Getting inside and bringing up it's computer Aradia comm. beeped and Thor's
face appeared on her screen, "So your from a set of Colonies according to
Mayan here, so it looks like we have something in common".
"So you may think Thor, but I'm sure Mayan can fill you in on the rest of
the details of my village" Aradia answered before asking, "How the heck do
we get out of here?"
"We'll have to convince the computer that we have authorisation to leave"
Thor answered Aradia, "I'm talking to it now but I'm not having much luck.
"Screw the computer" Aradia said cutting the comm. line.
Inside to hanger missiles went flying from the Gun Sniper and blew a hole
in the side of the Hammerhead, opening the hanger to the desert.
"Lead the way to your home Thor" Aradia said over the comm. and followed
Thor's Dibison out of the hanger. The Velociraptor type Zoid following the
Bull type Zoid to safety.
Aradia's mind wandered as Thor, Mayan maintained radio silence between the Zoids, making them harder to trace in case the Hammerhead had somehow managed to gain aerial pursuit. As the desert dunes rolled buy she thought back to her once happy childhood. Aradia playing buy the village fountain, picking apples in the hydroponics dome and tasting the sweet juice in her mouth. Watching her father work on his Jeep and her mother garden in front of their home. Then the image was replaced buy one of destruction, homes burning, the smell of charred flesh and the sound of people screaming in agony. While all the time the sound of Zoid servomotors whirring away and the whooshing of missiles discharging.
"Aradia are you with us?" Mayan's voice came across the comm. startling Aradia out of her reverie. "Yes I'm here, what's wrong, I thought we were maintaining radio silence?" Aradia asked, checking her scanners for any sign of trouble. "Nothing, Thor said it's safe to talk since we've passed the open desert and are in what he calls the safe zone" Mayan responded, Thors face appeared on the screen next to Mayans. "The safe zone is the 5 kilometre radius surrounding the village, the villagers have installed anti - communication tracking and jamming devices in the cliffs to stop anyone from tracing us" Thor said smugly, "My father helped design and create the system before he retired from inventing, my mother the Mayor had these devices implemented straight away, the also help stop satellite surveillance". "Nifty little devices I bet that's why the Captain of the Hammerhead was so eager to find this village and the rest of the Colonies in this region" Aradia said to herself.
"The Captains name was Aradelft, Captain Aradelft" Thor said to Aradia, correcting her lapse in knowledge. "I've heard of that name before somewhere" Aradia said, racking her brain trying to figure out where she had heard it. Then it hit her, "Aradelft was the name of the Darkshift Bandit's leader, does he have a long scar running down from his left eye to his mouth?" "Yeah he does" Thor said worriedly "Then it looks like when Aradelft and I meet we've got a score to settle" Aradia stated, her mouth scowling, her eyes gone cold with hatred, "And when we do I'm going to make him pay for what he did to my village". Thor and Mayan wisely kept quiet as the speed toward the glowing lights of the village in the distance.
Aradia's mind wandered as Thor, Mayan maintained radio silence between the Zoids, making them harder to trace in case the Hammerhead had somehow managed to gain aerial pursuit. As the desert dunes rolled buy she thought back to her once happy childhood. Aradia playing buy the village fountain, picking apples in the hydroponics dome and tasting the sweet juice in her mouth. Watching her father work on his Jeep and her mother garden in front of their home. Then the image was replaced buy one of destruction, homes burning, the smell of charred flesh and the sound of people screaming in agony. While all the time the sound of Zoid servomotors whirring away and the whooshing of missiles discharging.
"Aradia are you with us?" Mayan's voice came across the comm. startling Aradia out of her reverie. "Yes I'm here, what's wrong, I thought we were maintaining radio silence?" Aradia asked, checking her scanners for any sign of trouble. "Nothing, Thor said it's safe to talk since we've passed the open desert and are in what he calls the safe zone" Mayan responded, Thors face appeared on the screen next to Mayans. "The safe zone is the 5 kilometre radius surrounding the village, the villagers have installed anti - communication tracking and jamming devices in the cliffs to stop anyone from tracing us" Thor said smugly, "My father helped design and create the system before he retired from inventing, my mother the Mayor had these devices implemented straight away, the also help stop satellite surveillance". "Nifty little devices I bet that's why the Captain of the Hammerhead was so eager to find this village and the rest of the Colonies in this region" Aradia said to herself.
"The Captains name was Aradelft, Captain Aradelft" Thor said to Aradia, correcting her lapse in knowledge. "I've heard of that name before somewhere" Aradia said, racking her brain trying to figure out where she had heard it. Then it hit her, "Aradelft was the name of the Darkshift Bandit's leader, does he have a long scar running down from his left eye to his mouth?" "Yeah he does" Thor said worriedly "Then it looks like when Aradelft and I meet we've got a score to settle" Aradia stated, her mouth scowling, her eyes gone cold with hatred, "And when we do I'm going to make him pay for what he did to my village". Thor and Mayan wisely kept quiet as the speed toward the glowing lights of the village in the distance.