ZOIDS: Ambushed From the Front
Later that night, after dinner, Ruby and her Organoid Shadow were in the Gunblade's hanger. In a curious sort of way, Ruby asked Shadow how he would like to train with the Gunblade right then.
Shadow agreed, and in a few minutes Ruby and her Organoid were out of the Hover Cargo. Shadow was excited. He had never piloted a ground Zoid before, and the Gunblade was incredible. The original Organoid system in the Gunblade was far more ancient than Shadow himself. He felt like he had ultimate power, and he did, but his master came first.
Right now, Ruby could care less if Shadow took her to the edge of planet Zi. She was thinking about the night before. How the Backdraft had came back. She wanted to know why they did. She decided that they came back to finish Kiyo and her off and to take their Zoids, not that Kiyo's would be of any use after the crash.
Ruby leaned back in her seat and was going to take a few winks when she was shot at. She immediately opened her eyes and jerked upright. There were screens all over that said things like, 'FIX' or 'DAMAGE' and other various danger signs.
"What's going on! Shadow, who's ambushing us?"
Ten more screens came up and each had at least one Zoid on it. The middle one was the Berserk Fuhrer. There were five Redlers, one Rev Raptor, and three Cannon Tortoises. It was the Backdraft.
"Why does this always happen to me? Why? I'm good! I don't drink and drive! I don't even smoke because it can cause early death and it tastes like overcooked and burnt fish! What did I do to deserve this?" Ruby slammed her fist as hard as she could on the control panel.
She ended up hitting the 'All Direction Missile Launch' and set it off. The enemy, as much as Ruby, was taken by surprise. Only the Berserk Fuhrer and the two Cannon Tortoises were left.
Ruby looked at the battlefield. She wondered if she did that. She was still looking when the Berserk Fuhrer came and smashed it's entire body against the Gunblade. Taken off guard, the Liger was thrown from where it was standing to almost forty meters away.
By then, Ruby' head was spinning along with her Zoid. She couldn't think straight at all.
The Berserk Fuhrer was coming to finish The Gunblade and Ruby off when Ruby hadn't even got over the first attack. The Berserk Fuhrer didn't care about recovery. It dashed foreword and rammed the Gunblade. The Liger was literally thrown across the snow once again.
"Now, you're going to learn the true way a Zoid warrior pilots his Zoid! With No Mercy!" Sky yelled as he ran forward, the Berserk Fuhrer's feet making metallic echoes.
Ruby shook her head and groaned. She was holding the control to move her Zoid when the Fuhrer crashed into her once again. There was a sickening pop and Ruby gasped in pain. Her wrist had been sprained when the control turned sharply to the left and took her wrist with it.
The Fuhrer didn't even let Ruby shake her head or shed a tear over her sprained wrist before it attacked again. This time the Fuhrer attempted to destroy the Gunblade. Fortunately the Liger fought off the Fuhrer as best it could without Ruby before it was thrown once again.
Ruby, dizzy because her Zoid had spun most of the way, and her wrist in pain, was seeing double. She tried to get her Zoid up so they could fight back but once again, the Fuhrer spun them across the snow. This time the Liger ended up close to fifty yards out from the shore of a very large lake.
This gave Ruby a chance to get her Zoid up. Slowly, so as not to crack the thick ice, the Gunblade stumbled to its feet. There were scratches all over its old black and white armor. Most of the paint job had been rubbed off on the right side, as that's the side it was thrown on.
The Gunblade was lucky it didn't weigh that much. It was just able to stay on the ice, even though it weighed fifty tons. The Berserk Fuhrer was much larger than the Gunblade, and it weighed a whole lot more. Over one-hundred-fifty tons. The first step the Fuhrer took onto the ice it plunged into the shallow water.
At that very same moment, the ice holding Ruby and her Zoid decided to not hold them anymore. The Gunblade's front left paw crashed through the ice into the chilling waters below. Before the Liger was completely submerged, Ruby flicked the switch for the Ion Boosters up. In seconds, the Liger was running across the ice with the Ion Boosters. Its feet barely touched the surface of the ice as it ran.
As the Gunblade passed the Fuhrer, it moved. The Fuhrer was trying to get up out of the hole it got itself into. Ruby saw that the pilot was Sky, the Backdraft's second best pilot. Ruby found it insulting that Vega would be kicked out of his own Zoid.
As the Gunblade slinked past the Berserk Fuhrer as quietly and low to the ground as it could, Ruby sat back, holding her wrist and wincing. She was shaking. The encounter with the Backdraft at that time of night was intimidating. Before they were past the first place Ruby was thrown at, the Berserk Fuhrer came and intercepted the Gunblade's path.
