Author notes: chapter 4 The Clans. Some of you may not know what
Battletech is but bear with me a little research off the internet goes a
long way so here's chap 4
As Goji and Isis arrive at their temporary camp they began to pack quickly. Goji stomped out the fire, while Isis packed up the rations and Twilight stood watch. "Quick get to your zoid Isis we've to go fast." Goji stamped out the rest of the fire. "I'm inclined to agree those things are getting closer fast." Isis quickly leapt into her zoid. Twilight followed quickly merging with the zoid. Goji was about to step onto his zoid's hand when the five things appeared.
"Star Captain what kind of battlemechs are those?" An Elemental cried out. "I don't know but they are trying to escape let's test our mettle against these new mechs Quiaff?" The Star Captain grinned at the new opportunity to test his skills. The wolf like mech rose and roared at them. The more human one had its pilot stepping on its hand. "Capture that pilot. We need him for questioning."
Goji saw two of the strange metal beings start running toward him, his thoughts were a whirl his knife was useless now and his gun would probably only piss them off. Frowning he reached into his pockets and pulled out a pair of titanium steel brass knuckles. Then leaped toward his foes. Slamming a fist into the V-shaped visor of one before lashing out with his foot and connected with the others waist. A loud crack was heard as the thick glass gave way to the knuckle, and the kick made the other step back.
Isis fired repeatedly at the three metal beings that were trying to get close to her zoid she saw a couple fire lasers at her and ruin some of her armor but she was still good. However she knew Goji was in trouble although he was strong these things were huge three meters tall. Goji had to leap or hit high in order to effectively hold his foes off. He had ducked and weaved every time they brought up the arm with the laser and stayed away from the other arm with three fingers since that had a machine gun. 'I'm getting tired fast I can't last for long.' Goji punched again making another dent and making one of his opponents stumble. But that ended when the other kicked forward and connected with his face. "Goji!!" Isis cried out. But already both figures grabbed Goji's limp body and hoisted it up. "Strike Laser Claw!!!" Isis screamed out and the left paw of her zoid glowed as she swept it out it caught two of the metal beings slicing through them. Then lunged her zoid toward the ones carrying Goji. One faced her but the other was running with his body. Her zoid suddenly stumbled and she found out one of beings had buried itself into a chink in the armor and was ripping and burning things up with its laser. "Twilight sick um girl." Isis said and the organoid leapt from the zoid.
Star Captain Tony was extremely pleased he had managed to find a chink in the mech's armor and soon he would be able to capture the mech but it quickly ended when he heard a roar as he turned he saw a wolf's jaws slice through his helmet. Twilight leaped back she had expected to bite into circuitry and metal. Instead she only got a few inches of armor and flesh and this black stuff was shooting out blocking the blood from spilling out and a clear fluid sprayed out killing any flies that were trying to land on it.
Isis had seen the whole thing. "What the hell? Don't tell me these things are human." Isis looked at the remaining figure that fired two missiles at her. The missiles hit but damage wasn't to bad. Isis placed her targeting reticule on the figure and fired. The anti zoid slugs slammed home and the metal being exploded. Something landed on her window it was an arm and it was bleeding red blood and the black stuff was spraying out to covering the arm in a black cocoon. Isis shook off her shock and looked around for Goji, but he was gone. "No.... He's gone." A growl was heard as Twilight moved up beside Midnight. "Twilight can you get him back?" A roar signaled that it could be done. "Good luck I'm counting on you." Isis said. The black wolf organoid bounded into the brush. 'Now how am I going to move Goji's zoid?' Isis thought.
Ryuichi boarded the Hover Cargo. "We have got to move our ass's there are two of these weird looking machines and they don't look friendly." Ryuichi docked his zoid and leaped out. "What? Machines what are you talking about?" Celes said. "Less talk move the damn Hover Cargo those things are pretty fast. A voice suddenly boomed through an intercom. "People this is Hiami. Hillary has just told me that there are two objects moving are way and closing fast. Ryuichi prepare your zoid for combat. I'll be there in a second. Hillary get this hunk of tin moving. Celes mount one of the gun turrets." All the zoid pilots move quickly to do what they were told. "You ready Arashi?" Ryuichi strapped himself in. A roar signaled an ok. "Let's Rock!!" Ryuichi launched his zoid on the catapult. Hiami boarded her Konig Kong and stepped on the catapult. "This is Hiami, moving out." Hiami launched her zoid out.
