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Jason, after many hours, finally overcame the hunger. Mostly at least. He still felt it, but he was able to control it. Jason walked back to the camp. Fours eyes stared back at him in surprise.
"Jason!" Jake said, and stood up. He looked somewhat relieved.
Shane stayed sitting, but looked up Jason with a worried look.
"Are you okay?" she said quietly.
"Yeah. I'm good. I just felt kind of sick. I'm fine now," Jason reassured her.
Shane laughed. "You're such a damned liar."
Shane shook her head. She then spotted the puncture wound on Jason's arm.
"What happened?" Shane said, indicating the wound.
Jason looked down at it, slightly stunned.
"I don't know."
"I'll get some bandages and stuff," Jake volunteered, and walked away.
Shane stood up and held her hand out. Jason obediently put his arm in her hand. Shane looked closely down at the arm. Jake came back bearing a bundle of cloth and pot of water. He put the pot over the fire. Shane started to clean the wound, but as soon as she rubbed away all the dry blood and dirt, a thick, dark liquid began to ooze out of the puncture wounds. Jason gritted his teeth at the pain, but held still. Shane wiped the vile fluid away with a cloth, and bandaged Jason's arm.
"There."
"Thanks."
Shane shrugged and stood up. Jason clutched at his knees as he felt the hunger for Shane's blood returning. 'No,' he told himself, but he could still sense the blood pumping through Shane's body.
"Griffy!" Jake called.
Shane turned around.
"I'm going to go for a walk or something. All this stuff is making me feel claustrophobic," Jake said.
Shane cocked her eyebrow but nodded. Jason watched the boy leave the clearing. Jason was confused though. He felt Shane's blood, but he didn't feel Jake's. What he felt in the strange boy was... life force?
'Couldn't be,' Jason thought, and pushed the thought aside.
But he was hunger. He had to eat. But he had no hunger for anything but blood and life force. Jake disappeared into the trees. Jason had a bad feeling about the woods. He felt as if something bad was in the woods. Like something bad had happened in the woods... to him?
"You want anything to eat Jason?"
Shane's voice. Jason felt the hunger getting stronger. He wanted to yell out 'YES!' But he knew he couldn't. He couldn't give in to this hunger, this powerful hunger that was starting to control him. He craved blood. He wanted to feel the warm saltiness dribbling down his throat, but he knew he couldn't. He couldn't harm anything...or anyone.
"No. I'm not real hungry. Just tired. Mind if I go to sleep first?"
Shane gave Jason a suspicious look, but nodded her head. Jason smiled back inadequately and walked into his tent. Shane watched the tent for a few minutes, sensing something wrong with Jason. He didn't seem any different, but she knew he was. Shane bit her lip, and turned back to her dinner.
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Jake walked through the woods, silently and cautiously. He knew something was out there. Something was wrong with the human, Jason. He didn't act any different, but Jake knew. He dropped his hologram, and slid skillfully through the shadows, unseen by anything, not even the owls. Exile sensed something foul in the air. It felt thick and sticky to the organoid. To someone else, it may just have felt like humidity, but Exile knew better. He was an old organoid. He knew. The sense was faded and felt somewhat old, but Exile knew that the intruder would not be far.
"So, the firstborn did come."
Exile spun around. A woman stood behind him.
'How did she get back there?!' Exile thought to himself in slight panic. 'I didn't even sense her.'
"Don't feel distressed firstborn. I mean you no harm," the demon said.
"You lie fiend! I do not trust you words. They are but as truthful as a viper's poison," Exile growled.
"Now, aren't we a little agitated today? I do not hunt your species firstborn. You are not the ones I wish to destroy," Inari narrowed her eyes.
"Then why did you send one of your henchmen to kidnap me?" the organoid demanded.
A thin smile appeared on the demon queen's face. "I am probably correct when I say you are but the oldest and wisest of your kind left on this small defenseless planet, or even this world. Before I destroyed this planet, I was just curious about if you and your kind would join us. Form an alliance. We could take this planet as our own, and destroy the humans," the demon's eyes flickered with excitement. "This planet could be ridded of the human menace. Or even better, they could serve us as slaves. Think, firstborn. No more running and hiding from these weak humans. No more trying to deal with their greed and power. Just join me."
