Chapter VI: Ten Chosen (Hopeless Desire)
"Why do you even bother when you know how this will end... death, pain, and agony."
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Dive into the heart...
"I'll kill him myself if you don't give it to me!" shouted Akira, aggressively grabbing the collar of Kokoro's shirt and pulling her closer. Tears welled up in Kokoro's eyes. She didn't know what Akira was talking about.
"Please... let me go! Kill who?!!"
"Give me the darned list or I'll kill Robert Marron!!!"
It took a minute or so for the words to fully sink into Kokoro's head. "As you say, emotions are nonexistent," she lied. "Therefore I have no feelings toward this Robert Marron and do not care what you do to him..."
Akira grinned evilly and backed away slowly. "Then I'm sure you won't mind me self-destructing his Zoid."
"Huh?"
"Before Adrian Donovan left the Backdraft Commander Craig Altiel had him install one last explosive. He was directed to place it into the very Zoid Core of the Storm Sworder that Robert is now piloting." She turned away, producing a remote that was obviously made to trigger the explosives. "As you can tell I am not joking."
Kokoro watched with sad eyes as Akira prepared to push the trigger. "Robert..." she whispered. "I don't know what to do... shall I you be destroyed, or this entire planet? Somehow I know I have to make this choice... whatever Akira wants, it's bound to help this Kaiser guy destroy Zi... but I can't let her kill you..."
Thankfully Akira set the remote down on a panel before her and pushed a few buttons on the keyboard before her. "I almost forgot," she said cheerily. "We might as well watch, or there's no point to it!" A screen popped up in front of them, showing the battle between that was about to begin.
Kokoro bit her lip as Akira reached her hand over to get the remote. At the last possible moment Kokoro lurched forward and knocked it away. "Why do you even bother when you know how this will all end..." said Akira smugly, "death, pain, and agony."
She grabbed for the remote at the same time as Kokoro, and slipping Kokoro's finger over the trigger button, she pressed down hard. On the screen before them the Storm Sworder exploded just in front of the Gul Tiger, which turned and ran from the spot.
"Robert!!!!" shrieked Kokoro. "NO!!! Why, Akira?!! How could you do this?"
"I didn't do it. You did, fool."
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So Akira's merciless, and so are the rest of the three Zoidians. My 'trio of terror,' like in one of the chapter names for maxindpogster's story. Just trying to keep her in character. Kokoro's in character, too. Her weakness is obviously Robert... as Akira's would probably be Neos. So, have I killed him off? Better get back to writing! A Kylie scene....
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Dive into the mind...
"Harry," muttered Kylie. In those two hours she had known him, she had grown just a bit fond of him. Fond enough to wish that he didn't know about her secret, the thing that set her apart from all other humans. Why was she like that, anyways? IT wasn't the Backdraft's experiment. She knew that for sure.
*Kylie hummed to herself as she skipped rocks across the lake before her. One, two, three. That was the most she could get. Bit could usually get four or five; Kylie was practicing so she could be better than him in one thing in life. "Huh?" She turned her head, having heard leaves rustle nearby. Seeing nothing, Kylie shrugged and continued to skip rocks. It was probably just some animal.
Before she knew it something was standing next to her. Kylie almost screamed in terror when she realized that she didn't need to be afraid- it was Zeke, of course! Just like her stuffed toy. So Zeke was real! Wow! How delightful and amazing!
Smiling, Kylie followed Zeke into the woods, leaving her toy behind. She had the real thing now- she didn't need a silly stuffed animal to pretend with. Soon they came to a clearing where a light blue Zoid stood. Kylie recognized it as the famous Blade Liger, the hero Van Flyheight's old Zoid. "Wow!" she exclaimed, peering up at it.
Zeke growled softly and fused with the Blade Liger, leaving Kylie standing there. "Zeke, come back!" she said, all teary-eyed. "Don't leave me out here all alone... I don't know where I am..."
Kylie (still being, like, five or six at the time) started to cry when she could have sworn she heard Zeke growling something to her. She dried her eyes and looked up at the motionless Blade Liger. It had obviously suffered many damages from its fight with the Death Stinger.
Yes, she would do it, decided Kylie. She would be just like Zeke and fuse with the Blade Liger! Then, perhaps, she would have a Zoid of her own, though she was far too young to pilot it. Unless Bit ended up with it (oh my goodness, he did). He had a way of convincing Kylie to give him all her cooler things, such as an expensive model of the Ultrasaurus (hehe, Bit's evil, or at least he was as a kid).
