Introduction: Raven, as we all know, is one of the nemesis in the first Zoids movie. But in this story, he is a victim of the uncontrollable zoid units who wanted to destroy the republic. Find out more about Raven, when you read this story.

Chapter 1: Dark past

"Where are you going, Raven?" his mom called him from afar.

"Not far!" Raven jumped on his skateboard and turned on the engine, "Bye mom!"

The scorch heat of the sun covered the desert, as Raven wandered off on his flying engine-powered skateboard at high speed. Everyday, he searches for his father, who is a soldier in the republic army. Ever since the war between the republic army and the empire army, Raven has been living with his uncle and his mother, in the desert where they can be safe. But now that he knew his father died, the only memory his father had left him was a pendant with an ancient emblem, and he got fond of wandering off to the desert, where he was free.

Raven tried to forget his past and released the pendant from his hand as he glided lower on the sandy floor. He was in the middle of the desert when all of a sudden, he heard a gunshot, not far from him. He turned off the engine and hid behind the high sand to see what just happened.

"Mom!!!" He shouted, upon seeing his mother lying unconsciously on the sand. Blood rushed out of her body and was surrounded by three emperial soldiers. They heard Raven and located him at once.

"Stop!" one of them yelled. But Raven fled off quickly. "I said stop!" the soldier fired his shotgun at him but he missed. "Darn! Call the Saber Fang unit immediately, and tell him to go west and kill the boy before he finds the zoid we're looking for!"

"No, this can't be happening!" Raven held the pendant in his hand as tears rolled down his cheeks. He turned the engine faster trying to deny what he saw.

Before he could reach the village, the Saber Fang appeared right in front of him, forcing him to turn back where he came from. But behind him stood a Dark Horn. "Shoot! I'm surrounded!" he told himself. The Dark Horn aimed its guttling gun on Raven but he immediately gained speed and rushed under the Saber Fang, which was the one that has been shot by the Dark Horn's attack. The two zoids followed and was about to attack him, so he changed direction. Raven fled so fast that he didn't know where he's going.

"I.I lost them." Raven whispered, trying to catch his breath. His engine overheated and suddenly, it exploded. "Great! Now, how am I going to get home.? He walked under the sunset, finding his way home with his injured leg due to his engine's explosion. As he traveled farther, he found a ruin, almost covered with sand.

Raven brushed a lump of sand off a giant structure, "What the." he looked up and realized that the ruins was made up of damaged zoids.

The ground trembled and he heard giant footsteps. Raven turned around and saw the Dark Horn about twenty meters away. He went inside for cover and found two metal doors.

"Get out of there at once!" one of the soldiers commanded him. "Even if you try to hide, we could still destroy you!"