Combined Chaos (Zoid IFF)		
		
Members: CC- Adam S, Myrmadon, MMXManiac, Tiamat Zero, Akira, Corvus, Vulcan		
Mega Ranma X, Nate the Demon, White-Jet, 		
		
Yes...ZOID IFF! What are Zoids? Well they're animal mechas. Yes yes yes...you can create your own or use one from the show. 
So...if ya wanna sign up...do it. 

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Name: Tione Dragonclaw 
Race: Human 

Hair: Black. 

Eyes: Purple 

Clothing: Tanktop and slacks...usually. 

Personality: Fun and somewhat competative, shes a mercenary who works to defeat the X Zoids (Strongest Evil Army of Zoids out there) Is happy and cheerful at most times. Deeply understands and cares for Bahamut...considers him her only friend. 

Zoid: Godspeed Bahamut 
Alternate Forms: Bahamut Zero, Neo Bahumut, Ultima Bahamut. 
Major Desc: Bahamut Godspeed is a black dragon zoid, no wings, very slim. It keeps high speed by extra bracers in its feet, missiles loaded on either side, since it goes so fast it uses extra energy. one missile from the side can roll down the side into a chamber where it is detonated and the enegry is added to the zoid. White eyes and a White gem on its chest. Can shoot an energy beam from its mouth...can do high speed ramming but usually at the cost of injury. Grabs onto the neck and flips a zoid over, armed with diamond teeth and diamond claws. 

Other Descs: Bahamut Zero, white and black dragon form looking much like Neo bahamut off of FF7, Has a beam cannon that fires off explosive or antimatter orbs. Slides up the neck to the head. Used for high speed flying, able to keep up because of the current flow under the wings. Can shoot an energy beam from its mouth. Hard to be knocked down, but if it is, it can do slow combat hand to hand..er...claw to claw. Diamond Teeth and Claws still on this model. 

Neo Bahamut- Never been activated yet so its unknown. 

Ultima Bahamut: Unkown 

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Name: Locke heero 
Race: Human 

Hair: Black. 

Eyes: brown 

Clothing: jeans and t-shirt usually 

Personality: a true loner and dosen`t really care who he fights in the battles,hes strictly freelance and works for nothing and no one,merely wanting to prove hes the best.He considers Zeo as his only family and makes sure to repair it by himself and only himself 

Zoid: Zeo gunner 
Alternate Forms: Wild Card,Bombadier,Rift 
Major Desc: Zeo gunner is a humanoid mecha,spraypainted black and white.The main body sections are black with the joints white.The main chassis is a sleek design,to mimic the body structure of a ninja,meaning that the suits built for speed and not much else.He carries a single beam sword on its left shoulder with a beam rifle almost always carried in its arms 

Other Descs:Wild Card is untested so far,Bombadier adds a lot more armour reducing its speed immensly but attachs heavy artillery and support weapons.Rift is the medium range,a perfect balance of durability and speed with medium to heavy fire-power. 

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Name: Lance Strama 
Race: Human 

Hair: Brown. 

Eyes: Blue 

Clothing: Leather vest and denim pants(usually). 

Personality: Really competitive. Likes to fight and earn big points and money. A mercenary that'll fight anyone, even if the opponents happen to be close friends. 

Zoid: Blade Gunsniper 
Alternate Forms: Paladin Gunsniper, Dark Knight Gunsniper 
Major Desc: A blue gunsniper with far-range tailgun and melee 8mm pistol hands. Two blades can out of its sides as does in a Blade Lygar. 

Other Descs: Paladin Gunsniper: Blade Gunsniper dons white armor and its two blade energies join to form a holy-based sword attack called God's Light. 

Dark Knight Gunsniper: Same as Paladin Gunsniper, only black armor instead of white, and has a dark-based attack called Hell's Fury.

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Name: Tien Xusun 

Race: Human 

Hair: Black. 

Eyes: Black and wears black shades 

Clothing: A Dark Blue T-Shirt, Denim shorts with tennis shoes. 

Personality: Quiet, likes to have fun but rarely does, and competative, he's a loner and does mainly solo matches. Is content but sullen most of times. Takes good care of his Zoid. 

Zoid: Drastrio Lykos 

Alternate Forms: Skiazo Lykos, Belos Lykos, Xykos Katacho, Kakazo Lykos 

Basic form: Drastrio Lykos - Energy Wolf - A dark blue wolf zoid with energy claws and paws. Has very sharp teeth. Has an energy cannon in his mouth, but will hurt it self when if the zoid doesn't have armor. 

Other forms: 

Skiazo Lykos - Stealth Wolf - Drastrio Lykos with usually black armor. Radars can't pick it up. Has a two light machines guns with exploding shells. Shells won't explode unless their safety is turned off. Armor can change color. Has Drastrio Lykos' abilities. 

Belos Lykos - Arrow Wolf - Drastrio Lykos with a white and red armor. Has a self loading missile launcher on his back. It can fire 21 missile at the same time. A self loading homing-missile launcher on his tail that can only shoot one missile at a time. Has Drastrio Lykos' abilities. 

Xykos Katacho - Charging Sword - Drastrio Lykos with a blue armor. Has a helmet shaped like drill. Has a rocket boosters on each side of his body, which can fire lasers from the other end. Has Drastrio Lykos' energy claws. 

Kakazo Lykos - Doom Wolf - Unknown 

Edit: Read the other profiles. We are going to have a lot of fights with all these loners and mercenaries. 

Edit again: Made some changes.

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Name-Octavio Drexel 
Race-Human 

Hair-Brown 

Eyes-Blue 

Clothing-Brownish white Pants and Long sleeve shirt. 

Personality-He's Very serious and competetive, Very small tempor Hates losing. 

Zoid-Lightning Saix 
Alternate Forms-Lightning Saix Gunner 
Major Descs-Drexel's Lightning Saix is Blue and black Panther Zoid and is extremly fast. It has a long range double barrel canon mounted on its back and large claws for melee combat. 

Other Descs-Lightning Saix Gunner: This form of the lightning Saix sacrifices a good amount of speed. On both sides of the Zoids head are single barrel machine gun. On the under belly of the Zoid is a single canon and in place of the Double barrel canon on its back is a Beam Canon. 
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Whats your form of zoid DTZ? 

Oh yeah...Zoids are more animal so I'd like to keep it that way....but I'll let a couple slide...so..yeah. Anyway I'll begin when no one else wants ta join

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"Position Locked...AIM...FIRE!" 
Three orbs flew spiraling towards a target and as they collided with the Grey ZOID they exploded upon impact. The weasel fell into a huge smoking heap. 

The announcer popped up. 

"Winner...The Teikan Team!!" He moved a hand with the red side on it. 

Tione smiled and turned on her video transfer into the command weasels center. A punk guy looked up as he saw a picture of the girl razzing him. 

"Try a little harder next time!" Tione grinned, in a bragging tone. "I'm not sure I even moved!" 

He shook a fist at her. "Shut up you stupid kid!! Argh!!! I swear NEXT TIME We'll be ready!" 
"Sure sure...just as long as you pay up." 
Tione smirked and shut off the video screen. 

He grumbled and got out of his ZOID, as she got outo f Hers. Stomping over to her he tossed her a small bag with the rattling of coins inside. Quickly she counted them up to see if they were the right amount, then offered him a hand to shake. 
He smirked and stomped off to his ZOID. 

She nodded to herself getting back up into the zoid and laying back in her chair. 
"Come on Bahamut...Let's go home." 
The black Zoid roared, turning and moving towards home base. 

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The panther like Zoid lightning Saix ran at its last opponent, a saber tooth tiger zoid painted a light yellow called a Zaber Fang. The piolet of the lightning Saix fired his double barrel canon at the Zaber and then ran past him turning the Zoid around facing the side of the oppenents zoid. 

Octavio-"Fool you leave your self to open..." 

The Lighning Saix raised on of its front claws and slashed the side of the Zaber Fang and watched it fall to the ground. Octavio smirked. 

Judge-"The winner is.....The Myst Team!"
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Rift forced the beam blade down through his oppenent crippling it,accepting defeat his oppoenent surrendered,"the winner Rift".Taking his prize money Locke headed back to his repair shop and started work fixing any damage.

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Lance: These guys aren't even trying to escape.. 

Lance fired another shot from the tailgun, freezing another Shield Lygar. Suddenly, the leader charged at Lance from the front, where he was open at the moment. Lance switched from sniping mode and deployed the blades. 

Leader: What?! Gunsnipers don't have blades! 
Lance: That's what everyone thinks. 

Lance slashed through the leader's zoid, taking him out. 

Judge: The winner is...the Strama team!

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Tione (pernounce Tea-Oh-neigh) smirked and leaned into the cusiony chair in her underground chamber. She tossed the money bag in a corner, sighing slightly and going to a high information site to find the results of the Zoid battles all around that happened this day. 

"Wow..so many people have been winning...a lot of solo teams lately..." She smirked and leaned back in her chair looking at all the cold rock. Bahamut was laying down, smirking. 

The thing about Zoids was, most had their own actions and personalities, it was up to the zoid if they allowed you to pilot them or not, and it was up to them to use the moves you commanded or not. Bahamut worked pretty well, but sometimes he thought of better ways to fight...and she didn't have any choice but to let him. She wasn't going to fight with him for no good reason. 

She sighed softly, she had gone off on her own from her rich father, who wanted her to be anything BUT a zoid fighter. He signed her up for law classes and medical schools...paying for expensive skirts and shirts, plus jewelry. 
All she wanted to do...was go out in the battlefield and fight alongside the guys. Few females were out there..but they were growing all the time. 
Eventually she ran off...and found Bahamut...that was a longer story. 

"Tione Zander...." she scoffed at her 'real' name. "Tione Dragonclaw is a lot better...don't you think so Bahamut?" 

The dragon opened an eye and smiled, before closing it again and falling back asleep. Her computer beeped twice. 

"Strama Team won? another solo.."

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Octavio sat at the small camp site in the desert. next to the site lay His lightning Saix. Octavio typed away at his lap top looking threw the stats of all the battles that had taken place. 

Octavio-"Well only a matter of time before our next battle....."
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Lance smirked as he sat on the dusty ground of the forest, fire glowing in front of him and his Blade Gunsniper sleeping next to him. He looked at the computer. His bank account, showing his prize money, was on one window. His score sheet was on another. Suddenly, a message appeared and scrolled down quickly. It was new battles.

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Tione smirked and double clicked on Strama Team. A window popped up and she accidently clicked "Challenge" 

"Meep!!"

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Lance suddenly got another window opened automatically. He had just received a challenge from...the Teikan team? 

Lance: They got that...Bahamut thing, don't they? Oh well, money and points is money and points. 

Lance hit Accept.

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Octavio began scrolling threw the Matches for tommarow. 

Octavio-"Hmmmm nothing but boring matches......exept maybe this one...Teikan Team Vs STrama Team....from what ive read about them their both very good teams sounds like a good match eh Lightning Saix?" 

Octavio's Zoid roared.
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"The hell did I CLICK THAT THING!?" she flopped over in her chair. 
"Okay...calm down...he didnt accept..and.." 
A window popped up saying her accepted. 
"AHHHH DAMNIT!!!" 
Tione sighed and flopped down on the floor, on a beanbag chair. 

Bahamut opened an eye and looked at her, murring gently. 

She nodded. 

"Alright....I'll sleep for a couple hours and then we'll go....are you sure you're up to it?" 

He nodded, telling her money was money. 

She sighed. 'the thing is I wont be able to pay up if I lose...'

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Name: Yugo Ganashi 

Race: Human 

Eyes: Red 

Clothing: Black vest with chains and black jeans, ta Boot! 

Personality: Usually acts like his best bud, Bit Cloud and really is a wisecracker, but straightens up and gets serious in battles. Not a pushover, not even close to that, but can get carried away sometimes and launch an all-out attack. 

Zoid: Liger Zero 
Attachments: Panzer, Jager, Shinder, and Jager MkII 
Speeds are the same as the Liger from the hit anime and MkII is 3 times faster than Jager. Has many hidden guns and a 16mm laser cannon along with a plasma cannon on its back. 

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Tione checked her comlink, heading towards the battlefield. 
"Alright Bahamut are you ready? He's supposed to be around here somewhere...hes no pushover...so I want to do tactic 76-B-9" 
The Zoid growled and roared, shaking his head. 
"Alright...we'll do the normal routine..but if anything happens unexpectedly........then we'll do it my way." 
The dragon nodded and snorted. 

Tione flipped through the rules. 
"one form...no changing armour. Sounds fair...right Godspeed?" 
The zoid nodded again and kept walking, looking around. 

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just outside of the battle field limits stood the Lightning Saix zoomed in on where the battle would start. Inside the piolet rested his feet on the control concel and holding a bag of popcorn. He waited patiently for the Strama Team and The Taiken Team's battle. 

Octavio-"This'll be good."
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Tien Xusun had just lost a match against some french guy. He felt like an idiot because it was his own fault. He went into the ill-prepared with a basic armor on his Zoid, Drastrio Lykos. The wolf Zoid didn't get hurt since Tien backed out the second he saw his opponent's Zoid had more armor and ammunition than god. But Tien had lost a lot of respect from his Zoid and others. 

Tien *thinking*: Might as well hit the bar. 

Tien went to the nearby Meta-Shark bar. They've been popping up everywhere, but this one was the first. 

As he sat down, the bartender noticed him immediately since he was a regular. 

Bartender: Bad match? 

Tien: Yeah, my fault though. 

Bartender: Want the the usual? A Jollie Rancher? 

Tien: Sure. 

Tien waited as the bartender mixed some beer and fruit juice in a cup. A couple of Zoid fighters nearby noticed him. 

Fighter 1: Hey look, it's the guy that withdrew from that match we saw. 

Fighter 2: What a loser! Getting afraid of some french wuss. 

Fighter 1: He would of gotten his butt kicked anyway. He Zoid was a peice of sh*t. Had just a basic armor. 

Fighter 2: What a newbie. 

Tien: If you think you can beat me, bring it on. I'll take both of you on. 

Fighter 2: See, a total newbie. Only a fool would fight two zoids at the same time. 

Tien: Only a fool wouldn't accept. 

Fighter 1 & 2: OK. 

Fighter 1: Where and when? 

Tien: Where ever you want, but later today. 

Fighter 2: At the beach, at nightfall. 

Tien: I'll bet 10,000, agreed? 

Fighter 1: 'course. 

Fighter 2: Come on, let's go. 

Tien *thinking*: Maybe quiting the match was a good idea. 

Bartender: You know, those were the Croc brothers. Two pretty good fighters. Your Zoid can't even swim. 

Tien: Don't worry. Here's the money for the drink. 

Tien finished his drink and went to get his gear. 

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Lance looked around and smiled. 

Lance: There she is. This won't be easy, Gunsniper, but don't worry. If she comes at us while we're firing, just deploy the blades and swipe at her with a combination of firing and slashing. 

Blade Gunsniper turned around and straightened its tail as a gun barrel revealed itself. Lance's chair turned around and he laid down, looking into the scope. 

Lance: OK, we're ready...now we wait for the judge.

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A streak against the sky came and in the far away distance a judge popped up. 
"Strama Team Vs. Teikan Team...Ready...FIGHT!" 

Tione smirked and buckled herself up. 
Bahamut growled and took off in a blur of speed, over to the mountain areas. 

"Keep going Bahamut...remember...dont go full speed unless he fires."

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Name: James “the Tank” Sherman 

Pilot specs: Mortally wounded in a Zoid battles accident, he is now cybernetically fused with his Zoid. He likes to travel with only one person; his maintenance crew member KT. Nobody knows what he looks like except for KT. A very experienced Zoid fighter, obviously since he can’t leave his Zoid, he has won many battles. Nobody knows his rank, but he is suspected to be one of the best. Rarely decides to battle anymore, perhaps because he tires of winning all the time. Always waiting for that one person who will be able to defeat him in Zoid combat. 

Name: K.T. (Kai Truce) 

Specs: Five and a half feet tall, brown elbow-length hair, blue eyes. Wears her usual jeans and a t-shirt, and a hairband. Has been with JS since childhood, and now that he needs her more than ever, she goes along wherever he goes. Stays in a compartment on Deathwing’s right shoulder, which is a nice little room with all the things she needs. Being the only one to see JS, she keeps his identity a secret. 

