A/n: HAHAHA IM such a gundam wing addict!!!! And yes *winks at friend* the
new character appears here.
Ok it seems I had trouble getting this chapter to behave and not copy chapter three... I actually noticed it myself but then fanfiction.net wouldn't let me upload anything so I'll try again SOON. BEWARE cliffhanger ending... Hahahah... I'll be quiet now...
Chapter Four: Bail out and Ride into the Sunset
"Where are you Shadow?" Raven whispered desperately to himself. He had told Shadow to stay here and look after Halloweise so where on Zi had he gone? Unless... Hiltz... But Raven hadn't heard from Hiltz for weeks now. He resumed defeat again as the republican soldiers led him back to the Gustav.
"But why Shadow? Why?" he kept whispering to no one in particular, Van looked at him strangely. "What's the matter with you Raven? Finally had to concede defeat huh?" He asked. Raven looked up at him, his eyes filled with burning hatred. "Its that fool Hiltz!" he shouted, pointing vaguely in the direction of where they had come from. "What!" The Gustav skidded to a halt and the soldiers piled out, running furiously in the direction that Raven had pointed. Leaving Van alone with Raven. "That was easy wasn't it?" Raven snickered and delt a blow to Vans stomach with his elbow. Van stumbled backwards and Raven, shooting one last glance at Halloweise, jumped out of the Gustav and ran off as fast as he could. "After...him..." Van wheezed out but there was no one to hear him.
There was no one here Lance realized, Raven had lied and that meant... He turned around and saw a lone figure fleeing from the Gustav. "Oh no..." he muttered. The soldiers had stopped also and were now in pursuit of Raven who had sensibly run the other way. Lance mentally whacked himself on the head, how could he have been so stupid? Honestly believing that Hiltz was out here in the middle of a damn desert with no reason whatsoever was really idiotic.
Raven hadn't gotten very far before he fell, he was weak and the sun was beating down on him like a never ending hell fire. How long, how long till they find me? Was the question that was echoing in his head. He struggled to his feet and felt his legs wobble beneath him. Pathetic really he thought, no way am I going to give up to these fools, not without a fight anyway. They were nearly upon him, only a few metres away as Raven fell flat on his face and inhaled rather a lot of sand. Coughing raspily he staggered another few feet then collapsed sideways. So hot, so...hot... The soldiers were there now, grasping at him, trying to tie him up again, but not this time. He felt renewed energy as he lunged at one, his fist connecting with the soldiers face while tripping another one from behind. But there was only so much he could do. As he felt a blow on the back of his head he saw the familiar, comforting darkness rushing up to claim him.
"Sir!" the soldier saluted as they tossed the unconcious Raven into the Gustav. "Excellent work soldier" Van acknowledged, nodding to him. The soldier smiled proudly and Van turned his attention to Raven. Kneeling down beside him he searched the boys pockets to see just what Raven had there. Not much. A gun, a huge assortment of knives and a weird dark blue crystal. So much for security at the base," Van muttered to himself, "if their letting a prisoner keep these things on him". Raven could have easily used a guard as shooting practice in his cell! He would show the crystal to the others once they got back to the base, maybe it was some weird ancient zoidian artifact or something.
...You don't care for her Raven...Rhyss's voice echoed hollowly round his head, tapping into his thoughts. ...You know it's me you want... "Get out! Get away from me!" Raven yelled out loud. He rolled onto his side and groaned painfully as his elbow made contact with the hard ground of his cell. "What happened?" he mumbled groggily as he sat up, confusion etched across his face. He dimly remembered a fight with someone, but... "I remember now" he said, he had be about to escape from the republican soldiers but they had prevented that. Raven reached into his pocket to check on the crystal but his hand found emptiness. He shifted uneasily and hoped the crystal hadn't fallen into the wrong hands...
15 days later. "Whats that?!" Lance smashed his fist down on the table, "How come you didn't tell us before?!" "I forgot," Van said, shrugging his shoulders sheepishly. The blue crystal lay on the table, seeming to glow brighter in the dimming light. "What is it?" Fiona asked, leaning forward to get a better look at it. "I thought you might know" Van said "Well the obvious is to ask Raven" Lance said witheringly. "No don't at the moment!" Fiona intervened, "Halloweise is finally better and she just went down to see him. Please guys, cant the crystal wait?" Van nodded in accordance with Fionas wish and Lance just looked annoyed.