Exile glared back at Inari. "Power? Isn't that what you want? You are about to do the same thing the humans did. They enslaved the Zoids, and now you are trying to enslave the humans. Two wrongs do not make a right. And you hold your hand out to the organoids, but what of the Zoids?"
Inari snarled. "The Zoids cannot be helped. If this turned to open war no doubt the Zoids would be used to fight us-"
"Us? I will not join you demon. These humans may not be perfect creatures, but they still have hearts, unlike you. They can love and care for one another. You? You can only hate. I have never felt one with so much malice and evil in them. You can forget about the organoids. We may not exactly like humans, but we will side with them over you. We were companions for these humans many centuries ago. And if need be, we will recreate that companionship to guarantee your downfall."
The demon glared at Exile. Her eyes were burning with red flames.
"You have made a big mistake firstborn. And soon, you shall see, and suffer. Before you suffer though," Inari's mouth curled into a cruel smile. "those around you shall suffer first."
The demon then disappeared into the shadows. Exile stayed still for a long while until he felt the thickness in the air disappear as well. A cool breeze washed over the organoid's metal form. The last words from the demon came back to him.
"Before you suffer though, those around you shall suffer first."
Exile felt a sudden chill.
"Shane! Jason!"
The organoid raced through the woods. He had to get back to the camp sight. He just had to, before -
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The Death Stinger let out a shrill cry that sounded like a thousand screaming souls being tortured to death. The two pilots in front of it cringed at the horrible noise. The Stinger snapped its pincers together. The huge Zoid turned to face the two other Zoids, and waited, as if daring them to come near.
"Don't mind if I do," Shinigami mumbled as she pushed her Zoid into a charge.
The Death Raptor let out a roar and took off into the sky. At a speed of Mach 5, the Death Raptor ripped through the air.
"Take this!"
The boosters on the Raptor roared to life as they spat blue and red flames. The Zoid plummeted down toward the Death Stinger. The falling form collided with the cockpit of the Death Stinger. The large Zoid staggered from the impact as the Death Raptor continued to bear down on it. But with a sudden burst of energy from the Stinger, the Raptor was flung away. While the Death Stinger had been distracted, the Blade Sniper had moved behind the scorpion-Zoid. It pounced with lightning speed and grabbed onto the tail of the Zoid. The Sniper clawed and bit at the tail, doing little damage. The Stinger flicked its tail, sending the Blade Sniper flying.
"There's no way to damage this thing!" Kat said angrily.
"I think I know a way."
The Death Raptor got to its feet and charged again. Its blades flew open, and started to charge up. The Raptor then locked its feet into the ground, and the electricity from the blades shot toward the Stinger. The bright balls of energy hit the Stinger's alloy armor. For a horrible moment, the two pilots watched the energy swirl around the scorpion-Zoid. The electricity then froze in mid-air, and deteriorated. Shocked, neither pilot could say anything. The Death Stinger let out a shriek, and started to fire its 930mm mortar cannons in every direction. The huge blasts of laser energy lit the darkening sky with blinding flashes of blue and white. The Blade Sniper was running around madly, trying to avoid getting hit by the insanely big cannon blasts from the Stinger. The Death Raptor had taken to the skies, but could do nothing to damage the out of control Death Stinger. The cannon fire finally ceased, and the Blade Sniper stopped running. For a long while, the two Zoids stared at each other. With only a small cloud of dust trailing behind it, the Blade Sniper was off. Its guns were blazing as it charged the monstrous Zoid. Kat felt suddenly very small as she came closer and closer to the Death Stinger. Just as the Blade Sniper leapt, a hidden blade on the back of the Death Stinger's pincer came forward and smashed into the Sniper. With a last cry of distress, the Blade Sniper fell.