Zoid specs: 

Name: Deathwing 
Type: Dragon, but it stands and walks like a human. 
Height: 65 feet tall 
Wingspan: 100 feet 
Weaponry: Twin beam cannons, (One on each arm) a particle cannon that can only be fired when on the ground, and saber-claws. 
Advantages: Extremely mobile unit and is incredibly powerful. 
Disadvantages: Not much is known about this Zoid, hence it cannot be customized in many ways. Therefore, if you learn how to beat it, it usually won’t be able to do anything new to beat you. The trick is learning how to beat it. 
Description: Red with black trim, very large spiked shoulder pads, has an advanced targetting array in the cockpit. (Think Magma Dragoon ) Wings are angel-like; white with metal “feathers”. Has retractable energy claws. 

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"well Zeo what did you think?","not much a challenge,think he busted something in my arm though","left or right?","left".Zeo looked around,it had been awhile since he`d been home,"hey Zeo when I`m done want to go out and find someone to fight","of course".

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Lance: Almost...almost...THERE! FIRE! 

Blade Gunsniper began to fire its tailgun at the Bahamut.
Bahamut snarled and turned on full thrust, the shots clashing behind him harmlessly. The large dragon moved, jumping and balancing his front legs on a mountain, pushing off from the side and bounding back up to the dusty arena. 

He roared again and opened his mouth firing off an orb shot. 
Gunsniper swirves to the right and dodges the orb shot. Gunsniper begins firing shots from its hand pistols at Bahamut.
Bahamut moves and streaks across the plains, shooting more orbs at him. 
Gunsniper dodges most of the orbs, getting scorched by a few. It charges forward, deploying its blades, yet still firing its pistols.
Woah!? He has Blades!?" 
She blinked and sat back in her chair. 
"OPEN FIRE BAHAMUT!!" 
The dragon roared, it's sides opening with whirring sound, 40 missiles firing off zooming directly towards the enemy.

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OCtavio ate popcorn while watching the battle from the cockpit of his zoid. 

Octavio-"Nice fire works display....If i ever have to fight one of these teams thisll be good recon for knowing what to expect."
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Gunsniper skids to a halt and immeadiately runs to the right, dodging the main blasts of the missiles. Gunsniper is hit by two of the missiles. 

Lance: No, Gunsniper! Are you OK? 

Gunsniper roared and shook itself. It was OK, save a few dents and scorch marks. 

Lance: OK, we're gonan charge it, but you gotta look out. She has orb shots and missiles. Her missile supply might be gone, but we don't want to take that chance. As we're running, fire your pistols while charging the blades. Then, we'll slice. Ready? Go! 

Gunsniper charged forward
"Bahamut! Go to the cliffsides! He has guns and blades so we gotta fight from a distance!" 

The zoid shook his head and roared. Charging straight at the Gunsniper. 

"Or....we could do that..." 

Bahamut roared and seemed not to stop it's charge, but jumped right over Gunsniper, lengths above him then landing on the other side, running. 
Lance: Damnit!...wait, this could work! Gunsniper! Sniping mode! 

Gunsniper quickly skidded to a stop and straightened its tail to from the gun barrel. He began shooting shots at Bahamut.
A shot hit the back of the ZOID and he roared, slipping and hitting his side. 

"Bahamut! Get back up! Come on! Gunsnipers in sniping mode go under to the tail in order to aim..." 

More shots clattered around the area as the large dragon got up and streaked across the plains. He charged towards the Gunsniper, charging in a zig-zagging pattern and jumping, his teeth latching around its neck. 
Lance: Ah, damnit...Gunsniper?...you're system...it's...not frozen? It's going to be in a minute...but I ain't losiong without some payback! 

Gunsniper fired constant rounds at the Bahamut.
The dragon flipped the gunsniper on its side, getting hit with a bunch of blasts dead on, striking his torso and neck. 

"GET OUT OF THERE!!" Tione screamed. 

The black Zoid half limped around the Gunsniper, tearing into his side with his diamond claws. 

Tione looked at the monitors. 
"Shit..he cant fire missiles...."
Lance: It's ...not over... GUNSNIPER! DEPLOY BLADES! 

Gunsniper deployed its blades, knocking Bahamut to the side.
Bahamut pulled himself free of the blades, limping around the fallen Gunsniper as it tried to get up. 

Tione typed in an over ride command quickly. 

"Go for it Boy!" she called. 

Godspeeds mouth opened wide as a blue orb shook the area around them, he unleashed it just as Gunsniper was getting up. 
Judge: Battle over! Battle over! The winner is...the Teikan team! 

Lance: Man, she ain't bad...oh well, I'm the one who hit Accept. 

Lance crawled out of the Gunsniper and shook his head.

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Bahamut fell to his knees, tired and drained. Tione slipped from the pilot seat and slid down his neck landing on the ground. 

"H-hey is your GunSniper alright?" she chased after the boy. He turned around and got wide eyed looking at her. 

"Wh...wha?" she blinked
Lance thought "Dude, she is HOT." 

Lancer: Erm, uh, yeah, he's fine. Just gonna have to take a chunk out of my bank account.

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Octavio-"Not bad there both very skilled piolets like i thought......i may have to get a bit better before fighting them...but that wont be a problem for Lightning Saix." 

The Lightning Saix roared loudly.
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Tione nodded. 

"Well...Im pretty sure you could repair your GunSniper with the tools over by the abandoned center." 

"Why are you being so nice?" 

She blinked. "I like to battle...but I dont like to leave someones ZOID in shambles...especially if they care about it....." 

Bahamut got back up on his feet and looked down at the leader of the Strama team. 

"So what do you say?"
Lance thought, "Man, I CANNOT pass up a hot girl like this asking me to come with her." 

Lance: Sure, sounds good.
She nodded and smiled. 

"Can your Gunsniper at least get up?" she looked down as the Sniper moved to a standing position, weakly but somewhat okay. 

"Well nevermind." 

Bahamut lifted her up on his nose and she sat down on his large black snout, smiling. 
"Follow me due north! Theres an old chain of warehouses with tools and wires and stuff! You can repair him there!" 

Bahamut roared and limped his way to the factory. 
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"alright Zeo try and keep things quiet okay,we don`t want to get found out here,I don`t even have enough to repair your arm","its alright really,sides I`m ambidextrous remember?".Zeo continued sneaking,its sword now held in the zoids right hand ready in case they were found out,"now all we need is a servo and thats all,I hate stealing"

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Octavio-"Well looks like no-" 

Octavio's computer beeped as a window opened on his computer saying that he had been challenged. 

Octavio-"Hmmmmm looks like as easy match." 

The lightning Saix ran off to its next battle field. An hour and a half later another win was added to The Myst Teams record. 

Octavio-"That was almost to easy.."
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Bahamut moved to the factory, seeing a shaded figure inside. 
"Who'se there!?" Tione yelled. 
Locke nearly jumped out of his skin. 

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(Just in case you didn't know, this part happens about halfway through your battle. ) 

The large dragon Zoid glided gracefully through the clouds, not headed anywhere in particular. JS "The Tank" Sherman decided to let the Zoid choose where to go. 

"This is relaxing, not having to fix the Zoid every five minutes." Kai said from her room in Deathwing's shoulder. 

"Yes, I agree. We should do this more often....Hey, what's that?" JS asked, while starting up a vidscreen in Kai's room so she could see what was going on below. 

"Hmmm...Looks like a Zoid battle! And it's getting pretty intense!" Kai stated. She started to watch intently, when the screen blipped off. "Hey, what gives?" 

"Don't go getting any ideas now." 

"Who said I was going to have any ideas? It's not my fault you're just a boring guy who likes to just fly around instead of battle." Kai lamented. 

"Well, I have a reason for that. I only choose the strongest opponents to battle.......hmmm.....that dragon Zoid is fighting a very good fight. That other Zoid can't seem to....Oh, wait, it got a good hit in." 

"Why don't you let me watch instead of narrating it for me?" 

"Oh, right. Heh, heh." JS brought the vidscreen back up. 

“Maybe we should go down for a closer look.” Kai said, expectantly. 

“No, it’s almost over. See?” JS pointed to the two Zoids that were battling each other, when the dragon opened it’s mouth and shot a gobbet of energy, knocking the other Zoid out of the battle. 

“Awww, but I wanted to get closer!” Kai whined. 

“Well, too bad. I don’t want anyone getting suspicious of who we are, okay?” 

“You’re no fun, you know that? Geez, what a boring guy.” 

“Well, why don’t you leave then?” JS said, a little too cockily. Suddenly the far wall of Kai’s room started to open up, revealing the ground some thousand or two feet below. 

“OKAY, OKAY, I get the point!” Kai stated, holding a nearby bar in a death grip. The wall shut back down. 

“I’ll follow them, if you want. When you go into town for supplies, you can go meet them.” JS stated. 

“I feel SO privileged.” Kai said, sarcastically. 
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Lance looked around. 

Lance: I didn't hear anything...oh, wait, I hear it.
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Tien had just gotten to Team Tenrin's Whale King. Like himself, Team Tenrin wasn't a real team. It was a rich, greedy, young newbie named Shin Jian with a few Zoids. Not enough Zoid to even fill the Whale King. So Tien has been renting space from Shin. But the little butt munch has been raising his rent every month by 100 credits. And Shin kept bragging too. That's why Tien is bent on winning his match with the Croc brothers. The 10,000 credits will be enough for a Whale Shark. The Whale Shark is a smaller rip off of the Whale King, but it had enough space for a whole team. The one Tien was buying had no furniture, but was loaded with laser turrets and homing missile. As Tien walked in, Shin called to him. 

Shin: Oh Tien, you rent for this month is due. 5,100 credits. 

Tien: Here. 

Tien tossed a bag of money to Shin's feet. Shin counted it and was off to work on his Zoid . Actually, he was going off to pay video games. The little wuss. 

Tien got to his Zoid's chamber. Lykos hasn't been very happy with this morning's withdrawal from the match. But Tien knows Lykos will be happy when he hears about the match. 

Tien: I got some good news. We got a match for 10,000 credits tonight. It'll us against two other Zoids at nightfall. It isn't offical but I've got a plan so they don't cheat. We'll go as Skiazo Lykos since it will be dark outside and easy to hide. Then, we can go buy the Whale Shark. 

Lykos: Rhhaaawwww 

Tien: Good let's get ready. 

The armor equipter began to loaded on to Lykos his Skiazo armor and weapons.

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Name: Kiona Firelock 
Race: Human 

Hair: Silver with cyan highlights. Trails down to her waist and has one cyan braid. 

Eyes: Golden 
Clothing: Turquoise halter top with short jean shorts. 
Personality: Very introverted and stoic. She only talks when she needs to and is very wise with the emotions of humans and their attachment to their Zoid. Her face shows no emotion but that is due to the fact of her bad past which will be revealed later on in the fic. She is very connected with Ocean. If something were to happen to him she wouldn't know what to do. They have a very tight bond that could never be broken. 

Zoid: Ocean's Revenge (Leviathan) 
Alternate Forms: None yet...possibly later. 
Major Desc: Levvie is iridescent blue with spikes that run along his sides and back. His wings/ fins are where his thrusters and boosters are located. He is very agile and makes up for it due to his lack of strength. Spikes are used to charge up and he will wrap around the enemy and do a constricting like thing then rip really fast and leave rips or "cuts" in the enemy's zoid which will take down the defense of it and allows someone else to finish the job. He is mainly used for distraction because of his speed. 
He can go at high speeds for a long time and his fins allow him to be more aerodynamic. That is about it... 

OOC: Just to let you know. I was in the Bahamas last week so Tia let me join since I wasn't here to join the forums. 
Thanks!! I will come in later...not much time. 

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Tione took out a small pistol from a hiding blace in her boot under her slacks. She aimed carefully between the dusty beams and fired off a shot. 
"Ah!" 
A dull thud against the metal was heard as Locke fell, his Zoid quickly catching him. The boy moaned, the bullet had left a fleshwound in his arm, across the shoulder. 

Tione blew the smoke from the barrel of the gun and kept it close, looking over her shoulder at Lance who was wide eyed. 

"I hate intruders" she answered. 

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"dammit,this is why I hate stealing",locke gripped the bullet wound tightly putting enough pressure on it to stop the bleeding,"might only be a small inconvience I still don`t want to pass out from lack of blood".Zeo nodded,"Locke the servo,over there","good just what I need,and all I need".Dashing over to a repair table locked lifted up what looked like a lawnmower engine and of a simalar size,he threw it to Zeo and got in."alright lets get out of here,fore anybody else decideds to take a shot at me"

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Zeo turned around to be met by a growling black ZOID, the dragons teeth glinting in the dim light. 

Tione was perched on a rafter above Locke. 

"I'd explain why the hell you're here." she answered, her gun perfectly aimed for his heart. "Bahamut and I don't take well to sudden intruders."

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Deathwing perched about five hundred meters away from the large building. 

“I want to watch this one. They may be the one who will be able to defeat me.” 

“Well, I sure hope so. Then you can get back to battling normally, instead of being such a picky guy.” Kai stated. 

“Whatever. Anyways, I think I’ll stay here for the night, and follow them in the morning.” JS said. 

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Locke smirked,"we`re hardly sudden we`ve been here for a good few hours,I was just looking for an arm servo,I used all my old ones up and I haven`t got the cash to buy a new one,this place looked deserted so I decided to go against what I beleive to fix Zeo there"

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Bahamut growled at Zeo, the Zoid backing up. The black dragon fell on his belly, his leg finally giving out on him. 
"Bahamut!!" Tione tossed her gun to the floor, she only had one bullet anyway. 
Jumping across the rafters she slid down one, jumping down onto the ground to her Zoid. 
Lance looked around, his Command Weasel in the main empty part of the warehouse. 
Bahamut growled to himself, and she hugged his claw, he looked down at her and sniffed her, nuzzling her back gently. 

"Look...I'll let you go if you can stay and help repair this Command Weasel and Bahamut"
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"Hmmm....." 

"What's on your mind, JS?" Kai asked. 

"Oh, nothing much. I'm just wondering what they could possibly be doing in there, with that other Zoid that they brought in." 

"Want I should go have a look-see?" 

"No, no, that's okay. We'll just wait here." 

"You are so droll." 

"Well, too bad, like I said before, I don't want to raise suspicions." 

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Lance: Well, this has been...very entertaining... 

Lance rubbed the back of his head and chuckled slightly.
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Tione sighed and took a pair of pliers, Bahamut was laying on his side and she pulled a mask over her face, putting the pliers down. A few sparks shot up from her blowtorch, as she weilded the leg joints back together with a better support beam inside. 

After a few minutes she took the mask of and shook out her short hair, looking towards Lance and Locke. 

"How are yours coming?"
Lance looked up, a mask on his face and a spray can in his hand. 

Lance: Well, I got most of the dents and scratches fixed and painted over, but I gotta still repair the legs as they were badly scorched by those orbs.
She nodded and tossed him a spare blowtorch. 

"It helps if you reinforce the insides with a frame...then heat the metal up enough so you can push it up...back to its normal form!" 

She smiled and went back to work. 

This was gonna be a long night. 

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Yugo looked out into the distance with is Liger that Bit had given him. "I sense something Liger..." He said. The tiger Zoid roared in agreement. "Let's go Liger!" Yugo exclaimed. He jumped into the cockpit of the Liger and rode off to find out what the disturbance was... 
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Tien and Lykos left Shin's Whale King, and called the Croc Brothers. 

Tien *into com-link*: Which beach are you guys at? 

Croc Brother 1: At the one five miles east of the Meta-Shark. Better have your cash ready. 

Tien: Only if you have yours. 

Croc Brother 2: We got it. Just get over here. Did you get the Judge? 

Tien: Nope, it's just between you guys and me. 

Croc Brother 2: No way, you'll cheat. 

