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ZOIDS X-TREME CHAOTIC CENTURY
Chapter 3: Dark Beast Unleashed!
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The sky above portrayed an orange-red color like a beautiful painting of a landscape. Through the trenches of the well hidden redden canyon was the red Geno Breaker which could easily be camouflaged by its color, was hovering in the air while the pilot inside was in a really bad mood,
"Grrrrr.....Can't believe I got myself humiliated like that! I would have been able to destroy Van if that idiotic kid didn't ruin.....Argh!"
As Raven was kicking himself mentally for not being aware of Lani's presence, Shadow was undoubtedly growling inside of the Geno Breaker as it sensed something coming their way.
Before they could react, a shrouded mist started to sweep across the trench valley surrounding the Geno Breaker and blocking all radar and sensor scopes. The mist moistens the red canyon into a dark abyss and one could only hear the dripping of water.
Raven didn't change his expression, as he was steadily holding the controls and could still hear the dripping of the water. As the mist shrouded the Geno Breaker, he could see a shadow of another zoid behind the mist and a mocking laugh was heard through his intercom,
"Raven Raven Raven, aren't we a bit disillusioned at a simple problem hmm? Need some pointers?" to Raven was a male one, but with a low and sarcastic tone to taunt him." Raven was infuriated by that remark,
"I have a pointer for you...GO TO HELL!" The Geno Breaker had already charged the particle beam and Raven shot it at the zoid surrounded by the mist in a direct hit,
// That was too easy what a waste of my time\\
As soon as the Geno Breaker was about to move its giant metal legs, the legs got caught by a metal grappling claw and it stumbled to the ground. Raven had recovered quickly from the aftershock, and then he suddenly looked at his monitor in a strange expression as he saw droplets of water dripping on the video screen.
He looked up from his monitor to find a dark zoid was looming over his fallen Geno Breaker, which was in fact the shadowed zoid that he thought he destroyed. There were no damages on that Zoid what so ever and now emerged to show its true face.
Red eyes illuminated brightly as the mist reflected its shine, covered in dark blue and silver armor, alloy claws and teeth. The Zoid was equipped with two 144mm cannons and pulse cannons with twin back mounted miniature defensive cannons, the beast roared loudly to shake the ground and glared down at Raven, who was still in shock,
"That can't be........it is impossible!"
Raven was saying that over and over again in disbelief, his violet eyes stared at his glass monitor as a never before seen Zoid was hovering its metallic face in front of him, not showing any mercy. When the mist started to evaporate, he could see the face of this Zoid, which looked like a Spinosaurus and had a set of spines running along its back.
The man that spoke to him moments ago loomed in closer to the red zoid till it was close enough to be seen through the cockpit,
"So Raven I hear you got beaten down by a level 3 zoid....Heh how embarrassing it must be" the man continued to mock him as Raven's anger grew and grew but as that last comment he made he decided to cool down,
"Heh you have some bravery of talking back to a guy like me, but how do you know so much about me? I don't even know you"
"Oh believe me Raven I know all about you, and in time you will know who I am. Lets get down to business, I came here to offer you a flawless plan on how you can get back at Van Freiheigh, you know the old saying kill two birds with one stone, interested?"
Raven didn't know what to say, here he was in front of a Zoid that he has no idea what kind it is and with a man he doesn't even know plus is offering him to take his revenge with no catch and deals. He smirked smiling in much gratitude
"I'm listening"
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Out in the far reaches of the desert, Van and his gang were inside Dr. D's lab in the waiting lounge as he was checking the Blade Liger for any damages. Dr. D was also insisting and begging Lani to let him observe her Zoid the SaberLion and her organoid Ansem since he is easily amused of unusual zoids.
She undoubtedly agreed to let him observe them but Ansem was having a hard time agreeing to the concept of the old man observing him. As they were waiting, Lani was sipping a cup of coffee and answering all of Van, Fiona, Moonbay, Thomas, and Irvine questions they were asking her,
"So you are a junk dealer, customizer, and a zoid pilot?" Van asked first.
