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CHAPTER 14
"This isn't good..." Jessie said, glancing out in the direction they were traveling. It had become quite a bit darker due to the clouds that had gathered.
"Those clouds are moving way to fast..." Rion added, "Nadia, how much farther?!"
Nadia's face appeared through the com-link, "We should almost be there..." She paused, "Ayane, could you get a better view?"
Ayane nodded and pushed forward on her controls, sending the GunGyarados into the air. She glided for a few minutes, "I can see the Ultrasaurus. It should be coming into your sights too..." She paused for a few seconds, then whispered, "It looks even worse than on the news..."
The GunGyarados returned to it's place besides the Konig wolf, and the four friends continued on their course, each one worried about the storm clouds that looked like they would burst at any moment.
Within a few seconds the beaten Ultrasaurus came into view. The large zoid that had seemed to so many to be invincible laid fallen, dead, among the burning desert sands. It's magnificent head half buried by the wind and sand. The dark clouds seemed to make it even worse, casting shadows along the ultrasaurus' armor.
"Jeeze..." Rion sighed, unable to say anything else as the four teenagers slowed their zoids, all eyes fixed on the giant zoid in front of them. They had noticed that they weren't the only ones there, other zoid warriors and zoid pilots alike had come to see the fallen zoid. Some of them even cried at the sight. There were even various ZBC officials shuffling busily back and forth, some seemed to be in a panicked state of hurry, others seemed to be moving far slower than they could have.
One man in general seemed to stick out among the ZBC crew. He was standing completely still, his back turned to the four teenagers. He seemed to be watching the ultrasaurus intently, as if nothing else mattered.
The man had short, spiked dark brown hair, and was standing in an almost calm and collective way. Even though it didn't seem like it, he was noticing everything around him, even the four new warriors that had appeared on the scene. He turned to face the new arrivals looking at each one in turn, his dark brown, almost black eyes quickly scanning them.
'Interesting,' He thought to himself, 'A black Konig Wolf, Lightning Siax, GunGyarados, and a white Blade ligar... I don't remember any team like that... very mismatched set of zoids.' He smiled inwardly as the four zoids approached him, taking an immediate liking to them. He didn't know exactly why, but he liked these four zoids already, and wanted to meet the pilots.
Nadia opened a com-link with the others, "Hey does that guy look familiar to any of you?"
Jessie nodded, "I've seen him somewhere, just can't place it." Ayane and Rion both nodded. Jessie sighed, "Well lets ask him if he's seen the knife, the quicker we get out of here the better."
"Right." Nadia's face faded out.
Jessie was the first to reach the man, he instructed his zoid to kneel, and opened the cockpit. Standing, the green haired teenager looked down at the official and nodded his greeting.
Next was Ayane, who opened her cockpit as well, not taking any measures to greet the stranger. She just looked down at him, her gothic look seeming to fit the GunGyarados quite well. She sat on the edge of the zoids cockpit, looking over at the fallen Ultrasaurus.
The white Blade Ligar came in up to the side of the GunGyarados, kneeling just like the Lightning Siax had. Rion stood as well, "Hello..."
The man seemed amused at Rion. He looked quite familiar, and instantly he thought of the most famous pilot on all of Zi... he nodded at the teenager and asked, "You related to Bit Cloud?"
Rion grinned sheepishly, looking exactly like his father, "My dad."
"Ah," The man smiled, just as the last of the four zoids approached. It came up in between the GunGyarados and Lightning Siax, and the cockpit opened revealing a young girl with long silver hair and eyes. She stood, "Um hi..."
The man instantly thought of the boy that the woman had, the strange woman with the armor... This girl, she looked very much like the boy... "Welcome, unfortunately I couldn't meet you on better circumstances," he waved a hand to the huge zoid behind him, "I am Commander Chris Fly-Height, and you are?"
"Your a Fly-Height? As in defeat the Deathsoarer Fly-height?" Rion asked excitedly.
Chris laughed slightly, he got that allot, "Yes, Van Fly-Height is my ancestor. Now please answer my question... Who are you?"
"Rion Cloud." Rion answered, still shocked about meeting a Fly-Height.
"Jessie Cooper."
"Ayane Makeno."
