Neko: HEEEEEYY AAAALLLL
*Pulls out a bag and rummages through it, Liger Zero and Genosaurer watching from behind *
Neko: Yay I found it, I found it, I found it
*Dances around holding something, Moonbay comes out and hits her over the head*
Moonbay: Hurry Up!
Neko (rubs her head): Ok ok, Here Fade this is for you!!
*Pulls out a plushy Raven doll and gives it to Fade*
Neko: Here Fade for everything you have done for me!!!
Neko: Well here are the disclaimers, I don't own zoids, so don't sue I only own Avalon which isn't much at all. Well Happy Reading.
*****-Means telling something from the past
Avalon shivered as she entered the room, coldness seemed to seep into her bones. The only light in the room was coming from a T.V. casting shadows everywhere else in the room. With that little light she was able to glance around the room. A bed sat in the other corner of the room and four huge windows stood in the back of the room, their blinds closed. Avalon walked closer to the T.V., she could hear noises coming from it. She reached it and looked at the screen, her eyes widened in horror as she realized what she was watching. The noises she heard from across the room were screams, Moonbay's screams. Avalon could hear the T.V. well now, the screams piercing her soul. She saw Irvine strapped into a chair yelling out something, struggling against the ropes that held him at bay. A large cut was seen against his forehead and bruising had appeared on his face. Tears streaked his face as he continued yelling at them to stop hurting Moonbay. The screen switched to some men who had surrounded Moonbay, blocking Avalon's view of what they were doing to her. Moonbay had her eyes closed and blood was coming from the side of her head, her arms chained above her. Her screams pierced through the TV's speakers. A shout was heard but Avalon didn't pay attention to it; her eyes were locked onto Moonbay, watching the girl wither in pain. Suddenly the men stopped and a voice was heard.
"Where is the Organoid?"
Moonbay didn't respond; she had slumped against the wall.
"We don't know, ok!" Irvine yelled out.
A cracking sound followed and Irvine grunted.
"Very well then."
The men around Moonbay closed around her again and Moonbay's eyes opened wide, her whole body taut with pain. But no sound came out; at that moment the screen paused.
"Welcome Avalon."
Avalon spun around and saw Prozen emerging from the shadows.
He stood calmly by the door, his eyes taking in every detail. She was wearing a loose, silver, low-cut dress. That just reached her thighs; wrapped around her was a black, veil-like gown that reached her ankles; the scar that he gave her glittered softly in the pale light. While at the same time Avalon was taking in his details; wearing only long pants, his upper body seemed to dance in the moving shadows. His hair was let loosely down his back. He walked forward slowly, like a viper ready to strike. He stopped so closed to her she could feel his heat radiating from him.
"I will ask you again. Where is your Organoid?"
Avalon narrowed her eyes and her reply was a big gob of spit in his face.
Prozen growled and wiped off the spit and backhanded her. Avalon recoiled from the hit but she turned back to face him. As quick as lightning he grabbed both of her arms and pushed her up against the wall, putting his face close to hers.
"Tell me!"
"I will never tell you." She whispered.
Prozen gave her an icy smile "So you would sacrifice you friends' lives."
Avalon didn't say anything, Prozen stood back slowly and a triumphant looked flashed across his face.
"Very well Avalon, I'll give you a choice. Sacrifice your friends or yourself."
Avalon glanced over at the flickering, silent picture of Moonbay, her face taut in pain. She turned back to face Prozen. A look of defeat flickered on her face and she bowed her head.
"Or you could tell me where the organoid is."
Avalon lifted her head and glared, "Take me then."
Prozen smiled "With pleasure."
He walked forward and grabbed her; Avalon struggled but he overpowered her. He pushed her over to the bed and forced her down. Avalon kicked her legs into his stomach and sent him flying. Prozen jumped up and punched her across the face. Avalon's head snapped back and she felt her head swimming with darkness. Prozen leapt back on her and started to hit her. Avalon froze.
'For my friends'
And with that she let him win and succumbed to his will.
"O'Connell!"
Robert looked at his Captain and best friend as he stood in the entrance of the tent. He looked tired, badly injured, but still had the same blue hair and the same serious look about him. Robert stood up and ran towards him and embraced him. After a small but emotional reunion, Robert let go of O'Connell and let him sit down.
"How?" was all that Robert asked.
Brian smiled, accepted a drink from Taydra, took a deep breath and began to tell his tale.
