{A/N: Hello all. I hope you liked the last chapter. I'm trying to relate
all the characters together somehow so it's less confusing and I don't have
to change scenes so often but it's hard. X.x Anyway, I've decided not to
write the side story and instead to make it part of this story. I finally
had a break-through. I was B.S.ing my way through the last chapter. Sorry
if it sucked kind of. Anyway, enjoy! And if like my writing or whatever, I
have a one-shot story up called A Warrior's Fist. If you're into angsty
stuff you may like it. Now on with the story!}
A Monster's Awakening
Jake disappeared within the swirling void. Inari watched through Jason's eyes with content as the organoid-boy was sucked into her world.
"He'll never survive there," she laughed cruelly.
Jason, the real Jason, watched on with horror as the boy disappeared. He knew that Jake was actually an organoid now. He knew that the demon was trying to destroy all human beings. He knew many things he didn't know before. But he was one of the only ones who knew what was happening. The other was now trapped in a world of demons.
"Now, bring me the girl, slave. Bring her to me," a voice echoed through his mind.
Jason felt the presence of the demon leave his body, but her hold on him was still there, as strong as ever. He wanted to resist. The words the organoid had spoken had slowed the demon and had encouraged him to fight, but he was weak. Jason could no longer fight the restrain of the demon- queen. Her power was too strong. Jason felt Inari wrapping herself more around his soul, burying part of herself deep within him. Jason struggled, but could do nothing.
"I...won't..." he managed to gasp out.
But Jason felt a sharp pain within his mind. He cried out and fell to his knees clutching his head.
"Did you like that? I didn't think so. Bring me the girl, or I will torture you to the point in which you will beg for death."
Jason clenched his teeth and tore at his head.
"Ahhhhhh!"
The wound on Jason's arm began to throb and bleed. Black fluids oozed out and seeped through the bandage, tricking down Jason's arm. He desperately wanted to follow the demon's orders. Then the pain would stop...
"No!" Jason said through gritted teeth. "All a trick. She wants me to think this."
Jason opened one of his eyes, and saw Shane sleeping peacefully on the log by the fire. He knew if the demon got her she would be in more pain than he.
"I...won't let her get you!" he said hoarsely.
Jason staggered to his feet, and started to move away from the campsite. He dragged himself into the forest. Jason felt the demon release her hold on him for now, but the hunger was back. Jason trudged through the dank, dark trees, eyes glazed, hungry, and in pain. His wounded arm lay limply at his side, the dark liquid still streaming down. Finally, Jason collapsed. Hunger and exhaustion overcame the man. He fell to the ground motionless and eyes closed. A large shape loomed overhead.
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"Hey! Rit! I think I've got something here!" Drake said.
"Let's hope it's not the same things Chemuk brings in the house," Rit mumbled.
She increased the speed of her Zoid, following the map sent by Drake. Rit looked closely down at it. The green vertical and horizontal lines were faded, and showed the exact shape of the forest. Inside, there was a very small, very light dot.
"Certainly not a Zoid. What is it?"
Drake smirked. "Ha! I told you you'd need me."
"Woohoo, one thing I've asked you so far. Let's celebrate," Rit said lamely.
Drake grinned and said, "Looks like a person. A drunk maybe. He was kind of staggering and then he fell."
"Why would a drunk be hanging around in the middle of forest located in the middle of nowhere?" Rit asked.
Drake shrugged. "You never know."
Rit sighed heavily as she approached the forest. She saw the Dragon king circling in a tight circle above the trees. Rit stopped her Konig Wolf.
"Stay up there. I'm going to go see what that thing is. I'll go with Chemuk just to be safe, but keep an eye out and warn me of anything if you see something," Rit said, and started to climb out of the cockpit.
"Hey Rit? Won't you need something to um...maybe communicate with so I can actually send you real words instead of sitting up here in my Zoid 200 feet in the air waving my arms like an idiot?"
"I was getting it," Rit said indignantly.
"Sure..." Drake mumbled.
