After a few days, I was up again. I wasn't fully healed, but I felt good.
My Ice Blazer was tended to, I was tended to, I felt fresh, and it was good
day. I stood in the warm glow of the sun, and stretched. But then I turned,
and saw Gray, leaning against a tree trunk, his hat pulled over his eyes,
so I couldn't tell if he was looking at me or not. I sighed remembering our
deal.
"A deal's a deal," I said with much reluctance.
Gray said nothing for a while, and at first I thought he didn't hear me. I was about to repeat it, when Gray finally spoke up.
"Deal's off, kid."
"Huh?"
"I said the deal's off. I know you don't want to come with me anyway. And we had a good match. I found was I was looking for," Gray said.
"What? I don't get it," I said, tilting my head to one side.
It was Gray's turn to sigh. "I wanted to see what you valued most. You showed me that you value your Zoid more than anything else. There's not that many people like that now. I thought that all guys like you would do anything to win. But you proved me wrong. That was all I needed to know. But I'm not coming with you. You're on your own. I think you can handle it though."
I was still confused, but I decided against asking Gray to repeat what he said. I looked down at my feet instead.
"Do you really think I can find him?" I asked. "My brother, I mean."
There was no answer. I looked up, and found that Gray was gone. I looked around, frantically, but he was nowhere to be seen. I scratched my head and shrugged.
"Oh well," I thought.
I headed toward the repair shop where my Zoid was being kept. I arrived and went straight to my Zoid.
"How you feeling, Ice?" I asked.
My Zoid growled happily, and I laughed. I went over to the repairman; ready to give up as much money as I had to, but he told me I didn't have to pay. Overjoyed, I thanked him for everything, and left. Everything seemed to be going my way today. I bought some things sparingly, for I didn't have a lot to spend, and left the city. I didn't know where I was to go, but I ran anyway, ready for anything that would come my way. (A/N: Yeah, sounds cheesy and lame, but I don't care! XP)
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Zero walked around the city, still pondering about the dream he had several days ago. The dark shape...the huge Zoid...the laughing man...what did it all mean? Zero thought about it for a long time, but nothing seemed to add up. And he couldn't simply ignore it. Well, he could have, but it was too real to be just a dream. He had felt the pain and the fear. His back still ached from where he was scratched by the shadow. Zero could not just disregard it and say it was simply just a normal dream.
Zero bought an apple, and bit into it. Maybe it was a sign. Maybe it was an omen that something bad was about to happen.
"Or maybe I'm just going insane..." Zero grumbled.
Zero walked around for the remainder of the day, trying to get his mind off the dream. But whenever he managed to slip away from it, something would remind him of it once again.
"I've got to get out of this town..." Zero said, thinking that the dream would be forgotten if he was on the road again.
Packing up his Konig Wolf, Zero tried to get himself to think of something else. But it was impossible. Finally, Zero just jumped into the cockpit and blasted full-speed out of the city. His mind was still on the dream, but it was temporarily forgotten as a shadowy Zoid passed overhead. A red flash was not far behind. Zero halted his wolf, and turned around, but the other Zoid was already far from his. Shrugging, Zero pushed his Zoid forward again. But then there was a vibration in the ground, followed by many explosive sounds. Zero turned around, and saw that the city he had just left was engulfed in flames.
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"So that is what an Eidolon is," I said.
"Yes. Now go. And do what I have hired you to do."
"Of course," I said, and turned.
The organoid Ambient followed. Though I said I didn't want the organoid, I felt somewhat powerful, having this creature follow me around as if I were its master. A smile crept onto my face. I stepped into the cockpit of the Dark Falcon. Ambient stood by it, and looked into my eyes.
"No, you will not fuse. Not yet. Not now, at least. Later perhaps," I said.
The blood red organoid growled. I didn't know if it was a growl of defiance or understand, but I took off. Ambient followed close behind. At first I didn't know where I was going, but then I knew. I would first destroy that city and that kid. Yes, that was it. I pushed the controls forward, and my Zoid sped off. I didn't care if the organoid could go that fast or not. I just wanted to get to the city. My hands were trembling with anticipation.