"Damnit!" Kat slammed her fists down on the controls, as bright orange letters flashed: Command System Freeze.
The Death Raptor flew down from the sky. Shinigami bit her lip. She knew her Zoid wouldn't last too much longer. The Death Raptor would overheat in less than five minutes. Shinigami landed her Zoid on the ground.
"This is our last hope," she murmured to herself.
The Raptor lowered its head, and the vents on its tail folded open. Metal clamps fell from the back of the Zoid's legs and buried themselves into the ground. A small ball of energy began to form within the mouth of the Death Raptor. It increased in size until you could no longer see its face from the front. Shinigami closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
"Here goes nothing."
The ball shot out into a long beam of particle energy. It flew forward and collided with the Death Stinger. The area was engulfed in a bright light and gray smoke. Shinigami looked down at her thermal scanners, but they didn't show anything. She raised her eyes slowly toward the cloud of smoke. Two pincers emerged from the cloud with the rest of the still in tact Death Stinger. From its tail, a bright light was being emitted.
"You fight well, humans."
Then Shinigami and Kat were swept into a white oblivion. Kat cracked her eyes open, and saw a purple-pink spiral swirling around her, before she saw no more.
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Rit sat up in her bed. She looked around the dark room, as if waiting for something to appear. The dark room was silent and nothing stirred. Rit didn't relax. She had a bad feeling. Rit stood up. The dark shape lying by her bed pricked up its ears and stood up. The wolf shape followed Rit out of the door. Rit pricked up her own ears and turned around.
"Stay here Chemuk. I'll be right back."
The wolf-organoid growled but turned back. Rit smiled and walked down the hall. She touched one of the doors. Rit froze. She shrugged and touched the panel next to the door. It slid open, and Rit slipped inside.
"Hey," she said quietly.
Nothing moved. Rit stealthy moved to the side of the bed. She knelt down and rested her arms on the bed with her head sitting on top. Rit looked over at Vega in his coma-state.
"I'll be back. Just wait for me. If you were awake you'd probably say that I was acting stupid, but you're not. I have to figure out what's happening. Sorry. I'll be back though. I promise," Rit said.
She leaned over and kissed his forehead. Rit stood up and walked out of the room. She made a barely audible whistle from between her teeth, and immediately Chemuk was at her side. The organoid looked up at Rit questionably. Rit placed a tired hand on Chemuk's head.
"Come on."
Rit walked down the hall with Chemuk at her heels. But as she approached the hangar door, she heard something. Rit spun around to find a dark shape behind her, leaning against the wall.
"Going somewhere?"
"Go away. I have things to do," Rit growled.
Drake stepped out from beyond the shadows. He looked at Rit with hard silver eyes.
"You're going to go find that demon who put your boyfriend into a coma?" Drake said, with a slight smirk.
Rit scowled. "He's not my boyfriend," Rit said harshly, though in her mind she had doubts.
"Well you're not denying that you're going to find that demon. Just to tell you, you won't be able to beat her alone."
"Are you suggesting something?" Rit snapped.
Drake shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. I'm just saying you may need some help."
"In other words you want to come to," Rit said mockingly, talking as if talking to a toddler.
Drake laughed, letting the insult slip. "If you're asking me to, then sure."
"I'm not asking anything. You can come if you want to, but this is my show. You'd better not get in the way," Rit said strictly and turned around.
"Yes ma'am," Drake muttered with a slight grin.
He followed Rit into the hangar. Rit already had her Konig Wolf at the exit to the garage. Drake quickly jumped into his own Zoid and started the systems up. The Shinryu Unit rumbled in greeting. Drake grabbed the controls.
"Ready when you are captain!" he said with a slight hint of humor.
Rit shook her head and pushed her controls forward.
"Chemuk, Storm, let's get going."
The Konig Wolf howled and leapt out of the hangar, with the Shinryu close behind.
"So, have any idea where we're going?"
Rit was silent. She closed her eyes, remembering the dream she had. She recalled trees. Lots of trees.
"A forest," Rit announced.
"Wow, that was descriptive," Drake said sarcastically.