Tien: Don't worry I'll explain when I get there. 

~~~~~~20 minutes later at the beach~~~~~~ 

Tien: OK, here's the plan. We each put a 10,000 credits into this canster. I'll put on that cliff. Only way either of us will have enough time to get it is if the other side is out. Argeed? 

Croc Brother 2: If you lose, you'll probably say we stole it. 

Tien: Then film the match. I am. 

The fighters got out of there Zoid to put the money into the canster. Both sides made sure the other side put in the right amount. Then, Lykos threw the canster up onto the cliff. Then the fighters returned to their Zoid. The Croc Brothers had a War Gator and a Super Croc. Both were loaded with long- and short-range missles. Tien's Zoid was in Skiazo Lykos form. 

Tien: Whenever you're ready. 

Croc Brother 1: Now! FIRE ALL MISSILES! 

The two Zoid launched their missiles at Lykos, but Lykos had already started running into the dunes. 

As the Lykos disappeared over a dune, most of the Croc Brothers' missiles had already missed only a few homing missiles kept following Lykos. The was the sound of a machine gun firing and a huge explosion. Then, silence. 

The Croc Brothers wasted no time waiting for a sign that Lycos was down. They immediately went for the canster on the cliff. 

But by the time they got there, the canister was gone. 

Croc Brother 2: The wuss cheated. 

Croc Brother 1: No, we both saw his Zoid throw it up here. He's not out yet. 

Croc Brother 2: But we would see him on our radar. 

Tien: Not if the Lykos was in Skiazo form. He's stealth and undetectable to the radar. I've already picked up the money. 

Lykos changed his color back to black from the earthy brown. The Zoid unloaded a couple of rounds in front of the Croc Brothers. 

Croc Brother 2: You missed. 

Croc Brother 1: Yeay, you lose...WHAT THE?! 

The cliff broke off the main part of the hill and took the Croc Brothers with it. 

Tien *mocking*: I saw the Zoids, I openned fired, and they fell off. 
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Locke sealed up the left arm joint on Zeo,"there can you move it?","ergh little stiff but I can break it in quickly","okay".Locke looked round,Tione was still fixing Bahamut and he walked over,"need a hand?"
Tione looked up at Locke and nodded. 
"Sure...I could always use a little help....it's a tough job when your Zoid is a bit bigger than others..." 

He nodded and moved in to help her. 

She didn't move....and she watched him stake out a place above her, working on the leg joint. 
Bahamut growled and moved his head, fixing his eyes on Locke. 

"It's alright..." she calmed the dragon down. "He's helping." 

The zoid nodded and lay his head back down, Tione moved back to her spot. 

A red stain on his shirt caught her attention. 
"You're still bleeding..." she tugged on his sleeve. 
"well...yeah you shot me!" he snapped. 
"I could have shot you...i just gave you a flesh wound....but I didn't mean for it to be this deep...."

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"ZZZZZZZZZZZZ" 

"Geez, could you keep it quiet in there, JS? I'm trying to sleep! If he didn't wake up from that, he's probably not going to be going anywhere for a long time." Kai remarked. 

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Lance: Lesse...form the metal...hey, it works! OK, now to cool it...hmm, water should do it. 

Lance looked around and saw a small hose. He brought it over and lightly sprays water over the formed metal, hardening it. Lance got out the spray can, shook it, and began spraying over the metal.
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Kiona checked her scanners for the location from the last Zoid battle. It appeared that someone had blown another Zoid away and there were plenty of parts and debris Kiona could pick up to store or sell for money. She put Ocean on auto pilot to the exact spot where the debris was laying. She sat back in her chair and closed her eyes, trying to fight back old memories of her life to get some amount of sleep. 
'It's going to take about 2 hours just to get there so why not get some sleep?? It might actually do me some good.' 
Kiona set the alram on her watch to wake her up exactly before they would arrive at the battle spot. Laying back in her chair she closed her eyes and let the darkness come. 

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Her watch alarm woke her with a start and she almost punched at and invisible foe. She had learned that habit from the life she once had to live. Kiona turned on her scanners and display screen and looked out at her surroundings. There was a whole horde of supplies, weapons, and armor. She stopped Ocean about ten feet away and opened up the cockpit. (that is what you would call it right??) She jumped down and the wind blew her cyan hair out of her face. Kiona would have to come back later for some of the stuff. Ocean wouldn't be able to carry all of it back to her warehouse with the amount there was. 
She rubbed her hands together and started collecting things she could use. 

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(Im skipping it to morning) 

"Woo hoo!!" Tione yelled and tossed her fist up in the air, raising up on one foot. (think Selphies pose on FF and she cheered as Bahamut finished running, faster and better than ever. 

"Those new plates worked for ya didn't they boy!!" 

He roared in reply and she smiled. "I knew you were gonna be just fine!!!" 

She looked over towards Lance and Locke, Locke had his arm tightly bandaged. Last night he was arguing at her and really pissed that she was putting a special antibiotic on him....and it hurt him. She said sorry...but it didn't matter. Oh well. 

Bahamut sat down on his haunches and roared again, yawning. 
Locke exercised his arm while sitting on Zeos shoulder,"damm elbow stiffened up while working on that dragon","okay,should we test out if my arms working right?".Locke nodded,"right get out your Machine gun,okay now line it up with your left eye..okay now tell me what your aiming at","that boulder bout 3 clicks","okay now fire".Zeo let loose a small burst of shots all hitting wide nowhere near the boulder,"well I was pretty close to it","hmm your targettings off by about 10 inches,I can fix it,lower me down near your waist I can work from there".

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Tien was flying through the air with his new Whale Shark. He only had 1,000 credits left, but it didn't matter. He could get 1,000 credits if he wins his match today. Right now, he just wanted to get his gear back from Shin. 

Tien and Lykos walked into the loading bay. He equipted onto Lykos his basic armor and had Lykos haul out his Belos armor. As Lykos returned to get the last two armor sets, Shin came. 

Shin: What's going on? Did you find a new landlord? 

Tien: Nope, I bought a Whale Shark. 

Shin*arrogantly*: A Whale Shark? You should have bought a Whale King. But I guess you didn't have enough money, and bought a bootleg instead. 

Tien equipt the Xykos Katacho armor onto Lykos and had Lykos haul out the Kakazo armor. 

Tien: I didn't need a Whale King. My Whale Shark has enough space for me, Lykos, and probably a whole other team. 

Shin: Mine can fly to altitudes of 13,000 feet at 350 mph. 

Tien: Altitude of 20,000 feet at 500 mph. 

Shin: Mine can dive to depth of 19,000 feet and function fully. 

Tien: 25,000 feet. 

Shin: Well, mine has a home entertainment system. 

Tien: 150 laser turrets all along its sides, bottem, and back. 

Shin: I have surround sound. 

Tien: 30 homing missile launchers. 

Shin: Well, mine's more comfortable. 

Tien: I don't care. Bye now, I have a real match this afternoon. 

As Tien walks back to his Whale Shark, Shin starts fuming. 

Shin: MINE'S BIGGER! 

Tien: You're just compensating for something. 

When Tien walked in Lykos was growling at him. Lykos didn't like how Tien acted toward Shin. 

Tien: Sorry, but he deserved it. 

Lykos: GHAAWH! 

Tien: Ok, ok, I won't do it again. Let's just fly to our match. You're like my mother sometimes. Jeez.

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"ZZZZZRK....SNORT....Huh?" JS woke up with a start, then remembered he can't move. "Damn cybernetic connection." He mumbled. 

"So, you're finally awake now, Godzilla?" Kai said smugly. 

"What do you mean, 'Godzilla'?" JS asked, inquisitively. 

"I mean you sound like Godzilla when you snore." She remarked. 

"Oh, gee, thanks. Hey look, the other Zoids are up and about!" 

"Well, obviously, it's only ten o'clock!" 

"Ten?! Did you perform the routine checks on the hydraulics and weapons?" JS asked the usual question. 

"Yeah, the hydraulics will need some more oil to keep 'em running smoothly, and the weapons are at optimum efficiency. Today would be a good day, if any, to battle. Well, after we get that oil." Kai reported. 

"Good, good. We'll head into town after them, because I always keep promises. Be sure to meet them and tell them that I'l be keeping an eye on them. But don't sound too suspicious." 

"Oh, that doesn't sound suspicious at all." Kai said, rather sarcastically. "I'll just meet them and tell them that a friend of mine might want to challenge them." 

"That sounds good. I want to test that dragon Zoid's power." 

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Tione rubbed Bahamuts snout, giggling. He made a low growl...sort of like a purr. She grinned again and hugged his nose. 

"How's my boy?" she gave him sweet talk, smiling and rubbing his nose again. 

"Awww...Locke you don't give me that kind of attention." Zeo faked sniffed. 
"Shut up."

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Umm... here I go... ^_^ 

Name: Demus Chakra 
Race: Human 

Hair: Silver 
Eyes: Red 

Clothing: Black jacket, jeans, and red t-shirt. 
Personality: Quiet, cold, and calculating. He is focused on achieving a goal which has never revealed to anyone. No one knows where he came from, and where he got ahold of his ZOID. 

Zoid: Wraith Gryphon 
Alternate Forms: None. 
Major Desc: It looks like a silver robotic gryphon basically. It has two sets of wings. Being a purely close-range fighter, it has no long range attacks. It attacks with claws and the blades on the wings, and gets in close with its high speed and agility. It has two modes, battle and flight. 

Other Descs: Flight mode has the legs pulled in and wings pulled back. In this sleek form, it can easily travel large distances at extremely high speeds. 

EDIT: There we go.

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Octavio looked over all the stats. He then clicked on one of the links. 

Octavio-"Hmmm The strama team..." 

Jecht hit the 'Challenge' buttoun.

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"What do you want me to get while in town, JS?" 

"Why not some of those new-fangled video games. I hear they just came out with this new one, Megaman Y or something like that." JS said. 

"You're starting to sound like an old man, JS. Get with the times, man!" Kai stated. 

"Well, I would get with the times, if I could LEAVE THIS DAMN COCKPIT FOR EVEN A DAY!!!" 

"Heh, sorry. I didn't mean anything by it." Kai said, rueful of what she had said before. 

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OOC: Maybe one of you guys's characters can see that giant red/black dragon Zoid perched high on top of the cliff, maybe not. 

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Bahamut continued trotting around a bit, a smirk upon the ZOIDs huge face. He stopped and growled, looking into the distance. 
Tione furrowed her brow in worry, she touched the dragons leg. 
"Come on Bahamut....." she seemed to pull at him with the words. 
He continued staring ahead...glaring. 

She took out a pair of binoculars and looked into the distance. 
"......hummmm.." 
"What do you see?" Lance asked. 
"A...Zoid...it's red and black...it looks like....." she paused. "I can't see it too well..."

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Kai was watching the other dragon Zoid with some binoculars, fascinated by it. "I've always liked dragons. I guess that's why I really love Deathwing...........Eh?" She pulled out a stronger pair and looked through them, seeing a person from the other Dragon Zoid looking right back at them through their own binoculars. "Uh, JS, I think we've got some trouble." 

"And what's that, Kai? There's nothing for miles around except for....oh crap...." JS realized what she meant. 

"Yup. What do you suggest we do?" Kai asked, frightened that they might have been found out. 

"Uh, I suggest we run. I don't want to face them in person just YET." With that, JS/Deathwing stood up, stretched it's wings, and took off, soaring over the other Zoids, halfway into a cloud.

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If it's not too late, I'd like to join. 

Name: Skie Gabbiani 
Race: Human/Dragon wingged werewolf (changes to this at will) 

Hair: Light gray. 
Eyes: Violet 

Clothing: Like Setzer's outfit (For those who played Final Fantasy VI/III) 
Personality: Sometimes rowdy, turns into a werewolf only when he's in his zoid to avoid being seen. 

Zoid: Sonic the wolf 
Alternate Zoid: Sonic the werewolf 

Major Descs: Sonic is a mecha wolf zoid with laser cannons in its shoulders. It's design almost looks like Blizzard Wolfang from Mega Man X6. 
Other Descs: Sonic the werewolf is Sonic's second form. Instead of a four-legged wolf zoid, Sonic can stand on his two feet and use his claws as his alternate weapon for close range attacks.

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Locke put down his tools and sat down on Zeos shoulder,"you know I`ve been fixing you up for years and not once have I heard a thank you","thats because you do a lousy job heheheh","eh shut-up,right now c`mon we`ve got what we came for lets go see if we can make a quick and easy buck".

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Skie, in his werewolf form, sat on the back of his zoid, looking at the sky. He had nothing to do at the moment and no challanges he can get involved in. He sighed and looked at his zoid. 

Skie: Nothing ever goes on around me. Is it because people are afraid of what I look like? They say werewolves can be very dangerous monsters. I'm not dangerous to you, am I, Sonic? (The zoid barked mecanically)

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"I hope they aren't following us, Kai." JS said, hoping to hear from Kai, who was scanning behind them. 

"I don't think they're on our tail, but.....OH NO! WHAT'S THAT?! 

"WHA?! WHAT'S WHAT?!" 

"Heh, gotcha!" Kai laughed. 

"Oh, you're asking for it, missy!" 

"Oh REAAAAALLY, now. Who would take care of Deathwing if I weren't around, eh?" She said, a little taunting in her voice. 

"I....Uh...I didn't mean anything by it! Honest!" JS said. 

"Okay, I'll let you off easy this time. Wait, I think I see something, but I'm not sure......" 

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Skie almost thought he was being watched. As he looked over the zoid's head, he could see others either facing each other or looking at him... he wasn't sure. 
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Tien was flying to the Dunes. It was a huge desert with many, guess what, dunes. He and Lykos was up against the Prowlers' leader. The leader had a spider-like zoid called Dark Widow. Tien wasn't sure what weapons the Zoid had, but needed some credits since his latest purchase. Lykos was going to have the Xykos Katacho  <http://fan.bobandgeorge.com/cgi/wbb/thread.php?threadid=442&boardid=12&styleid=1>armor. 

The Judge had just landed and was opening up in a smokin' crater. 

Tien: How in the world can he have a cratar in sand? 

The Judge: Area Scanned, Battle Type 0278, Fighters arrived, Ready....FIGHT! 

Tien: Lykos, sit down and power up the boosters. When he charges or attacks, fly up high. 

The Dark Widow lied down onto the sand and lifted up its legs. Each one had a medium laser cannon on the bottom, and each one fired at Lykos, but by the time the lasers got there, Lykos was already 900 feet up in the air. 

Tein: Power up the claws and DIVE AT IT! 

Lykos' claws immediately began to glow, and Lykos began to fall. Tien took over the lasers on the other end of the boosters and was shooting off the Dark Widow's legs. A few shot back, but Lykos' Katacho helmet took the hit with problem. It was made for crashing through even the thick armor of carriers. When the other fighter saw that he was immobalized and out-match, he panicked. 

James Prowler the other fighter: Judge! Tien Xusun! I quit! I quit! Just don't hit my Zoid. 

Tien tried to pull Lykos out of the dive, and Lykos crashed 5 feet away from the Dark Widow. The shockwaves it made the sand rise up and cloud them for half a minute. 

The Judge: Battle over. Battle over. The winner...The X-Sun team! 

Tien: I think X-Sun is probably easier to say than Xusun, right Lykos? 

Lykos: Gwaawh. 

OOC: 
Sorry, but my life caught up with me and I had to cut it short earlier, but now I added more.

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Name: Jeff "JMan" Falcon 
Race: Human 
Hair: Blue 
Eyes: Green 

Clothing: A gray Tee with his logo, jean jacket also with his logo, and baggy white jean shorts 

Personality: A total goofball on and off the battle feild but is very adept at Zoid battles. But hes a softy when it comes to the ladies. Also fights aginst the X Zoids hating cheaters and the weaklings fighting in what he cosiders the greatest sport of all time. 

Zoid: Bluestreak 
Alternate Forms: Orignal and extra crispy...errrr Bluestreak,Vulcan,Bluestreak-T, and Diablo. 

Major Desc: Blue is a Demon type zoid. The Zoid and the opperator are total opposites. Wile Jeff is a goof and would prefer in acctual combat to light weapons. Blue is a heavy assult Zoid. A massive particle cannon which is his left arm. There are 2 blades that curve up and over the shoulders that are twin beam weapons. The right arm has two weapons that it can switch from. A massive energy minigun which is hidden by being disguised as a tail, and a rocket launcher which is hidden within the right leg and pops out when activated. The zoid has a blue body with a black head and horns. All the limbs are silver. 

Other Descs: 
Bluestreak-T -This is the traveling form of the Bluestreak zoid. He can reach speeds of up to 200 mph. The weapons are downgraded to only the blades and the particle cannon. Which can very seldom be used effectivly with the armor, shock absorbers, other support weapons, and the low recharge time of the weapons taken away. This is why it is only used for travel. It is the same colorscheem of the regular bluestreak. 

Vulcan - Vulcan is the even more loaded down version of Bluestreak. The armor is upgraded and the ammo storage is tripled. Its speed is downgraded so badly it must rely on its massive firepower to defeat its opponents considering that it can barly move past a slow trot. The turning though has been upgraded. It has treads on the bottoms of its feet so that there is no need to pick the massive feet up. The weapons include all the basic weapons that are in the Bluestreak but it adds 3 other weapons and upgrades one of the basic load out weapons. A heavy AA missle launcher, An EMP grenade launcher, and a Heavy chaingun that used high volocity armor peircing bullets, the gun has been tuned so that it has the precision of a sniper rifle. These three weapons are loaded onto the back untill it is between the two beam weapons and comined into one central cannon that has a rotating barrel and ammo storage to create one of the most powerful and useful cannons ever in Zoid battle. The particle cannon which is the left arm becomes upgraded to a tri barrel cannon that fire independently or in one huge blast that takes several minutes to recharge. The Zoids color is totaly changed, The head stays black, along with the addition of the limbs being black as well, the body becomes a Silverish color. 

Diablo - Has only been activated once before, Jeff freaked out and went totaly insane when the system activated. Its rumored that this zoid is only brought out during times of extream rage. The Zoid is an all black version of its self. The strenght, speed and quintupled. But all the weapons are disengaged except the Particle cannon and a new weapon the Omega blade. The particle cannon gets upgraded which can be used at any time and takes little or no time to charge. The Omega blade is a massive beam sword that is created by some kind of dark energy. The blade can cut any metal known to man. The zoid is an upgrade that overclocks the system 10 fold so that it can only be used for a limited time. 