"Nadia Soleheart..." Nadia finished, jumping down out of her cockpit. The others followed suit.
"I have one question for you." Chris stated, directing his attention to Nadia, "Are you in any relation to that boy... the one that the strange woman with armor had with her?"
Nadia cringed, she was hoping to avoid that subject and just get the knife then leave. She looked up at the official and sighed, "Yes. He's my twin brother..."
"I see." He fiddled with something in his pocket, and pulled it out. "Then this belongs to you."
Nadia took the small bundle and opened it, surprised to see the knife that she had given Koh, "This is why we came here...." She sighed, taking a few seconds to gaze at the blade. It had been cleaned, and shone even in the dim light. "Thank you sir..."
"No problem... now, can you perhaps explain what is going on?" Chris asked, "Any of you maybe?"
Nadia sighed, "Well, I really don't know everything sir..." She still didn't' take her eyes off of Koh's knife, "It's hard for me to understand..."
She was suddenly cut off by a loud clasp of thunder. Cold rain began to fall as the dark billowing clouds shifted. Bright Lighting flashed across the sky, illuminating the entire area. People began to run in various directions, and zoids were fleeing from the scene.
"Damn! Nadia, we have to go now!" Jessie said, grabbing onto the girls arm and dragging her back toward the zoids, which the others had already started a dash towards. She looked back at the commander, "Im sorry I couldn't explain sir..."
Chris looked up at the clouds, and looked back down to two of the four zoids come to life, the GunGyarados and Blade Ligar. A few seconds later Nadia and Jessie climbed into their cockpits, and their zoids roared to life.
"Zeke!" Chris yelled through the storm. From seemingly out of nowhere a blue and white blade Ligar appeared, crouching at it's pilot. He climbed in and told the zoid, "Lets follow those kids. I want to make sure they get home ok, and I want answers." The zoid roared and bounded off, quickly coming up to the four dashing zoids.
Jessie and Rion were out in front, Nadia following close behind. Ayane was flying besides them, low so that the lightning had less of a chance to fry the GunGyarados' circuits. She was also the first to notice the approaching Blade Ligar.
"Hey kids." The commander's face appeared on their com-links, "I want answers, so, Im going with you. Any objections?"
Another crack of lightning flashed across the ever darkening sky as the water began to beat gown harder. Each of the four teenagers shook their heads in turn, and Chris smiled, "Good."
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"We're here." The recruit stated, turning to leave the window.
Sin nodded, and sarcastically said "Won't they be surprised to see us here?"
The recruit, who was now standing in the doorway, turned his blue eyes on Sin, "I suppose they will... and it will be the last time they see us as well."
"You may do as you wish with everyone except the two that I want. Understand?" Sin stated, "I will send in 15 other men with you... of course, all of them will be under your command."
"Fine." The recruit turned with a quick wave of his hand and left, the door shifting shut behind him. He walked down the hallway and reached the elevator, pushing the buttons quickly. He leaned against the back wall of the elevator, and grasped his forehead painfully, his head wouldn't stop pounding...
The door opened and he straitened himself out, ignoring his pounding headache. He walked down yet another hallway, finding himself face to face with the last person he wanted to see.
The demonic demi-human cursed as she rounded the corner, coming face to face with the new "recruit". She glared angrily at him as she passed, wishing right then and there to tear his throat out. He snorted as she walked past, sticking his foot out slightly, and catching her off guard. She stumbled, but caught herself, angrily turning to face him. He grinned cruelly and left, entering the cockpit, where the 15 men Sin had promised were waiting.
"Lets go." The recruit commanded, and turned, leaving the Chaos-sin with the 15 men following behind him, each one armed with both a handgun and a dagger.... "Time to make a massacre..."
They snuck quietly to the waterfall base, and the recruit turned to face the men, "Come in only when I order you to."
"Right sir." One of the men nodded, holding up his head set. The recruit nodded and put one on his head. The headset would keep him in contact with both Sin, and the 15 men at his disposal.
The Chaos-sin itself was cloaked, and hidden quite a distance away. The recruit passed behind the waterfall, and walked into the zoid hanger, glancing left and right at the zoids. He cursed, pressing a small button on the headset,"Sin?"
"What is it?" Sin asked.
"Only a few of them are here. The others are all gone somewhere. Including Cloud."