Rit grabbed her communicator and walked into the forest. The black wolf- organoid followed, but not too close. Rit approached the area in which Drake had spotted the 'drunk'. She knelt down low, and advanced, but slowler. She finally peered over the tops of the bushes and saw a man. His eyes were closed, and he looked wiped out. Rit also noticed the horrible gash on his arm that was still flooding with a dark liquid. Hurriedly, Rit picked up the communicator.
"Drake! Do you have a first aid kit? Good. Get down here and bring it with you. This is no drunk. I don't know who he is. Or even what happened to him," Rit added.
Drake followed orders and swooped down next to Rit's Konig Wolf. He grabbed the first aid kit and jumped out of the cockpit. He ran into the forest, and was panting by the time he reached Rit. Without even a 'thanks' Rit grabbed the kit and started tending to the wound. Drake looked over.
"Shouldn't you wake him up first?"
"He's tired. Can't you see that?" Rit snapped.
"Well how do you know he's not some serial killer on the run and that wound was made by some ZBC officials trying to bring him down?" Drake shot back.
Rit continued tending the man's arm. "I don't."
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Kat's eyes slowly opened. Her head was aching and she felt as if she had been sucked into an oversized vacuum cleaner. With a bit of a struggle, Kat got herself upright. Her eyesight was a little blurry, but she could pretty much see her surroundings.
'This can't be true,' she thought.
Kat rubbed her eyes in disbelief, only to see the same thing. The city was huge! There were buildings and shops everywhere. The noise was also as big as the city. There were people yelling, shouting, machines running, things exploding. In shorter terms, utter chaos. But what most surprised Kat the most was the people who were walking around. They seemed to have animal ears and tails, wings, scales, etc... The people looked like some strange mix between animal and human or Zoid and human.
"You shouldn't be too surprised," came a voice.
Kat spun around. A man was sitting on a bench beside where she lay. His hair was dark brown, and his eyes were a dark, metal gray. For the most part, he looked like a normal human being, except Kat noticed the claws on his hands, as well as the black glistening metal that was on parts of his body. Kat also saw that the man had wings of some sort. They looked like bird wings, except they were black. Kat almost laughed when she notice the man even had little fangs.
"I must be dreaming," she assured herself.
The steel eyes fixed on her. The man shook his head.
"You are not dreaming. Look down at yourself. You hands."
Kat looked down at her hands, and almost screamed. Her nails were sharp, and Kat noticed she could retract them, like a cat's claws. Kat felt her head, and touched something soft and fuzzy, that was definitely not her hair. Ears. Kat had some sort of animal ears. She also noticed the tail that was coming out of her backside.
"Oh my God! I'm turning into a freak!" Kat yelled.
The man put his clawed hand over her mouth.
"Shut up! They'll hear you, and find out what you truly are."
"I think if you look at me, you can truly see that I've turned into a freak," Kat mumbled.
The man shot a dirty look at Kat.
"To tell you the truth, I've used up the last bit of my energy concealing you and your friend's true identity. This, human, is the demon world. I do not know how you got here, but a human in human form wandering around in the demon world is not safe."
Kat put her hands on her hips. "Oh, so then you're a demon? And why should I even trust or listen to you?"
"No, am I not a demon. This is merely a mind trick to make you think I am. Just like what I did to you. Now, we must find the other human. I felt her coming into this world and changed her form into demon form, but I do not know where she is," the man said, and turned around.
"Hey wait! I don't even know what to call you. I can't just keep calling you, 'Hey! Person!' or whatever. And what's with this cat look?" Kat added, looking down at herself. 'At least I have my normal clothes on,' Kat said silently.
"Just call me Jake. And the reason why I chose that form for you was because your Zoid is a cheetah-type, is it not? So therefore your demon form would be a cheetah mix."
"Alright then. I wonder how that other girl is going to look," Kat said.
"No time for that. We must get going."
Jake turned and ran down the street, through the crowd of demons. Kat looked nervously around. This was going to be a long day.
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K.O. stood outside on the base balcony, looking over the land. The sun was only beginning to rise.