This zoid is diffrent in the fact that it needs no support bay to change armors, Jeff was born with some kind of power. He has never been able to tap into it untill he built Bluestreak. The cockpit had a connection that connects to the back of Jeffs neck in a small port no bigger then a dime that feeds directly to his brain. This causes the armor to be changed by Jeff willing the armor and weapons into existance. He only created 1 zoid (Bluestreak) but had altered it with his mind 3 times. If he trys again it may kill him because of the strain it puts on him. 

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The planes rumbled as the massive zoid raced at a smooth 150 mph. 

"Seems there has been lots of solo acctivity around this area." 

Jeff had been on the move for sometime, searching for some time for a team to join. He hadnt had much success fighting solo. He needed support, faster units that he could back up with heavy firepower. 

"There, it perfect, i just need some way to get them all together and make them see...hummm." 

He patched him self though to a distant channel, turning on voice scrambler and the moniter off. He got through. 

"Hail, jack asses." 

"What the hell?! Who is this, this is a private channel!" 

"Im here to challange the X.Z. team to a battle!" 

"Well where, when, and who?" 

"In the coridnates im sending you now, in a days time, and ...the...Combined Chaos team!" 

Phew, quick thinking saved my ass again. He thought to his self. 

"Well, we'll be there! Get ready to loose your Zoids fool!" 

Welp, i got a day to get this "Team" together. 

"Lets roll Blue!" 

The verberation that resonated through the cockpit was Blues form of a growl as Blue moved to full speed. Streaking toward the area where the group was.

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"I wonder who that was...." 
Bahamut growled. 

Suddenly a large ZOID slammed into the ground, growling. All three turned around looking up at the pilot (Jeff) 
"HELLO ASS---erm...ASSOCIATES!!"

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I finished my profile thingy ^_^ 
The ZOID has changed names. 
Anyway... IC stuffs now. 

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"No, that's impossible, nothing's that fast..." 

Demus looked down at his defeated opponent from within his Wraith Gryphon. He paused before taking his ZOID's razor-sharp claw off the Command Wolf's throat. The Command Wolf tried vainly to get up again, but it shuddered and fell down again. The judge raised its arm, signaling the end of the match. 

He stood silently in his cockpit as his opponent's carrier hauled the damaged ZOID away. Demus watched it go and ran a hand along the Wraith Gryphon's controls. He shook his head condescendingly and sat down as the hatch slowly closed. The ZOID gave off a shrill screech and took off into the air, leaving a cloud of sand in its wake. 

The Wraith Gryphon circled slowly over the desert battlefield as Demus counted his winnings. After making sure the amount was correct, he tossed the bag nonchalantly behind his seat. The prize money meant little to him anyway. His hands flew deftly over the controls as he pulled the ZOID out of the spiral. 

"This will not do," Demus muttered quietly, switching over to the flight system. As the transformation began, Demus sat back thoughtfully in his seat. First the legs folded in and locked into place, then the two sets of wings slid back and locked as well. 

As the ZOID glided along, there was a faint humming noise, then the jet engines burst into life. The other, smaller engines also moved to face the rear and added to the propulsion. The silver form of the Gryphon shot forward and streaked across the sky, looking for its next battle. 

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"I guess it was just a bird or something." muttered Kai. 'Rats, I was hoping it was that Zoid, so we could battle. Oh well, can't win them all, well, with JS, I guess you can.' 

Deathwing rocketed through the sky, almost breaking the sound barrier. JS pulled a few stunts every once in a while, but not much happened. FOR A WHILE. 

"This is so boring......." Kai was staying in her room again, waiting for them to land. She was suddenly rocked out of her seat when Deathwing took a sharp dive. 

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THERE?!" Kai screamed, as she was getting back up. 

"We either dive or we collide dead-on with another Zoid that's flying straight towards us! Diving.....NOW!" Deathwing suddenly plummeted downwards, narrowly missing the gryphon-shaped Zoid that was screaming through the air. "Damn, almost bit the big one that time! That sure was exhilirating!" JS shouted, not caring if Kai heard him or not. "I think I'll follow him, just for sh*ts and giggles!" Deathwing suddenly lurched forward, then quickly turned around and headed off in the direction the gryphon was headed.

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Lance: OK, boy...deploy blades...alright, it looks like the right blade is a bit delayed. Fire tailgun...ok, that's working fine. Fire hand pistols...ok, that's running fine. Run 5 kilos left......ok, good! Looks like everything is fine 'cept for a few minor things. I'm happy, I thought it was going to be much worse after that battle, but I knew you'd pull through! 

Lance hopped out of the cockpit and inspected the right blade. Suddenly, his computer beeped. It was a challenge. 

Lance: Damnit, another one? Argh...not today...maybe tomarrow... 

Lance hit the Decline button and continued on his Zoid.

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Demus look almost carelessly at his sensors. Someone was following him. He shrugged and pushed a little on the throttle. He didn't care much for being followed. 

The engines for the Wraith Gryphon gave out more power, giving the ZOID a boost. Though far from using full power in flight mode, the Gryphon tore through the sound barrier. Demus looked at his sensors and smiled coldly. That ZOID didn't look like it could keep up anyway.

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Tione smirked and slipped into Bahamuts command center, checking all the files over and getting nestled comfortably. She clicked into the com and called up Lance. 

She smirked and switched the com to Locke. 

"BOO!!!" 
"ACK!"She saw the picture of him basically tumbling over. 
"DONT EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!" 
"Sorry..." she winked at him and shut off the com. 

Bahamut paced and roared angrily. 
"Alright Bahamut! Let's get home!!" He nodded and took off to the cave. 
'Time to Test Bahamut Zero out...' 

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Wheeeeee, this'll be fun!" JS remarked. "I'll finally be able to use that forbidden BIG RED BUTTON that has been collecting dust for some time. TIME TO PRESS THE BIG RED BUTTON!" He shouted. 

Kai heard faintly what JS said. 'He didn't say what I think he just said, did he? Nah, he couldn't have. He wouldn't. He COULDN'T." Suddenly, red lights started flashing in the room. "CRAP, HE DID!" 

A siren and warning blared in the room. "Attention all passengers, attention all passengers, fasten you safety belts and HOLD ON TO YOUR UNDIES!!!" Kai swore repeatedly as she harnessed herself in. 

"Yay, something to race against! This'll be really fun! Nothing's ever beaten "Red Lightning" in a race before! MWEE HEE HEE!" JS gleefully said, flipping the safeties off and pressing the BIG RED BUTTON. "Secret mode, activate! LIGHTSPEED DRAGON!!!" 

Deathwing stopped in midflight, and flipped over onto it's back. The wings folded in, until they resembled jet wings. the head straightened out until it became a perfectly pointed end, and the tail flipped onto the back and attached to three latches. The arms and claws folded in on themselves, then folded under the wings. The legs bent upwards, then flipped around, to become rocket boosters. Then, with a resounding "ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAR", Deathwing took off in hot pursuit of the gryphon. 

"WAHOOOOOOOO!!! I SHOULD DO THIS MORE OFTEN! 

"Geez, for a torso who likes to keep to himself, he sure does like to hear himself talk." Kai sighed, knowing this would probably be a long day. 

"I think I'll open up a comms channel to the slippery gryphon-Zoid!" JS pressed a not-so-big red button. A viewscreen came up, with another Zoider on it. "So, ya wanna race?" JS said, smirking. 

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"you want a laugh thats fine by me",Locke looked through the team listings and spotted the one he was looking for,"alright Tione lets see if you want to have a bit of fun".He clicked the challenge button and waited to see if she would accept,"Zeo lets get you changed to Rift".

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The machine parts clanged noisily, switching armour and adding wings to Bahamut. He roared as the white helmet snapped over his head, the ion cannon getting put up on his neck, where the jewel was. It would fire ouf of there, or from the top of his head, that was a smaller version. His attack power was strong...his speed was...amazingly fast....yet his defense was down....Way down low. No Zoid could be all powerful...you had to trade something for something else... 
Acurracy...normal. 

"Bahamut Zero mode...now transporting......processing....completed." 
The rest of the white armour was attached and Bahamut roared again. 

"Easy Zero!!" she said to him. She pushed a button on the dash panel, the controls sliding in and a pair of joysticks came out. She took the upperhand seatbelt and buckled herself in. Pulling it down, airplane position. 

The cavern opened and Zero roared, his thick wings spreading up into the sky and he took off, in a whirl of wings. A couple of boosted jet engines kept him up, but his wings were designed in such a way, if the engines failed he could still fly with ease and with great speed. 

She saw a little box appear. 
"Locke challenged me?" She blinked. "Alright bahamut! Let's go!!" 

The dragon roared and dived down, in front of the Gryphon and the other Dragon his tail barely missing them. 

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Sonic the Wolf was getting tired of just standing on his four feet, doing nothing. He began to snarl. 

Skie: Alright. Wanna go running around until we find a Zoid to battle? (Sonic howled) Alright! Let's go! (He jumped into the cockpit of the Zoid) 

Sonic the Wolf soon took off and jumped over the cliff to another mountain. It did that several more times.

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Jeff looked around after he had finaly finished posing. 

"Hey...where...DOH!" 

He hopped back into the cockpit and checked the records on the three pilots he saw. 

"Lance...Tione...and Locke Eh?" 

He worked a little magic with the keys in front of him and opened up a channel to the three warriors. 

"Gentelmen, and ladie...My name Is Jeff Falcon! How do you do?" 

A collective eyebrow was raised at Jeff, he took that as a sign to continue. 

"I have a proposition for you all. How would you all like to become the greatest Zoid team that ever existed!?" 

Again the skeptic looks. 

"Tough crowd, anyway, I have challenged the Zoid X group to a battle involving the 4 of us and possobly another by the name of Tien." 

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Tione screamed 

"You idiot..." Locke said with a sigh 

"Cool!" Adam piped up 

It was Jeff's turn to look quizical. 

"Why? Whats the problem?" 

"Well the fact that the Zoid X group will tear you a new one with that crap Zoid you have there." 

Jeff snickered at her comment. 

"Well, im gonna take them all on, with or without you all." 

"Hell, its your funeral." 

"You mean your not gonna help me?!" 

"Well...i might...but its gonna cost ya." 

"But i dont have any money." 

"Well seeing as you need our help your gonna give all the prize money to us...that is IF we help you." 

Jeff groned and nodded. No upgrades to the system, no new CD's...and...and...no more ice cream for a week. 

"So what do you all say?"

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Lance sighed. 

Lance: I thought I was the one who wanted to challenge everyone, but lately, everyone decided they want to challenge me. OK, I'm in I guess as long as the prize is good.
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Kiona heard some noises in the distance of a fight about to begin. She looked over at the horizon and decided to keep going at her work. She had loaded Ocean with a couple of supplies that looked half decent. 
She picked up other scarpes of metal and some things that could be added to Ocean to make his defense increase. Kiona looked over at the wreckage and decided this would probably be the best that she could get for now. 
Walking over to Ocean, she climbed in and closed the door. She set her auto pilot on and let cean's system do the rest. Kiona could tell that he wanted her to do that instead of him remebering where everything was. Plus, his "mind" was asleep and he didn't want to be disturbed. Kiona leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes waiting to arrive at her warehouse.

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Demus raised an eyebrow at the pilot of the Deathwing. He shook his head and shrugged, resting a hand on the throttle. He barrel-rolled past the Bahamut and pushed a little more on the throttle.
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IC: Well glad you wanted to join up Lance, what about you all?
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Tione closed the window. "Stupid arse..." 
Bahamut Zero landed on the ground, roaring, his white armour in spikes up and down his back. 

'We're ready to see what your Zoid can do...'

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There weren't any zoids where Skie was to issue a challange. Sonic the Wolf was getting bored still and Skie knew if he didn't find a challange soon, his zoid's going to spend the next hour beatting up small mountains, and this really annoyed him.

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Zeo paced back and forth,Locke was on the ground scraping the rust off an old wrench of his."typical,the girl always arrives late"

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Bahamut Zero was flying around looking for its opponent, she soon saw him and the lagre Zoid slammed down onto the ground, roaring, as he stood up on his back legs. He was easily taller than Zeo...but not by much. 

Tione smirked and got on the com. 
"You ready?"

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"Heh heh, he's pretty good." JS said, pushing Lightspeed a little harder. 

"When will the insanity stop......" Kai muttered. 

"I wonder if he'll be expecting this....." JS thought, bringing the dragon in a downwards spiral and breached down through the clouds.

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"HEY WAIT!,I do have to get in first",Locke ran over to Rift and was soon inside the ZOID.The machine gun held in Rifts hands was quickly loaded and cocked,the sword handle jutting out of his shoulder."alright Rift lets see what your balanced abilities can do",Rift quickly boosted away from bahamut zero and fired a quick burst of shots.

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Bahamut Zero roared and took off with a rustling of wings, sending dust covering Rift. He moved up into the air and dove down, faster and faster. Passing rift, he broke the sound barrier, which sent the zoid back about 30 yards. 

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The Wraith spun and dove downward, the clouds streaming off its aerodynamicly shaped body. As they broke through the cloud cover, Demus spotted a ZOID battle going on below. Not wanting to interfere, he slowed the Gryphon down and took it out of flight mode.

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Skie and Sonic the Wolf came up to a Zoids fight a few miles from them (Tione vs. Locke). He decided to watch the whole thing going on.
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"I bet he'll be surprised when I do THIS!" JS Suddenly pulled up sharply, breaking through the clouds in an impressive pose. Lightspeed roared loudly, and struck another pose. "So, whaddya think of....huh? WHere'd he go?" 

"JS, just give up already." 

"Fine, fine, but I want to race him for real sometime. Hmmm, scanners indicate a group of Zoids down below us. Let's check it out, but only through the cloud cover." 

"Yay!" Exclaimed Kai, who had been waiting for a battle all day. Lightspeed changed back into Deathwing, and descended slowly so that it's head was the only thing poking below the clouds.

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Lance continued work on his Zoid. 

Lance: So, boy, whatcha think about that Tione? 

The Gunsniper growled lowly. 

Lance: Yeah, she is hot, isn't she? 

The Gunsniper was silent. 

Lance: She's so nice and cute and she has a kick-ass Zoid to boot!

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Tien was cruising in his carrier when he noticed explosions. When he got closer, he saw it was a Zoid battle between two of the toughest solo teams. 

Tien: Lykos, you should see this. I'll send you a live feed. 

Tien tapped a few buttons and the battle could now be seen in the hanger as a hologram. 

Tien *thinking*: They're good.

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Bahamut Zero went back up into the air as he pushed the zoid back, roaring again. His double pairs of wings flapped as he went up, and curved and dove back down again, battering the zoid another 30 yards. 
"Keep it up Zero! It won't do much damage..but we can strike next time he falls!"

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Demus pulled the Wraith out of its circling, flying to the edge of the battlefield. Slowly the ZOID descended onto a ledge. Folding its wings, it sat on its haunches. The pilot sat back, watching the fight.

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Lance: What?! SHE'S FIGHTING?! NO ONE EVER TELLS ME THESE THINGS! C'MON!! 

Lance quickly jumped into Gunsniper and rushed off to the battlefield sidelines. Once there, he climbed out of the cockpit and on top of Gunsniper's snout, holding a "GO TIONE" picket sign.

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Tien*over the com-link/hologram thing*: A picket sign isn't going to do much. It might just distract her, Lover Boy. 

Lance: Who me? 

Tien: Yeah, I'm Tien. Nice Zoid.

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Lance turned the sign over, revealing the same message, only on its side. He dove in and put the sign between the window and mouth. 

Lance: Thanks. His name is Blade Gunsniper.

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Demus watched the others gather. Apparently this was an important match. The pilot paused and glance over at the two combatants... 

Maybe one was what he was looking for...

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Tien*to anyone and everyone within hearing range*: Who you think will win? I would bet on Tione. She's dealing out some serious damage.

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Lance: Yeah, definitely Tione. I have battled her before. She rocks, so to speak.

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Tien: You're falling for her aren't you? Man, look at this crowd we've attracted; all Zoid fighters. You would have enough for a good team. I wish I could be in a Team Zoid battle. Maybe even against the X Zoids. 

OOC: Hint, hint, nudge, nudge, Vulcan's message. 

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Lance: Hey, you wanna battle? If we can last long enough against each other, we could consider becoming...a team. I hate fighting solo, especially when it comes to repairs.

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Tien: How about tomorrow, at noon? I'm a little short on cash right now because of the Whale Shark, I bought yesterday. 

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Lance: OK, sure. Soudns great. 

Lance turned back to the battle.

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"alright enough fooling around,Rift dig in and open fire",Rift acknowledged and dug his heels into the ground stopping him dead in the ground,Rift brought up his machine gun and opened fire the bullets impacting many spots all over Bahamut Zero,"right now lets get moving!".Rift jumped back letting Bahamuts wing power send him back quicker,"alright open fire again and make sure to dig in".