Sin chuckled, "Well, this gives me an idea. Don't kill any of the people here. We'll save that for later. You can do what you want with them, as long as you don't kill them. Tell me, is the other one there?"
"You mean Rain?" The recruit asked, "Her zoid is here, so I would guess that she is."
"Good. Here's my plan..."
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Cloud and the others that had gone to search had lucked out. Footsteps from the teenagers zoids were clearly marked in the sand, some more clearly then others. They had completely disappeared now, the rain washing them away, but the adults were all pretty sure where the kids had went. They had followed them quite a distance, and the storm had picked up quite a bit. Suddenly Jemie's face appeared on his com-link.
"Tyra a... me can ..ee them... They ... qu...e a bit ahead of ... and hea...g this way..." Jemie said, his voice and image faltering due to the storms interference. Cloud got the point though. Jemie and Tyra returned low to the ground, both of them not wanting to get struck by the dangerous lighting.
Soon the four teenager's zoids had come into view of the angry adults, and Cloud yelled, "Nadia! Where the hell have you been damn it!"
Nadia cringed at her uncles muffled voice and moaned, "Sorry...?" She tried.
"Sorry!?" Cloud was cut off by a steak of lighting that illuminated a fifth zoid with the teenagers. It was a blue and white blade ligar.
"Who?" Zack asked, just as another clasp of thunder sounded, messing up the com-link once again.
The zoids all stopped and faced each other, the new blade ligar's pilots voice reaching all of them, "Can we save introductions for later? I for one would like to get out of the storm. When we do, you can yell at these four all you want..."
Cloud swore and nodded, and Rei said, "Lets get back to the base everyone..."
Chris followed the zoids closely, and at full speed, "Quite a collection..." He said to himself, "wouldn't you say so Zeke?"
The blade ligar's roar was drowned out by the sound of the pounding rain and thunder....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 14~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FanFiction is finaly working again... Yay! Anyways, next chapters gonna be up soon, cuz I really want to write it... it'll be kinda a bloody chapter...
Well review and tell me whatcha think!
And of course, thanks for all the great reviews! Here's the next chapter.
CHAPTER 14
"This isn't good..." Jessie said, glancing out in the direction they were traveling. It had become quite a bit darker due to the clouds that had gathered.
"Those clouds are moving way to fast..." Rion added, "Nadia, how much farther?!"
Nadia's face appeared through the com-link, "We should almost be there..." She paused, "Ayane, could you get a better view?"
Ayane nodded and pushed forward on her controls, sending the GunGyarados into the air. She glided for a few minutes, "I can see the Ultrasaurus. It should be coming into your sights too..." She paused for a few seconds, then whispered, "It looks even worse than on the news..."
The GunGyarados returned to it's place besides the Konig wolf, and the four friends continued on their course, each one worried about the storm clouds that looked like they would burst at any moment.
Within a few seconds the beaten Ultrasaurus came into view. The large zoid that had seemed to so many to be invincible laid fallen, dead, among the burning desert sands. It's magnificent head half buried by the wind and sand. The dark clouds seemed to make it even worse, casting shadows along the ultrasaurus' armor.
"Jeeze..." Rion sighed, unable to say anything else as the four teenagers slowed their zoids, all eyes fixed on the giant zoid in front of them. They had noticed that they weren't the only ones there, other zoid warriors and zoid pilots alike had come to see the fallen zoid. Some of them even cried at the sight. There were even various ZBC officials shuffling busily back and forth, some seemed to be in a panicked state of hurry, others seemed to be moving far slower than they could have.
One man in general seemed to stick out among the ZBC crew. He was standing completely still, his back turned to the four teenagers. He seemed to be watching the ultrasaurus intently, as if nothing else mattered.
The man had short, spiked dark brown hair, and was standing in an almost calm and collective way. Even though it didn't seem like it, he was noticing everything around him, even the four new warriors that had appeared on the scene. He turned to face the new arrivals looking at each one in turn, his dark brown, almost black eyes quickly scanning them.
'Interesting,' He thought to himself, 'A black Konig Wolf, Lightning Siax, GunGyarados, and a white Blade ligar... I don't remember any team like that... very mismatched set of zoids.' He smiled inwardly as the four zoids approached him, taking an immediate liking to them. He didn't know exactly why, but he liked these four zoids already, and wanted to meet the pilots.
