***** I DON'T OWN ZOIDS*****************************
Chapter 4 The Power of Truth
It has been a week since the battle with the Geno Breaker and Van, Fiona, Thomas, Beak, Zeke, and I were off in some area of the Republic or the Empire, I didn't know which. We were headed towards a village that according to intelligence, Reese and Sphecius were around and were terrorizing the area. Zeke and I were laying down next to one another and lazily staring off into the horizon. I was content and at peace when we arrived at the village. Somehow, it looked familiar to me and I wondered why. I never was here before. Then, I realized where I was. I was in the Valley of the Queens Colony. My family might still be here. Standing up as the Gustav stopped, I saw my little sister playing with two other children in the playground with Zoid toys. If I could have smiled, I would have because she still had the Shield Liger toy I got her three years ago when she was four. I hopped off of the Gustav and walked over to her. One of her friends had a Double Sworder toy and another had a Red Command Wolf. Other children were playing with toy Gordos, Godos, Gun Snipers, and a Pteras. My sister was excited to see an Organoid.
"Oh wow! Molly! Megan! Look, a gold Organoid! Wow!" She said.
Molly, Megan, and Debbie were happy to see me and I didn't mind giving them a couple of rides. Debbie seemed so excited she could have dragged the Blade Liger home with her on her back if she could get away with it and dragged us back to her home. I almost cried when I saw my mother. She seemed older than what she should've been. Though it was understandable, after losing one daughter, she probably worried herself about her other three daughters and sons. I could've broke out in tears if Zeke wasn't by my side. We lay down on the floor as my mother began to tell Van, Fiona, and Thomas about herself.
"You probably wouldn't know it but I had seven children." She said.
"What happened?" Fiona asked.
"My daughter, Alma, went to Old Man Peterson's Farm to get some vegetables for dinner three years ago. We really didn't need them but Alma wanted to make sure we had enough. When she got there, an Imperial Unit, I think it was called the Izenbec Unit, captured her." She said beginning to cry. "We never saw her again. My daughter use to make the best Zoid models you could find. They were all remote-controllable and were exact replicas of the actual Zoids. Go see my son, Derrick, if you'd like to go and see them."
Everyone walked outside to see Derrick and Matt playing with a couple models I had made. Matt was playing with a Shield Liger and Derrick was playing with my Genosaurer. Van seemed to notice this too.
"How many of these did your sister have?" He asked.
Matt answered, "We did have two of them, but after the Izenbecs kidnaped her, we've been down to this one."
Derrick continued the battle with Matt's Shield Liger and defeated him. Thomas confiscated the toy Genosaurer which was equipped with a small charged particle gun and we returned to the Gustav. They set up a comm link with Dr. Dee and I overheard the conversation.
"There's no question about it, Van. This girl, Alma, was a brilliant Zoid designer. When she was captured, Proezen must have figured out that the toy she carried with her could be used for a great amount of destruction and back-engineered the technology. This probably also led to the discovery of the Deathsaurer. It's sad though. I would've loved working with someone of her genius." He said signing off.
"Van Flyhight." A voice said.
The four of them knew who that was. It was Reese. They searched the area to find Reese standing on the nose of her Blue Genosaurer. Sphecius was on the ground next to the powerful Zoid that I had invented.
"You should know something Hiltz and I pulled out of the Chrysalis Database. The girl, Alma, was one of the three transformed into organoids by Proezen. Her color was gold." She said.
Reese transmitted a video to the Lightning Saix, Blade Liger, and Dibison. It was the visual record of my transformation. It was disturbing to watch. They recognized the organoid that came out of the chamber as me.
"Oh Solar, why didn't you tell me?" Zeke asked me.
I turned towards the Blade Liger.
"Because I think I love you, Zeke." I said.
Reese closed her eyes and had a smile on her face.
"Very touching. You two better know that being an Ancient Zoidian, I can understand what you're saying." She said.
Immediately, I ran towards her firing my Lightning Beam Cannons only to discover that she was an illusion. Nothing more than a holographic transmission.
"Do you actually think I'd come this close to you?" Reese asked them rhetorically. "I knew that one or more of you would try to attack me so I projected this hologram. I bet Solar would be able to find me though."
The holographic Reese and Sphecius disappeared and we settled in for the night. We sat around the fire while ignoring Thomas whom was trying to ask me how life as an organoid was.
"I think we should tell Solar's mother." Thomas said.
"We can't do that." Van exclaimed.