"Yup I have been around zoids all my life and can customize, fight, and deal them like a pro!" Lani shyly smiled as a round of questions were asked,
"How did you come across that Zoid anyway?" Irvine was the next to ask,
"Me and Ansem found it in some ancient ruins, when we found it, it was unmobilized and looked all rusted. Ansem somehow fused with it and it suddenly came back to life" she widen her eyes and made hand gestures of what happened then took another sip until Moonbay asked,
"How long have you been with Ansem? Its not everyday that you come across an organoid" Lani chuckled a little and shyly smiled till she answered her,
"Ah well yes, We have just met like a week ago but to me...it seems that we have known each other for a long time.....It's as if we were together till something happened to separate us...funny isn't it" she laughed again till Fiona asked her.
"What about your mother and father Lani? " Lani's laughing came to a halt and she stopped drinking her coffee. Her red eyes that were full of joy were now droopy with sadness as no memories could come through to her of her past,
"I never knew my parents.......I don't think I ever had parents.....all I remember is being with Tido in the desert....strange"
As she was mournfully and emotionally day dreaming, the large doors slid open as Dr. D and Ansem were coming out. Lani quickly snapped out of it and her attitude suddenly changed when she went up to hug Ansem.
Everybody had a concerned expression of Lani's sudden change and mournful silence but put that aside to go see Dr. D. Dr. D was laughing proudly and Ansem looked grim from the long observation,
"I can finally conclude another new discovery in the history of Zoids, Ansem, thank you for cooperating"
"I feel so violated" He tiredly put it and decided to have a small chat with Zeke. Dr. D looked at Lani and Van to tell them his news; "Well Van I have seen no serious damages on your Blade Liger so that is all well but Lani"
He drew his attention at Lani who was straightening up to hear the news on her Saberlion, "I must say its an extreme privilege to observe your zoid as I have never seen any like it! It's as almost faster and keener than the Blade Liger even with Zeke in it! But I can't seem to get its battle status.."
Dr. D was tapping his foot rhythmically as he was stroking his chin,
"Say! Why don't you both take your Zoids into the training grounds and battle! That way I can get some analysis on your battle stats! HAHAHAHA! I'm so brilliant!" as he was laughing with his high-pitched old man laughter, everyone was flabbergasted as they were dealing with a crazed zoid scientist.
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"Van! Lani! Are you ready?" Lani and Van were in their voids positioned at a starting line for their training. Up into the control room, Dr. D had his recording stuff to record every movement they do and the gang was watching through the window to see them race and battle.
"We are ready Dr. D!" Van and Lani said at the same time, a track light was placed between them to regulate the signal.
It flashed red first.
Lexis put her goggles on and hooked it to the monitor to get a better view and gripped her control stick ready for action. Van was getting ready also as he checked all systems and gripped his controls.
Yellow
Determine eyes were set as they gripped harder, they could feel the sweat dripping down their eyebrows and their heart beating so hard it feels as if it is jumping up and down on their chest. Before the next light was flashed, Van looked back to Lani with a serious face,
"Lani....about what happened when we were asking you questions......I'm sorry if Fiona upset you..." Van said apologetically
Lani look back to Van with a glimspe,
"What are you talking about? I'm fine Van don't worry! I wish the best of luck to both of us!" she gave the thumbs up to Van, he smiled back and at last the final light was struck.
Green
"GO!"
Both zoids sprinted immediately and the race started. The desert was wide, straight and narrow so it was easy to see them run, the Blade Liger is in the lead but the Saberlion was catching up to the Liger and now Lani is in the lead. Van was not going to give up that easy so he boost his boosters to the max and flew right past the Saberlion,
"Heh so that's how you want to play huh Van! Lets go Ansem!"
"You got it!"
With that the Saberlion was glowing at the joints and around the body. The Saberlion sprinted off like a cheetah and dashed through the sand at amazing speed leaving a streaking marks behind. When Van looked back he could see the Saberlion catching up very quickly and in moments it was caught up with the Liger.
