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Chapter 6
The ride to America was relatively smooth. No confrontations of any sort occurred, except for a few stops when we had to let Grizzle rest and regain energy, but that was normal.
The trip back seemed a lot longer for some reason. Oh, but it felt so good to be back home in the USA.
When we arrived we where welcomed by 2 AC's. But they weren't the type of welcome wagon I expected.
A voice came over my radio.
"So, you are the one called Grizzle?" The voice asked.
"That voice!" I recognized that voice. It was Alice, and this time, he had brought a friend.
"We have to retreat! We can't take on both of them." Williams ordered.
"What are you talking about? We have plenty of ammo! I say we attack!" I replied.
The 2 AC's where very different in build. Alice's AC had changed drastically from the last encounter we had. This time, he had larger legs, and replaced his weapon arms with regular arms.
He carried a machine gun in his right hand, and a shield on his left. The over all look of the AC was larger even though he carried relatively smaller weapons then before.
He exchanged the grenade launcher for a rounded missile pod. The missile pod itself was pretty massive. The other weapon was a rocket launcher. It sort of leaned forward with it's pod doors opened, ready to fire.
The other AC was an odd one indeed. It had reversed joint legs. The arms where light, but it carried a large bazooka in it's right hand, and had a shield on it's left. It was the same shield as Alice's.
This AC also had back weapons but both of them looked the same.
They where mirror images of each other. It looked like they where missile pods, but nothing I had ever seen before.
"Daniel, watch out for those vertical missiles. They can be hard to dodge. It looks like they added shields in preparation for your laser blade attacks. No is the time for strategy, not brute force." Williams warned.
"Yeah, sure......"I said not listening.
All I could thing of was how I would attack first. Go with the cannon, or missiles. If I attacked with the cannons, that would over heat them. Possibly causing on of them to panic, and make stupid decisions.
Or I could attack with the missiles first and boost to slash them while they try to dodge on coming barrage.
Either way, I had to choose fast.
"Alright Grizzle! Missiles fire!"
Grizzle did so and fired a multiple lock on of missiles. The 2 AC's moved and dodged while firing at me. The Unknown AC fired it's Vertical Missiles at me. They actually went straight up into the air and came back down onto my AC.
I hadn't expected that, I thought all missiles fired the same way! I strafed right and unfolded the cannon.
"Ok, so you can dodge. But magnets follow you where ever you go!" I yelled, "Fire the cannon!"
"I'm telling you, you can fire the cannon with out yelling it out!" Williams stated.
From each of the cannon's barrel came 2 rounded discs. 1 clung to Alice's AC and the other's to the other AC. I pressed the button and each of the discs lit a blaze.
"Crap! What the heck is this?!?!" Alice exclaimed.
"I've never seen anything like that! I'm every heating! It's making me over heat!" The other pilot yelled.
Alice's AC tried to pull the disc of his AC and succeeded for a little bit, but after he let go, expecting it to fall to the ground, it returned to the leg of his AC.
"No! They're not commin off!" Alice cried, "Donald! We gotta hurry and destroy these things, before they kill us!"
"Right!" Don said.
The 2 AC turned toward each other and fired their right arm weapons at each other.
"What are they doing? Are they nuts?", I asked.
The 2 AC's kept firing, blowing smoke into the air. As the smoke cleared they both stood silent. The discs had been destroyed, but not with-out taking some armor with them. The 2 AC's turned toward Grizzle and prepared to attack.
"What do you do?", I asked, "They survived our best attack!"
"Quickly! Attack them. Their Armor points have to be low!" Williams commanded.
"Hey," I said, "I'm the pilot here."
And with that, I activated the over boost manually. I didn't want Grizzle attacking wildly again. As we over boosted toward the 2 AC's, I started to swing my laser blades. As I did, the 2 AC's both activated their shields at the same time. Deflecting my attacks.
Seeing that this wasn't going to work, I jumped over them and over boosted away.
Thinking only of escape, I hadn't realized I had damaged, and knocked the 2 AC's on their backs with the energy from my over boost. I kept the over boost on as long as I could. I didn't want to see those morons ever again.
"What did you do that for?" Williams asked, "We could have destroyed them!"
"We where out of ammo for the missiles and they would have just shot the discs off again. The only attack I could count on was the laser blades. When they failed, I had nothin left Doc." I replied.
"We could just turned around after you jumped over them and slashed them." Williams stated.
"No, I have a feeling they won't attack me again." I said.
"Yes they will! And this time they will bring another AC, and another, and another until they accomplish their mission. You don't know pilots like I do boy! They are relentless in completing their missions! They never give up!" Williams argued.
"Sure, whatever, I just want to go back home, ok?" I replied.
"NO! You don't understand boy! They want to kill you! We must get to the root of this problem and tear it apart!" Williams ranted on.
"Ok, ok. Geezz......Let's find a place to hide wile we get restocked." I stated.
"Fine. If I remember correctly, there should be a garage in Washington D.C." Williams said.
"Washington D.C? Never heard of it." I said.
"Well, you don't stay awake in history class, do you?", Williams said, "Washington D.C. used to be America's capitol."
"What? You're crazy Doc." I said.
