The Dark Falcon cut swiftly through the heavy rain as if it were simply clouds of dust. Silver sat back in the chair with his hands behind his head. Even as he rested, there seemed to be a smirk on his face. For an hour or so, the Zoid just flew without a clear path of where it was going, and nothing seemed to disturb it. Silver flew his Zoid low to the ground, looking for any havoc he could cause even in this endless desert. But below him, a shadow was creeping on the desert ground. It followed the Falcon for miles, unseen by Silver. Then suddenly it shot upwards, colliding with the Zoid.

"What the?!" Silver yelled, suddenly sitting up.

He grabbed the controls and flew his Zoid higher into the sky. Then he looked down, and saw nothing. But then the Dark Falcon banked a sharp right, and flew wildly around.

"What's happening!?"

His seatbelt then unbuckled, and he smashed into the consoles, which knocked him unconscious.

"That was a little harsh, Kagei. Try for a less troublesome approach next time," a voice echoed through the cockpit.

The Dark Falcon then turned again, and headed toward the Firrah Temples.

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A Hover Cargo, escorted by a Command and Konig wolf, arrived at the site. The two downed Zoids were both carried loaded into the Cargo, along with their injured pilots. The pilot of the Konig wolf asked if he could stay in the Cargo as well. His wish was granted, and he too loaded his Zoid into the Cargo. As he walked through the large interior, he ran into someone.

"I'm sorry!" the woman said, as she picked up her papers.

"No, it was my fault," the Konig wolf pilot, Zack Cooper, said.

The woman smiled. "You know, since the war I haven't met any courteous men," the woman held out her hand. "Riku Valkyrie. Nice to meet you."

"Zack Coo- er... Just call me Zero," Zero said, and shook her hand.

"Well, I've got to get back to work. See you around maybe?"

"Yeah. See you."

Riku waved, and walked away, her dark brown hair flowing behind her. Zero just looked after her for a while, as if in a trance. Then he snapped back, and shook his head. He walked away rubbing his temples.

"I've got to get more sleep..."

The Hover Cargo arrived in town, and Zero unloaded his Konig Wolf, thanking the people. He walked off, looking for a hotel, or some place where he could stay for the night. Zero found a decent motel, and stayed for the night. But he couldn't sleep. In his mind, he kept seeing the black flying Zoid that he saw in the sky before he came across the pilots. Zero stared up at the ceiling, until he finally fell into a restless sleep.

** "Run...Run..." a voice echoed in Zero's head. Zero ran, just as the voice said.

A shapeless shadow was after him. It swooped down from the sky, and sharp talons dug into his back. Zero felt the warm blood trickle from the gashes, but he kept running. But then he stopped dead in his tracks. A huge dark shape loomed before him. It was even larger than the Death Saurer that was described in his childhood Zoid books. Zero backed away, but he couldn't tear his eyes away from the huge shape in front of him.

"Please...Don't look down..." Zero found himself thinking.

The red eyes looked around...then it slowly turned its head downwards... The glowing eye seemed to pierce through him, and Zero froze. He couldn't move. He was paralyzed with fear. The creature opened its mouth, and an eerie black beam shot toward him. As it neared, he saw a shape standing atop the creature's head. It seemed to be a full-grown man. Shadows were cast over his from, but his right eye was clearly visible. It was wide and had a crazy look to it. The man seemed to be laughing, with his arms crossed over his chest. Everything seemed to slow down as the beam came closer, and closer, and closer...Until- ** "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Nico awoke screaming.

Sweat was pouring down his face, and his shirt was plastered to his body. Nico took a couple deep breaths, but when he lifted his hand to throw off his covers, his hand was still shaking. Through the window, Nico could still see that it was early in the morning. Too early for anyone to be awake now...unless he had woken anybody up with his screaming. Nico sat on the edge of the bed, and rubbed his eyes with the ends of his palms, the rested his head on his hands.

"What was that?" he thought. "A dream? It was too real for a dream...I need a glass of water."

Nico stood up, and collapsed. He stood up again, brushed himself off, and carefully worked his way to the door. But when he reached it, he realized he wasn't in his house. Then Nico remembered the recent events that had occurred, and shivered involuntarily. He limped out of the room and into the hallway, until he reached a bathroom.

"They could at least install a bathroom in each room..." Nico grumbled to himself.

The cold water on his face seemed to ease his shaking, and it sure felt good. Nico looked himself in the mirror. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was stuck to his forehead, and he was still breathing heavily. Nico shook his head a couple times, and then headed back to his room.

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Zero was rubbing his temples, as he sat up in bed. The dream was strange...and so real. But he had never seen anything like it before; not in real life or even a book. The large creature, looked like Zoid. A very big, very deadly Zoid. It had stricken fear into his soul, and rendered him helpless, which doesn't happen much. Especially in his dreams. Zero calmly wiped the sweat from his brow, and lay back down. But he dared not go back to sleep. It was only a couple more hours 'till morning anyway, and that dream was a better wake up call than 10 cups of coffee.

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Silver slowly opened his eyes. He tried to rub them, but it pained his arms to move, and his head was throbbing. For a long while, Silver just sat there, motionless in the dark. As his eyesight cleared and became more used to the darkness, though, Silver spotted a shadow moving around. But it was just a shadow, with nothing to cast it. The flat shadow then arose from the ground. Silver stared blankly at it, not completely comprehending what was happening.

"Welcome, Silver, to the Firrah Temples," a dark voice echoed through the chamber.

Silver's eyes widened at the mention of the temple's name.

"So you have heard of these ruins. That saves me some explanations."

Silver looked around for the source of the voice, but the sounds bounced every which way, making it impossible to figure out where it was coming from.

"Who are you?" Silver shouted. "Why have you brought me here?"

"To offer you a job, my ferocious warrior."

"I work for no one! I take orders from no one!" Silver said with dignity.

The voice laughed a cold, cruel laugh.

"Oh, but you will enjoy this job, and it will reward you handsomely."

Silver's eyes flickered with a bit of interest. Kagei shifted in the dark.

"All I ask is to rile up this planet a little. Create chaos and havoc. Keep them occupied for a while. Occupied and blind. That is all I ask."

Silver thought about it for a while, then grinned. "That is what I do best."

Another form stepped beside Kagei. The organoid growled, and the shape growled back.

"Kagei! Do not fight with Ambient!"

"An organoid?! Ambient?!" Silver said in shock, remembering the stories he was told about the Death Saurer.

"Yes, I am sure you have heard the destruction of this organoid along with that Zoidian and the Death Saurer. But the organoid was not completely destroyed. The core of the Death Saurer was found, and from it, the organoid Ambient was reborn. I also posses the other organoid, Specular.

"What about..."

"Zeke and Shadow," the voice finished with a hiss. "Yes, I know about those organoids as well. But I have not been able to track them. I heard a rumor that these organoids have perished inside of their masters' Zoids, creating some sort of 'internal organoid system.' I have come across the Zoid that supposedly holds the organoid Shadow within its core. I had sent an Eidolon to it to destroy that other Zoid that supposedly contains the organoid Zeke. But it failed a miserable defeat," the voice said sourly.

"Eidolon?" Silver asked.

"I will explain everything if you choose to accept my offer."

"I already did," Silver snapped.

"Very well then. Ambient!"

The red organoid straightened up.

"I need no organoid," Silver said, narrowing his eyes.

"No, but he will accompany you anyway. If you choose not to use the organoid, so be it. But he will still act as a messenger, telling me of everything that occurs."

"You said you would tell me of these 'Eidolons,'" Silver said.

"Ah, yes. Of course."

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