Raven stirred slightly and looked around, immediately suspicious as he heard the familiar tapping noise of someone walking towards his cell. He sat up and hid himself in the corner, if it was Van, he wasn't talking.
Halloweise didn't know why she was so nervous. After all it was Raven she was going to see here. The boy that had kinapped her almost seven months ago and held her captive all that time. She should be glad that she was finally free. But there were just somethings that she couldn't ignore, all those things that Raven had helped her through and cared for her. That incident with Hiltz a few weeks ago, when they'd jumped off that bridge... when Specula had attacked them and finally, how he had cared for her when she was ill. There was just no way Halloweise could call Raven evil now. Even though he had killed many of the people she had known. She felt a prickling sensation in her eyes and realised that she was crying. NO! she wiped the tears away hurriedly, Raven had said never to cry no matter how hard things got. And he had made her promise and she wasn't going to break her promise to him. Not now. "Raven?" she whispered as she turned the corner in the cell block. Raven bolted to the front of his cell when he heard that voice. "Raven! What happened?!" Halloweise prostested indignately. "I got caught." He paused, "its good your alright" he mumbled quietly. Halloweise grinned. Raven wrapped his hands around the cell bars and leaned against them, sighing. He was really stuck locked here in this prison. A small hand encircled his and he looked up surprised as Halloweise leant against him and rested her head on his chest. Raven froze, he hated being touched by others but seen as it was Halloweise he could make an exception. Uncomfortable though he pushed her head away and Halloweise backed away in annoyance. She narrowed her eyes at him. "Do you want me to bail you out of here or not!" she said irritably. Raven sprang back. "You bail me out!" "Uh, huh!" Halloweise replied twirling around in a circle. "How much candy have you consumed?" Raven asked warily. She looked witheringly back at him then giggled.
Lance swiftly tuned the corner sliding on the polished sole of his boot. Dumb kids and their associates. Halloweise shouldn't even be out of bed let alone visiting dangerous villains by herself! Lance cursed silently. He reached the last corner to Ravens cell and came to a sudden halt when he heard laughing. He peeked around the corner and saw a sight he wouldn't have believed if he hadn't seen it himself. Raven was leaning against the cell bars doing the funniest attempt ever of trying not to laugh and glare at the same time and Halloweise was dancing around in circles and laughing so hard she was crying. For the first time in ages, Lance smiled. It was a relief.
***
Wu-Lei sat crosslegged on the hilltop. The long curved blade of a sword glinted in the light. It had been a long time, a long time... He whispered inaudibly as his organoid fluttered to his side and glared at the republican base below, organoid at his side.
***
Raven frowned as he sat leaning against the far wall of his cell. Annoyed and impatient he glared at Halloweise then slammed the wall behind him. This had no effect apart from a nasty crunching noise. "ah, that WAS the wall right?" Halloweise asked worried. He glowered back at her, "Yes" there was a long pause, "why are we waiting again?" "Because I want to piss Van off" She replied. Raven growled in frustration yet looked quite pleased at an opportunity to piss off his greatest rival. He snickered. "That's him coming now." Halloweise waited a few seconds until Van, Lance, Fiona and others rounded the corner and stopped with surprise.
"SHADOW!!" she yelled. Raven looked up with a start. Shadow? Where was he? Then he understood. With an earsplitting crash Shadow ploughed through the ceiling of the cellblock, roaring to his fullest, snarling at Van and the others. "RESTRAIN!" Van ordered in a panic, several soldiers surging forwards and being thrown or mauled by Shadow. Van called for Zeke and the silver organoid appeared in an instant and rammed into Shadow. The two organoids, black and silver continued their struggle, Van standing protectively infront of Fiona who was looking wide eyed on. That left Lance facing Halloweise. He held his hand out for her but Halloweise not trusting him one bit, skipped out of his reach and flicked open the door to Ravens cell. During the commotion she had obtained the keys from one of the fallen soldiers. Raven ducked out immediately, lunging at Lance, sending him flying backwards with a strong kick. "NOW Shadow!!!" Halloweise cried taking charge. Shadow dodged Zeke and disappeared in a blinding blue light along with Raven and Halloweise.