*****
"Prepare for battle!" Captain Brian O'Connell yelled as he sped across the battlefield in his Shield Liger Mark 2. Its gold and silver armor flashed in the lightning. All through his mind O'Connell was going though pre-battle warm-up. Making sure his troop was ready for anything, ignoring all other skirmishes and focusing on the Deathsaurer. Watching out for Herman's signal to attack he did not realize the Deathsaurer charging before it was too late.
"O'CONNELL!" Herman's voice echoed into his mind.
Brian looked up and his eyes widened as the Deathsaurer aimed its Charge Particle Gun at him and his troop. Brian closed his eyes, as he knew it was the end; he couldn't move out of the way in time. The Deathsaurer fired and everything happened at once. An explosion happened at O'Connell's Shield Liger's feet and a hole opened up. Rocked by the explosion, the Shield Liger fell in the hole just as the CPG shot straight towards were O'Connell was, completely destroying the rest of his troop and part of his Liger. O'Connell's head snapped back into his chair and he felt darkness swallow him.
A couple of hours later, O'Connell woke to voices talking just above him. Straining to listen to the voices O'Connell could catch glimpses of the conversation.
"Raven…a girl…"
"Yeah…. Strange zoid looks like a shield liger…Zero? …Struggle…"
"Captured….Prozen himself…Imperitial."
Footsteps were heard afterwards as the people walked away from O'Connell. He sat there for a while gathering his thoughts on what he just heard.
'Raven? A girl? Strange Zoid? Zero? What do these things mean?'
'What a second, a strange zoid that looks like a Shield Liger and Zero? It has to be the Liger Zero. The girl must be Avalon, but what about Raven? Did he and Avalon have a struggle?'
O'Connell smiled; he was getting somewhere now.
'So Avalon must have had a fight with Raven and then was captured. But then what happened? Hang on, 'Prozen himself', Raven must have take Avalon to Prozen, to Imperitial, the Empire's Capital City!"
O'Connell almost jumped up and shouted with glee but he restrained himself and looked around. The cockpit had been smashed in and the top of the Liger's head was crushed. The metal around him was melted and the thing that saved him from certain death was a metal bar that was holding the Liger's head from crushing on top of him. Moving slightly, O'Connell slipped out of his harness and looked for a way to get out. His eyes spotted it just above him and to the left a gaping hole from the window around the cockpit was broken and if he kicked it a bit he could get out. Struggling so that he was on his back facing upwards, he began to kick.
Bang!
Bang!
SMASH!
The glass snapped and sunlight flickered in, blinding O'Connell for a couple of seconds. Letting his eyes adjust to the light, O'Connell began to move towards the hole. A stab of pain went through his leg and he noticed that it had glass sticking into it. Ignoring the pain he kept moving until his head was through the hole and he had a good look around. There was no sign of any Imperial movement but lots and lots of carnage. Hundreds of zoids lay strewn across the battlefield, most already turned to stone. Struggling out, O'Connell felt more pain as bits of glass stuck into his already tender sides. Finally with one last push he got out of the gap and lay on top of the cockpit breathing heavily. Moving slowly so as not to damage himself anymore, O'Connell climbed out of the hole and looked back down at his Liger, noticing that it was not fully destroyed since it was not stone. Taking off his badge, he threw it down on top of the Liger.
"Rest now my old friend." He muttered.
As if sensing its duty was done the Liger glowed, finally turning to stone. With one last look at his Liger, Captain Brian O'Connell turned around and began walking.
*****
"After walking a couple of miles I found the med team going back to the base and caught a ride with them. They tended most of my injuries and now I am here."
The tent was silent for a while, everyone letting O'Connell's story sink in; it was Taydra that spoke first.
"So Avalon is at Imperitial, being held hostage by Prozen. What do we do?"
"We go rescue her." Brakanan replied simply.
"Whoa hang on, we can't just go in their guns blazing, they'll wipe us out in no time." Said Robert, holding up his hands.
Brakanan's eyes flashed, "So you're afraid?"
Robert stood up and growled "No I just think that a stupid idea like that …is…is stupid."
"Wow that was smooth." O'Connell replied with a grin.
"Shut up." Robert snarled but with less anger in his voice.
"But why would Prozen want to keep Avalon alive?"
Everyone stopped arguing and turned to Dr D, who was thinking very hard.
"Think about it, it's very unlike Prozen to keep prisoners, let alone someone who really grinds his nerves like Avalon."
"Maybe he knows of the prophecy?" R'sheli asked.
"Maybe, but only a few really know about it, the ancient Zoidians and us, the caretakers of the Prophecy, and Dr D, but he only heard it as a rumor." Brakanan answered.