The Gunblade was out of ammunition. The battle would need to be in close range or Ruby was doomed. The Berserk Fuhrer charged foreword, but this time Ruby and the Gunblade were ready. They dodged to the left side. The Fuhrer was carried past the Liger because of the weight and the speed that it came at.
The Fuhrer turned around and charged at the Gunblade again. This time it was the Berserk Fuhrer to anticipate the next move. As the Gunblade dodged to the left, the Fuhrer turned to the right. As it turned, its long tail caught the Gunblade's back foot and it stumbled and fell.
Before Ruby could say 'Zoid' the Fuhrer was on top of the Liger, ripping and tearing with its long teeth and claws. The Gunblade retaliated by using its tail like a whip and kicking out with its back feet. The Fuhrer pulled back about twenty feet, just out of the range of the Gunblade's tail.
Ruby tried to get her Zoid up off the ground, but the Liger wouldn't budge, and Ruby's wrist hurt worse now. Finally, after a few minutes, the Liger got up and faced the Fuhrer. The Liger was only lucky that the old armor was thick and powerful. That was the only thing that saved it.
Against orders, the Gunblade turned around and started to run to the line of trees on the right. The Fuhrer followed the Liger as fast as it could. When the Gunblade was only a few hundred yards away from the trees, it disappeared with a puff of air.
The Fuhrer tried to stop itself from hitting the trees, but it failed. There was a crash, and the Berserk Fuhrer cost the Backdraft a lot of money (it crashed and would have to be fixed).
Ruby was confused. "Shadow, why didn't the Fuhrer see us turn?" She asked her Zoid. A screen came up on the panel. It said Stealth Shield On.
"The Stealth Shield! I forgot all about that! You saved us, Shadow! Oh my gosh, we should get back to the Hover Cargo really quick. Let's go, use the Ion Boosters!" Ruby instructed her Zoid. She wouldn't be able to do anything with her sprained wrist now.
By the time they got back it was almost mid-night. This would become regular for her routine the next three weeks. Ruby quietly sneaked her Liger into the hangers and silently crept up to bed. She wrapped her wrist in a makeshift cast and went to bed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Ow, that had to hurt, Obscura.
Later that night, after dinner, Ruby and her Organoid Shadow were in the Gunblade's hanger. In a curious sort of way, Ruby asked Shadow how he would like to train with the Gunblade right then.
Shadow agreed, and in a few minutes Ruby and her Organoid were out of the Hover Cargo. Shadow was excited. He had never piloted a ground Zoid before, and the Gunblade was incredible. The original Organoid system in the Gunblade was far more ancient than Shadow himself. He felt like he had ultimate power, and he did, but his master came first.
Right now, Ruby could care less if Shadow took her to the edge of planet Zi. She was thinking about the night before. How the Backdraft had came back. She wanted to know why they did. She decided that they came back to finish Kiyo and her off and to take their Zoids, not that Kiyo's would be of any use after the crash.
Ruby leaned back in her seat and was going to take a few winks when she was shot at. She immediately opened her eyes and jerked upright. There were screens all over that said things like, 'FIX' or 'DAMAGE' and other various danger signs.
"What's going on! Shadow, who's ambushing us?"
Ten more screens came up and each had at least one Zoid on it. The middle one was the Berserk Fuhrer. There were five Redlers, one Rev Raptor, and three Cannon Tortoises. It was the Backdraft.
"Why does this always happen to me? Why? I'm good! I don't drink and drive! I don't even smoke because it can cause early death and it tastes like overcooked and burnt fish! What did I do to deserve this?" Ruby slammed her fist as hard as she could on the control panel.
She ended up hitting the 'All Direction Missile Launch' and set it off. The enemy, as much as Ruby, was taken by surprise. Only the Berserk Fuhrer and the two Cannon Tortoises were left.
Ruby looked at the battlefield. She wondered if she did that. She was still looking when the Berserk Fuhrer came and smashed it's entire body against the Gunblade. Taken off guard, the Liger was thrown from where it was standing to almost forty meters away.
By then, Ruby' head was spinning along with her Zoid. She couldn't think straight at all.
The Berserk Fuhrer was coming to finish The Gunblade and Ruby off when Ruby hadn't even got over the first attack. The Berserk Fuhrer didn't care about recovery. It dashed foreword and rammed the Gunblade. The Liger was literally thrown across the snow once again.
