Keemew2: Wow! Six! I'm so happy! Not to mention I got this one out rather quickly, no? I won't be surprised if you want to kill me, and if you do just take it out on General Marker. Sound good? I hope so, 'cause that's all you get. Now, little miss evil will go and write more of her fics. Buh-bye now.
Zoids
Ptera&Shasta
Ch. 6:WHY IS IT SO CONFUSING!?!
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Jamie looked around the room. It was rather large with a big window to the right of the room and a door slightly ajar to the left. The Whaleking was moving, that he could tell. Scenery past quickly, well, the few trees that one would call scenery. There was a couch next to the window and some plants scattered around the place. In front of him and Shasta was a desk with a chair in front of it. It was turned around, not facing them. Jamie looked at Shasta who just stood there like a defiant prisoner. Which she was. He was about to ask if anyone else was in there when a wave of nausea suddenly hit him, the room started spinning and he stumbled, and fell to his knees.
"Are you okay?" Shasta asked quietly bending over him.
"I-I'm not sure." He replied. His mind started getting foggy. He fought back the nausea and forced his mind to focus. With Shasta's help, he got up. Suddenly they both heard clapping. Turning to the left, they saw the door open wider to reveal Jerkface, now known to be called General Marker.
"You." Shasta sneered, "What do you want?"
"Oh, what a shame. And I thought a little time in your knew room would soften your tongue a bit." He said in mock sadness, "What a shame."
"What do you want?"
"You should know by now." He said looking at her.
"No, what do you want with him?" She pointed to Jamie.
"Ah, yes. What else? He is the only one able to fly that magnificent Zoid out there. Isn't that right young man?" Jamie looked at the man for a second, not sure what to say.
"I-I Guess."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, I…uh…I remember flying it, but that's about it." Marker was silent for a minute, as if contemplating what Jamie said.
"You remember flying." He stated
"Uh, yeah." Marker smiled. This unnerved Shasta and Jamie even more.
"What don't you remember?" He asked calmly. Carefully Jamie replied.
"The last thing I remember is a nose dive. After someone hit me from behind." The smile faded from Markers face and his features darkened.
"Do not play games with me kid. I will not put up with it." He growled darkly.
"I-I'm not!" Jamie said. He started to panic a little. He could tell that he wasn't the kind of guy you'd want on your bad side.
"How can you not remember anything?"
"Do you really want to know the truth?" Jamie asked. He knew he should just keep quiet, but for some reason, ever since he came hear, he could not lie.
"Yes, I would." He said smiling again. Only this time it was wider.
"I-I have a split personality." Jamie muttered. As soon as he said it, he regretted it. This guy would never believe that. You know how CORNY that sounds?
"Well, well, well." Marker said, surprisingly. Both Jamie and Shasta expected him to get angry again. "We were not expecting this. A split personality? That is interesting. I wonder, when does this alter ego of yours surface?" Before he could stop himself, Jamie replied.
"Only in Zoid battles." He clamped his hand over his mouth. He had not intended to say that.
"Only battles?" Jamie nodded his head since he still had his hand over his mouth. "Hmm. I wonder…"
"You believe him?" Shasta asked incredulously before he could say anything else. She didn't believe him, "I mean come on!" she continued, " A split personality?"
"Of course I believe him. Why wouldn't I? I fixed the kid with a truth drug when I knocked him out. It works rather effectively, mind you. Know one has yet to break its control. They always tell the truth. Usually they don't even know why? Tasteless and scentless if put in food. You never know what hit you."
"How come you never used it on me?" Shasta asked suddenly. "You have had me prisoner for just about a week! And you beet up my sister too, why not use that on her?" Shasta was not very happy with the news.
"Okay, let me rephrase this. No one has been able to break its control, but apparently, some people seem to be immune to it. Happy?" He asked as he rolled his eyes. "We tried using it on both you and Pierce. Unfortunately, the results were…less then successful."
"So, what now? Beat me up like you did my sister? You'll have to, because I'm still not talking." He just grinned that sadistic grin.