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Demus stiffened at the mention of the X ZOIDs, then shook his head and continued watching the battle. He shook it once again at the mention of a team. He disliked traveling in a group. All he needed was his ZOID for company. No one else...

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Zero roared and swept over Rift, sending him 30 yards back. As the zoid set in his heels to the ground, he stopped. Zero slammed his tail into Rift's back as he did so, then whipped around and his teeth crunched deep into his shoulder.

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Rift grabbed Bahamut by the neck and threw it off him,grabbing his sword he quickly stabbed down into its left hind leg pinning it to the ground,Rift was about to open fire but pulled out his sword and started to walk away.

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Bahamut Zero squealed and opened his jaws. A large orb of light formed between them and he shot off a huge beam, shredding the metal as it hit, and engulfed over rift.
Rift continued to stumble forward and then fell face forward.He got back up and continued to walk away,Locke contacted Tione,"call off Bahamut,I forfiet the match you win alright"

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Tione clicked on her com. 
"Why are you forfeiting!? THIS ISN"T OVER!!!!!"

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"I have my reasons,congratulations and this fight is over".Rift slung its machine gun onto its shoulder and took one look back at Bahamut before leaving.
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Jeff had hopped in his Zoid and had followed the signal of several zoids and a possoble battle going on. He wanted to see who it was. As Blue scaled over the ridge he saw the massive beam of light fire from the upgraded Bahamuat. 

"Humm..just as i thought, that zoid has increadble power. And if im not gonna get my foot shoved into my own mouth i gotta get her on my team." 

He then looked around he could see several zoids on his radar. A whale shark, 2 unknown zoids, and Lance. There was also a zoid not to far off but was slowly making its way toward the battle ground. 

We could all make a good team...that is...if they dont insult me...ill get her for that.

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Tione slammed her fist onto the control panel. 
"DAMNIT!!!" she slumped back in her chair, a wave of anger in her. 

She slumped onto the control panel and started crying. Zero wrowled and rolled up, using his wings as a counter balance. He growled softly and looked at his wounded leg. 

She slammed her fist onto the control panel, still crying. 
"Damnit...I can't even hold up in a zoid battle..." 

Zero roared and flapped his wings, taking off into the air, stumbling a little but disappearing going back to the caverns. 

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The image of Lance appeared on the side of one of Tione's windows. 

Lance: Hey, congratu-...oh, bad time. Sorry. 

Lance's image blipped off.

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Wow, look at all the Zoids attracted to this battle. I wonder if it was widely-broadcast." JS said. 

"Hey, that Zoid just gave up! What gives?!" Kai yelled. 

"I dunno, I guess he didn't want to take any more pummeling." JS calmly said back to her. 

"Could be, but still......" 

"Well, let's go down there! I want to meet these Zoiders! I've never seen Zoids quite like theirs!" JS said enthusiastically. 

"You're sure acting different. Since when have you WANTED to meet people?" Kai asked, a little bit weirded out by JS's change in personality. 

"Since I saw these Zoids. And besides, that Gryphon is down there!" JS said, and started to bring Deathwing down through the clouds.

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Bahamut landed in the cave, Tione sliding down the side of the cockpit, sighing deeply. He roared and the machines went towards him removing his armour and leaving him back to Godspeed. 

The machines went to auto repair, arms sticking out and repairing his leg in a matter of mere minutes. After he was fixed the dragon lay down in a wide part of the cave and closed his eyes laying his head down on his feet. 

Tione sat down in a corner of the cave with tears down her cheeks. She knew that loosing a battle was...not worth it. She knew she made a foolish mistake....and she knew all the other thing she should have never done. She was incredibly upset with herself. She never wanted to have someone forfeit.... 

"It's just...a battle..." she moved over and lay down beside Bahamuts nose. "I just don't want to loose your trust Bahamut....I don't want to be a bad zoid competator...I'm sorry." she hugged his nose. 

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Octavio-"If i dont find a fight thats acctuallty challenging ill go crazy.." 

Octavio slamed his head onto the keyboard of his laptop computer. Lightning Saix roared. 

Octavio-"And ill end up without any money if i dont start winning tougher matches....."

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My Liger was destroying a nearby factory. "I knew I felt something! Now! We need to destroy those warehouses! They hold some bombs that are for the backdraft group! We can't let 'em pull a stunt like that on anybody!" I yelled. Liger roared in agreement as he shot a couple rounds at the remaining warehouses. "Run Liger!!!" I yelled, "We don't wanna be killed now do we?! We got this far lets finish this mission!" I added. Liger ran away from the exploding warehouse and just made it out of the vicinity. "Good Job, Liger! Mission Accomplished!" I exclaimed. "Now to find the repairs factory...." I said under my breath.... Little did I know I'd be meeting Lance and Tione there.... Liger had taken too much damage.... and I needed to get him repaired before his systems shut down.....

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Tien: See tomorrow, Lance. Remember, we're fighting at noon. 

Lance: Yeah, Ok. 

Tien in his Whale Shark flew off.

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Skie sighed. There weren't going to be any more challanges for as far as he's concerned. Disappointed, Sonic the Wolf turned and left, whimpering.

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Tione got up and got on her computer typing away. She looked at the battles of the day and when she came to her name, she sighed. 

"Bahamut...we need more money." she piped up. He opened an eye and nodded. 

"Want to go battle...?" 

Bahamut nodded again and Tione jumped up into the cockpit, buckling herself up. A large hanger door opened and Godspeed Bahamut took off, running with great speed. She looked at the radar and found something. 

"Go straight ahead Bahamut." she opened up a com with the new opponent. 
"Hey...let's fight." 

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OOC: she messaged Sonic Wolf with Skie.

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"Hey, they're all leaving!" Kai said, as Deathwing slowly approached the ground. 

"Well, obviously. The battle's over!" JS stated. 

"But....Aw, never mind. Just land quickly, before they all leave, okay?" Kai pleaded. 

"Fine, fine, I guess you can go meet them. But don't tell them who I am, as usual." JS warned Kai. 

""Of course, you've only told me that every time I go out. It's not like anyone will recognize your Zoid, it's been a long time since you were famous, nobody probably even remembers you." 

"That hits me right here, Kai." JS said, bringing up a screen in her room showing his chest, with a little crosshair over his heart. Deathwing was getting close to the ground, and prepared to land.

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Sonic the Wolf stopped as the DeathWing landed. Skie was curious and stepped out (OOC: By the way, he's been in his dragon-wingged werewolf form the whole time). He stood on the head of his zoid, wondering what was going on.

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Bahamut shook his head twice and walked around in the middle of no where, waiting for Skie to see and possibly accept the battle.

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Lance: Yeah, OK, see ya. 

Lance suddenly began to shook as the Deathwing landed. The cockpit opened up and Lance stood up, looking at it. 

Lance: Damn that's a big Zoid.

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"Finally, I can see the light of day again!" Kai said as she stepped out of the shoulder of Deathwing. She slid down the rope that was attached to a knob on the shoulder latch. When she landed on the ground, she looked around. She saw one of the Zoids, a Wolf-like Zoid, had stopped and it's Zoider had stepped out onto the snout. He apparently had been looking at Deathwing. Kai called out to them. "Hey you over there! Yeah, you! Come over here!"

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Skie blinked a bit then jumped down, his wings slowing the speed of his fall. When he landed, he walked over to Kai.

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Kai did one of those "anime cringes" when she saw Skie up close. She had heard of his kind before, and it sort of creeped her out. She had never seen one in person, but this one was sorta cute, even if it was a werewolf. She had always liked dogs. 
"Um, hi." She said, a little hesitantly. 

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Lance: Weird. Why would the pilot's cockpit be in the shoulder? 

OOC: Lance thinks Kai is the pilot right now.

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Locke was fixing the rear of Rifts head armour manually as he didn`t return to his home,"wy`d you pull out of it Locke?","....I don`t know,but when I was fighting her I just couldn`t concentrate...there was something about her that brought up some emotions and I can`t fight with emotions,it just screws up my mind".

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Skie groaned a bit. Even though he wanted to turn back into a human, he couldn't. He didn't want anyone to know the difference between his human form and his dragon-wingged werewolf form. 

With nothing else left to do, he just grinned and said "Hi".

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I'll leave you two alone to talk, heh." JS said over a comms unit, in a cocky tone. 

"Hmph. Jerk." Kai said, as she turned back to Skie. Deathwing turned around and started to walk away. "Soooooo........what's your name?" Kai asked, suddenly interested in the human-shape.

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Lance heard the voice(JS) boom out of the dragon. 

Lance: What the?? 

Lance sat back down onto his chair and the cockpit window shut tight. Gunsniper then proceeded to follow Deathwing.

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Skie didn't want to reveal his real name because some people from where he lived didn't know he was a werewolf. So he had gone by a different name when riding Sonic the Wolf. Even the Zoid had gotten used to his nickname. 

Skie: Fang. What's yours?

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"My name's Kai." Kai smiled a bit when she heard the werewolf's name. 'Fang'? Sounds a little too obvious. She didn't know whether to believe him or not. Then she decided, if that's what he wants to call himself, so be it. I won't dig any deeper. Besides, he looks kinda hungry. Don't wanna make him mad. "Ummm, that's my friend's Zoid over there.....HEY! WHERE DOES HE THINK HE'S GOING?! He had better come back and pick me up! Hey, that's a neat Zoid ya got there. Mind if I have a look-see?" She asked.

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Tien was think about his match tomorrow. He was reviewing tapes of Lance's past battles. 

Tien: He mainly shoots people, then deploys his blades when they get to close. Looks like I'm going to need some serious fire-power and range weapons. Belos Lykos will do the job. 

Tien walked into the hanger and started equiping Lykos with the Belos armor. 

Tien*thinking*: OK, Lykos can carry a max of 21 long-range missiles. The tail can store 4 homing missiles. The missile launcher can hold 21 missiles and the tail can hold 1 homing-missile. That's 42 long-range missiles and 5 homing missiles. I need to get more money. I better battle someone before noon. I wish it was morning already. There aren't many easy Zoid fighters out right now.

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Lance finnaly mustered the courage to talk to this gigantic Zoid's pilot. 

Lance: Hey! You! In that big dragon Zoid! What's your name!?

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Locke removed his face mask and put down his powered spray can,"alright rift your repaired,lets see who we can challenge","I`d fight that girl Tione again anyday,her zoid wrecked my back",".......no,we`re not goin to fight her,now c`mon lets find out whos around"

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Godspeed roared and slammed into a bison zoid, coiling up and ripping into it's neck severing wires and causing the main head to fall, the rider going with it. 

*The winner is...the Teikan team!* 

Tione sighed and tapped the control panel gently, Bahamut roaring his usual roar. She gathered up the prize money and sat back in her chair as the zoid walked wherever he wanted to go..and however as fast he wanted to go. 

"It's weird isn't it Bahamut..." she blinked as a screen flicked onto her main panel. Bahamut stopped and growled. 
"What the...?" she blinked again and squinted trying to focus on a large zoid on the screen. The image flashed to the glowing eyes of the zoid and then to a mass of people, broken and bloody along its hull. She jumped out of her chair and turned away. The image clicked off and she looked at where it was. 
"Holy shit! What was that!?!?" 

Typing frantically she began to trace the IP code back to whoever sent it to her. She logged it in and stared in awe as the computer told her nothing ever existed in that IP line.... 

"What's going on...?" 

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JS hadn't noticed his scanners, or else he would have taken off when he saw someone following him. "Eh? What's that?" He asked, as Deathwing turned around. 

"I said, what's your name?" The other pilot said. 

"You can call me......The Tank." I do not give out my real name." JS said.

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Lance: My name is Lance. 

The cockpit opened up and Lance stood up. 

Lance: Where'd you get such an awesome Zoid, might I ask?

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Well, I'm not sure. One day, I woke up, and it was just sitting there next to me. Kinda weird. But I've never even looked twice at another Zoid for sale. I'd never give up Deathwing." JS said, proudly. Deathwing roared in agreement.

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Lance: Well, no kidding. Who would give up such a beauty..hey, where are you, anyway? I saw a girl come out of what looked like the shoulder joint, and I thought she was the pilot, until I heard your voice.

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"Oh, that was just my friend and mechanic, Kai. She travels with me and gets supplies and stuff. I've known her since we were little. She's over there, talking to some werewolf person. And I'm inside the head of Deathwing. Is that all you wanted to know?" 
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Lance: Well, uh, maybe I can see you? 
JS had just heard the usual question. He turned Deathwing around to face away from the other Zoider, and looked over his shoulder. "I'm sorry, but I don't show my face to anyone save Kai, that person who was with me, and those who defeat me." JS finished his small 'Nobody sees me' speech, and started to walk off. 'But if you really want to know who I am, then ask Kai. She will tell you who I was once known as. But you might want to hurry, because I'm heading back to pick her up right now." With that, Deathwing took off, and did a loop to come low over the ground, speeding towards where Kai was.

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Skiazo Lykos fired his fully charged energy cannon at a dark red gunsniper. The blast rips through the zoid's left side revealing wires and pipes. 

The Judge: The winner is . . . The X-Sun Team! 

Tien was really happy. This was the third easy match he won today. Now he had 12,000 credits. And it was thanks to the match he forfieted to the french guy. All these newbies and hotshots thought he had lost his touch and were challenging him. But now since he won three matches in a row under a minute each, they'll probably stop challenging him. 

But if he and Lance becomes a team, his Team win/loss ratio would be 0:0 so maybe he'll get challenged again.

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Lance quickly sat down and ran back to where Kai was. He got there, but found Deathwing was gone, along with Kai, with a werewolf-like creature on its Zoid's snout. 

Lance: Hmm...I wonder if I should to to him...

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Tione sat in her chair looking at the video as it replayed, over and over and over. The main computers had saved it automatically, and she was staring at the zoids eye, freezing it in place. 
Without the bodies...it seemed......almost...weird. She couldn't place it. It was like Liger...but with...more distemperment...red glowing eyes with large claws and an array of tails behind it, pinned back eyes and huge teeth. 

That's all she could see. 

Bahamut roared, and lay down on the sand. 

"I know...I wonder who sent this..." 

She looked at the Zoid battler lists, clicking on everyones name she had met today, or had battled, she sent the file to them with the subject line titled "You Should All Have A Look At This One...." 

She hit the send button and heard a ringtone, it had been sent. 

She sighed and lay down on the seat again, thinking. 

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Lance didn't notice the ringing noise of the received message as he hopped out of the cockpit and up to the large werewolf creature. 

Lance: Erm, uh, hi??

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Demus watched the conversations for afar, but paid little attention to them. That dragon zoid had been quite good, quite good indeed. Perhaps it was one of them... 

His thoughts were interrupted when Wraith intercepted a message going out to the other zoid pilots out on the field. He turned, then looked over his shoulder at the other pilots. He shook his head, then opened the file.

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Tione stood at the edge of a cliff, the wind pushing through her hair. Bahamut was sitting beside her, his gaze low. Both of them were trying to figure out the image that they saw...what was it? Why were there bodies strewn across it? Who was it's pilot...? How could someone be that evil.... 

Bahamut roared, it echoed over the mountains. 

She put a hand on his leg, comfortingly. "I know...this thing is coming...we need to be in a team." 

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"What was the big rush?" Kai asked. 

"Oh, I told another Zoider that, if they wanted to know who I was, they would have to beat me to you and ask you. Obviously, I didn't really expect him to beat Deathwing. But he came pretty close, closer than many other Zoids." JS remarked, with a little bit of wonder in his voice. 

"So, got your eyes set on anyone in particular you want to battle?" Kai asked, hopefully. 

"Yes. That other dragon Zoid looks like a good fighter. I know she's fast to react, and I want to test her abilities sometime soon." 

"Yay!" Kai exclaimed. 

"But I also want to try out that other Zoider in the Blade Gunsniper. He's sneaky, and he might be a good fighter too." JS said. 

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OOC: Okay, I'm running out of descriptions for the way the people say things, so I'm just going to revert to the old 'tried and true' name, then talk. Like this: 

Kai: blah blah blah. 

JS: Riiiiiiiiiight.

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Demus closed the file. It was rather disturbing. He sat back in his chair and thought. It had looked like a Liger, but a very dark and malicious Liger... and possibly an X... 

He shook his head and ran his fingers along the controls. It was time to go.

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Bahamut raced across the plains, looking for something. 

"There he is!" Tione flipped on video screen. 
Locke looked up to see her face with a glare. "You owe me a fight!" her voice snapped a bit because of static. Locke closed the video screen window. 

