"Why do you think Prozen told me to come here of all places? I mean, why would he want to meet in the prisoner's building?" A boy in his late teens asked a black, dragon organoid next to him. The boy's raven-black locks framed his pale face, and his piercing violet eyes gave just the perfect touch of menace.
The organoid just looked at him and kept walking on, obviously not wanting to answer his master. Raven was the boy's name. . . He was wearing some black lose pants, a tight, zip up, sleeveless, purple tank, and some thick brown leather boots that reached almost to his knees.
"Shadow, if you ask me, I think we should just get rid of all the zoids in our way. Why does master Prozen want me to save some. I despise zoids. . ." A pause was given, and Raven turned towards the organoid. "No offense Shadow," he added with an evil glare in his eyes.
Shadow, the black organoid just stared ahead, toward a door that was in front of them.
Walking up to the door, the boy said,
"This must be the room. Let's go in," he then opened the door to find a room with a table, a bench, and three chairs. Along one wall of the room was a long window.
Raven's mind went into memories of his past. This room . . . This room right here had once served as a sort of observatory for Raven. The large window running along the wall, was in actual, a huge mirror on the other side. So what appeared a mirror to the ones standing on the other side, was in actual, a window to them.
The black organoid just continued staring at the black haired boy, an empty gaze radiating from it's glowing green eyes.
"I know you get annoyed when I think aloud," he told the organoid, with a hint of disgust lacing his voice. "So you'll have to live with it."
Raven then walked over to the window, to see if there was anything worth his watching while he waited for Prozen. He looked out the window and saw that the area in which the window looked out to, was the hallway to the prisoner's quarters. For a long while, he just stared, but then saw one of the doors open. Out walked two guards holding a beautiful girl, in her late teen years, very tightly, between them.
The girl, who was looking down with her eyes closed, had black curly locks and the purest, fairest skin Raven had ever seen. Her attire consisted of loose brown pants, a long dark green sleeveless shirt, and a brown belt tied around her waist, over the shirt. The shirt was rather long and draped halfway down her thighs.Basically it was just the prisoner's wardrobe. But she also wore brown leather boots that went almost to her knees, and a chain with a silver rose charm on it, around her neck.
Pushing and shoving the girl down the hallways, They made sure that a tough time was given to her, even though she hadn't been doing anything. Shadow looked out and then got an odd look in his eyes and started acting strangely… Raven even started to stare out at the girl himself. The two continued gazing out at the girl and guards with that enchanted glint. When the guards were halfway down the hall with the girl, one of them took a tool out, reaching up with it towards the girl's neck.
The tool was used to electrocute prisoners.
Right before the guard put the shocker to the girl's neck, Shadow whacked his tail on the window and Raven yelled out, "NO!"
The two guards looked at the window (they could only see a mirror), and then the girl opened her eyes and looked up for the first time. As she looked up, Shadow became very still and then something did something else that was quite unusual… he put his head to the floor as if he were bowing. When Raven looked towards her, his eyes were immediately drawn to hers. They were the most lovely shade of emerald green. So enchanting and captivating . . . No sooner than she looked over toward the window, a feeling overcame Raven. One that he had never felt before. It wasn't easily described. . . An odd sensation in his heart caused it to start racing, and his legs felt shaky. Something was definitely not usual about her, that was for sure.
His heart felt like it was being ripped in two, but in such a way that it felt so good at the same time. He hated the feeling that had just come over him. Despised it. Loathed it . . .
::Damn this!:: Thought Raven, mentally cursing himself for allowing such a feeling to enter his body.
After a moment, he dropped to the ground, on one knee, as soon as the girl and guards had walked through the other door in the hallway. Pain etched his every feature, but something seemed to light his eyes up. Slowly, he opened his violet eyes, which seemed to radiate with an untold sorrow. Shadow only stared sadly towards his master.
"Raven! What are you doing on the ground?" A harsh voice asked from behind him.
Raven got up immediately and turned around to see Prozen, dressed in his usual white pants, black boots, and long-red overcoat, standing in the doorway with a puzzled look on his face. His silver hair was still long and worn loosely, and his red eyes gleamed with a strong bitterness.
"Sorry sir," Raven said as he got up then saluted the tall man.
"I've brought some friends to discuss a strategy with you I am planning. I have orders from someone to demolish the peace between the Republic and the Empire," Prozen told the boy as he opened the door wider, revealing a man with red hair, standing there with a red organoid, and a teenage girl, with a blue organoid.
"Meet Hiltz and Ryss," he motioned toward the red head, then the girl with short blue hair.
