Days Of Ruin15…Never Ending

I do not own Advance Wars or any of the series…if I did…I would add units that could fight on the seafloor.

Back at the Lazurian encampment, two people slept on two beds next to each other. One was Zene who had cried himself to sleep because of his inability. The other was Tabitha who was patched up though her bloodied clothes still remained. The two were sleeping in a tent in the middle of the encampment.

"Tasha!" Gage called out to his superior. He had just finished the scouting run and was slightly piqued.

"Yes Gage?"

"You left us there and we had to scout with the fear of our commander gone!" He was rarely angry, but this showed how serious he was.

"I had some regrets, so I brought the two back…well he brought us back." She was slightly intimidated.

"You what!"

She began to tear up at the memory. "They looked like me when my brother's body returned!" She choked out those words and began speaking again.

"your brother…" Gage understood what she had gone through; after all, she spoke to him about this before telling anyone. He gave Tasha a nod and went to supervise the camp. Tasha headed to where the raider and Tabitha slept.

Zene opened his eyes slowly; at first he panicked at the unknown scenery. He remembered the things that took place earlier in the day.

"Tabitha! Where-" He soon saw Tabitha sleeping comfortably in the bed and gave a sigh of relief. He saw her having a nightmare again and got up to sit next to her on the bed. He was determined to keep her safe so he held her hand and petted her hair with his free hand.

"Its ok Tabitha, you're not alone." He said those words and she smiled, still sleeping. Zene kept petting until he heard someone; he looked ahead and paused his little moment with Tabitha.

"Who's there!" Zene was relieved that it was Tasha and not another soldier that saw the two's moment. She walked in; she was blushing slightly at what she saw.

"Raider, I want to speak to you outside." Zene nodded and followed Tasha out of the tent, but not before looking back at Tabitha.

"You can call me Zenith"

"So you were the one on the main channel."

"I only use that name for battle, just call me Zene."

"Ok, Zene, care to explain how you have a War Tank…and a manual one at that?" She saw that Zene was deciding whether or not to tell her.

"I won't kill you, not after your little moment…that would make me even more of a villain." She sighed and gave Zene a small smile; he blushed at the memory that was just made a few moments ago.

"Ok…" Zene gave his end of the story from the point where he met Tabitha to the point where she came out of the factory with the War Tank; he made sure to keep the incident and the dream out of his story. She nodded at his story, there were some questions left unanswered but overall, most of her questions were answered.

"So where are your men?" She soon regretted asking the question. Zene winced a bit and kept his mouth shut.

"I take it that they're dead?" He nodded, recovering from the memory.

"They were the best of men…they might've failed in life but they excelled in war…" He said sadly.

"Zene, I'll give you three choices, one, live with the survivors of this city, two, join us, or three, live with the people in the other cities we've secured to the east." She held up three fingers to emphasize three.

"Those are actually two choices. You're telling me to either stop fighting or join you. I prefer non-violence so I'll be heading to the eastern cities. I can see that Tabitha and me nearly destroyed this city; so living here is out of the question. I'll pick three." Zene poked Tasha's third finger and picked option three.

Tasha took out a map and pointed out the cluster of cities to the east. "We've liberated the small capital from the bandits and stationed most of our Lazurian troops there. Tell them that Tasha sent you and they'll happily accept you and Tabitha. I'm sure they'll be surprised at your War Tank." She saw the happiness on Zene's face and smiled.

"Thank you Tasha, I'll bring Tabitha to the Tank and I'll head there immediately." Tasha spoke up again before Zene went back into the tent.

"I want you to bring some supplies to the men at the capital! I'll tell my men to load up the supplies onto the tank!" She headed into a tent and seconds later men began coming out with ration crates. The men were happily securing the supplies onto the War Tank that they had previously feared.

"Hey Tabitha!" He tried to get her attention.

"Mmm?" She mumbled and got up, she stood up and winced at the pain in her arm. Zene grabbed her to keep her from falling. She blushed at the contact.

"Zene? Where? How?" She looked at her bloodied clothes and treated wounds.

"I got them to help you and I destroyed buildings to get you here." He said bluntly. He continued.

"We'll be heading to a small capital to live and escape the apocalypse. It'll take us a day if we leave now, so lets get in the tank. Oh and I'll be driving." He said the last part while looking at Tabitha's wounded arm.