"What in hell are those things!?" Philip yelled out. "Calm down Philip let's head back we are only on reconnaissance." Tanya said. "Aff let's head back." Philip said. The Konig Kong and Lightning Saix stood in front of the Hover Cargo. "They seem to be protecting that large vehicle." Philip said. "Aff let us head back are mission is completed." Tanya turned her Cougar mech around. "Those mechs are new but they don't look like they have many weapons I'm going to attack." Philip throttled his puma to full speed and sent his mech headlong toward the Lightning Saix. "No Philip!! Come back you fool!!" Tanya turned her mech back around. "Die stravog!!" Philip fired both his ER PPC"s. The Lightning Saix leapt high and the blue manmade lightning slashed the spaceit was a moment ago. "Its fast." Philip said.
"Damn what the heck was that?! It looked like a charged particle cannon at a smaller scale." Ryuichi landed his zoid. "Hiami set her target reticule over the strange machine that had fired and fired her shoulder mounted cannon. The machine sagged under the blast armor flew off but it still stood. "Let's get that thing Arashi!!" Ryuichi pushed his controls forward and ran the Lightning Saix creating a sonic boom that knocked the machine over. The Lighning Saix roared as it raised a paw and brought it down on the cockpit. Philip could only scream before he died. "Damn stravog's." Tanya muttered as she retreated She wanted to avenge her sibkin but it was no use these mechs were strange and quite powerful.
The Elemental that was carrying Goji had made it back to the Dropship. "Star Colonel I have brought you one of the freeborn stravog's. I'm though afraid I'm the only one left." "What has happened to Star Captain Tony?" Tira looked mad she herself was an Elemental Tony was one of her sibko. "He died Star Colonel a mech wolf bit through his helmet. "Mech wolf? Is what you speak true quiaff?" "Aff Star Colonel it leapt out of the bigger mech and killed Star Captain Tony." "What mech are you talking of?" "It looked like a wolf or dog of some sort. It was powerful Star Colonel it sliced through two Elementals with one swipe." "Inner Sphere can't have possibly made such effective mechs over such a short period of time. If so why are they in Wolf Clan space?" Tira looked at Goji. "Why is this one wearing brass knuckles did he possibly attempt to fight you off?" The Elemental took off his helmet aff Star Colonel he held two of us at bay till Thomas knocked him out." "Then you haven't defeated him either I exercise my right as a superior officer to take this one off your hands." "As you wish Star Colonel." The Elemental bowed his head in a silent salute.
Goji moaned his head was ringing but he tried to ignore it. 'Where am I?' His thoughts were a bit screwed up but he could still make out what was going on. He was in some sort of cell and what was this on his wrist? 'Some sort of wristlet easily removed.' Goji tore the wristlet and looked around the cell. 'A door with a sonic lock this is easier than I thought.' Goji reached over to his thigh a synthetic skin was over a few pieces of electronic equipment carefully placed to look like muscles that had tightened due to stress. Putting the pieces together Goji placed it over the sonic lock and after a few seconds was rewarded with the door sliding open. Looking outside he quickly made his way down a corridor making sure he didn't look suspicious.
"As soon as he's awake I want him to be questioned." Tira walked along with a technician that was listing things on a noteputor. "Yes Star Colonel it will be done." Tira accidentally brushed against someone when she looked she was surprised to see Goji walking by. "Stop him!!" She yelled out. The technician dropped his noteputer and lunged. Goji lashed backward with a foot and the technician went flying into the wall then Goji shot off like a bullet. Tira took off after him her greater stride keeping up with his fast pace. The Elemental that had brought Goji in had finished a refreshing shower and came out in a jumpsuit he saw Goji racing down the corridor and stepped in his way. Goji slipped through his grasp and received an elbow to the stomach and a uppercut to the chin that sent him to the ground. Tira leaped over her fallen comrade but a new sense off respect swept through her for the stranger to beat an Elemental was quite a feat. Goji risked a glance behind the girl chasing him was huge not fat but damn that body she got was a bodybuilders dream and damn was she tall he guessed two meters and a quarter and the guy he just toppled was three meters. 'How the hell did these people get so tall?' Goji returned to running at top speed even though he had no idea where to go.