As I flew, the sky darkened. I spotted the lights of the city. But then I passed over a Zoid. It was white, but I was going at such a fast pace I could not rightly see what type of Zoid it was. But then I realized that if I destroyed the city, that Zoid would see the explosions. I shrugged. I would destroy the Zoid after I destroyed the city. Simple enough. I neared the city. I could almost see the individual shops now. I smirked. So many ways to destroy. I passed over the tops of the buildings. Some people looked up in awe at me. Too bad they didn't know what I was about to do. The on-lookers' eyes suddenly widened as I turned around in the air and headed back toward the city. I fired two missiles, which slammed into the buildings. People started to scream and run around in panic. I laughed in spite of myself.
Two more missiles were shot, then I decided to go close-range. I swept through the city, cutting everything in my way like butter. This was too easy. I laughed again as I swooped down for another attack. The talons of the Dark Falcon started to glow and eerie golden color, and then I struck the nearest building. It exploded into a million pieces. I kept sweeping down, making basic aerials attacks on the buildings. Soon, the city was reduced to a pile of worthless rubble. It had only taken me about 5 minutes.
"Aww...That was no fun," I pouted, and then laughed. "Oh wait! I still have that white Zoid to play with. He must have noticed something by now."
I turned around, and sure enough, the white Zoid was heading in my direction. I zoomed in a little, and identified the Zoid as a Konig Wolf.
"What did you do?!" the pilot yelled.
"My job," I scoffed.
The Konig Wolf stopped and stared at the ruins. It then turned its head up toward me.
"You'll pay for this!"
"You think you can take me down, little boy? Let's see it. You're old Zoid is helpless against my Dark Falcon...especially at night..."
"I don't care! You're going down!"
"Well, you're going up," I laughed, and swooped down toward the Zoid. I picked it up with my talons.
"Huh?! LET ME GO!" the pilot raged.
I laughed again. "As you wish."
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I fell from about 100 feet in the air. I landed hard, but my wolf was a sturdy Zoid. It stood up again. I looked around for the black Zoid, but I couldn't see it. The pilot was using the night sky to hide himself.
"Well it's not gonna work. Cross-spectrum scope down!"
Instantly, I could see. The infrared and night vision was perfect for spotting the Dark Falcon. But it struck me before I could do anything else.
"Ahh!" I fell on my back.
But I grasped the controls tightly, and jumped to my feet again. The Dark Falcon was coming down for another attack. This time I was ready. Just as the Zoid was about to strike, I turned on my boosters, and sped under it. I then dug the Konig's front claws in the ground, and spun around at 180 degrees.
"Let's go wolf!"
My Konig Wolf howled, and launched itself onto the Falcon's back, digging its claws deep into the armor.
"Get off!"
The Zoid flew up into the sky, but it was being dragged down by the weight of my Zoid. It started to fall.
"Get off or you'll kill us both!" the pilot screamed.
"Well, better both of us than just me," I said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Fine! Have it your way!"
The Dark Falcon adjusted its wings, and started to plummet toward the ground, nose first.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled.
My claws were beginning to slip. The ground was getting closer, and closer. I wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. I finally let go, and fell to the ground. The Dark Falcon pulled up inches from being made into a Zoid pancake. I hover above me and flared its wings in annoyance. I could see that I had damaged the Zoid a lot. My Konig Wolf rose on trembling feet.
"I didn't want to do this, but...AMBIENT!"
A red flash shot toward the Falcon, and collided with it. I squinted, trying to see through the flashing lights, but I was blinded. Finally, the light faded, and instead of an eerie black Zoid, I saw a strange blood red Zoid. It roared, and spikes appeared down its back. Scythes grew out of its cheeks and legs, and the whole Zoid seemed to mutate. I stepped back.
"That's better. Cheap and unfair, but better. No, not unfair. I am simply using what I have," the pilot of the Dark Falcon laughed.
"What-what was that?" I stammered.
"An organoid, kid. And this, is a Zoid with its full-potential released!"
The last thing I remembered was silver claws penetrating the cockpit, before everything seemed to fade away...