***
Wu-Lei stood up with great surprise when he saw a black organoid fly overhead. Watching suspiciously he whistled to his organoid who growled ferociously and took off after it. Averting his eyes to the Republican base below he observed that three people were now outside, also watching the organoid. Wu-Lei watched this in silence, his eyes narrowing.
***
"Damn, damn, damn, DAMN!" Van cursed, kicking the ground and sending sand everywhere. Lance coughed pointedly but his attempt was lost on Van. He sighed and looked back to where Shadow had fused with the Halloweises Laiger and was now galloping away into the setting sun. "All that effort..." Van grumbled. However Lance smiled, "I don't think we've seen the last of them, not by a long shot, they'll be back and this time, we'll be ready."
***
Seated inside the Laiger's cockpit Raven smirked. He had beaten Van this time, no doubts. He turned startled as Halloweise laughed at him. "Ek is leif vir jou Raven" she said, leaning her head against his shoulder. Raven who didn't understand what she said, hoped that smiling was the best response... "Bail out and ride into the sunset..." he mumbled.
***
Inside the cellblock of the Republican Base Zeke sniffed out a weird blue object in a corner. Curious he padded over to it and investigated. It appeared to be a crystal of some kind. Van had had something like this before. Quite unperturbed he picked it up in his mouth. Without warning his whole body began to gleam with a strange blue glow. Howling in pain, Zeke collapsed to the floor, no life remaining...
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/n: HAHAHAHAHAH LOOK AT THE CLIFFHANGER! Don't I just luv cliff hangers?! What is happening to zeke? Who is this strange guy? Questions to be answered in the next chapter...
You can so tell I watched zoids new century first! I LUV LIGERS! Even tho ravens geno saurer is cool!...even vans liger is cool...i did not just say that!!!!!! *shuffles away into corner* Anyway that was a very 'jump 'n' start' chapter and there might be more... heh heh heh this was originally only a three parter but I'll write more!!!! REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!
Chapter Four - - - - -
Ok it seems I had trouble getting this chapter to behave and not copy chapter three... I actually noticed it myself but then fanfiction.net wouldn't let me upload anything so I'll try again SOON. BEWARE cliffhanger ending... Hahahah... I'll be quiet now...
Chapter Four: Bail out and Ride into the Sunset
"Where are you Shadow?" Raven whispered desperately to himself. He had told Shadow to stay here and look after Halloweise so where on Zi had he gone? Unless... Hiltz... But Raven hadn't heard from Hiltz for weeks now. He resumed defeat again as the republican soldiers led him back to the Gustav.
"But why Shadow? Why?" he kept whispering to no one in particular, Van looked at him strangely. "What's the matter with you Raven? Finally had to concede defeat huh?" He asked. Raven looked up at him, his eyes filled with burning hatred. "Its that fool Hiltz!" he shouted, pointing vaguely in the direction of where they had come from. "What!" The Gustav skidded to a halt and the soldiers piled out, running furiously in the direction that Raven had pointed. Leaving Van alone with Raven. "That was easy wasn't it?" Raven snickered and delt a blow to Vans stomach with his elbow. Van stumbled backwards and Raven, shooting one last glance at Halloweise, jumped out of the Gustav and ran off as fast as he could. "After...him..." Van wheezed out but there was no one to hear him.
There was no one here Lance realized, Raven had lied and that meant... He turned around and saw a lone figure fleeing from the Gustav. "Oh no..." he muttered. The soldiers had stopped also and were now in pursuit of Raven who had sensibly run the other way. Lance mentally whacked himself on the head, how could he have been so stupid? Honestly believing that Hiltz was out here in the middle of a damn desert with no reason whatsoever was really idiotic.