Twilight watched the strange ship making sure not to be spotted by the patrols she saw the main way in was used a lot she couldn't risk it without getting caught. Her thoughts went to Isis how the girl looked at her with those eyes she knew what it meant Isis had started to respect the boy take a liking to him maybe she would take that a bit further. Twilight wanted to smile how she wanted to tell that girl that she wasn't what they thought she was but that would have to be later Goji had to be rescued and that was a must he was one of the few who got away like her and it was to long since she last saw him.
Goji had ran into a few more people who attempted to but failed to stop him as he made a turn he saw he now faced two Elementals in power armor with their laser arm facing him. The chase was over. Goji lifted his hands and sighed. Tira arrived soon after and took Goji away. "How did you get out of your cell freebirth?" Tira kept a good grip on Goji's shoulder any attempt would have been useless unless he got his neck snapped off. "I had practice on breaking out." Goji said plainly as he was led away. Growling Tira slammed Goji against the wall even though he should have cried out Goji simply gave a soft "oof." and looked at her with his usual glare. Tira's eyes widened the guy should have cried out but it looked like he hardly felt it. "What the heck are you freeborn?" Goji sighed. "My name is Goji Kaiju so stop calling me that, and what I am is something I cannot tell." Goji replies coolly surrendering no hint of emotion. Tira looked extremely irritated at Goji. "Here's a choice free...Goji you can tell me or we will get it out of you some other way." Goji almost looked amused. "Well what do you think I'm going to say?" Tira frowned and quite roughly pushed Goji toward the interrogation room.
Isis managed to carry Goji's zoid on her zoid's back a fair distance away from the area they were once at. 'I hope Goji's okay....What am I thinking? When did I start worrying about that guy so much?' Isis opened the cockpit and looked at the white and blue zoid on her zoid's back. 'Am I actually starting to like him? Maybe even I... That's ridiculous he'd never go for it, I've treated him so bad.' Isis sat back in her seat and closed her eyes. "But I can't seem to stop thinking of him."
The Hover Cargo moved slowly along the hillside. "What were those things they weren't any zoids I've seen before." Hillary looked behind her as she drove. Zack Cooper came out his chest was still bandaged but in other words he was almost in top shape. "You think Goji and Isis are okay you know it's almost been three months." Hiami looked a bit more worried now. "I completely forgot. Goji I hope your okay when Isis is in that state you're going to have some trouble." "What trouble is there your not telling us?" Ryuichi leaned closer to Hiami with a suspicious look on his face. Hiami took a deep breath. "I guess I should tell you. You know Isis was crossed with Tiger right?" Ryuichi and Hillary nodded. "Well what does a female cat go into every few months?" Both zoid pilots thought hard on that and simultaneously they came up with the same answer. "Oh shit." They both said. "Now I really wish I was there with my camera." Celes said. Hiami shot a look of warning at the young girl before making a small prayer. 'Goji please be alright.' She thought as she watched the 3d screens show the background as they moved.
Goji Sat strapped into a chair he glared at the light that was quite blinding. He noticed that something in the light was starting to irritate him also the growing pain from it. "I'll never you know." Tira frowned at the zoid pilot. "Bring him up to eighty then down again he has no chemical resistance." Goji felt extreme pain course through his body and smirked he moved his neck a little backward. "What are you doing?" Tira demanded. Goji made no reply as he went limp. A clan medic rushed toward the seat. "He is unconscious Star Colonel." Tira looked at Goji thoughts already coming up with a solution. 'I see he cut off the flow of blood to his brain causing immediate shut down he isn't going to die but he isn't going to feel pain either.' "This freeborn isn't so weak as we thought he would be." "What shall we do with him Star Colonel?" The medic asked. "Take him to my quarters for now I'll deal with him personally." Tira took on a sly grin as two mechwarriors took Goji away.
Twilight looked at the sky it was night the mechs were going in more then coming out now was her chance she swiftly and silently clambered onto a mech known to Inner Sphere as the Masakari and crouched low on its level hood. She would bide her time till she struck.
