Necros: A War of Zoids
By THE Xenomorph AKA familyghost
Synopsis: A world with a secret past is about to get a wake up call from the metallic warriors.
Chapter 3: Liger Zero – Ancient Hero Awaken!
Lycus was in a fury when he entered his home. A mage would dare trespass onto his land. It was suicide, the only hope they had to avoid his fury would be if they came bearing a message. As he turned into his kitchen he noted several guardsmen from a neighboring kingdom were eating peacefully, they didn't even tense up when he entered. They had no need to; the nations always escorted Mages into neighboring territories.
"Sir Torin would like to see you." The guard captain spoke. "It's urgent."
Lycus flung the doors to his dining hall open and much to his aggravation someone was eating in his seat. "You had better be bearing a message from your precious council, or I'll be flaying you for my zombies to enjoy."
"Of course I come bearing a message Necromancer, why else would I risk death to be here?" The mage said in a lordly manner.
"I've asked that of many foolish mages in the past." With a simple spell Lycus spun the chair to face him and locked it into position. "The message, now."
"The council has sent a warning. The nations of Argoria and Detoug are at war." The mage licked his fingers greedily.
"They would be fools to clash in my realm." Lycus snorted.
"The council does not agree, they are warning you not to interfere in this dispute." The mage had crossed the line and soon found himself in the grip of skeletal hand guided by the necromancer.
"The council dares to tell me how to act on MY lands." Lycus was beginning to regret even listening to the little worm.
The doors behind him burst open seconds after he gripped the mage tighter, the guards had their spears and swords ready, but weren't foolish enough to use them. "Send your council my message in response to their own; I and I alone am responsible for the people of this realm and I will not see war tear it to pieces."
"T-they've ratified the treaty…" The mage choked. "Necromancers must now forfeit their land to the council."
"What?" Lycus felt the rage inside him burn and he released the mage, stunned by the news.
"Bring the metal beasts about!" The mage screamed. "ATTACK!
"Metal beasts?" Lycus barely has time to recognize what the mage meant before a familiar metal form came crashing through the walls. He stared up in horror at the great metal form.
"Behold the Zoid, resurrected from your dark seals." The mage stood proudly. "I give you; the Geno Breaker!"
"I know what it's called you fool." Lycus snapped back to the mage and then turned to the guards, who were throwing spears at it in vain. "Run before it kills you, you fools!" The guards obeyed and ran for their lives.
"So tell me Necromancer, how much fear fills you in the presence of my great zoid?" Torin asked.
"About as much as I fear a newborn babe." Lycus bluffed, he knew the power of the zoid.
Torin though, was fooled enough to be enraged by Lycus's faux calm demeanor. "Crush HIM!"
Meanwhile in the basement Nami and he sister had been hiding near the uncovered Liger Zero. They heard the crashing above them and braced each other in fear of the ceiling collapsing around them. As the world shook around them Nami only felt a well of fear, she knew that a fight or war was breaking out above and that Lycus could die. And while she still blamed him for ruining her life, she could not let him die after the kindness he had shown by taking them in.
"I'm such a fool." Nami muttered to herself.
Soon the crashing above stopped and minutes later the elevator descended. Skeletons and zombies held a battered Lycus up. Nami looked in horror as she recognized the face of a warrior who had fought and lost an overwhelming battle. She had seen it on her father when he died.
The skeleton's carried Lycus over to Nami. "He's injured, but we can hold off the enemy until he recovers."
"Z-z-…" Lycus' tried to mutter through a swollen and beaten face.
"Stupid metal dragon." One of the skeleton's snarled. "We should wake the master's guardian."
"Only if he commands it." The lead skeleton said. "To arms men, we defend our home."
The skeleton's then left Lycus with Shade, Nami and Tari while they went to fight.
"What's he trying to say?" Nami asked.
"I don't know, the mage used a spell to block me from the battle, I couldn't see or hear anything." Shade admitted. "Maybe I should unleash the guardian…"
"The what?" Nami asked.
"A spirit Master Lycus dominated in his early years; a wraith of such ill temper and violent behavior that he sealed it in a statue down here." Shade explained. "He's only been used once; to hold back the warlock's ghost."
"Sounds like a nice guy." Nami smiled sarcastically.
"Z-z-…" Lycus tried to speak again.
"What are you trying to say?" Nami asked gently.
A movement of shadows caused her to freeze. She thought she saw the large zoid move, but that was impossible. The zoids were dead. Then Lycus' finger shot straight up and Nami followed with Tari following her own gaze.
"The big kitty's awake..." Tari blinked.
"Y-yours…" Lycus muttered. "Fi-fight, b-b-breaker. Wake… Silver… Legion."
"Master save your strength…" Shade hovered over his master. "I have to get him to Tsurellis, he can help."
"Who?" Nami asked.
"A former student and great necromantic healer." Shade said as the floor beneath Lycus absorbed him. "Now get in that zoid and get rid of that mage!"
"I don't even know how to work the thing!" Nami shouted as Shade vanished, "At least take Tari with you!" Seconds later Tari vanished.