So Kylie just stood there, looking up at the enormous Zoid. Now was her chance to show that brother of hers that she could do something right. That she could be 'cool,' just like him!
With that, Kylie fused with the Blade Liger. A pink cocoon surrounded it, and the little girl found herself standing in a field of green grass and flowers (should've seen that one coming)... Nearby was Zeke. She smiled, reached out, and patted him as if he was a dog (silly five-year-old)(I need to stop adding comments in parentheses). Zeke cocked his head and Kylie was convinced that he was smiling at her.
In only a few moments of silence the green field started to disappear, along with her friend Zeke. "Zeke?" asked Kylie. "Where are you going?"
Soon Kylie found herself laying on the grass. She opened her eyes to see Bit peering over her. "What are you doing, taking a nap?" he asked. "Come on, you're going to make me late for dinner."
Kylie obliged and followed Bit, as she was hungry, too. As she was running along an image of a Zoid flashed through her head. It was a white Liger with no weapons.*
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So Kylie played a part in creating LZ... and LZX... and all that mumbo- jumbo about it not being the Backdraft's fault and about her day with Zeke/the Liger has been officially explained, because Kylie could fuse with Zoids before the experiment/operation. The Backdraft only succeeded in making her live longer than she was meant to. What does this all mean...?
I was right. Nothing makes sense anymore.
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Dive into the core of Zi itself... Zoids (hoho, yes, it is ZoidS Eve, plural, as that is the name of one of the last four episodes) Eve.
"What's that up ahead?" asked Spring from the pilot's seat of the Hover Cargo. Jamie, Bit, and Leena looked at the screen in front of her.
"I dunno," said Leena, shrugging. "May I continue chasing Jamie now?"
"Wait!" shouted Bit. "I think I've seen that Zoid before, the red and black one. It's called the Death Cat, or something. And the orange tiger Zoid is the Gul Tiger. Doc has a model of that one in his gallery."
"But who're the pilots?" asked Jamie, relieved that Leena was done chasing him.
"I don't know," said Spring, "But right about now we're on top of the ZG (Zoidian Guild)'s headquarters. I don't know if I can find the entrance during a Zoid battle."
The Gul Tiger roared, looking from the wreckage of a Storm Sworder to the Hover Cargo. "Hey!" yelled its pilot to his teammate. "I know that Hover Cargo! That's the Blitz team!"
A comlink appeared on the Hover Cargo's screen, and there was Sephiroth, giving the peace sign. "Hey there!" he said enthusiastically. "Ha ha, long time no see!"
"Uhh... sure," answered Bit, obviously confused.
"Let me guess, you want to know what's going on, don't you?" another comlink popped up to show the face of Vivian (uh-oh... I keep forgetting what my characters look like. time to start improving my drawing skills).
"Err, Sephiroth, you work for the ZBC now, don't you?" asked Jamie.
"Yeah, and this is Sylv-"
Vivian glared at him.
"I mean, this is Vivian, my assistant, or whatever you want to call her." Sephiroth grimaced to himself, thinking of what Vivian would to to him for calling her Sylvia again.
"I can tell that you miss Sylvia," smiled Spring. "But could you tell us what happened to that Zoid?"
Sephiroth pointed behind himself. "It flew out of that gorge over there, and was about to attack when it just exploded (i sure think of strange ways to avoid writing battles out!). Don't know why it was going to attack and don't know why it blew up. And don't know who and where the pilot is."
"How come you people always like to beat up on my little brother?" A black Geno Saurer rose out of the gorge and landed behind Sephiroth's Gul Tiger.
"Cid Marron!" shouted Leena. "Okay, to LZX, Bit!" Bit nodded and slipped off to the catapult with her.
Sephiroth sighed. "This just hasn't my day, has it?"
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" 'Ten Chosen will arise to save Zi from certain destruction. As the Death Stinger goes out to destroy the Zoids Eve they must protect it... but they'll fail. It is inevitable. All will be lost. Humanity and civilization on Zi will end and Eve will die...' " Sylvia Minogue looked up from the ancient scroll and stared at the ruins around her. This was impossible. Prophecies weren't supposed to contradict each other. This one was like most of the others, but a lot less poetic and archaic-like. She had recently found one that told that the Chosen wouldn't fail, but their victory would come at a great price. SO the question was, what is the cost? And how could they defeat the Death Stinger when it's already destroyed? Besides, who ARE the Chosen? "Huh..."