Back at the control room, Dr. D was getting amazing results on both zoids and Fiona with Moonbay, Irvine and Thomas were cheering them on, Dr. D was jumping with joy in these results and decided to go to the extreme,
"Add the spikes into the course!"
"Adding spikes to the course sir!"
Into the desert, a lone spike jumped from the sand but Lani saw it first and anticipated this so with keen reflexes like a cat she moved to the side. Soon all of the spikes were popping up so Lani and Van jumped from side to side and up and down to avoid the spikes.
The Saberlion was so flexible that it actually looked like a real lion, and the Blade Liger was doing well also and using its twin laser blades to cut the spikes out of the way. As they passed the course, they came to a sudden stop and turned to face each other. This was the battle of all battles to see what the Saberlion and Blade Liger were capable of. Inside of the cockpits Lani and Van were breathing heavily of all that maneuvering of the spikes but kept their firm grip on the controls and then silence.
Everyone was in complete still of the silence and awaiting for the next move. Red eyes met dark eyes in steady movement and were not blinking, Van slightly moved the Blade Liger's back leg to the side but Lani's eyes were quicker and saw his motivation so she quickly move to the side as the Blade Liger pounced and missed.
Van was surprised but not for long as he charged right for her again but he missed that also. It was Lani's turn now and she used her alloy claws to scratch the armor then dove into the hind legs to grab them. Van responded quickly and jumped to side before it clamped the legs, he took out his laser blades and swiftly sliced her armor.
Lani was stunned and amazed at the same time of his speed and penetration through her dark blue armor, as the Blade Liger was roaring for some more action Lani took the advantage and the scythe on its head raised up high and gleamed in the sunlight.
The Saberlion positioned itself like a bull as the red flag was waved, she flew at great speed toward Van but the Liger couldn't maneuver fast enough the dodge the attack. Van was stuck and was going to take the blow. As she dove in for the strike a lone grappling claw smashed right into the Saberlion and flew across the way.
Van was shocked and his eyes grew, as he would never expect that to happen,
"Lani! Lani! Are you alright! Answer me!"
"I'm ok Van just a scratch" She got up sternly to look back with her teeth clenching in anger,
"Oops did I hurt you? I hope I didn't interrupt anything important" A mocking voice was heard through the intercom, and they both knew who it was.
Raven.
Lani trotted next to Van and they stood side by side as the Geno Breaker was just standing there, they did not want to wait for his move so they both mobilized at full speed straight at him. Raven still stood there smiling which made Van and Lani irritated, Lani sped up and jumped right at him with the roaring lion spirit and claws shone sharply,
"I'll make you pay Raven!" As she got closer to slicing the Geno Breaker, a dark Zoid suddenly jumped behind the Breaker and rammed her Zoid hard to the ground. Van came to her side and roared protectively at the dark zoid,
"What kind of Zoid is that!"
Van said in awe and confusion as the unknown zoid jumped from the ground and rammed against the Blade Liger with incredible ease. Van tompled over the sand as the dark Zoid roared proudly as it stomped on top of the Liger, using its two 144mm cannons to weaken it and grabbed its hind legs with its alloy teeth to throw it over where Raven was.
"He is all yours Raven, that was the deal that I "tenderized" the meat for you, so do your part of the deal"
He coolly stated with his cold cobalt eyes staring at the Saberlion. Raven nodded and with his great pincer claws he clamped down on her Saberlion, the power of the claws were so great that the Saberlion was roaring in pain.
Electrical plugs and circuits were exploding and a great surge-like power struck Lani inside of the cockpit and she screamed in agony, the power was so great that Ansem was able to escape out of the Zoid and safely land on the ground. Every blood cell and vein was tearing her apart inside, she knew that she was going to die.
Everything was going dimmer and dimmer till her deep red eyes were half way closed, she could feel Death slipping his finger down her spine, her body felt numb from the energy traveling through her body. Everything was getting silent and her bloody body was still on the seat in an almost paralyzed state. She heard a faint crash and dimly see a shattered window with a great beast standing over head.