"Ok but if we meet any trouble you'll need me."

"No need, I can shoot the cannons."

"That's the problem, you can only shoot, and you can't aim at anything not directly in front of you." She said with worry.

"No worries, we'll be heading straight using the forest route that Tasha told me." He produced a map with lines going through the nearby forests.

"Tasha? The Lazurian CO? How did you get her help?" She said with a mixture of anger and confusion.

"Uhh…I don't know how, but she had a sudden personality shift after you got shot by the sniper."

'Gage…' A pain accompanied the thought when she moved her damaged arm.

"Lets go Zene." The two headed out of the tent and toward the War Tank, the supplies were neatly stacked and strapped onto the back of the War Tank.

The men who noticed the IDS CO raised their rifles at Tabitha. Zene brought out his arm in front of Tabitha and nudged her behind him. Tasha glared at the men and they grunted and lowered their weapons. The two went into the tank; Zene helped Tabitha up onto and into the Tank. Zene sat in Tabitha's seat and sat in Zene's seat.

Tabitha looked around and saw Tasha staring at her. "Hey IDS CO! Don't die!"

Tabitha yelled back. "Don't die either! And Thanks for the help!"

The War Tank shuddered, the engines roared to life and exhaust began to cough out of the back. Tasha watched as the Tank accelerated toward the capital. Massive tracks were left behind and the deep rumble that shook the tents faded. The War Tank was gone now, and its inhabitants were looking forward to their destination.

Zene followed the directions and drove into the forest, uprooting trees, snapping branches and scattering leaves.

In the Bolt Arc...

-Beginning awakening- … -Error- … -Unable- … -Electrical Energy Required-

Von Bolt was in a panic; he did not want to start off his new life with death before him.

'Been a while since I used this. It brings back happy memories.' He remembered back when he used his power to shock people.

He held out his hand to the girl's head. Sparks were forming.

'Weak…I'll manage…' He exerted more of his energy. The sparks bridged the gap between his palm and her forehead. The electricity did its job and the mechanical voice rang out.

-Complete-

Von Bolt looked at the now awakening girl. Her eyes fluttered open, she had short brown hair and dark eyes. She began to stand and found some difficulty. Von Bolt helped her stand and secured the cloak around her neck. She was like a doll, in a sense, she had white skin and her height only reached Von Bolt's elbow. She tried to walk and wobbled a bit, trying to get used to her body.

"Who are you? I don't remember you coming with me." He asked. 'C-Cute…' He thought as he saw her try to walk, he saw her knees buckling and used his arms to steady her.

"Take one step at a time girl…" The girl looked up at him with scared eyes and then she fell down and started crying.

'Huh…why is she crying? Is it me? Or was it the fall?' He was thinking hard at the scene in front of him. Then he heard her say a few words in-between sobs.

"Sniff…where's Old man Bolt? …Sniff…" Von Bolt got a little irritated by her words.

"I'm Von Bolt!"

"But…"

"Kindle's oozium made me younger." He explained.

"…Me?" She asked wondering.

"You? You're Kindle's oozium?" She nodded. She thought for a bit, her head tilted a bit.

'Wierd…well I won't complain about someone/something's habits' He thought at the sight before him.

"I'm the gift that Kindle and Koal told you about." She explained.

"Gift?"

She nodded. "Kindle said that she would give me a beautiful form. Koal said that he would add elegance to my speech. Oh, and Jugger gave me knowledge…bits and pieces though…you'll see Jugg later."

"Later?" He asked and thought to himself. 'Old…habits die hard.' He sighed inwardly at his own repetitions.

"Let's head outside first, ok?" She raised her hand for Von Bolt to steady her and she led the way.

The two walked out of the Bolt Arc and walked down the ramp. Von Bolt looked in awe at the surroundings he was impressed by the Bolt Scientist's discovery. The land looked similar to Wars World it also had a similar atmosphere and vegetation. He felt the ground beneath his feet; it was hard like the ground he had left many a millennia ago. He saw his small ground force stationed around the Bolt Arc. In a few moments the tanks began to head into the woods and the artillery raised their barrels at an angle. Von Bolt saw the flashes of the tank and artillery fire and saw explosions follow soon after.