"Now, you're going to learn the true way a Zoid warrior pilots his Zoid! With No Mercy!" Sky yelled as he ran forward, the Berserk Fuhrer's feet making metallic echoes.
Ruby shook her head and groaned. She was holding the control to move her Zoid when the Fuhrer crashed into her once again. There was a sickening pop and Ruby gasped in pain. Her wrist had been sprained when the control turned sharply to the left and took her wrist with it.
The Fuhrer didn't even let Ruby shake her head or shed a tear over her sprained wrist before it attacked again. This time the Fuhrer attempted to destroy the Gunblade. Fortunately the Liger fought off the Fuhrer as best it could without Ruby before it was thrown once again.
Ruby, dizzy because her Zoid had spun most of the way, and her wrist in pain, was seeing double. She tried to get her Zoid up so they could fight back but once again, the Fuhrer spun them across the snow. This time the Liger ended up close to fifty yards out from the shore of a very large lake.
This gave Ruby a chance to get her Zoid up. Slowly, so as not to crack the thick ice, the Gunblade stumbled to its feet. There were scratches all over its old black and white armor. Most of the paint job had been rubbed off on the right side, as that's the side it was thrown on.
The Gunblade was lucky it didn't weigh that much. It was just able to stay on the ice, even though it weighed fifty tons. The Berserk Fuhrer was much larger than the Gunblade, and it weighed a whole lot more. Over one-hundred-fifty tons. The first step the Fuhrer took onto the ice it plunged into the shallow water.
At that very same moment, the ice holding Ruby and her Zoid decided to not hold them anymore. The Gunblade's front left paw crashed through the ice into the chilling waters below. Before the Liger was completely submerged, Ruby flicked the switch for the Ion Boosters up. In seconds, the Liger was running across the ice with the Ion Boosters. Its feet barely touched the surface of the ice as it ran.
As the Gunblade passed the Fuhrer, it moved. The Fuhrer was trying to get up out of the hole it got itself into. Ruby saw that the pilot was Sky, the Backdraft's second best pilot. Ruby found it insulting that Vega would be kicked out of his own Zoid.
As the Gunblade slinked past the Berserk Fuhrer as quietly and low to the ground as it could, Ruby sat back, holding her wrist and wincing. She was shaking. The encounter with the Backdraft at that time of night was intimidating. Before they were past the first place Ruby was thrown at, the Berserk Fuhrer came and intercepted the Gunblade's path.
The Gunblade was out of ammunition. The battle would need to be in close range or Ruby was doomed. The Berserk Fuhrer charged foreword, but this time Ruby and the Gunblade were ready. They dodged to the left side. The Fuhrer was carried past the Liger because of the weight and the speed that it came at.
The Fuhrer turned around and charged at the Gunblade again. This time it was the Berserk Fuhrer to anticipate the next move. As the Gunblade dodged to the left, the Fuhrer turned to the right. As it turned, its long tail caught the Gunblade's back foot and it stumbled and fell.
Before Ruby could say 'Zoid' the Fuhrer was on top of the Liger, ripping and tearing with its long teeth and claws. The Gunblade retaliated by using its tail like a whip and kicking out with its back feet. The Fuhrer pulled back about twenty feet, just out of the range of the Gunblade's tail.
Ruby tried to get her Zoid up off the ground, but the Liger wouldn't budge, and Ruby's wrist hurt worse now. Finally, after a few minutes, the Liger got up and faced the Fuhrer. The Liger was only lucky that the old armor was thick and powerful. That was the only thing that saved it.
Against orders, the Gunblade turned around and started to run to the line of trees on the right. The Fuhrer followed the Liger as fast as it could. When the Gunblade was only a few hundred yards away from the trees, it disappeared with a puff of air.
The Fuhrer tried to stop itself from hitting the trees, but it failed. There was a crash, and the Berserk Fuhrer cost the Backdraft a lot of money (it crashed and would have to be fixed).
Ruby was confused. "Shadow, why didn't the Fuhrer see us turn?" She asked her Zoid. A screen came up on the panel. It said Stealth Shield On.
"The Stealth Shield! I forgot all about that! You saved us, Shadow! Oh my gosh, we should get back to the Hover Cargo really quick. Let's go, use the Ion Boosters!" Ruby instructed her Zoid. She wouldn't be able to do anything with her sprained wrist now.
By the time they got back it was almost mid-night. This would become regular for her routine the next three weeks. Ruby quietly sneaked her Liger into the hangers and silently crept up to bed. She wrapped her wrist in a makeshift cast and went to bed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Ow, that had to hurt, Obscura.