"And Specular and Ambient," Prozen finished as he motioned first towards the blue organoid, then the red one.
"We've met before," was all Raven said as he gave Hiltz an evil glare that none other could out-do, or so it seemed.
"Nice to see you again Raven," Ryss sarcastically commented with her sickeningly sweet tone.
Raven glared at her and let out a breath, showing annoyance. Ryss was still attached to the blue tunic-like shirt and Hiltz had a black leather jacket that zipped up the front. Both had black long pants on, Hiltz's being baggy, and Ryss's being tight.
"Let us sit and discuss what Kain wants us to do," Hiltz said with an evil glare in his eyes and a snicker.
"Yes, let us," Prozen replied.
Ryss and Raven then nodded and Raven sat down on the bench. Ryss followed Ravenand sat down next to him. Prozen sat down in a chair facing Raven and Ryss, then Hiltz took a chair and placed it next to Ryss. Ryss stared at Raven until he looked towards her and then she winked at him.
"Ryss, if you even think that you--" Raven was cut off by Hiltz.
"Raven, try not to slow us down!"
"Hiltz, I vow I will destroy you!" Raven said as he quickly turned his head toward Hiltz, and then his eyebrows furrowed into an malicing scowl, and the piercing violet eyes of his narrowed to mere slits, proving that the furious look he had just given Prozen only seconds before, could be outdone.
In response, Hiltz only sneered, and Raven turned away and folded his arms across his chest.
"Stop it! I don't know what has gone on between you two, but we have business!" Said the aggravated Prozen, scratching his head at the two's childish arguing.
"You three organoid owners are going to destroy Van Freihiet and the peace between The Republic and The Empire," Prozen started.
Raven didn't listen to the rest of Prozen's lecture, becuase it was mainly about the joined forces of the Republic and Empire, and their zoids and their zoid's capabilities. The whole lecture Raven could tell Ryss was staring at him, though his thoughts were elsewhere. His mind was lost . . . So utterly lost, Thinking about the girl. The girl with the sad, sweet face.
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It was a dark night. One of those nights when the moon wasn't out and only the stars were there to light a person's way. Darkness gathered in every crevice, every corner, waiting to swallow something in it's frightening, eerie way. The girl with green eyes stood under a tall, wide tree, easily being hidden underneath the large and green branches that hung so low to the ground. After escaping from the prisoner camp, the girl had come here. Her heart pounded lightly in her chest in anticipation as she quickly looked through the thick leaves and branches to see if anyone was approaching.
Nothing was coming, luckily for her.
She then ran as fast as she could, stumbling and tripping along the way. But she just had to get away from that horrid, dreaded place. She just HAD to. For a long while, she ran and ran until she was tired, then limply fell onto her face when she couldn't run another step. Tears poured down her fair cheeks as she lay there, softly crying until there sound of voices came her way. Then, she got up as fast as she could, and ran, blinded by the warm tears, unconsciously stumbling down a dark, deep hole. She fell and fell, until it seemed like an eternity had passed. Or maybe, it was just her mind playing tricks on her. Either way, her mind went black not too long after.
When the girl woke, she was in a dark place. It felt like a void, being so black that she couldn't see anything, and she started weeping.
"Why do I get myself into these things! Why!?" she sobbed as quietly as possible.
Not even a second has passed after she had said that, when a red light suddenly beamed on. It was small, and faint, but a light . . . nonetheless. Almost as if something had been calling her, the girl walked down the hallway, which the light had revealed. After a long time, the girl came across a room, and her eyes quickly searched it in wonderment. The room was filled with two capsules that were attached to cords that ran along the ceiling. Some of the cords ran to a control panel, which was on a platform, in front of the capsules. One of the capsules, the smaller one, was broken, giving the girl a sudden chill. What had been in the capsule? And where was it now?
"Now what could that be?" She wondered aloud as she walked across the room to the control panel, letting her curiosity lead her. "I bet this controls the capsules. I wonder what this button does?" The girl asked herself, brushing her small hand across the panel.
Cautiously, she pressed the button on the panel, looking up to see the un-broken capsule being to glow an almost blinding shade of red
Crack.
Suddenly jagged crack-lines began to slowly appear and spread across the surface of the whitish capsule. More cracks sounded before finally a large breaking noise was heard, and the glass shattered. Large billows of black, white, and gray smoke poured out of the capsule in waves, and an eerie shadow came across the wall of smoke. The girl squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for the gory death of the believed monster.