Rit grumbled irritably, but thought more. What had she seen? She had seen an organoid... it was black and shaped like a normal organoid... But she knew it was different... How?
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Exile ran through the woods, panicking. He leapt over a fallen log and continued his sprint. Finally, Exile saw the clearing ahead. There was the flickering light of the fire. Exile jumped forward into the camp sight, putting his hologram back on. He turned around and looked. He saw Shane sleeping on a log. But where was Jason? Jake started to panic. Had the demon gotten to him? But then, Jake saw Jason coming out from the shadows of the trees. Jake was relieved.
"Jason!" he said. "There's something I've got to tell you!"
Jason smiled wickedly. "There's something I need to tell you too."
Jake's eyes widened. He took a step back. The human was emitting the same evil the demon had. Jake backed away, slowly shaking his head. Jason advanced forward.
"Well, well. We meet again."
Jake looked into Jason's eyes, trying to find the real Jason. But he only saw hollowness. The demon had taken over his body.
"Jason! You must fight! Do not let the demon take over! Fight Jason! Maenell e' kazmira!*" Jake suddenly yelled, in his own tongue.
Jason faltered at the sudden outburst from the organoid-boy. With gritted teeth, Jason started to move forward again. His eyes turned into amber feline eyes: the same as the demon-queen.
"You cannot win against me, firstborn! I will destroy your kind along with these pathetic humans!"
Jason/Inari reached a clawed hand forward. With a swipe, s/he opened the air. The opening grew wider and wider until a huge purple/pink spiral could be seen within the rip.
"I banish you to my world, firstborn. You will never see this world again!"
With that, the portal split open, and swept Jake off his feet. Jake let out a cry of distress, then was sucked up into the portal.
{A/N: I'm probably not going to write about the demon world in this fanfiction, so if you really want to know what happened to the three in there, say that in your review and I'll write a side-story about it. Well, that's it for now. Au revoir.}
*Fight the Shadow! (I just made it up. It's supposedly in the 'organoid' language.
Jason, after many hours, finally overcame the hunger. Mostly at least. He still felt it, but he was able to control it. Jason walked back to the camp. Fours eyes stared back at him in surprise.
"Jason!" Jake said, and stood up. He looked somewhat relieved.
Shane stayed sitting, but looked up Jason with a worried look.
"Are you okay?" she said quietly.
"Yeah. I'm good. I just felt kind of sick. I'm fine now," Jason reassured her.
Shane laughed. "You're such a damned liar."
Shane shook her head. She then spotted the puncture wound on Jason's arm.
"What happened?" Shane said, indicating the wound.
Jason looked down at it, slightly stunned.
"I don't know."
"I'll get some bandages and stuff," Jake volunteered, and walked away.
Shane stood up and held her hand out. Jason obediently put his arm in her hand. Shane looked closely down at the arm. Jake came back bearing a bundle of cloth and pot of water. He put the pot over the fire. Shane started to clean the wound, but as soon as she rubbed away all the dry blood and dirt, a thick, dark liquid began to ooze out of the puncture wounds. Jason gritted his teeth at the pain, but held still. Shane wiped the vile fluid away with a cloth, and bandaged Jason's arm.
"There."
"Thanks."
Shane shrugged and stood up. Jason clutched at his knees as he felt the hunger for Shane's blood returning. 'No,' he told himself, but he could still sense the blood pumping through Shane's body.
"Griffy!" Jake called.
Shane turned around.
"I'm going to go for a walk or something. All this stuff is making me feel claustrophobic," Jake said.
Shane cocked her eyebrow but nodded. Jason watched the boy leave the clearing. Jason was confused though. He felt Shane's blood, but he didn't feel Jake's. What he felt in the strange boy was... life force?
'Couldn't be,' Jason thought, and pushed the thought aside.
But he was hunger. He had to eat. But he had no hunger for anything but blood and life force. Jake disappeared into the trees. Jason had a bad feeling about the woods. He felt as if something bad was in the woods. Like something bad had happened in the woods... to him?