Lani had a smile and was reaching for, what she thought was her organoid, with her bloody fingertips; her eyes were in tears as she realized this was not her organoid, Ansem but another one. The unknown organoid grabbed her crumpled body with its cold metallic hands and flew to where Raven and his "partner" were waiting.
The organoid dropped her to the sand and Lani's bloodly body lay there as she didn't move, a lone foot flipped her over and Lani's eyes opened slowly to stare at a hooded face with a grin. Lani grew terrified as she did not know who this person was,
"Who....who are.....you?"
She cringed in fear as she heard a soft male laughing, "My you don't know me? What a shame, I certainly know you, but it seems that this desert heat rotted your memory!" with that he kneeled in front of her body and her red eyes still looked at him with fear,
"Sta-stay back...." Lani's voice was weak as she tried to move away from this person's hand, soft laughing was heard again but his voice was almost sincere,
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you....but you might feel a little pressure" His long sleeved hand rose above her chest and his eyes shot open as looked deep within her. Lani's heart jumped up and suddenly her chest heaved up as if pulled by strings, she was clenching her teeth as her chest was getting tighter and breathing rapidly. The cool red eyes were now getting darker and an unusual aura was surrounding his body.
This man still has his eyes on Lani and felt the same aura around his body, his grin was wider and the hand that was above her chest released her body and slumped back to the ground. Her breathing was normal but her body was sore and tired from that energy that she couldn't move, the hooded man stood up and gave a quick wink to her that she didn't have time to react.
The caped man and Raven went back to their Zoids and trailed off to the mountains. Lani laid there in an absent state as she didn't know what happened or why she felt this way, as the sun was setting over the horizan she could see another person standing far away from her. Lani squinted her eyes to see that this person had long hair like her and her eyes, the eyes were so familiar. The mysterious figure reached out its hand to her, like an instinct she did the same as they were both reaching far away but the figure vanished slowly as all of a sudden the Blade Liger was running towards her. Lani just laid there in a confused state as she wondered 'Where did that other person go?' Her mind suddenly went blank and went into a unconscious state.
TBC......
ZOIDS X-TREME CHAOTIC CENTURY
Chapter 3: Dark Beast Unleashed!
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The sky above portrayed an orange-red color like a beautiful painting of a landscape. Through the trenches of the well hidden redden canyon was the red Geno Breaker which could easily be camouflaged by its color, was hovering in the air while the pilot inside was in a really bad mood,
"Grrrrr.....Can't believe I got myself humiliated like that! I would have been able to destroy Van if that idiotic kid didn't ruin.....Argh!"
As Raven was kicking himself mentally for not being aware of Lani's presence, Shadow was undoubtedly growling inside of the Geno Breaker as it sensed something coming their way.
Before they could react, a shrouded mist started to sweep across the trench valley surrounding the Geno Breaker and blocking all radar and sensor scopes. The mist moistens the red canyon into a dark abyss and one could only hear the dripping of water.
Raven didn't change his expression, as he was steadily holding the controls and could still hear the dripping of the water. As the mist shrouded the Geno Breaker, he could see a shadow of another zoid behind the mist and a mocking laugh was heard through his intercom,
"Raven Raven Raven, aren't we a bit disillusioned at a simple problem hmm? Need some pointers?" to Raven was a male one, but with a low and sarcastic tone to taunt him." Raven was infuriated by that remark,
"I have a pointer for you...GO TO HELL!" The Geno Breaker had already charged the particle beam and Raven shot it at the zoid surrounded by the mist in a direct hit,
// That was too easy what a waste of my time\\
As soon as the Geno Breaker was about to move its giant metal legs, the legs got caught by a metal grappling claw and it stumbled to the ground. Raven had recovered quickly from the aftershock, and then he suddenly looked at his monitor in a strange expression as he saw droplets of water dripping on the video screen.
He looked up from his monitor to find a dark zoid was looming over his fallen Geno Breaker, which was in fact the shadowed zoid that he thought he destroyed. There were no damages on that Zoid what so ever and now emerged to show its true face.