But, instead of a menacing, wild monster, a friendly organoid stepped into the light. The organoid was black with green eyes and green markings on its body.
"An organoid? How did you get in there boy?" Asked the girl.
The organoid roared and then ran to the girl's side.
"Oh, you're not a boy. I'm so very sorry. Do you have a name?" The next question was asked, and in return the organoid gave another soft roar.
"Ok, I'll look on you're head. Oh, that marking there says 'Mystic'," She cheerfully commented. "That's a strange marking. I wonder how I understood it…" Pondered she aloud, only to be interrupted by a loud bang.
The organoid, with her tail, picked the girl up and ran with her out of the room, down a hallway, and out a doorway, until they arrived outside, in the midst of a tall, narrow canyon. Faint voices suddenly arose in the distance, and the girl hid in one of the many bushes along the sides of the canyon walls. The organoid put it's boosters on and hovered up to a crevice about eight feet off the ground, then also hid. As the moments passed, the voices became less faint, and then easily distinguishable. There was two men, and a young woman from what the girl could tell.
"Why here Hiltz? I just don't understand…" Ryss asked with annoyance in her voice.
"Because this is the best place to come in case of spies, Ryss." Hiltz answered back, with an even bigger tone of irritation.
Raven just shook his head and walked ahead. Hiltz had wanted to take refuge in a cave that was in the canyon up ahead, and of course Raven disagreed. Something about this place gave Raven the chills. Just like a canyon not too far from here. Just then, a muffled, beeping noise came from Raven's pocket. He took a small rectangular device out of its restraint, and quickly pressed a button that was on it.
"Raven, are you there?" A voice asked, and then an image appeared on a little hologram that projected from the device. The image was of a guard from the prisoner camp.
"Yes, I'm here. Why are you bothering me at this moment? I'm busy, can't you see?" Raven questioned with disgust.
"I'm sorry master Raven, but I'm alerting everyone in the area there is an escaped prisoner. It's a--" The guard tried to finish only to be cut off.
The device started flickering and then went out. Raven sighed, being very miffed at the moment, with two bickering companions and the communications out.
"Hiltz this is not the best place to camp tonight. There's an energy in the air that just wiped out all communications. I've experienced this before." He told Hiltz, but by then, they were already in the midst of the vast canyons.
"We better go back. Our zoids might…" Raven stopped when he heard a small, quiet voice nearby.
It was muffled, so he couldn't make out the words the voice was saying. But, it did sound like it was crying. The three and their organoids quietly walked around the corner and found a huge bush. In front of the bush stood a very protective and angered black and green organoid.
The organoid had green markings on its body and was growling at the three intruders. Raven walked over toward it and the organoid tried to stop him. Shadow, at that instant, leaped over Raven and started fighting with the other organoid. Specular and Ambient also jumped in to the dog pile.
Raven now didn't hear anything, but he still thought the voice had come from behind the bush. He walked over, and brushed aside the branches, revealing the girl with black hair and green eyes.
She looked up with a face that expressed fear and surprise, and she cried out,
"Please don't make it painful! Make it short and quick." At the response to what had happened, Raven's eyes widened in surprise. What had happened to the girl? He knew that the camps were harsh . . .
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." Raven said with sympathy in his voice, something that rarely came from him. As the girl looked up, their eyes locked for a moment, and both gazed in silence. Suddenly, the girl fainted, and Raven knelt next to her, gently catching her in his arms.
"This is the prisoner the guard was talking about earlier." He said told Hiltz, and Ryss, a soft expression washing over his face.
Something seemed to draw Raven's hand to the girl's cheek, and he gently caressed her fair cheek. When the organoids realized that their fighting was futile, they stopped and stared at Raven and the girl, then all three crowded around the couple. Mystic, the black and green organoid, pushed her way through the others to get to her new master.
As soon as Mystic reached her, Hiltz declared with a snicker,
"Let's take the bitch back to the camp or get rid of her. Then we'll take the organoid and destroy it, or give it to Prozen."
"NO! I can't let you do that!" Raven hollered as he turned towards Hiltz and clutched the girl to his chest protectively. Mystic growled as well, glaring at the redhead. Shadow stared at first in confusion, then turned and glared at Hiltz as well.
"Raven are you alright?" asked Ryss, with a puzzled look on her face.
"Raven, you are one sad strange kid." Hiltz remarked with a vile look across his face.
"She just looks so…oh never mind. Just don't hurt her. Let me take her back to the zoids and let's make camp for the night. We'll figure out what to do with her there." Raven sighed as he scooped the girl up in his arms and started walking out to the zoids.