-Rebirth of the Guardians – the long awaited sequel to chapter – 7
Chapter 8 – The past
Well here ya go. This chapter is gonna be fancy cause it features dark Zenebas lord who has yet to have any role whatsoever. Guess what, he won't play a significant story specific role. He'll just make minor appearances in this fic, cause like I said any typical main plot is pushed to the background in this fan-fic.
And yes I do realize the 'emperor' is very prozen-esque. But come on Zoid CC came up with an excellent villain of the highest caliber when they made him. That and he's a Zoids icon.
-Begin-
"Peoples of the soon to be non-existent Helic Republic and Guylos Empire. We the people of Zenebas have been preparing for this day a long time and we feel that it is the time for reckoning on you're inferior bodies and souls. I make this announcement at the head of a massive assault force directed largely against you're countries northern war fronts, but our armies rapidly advancing down upon you're countries northern borders so that we can tear you armies apart. Do not fear, we of the Zenebas have already spared perhaps a million civilian lives. All that we ask of the common folk who wish not to die is to listen to our words and leave the cities and military occupied towns you are in and if you remain surrender to our armies on sight. Then we will evacuate you all temporarily to a site while the front extends south."
-Excerpt from legendary Zenebas 'surrender' speech transmitted to the leaders of both nations intended to be released to the public but held back from almost all the people during the war-
Chancellor Lazar Kaganovitch of the soon to be Zenebas Empire sat down after filming the final take of his surrender speech. He doubted it would go out to the public in the Helic republic and Guylos Empire but that was no worry of him. Once the war was over those recordings would be a perfect thing to hold over the conquered peoples heads and destroy their morale. At the absolute worst the decision would have a neutral effect, splitting the country into resistance and deniers. Split along the lines of what would be the assumed number of rebels and loyal followers once the war was over. That would possibly be better still because the targets and the not-targets would all stay apart. And that would help because when not-targets got targeted other not-targets tended to become targets.
Such were the thoughts of the man who considered himself ready to rule the world. A man of larger build he had silver/white hair that changed in color depending on the light. His face and whole body was a tad pale, but not an overly noticeable shade of glowing white. He wore a grand cape, merely as a symbol he personally didn't care for the thing, as well as various garments in the style of various other rulers throughout time. Much of his garb consisted of that of famous earth rulers. Despite over half of them having been despised on earth the effect they had on Zi was much more positive than imagined. There were a few Zoidian rulers; prozen was definite influence on his choice of garb during the speech filming. At his side was a very prominent icon herself. The last full blood earth woman. A woman of intelligence far greater than he could ever achieve as well as strength and beauty she was the ideal partner for someone like him. In every which way you phrased the term.
His only regret was that the other human female, who was almost as gorgeous as the woman who was his trophy, had to disappeared shortly after leaving the scientific world. Well there was another regret. The last human male had survived, and disappeared. As an ally he would have been an amazing choice. The man had been a top class earth general and had quickly show adeptness to just about anything. As well as the ability to disappear. That damn bastard had simply become one of the population and despite knowing that he only made small identity changed for a month or three while he was free after a while he made one massive change and he was lost to the world. Now he may be dead, which seemed like the most likely possibility. Also the most favorable. Because unlike his current earthling the other one showed a strong moral sense and a plain dislike of Lazar then, and in various encounters throughout the years, all indirect, had managed to be the single most damaging person to his image. Although he had learned the lesson that knowledge was powerful for anyone if used in the right way. This was when the first video feed had been hacked into any number of devices and placed in millions of places on the internet. That accursed first video still surfaced from time to time.
However these propaganda attacks had slowed greatly and at the beginning of war finally stopped, within the nation of Zenebas anyway. But honestly Lazar was content to live with that because he now was going to crush those places where anti Lazar propaganda was wide spread and he was going to see, first hand thanks to his massive Ultrasaurus, what propaganda could do against missiles, a charged particle beam, or perhaps even a gravity cannon. Lazar smiled, and that stupid ghost fox, the re-incarnation of the earth boy, had been killed. True he had taken the Gael fury an Ultrasaurus and countless other Zoids with him but that all could be turned to his advantage, which seemed to be happening thus-so-far.