Zoid Eve was the very core of Zi. So how could it be destroyed without the planet itself being destroyed? What exactly was Zoid Eve? It had always ben the biggest mystery. The origin o Zoids and Zoidians was still a mystery, yes, but Zoid Eve was the biggest of them all. All the supposed answers were illogical. Maybe Fiona Alissi Lynett had discovered the Eve, but they still didn't know to what extent its powers were. Maybe Zoidians had telepathy and other even stranger yet unique powers, but they still didn't know much about themselves. There was doubt that they knew anything to begin with before the Death Saurer. Someone had to have the answers. Or at least someTHING. Perhaps Zoid Eve?
The Death Stinger had no way to reawaken. Its only remains was its tail, and that had been pretty much destroyed when the Backdraft Whale King hosting it had been shot down by the ZBC- wait. If part of the Death Stinger was still out there then it was revivable. Spring was right. It was coming. Though she had felt it before any other Zoidians... did this mean that little Ehtelë was actually one of the Chosen herself?
Or did Sylvia just have an overactive imagination?
"Wha-?!" For a moment she could have sworn she felt something. It left... and then came back. "Darn sensitiveness," muttered Sylvia as she got up and walked over to the Rev Raptor. "Twilight!" The black organoid appeared beside her.
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"Bit an' Leena here. Ready to launch the Liger Zero X!"
"Huh?" asked Jamie. "Oh yeah..." He pressed the launch button and LZX shot out of the Hover Cargo, landing next to Sephiroth's Gul Tiger and Vivian's Zoid.
"Glad you could join us," said Adrian sarcastically, "But you don't really need to. We have X's too."
"Well, you don't have the Ultimate X!" answered Bit. Sitting behind him, Leena grinned in agreement. "This should be a cinch! Mobilize, Liger!"
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"Liger..." It was a hopeless desire. Wherever Liger was, he couldn't hear her, anyways. All Kylie wanted was to find Bit. There was no telling what could happen now. She sighed and fused with Leena's old Dibison.
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Jamie looked at the screen in front of him, watching the Liger Zero X, Gul Tiger, Death Cat, and Geno Saurer fight when suddenly a Spino Snapper came out of nowhere.
"Don't think you can get rid of me that easily!" shouted Robert (come on... why would I kill him so fast?) . "The Backdraft may have destroyed that Storm Sworder, but I don't really care! I'm not going to let Dr. Scott down!"
"What is he talking about?" asked Leena. Liger extended two blades and made a mad dash at Cid's Geno Saurer. The Geno Saurer jumped to the side and shot out a hand at Liger, which narrowly missed. While Liger was distracted by the Geno Saurer Vivian and Sephiroth took on their new enemy. It extended two chainsaw blades and roared menacingly.
"I don't have time to mess around..." muttered Bit. "All we have to do is get Spring back to the ZG, and then I want to get back to Doc! He might know who did this to him!"
"Right!" shouted Leena in agreement. "Let's keep this short an' sweet! Liger Zero X Fuinë! Go!" Liger roared and ejected his normal blue armor. He glowed, and black armor appeared (pixel by pixel!) in its place. "Shadow mode ACTIVATED!"
Liger's shadow rose up off of the ground and twirled around him a few times. Then, it engulfed Liger. In a few moments Liger's glowing receded to show a whole new Liger Zero X. In Shadow mode.
"Guess that's our cue!" shrugged Vivian. "CHAO, Shadow mode!" The Death Cat transformed to Shadow mode in a brilliant display of lights.
"Aráto!" yelled Sephiroth. "Let's get that Spino Snapper!"
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Let the Death Stinger awake again and you let the destruction of Zi occur... the safety of this planet falls into your hands. But who cares about Zi. It's a barren planet now, anyways. Just look at what the humans have done to what used to be fertile and lush...
Someone stepped into the Whale King wreckage and looked around. Seeing the weapons control systems still operational, the person laughed.
This was too easy. Obviously the Kaiser hadn't been smart enough to get here first.
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Questions/Notes: 1. How did Robert survive that stupid explosion? The answer is incredibly simple: because I wanted him to. So there. Okay, really. Robert knew about the explosives so he reprogrammed the Zoid to eject the cockpit when the trigger button was pushed, and then for it to explode. Thus the slight delay in the explosion.