Nadia opened a com-link with the others, "Hey does that guy look familiar to any of you?"
Jessie nodded, "I've seen him somewhere, just can't place it." Ayane and Rion both nodded. Jessie sighed, "Well lets ask him if he's seen the knife, the quicker we get out of here the better."
"Right." Nadia's face faded out.
Jessie was the first to reach the man, he instructed his zoid to kneel, and opened the cockpit. Standing, the green haired teenager looked down at the official and nodded his greeting.
Next was Ayane, who opened her cockpit as well, not taking any measures to greet the stranger. She just looked down at him, her gothic look seeming to fit the GunGyarados quite well. She sat on the edge of the zoids cockpit, looking over at the fallen Ultrasaurus.
The white Blade Ligar came in up to the side of the GunGyarados, kneeling just like the Lightning Siax had. Rion stood as well, "Hello..."
The man seemed amused at Rion. He looked quite familiar, and instantly he thought of the most famous pilot on all of Zi... he nodded at the teenager and asked, "You related to Bit Cloud?"
Rion grinned sheepishly, looking exactly like his father, "My dad."
"Ah," The man smiled, just as the last of the four zoids approached. It came up in between the GunGyarados and Lightning Siax, and the cockpit opened revealing a young girl with long silver hair and eyes. She stood, "Um hi..."
The man instantly thought of the boy that the woman had, the strange woman with the armor... This girl, she looked very much like the boy... "Welcome, unfortunately I couldn't meet you on better circumstances," he waved a hand to the huge zoid behind him, "I am Commander Chris Fly-Height, and you are?"
"Your a Fly-Height? As in defeat the Deathsoarer Fly-height?" Rion asked excitedly.
Chris laughed slightly, he got that allot, "Yes, Van Fly-Height is my ancestor. Now please answer my question... Who are you?"
"Rion Cloud." Rion answered, still shocked about meeting a Fly-Height.
"Jessie Cooper."
"Ayane Makeno."
"Nadia Soleheart..." Nadia finished, jumping down out of her cockpit. The others followed suit.
"I have one question for you." Chris stated, directing his attention to Nadia, "Are you in any relation to that boy... the one that the strange woman with armor had with her?"
Nadia cringed, she was hoping to avoid that subject and just get the knife then leave. She looked up at the official and sighed, "Yes. He's my twin brother..."
"I see." He fiddled with something in his pocket, and pulled it out. "Then this belongs to you."
Nadia took the small bundle and opened it, surprised to see the knife that she had given Koh, "This is why we came here...." She sighed, taking a few seconds to gaze at the blade. It had been cleaned, and shone even in the dim light. "Thank you sir..."
"No problem... now, can you perhaps explain what is going on?" Chris asked, "Any of you maybe?"
Nadia sighed, "Well, I really don't know everything sir..." She still didn't' take her eyes off of Koh's knife, "It's hard for me to understand..."
She was suddenly cut off by a loud clasp of thunder. Cold rain began to fall as the dark billowing clouds shifted. Bright Lighting flashed across the sky, illuminating the entire area. People began to run in various directions, and zoids were fleeing from the scene.
"Damn! Nadia, we have to go now!" Jessie said, grabbing onto the girls arm and dragging her back toward the zoids, which the others had already started a dash towards. She looked back at the commander, "Im sorry I couldn't explain sir..."
Chris looked up at the clouds, and looked back down to two of the four zoids come to life, the GunGyarados and Blade Ligar. A few seconds later Nadia and Jessie climbed into their cockpits, and their zoids roared to life.
"Zeke!" Chris yelled through the storm. From seemingly out of nowhere a blue and white blade Ligar appeared, crouching at it's pilot. He climbed in and told the zoid, "Lets follow those kids. I want to make sure they get home ok, and I want answers." The zoid roared and bounded off, quickly coming up to the four dashing zoids.
Jessie and Rion were out in front, Nadia following close behind. Ayane was flying besides them, low so that the lightning had less of a chance to fry the GunGyarados' circuits. She was also the first to notice the approaching Blade Ligar.