Red eyes illuminated brightly as the mist reflected its shine, covered in dark blue and silver armor, alloy claws and teeth. The Zoid was equipped with two 144mm cannons and pulse cannons with twin back mounted miniature defensive cannons, the beast roared loudly to shake the ground and glared down at Raven, who was still in shock,
"That can't be........it is impossible!"
Raven was saying that over and over again in disbelief, his violet eyes stared at his glass monitor as a never before seen Zoid was hovering its metallic face in front of him, not showing any mercy. When the mist started to evaporate, he could see the face of this Zoid, which looked like a Spinosaurus and had a set of spines running along its back.
The man that spoke to him moments ago loomed in closer to the red zoid till it was close enough to be seen through the cockpit,
"So Raven I hear you got beaten down by a level 3 zoid....Heh how embarrassing it must be" the man continued to mock him as Raven's anger grew and grew but as that last comment he made he decided to cool down,
"Heh you have some bravery of talking back to a guy like me, but how do you know so much about me? I don't even know you"
"Oh believe me Raven I know all about you, and in time you will know who I am. Lets get down to business, I came here to offer you a flawless plan on how you can get back at Van Freiheigh, you know the old saying kill two birds with one stone, interested?"
Raven didn't know what to say, here he was in front of a Zoid that he has no idea what kind it is and with a man he doesn't even know plus is offering him to take his revenge with no catch and deals. He smirked smiling in much gratitude
"I'm listening"
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Out in the far reaches of the desert, Van and his gang were inside Dr. D's lab in the waiting lounge as he was checking the Blade Liger for any damages. Dr. D was also insisting and begging Lani to let him observe her Zoid the SaberLion and her organoid Ansem since he is easily amused of unusual zoids.
She undoubtedly agreed to let him observe them but Ansem was having a hard time agreeing to the concept of the old man observing him. As they were waiting, Lani was sipping a cup of coffee and answering all of Van, Fiona, Moonbay, Thomas, and Irvine questions they were asking her,
"So you are a junk dealer, customizer, and a zoid pilot?" Van asked first.
"Yup I have been around zoids all my life and can customize, fight, and deal them like a pro!" Lani shyly smiled as a round of questions were asked,
"How did you come across that Zoid anyway?" Irvine was the next to ask,
"Me and Ansem found it in some ancient ruins, when we found it, it was unmobilized and looked all rusted. Ansem somehow fused with it and it suddenly came back to life" she widen her eyes and made hand gestures of what happened then took another sip until Moonbay asked,
"How long have you been with Ansem? Its not everyday that you come across an organoid" Lani chuckled a little and shyly smiled till she answered her,
"Ah well yes, We have just met like a week ago but to me...it seems that we have known each other for a long time.....It's as if we were together till something happened to separate us...funny isn't it" she laughed again till Fiona asked her.
"What about your mother and father Lani? " Lani's laughing came to a halt and she stopped drinking her coffee. Her red eyes that were full of joy were now droopy with sadness as no memories could come through to her of her past,
"I never knew my parents.......I don't think I ever had parents.....all I remember is being with Tido in the desert....strange"
As she was mournfully and emotionally day dreaming, the large doors slid open as Dr. D and Ansem were coming out. Lani quickly snapped out of it and her attitude suddenly changed when she went up to hug Ansem.
Everybody had a concerned expression of Lani's sudden change and mournful silence but put that aside to go see Dr. D. Dr. D was laughing proudly and Ansem looked grim from the long observation,
"I can finally conclude another new discovery in the history of Zoids, Ansem, thank you for cooperating"
"I feel so violated" He tiredly put it and decided to have a small chat with Zeke. Dr. D looked at Lani and Van to tell them his news; "Well Van I have seen no serious damages on your Blade Liger so that is all well but Lani"
He drew his attention at Lani who was straightening up to hear the news on her Saberlion, "I must say its an extreme privilege to observe your zoid as I have never seen any like it! It's as almost faster and keener than the Blade Liger even with Zeke in it! But I can't seem to get its battle status.."