2. Uh... I'm confused. Aráto? Right, Aráto is the name of the organoid permanently bonded with Adrian's Gul Tiger. He knows its name because... because it sounds cool. So there. In that-made-up-high-elven-language-I- like-to-use, it means 'champion.' Makes sense now, doesn't it?
3. Hey, why didn't Sephiroth and Robert use Shadow mode, too?!! Well, duh, their Zoids aren't equipeed with it.
4. What about Vivian's Zoid? Did I make that up? Well... no. I found a piccy of the Death Cat's model in the same place as I found the Gul Tiger, and they're both extremely cool. Well, they aren't really cool models, but I think they would be cool-looking in the show.
5. So... who exactly is this other person trying to revive the Death Stinger? Obviously it's not the Kaiser. He (or she) is trying to but the other person got there first. Would I tell you who it is? Obviously not. And obviously the person is a complete idiot to think that they can revive and control that evil Zoid. but maybe not. Maybe they have something else up their sleeve, something even I don't know about. Here's a clue, is some one you know well... not very well, but some one we all know... if you read my last story and observed which character's are very ignorant and which ones aren't. ; )
6. Why does the prophecy thing sound so stupid? Well, because I'm bad at writing prophecies, along with battles and explanations.
7. Since your internet will no longer exist after October 6, will you go on to leave us at a standstill after this story and continue to write Zoids: Dreams of Shadows as originally planned? Of course not! That would be pure torture to all of us! Me, the writer, and you, the readers! I already have the ending planned out... and who stay's becomes bad guys and good guys... who the Kaiser is- wait, I don't know that. Never mind. But I do know the ending and all that junk. You can develop your own theories on that, but here's a warning, it will be incredibly SPOILERIFFIC!!!!! I think I stole that term from Anime Admirer's, so it's Julie's word. There. Spoileriffic as in what Zoid Eve really is, which I know from reading the spoilers at Anime Admirer's (as you can tell, I absolutely love that site). I've always thought it was a huge Zoid Core ; ) I also plan to kill off characters... As I always do... Even though I can't keep them dead. You probably suspected that, as I'm always devising ways to do so. But I'm not saying if they'll come back or not, and who gets to 'die.'
8. What's the name of the next chapter? Chapter VII: Nights into Dreams . The name should tell you enough about the chapter, but I might change it, because I'm only sure about a few things in this story. The stuff in the middle, for example... I don't really know what to put there. But I'll think of something.
9. So why does it take you so long to write? Because of school, of course. And because I've taken to using a lot of time on the computer playing the yellow version of Pokemon... I'm hooked.... unfortunately. Only 'cause Clefairy (my strongest Pokemon thus far) is cute. And so is the level 6 Jigglypuff I just caught yesterday. And you can't forget Kadabra... or Pidgeott... Or the fact that I just defeated Kago (Gym Leader of err, the place with Safari Zone, I think that's his name) and when I finished him off all I had was Pikachu left with only one life point thing left. Ouch. I have a moonstone, but Clefairy is a whole lot cuter than Clefable... I'll never evolve him! HA! I do want to get rid of Pikachu for a Raichu, though. Wait! But then he won't follow me around... (Pikachu likes me even though he's only my third strongest Pokemon, after Clefairy and Kadabra. Good for him.) I need to play that right now and catch a Scyther in Safari Zone... and a Tauros.... and an Oddish... they always seem to get away from me. Oh yeah... What good is a Magikarp?!!!! They won't even learn surf! (maybe I can teach it icebeam...) Do they evolve into Goldeen or am I stupid?
10. Do you watch the Pokemon anime? Okay, you have just offended me. I shall never stoop that low. And personally, I believe that Ash is the worst Pokemon trainer ever. He's an idiotic fluke. No offense to Ash- lovers. I do, however, read the Magical Pokemon Journey comic every once in a while. It's cute and funny. I think it's much better than the anime. *unnecessary thought* They should make that an anime instead of the one showing now... No offense, Pokemon anime lovers.
Enough with my useless rants about Pokemon and such. *oblivious to everything around herself* Must upload. Or even better, play Pokemon! Yay! Oh yes, I now know what happens at the end of Zoids: Chaotic Century thanks to our friend Julie's spoilers at her Chaotic Century site. Don't remember the address.
