Ok this is the end of the prologue,I have tried to work on it best I could and workout my format and point of view,I was assisted by two fellow writers, L.A.P. and love2read69 in this,I am still accepting ocs and will be until chapter4 I ask that you pm them to me its just easier for me that way. So please enjoy and review.
ZoidsX.: The Battle For Planet Zi- Prologue part 2
~Sister Slash~
*Desert Base*
It is just a few hours after daybreak and the brothers are washing their Ligers outside the base discussing last night's events. The younger brother, Daisuke, was trying to convince Li to leave the base before its owners returned and they were caught.
"Come on Li, we have to leave before it's too late!" Daisuke told his older brother as he dried off Frost's armor.
"Just calm down, we'll be fine." Li said as he took off his shirt showing a moderately toned core and muscular arms that were less defined than his younger brother's was. "Let's just get these guys clean, ok?" Li groaned as he sprayed Shadow with a hose he found in the hanger they had slept in the night before.
"Don't tell me to calm down! We both saw that message written in that weird paint on the wall and all those blood red flags." Daisuke said sounding angry and a bit freaked out by the messages on the wall.
"THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT SISTER SLASH BUILT AND ALL TRESPASSERS WILL BE KILLT" Li said in a very mocking tone, still cleaning sand off his Liger.
"That's not funny man! What if they come back and want to kill me?" Daisuke yelled at his big brother. "...I mean us." Daisuke says realizing what he said.
"No you're right. I mean you did eat that box of cupcakes that said Property of Rana DO NOT TOUCH, so we know at least one of them wants you dead." Li said while a devious smile spread across his round face. He started to laugh and almost fell off Shadow's nose.
"D-Do you really think they'd kill us over food? I mean we haven't eaten in days." Daisuke said in a very concerned and frightened tone that made his brother start laughing while he was climbing down from the black Zoid.
"Chill out Daisuke, what are the odds of them coming back now? Come on tell me, I know you crunched the numbers." Li smirked at his younger brother who had a habit of over thinking any bad situation.
"I'm just saying anything could happen. Take yesterday for example; we were attacked out of fucking nowhere!" Daisuke said waving his hands in the air. "I can't risk being killed over cupcakes Li!" He yelled more in anger than in fear.
Li walked over to his little brother and ruffled his red hair, making it even messier, "I made a promise to keep you safe until we got back to mom and I'm gonna keep that promise." Li said as he grinned widely showing off his long canines and hugged Daisuke.
Daisuke began to struggle, "Ok, ok, let me go!" Daisuke broke free and immediately ran to Frost, looking in his newly shinned claws, and fixed his hair to its original messy state. Daisuke then looked at his brother and asked, "Can we please go now."
"Why?" Li asked.
Daisuke pointed to a group of Zoids off in the distance, "That's why!"
"Damn it!" Li said as he grabbed his shirt and vest and ran into the hanger.
"Where are you going?" Daisuke yelled after his brother.
"Just shut up and get ready to go!" Li replied before he disappeared in the hanger.
MEANWHILE
The Slashers are on their way back to base after collecting their pay from a successful job. They are a group of mostly skilled mercenaries, four of whom worked together on a mission for the Empire and left for dead; though they are a team, they at times work alone and work together when a job calls for it. The leader of these mercenaries is Kimiko Slash, a fearless young woman known for her ruthlessness in battle. Zach alerts her that there are some strange Zoids outside the base, she immediately tells the rest of her team to prepare for battle.
"Listen up!" She shouted as she climbed into her purple Cannon Tortoise. "We don't know who the hell these guys are or what they want, and they may have already taken out Remmy, so be careful. Ok, let's move!"
"Can I go this time big sis?" Said a small boy with tan skin, purple and black hair, with yellow eyes and old goggles around his neck.
"I'm sorry Zach, not this time it's too dangerous and we can't have our only mechanic getting hurt in a fight." Kimiko said as she smiled and climbed into her turtle shaped Zoid.
"Yea kid, it'll be safer for you to sit her with Blaze and Misa," said Razor, A young pilot new to the Slashers, with jet-black hair and lazy blue eyes. "Hey Rana lets go give the boss some back up, hopefully these guys will actually be a challenge for us" he said as he climbed into his white Konig Wolf and started off after their leader.
"Hey, wait for me you idiot" Rana yelled after Rally (Razor) as she took off after him in her Silver-plated Geno Saurer. "Why am I stuck with this idiot?" Rana said to herself as she and Razor caught up with Kimiko.
"Ok guys, it looks like they managed to take out all of the sleepers and I just saw the one in the black Liger come from the hanger with a large backpack, so don't think they are from the any of the empires, but they did steal from us"
"So we go in blasting!" Razor said, cutting Kimiko off.
"No you idiot!" said Kimiko as she stopped a few hundred yards from the base. "Like I said we don't know enough to attack them now, so I'm gonna go to the base and talk to them, if things get out of hand then you can waste them. Got it?" Kimiko said as she ran a hand through her light purple hair and pined it up, then started moving towards the two Liger Zeros and their pilots.
"Damn it!" said Razor in a disappointed tone. "I hate when she does this, I wanna fight too!"
"Shut up." Replied an agitated Rana, "Why do you care about that, as long we get our cut of the cash I could care less what happens to this precious base as long as no one touches my stuff." Rana announced indiscriminately.