Bahamut tackled Rift onto the ground, pinning the zoid but not making any move to hurt it. He looked down at the mecha, roaring gently trying to convey he was just holding him down so Tione could talk to Locke. 

Tione jumped from her cockpit and slid down, running over to the cockpit that Locke was in. "You can't ignore me forever."

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"damm,but it dosen`t hurt to try",Locke smirked again and got out,"something you want to talk about?"

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Tione hopped up so she was face to face with Locke. 
"Yeah! Why do you keep ignoring every message I send? You quit that battle for some unknown reason...I want to know why." 

The console beeped and Locke looked over as the video began to play. 
"What the...?" 
"Oh yeah...there's also that....This video popped up in my screen..." he went and sat down in his chair watching, in shock as all the bodies were strewn about the zoids hull. 
"That's what I kind of wanted to talk about....I need to make a team with a lot of other people....if this thing is coming...we all have to be at our best."

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JS had also gotten the message, and was very disturbed by it. 'I wonder....could it actually be them?' He thought. 'Nah, they died a while ago. Better leave it to rest. Probably just a prank some wiseguy thought up.' JS thought no more on the subject, and continued flying. 

Deathwing was flying over the desert when JS saw the other dragon Zoid, pinning another Zoid to the ground. 

JS: I wonder what she could be doing? 

Kai: Looks like she's pinning that Zoid to the ground. 

JS: Well, that's obvious! What I want to know is, why? 

Kai: Maybe he gypped her out of some cash or something. I dunno. 

JS: Let's see what unfolds. 

Deathwing once again flew up into the clouds, and poked it's head through to watch.

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Bahamut looked up into the clouds and sent a signal, sending the recording up to JS and Kai. He growled and lay back down on Rift, keeping him pinned. 

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"My messangers been broken when you attacked me yesterday I only got it fixed while on the way,second sounds fine,whatever this is will take a beating so yea,I`ll team up with you...that all you wanna say,or are you gonna crush Rift even more?".

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She looked at Locke, meeting her gaze into his eyes. Wow...they were so...mysterious. 

She shook her head and then nodded. 
"Bahamuts not crushing Rift...he's being very gentle actually....havent you noticed Rift hasnt fired or attacked him? That's because they know they're being gentle."

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Skie scratched his furry head. 

Skie: I guess it's okay, as long as you don't try and run off without me in him.

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As the others chatted on, the Wraith flapped its wings, kicking up a small cloud of sand. The zoid lifted gracefully into the air. Demus looked down at them, then wheeled the zoid around. 

Wraith's legs locked in as the zoid switched to flight mode. The engines flared to life and the zoid flew off. Demus sat quietly in his chair, thinking about these events...

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Rift raised his head so he could see Tione,"actually my gun landed over there,thats why I haven`t attacked".tione seemed a bit aggravated at his attitude only for Locke to catch her attention,"hes only joking,I gave him too much freedom in personality so now hes more smartaleck,what do you want me to do"

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Tione punched Locke across the face sending him staggering back into the hull. 
"Stop bein such an ass!" 
She landed on the rough ground after jumping down, climbing up and getting back into Bahamut. 

'I dont need someone else like him...'

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"ow whats your problem?",he rubbed his jaw as he got into Rift.

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The Lightning Saix ran threw the desert at full speed. 

Octavio-"Damnit ive got to get use to going this fast or i wont be able beat oppenent with faster zoids...but if i keep this up ill black out." 

Lightning Saix finally broke its run and roared. 

Octavio-"Huh what the?! Lightning Saix what are you doing!?" 

The zoid roared again. 

Octavio-"Great just great........i need money maybe i should have joined a team instead of going solo....."

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Tione lay back in the cockpit of Bahamuts chair, the com was still on between she and locke and she didn't know it. 

(plot device) 

Bahamut roared. 
"Why...? I don't know. I...I want to fight him all the time Bahamut...but I can't find out why." 

The dragon zoid looked towards Rift as he got up. 

"Why does this happen? Why did my father hate me so much? Why am I so hated? What would of happened if I didn't find you Bahamut...? I've been on my own for a while...because I had to run away...Im not supposed to be like I am now....." she closed her eyes and sighed hugging her knees. 

Locke looked up at the video window as she talked, and clicked it off. 
"We don't need to know any more of this Rift..."

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Tien: I hope Lance calls soon. 

Tien is waiting for Lance to call him at tell him WHERE they were fighting.

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Jeff had gone back to town after seeing the fight. He was just finishing up the last of his meal when he heard a beep from his side. He picked up the small device that looked like a pager. 

"A message from....Tione..." 

He finished his sandwhich and threw down the tip and left. He hopped into Blue and brought up his mail. 

"Oh well, when i propose a team im called an arse...well this is what i wanted, best not look a gift horse in the mouth." 

He responded conferming his entry into this team. It was gettng late so Jeff programed Blue to a nearby cave so Jeff could get some rest undisturbed. As the auto pliot kicked in Jeff slowly fell asleep.

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JS saw them pilots get out, then the girl smash the guy. He wondered why she did that. "Kai, open the channels. I want to know what's going on." 

Kai: "Aye aye, cap'n!" 

JS: "Now now, don't turn into Pirate Man on me!" 

Kai: "Who's that?" 

JS: "Before your time, before your time." 

Kai: "But I'm as old as you are!" 

JS: "Uh, nevermind."

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Tione yawned and woke up, Bahamut was lying in the sands behind a few mountains looking over at a pile of Debris and a Serpent-like creature going and retrieving different parts. 

The dragon watched the serpent with a wary eye. 

"......I wonder how we're going to get on a team.....how many zoids have I met today alone? 5....more than 5. How many can be on a team...? Well....3 per match...I know that well enough....but...many can be on a team. And what about space? Someone would need a Whale King, and someone would need a moving vehicle for battles. Not to mention machinery in different areas...." 

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Tien's computer began beeping, having recieved a new message. It was from Lance, and told the coordinates of the battleground. Also attached was a text message. 

Tien, 

Hi there! Sorry I didn't call sooner, I was talking to this Zoider named The Tank or something and his zoid Deathwing. Anyway, here are the coordinates. See you on the battlefield! 

-Lance
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Tien and Lykos arrived at the battle field with his Whale Shark. 

Tien: Ready? 

Lance: Alrighty. 

Lance stood ready with the tailgun atop a hill. 

Lance: You ready? 

Lance began to fire at Tien. 

Tien in his Zoid, Belos Lykos, rans off dodging and swerving. As he rans, he power-ups his mouth energy cannon. 

Lykos rans behind a large rock formation as cover. He stops running and sends off a volley of 14 long-range missiles and one of his tail's homing-missiles at Lance's gunsniper. 

Tien: Dodge this. 

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Lance swirved to the left and dodged the long-range missiles. The homing missiles kept its mark as Lance continued to run. Lance, once far enough away, suddenly spun around and deployed the blades. He charged the missile and sliced it in half. 

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Tien: That hasn't happened before. Time for a little Laws of Averages. Fired all loaded missiles around and at him, then charge at him with energy claws deployed. If he charges also, use the energy cannon we powered up earlier. 

Lykos fired 21 long-range missiles and one homing-missile at Gunsniper. Then, powered-up his claws and charged. Now, both his head and claws were glowing and powered-up. 

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Lance: Ho, crap. Run away run away! 

Lance quickly ran away from the missiles, some hitting the ground just before him, some hitting a small bit of Lance. Lance suddenly swirved to the left again, and only one of the missiles kept following. Lance quickly did as he did before, slicing the missile. But now he had those energy claws and plasma cannon to worry about. Lance has little time to think, as Tien was quickly charging him. 

Lance: I've got it! 

Lance quickly began to charge Tien. As they were about to impact, Lance quickly swirved over, d0dging the main impact of the energy claws, and getting a small hit on Tien as well with the blade. 
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Tien's Lykos out of pure reaction swirved a round and tried to claw Lance's Zoid, but missed. 

Tien: FIRE THE ENERGY CANNON!!! THIS IS PERFECT! 

Lykos immediately unloaded all its stored up energy on the rather close Gunsniper. 
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Lance: HOLY SH- 

Lance and Gunsniper were knocked clear into the sky and landed, making a small smoking crater. 

Lance: Gaaaah...what...the...hell... 

Lance groggily got Gunsniper standing as best as he could and started firing his hand pistols. 

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Lykos tried to run away the best he could, but the Gunsniper's blade had messed his right fore-leg. He managed to get back to his little rock formation only after getting shot three times. 

Tien: Lykos, how many missiles left? 

A screen popped up and it showed that Lykos has fired all of the first set of 21 Long-range and fired 14 of the second set. 

Tien: OK, I've got 7 long-range missiles left and 3 homing missiles in my tail. Too bad I can only shoot one homing missile at a time. I can barely move, so I'll have to wait for his move. 

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Lance: Damn...that...beam took a lot outta...us... 

Lance started to move forward and looked around. He couldn't see Tien. He switched to tailgun mode and looked around through the scope. He could see a small sliver of Tien behind a rock formation. Lance began firing. 

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The rick formation started crumbling from the Gonsniper's bullets. Tien knew they had to find a new cover. 

Tien: Head for the top of that cliff, Lykos! I'll fire missiles at the Gunsniper. 

The Lykos ran as fast as he could, while Tien sniped at the enemy Zoid. 

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Lance: You won't escape. 

Lance switched back to moving mode, deployed his blades, and ran after Lykos. 

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Tien shot a long-range missile at the Gunsniper, but it just cut through the missile with its blades. 

Tien: Crap! OK, I try this instead. 

Tien shot two long-range missiles; one right in front of it and another at the top of the Zoid. They were half way to the cliff. 

Lance piloted his Zoid so the blades would destroy the higher missile. The first missile hit the ground and created a dust cloud. While Lance couldn't see, Tien shot two homing missiles. One was shot start up into the sky. The another homing-missile was shot far right of Lance. 

Tien: Hope he didn't notice. I not giving up until I've shot all my missiles. 

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Lance looked around and began the chase again. But suddenly, he was shot by the missile from the right. The missile pushed the Gunsniper out of the way of the second missile, which exploded into the ground. 

Lance: Gah...He shouldn't have much ammo left...Once he runs out, I'll begin the shooting. 

Gunsniper continued running after Lykos. 

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Tien: I've got four long-range and a homing-missile. We're three-forth of the way their. Divert all power to the legs, Lykos. 

Tien*think*: I wish I brought more ammo or at least a booster. 

Lykos starting going 50% faster. 

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Lance: So he want's a race now? 

Gunsniper also began running 50% faster. 

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Tien: Crap! He's speeding. Lykos, slow down and charge up the claws and energy cannon. We'll need them when he catches up. 

Lykos slowed down and began to glow. When Lance got close enough, Tien launched the remaining four missiles and the one homing missile and charged and Lance again with everything he had left charged. 

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Lance: Ho crap! 

Lance suddenly skidded to a halt and tried running to the left, but got a big hit from two missiles, one himing and one long-range. Suddenly, he was scratched by an energy claw, then blasted away by a particle beam. By that huge assault, Gunsniper's system froze. 

Lance: ...damn. He had a lot of ammo. Shoulda put on the Paladin or Dark Knight armors. Oh well. 

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Tien*shocked*: So acting without thinking does work. 

Tien opened up a com-link to AdamS. 

Tien: So, want to become a team? 

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Locke flicked a pebble off his hand as Rift continued to practice his burst fire technique,'should I.......hmm I`ll need to if I want to figure out whats wrong with me..alright'.He got into rift and issued a challenge to Tione,no armour changes and no repairs.'..I gotta figure out why I can`t seem to concentrate when fighting her'

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Tione sent a message of acceptance. 

Godspeed roared and smirked, trotting to the battlefield. 

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Rift was pacing on the battle ground as was Locke on Rifts shoulders,"Rift if I freeze and fail to act you take over okay?","got it".Locke squinted to see Godspeed coming towards them,Locke hopped into Rift as the machine guns barrels spun for quick response.

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A window popped up on Demus' right. He awoke from his doze and looked over at it. That dragon zoid was going to fighting again... against the same zoid as last time... 

"So are you an Ultimate X?" Demus whispered to no one in particular, turning the Wraith around. He pushed on the throttle, and the zoid tore through the air, leaving a sonic boom in its wake.

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Godspeed roared. Tione clicked up a com. 

"Oh so you're gettin the big guns on me eh?" 

He shook his head. 'Whatever...' 

"You tell me when to begin...and we will." 

"when your ready,I`m prepared so shall we begin?" 

Locke could feel something inside him that was even making turning off his com hard 

Bahamut roared and took off, racing past Rift and Locke 
Rift rolled on the dirt to the left and let loose a quick burst of shots 
Godspeed ran, veering to the side as all the shots crashed helplessly behind him. He skid on his large claws and turned over to look at Rift, his sides opening shooting off 20 missiles. 

Rift raised its machine gun and fired,its bullets tearing through the barrage causing the missles to explode premature before he threw it to the ground,jammed 
Godspeed came through the missiles dust and jumped, slamming Rift to the ground and hopping off of him, turning around and firing more missiles. 
Rift lept off the ground dodging most of them but his foot received damage to his leg,drawing his sword Rift thrust it down into Godspeeds right shoulder 

Godspeed roared and bit his diamond teeth deep into Rifts arm, trying to tear it. 
Rift used his free arm to slam down Godspeeds head,but the teeth were in too far and it tore the entire armour off the arm almost severing its attachment to the zoid 
Godspeed turned sharply and slammed Rift with his tail, his sides opening and shooting off the 10 of the last missiles close range. 
Rift was flung far from the impact,his chest armour sheared and battered.He struggled to get up and threw a large peice of armour at Godspeed stabbing into the sword wound making it larger 
Godspeed opened his jaws, a blue orb coming between them. He fired a large antimatter orb at Rift 
Rift dodged to the side,its damaged arm was caught in the discharge and destroyed.He drew out a small energy pistol and fired at Godspeed the beams digging into the zoids front 
The zoid tumbled to the ground, then got back up limping and growling,the gem on the front sparking revealing the inside circuitry. 

Tione smirked. 
"Come on Bahamut...full blast..." 

The dragon opened the sides once more, sending the last 2 missiles (homing). One for Rifts eye, the other for his hand. 
Rift Dived to the side,causing the missles to bite deep into the side of its chest and back of his head, 

"dammit Rift thats enough give up already" 
,"no no running away this time remember?", 
"Rift I can`t fight her...I just can`t", 
"fine I will then" 

.Rift aimed with his pistol and fired at Godspeeds forehead 
The dragon ducked sharply, the bolt scraping the metal between his ears. He pounced on Rift and began to slice at his face and chest. 
Rift grabbed its sword and pulled it out,stabbing the it back down into Godspeeds chest 

"Come on Bahamut...please hang in there..." 

The dragon roared and sparked, sending electricity through the sword 
Rift let go after recieving a heavy shock frying a fusing a lot of ciruits,he felt around and found his machine gun,Rift gripped it tight and swung it to come crashing into Godspeeds head knocking the zoid off 
Godspeed tumbled over to his side, roaring in agony. His tail snapped sharply sending the gun flying into a rock. He thrashed his tail again and shot of another antimatter orb 
Rift rolled off the ground losing his leg to the attack and dived at Godspeed pulling his sword out and sinking it deep into the zoids neck 

Bahamut roared and lay his neck down on the ground, after sending a fully charged antimatter shot that hit Rifts chest and began to bore through him. 

Rift dug his feet into the ground,the orb causing constant damage to him.As his feet started to skid across the ground and his power begin to fail he raised his pistol and fired his explosive bullet into Godspeeds fore-head 

: Tione braced herself as another explosion went through the hull. 

"Bahamut I don't care what you say! You gotta pull out before you're scrap metal!!" 

The dragon growled angrily and swiped his tail at Rift, the blade plunging into his forehead. 

"Bahamut!!" Tione cried out and shielded herself as the console exploded. 

"RIFT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO!!!" 

,Locke slammed his fist on the console as he watched the blade come through the hull and the explosion of its Godspeeds eye,the blade stabbed through deep but stopped before it went too far,half an inch embedded in Lockes chest.

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Deathwing was once again flying through the air, but stayed in the remote area as the other Zoiders. JS saw the battle between the Gunsniper and wolf Zoid, and cringed when he saw the end. Deathwing perched on a ledge nearby, and watched to see what would happen between the two Zoids. 

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Locke grimaced,'you`ve been through worse just remember to ignore it',he slid up in his seat,the blade carving through his flesh until he could pull himself out of it.He gripped his chest wound tightly and used the med kit in the cockpit to cover it and stop the flow of blood,"ergh dammit,I knew something like this would happen if I fought...OH SHIT TIONE!!".He pulled himself out of the cockpit,Rift was lying on his side almost powerless.Locke staggered over to Godspeeds head and searched through it trying to find her.