"You want anything to eat Jason?"
Shane's voice. Jason felt the hunger getting stronger. He wanted to yell out 'YES!' But he knew he couldn't. He couldn't give in to this hunger, this powerful hunger that was starting to control him. He craved blood. He wanted to feel the warm saltiness dribbling down his throat, but he knew he couldn't. He couldn't harm anything...or anyone.
"No. I'm not real hungry. Just tired. Mind if I go to sleep first?"
Shane gave Jason a suspicious look, but nodded her head. Jason smiled back inadequately and walked into his tent. Shane watched the tent for a few minutes, sensing something wrong with Jason. He didn't seem any different, but she knew he was. Shane bit her lip, and turned back to her dinner.
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Jake walked through the woods, silently and cautiously. He knew something was out there. Something was wrong with the human, Jason. He didn't act any different, but Jake knew. He dropped his hologram, and slid skillfully through the shadows, unseen by anything, not even the owls. Exile sensed something foul in the air. It felt thick and sticky to the organoid. To someone else, it may just have felt like humidity, but Exile knew better. He was an old organoid. He knew. The sense was faded and felt somewhat old, but Exile knew that the intruder would not be far.
"So, the firstborn did come."
Exile spun around. A woman stood behind him.
'How did she get back there?!' Exile thought to himself in slight panic. 'I didn't even sense her.'
"Don't feel distressed firstborn. I mean you no harm," the demon said.
"You lie fiend! I do not trust you words. They are but as truthful as a viper's poison," Exile growled.
"Now, aren't we a little agitated today? I do not hunt your species firstborn. You are not the ones I wish to destroy," Inari narrowed her eyes.
"Then why did you send one of your henchmen to kidnap me?" the organoid demanded.
A thin smile appeared on the demon queen's face. "I am probably correct when I say you are but the oldest and wisest of your kind left on this small defenseless planet, or even this world. Before I destroyed this planet, I was just curious about if you and your kind would join us. Form an alliance. We could take this planet as our own, and destroy the humans," the demon's eyes flickered with excitement. "This planet could be ridded of the human menace. Or even better, they could serve us as slaves. Think, firstborn. No more running and hiding from these weak humans. No more trying to deal with their greed and power. Just join me."
Exile glared back at Inari. "Power? Isn't that what you want? You are about to do the same thing the humans did. They enslaved the Zoids, and now you are trying to enslave the humans. Two wrongs do not make a right. And you hold your hand out to the organoids, but what of the Zoids?"
Inari snarled. "The Zoids cannot be helped. If this turned to open war no doubt the Zoids would be used to fight us-"
"Us? I will not join you demon. These humans may not be perfect creatures, but they still have hearts, unlike you. They can love and care for one another. You? You can only hate. I have never felt one with so much malice and evil in them. You can forget about the organoids. We may not exactly like humans, but we will side with them over you. We were companions for these humans many centuries ago. And if need be, we will recreate that companionship to guarantee your downfall."
The demon glared at Exile. Her eyes were burning with red flames.
"You have made a big mistake firstborn. And soon, you shall see, and suffer. Before you suffer though," Inari's mouth curled into a cruel smile. "those around you shall suffer first."
The demon then disappeared into the shadows. Exile stayed still for a long while until he felt the thickness in the air disappear as well. A cool breeze washed over the organoid's metal form. The last words from the demon came back to him.
"Before you suffer though, those around you shall suffer first."
Exile felt a sudden chill.
"Shane! Jason!"
The organoid raced through the woods. He had to get back to the camp sight. He just had to, before -
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The Death Stinger let out a shrill cry that sounded like a thousand screaming souls being tortured to death. The two pilots in front of it cringed at the horrible noise. The Stinger snapped its pincers together. The huge Zoid turned to face the two other Zoids, and waited, as if daring them to come near.
"Don't mind if I do," Shinigami mumbled as she pushed her Zoid into a charge.
The Death Raptor let out a roar and took off into the sky. At a speed of Mach 5, the Death Raptor ripped through the air.