OUTSIDE THE HANGER
Li notices the three zoids heading towards them as he climbs into the cockpit of his Liger. "Daisuke I need an update what's going on?" He said to his younger brother as soon as the communicator screen activated.
"Well, it's a lot of them; two Gustavs (Transport Zoids), two Cannon Tortoises, two Konig Wolves, a Zaber Fang, and a fucking Geno Saurer! Three of them started coming this way and stopped while you were climbing into Shadow, now there is a black and purple Cannon Tortoise headed straight for us." Daisuke reported almost frantically.
"Ok, let's try to ride this out and not do anything rash. I'll try to talk to them, but if that doesn't work I want you to run and hide someplace safe."
"I'm not gonna leave you hear by yourself!" Daisuke yelled at his older brother.
"Good." Li said with a sharp tooth grin as he leaped from his jet-black Liger and walked to the pilot of the Cannon Tortoise. A girl with light purple hair standing in front of it with a no nonsense look on her round face, he couldn't help checking out her petite and athletic body as she folded her arms and leaned against her Zoid. "I have a bad feeling about this." Li said to himself as their eyes met.
"Hello, I am Kimiko Slash and I have a few questions for you." She said as she checked his face for a reaction and noticed that he didn't have on a shirt just a leather vest that was unzipped showing is abs and several scars that caused her to look away.
"Ok, ask away Sister Slash." Li said in a mocking tone not realizing that he had slightly angered the woman standing in front of him.
"Who are you and what are you doing here? I think it's fair to warn you that if I don't like what you tell me I'll kill you both." Kimiko said, smiling slightly as she noticed Li swallowing hard before he spoke.
"Ok, I am Li Ukami my younger brother Daisuke Takamori and I woke up in the desert about a month ago with no memory . All we had to go on was this", Li said as he pulled an old picture from his pocket and showed it to Kimiko, "we have been wandering ever since trying to get home and find our mother. That's us in the picture." He said pointing to his mother and the two boys she was hugging.
Kimiko looked at the photograph and then at then back to Li. "Ok, so what are you doing here, in my base and what was in that backpack you put in your Liger?" She said in a commanding tone that caught Li off guard and caused him to step back a bit.
"Well as you could guess, it's very dry in the desert and my brother and I hadn't eaten in days, we saw your um base and thought it would be a good place to rest and with any luck we would find food."
"And what's in the bag!" She said losing her patience.
"Just some food and water for my brother and me." Li blurted out after being pelted with another question, I'm very sorry for stealing from you, but I had no other choice, who knows when we were gonna eat again and…
"Stop" Kimiko said cutting Li off, "I've heard enough."
"Aw fuck she's gonna kill us" Li screamed in his head and was about to run to his Liger.
"I have one more question for you. Are you two any good with those big cats of yours?"
"Of course we are, we did take out all of those Guysacks yesterday and look not a scratch on Frost or Shadow!" The young pilot grinned showing his long canines as he boasted to the girl in a dark purple shirt, black pants, boots, and a black bandana wrapped around her left arm above he elbow.
They both smiled and talked for a few more minutes, and then they shook hands and walked back to their zoids. Kimiko climbed into her purple turtle and signaled her team to join her.
"So what was that about?" Rana asked but didn't really care.
"Yea why didn't I get to fight?" Razor and Zach exclaimed in unison, one in frustration the other asking in disappointment.
"Shut up! You two are really starting to bug me!" Blaze screamed and it looked like her auburn hair was actually on fire as she scolded the two of them into silence.
"Ok Ms. Hothead you need to chill." Misa said as she laughed at the guys running away and hiding behind Rana. "So, what happened Sister Slash, what's the verdict?" Misa asked with cheerful smile.
"I took care of it." Kimiko said as she let down her hair and climbed into one of the Gustavs.
Li made it back to his brother and their Ligers, and then he told Daisuke some of what he and Kimiko spoke about. "So what did she say? About killing us I mean." Daisuke asked as he scratched his head taking in most of what he had been told.
Li sat back on one of Shadows paws and smirked, "Don't worry bro, I took care of it."
TO BE CONTINUED…
Voice Cast
Eric Vale Li Ukami
Peter Doyle Daisuke Takamori - Submitted by: Lightning Assassin Phoenix
Laura Bailey Kimiko Slash - Kimberly S.J.
Will Friedle Zacheron (Zach) Schubalts - Jonathan Z.G.
George Grant Rally (Razor) Fuuzaro - Submitted by: Truth of the Chosen
Cristina Vee Rana Takeba - Submitted by: lordoftheRoses
Luci Christian Jinjer (Blaze) Williams - Tabitha P.
Jessica DiCicco Misa Yukari - Submitted by: Ambercatlucky2
Johnny Yong Bosch Tyson (Remmy) Remington - Submitted by: Barrett M107
~Preview~
Daisuke: What do you mean you took care of it!
Li: Just calm down its ok.
Kimiko: Yea kid you should listen to him.
Daisuke: Who-who the hell are you!
Kimiko: Oh, I'm Kimiko Slash.
Misa & Jinjer: Did he just faint?
Tyson: What's going on? Can't a guy get some Sleep around here!
Li: Wow, well umm Next time on ZoidsX-The Battle For Planet Zi ~Cat and Dog Fight~
Tyson: That sounds lame man.
Li: Who the hell are you!?