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1,000 EYES
Great Balls Of Fire
Our Zoids stood proudly over a cliff, seven miles or so away from the ZBC's Zoid Containment Base. I looked to my right, seeing the Berserk Fury standing still, surveying the area. I turned to my left to see Nathan's Command Wolf directly next to me and Jack's Rev Raptor on the other side of it.
My Zoid's radar beeped and I looked down to it. Ahead of us, surrounding the building of interest, were five Saber Tigers, five Raynos, and ten Helcats. This wasn't much of a defense, especially with the Berserk Fury around. I decided this would be a good time to make my motivation speech.
"Nathan…Rick…Jack…you three are the truly loyal ones of our old group. Alex and Jet left us, but remember that they'll get their punishment…it's only a matter of time.
"I've decided to change the rules a little. This is how it goes. If the ZBC surrenders the Zoids to us, we take them all, simple as that…If they refuse, and we manage to gain access smoothly, a group of men I assembled half an hour ago will come in and take what Zoids they can…If it goes badly, we'll just destroy every last Zoid. Understood?"
"I'm with you so far, Sirus." Rick answered.
"Me too." Jack followed.
"I follow…" Nathan finished, although I'd already known his answer.
"Good. Now, this is your last chance to back
out. I'll give you five seconds to get
yourself out of here, before I open fire.
Any takers?"
Nobody said anything or even
moved.
"Great. If things get tough, remember…this is for all the friends we've lost, Jeremy included…all the time we've wasted at the hands of useless leaders…all of the glory and power we deserve…no one gives up…no one…
"If you choose to make the foolish mistake of deserting, you won't live long. The only way we retreat is if I give the word, and it will take very dire circumstances for me to resort to that. If something should happen to me, Nathan is in charge."
As I finished, every lock-on warning alarm sounded in our Zoids, and our screens indicated that the ZBC satellite had spotted us. What I didn't understand was why it was out of its patrol zone…we were at least two miles away from it...
"Attention! Attention! You are suspected of plotting against the Zoid Battle Commission, stop now and you will not be harmed…" A robotic voice chimed in our cockpits. I opened up a private link to the Berserk Fury.
"Rick, take that thing down, now."
"I'm already on it." He replied quickly and terminated the link. I watched as the Berserk Fury charged for its best attack.
"Warning! Warning!" The voice changed to a human one now, "Sirus Schwarz, Rick Mantel, Nathan Connors, and Jack Pikes, you are all under arrest for numerous murders and conspiracy. Stop charging your weapons or be destroyed!"
Rick obviously wasn't paying attention as he got a lock on the satellite, smirking as he pulled the trigger. An enormous particle beam shot out of the Berserk Fury's mouth and up into the sky. I turned back to my monitor, watching as a large transport was launched just before the Cannon blast connected. There was a giant explosion that caught the transport, and both craft burst into flames. I watched as they started to descend, slowly, looking like they were heading away from us.
"Perfect, they'll never get reinforcements here in time." I said, and with a slight smirk I opened a link to Rick, Nathan, and Jack. "We're going in there and taking what we can! Take down any Zoids you see! Rick, you're free to use the Charged Particle Cannon now, just make sure you have enough energy to destroy the base when we leave it."
Rick and the rest nodded, pushing their controls forward and running towards the poorly defended base.
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We reached it in a matter of minutes, noticing that the same twenty Zoids we'd seen on our radar were the only ones there. This would be easy, especially with the Berserk Fury on our side. Nathan opened up a link to me.
"Sirus, I'll work on those Raynos, cover me."
"Right." I closed the link and opened another to Rick. "Rick, help us get rid of these ground pests and watch over Nathan."
"Yessir." He nodded and we moved our Zoids into a sort of triangle formation, with Nathan in the middle aiming at the sky. As we came within a mile of the base the Helcats and Saber Tigers attacked. By now, all but one Raynos was down.
"We'll handle these guys on our own until Nathan can finish off the other one!" I barked, running faster to meet the leading Saber Tiger head on.
We clashed in mid air, sending both of our Zoids to the ground. My Saix stood and shook itself, finding its legs and hissing. I fired the cannon twice into the Tiger's side, causing it to shake some, but it didn't fall. With an angry growl I charged forward and rammed the opposing Zoid with my Saix's shoulders, finally bringing it down. An alert sounded to let me know it was system frozen.
With no enemies around me, I turned to see Nathan shoot down the last Raynos, and a Helcat charge at him from the side. I pushed my Saix forward and streaked to the Command Wolf's side in time to get between it and the Helcat. My Zoid was hit hard and tumbled across the desert. Nathan jumped out of the way and began pounding bullets into the side of the Helcat. It hit the ground just as I got my Saix to stand.