"Not even to save your sister? If I understand correctly, you haven't seen her four what? Ten years now?" Shasta looked at him. Her face softened. The hard scowl, and defiant attitude gone from her face. She suddenly looked very vulnerable. The shield she built around herself gone, only to be replaced by an air of helplessness. Her eyes were wide and she quietly whispered two words."
"You wouldn't." Markers grin widened.
"Oh, but I would. I have no reason not to. If your anything like your sister, no matter how badly I beat you, you'll never tell me what I want. Besides, it would be such a shame if anything happened to such a pretty little thing such as you. Therefore, I decided to keep your sister alive. Maybe that will help you make up you mind about what we want to know." Shasta looked at him. She knew he spoke the truth. That was what Her sister was trying to tell her when they had returned her to the cell.
"Fine." She replied, lowering her eyes, "You win. Just…Please, don't hurt her anymore."
"Good. Now be a good girl and tell me what you know about that Zoid and the history that surrounds it.
"Ptera is…" She hesitated and looked at Jamie, then back to Marker. "One of, or pretty much so, the first Ultimate X Zoid. She-she was one of the first to receive the organoid system. The system was not designed after the original Organoids like people think, they were in fact the Organoids themselves." The man looked at her.
"Now we're getting somewhere." He said. "Tell me more." The vulnerability left her appearance and she resumed her cold exterior. With an edge to her voice she continued.
"People couldn't figure out how the Organoids were able to…meld with Zoids, and after awhile, as you can tell, since they don't seem to be around anymore, The Organoids started, well, dying I guess. My grandfathers' theory was some sort of Virus. Man made. A cross between organic and computer virus. That way it would only attack the Organoids. The point is, the organoid systems are the original brains of the real Organoids. The original Organoids couldn't stay permanently bonded with Zoids in the past, but somehow, they were able to integrate the 'brain' part of the Organoids into specific Zoids. One cool thing about it though. A Zoid with a organoid system brain, or 'little black box' as you morons call it, is that somehow it makes the Zoid partially organic."
"Partially organic? In what way." Marker was listening intently to her every word. She rolled her eyes and continued.
"Have you ever seen Berserk Fury, or Lyger Zero before?" She asked patronizingly. Marker glared at her.
"Why do you think we took the time to try and kidnap you if we did?" He asked
"Because you wanted my Zoid. You didn't even know that I knew this information until you confirmed my identity."
"Just get to the point." He growled. She glared at him. Her attitude shield had come back online and was at full throttle.
"The point is, is that they are in truth evolved forms of what they had originally bonded with. My grandfathers' theory is that the Lyger Zero is actually the evolved form of an old Blade Lyger that belonged to that of a young man named Ban. Happy? So now what?" She asked suddenly. Jamie had no idea what either of them was talking about, but he had heard of Organoids before. They hadn't been seen in years. Organoid stood for Organic Zoid. Marker put his grin to work once more.
"Ooooh, I have special plans for you my dear. Shasta looked at him for a minute, unsure of whether to feel threatened or relieved that he didn't decide to kill her. But, instead of finishing his conversation with her he turned to Jamie. "So, Mr. Hemeros." Why he suddenly decided to use Jamie's name, neither captive knew, but the way he said it made both of them shiver slightly. "You have a choice. You can either be a good boy and choose to fly that remarkable Zoid for us, or we do this the hard way." He seemed to be enjoying himself, "Either way, you aren't leaving here. You're much too valuable, especially if we are correct in our assumptions about you."
"Will you stop being so secretive already? Jeeze! If you want to know something just ask Darnit!" Jamie suddenly slapped his hands over his mouth again. He did not mean to say that. The others just looked at him in shock.
"So, you do have some spunk after all." Marker said smoothly. "Or is it just the drug? Very well. I will tell you a little. But not much. We have our suspicions that your father was working for the ZBC two years ago. As a spy. That's all I'm telling you for now. You are going to your knew room to think about my proposal. And if you say no, you will stay there till you say yes. Or I just get tired of asking, and I'm sure you don't want that to happen, soooooo…buh-bye now." With that he pushed a button on his desk and the soldiers came back in the room, minus William's, and took the kids away.
"WHAT!?!" Leena shouted, "Wadda ya mean?"