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A growl shook beneath Lockes feet. He blinked and jumped off the rubble. He felt something on his shoulder and he turned around sharply. 

"T--...." he stopped immediatly. 
She looked at him, her hair away from her face in a bundle. She was a mess. 
"Locke...are you alright...?" she looked down at his chest where the metal went through. Tears were staining her eyes. 

'Was she crying because of me...?' Locke looked at her, almost transfixed. 

"Bahamut...he...he wouldn't stop...he wouldn't pull away..." she winced again, cuts all over her arms and a cut directly across her eye. She had burns on her arms and legs. Nothing serious. 

"He...just wouldn't stop..." she closed her eyes fighting back the tears... 

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Lance: You know it, Tien. But now we need a name...for our new team...hmmmm...

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Demus looked down at the two devistated zoids and brought the Wraith down a couple yards away. He slid out of the cockpit and walked over to the two pilots. In his hand he carried a small box. 

"What happened?" he asked flatly. "You children unable to control your zoids?"

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Tione wiped a handfull of blood off her face. 

"I can control my Zoid! He...just...didn't listen." She looked down onto the ground. Bahamut shook off and lifted his neck, roaring again. His head was in form now as was his neck, but his chest and legs were still injured. 

"How the..." 
She smirked at Locke. 
"Auto repair...used on neck and head after the battle. Basically its a bunch of machines down in his chest rebuilding him to the basic plans by whatever metal they find...I have a lot of spare parts. " 

Bahamut yawned largely and growled, his eyes glowing a pale white. 
"He's just weak...aren't you bahamut?" He roared again. 

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"okay,so long as your alright thats the main thing,I guess I won`t be moving anywhere for awhile,Rift can`t sustain auto repairs unless he wants to and right now his AI is unconscious so he can`t intiate the system,Tione take care of yourself",Locke smirked and walked back to his zoid.

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Demus glanced over at the dragon zoid, and shrugged. To date, the Wraith Gryphon hadn't ever taken extensive damage. He was still curious to see if the zoid was an Ultimate X, but he would do that later. He turned back to Tione. 

"But I'm pretty sure you don't have an auto-repair function."

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She shrugged and looked after Locke. 

"Bahamuts repair system is only in the neck and head...unfortunatly." 

She shrugged again. 

"I'm fine...a couple scratches here and again." she smirked and went to her zoid, sitting up on his leg and began to work. 

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Demus shrugged and dropped the small box. Quietly he slipped up behind her and began examining the dragon zoid. He was so tempted to rip the thing open to see if it had a black box... 

A black box... The only piece left for his Wraith Gryphon... 
It was a wonderful hand-made zoid... but it didn't feel complete without a black box... 
He wanted it to be an Ultimate X... Only then could Demus feel complete...

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Tien: How about Team Doom? Or Team Chaos? Or Carnage? Or X? Or Misfit?

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Tione looked over at him. 
"LAY OFF BAHAMUT!!" 

The dragon roared angrily. 

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Lance: Hmm...X has been done...Misfit sounds lame...Doom, Chaos, and Carnage are all too plain..we need a name that will strike fear into our opponents! One that will make people go "HEY! THERE'S THOSE TWO REALLY COOL ZOIDERS WITH THE REALLY COOL TEAM NAME." Hmm...How about...hum...er...maybe! No...um...er..ahh...Avalon Team...Magellan Team...Arcanum Team..sto pme if you like one...

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"I didn't touch it, girl," Demus stated, stepping back. "You need to keep your cool, or you'll never be able to control your zoid."

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Tione put a hand on her hip and looked at Demus in astonishment. 
"I can control him JUST FINE thank you very much. I suggest you go back to your Zoid and leave me the hell alone!" 
He got a look upon his face. She narrowed her eyes. 

"Go on! Go! If you have nothing nice to say..then leave!"

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Demus yelled out in pain and gripped the back of his head,Tione looked down and noticed a small spanner sitting by his feet and Locke a distance away looking as if he had just thrown something,"the lady said you should leave so get moving".

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Tien: Ack, I don't care about the name. As long as it doesn't make us look stupid like the "Fuzzy Panda" Team or makes you look like the hero.

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Lance: Mmm...panda... 
Tien: What'd you say? 
Lance: Oh, erm, nothing. How 'bout...the Lykosniper Team? See, it combines your Zoid's name and my Zoid's name and it's- 
Tien: I get the picture. Fine, like I said, I don't care.

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Tien: We better fix up your Zoid. I'll go get my Whale Shark. 

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Lance has just finished checking his Zoid. 

Tien: How bad is the damage?

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Lance: Well, those missles really dented the armor up. Those energy claws left some scratch marks and the particle beam caused a few scorches. I gotta meld some plates onto those scratch marks, straighten it out some, and paint it over. About a day or two's work.

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Demus rubbed the back of his head and shrugged. Fighting with children was beneath him anyway, Especially ones that can't control their own zoids. Quietly he returned to the Wraith Gryphon. 

"You'll be complete someday," he whispered, leaping into the cockpit. Without warning the other pilots, he started up his zoid. The Gryphon's wings flapped viciously, kicking up a lot of sand. 

Just to unnerve the rude children, he shot the zoid forward, pulling it up at the last second. As he vanished into the clouds, the kicked-up sand fell on the other pilots like snow.

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Tione coughed a lot, covering her mouth with her hand. 

"Stupid arse!" she screamed at the departing zoid. Coughing again she sighed and brushed sand off her zoid. 
"Heh...lucky for me Bahamuts body is pretty immune to sand...still...now I have to clean it out." 

She wiped the sand from her now dusty clothes and went back to working on his injuries. 

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Locke searched around in the sand after dusting himself off,"dammit its around here...AH got it".He lifted up the spanner he had thrown and looked over to Tione as she worked on Bahamut,'hmm...nah give it up Locke,just walk away....walk away and stop staring...ARE YOU DEAF!?...great I`m getting into an arguement with myself...'

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Tione ripped off part of her slacks and took out a canteen of water, soaking the cloth and running it through the wires and machinery. After it was covered in sand, she'd shake it out and do the same again. 

"Alright Bahamut... I got most of the sand from your leg...but...I'm afraid that we won't be moving for a while...." 

'Man...I need someones help....anyones...'

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'humm I always wanted a tan....I should consider moving pretty soon before I roast....move,MUSH you big husky...maybe Rift should be pilotting me..',Locke stumbled forward a bit and stuttered out,"need a hand?"

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She looked up at him. 
"You need to fix Rift."

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he`ll be fine,besides it`ll give him time to think about what he did,I told him to stop but instead he causes this and almost kills you...'you..with those eyes and..Locke snap out of it'...sorry for all that,Bahamut acted properly but Rift went out of bounds so he can wait until I pay you back for what he did".

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She nodded gently and tossed him a set of extra tools. 

"Bahamut knew...that he had to get the gun away from Rift. If he didn't....well. I don't know...all I knew is that he tried his best and ended up failing anyway." 

She rubbed a small portion of his neck. 
"But it's alright...Bahamut is very good....we...I..." she stopped. 'how can I know bahamut is an ultimate X....is he even....? I....don't know....all I know is that I found him and he found me...and...' 

She stopped, shrugged and went back to work. 

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Demus slowed the Wraith Gryphon and hung his head a little. Perhaps he had acted too harshly. They were still young, they hadn't been pilots as long as he had... 

"Maybe I could work on my social life a little," Demus sighed, reaching back behind his seat. He pulled out the bag with his winnings and a small paper. He pulled a pen out from under his seat and began to write. 

Dear pilot, 
I must apologize for my actions. They were unexcusable. I guess it's been too long since I've interacted with people. I hope these winnings make up for it. 

Good luck in your battles, 
Demus 

He folded the letter and tied it to the satchel. The Wraith Gryphon turned and started back towards where the younger pilots were.

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Kai was lying lazily on the on the head of Deathwing, watching the clouds pass by. JS was taking a little nap, and even through the reinforced ceramite plating on Deathwing's head, she could still hear his snoring. 

Kai: Maybe I should get him some Breathe-Right strips. 

JS: *SNOOOOOOOORK!* 

Kai: (Covering ears) or maybe I should get a shotgun and put him out of his misery, 'cause he sounds like a dying animal. 

JS: IZZAT SO?! 

Kai jumped at least a mile. 

Kai: GAH! How long have you been awake? 

JS: For a little while now. When I heard you complaining about me snoring, I thought I should bother you a little bit with my beautiful snoring noises. 

Kai glared at the little camera that popped out of the top of Deathwing's head and looked at her, then went back to watching clouds. 

Kai: *SIGH* Nothing ever happens to us, y'know? Will you at least battle ONE person within the next day?! 

JS: Fine, fine. But right now I want to just go back to sleep.

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Tione smiled as Bahamut walked around a little, wires still jutting from his chest. He lay down and she began to work once again. 

She noticed the Gryphon and Demus standing close by. 

He tossed her the satchel. She blinked. 

"I don't need your money...." 
"I wanted to apologize..." 
"Still...You know something? I'm young and I know I'm not that good with my Zoid...but you don't have to do that ya know?" 
He was silent. 
"I still have to learn...." she looked from Bahamut back to Demus. 
"Maybe you can help?"

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Demus raised an eyebrow and chuckled. 

"I think I can manage that," he chuckled lightly. "Though to do it best... I'll have to be your rival. You think you can withstand the heat and forge something out of it?" 

"I think I can manage that," Tione responded mimickingly. Demus smiled a little and climbed back into the Wraith. 

"Besides, you look like you already have a fine little team anyway," Demus added as the Gryphon lifted gently into the air.

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I don't even have a team..." she muttered. 

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Locke looked over at Rift,'....time to drag out the original personality..',he looked over at Tione and froze again.Finally moving after a few minutes,"for what its you got me".

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She looked over at Locke. 
"You?" She blinked. "Come on...I shot you when I first met you, I destroyed your Zoid, more than once..."

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Tien is helping Lance with his Zoid. 

Tien: Hey, should we challenge someone or should we let some one challenge us?

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Lance: We might as well challenge someone...I don't have much money and I doubt you do either. This Whale Shark is oddly new looking.

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Tien: I've got 10,000 credits. I spent 2,000 this morning refueling this carrier and restocking missiles. How about you?

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Lance: I've got 10000 too. It's a lot now, but later..well...with repairs and food and things, we won't have much left.

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Tien: Let's rob a bank, I mean, let's fix your Zoid! 

Lance: You should look into anger management classes. 

Tien: Why?

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Locke smirked,"yea but I`ve still stuck by you after all that,I think that counts for something".

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"Possibly...but now that we have a...well..team. We need a name...and a few new members."

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Tien: Well that's done. Both our Zoids are fixed and ready. What to challenge someone? 

Lance: I want to pick. 

Tien: Sure. why not?

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Why don't we call our team...Combined Chaos?" 
"Sounds alright.." 
She nodded in thought. "We need other members! Oh! I know! That Lance kid!!"

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A black liger looking zoid raced across the darkness of the night that followed, ever coming closer to a large villiage full of peaceful living inhabitants. 
Crimson and white streaks lined the zoids shoulders legs and appendages. Crimson from the blood that had been shed of innocent people, white from the attacks that bounced off it. The eyes were narrow and glowing red, teeth much like a saber tooth cats, jutting out and gleaming, razor sharp and made of a new form of metal, that was stronger than diamond. The claws were tretcherous, and outstretched, each one the size of a bus. 4 claws lined its paws, the paws being about 2 buses stacked up on one another. The size of the creature was 600 feet at the shoulder, The neck towered up another 50 feet before it evened out to the large pinned back ears and the snarling face. 

inside the cockpit were darkened shadows, the legs of someone being highlighted in the dull light of the control panel. 
"Yes my darling ziona......we will destroy every being on the face of this planet...and harvest their riches for our own being." 
The zoid growled in response, it's eyes lighting up as it took great strides, coming closer to the villiage. 

The natives didn't know what hit them, and their death was, luckily, very quick. In a matter of seconds the large Zoid known as Ziona, had claws that were stained with new blood and it leaned down setting fire to the villiage. 

It bounded off, silent in the night, with nothing to leave it's trace except for the corpses that were burning in the light. 

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A mail was sent out to every pilot. 

Subject: Read now! News Breaking Story! 
Body: In the terror of last night yet another local villiage was slain horridly. The cause of death is still unknown, there was only one surviving member, he died on the way to the hospital this morning. 
Hundreds of corpses were thought to be there before fire ravagaed the town. If anyone has any clues to what might have happened, please contact your local news source... 

ZNN@znncorporations.com 

Attachment: The video of every villager and their profile shots...if you know who these people were please identify them. 

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Lance: How about we challenge- 

*BEEP! BEEP!* 

Lance: Hey, we got mail. 

Lance hopped up into the cockpit and looked at the screen. He scratched his head and opened the video. 

Lance: Hmm...no...no...no...no..no.......no...no..no..no...nope, don't know any of these people.

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Lance: Hey, do you know any of them, Tien? 

Tien looked through the profiles and just kept shaking his head. 

Tien: Man, I hate reading about the dead. Who the hell killed them!!! 

Lance: I don't know.

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A large beam zipped across the plains, slamming into a mountain and sending it falling to where Lance and Tien were. 

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Lance looked up at the falling moutain top and the mass of stony rain. 

Lance: Well shit. 

Lance got into Gunsniper, which quickly used its turbos to try and get out of the way. 

Lance: HURRY TIEN!!

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Tien: Ah f***, I paid so much this thing. Computer!!! Auto missile fire and auto laser turrets fire. Start the engines and try to get out of here. Full power to thrusters.

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Demus looked over the e-mail file again, then at the first one he had gotten from that one pilot. Something seemed... too similar... about the two incidents. Demus shook his head and sat back... 

"I don't like this."

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Large wings shielded Tiens Zoid, a large red metal gleam came from the metal. The rocks fell upon the titanium, rolling off leaving small scratches. The large animal roared. 

Tione clicked on the comm. "Be glad I got here in time." she smirked as Neo Bahamut roared. 

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Lockes eyes widened as he watched the clip roll past,"something wrong Locke?","....just my dad...mom.....sister...brother...nephew and neice...",he walked back towards Rift carrying his tool box.

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Tien: Thanks but it's kind of embaressing that your Zoid had to protect my Whale Shark. 

Tione: It's a small carrier. 

Tien: No, I just can't buy things.

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Neo bahamut (yes it looks like the one from FF7..why? Im lazy...cept placei ts wings more towards back, make them more flexible and take off the damned antennae) roared and shook off the dust. His wings folded back onto his back. 

"You guys alright?" her image came on Lance and Tiens screen. They nodded. 
"Yeah..." She nodded once. 
"I came to ask you about forming a team....send me a message after you think about it...I dont mind if you decline...I'll understand. I need to go back somewhere now..." 

Bahamut growled and flapped his large red wings, as they spread. He caught the air and flew off. 

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Tione slid off the landed red bahamuts neck. 
"Locke...?" She saw him working on Rift. "Locke!"

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Tien: More the merrier.
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"......",Locke began welding an armour plate onto Rift,"LOCKE!!","leave me alone......".
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She approached him and put her hand on his shoulder gently. 
"Locke....what's the matter Locke...?" 
He pulled away sharply. "Do you not listen!? I said LEAVE ME ALONE!" 
She recoiled back, somewhat shocked. She decided to try again. 
"Locke....?"

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"leave me......alone....",Locke fell to his knees a few tears falling to the ground,"...just leave me alone so I can`t lose anybody else....."

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Tione crouched to Lockes level and took a chance, she hugged him tightly and brought him close to her. 
"Shh.....Locke.....it'll be alright..." she found him crying on her shoulder. 'locke....'

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"tione....thank you.......",Locke tried to pull himself together,"I don`t want to lose anyone else.....especially you......".

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She blinked in surprise and sat there, holding him. Everything just...shocked her. Maybe he was sick or tired or something....he never opened up to her. 