"And why not? She's worried herself for three years because of her." Thomas told him.
"Her mother has been hurt enough by the loss of her daughter. How do you think she's going to feel when she finds out that her daughter had been transformed by the government that she'd been a loyal citizen of for I don't know how many years into an organoid? She's going to be worse off than ever before. We can't tell her." Van told him.
"That was Proezen who turned Solar into what she is now, not the Empire." Thomas tried to argue that point with Van.
"Some people see the government as government, despite the fact that someone else might be running the show. Besides, she'd probably not even believe you." Van replied.
Finally, Fiona got Thomas to shut up and everyone went to sleep except for me. I was mad at Reese for exposing my secret. Then, I heard a voice. I turned to see Sphecius calling out quietly. I walked towards her.
"May I call you, Solar?" She asked.
"You may. What do you want?" I asked.
"I wanted to have what the humans call, 'Girl Talk', basically, I wanted to tell you about organoids." Sphecius said.
"Go on." I said eager for the unknown knowledge.
"What I have to tell you deals mainly with reproduction. Also, don't try to find a way to turn yourself human again. There isn't a way. Back to what I was saying, when two organoids of opposite sexes share their energies, the joining energies will form an egg and three months later, it'll hatch an organoid. You'll might have to teach it to fly and fuse with Zoids though. I just thought that you'd want to know about it. Zeke is still in love with you, despite what Reese has told your friends. I believe he would want this as well." Sphecius continued.
"Now, what do you want?" I asked.
"Reese has promised me to Shadow. Shadow's a pompous organoid who's partner has a single-minded focus is to kill Van. Hiltz's organoid, Ambient, and myself have been carrying on a secret romance. I want Shadow dead!" She told me.
"That won't be too hard." I told her.
"Good." Sphecius said walking away.
I walked back to the camp, thinking about the information that Sphecius gave to me. Was I ready to have a child? I asked myself that question. When I turned, I saw Zeke's beautiful crimson eyes and I stared into them. Most likely when I was human, I'd probably get stuck with a child I didn't want from a guy I hated, but when I saw the look in Zeke's eyes, I knew I was making the right decision. My internal compartment opened up and Zeke followed suit. The cables connected to one another and I could feel his energy being mixed with my own. Calmly, we settled down and slept.
Chapter 4 The Power of Truth
It has been a week since the battle with the Geno Breaker and Van, Fiona, Thomas, Beak, Zeke, and I were off in some area of the Republic or the Empire, I didn't know which. We were headed towards a village that according to intelligence, Reese and Sphecius were around and were terrorizing the area. Zeke and I were laying down next to one another and lazily staring off into the horizon. I was content and at peace when we arrived at the village. Somehow, it looked familiar to me and I wondered why. I never was here before. Then, I realized where I was. I was in the Valley of the Queens Colony. My family might still be here. Standing up as the Gustav stopped, I saw my little sister playing with two other children in the playground with Zoid toys. If I could have smiled, I would have because she still had the Shield Liger toy I got her three years ago when she was four. I hopped off of the Gustav and walked over to her. One of her friends had a Double Sworder toy and another had a Red Command Wolf. Other children were playing with toy Gordos, Godos, Gun Snipers, and a Pteras. My sister was excited to see an Organoid.
"Oh wow! Molly! Megan! Look, a gold Organoid! Wow!" She said.
Molly, Megan, and Debbie were happy to see me and I didn't mind giving them a couple of rides. Debbie seemed so excited she could have dragged the Blade Liger home with her on her back if she could get away with it and dragged us back to her home. I almost cried when I saw my mother. She seemed older than what she should've been. Though it was understandable, after losing one daughter, she probably worried herself about her other three daughters and sons. I could've broke out in tears if Zeke wasn't by my side. We lay down on the floor as my mother began to tell Van, Fiona, and Thomas about herself.
"You probably wouldn't know it but I had seven children." She said.
"What happened?" Fiona asked.
"My daughter, Alma, went to Old Man Peterson's Farm to get some vegetables for dinner three years ago. We really didn't need them but Alma wanted to make sure we had enough. When she got there, an Imperial Unit, I think it was called the Izenbec Unit, captured her." She said beginning to cry. "We never saw her again. My daughter use to make the best Zoid models you could find. They were all remote-controllable and were exact replicas of the actual Zoids. Go see my son, Derrick, if you'd like to go and see them."
