Happy Holidays! I hope you enjoy^.^
Short chapter this time. Sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids.
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Rainer soon got to the battle outside. His Geno Breaker was a smaller zoid than some others, but it was in no way inferior to any zoid. It was once thought to be long extinct, but they had found one. He loved the zoid. It was powerful and suited for an advanced pilot. He would be unstoppable when he had those enhancements done. He looked out at the battlefield. His guards were getting slaughtered by a group of black zoids. Some were Zaber Fangs, some were Hellcats. He didn't care. He was going to end this quickly.
"So," said a deep voice echoing through his cockpit. "The general finally appears. Strange, I thought you were dead."
"Yeah, well, it'll take much more than a bomb to get rid of me. I'm no idiot," he told them, his voice lacking its usual humor.
"Where are your precious troops?" he asked from his Dark Horn.
"I'm more than enough for all of you, or don't you know what kind of zoid this is?" asked Rainer in a cocky yet serious tone.
"I must say I've never seen a zoid quite like it, but that doesn't matter. As soon as we kill you, we'll take it back with us."
"I don't think so." The clamps on the back of the feet went down and the tail extended. The zoid straightened and a cannon appeared in its mouth.
"Have you ever heard of a Geno Breaker?" asked Rainer.
"What are you doing?" asked the man, frightened.
"I'm going to get rid of you, all of you," he said. A Zaber Fang tried to charge from the left, but Rainer quickly activated his boosters, his zoid now levitating by use of the ion boosters near its legs. He aimed the cannon.
"This is a message to the Dark Blazers," he said. "I'm not going to take this sitting down. I won't hold back, none of us will. Let the war begin." He fired his cannon, the charged particles spreading out in a large and destructive beam. He destroyed every zoid in his path, turning his Geno Breaker to get the rest of them. Soon enough, the enemy zoids were gone, vaporized. The Geno Breaker landed on the ground gently, the cannon going back into the zoid. Rainer smirked at his work. That had been easy. He turned his zoid around to go back inside. He had lab work to do. The agent project was almost complete.
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Almost an entire week went by since Rainer's battle. He spent all his time in the labs, working on his little project. Everyone was beginning to worry about him. They never saw him.
One day, different sounds were heard from the lab, so Risai, Taban, and Miharu stood outside the doors, waiting. Lights flashed in the room and they weren't sure what was going on. After a while, the lights stopped. They still waited. The doors opened and Rainer walked out, wearing a pair of black glasses with his mostly black outfit.
"Hey guys," he said happily. He seemed a little different from before. "What's up?"
"We were beginning to worry about you," said Miharu. "We haven't seen you in nearly a week."
"I'm sorry about that, but I have great news," he said, hardly able to contain his excitement.
"What is it?" asked Risai.
"I finished it! The agent project has bee finished!" he exclaimed.
"You really did it?" asked Taban.
"Yeah, and it worked like a charm," said Rainer. He reached up and removed his sunglasses, exposing his eyes. His once navy blue eyes were now a cerulean color, similar to Risai's.
"Your eyes," pointed out Miharu. "They're…"
"Different?" he finished for her. "I know. It's a strange side effect, but I don't mind much."
"Side effect?" questioned Taban.
"I told you I finished the experiment and it was a success. How do you think I know that?" he asked cheerfully, not wanting to just come out and tell them what was going on. Risai was the first to get it.
"You did it…you tested it on yourself," she said.
"Exactly, and absolutely nothing happened to me. I'm just fine, but I feel kind of weird. I must say, it's different from what I thought I'd feel."
"It didn't hurt?" asked Miharu.
"Not at all. It was a painless experiment. However, the thing is, I'm not sure how well it'll work on others. Ages may make a difference, body build, gender, etc. I haven't had enough time to test all of that."
"What now?" asked Taban.
"I think I'll put up a roster. I want to see how many will be willing to go through with this. I want our best warriors to go through with it, though. I want to preserve our best fighters so that we have a good chance at winning."
"So just what is the difference between what you were and what you are now?" asked Miharu.
"It's simple. If you take a look at a neurological scan, you'll see that my brain waves have been altered greatly. I'm more…for lack of a better term…aware. It's odd. My senses are enhanced, I feel much stronger, and soon I'll be able to control a zoid partially with my mind."
"Interesting," said Taban. "And you're sure this is safe?"
"Well…there's always a risk involved when messing with a person's electrical pulses, but for the most part, it should work. It just won't work for people over twenty one. I already know this for a fact. I can only stop time with this project, not reverse it."
"What about the minimum age?" questioned Taban.
"I'm not sure. I'm nineteen, but I'm not sure how young you can be for it to work. Again, I'll have to run a few tests and check it out. Once I get an actual agent team, I'll get some decent equipment for them, but right now, this is still just an experiment." Taban simply nodded, taking in every word Rainer said.
"Why so curious, bro?" asked Risai.
"It's an interesting concept," said Taban. "To be able to stop aging at the age of twenty one is hard to believe possible, but if it really works, it'll be amazing. I mean, just thinking about it gets even me excited."
"Taban," said Miharu seriously. "Are you thinking…what I think you're thinking?"
"It depends. If you think I'm considering going through with this, then you'd be right." Rainer smiled at that. His experiment had already impressed someone.
"Well," began the general. "If you're thinking of doing it, then just sign up. I'll make a public announcement, explain what it is, and then ask people if they want to do it."
"Alright," said Taban, a smile on his face. Rainer turned and went back into the room to work a little more on his project.
"Taban, are you serious about this?" asked Risai, her voice holding her excitement.
"I think it would be interesting," he told them. "The idea of never aging is amazing. Besides, I want to live to see the end of this war, and this is the best way to guarantee that I will."
"Well," began Miharu. "I guess I could always do it as well."
"If both of you are going through with this, than you can't leave me out," insisted Risai. Taban glanced at his younger sister, his face taking on that concerned brother look. He was really good at that one.
"If it turns out to be too dangerous, I don't want you going through with it," he told her.
"You're not leaving me out," she told him seriously. "I will go through with it, whether you want me to or not."
"I'm your brother and you will do what I tell you. I'm not saying no. I'm just saying that if it turns out to be too much of a risk, you're not doing it. I'm not about to lose my sister." Risai would usually snap back, but that little ending there caught her off guard. His voice held his sorrow. He was lonely and missed their parents probably more than she did.
"Alright," she told him. "I'll agree to those terms." She wasn't about to not agree. He was, after all, her brother. She'd listen to him for now. However, if he and Miharu went through with it, she wasn't going to be left behind. She'd go through with it if they did.
'Because you see, Taban,' she thought to herself. '…I don't want to be alone either.'
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Again, happy holidays.
Bye for now!