Note to self: Starting October 6th, get a life.
"Why do you even bother when you know how this will end... death, pain, and agony."
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Dive into the heart...
"I'll kill him myself if you don't give it to me!" shouted Akira, aggressively grabbing the collar of Kokoro's shirt and pulling her closer. Tears welled up in Kokoro's eyes. She didn't know what Akira was talking about.
"Please... let me go! Kill who?!!"
"Give me the darned list or I'll kill Robert Marron!!!"
It took a minute or so for the words to fully sink into Kokoro's head. "As you say, emotions are nonexistent," she lied. "Therefore I have no feelings toward this Robert Marron and do not care what you do to him..."
Akira grinned evilly and backed away slowly. "Then I'm sure you won't mind me self-destructing his Zoid."
"Huh?"
"Before Adrian Donovan left the Backdraft Commander Craig Altiel had him install one last explosive. He was directed to place it into the very Zoid Core of the Storm Sworder that Robert is now piloting." She turned away, producing a remote that was obviously made to trigger the explosives. "As you can tell I am not joking."
Kokoro watched with sad eyes as Akira prepared to push the trigger. "Robert..." she whispered. "I don't know what to do... shall I you be destroyed, or this entire planet? Somehow I know I have to make this choice... whatever Akira wants, it's bound to help this Kaiser guy destroy Zi... but I can't let her kill you..."
Thankfully Akira set the remote down on a panel before her and pushed a few buttons on the keyboard before her. "I almost forgot," she said cheerily. "We might as well watch, or there's no point to it!" A screen popped up in front of them, showing the battle between that was about to begin.
Kokoro bit her lip as Akira reached her hand over to get the remote. At the last possible moment Kokoro lurched forward and knocked it away. "Why do you even bother when you know how this will all end..." said Akira smugly, "death, pain, and agony."
She grabbed for the remote at the same time as Kokoro, and slipping Kokoro's finger over the trigger button, she pressed down hard. On the screen before them the Storm Sworder exploded just in front of the Gul Tiger, which turned and ran from the spot.
"Robert!!!!" shrieked Kokoro. "NO!!! Why, Akira?!! How could you do this?"
"I didn't do it. You did, fool."
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So Akira's merciless, and so are the rest of the three Zoidians. My 'trio of terror,' like in one of the chapter names for maxindpogster's story. Just trying to keep her in character. Kokoro's in character, too. Her weakness is obviously Robert... as Akira's would probably be Neos. So, have I killed him off? Better get back to writing! A Kylie scene....
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Dive into the mind...
"Harry," muttered Kylie. In those two hours she had known him, she had grown just a bit fond of him. Fond enough to wish that he didn't know about her secret, the thing that set her apart from all other humans. Why was she like that, anyways? IT wasn't the Backdraft's experiment. She knew that for sure.
*Kylie hummed to herself as she skipped rocks across the lake before her. One, two, three. That was the most she could get. Bit could usually get four or five; Kylie was practicing so she could be better than him in one thing in life. "Huh?" She turned her head, having heard leaves rustle nearby. Seeing nothing, Kylie shrugged and continued to skip rocks. It was probably just some animal.
Before she knew it something was standing next to her. Kylie almost screamed in terror when she realized that she didn't need to be afraid- it was Zeke, of course! Just like her stuffed toy. So Zeke was real! Wow! How delightful and amazing!
Smiling, Kylie followed Zeke into the woods, leaving her toy behind. She had the real thing now- she didn't need a silly stuffed animal to pretend with. Soon they came to a clearing where a light blue Zoid stood. Kylie recognized it as the famous Blade Liger, the hero Van Flyheight's old Zoid. "Wow!" she exclaimed, peering up at it.
Zeke growled softly and fused with the Blade Liger, leaving Kylie standing there. "Zeke, come back!" she said, all teary-eyed. "Don't leave me out here all alone... I don't know where I am..."
Kylie (still being, like, five or six at the time) started to cry when she could have sworn she heard Zeke growling something to her. She dried her eyes and looked up at the motionless Blade Liger. It had obviously suffered many damages from its fight with the Death Stinger.
Yes, she would do it, decided Kylie. She would be just like Zeke and fuse with the Blade Liger! Then, perhaps, she would have a Zoid of her own, though she was far too young to pilot it. Unless Bit ended up with it (oh my goodness, he did). He had a way of convincing Kylie to give him all her cooler things, such as an expensive model of the Ultrasaurus (hehe, Bit's evil, or at least he was as a kid).