"So he would only really know about it if he was a caretaker or if he knew a." O'Connell let the last words trail off as everyone realized the truth.
"He knows an ancient Zoidian, so he would know about the prophecy which means…"
"He'll be able to destroy it and the Deathsaurer will rule." Concluded Robert.
"But that still doesn't answer about Avalon being alive." Taydra inquired
"Maybe he knows something that we don't."
Everyone grew silent as they saw the grim truth. Robert stood up and looked around at the sad and tired faces.
"Listen we can't give up, first things first, we rescue Avalon, then we figure out this whole prophecy thing."
As the others began to make plans on how to rescue her Brakanan and R'Sheli stepped outside for a minute.
"Who is the other Zoidian?" asked R'Sheli.
"I don't know."
"Why can't we sense it?"
Brakanan touched his heart and he felt a cold darkness growing there.
"We're losing a battle that can't be won."
R'Sheli looked up at the sky at the beautiful stars twinkling from heaven.
'Who is the other Zoidian'?
Hiltz grinned as he sat on the window *sill* looking outside, Ambient standing still next to him.
'Ah Brakanan, you're puzzled, aren't you… if only you knew.'
"Reese, is everything ready?"
Stepping out of the shadows, Reese and Specular appeared.
"Yes Hiltz, we have two of the Trinity powers here, we only need the third one to awaken the royal zoid."
"Good, soon I will possess the greatest power in the world, the royal zoid."
"What about Prozen?"
Hiltz let out a laugh and turned to face her "He's nothing, he is just my small puppet. He thinks too much of himself, where in reality he is nothing."
"But what about the girl, she could be a problem."
He grabbed a dagger from his belt and slowly twirled it as a slow, cold smile went across his face.
"She won't be. She will lead us to the third power, thus awaking the royal zoid and giving me power to destroy these pitiful humans."
Reese frowned "But her powers are strong, even if they're not known to her, she still can use them in desperate times, as you saw on that day that Raven brought her in."
Hiltz nodded but no concern showed on his face "Yes that did interest me but we'll keep an eye on her, won't we Ambient." Ambient smiled, one that would send shivers down the toughest person.
Karl walked quickly down the long corridor, only nodding to the soldiers that saluted him. He turned the corner and stopped outside Prozen's door. He knocked once and held his breath, waiting to see who would answer.
"Come in." came the chilled reply of Prozen.
Karl opened the door and stepped in, and was confronted by a sight that would burn his memory forever. Avalon was on the bed curled in a fetal position, her long hair covering her face, but that did not hide the bruises around her arms or legs; blood seemed to have clotted her hair and made it matted. She seemed to be unconscious. Streaks of dry blood were all down the inner side of her legs.
Prozen walked forward "Get her cleaned up, and lock her in the dungeons, no medical attention. Just clean her up and send her to the dungeon."
"What have you done to her?"
"What she deserved."
Karl closed his eyes, hiding his anger and replacing it with an unreadable face. Prozen walked past him, his eyes cold as ice.
"I warn you Colonel, question me again and I will make sure you are the only brother left."
With the soft click of the door shutting Prozen was gone. Karl rushed over to Avalon and rolled her over so he could see her. Her eyes were closed and her breathing shallow and bruises lined her face.
He touched her cheek and lifted her into his arms; a groan escaped her lips and her eyes opened. She looked dazed at first but he could see her eyes focusing on his.
"Talk about him taking him ages to get it up." She said with a small smile.
Karl smiled, and then he laughed. Avalon looked at him in surprise and laughed too, a soft, fragile one, but one that told Karl that she would be fine.
Karl stopped laughing and looked right into her eyes. Something passed between them, an understanding.
He bent down and cupped her cheek "You are like a bird, caged with no freedom, but that will have to change."
He leant forward and kissed her lips. Avalon's eyes widened in surprise but she closed her eyes and returned the kiss. Minutes passed as they continue to kiss, when finally they broke apart.
"You must escape." Karl whispered.
"How?" was the reply.
"I will help you, I will think of a way."
Avalon's eyes narrowed in suspicion "Why are you doing this?"
Karl looked confused at the question but answered "Cause I will help anyone who wants to bring Prozen down, and cause the moment I laid eyes on you, back at Red River, I knew you had to be mine. I just didn't realize it till now."
Avalon kept staring into his eyes, the silver swirling around in them like a mist. He felt them penetrate his soul, finding if he was lying or not. After awhile Avalon smiled and touched his face.
