You wanted to know why they had tombstones, Chan? They had them because they were MIA and after so many years, they were declared dead. :p. This is really close to the final chapter, there will be no more. I have decided this mainly for the time being I have so much study to do, and that muse has decided to go into making new stories for me! I am sooo proud!
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Thomas sighed, he was filling ot the nth request form that had
been piled into his already cluttered office, which even on the best of days barely could even fit Thomas in. He idily played with
the Beek© Communication Link that permanently adorned the side
of his face, as he gazed out past the thickening tundra that slowly
passed by the plodding Ultrasaurs. He let his mind wander to
the events that fate had delt to him in the last few months...

{o.O A Flashback!}

Thomas gazed through the hanger where the Zoids were parked. He marvelled at their stunning beauty and the rarities they are. The Shadow Fox, there was only one of those that Doctor Layon ever made, since it placed a huge strain upon the pilot. The Shadow Liger, a relic of the Chaotic Century, it never went into mainstream construction but Doctor D would have been proud to call it one of his own. The Raynos, only a handful were ever made due to their high cost and their almost impossibility to handle, was a marvelous sight, when Jamie (or the Wild Eagle as he was also known as) hadn't crashed it. The Gunsniper, although a relatively common Zoid these days, was decked out with the highest grade arsenals, making it into a walking ammo dump rather than a specialist combat Zoid. And finally, the Liger Zero. It was probably the most rare and sought after Zoid in Zi. It was magnificent in its basic zero armour, but when fully decked out, it was an impressive and imposing sight. Thomas looked depressed that he had to leave these beautiful creations behind, but orders are orders, he thought... Thomas picked up his luggage, a single duffel bag, and he slowly marched out of the hanger, leaving all that is dear to him behind.
Capt. Robert Hunter also gazed out of the main window of the
Hovercargo, as it sped through the verdant jungle; sizzling with the steam it ejected into the atmosphere. Their destination - their next battle, coded 0982 (A/N I cant remember the codes! Gagh!). He re-read te piece of paper that he had in his hand, it was months since he had left, but he had never let go of it. Doc entered the room, glee obviously plastered all over his face, his hands directly behind his back. After yelling a hurried greeting,
which barely shocked the other man's brain into gear, he started to
explain his newest model. Although he didn't show him it, and
the man was so excited that he was being completely incoherent, Robert
lent to believe it must be good. Doc then said
"Are you listening? What Zoid is it then?"
Robert stared at him bleakly "No. And what?"Doc, not taking the subtle hints that Robert layed out for him,
continued "A Genobreaker, boy, A GENOBREAKER!" He then
started to laugh manically "TOMY sent it to me, the first off of the production line, and it is soo cool.
Do you want to know the armanents? Huh?!" Doc was acting like
a small child that had recieved something incredulous.
"A Charged Particle cannon that can be fired airally, 2 buster
claws, 2 pulse cannons, do I need to continue?" Robert stared at
Doc coldly, hoping, just hoping that he would leave him alone. But that
was far too obvious.
"Yeah! How did you know all that... Oh thats right..." Doc trailed off, leaving an uncomfortable and unnerving silence decend upon the two men. Luckly, Bit walked into the room, and sensing that something was indeed wrong, broke the silence with
"Uh, Hey... Jamie told me that we have a battle soon, and I want to go over some tactics with you Doc..." Bit trailed off when he was rudely interrupted by Doc

"Oh, that's right! And there is big prize money in it... Now what do you want Bit?"

"Well," Bit started as he guided Doc out of the room "We need to work on the game plan a little more, like should I use the Jager or the Panzier armour?"

Doc chimed in "Nah, the Schnieder armour would be best, coupled with the Shadow Liger's smoke capabilities we would then only.." He trailed off as they exited the room. Bit gave Robert a thumbs up and a wink as they passed the huge window that adorned the inner wall. Robert replied with a weak smile. Then he noticed that Doc had fogotten his model...

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So what do you think? I know the characters are slightly OOC, probably hugely OOC, but I get Zoids:CC here in NZ... Todays episode: Run! Zeke! So we are pretty much at the beggining! Hehehehehehehehheheheeheheehehehheeh *falls over*