"Damn you Drake, Rit. Neither of you are on my team, and be grateful for that at least. If you were, you'd be in a whole lot of pain right now. Still, you shouldn't have gone off like that," K.O. murmured.
Angel strutted next to K.O. She looked out into the horizon.
"So they left huh?"
K.O. nodded. Angel looked down at K.O.'s bruised knuckles. She looked away and back toward the base.
"What are we going to do with the Kruez Team? They can't stay forever. They have their own base and everything. Besides, they as well as us need to battle to maintain our standings," Angel said conversationally.
"There's a demon out there Angel. Possibly more than one. You think it's safe for the rest of the world to be out there doing their thing? Minding their own business? Now, I know I'm not the kind to be Mr. I-wanna-save-the- world, but this demon thing isn't coming here to smile and say nice things about Zi. She's coming to destroy us. As for the Kruez Team, I'm not really sure. They're pretty broken down without their captain. Not much I can do about that."
K.O. turned around and walked passed Angel back into the base. Strider walked passed the exit just as K.O. entered.
"Whoa, is it just me, or is everyone getting up real early today?"
Angel cocked an eyebrow. "What about you?"
"Hey, I'm always up at this time," Strider said.
He walked away and left Angel to herself. Angel looked out at the slowly rising sun. There was a sudden rumbling. Angel grabbed onto the railing of the balcony. Her eyes were wide with panic. Ariel rushed into view.
"Angel! Where's K.O? Serious problems," Ariel said in alarm.
Angel nodded her head in the direction in which K.O. had disappeared to. Ariel nodded her thanks and ran off. Angel looked back toward the vast land. In the distance, she saw something approaching. It was huge, even in the distance. The thing was slow, but menacing all the same. Angel stared at it, unable to move. The red eyes turned, looking in every direction. Angel stayed frozen.
'Please, don't look this way,' Angel thought.
She was paralyzed with fear. The thing looked back...and forth...Then it's eyes fixed on the base...on Angel. The creature stopped, and stared. It roared, and the sound shook the ground.
"I'm coming for you...Yessss...You...Jusssst wait..."
{A/N: Oh no! More evil Zoids! I'll give you three guesses to figure out what Zoid it is. Lol. Not that I'd give you anything. I've nothing to give except more updates, which I will give no matter what. Anyway, hope you liked this chapter. There's more where that came from! Ahn-young!}
A Monster's Awakening
Jake disappeared within the swirling void. Inari watched through Jason's eyes with content as the organoid-boy was sucked into her world.
"He'll never survive there," she laughed cruelly.
Jason, the real Jason, watched on with horror as the boy disappeared. He knew that Jake was actually an organoid now. He knew that the demon was trying to destroy all human beings. He knew many things he didn't know before. But he was one of the only ones who knew what was happening. The other was now trapped in a world of demons.
"Now, bring me the girl, slave. Bring her to me," a voice echoed through his mind.
Jason felt the presence of the demon leave his body, but her hold on him was still there, as strong as ever. He wanted to resist. The words the organoid had spoken had slowed the demon and had encouraged him to fight, but he was weak. Jason could no longer fight the restrain of the demon- queen. Her power was too strong. Jason felt Inari wrapping herself more around his soul, burying part of herself deep within him. Jason struggled, but could do nothing.
"I...won't..." he managed to gasp out.
But Jason felt a sharp pain within his mind. He cried out and fell to his knees clutching his head.
"Did you like that? I didn't think so. Bring me the girl, or I will torture you to the point in which you will beg for death."
Jason clenched his teeth and tore at his head.
"Ahhhhhh!"
The wound on Jason's arm began to throb and bleed. Black fluids oozed out and seeped through the bandage, tricking down Jason's arm. He desperately wanted to follow the demon's orders. Then the pain would stop...
"No!" Jason said through gritted teeth. "All a trick. She wants me to think this."
Jason opened one of his eyes, and saw Shane sleeping peacefully on the log by the fire. He knew if the demon got her she would be in more pain than he.
"I...won't let her get you!" he said hoarsely.
