Chapter 5
"Alright, we shouldn't have much to do.", Williams said as he surveyed the damaged leg of the AC. "We'll just have to replace a few wires, gears, and pistons. That crash didn't do to much damage. If the wires where more securely in place, we could have walked away with out a scratch."
"Oh? Well, since we don't have much to do then I'll just walk around for a while. See if I can find something interesting." I said.
"Alright, go on. Oh, here, take this.", Williams said as he handed me the walky-talky. "I'll call you when I'm done."
"Ok." I replied as I walked off.
As I moved down the large, dark, and silent row of garages, all I could hear was my footsteps echoing.
"1........2...........3......." I counted to myself.
"There aren't many garages in this place." I said to myself.
"4.........hey......That one had an AC in it." I stated, "Hey Doc. I found a Garage with an AC in it. You wanna take a look at this?" I asked Williams through the walky-talky.
"Interesting. Even if someone didn't want their AC, they could still sell it for a decent amount of money. Something must have attacked this place and made them leave in a hurry. I'll be there in a minute Daniel."
"Roger that." I replied while chuckling partially, "I've always wanted to say that."
I walked into the dusty garage and looked up at the mammoth AC standing before me.
It looked nothing like Grizzle. This AC was all, straight lines. Grizzle had more curves looked more human than this one. Plus the fact that this older AC had 4 legs and had no arms also made a difference.
As the Doc walked into the garage, I was looking around.
"Is this it?" Williams asked.
"No. This is a really big toy I found." I said sarcastically.
"Oh shut up child." Williams said annoyed.
"So how much do you think we can get for this sucker?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. We will have to find a shop around somewhere." Williams stated.
*GGGRRR*
"What the....." I yelled
Just then, 4 missiles slammed into the old AC and tore it up into pieces.
Williams and I ran for it, thinking the garage was under attack! We reached the garage in which Grizzle was located. And to my surprise, he was facing the direction of the garage that held the older AC. Grizzle had his missile pods closing as we approached him.
"Fascinating!" Williams exclaimed, " Grizzle must have thought you where going to leave him for that older AC. So he fired upon it in order to illuminate the competition!"
"So, you're saying that Grizzle is Jealous?" I asked.
"Yes! Grizzle has simulated emotions! This is truly a giant leap in science! An AI system that can think and feel emotions!" Williams was babbling.
That day we finished up the repairs, and filled up the ammo reserves. I didn't know how my folks where reacting, or even if they cared. I hadn't seen one new report on the TV or nothing of that sort. The only one that cared about we was Grizzle. And I will never leave him.
As I curled up in my comfortable hover chair, I asked Williams, "Hey, do you think I could enter the arena?"
"Possibly, but I'm not sure if you are old enough. The arena has rules, you know. Plus, you won't have much time for it. Remember, the testing we have to do." Williams stated.
"Right, I meant to ask you about that. Are these tests going to hurts?" I asked nervously.
"Nope. It's just tests on reflexes and neural input, and such." Williams said.
"Ok. Goodnight Doc." I said as I closed my eyes.
The next morning I awoke to a shock. This time we where being attacked!
"Can you tell who it is Grizzle?" I asked.
*Yes, it is the AC we attacked earlier.*
"Dang it! Can't he leave us alone?!?" I yelled.
"He must have went back and changed heads." Williams stated.
"Grizzle, boosters activate!" I commanded
*Boosters activated.*
"You know that you don't have to yell that out every time you want to boost, don't you?" Williams asked.
I just ignored him and concentrated on destroying that danged AC that was attacking us.
I didn't want to run out of energy this time so I stayed on the ground. The enemy AC was attacking from above, raining down missiles. Grizzle was able to dodge all of them until he ran out of ammo. Grizzle could move really fast for a heavyweight.
The enemy AC drooped to the ground as it unfolded it's grenade cannon.
"Grizzle! Hit him with the missile now!" Williams commanded.
*Yes Creator.*
Grizzle fired a multiple missile lock on the AC and most of them hit their mark. But the AC was still on it's knees. It fired a grenade right for us before Grizzle could react. It slammed into the left side of Grizzle, but it luckily hit armor instead of the vulnerable joints.
Grizzle, on it's own free will, boosted toward the AC with it's over boost.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled.
*attacking*
As Grizzle reached the AC he slashed with all four of his blades. The enemy AC was able to jump back fast enough to miss the shorter set of blades, but the two larger blades sliced off one of the missile arms.
"What!?!?!?" The enemy pilot yelled., "How could you?!?! Your blades shouldn't be that....."
And as Grizzle took another swipe at the enemy AC, it missed again. The enemy AC was now high into the air and flying away.
"I'll be back!" The enemy pilot yelled, "Alice Hanagun never fails a mission!"
"Did he just say mission?" Williams asked.
"Did he just say his name was Alice?" I asked chuckling.
"Something is very wrong here." Williams stated, "Nobody is supposed to know about grizzle. But if it was his mission to take us out, then we might be in big trouble." Williams said nervously.
"Right, we better head back to the states." I said.
Grizzle then went into over boost and headed out toward the land freedom. Surely they would be safe in America. Surely they would.
