tears. The zoid growled reassuringly. She took two big flaps of her wings and powered back above the clouds. The gryphon felt the pain in the girl's heart. She was gifted - she was once of the ancient ones. Nobody knew this but the two men who had taken her in and raised her. She'd only been a tiny child when they had discovered her in the ruins. The men who had opened their home and hearts to her had been murdered for what they had been - fey. The villagers had taken on her care and she had been passed from home to home over the years. When she had turned 13 they had cast her out when she had dared to claim that two boys had tried to rape her. The two boys had been guilty - they had been caught in the act yet the villagers had exiled her. The gryphon growled softly to herself as she remembered what she had seen in the girl's memories. Members of the sect that the two 'fathers' had belonged to had found the girl. They had taken her in and trained her to be one of the best warriors there was.
The New Helic Republic Government and the Imperial government knew nothing of this secret sect. A secret organisation dedicated to protecting the people's of both nations from corrupt Imperial or Republic army officers. It may have been 6 years since the defeat of Admiral Prozen and 2 years since the defeat of Hiltz but they were still needed. The Guardian Force was good at their job but they couldn't be in 5 different places at once were as the 'P.I.G's' (Protectors in 'Guise) could. The girl was a member of the winged division - in fact she was the leader. The gryphon knew how jealous the other zoid pilots were at her skill as a pilot and at the position of trust she held with the boss. She thought proudly how lucky they had been to be given such an important mission - to spy on the Guardian Force. Nobody would be able to get close enough to gain the information needed.
They knew the cursory information of course. The members of the Guardian Force consisted of Captain's Van Flyheit and Thomas Richard Schubaltz, the ancient zoidian Alisi Lynette known as Fiona, Flyheit's organoid Zeke, and two old friends - the Gustav driver Moonbay and the pilot of the Lightning Saix Irvine. They needed to know if the rumours were true - it had been said that the legendary rogue pilot Raven, his organoid Shadow, his girlfriend the ancient zoidian Ryss and her organoid Specula were now members of the Guardian Force. If so a closer eye would need to be kept on the Guardian Force.
Swift a voice interrupted her thoughts. It is time
She was probably the only zoid that could have true thoughts and be able to communicate them clearly to her pilot. It may be to do with the girl's gift, maybe not. I am ready sister of my heart she thought softly to her partner.
Then let's go her partner said softly. Swiftly as her name she shot through the clouds, past the base and into the rocks behind it.
The girl tried to find the wavelength used by the Republican base. Ah there it was she thought.
."Have you identified what that was yet?" a voice inquired.
."No Captain Flyheit. It was too quick for our senses to register what it was." Came the anxious reply.
."Thomas did Beek?" the voice of the infamous pilot asked.
."No. He too says it was too fast. Beek could detect it but he couldn't identify it. All he knows is that it was an unregistered zoid and was at least twice as fast as the Triple S." came the reply of the Imperial officer.
."Twice as fast as the Triple S?" came the voice of an unidentified Republican officer.
."Yes Colonel Herman. Twice as fast as the Triple S. Beek says that he thinks that the zoid has the capabilities of going faster." Replied the Imperial officer.
Of course you can Swift we just needed to see where we would be able to land the girl thought to her partner.
Swift purred softly back to her pilot careful not to make an audible sound.
."Did Beek see where it landed?".
That was a feminine voice thought the girl.
."No Miss Fiona. Beek says he as an approximation where it landed but her doesn't have the exact location." The imperial officers replied shyly.
He likes her Swift thought at her partner. The girl gave her an audible snort of amusement.
."An unidentified zoid. It must be the one that those villagers told us about." The voice of Captain Flyheit mused aloud.
The girl stiffened - damn they'd been seen by the villagers.
."I think you're right Van. Do you remember what the villager said it looked like?" another feminine voice interrupted.
."I have a report of the incident here, I'll have Beek send it out to you Moonbay." The voice of the Imperial Officer said.
."Good. And Hurry Up." The notoriously temperamental Moonbay replied.
The girl intercepted the report sent by 'Beek'. Damn Jalrin and his need to showoff his zoid to hell she thought ferociously at Swift.
How were you supposed to know Swift asked soothingly.
I should have realised the stupid fool would have been seen. Massen should have followed my orders the girl thought angrily to herself.
Massen's a fool. He thinks he knows better than you because he's a male. You have to get rid of him Swift thought back at her.
