Read Phoenix Part 11…

 

 

            “AAAAHHHHH!!”  Screamed Bit as a Backdraft Zaber Fang leapt on him and started ripping the Liger apart.  A shot rang out, hitting the Fang and causing it to fall.  A yellow and black Zaber Fang with two missile launchers, a Gattling gun, a triple barrel Shock Cannon and a Vulcan Gun was standing on a cliff just above them.  A tiger stripped organoid was standing next to it.  As Bit continued to watch, a huge cloud of mist appeared and disappeared, leaving a silver Zaber Fang in its place, a silver organoid next to it. 

            “Hey Bit, long time no see.”    

            “Lineback?”    

            “No shit Sherlock.  Maylynn, my lovely girlfriend upgraded my Zaber Fang and gave me Tigris, the organoid at my side.  We agreed to help you guys.  Omari, Kirkland, let’s get ‘em!”    

            The regular Zaber Team Zaber Fangs jumped out from behind both of the Zabers and started attacking the Backdraft.  Bit watched sadly as the words Command System Freeze came up on a screen.  But as he watched, a black organoid with red eyes appeared, and merged with him.  Liger was healed entirely.  “What in the hell just happened?”  Asked Bit. 

            “That’s my organoid Saurer,” Answered Sirius as he brought down three Hel Cats.  “He has the power to heal even totaled Zoids.  He decided he would help you probably because you own his brother.”  

            “YOUR ORGANOID IS MY ORGANOIDS BROTHER!!??!!”  

            “That would be correct.”  

            Bit sat perplexed for a moment until a shot in the side.  Liger roared in pain and turned around.  His eyes widened in horror as a huge red Zoid walked out from Altair’s Whale King.   “It’s a Geno Breaker!”  Screamed Erin as the Liger 007 roared angrily.  “I’ve had enough of that Zoid to last me a life time!  RYOKO, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE NOW!  WE NEED THE NIX!”  

“I’m coming already!”

            A white horse like Zoid exited from the main Whale King.  It was wearing a modified version of the Liger’s Panzer unit.  The Liger 007 dived into the Whale King quicker then Bit’s Liger ever could.  The Equus Nix, as the Liger Zero’s built in Zoid encyclopedia explained was an Ultimate X that was able to have transformation armors like a Liger.  It was also equipped with a Charged Particle Cannon and a rare attack called the Laser Hoof Pound, an attack much like a Liger’s Strike Laser Claw, but more powerful. 

            The Nix opened its mouth and started to charge its cannons, pointing at the Geno Breaker.  “That didn’t work during the war, its not working now.”  Muttered the pilot as he ran his fingers through his grey hair and put up a super powerful shield around the Breaker.  The Nix shot its cannon, hitting it dead on, but as the smoke cleared, Ryoko gasped.  The Breaker was still standing, a super shield up around it. 

            “Damn it, I forgot that the Geno Breaker had a shield.”  Cursed Ryoko.  She then aimed all of her missiles and cannons at the Breaker and fired the Burning Big Bang, but once again the Breaker was still standing.

             “This is for Tia you son of a bitch!”  Doc shot forward and rammed into a started Breaker.  The pilot reacted quickly and batted the Shield Liger away with its tail. 

            Leena sat in her Gun Sniper, surprised that her father would say that beings her mother had died giving birth to her.  “Your mother didn’t die because of you Leena.”  Leena turned to see Erin looking back at her.  “She was killed in her Saix by that Geno Breaker when you were six, your father never told you because he was afraid of your safety, so I decided I’d tell you.”  

            “What do you mean, and how do you know?”    

            “I know because I was a mercenary on the Blitz Team long before the Phoenix Team entered the war your father was talking about.  I was battling along side her against the Tiger’s Team who at that time consisted of the current pilots fathers when the Backdraft appeared.  The Backdraft had heard of me and wanted me to pilot for them.  I refused and they brought out the Geno Breaker. 

            “My Zoid at the time, a Red Blade Liger named Blade, and I battled fiercely until Tia got in the way in her Lightning Saix and was blasted by mistake by the Charged Particle Cannon.  I finally froze the Command System of the Breaker and rushed Tia to the hospital as fast as I could.  I tried to keep her alive with my magic, but I ran out of energy and passed out just seconds after your mother passed away. 

            “I still blame myself for her death, but now the pilots after Bit and he might kill you by mistake.  Go to your hanger, there is an unused door at the right hand side of the hanger as you enter.  Take Saurer with you and remember that Saurer can repair even totaled Zoids.  GO!” 