"Alright, we shouldn't have much to do.", Williams said as he surveyed the damaged leg of the AC. "We'll just have to replace a few wires, gears, and pistons. That crash didn't do to much damage. If the wires where more securely in place, we could have walked away with out a scratch."
"Oh? Well, since we don't have much to do then I'll just walk around for a while. See if I can find something interesting." I said.
"Alright, go on. Oh, here, take this.", Williams said as he handed me the walky-talky. "I'll call you when I'm done."
"Ok." I replied as I walked off.
As I moved down the large, dark, and silent row of garages, all I could hear was my footsteps echoing.
"1........2...........3......." I counted to myself.
"There aren't many garages in this place." I said to myself.
"4.........hey......That one had an AC in it." I stated, "Hey Doc. I found a Garage with an AC in it. You wanna take a look at this?" I asked Williams through the walky-talky.
"Interesting. Even if someone didn't want their AC, they could still sell it for a decent amount of money. Something must have attacked this place and made them leave in a hurry. I'll be there in a minute Daniel."
"Roger that." I replied while chuckling partially, "I've always wanted to say that."
I walked into the dusty garage and looked up at the mammoth AC standing before me.
It looked nothing like Grizzle. This AC was all, straight lines. Grizzle had more curves looked more human than this one. Plus the fact that this older AC had 4 legs and had no arms also made a difference.
As the Doc walked into the garage, I was looking around.
"Is this it?" Williams asked.
"No. This is a really big toy I found." I said sarcastically.
"Oh shut up child." Williams said annoyed.
"So how much do you think we can get for this sucker?" I asked.
"I'm not sure. We will have to find a shop around somewhere." Williams stated.
*GGGRRR*
"What the....." I yelled
Just then, 4 missiles slammed into the old AC and tore it up into pieces.
Williams and I ran for it, thinking the garage was under attack! We reached the garage in which Grizzle was located. And to my surprise, he was facing the direction of the garage that held the older AC. Grizzle had his missile pods closing as we approached him.
"Fascinating!" Williams exclaimed, " Grizzle must have thought you where going to leave him for that older AC. So he fired upon it in order to illuminate the competition!"
"So, you're saying that Grizzle is Jealous?" I asked.
"Yes! Grizzle has simulated emotions! This is truly a giant leap in science! An AI system that can think and feel emotions!" Williams was babbling.
That day we finished up the repairs, and filled up the ammo reserves. I didn't know how my folks where reacting, or even if they cared. I hadn't seen one new report on the TV or nothing of that sort. The only one that cared about we was Grizzle. And I will never leave him.
As I curled up in my comfortable hover chair, I asked Williams, "Hey, do you think I could enter the arena?"
"Possibly, but I'm not sure if you are old enough. The arena has rules, you know. Plus, you won't have much time for it. Remember, the testing we have to do." Williams stated.
"Right, I meant to ask you about that. Are these tests going to hurts?" I asked nervously.
"Nope. It's just tests on reflexes and neural input, and such." Williams said.
"Ok. Goodnight Doc." I said as I closed my eyes.
The next morning I awoke to a shock. This time we where being attacked!
"Can you tell who it is Grizzle?" I asked.
*Yes, it is the AC we attacked earlier.*
"Dang it! Can't he leave us alone?!?" I yelled.
"He must have went back and changed heads." Williams stated.
"Grizzle, boosters activate!" I commanded
*Boosters activated.*
"You know that you don't have to yell that out every time you want to boost, don't you?" Williams asked.
I just ignored him and concentrated on destroying that danged AC that was attacking us.
I didn't want to run out of energy this time so I stayed on the ground. The enemy AC was attacking from above, raining down missiles. Grizzle was able to dodge all of them until he ran out of ammo. Grizzle could move really fast for a heavyweight.
The enemy AC drooped to the ground as it unfolded it's grenade cannon.
"Grizzle! Hit him with the missile now!" Williams commanded.
*Yes Creator.*
Grizzle fired a multiple missile lock on the AC and most of them hit their mark. But the AC was still on it's knees. It fired a grenade right for us before Grizzle could react. It slammed into the left side of Grizzle, but it luckily hit armor instead of the vulnerable joints.
Grizzle, on it's own free will, boosted toward the AC with it's over boost.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled.
*attacking*
As Grizzle reached the AC he slashed with all four of his blades. The enemy AC was able to jump back fast enough to miss the shorter set of blades, but the two larger blades sliced off one of the missile arms.
"What!?!?!?" The enemy pilot yelled., "How could you?!?! Your blades shouldn't be that....."
And as Grizzle took another swipe at the enemy AC, it missed again. The enemy AC was now high into the air and flying away.
"I'll be back!" The enemy pilot yelled, "Alice Hanagun never fails a mission!"
"Did he just say mission?" Williams asked.
"Did he just say his name was Alice?" I asked chuckling.
"Something is very wrong here." Williams stated, "Nobody is supposed to know about grizzle. But if it was his mission to take us out, then we might be in big trouble." Williams said nervously.
"Right, we better head back to the states." I said.
Grizzle then went into over boost and headed out toward the land freedom. Surely they would be safe in America. Surely they would.