A/N: Oh no! What happened to Zero?! Is he okay?! Find out next time, on Zoids! Oh yeah, and I wasn't planning on having the FFIX Eidolons in the fic, but now that I think about it, it seems like a pretty good idea. So the Eidolons WILL have physical forms. Sorta. ^^;
"A deal's a deal," I said with much reluctance.
Gray said nothing for a while, and at first I thought he didn't hear me. I was about to repeat it, when Gray finally spoke up.
"Deal's off, kid."
"Huh?"
"I said the deal's off. I know you don't want to come with me anyway. And we had a good match. I found was I was looking for," Gray said.
"What? I don't get it," I said, tilting my head to one side.
It was Gray's turn to sigh. "I wanted to see what you valued most. You showed me that you value your Zoid more than anything else. There's not that many people like that now. I thought that all guys like you would do anything to win. But you proved me wrong. That was all I needed to know. But I'm not coming with you. You're on your own. I think you can handle it though."
I was still confused, but I decided against asking Gray to repeat what he said. I looked down at my feet instead.
"Do you really think I can find him?" I asked. "My brother, I mean."
There was no answer. I looked up, and found that Gray was gone. I looked around, frantically, but he was nowhere to be seen. I scratched my head and shrugged.
"Oh well," I thought.
I headed toward the repair shop where my Zoid was being kept. I arrived and went straight to my Zoid.
"How you feeling, Ice?" I asked.
My Zoid growled happily, and I laughed. I went over to the repairman; ready to give up as much money as I had to, but he told me I didn't have to pay. Overjoyed, I thanked him for everything, and left. Everything seemed to be going my way today. I bought some things sparingly, for I didn't have a lot to spend, and left the city. I didn't know where I was to go, but I ran anyway, ready for anything that would come my way. (A/N: Yeah, sounds cheesy and lame, but I don't care! XP)
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Zero walked around the city, still pondering about the dream he had several days ago. The dark shape...the huge Zoid...the laughing man...what did it all mean? Zero thought about it for a long time, but nothing seemed to add up. And he couldn't simply ignore it. Well, he could have, but it was too real to be just a dream. He had felt the pain and the fear. His back still ached from where he was scratched by the shadow. Zero could not just disregard it and say it was simply just a normal dream.
Zero bought an apple, and bit into it. Maybe it was a sign. Maybe it was an omen that something bad was about to happen.
"Or maybe I'm just going insane..." Zero grumbled.
Zero walked around for the remainder of the day, trying to get his mind off the dream. But whenever he managed to slip away from it, something would remind him of it once again.
"I've got to get out of this town..." Zero said, thinking that the dream would be forgotten if he was on the road again.
Packing up his Konig Wolf, Zero tried to get himself to think of something else. But it was impossible. Finally, Zero just jumped into the cockpit and blasted full-speed out of the city. His mind was still on the dream, but it was temporarily forgotten as a shadowy Zoid passed overhead. A red flash was not far behind. Zero halted his wolf, and turned around, but the other Zoid was already far from his. Shrugging, Zero pushed his Zoid forward again. But then there was a vibration in the ground, followed by many explosive sounds. Zero turned around, and saw that the city he had just left was engulfed in flames.
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"So that is what an Eidolon is," I said.
"Yes. Now go. And do what I have hired you to do."
"Of course," I said, and turned.
The organoid Ambient followed. Though I said I didn't want the organoid, I felt somewhat powerful, having this creature follow me around as if I were its master. A smile crept onto my face. I stepped into the cockpit of the Dark Falcon. Ambient stood by it, and looked into my eyes.
"No, you will not fuse. Not yet. Not now, at least. Later perhaps," I said.
The blood red organoid growled. I didn't know if it was a growl of defiance or understand, but I took off. Ambient followed close behind. At first I didn't know where I was going, but then I knew. I would first destroy that city and that kid. Yes, that was it. I pushed the controls forward, and my Zoid sped off. I didn't care if the organoid could go that fast or not. I just wanted to get to the city. My hands were trembling with anticipation.