So Kylie just stood there, looking up at the enormous Zoid. Now was her chance to show that brother of hers that she could do something right. That she could be 'cool,' just like him!
With that, Kylie fused with the Blade Liger. A pink cocoon surrounded it, and the little girl found herself standing in a field of green grass and flowers (should've seen that one coming)... Nearby was Zeke. She smiled, reached out, and patted him as if he was a dog (silly five-year-old)(I need to stop adding comments in parentheses). Zeke cocked his head and Kylie was convinced that he was smiling at her.
In only a few moments of silence the green field started to disappear, along with her friend Zeke. "Zeke?" asked Kylie. "Where are you going?"
Soon Kylie found herself laying on the grass. She opened her eyes to see Bit peering over her. "What are you doing, taking a nap?" he asked. "Come on, you're going to make me late for dinner."
Kylie obliged and followed Bit, as she was hungry, too. As she was running along an image of a Zoid flashed through her head. It was a white Liger with no weapons.*
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So Kylie played a part in creating LZ... and LZX... and all that mumbo- jumbo about it not being the Backdraft's fault and about her day with Zeke/the Liger has been officially explained, because Kylie could fuse with Zoids before the experiment/operation. The Backdraft only succeeded in making her live longer than she was meant to. What does this all mean...?
I was right. Nothing makes sense anymore.
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Dive into the core of Zi itself... Zoids (hoho, yes, it is ZoidS Eve, plural, as that is the name of one of the last four episodes) Eve.
"What's that up ahead?" asked Spring from the pilot's seat of the Hover Cargo. Jamie, Bit, and Leena looked at the screen in front of her.
"I dunno," said Leena, shrugging. "May I continue chasing Jamie now?"
"Wait!" shouted Bit. "I think I've seen that Zoid before, the red and black one. It's called the Death Cat, or something. And the orange tiger Zoid is the Gul Tiger. Doc has a model of that one in his gallery."
"But who're the pilots?" asked Jamie, relieved that Leena was done chasing him.
"I don't know," said Spring, "But right about now we're on top of the ZG (Zoidian Guild)'s headquarters. I don't know if I can find the entrance during a Zoid battle."
The Gul Tiger roared, looking from the wreckage of a Storm Sworder to the Hover Cargo. "Hey!" yelled its pilot to his teammate. "I know that Hover Cargo! That's the Blitz team!"
A comlink appeared on the Hover Cargo's screen, and there was Sephiroth, giving the peace sign. "Hey there!" he said enthusiastically. "Ha ha, long time no see!"
"Uhh... sure," answered Bit, obviously confused.
"Let me guess, you want to know what's going on, don't you?" another comlink popped up to show the face of Vivian (uh-oh... I keep forgetting what my characters look like. time to start improving my drawing skills).
"Err, Sephiroth, you work for the ZBC now, don't you?" asked Jamie.
"Yeah, and this is Sylv-"
Vivian glared at him.
"I mean, this is Vivian, my assistant, or whatever you want to call her." Sephiroth grimaced to himself, thinking of what Vivian would to to him for calling her Sylvia again.
"I can tell that you miss Sylvia," smiled Spring. "But could you tell us what happened to that Zoid?"
Sephiroth pointed behind himself. "It flew out of that gorge over there, and was about to attack when it just exploded (i sure think of strange ways to avoid writing battles out!). Don't know why it was going to attack and don't know why it blew up. And don't know who and where the pilot is."
"How come you people always like to beat up on my little brother?" A black Geno Saurer rose out of the gorge and landed behind Sephiroth's Gul Tiger.
"Cid Marron!" shouted Leena. "Okay, to LZX, Bit!" Bit nodded and slipped off to the catapult with her.
Sephiroth sighed. "This just hasn't my day, has it?"
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" 'Ten Chosen will arise to save Zi from certain destruction. As the Death Stinger goes out to destroy the Zoids Eve they must protect it... but they'll fail. It is inevitable. All will be lost. Humanity and civilization on Zi will end and Eve will die...' " Sylvia Minogue looked up from the ancient scroll and stared at the ruins around her. This was impossible. Prophecies weren't supposed to contradict each other. This one was like most of the others, but a lot less poetic and archaic-like. She had recently found one that told that the Chosen wouldn't fail, but their victory would come at a great price. SO the question was, what is the cost? And how could they defeat the Death Stinger when it's already destroyed? Besides, who ARE the Chosen? "Huh..."