            Leena ran towards the direction of the hanger, calling Saurer to her.  Saurer leapt from the Liger and unfolded dragon like wings from its back and followed.  Erin watched from the Whale Kings mouth as the Gun Sniper disappeared in the distance. 

            Steve had seen his daughter run off with Saurer with her, and confused, asked Erin what she had told her.  Erin just smiled and said he would find out in good time. Fire Tiger and Kirkland were having a slight problem when the Backdraft sent the Fuma Team at them.  They fired until a Genosaurer walked out and destroyed the War Sharks.             “Uh Sarah, pleasure seeing you here.”

            “Shut up Polta and keep firing.”

            “Where’s Vega?”

            “Melanie was caught spying for the Backdraft again and unleashed a whole army of Backdraft warriors on the rest of the Maidens.  Vega’s out helping his sister.”

Tiger nodded and continued to fire angrily at the attacking Zoids.  Bit had long since returned to the Hover Cargo to change armors when he remembered he was the only person there. 

            When he spoke of this out loud, Liger just chuckled and roared out.  The wheels on either side of the Liger began to spin around and landed on the slot for the Jager.  The armor was soon back in its place and the wheel began to spin again.  It landed on armor that Bit wasn’t too keen on using but if Liger wanted to use it, so be it.  “Installing Liger Zero Panzer.”  He said as the heavy armor was placed on the Liger.  “Liger Zero Panzer CAS complete.  Side Panel open.”  As he spoke the side panel began to open slowly and moved the Liger to the panel.  The tier tipped back and deposited the Liger on the hand ground.  “At least they choose hard rocky ground and not sandy for the battle today eh partner?”  The Liger roared, causing the Konig Wolf to turn around and come back.  Blitz stored the wolf in the Hover Cargo and merged with Liger, who suddenly found a new strength in his legs.  The Liger was walking as fast as he would have with just the Zero armor.  “I guess organoids can also enhance a Zoid’s strength.”  Muttered Bit, allowing the Liger to walk forward more.  The Liger stopped in front of the Geno Breaker.  The Breaker turned around slowly to face Bit, bad move as Bit magnified the cockpit to reveal Altair as the pilot. 

            “Hello Bit, like my Zoid?”

            “It’s super, thanks for asking.  Why did you kill Tia Toros?”

            “Its obvious isn’t?”

            Bit remained quiet, leaving Altair room to speak.  “She used to work with the Backdraft until she met Steve Toros in a bar one night.  She made friends with him and they were rarely apart.  It was during this time that Leyon got involved with her and that whole mess with the love letter started.  I was furious that she had fallen in love with an enemy and that she was married to him and quit the Backdraft.  I swore revenge.

            “It was during that time did I hatch a plan.  I succeeded.  I finally found the Zoid I needed.  A dealer had this Zoid as a collector’s item and was hesitant to sell it.  I killed him and took the Zoid.   I trained with it secretly until I knew I was powerful enough to stop the Blitz Team, but it was also around the time did I find out that they had hired the mercenary, Erin, that the Backdraft had an eye on to work for them.  I knew she was powerful and trained more. 

            “Finally the day came when I would kill that traitor and get my vengeance.  But it was Erin who defeated me.  I had hit the Lightning Saix Tia was piloting and killed her, but as I went to kidnap Erin, she manipulated my mind and caused me to go insane, giving her enough time to finally defeat my Geno Breaker.  It was enough training for her as she quit the Blitz Team shortly after Tia died and joined the Cloud Team, which I’m not surprised you’ve been having a dream about a massacre lately.”

            Bit’s eyes widened in horror.  “You mean, the dream I have been having, was a memory of my past?” 

            Altair nodded.  “Your father, Max, used to be an old rival of mine.  We would challenge each other on regular bases, but he would always win.  Finally I grew tired of him, and used the Backdraft to kill his entire team, included you and your siblings.  But once again I was tricked.  You see Erin had her Ultimate X with her this time and used its power to defeat us.  But no matter how hard she tried, she could not save your family.  Jack Cisco also lost his father that night, bad move on joining the Cloud Team on his part.”

            “I HEARD THAT!”

            Both Altair and Bit looked up to see Jack and the Lightning Team on a cliff above them.  “You’re the reason both of our fathers are dead.  You made me an orphan along with Bit.  Now I know why I thought the name Cloud was familiar when I first met Bit, he may have been a year younger then me, but he was still my best friend!”  And with that, Jack leapt down on the Breaker’s back and starts to rip at the metal. 

