Chapter One: Rising from a Grave
"The weather is nice today. Perhaps if we're lucky the companies will
decide it's too nice a day to die and go out for a picnic or something."
Sacri joked to himself, but no one found it funny. One of the men had known
him for years, but not once had he joked. Except when he though he was
going to die. And they all did. None of them wanted to back out of this
fight, for they feared only one thing more than death, the thought of being
called a coward.
Sephiroth Barb was one of those men who showed up. He was rank fourteen, just under Sacri. He is a ruthless man, killing all those who stand in his way. He was well known for going on rampages for no good reasons, killing military and civilian personnel a like, until he finally calmed down, no Raven alive would be capable of stopping him.
The next man to join them was Matthais. He was a newbie, but a good pilot nonetheless. He armed himself with the best equipment he could afford, and commonly found himself in Sephiroth's shadow.
Then there was a young man, only eighteen years old. His name was Leos Peceak.
Then it happened. The first enemy jet came into sight. It was a Balena plane, and it had set its sights on the Raven. Matthias was the first to fire. He sent his kawakawa off in sort of a symbolic way; it blazed through the air and struck the plane. The plane exploded into a million small pieces, engulfed in flames.
And then so the battle started. A legion of well armed, well trained, kill machines, all against four towering mechs. They all felt that it was over before it started, at least. Sacri became suddenly grim and his overboost charged up, sending him towards the first MT to be destroyed. His blade lit up and sparkled with energy as it gashed through the cold steel of the MT, its reactor exploding into a ball of fire. This is how it would begin. The start of the battle lasted only a few minutes, but each minute was an eternity in its own. Each shot seemed like it would be the last, the one that would finally claim their life, yet none ever came so close. Then, it came to a stop for them. The battle hadn't even gone a quarter of the way through, and only six minutes had passed, and the Ravens had been surrounded....
"Sorry guys, I guess this is it. I never should have gotten you mixed up in this. It was my mission, I'm sorry." Sacri lower his head in the cockpit, as Leos' image appeared on his screen.
"Don't be ridiculous, you didn't get us mixed up in this. You were the one paying us, remember, we knew the risk." Leos tried to make him feel better, but nothing could change his mind. He knew in his mind though, he did feel as if Sacri was guilty.
".......You can't tell me I'm going to die this way, me, Sephiroth, the man who deserves to be Nine-Breaker more than the worthless Alex Gurge!" Sephiroth screamed at the enemies, as an explosion came from behind the enemy lines. The other corporations had arrived! The Belena troops where still larger in number, but they where exhausted, and the Zio Matrix and Emeraude troops tore through them.
"Perfect, now we might stand a chance." Matthais muttered under his breath, but he was more than right. Suddenly, dozens of pods began dropping from the sky six kilometers away from the battle field, steam emitting from them as the shells feel of, the General Forces Elite emblem on the side, but they where not alone, hundreds of more pods continued to fall, from all different clans and organizations.
The lights glared as overboost functions where turned on, the armored cores flying towards the battle field, a transmission coming over to Sacri. "Hey, did I miss anything?" It was the Raven known as Alto Akuma. His AC, Cinder, thrust into the center of the Zio Matrix forces, arming its blade, as it tore through MT after MT, the blade slicing them in half, numbers at a time.
"Hey we just figured you may need a little help, it's about time we Ravens showed what we can do anyway!" And so the battle turned in the favor of the Ravens again, as each hour past, in a balance with the last six minutes, in what seemed like seconds.
As it was all over, the Ravens stood in triumph over the corporations, the first four competitors, each with their AC battered and damaged. Sacri then opened up with a speech, thanking all the ravens that had put aside their rivalries, even is just for one day. "Thank you all, you made this day an important one for us as soldiers. From now on we can..... Shit." He cursed as a spike of energy crashed through the torso of his mech causing it to explode in a burst of energy. The end of that blade belonged to Sephiroth. He and Matthais began a rampage through the Ravens, trying to escape in the confusion.
"Heh, mission objective complete, target destroyed, returning to base." Sephiroth reported to whoever was listening.
A black AC named El Negro appeared in front of Sephiroth, the pilot taunting him. "You monster, you cannot defeat me!" Sephiroth sliced through the fool, continuing. Sephiroth and Matthais overboost systems popped up, as everyone else was left with a blank stare, the pair of Ravens escaping from the battlefield.
