Rebirth.
Be brave.
Reshape.
Can't force all.
Into molds.
"When I think about all the times you saved my hide…"1
He speaks as I lie here, of all the times we had together, both good, and bad. For so long we have been Zoid and pilot, that I cannot remember anyone else, I don't want to remember anyone else.
That last fight had gone wrong, horribly wrong.
My pilot believed us much faster than the red demon, but he was wrong, I was wrong. It was stronger, much faster than he or I anticipated.
He was my pilot.
I had to protect him, even if the cost was myself.
I lie here, battered and broken, yet happy, for he is alive, and that's all I could ever wish for.
"I just wish there was a way I could help you in return..." 2
They speak to him, his friends, and he is angered. He does not want to… What?
Transplant.
Memory.
Battle data.
Different body.
Lightning Saix…
There is a chance, however small, it is there.
I want it.
I want it, but to convey to him, to tell him. How can I make him understand, I want this.
"But are you so sure you know how he feels?" 3 The female spoke, "Don't you think he's upset that he was beaten by the GenoBreaker, and that he just might be looking for a little payback…" 4
This is our chance, not just for me to live, or for us to stay together, this is our chance at vengeance. Our chance to reclaim what was lost…
"…even if that meant he had to be reborn as another Zoid?" 5
Rebirth…
That possibility…
They want to move… A piece of me… Into the body of another Zoid. My memories, my combat data, everything that makes me, me.
I might be afraid, but I want them to do it.
Tell them Irvine!
Tell them to do it!
Who else, if not I, could protect you?
Darkness.
Cold.
Unfeeling.
The space between what is real and what is not, it is strange, frightening and cold. I cannot sense, I cannot see…
Bright lights, a flash of pain, then everything disappears…
This body is strange.
I am inside it, but it is not me.
It does not feel… Something else exists, inside…
He pushes.
Forward, running, movement…
We are racing to somewhere, yet something holds me back.
Something physical.
Something mental.
Inside, It rears, angered, enraged.
I cannot reason with It. The broken, left over remnants of the Lightning Saixs' mind.
Feel locked in a room…
"Stop it," I screech. To him, to It, I don't know anymore. It doesn't want me here. It wont accept me, my mind, memories.
And starting to choke…
It pushes, tares, and claws at me, threatening our body, our core. It is going to kill us. All three of us.
Enticing the shame…
I can't take it anymore, can't deal with it, this ghost in the machine…
"Now run, come on!" 6
His voice. It pulls me. It draws back…
What? Fear?
"That's is Lightning Saix," 7
Lightning Saix.
It.
Me.
Us.
Acceptance…
Awaken a world our own…
"You and me are back!" 8
Embracement, fulfillment.
So be brave, reshape…
The remainder of Its consciousness receded, vanished.
So create, reclaim…
It died, I lived.
My body smoothed, my gate steadied. The restrictive armor fell away.
I ran…
AN: All underlined stanzas are quoted from Chevelle's song Breach Birth, just thought it kinda fit…
All italicized speech parts are quoted from episode 48, the black lightning. 1,2,6,7,8 are from Irvine, while 3,4,5 are a part of Moonbays speech. (just for any who got confused)
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