To be continued
As Goji and Isis arrive at their temporary camp they began to pack quickly. Goji stomped out the fire, while Isis packed up the rations and Twilight stood watch. "Quick get to your zoid Isis we've to go fast." Goji stamped out the rest of the fire. "I'm inclined to agree those things are getting closer fast." Isis quickly leapt into her zoid. Twilight followed quickly merging with the zoid. Goji was about to step onto his zoid's hand when the five things appeared.
"Star Captain what kind of battlemechs are those?" An Elemental cried out. "I don't know but they are trying to escape let's test our mettle against these new mechs Quiaff?" The Star Captain grinned at the new opportunity to test his skills. The wolf like mech rose and roared at them. The more human one had its pilot stepping on its hand. "Capture that pilot. We need him for questioning."
Goji saw two of the strange metal beings start running toward him, his thoughts were a whirl his knife was useless now and his gun would probably only piss them off. Frowning he reached into his pockets and pulled out a pair of titanium steel brass knuckles. Then leaped toward his foes. Slamming a fist into the V-shaped visor of one before lashing out with his foot and connected with the others waist. A loud crack was heard as the thick glass gave way to the knuckle, and the kick made the other step back.
Isis fired repeatedly at the three metal beings that were trying to get close to her zoid she saw a couple fire lasers at her and ruin some of her armor but she was still good. However she knew Goji was in trouble although he was strong these things were huge three meters tall. Goji had to leap or hit high in order to effectively hold his foes off. He had ducked and weaved every time they brought up the arm with the laser and stayed away from the other arm with three fingers since that had a machine gun. 'I'm getting tired fast I can't last for long.' Goji punched again making another dent and making one of his opponents stumble. But that ended when the other kicked forward and connected with his face. "Goji!!" Isis cried out. But already both figures grabbed Goji's limp body and hoisted it up. "Strike Laser Claw!!!" Isis screamed out and the left paw of her zoid glowed as she swept it out it caught two of the metal beings slicing through them. Then lunged her zoid toward the ones carrying Goji. One faced her but the other was running with his body. Her zoid suddenly stumbled and she found out one of beings had buried itself into a chink in the armor and was ripping and burning things up with its laser. "Twilight sick um girl." Isis said and the organoid leapt from the zoid.
Star Captain Tony was extremely pleased he had managed to find a chink in the mech's armor and soon he would be able to capture the mech but it quickly ended when he heard a roar as he turned he saw a wolf's jaws slice through his helmet. Twilight leaped back she had expected to bite into circuitry and metal. Instead she only got a few inches of armor and flesh and this black stuff was shooting out blocking the blood from spilling out and a clear fluid sprayed out killing any flies that were trying to land on it.
Isis had seen the whole thing. "What the hell? Don't tell me these things are human." Isis looked at the remaining figure that fired two missiles at her. The missiles hit but damage wasn't to bad. Isis placed her targeting reticule on the figure and fired. The anti zoid slugs slammed home and the metal being exploded. Something landed on her window it was an arm and it was bleeding red blood and the black stuff was spraying out to covering the arm in a black cocoon. Isis shook off her shock and looked around for Goji, but he was gone. "No.... He's gone." A growl was heard as Twilight moved up beside Midnight. "Twilight can you get him back?" A roar signaled that it could be done. "Good luck I'm counting on you." Isis said. The black wolf organoid bounded into the brush. 'Now how am I going to move Goji's zoid?' Isis thought.
Ryuichi boarded the Hover Cargo. "We have got to move our ass's there are two of these weird looking machines and they don't look friendly." Ryuichi docked his zoid and leaped out. "What? Machines what are you talking about?" Celes said. "Less talk move the damn Hover Cargo those things are pretty fast. A voice suddenly boomed through an intercom. "People this is Hiami. Hillary has just told me that there are two objects moving are way and closing fast. Ryuichi prepare your zoid for combat. I'll be there in a second. Hillary get this hunk of tin moving. Celes mount one of the gun turrets." All the zoid pilots move quickly to do what they were told. "You ready Arashi?" Ryuichi strapped himself in. A roar signaled an ok. "Let's Rock!!" Ryuichi launched his zoid on the catapult. Hiami boarded her Konig Kong and stepped on the catapult. "This is Hiami, moving out." Hiami launched her zoid out.