-Elsewhere-
Tom sighed, he had had a long day, and now that he had gone to sleep right after entering the shop he knew there was going to be a story day all day today. Why all day? Because the story was that Damn long. He sighed; his story took 8 years to tell last time how long would it take now? He got up from his bed. Fully clothed with clothes he took from an abandoned house and more importantly not clothed in a revealing uniform (revealing in the sense that it betrays who he is, a guardian force soldier) tom had encouraged for the others to do the same save reddy that had a Zenebas uniform on already.
Tom chuckled; he had woken up for their eventual return. And with knowledge of his measurements they had returned with two extra sets of clothes for him. He had laughed at some of their choices saying that they reflected on how little fashion some of them had. While chef Perrone had gotten another chef's outfit, as would be expected. Also Relena was now wearing very revealing clothes. Tom had managed to take advantage of this by looking at her last, and taking long very intensive looks over what everyone else wore. When he was done with the very, very close observation he laughed and said that if anyone were to recognize them as soldiers they should get a medal for having a perfect photographic memory. No-one understood him when he said that. Nor were they totally certain of their behavior. Tom had picked up conversations about whether or not the explosion had affected his psyche and had personally, thus-so-far privately, come to the conclusion that it had, but not in a way that he could determine as of now.
Finally after reflection and focusing mentally on what was now and what he should work on improving he got up and went down to what had been the repair centers lounge. "Everyone," Tom sighed he knew what would come at some point in the near future, "I have a story to tell you all. Especially Perrone, since I made a deal with him and all. It is not you're average story, but rather two. It also does not follow absolute chronological order, starting 11,000 years ago instead of the longer time of 14,000 years ago. It won't be the happiest story and it will seem odd and hard to believe at times to you, but I tell you this, it is all true every last word." He now had their attention, like he had done once before over 20 years ago. Save then there had been one story, because he didn't know of the second one himself.
-Begin story- (story told with Tom serving largely as narrator)
The first story begins with a small prologue 11,723 years ago to the year with the globally 3. The globally 3, as you all should know, was a colonization ship sent out by earth to find new planets in the galaxy. After some point Earth stopped receiving communications with the globally three about 500 years later. Well weren't they lucky that I was 18 at the time. And in an earth trying to create colonies further and further away from the solar system they were lucky that I was an amazing general, as well as general leader and the fact that I was a veritable genius. Having located a legendary ship called 'the venture' created some three hundred years before the globally three launched and having rumored to have been made by a being considered to be the most powerful being ever in existence in an instant at the height of his power the ship proved to be more advanced that any other ship of the time. Well once designated as commander I took off in the ship after the Globally 3.
Let me just give you an image of what earth was like 500 years after the globally 3 left and you ZI residents have you're last actual account of the mother planet.
Earth then was amazing, because almost all industry had been transferred into space there was next to no pollution being added to the earth's atmosphere. And with 380 years to clean up since the last major industry being moved to outer space it was rather nice to live there. Earth in this era was surprisingly more natural than that of the globally era. Again with industry in space and many space colonies, including those which colonized whole planets almost halfway across the Galaxy the population on earth was a mere 3 billion. There was no need to use the manufacturing land that had been opened up for housing, so in a maneuver that surprised the world many factories closed in the last 20 years of earth manufacturing were allowed to remain whole. Some were left just to be naturally overgrown to save money for the big-wigs. Others became tourist destinations and backup factories were earth to face a crisis that endangered its survival and it needed the factories for production.