"Take this!"
The boosters on the Raptor roared to life as they spat blue and red flames. The Zoid plummeted down toward the Death Stinger. The falling form collided with the cockpit of the Death Stinger. The large Zoid staggered from the impact as the Death Raptor continued to bear down on it. But with a sudden burst of energy from the Stinger, the Raptor was flung away. While the Death Stinger had been distracted, the Blade Sniper had moved behind the scorpion-Zoid. It pounced with lightning speed and grabbed onto the tail of the Zoid. The Sniper clawed and bit at the tail, doing little damage. The Stinger flicked its tail, sending the Blade Sniper flying.
"There's no way to damage this thing!" Kat said angrily.
"I think I know a way."
The Death Raptor got to its feet and charged again. Its blades flew open, and started to charge up. The Raptor then locked its feet into the ground, and the electricity from the blades shot toward the Stinger. The bright balls of energy hit the Stinger's alloy armor. For a horrible moment, the two pilots watched the energy swirl around the scorpion-Zoid. The electricity then froze in mid-air, and deteriorated. Shocked, neither pilot could say anything. The Death Stinger let out a shriek, and started to fire its 930mm mortar cannons in every direction. The huge blasts of laser energy lit the darkening sky with blinding flashes of blue and white. The Blade Sniper was running around madly, trying to avoid getting hit by the insanely big cannon blasts from the Stinger. The Death Raptor had taken to the skies, but could do nothing to damage the out of control Death Stinger. The cannon fire finally ceased, and the Blade Sniper stopped running. For a long while, the two Zoids stared at each other. With only a small cloud of dust trailing behind it, the Blade Sniper was off. Its guns were blazing as it charged the monstrous Zoid. Kat felt suddenly very small as she came closer and closer to the Death Stinger. Just as the Blade Sniper leapt, a hidden blade on the back of the Death Stinger's pincer came forward and smashed into the Sniper. With a last cry of distress, the Blade Sniper fell.
"Damnit!" Kat slammed her fists down on the controls, as bright orange letters flashed: Command System Freeze.
The Death Raptor flew down from the sky. Shinigami bit her lip. She knew her Zoid wouldn't last too much longer. The Death Raptor would overheat in less than five minutes. Shinigami landed her Zoid on the ground.
"This is our last hope," she murmured to herself.
The Raptor lowered its head, and the vents on its tail folded open. Metal clamps fell from the back of the Zoid's legs and buried themselves into the ground. A small ball of energy began to form within the mouth of the Death Raptor. It increased in size until you could no longer see its face from the front. Shinigami closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
"Here goes nothing."
The ball shot out into a long beam of particle energy. It flew forward and collided with the Death Stinger. The area was engulfed in a bright light and gray smoke. Shinigami looked down at her thermal scanners, but they didn't show anything. She raised her eyes slowly toward the cloud of smoke. Two pincers emerged from the cloud with the rest of the still in tact Death Stinger. From its tail, a bright light was being emitted.
"You fight well, humans."
Then Shinigami and Kat were swept into a white oblivion. Kat cracked her eyes open, and saw a purple-pink spiral swirling around her, before she saw no more.
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Rit sat up in her bed. She looked around the dark room, as if waiting for something to appear. The dark room was silent and nothing stirred. Rit didn't relax. She had a bad feeling. Rit stood up. The dark shape lying by her bed pricked up its ears and stood up. The wolf shape followed Rit out of the door. Rit pricked up her own ears and turned around.
"Stay here Chemuk. I'll be right back."
The wolf-organoid growled but turned back. Rit smiled and walked down the hall. She touched one of the doors. Rit froze. She shrugged and touched the panel next to the door. It slid open, and Rit slipped inside.
"Hey," she said quietly.
Nothing moved. Rit stealthy moved to the side of the bed. She knelt down and rested her arms on the bed with her head sitting on top. Rit looked over at Vega in his coma-state.
"I'll be back. Just wait for me. If you were awake you'd probably say that I was acting stupid, but you're not. I have to figure out what's happening. Sorry. I'll be back though. I promise," Rit said.