Chapter 6
The ride to America was relatively smooth. No confrontations of any sort occurred, except for a few stops when we had to let Grizzle rest and regain energy, but that was normal.
The trip back seemed a lot longer for some reason. Oh, but it felt so good to be back home in the USA.
When we arrived we where welcomed by 2 AC's. But they weren't the type of welcome wagon I expected.
A voice came over my radio.
"So, you are the one called Grizzle?" The voice asked.
"That voice!" I recognized that voice. It was Alice, and this time, he had brought a friend.
"We have to retreat! We can't take on both of them." Williams ordered.
"What are you talking about? We have plenty of ammo! I say we attack!" I replied.
The 2 AC's where very different in build. Alice's AC had changed drastically from the last encounter we had. This time, he had larger legs, and replaced his weapon arms with regular arms.
He carried a machine gun in his right hand, and a shield on his left. The over all look of the AC was larger even though he carried relatively smaller weapons then before.
He exchanged the grenade launcher for a rounded missile pod. The missile pod itself was pretty massive. The other weapon was a rocket launcher. It sort of leaned forward with it's pod doors opened, ready to fire.
The other AC was an odd one indeed. It had reversed joint legs. The arms where light, but it carried a large bazooka in it's right hand, and had a shield on it's left. It was the same shield as Alice's.
This AC also had back weapons but both of them looked the same.
They where mirror images of each other. It looked like they where missile pods, but nothing I had ever seen before.
"Daniel, watch out for those vertical missiles. They can be hard to dodge. It looks like they added shields in preparation for your laser blade attacks. No is the time for strategy, not brute force." Williams warned.
"Yeah, sure......"I said not listening.
All I could thing of was how I would attack first. Go with the cannon, or missiles. If I attacked with the cannons, that would over heat them. Possibly causing on of them to panic, and make stupid decisions.
Or I could attack with the missiles first and boost to slash them while they try to dodge on coming barrage.
Either way, I had to choose fast.
"Alright Grizzle! Missiles fire!"
Grizzle did so and fired a multiple lock on of missiles. The 2 AC's moved and dodged while firing at me. The Unknown AC fired it's Vertical Missiles at me. They actually went straight up into the air and came back down onto my AC.
I hadn't expected that, I thought all missiles fired the same way! I strafed right and unfolded the cannon.
"Ok, so you can dodge. But magnets follow you where ever you go!" I yelled, "Fire the cannon!"
"I'm telling you, you can fire the cannon with out yelling it out!" Williams stated.
From each of the cannon's barrel came 2 rounded discs. 1 clung to Alice's AC and the other's to the other AC. I pressed the button and each of the discs lit a blaze.
"Crap! What the heck is this?!?!" Alice exclaimed.
"I've never seen anything like that! I'm every heating! It's making me over heat!" The other pilot yelled.
Alice's AC tried to pull the disc of his AC and succeeded for a little bit, but after he let go, expecting it to fall to the ground, it returned to the leg of his AC.
"No! They're not commin off!" Alice cried, "Donald! We gotta hurry and destroy these things, before they kill us!"
"Right!" Don said.
The 2 AC turned toward each other and fired their right arm weapons at each other.
"What are they doing? Are they nuts?", I asked.
The 2 AC's kept firing, blowing smoke into the air. As the smoke cleared they both stood silent. The discs had been destroyed, but not with-out taking some armor with them. The 2 AC's turned toward Grizzle and prepared to attack.
"What do you do?", I asked, "They survived our best attack!"
"Quickly! Attack them. Their Armor points have to be low!" Williams commanded.
"Hey," I said, "I'm the pilot here."
And with that, I activated the over boost manually. I didn't want Grizzle attacking wildly again. As we over boosted toward the 2 AC's, I started to swing my laser blades. As I did, the 2 AC's both activated their shields at the same time. Deflecting my attacks.
Seeing that this wasn't going to work, I jumped over them and over boosted away.
Thinking only of escape, I hadn't realized I had damaged, and knocked the 2 AC's on their backs with the energy from my over boost. I kept the over boost on as long as I could. I didn't want to see those morons ever again.
"What did you do that for?" Williams asked, "We could have destroyed them!"
"We where out of ammo for the missiles and they would have just shot the discs off again. The only attack I could count on was the laser blades. When they failed, I had nothin left Doc." I replied.
"We could just turned around after you jumped over them and slashed them." Williams stated.
"No, I have a feeling they won't attack me again." I said.
"Yes they will! And this time they will bring another AC, and another, and another until they accomplish their mission. You don't know pilots like I do boy! They are relentless in completing their missions! They never give up!" Williams argued.
"Sure, whatever, I just want to go back home, ok?" I replied.
"NO! You don't understand boy! They want to kill you! We must get to the root of this problem and tear it apart!" Williams ranted on.
"Ok, ok. Geezz......Let's find a place to hide wile we get restocked." I stated.
"Fine. If I remember correctly, there should be a garage in Washington D.C." Williams said.
"Washington D.C? Never heard of it." I said.
"Well, you don't stay awake in history class, do you?", Williams said, "Washington D.C. used to be America's capitol."
"What? You're crazy Doc." I said.