However while earth was in chemical pollution free relative harmony it was not in political harmony. While the planet itself rarely saw major armed conflict space was frivolous with these battles. The few wars that went to earth were all started by earthen countries. In the last one of these to my knowledge was where I showed my prowess at the age of 16. There I, a young military officer of middling rank, took command of entire divisions due to breakdown of rank and led human units on earth, mobile armor units in space, armored units in colonies, massive AI invasion forces on earth and space, and more in the most brutal war humanity had seen since the era before the launch of the globally spacecraft. In fact the creation of those craft had been an idea of those wishing to escape the war and create a new haven for humanity.
Well that being besides the point I was joined by three capable women, Sylvia Reinhart and Chezneckia Dorell. Both of whom I had been in intimate relations with before, during the war. They had all been powerful war leaders, although Chezneckia being for the losing side, the one that I had opposed and fought against so violently. The three of us were given the task of following the globally 3 and finding the last point of existence, if it were to have been destroyed. I was given, 'the voyager', Sylvia and Chezneckia each a globally, the globally 4 and 5. So we traveled. Finding point along the way where the Globally 3 had left behind markers to where it went. We followed those until we had reached out last and longest hyper jump.
It had taken us over 3,000 earth years but due to the hyper jump technology we had yet to age more than a few months. Although this last jump, which at that point we felt might not be last, was destined to be the longest. We thus all were forced to enter the cold sleep capsules in order to keep us from aging and possibly dying as we had before each other jump.
Before the final jump I had Sylvia and Chezneckia both sent to my ship and placed into the sleep onboard. I will always be glad I did.
Now before I discussed what exactly happened I'll tell you what the capsules did while you were asleep. Before entering the capsule for an extended earth period of time one was supposed to attach electrical nodes to one's head. These would help you're mind focus as time passed inside the capsule. They all contained the history of earth, as well as creation area to create new devices and other various things. Another thing was that you had IV tubes placed into veins to strengthen your body. This way you could become stronger while still not moving a muscle.
But again, that's beside the point. Anyway we all moved towards the next set of coordinates, but then something happened upon arrival. Just before we came out of the jump the two globally ships impacted Zi's moon. The odd thing was that impacting something while in jump was supposed to be impossible. The computer was even supposed to take something out of Jump if hitting an object was that certain. Well the two globally's were lost entirely. And while I don't know this for certain I do vaguely remembered while in the ship with the two women I had loved the most to either side of me mentally I recoiled at the luck I had had in saving them, but I also cursed whatever error I had made in killing off the crew of both ships.
And incidentally a large portion of the Zoidian population. For you see the items that impacted Zi's moons during the great impact was the Globally 4 and 5, not a meteor as was suspected. This combined with the deathsaurer blasting out some 2/3rds of the massive zoidian civilization eliminated the ancient Zoidians.
Being the one who set the hyper jump parameters for that jump, as well as assigning coordinates and doing essentially every single maintenance for that jump I can't but feel responsible that I killed off the zoidian race.
Well 'the voyager' floated in space for some 4,500 years. It was much later that we learned that the Globally 3 had landed on the planet 500 years before us and that it was there it had colonized. During those 4,500 years, plus the ages in the jump, I along with everyone else on the ship, sat in stasis pods waiting for the computer to awake us. Which it did not due to an apparent malfunction.
Now after witnessing countless events influenced by the destruction of the Zoidian race by some error on my part finally some rock impacted 'the voyager' and caused it head towards the Moons surface. The computer, recognizing danger, ejected the stasis pods. However due to angle all of the port pods were destroyed and the inhabitants killed instantly. The starboard pods were partially destroyed during the space travel, and most of the rest were destroyed in re-entry and impact. The status of the ship is beyond me. Well in the end only three survived. Myself, obviously, and my two companions. For 8 years we were cross examined giving up large portions of our knowledge of earth. Allowed only each other for company, well lets just say well all became much better acquainted…
Finally after 8 years the question was asked that had all the scientists puzzled. Why had none of us aged over 8 years? The answer, as best as I can guess, is because those stasis pods stopped our aging entirely for several years after being stuck in them for so long. Well after 9 years, including 1 year of medical examination I was released. Along with the other two.