Dr. D was tapping his foot rhythmically as he was stroking his chin,
"Say! Why don't you both take your Zoids into the training grounds and battle! That way I can get some analysis on your battle stats! HAHAHAHA! I'm so brilliant!" as he was laughing with his high-pitched old man laughter, everyone was flabbergasted as they were dealing with a crazed zoid scientist.
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"Van! Lani! Are you ready?" Lani and Van were in their voids positioned at a starting line for their training. Up into the control room, Dr. D had his recording stuff to record every movement they do and the gang was watching through the window to see them race and battle.
"We are ready Dr. D!" Van and Lani said at the same time, a track light was placed between them to regulate the signal.
It flashed red first.
Lexis put her goggles on and hooked it to the monitor to get a better view and gripped her control stick ready for action. Van was getting ready also as he checked all systems and gripped his controls.
Yellow
Determine eyes were set as they gripped harder, they could feel the sweat dripping down their eyebrows and their heart beating so hard it feels as if it is jumping up and down on their chest. Before the next light was flashed, Van looked back to Lani with a serious face,
"Lani....about what happened when we were asking you questions......I'm sorry if Fiona upset you..." Van said apologetically
Lani look back to Van with a glimspe,
"What are you talking about? I'm fine Van don't worry! I wish the best of luck to both of us!" she gave the thumbs up to Van, he smiled back and at last the final light was struck.
Green
"GO!"
Both zoids sprinted immediately and the race started. The desert was wide, straight and narrow so it was easy to see them run, the Blade Liger is in the lead but the Saberlion was catching up to the Liger and now Lani is in the lead. Van was not going to give up that easy so he boost his boosters to the max and flew right past the Saberlion,
"Heh so that's how you want to play huh Van! Lets go Ansem!"
"You got it!"
With that the Saberlion was glowing at the joints and around the body. The Saberlion sprinted off like a cheetah and dashed through the sand at amazing speed leaving a streaking marks behind. When Van looked back he could see the Saberlion catching up very quickly and in moments it was caught up with the Liger.
Back at the control room, Dr. D was getting amazing results on both zoids and Fiona with Moonbay, Irvine and Thomas were cheering them on, Dr. D was jumping with joy in these results and decided to go to the extreme,
"Add the spikes into the course!"
"Adding spikes to the course sir!"
Into the desert, a lone spike jumped from the sand but Lani saw it first and anticipated this so with keen reflexes like a cat she moved to the side. Soon all of the spikes were popping up so Lani and Van jumped from side to side and up and down to avoid the spikes.
The Saberlion was so flexible that it actually looked like a real lion, and the Blade Liger was doing well also and using its twin laser blades to cut the spikes out of the way. As they passed the course, they came to a sudden stop and turned to face each other. This was the battle of all battles to see what the Saberlion and Blade Liger were capable of. Inside of the cockpits Lani and Van were breathing heavily of all that maneuvering of the spikes but kept their firm grip on the controls and then silence.
Everyone was in complete still of the silence and awaiting for the next move. Red eyes met dark eyes in steady movement and were not blinking, Van slightly moved the Blade Liger's back leg to the side but Lani's eyes were quicker and saw his motivation so she quickly move to the side as the Blade Liger pounced and missed.
Van was surprised but not for long as he charged right for her again but he missed that also. It was Lani's turn now and she used her alloy claws to scratch the armor then dove into the hind legs to grab them. Van responded quickly and jumped to side before it clamped the legs, he took out his laser blades and swiftly sliced her armor.
Lani was stunned and amazed at the same time of his speed and penetration through her dark blue armor, as the Blade Liger was roaring for some more action Lani took the advantage and the scythe on its head raised up high and gleamed in the sunlight.
The Saberlion positioned itself like a bull as the red flag was waved, she flew at great speed toward Van but the Liger couldn't maneuver fast enough the dodge the attack. Van was stuck and was going to take the blow. As she dove in for the strike a lone grappling claw smashed right into the Saberlion and flew across the way.
Van was shocked and his eyes grew, as he would never expect that to happen,
"Lani! Lani! Are you alright! Answer me!"
