A dust cloud rose from behind a dog-like Zoid, as it zoomed across the
barren land. The pilot sat in the seat, humming happily as he swiftly moved
the controls. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, but the wind was
gently blowing, so it was neither hot nor cold.
"Ah... Perfect day isn't it Ice?" Nico said.
"Arooooo!" the Zoid answered.
The Zoid sped through the desert, keeping a good pace. But the Ice Blazer suddenly halted. Nico sat up.
"Come on. Don't stop now!"
Nico tried to coax his Zoid forward, but it wouldn't budge. The Ice Blazer lowered its head, and growled.
"What is it, Ice?"
Nico looked up, and saw what looked like a sea of massacred Zoids. All the Zoids were torn up and destroyed. Nico jumped out of the cockpit and ran toward the Zoids. He was horrified to find that these Zoids were all piloted, and were part of the army that was watching over Lhun, keeping the Reloids under control. All of the pilots were dead. The smell of rotting flesh and blood would haunt Nico for the rest of his life.
"Who could have done this?" Nico thought, his mind filled with hate.
He heard his Zoid growl. Nico went to his Ice Blazer, and found that it was standing in front of a set of footprints. Nico inspected them. They looked like some sort of clawed, four-legged Zoid. And they seemed oddly familiar...
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Zero opened his eyes, and looked around. The sky was dark, and he seemed to be in the forest.
"What the?" Zero thought, and sat up.
A sharp pain shot through his head, and he fell back again. There was rustling, then a sound of footsteps. Someone kneeled down beside him.
"Are you okay?" it was a woman's voice.
"R-Riku?" Zero asked, dazed.
Riku only smiled and put another wet towel on his forehead. Zero looked blankly up at her, and noticed she had a huge gash in her upper left arm.
"What happened?" Zero mumbled.
"Well, you were fighting that weird flying Zoid, and it was about to totally destroy you. I had seen the explosion from another city, and rushed here, only to find that the city had been reduced to nothing. I then saw you and that other Zoid, and it was flying straight for you. I saw the Zoid collide with your cockpit. I realized that I had seen your Zoid before, so I ran in, ready to fight the Zoid before it could demolish your Zoid, but it flew off after a few rounds."
"No, no...I meant your arm..." Zero said weakly.
"Oh! It's nothing, I'm fine. Just got a little scratch while battling," Riku said, as if it were nothing.
But Zero could see the fresh blood dripping down her arm. He sat up, much to Riku's dismay, and took the towel off his forehead. He seemed a little startled by his own actions, as he looked into Riku's pale blue eyes. Quickly, Zero looked back down at the towel, and proceeded to wrapping it around Riku's injured arm. Riku smiled secretly to herself, but said nothing. There was an awkward silence between the two.
"Maybe I should get back to working on my Zoid," Riku said, and stood.
Zero painfully turned his head to where Riku was looking. Before his eyes was a sleek, jet-black Lightning Saix. He could see that the right front leg was damaged, as was the mounted cannon. A chunk was missing from the side of the Zoid and the cockpit was punctured.
"How's my Wolf?" Zero said, finally.
Riku sighed, "Well I've done as much repairs as I can do, but the Zoid isn't responding... I'm not sure if it can be saved."
She looked up at the Zoid.
He then looked to his Zoid. The armor on its back had been nearly ripped off, and the front two paws were badly damaged. The cockpit was a total wreck and there was a long gash that stretched all the way from the neck of the Zoid to its hindquarters. The Zoid was blackened as well.
Zero calmly stood up, and walked up to his Zoid. He stopped in front of it, and touched its leg.
"I'm sorry, Zero..."
But Zero just stood there with his had on the Konig Wolf's leg. He closed his eyes. The Konig Wolf seemed to suddenly come to life. Its eyes lit up, and it turned its head slowly toward Zero.
Zero grinned. "Hey buddy. How you feeling?"
"Aroooooo!" the wolf howled in utter delight.
Zero laughed, and Riku stood behind him in total shock. Zero turned and saw her. He cracked a wide grin and scratched his head.
"This Zoid was my pop's Zoid. We have this sort of 'bond' I guess you could call it. We've been together for a long time," Zero said, and looked up at his Zoid.
Riku smiled, and watched the two. It was like watching two old friends reunited.
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I was trapped. A prisoner in my own mind. I could still see and hear, but I couldn't talk without Him making my mouth move. I couldn't walk without Him telling my body to, and as much as I yelled and screamed, no one could here me, except Him.