Everyone walked outside to see Derrick and Matt playing with a couple models I had made. Matt was playing with a Shield Liger and Derrick was playing with my Genosaurer. Van seemed to notice this too.
"How many of these did your sister have?" He asked.
Matt answered, "We did have two of them, but after the Izenbecs kidnaped her, we've been down to this one."
Derrick continued the battle with Matt's Shield Liger and defeated him. Thomas confiscated the toy Genosaurer which was equipped with a small charged particle gun and we returned to the Gustav. They set up a comm link with Dr. Dee and I overheard the conversation.
"There's no question about it, Van. This girl, Alma, was a brilliant Zoid designer. When she was captured, Proezen must have figured out that the toy she carried with her could be used for a great amount of destruction and back-engineered the technology. This probably also led to the discovery of the Deathsaurer. It's sad though. I would've loved working with someone of her genius." He said signing off.
"Van Flyhight." A voice said.
The four of them knew who that was. It was Reese. They searched the area to find Reese standing on the nose of her Blue Genosaurer. Sphecius was on the ground next to the powerful Zoid that I had invented.
"You should know something Hiltz and I pulled out of the Chrysalis Database. The girl, Alma, was one of the three transformed into organoids by Proezen. Her color was gold." She said.
Reese transmitted a video to the Lightning Saix, Blade Liger, and Dibison. It was the visual record of my transformation. It was disturbing to watch. They recognized the organoid that came out of the chamber as me.
"Oh Solar, why didn't you tell me?" Zeke asked me.
I turned towards the Blade Liger.
"Because I think I love you, Zeke." I said.
Reese closed her eyes and had a smile on her face.
"Very touching. You two better know that being an Ancient Zoidian, I can understand what you're saying." She said.
Immediately, I ran towards her firing my Lightning Beam Cannons only to discover that she was an illusion. Nothing more than a holographic transmission.
"Do you actually think I'd come this close to you?" Reese asked them rhetorically. "I knew that one or more of you would try to attack me so I projected this hologram. I bet Solar would be able to find me though."
The holographic Reese and Sphecius disappeared and we settled in for the night. We sat around the fire while ignoring Thomas whom was trying to ask me how life as an organoid was.
"I think we should tell Solar's mother." Thomas said.
"We can't do that." Van exclaimed.
"And why not? She's worried herself for three years because of her." Thomas told him.
"Her mother has been hurt enough by the loss of her daughter. How do you think she's going to feel when she finds out that her daughter had been transformed by the government that she'd been a loyal citizen of for I don't know how many years into an organoid? She's going to be worse off than ever before. We can't tell her." Van told him.
"That was Proezen who turned Solar into what she is now, not the Empire." Thomas tried to argue that point with Van.
"Some people see the government as government, despite the fact that someone else might be running the show. Besides, she'd probably not even believe you." Van replied.
Finally, Fiona got Thomas to shut up and everyone went to sleep except for me. I was mad at Reese for exposing my secret. Then, I heard a voice. I turned to see Sphecius calling out quietly. I walked towards her.
"May I call you, Solar?" She asked.
"You may. What do you want?" I asked.
"I wanted to have what the humans call, 'Girl Talk', basically, I wanted to tell you about organoids." Sphecius said.
"Go on." I said eager for the unknown knowledge.
"What I have to tell you deals mainly with reproduction. Also, don't try to find a way to turn yourself human again. There isn't a way. Back to what I was saying, when two organoids of opposite sexes share their energies, the joining energies will form an egg and three months later, it'll hatch an organoid. You'll might have to teach it to fly and fuse with Zoids though. I just thought that you'd want to know about it. Zeke is still in love with you, despite what Reese has told your friends. I believe he would want this as well." Sphecius continued.
"Now, what do you want?" I asked.
"Reese has promised me to Shadow. Shadow's a pompous organoid who's partner has a single-minded focus is to kill Van. Hiltz's organoid, Ambient, and myself have been carrying on a secret romance. I want Shadow dead!" She told me.
"That won't be too hard." I told her.
"Good." Sphecius said walking away.
I walked back to the camp, thinking about the information that Sphecius gave to me. Was I ready to have a child? I asked myself that question. When I turned, I saw Zeke's beautiful crimson eyes and I stared into them. Most likely when I was human, I'd probably get stuck with a child I didn't want from a guy I hated, but when I saw the look in Zeke's eyes, I knew I was making the right decision. My internal compartment opened up and Zeke followed suit. The cables connected to one another and I could feel his energy being mixed with my own. Calmly, we settled down and slept.