"I'm ok Van just a scratch" She got up sternly to look back with her teeth clenching in anger,
"Oops did I hurt you? I hope I didn't interrupt anything important" A mocking voice was heard through the intercom, and they both knew who it was.
Raven.
Lani trotted next to Van and they stood side by side as the Geno Breaker was just standing there, they did not want to wait for his move so they both mobilized at full speed straight at him. Raven still stood there smiling which made Van and Lani irritated, Lani sped up and jumped right at him with the roaring lion spirit and claws shone sharply,
"I'll make you pay Raven!" As she got closer to slicing the Geno Breaker, a dark Zoid suddenly jumped behind the Breaker and rammed her Zoid hard to the ground. Van came to her side and roared protectively at the dark zoid,
"What kind of Zoid is that!"
Van said in awe and confusion as the unknown zoid jumped from the ground and rammed against the Blade Liger with incredible ease. Van tompled over the sand as the dark Zoid roared proudly as it stomped on top of the Liger, using its two 144mm cannons to weaken it and grabbed its hind legs with its alloy teeth to throw it over where Raven was.
"He is all yours Raven, that was the deal that I "tenderized" the meat for you, so do your part of the deal"
He coolly stated with his cold cobalt eyes staring at the Saberlion. Raven nodded and with his great pincer claws he clamped down on her Saberlion, the power of the claws were so great that the Saberlion was roaring in pain.
Electrical plugs and circuits were exploding and a great surge-like power struck Lani inside of the cockpit and she screamed in agony, the power was so great that Ansem was able to escape out of the Zoid and safely land on the ground. Every blood cell and vein was tearing her apart inside, she knew that she was going to die.
Everything was going dimmer and dimmer till her deep red eyes were half way closed, she could feel Death slipping his finger down her spine, her body felt numb from the energy traveling through her body. Everything was getting silent and her bloody body was still on the seat in an almost paralyzed state. She heard a faint crash and dimly see a shattered window with a great beast standing over head.
Lani had a smile and was reaching for, what she thought was her organoid, with her bloody fingertips; her eyes were in tears as she realized this was not her organoid, Ansem but another one. The unknown organoid grabbed her crumpled body with its cold metallic hands and flew to where Raven and his "partner" were waiting.
The organoid dropped her to the sand and Lani's bloodly body lay there as she didn't move, a lone foot flipped her over and Lani's eyes opened slowly to stare at a hooded face with a grin. Lani grew terrified as she did not know who this person was,
"Who....who are.....you?"
She cringed in fear as she heard a soft male laughing, "My you don't know me? What a shame, I certainly know you, but it seems that this desert heat rotted your memory!" with that he kneeled in front of her body and her red eyes still looked at him with fear,
"Sta-stay back...." Lani's voice was weak as she tried to move away from this person's hand, soft laughing was heard again but his voice was almost sincere,
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you....but you might feel a little pressure" His long sleeved hand rose above her chest and his eyes shot open as looked deep within her. Lani's heart jumped up and suddenly her chest heaved up as if pulled by strings, she was clenching her teeth as her chest was getting tighter and breathing rapidly. The cool red eyes were now getting darker and an unusual aura was surrounding his body.
This man still has his eyes on Lani and felt the same aura around his body, his grin was wider and the hand that was above her chest released her body and slumped back to the ground. Her breathing was normal but her body was sore and tired from that energy that she couldn't move, the hooded man stood up and gave a quick wink to her that she didn't have time to react.
The caped man and Raven went back to their Zoids and trailed off to the mountains. Lani laid there in an absent state as she didn't know what happened or why she felt this way, as the sun was setting over the horizan she could see another person standing far away from her. Lani squinted her eyes to see that this person had long hair like her and her eyes, the eyes were so familiar. The mysterious figure reached out its hand to her, like an instinct she did the same as they were both reaching far away but the figure vanished slowly as all of a sudden the Blade Liger was running towards her. Lani just laid there in a confused state as she wondered 'Where did that other person go?' Her mind suddenly went blank and went into a unconscious state.
TBC......