Zoids
Origin of The Phantom
By, Spectral
Notes:
I don't own zoids or its characters but I do own Phantom and all related topics… This fic explains the Phantom's dark past and leads right up to Chapter one of Darkness on The Battlefield; Enter the Phantom, another one of my stories. Parts of this fic may not make sense if you didn't read at least part of my other fic…+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
They were all in an office. The unnamed old man was at one end of a table while Tom, Robbie, and Steph were at the other end. Guards were surrounding the room.
Old Man: Why did you come here?
Steph: We were just looking around.
Old Man: Which army sent you? The Empire or the Republic?
Robbie: No one sent us! We're just looking around.
Old Man: There's a war going on! Why would children be out alone?
Tom: War? There's no war. It ended years ago.
Old Man: What? What proof do you have of this?
Steph: I don't know. Do we have any proof?
Tom: Hold on…
Tom pressed a button on his watch. They waited. A soldier walked into the room and reported that a Gustav had entered the village. Tom got up and left. He returned with a disk. He put the disk into the computer that was in the room and started the program. It was a program that explained the formation of the ZBC after the war. The old man watched disappointedly. The movie ended and everyone looked up.
Old Man: The war's over… we're finally free…
Tom: ???
Old Man: To stay out of the war, this village built that mist machine and took every precaution we could to remain hidden. We were trapped here. We were afraid that if we left the valley then we would be drawn into the war.
Steph: If you never left the valley how did you get food and water?
Old Man: There's a set of tunnels outside the village. One of them leads to a nearby city and the other is unexplored. We believe it leads to a military base of some sort… we always feared they would find us…
Tom: That would be my base…
Old Man: Your base? You live there all alone?
Tom: Yes…
Old Man: Why? Don't you kids have parents?
Tom turned away and Steph looked at him with concern. Robbie stepped forward.
Robbie: Tom isn't our brother. Steph's my sister and we live at a ZBC aid station in the city. Our mother a long time ago abandoned us. Tom lost his parents recently. He lives in the base nearby.
Old Man: Oh my…
*BEEP BEEP*
Everyone turned to Tom. He looked at his watch and was worried.
Tom: We have a problem… A ZBC Judge has just landed near the valley. There's going to be a battle right on top of this valley.
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