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 4: Spectral Warrior Wraith – Feather Fall, Moon Rise!
As Nami plodded along side her new traveling companions she couldn't help but notice their lackadaisical attitude towards what had just occurred. Frank and Ash questioned the purpose of the Zoids, but were not stunned or frightened in any way. Wraith and Revenant remained silent.
That night the small group camped in the woods. A small fire kept Revenant and Nami warm while they ate. It seemed to Nami the small group was close with each other, but could care less about her. She looked up at the moon and sighed.
"There used to be three you know." The guardian spirit spoke. "Three beautiful shining moons, I loved to sit and watch them…"
"I only knew of two myself…" Ash admitted, "Damn Digald bastards blew up the smaller one."
"Digald, I remember them." Frank grumbled. "They killed me."
"Same here brother." Ash growled.
"Digald…" Wraith closed his orb like eyes. "Digald were nothing compared to the Zenebas."
"The who?" Ash and Frank asked.
"Far before your time, long after mine." The spirit's eyes seemed to smile.
"He's getting creepier by the minute isn't he?" Ash asked.
"You got my vote there buddy." Frank agreed.
After a moment of silence Frank spoke again. "I used to do war reports for the Digald too, killed their own man can you believe it?"
"Damn, I thought I had it bad." Ash said. "I just worked at a little shop until some giant beam blew it up with me inside."
"What about you Rev?" Frank asked.
"I don't remember." Revenant admitted. "But I like to think I was a cook."
"What about you ghosty?" Ash asked.
"I remember a time before Zoids, before the planet had its second name." The ghost seemingly vanished. "And call me Wraith."
"He really is getting creepier." Frank admitted. "So how you feelingly girly?"
"How am I feeling?" Nami looked up from the patch of dirt she had been staring at.
"Uh-oh…" Ash said.
"Uh-oh?" Frank asked.
"HOW AM I FEELING? I just piloted a freaking machine older than my village. I JUST FOUGHT IN SAID MACHINE AND APPRENTLY I'M THE ONLY ONE JUST A LITTLE FREAKED OUT THAT THEY EVEN EXIST!" Nami screamed at the undead minions.
"Ok, so a little nervous then?" Frank asked, Nami just screamed in defeat and kicked a rock into a nearby tree.
"Ignore them." Wraith appeared beside Nami. "They grew up at least knowing what Zoids were. You however, have never even heard of them." Wraith sighed. "You should sleep in the Zero; it's safer and probably more comfortable."
"How long is it to this Tsurellis person?" Nami asked with a yawn.
"Not too far, another days journey at least." Wraith said. "Now rest, we wake early in the morning."
In the morning Nami was jolted awake by the Liger's sudden movements. The Liger Zero was moving on its own with out her steering it. At first she thought the group was under attack, but a few seconds of panicked observation told her that the Liger was simply following Wraith and the others. After realizing she was panicking for no reason she gave a deep yawn, which drew the attention of her companions.
"Look who's awake." Frank said over the communications array. "How you feelin'?"
"About as can be expected..." Nami said as she continued to take in the events of the previous day. "How can so much happen in a day?"
"You'd be surprised..." Wraith's voice crackled.
"I just wish..." Nami sighed. "I don't know what's even going on."
"You're not the only one." Ash said. "The boss-man was super-pissed after Tsurellis finished healing him and he sent Shade to get an update from us."
"The only good news we had was that we saved his freaking sword." Frank scoffed.
"Show some respect." Wraith said coldly. "That sword belongs to a better warrior than either of you."
"Hey!" Frank and Ash said in unison.
The group continued in a cloud of odd silence. Nami was lost in her thoughts and own worries. Frank and Ash were not in the mood to speak to anyone after Wraith insulted them, while Wraith was content with the silence. Revenant was simply enjoying the view as the group plodded along. It continued like this for the rest of the day until Nami spotted something on the horizon. It was a large building, almost like a castle, but flat and box like.
"What's that?" She asked.
"Tsurellis'." Frank said. "Careful kid, Shade told us the security wards were set to high."
After a few more moments of silence she asked; "Did Shade say anything about my sister?"
"Yes." Wraith said before Frank or Ash could respond, "She's already mastered a basic summoning spell."
"What?" Nami's face flushed.
"The boss decided to teach her some basic magic." Ash explained. "He taught her how to summon a pixie or something."
"Boy do I feel sorry for that sprite..." Frank snickered.
"He's teaching her magic? Why?" Nami asked in a shrill voice.
"Calm down Nami." Wraith said, "She wants to learn and he hasn't had a student in over two-hundred years. It'll do them both good."
"Hey Wraith..." Revenant's slow paced voice piped up. "Are those guys with us?"
The group looked at where the cook was pointing. Much to their surprise and dismay a large group of zoids were approaching at high speed and when they got closer to the group a cloud of smoke engulfed the zoids.
"Command Wolves!" Frank hissed. "Be on guard, they like to play games."
"I thought I saw something big behind them." Nami said as she and the Zero watched the cloud of smoke float closer to them.
"Could be anythi..." Ash was cut off as his Barrigator was flipped over several times by seemingly invisible attackers. When the zoid landed on it's back several Command Wolves visibly stalked closer to it from within the approaching smoke cloud.
"Hey!" Frank yelled as he fired several blasts from his front blasters into the smoke. "Leave him alone you jackals!"
"Nami, you've gotta take the offense with me." Wraith said calmly. "I know it's frightening, but..."
"LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Nami shouted as she and the Zero lunged forward into the smoke cloud.
"Ok, maybe not so frightening; more like..." Wraith was cut off as a Command Wolf was tossed out of the smoke and past his Buster Eagle. "...I think she's stressed."
"You think?" Frank snapped as he used the Barrigator's powerful tail and jaws to ward attackers away from Ash's zoid.
As the four servants watched in confusion and terror they saw Nami clear the small attack group of Command Wolves away with almost no problem. The four Command Wolves were eventually beaten to the point that they retreated with pilots screaming in terror.
"And next time don't piss me off!" Nami shouted from her Liger.
"Hey..." Ash shouted. "Little help here?"
With a quick grasp and flip Wraith had flipped over the Barrigator. The ghost was about to make a snide comment, but several powerful blasts threw the Buster Eagle to the ground.
"I told you I thought I saw something!" Nami and the Liger gazed to the direction that the shots had come from.
"Yeah, yeah..." Wraith grumbled from in the Eagle. As the flying zoid struggled to the air another set of shots plunged it back into the ground. Inside Wraith cursed aloud.
"What? Those came from behind us..." Nami swung around with the Liger.
"It's probably sniping us." Ash said. "Nothing but a god damned coward"
"Well he better come face us or I'm gonna get really pissed..." Wraith growled as the Buster Eagle wobbled to it's feet and was blasted square in the chest, again from a different position. This time however the zoid exploded and when the smoke cleared the others could see that it had turned to stone. Wraith was setting on the tip of the beak with an unhappy glare.
"Everyone... Run." Wraith ordered the group as he vanished.
"Nami, grab Rev and sling him on your back!" Ash shouted.
"What?" Nami screeched as several blasts landed near her side. "Ok, ok, I'm going!" Nami screamed as she hefted the tortoise zoid in the Liger's jaws.
As the three retreated as fast as they could Wraith stood on the beak of the buster eagle, invisible to the world around him. Soon the large dominant form of a brown Konig Wolf wandered into view. He only narrowed his eyes in anger as he identified his new enemy.