Tawanos: Man you know I thought that I would get a lot more writing done over the summer, sorry for the wait everyone and I hope that this chapter will bring back any readers that I lost from the long wait and will re-enforce the resolve of my readers to keep bugging me to keep writing. I thank you all that have reviewed my work and urged me to keep writing. KEEP IT UP!!
Chapter 23: Peregrine
While they waited the Organoids repaired their zoids from the minor damage they received during the battle.
Jetis, Ryan, Jamie, and Doc along with the tan organoid got into a very deep discussion about the next battle and what would come of it.
"It will be harder the next time." Said Terrebonne, with camouflage abilities when merged with a zoid. "The Corrupted Zoids will be almost wild, it will not be an orderly attack, I doubt even their pilots will be able to control them for very long."
"Do we have a way of freeing the organoids who were forced to merge?" Jetis asked.
"Yes," Jamie said. "From what I've been able to find out as soon as the zoid that they are merged with is taken down with a System Freeze then the organoid will automatically disengage, if it hasn't been merged for two long that is."
"Then we should plan a strategy that will allow us to do that as fast as possible with what we have." They nodded at Doc's statement and got down to serious planning.
While they were planning the others were relaxing, or at least trying to. Brad had to go to the Hover Cargo to get his coffee (he was starting to get caffeine withdrawal). Katie was trying to see if there was a speed enhancing organoid who could help her out with the next battle. William and Zachary were looking over the repairs on the zoids making sure that everything was done properly, but they more or less got in the way of the organoids. Kay was looking over the weapons, food, and other supplies that the organoids had in the base it was well stalked. Pierce was messing with a radio she found, trying to see if she could get through the disturbance of the storm's static. And Leena and Bit were nowhere to be found.
Leena was looking out of a window at the harsh storm though nothing could really be seen at all, Bit was just behind her, his arms rapped around her as she leaned back against him.
"When we get out of here we're going to take a long vacation, at the beach, just the two of us." Bit smiled and kissed the back of her head gently.
"Agreed." Leena smiled and leaned against him more, both enjoying being with the other very much.
Pierce was about to give up on the radio. She sat back and looked at it, nothing had worked, all she got was static. She got angry and threw a screwdriver at the radio.
"Take that you hunk of j....." She stopped and listened. For a moment there had been clear reception from the radio. "Ok then, lets try this again." She opened the radio and looked inside, and found a disconnected wire. The radio had been an old one, and when it had been upgraded to a new antenna the old one had just been disconnected from the inside, but not removed, when she had thrown her screwdriver at it the wires had connected, if only for a moment. Pierce smiled and carefully attached the wires, and there it was again, almost pure, with only a slight background of static.
"DAMN TI BLITZ TEAM WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU??" Pierce jumped back from the radio, she had not been expecting that.
She picked up the microphone.
"Layon? Dr Layon? Is that you?"
"YES ITS ME AND I WANT TO TALK TO TOROS THIS INSTANT... oh and Jamie too."
"Yea, I'll go get them." Pierce put down the microphone and ran down the halls to where Jamie and Doc were talking with Jetis and Ryan. "Doc, I managed to get a radio working, and Layon is out there somewhere, he wants to talk with you and Jamie this instant."
They all looked up from the maps on the table. Jetis and Ryan looked at Doc and Jamie.
"Who?" Asked Ryan.
"Long story, but lets go talk with him." Doc said, and they all followed Pierce back to the radio.
"Layon, you still there?" Doc asked. There was some static before he responded.
"Yes Toros, I'm over the storm now, trying to figure out where you are so I can make this delivery." Doc looked at Pierce and shrugged.
"What delivery is that? I don't remember ordering anything."
"It's for me." Jamie said smiling. "It's my Peregrine isn't it?"
"His pere-what?" Ryan started to ask but was shushed by Jetis.
"It's my new zoid, I'll be able to go with you into battle next time." Jamie was smiling. It was the first time they could actually remember him smiling at the thought of going into battle.
"I've never heard of that model before." Jetis said cautiously looking at Jamie.
"You won't, it's one of a kind, designed by me."
"You designed your own zoid and it's been bilt? Sweet." Ryan was impressed, so was Jetis but he didn't show it as much.
