Twilight Revealed

"Who wants to go into town to help me get parts for the repairs," Jacob asked as he started up their cargo truck.

"I'll go," Sarah volunteered. "Maybe we can have lunch there too."

"Sounds good," Leslie agreed. "I'm in"

They had finished picking up their parts and were crossing the street to a fairly good restaurant when they heard the sound of a gun being cocked behind them followed by, "This time you won't get away from me."

Jacob smiled and raised his arms. He turned slowly and his eyes narrowed.

Sarah and Leslie gasped when Jacob said, "Hello Rudolph Blazer, Assassin of Assassins. How's your Lightning Saix. Twilight did quite a bit of damage with that bite. I forgot that Saix armor was so weak."

"Shut up or I'll shoot you right here in the middle of town," Rudolph yelled. "It's the least that the Twilight Assassin deserves."

"You're the Twilight Assassin," Sarah gasped.

"That's right sis," Jacob said. "I'm the one who's been killing pilot who use their Zoids to terrorize the people of Zi. Twilight and I have killed a total of twenty pilots." His smile broadened. "But I made sure that they were all guilty of murder before I entered the mix. I only do executions for those who deserve it."

He looked over Rudolph's shoulder and started laughing. Sarah and Leslie, however, screamed. Rudolph turned and saw a jet black wolf-like Zoid that had silver highlights and gold claws and teeth standing on a ridge half a mile out of town. Its back-mounted cannons were deployed and aiming right at them.

"Saw hello to my partner in crime," Jacob said. "He is a König Wolf and his name is Twilight. I have custom outfitted him with a stealth shield, infrared suppression, sound suppression, radar absorbent paint, a cooling system to counteract the overheating problem that is common in König Wolves, two ten-shot missile launchers on the rear hips, a 40mm pulse cannon in each front shoulder, and both Strike Laser Claw and Dracula's Kiss. I replaced the sensory goggles with custom ones that have almost any sensor imaginable, some you couldn't imagine, and I replaced the back-mounted cannons with custom-made Twin Lunar Beam Rifles. They are 90mm rifles that deal the damage of set of 200mm cannons and they retain pinpoint accuracy out to a range of five miles. Plus they're semi-automatic and shield piercing. Oh, and the little problem called recoil is nonexistent in these little beauties. You pull that trigger and everything within thirty feet of where you're standing will be blown to pieces."

Jacob looked over his shoulder at Sarah and Leslie. "That means you two ought to back up a ways," he said. "Wouldn't want the two of you to die. You're innocent."

Rudolph shifted his aim to aim at Sarah. "You two will stay where you are."

Seeing his chance Jacob drew a pistol that had been concealed at the waistband of his jeans with his left hand. He aim quickly and shot the gun out of Rudolph's hand. He shifted his aim to Rudolph's head. "Move and you die." He looked over his shoulder. "Are you two okay?"

"Yeah," Sarah said hesitantly.

Leslie smiled. "I should have known that the Twilight Assassin and the fearsome Midnight Might were one and the same. They were pilots of the same caliber so the connection should have been easy."

"Yesterday you asked what happen to my destroying teams," Jacob said. "Here is your answer. My Gun Sniper, Midnight, just isn't performing at my level. It has gotten that I react too quickly for my own Zoid to handle. Twilight is different. König Wolves have almost unlimited abilities. They have the best reaction time of any Zoid out there. But they are very rare and have almost no weapons that make owning such a reactive Zoid worth the price."

"When I realized I was overtaxing Midnight I used all my accumulated money to buy and outfit Twilight. Then I caught wind of pilots terrorizing and killing innocent civilians all over Zi. So I decided to use Twilight to end such atrocities."

He looked up at Twilight admiringly. "Surprisingly, Twilight agreed with my decision. He willingly helped me eliminate those murderers. So," he said turning back to his teammates. "Do you to still want to be a part of Team Dusk?"

Sarah smiled warmly. "Bro, Team Dusk is through. But I will be a part of Team Twilight."

"Agreed," Leslie said.

Jacob looked around at the townsfolk who had witnessed the whole thing. "I guess it's time for the world to know that Jacob Moon, Midnight Might, and the Twilight Assassin are one and the same," he said defeatedly.

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