"Then let's figure out a way."
Karl grinned "But first we need to fix you up, you look terrible."
"Geez thanks."
Weeks have passed since that first kiss and everyday Karl would find an excuse to visit Avalon. He would walk in pretending to interrogate Avalon but instead he would help her come up with an escape plan. Of course they weren't always planning, they would have lots of other fun as well. But most of the time they would sit there together talking softly about what they wanted for the future. The only person apart from them who knew what was going on was Karl's brother Thomas, but he was trusted and would only make something of it by winking at them and smiling. Every night Avalon would be tortured by Prozen but her will to survive kept her going, which frustrated Prozen even more. It was getting towards the big day, when Avalon would make her escape. She and Karl were making the last finishing touches to the plan with the help of Thomas, who was a talented hacker and could cause quite a distraction. Karl would give Avalon the keys to her cell on the day while Thomas would cause a distraction and shut down the security system. Avalon then would be able to escape without worrying about cameras.
Karl walked slowly down the corridor to where Avalon's cell was. He stopped outside her door and opened it, casting a quick glance around to make sure that the guards were outside. Karl stepped in and was immediately enveloped in a bear hug. He looked down and saw Avalon hugging him; Avalon looked up and kissed him softly on the lips. Karl reached down into his pockets and pulled out a keycard and handed it to her.
"Hide it somewhere on you so the guards won't expect anything."
Avalon nodded and quickly put it down her top; Karl rolled his eyes.
"Trust you to do that."
"Hey I wasn't the one suggesting that I should flash the guard to get out."
"Hey that was a joke!"
"Sure, sure." Avalon joked but was quickly tackled onto the bed.
"Hey!"
She struggled underneath his weight but stopped and looked at him, at his crystal, green eyes gazing at her face. For once Avalon blushed and turned her face away from his.
"What's wrong?" Karl asked.
"Nothing, nothing at all."
Karl pressed his face closer to hers and whispered huskily "Why do you hide your right side of your face?"
Avalon glared at him "I don't hide it."
Karl moved her face so she was looking right at him and touched her scar.
"Is it because of this?"
Avalon eyes narrowed "No, it is the man who did it. I will never hide it; I will wear it proudly to show Prozen that he could never clip my wings."
Karl smiled and kissed her on the lips. Avalon wrapped her arms around him and pressed closer to him. He stopped and looked at her "Your spirit shows it, you have wings like a phoenix."
Avalon shook her head "No, I only have this spirit because someone showed it to me, a friend."
A picture of Van flashed inside of her mind. Karl nodded and stood up, Avalon also stood and gazed out the cell bars.
"It's time for you to go, I think." She muttered softly.
Karl looked out the bars and nodded, reaching down, he kissed her softly. Avalon broke the kiss and looked at him, a smile on her face. Karl gave her a nod and a smile and walked out the door.
'Help me?'
'What?'
'Help me Messenger?'
'Where are you?'
Raven ran through the shadows, listening for the voice calling out. The scene around him began to swirl and change into a forest setting. Raven looked around in awe, it was so beautiful. Light flittered through the canopy of the trees. Raven kept walking through the forest, his eyes gazing at his surroundings. He stopped as he came to a clearing and saw a girl standing in the middle. She had his back to him so he couldn't see her face. She looked about 12, but he couldn't tell.
"Help me." The girl whispered.
"How?"
"Find the messenger, release him."
"Who is the messenger, who is he!" Raven yelled.
The girl stood silently for a minute and then spoke "Follow the one."
Raven stepped forward "Who is the one!"
The girl began to turn around and Raven's eyes widened; it wasn't a little girl anymore, it was Van. Van was standing right in front of him.
"Van, but how?"
Van looked at him, his eyes sad, stepping forward he held out his hand. Raven looked at it and reached out as well. Their fingers met and Van began to crumble.
"VAN!" Raven yelled in shock.
The world around him began to darken and screams were heard. The trees were swallowed in darkness and the screams intensified. The shadows began to move and grabbed Raven, Raven struggled but they were too strong. The little girl appeared in front of him, her eyes closed.
"Help me." Raven whispered.
The girl opened her eyes and stared right into Raven, piercing his soul. Raven screamed.
"SHADOW!"
Nothing.
"SHADOW!!"
A red light appeared in front of him and it turned into Shadow.
"Shadow, help me."
Raven reached out to touch Shadow but Shadow just crumpled at his touch.
"Shadow, NO!!"