"Alright, I've got a fix on your position, I think." Layon said over the radio between bouts of static. "I'm sending it down now."
"THROUGH THE STORM?? You've got to be nuts, nothing can go through that undamaged, the winds are so random it will be like a butterfly in a washing machine." Ryan blurted out.
"Send it, we'll be waiting." Doc said after a moment, then he turned to Ryan and Jetis. "Layon might be a fool sometimes, but I trust that he knows what he's doing now."
"Should we open the doors?" Terrebonne asked as they left the room.
"Yes, that would probably be a good idea, an empty room with large doors to the outside, seal off all the doors and openings inside before opening the outer door." Jetis said. "Through personally I wonder if it will make it."
Terrebonne nodded and spoke to another organoid that ran off.
"I trust that it will be able to find the opening." Said the organoid as an after thought watching the other run down the hall and turn. Doc and the others stopped, and looked at one another, only Jamie seemed unworried.
"It will find it." He said as he walked.
The other members of both teams were gathered at a sealed door, and they could hear the sounds of the storm on the other side.
"Going out for a little walk outside?" Leena joked.
William was a little peeved the no one had said what was going on yet.
"What are we doing here?" Kay asked. "I was just told the follow one of the organoids and then it left me here."
There was the unmistakable sound of zoid ion engines on the other side of the sealed door. Everyone looked at it, suddenly very curious, except for those who knew what it was, and Brad who was drinking his coffee. Terrebonne barked an order and organoids went to work closing the outer door, slowly the sounds of the storm died away.
"Is that what I think it is?" Bit asked, looking at Jamie and Doc who nodded. "Cool, open the door I want to see it."
"See what?" William asked, and even as he did the door started to open.
There was sand everywhere, in piles in the corners and in a large sand dune against the far wall. The only thing that wasn't covered was the zoid in the middle of the room. It was as tall as a Raynos, but looked nothing like it. It looked very close to the bird it took its name from. The metal for the wings, body, and head had been shaped and molded so that it actually looked like feathers
It's rounded head contained a pilot seat and a large array of screens and sensors, as well as the controls for the wing blades that could be extended from the tip of each wing, and the ion boosters that gave it's incredible speed. Everyone walked around it, marveling at the fact that it had made it through the storm without any problems whatsoever.
"The sensors and flight ability of the Peregrine are quite advanced, I asked Layon to use everything he could to make it that way." Jamie explained to them, smiling at his zoid.
The Peregrine looked down at Jamie over its sharply curved beak down at him, and gave out a screeching call. And lowered its head the cockpit opening up in front of Jamie.
"I think it wants you to take it for a test drive. Layon must have included an AI system for it." Bit pointed out.
Smiling Jamie got into the cockpit which closed around him and the zoid raised it's self up. The zoid turned to the large doors and screeched again, its way of saying, move it or loose it.
"TIME TO GO!" Doc and the others ran out of the room and into the hallway as the zoid spread its wings, boosters appearing out from under the feathers along it's wings and back. The outer doors started to open just a second after the doors in the hall had closed, and then again was the sound of the ion boosters going off and a loud screech as the zoid blasted off into the storm.
"OK, now I want an explanation about that zoid in there." Zachary said pointing at the door.
"You've heard about our pilot and tactician Jamie, right?" Bit asked, a smile on his face.
"You mean the quiet kid?" Kay asked. "Yea we've heard of him, but what does that have to do with the zoid?"
"Jamie designed that zoid. Every system on it was then built by Dr. Layon, once my rival." Doc said. "Jamie's Rainos was totaled in our battle against the Streak Team. Before that battle he had designed the Peregrine, fastest zoid ever. He is the only one that I would consider for it's pilot and by the look of it, the only one who can. We're lucky that Layon finished it's construction, we're going to need all the help we can get for the upcoming battle."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UNTIL NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tawanos: The Final Battle is soon approaching? Who will be the victors? Will there be losses? What will be the cost of this great battle? Will I stop asking questions? Will you keep reviewing my stories? Will I keep writing? Will I shut up and write the next Chapter of the story? WHO KNOWS??
ME! That's who! laughs maniacally until someone throws a brick at him OUCH! Ok, ok!