"Hey kids." The commander's face appeared on their com-links, "I want answers, so, Im going with you. Any objections?"
Another crack of lightning flashed across the ever darkening sky as the water began to beat gown harder. Each of the four teenagers shook their heads in turn, and Chris smiled, "Good."
*********************************
"We're here." The recruit stated, turning to leave the window.
Sin nodded, and sarcastically said "Won't they be surprised to see us here?"
The recruit, who was now standing in the doorway, turned his blue eyes on Sin, "I suppose they will... and it will be the last time they see us as well."
"You may do as you wish with everyone except the two that I want. Understand?" Sin stated, "I will send in 15 other men with you... of course, all of them will be under your command."
"Fine." The recruit turned with a quick wave of his hand and left, the door shifting shut behind him. He walked down the hallway and reached the elevator, pushing the buttons quickly. He leaned against the back wall of the elevator, and grasped his forehead painfully, his head wouldn't stop pounding...
The door opened and he straitened himself out, ignoring his pounding headache. He walked down yet another hallway, finding himself face to face with the last person he wanted to see.
The demonic demi-human cursed as she rounded the corner, coming face to face with the new "recruit". She glared angrily at him as she passed, wishing right then and there to tear his throat out. He snorted as she walked past, sticking his foot out slightly, and catching her off guard. She stumbled, but caught herself, angrily turning to face him. He grinned cruelly and left, entering the cockpit, where the 15 men Sin had promised were waiting.
"Lets go." The recruit commanded, and turned, leaving the Chaos-sin with the 15 men following behind him, each one armed with both a handgun and a dagger.... "Time to make a massacre..."
They snuck quietly to the waterfall base, and the recruit turned to face the men, "Come in only when I order you to."
"Right sir." One of the men nodded, holding up his head set. The recruit nodded and put one on his head. The headset would keep him in contact with both Sin, and the 15 men at his disposal.
The Chaos-sin itself was cloaked, and hidden quite a distance away. The recruit passed behind the waterfall, and walked into the zoid hanger, glancing left and right at the zoids. He cursed, pressing a small button on the headset,"Sin?"
"What is it?" Sin asked.
"Only a few of them are here. The others are all gone somewhere. Including Cloud."
Sin chuckled, "Well, this gives me an idea. Don't kill any of the people here. We'll save that for later. You can do what you want with them, as long as you don't kill them. Tell me, is the other one there?"
"You mean Rain?" The recruit asked, "Her zoid is here, so I would guess that she is."
"Good. Here's my plan..."
******************************
Cloud and the others that had gone to search had lucked out. Footsteps from the teenagers zoids were clearly marked in the sand, some more clearly then others. They had completely disappeared now, the rain washing them away, but the adults were all pretty sure where the kids had went. They had followed them quite a distance, and the storm had picked up quite a bit. Suddenly Jemie's face appeared on his com-link.
"Tyra a... me can ..ee them... They ... qu...e a bit ahead of ... and hea...g this way..." Jemie said, his voice and image faltering due to the storms interference. Cloud got the point though. Jemie and Tyra returned low to the ground, both of them not wanting to get struck by the dangerous lighting.
Soon the four teenager's zoids had come into view of the angry adults, and Cloud yelled, "Nadia! Where the hell have you been damn it!"
Nadia cringed at her uncles muffled voice and moaned, "Sorry...?" She tried.
"Sorry!?" Cloud was cut off by a steak of lighting that illuminated a fifth zoid with the teenagers. It was a blue and white blade ligar.
"Who?" Zack asked, just as another clasp of thunder sounded, messing up the com-link once again.
The zoids all stopped and faced each other, the new blade ligar's pilots voice reaching all of them, "Can we save introductions for later? I for one would like to get out of the storm. When we do, you can yell at these four all you want..."
Cloud swore and nodded, and Rei said, "Lets get back to the base everyone..."
Chris followed the zoids closely, and at full speed, "Quite a collection..." He said to himself, "wouldn't you say so Zeke?"
The blade ligar's roar was drowned out by the sound of the pounding rain and thunder....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 14~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FanFiction is finaly working again... Yay! Anyways, next chapters gonna be up soon, cuz I really want to write it... it'll be kinda a bloody chapter...
Well review and tell me whatcha think!