Zoid Academy
The White Wolf
The battle with Lucas and the stress of his friend changing so much in such a short amount of time had left Sky drained of energy. The first thing he did once he settled down and waited for Raziel was sleep. He sat no more then five minutes before he closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber. His dreams were plagued with the battle with Lucas. The terrible look in Lucas eyes were burned in Sky's mind. Lucas was so determined to win and prove himself that he would go as far as risking Sky's life. Sky could hear the thoughts of the Zoid he piloted and he could feel its pain as it tried its best to keep on fighting. Sky tossed his head some as the dream continued. He found himself being tossed from the Zaber and rolling across the ground in front of the Zoid Lucas was in. It growled as it stared down at him on the ground. As Sky laid there he heard a howl in the mist of his dream. The Zaber stopped as it looked around to find the source of the disturbance.
iDo you wish to be saved Sky?/i
"What?"
iEven the lone wolf needs his pack at times./i
The howl grew louder as the ground rumbled under him and a flash of white light exploded in front of Sky blinding his sight as he felt a sharp pain in his arm.
Sky woke with a fright; his body trembled as he looked around to see if he was still in his battle with Lucas. To his surprise he was no longer at the orphanage, but inside Raziel Gustav. His hands gripped the smooth leather of his chair as he slowly calmed down. He looked down to his shoulder and saw that Raziel had his arm. Sky figured that was what he felt when the pain bit at his arm. Raziel usual calm look studied Sky some before he released his grip.
"I am sorry to have waken you, but you seem really disturbed by the dream you were having. Are you ok?"
Sky nodded as he settled back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, "Yeah. . .I'll be fine. No big deal really. Do you believe much in dreams?"
Raziel shrugged lightly as he began to drive the Gustav again, "Hmm, well I don't believe in them fully, but I don't dismiss them too hasty either. Dreams are more like the thoughts of our unconscious mind."
Sky looked at him with a blank expression, "And that means?"
Raziel laughed lightly, "Right I need to phrase this in a easier way to understand. Hmm, well dreams show us things that are only partly there, like only seeing half of a picture or half of a cookie. The other half would be the choices we made to get to that point."
Sky nodded some as he looked out the window, "So you're saying I should keep the dream in mind, but not believe it fully."
"If you want to put it that way, sure."
Sky sighed some broadly as he pressed his head against the window, "Aw, are we there yet?"
Raziel smiled lightly as he pressed a button on the control panel, "Lets see, seems like we have another hour or so."
"Great," Sky said as he banged his head lightly on the window.
The land was all desert, nothing to really see but sand and rocks. Sky was getting extremely bored, to a point that he was counting rocks as they went along in the Gustav. Raziel was quiet as he kept his eyes pointed forward. Sky couldn't really figure Raziel out. He seemed like a nice guy, almost to nice to be a fighter. He wondered what Raziel was like in the heat of battle. Did he keep his cool too? Or was he a lunatic in battle? Sky rubbed his head as he imaged a crazed Raziel, which made him chuckle lightly. Raziel raised an eyebrow to Sky since the boy seemed to be giggling a lot in the last few minutes.
"What's so funny?"
Sky kept laughing some, but managed to answer, "Oh. . .nothing."
"Er. . .ok well we're about there. Just look up ahead you can see the towers of the Academy."
Sky looked ahead of him to see the huge white towers extend just over the hill. The towers were placed in front as an entrance, the rest of the Academy laid behind it. It was the largest thing Sky has ever seen. Around the Academy he could see small battlefields broken up. Each had a different terrain that exceeded several acres. There were also Zoids running around all over, more then he could count. Sky had his mouth hanging opening the entire time. Raziel gently shut his mouth with the tip of his finger.
"Excited are we?"
"You have no idea," Sky said under his breath.
Raziel parked the Gustav in one of the many garages. Sky could tell that bunches of people were starting to gather around the Gustav and he sunk in his seat some. Raziel popped the cockpit and he stood up waving to everyone. Sky kept his head down listening to all the chatter and greetings. Raziel was more popular then he thought, but he should have figured since he did own the place. Soon there weren't so many people around but someone was poking his head.
"Hey, kid. Look up."
Sky growled under his breath and jumped up, "Stop poking me!"
Sky was face to face with Kane. Kane was the bully from his childhood. Though he stopped bothering Sky once he grew older. Kane was adopted when Sky was about 10 years old and he never knew what happen to him. Kane seemed a bit better looking and looked more mature. He smiled to Sky as he offered him a hand out of the cockpit, "Sorry if I surprised you. I couldn't help it. Raziel told me he was brining you here and I just couldn't wait to meet up with you again."
Sky took his hand. He had never been so happy to see Kane again. They did start to get along in the end of things, "Oh man I never expected to see you again. What are you doing here?"
"Ha, I was adopted by this place. I've been living here for awhile now."
Raziel came up to the two boys, "Indeed he has. I have assigned him to show you around while I go register you for classes. Feel free to look around Sky."
Kane grinned, "No worries Raziel. He's under my watchful eye. Come on I'll show you my zoid."
The two went running off into the garage further. Raziel watched them go with a smile, "He seems more happy now. Well I better go register that boy."