"I owe you one, Sirus. Thanks."
"Don't worry about it." I said as a warning alarm went off in both our cockpits, a Saber Tiger and Helcat approaching us. The Helcat charged first, only to be tackled from the side by Jack. Before the Saber Tiger could attack him, Nathan and I charged and leaped on it.
Nathan's Command Wolf ended up fighting on the Tiger's back as my Lightning Saix gnawed at its throat. The Tiger let out a mighty roar that attracted two others. As I released the Tiger's throat to defend against the others now leaping at us, a particle beam blasted through both of them, sending them to the ground in a heap of twisted and melted metal.
"Thanks Rick!" I called, before turning back to Nathan, who now had the Saber Tiger on the ground. While he held it down, I fired three times into the chest area, receiving the system freeze alert again.
Nathan and I turned to see Jack's Rev Raptor fighting a Helcat by two fallen ones. He finished this one off quickly and turned to us.
"There are still six left, where are they?"
His question was answered as alarms went off inside all of our Zoids. Five of the remaining Helcats had banded together and were headed toward us in a pack. Rick stepped in front of us.
"This is no problem, I'll handle it, you guys find the last two!"
"Okay, Rick." Nathan replied calmly, turning around with Jack and me.
"I've got one to the west," Jack told us, watching his radar, "and a larger one to the north."
"I'll take the Saber Tiger." Nathan and I said at the same time. Jack simply nodded and headed after the last Helcat. Nathan and I smirked to each other.
"Just like old times?"
"Just like old times…" I said as we ran side by side to the north. I turned briefly to see the Berserk Fury open its mouth at all of the oncoming Helcats and fire the beam. Two Helcats were taken out right away, and the rest were destroyed when the Fury moved its head and shifted its gaze to them. When the beam stopped, nothing but small pieces were left.
I looked back ahead to see the Saber Tiger, a heavily armed one, charging us. Nathan and I nodded to each other and closed our comm. links. Nathan swerved to the left and I to the right, letting the Tiger run right in between us. As it skidded to a stop, I saw our Whale King coming in to land right beside the base.
"We've just gotta finish this real fast, Nathan, then those Zoids are all ours!"
"Got it!" He said as we turned and charged after the Tiger. Nathan approached it from the right and I came to its left. The pilot hesitated and decided to head toward me. As it did, I swerved far to the left and shot past it, leaving Nathan to tackle it while the pilot was distracted.
I brought my Saix into a wide loop and came back around. The Tiger was now on its feet, and the Command Wolf was somewhere in front of it. Next thing I knew, the Saber Tiger threw the Command Wolf several yards to its left. I watched as Nathan's Zoid tumbled and rolled to a stop, dust flying over its sand covered body.
"Nathan!" I yelled unconsciously before bringing my Zoid to full speed and leaping over the Tiger's back, coming down and pushing its head into the ground.
This was not the best maneuver, as my Saix tripped and tumbled, stopping hundreds of feet away. My own system freeze alarm went off and I pushed my way out of the cockpit, running to Nathan's Command Wolf.
When I reached it, something blocked out a large amount of sunlight and I looked up to see what it was. The stricken ZBC satellite was making its way down, and heading straight for the Containment Base. I cursed under my breath and opened Nathan's cockpit manually.
"Come on, Nathan! We've got to get out of here, now!"
Still conscious, he blinked several times and unclasped his harness before stumbling out of his Zoid.
"What is it? Aren't we under control?"
"That satellite is headed toward the base, we've got to finish packing up those Zoids and get out of here before it hits."
Jack and Rick brought the Rev Raptor and Berserk Fury to a stop near us.
"You see what's coming? Get in here!" Rick called to us. Nathan ran and climbed into Jack's Raptor and I climbed into the Fury. Once inside, I opened up a link to the Whale King.
"Get everyone out, now! The ZBC satellite is headed for the base! Finish loading what Zoids you can and get out!"
"You want me to get closer?" Rick asked.
"No, no, stay here. Getting any closer would be very dangerous." I watched as the satellite picked up speed.
"I repeat, Whale King 0087, finish loading what Zoids you can and leave the area!"
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the Whale King's mouth closed and it began to lift off the ground. The satellite was still gaining speed and losing altitude, on a course to collide with the transport if it didn't get out faster.
"They're not gonna make it…" Jack whispered to himself.
The Whale King went higher and turned away from the threat, its boosters roaring to life. Feeling frozen, we all sat there, watching as the satellite slammed into the Whale King and continued on, hurtling into the base.
Shadowwolf: REALLY HOPE YOU LIKED THAT ONE! More up soon! Thanks for reading!! ^.^