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Chapter V: Tomb of the slain
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"Are we there yet?" Weis asked as the drove the Gustav through the desert. It had been five days and already he's getting restless. "And if memory serves me right, not that it's any use because the terrain's changed, this is not the way to Guygalos."
"We have to make a stop," Fiona said from the back seat. "There's a ruin not far from here. The archeological team assigned there found something the felt we need to see."
"What is it?" Eve asked.
"They found something interesting," Reese said as he voice came from the radio. "It's a container, a sarcophagus as large as a class four zoid. But they were reluctant to open it."
"As they should," Weis said. "Zoid sarcophaguses are made with to protect the zoid inside."
"What does that mean?" Moonbay asked.
"All of them are vacuum sealed to protect the zoid from the effects of time," Weis explained. "Most of them are sealed with liquefied salt."
"Okay," Van looked at him speculatively. "And then?"
"When the pressure of the air gets out carrying the salt, every person near the opening will be harmed," Weis said calmly.
"How?" Raven asked.
"Your face will be ripped apart by the salt," Eve said as she smirked. "Not to mention every exposed flesh you have." There was a series of groans from the radio and from the back seat.
"And that's just the simplest," Weis said.
"Simplest?" Irvine asked.
"In extreme cases, the zoids inside the sarcophagus will tear you apart for disturbing its sleep," Weis said.
"And this actually happened?" Van asked incredulously.
"Remember what I told you about?" Weis asked. "The Deathpion killed the entire archeological team then and destroyed a fair amount of towns before it was destroyed. Zoids like that were kept in sarcophaguses to be locked away forever."
"That's scary," Moonbay said.
"It is said that a sealed zoid will kill the first person it sees when its tomb was disturbed," Weis added. For a few minutes all was quiet.
"Why were the zoids sealed?" Van finally asked.
"They were too dangerous," Weis said. "The last zoid ever sealed gave us a really hard time. We removed the core and it was partially sealed."
"Sounds familiar," Raven said in thought.
"It should be," Reese said. "We barely defeated it a year ago."
"You defeated the MK II?" Weis asked.
"I'll tell you about it later," Fiona said.
"I don't think I want to know," Weis said. "The Deathsaurer is always bad news."
"Tell me about it," Van sighed. "Everyone wanted instant power."
"Unfortunately they get it through evil ways," Weis said. "They lack patience and responsibility in those sort of things."
"Rulers like that tend to destroy their own kingdom," Eve said sadly. For the rest of the trip, all was quiet.
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"This place looks familiar," Eve said as she exited the Gustav. "Isn't this the place where you used to take me?" she asked Weis. They had arrived in front of a cave overlooking a plain filled with wild flowers. Godoses and Guysacks were clearing rubble and debris scattered around the entrance. Weis, nodded.
"The tomb of the slain," he said. "This was a part of the Zenebas Empire." He suddenly glared at Fiona accusingly. "You are desecrating a tomb of heroes?" his voice was gruff and low. Fiona was surprised in his tone and by the mere fact that the Koenig Wolf growled in anger. It walked away from the sled he was riding on and stood behind Weis. Van stood by Fiona, ready for any danger that could erupt in that moment.
Weis was mad as hell.
Suddenly, the pounding of foot locks disrupted the Guardian Force's attention for a moment.
The Koenig Wolf growled loudly and suddenly the twin barrels and six solar panels unfolded from the Wolf's cannon.
The angry beast aimed for the two Gustavs.
"ENOUGH!" Eve shouted in all authority. "KING! Stand down!" she shouted. Immediately the Koenig Wolf folded his weapon and released his locks. But he was still growling.
Weis slowly turned his head to face Eve and glared. The young girl would not back down but deep inside she knew that this was one argument she would lose. One way or the other.
Reese was silently trembling by Weis's demeanor. He was like a wild animal that will never be tamed. Raven, however, was watching him, waiting for his first move.
"Weis," Eve's voice was soft. "Please." But Weis ignored the plea.