Sky kept up with Kane as the two sprinted across the smooth cement, "Hey Kane have you seen Raziel fight?"
"Hmm? Oh yeah. He's real good. He pilots the Blade Liger."
Sky nodded lightly and suddenly ran into Kane, who had stopped suddenly, "Hey how about a heads up when you stop."
Kane rubbed the back of his neck, "Heh, sorry. Here we are, this is my Shield Liger."
Sky looked up at the zoid. It seemed pretty standard. There were no add ons, but the zoid seemed to be kept in good condition, "It's nice."
"Yeah and I even have the teams symbol on the shoulder."
"Teams?"
"Oh yeah, we're broken into teams here. We have big competitions sometimes. It's fun."
Sky nodded as his eyes drifted off to a darker part of the garage. He could sense something their, but he wasn't sure what it was," Hey Kane what's over there?"
Sky pointed the way and Kane looked over his shoulder to see a bit better, "Oh that's where we keep the Zoids that don't work."
"Can we see?"
Kane nodded, "Sure why not."
The two boys went walking along into the darkness. Sky could hardly see Kane in front of him. Before he knew it Kane was no longer in his view. His hands reached out to feel around for a wall or anything. Sky mumbled to himself, "Great, now I'm lost in some crazy garage darkness."
Sky kept feeling around in the darkness until he felt the cold steel under his hands. He ran his hand over it slowly. The metal was smooth though a little bit dusty. Soon the lights turned on in a flash and Sky covered his eyes for a moment from the sudden flash of light. He could hear footsteps running down some sort of metal stairs.
"Sorry, Sky. I found the lights though."
Sky slowly uncovered his eyes to see what was before him. The metal he felt was the leg of a White Command Wolf. It sat in standby mode with no sense of life to its core. Sky tilted his head some, "What happen to this one."
"I don't know. No one has been able to start it up. We ran test on it a long time ago and found its core is still ok it just won't wake up. Raziel ordered it here in a safe place for now."
Sky looked at it a little bit longer, it was just like his dream almost. He shook his head some, "Let's get out of here."
Kane nodded, "Yeah."
The two began to leave, but Sky stopped suddenly when he sensed something, "Do you feel that?"
Kane shook his head and as they stood there he soon felt the ground began to rumble. With no warning at all the ground thrusted and shook with furry. The boys were on there knees and Kane looked straight to the roof, "It's an earthquake of some kind. We have to get out of here. The roof is going to cave in." They struggled for the door way just as the wall came crashing down. Just as before there was light and then nothing but darkness in Sky's eyes.
The White Wolf
The battle with Lucas and the stress of his friend changing so much in such a short amount of time had left Sky drained of energy. The first thing he did once he settled down and waited for Raziel was sleep. He sat no more then five minutes before he closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber. His dreams were plagued with the battle with Lucas. The terrible look in Lucas eyes were burned in Sky's mind. Lucas was so determined to win and prove himself that he would go as far as risking Sky's life. Sky could hear the thoughts of the Zoid he piloted and he could feel its pain as it tried its best to keep on fighting. Sky tossed his head some as the dream continued. He found himself being tossed from the Zaber and rolling across the ground in front of the Zoid Lucas was in. It growled as it stared down at him on the ground. As Sky laid there he heard a howl in the mist of his dream. The Zaber stopped as it looked around to find the source of the disturbance.
iDo you wish to be saved Sky?/i
"What?"
iEven the lone wolf needs his pack at times./i
The howl grew louder as the ground rumbled under him and a flash of white light exploded in front of Sky blinding his sight as he felt a sharp pain in his arm.
Sky woke with a fright; his body trembled as he looked around to see if he was still in his battle with Lucas. To his surprise he was no longer at the orphanage, but inside Raziel Gustav. His hands gripped the smooth leather of his chair as he slowly calmed down. He looked down to his shoulder and saw that Raziel had his arm. Sky figured that was what he felt when the pain bit at his arm. Raziel usual calm look studied Sky some before he released his grip.
"I am sorry to have waken you, but you seem really disturbed by the dream you were having. Are you ok?"
Sky nodded as he settled back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, "Yeah. . .I'll be fine. No big deal really. Do you believe much in dreams?"
Raziel shrugged lightly as he began to drive the Gustav again, "Hmm, well I don't believe in them fully, but I don't dismiss them too hasty either. Dreams are more like the thoughts of our unconscious mind."
Sky looked at him with a blank expression, "And that means?"
Raziel laughed lightly, "Right I need to phrase this in a easier way to understand. Hmm, well dreams show us things that are only partly there, like only seeing half of a picture or half of a cookie. The other half would be the choices we made to get to that point."
Sky nodded some as he looked out the window, "So you're saying I should keep the dream in mind, but not believe it fully."
"If you want to put it that way, sure."
Sky sighed some broadly as he pressed his head against the window, "Aw, are we there yet?"
Raziel smiled lightly as he pressed a button on the control panel, "Lets see, seems like we have another hour or so."
"Great," Sky said as he banged his head lightly on the window.