"What... what just happen? Sacri? Sacri?!" Leos began to feel lost in a deep pit, everyone around him going into the same state of shock.
Sephiroth Barb was one of those men who showed up. He was rank fourteen, just under Sacri. He is a ruthless man, killing all those who stand in his way. He was well known for going on rampages for no good reasons, killing military and civilian personnel a like, until he finally calmed down, no Raven alive would be capable of stopping him.
The next man to join them was Matthais. He was a newbie, but a good pilot nonetheless. He armed himself with the best equipment he could afford, and commonly found himself in Sephiroth's shadow.
Then there was a young man, only eighteen years old. His name was Leos Peceak.
Then it happened. The first enemy jet came into sight. It was a Balena plane, and it had set its sights on the Raven. Matthias was the first to fire. He sent his kawakawa off in sort of a symbolic way; it blazed through the air and struck the plane. The plane exploded into a million small pieces, engulfed in flames.
And then so the battle started. A legion of well armed, well trained, kill machines, all against four towering mechs. They all felt that it was over before it started, at least. Sacri became suddenly grim and his overboost charged up, sending him towards the first MT to be destroyed. His blade lit up and sparkled with energy as it gashed through the cold steel of the MT, its reactor exploding into a ball of fire. This is how it would begin. The start of the battle lasted only a few minutes, but each minute was an eternity in its own. Each shot seemed like it would be the last, the one that would finally claim their life, yet none ever came so close. Then, it came to a stop for them. The battle hadn't even gone a quarter of the way through, and only six minutes had passed, and the Ravens had been surrounded....
"Sorry guys, I guess this is it. I never should have gotten you mixed up in this. It was my mission, I'm sorry." Sacri lower his head in the cockpit, as Leos' image appeared on his screen.
"Don't be ridiculous, you didn't get us mixed up in this. You were the one paying us, remember, we knew the risk." Leos tried to make him feel better, but nothing could change his mind. He knew in his mind though, he did feel as if Sacri was guilty.
".......You can't tell me I'm going to die this way, me, Sephiroth, the man who deserves to be Nine-Breaker more than the worthless Alex Gurge!" Sephiroth screamed at the enemies, as an explosion came from behind the enemy lines. The other corporations had arrived! The Belena troops where still larger in number, but they where exhausted, and the Zio Matrix and Emeraude troops tore through them.
"Perfect, now we might stand a chance." Matthais muttered under his breath, but he was more than right. Suddenly, dozens of pods began dropping from the sky six kilometers away from the battle field, steam emitting from them as the shells feel of, the General Forces Elite emblem on the side, but they where not alone, hundreds of more pods continued to fall, from all different clans and organizations.
The lights glared as overboost functions where turned on, the armored cores flying towards the battle field, a transmission coming over to Sacri. "Hey, did I miss anything?" It was the Raven known as Alto Akuma. His AC, Cinder, thrust into the center of the Zio Matrix forces, arming its blade, as it tore through MT after MT, the blade slicing them in half, numbers at a time.
"Hey we just figured you may need a little help, it's about time we Ravens showed what we can do anyway!" And so the battle turned in the favor of the Ravens again, as each hour past, in a balance with the last six minutes, in what seemed like seconds.
As it was all over, the Ravens stood in triumph over the corporations, the first four competitors, each with their AC battered and damaged. Sacri then opened up with a speech, thanking all the ravens that had put aside their rivalries, even is just for one day. "Thank you all, you made this day an important one for us as soldiers. From now on we can..... Shit." He cursed as a spike of energy crashed through the torso of his mech causing it to explode in a burst of energy. The end of that blade belonged to Sephiroth. He and Matthais began a rampage through the Ravens, trying to escape in the confusion.
"Heh, mission objective complete, target destroyed, returning to base." Sephiroth reported to whoever was listening.
A black AC named El Negro appeared in front of Sephiroth, the pilot taunting him. "You monster, you cannot defeat me!" Sephiroth sliced through the fool, continuing. Sephiroth and Matthais overboost systems popped up, as everyone else was left with a blank stare, the pair of Ravens escaping from the battlefield.
"What... what just happen? Sacri? Sacri?!" Leos began to feel lost in a deep pit, everyone around him going into the same state of shock.