"What's going on here?" Doctor D suddenly emerged from the ruin looking annoyed. "This is an Archeological site, so settle down." Weis was looking daggers at the old man.
"This was... IS a tomb," Weis said in determination. "I will not stand and see this holy place desecrated and any artifacts recovered must be returned." Doctor D laughed.
"You have no authority in THIS dig," he said. "Think of the scientific research that we could uncover so we can learn about the ancients."
"You can do that without destroying the tomb," Weis said. "Those Godoses and Guysacks are clearing the way and widening the entrance. You are about to take one of the sarcophaguses out of the tomb."
"Weis," Eve's voice pleaded softly to her companion. But he still ignored her.
"This is now the property of the Helic Republic," Doctor D said defiantly. "You have no say to this anymore. I was ordered to accept you in the Guylos dig but not in this one. Be off and leave us."
"You take what you do not understand," Weis said in a deadly tone. "This will be your downfall."
"All I hear is the wind," Doctor D said as he turned around.
"If you continue this insane search for knowledge you will hear the cries of the people dying from what you have unleashed," Weis glared at the man.
"No need to worry," the doctor said. "I have taken every precaution for such an event."
"Weis, please," Eve pleaded once more. This time, he listened, barely.
"Know this old man. There are a lot more zoids that are more powerful than the Deathsaurer," Weis said as he walked back to the Gustav. "And more sentient than a human being."
"Is that a threat?" the doctor asked.
"It is a prediction," Weis said still glaring at the old man. Doctor D smirked and went in back to the tomb.
"What was that all about?" Moonbay asked.
"That tomb is not only a tomb of the people who died bravely serving the Empire," Weis sighed all his frustrations. "When soldiers are buried, they were buried along with their zoids. And most of them are still fully functional."
"But why?" Irvine asked. "Wouldn't they just give their zoids to another pilot?"
"In Zenebas, the pilot and their zoids are one," Weis said gravely. "No one will or can control a pilot's zoid without his or the zoid's consent. Thus when reanimated these zoid will attack ANYONE except its pilot." Weis looked at the entrance of the cave while everyone looked at him in shock.
"It maybe an old rickety zoid," Raven said trying to lighten up the mood. "We can handle them."
"The last person who said that died a terrible death," Weis looked at Raven as if he said something wrong. "Plus he unleashed a terrible zoid onto the world."
"You're over reacting," Moonbay said but she wasn't so sure of herself.
"Anyway," Weis sighed and looked at the group "I'm sorry about my behavior back there."
"Quite understandable," Reese smiled. "I'll be pissed to if MY tomb gets ransacked like that." Weis smiled and looked at Eve.
"I'm real sorry," he said sincerely and Eve smiled.
"I know," Eve said quietly. Blinking, she looked at the entrance not believing what she was seeing. The others followed her gaze and saw a large sarcophagus as large as the Blade Liger being pulled out of the tomb by a Guysack.
Reese and Fiona looked at Weis in worry but he merely smiled, making both zoidians more confused that ever.
"Fiona!" Doctor D called. She and Reese ran towards the old man and asked what he needed.
"I want you to take this sarcophagus to Guygalos with you," he said. "The Emperor may want to see this before we open it."
"Why?" Fiona asked.
"These markings on the side of the sarcophagus is quite interesting," he said. "See these?" he asked as he pointed to a shield with a dragon grabbing a sphere in a green background. "This is an ancient royal shield but I have no idea what it means."
"Will it be safe?" Reese asked, concerned on what Weis had told them.
"Do not believe anything that ignoramus had said, it is quite safe," Doctor D assured them. But somehow they didn't believe him. "Now go. I'll join you later." Fiona and Reese nodded and went back to the group.
"What did he want?" Van asked.
"We're bringing the sarcophagus to Guygalos," Reese said as he looked at Weis. But he did not comment.
"Load it to my rig," Weis said as he entered the Gustav. The two zoidians blinked and looked at each other.
After loading the sarcophagus, they were back on their way.
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End of 5
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A/n: Please review.