Let me go! I cried. Get out of my head! Leave me alone!
There was a harsh laugh.
You cannot do anything, weak human. There is nothing you can do. Just watch as your own people get destroyed by the One, I cold, merciless voice echoed through my head.
Why me?! I rage. Why did you choose me?!
But I already knew the answer. I had Zoidian blood within me, and I also possessed an organoid. His true name was Tempest, but then He reprogrammed my organoid and renamed him Kagei.
He had come to me approximately 6 decades ago. I don't age though. He keeps me young, so he can use me body as a host body forever. It's impossible to escape. It's impossible to even try to utter a word with my own mouth. If I try, He'll do horrible things. Just because I am only alive in my mind, doesn't mean he can't hurt me. He can. Many times He's tortured me within my mind with my old memories. I would scream at Him to make it stop, but He would only laugh. I could do nothing. I would give my life to be free again. I would rather die than to have Him within my mind. He reads my thoughts, my emotions, my memories. He reads everything as if it were a book. But His goal is not to destroy my spirit. He only chose me as his host body to resurrect the One. I don't know the proper name for it, but He always refers to it as the One. You see, the One can only be resurrected by a person with Zoidian blood and the 9 keys. He is one of the nine, and he already possesses 6 of them. Only 2 more until the One can be resurrected. Then the world will end. But there is something I don't understand. There are some benefits to being trapped within your own mind. You can flip back to any memory you want. I've read the prophecy of the One many times. But there was one line that still confused me.
"A man naught from this world will come, and a Zoid of much strength. It will fall and serve the One, before the siege has started. Then only a person, both loving and true, can destroy this evil, so ancient, yet new. Power of the fallen Zoid it has, and but destruction and death will not defeat."
What did that mean? A person naught from his world? And what did it mean destruction and death will not defeat?
I didn't understand. But perhaps I would, when the One is resurrected. Or perhaps I wouldn't. Only time could tell.
A/N: Sorry for the really long delay... Had sort of a writers block on this story, but I wrote a one chaptered story called Monster Within if you want to check it out. It's about Raven. Nothing special. Anyway, when I come up with the rest of the prophecy I'll put it up, but I'm too tired right now to think up the rest of it... So you'll have to wait. Sorry.
"Ah... Perfect day isn't it Ice?" Nico said.
"Arooooo!" the Zoid answered.
The Zoid sped through the desert, keeping a good pace. But the Ice Blazer suddenly halted. Nico sat up.
"Come on. Don't stop now!"
Nico tried to coax his Zoid forward, but it wouldn't budge. The Ice Blazer lowered its head, and growled.
"What is it, Ice?"
Nico looked up, and saw what looked like a sea of massacred Zoids. All the Zoids were torn up and destroyed. Nico jumped out of the cockpit and ran toward the Zoids. He was horrified to find that these Zoids were all piloted, and were part of the army that was watching over Lhun, keeping the Reloids under control. All of the pilots were dead. The smell of rotting flesh and blood would haunt Nico for the rest of his life.
"Who could have done this?" Nico thought, his mind filled with hate.
He heard his Zoid growl. Nico went to his Ice Blazer, and found that it was standing in front of a set of footprints. Nico inspected them. They looked like some sort of clawed, four-legged Zoid. And they seemed oddly familiar...
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Zero opened his eyes, and looked around. The sky was dark, and he seemed to be in the forest.
"What the?" Zero thought, and sat up.
A sharp pain shot through his head, and he fell back again. There was rustling, then a sound of footsteps. Someone kneeled down beside him.
"Are you okay?" it was a woman's voice.
"R-Riku?" Zero asked, dazed.
Riku only smiled and put another wet towel on his forehead. Zero looked blankly up at her, and noticed she had a huge gash in her upper left arm.
"What happened?" Zero mumbled.
"Well, you were fighting that weird flying Zoid, and it was about to totally destroy you. I had seen the explosion from another city, and rushed here, only to find that the city had been reduced to nothing. I then saw you and that other Zoid, and it was flying straight for you. I saw the Zoid collide with your cockpit. I realized that I had seen your Zoid before, so I ran in, ready to fight the Zoid before it could demolish your Zoid, but it flew off after a few rounds."
"No, no...I meant your arm..." Zero said weakly.
"Oh! It's nothing, I'm fine. Just got a little scratch while battling," Riku said, as if it were nothing.