Darkness swept him off his feet and Raven tumbled into darkness. Screams were heard all around him, growing louder and louder until Raven couldn't stand it anymore.
"Stop."
"Stop!"
"STOP!"
Raven bolted up and looked around the darkened room. His clothes were all wet from his sweat and his breathing was shallow. Raven sighed and collapsed back onto his bed, his eyes staring into the ceiling.
'It was the same one.'
Raven rolled over and looked over at Shadow sleeping.
'Why do I keep having these dreams… these nightmares.'?
Raven closed his eyes but sleep was far from his mind that night. But he was not the only one having bad dreams, for over in a jail cell, a girl tossed and turned in her sleep as well.
An explosion followed quickly by alarms awoke Karl the next morning; he jumped out of bed and looked at his watch.
'5:30 am'
'You're early, Thomas.'
Karl quickly dressed and ran to his brother's room and charged in, only to be confronted by a sleeping Thomas.
"Thomas!" hissed Karl.
Thomas rolled his back to him in response.
"Thomas!"
Thomas snuggled deeper into his bed sheets "Five more minutes mum."
Karl growled, "I'll give you five minutes, five minutes till I kill you!!"
Thomas jumped out of bed, awakened by his brother's yelling. He looked at him and squeaked in surprise.
"Karl what are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here, what are you doing here? Aren't you meant to be shutting down the security system."?
"Huh? What do you mean, I'm meant to do that after my distraction."
"Yeah haven't you done it?"
Thomas looked at his brother as if he was nuts "Of course haven't, I would know if I had."
Karl slumped back "Then that must mean," Karl looked up at Thomas "That we're actually under attack."
More explosions erupted and running footsteps were heard and yells were echoing through the corridors. The door opened and in came a Sergeant.
"Lieutenant, come quickly, we are under attack and I can't find the Colo-"
The Sergeant stopped as he stopped Karl on the floor.
"Oh Sir, um we're under attack. You must come quickly, it's the Republic."
Karl nodded and the Sergeant ran off and Karl got to his feet, quickly chucking Thomas his clothes.
"Get dressed quickly and shut down those cameras."
"Why?"
Karl turned and faced him "Cause Avalon thinks that this is part of your distraction, so she is going to escape but the cameras are still on, so she'll get caught."
Karl opened the door and reached for his revolver, Thomas reached him.
"Where are you going?"
Karl cocked his gun and looked at Thomas "I'm going to make sure Avalon gets a clear escape view."
Avalon dodged a volley of gunfire and dove behind a group of boxes. The bullets just ripped into the spot where she was a moment earlier.
'Shit, where the hell did these guys come from, I thought it would be clear.'
Avalon ducked as a new set of bullets ripped into the box above her head, shredding it to pieces.
'Oh man they have a mini machine gun there.'
Avalon quickly glanced around and saw the air vent, if only she had enough time. Avalon quickly jumped to her feet and charged towards the air vent, pushing all her muscles towards it. Her eyes widened in horror as a new group of Imperial soldiers appeared in front of her, their guns aimed right for her. Avalon closed her eyes, waiting for the sound of gunfire.
Bang
Bang
Bang
Three bullets were heard and Avalon opened her eyes, realizing that she was still alive. She looked over to the soldiers in front of her; they were all spread out on the ground bleeding from the head.
"What the?"
Around the corner Karl appeared smiling.
"Close one."
Avalon grinned and hugged him "What happened, I thought this area was meant to be cleared."
Karl rolled his eyes "It was but this isn't a distraction this is a real battle, the Republic are attacking."
"The Republic." Whispered Avalon. Her face grew into a grin.
"Now hurry up and get into the air vent, I'll guard you in case some soldiers come."
"What, aren't you coming?"
Karl looked at her and shook his head "Avalon. I…I can't, I wasn't planning to in the beginning."
Avalon looked at him and wrapped her arms around him, burying her head into her chest.
"What do you mean? Karl, you must, I couldn't go on without you."
Karl looked at her and lifted her chin, staring straight into her eyes.
"I must stay here for my brother."
Avalon nodded, accepting his words. He touched her cheek and kissed her tenderly on the lips.
"I'll be waiting." He whispered.
Avalon turned around and climbed into the air vent; she looked down at Karl and he nodded.
"I love you." She whispered.
"I love you too." He whispered in return.
Footsteps were heard and Avalon saw Karl turn to look down at the corridor and watched him run down another, gunfire following him.