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Chapter V: Tomb of the slain
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"Are we there yet?" Weis asked as the drove the Gustav through the desert. It had been five days and already he's getting restless. "And if memory serves me right, not that it's any use because the terrain's changed, this is not the way to Guygalos."
"We have to make a stop," Fiona said from the back seat. "There's a ruin not far from here. The archeological team assigned there found something the felt we need to see."
"What is it?" Eve asked.
"They found something interesting," Reese said as he voice came from the radio. "It's a container, a sarcophagus as large as a class four zoid. But they were reluctant to open it."
"As they should," Weis said. "Zoid sarcophaguses are made with to protect the zoid inside."
"What does that mean?" Moonbay asked.
"All of them are vacuum sealed to protect the zoid from the effects of time," Weis explained. "Most of them are sealed with liquefied salt."
"Okay," Van looked at him speculatively. "And then?"
"When the pressure of the air gets out carrying the salt, every person near the opening will be harmed," Weis said calmly.
"How?" Raven asked.
"Your face will be ripped apart by the salt," Eve said as she smirked. "Not to mention every exposed flesh you have." There was a series of groans from the radio and from the back seat.
"And that's just the simplest," Weis said.
"Simplest?" Irvine asked.
"In extreme cases, the zoids inside the sarcophagus will tear you apart for disturbing its sleep," Weis said.
"And this actually happened?" Van asked incredulously.
"Remember what I told you about?" Weis asked. "The Deathpion killed the entire archeological team then and destroyed a fair amount of towns before it was destroyed. Zoids like that were kept in sarcophaguses to be locked away forever."
"That's scary," Moonbay said.
"It is said that a sealed zoid will kill the first person it sees when its tomb was disturbed," Weis added. For a few minutes all was quiet.
"Why were the zoids sealed?" Van finally asked.
"They were too dangerous," Weis said. "The last zoid ever sealed gave us a really hard time. We removed the core and it was partially sealed."
"Sounds familiar," Raven said in thought.
"It should be," Reese said. "We barely defeated it a year ago."
"You defeated the MK II?" Weis asked.
"I'll tell you about it later," Fiona said.
"I don't think I want to know," Weis said. "The Deathsaurer is always bad news."
"Tell me about it," Van sighed. "Everyone wanted instant power."
"Unfortunately they get it through evil ways," Weis said. "They lack patience and responsibility in those sort of things."
"Rulers like that tend to destroy their own kingdom," Eve said sadly. For the rest of the trip, all was quiet.
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"This place looks familiar," Eve said as she exited the Gustav. "Isn't this the place where you used to take me?" she asked Weis. They had arrived in front of a cave overlooking a plain filled with wild flowers. Godoses and Guysacks were clearing rubble and debris scattered around the entrance. Weis, nodded.
"The tomb of the slain," he said. "This was a part of the Zenebas Empire." He suddenly glared at Fiona accusingly. "You are desecrating a tomb of heroes?" his voice was gruff and low. Fiona was surprised in his tone and by the mere fact that the Koenig Wolf growled in anger. It walked away from the sled he was riding on and stood behind Weis. Van stood by Fiona, ready for any danger that could erupt in that moment.
Weis was mad as hell.
Suddenly, the pounding of foot locks disrupted the Guardian Force's attention for a moment.
The Koenig Wolf growled loudly and suddenly the twin barrels and six solar panels unfolded from the Wolf's cannon.
The angry beast aimed for the two Gustavs.
"ENOUGH!" Eve shouted in all authority. "KING! Stand down!" she shouted. Immediately the Koenig Wolf folded his weapon and released his locks. But he was still growling.
Weis slowly turned his head to face Eve and glared. The young girl would not back down but deep inside she knew that this was one argument she would lose. One way or the other.
Reese was silently trembling by Weis's demeanor. He was like a wild animal that will never be tamed. Raven, however, was watching him, waiting for his first move.
"Weis," Eve's voice was soft. "Please." But Weis ignored the plea.