            “JACK, keep him busy until I have my Hyper Cannons charged, jump off when I give the word!”  Jack mumbled an OK and continued to slash the Geno Breaker’s armor.  Finally Bit whistled, and Jack jumped off seconds before the beams hit their mark.  The flap that covered one of the grapplers was blasted off, falling to the ground. 

            “Damn you,” cursed Altair, “now you’ll both pay.”  He leapt up in the air and started to charge him cannon, but a silver streak flew past them and rammed into the Breaker.  A Liger, adorned with the Berserk Fury type battle armor, including the rotating blades, stood over a collapsed Breaker.  The Breaker started to stand, but was stopped as the rotating blades starting to in its side.  The Zoid fell once again, its computer frozen.  Bit, Jack, and Erin all breathed a sigh of relief and came together in a circle. 

            “That was close, thanks Red Phoenix.”

            “Don’t mention it, come on the others need help.”

            They quickly turned their Zoids around to see a cameo Whale King landing.  “I was wondering when they were going to arrive.”  Snarled Erin as she bolted off towards the transporter.  The mouth of the Zoid opened and a Liger and two Berserks ran out.  A whole army followed, including an extra Redler that headed out in the direction of the nearest town. 

            “There goes Melanie, to finally be behind bars.”  Muttered Bit as the Redler disappeared from site.

            “Who’s Melanie?”  Asked Chris Tasker as she fell in step with Bit.

            “Remember the girl that kicked Harry in the nuts that day I was shot?”

            “Oh, jees she has a nasty temper.”

            “No shit, let’s just get going the others might need help.”

 

            Finally, with the Amazon Maidens, the Phantom Squad (Maylynn’s team), and the rest of Fire Tiger’s squad the Element Squad now arriving the battle was one sided.  The Flugal, Champ, Crusaders, Vipers, Elephander Teams, and Pierce had also joined the fight and they were totally kicking ass.  Pierce and the Wild Eagle were taking care of the Backdraft Zabats along with the Phoenix Team flyers.  Ashley Prazan, Erin’s oldest niece, was taking care of the rest of the underground Zoids with her War Shark.  Maylynn mystified her enemies by activating her custom made mist discharger and disappearing in an instant.  Her organoid, Zeke, the legendary organoid once owned by Van Flyheight, had merged with her to help with the grueling battle.  Lineback was giving Bit back up as he couldn’t move very fast with all the ammo he was packing.  But they were dismayed at the fact the Geno Breaker had finally woken up. 

            “Well Bit Cloud, you had your fun, but now it’s my turn!”  Growled Altair as his Zoid leapt into the air and hovered fifty feet above them and started to charge its cannons. 

            “Not if I can help it!”

            Bit, Liger, and Blitz turned to spot a customized Lightning Saix standing in the distance.  “Leena?”  Asked Bit, perplexed at the thought that his girlfriend was piloting a Zoid not heavy in arsenals. 

            “Ya, it’s me. This Saix was my Mom’s.  It was destroyed by the Geno Breaker’s Charged Particle Cannon years ago when I was little.  But thanks to Saurer, I was able to have the Saix be reborn, more powerful then before.  And I believe my mom’s spirit is still in the Saix.”

            Bit smiled.  He knew it meant a lot to Leena how her mother was and how she died and how she thought it was her fault that she was gone.  But now that she knew the truth, he smiled wider.

 

            “Erin, are you insane?  Leena could be killed out there!”  Snarled Dr. Toros as Erin just smiled.

            “I studied the tapes of Tia’s death millions of times after the war and came up with a conclusion to why it happened Steve; she was not equipped with an organoid to make her custom model Lightning Saix stronger.  The reason I succeeded was because Shadow had come back and saved me.”  Explained Erin, “The modified Saix was heavier then the Saix Washu built me and wasn’t fast enough, and the fact that it had a non rotating gun and wasn’t equipped with a Strike Laser Claw like mine also contributed to the fact. 

            “Saurer has the ability to fully restore Zoids even of their Zoid Cores are decimated.  He also has the power to bring out a Zoids full potential like his parents Ambient and Specular.  With his power he was able to install both of those weapons by using left over components left over from the Liger Zero’s Strike Laser Claw and from the components left over from my Saix’s rotating gun, which you still have even after I quit the Blitz Team.”

            Steve gulped, “I hope you’re right.”  And watched as his daughter and Bit faced the Geno Breaker…

 

 

*HA, I decided to add another chapter, you have more to wait for my friends.  If you wish to complain about the length of my fic or to compliment it just e-mail me at griffiongirl@yahoo.com. 

 

 

Erin Prazan

aka the Red Phoenix