Shadow of Fate
Chapter two: Kiog the Unstoppable
The morning sky was grey, the air was thick and moist, a thick fog cover the land. Almost everyone on Oban was asleep save for a few beings, one of them was the young optimistic lass; Molly. However, at this moment she was the determined Eva, the one determined to win and prove to her father that she was his daughter. She sat in the earth team star racer which hover over a large lake, she was training and thinking. She had been practicing since the first light of day, which was three hours earlier. She was revaluating her last race which she almost lost her life. She had to be stronger or she'd never make it through the upcoming rounds and would definitely lose to the Crogs. She thought about how foolish it was to put both, Jordan and herself, their lives at risk. Next time she'd be stronger, next time she'd be faster, next time she'd win because she was better. Then the she thought of the strange matter with her family; thinking 'how could he not remember me, his own daughter'. She didn't understand how a person could not have one memory of their child, think that it doesn't exist, she just couldn't grasp it. She thought as hard as she could but nothing and then she thought about her mother and in without a moments notice the entire accident flashed before her eyes. The wild crowds, the determined racers, and the look of joy on all the faces. She remember exactly what her mother said to her: "I'll win this match as quick as possible, then we'll all go out for a picnic and ice cream and run around all day! I love you Eva, bye."
She was suddenly flushed with tears, she would never have that picnic with her family, they were all gone, her mother killed in a racing accident, and her father who couldn't even recall her true name. She then griped the controls as tight as she could and resumed her training, she only had three days until the next match.
The arena was fool of all different species, human and alien alike. The hot sun beat down on the excited viewers as they waited axiously for the match to begin.The three annoucers approached the microphone announcing the two teams, team Earth and team Neptuag. Molly slowly pushed the ship forward to the center of the arena and faced the gate, in a matter of seconds her opponent appeared, a giant red ship with a yellow stripe on the side entered the arena, it was more than thrice the size of Molly's ship. It was triangular shaped at the front, and had six large spike wheelsat the back, that's where the booster was held for safety, on both sides of the ship were thre giant rapid fire machine guns, atop was a one giant laser cannon, and on the bottom a giant metal case whichheld in something very large. The top and bottom of the ship were maroon and the sides were a dull yellow, the spike wheels were all black and the spikes were maroon aswell. They both hovered and stared at the gate for a second then both looked at the other challenger, both with determined eyes. In the cockpitt of the large ship Kiog sat with a glazed look in his eyes as if he wasn't all there. He contacted Molly by screen, she accepted it; as his face appeared on the screen she grew frightened. He'd been beaten horribly, his face was scarred completely, his eyes were not the same as before, no longer kind eyes, but the eyes of a determined challenger, the same eyes she remembered from her mother before she raced her last race.
His low, raspy voice begun, "Molly, I know you may believe that I was making up everything I said before but it's the truth. The Crogs are a vile race whose only purpose is destruction, please defeat me today and keep them from winning. You must be careful today against me, they are using a berserker chip on me. They can control me whenever they wish, if the circumstances would've been different I would've loved to be your friend, now you have a race to win!"
"Okay Kiog I'm gonna win it and find a way to save you from the Crogs control!"
"No Molly you don't have to."
"Yes I do, that's what friends are for, and besides I hate the Crogs just as much as you do! Now let's race Kiog", they both shot straight through the open gate and begun the race.
Molly sped several yards ahead of Kiog, his ship was going very slow. In the Crog base Colonel Toros watched the screen angrily, he pointed to one of his henchmen as a signal to activate the chip. A deafening ring sounded in his head, driving him wild, his brain was confused and knew not what to do, then his brain just crashed, destroying his memories from the last ten years. Then a signal telling his brain what to do was sent out by the chip, his brain reactivated and he returned but not as the Kiog who knew Molly but as a horrible monster who'd do anything to win, even kill his opponent.
However, she knew not of his transformation and just continued through the track until she heard a loud roar, one she'd never heard before. She turned to see a giant beam destroying the concrete wall behind her and Kiog's racer speeding through the black smoke and crumbling concrete. His ship was in front of hers in mere seconds. She couldn't believe that ships speed,with all the weapons on it she thought it be slow.