Raven hadn't gotten very far before he fell, he was weak and the sun was beating down on him like a never ending hell fire. How long, how long till they find me? Was the question that was echoing in his head. He struggled to his feet and felt his legs wobble beneath him. Pathetic really he thought, no way am I going to give up to these fools, not without a fight anyway. They were nearly upon him, only a few metres away as Raven fell flat on his face and inhaled rather a lot of sand. Coughing raspily he staggered another few feet then collapsed sideways. So hot, so...hot... The soldiers were there now, grasping at him, trying to tie him up again, but not this time. He felt renewed energy as he lunged at one, his fist connecting with the soldiers face while tripping another one from behind. But there was only so much he could do. As he felt a blow on the back of his head he saw the familiar, comforting darkness rushing up to claim him.
"Sir!" the soldier saluted as they tossed the unconcious Raven into the Gustav. "Excellent work soldier" Van acknowledged, nodding to him. The soldier smiled proudly and Van turned his attention to Raven. Kneeling down beside him he searched the boys pockets to see just what Raven had there. Not much. A gun, a huge assortment of knives and a weird dark blue crystal. So much for security at the base," Van muttered to himself, "if their letting a prisoner keep these things on him". Raven could have easily used a guard as shooting practice in his cell! He would show the crystal to the others once they got back to the base, maybe it was some weird ancient zoidian artifact or something.
...You don't care for her Raven...Rhyss's voice echoed hollowly round his head, tapping into his thoughts. ...You know it's me you want... "Get out! Get away from me!" Raven yelled out loud. He rolled onto his side and groaned painfully as his elbow made contact with the hard ground of his cell. "What happened?" he mumbled groggily as he sat up, confusion etched across his face. He dimly remembered a fight with someone, but... "I remember now" he said, he had be about to escape from the republican soldiers but they had prevented that. Raven reached into his pocket to check on the crystal but his hand found emptiness. He shifted uneasily and hoped the crystal hadn't fallen into the wrong hands...
15 days later. "Whats that?!" Lance smashed his fist down on the table, "How come you didn't tell us before?!" "I forgot," Van said, shrugging his shoulders sheepishly. The blue crystal lay on the table, seeming to glow brighter in the dimming light. "What is it?" Fiona asked, leaning forward to get a better look at it. "I thought you might know" Van said "Well the obvious is to ask Raven" Lance said witheringly. "No don't at the moment!" Fiona intervened, "Halloweise is finally better and she just went down to see him. Please guys, cant the crystal wait?" Van nodded in accordance with Fionas wish and Lance just looked annoyed.
Raven stirred slightly and looked around, immediately suspicious as he heard the familiar tapping noise of someone walking towards his cell. He sat up and hid himself in the corner, if it was Van, he wasn't talking.
Halloweise didn't know why she was so nervous. After all it was Raven she was going to see here. The boy that had kinapped her almost seven months ago and held her captive all that time. She should be glad that she was finally free. But there were just somethings that she couldn't ignore, all those things that Raven had helped her through and cared for her. That incident with Hiltz a few weeks ago, when they'd jumped off that bridge... when Specula had attacked them and finally, how he had cared for her when she was ill. There was just no way Halloweise could call Raven evil now. Even though he had killed many of the people she had known. She felt a prickling sensation in her eyes and realised that she was crying. NO! she wiped the tears away hurriedly, Raven had said never to cry no matter how hard things got. And he had made her promise and she wasn't going to break her promise to him. Not now. "Raven?" she whispered as she turned the corner in the cell block. Raven bolted to the front of his cell when he heard that voice. "Raven! What happened?!" Halloweise prostested indignately. "I got caught." He paused, "its good your alright" he mumbled quietly. Halloweise grinned. Raven wrapped his hands around the cell bars and leaned against them, sighing. He was really stuck locked here in this prison. A small hand encircled his and he looked up surprised as Halloweise leant against him and rested her head on his chest. Raven froze, he hated being touched by others but seen as it was Halloweise he could make an exception. Uncomfortable though he pushed her head away and Halloweise backed away in annoyance. She narrowed her eyes at him. "Do you want me to bail you out of here or not!" she said irritably. Raven sprang back. "You bail me out!" "Uh, huh!" Halloweise replied twirling around in a circle. "How much candy have you consumed?" Raven asked warily. She looked witheringly back at him then giggled.