You're right Swift. As usual the girl said with a smile.
."Did you hear that?" the voice of the girl who had been called Miss Fiona asked.
."Hear what Fiona?" asked the voice of Flyheit her long time lover.
.'I heard two voices. One had a metallic quality to it and the other had feminine qualities." Fiona said.
Swift and the girl froze. She'd heard them the girl thought in panic.
."No Fiona. You're hearing voices again." The girl called Moonbay said gently.
."I heard it too. But Fiona they didn't speak aloud. The girl has powers like us. I don't think the other was an organoid but I can't be sure." A new voice purred.
."What are you talking about Ryss?" an arrogant voice asked.
The infamous Raven Swift thought sending a smiling thought to the girl.
We don't know if it is true yet my friend the girl softly cautioned her friend.
."That girl is the one we have both been hearing for the past couple of years. I'm sure of it. She's nearby." Ryss's voice rang out.
No. That can't be possible The girls mind stammered at her.
."Can you identify the location? The girl maybe the pilot of the mysterious zoid." Sounded the excite voice of the Imperial Captain.
."The resonances have gone. That's not possible. She must be an ancient zoidian. No other people have these abilities." Ryss' voice pounded angrily.
."Another Ancient Zoidian." A voice pondered out loud.
."We need to find her Ryss. She must be so scared." Fiona said sadly.
I don't need your help the girls silver eyes blazed with power.
The gasps of the two girls resounded over the radio.
."I've located it. I mean Beeks found the zoid." Captain Schubaltz' voice cried out in excitement.
Shit Swift and the girl thought as one. An explosion rocked the ground they were on. Swift let out an agonised scream.
Swift the girl cried out.
The zoid launched herself into the air desperately trying to get away from the zoids that had attacked her. Members of their own sect she thought as her mind drifted painfully.
."There it is!" a voice cried out in excitement.
."It's being attacked. We have to help it." Flyheit's voice responded.
."Destroy the zoids we'll protect her." A voice rang out.
No you can't - Kalray, Dalnay - No the girls voice rang out in all of their minds - zoidian and human alike.
The gryphon had been unable to lift herself far from the ground because her wings had been so severely damaged. She knew she was dying and her pilot too would die unless she got her to safety. A red dibison and a white lightning saix ran out of nowhere behind her. The force of the blows meted out to them lifted the dieing zoids off the ground and hurled them backwards onto Swift. They collapsed in a heap. Kalray and Dalray's life signs were gone; the girls were slowly going. **********************
"The male pilots were dead on impact. The female one is alive but barely." The female doctor said quietly to President Cramford's advisor.
"Her injuries?" Lasley asked Doctor Saslner.
"She'll always walk with a limp. The left knee was not only dislocated but huge chunks of metal resided there until we took them out. She was lucky - most of the other injuries were minor. The only other major injury was her left eye. Some metal ruined her eye - there's a nice scar there were the eye used to be." Doctor Saslner replied.
"Then how is she barely alive Doctor?" Lasley said with a frown.
"She lost a horrific amount of blood. We've got her on a pump but we need more blood. It's being flown in from the top Imperial and Republic Hospitals." Doctor Saslner answered.
"All this for a mystery girl." Lasley said with a shake of her head.
"We need her to live. There is so much knowledge we can gain for her." The President's voice rang through.
"Madame President." The two ladies said in unison bowing respectfully to her. **********************
"All three zoids have had fatal blows to the cores. It is not known why they did not die outright - for some reason they still live. They should have died long ago but something holds them back." Doctor Dee said to the pretty blonde beside him.
"What do you mean should have died long ago Doctor Dee?" Fiona asked him curiously.
"They should have died on the first day but they haven't. It's been a week." Doctor Dee said puzzled.
"Do you think it had something to do with the girl pilot that we pulled out of the flying zoid?" Van Flyheit asked from behind Doctor Dee.
"Van." Fiona turned to smile at her lover.
"How do you mean with the girl pilot. Isn't she dead?" Doctor Dee asked in surprise.
"No. She's alive. Only just according to the doctors." Van replied.
"Then that is a good possibility. Ryss said she was an ancient zoidian did she not?" Doctor Dee asked Fiona.
"Yes I did. And she is. She has connected herself to the zoids somehow." Ryss said coming out from behind the wrecked Dibison.
****************************************************** End of Chapter One. What do you think peoples????? Please review.