"Hey Jordan, this is going to be a tough race to win but I know we can do it. Now give me some cover fire!"
"Okay here goes", he pulled the guns to the right side and started firing, but Kiog's ship was too fast, "Molly, his ships way too fast I can't hit it!"
"Damn! Here goes nothin'!"
She then sped forward as fast as she could until she was almost side by side with him.
She knew this was stupid but had to try it out, she rammed into the side of his ship as hard as possible, the ship barely budged. It was Kiog's turn, he rammed her as hard as possible into a nearby wall, crushing one side of the ship, she took a couple seconds to recover then raced after him, she returned to his side.
"Now Jordan fire!" He shot rapidly at the enemy racer, each attack left small scorch marks on the racer.
"It's no use, are weapons are worthless against this guy!"
"Don't give up yet Jordan, I know we can win!"
Molly sped forward, now at the limit of normal speed for her racer. She was now head to head with Kiog, she rammed it continuously until she noticed a giant wall, lain as an obstacle standing in her path, she drove straight up and then down to the other side. She was behind him again, but not for long, she pressed forward, exceeding the limit. She was now in front, she slowed until the back of her ship was right in front of her, she positioned the boosters directly in front of the face of the enemy racer.
"Hope you can forgive me for being dirty but I must win, sorry Kiog", she activated hyper drive, the boosters bursted with flame and rained down upon Kiog's racer, melting most of the shipsface and sending his ship crashing down into the shallow water below.
Molly raced forward at an incredible speed, she was only a little ways from the end of the track, she was sure of victory now. Suddenly Kiogs racer slammed into the side of the ship with the spike wheels smashing into one of the boosters, stopping the hyper drive completely.
The racer was thrown down, but did not crash. Then Kiog's ship slammed down on Molly's ship, sending the spikes through tops of the boosters and one through the cock pit, almost hitting Molly. Luckily only the top of the spike slashed her shoulder. Kiogs racer let her up,then slowed till it was behind Molly then ran straight into the back of her ship sending her forward into the front glass of the cock pit, a thin line of blood slid down from her head, her brain was spinning madly, the pain was unbearable.
"Molly are you okay?"
"Yeah... just a bruise!"
Kiog started firing all the machine guns wildly at them, Molly managed to dodge most but was hit a few times on the sides. She was starting to lose vision in one eye and her head started ringing wildly, she wiped away the blood and kept driving. Then Kiog slowed back a few feet and loaded energy for his laser and then there was the roar of the powerful blast again, she knew it would be over if she was hit. She drove straight up into the air and dodged the laser. Unexpectantly, the laser rose and chased after her; she needed a plan and fast.
"Molly you've got to get behind the other racer", Don Wei's voice came to her from the screen.
She then flipped the racer backwards until she was behind Kiog. The laser stopped and Kiog flew forward then turned to face her.
"Kiog, please just let us pass!"
"Pass... never... you are my enemy... you must die... DIE!"
The ship shot straight at Molly, who dodge quickly and let his ship run into a wall.
She raced onward, she could see the winning gates now. Kiog suddenly landed in front of her, she stopped; their racers faced each other, both had been scarred. Then the giant case under the racer lowered down and revealed what looked like the hilt of a sword, then Molly suddenly realized that the case was the sheath of a sword. Two giant metallic arms shot out from the sides of his racer, they grabbed the hilt of the sword and unsheathed it with incredible speed. The speed shot a gust of wind so fast that it slashed a straight line through the cracked front glass of the cock pit, giving Molly a small cut on her forehead.
She stared in awe at a giant metal Katana that was bigger than her own racer. Then, to make matters worse, a laser was generated around the blade side. They were going to lose if they couldn't get past him, she thought quickly, waiting for suggestions from Jordan or her father. The robotic arms flipped the sword several times, if only to frighten her more. Kiog stared straight at her and she stared back, he was no longer the short term friend she'd made, but a being with only one purpose, to win.
A/N: I hoped you enjoyed it! Will Molly and Jordan be defeated by Kiog, find out in the next chapter: Duel of Fate.