She leaned over and kissed his forehead. Rit stood up and walked out of the room. She made a barely audible whistle from between her teeth, and immediately Chemuk was at her side. The organoid looked up at Rit questionably. Rit placed a tired hand on Chemuk's head.
"Come on."
Rit walked down the hall with Chemuk at her heels. But as she approached the hangar door, she heard something. Rit spun around to find a dark shape behind her, leaning against the wall.
"Going somewhere?"
"Go away. I have things to do," Rit growled.
Drake stepped out from beyond the shadows. He looked at Rit with hard silver eyes.
"You're going to go find that demon who put your boyfriend into a coma?" Drake said, with a slight smirk.
Rit scowled. "He's not my boyfriend," Rit said harshly, though in her mind she had doubts.
"Well you're not denying that you're going to find that demon. Just to tell you, you won't be able to beat her alone."
"Are you suggesting something?" Rit snapped.
Drake shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. I'm just saying you may need some help."
"In other words you want to come to," Rit said mockingly, talking as if talking to a toddler.
Drake laughed, letting the insult slip. "If you're asking me to, then sure."
"I'm not asking anything. You can come if you want to, but this is my show. You'd better not get in the way," Rit said strictly and turned around.
"Yes ma'am," Drake muttered with a slight grin.
He followed Rit into the hangar. Rit already had her Konig Wolf at the exit to the garage. Drake quickly jumped into his own Zoid and started the systems up. The Shinryu Unit rumbled in greeting. Drake grabbed the controls.
"Ready when you are captain!" he said with a slight hint of humor.
Rit shook her head and pushed her controls forward.
"Chemuk, Storm, let's get going."
The Konig Wolf howled and leapt out of the hangar, with the Shinryu close behind.
"So, have any idea where we're going?"
Rit was silent. She closed her eyes, remembering the dream she had. She recalled trees. Lots of trees.
"A forest," Rit announced.
"Wow, that was descriptive," Drake said sarcastically.
Rit grumbled irritably, but thought more. What had she seen? She had seen an organoid... it was black and shaped like a normal organoid... But she knew it was different... How?
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Exile ran through the woods, panicking. He leapt over a fallen log and continued his sprint. Finally, Exile saw the clearing ahead. There was the flickering light of the fire. Exile jumped forward into the camp sight, putting his hologram back on. He turned around and looked. He saw Shane sleeping on a log. But where was Jason? Jake started to panic. Had the demon gotten to him? But then, Jake saw Jason coming out from the shadows of the trees. Jake was relieved.
"Jason!" he said. "There's something I've got to tell you!"
Jason smiled wickedly. "There's something I need to tell you too."
Jake's eyes widened. He took a step back. The human was emitting the same evil the demon had. Jake backed away, slowly shaking his head. Jason advanced forward.
"Well, well. We meet again."
Jake looked into Jason's eyes, trying to find the real Jason. But he only saw hollowness. The demon had taken over his body.
"Jason! You must fight! Do not let the demon take over! Fight Jason! Maenell e' kazmira!*" Jake suddenly yelled, in his own tongue.
Jason faltered at the sudden outburst from the organoid-boy. With gritted teeth, Jason started to move forward again. His eyes turned into amber feline eyes: the same as the demon-queen.
"You cannot win against me, firstborn! I will destroy your kind along with these pathetic humans!"
Jason/Inari reached a clawed hand forward. With a swipe, s/he opened the air. The opening grew wider and wider until a huge purple/pink spiral could be seen within the rip.
"I banish you to my world, firstborn. You will never see this world again!"
With that, the portal split open, and swept Jake off his feet. Jake let out a cry of distress, then was sucked up into the portal.
{A/N: I'm probably not going to write about the demon world in this fanfiction, so if you really want to know what happened to the three in there, say that in your review and I'll write a side-story about it. Well, that's it for now. Au revoir.}
*Fight the Shadow! (I just made it up. It's supposedly in the 'organoid' language.