"What in hell are those things!?" Philip yelled out. "Calm down Philip let's head back we are only on reconnaissance." Tanya said. "Aff let's head back." Philip said. The Konig Kong and Lightning Saix stood in front of the Hover Cargo. "They seem to be protecting that large vehicle." Philip said. "Aff let us head back are mission is completed." Tanya turned her Cougar mech around. "Those mechs are new but they don't look like they have many weapons I'm going to attack." Philip throttled his puma to full speed and sent his mech headlong toward the Lightning Saix. "No Philip!! Come back you fool!!" Tanya turned her mech back around. "Die stravog!!" Philip fired both his ER PPC"s. The Lightning Saix leapt high and the blue manmade lightning slashed the spaceit was a moment ago. "Its fast." Philip said.
"Damn what the heck was that?! It looked like a charged particle cannon at a smaller scale." Ryuichi landed his zoid. "Hiami set her target reticule over the strange machine that had fired and fired her shoulder mounted cannon. The machine sagged under the blast armor flew off but it still stood. "Let's get that thing Arashi!!" Ryuichi pushed his controls forward and ran the Lightning Saix creating a sonic boom that knocked the machine over. The Lighning Saix roared as it raised a paw and brought it down on the cockpit. Philip could only scream before he died. "Damn stravog's." Tanya muttered as she retreated She wanted to avenge her sibkin but it was no use these mechs were strange and quite powerful.
The Elemental that was carrying Goji had made it back to the Dropship. "Star Colonel I have brought you one of the freeborn stravog's. I'm though afraid I'm the only one left." "What has happened to Star Captain Tony?" Tira looked mad she herself was an Elemental Tony was one of her sibko. "He died Star Colonel a mech wolf bit through his helmet. "Mech wolf? Is what you speak true quiaff?" "Aff Star Colonel it leapt out of the bigger mech and killed Star Captain Tony." "What mech are you talking of?" "It looked like a wolf or dog of some sort. It was powerful Star Colonel it sliced through two Elementals with one swipe." "Inner Sphere can't have possibly made such effective mechs over such a short period of time. If so why are they in Wolf Clan space?" Tira looked at Goji. "Why is this one wearing brass knuckles did he possibly attempt to fight you off?" The Elemental took off his helmet aff Star Colonel he held two of us at bay till Thomas knocked him out." "Then you haven't defeated him either I exercise my right as a superior officer to take this one off your hands." "As you wish Star Colonel." The Elemental bowed his head in a silent salute.
Goji moaned his head was ringing but he tried to ignore it. 'Where am I?' His thoughts were a bit screwed up but he could still make out what was going on. He was in some sort of cell and what was this on his wrist? 'Some sort of wristlet easily removed.' Goji tore the wristlet and looked around the cell. 'A door with a sonic lock this is easier than I thought.' Goji reached over to his thigh a synthetic skin was over a few pieces of electronic equipment carefully placed to look like muscles that had tightened due to stress. Putting the pieces together Goji placed it over the sonic lock and after a few seconds was rewarded with the door sliding open. Looking outside he quickly made his way down a corridor making sure he didn't look suspicious.
"As soon as he's awake I want him to be questioned." Tira walked along with a technician that was listing things on a noteputor. "Yes Star Colonel it will be done." Tira accidentally brushed against someone when she looked she was surprised to see Goji walking by. "Stop him!!" She yelled out. The technician dropped his noteputer and lunged. Goji lashed backward with a foot and the technician went flying into the wall then Goji shot off like a bullet. Tira took off after him her greater stride keeping up with his fast pace. The Elemental that had brought Goji in had finished a refreshing shower and came out in a jumpsuit he saw Goji racing down the corridor and stepped in his way. Goji slipped through his grasp and received an elbow to the stomach and a uppercut to the chin that sent him to the ground. Tira leaped over her fallen comrade but a new sense off respect swept through her for the stranger to beat an Elemental was quite a feat. Goji risked a glance behind the girl chasing him was huge not fat but damn that body she got was a bodybuilders dream and damn was she tall he guessed two meters and a quarter and the guy he just toppled was three meters. 'How the hell did these people get so tall?' Goji returned to running at top speed even though he had no idea where to go.