Zoid Eve was the very core of Zi. So how could it be destroyed without the planet itself being destroyed? What exactly was Zoid Eve? It had always ben the biggest mystery. The origin o Zoids and Zoidians was still a mystery, yes, but Zoid Eve was the biggest of them all. All the supposed answers were illogical. Maybe Fiona Alissi Lynett had discovered the Eve, but they still didn't know to what extent its powers were. Maybe Zoidians had telepathy and other even stranger yet unique powers, but they still didn't know much about themselves. There was doubt that they knew anything to begin with before the Death Saurer. Someone had to have the answers. Or at least someTHING. Perhaps Zoid Eve?
The Death Stinger had no way to reawaken. Its only remains was its tail, and that had been pretty much destroyed when the Backdraft Whale King hosting it had been shot down by the ZBC- wait. If part of the Death Stinger was still out there then it was revivable. Spring was right. It was coming. Though she had felt it before any other Zoidians... did this mean that little Ehtelë was actually one of the Chosen herself?
Or did Sylvia just have an overactive imagination?
"Wha-?!" For a moment she could have sworn she felt something. It left... and then came back. "Darn sensitiveness," muttered Sylvia as she got up and walked over to the Rev Raptor. "Twilight!" The black organoid appeared beside her.
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"Bit an' Leena here. Ready to launch the Liger Zero X!"
"Huh?" asked Jamie. "Oh yeah..." He pressed the launch button and LZX shot out of the Hover Cargo, landing next to Sephiroth's Gul Tiger and Vivian's Zoid.
"Glad you could join us," said Adrian sarcastically, "But you don't really need to. We have X's too."
"Well, you don't have the Ultimate X!" answered Bit. Sitting behind him, Leena grinned in agreement. "This should be a cinch! Mobilize, Liger!"
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"Liger..." It was a hopeless desire. Wherever Liger was, he couldn't hear her, anyways. All Kylie wanted was to find Bit. There was no telling what could happen now. She sighed and fused with Leena's old Dibison.
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Jamie looked at the screen in front of him, watching the Liger Zero X, Gul Tiger, Death Cat, and Geno Saurer fight when suddenly a Spino Snapper came out of nowhere.
"Don't think you can get rid of me that easily!" shouted Robert (come on... why would I kill him so fast?) . "The Backdraft may have destroyed that Storm Sworder, but I don't really care! I'm not going to let Dr. Scott down!"
"What is he talking about?" asked Leena. Liger extended two blades and made a mad dash at Cid's Geno Saurer. The Geno Saurer jumped to the side and shot out a hand at Liger, which narrowly missed. While Liger was distracted by the Geno Saurer Vivian and Sephiroth took on their new enemy. It extended two chainsaw blades and roared menacingly.
"I don't have time to mess around..." muttered Bit. "All we have to do is get Spring back to the ZG, and then I want to get back to Doc! He might know who did this to him!"
"Right!" shouted Leena in agreement. "Let's keep this short an' sweet! Liger Zero X Fuinë! Go!" Liger roared and ejected his normal blue armor. He glowed, and black armor appeared (pixel by pixel!) in its place. "Shadow mode ACTIVATED!"
Liger's shadow rose up off of the ground and twirled around him a few times. Then, it engulfed Liger. In a few moments Liger's glowing receded to show a whole new Liger Zero X. In Shadow mode.
"Guess that's our cue!" shrugged Vivian. "CHAO, Shadow mode!" The Death Cat transformed to Shadow mode in a brilliant display of lights.
"Aráto!" yelled Sephiroth. "Let's get that Spino Snapper!"
***
Let the Death Stinger awake again and you let the destruction of Zi occur... the safety of this planet falls into your hands. But who cares about Zi. It's a barren planet now, anyways. Just look at what the humans have done to what used to be fertile and lush...
Someone stepped into the Whale King wreckage and looked around. Seeing the weapons control systems still operational, the person laughed.
This was too easy. Obviously the Kaiser hadn't been smart enough to get here first.
***
Questions/Notes: 1. How did Robert survive that stupid explosion? The answer is incredibly simple: because I wanted him to. So there. Okay, really. Robert knew about the explosives so he reprogrammed the Zoid to eject the cockpit when the trigger button was pushed, and then for it to explode. Thus the slight delay in the explosion.