"Locke..what brought this all on?" 
"Have you seen the....video..." 
"The people killed....? Yeah..." 
"Mother Father Sister Brother Niece and Nephew..." 
"......." she stayed silent. "...Im sorry..."

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"....don`t be...hell its...its not like you could`ve prevented this....but...I`ve now lost everything...everything...except you..tione...and I don`t know why that makes me feel any better".

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She nodded and just held him throughout the falling sun. 

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(Im skippin it a couple days ahead cuz i can..Rar) 

A message came across Lance and Tiens screen. A picture of Tione was there. "Hello. We met a few days ago to discuss the forming of a team. Since then I have not heard any response. I trust you..enough. If you wish to become a team reply to this message within 24 hours. The decision is yours...good luck and thank you for listening." 

She closed out the program and disconnected. Leaning back in her chair she watched Godspeed sniff at Zeo, Lockes zoid had been repaired in such a short time and his access armour had been removed to go back to his basis form. 

Locke was sleeping on the couch in the caverns, he had been exhausted from the shock of loosing his family. Often, if at all, he talked about not being there for them in their last moments. She sighed and looked up at Bahamut and Zeo who were sleeping Side by Side. 

"Well....now to see if they respond..." 

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Ziona ran across the plains, his large form moving silently across the ground. he stopped and snorted, growling. 
"Have you found them yet?" 
he shook hir head and roared. 
".......Damnit! Ziona if you weren't useful I'd dispose of you!!" 
He growled in response. 
"FIND THOSE ULTIMATE X's!!" the voice yelled. "FIND THEM...and kill anyone we come across...that's all I ask." 
Ziona growled and took off, yet again. 

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Locke opened his eyes wearily and sat up,his body felt like lead with the guilt weighing down his shoulders giving him a slouched apperance,he looked around the cavern and then at Zeo."I couldn`t do anything.....anything at all".He pulled himself up to his feet and walked over to Tione.

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Tione glanced back at Locke. 
"How are you feeling?" 
"...." 
She frowned. "Come on Locke...cheer up. There was nothing you could have done..." 
'I didn't do anything...that's the point.' 
"Hell...no one knew that was going to happen. Why beat yourself up over that?" 

She leaned back and closed her eyes. Bahamut lay his head down on rifts arm, like an obidient puppy. 

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Lance: What do you think, Tien? 
Tien: More the merrier. What, do I have to repeat it over and over?! 
Lance: .......................yes. 

Lance looked around and saw the Send Message button. The recording light and camera appeared. 

Lance: Is it on? 
Tien: Yes it's on. 
Lance: Are you sure? 
Tien: IT'S ON. 
Lance: I don't know, maybe the thing's tricking out on me. 
Tien: WE'RE WASTING TAPE HERE, LANCE. 
Lance: Right, whatever. OK, ahem, we humbly accept your offer of the forming of a team. Was that good? 
Tien: ...

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Tien: Whatever. 
Lance: OK, send! 
Tien: Ok, done. 
Lance: Are you sure? 
Tien: What do you think? 
Lance: Um, yes? 
Tien: YES!
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Tione read a message that came up on her screen. She typed back telling them she'd meet them in a few hours for lunch and a bit of a chat in the nearest city of Transend (no i dont know any cities in Zoids...im makin my own demmit!) by the resteraunt "Cafe de Mocha". 
She sent the message and got up from her chair watching Locke look at Zeo. 

Bahamut watched him with tired eyes. 
"Locke?" Tione placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on...take a shower and put on some clean clothes. We're going to meet two new members of our team." 
"..." He sighed. 
"Come on Locke." she coaxed. She turned him so he was facing her. In concern, she took off the bandage around his arm, noting the lack of infection. 
"That flesh wound is looking good." she mused. "Now...go on..." 
"...." 
He stayed there, looking into her eyes and stayed silent. 

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Locke closed his eyes briefly then nodded and walked off to get ready.

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"..." Tione sighed. Might as well clean up.... 

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The Wraith Gryphon landed next to the Cafe de Mocha. He'd had a hard day's battling and need to relax a little. Demus patted his zoid on the leg and entered the restaraunt. 

A couple of his opponents were there, and shied away at his entrance. Quietly, Demus strode over to the bar and sat on one of the stools. A bubbily waitress bounced over and flashed her best smile. It was what she was being paid for, anyway. 

"What can I get you?" she chirped, emphasizing you almost unconsiously. 

"Just a soda," Demus replied flatly and softly.

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Gunsniper and Lykos were walking along towards the town and the cafe where a new team would form! 

Lance: On the road again, oh we're on the road agaaaa- 
Tien: Quiet.
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Locke was changed and ready,he sat in the cockpit of Zeo and put in the coordinates,too tired to even stay awake in the pilot seat,he was asleep within a few minutes with Zeo waiting on Bahamut."at least your pilot stays awake during travel".

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The cavern doors opened and Zeo and Godspeed Bahamut both walked out. 
He growled. (At least mine? What are you talking about?) he smirked as Tione lay her head down in the cockpit and fell asleep. 
Bahamut looked over at Zeo, a new respect for him and maybe it was the same way around. 
Grrowl... (Let's go) 
"Alright." Both of them kicked up the pace a bit. 

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Locke and Tione walked into Cafe de Mocha. She moved across the white and black tiles, sliding into a booth. Almost instinctively, Locke slid in beside her. 
"I hope Lance and Tien come soon..." 
"...." 
She looked at Locke and then looked away. 'why won't he talk to me..?'

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OOC: Okay, sorry 'bout not posting very often. Been pretty busy. Anyways, here's another post of mine. 
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JS recieved the message, and opened it. 

JS: Dear Lord, who could have done such a horrible thing? I must stop this at once! For I am the terror, that flaps in the night! 

Kai: Yeah yeah, shut up already. 

*Time passes, as JS and Kai stumble upon some of the other Zoids from before, walking away* 

JS: I wonder where they're all headed off to? 

Kai: Please can we follow them? PLEEEEEEEASE?! 

JS: Alright, alright, whatever. They're probably going to town to resupply or something. We need more food, anyways. 

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OOC: It was the most convinient plot device I could think of! 

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Locke stared into his hands resting before him,".....tione?","huh yea?","........",he took one of her hands into his and rubbed it gently,"thank you......."

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Lance: Here we are, the De Mocha Cafe! 
Tien: I thought it was Mocha de Cafe. 
Lance: ................D'OH!!

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Tione blinked and looked at him for a moment. A rise came up in her throat as he rubbed her hand. After a moment he stopped and went silent again. 
She inhaled sharply and leaned back. 

A bubbley waitress came up. "What would you like to eat?" 
Tione thought for a moment. "I'll have water please...I still need time to look over the menu..." 
Locke didn't say a word. 
"make that two waters." 

The waitress chuckled and went off to fetch their drinks. 
".....Locke...?" she shushed herself. 
"Yeah?" 
She swallowed. "n...nothing."

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Lance: OK, after much hard toiling, here we are, the Cafe de Mocha! 
Tien: .......Mocha de Cafe. 
Lance: ............DAMN. 
Tien: Alright, LUCKILY, the Mocha de Cafe is across the street. 
Lance: How's that for plot device?! 
Tien: Who the hell are you talking to? 
Lance: The rea-I mean, you...yes, you.

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Tione sighed and played with a french fry boredly. She had ordered the chicken strips, but she didn't feel like eating. Of course, if she had a choice she'd never eat...or sleep. But that's beyond the point. 

"Damnit where are they!?" she growled and looked at her watch. "2 hours late,....wow what a team." she mumbled sarcastically. 

Tien and Lance rushed in the door, found them and about knocked eachother over as they slid into the booth. 

*breathlessly* "HEY! WE MADE IT!" Lance laughed. 
Tien smacked him. "Shut up..."

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Tien: So what do you want, Lance? Lance . . . Lance? 

Tien turns around and saw Lance was already dazed. Tien looked at what Lance was looking at: Tione. 

Tien: Figures. Talk man. I'm not going to order for you. That'll make me look like you. 

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Lance: Easy squeezy Mr. Peasy..? Huh? 
Tien: Order something to eat. 
Lance: Hamburger...and fries...

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Tien: I'll have a Chicken Bacon Swiss with curly fries. 

Lance: Arby's food. 

Tien: Yeah.

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Tione smirked. "Well this is Locke." she motioned a hand to him. 
"Hi Locke!" Lance piped up. 
"...." 
"He doesn't talk..." Tione looked at him gently. Lance smiled and looked dreamily at her. 
"Welllll......how about me and you get marri-" Tien slapped him in the back of the head. 
"..." Tione blinked. 
"What about this team thing?" 
"Well I wanted to see you two guys...talk about makin a team. We keep the record, share wealth and basically get along that way. Armor and other repairs will be paid for. So...we won't have to take on the debt solo. It'll be like one big thing."

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Lance: Sounds good to me...
Tien: I like it. Lance! Stop drooling!
Well what do you guys think about it?" Tione smiled. 
Tien and Lance: Sure
She nodded. 
"Ah food's here!" 

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Locke sighed and walked out,"Locke where are you going?","........fresh air...".He was quickly out of the town and sat down on the side of a road,'........'
"Alright..." 
"Where's he going?" 
"I...don't know." she looked over at Lance who was lovestruck. 
"Message me tonight and we'll talk about the team okay?" she smiled to Tien, paid the bill for all of them and ran out. 

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"Locke?" Tione stood above him.

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JS had dropped Kai off a block away from where the others had gone, and then flew off. 

Kai: "I hate it when he does that. Oh well, might want to get there before they leave." 

Kai walked into the Cafe, just as a few of the people they had been following walked out past her. 

Kai: 'Wonder where they're going?' 

She walked into the cafe, and took a seat near two pilots, one seemed to be out of it. A waitress walked up to her, and she ordered a chili dog. She watched the other pilots, trying to hear what they were talking about. 

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"......can I have some time alone?",he took out a photo of his family,like all their other group photos he wasn`t in it.Clutching it tight he tore the picture in half and walked to Zeo.

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"You don't have to do this alone." she called after him. 
".......maybe....but who`d want to help....",Locke looked up at the sky and he sank even lower.

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Tione sighed. "me for one." 
Locke turned to look at her and her head was down. She shuffled the dirt underneath her foot. 

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"Tione......?",Locke looked at himself,he had become so pathetic and now the only person left that he cares about helped him and he had shown nothing in return."......Tione....".

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She looked up cautiously. 
"Locke..." 
Bahamut smirked at Zeo, Zeo smirking back. 

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Locke looked into her eyes,a deep rich purple,not many people would have eyes that colour...then again not many people mean that much to him,"Tione..I...I don`t think I can repay you for what you`ve done...theres...theres something I want to tell you..but I don`t have the courage now...just...thank you..".

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She looked at him. 
"Al...Alright. Let's go back to the caverns..." 
He nodded gently in response, then something caught her eyes. His body was shaking ever so slightly and he seemed like he was just going to cry. 
She just nodded confoundedly and watched as Locke headed over to Zeo. 
Bahamuts head went into the air as he and Zeo seperated positions. 

Tione stood there for a moment, her hand had lifted over her chest like she was holding something, but she wasn't. The wind blew a couple pieces of paper. The wind carried it effortlessly until it was pinned to her ankle. 

She stooped and retrived it, seeing a torn image she put the papers together and saw an old photo. 
Closing her eyes she took the photograph, tossed it high into the wind and watched it sail away. 

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Tien: This is going to rock. Right Lance? 

Lance: Sure. Hmm . . . Tione. 

Tien: You are too old for puppy love. Let's go. People are staring now. 

Lance: Hmm, she's so nice. She even paid the bill. 

Tien: Give it up, Lance. Notice she left after Locke, not stay and talk with you. She already has something for Locke.

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"Locke let it go","..I can`t Zeo...I want to but..","but nothing,if we had`ve been there we would`ve been killed as well,you know it Locke","your right Zeo....but still...".Locke sighed and slumped down in his seat,feeling tired even after all that time in rest,his body was just drained of strength.

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Demus stood from his stool, tossing the payment to the bubbily waitress. He glanced where Tione had been sitting and shook his head. He turned and headed out the door. 

The Wraith was where he had left it, and untouched as well. His reputation preceded him, it seemed. He patted the zoid's right foreleg, then climbed up into the cockpit. 

"Maybe I should challenge their new little team..." Demus mused, running his fingers along the controls. "Later, though. I should let them get situated first." 

The Gryphon spread its wings and screeched. Soon the zoid's wings were pulling whisps off of clouds as it shot through the air. He recieved a signal, and shook his head. 

Another opponent... 

The zoid circled and landed. Three Zappas to his one Gryphon. Demus smiled a little. He liked these odds.

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Zeo touched down at Tiones cavern area,"Locke we`ve arrived....Locke?",the pilot had fallen asleep in the seat,his body too tired had given up on him again.

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Bahamut lay down in the sands as Tione looked at an old wreckage for parts. 
"Bahamut...? If...you were an Ultimate X....you'd have a black box inside right?" 
He nodded once. 
"Where...? Do you know?" 
He shook his head and growled slightly. 
She looked over her shoulder at the Zoid. She had found him long ago, or rather, he had found her. She had a zoid before, a bison one, but...she wasnt any good at battling and everyone destroyed her when she went into any battle. 
Her fathers expense of course. 

Bahamut raised up on his legs and growled into the air. 
Tione looked up as a shadow casted over them, for a moment only. A large thud sounded on the other side of the mountains, an inhuman scream, and then a few explosions. 
Quickly she jumped up into the cockpit and Bahamut headed over there. Upon her gaze she saw a zoid, smoking and wrecked with the cockpit ripped out. Parts were scattered everywhere, blood was smeared on the cockpits place and the zoid was inrecognicible. 

"......." 
Bahamut growled slightly. 

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Back at Tien's Whale Shark. 

Tien *thinking*: Where's Lance? Whoo, whose stuff is this? 

Tien opens up a I-Haul box. 

Tien: Must be Lance's. I don't keep old Disney DVDs. Where is he? I think we should get together with the other two members in our team.

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Tione sent a message to Tien. 
"Hey...we need a place to all store our Zoids, Actually 2 places...any ideas?"

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Tien: All I have is my Whale Shark. I use to rent space, but it got expensive. So how about my Whale Shark? And where's Lance? His Zoid is gone.

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She nodded on the screen. "Probably off somewhere..you know how Lance is...." She went back to topic. "Well a Whale Shark is good..but how about a Whale King? I...could get the money for it somehow..I know I could. With all my winnings and all. An underwater vehicle would be incredibly better, many people cant attack underwater, their Zoids arent capable...." she broke off into thought. "If you know...people will try to break our Zoids, if we become one of the good teams that is."

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Tien: Sure, I got 10,000 credits and so does Lance. It that enough?

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She nodded. "Should be...I can get 100,000 credits.":

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Locke opened up his comm and sent his own message,"I can get 1,000,000 creds....".He sat back in his chair and watched the data link d/l into his system,"....I`m not gonna do anything with the money my dad left me...the team can use it".

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Lance: Hey, what's this thing here? 

*crash* 

Lance: Um...ok, that didn't look...too important. Hey, what's this over here? 

*boom* 

Lance: ...that can't be good. 
Tien: Lance? What's going on? 
Lance: (Uh oh, Tien..think, Lance...) Oh, uh, nothing! (Hope he buys something that stupid...) 

*smash*

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A short while after JS had recieved the video message, he was somewhat nervous. There CAN'T be anything that powerful, can there? As Deathwing flew through the sky, he messaged the other Dragon Zoid pilot. 

JS: I recieved your transmission a while ago, and I must ask, what was that all about? Who, or WHAT created all that carnage? I have never known of anything that could be capable of creating that much destruction, save a particle cannon. And particle cannons don't tear things up and burn them, they just kinda vaporize them. 
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Tione looked up from her screen and read the message. She linked up to his screen and talked to him. 
"No clue...I got it from a news source."
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JS traced the reply and zeroed in on the location. Deathwing broke through the clouds, and landed. 

JS: Whoa, what happened to that Zoid right there......JESUS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PILOT?!!
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Tien: Lance, where are you and what are you doing?
Lance: Um, er, I'm certainly not in the TV room! And I'm most definitely not accidently breaking important and fragile objects of valuable worth! Heh heh...
Tien: Where's my energy pistol when I need it? Oh well, to the TV room.

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Locke opened his eyes wearily and started to type slowly."are you sure you want to do this Locke?","...","I mean thats a lot of money,you sure you want to give it to one person and a few strangers?","yes...".

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