Disclamer:  I still don't own Zone of the Enders.  Darn it!!!

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Chapter 2:  Awakening

Pain.  All he knew was pain.  Pain so intense there were times when he yearned for death.  It had tormented his body and his mind for so long.  The only thing that kept him going was his one burning desire.  The desire for revenge.

After the battle in the core of Aumaan, Anubis was destroyed and Nohman was killed.  Or so this was believed.  Moments before the destruction of Aumaan, Nohman had managed to Zero Shift out of the core.  Anubis was totally destroyed in the blast, the cockpit the only section still intact.  Nohman wasn't in the best shape either.  Badly injured, drifting in and out of consciousness, he almost died in the blackness of space.  Then BAHRAM scouts found him.

He was nearly dead, with several serious injuries.  His body was destroyed beyond repair.  So they began to build him a new one.  Using newly developed metatron technology, they constructed cybernetic limbs and organs.  With these new enhancements, he would be a better pilot then he had ever been.  With Nohman safely healing, they began to reconstruct Anubis.  

Nohman's father had left the designs for Anubis in the hard drive of Anubis itself.  They began the long and difficult process of extracting this information.  In the process, they discovered new ways to enhance Anubis' already extraordinary abilities.  They then began to create a new version of Anubis, much more powerful than it's predecessor.

When Nohman awoke, he immediately planned to field test this new Anubis.  Although most of the BAHRAM forces on Mars had been wiped out, they still had a few operational bases floating in space.  Anubis was launched the following day.

Nohman's target was a small UNSF base on the outer rim.  The doctors had advised against it, but Nohman had insisted.  Anubis rocketed toward the base, flying at speeds that would have been impossible for the former Anubis.  He landed in the middle of the base.  Alarms were sounded as the pilots jumped into their LEV's.  Calm amidst the chaos, Anubis stood, waiting for the pilots.  When all the LEV's were activated, he announced, "I would tell you to surrender, but that would spoil all my fun."  In the blink of an eye, he took out 3 LEV's with a horizontal swing of his staff.  Before they hit the ground, he had dispatched 6 more with his energy blast.  He finished the last 6 with a massive Burst Shot.

When the dust cleared, Nohman stood in the middle of the destruction with a smirk on his face.  Revenge would be his, and soon….

Sensing his other sibling had re-awoken, he began the process of his own resurrection.  He activated systems long dormant, unused for thousands of years.  Soon his brothers would learn how truly insignificant there power really was.  His chosen pilot was ready, and soon he would be as well.

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Here is Chapter 2!  I never thought I would get so many reviews!  Thanks to everyone who reviewed.  Sorry this is so short, but the chapters will get longer as my skills improve.  Chapter 3 is on the way, and the mysterious Orbital Frame is nearly awake!