Well after all this time we had become big stars. Unfortunately we became big HUMAN stars. And this drew a bone with the large part zoidian population that currently inhabited Zi. Despite over 2/3rds of their civilization gone perhaps a billion Zoidians have survived the impact and deathsaurer still appearing even now. The pure Zoidians who remembered they were rarely treated us with more than contempt. Poor Sylvia saved a gang from some bandits. Every last one was part Zoidian. They killed the girl. She however fended off them in their Zoids, all 30, for over 1 hour. Near 11,000 years in suspended animation with stimulants pumping through you had their effect. Also she, I and Chezneckia all have one person only earth technology that we still use. Mine includes my belt, which I hope to explain later.
Myself I moved around, none of the three of us aging for until we spent 17 years out of the Pods. I think the Chezneckia had found her home in Zenebas as someone political. I became the legendary black dragon, the zoid warrior. As you should like to know. And I did in by only changing my last name 90 of the time. Finally at the outbreak of war, being someone who witnessed thousands of wars in his own mind, I took the side I felt was right and fought. That is how I became who I am now. Well at least partially.
-End story 1-
The story had taken up several hours with various descriptions given to the group in front of him for the sake of tom being vain. Finally after the after process which was a day of answering questions tom prepared his second, much shorter, story.
"My second story," Tom began, "Is much shorter and begins 14,000 years ago. It is more like a history lesson. It is also more relevant to you all because it has to deal entirely with the history of Zi."
-Story 2-
For as long as the records indicate, up until 14,000 years ago or so there was a second race on Zi known as the Kami. They were a race that commanded the powerful nature. But they were few in number and many were willing to support the Zoidians, and vice-versa. The two races battled each other in an ageless war that seemed to have no end. Then long ago one man who wielded the power of hellfire, kokuhso, went to the Zoidian elders and provided them with a way to defeat all the Kami forever. He said that he could provide them with a way to seal the Kami from the physical plane using special spells to keep them as souls, forever.
And thus Kokuhso sold out his race but gained immortality in exchange for only being a soul.
Or so the Zoidians thought.
Kokuhso was smart and he knew at some point the Zoidians would win. They had developed many items that were lethal weapons against the Kami. He had written the spells with certain things in mind. First would be that the Kami souls could not inhabit Zoidians. Second, on the off chance that some other race would show up magically they could not inhabit a race that had ten generations consuming food grown on Zi. Also with each progressive generation from the first untainted one their power would be weakened. And the last part was that the Kami, if in a body, could not to violence on any Zoidian holy ground. Unless they had permission from a zoidian to do so. This was almost useless because the Zoidians had no idea of this element of the contract.
Well some long time ago humans arrived on Zi. For many years the Kami inhabited their bodies. All those not loyal to kokuhso and his way of preserving life worked to create things like the deathsaurer and other evil Zoids. However eventually 10 generations passed and the Kami once again had only the rare genetic fluke to inhabit bodies. But then 20 years ago three pure bodies came. Each had a spirit. Kokuhso went inside me, Yosei inside either Sylvia or Chezneckia. Yosei had been Kokuhso's mortal foe while she lived. And remained so after death. However a third power that had been created since the banishment of all the Kami appeared and with some 5,000 years of power it inhabited or may still inhabit one of the girls.
To this day I still do not know who all I know is that we are destined to battle.
-End story 2-
-End-
All right, I'll bet right now almost all of you are like WTF mate? Well I can understand. And don't worry if anyone finds this odd I've already got a plan to get rid of Kokuhso to a larger extent anyways. At the very least he'll be diminished. At the most he'll be written out. How will I determine this? Well it'll be all up to my whim unless I get some reviews giving me a direction to go in. So my odds are on diminished GREATLY right now. But this may change in 20 minutes for all I know. So if you've actually got an opinion and feel like sharing, please do, PLEASE!