Lance swiftly tuned the corner sliding on the polished sole of his boot. Dumb kids and their associates. Halloweise shouldn't even be out of bed let alone visiting dangerous villains by herself! Lance cursed silently. He reached the last corner to Ravens cell and came to a sudden halt when he heard laughing. He peeked around the corner and saw a sight he wouldn't have believed if he hadn't seen it himself. Raven was leaning against the cell bars doing the funniest attempt ever of trying not to laugh and glare at the same time and Halloweise was dancing around in circles and laughing so hard she was crying. For the first time in ages, Lance smiled. It was a relief.
***
Wu-Lei sat crosslegged on the hilltop. The long curved blade of a sword glinted in the light. It had been a long time, a long time... He whispered inaudibly as his organoid fluttered to his side and glared at the republican base below, organoid at his side.
***
Raven frowned as he sat leaning against the far wall of his cell. Annoyed and impatient he glared at Halloweise then slammed the wall behind him. This had no effect apart from a nasty crunching noise. "ah, that WAS the wall right?" Halloweise asked worried. He glowered back at her, "Yes" there was a long pause, "why are we waiting again?" "Because I want to piss Van off" She replied. Raven growled in frustration yet looked quite pleased at an opportunity to piss off his greatest rival. He snickered. "That's him coming now." Halloweise waited a few seconds until Van, Lance, Fiona and others rounded the corner and stopped with surprise.
"SHADOW!!" she yelled. Raven looked up with a start. Shadow? Where was he? Then he understood. With an earsplitting crash Shadow ploughed through the ceiling of the cellblock, roaring to his fullest, snarling at Van and the others. "RESTRAIN!" Van ordered in a panic, several soldiers surging forwards and being thrown or mauled by Shadow. Van called for Zeke and the silver organoid appeared in an instant and rammed into Shadow. The two organoids, black and silver continued their struggle, Van standing protectively infront of Fiona who was looking wide eyed on. That left Lance facing Halloweise. He held his hand out for her but Halloweise not trusting him one bit, skipped out of his reach and flicked open the door to Ravens cell. During the commotion she had obtained the keys from one of the fallen soldiers. Raven ducked out immediately, lunging at Lance, sending him flying backwards with a strong kick. "NOW Shadow!!!" Halloweise cried taking charge. Shadow dodged Zeke and disappeared in a blinding blue light along with Raven and Halloweise.
***
Wu-Lei stood up with great surprise when he saw a black organoid fly overhead. Watching suspiciously he whistled to his organoid who growled ferociously and took off after it. Averting his eyes to the Republican base below he observed that three people were now outside, also watching the organoid. Wu-Lei watched this in silence, his eyes narrowing.
***
"Damn, damn, damn, DAMN!" Van cursed, kicking the ground and sending sand everywhere. Lance coughed pointedly but his attempt was lost on Van. He sighed and looked back to where Shadow had fused with the Halloweises Laiger and was now galloping away into the setting sun. "All that effort..." Van grumbled. However Lance smiled, "I don't think we've seen the last of them, not by a long shot, they'll be back and this time, we'll be ready."
***
Seated inside the Laiger's cockpit Raven smirked. He had beaten Van this time, no doubts. He turned startled as Halloweise laughed at him. "Ek is leif vir jou Raven" she said, leaning her head against his shoulder. Raven who didn't understand what she said, hoped that smiling was the best response... "Bail out and ride into the sunset..." he mumbled.
***
Inside the cellblock of the Republican Base Zeke sniffed out a weird blue object in a corner. Curious he padded over to it and investigated. It appeared to be a crystal of some kind. Van had had something like this before. Quite unperturbed he picked it up in his mouth. Without warning his whole body began to gleam with a strange blue glow. Howling in pain, Zeke collapsed to the floor, no life remaining...
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/n: HAHAHAHAHAH LOOK AT THE CLIFFHANGER! Don't I just luv cliff hangers?! What is happening to zeke? Who is this strange guy? Questions to be answered in the next chapter...
You can so tell I watched zoids new century first! I LUV LIGERS! Even tho ravens geno saurer is cool!...even vans liger is cool...i did not just say that!!!!!! *shuffles away into corner* Anyway that was a very 'jump 'n' start' chapter and there might be more... heh heh heh this was originally only a three parter but I'll write more!!!! REVIEW!!! REVIEW!!
Chapter Four - - - - -