Avalon crawled along the air vent, trying to find a way out. There was barely any light and all she could hear was the faint noise of gunfire and explosions. Her hands felt around the vent when they came across a grating. Avalon wrapped her fingers around it and gently pulled. The grating came off easily and Avalon slipped down into the corridor below her. She gazed around; she heard footsteps running towards her and she went behind a corner. A couple of guards went running past towards her; she waited till she couldn't hear their footsteps anymore and relaxed. She leant against the wall, planning her next move.
"Hello Avalon."
Avalon whipped around to find herself face to face with Raven. Behind him stood Shadow waiting on command to attack. Avalon jumped back and got into a fighting position, Raven laughed.
"Avalon I suspected you escaped, especially since I knew Schubaltz was helping you."
Avalon growled, "What do you mean?"
Raven stepped forward "Come on Avalon, don't play dumb. I knew Schubaltz was helping you."
"Why didn't you tell Prozen?"
Raven again laughed, "Please, like I would tell that fool. I'd rather destroy you myself, that way Prozen would lose what he wants and I can gain what I want."
"Which is?"
"Your death."
Before Avalon could react Shadow rushed forward and slammed her against the wall. Avalon rolled over quickly before his tail could slam into her. Avalon jumped up and ducked and weaved Shadow's attacking tail. Shadow changed his attack and came at her from the front. Avalon jumped to the side and let him rush past but his tail whipped out of no-where and clipped her on the shoulder, sending her sprawling to the ground. Avalon rolled onto her back just in time to see Shadow's tail heading straight for her head. She reached out and grabbed his tail, using all her strength to hold it in place. Beads of sweat began to form around her head as she held the tail back from whipping her head off. Shadow whipped around fast, sweeping Avalon off her feet and sending her tumbling into the wall. Raven stepped forward and smiled.
"So this is where it ends, I am quite disappointed, I suspected better from you, Avalon."
Raven clicked his fingers and Shadow let his beam weapons come to life.
"Goodbye Avalon."
"Help me." She whispered.
Raven raised an eyebrow "What did you say?"
Avalon opened her eyes and looked at him and Raven took a step back. It was the same look, the same soul-piercing look that that girl gave him in his dreams.
"But how?"
Voices could be heard coming from down the hallway, but neither Raven nor Avalon noticed them.
Avalon struggled up and leant against the wall holding onto her arm, staring at Raven.
The voices and footsteps grew louder but neither one moved. Raven clicked his fingers and Avalon closed her eyes, expecting to be sliced in half. When she didn't feel the slicing pain, she opened her eyes. She looked over at Raven, who was just standing there staring at her. The voices and footsteps were so close that Avalon was sure that they could be seen.
"Hold it right there!"
Avalon looked beyond Raven's shoulder and saw three soldiers heading their way. Raven looked back at them and then turned back to Avalon.
"Go."
"What?!"
"You heard me, now go."
Avalon stood up slowly and stepped forward, confusion written all over her face. Raven turned away from her and blocked her body with his, Shadow did the same.
"Hurry, go to the end of this corridor and turn left, you will find a door marked 03, open that door, go down the stairs and you will find the hangar. Your Liger Zero is there."
"Why are you doing this?"
Raven looked over his shoulder and snarled "Do you want to escape or not, cause I can easily kill you."
Avalon didn't want to waste anymore time, she quickly turned and started to run down the corridor.
"Thank you." She whispered and disappeared down another corridor.
"Steady the attack on the left side!" commanded Robert as he continued to lead his men into battle.
Robert knew that they had no chance to win; the Empire had them out-numbered 10-1. But Robert wasn't intending to win; this was only a distraction for another group of soldiers to infiltrate into the base and get Avalon out. He only hoped that it was enough.
'If they bring the Deathsaurer out now, we're history.'
A large explosion coming from the right side of the base woke him from his thoughts. His eyes traveled over to where it came from but he couldn't see through the dust. While he was trying to look through the dust, he didn't notice the Gunsniper behind him.
"Freeze."
Robert cursed himself for not keeping an eye out behind him.
"Call off your troops."
Robert didn't move.
"Call them off."
Robert closed his eyes; he knew then the end would be quick.
"Call them off, N--"
The soldier's voice was abruptly cut off, followed by an explosion.
"Colonel Herman, I guess this is your rescue."
Robert spun his Command Wolf around quickly and was confronted by Liger Zero standing on top of the Gunsniper.
Robert grinned, "Lieutenant Taydra, call off the men, mission completed."
Neko: Well I hope you like it, please review so I can if my story is being read by people, I know you are reading it Fade. :)