"What's going on here?" Doctor D suddenly emerged from the ruin looking annoyed. "This is an Archeological site, so settle down." Weis was looking daggers at the old man.
"This was... IS a tomb," Weis said in determination. "I will not stand and see this holy place desecrated and any artifacts recovered must be returned." Doctor D laughed.
"You have no authority in THIS dig," he said. "Think of the scientific research that we could uncover so we can learn about the ancients."
"You can do that without destroying the tomb," Weis said. "Those Godoses and Guysacks are clearing the way and widening the entrance. You are about to take one of the sarcophaguses out of the tomb."
"Weis," Eve's voice pleaded softly to her companion. But he still ignored her.
"This is now the property of the Helic Republic," Doctor D said defiantly. "You have no say to this anymore. I was ordered to accept you in the Guylos dig but not in this one. Be off and leave us."
"You take what you do not understand," Weis said in a deadly tone. "This will be your downfall."
"All I hear is the wind," Doctor D said as he turned around.
"If you continue this insane search for knowledge you will hear the cries of the people dying from what you have unleashed," Weis glared at the man.
"No need to worry," the doctor said. "I have taken every precaution for such an event."
"Weis, please," Eve pleaded once more. This time, he listened, barely.
"Know this old man. There are a lot more zoids that are more powerful than the Deathsaurer," Weis said as he walked back to the Gustav. "And more sentient than a human being."
"Is that a threat?" the doctor asked.
"It is a prediction," Weis said still glaring at the old man. Doctor D smirked and went in back to the tomb.
"What was that all about?" Moonbay asked.
"That tomb is not only a tomb of the people who died bravely serving the Empire," Weis sighed all his frustrations. "When soldiers are buried, they were buried along with their zoids. And most of them are still fully functional."
"But why?" Irvine asked. "Wouldn't they just give their zoids to another pilot?"
"In Zenebas, the pilot and their zoids are one," Weis said gravely. "No one will or can control a pilot's zoid without his or the zoid's consent. Thus when reanimated these zoid will attack ANYONE except its pilot." Weis looked at the entrance of the cave while everyone looked at him in shock.
"It maybe an old rickety zoid," Raven said trying to lighten up the mood. "We can handle them."
"The last person who said that died a terrible death," Weis looked at Raven as if he said something wrong. "Plus he unleashed a terrible zoid onto the world."
"You're over reacting," Moonbay said but she wasn't so sure of herself.
"Anyway," Weis sighed and looked at the group "I'm sorry about my behavior back there."
"Quite understandable," Reese smiled. "I'll be pissed to if MY tomb gets ransacked like that." Weis smiled and looked at Eve.
"I'm real sorry," he said sincerely and Eve smiled.
"I know," Eve said quietly. Blinking, she looked at the entrance not believing what she was seeing. The others followed her gaze and saw a large sarcophagus as large as the Blade Liger being pulled out of the tomb by a Guysack.
Reese and Fiona looked at Weis in worry but he merely smiled, making both zoidians more confused that ever.
"Fiona!" Doctor D called. She and Reese ran towards the old man and asked what he needed.
"I want you to take this sarcophagus to Guygalos with you," he said. "The Emperor may want to see this before we open it."
"Why?" Fiona asked.
"These markings on the side of the sarcophagus is quite interesting," he said. "See these?" he asked as he pointed to a shield with a dragon grabbing a sphere in a green background. "This is an ancient royal shield but I have no idea what it means."
"Will it be safe?" Reese asked, concerned on what Weis had told them.
"Do not believe anything that ignoramus had said, it is quite safe," Doctor D assured them. But somehow they didn't believe him. "Now go. I'll join you later." Fiona and Reese nodded and went back to the group.
"What did he want?" Van asked.
"We're bringing the sarcophagus to Guygalos," Reese said as he looked at Weis. But he did not comment.
"Load it to my rig," Weis said as he entered the Gustav. The two zoidians blinked and looked at each other.
After loading the sarcophagus, they were back on their way.
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End of 5
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A/n: Please review.