There was a group of raiders that were on recon vehicles that were sent to check the strange object that had fallen from the skies.

"Man! You saw dat thing there?" One raider exclaimed. He was pointing at the large metal block protruding from the forest.

"Lets check it!" The other raider said. The raider recon sped toward the forest. They saw black streamlined vehicles that were stationing themselves at the tree line.

"Whats dat-" The raider was cut off by an explosion to his side, his recon team was blasted to bits. He saw the black things retreat back into the forest. 'Gotta get back and tell th-damn-' the man raised his head and saw black dots growing as they approached their target. The raider wasn't able to finish his thought. The sound of explosions as the artillery shells hit the raider recon echoed. After the dust had cleared, the only thing that was left was black scorch marks left by the explosions.

'Disgusting…even in this world there's war…' He thought bitterly. He looked down at the human/oozium.

'Time to bring the world under my rule…for young ones like her.' He saw the girl look up at him with a pleading face.

"Yes?" He inquired.

"Hungry…"

"What?"

"I'm hungry…" She stated.

'Huh? What does this girl/oozium eat?' He was perplexed at what powered this girl.

"Help me to that tree." Von Bolt complied and guided the oozium girl to the nearest tree. She put her hand onto the tree trunk.

"What are you-AH!" The tree she touched disintegrated, leaving a hole in the shape of the tree's roots. The girl turned to him.

"That's better! Thank you Sir Von Bolt!" She was perky and energetic; this energetic child was beaming at Von Bolt. He recovered from the shock of seeing a tree disappear instantly.

"No problem, and please no formalities, call me Bolt."

"Yes, Lord Bolt!"

"Its just Bolt."

"Yes, master Bolt!"

"Just call me Bolt!" he yelled, he didn't want to yell but he was irritated at how a simple order could be so hard to follow.

"Yes…S-B-B-Bolt!" She had trouble dropping the formalities.

"There you go. That wasn't so hard, was it?" Bolt ruffled her hair and then turned back to the Arc. The girl tugged at his soldier suit.

"Do you want to eat?"

"Now that you mention it, yes, yes I do wish to eat." He headed toward the ramp of the Arc.

"Just wait a moment Bolt." She said kindly, stopping Bolt in his tracks. She placed her hand on his and talked to him.

"I'll feed you!" her hand glowed a bit and Bolt instantly felt refreshed, as if he had just eaten.

"How?" He asked. He saw her run back to one of the trees and 'Ate' one of them. He threw out a good portion of common sense when he saw that. He started to have a headache trying to come up with a logical explanation so he just stopped before he thought himself to death.

"Nevermind…" He continued up the ramp and the oozium girl caught up to him. 'How…uh…can she eat me? Hmm…' His thoughts were cut off.

"I can feed you and I can only consume vegetation…and my convenient responses are a gift from Jugger." She added the last part when she saw Bolt laughing.

"I underestimated what my guard could do." His laughter shifted to a chuckle. "Let's purge this world of war and turn it into a world I am proud to call home! Girl! Where's my Megatank?"

"It's coming." She said. The black gloss paint of the Megatank shined as it stopped in front of the two.

-Greetings Lord Von Bolt-

"Jugger?"

-I will lead your automated forces during your journey-

"I see, follow me child." He motioned for the girl to follow him. The two climbed on top of the three-barreled turret of the Megatank.

"Jugger. Go onto the surface."

-Understood- The Megatank stopped after driving down the ramp. The top view port of the tank swiveled and faced Bolt, awaiting for its next order.

"Send this message to anyone that approaches: Do you wish to fight?"

-Understood-

"If they answer 'yes' then destroy them. If they reply 'no' then guide them to us."

-Understood-

"Let me rest, I always feel refreshed after sleeping right after I eat." He might have been full, but he still had a slight headache trying to figure out how science made things possible. Bolt was more of a war person than a science person.

-Understood- The view port turned back into position, with its visor to the front.

The two went to sleep again. Bolt layed back and went to sleep with his arms behind his head while the oozium girl curled up against Bolt in her cloak.

A/N Yep after ch 18 or 19 i'm going to do a complete rennovation of ch1-19 with my peoples. So i'll probably end it at 19...probably...and woo! 2.5k+words!

Hmm...squishy...i gotta remind myself to make Bolt poke her...squishy squishy oozium...