Jason staggered to his feet, and started to move away from the campsite. He dragged himself into the forest. Jason felt the demon release her hold on him for now, but the hunger was back. Jason trudged through the dank, dark trees, eyes glazed, hungry, and in pain. His wounded arm lay limply at his side, the dark liquid still streaming down. Finally, Jason collapsed. Hunger and exhaustion overcame the man. He fell to the ground motionless and eyes closed. A large shape loomed overhead.
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"Hey! Rit! I think I've got something here!" Drake said.
"Let's hope it's not the same things Chemuk brings in the house," Rit mumbled.
She increased the speed of her Zoid, following the map sent by Drake. Rit looked closely down at it. The green vertical and horizontal lines were faded, and showed the exact shape of the forest. Inside, there was a very small, very light dot.
"Certainly not a Zoid. What is it?"
Drake smirked. "Ha! I told you you'd need me."
"Woohoo, one thing I've asked you so far. Let's celebrate," Rit said lamely.
Drake grinned and said, "Looks like a person. A drunk maybe. He was kind of staggering and then he fell."
"Why would a drunk be hanging around in the middle of forest located in the middle of nowhere?" Rit asked.
Drake shrugged. "You never know."
Rit sighed heavily as she approached the forest. She saw the Dragon king circling in a tight circle above the trees. Rit stopped her Konig Wolf.
"Stay up there. I'm going to go see what that thing is. I'll go with Chemuk just to be safe, but keep an eye out and warn me of anything if you see something," Rit said, and started to climb out of the cockpit.
"Hey Rit? Won't you need something to um...maybe communicate with so I can actually send you real words instead of sitting up here in my Zoid 200 feet in the air waving my arms like an idiot?"
"I was getting it," Rit said indignantly.
"Sure..." Drake mumbled.
Rit grabbed her communicator and walked into the forest. The black wolf- organoid followed, but not too close. Rit approached the area in which Drake had spotted the 'drunk'. She knelt down low, and advanced, but slowler. She finally peered over the tops of the bushes and saw a man. His eyes were closed, and he looked wiped out. Rit also noticed the horrible gash on his arm that was still flooding with a dark liquid. Hurriedly, Rit picked up the communicator.
"Drake! Do you have a first aid kit? Good. Get down here and bring it with you. This is no drunk. I don't know who he is. Or even what happened to him," Rit added.
Drake followed orders and swooped down next to Rit's Konig Wolf. He grabbed the first aid kit and jumped out of the cockpit. He ran into the forest, and was panting by the time he reached Rit. Without even a 'thanks' Rit grabbed the kit and started tending to the wound. Drake looked over.
"Shouldn't you wake him up first?"
"He's tired. Can't you see that?" Rit snapped.
"Well how do you know he's not some serial killer on the run and that wound was made by some ZBC officials trying to bring him down?" Drake shot back.
Rit continued tending the man's arm. "I don't."
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Kat's eyes slowly opened. Her head was aching and she felt as if she had been sucked into an oversized vacuum cleaner. With a bit of a struggle, Kat got herself upright. Her eyesight was a little blurry, but she could pretty much see her surroundings.
'This can't be true,' she thought.
Kat rubbed her eyes in disbelief, only to see the same thing. The city was huge! There were buildings and shops everywhere. The noise was also as big as the city. There were people yelling, shouting, machines running, things exploding. In shorter terms, utter chaos. But what most surprised Kat the most was the people who were walking around. They seemed to have animal ears and tails, wings, scales, etc... The people looked like some strange mix between animal and human or Zoid and human.
"You shouldn't be too surprised," came a voice.
Kat spun around. A man was sitting on a bench beside where she lay. His hair was dark brown, and his eyes were a dark, metal gray. For the most part, he looked like a normal human being, except Kat noticed the claws on his hands, as well as the black glistening metal that was on parts of his body. Kat also saw that the man had wings of some sort. They looked like bird wings, except they were black. Kat almost laughed when she notice the man even had little fangs.
"I must be dreaming," she assured herself.
The steel eyes fixed on her. The man shook his head.
"You are not dreaming. Look down at yourself. You hands."