The land was all desert, nothing to really see but sand and rocks. Sky was getting extremely bored, to a point that he was counting rocks as they went along in the Gustav. Raziel was quiet as he kept his eyes pointed forward. Sky couldn't really figure Raziel out. He seemed like a nice guy, almost to nice to be a fighter. He wondered what Raziel was like in the heat of battle. Did he keep his cool too? Or was he a lunatic in battle? Sky rubbed his head as he imaged a crazed Raziel, which made him chuckle lightly. Raziel raised an eyebrow to Sky since the boy seemed to be giggling a lot in the last few minutes.
"What's so funny?"
Sky kept laughing some, but managed to answer, "Oh. . .nothing."
"Er. . .ok well we're about there. Just look up ahead you can see the towers of the Academy."
Sky looked ahead of him to see the huge white towers extend just over the hill. The towers were placed in front as an entrance, the rest of the Academy laid behind it. It was the largest thing Sky has ever seen. Around the Academy he could see small battlefields broken up. Each had a different terrain that exceeded several acres. There were also Zoids running around all over, more then he could count. Sky had his mouth hanging opening the entire time. Raziel gently shut his mouth with the tip of his finger.
"Excited are we?"
"You have no idea," Sky said under his breath.
Raziel parked the Gustav in one of the many garages. Sky could tell that bunches of people were starting to gather around the Gustav and he sunk in his seat some. Raziel popped the cockpit and he stood up waving to everyone. Sky kept his head down listening to all the chatter and greetings. Raziel was more popular then he thought, but he should have figured since he did own the place. Soon there weren't so many people around but someone was poking his head.
"Hey, kid. Look up."
Sky growled under his breath and jumped up, "Stop poking me!"
Sky was face to face with Kane. Kane was the bully from his childhood. Though he stopped bothering Sky once he grew older. Kane was adopted when Sky was about 10 years old and he never knew what happen to him. Kane seemed a bit better looking and looked more mature. He smiled to Sky as he offered him a hand out of the cockpit, "Sorry if I surprised you. I couldn't help it. Raziel told me he was brining you here and I just couldn't wait to meet up with you again."
Sky took his hand. He had never been so happy to see Kane again. They did start to get along in the end of things, "Oh man I never expected to see you again. What are you doing here?"
"Ha, I was adopted by this place. I've been living here for awhile now."
Raziel came up to the two boys, "Indeed he has. I have assigned him to show you around while I go register you for classes. Feel free to look around Sky."
Kane grinned, "No worries Raziel. He's under my watchful eye. Come on I'll show you my zoid."
The two went running off into the garage further. Raziel watched them go with a smile, "He seems more happy now. Well I better go register that boy."
Sky kept up with Kane as the two sprinted across the smooth cement, "Hey Kane have you seen Raziel fight?"
"Hmm? Oh yeah. He's real good. He pilots the Blade Liger."
Sky nodded lightly and suddenly ran into Kane, who had stopped suddenly, "Hey how about a heads up when you stop."
Kane rubbed the back of his neck, "Heh, sorry. Here we are, this is my Shield Liger."
Sky looked up at the zoid. It seemed pretty standard. There were no add ons, but the zoid seemed to be kept in good condition, "It's nice."
"Yeah and I even have the teams symbol on the shoulder."
"Teams?"
"Oh yeah, we're broken into teams here. We have big competitions sometimes. It's fun."
Sky nodded as his eyes drifted off to a darker part of the garage. He could sense something their, but he wasn't sure what it was," Hey Kane what's over there?"
Sky pointed the way and Kane looked over his shoulder to see a bit better, "Oh that's where we keep the Zoids that don't work."
"Can we see?"
Kane nodded, "Sure why not."
The two boys went walking along into the darkness. Sky could hardly see Kane in front of him. Before he knew it Kane was no longer in his view. His hands reached out to feel around for a wall or anything. Sky mumbled to himself, "Great, now I'm lost in some crazy garage darkness."
Sky kept feeling around in the darkness until he felt the cold steel under his hands. He ran his hand over it slowly. The metal was smooth though a little bit dusty. Soon the lights turned on in a flash and Sky covered his eyes for a moment from the sudden flash of light. He could hear footsteps running down some sort of metal stairs.
"Sorry, Sky. I found the lights though."
Sky slowly uncovered his eyes to see what was before him. The metal he felt was the leg of a White Command Wolf. It sat in standby mode with no sense of life to its core. Sky tilted his head some, "What happen to this one."
"I don't know. No one has been able to start it up. We ran test on it a long time ago and found its core is still ok it just won't wake up. Raziel ordered it here in a safe place for now."
Sky looked at it a little bit longer, it was just like his dream almost. He shook his head some, "Let's get out of here."
Kane nodded, "Yeah."
The two began to leave, but Sky stopped suddenly when he sensed something, "Do you feel that?"
Kane shook his head and as they stood there he soon felt the ground began to rumble. With no warning at all the ground thrusted and shook with furry. The boys were on there knees and Kane looked straight to the roof, "It's an earthquake of some kind. We have to get out of here. The roof is going to cave in." They struggled for the door way just as the wall came crashing down. Just as before there was light and then nothing but darkness in Sky's eyes.