Twilight watched the strange ship making sure not to be spotted by the patrols she saw the main way in was used a lot she couldn't risk it without getting caught. Her thoughts went to Isis how the girl looked at her with those eyes she knew what it meant Isis had started to respect the boy take a liking to him maybe she would take that a bit further. Twilight wanted to smile how she wanted to tell that girl that she wasn't what they thought she was but that would have to be later Goji had to be rescued and that was a must he was one of the few who got away like her and it was to long since she last saw him.
Goji had ran into a few more people who attempted to but failed to stop him as he made a turn he saw he now faced two Elementals in power armor with their laser arm facing him. The chase was over. Goji lifted his hands and sighed. Tira arrived soon after and took Goji away. "How did you get out of your cell freebirth?" Tira kept a good grip on Goji's shoulder any attempt would have been useless unless he got his neck snapped off. "I had practice on breaking out." Goji said plainly as he was led away. Growling Tira slammed Goji against the wall even though he should have cried out Goji simply gave a soft "oof." and looked at her with his usual glare. Tira's eyes widened the guy should have cried out but it looked like he hardly felt it. "What the heck are you freeborn?" Goji sighed. "My name is Goji Kaiju so stop calling me that, and what I am is something I cannot tell." Goji replies coolly surrendering no hint of emotion. Tira looked extremely irritated at Goji. "Here's a choice free...Goji you can tell me or we will get it out of you some other way." Goji almost looked amused. "Well what do you think I'm going to say?" Tira frowned and quite roughly pushed Goji toward the interrogation room.
Isis managed to carry Goji's zoid on her zoid's back a fair distance away from the area they were once at. 'I hope Goji's okay....What am I thinking? When did I start worrying about that guy so much?' Isis opened the cockpit and looked at the white and blue zoid on her zoid's back. 'Am I actually starting to like him? Maybe even I... That's ridiculous he'd never go for it, I've treated him so bad.' Isis sat back in her seat and closed her eyes. "But I can't seem to stop thinking of him."
The Hover Cargo moved slowly along the hillside. "What were those things they weren't any zoids I've seen before." Hillary looked behind her as she drove. Zack Cooper came out his chest was still bandaged but in other words he was almost in top shape. "You think Goji and Isis are okay you know it's almost been three months." Hiami looked a bit more worried now. "I completely forgot. Goji I hope your okay when Isis is in that state you're going to have some trouble." "What trouble is there your not telling us?" Ryuichi leaned closer to Hiami with a suspicious look on his face. Hiami took a deep breath. "I guess I should tell you. You know Isis was crossed with Tiger right?" Ryuichi and Hillary nodded. "Well what does a female cat go into every few months?" Both zoid pilots thought hard on that and simultaneously they came up with the same answer. "Oh shit." They both said. "Now I really wish I was there with my camera." Celes said. Hiami shot a look of warning at the young girl before making a small prayer. 'Goji please be alright.' She thought as she watched the 3d screens show the background as they moved.
Goji Sat strapped into a chair he glared at the light that was quite blinding. He noticed that something in the light was starting to irritate him also the growing pain from it. "I'll never you know." Tira frowned at the zoid pilot. "Bring him up to eighty then down again he has no chemical resistance." Goji felt extreme pain course through his body and smirked he moved his neck a little backward. "What are you doing?" Tira demanded. Goji made no reply as he went limp. A clan medic rushed toward the seat. "He is unconscious Star Colonel." Tira looked at Goji thoughts already coming up with a solution. 'I see he cut off the flow of blood to his brain causing immediate shut down he isn't going to die but he isn't going to feel pain either.' "This freeborn isn't so weak as we thought he would be." "What shall we do with him Star Colonel?" The medic asked. "Take him to my quarters for now I'll deal with him personally." Tira took on a sly grin as two mechwarriors took Goji away.
Twilight looked at the sky it was night the mechs were going in more then coming out now was her chance she swiftly and silently clambered onto a mech known to Inner Sphere as the Masakari and crouched low on its level hood. She would bide her time till she struck.
To be continued