Nami was then left alone with the massive Zoid. She looked up in confusion at it and bowed before it. "Uh, I don't know much about you great Zoid, but Lycus says I can pilot you and I need to get rid of the mage who's attacking, so could you possibly help me up?"
The Zoid seemed to stare at her for a few seconds before it bent down and opened it's cockpit for her. She struggled to climb in, and when she finally did the Zoid slammed shut the cockpit and roared in triumph as it finally had a worthy pilot once again.
Above ground the Geno Breaker froze as it heard the barely audible roar that defined a great struggle from too long ago. It issued its own roar and waited. Seconds turned to minutes and no more roars came. Then the ground shook around the Zoid, its pilot fresh in the cockpit was confused until the great leonine form of the Liger Zero came streaming out of the ground with its own roar of challenge.
Below all this though, the two forms of a zombie and skeleton were hurriedly digging through the manor's rubble. The had already found the guardian spirit which hovered near them, angered by the lack of sleep it had obtained, now though the were searching for a sword their master treasured they soon found it of course, and then made their own way to what remained of the basement. On the way however they discovered most of the manor's inhabitants were crushed or destroyed in some form or another. Even Revenant was burnt by some unknown force, though he still was alive. When they did finally reach the basement however, they were dismayed to find that they were trapped. However, several sets of large eyes were looking down upon them.
Up on the surface however, Nami was being bounced around the Zoid's cockpit so much that she found herself screaming for it to stop. The great metal beast, which had been mindlessly attacking up until that point, froze on command. Nami straightened herself and saw the great jagged scratches down her enemy's armor. The Liger had almost entirely stripped the sides off of the metal dragon.
Then a small screen popped up in the corner of her view field. It was a mage as far as she could tell he looked furious and was screaming at the top of his lungs. "WHO ARE YOU AND WHY HAVE YOU DAMAGED MY PRECIOUS GENO BREAKER?"
For a few seconds Nami was confused. Then she remembered that the technology was far more advanced than anything else she had seen.
"Answer me!" Torin screamed. "Do not mock me with silence!"
"My name is Nami Sanguri, and you just destroyed my new home!" Nami shouted back, surprised by the sudden acceptance of the manor as her home.
"So you defend the Necromancer's lair. Figure's he'd have a girl fight for him." Torin sighed disappointedly. "Oh well let's get this over with then." The communications suddenly ended and light seemed to come from the Geno Breaker's mouth. Seconds later it streamed forth and Nami and the Liger barely dodged it.
"If that hits me, I'm finished…" Nami thought to herself as she felt the sweat on her brow begin form.
"Dammit! Stand still and die." Torin charged the weapon again.
This time Nami took advantage of the weapons charge time and ran full speed in another direction. As she ran the weapon fired and trailed behind her, then suddenly stopped. "It can only move with the head, and the body locks itself into position to fire…" Nami noted to herself. "It can't hit me if I run to its side and attack while it's using that weapon.
Nami stopped and waited for Torin to fire the weapon as it fired she leapt forward and ran to far left of the beam to where it could not follow, then she leapt sharply to the right again and ripped the entirety of the left side off from the sheer force of her attack.
"What? No!" Torin screamed as his Zoid roared in pain. "Damages are to great. "Gun Snipers, finish her!"
Out of nowhere a row of five small Zoids shot volleys of powerful beams at Nami and the Liger Zero. The leonine Zoid was struck with enough force that it slid down the side of the manor's property.
"Ha!" Torin screamed as he retreated. "Finish her!"
As the Gun Sniper's lined up to fire their finishing volley, Nami struggled with the Liger and pleaded for it to get back up. When it finally did the weapons of the Gun Snipers were finishing their charge and were about to fire when two large mouths exploded from underneath the ground and crushed a Gun Sniper each. These new Zoids, which resembled crocodiles where followed by a third smaller tortoise like Zoid with a large cannon on its back.
"Barrigator Brigade to the rescue!" Frank and Ash said in unison from their Zoids.
"With the aid of Cannon Tortoise…" The slow speaking Revenant added. "Bad Zoids go bye-bye." The Cannon Tortoise braced the ground and fired its cannon at the three remaining Gun Snipers which were still recovering from the surprise attack. When the blast cloud cleared, only one Sniper remained and it was in terrible condition. It retreated without hesitation, only to blown to bits by a second shot from the cannon. "Revenant wants a new kitchen."
"Come on Boss Lady." Ash opened communications from his Barrigator which was strangely black and grey, as opposed to Frank's Green and grey Barrigator. "Boss-Man says we gotta get you and the others to Tsurellis' place pronto."
"There are no survivors besides us if you're wondering." A black hawk Zoid landed nearby and the communications it gave were audio only. Still, Nami felt a tinge of fear when she heard the voice speak. "I'll scout ahead, you four stay in a defensive formation with the cannon head at the rear, and he's got the big gun so keep him protected."
"Let's head out people." The voice in the hawk ordered.