"Like I said Leena. You aren't ready to know this. It doesn't even involve you." Toros said
"Who does it involve?" Bit asked.
"Originally just me." Stoller replied, "That's why I never said anything to begin with. But now…Now it involves more."
"What do you mean?" Bit asked. He hated riddles.
"They have been grabbing aerial pilots for a week now. It started when Pierce disappeared. Now it seems to have ended with your young friend. Who knows if they'll stop there."
"Why not just tell us?" Leena asked. Riddles weren't her area either.
"Because. The less you know, the safer you are. Though it just might still involve Bit."
"What do you mean by that?" Bit asked cautiously.
"The Backdraft group might still want your Lyger Zero. If that is true, then it involves you."
"But I thought that they just wanted the Lyger." Stoller smirked
"The fool who was running the group before didn't realize that the Ultimate X zoids choose their partners."
"Does the ZBC know anything about this?"
"The ZBC knows more than they're willing to tell." Oscar spoke up, "They know about Jamie, but they aren't saying anything. And after everything I did for them." Bit saw the anger radiating from him like a hot plate. It was a little disturbing.
"What do you mean 'Everything you've done for them'?" Bit asked, Oscar sighed.
"Never mind. It isn't all that important right now."
"Actually, they may already know Derrick." Stoller said, still using the other name. "I think they have known for quite some time. Or at least had suspicions." Oscar gave a look of bitter despair as he heard Stoller say those words.
"If that's true, do you think Jamie is in danger?"
"I can't honestly answer you. I haven't been with the Backdraft for months."
Suddenly Harry Champ's face appeared on the screen.
"Hello everyone." He said
"Harry?" Leena asked, "What do you want?"
"To give you the information I found. Much better results then last time."
"What information? We never talked to you about anything!"
"Correction, sweet Leena. You didn't, but your father did."
"What did you come up with Harry?" Oscar asked quickly
"Well, I couldn't find anything at first, but then after about an hour or two after I checked the results, I checked again. Jamie was right when he said they aren't as organized as before. I found a trail. Not a very good one mind you, but it's there nonetheless."
"Get to the point already."
"Very well. The point is, is that the whale king we are after is closer than you think. It's not even two hundred miles from here. I'll send the coordinates. If they hadn't had that practice battle, I might never have found them."
"Practice battle?" Oscar asked.
"Yes. It appears they were testing a new Zoid. I can't place the Data I received on it. It is very similar to the Storm Sworders, but different as well."
"A new Zoid model?" Stoller asked, Harry looked from Stoller to Toros and back again.
"Whose he?"
"A friend." Oscar spoke up
"Oh. And no. It doesn't give off the qualities as 'new', but instead, according to the data, it appears to be quite olds. In fact, I would date it back to the end of the Helic/Guylos War."
"That old?" Stoller asked
"Apparently. It seems to give of a type off encoded data. I've only seen it once, when I was younger. My father had come into the possession of a old and rare Zoid. I don't remember what type it was, but it gave off the same data stream." The coordinates had finished coming through and Oscar started looking at them while the others conversed about the strange Zoid.
"What would a Zoid with an encoded data stream dating back to the Guylos Empire be doing out here? In the hands of the Backdraft no less." Touros wondered aloud.
"Who knows." Oscar replied absently. "But why don't we find out while we get Jamie back?" He looked up at the others. It shouldn't take too long to get there. Thank you Harry."
"Your welcome. Um, Leena, I was wondering…" He didn't get to finish because he was cut off by the Doc who started playing with the keys of the keyboard. Stoller looked at Oscar with a look of question about the rudeness of his actions. Oscar just shook his head, giving him a look that said he didn't want to know.
"I set the auto pilot to full and programmed in the coordinates. We should be there soon.
Keemew2: Okay. So, tell me. What do you think? I told you I'd have reference to the other series. Go to that first chapter and get the site if you want information on it. That way you can have some idea of what I'm talking about. Now, if you want a new chapter up that has more explanations and less confusion, I suggest you review. A good number of reviews are expected. Yes, I'm being evil, I know. I'm also enjoying myself. :) Psycho Witch will now be going.
