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…+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
***5 Years Have Passed***
**Bar**
Phantom was sitting at the bar in the guise of Cloak. Earlier that morning he had thrown three people he thought were his friends into jail. Each of them had sworn revenge. A month before they were fighting side by side against Renegade.
Phantom continued to stare into his drink as everyone else in the bar watched the news on TV. It was a report on how Phantom had stopped the Shadow Stalker Team. The report ended and the Bartender changed the channel.
Bartender: See, it couldn't have been the Phantom you saw. He was busy fighting those Shadow Stalker guys.
Guy1: But I swear it was the Black Wing Liger on that Gustav!
Bartender: But it was a white liger without wings.
Guy2: Other than that, it looked exactly like the Black Wing Liger!
Cloak: What did you just say?
Guy1: Huh?
Cloak: You said you saw a zoid that looks just like the Black Wing Liger. Where did you see it?
Guy2: Why should we tell you anything?
Cloak: If you'd like to keep your teeth you'll tell me what I want to know.
Guy1: You'd better take that back or else…
Cloak: Or else what?
Guy2: Or else we'll beat you until you take them back.
Cloak: *gets up and spins around* Very well, bring it on.
Both guys got up turned to face Cloak. The first guy lunges and is easily avoided and kicked to the far side of the bar. The second punched, but Cloak caught his fist and nearly broke his wrist.
**Minutes later**
With a little more persuasion Phantom got the information he wanted. He was on his way back to his base to find out about the Zoid Dealer.
**Underground Base**
Phantom walked into the base and sat down at the computer. He started typing and then noticed an e-mail. It was a notice for a battle the next day.
Phantom: I'll get back to this later, right now I have to get Liger ready for the battle.
**Next Day**
Four GunSnipers waited for the battle to begin. This was the battle to determine if the Sniper Team moved up to Class A. They had been told that their opponent was one of the strongest around. All four had been up all night preparing for the challenge.
Nate: Anybody see anything?
Trish: Nothing.
Jill: Well, the Judge should be here soon at least…
Ken: Any idea who our opponent could be?
Trish was about to respond to her teammate when a heavy wind picked up. The sky grew dark and lightning flashed across the sky.
Nate: Where'd that storm come from?
Jill: No idea, I just hope we can still battle.
A bolt of lightning struck the ground a few yards away from the Sniper Team. The bolt stayed and grew wider. Suddenly a dark shadow appeared inside it and two glowing red eyes clicked on.
Trish: What on Zi is that?!?!?!
Phantom: I'm your opponent for today.
The storm instantly cleared and the Black Wing Liger roared. A Judge capsule hit the ground. Once the dust cleared, the capsule rose and opened.
Judge: Area scanned. Battlefield set-up! The Sniper Team VS The Phantom. Battle mode 0990. Ready…FIGHT!
Ken: We have to go up against the Phantom!?!?!
Phantom: You should consider your selves lucky. I rarely battle Class A teams.
Trish: What are you talking about. We're only Class B.
Phantom: Not any more. Regardless whether or not you win, you still move up to Class A. Being chosen to battle me is proof you're worthy of Class A.
Nate: You mean we did it? We're finally in Class A?!
Phantom: That's what I said…
Jill: Uhh, aren't we in the middle of a battle?
EveryoneElse: Oh yeah…
The Black Wing Liger jumped and knocked two Gun Snipers out of the battle. One ran to find a good place to snipe from and the other turned and opened fire.
The Black Wing Liger took a few hits to the head but then jumped to the side and opened fire with its shock cannon. The Gun Sniper went down but the one that went to hide opened fire. The Black Wing Liger took a hit to the leg and then turned on its stealth shield.
Trish: Now where did he get to?
Phantom: Strike Laser Claw!
Judge: Battle over, the battle is over. The winner is… The Phantom!
Phantom: Well that was fun. Good luck in Class A, Sniper Team.
With that, the Black Wing Liger took to the air. The zoid disappeared into a dark cloud of smoke.
**That Night**
After finding out that the Zoid Dealer had sold the Zoid that looked like the Black Wing Liger, Phantom was on his was to the Taros Base. The Phantom got the information he wanted and the Zoid Dealer kept his arm in one piece.
Phantom stopped at the top of a cliff (no, not that cliff…) overlooking the Taros Base. He had got there using a new invention he came up with earlier that morning. He had created a pair of hover boosters for the bottom of his boots. They allowed him to hover a few inches above the ground, and move very quickly. The Phantom skated down the side of the cliff and stopped at the wall of the main hanger.
Phantom: Well, this should be the hanger. All I have to do is break through this wall and…
BOOM
A white zoid that looked a lot like the Black Wing Liger smashed through the wall. Phantom quickly fired a grappling hook that hooked onto the zoid's tail.
Phantom: That was one fast zoid. I wonder where it's going…*looks at grappling hook* Well I'm going to find out soon…
The grappling hook wire tightened and pulled Phantom after the white liger zoid. The zoid ran for awhile, dragging Phantom behind it before it came to a complete stop in the middle of nowhere.
Phantom: Good thing it stopped… wait that means…
SMASH
Phantom smashed right into the zoid's back leg. He got up and rubbed his head. He heard someone he assumed was the pilot of the zoid yelling something but didn't bother to listen. The zoid started to run again and once again Phantom was dragged off behind it.
**A short while later**
The liger zoid came to a halt near a hover cargo. Right before Phantom hit the zoid's leg, he disconnected the grappling hook and he climbed up a nearby cliff. Phantom sat down, noticed the Judge Capsule, and turned on his stealth shield.
Phantom: A battle? Hmm this should be interesting.
Phantom watched as the liger zoid took off in the direction of a far away cliff.
Phantom: Hmm, they've got a Saber Tiger equipped with a long-range rifle over there. And that guy spotted it… hmmm
The liger zoid took out the Saber Tiger with the long-range cannon and then ran back to fight the other two. When it used the Strike Laser Claw, Phantom was wondering if this liger was an Ultimate X like his zoid.
Judge: Battle over. Battle over. The winner is… The Blitz Team!
Phantom: *gets up* The Blitz Team? Well I'll have to see if that Liger is an Ultimate X. It could be useful…
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Next Time:
The Curse of Blitz