2. Uh... I'm confused. Aráto? Right, Aráto is the name of the organoid permanently bonded with Adrian's Gul Tiger. He knows its name because... because it sounds cool. So there. In that-made-up-high-elven-language-I- like-to-use, it means 'champion.' Makes sense now, doesn't it?
3. Hey, why didn't Sephiroth and Robert use Shadow mode, too?!! Well, duh, their Zoids aren't equipeed with it.
4. What about Vivian's Zoid? Did I make that up? Well... no. I found a piccy of the Death Cat's model in the same place as I found the Gul Tiger, and they're both extremely cool. Well, they aren't really cool models, but I think they would be cool-looking in the show.
5. So... who exactly is this other person trying to revive the Death Stinger? Obviously it's not the Kaiser. He (or she) is trying to but the other person got there first. Would I tell you who it is? Obviously not. And obviously the person is a complete idiot to think that they can revive and control that evil Zoid. but maybe not. Maybe they have something else up their sleeve, something even I don't know about. Here's a clue, is some one you know well... not very well, but some one we all know... if you read my last story and observed which character's are very ignorant and which ones aren't. ; )
6. Why does the prophecy thing sound so stupid? Well, because I'm bad at writing prophecies, along with battles and explanations.
7. Since your internet will no longer exist after October 6, will you go on to leave us at a standstill after this story and continue to write Zoids: Dreams of Shadows as originally planned? Of course not! That would be pure torture to all of us! Me, the writer, and you, the readers! I already have the ending planned out... and who stay's becomes bad guys and good guys... who the Kaiser is- wait, I don't know that. Never mind. But I do know the ending and all that junk. You can develop your own theories on that, but here's a warning, it will be incredibly SPOILERIFFIC!!!!! I think I stole that term from Anime Admirer's, so it's Julie's word. There. Spoileriffic as in what Zoid Eve really is, which I know from reading the spoilers at Anime Admirer's (as you can tell, I absolutely love that site). I've always thought it was a huge Zoid Core ; ) I also plan to kill off characters... As I always do... Even though I can't keep them dead. You probably suspected that, as I'm always devising ways to do so. But I'm not saying if they'll come back or not, and who gets to 'die.'
8. What's the name of the next chapter? Chapter VII: Nights into Dreams . The name should tell you enough about the chapter, but I might change it, because I'm only sure about a few things in this story. The stuff in the middle, for example... I don't really know what to put there. But I'll think of something.
9. So why does it take you so long to write? Because of school, of course. And because I've taken to using a lot of time on the computer playing the yellow version of Pokemon... I'm hooked.... unfortunately. Only 'cause Clefairy (my strongest Pokemon thus far) is cute. And so is the level 6 Jigglypuff I just caught yesterday. And you can't forget Kadabra... or Pidgeott... Or the fact that I just defeated Kago (Gym Leader of err, the place with Safari Zone, I think that's his name) and when I finished him off all I had was Pikachu left with only one life point thing left. Ouch. I have a moonstone, but Clefairy is a whole lot cuter than Clefable... I'll never evolve him! HA! I do want to get rid of Pikachu for a Raichu, though. Wait! But then he won't follow me around... (Pikachu likes me even though he's only my third strongest Pokemon, after Clefairy and Kadabra. Good for him.) I need to play that right now and catch a Scyther in Safari Zone... and a Tauros.... and an Oddish... they always seem to get away from me. Oh yeah... What good is a Magikarp?!!!! They won't even learn surf! (maybe I can teach it icebeam...) Do they evolve into Goldeen or am I stupid?
10. Do you watch the Pokemon anime? Okay, you have just offended me. I shall never stoop that low. And personally, I believe that Ash is the worst Pokemon trainer ever. He's an idiotic fluke. No offense to Ash- lovers. I do, however, read the Magical Pokemon Journey comic every once in a while. It's cute and funny. I think it's much better than the anime. *unnecessary thought* They should make that an anime instead of the one showing now... No offense, Pokemon anime lovers.
Enough with my useless rants about Pokemon and such. *oblivious to everything around herself* Must upload. Or even better, play Pokemon! Yay! Oh yes, I now know what happens at the end of Zoids: Chaotic Century thanks to our friend Julie's spoilers at her Chaotic Century site. Don't remember the address.
Note to self: Starting October 6th, get a life.