But Zero could see the fresh blood dripping down her arm. He sat up, much to Riku's dismay, and took the towel off his forehead. He seemed a little startled by his own actions, as he looked into Riku's pale blue eyes. Quickly, Zero looked back down at the towel, and proceeded to wrapping it around Riku's injured arm. Riku smiled secretly to herself, but said nothing. There was an awkward silence between the two.
"Maybe I should get back to working on my Zoid," Riku said, and stood.
Zero painfully turned his head to where Riku was looking. Before his eyes was a sleek, jet-black Lightning Saix. He could see that the right front leg was damaged, as was the mounted cannon. A chunk was missing from the side of the Zoid and the cockpit was punctured.
"How's my Wolf?" Zero said, finally.
Riku sighed, "Well I've done as much repairs as I can do, but the Zoid isn't responding... I'm not sure if it can be saved."
She looked up at the Zoid.
He then looked to his Zoid. The armor on its back had been nearly ripped off, and the front two paws were badly damaged. The cockpit was a total wreck and there was a long gash that stretched all the way from the neck of the Zoid to its hindquarters. The Zoid was blackened as well.
Zero calmly stood up, and walked up to his Zoid. He stopped in front of it, and touched its leg.
"I'm sorry, Zero..."
But Zero just stood there with his had on the Konig Wolf's leg. He closed his eyes. The Konig Wolf seemed to suddenly come to life. Its eyes lit up, and it turned its head slowly toward Zero.
Zero grinned. "Hey buddy. How you feeling?"
"Aroooooo!" the wolf howled in utter delight.
Zero laughed, and Riku stood behind him in total shock. Zero turned and saw her. He cracked a wide grin and scratched his head.
"This Zoid was my pop's Zoid. We have this sort of 'bond' I guess you could call it. We've been together for a long time," Zero said, and looked up at his Zoid.
Riku smiled, and watched the two. It was like watching two old friends reunited.
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I was trapped. A prisoner in my own mind. I could still see and hear, but I couldn't talk without Him making my mouth move. I couldn't walk without Him telling my body to, and as much as I yelled and screamed, no one could here me, except Him.
Let me go! I cried. Get out of my head! Leave me alone!
There was a harsh laugh.
You cannot do anything, weak human. There is nothing you can do. Just watch as your own people get destroyed by the One, I cold, merciless voice echoed through my head.
Why me?! I rage. Why did you choose me?!
But I already knew the answer. I had Zoidian blood within me, and I also possessed an organoid. His true name was Tempest, but then He reprogrammed my organoid and renamed him Kagei.
He had come to me approximately 6 decades ago. I don't age though. He keeps me young, so he can use me body as a host body forever. It's impossible to escape. It's impossible to even try to utter a word with my own mouth. If I try, He'll do horrible things. Just because I am only alive in my mind, doesn't mean he can't hurt me. He can. Many times He's tortured me within my mind with my old memories. I would scream at Him to make it stop, but He would only laugh. I could do nothing. I would give my life to be free again. I would rather die than to have Him within my mind. He reads my thoughts, my emotions, my memories. He reads everything as if it were a book. But His goal is not to destroy my spirit. He only chose me as his host body to resurrect the One. I don't know the proper name for it, but He always refers to it as the One. You see, the One can only be resurrected by a person with Zoidian blood and the 9 keys. He is one of the nine, and he already possesses 6 of them. Only 2 more until the One can be resurrected. Then the world will end. But there is something I don't understand. There are some benefits to being trapped within your own mind. You can flip back to any memory you want. I've read the prophecy of the One many times. But there was one line that still confused me.
"A man naught from this world will come, and a Zoid of much strength. It will fall and serve the One, before the siege has started. Then only a person, both loving and true, can destroy this evil, so ancient, yet new. Power of the fallen Zoid it has, and but destruction and death will not defeat."
What did that mean? A person naught from his world? And what did it mean destruction and death will not defeat?
I didn't understand. But perhaps I would, when the One is resurrected. Or perhaps I wouldn't. Only time could tell.
A/N: Sorry for the really long delay... Had sort of a writers block on this story, but I wrote a one chaptered story called Monster Within if you want to check it out. It's about Raven. Nothing special. Anyway, when I come up with the rest of the prophecy I'll put it up, but I'm too tired right now to think up the rest of it... So you'll have to wait. Sorry.