As I flew, the sky darkened. I spotted the lights of the city. But then I passed over a Zoid. It was white, but I was going at such a fast pace I could not rightly see what type of Zoid it was. But then I realized that if I destroyed the city, that Zoid would see the explosions. I shrugged. I would destroy the Zoid after I destroyed the city. Simple enough. I neared the city. I could almost see the individual shops now. I smirked. So many ways to destroy. I passed over the tops of the buildings. Some people looked up in awe at me. Too bad they didn't know what I was about to do. The on-lookers' eyes suddenly widened as I turned around in the air and headed back toward the city. I fired two missiles, which slammed into the buildings. People started to scream and run around in panic. I laughed in spite of myself.
Two more missiles were shot, then I decided to go close-range. I swept through the city, cutting everything in my way like butter. This was too easy. I laughed again as I swooped down for another attack. The talons of the Dark Falcon started to glow and eerie golden color, and then I struck the nearest building. It exploded into a million pieces. I kept sweeping down, making basic aerials attacks on the buildings. Soon, the city was reduced to a pile of worthless rubble. It had only taken me about 5 minutes.
"Aww...That was no fun," I pouted, and then laughed. "Oh wait! I still have that white Zoid to play with. He must have noticed something by now."
I turned around, and sure enough, the white Zoid was heading in my direction. I zoomed in a little, and identified the Zoid as a Konig Wolf.
"What did you do?!" the pilot yelled.
"My job," I scoffed.
The Konig Wolf stopped and stared at the ruins. It then turned its head up toward me.
"You'll pay for this!"
"You think you can take me down, little boy? Let's see it. You're old Zoid is helpless against my Dark Falcon...especially at night..."
"I don't care! You're going down!"
"Well, you're going up," I laughed, and swooped down toward the Zoid. I picked it up with my talons.
"Huh?! LET ME GO!" the pilot raged.
I laughed again. "As you wish."
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I fell from about 100 feet in the air. I landed hard, but my wolf was a sturdy Zoid. It stood up again. I looked around for the black Zoid, but I couldn't see it. The pilot was using the night sky to hide himself.
"Well it's not gonna work. Cross-spectrum scope down!"
Instantly, I could see. The infrared and night vision was perfect for spotting the Dark Falcon. But it struck me before I could do anything else.
"Ahh!" I fell on my back.
But I grasped the controls tightly, and jumped to my feet again. The Dark Falcon was coming down for another attack. This time I was ready. Just as the Zoid was about to strike, I turned on my boosters, and sped under it. I then dug the Konig's front claws in the ground, and spun around at 180 degrees.
"Let's go wolf!"
My Konig Wolf howled, and launched itself onto the Falcon's back, digging its claws deep into the armor.
"Get off!"
The Zoid flew up into the sky, but it was being dragged down by the weight of my Zoid. It started to fall.
"Get off or you'll kill us both!" the pilot screamed.
"Well, better both of us than just me," I said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Fine! Have it your way!"
The Dark Falcon adjusted its wings, and started to plummet toward the ground, nose first.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled.
My claws were beginning to slip. The ground was getting closer, and closer. I wouldn't be able to hold on much longer. I finally let go, and fell to the ground. The Dark Falcon pulled up inches from being made into a Zoid pancake. I hover above me and flared its wings in annoyance. I could see that I had damaged the Zoid a lot. My Konig Wolf rose on trembling feet.
"I didn't want to do this, but...AMBIENT!"
A red flash shot toward the Falcon, and collided with it. I squinted, trying to see through the flashing lights, but I was blinded. Finally, the light faded, and instead of an eerie black Zoid, I saw a strange blood red Zoid. It roared, and spikes appeared down its back. Scythes grew out of its cheeks and legs, and the whole Zoid seemed to mutate. I stepped back.
"That's better. Cheap and unfair, but better. No, not unfair. I am simply using what I have," the pilot of the Dark Falcon laughed.
"What-what was that?" I stammered.
"An organoid, kid. And this, is a Zoid with its full-potential released!"
The last thing I remembered was silver claws penetrating the cockpit, before everything seemed to fade away...
A/N: Oh no! What happened to Zero?! Is he okay?! Find out next time, on Zoids! Oh yeah, and I wasn't planning on having the FFIX Eidolons in the fic, but now that I think about it, it seems like a pretty good idea. So the Eidolons WILL have physical forms. Sorta. ^^;