Kat looked down at her hands, and almost screamed. Her nails were sharp, and Kat noticed she could retract them, like a cat's claws. Kat felt her head, and touched something soft and fuzzy, that was definitely not her hair. Ears. Kat had some sort of animal ears. She also noticed the tail that was coming out of her backside.
"Oh my God! I'm turning into a freak!" Kat yelled.
The man put his clawed hand over her mouth.
"Shut up! They'll hear you, and find out what you truly are."
"I think if you look at me, you can truly see that I've turned into a freak," Kat mumbled.
The man shot a dirty look at Kat.
"To tell you the truth, I've used up the last bit of my energy concealing you and your friend's true identity. This, human, is the demon world. I do not know how you got here, but a human in human form wandering around in the demon world is not safe."
Kat put her hands on her hips. "Oh, so then you're a demon? And why should I even trust or listen to you?"
"No, am I not a demon. This is merely a mind trick to make you think I am. Just like what I did to you. Now, we must find the other human. I felt her coming into this world and changed her form into demon form, but I do not know where she is," the man said, and turned around.
"Hey wait! I don't even know what to call you. I can't just keep calling you, 'Hey! Person!' or whatever. And what's with this cat look?" Kat added, looking down at herself. 'At least I have my normal clothes on,' Kat said silently.
"Just call me Jake. And the reason why I chose that form for you was because your Zoid is a cheetah-type, is it not? So therefore your demon form would be a cheetah mix."
"Alright then. I wonder how that other girl is going to look," Kat said.
"No time for that. We must get going."
Jake turned and ran down the street, through the crowd of demons. Kat looked nervously around. This was going to be a long day.
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K.O. stood outside on the base balcony, looking over the land. The sun was only beginning to rise.
"Damn you Drake, Rit. Neither of you are on my team, and be grateful for that at least. If you were, you'd be in a whole lot of pain right now. Still, you shouldn't have gone off like that," K.O. murmured.
Angel strutted next to K.O. She looked out into the horizon.
"So they left huh?"
K.O. nodded. Angel looked down at K.O.'s bruised knuckles. She looked away and back toward the base.
"What are we going to do with the Kruez Team? They can't stay forever. They have their own base and everything. Besides, they as well as us need to battle to maintain our standings," Angel said conversationally.
"There's a demon out there Angel. Possibly more than one. You think it's safe for the rest of the world to be out there doing their thing? Minding their own business? Now, I know I'm not the kind to be Mr. I-wanna-save-the- world, but this demon thing isn't coming here to smile and say nice things about Zi. She's coming to destroy us. As for the Kruez Team, I'm not really sure. They're pretty broken down without their captain. Not much I can do about that."
K.O. turned around and walked passed Angel back into the base. Strider walked passed the exit just as K.O. entered.
"Whoa, is it just me, or is everyone getting up real early today?"
Angel cocked an eyebrow. "What about you?"
"Hey, I'm always up at this time," Strider said.
He walked away and left Angel to herself. Angel looked out at the slowly rising sun. There was a sudden rumbling. Angel grabbed onto the railing of the balcony. Her eyes were wide with panic. Ariel rushed into view.
"Angel! Where's K.O? Serious problems," Ariel said in alarm.
Angel nodded her head in the direction in which K.O. had disappeared to. Ariel nodded her thanks and ran off. Angel looked back toward the vast land. In the distance, she saw something approaching. It was huge, even in the distance. The thing was slow, but menacing all the same. Angel stared at it, unable to move. The red eyes turned, looking in every direction. Angel stayed frozen.
'Please, don't look this way,' Angel thought.
She was paralyzed with fear. The thing looked back...and forth...Then it's eyes fixed on the base...on Angel. The creature stopped, and stared. It roared, and the sound shook the ground.
"I'm coming for you...Yessss...You...Jusssst wait..."
{A/N: Oh no! More evil Zoids! I'll give you three guesses to figure out what Zoid it is. Lol. Not that I'd give you anything. I've nothing to give except more updates, which I will give no matter what. Anyway, hope you liked this chapter. There's more where that came from! Ahn-young!}
